Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1934, Page 26

B—10 $ PORTS. | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 23, 1934—PART ONE. SPORTS. Legalizing Boxing Aids Sport Here : Prosperity Returns to Golf in Big Way GIVES 600D BOUTS UNDER BOARD RULE Gallagher’s Revenge Over Galento Is High Light. Mat Sport Slips. } EGALIZATION of professional boxing in the District, after years of failure by ring devotees in this direction, marked one of Washington’s biggest advances in sports, ended the cluster of “bootleg” fight clubs in nearby Virginia and Maryland, and established the Cap- ital as a leading Eastern sports center. With Representative Loring Black of New York playing a leading part in the drive for professional boxing, and Representative Fred Hartley of New Jersey leading the amateur pro- ponents, boxing was legalized last May. A ring commission was selected for a two-year term by the District Commissioners, this body being com- posed of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police; Maj. Lucian Vandoren and Fred Buchholz, prom- inent Washingtonians. Maj. Harvey L. Miller was named secretary. | Professional boxing started with a | bang, three clubs operating weekly until it became evident three shows a week were too many. The American Legion dropped out after little over a month, leaving Goldie Ahearn of | the Riding and Hunt Club and Joe | Turner, promoting at Grifith Stadium and at the Washington Auditorium, in power. Several colored clubs also | promoted shows, the outstanding of | which featured Kid Chocolate, for-| mer featherweight champion of the world. Draws Crowd of 25,000 Cornell Delays First Ring Show HARLES (FATS) CORNELL, new matchmaker for Joe Tur- ner, won't stage his first show at Washington Auditorium until after the holidays, he announced last night. He is working on a bang-up card. The ring will be transferred from the stage to the center of the floor, he said, and prices will be scaled to 40 cents for balcony seats, $1.10 for orchestra and $2.20 for ring- side. MUGRIDGE RULES CHESS PLAYERS Wins D. C. and Capital City Club Titles—Byler Is Match Champion. ONALD H. MUGRIDGE, for- merly of Los Angeles and Boston, carried off the Dis- trict chess championship title for 1934 and the I S. Turover Trophy with a score of eight wins, one ‘ loss and one draw. - Previously he had | won the championship of the Cnpiml ‘ City Chess Club for the year. V. Sournin was second, sconng 712-21, and Martin C. Stark, third, | scoring 7-3. Sournin previously had won two legs on the Turover Cup and | needed one more to become permanent | POSSessOr. James W. Byler retained his title as match champion of the District by | HE piece de resistance of the | year, as far as general interest | was concerned, was reached lme in August when Marty Gallagher, | local heavyweight, fought Tony Ga- | lento at Griffith Stadium in a re- turn match after Galento won the| first fight. The crowd was approx- imately 25,000, and the “gate” of $28,000 set a new record for this vicinity. Gallagher won. The second “high” was the $9,220 “gate” at- tracted by the first legalized outdoor | scrap between Johnny Risko of Cleve- land and Natie Brown of Washing- ton. Boxing at the Hunt Club, Griffith | Stadium and the Washington Audi- torium was featured by several up- sets, which embraced victories by Gal- lagher over Ray Impellitiere, Brown | over Risko, Eddie Burl over Pete De | Grasse, Buck Everett over Steve| Dudas and Petey Sarron over Benny Bass. The rises of Phil Furr, welterweight, and Natie Brown, heavyweight, fea- tured the work of the local boxers. Petey Sarron, while not as active as in 1933, nevertheless virtually assured himself of a ranking among the first 10 featherweights, Brown also is in line for a ranking. Professional wrestling suffered, financially, as a result of boxing's legalization, but shows were held on an average of about two a month, with a uniform amount of interest manifested. As usual, Jim Londos proved the chief drawing card. With | Everett Marshall as his opponent, Jim | polled the biggest “gate’—approx- imately $6,000 —during the Summer season. Amateurs Also Do Well. MATEUR boxing naturally floyr- ished as a result of the impetus of legalized boxing, -which per- mitted the charging of admission to Simon-pure ring shows as well as to those of the professional variety. The first annual District Golden Gloves Tournament was held as the first legalized show, either amateur or pro- fessional, with the Tru Blu Club win- ning three of the eight titles, em- blematic of District A. A. U. suprem- | acy. The winners were: 112-pound | class, George Pickeral, Tru Blu; 118- | pound class, William