Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1935, Page 24

B—10 S PORTS. THE SUNDAY . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MARCH 10, 1935—PART ONE. Troubles Over, Al Houghton Is Girding to Cl o HOPESTOGO FAR INNATIONAL OPEN Kenwood Pro Buckles Down, to Business—0akmont Is All to His Liking. BY R. W. McCALLUM. LTHOUGH the young man isn't playing so well right now, what with little chance to play golf since last year and @ lot of work spent in gaining new members for the Kenwood Club while the golf course was covered with snow, Al Houghton, who seems to have ironed out all his troubles, thinks his game will carry him a long way ®his | year and is planning on making a serious bid for the national open | championship to be staged at Pitts- | burgh. | For a time two months ago it scemed that Al was going to shake the dust of the Capital from his brogans and depart for Virginia Beach or New York, but neither of the jobs for which he was angling at that time have panned out. he has made a new deal at Kenwood and just now it appears he is going to stick around Washington for this year at least. ‘There's a new Al Houghton in evi- dence these days. Gone is the play- boy of other days, and Al is buckling down to the job as he hasn't done in vears, hoping for that playing break which will put him up among the top- netch golfers of the Nation. The first | big sock in his wall of confidence came last Spring at Richmond, where he failed to qualify for the national open of 1934. The second came in, the Na- tional Capital open tourney last vear, where he placed far back in the ruck over a course which he can play almost | with closed eyes in 71 or better. But | he is going out this year with renewed confidence in himself. determined to correct the mistakes of the past and take the spot he thinks he deserves along with the better known pros of the land Likes Oakmont Course. HAT the championship will be | plaved at Oakmont is & good | break for him. Houghton sin- cerely believes. One of the straightest | hitters in the land. a master of all| shots from tee to green. who hits the ball on a bee-line and seldom deviates | from the narrow path to the hole, | Houghton visualizes that tourney near Pittsburgh as one in which he can go far and do better than he ever has| done in the national. He doesn't make any foolish predictions about winning, for he knows what a tough job that is. | but he feels sincerely that Oakmont | is a course suited to his game. And about the sectional qualifying hurdle, which balked him last r at Rich-| mond, he feels confident. too. The qualifying rounds will be played on May 13 at the Baltimore Suburban Club. And can Al play that course? And how. In the quali- | fying rounds for the P. G. A. cham- | pionship of 1933 he led the field with scores of 66 and 69 for a total of 135, | one shot above the record low mark for the Nation, and far in front of | his field. Two rounds of 71 probably will qualify him for the open this vear over that short Suburban Club course, where accuracy is the main idea and not the powerful slugging of | the long hitters. | Likewise Al evisions the Oakmont | layout as one that can be conquered | BIG RACE A RONP M Chicago Mecca Of Pro Golfers HICAGO is rapidly corralling the leading professional golfers of the country. At present, the Windy City district is home to Tommy Armour, Horton Smith, Dick Metz, Harry Cooper, Abe Es- pinosa and Jock Hutchinson, while Ky Laffoon and Harold (Jug) Mc- Spaden, the Winter’s leading money winner, are recent additions. Laffoon has a choice job with the Broadmoor Club and McSpaden is going to westward ho! The metropolitan district used to be the select spot for golf professionals but Chicago rapidly is catching up with New York. Olin Dutra also is angling for a Chicago berth and soon may join the crowd in that city. While Chicago is well