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SPORTS SECTION he Sunday Star WASHING 'ON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1 1935, B—7 Maryland Ties Virginia in Ring Upset : Cunningham Again Bests Mile Foes -4 | Griffith Can Talk Game, Says Rajah TERP RALLY NETS 3 STRAICHT WINS Cavaliers Take Last Bout' for Draw, Their Second Since 1931. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. NIVERSITY, Va, February 16.—University of Maryland ' reached the giddiest heights | in college boxing here to- | night, when a gallant band of vastly | underrated Terrapin battlers held Virginia's mighty ring forces to a | 4-4 tie for the second time since 1931. With a slightly more charitable de- cision in the final battle of the night between Heavyweights Al Farrell of | Maryland and Fred Cramer of Vir- ginia, the Terrapins would have walked off with a 4!,-to-3!, victory with a draw, and a win would have given them a 5-to-3 triumph and inflicted upon Virginia its first defeat in 24 consecutive dual meets. Cramer was awarded a hairline decision, how- ever, causing a deadlock that was stunning enough in itself. The largest crowd in the history of SBouthern Conference boxing, slightly more than 6,000 spectators, jammed | into Memorial Gymnasium, witnessed the sensational melee which found Maryland winning three of the last four bouts to overcome a 3-to-1 deficit. Only One Kayo. | 2 NLY a gle knockout, and that of the technical variety, was scored. so evenly matched were the two teams. The lone kayo was scored by Maryland, who climaxed a sensational four-year rise in boxing by tonight's performance. Lyman McAboy, crack 155-pounder, gained the abbreviated victory when he badly battered a substitute Virginia boxer, Bill Banks. The Cavaliers went into the match | not in the best of shape, but this did | not detract from Maryland's perform ance, which will make the Terps co- favorites with Virginia in the Southern Conference tournament next week. Maryland's hopes sunk to subter- ranean depths after Virginia had won three of the first four bouts. Out of | this quartet of scraps, the Terps had hoped to earn an even break, but only | Ivan Nedomatsky was able to win | Half an hour before the opening fight the huge gymnasium was filled to its 5500 capacity, and the crowd, fully 2,000 of which were from Wash- ington and Maryland, kept jamming | through the doors. A score actually hung from the rafters. Hahn Outpoints Young. MPLOYING a tricky left jab that rarely missed its mark, Cocapt. Archie Hahn gave Virginia al flying start in the 115-pound bout | when he decisively outpointed Mary- land’s Jimmy Young after three rounds. It was the first defeat of the season for Young, who could not match the cleverness of Hahn, twice winner of the Southern Conference | bantamweight title. Hahn took the first round by a size- able margin and then outstabbed Young by a narrow margin to capture the second session. In the third round Hahn cut loose and appeared to have Young on the verge of a knockdown at the bell. Referee Ed Brockman of Baltimore promptly pointed to Virginia's corner at the final bell, while the crowd went wild. | Rainey Is Clever. ORDON RAINEY, cocaptain with Hahn, featherweight champion of the Southern Conference and the only member of Virginia's team who 1is undefeated and untied, made the score 2-0 in favor of the Cavaliers when he easily decisioned Tom Bir- mingham in the 125-pound bout. Like Hahn, the Virginia 125-pound- er won all three rounds, though Birmingham, in his second varsity scrap, battled gallantly. | With all hope for a decision gone, Birmingham desperately sought a| knockout in the third round, but his! wide-open tactics only served to make Rainey's superiority more pronounced. Nedomatsky Wins Easily. VAN NEDOMATSKY, undefeated | Maryland sophomore lightweight, continued his victory march in the 135-pound class, when he gave Marion Brooks a thorough going over to win Maryland's first point. The bout lasted the full three rounds, how- ever, and checked Nedomatsky's string of knockouts at four in a row. In the first few minutes of the initial round Nedomatsky caught Brooks with a short right to the jaw, flooring the Cavalier for a count of nine, Brooks arose and promptly ran into another wallop in the jaw, again taking a count of nine. ‘The bell saved Brooks in