Tardugno, un- | attached: 126-pound class, Mike Tar- dugno, unattached; 136-pound class, Leon Shub, Jewish Community Cen- ter; 145-pound class Pete Di Maggio, Tru Blu; 160-pound class, Steve | Thompson, Tru Blu; 175-pound class, | Gus Mirman, Jewish Community Center; heavyweight class, Dale Prather, G. W. U. Y. M. C. A. grapplers took three titles in the District of Columbia A. A. U. wrestling championships, with Jew- ish Community Center matmen taking second team honors with three title- winners. The champions: 118-pound class, Iskow, J. C. C.. 126-pound class, Schulman, ; 135-pound class, Carpes, Y. M. 145-pound class, Scott, Y. M. 155-pound | class, Goldman, J. ; 165-pound class, Blumberg, J. C. c.: 175-pound class, Armstrong, Y. M. C. A.; unlim- ited, Ballard, Y. M. C. A. A junior D. C. A. A. U. wrestling tournament also was held with con- siderable success. Boys' Club of Wash- ington grapplers won six of the junior titles. r S MISSISSIPPI IS LISTED Will Play St. Louis Eleven in November Gridiron Game. ST. LOUIS, December 22 (#).—The University of Mississippi will oppose 8t. Louis University on the gridiron at Walsh Stadium here next Fall, Coach Cecil Muellerleile of St. Louis U. announced today. The game will be played the week end of November 2, either on Priday | night or the following afternoon. each player winning three ames. | games, N A tournament of class A players I of the Federal Chess Club, Simon Naidel won first place, ahead of | E. M. Knapp, who previously had played a tie match with J. W. Byler for the District match title. Agriculture won first place in the five-man team tournament for the championship of the District, with the score of 5'5 wins, 12 loss; Castled Rooks, second, 3-3; Model Basin, third, and Federal Chess Club, fourth. In simultaneous exhibitions, Isaac Kashdan, ycung national master, ap- peared at the Federal Chess Club and won 15 games, lost 1 and drew 1. Samuel Reshevsky -of New York played 29 games at the Jewish Com- munity Center and won 27, lost none | and drew 2, an unusual score. Mar- tin C. Stark, a local player, played 123 games at the Capital City Chess Club, won 18, lost 2 and drew 3, and | C. C. Bettinger played 22 games at | the Federal City Chess Club and won | 11, lost 9 and drew 2. Straight Off Tee ITHIN a week Roland Mac- Kenzie and his wife will de- part from Washington for a tour of the West and South. Roland | plans to leave before New Year, driving to Chicago to pick up a trailer and from there to California to play in all the Western tournaments in January and early February, and fol- lowing the professional cavalcade to Florida late in February. Leo Walper is another local pro who probably will make the circuit. The MacKenzie golf game is coming back, after three months of compara- tive inactivity due to a muscle injury. Roland is not the same slashing hitter that he was as a boy, but he is a better golfer around the greens and a steadier player than he was during those days when he was cleaning up everything in sight among the local amateurs. He may grab a slice of the prize dough in some of the Winter tourna- | ments, despite the strenuous competi- tion. But even if he doesn’t make a hatful of money he will have had a good time and his first real vacation | since last March, when he took over | the Congressional berth. The young man has worked hard and has done | a good job at Congressional. Another segment, of the professional’| golf front around Washington finds uncertainty at Kenwood, where Al Houghton is teetering between an offer from a golf manufacturing company to travel and ballyhoo their imple- ments, and remaining at Kenwood, | where he runs the golf show. Al is a distinct asset to the club, invaluable as a pro who gets things dope. If he leaves Washington his going will | be a distinct loss to the golf com- munity. But at present the whole thing is up in the air, despite incor- rect reports that he is going to take & Winter job at Miami. EAGLE ROBS HUNTER Snatches Cock Pheasant, Only Game Bagged by Minnesotan. LAKEFIELD, Minn, (#)—For sheer hard luck, Harry Doll of Lakefield be- lieves his hunting story takes the prize. In a season of decreased bag limits and considerably shortened by the Midwest drought, he says the only cock pheasant he shot was snatched from his grasp by an American eagle, bird of some scarcity hereabouts. Doll sighted the pheasant while in his automobile, stopped and bagged it wnh a wing shot, but before he could get to it the eagle had made away with the kill. Howard University Victories Feature Colored Activities HE year 1934 was a full one for colored athletes here. Out- standing in collegiate circles were the Howard University victories. The Bisons