stocked with star professionals, it has fallen off in the production of amateur golfers. FOR BLACK HELEN {Bradiey Star, Favorite, Is Five Lengths Ahead in Florida Derby. By the Associated Press. IAMI, Fla., Bradley's Black Helen, favorite, today won the sev- March 9—E. R. enth running of the $15,000 | Florida Derby, finishing the one and one-eighth miles at Hialeah Psrk“ five lengths in front of Mantagna, from Dewitt Page's Maemere Farm. dier, the second choice, was third. With Don Meade in the saddle, Black Helen, winner of seven straight races before meeting defeat as a juve- nile, took the lead from Mrs. C. 8. Bromley's Brannon at the three- quarter mark, and never was headed as she breezed home. Under 113 pounds, the daughter of Black Toney ran the distance in 1:51, nearly three | seconds slower than the track record. The capacity crowd of between 15,- 000 and 20,000, made the Bradley entry, which included Bloodroot, the favorite at $6.90 for a $2 win ticket. The Kentucky sportsman’s share of the purse amounted to $15,600. The entry paid even money to place and $2.90 to show. Mantagna, an outsider, $11.60 to place and $5.50 to show, while a $2 show ticket on Roman Sol- dier was worth $3.60. GEORGETOWN FIVES SCORE IN TOURNEY Gain Semi-Finals in Playground: Race, Beating Twin Oaks and Park View. MAKE PREAKNESS | OPENTO GELDINGS Rich Pimlico Race Is Set for May 11—Four Big Tracks Dated. By the Associated Press. ALTIMORE, March 89— The Preakness, Maryland’s thoroughbred racing clasMc,l with a stake of $25,000 ad- ded, was set for Saturday, May 11, | at a meeting today of representatives of the four larger tracks of the State. The mile and three-sixteerths fea- ture for 3-year-olds, always Pimlico, will be opened this yea geldings for the first time in lEx than 50 years of its history. It jor-| ntries will close Monday, April 15. } merly was limited to colts and fillies. | The date was announced by the | | Maryland Jockey Club as the track | representatives met to set dates for the Spring meets of the Siate in ac- cordance to an ultimatum from the | Maryland Racing Commission that the | !Elwood Sachsenmaier’'s Roman Sol- | they must be in by next Saturday. The Bowie track got th> fi mect, ’opemng ‘Tuesday, April 2, and clos- ing on Saturday, April 13. Havre de Grace has trom Monday, | | April 15, to Saturday, April 25, and Pimlico from Monday, April 29, to| Saturday, May 11. | Laurel will have its 25-day meet in the Fall. | Bowie ennounced an increase in its minimum purse, setting it at §800 for this Spring, as compared with | $600 last year. STRING WIi'H FLORIDA Six International League Clubs| Do Training There. | NEW YORK, March 9 (P).—Six International League clubs will train | in Florida this year. Baltimore will do its Spring practic- ing in Kissimmee, Buffalo at Fort | Lauderdale, Montreal at Orlando, Newark at Clearwater, Rochester at Bartow and Toronto at Tampa. The Albany Senators will train at | | Gulfport, Miss., and Syracuse Chiefs | at Charlotte, N. C. 'ENTRIES RECEIVED | FOR TABLE TENNIS. returned | Tournament Will Be Played at Shoreham March 29—Winner | to Seek U. S. Title. } | NTRIES for the newly formed | | District of Columbia Table Ten- | nis Association’s first annual | championship tournament, to be held March 29 at the Shoreham Hotel, now are being received, it has been an- nounced by Morris B. Bassford, presi- | dent of the organization. Events will be men's singles, women's | singles, men’s doubles and mixed | doubles. Entry blanks may be obtained at the District Courts, 1510 H street; Washington Club, 1105 Pennsylvania avenue, or from W. A. King, secretary of the D. C. T. T. A, at 1018 Fifteenth WO Georgetown teams advanced | Street. to the semi-finals of Municipal | Playground Department basket The championships are open to any |person residing in the District or by the game he has developed, a |ball