the first round, but it was a stout heart and nothing else that enabled him to 80 the route. Nedomatsky easily won all three rounds, while Maryland's rooting section of 2,000 literally raised the roof. Womer Shades Webb. IGHTING his best battle of the | season, blond Walter Webb of Maryland held Maynard Womer, Virginia’s 145-pound Southern Con- ference champion, on even terms for two rounds, but the Terrapin weak- ened in the final session and the fight nt to Womer. ‘The victory made the score read 8 to 1 in favor of Virginia. ‘Webb matched the flashy Virginian $n boxing skill, but the more damaging punches of Womer had ‘their effect as the bout wore on and Webb took ® beating in the last round. McAboy Stops Banks. ARYLAND was back in the thick of the fight, however, after Ly- | man McAboy, undefeated Mary- | Jandland 155-pounder finished with | Virginia's representative, a newcomer | named Bill Banks. McAboy scored 4 | technical knockout after 1:28 of the | gecond round, Referee Brockman stop- | ping the affair when Banks was | backed helplessly in a corner. | Banks was forced to fight in the 155-pound division when it was dis- covered that Bill McClung, regular Junior middleweight, suffered a broken nose in the Navy meet last week. Bill Leonard, his first-string understudy, (Continued on Page 8, Column 4) " o e Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Pro Basket Ball. Heurich Brewers vs. Sphas (Phila- delphia), Heurich gym, 3:30. Soccer. German-Americans vs. Fernwood | A. C. (Baltimore), Benning Field, 2. Semi-final match in National Amateur Cup tie for this section. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Baltimore U., at George Washing- ton, 8. Randolph-Macon, at American U., 8. St. John's, at Georgetown Prep, 4. Western, at Takoma-Silver Spring High, 0. Gonzaga, at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, 3:30. Dunbar vs. Douglas High, at Balti- more. Boxing. Washington Auditorium—Main bout, Johnny Jadick vs. Fritzi Zivic, 10 rounds. Show starts at 8:30. TUESDAY. Basket Ball. Western vs. George Washington freshmen, at G. W., 3:30. | Hyattsville High vs. Mount Rainier | High, at Ritchie Coliseum, University of Maryland, College Park, 3:15. Play-off to determine Prince Georges County champlonship and the team that will represent the county in The Star tourney Friday and Saturday. Friends, at Rockville High, 3:30. Takoma-Silver Spring High, Gaithersburg High, 3:30. Water Polo. Baltimore Y. M. C. A. vs. Am-| bassador Club, Ambassador pool, 8:45. D. C. A. A. U. League match. WEDNESDAY. at Basket Ball. Temple vs. Georgetown, at Tech, 8:30. St. Thomas. at Catholic U., 8. ) and, at Virginia. St. John's vs. Georgetown freshmen, at Tech, 7:30. Preliminary to G. U. Varsity-Temple game | A. and T. of North Carolina vs. Miner Teachers, at Cardozo, 3:30. | A. and T. of North Carolina, at Howard U,, 8. Gonzaga, at Episcopal High, 3:30. | Georgetown Prep, at Bethesda- | Chevy Chase High, 3:30. THURSDAY. Basket Ball. Temple vs. George Washington, at | Tech, 8. | Bridgewater, at Wilson Teachers' ! College, 8. Virginia State, at Howard U, 8. Tech. at Gonzaga. 8 ‘Washington-Lee High, at Fredericks- burg High, 8. Wrest ! Washington Auditorium —Main match, Frank Judson vs. Gino Garibaldi. Show starts at 8:30. FRIDAY. | Basket Ball. | Double-header in annual Star Metropolitan District tourney, at Tech. First game at 2 o'clock. Bridgewater, at Gallaudet, 8. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High vs.| Landon, at Kensington Armory, 3:30. Mount St. Joseph. Prep, at 8t.| John’s, 8. Virginia State U. vs. Miner Teachers, at Cardozo. 8. St. Albans, at Episcopal Academy.! Philadelphia. Hopewell High, at Washington-Lee High, 8. Howard vs. Lincoln, at Orange, N.J. Takoma-Silver Spring High, at Waynesboro (Pa.) High Kendall in Eastern Deaf Schools’ tourney, at Hartford, Conn. Boxing. Maryland in Southern Conference | at University, Va. | SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Pittsburgh vs. Georgetown, Tech, 8:30. Final game in annual Star Metro- politan District tourney, at Tech, 2. Bridgewater, at American U., 8. Georgetown Freshmen vs. Tech, at Tech, 7:30. Preliminary to G. U.