Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1935, Page 23

WASHINGTON, D. C, SPORTS SECTION he Sunday Star SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1935. » Azucar Takes Record Race Purse of $108,400 : Eastern Gains Basket Title LR 2R Cunningham, Owensand Others Break World MarksinA.A. U. Champzonsths As Field Entered Stretch in $100,000 California Race Yesterday ERKY IS SEVENTH AT SANTA ANITA! LR Ladysman Gets Place Coin, | With Time Supply Third. Track Mark Broken. (Continued From Page A-1) earlier in the day in a field half as large, with War the victor. Betting on the event also set a Cali- fornia record when the customers pushed $239,335 through the pari-mu- tuel windows, more than twice as much as had ever been bet on a single event here before. Of this money more than $30,000 alone was down on Equipoise to win. Azucar Pays $26.80. ZUCAR paid $26.80 to win, $9 to place and $6.60 to show on $2 tickets, while Ladysman was worth $5.20 and $4.60 and Time Sup- Piy $8.40. A slow starter, Azucar, who was switched to flat racing a year ago, went away from the gate in fourteenth position, after the start had been de- layed more than 10 minutes while first Head Play and then Equipoise became unruly. He gained gradually under the ex- pert riding of Woolf to move into eleventh at the quarter post. Picking his spots with precision, Woolf piloted the victor through the big field into fourth place through the back stretch and brought the thoroughbred to the rail as the field moved into the turn in a mad scramble. Wiliam R. Coe's Ladysman also ‘was smartly ridden. Harry Richards ‘booted the S-year-old son of Pompey along in great fashion, having all ground close to the pace. He went into seventh position at the quarter post, slipped to eighth after half & mile | and then piloted him into third at | the three-quarters, always close up. Time Supply Away First. IME SUPPLY, winner of the Bay Meadows and Narragansett Handicaps in recent months, was among the leaders from the time the barrier went up until the end. Ridden by Tommy Luther, Mrs. F. A. Carreaud’s 4-year-old bay colt out of Time Maker, was first away from the gate. Clark and High Glee burned up the track through the early stages and held this position until the stirring stretch run. Up into second he moved once, but couldn’t stay with the pace and dropped off to third again at the end, two lengths in front of Top Row. Second place money was worth $8,900 net; third, $3,800, and fourth, $1,400. Equipoise was nowhere from start to finish. The 7-year-old son of Pen- nant got away from an outside posi- tion twelfth and was still there as he passed the quarter mark. He ran into much trouble on the back stretch after mpving up to seventh and was forced back to twelfth again around the last turn. Mate Held Ahead of Ekky. HE king of the turf tried gamely I to make up ground at the end, but was out of the money by that time. The best he could do, in his bid for the title of leading money winner, held by Sun Beau, was to wind up seventh. Mate, which also had a chance at the Sun Beau crown, wound up just in front of old Ekky, a head to the good, but two lengths behind valiant ‘Ted Clark, the pace setter, which was Afth, The others finished as follows: Eighth, Gusto; ninth, Frank Or- mont; tenth, Twenty Grand; eleventh, Sweeping Light; twelfth, Riskulus; thirteenth, Fleam; fourteenth, Sarada; fifteenth, Mad Frump; sixteenth, Pre- cursor; seventeenth, High Glee, stable- mate of Equipoise; eighteenth, Good Goods, stablemate of Cavalcade, who was acratched from the race some- time ago because of a bad hoof; nine- teenth, Head Play, and last, Faireno. While the clockers timed the win- ner in 2 minutes 2% seconds, the electric camera timer clipped a fifth off this, making the official recording 2 minutes 2 seconds. It was two sec- onds back of the werld record. Horse Runs Down Spectator. CATTERED through the club house :hronl w'e;:r motion picture stars nd per: s whose names are listed high in the affairs of finance and state. Milling thousands kept the mutuel windows jammed. They put a total of $802,983 through the machine for the eight races, almost $300,000 more than any previous figure. One of the spectators in the infleld, ‘who sought to improve his vu\ug. point, was ridden down in the first race. He was Norman Ulm of Los Angeles, who stepped in front of the