tournament yesterday in the Boys' Rearby suburban sections. The winner course where the main idea is to keep | Club gym, West End quints defeating | Wil be sent to Chicago to play in the out of those furrowed bunkers and in | Twin Oaks, 23-12 in the 115-pound |Dational championships. Trophies wiil the fairway, where trouble cannot | class and Park View, 26-16, in the |be awarded winners, runners-up. and pop up its ugly head and drag down | a nerve-wrecking 7 or 8. Al knows perfectly well that all the boys will have trouble with Oakmont, recalling that Tommy Armour had a 7 on the twelfth hole in the last round of the | 1927 tournament and yet won it. | Al Sets a Goal. | E HAS set a mark of 295 to shoot | for in that coming national open and he believes that a score like that will win the open, pro- vided he can shoot it. Willie Mac- farlane scored 294 in the Pennsyl- vania open at Oakmont last Summer to win with a record card. Armour and Harry Cooper tied in 1927 at 301. so you can see just how tough a lay- out this Oakmont course is. Fred McLeod claims it is the finest | golf course in America and the best | championship test of them all. He thinks also that a score of 295 will | come close to winning. “All the boys hit the ball well up to the green,” Al says, “but the tour- naments are being won within 20‘J yards of the hole. If I happen to get into a putting stride up there at Pittsburgh I think I can do well Anyhow, I know I will do better than I did last year, and it may be that I will be able to finish well up in the | dough. Hope so, anyway,” and the Kenwood pro stepped out of the locker room to brush up his putting with the aluminum weapon he uses as a putter nowadays. | Roland MacKenzie, back from Cali- | fornia, may become Houghton’s chief stumbling block in the pro ranks around Washington this year. Roland outscored Al on his own course at Kenwood with a 70 the other day, but Roland isn't yet eligible for the P. G. A, not having had three years’ experience as a professional, as called for by the rules. Roland can go fast and far at Oakmont. Remember the 1925 amateur championship, where he won the qualifying medal with a| score of 145? Four scores like that | would make him the national open champion of 1935. No doubt about it. — MIDDIES WIN EASILY PITTSBURGH, March 9 (#).—The Naval Academy boxing team easily de- feated the University of Pittsburgh mittsters tonight in a dual meet, 612 to 1%. Midshipman Michel scored the only | knockout when his bout with Kopp in the 165-pound class was stopped in the first round because of a badly cut ear received by the Pitt boxer, Pitt’s only victory was made by Paslowski, 125-pound flash, who won a decision from Rawlings, The summaries: 115 POUNDS—Hemenway (Navy), de- | tea e B GUNDE. Faslowski (Pitt). defeat- | (Navy), won wlings (Navy). 35 POUNDS—Blitch (Navy). and Gian- natti_ (Pitt). drew. 115 POUNDS—Hooker (Navy). won from Spiegel (Pitt) 1ed33 FOUNDS_Davenport (Navy). de- 4 nes (Pitt). “*63 POUNDS-Michel (Navy). knocked out_(technical) Kopp of Pitt. 1 round. 135 POUNDS—Lambert (Navy), defeat- ed Stoughton (Pitt). HEAVYWEIGHTCutter by default. — ROBEY SEEKS PLAYERS. Former members of the National Tribune and Clifton base ball nines are asked to call Manager Robey at | Adams 0119, I 3 145-pound group. Twin Oaks took an early lead, but wilted before the smooth Georgetown | attack. Georgetown led at the half, 11-6, and were never seriously threat- ened afterward. Not until late in the final period did the Georgetown 145-pound quint ap- pear to be the winners. With the score tied. 14-14, with 7 minutes of Play remaining, Georgetown found | the range of the basket and swept ahead. R. Chism led the scorirg with 10 _points. Summaries: 115-POUND CLASS. Georgetown f'.F 3 Twin Oaks ( Page. f.... o | Symonds. 