captured the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic As- sbciation basket ball title and the boxing and wrestling tournament. In the scholastic sport fleld, Dun- bar won four local titles and shared one with Cardozo. The Poets cap- tured two South Atlantic High School Conference events and was a_co-title holder with Douglas High of Baiti- more. Armstrong landed two city crowns and three conference championships and was a strong contender for the colored national basket ball title. The Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. led the way In seven seasonal sports, ‘Summaries: Scholastic. nbar and Douglas. eo- orpions iun aF ‘and Car- Pietencs Champlons: conterence ¢l dozo, co~city champioas. Basket ball: city and con- ference” champion: Foot ball: Armuronx city and con- fergnce champion: Swimming: Dunbar, city and conference Armstrong. Dot Avmsions conference, and unbar. city champion: ol “Jonn Cupid. (Dunbar). city and conference champion. Open Activities. Gnll Reuben Brooks (Royal Golf Club). Tennis: W. Weaver of Baltimore. men's singles. Jones and Weaver of Blmmore men's doubles. Marquette Peters. ladies' sineles. Wlllu' ‘Tree A. C., District Poot ball: sandiot champion. Hor: coln Roots (Twelfth Street ¥, M, C. A, city and metropolitan champion of The Washington Evening Star fournement, Twelth Street <. city team cham: Tross-country. Twelfth Street Y. M. C._A.. team champions. ‘Pn James Bro'n (Twelfth ree! Voliey bali: © team champions: Dr. W. Henry Greei singles champion: E. Jeffries and Gree: Unlon ‘Station Red ClD& cm aum champions: 'l‘nlm: Stre - ive, open champion; Boxing: Twelfth Street ¥. M. C. A. e restimes Al Gordon. ety and Armstrone. ‘Wrestling: . 1 A A champion tying E. M. Knapp in a match of sh(l Outstanding Figures in D. C. Sports Realm This Year LORRAINE GULLIL GEORGE GRAFF, King BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR. QUUS REX—King Horse to the intimates of his court—has in the last year become a more powerful figure than ever be- fore in the sports world of Washing- ton and the adjacent areas of Virginia, and Maryland. New subjects have flocked to his under his domain in the three princi- pal branches of the sport patronized and hunt racing, and the horse show ring. In the city proper, the bridle-path devotees enlarged their ranks so rap- idly almost half a dozen new riding | academies have sprung into existence during the twelvemonth, while business grew apace for those already estab- lished. An important addition to the 90-odd miles of convenient but se- cluded Rock Creek Park paths was the sector opened by the Maryland the East-West Highway, where John Gheen's new Meadowbrook Club also made its debut this Fall as perhaps the | most pretentious of the new academies. Fox Hunting Picks Up. OX hunting, & sport much akin to the pursestrings of its par- ticipants, gained new vigor in the closing months of last Winter and this Fall, as the dire plight of capi- talists, farmers, horse dealers and sportsmen alike was somewhat eased. People in the fox-hunting country of Northern Virginia and the valley coun- try of Maryland ceased locking their stable doors at night for fear some ome would leave a horse in the stalls. Hunt racing likewise took a spurt, with handsomely increased crowds at every | meeting, new races inaugurated by | many hunts, and a splendid brush course added to the rich list within a | few miles of the city, when William du Pont, jr., set up a Grand National type route on his Fair Hill, Md., es- tate and baptized it auspiciously with a meeting in the Fall. N ANCIENT Egypt worship of the dog was one of the most popular cults. In modern America it is becoming so. In the year of de- pression, 1934, the rise in A. K. C. registrations of all breeds for the year amounted to about 8,000 or more than 15 per cent over the preceding year, which in turn had seen a rise over‘the year before that. Dog shows all over the country reported large in- creases in both entries and gates. In many comimunities dog shows were held for the first time, some of them with entries that would do an old and well established fixture proud. Such was the case at Hamilton, Mass, a show that beat the record of the pop- ular Baltimore show. Morris and Essex, the Giralda Farms ‘“garden party show,” this year beat the great ‘Westminster show to first place in number of entries. Third place.was held by Boston, while fourth and fifth places were captured by Greenwich and Far Hills, both like Morris and Essex, outdoor shows. There is no doubt that the outdoor dog show is rising rapidly in favor. The National Capital show was tenth in number of entries in a list of 52 shows held prior to November, 