| Varsity-Pittsburgh game. | Central, at Charlotte Hall, 3:30. | Loyola Prep (New York), at George- | town Prep, 3:30. | St. Albans, at Church Farm School, at Philadelphia. | Boxing. Manhattan, at Catholic U., 8:15. | American U., at Hampden-Sydney. | Swimming. | George Washington vs. Lafayette, Shoreham pool, 8. Central vs. Massanutten Military Academy, at Woodstock. ‘Wrestling. Hopkins, at Gallaudet, 8. Carisle (Pa.) Y. Central Y, 8. C. A, at Rifle. Maryland, at George Washington. Central vs. Navy Plebes, at An- napolis. PANCHO KEEPS TITLE Oriental Bantam Champ Defeats | Farber in Manila. MANILA, P. I, February 16 (#)— Little Pancho of Manila successfully defended his Oriental bantamweight title in a 10-round fight with Lew Farber of New York here tonight. Farber weighed 118 pounds and Pancho 113. | Rusterberg | Mix outpointed Alan Lesh, who had | | scored t A CATHOLIC U. WING INRING, 32 10 2 Fleming, Trounced, Victor, Techincally in Western Maryland Match. EFORE the largest assemblage drawn by the intercollegiate | fisticuffers this season, upward of 4300 fans, Catholic Uni- versity flailers punched out & 5!2-to- 21, triumph over Western Maryland boxers at Brookland last night—but Frank (Red) Fleming almost met his | master. Catholic's winning colors could have | been strung to the masthead before the auburn-haired, lean slugger slip- ped through the ropes, but a majority of the paying customers had come to see Red ring up another knockout. and glee over the Cardinal victory | was almost secondary in their thoughts to the thrill of watching Fleming “put away” another pretender. | But Fleming's string was snapped, to the astonishment of an almost un- | believing crowd. Not only that, he | was outpointed. A habit of hitting on the breaks cost Andy Ortenzio the | verdict, Fleming Beaten, But Victor. | N INSIGHT into what was to come A was given in the opening round, when Ortenzio led the fighting, his aggressiveness keeping Fleming chiefly on the defensive and seldom allowed him to get set for a solid blow. ‘The second round was just a repe- tition, with Ortenzio continually rush- ing Fleming and flailing with both hands. Red occasionally took the of- fensive, but Ortenzio's guard was too tight for Fleming to penetrate with one of his usual dynamite blows. Fleming opened the third round in better fashion, but ran into a couple of rights that slowed him up. And from there on out Fleming was back- | pedaling and waiting for the opportu- nity that never came for him to push | over a sleep potion. | Referee Charles Reynolds’ verdict for Fleming drew waves of vocal dis- approval from a partisan crowd that felt the visitor had won. Reynolds | explained that the match was even s the last round opened, that Or-’ tenzio had been the aggressor in that, but was penalized for hitting on the | breaks. And with the penalty went | the decision. Gorski Quick Winner, NDY GORSKI, Western Mary- land's 165-pound national inter- collegiate champion, required but two minutes to register a technical kayo over Max Brinkman. The big, | blond Marylander caught Brinkman | with a hard right early in the battle that left the Cardinal groggy. Quick to follow up his advantage, he rushed Brinkman and connected with & fAurry of lefts and rights before Referee Reynolds stopped the uneven contest. | As an anti-climax to the thrills of the 165 and 175 pound battles, came the side-splitting antics of the heavy- weights. Tom Pantecarvo, Western Marylend's husky slugger, chased Fred Rydzewski, Catholic's freshman con- tender, all over the ring, but rarely could get set for a blow. Bicycling away all the time, Ryd- zewski dodged and skipped from his rival's punches, sometimes bobbing under to slip in a few light taps of his own, The crowd roared as Rydzewski | clearly seeking to escape punches and . with little idea of doing any pounding himself, continued to make Ponte- | carvo miss. The burlesque was ad- | judged a draw, Bennett's Rally Tells, EUBEN MIRO, Catholic’s 115- | pounder, knocked Bob Bennett of Western Maryland down for ' a short count in the first round, but Bennett came back to win the last two | rounds and the decision. He had Miro | reeling with a right just as the second round ended and set the pace in the final canto. Angelo Restaino marked up a de- cision over George Armacost of West- ern Maryland. Restaino, a graceful boxer, flitted around Armacost and peppered him often, but the green terror scrapper, possessing the harder | punch, got in a few blows that rocked | Restaino. Capt. Ed Thibodeau won over Carl in a listless bout; Fred a lightning fast right, but could not | match Fred's two-fisted attack, and Tom Oliver won the judge's nod over Charles Kaddy. Senators Sherman Minton of Indi- ane and Louls Murphy of Iowa were interested spectators and were in- troduced from the ringside. | 115 POUNDS—Bob Bennett (W. M.) de- | feated Reuben Miro (C.). POUNDS—Angelo _Restaino (C.) ointed George Armacost (W. M. i 35 POUNDS—Ed Thibodeau (C.) out- | pointed Carl Rusterberg (W. M.) | 115 POUNDS Fred Mix (C.) otpointed ( ) FOUNDS_Tom Oliver (C) out- | d Charles Kaddy (W. M.). 