fiying feet of War Over in the first race and was taken to the Monrovia Hospital to be treated for facial abra- sions and a wrenched back. The success of the race served to prove again that the heritage of Elias Jackson (Lucky) Baldwin, last opera- tor of a track in Southern California more than a score of years ago, was Santa Anita’s. That plant was scarcely a stone’s throw from the present palatial lay- out, and within the bugle’s call of tke graveyard where Baldwin's three American Derby winners rest in peace. No motion picture queen placed the | At fioral wreath on the victorious Azucar today. PFittingly, it was Baldwin, daughter of the great early California turf figure. REDS’ ROOKIE INJURED. TAMPA, Fis, Pebrusry 23 (P).— Elton Hamilton, young rookie pitcher from California, became the first casuslty of the 1935 major league base ball Spring training campaign today, suffering & wrenched knee while in training with an advance guard of the Cincinnati He slipped back to third as Ted | HAGEN'S 64 PARES Arrives in Nick of Time, Tops Gasparilla Open by Four Strokes. By the Associated Press. ALMACEIA CLUB, Tamps, Fia., February 28.—Strewing seven birdies in his wake, Walter Hagen, the veteran winner of golf champlonships, burned up the course here today with 31—33—84, 6 strokes under par, and took the lead in the first 18 holes of the $3,000 732- hole medal play Gasparills open. Arriving at the club house just one Hague” cut loose with a dasling ex- hibition of iron approaches such as never has been witnessed here. Time and again he sank 2 and 3 footers for birdies. Bob Stupple of Glencoe, IIl., had s card of 36—32—68, 2 strokes under par. Johnny Farrell, former United States open champion from Hollywood, Fla., posted a card of 34¢—35—89, Hampered by High Wind. RACKETED with 71s were George Christ of Rochester, N. Y.; Clar- ence Doser of Rochester, N. Y.; Bill Goldbeck of Mountkisco, N. Y.; Alex Ellis of Swampscott, Mass.; John Kinder of Neptune, N. J., and & pair of Tampa amateurs, Wesley Bolests and Harry Root, jr. A high wind, sweeping the course all day. apparently had many of the big shots of golfdom stymied. arold McSpaden of Kansas City, Kans.,, the leading money winner of the Winter campaign; Johnny Revolts of Tripoli, Wis,, and Victor Ghemsi of Deal, N. J,, winner of the recent Los Angeles open, needed 73s. Wify Cox of Brooklyn, N. Y., posted a 72, while Willie McParlane, veteran Scot from Oakridge, N. Y., encount- ered trouble with his putter and re- quired & 74. AMERICAN U. TRIMMED Anita | H. Proves No Match for Bridgewater in 32-to-31 Game. Bridgewater College basketers hand- ily defeated American University's quint, 32-21, last night on the Eagles’ court. The win gave the Virginians iwo out of three victories in thelr Capital invasion. They defeated 'Wil- son Teachers, but bowed to Gallaudet. It was the second win recently for Bridgewater over Am U. The ponta: were the ictors” eading see ‘were scor- ers last night. Staff Caasell, with 7, was high for A. U. Summary: Bridgewater (33). A T (2 fllllflat L. IS i pomo0wel 4| nm.aa.ufi' oo01s®O; Totals... 7 721 DURNELL ‘GETS LICENSE. CHICAGO, Februmy 23 (P)— ) 'whose PAR BY SIK SHOTS minute before he was to tee off “The | <+ KANSAN DAZZLES AT1 0 METERS Performed by Colored Ohio State Ace. EW YORK, February 23 (). —Capping the climax of a wholesale attack upon world indoor records tonight in the national senior A. A. U. track and fleld championships, Glenn Cunning- ham continued his all - conquering eweep with a spectacular 1,500-meter friumph over Bill Bonthron of the New York A. C. in the new record time of 3 minutes, 50.5 seconds. Cunningham, taking the lead from Erik Ny of Sweden after two laps and setting s sizzling pace all the way, roared down the meu:h to break the tape 40 yards in front of Bonthron, who snapped out of his slump to the extent of outfooting Gene Venzke of Pennsylvania is & spirited fight for second place. Ny was fourth and last. ‘The former University of Kansas star clipped nearly two full seconds off his own former world indoor record of 3:52.2, set last year in the same s |[meet in which he got an eyelash 7 | decision over Bonthron. The world outdoor record of 3:48.8 is held by Bonthron. Cunningham, in keeping his slate clean for the indoor season and dem- cnmuumeummthnumv a class by himself among Ameri- milers, hung up the fifth world mnmuthmm EADING a wholesale attack upon world slender Jesse Sprint, Broad Jump Feats * % Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. | Use Live Ravens’ In Target Event By the Associated Press. IG SPRINGS, Tex., February 23.