1934. Two Breeds Share Popularity. The Boston terriers and wire fox terriers maintained their high posi- tions as the most popular breeds, ac- counting for 25 per cent of total reg- istrations, with cocker spaniel in third place and Scottish terrier in fourth place. The greatest rise in popularity as indicated by percentages of breed registrations and show entries prob- ably was enjoyed by dachshund and standard poodles. The American Kennel Club cele- brated its 50th anniversary by pre- | standard, new territories have come | Park and Planning Commission near | | hereabouts—park riding, fox hunting | | | | senting to the dog fancy of the coun- try a large series of cash prizes to become effective in 1935 and also by reducing registration rates amd ex- tending registration periods under cer- tain conditions. Another present to the dog fancy was the perfection of the Little meth- od of simultaneous lnjecflnn of l.lx_::; temper vaccine and mwhusdflnmh- | personal preferences, | more than two horsemen to agree Horse Wins Prominent Role in Washington Sports| The most interesting development of the horse show season was the appear- ance and popularity of the smaller, neighborly exhibitions, which cropped up around nearby counties and gave the less expensive sportsmen an op- portunity to show their wares. The big and established shows also felt the breath of rejuvenation n their bodies corporate, many of them enjoying record-breaking entries and attend- ance during the year. Hunt Club Hits Unhappy Note. S FOR individuals and horses the bridle paths of course developed their particular champions and impossible for upon, but nevertheless sound. The working hunters also defy classifica- | tion for any except the riders who know the thrill and satisfaction of taking them on to hounds. In show circles, the stables of Mrs. John Hay ‘Whitney and Mrs. M. Robert Guggen- heim were nationally prominent again this year, and undoubtedly the bright stars of the local tanbark constellation. Amongst the steeplechasers, Charles Cheston’s Captain Kettle Had the honor of tucking away his second Maryland Hunt Cup; Mrs. T. W. Dur- ant’s Little Dan and Paul Mellon's Drinmore Lad proved themselves the best of the younger timber horses, and the brush honors were distributed amongst half a dozen champions of as many stables. Only one pessimistic note—aside from the inevitable handful of fatal accidents and serious injuries suffered by sports men and women—was struck during the year. That was the decline and now imminent fall of the Riding and Hunt Club as a city institution. Apparently the unit will soon abandon its famed Twenty-second and P street Ting and move to new quarters some- where in the country. The Fort Myer riding hall fire was a temporary tragedy, turned into good fortune by the reconstruction of the building along more modern lines. Its inaugu- ration will be the first big equestrian event here in the year 1935. Army of Dog Fanciers Makes Big Gain Despite Depression portant steps in distemper control ever taken. Obedience Tests Appear. BEDIENCE tests, long popular in England and Europe, made their 8] rance in this country as an added attraction at many leading shows. They have been' fostered by both professional dog training schools and amateur “train-your-own-dog” clubs. Washingtonians take note—a simi- Jar club might be a popular project in this vicinity. Local dog honors go to Wirehaven and Ruffcote Kennels, each of which made two champions this year, the former with cockers Roving Ted and Wirehaven's Home Made, the latter with Dandie Dinmonts Ellwyn Edom ’0 the Ark and Seale Twinkle Toes. INDOOR NINE GETS GOING Victory Post Squad Will Stage First Practice Wednesday. ‘The indoor base ball team of Vic- tory Post, the American Legion, will practice Wednesday night in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium in prepara- tion for its game with the Central “Y” on New Year day. The Legionnaires and gymnasts will clash in an indoor game as part of the festivities of the local “Y.” Among the ers for the World War Veterans aré many local college and professional base ball luminaries of a decade or t'u ago, the best known being 3 Jolumy Bleier, “Untz” Brewer, “Dutch” Axt and “Shag” Rawlings. STRONG AT THIRD BASE whenfll-m\mdlbmtyhu.hm into consideration, Imuewumon(lnlhlxflbm in 1984. Bill Werber, Prank Higgins, BARNEY WELSH. BATTLES of the CENTURIES Here is another of a series of articles depicting the great fights and fighters of the days when pugilism was young. BY TOM HENRY. T A bull-baiting in Tothill fields on July 24, 1810, there was a fight, as the Sporting Magazine announced, “be- twixt a navigator above 6 feet high from Bristol and