1. Powers, c. Quinn, Nelson, Kane. f.. Halloran, Sellers, c. Hughes, ¢. . Bradfield, ¥. Sherb, . Totals. . Chism.g s " Mulling’. Beck. 2. bk Appelbaum.g 1 Totals...11 426 Totals... 7 2 Referee—P. Fox (Wilson). SEEDED RACKETERS | BREEZE TO VICTORY | McCauliff, Playing Koslan, Only Star to Have Trouble in U. S. Indoor Tourney. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, March 9.—In a per- functory manner all but one of the seeded players coasted | through the first round of the men’s national indoor singles tennis cham- pionships today as an opening field of 64 starters was cut in half in a pro- tracted session lasting almost eight hours. The lone seeded player extended to win was Eugene McCauliff of Yonk- ers, who defeated Ernest Koslan of g{ev; York University, 6—4, 9—11, Gregory E. Mangin, twice former indoor champion, and Berkeley Bell, seeded No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, encouraged their supporters, who an- ticipate a final featuring Bell and Mangin, by virtue of their opening- round triumphs. Experimenting a great deal with deep forehand shots, which more than often barely missed their mark, Man- gin accounted for Harry Pagel of New York, 6—2, 6—3, in a manner easier than the scores indicate. Bell scored a straight-set victory, 6—0, 6—2, over the veteran bald- headed Stephen V. Brubans of Hobo- ken, N. J. - SOCCERISTS INVADE. German-American _ Soccer Club meets the Diamond Cab Rangers of Baltimore in a Southeastern League | to the winner of the consolation flight in the men’'s singles. The committee in charge of the championships are Bassford, King: |D. C. Lambert, arrangements: C. A. | Reese, promotion and program; Wil- liam P. Bardwell, tickets and finance; Fred Kncop. memberships, and R. S. Jacebs, publicity. HEURICH RETURNING ‘TO BASE BALL WARS Industrial Loop Champions Will | Lay Out Campaign Tuesday. Plan Gym Workouts. MEETING of the Heurich Brew- | ers base ball team, winner of the Industrial League cham- ! . | plonship and the week-day play-off title, will be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday in the Heurich gymnasium. All members of last year’s team and prospective members are requested to attend to hear Manager Bill Flester | and Capt. Huck Stahl outline the plans for the coming campaign. | The Brewers will be forced to open the season without the services of Archie Scrivener, left-hand pitcher, who now is at Biloxi and attracting considerable attention. Although the | Heurichs will be weakened on the slab they have several likely prospects who | will be looked over. | Practice will start indoors at the | Heurich gymnasium and will be con- | tinued on Heurich Field at Wisconsin avenue and Van Ness street as soon as weather permits. D. C. GRAPPLERS AHEAD Take Their Third Dual Meet by Defeating York “¥,” 28-8. Washington Y. M. C. A. wrestlers won their third dual meet in five starts this season last night when York, Pa. Y. M. C. A. was beaten, 28 to 8. The local “Y” matmen took six of the eight bouts, two by forfeit. Summaries: . {nr‘l::‘[ POUNDS—Krasp (York) won by 126" POUNDS_Tretter (Wash.) de- feated Wolf by fall in 5:44, 5 POUNDS—Schayer (Wash.) de- 135 feated Lartz by decision. | 115 POUNDS—_Scott (Wash.) defeated | R._Zimmerman. by fall in 8:4i. | 155 POUNDS—Myer (Wash.) won by forfeit. 165" POUNDS—Pritchard (Wash.) "de- feated D. Zimmerman, by fall in 7. POUNDS—Pritchard (Wash. 135 by_forfeit. ED»Chnnlflss (York) UNLIMIT! feated Ballard. by decision. won de- FORD $ 4.5 28 to ’34 Other Cars Proportionately Low game today at Benning field at 2:30 o'clock. The Baltimoreans formerly | were known as the Locust Point| Rangers. N Relined, 4 Wheels Complete CHEVROLET G ENERAL BRAKE SERVICE 903 N ST NW. DE.5483 AIMIN’ AT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORS STATE RACING COMMISSION &7 _ft lated Picss AINTREE. MRS, WHITNEY, A FINE HORSEWOMAN, H#AS OVE OF THE BEST STABLES OF STEEPLECHASE AT AINTREE , EASIANO TS vEAR . HUNTERS AND JUMPERS N THE COUNTRY . SOCCER LOOP FLAG IS UP FOR DECISION Sun Radio Team Needs Only to Tie Italians in Game Today to Win Championship. 