—Here's tnpshootml on a bx( and modern scale. ‘The sportsmen who nther here March 2 and 3 for the trapshoot of the Protective Game and Pish Association will have live targets. i Fifteen hundred ravens, crop marauders, have been trapped and will be released as targets. NUSSLEIN, KOZELUH REACH TENNIS FINAL German Conquers Richards, Czech Defeats Barnes in Miami Professional Event. By the Associated Press. TAMI BEACH, Fla., February 23 —Hans Nusslein, the amiable mechanical marvel from Berlin, and Karel Kozeluh, a determined Czechoslovak from Norwood, Ill, will match their precise European games again tomorrow in the final round of the Miami Beach professional tennis tourney. *The last American-born players were eliminated today when Nusslein defeated Vincent Richards, 6—1, 6—3, 6—2, and Kozeluh staved off young Bruce Barnes of Austin, Tex., 6—32, 6—1, 5—7, 6—2. In the doubles final, the German and Czech again will be on opposite sides of the net. Nusslein with Arthur Dudolph of Hartford, Conn., and Kozeluh with Barnes. NOTED TRAINER DIES. MEXICO, Mo, February 23 (#).— Ben R. Middleton, 67, well-known horse trainer and former owner of 10 8 | Rex McDonald, world champion sad- meter (Continued on Page B-8, e_ofil 3 | dle horse, died today. Partners | Above: The field coming out $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap in & o & BEATS LELANDERS - INSTAR TOURNEY Lincoln Parkers Likened to Pros by Stan Harris, Viewing 38-16 Tilt. ANDLING the ball as cle as & “lot of professionals, quote & surprised Bucky Har- ris, whose sensational career as a basket ball player was obscured by success on the diamond, Eastern’s doughty band of goal shooters yester- day retained the metropolitan public high school championship with a 38- to-16 victory over Bethesda-Chevy Chase, perennial title winner in Mont- gomery County, Md. Playing the final of the third annual tournament sponsored by The Star, in the Tech High gym, the Marylanders were without the services of a key man. Tom Finlayson, and their game fell far below the standard of the d | previous when they won a stirring 3. | 20 battle with Alexandria, standard- | bearer of Northern Virginia, a contest which not only left Finlay: hors de combat, but the team with & dulled edge. They Pull Together. | J)RIVATELY and in the presenta- P tion of The Star Trophies, Harris praised the Eastern team, which for two years has won the District championship, as one of the best co- ordinated basket ball machines he has seen. “None of its members is a real stand- out,” he observed, “though that Dean | boy seems to know a little more about |the game than the others. But the way they play together, passing up | individual chances to score when a of the turn late yesterday in the California. Ted Clark, a long shot, was leading by two lengths with the ultimate winner. Azucar, running second, when the horses entered the stretch. Ted Clark, however, wilted and was passed by Azucar, Ladysman and Time Supply. Below: Azucar, with Jockey George Woolf up, receiving a floral wreath from Anita Baldwin. The winner is owned by Fred M. Alger, jr. Photos taken late yesterday at the track, near Los Angeles, and trans- mitted by Associated Press Wirephoto. SPORTSCOP Diggs, Labeled Dippy, Is Rival for Deans in Confidence. Y FRANCIS E. STAN. ITH & bow to the promise | undoubtedly packed in the | arms of those five mildly embarrassed youngsters who pawed the floor of the Union Station yesterday afternoon and awaited readiness of the Biloxi-bound rattler, it is doubtful if there was & Dlzzy Dean or a Goofy Gomez among | | them. But by the same token, if the | mnjor leagues are to unearth at least | ;. o1 pace ball siot machine trying | | & vocal counterpart of the loquacious | | to hit a home run, which is achieved | | Mr. Dean this season, our nominee is Master Reese Wilson (Dippy) Diggs | | of Mathews, Va., and Pimlico, Md. It would have been & very unevent- ful departure of that skimpy vanguard of Nationals were it not for Master Diggs. Dick Lanahan, the Washing- ton boy, kept fooling with his lug- gage, trying to act unconcerned. Henry Coppola of East Douglas, Mass., and Bob Etts of