a stout, athletic black man. at half arm, or what is technically called flipping, as, when he hit, he kept the first. joint of the arm close | to the body. The battle lasted nearly an hour whilst the navigator received the repeated flipping until his head ‘The black could only hit | 14—Yankee Negro Created a Furore in British Ring shelter the fighters and the crowd from a driving, drenching Winter rain. All the way from London the roads were blocked with carriages stuck in the mud. There was much feeling, | both racial and national. Crib vowed | he would be killed before giving up. For 10 rounds the two exchanged punches. By that time, as the Sport- ing Magazine reports, “the conceit was | pretty well taken out of both heroes. | The head of Molineux was prodi- giously swollen, and if he had been an | artist he could not have lain the red on Crib's face. Molineux appeared | much the strpnger man when he got | Crib against the ropes. He either threw him or encircled his neck with | his left arm while he ‘fibbed’ him | with his left hand. If this could not be called murder, it was something like | . THOMAS MOLINEUX America’s earliest “menace,” whose fistic victories in England threatened “to mill the whole counter with Tom Crib. was 50 much disfigured his features were buried and he was ultimately beat.” This was England’s first introduc- tion to the Baltimore Negro, Molineux, America’s first candidate for a warld championship in the troubled days preceding the War of 1812. He had crossed the Atlantic with the avowed intention of whipping any English- man who would meet him. A month after his first appearance he battled with an Englishman named Blake in Kent. The Negro won in the eighth round. It was more than a fight between two pugilists. ' Blake, in a sense, represented England. He was driven to the ring in a baronet’s ba- TOM race of fighters” until his en- manslaughter, for Crib seemed the same as if in a blacksmith’s vice.” It -looked as if Crib was beaten. But as the fight progressed his superior strategy and lasting power became ap- parent. He resorted to the old trick- ery of the Bristol school, retreating and falling to avoid the American fighter’s fistc and putting in hard blows at every convenient opening. Molineux, & good rough-and-tumble fighter, was baffled by the display of “science.” In the thirty-first round “a sort of rally was finished by the black throw- ing Crib, but he fell over him in the struggle by which means he pitched upon his head. He got up giddy CRIB, The first “world champion,” who twice defeated the Baltimore Negro, Thomas Molineuz. mmhgdeomcnhvhnhldmc- ceeded Gully as champion, was his second. His defeat caused keen dis- and told Richmond (a Negro fighter, WELSH BECOMES LEADER IN TENNIS Gains National Prominence for D. C. and Sets Pace for Field Here. HE long reign of tennis suprem- acy enjoyed by Dooly Mitchell came fo an end during the | year drawing to a close, and in his stead rose angular Barney Welsh of Rockville. Welsh shone not only locally but nationally, and so promi- tional public parks player, Mitchell was not without some suc- cess, for he triumphed in the City of ‘Washington singles tournament, Welsh enjoyed a monopoly on virtu- ally every other important tourna- | ment. Barney began his sensational | year by teaming up with Bud Markey | and stroking to victory in the District of Columbia doubles competition. He followed this up by defeating Ralph McElvenny for the singles crown in the same tournament. Later he paired with McElvenny to win the District public parks doubles title, and then retained his pubiic parks singles | crown. To climax the campaign, Bar- ney swept on to victory in the na- tional public parks singles champion- ship tourney and reached the final in venny again. As an anti-climax, Welsh won the Army-Navy Country Club singles title, and, with McElvenny as his capable partner, carried on to victory in the doubles. Hunt Also in Limelight. W ington netman to achieve national recbgnition. Gilbert Hunt, youthful Capital star attending Massachusetts Tech, advanced to the and black with a more regular hand | final round of the national junior in- | door championships in New York, {where he was beaten by Frankie | Parker. He came back, however, to | pair with Sumner Redman of Har- | vard to win the doubles. Hunt easily bested the field in the annual Dis- | trict junior championships, and in the | national intercollegiate tournament carried on to the final round, where | he was beaten by Gene Mako. Later |in the year Mako again bested Hunt, | this time for the national junior out- door singles championship. | Reba Kirson, Clara Tabler and Mrs. Ruth Martinez were outstanding