1 55 POUNDS—Anay Gorski (W. M.) echnical K. O. over Max Brink- C.) after two minutes of first round. | POUNDS—Frank Fleming (C.) out- po m ointed Andy Ortenzio (W. M) UNLIMITED—Fred Rydzewski (C.) and Tom Pontecarvo (W. M.) drew. RACE MEET DELAYED. AUSTIN, Tex., February 16 (P).— Edward J. Hussion, official of the Epsom Downs race track at Houston, says that opening of the Spring meet there would be postponed from Feb- ruary 22 to March 9. Comes Back to Win After Knockdown Robert Bennett of Western Maryland, on Catholic U. last night in & 115-pound bout at Brookland. [ SPORTS cop BY FRANCI LONG SHOT TAKES N COAST RACE Gillie’s Triumph in Santa Anita Derby Nets $19,650 for Mrs. Whitney. [ By the Associated Press UNTWITA PARK, Los Angeles, February 16.-—Gillie, bay colt of the Greentree Stable, with Silvio Coucei up, today won the Santa Anita Derby, finishing a length and a half in front of Whis- kolo. Demonstration was third. The time for the mile and a sixteenth was 1:44 3-5. Victory was worth $19.650 to Mrs. Payne Whitney's son of Victorian out of My Tide. He paid $32.20, $13.40 and $8.40. Whiskolo, bay colt of the Milky Way Farm, brought home $4,000 and paid $16.80 and $10 to place and show on | $2 pari-mutuel tickets. Demonstration paid $39.40 to show. | Thirty-five thousand persons. who filled the stands and overflowed into the infield, cheered madly as Gillie came up fast on the outside to take the race after Bluebeard and Pan- toufle had held the advantage most | of the way. Rated as the poorer half of the Greentree entry yesterday, Gillie ran alone when Peradventure, classed high among the favorites, was scratched with three others, cutting the field to 17. FIVE SWIM RECORDS SET BY CASE JUNIOR New Backstroke Times Are Made by Grossman for Distances Up to 1,500 Meters. By the Associated Press. LEVELAND, February 16.—A | junior at Case School of Applied Science, Paul Grossman, splashed five national A. A. A. backstroke swimming records out of the 60-foot Case pool today. With five official A. A. U. timers clocking him, Grossman made 880 | yards in 12:09.2. compared with the | old mark of 12:33.5. | He kept right on going, setting four | more marks, 1,000 yards in 13:488, | compared with the old mark of 14:30; 1,320 yards in 18:19.3, breaking the; old mark of 21:35.8; 1500 yards in 20:48.8, for which the old record was 22:44.2, and 1,500 meters in 22:40, compared with the old mark of 27:09.4. His feat was a preliminary to the | meet in which Case defeated Slippery | Rock Teachers of Pennsylvania, | 58 to 17. | canvas, gets up to HARLOTTESVILLE. Va.. Feb- ruary 16—1It is with etled melancholy t Virginia's athletes and every ¢ under- grads, coaches and faculty, a ni and the gent who runs Ye Campus Sweet Shoppe contemplate the almost cer- tain retirement of old Jc La Rowe as active coach of the Cavaliers’ famed boxing forces. For a month now the 67-year-old LaRowe, who personally contributed to the support of Virginia's first com- petitive boxing team. after the athletic council had declared no financial sup- port could be given to the venture, has been confined to bed due to compli- cations resulting from a clotted vein in his leg. He still is the boss to his boys and. with the same cool judgment and un- derstanding that marked him as a great coach from the ringside. old Johnny continues to guide V. E boxers while the net of keener col petition from rival schools closes around the Cavaliers But guiding the destinies of a boxing team from the ringside and piloting by proxy is not the same. tI is a heartache to La Rowe, but his ache is only one of many, for it is feared here that never will old Johnny get back to active coaching. is at anny A Landmark Now. 