Margaretville, N, Y., gaped at an elderly fellow who once ‘was as Taw as themselves, who hailed from a town sounding as rural as| their own (Coffeyville, Kans.), and who was catching a train himself. The man’s name was Walter Johnson. The fifth rookie, Hugh Mulcahy of Adelton, Mass, spent much of the time just staring at the ceiling. + . So Dippy Diggs was the only member of the vanguard stir- ring. “Simee you asked me” unblushingly allewed Pimlico’s gift to the majors, “I reckon 1 ean win 30 games for Wash- ington. “Of course,” he added modestly, “it all depends on my arm. It was sore last year, you know, d I couldn't | get my hop t'working. HIS seemed a little overwhelming, considering that even Uncle Clark Griffith, whose protege is Dippy, is not certain that Diggs will stick with the club until April 16, On what grounds, Master Diggs Was asked, do you base this copfident observation? ‘There is no catchin_ this Dippy Diggs without an answer. “Well,” he shot back, “I faced the Tigers, Indians, Athletics and Yankees last year and they aren't so hot. I reckon T'll do all right. In fact—." Unfortunately Dippy had to fling & good-by at this point to catch the train. As a member of the Nationals for one month last year, young Diggs was the veteran of the five raw rookies and had to be on hand to direct ac- tivities. Besides, he was just finishing an exciting chapter of that weighty classis, “Murder in the Wining Caves.” But what he did get around to saying not only was overwhelming, but s little refreshing. If, as young Master Diggs says, the Tigers, Indians, Ath- letics and Yanks are not se hot, then Bucky Harris has little to lidn’ Joe Cronin’s club lives up to the <highest expectations, Mr. Harris® tribulations will be leasened con- siderably. He can just concentrate on the Bosox, Browns and White Sox with Washington's more elderly hurlers— Whitehill, Weaver, Hadley, Stewart, et al.—and let Dippy take care of the rest. It should be & snap. ERIOUSLY, though, you might well be grateful to Dippy Diggs ere long. even if he cannot make the Tallman Victim, Escape—Vehicle Slides - By the Associated Press. AKE PLACID, N. Y., February I 4 .Across the. finish line sent stretcher-bearers up the Mount Zag curve, where Royal Tallman of Keepe: Valley was seriously injured their seats in an accident. ‘The upset occurred during the four- bobsled title. At the end of today's two heats Curtis Stevens of Lake total time of 3 minutes 35.13 seconds. ‘The third and fourth heats will be Tallman was carried out through the woods on a stretcher with concus- Curtis Stevens made -the fastest sin- gle heat of the day, 1:45.83. Tyler of Lake Placid, with total time of 3:37.52. of 3:42.0i — CHICAGO, February 23 (#).—The strongest field in the history of ama- Monday night for the 1935 amateur elass “A’ 18.2 balkline championship. fair, will run seven days, conclud- ing March 3. : to End of Chute. 23.—An empty sled streaking Van Hoevenberg bob rin today to Zig and three other riders tossed from man races for the North American Placid and his crew led the field with run tomorrow. sion of the brain and several cuts. Second position was held by Francis Hubert Btevens was third with time CUE FIELD IS STRONG teur billiards will start play here The tournament, s round-rebin af- big league grade. We will wager our ¢ last season's Panama bonnet against & plugged nickel that the most enter- | taining Biloxi-datelined copy is writ- | ten around Master Diggs: that while he lasts Dippy will commend more space than any of Mr. Griffith’s hire- lings: that the writing boys wiil for- get there ever was a Dave Harris. I don't know how far back Dippy's Dean-ish tendencies date, but the first inkling the Washington club gained | { of it was last September in St. Louis, | | where Master Diggs spent $26 on & | by putting a ball one-half inch in | | diameter through a hole five-eighths | | of an inch wide in “centerfield.” | He nt those 520 nickels in 's and never did hit the “homer.’ Dippy's next bid for attention was | committed in Detroit. There he de- | voured a $4.60 dinner and, suddenly | ashamed at this extravagant gastro- | nomic outburst while the Tigers were | Eynon, jr., for four days, or until the team hit Cleveland | | away another huge dinner, but this time he looked Eynon squarely in the | eye, In Philadelphia he started his | second game and had the A's whipped {until . he threw Jimmy Foxx a fast ball that neglected to hop. It was for Washington, though, that On the next to last day of the season he was nominated to pitch the first Yankees. Game time arrived but there was no Dippy. = The umpire dusted off the plate but still no Diggs. Finally, Dippy appeared at the club house and calmly asked the amazed Eynon for & pass for his brother. “Where,” demanded Eynon, with & great display of self-control, “have you been? The game's starting al- ready. Schacht (Al was acting man- ager while Cronin was honeymooning) has started Sid Cohen.” “Wait & minute, Mr. Eynon,” explained Diggs, ‘T've got a good excuse. On my way to the ball park—en Sixteenth street, to be exact—a tire on my flivver went flat and I had an awful time patching it.” ‘We still maintain Master Diggs will prove a refreshing person to have around, especially with Sheriff Harris gone. Now if he can only Mtch as well as prove most entertaining Bucky Harris should have the eulln job in base ball. .There is only one danger. If Dippy calmly vulcanizes a tire on Sixteenth street while his chance to debut before Griffith and the home fans stands in jeopardy, he may fall sound asleep in the pitcher's box during a really trivial moment in his life, such as when the bases are loaded and the score is tied. SHANLEY TO COACH PAGES. Representative John A. Shanley of New Haven, Conn., will coach the House pages base ball team the com- ing season, it has been announced. ‘The team’s big game is with the Sen- ate pages. Through efforts of Shan- ley, the House squad has obtained permission to drill at Griffith Stadium on Sundays when the Nationals are not at home. , | pushing the Nationals into seventh | place, he hid from Secretary Eddie | N CLEVELAND he made his major | | league debut as a starter and beat | the Indians. That night he stowed Dippy Diggs saved his prize stunt. | game of a double-header against the | pass to another member of the team would make a shot at the basket easier, |shows & lot of good coaching, and | genuine team spirit.” Eastern grabbed an early lead when Scheible shot & basket, and from there { out the Marylanders plainly were the |losers. The end of the first quarter | found Eastern with an 11-to-1 lead. | the single point for Bethesda scored by Putnam, and the game was well into the second period before Bethes- | da-Chevy Chase counted from the meld At half time Eastern's margin | was 18 to 4. INLAYSON was missed sorely as 1F the Marylanders tried time and again to penetrate the Lincoln Parkers’ defense, only rarely moving within reasonable shot of the basket |and then for hurried throws. Be- moaning & long gash that crossed his (Continued on Page B-9, Column 3.) Sports Program In Local Realm TUESDAY. Basket Ball. | Alexandria at Gonzaga, 3:30. Charlotte Hall at Tech, 3 Maryland at Johns Georgetown Prep at Mkfluu 3:30. Ttkonu-!flv;; Spring High at Hyattaville, 3 Water Pole. Maryland Club Gardens vs. ‘Washington Canoe Club, Ambassa- ‘ dor pool, 8. WEDNESDAY. Basket Ball. | ‘Washington-Lee High at Gon- | zaga, 3:30. | : Georgetown Prep at :30. George Washington vs. Geneva at Beaver Falls, Pa. Mayfield High, Fredericksburg. at Dunbar, 3:30. THURSDAY. Wrestling. | Washington Auditorium—main match, two out of three falls, Gino Garibaldi, 8t. Louis, vs. Fred Grob- mier, JTowa. Show starts 8:30. Basket Ball. Landon at 8t. Albans, 3:30. American U. at 8St. John's, An- napolis. ‘Western, Swimming. George Washington vs. ware at Shoreham, 8. Georgetown, Catholic U. and Maryland in extra mural cham- pionships at C. U, 7:30. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Mount St. Mary town at Tech, 8: Virginia Medicll collen at Wile Dela- ington College of Law 7:30. Preliminary to G. U. Varsitye Mount St. Mary's game. at Western, sportmanship ey. Vocational High, Baltimore, at Dunbar, 3:30. High SATURDAY. Boxing. A Army vs. Maryland at College Park, 9:30. All-university night. .bgn.rnene Tech at Catholic U., Basket Ball, Virginia Medical College at American U, 8. 8t. John's, Annapolis, vs. Mary- land at College Park, 7:30. All- university night. St. James at St. Albans, 3:30. Miner Teachers vs. Delaware State at Cardozo, 3:30. Episcopal at Weodberry Forest. Swimming, Central in South Atlantic cham- pionships at Baltimore. Wrestling. New York West Side Y. M. C. A. at Central Y. V. M. L at George Washington.