among | Washington's feminine players. Miss ‘Tabler annexed the City of Washing- |ton singles crown, defeating Mrs. Ruth | Martinez in the final round; Miss Kir- son triumphed in the District women's singles championship, and Mrs. Mar- tinez, for the fifth consecutive year, won the District women's public parks singles title. St. Alban’s Prep and Central High School scholastic net ranks. St. Alban's won the Prep School League flag, while Alexander Carver, a member of the winning team, also byought home a the singles championship of the prep schools. Central won the public high title for the second successive year. Mangan Has Good Season. \OM MANGAN captured a section- al championship when he tri- coast tournament at Atlantic City, but Clarence Charest, bidding for his third consecutive victory in the Na- tional Veterans' singles tournament at Forest Hills, was beaten by Ray- mond B. Bidwell of Boston. Other winners for the year were Mrs. Dorette Miller and Sara Moore in the District women's public parks doubles, Felix Silva in the Veterans’ Administration singles tournament, Peggy Keyser and Reba Kirson in the District women’s doubles, Patent Of- fice in the Departmental League, Harry March in the District boys' Ritzenberg in the District junior dou- bles competition, Baltimore’s Hotch- kiss Cup team by a 5-to-4 count over Washington, Tony Latona and Axel Gravem in the City of Washington doubles play, Nathan and Allie Rit- zenberg in the senior and junior play- ground doubles event; Helen Orme and Lucille McDowell in the girls’ playground doubles, George Washing- ton girls in the Women's Tennis League, Al Ritzenberg in the Wash- ington Grove singles and, with George Cranston, in the doubles of the same tourney, and Tony Latona in the Government employes’ singles event. A ST e HURLER SLICK FIELDER. Henry Johnson, Boston Red Sox | hurler, has not made an error since 1930. In 1931 he took part in 40 games, accepting 28 chances. In 1931 aged to break into 6 games, accepting 6 chances. In 1933 and 1934 he wis in 56 games, accepting 49 chances, thus giving him a total of 102 games without a misplay. is without exception the best fighter of courage in this country. Crib, find- ing he could not beat his man by gaiety of fighting, resorted to the safe mode of milling on retreat. This is Crib’s best forte and it was by this alone that he won the battle. The two men were so dreadfully beaten that their sight was altogether lost and their bodies in a most emaciated shape.” There was an insistent demand for a second meeting which would result in a decisive victory for one or the other. Molineaux issued the challenge. He contended that, at the first fight, he had been intimidated by the hostil- ity of the crowd because of his color and that the cold rain, to which he was unaccustomed in America, had put him off form. Crib promptly ac- cepted. Molineaux and Richmond at once started on a barnstorming tour of England, which brought them con- siderable money but did the Negro's physical condition no good. Meanwhile, Crib, himself given to considerable dissipation, was taken in hands by his friends among the no- bility. The forthcoming battle was one which, it was felt, England could Per | not afford to lose. Crib was sent to the Scottish highlands, where he was placed uhder the training of Barclay of Ury, the champion pedestrian of nently that he was ranked No. 1 na- | but | the doubles when paired with MCcEI- | ELSH was not the only Wash- | again were outstanding in! major individual title when he won || umphed in the Micdle States | singles tournament, Nathan and Allie | he was out most all season. but man- | \INSON VITORES FEATURE SEASON Youngsfer Loses Only One Match in Campaign, Wins District Crown. ARKED by a return to pros- perity of most of the local clubs and & series of in- vitation tournaments almost as long as those of pre-depression | years, the golf season of 1934 around | Washington saw lower scoring marks and better general play than any pre- vious year has had, Such Jlow-scoring stunts as Al Houghtgn's 61 at Washington; Roger | Peacock’s 62 at Indian Spring and the amazing rise of a newcomer to the throne of District champion brought more general interest into the 1934 golf season than any year has known since 1929. Gene Vinson, tall protege of Senator Pat Harrison from Missis- sippi, won the District amateur cham- pionship from Billy Dettweiler, the long-hitting Congressional youngster, and also won the medal and the tournament at Chevy Chase. Vinson, defeated only once in a ynr of competition locally, capped his | season of campaigning by leading the |field in the sectional qualification rounds for the national amateur championship