'OHNNY is the daddy of all boxing coaches and probably is the most unusual of all athletic mentois. He never was a boxer himself, this | man who loves the game so well, but he knows his fisticuffing and one need look no farther than Virginia's record for proof. The Cavaliers walked into the ring against Maryland tonight with 23 consecutive dual meet victories, compiled since 1931, and four straight Southern Con- ference team championships. The most successful of all of Vir- ginia's coaches, La Rowe became at- tached to the school without the usual fanfare attending similar appoint- ments. He became a member of Vir- ginia’s official family as quietly as a new professor of freshman biology. He wasn't even paid a salary. But Johnny La Rowe now holds a place in this college town. He is s oy A L 2 = == =55 pointed out as a landmark, just as is pointed out the room once occupied by a student named Edgar Allan Poe. Raided Cash Register. A ROWE came to Virginia 30 years ago, opening a billiard parlor. He had lived in col- legiate atmosphere before, having Gillie Outruns Big Field to Take Santa Anita Derby Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. LOS ANGELES.—Leads 16 other horses home in $20,000 race before throng of 35,000, a record attendance for the year, * gain Catholic U, a decision over Reuben won the meet, 5'; to 2, —Star Staff Photo. Man Who Made Virginia sreat in Ring, 111, May Be Through. S E. STAN. dr mer years as 1 1. after i box teacher at had been 1891 b bugler V.M 1 ) team formed for him to coach. At Virginia La Rowe also started boxing classes and when student in- terest increased an intercollegiate launched in 1922 as an nt student venture. Joh and the late Henry (Pop) Lannigan, track coach, were associate coaches Lannigan was employed regular- Iy on the athletic staff, but La Rowe worked without pay and fre- quently raided his billard parlor cash register to defray expenses. But recognized or not by the scheol, La Rowe's ams (he assum charge in 1 chief centers of interest to folk and to the communit Students, facuity and townspeople alike were concerned with every little detail in connection with Johnny and his teams. The president of Virginia at that | time, the late Edwin A. Alderman, used to sit with Johnny on the bench during the fights. \7 and court may have waned with the passing of the years, but La Rowe's ring teams always have been measuring gauges whenever crack box- ing outfits are discussed. Virginia alone has beaten Navy during the last three years and the Cavaliers turned the trick three times running. To- day they are the spbrt's greatest draw- ime cards. Makes Own Fighters. IRGINIA'S glory on the gridiron Johnny never attended college, but | during his 40 years of association ‘ with the scholarly world he has picked | up more than the average education | His success at Virginia is not any | chance affair but represents hard work and complete accordance with his methods by his boys. He does not pretend to know anything about other | sports. His whole life is wrapped ;up in boxing and in his athletes. Nor have his fighters come ready- made. Twice a year, Fall and Spring. |old Johnny holds practice sessions and with two exceptions his fighters have been molded by his own hands from raw material. Bobby Goldstein of Washington, last year's captain, and Fred Cra- mer, present heavyweight, were the exceptions. The others—conference and col- | legiate champions, runners-up and | in boxing—be made. And if this really is the end of Johnny La Rowe’s active | coaching, college athletics will lose |one of its greatest. most popular and really picturesque figures. Eyes Cafiai Zone As Major’s Camp By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 16.