at Five Farms with a mark of 147. leader among the five men to play in the title tilt at Brook- | line. The others were John C. Shorey, who withdrew from the national; Martin F. McCarthy, Billy Dettweiler and James G. Drain. McCarthy went to the third round, while the others | dropped out in the first or second rounds. I and Peacock deadlocked for first place in the amateur rankings, for even though Vinson licked Peacock in the District title chase, the Indian Spring lad won tourneys at Indian Spring and Baltimore and again | copped the Maryland amateur crown. Here are the winners of the tourneys played around Washington this year among the men: Belle Haven. Harry G. Pitt; Washington, Harry G. Pitt; Indian Spring, Roger Peacock; Chevy Chase, Gene Vinson; Baltimore Coun- try Club, Roger Peacock: metropolitan interscholastic, Frank Allen: Beaver Dam, Martin F. McCarthy: Columbia, Ernie Caldwell; Maryland junior, Billy Dettweiler, 72: Middle Atlantic, Bobby Riegel; District amateur, Gene Vin- son; District junior, Bobby Brownell: champion of club champions, Martin F. McCarthy. Activity among the women was even | more marked than it has been in re- cent hectic years. Winifred Faunce, | the long-hitting Manor miss, came out of retirement to spread-eagle the field in the District championship, | defeating the amazing Mrs. L. G. Pray, also of Manor, in the final. The Middle Atlantic championship went to . David H. Clark of Army-Navy, e only tournament in which this | fine golfer played. Other tourneys | were won as follows: First team cham- pionship, won by Chevy Chase; sec- ond team championship, won by Beaver Dam; Post Cup, Mrs. Roland MacKenzie; Star Cup, Mrs. L. B. Platt; duffers’ tourney. Mrs. Roland | MacKenzie; Maryland women'’s cham- pionship, Helen Dettweiler; District | Junior girl's title, Helen Dettweiler; Times Cup. Mrs. D. M. McPherson; Keefer Cup, Mrs. Harvey J. Cooper. Late in the year the women chose Mrs. C. K. Wing to head the Wom- en’s District Golf Association, Tourney Winners Listed. HE end of the year found Vinson Rippy Leads Public Linksmen. CTIVITY among the public links A golfers also was more intense than ever before, with Claude Rippy coming out on top as the rank- ing municipal links star, even though | John Connelly won the District cham- pionship. Rippy set new course records, won several minor tournaments and all in all, proved himself the best shotmaker among the public links players. The women's title went to Betty Keeler. Back in October Bobby Cruick- shank, Richmond pro, played 54 holes of the Kenwood course in 208, two below par, to win first honors in the National Capital open, breaking par for the first time in the four-year his- tory of the tourney. Al Houghton, Washington's leading pro, had a spotty year. He started by shooting that sub-par 61 at Washington and then failed to qualify for the national open. but he redeemed this dismal showing by going to the quarter-final in the national P. G. A. and then failed to get in the money in his own Kenwood tourney. He later won the Maryland open championship for the third con- secutive time. Club championships were won as follows: Chevy Chase, Frank P. Ree- side; Columbia, Miller B. Stevenson; Kenwood, Russell Hollebaugh; Wash- ington, Dr. Calvert E. Buck:; Beaver Dam, Eddie Bean: Congressional, Lu- ther C. Steward, jr.; Woodmont, Howard Nordlinger; Army-Navy, Maj. | R. K. Sutherland; Indian Spring, John P. Holzberg; Manor, Harry G. Pitt; Argyle, L. T. Harrison. ‘There were no changes among the golf pros this year, although two changes are rumored for 1935, among them the possible passing of Al Hough- ton from this territory. The close of the year finds Roland MacKenzie,- Congressional pro, preparing for a trip to play in the California tournaments, Western High School won the Dawes Cup, emblematic of the team high school title, while Maryland scholastic title went to Georgetown Prep, which produced three winners in Maury Nee, who annexed the private school titls and the Maryland State scholastic championship; Billy Dettweiler, who copped the Maryland junior title, and Frank Allen, the metropolitan school titleholder. Navy 1936 Card To Be Colorful Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, NNAPOLIS, Md., December 22—With games settled with three of the members of the old “Big Four” of intercollegiate foot ball, the Naval Academy may complete the group on its scheduly of 1936 by arranging a game Harvard. .- At the academy today it was stated that me athletic officials are conferring with those of Har- vard as to games to be played at Cambridge in 1936 and at Anna- polis the foll year, Nmm“'"m'fll play Yale at ew ven 1936, and indefinite but o