—Ford Frick, president of the Na- tional League, sailed for Cali- fornia today on the Grace liner Santa Elena and expressed the possibility that one or two National League clubs may train in the Canal Zone next year. Frick appeared favorable to the idea and said he planned to confer with authorities in Balboa when the ship makes a one-day layover there. He said Panama interests have offered a $15,000 fund as an attraction. He was accompanied by Mrs. Frick and after a vacation on the Pacific Coast he said he would make a swing of the league’s training camps. | ordinary boxers plugging for a “V" | HOULD Clark Griffith, president S of the Nationals, desire a one- man audience when talking base ball he’ll always find one in Rogers Hornsby. Griffith is the game's best commentator, says the admiring manager of the Browns, “I always like to visit Washing- ton,” says Rogers, “for Clark Grif- fith is one man who will sit up until 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning to talk base ball with me. Most of the other managers or club owners balk on staying up after 2 in the morning, but I believe Griff | would stay up all night if base ball continued to be the sole topic of conversation.” | ODOULISNANED SEALS MANAGER Given Release by Giants, He Returns to Club That Gave Him Start. ‘ | By the Associated Press AN FRANCISCO, February 16 —Frank “Lefty” O'Doul was named manager of the San Francisco Seals base ball club today by President Charles Graham | immediately after word of his release by the New York Giants was received here. In becoming manager of the Coast League club here O'Dcul re the team upon which he broke intc base ball » joined the Seals in a He succeeds Jimmy “Ike” manager for the last three 1917 as a who started his major league career as a pitcher with the New York Yankees of the American | League, esked for his release from the Giants as a 10-year Member of > ' DOUL broke into base twirler for the Seals i the i g for the Salt e his debut as an r because of his heavy hitting e a member of the Brooklyn Dod; 932 he was the leading batsman in the National League, with .368. He was sent to the Giants during the 1933 season with Watson Clark in a player trade for Sam Leslie, present Dodger first baseman. e AMERIGAN BOATS * STORE CLEANLP Surprise Lives Up to Name With Upset Sailing Win | in Bahamas Feature. cutfield: mair | | By the Assoclated Press. ASSAU, N. P.. Bahamas, Feb- ruary 16.—American boats won all honors in the one- b day sailing race here today, but an outsider from New York took the Governor's Trophy from the | stalwart fleet which previously had dominated the International Miami- to-Nassau Handicap. The 45-foot Surprise—and some- thing of a surprise it was—owned by R. W. Johnson of the New York Yacht Club, rounded the 9-mile triangular course in 1 hour 4': minutes, cor- rected time. The Ketch Vamarie, sailed by Vadim S. Makaroff of New York, was first across the finish line in 1 hour 18 minutes. but placed second with corrected time of 1 hour 5': minutes Lawrence M. Bailliere’s cutter | A-weight of the Gibson Island Yacht Club, Maryland. winner of the Miami- Nassau race, was third in 1 hour 11!, minutes. The Nassau Yacht Club Trophy to ;lhe A-weight and the Governor's Trophy to the Surprise were presented tonight at & yachtsman's ball. SAM WEST IS REHIRED Only Six Brownies Out of Fold After Fly-Chaser Signs. | ST. LOUIS, February 16 (#)—Sam West, the St. Louis Browns' star fly- | chaser and leading batter, signed his 1935 contract, the club announced | today, leaving only six members of the team out of the fold. | They are Pitchers George Blae- | holder, Elton Walkup and Ashley Hil- lin, Catcher Frank Grube, Third | Baseman Harland Clift and First | Baseman Jack Burns. | PLAY SOCCER TIE TODAY German-Americans, Fernwoods to | Meet on Benning Pitch. German-American booters of this | city are listed to play the Fernwood | | A. C. team of Baltimore in their much | mustponed match in the national ama- | | teur soccer cup tie, this afternoon at 2 o'clock on the Benning field. | | It is a semi-final tilt in the compe- | tition in this area. WILL RACE FOR SPORT. LEXINGTON, Ky., February 16 () | —A group of wealthy sportsmen who own horse breeding establishments in the blue grass region today announced they would build a model race track here where racing will be for sport and not for profit, <@ N WINNER 25 YARDS AHEADOF VENZAE Bonthron Third in N. Y. A. C. Meet Feature—Maryland Scores in Relay. BY ALAN GOULD, Assoctated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, February 16.—Glenn Cunningham, the “iron horse, again demonstrated his ma: tery of American milers to- night with a smashing victory over Gene Venzke and Bill Bonthron, his two Eastern rivals, in the Baxter mile, feature race of the New York Athletic Club meet in Madison Square Garden, Cunningham, pulling away from his pursuers with a spectacular closing nt, brok tape yards in front of the brilliant time of 4 minutes 9.8 seconds, a new record for the ev but short of the former University of Kansas star's own in- door record of 4:08.4. Bonthron, third for the second time two weeks, trailed Venzke by & the 25 Venzke ir in vards. Williamson Fades. ARRY WILLIAMSON of North Carolina faded after sticking with the leaders for the first half mile and finished fourth, 10 yards behind Bonthron, The fifth starter, Erik Ny of Swe- . dropped out after setting a siz- g pace for the first quarter. which oreign star covered in 57 seconds alf the flat he issue was never in doubt after gham moved out in front on the back stretch of the sixth lap. The 500-yard race for the classic Buermeyer trophy developed a star- tling finale when the winner, Timothy Ring of Holy Cross. was disqualified for an alleged foul against Milton Sandler of the German-American of New York, during an early or the pole position. Ring ap- peared to be within his rights in a k struggle around the second turn, which resulted finally in Sandler be- hrown way off strile as he failed s way into the lead, but the Is ruled otherwise. Dartmouth Man Gets HE verdict thus went Hotste Race. to J. R take second place. four yards behind Ring. Harry Hoffman of the New York Curb Exchange A. A. passed the fading Ivan Fuqua of Indiana in a short tussle for third place. Sandler s & challenger after his brush with Ring and wound up a poor last. Veteran track athletes contended | Ring should not have been disquali- fied inasmuch as Sandler was not a stride in front when he attempted to take the lead by cutting in front of the Holy Cross star. Ring's time was 59.2 seconds, con- siderably short of the world record of 58 seconds, set by Joe Tierney, also of H Cross, in 1924 Torrance Disappoints. LY JACK TORRANCE, who B beaten 57 feet outdoors in ling the 16-pound shot, dis- appointed a capacity crowd when he failed by nearly a foot to touch the world record of 52 feet 8%, inches, held by Leo Se» , in the first fea- | tured event of the meet The giant Louisiana State athlete | did no better than 51 feet 9'; inches | in six attempts. Torrance had no dif- ficulty winning his specialty, beating his nearest rival, J. Geniawicz of Dartmouth, by more than 3 feet. Widmyer Loses in Sprint. HE chief surprise of the 60-yard dash was the elimination of Earl Widmyer, stocky University of Maryland star and conqueror a week ago of Ralph Metcalfe, the na- tional champion. in the annual West Virginia meet. Widmyer was shut out when he ran third in the semi-finals to Ben Johnson, Columbia Negro, and Ed Siegel of New York. The final of the sprint feature de- veloped another duel between a pair of dusky rivals with Eulace Peacock, Temple University's versatile athlete, outstepping Columbia’s Ben Johnson to win by a half yard in 6.3 seconds. Ed Siegel, while running even with Johnson at Peacock’s heels, pulled a muscle in his right leg and dropped out at the 50-yard mark. No Pole Vault Mark. ALE'S great pole vaulter, Keith Brown, who lifted the world in- door mark to 14 feet 4 inches at last year's meet, had his specialty all to himself, but had to be satisfled with 13 feet 9 inches. Percy Beard of the New York A. C, the favorite, captured the 60-yard high hurdles final by a yard from Charles Pessoni of Manhattan in spite of a bad start. The lanky world record holder was clocked in 7.6 sec~ onds after romping through two pre= liminary heats in 7.5. Indiana’s Chuck Hornbostel, une beaten so far during the indoor cam- paign, added the “Matthalpin” half- mile trophy to his collection without difficulty. The Hoosier ace stayed off the pace until the bell lap and then breezed in a winner by 5 yards over Bill Ray of Manhattan College in 1:54.1. Terp Four in Front. NIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S U crack one-mile relay quartet came from behind to whip Princeton and Yale in a three-cor- nered match race, an annual feature of the meet. Coleman Headley, the Maryland anchor, finished a good 20 yards ahead of his Tiger rival and helped the winners hang up a new mark of 3:26.5 for the event. Bob Archer, Milo Sonen, Warren Evans preceded Headley in the Terp quartet and all ran well. ‘The victors gained the lead when Sonen put on a spirited sprint to open a 10-yard margin over Newton of Princeton and Richards of Yale. With (Continued on Page 8, Column 3), a