7HAT may prove to be the final “ game of the Recreation Soc- cer League is that which brings together the Sun Radio and Italian A. C. outfits in today’s feature fray on No. 2 Monument field at 2:30 The radiomen won the first half series and need only a tie today to teke the league championship, but should the Italians prove victorious it will be necessary to play another game. Introduced this season to maintain interest for the quartet of teams in the lower bracket, the consolation tcurnament which begins today has had the desired effect. and as much attention is being paid to it by the competing teams as the fight for the league title The draw for the first round throws Virginia avenue agamst Sherwood, | while Occoquan opposes Miller Fur- niture. Both games are scheduled for 1 oclock on the Monument grounds, the Virginia avenue-Sher- wood game on No. 2 field. and the Qccoquan-Miller Furniture tilt on No. 1. Next time you see Pontiac’s famous Silver Streak Six remember that the car America promptly christened the most beautiful thing on wheels is one of the easiest cars in the world to buy. A4nd never has $615 | | | Posts Motorist On Sport Affairs NEW service, through which motorists are appraised of sports and recreation facili- ties available in principal cities throughout the United States has been announced by the touring bureau of the Keystone Automo- bile Club. The new service wi!l make pos- sible the distribution of accurate, up-to-the-minute nformation of this kind at all timcs and season. A large number of motor tourists keep sports and sports facilities definitely in mind when planning vacation trips. J.C. C. QUINT IS HOST Wilmington Tossers Will Visit Tonight—Girls Play. Jewish Community Center basketers will entertain the Wilmington, Del., J. C. C. tonight at 8 o'clock in the local J. C. C. gymnasium In a preliminary game the Jewish Community Center girls will play an opponent to be named. Immediately following the men’s gam:2 @ dance will be held. SPORTS. imb Heights in National Golf - M’Nerhaney Now In Golf Pro Job EO McNERHANEY, once a cad- dy at the Old Suburban Club, along with Harry Pitt, George Voigt and Cliff McKimmie, today assumed the duties of pro at the new golf school at the Sport Cen- ter, Sixth and D streets. McNerhaney for four years was assistant at Suburban, for a year and a half was pro at Rock Creek and for a time was assistant to Jimmy Crabbe, when the latter was pro at Congressional. There is no charge for the use of the Sport Center's two large driving courts on the second floor. TECHGOLF TEAM ANING AT TTLE Looking to School Laurels. Opposes St. John’s in Opener Tuesday. | championship, Tech High ITH high hopes of winning the public high school golf WAMTNEY i HAS MAOE S ousuccessFUL ATTEMPTS 70 WIS THE \smuo NATIONAL ETRAPSHOOT LAUREL ' SPLIT THREE WAY Shelton, Fawsett Tie for High | Gun, Marcey Has Longest | Run in Benning Meet. H. SHELTON, C. C. Fawsett | H. and Julius Marcey were win- | ners in the weekly trapshoot | staged by members of the Washington | Gun Club over the Benning course. “ Shelton and Fawsett tied for high gun | when each broke 45 of 50 targets. | Shelton won the toss for the prize. ;' Marcey had a long run of 27 targets to win a leg on the trophy to be | awarded at the end of the year for | the member having the longest run. Scores H. Shelton C. Pawsett. . P. Livesey. . H 41 C R Walter Wilson P. T arl G. A > G > 45 15 41 43 4 M. James.. J. C. 5 | Jutius 30 WHITE SOX SIGN 'EM. George Harrison, recently elected | manager of the Virginia White Sox base ball team, has signed the fol- lowing players for this season: A. W. Sutplin, C. Sutplin, M. Williams, S. Johnson, Clark, Daniels, Parker, Bing- dorf, Deacon, Dove and Kalenbach. bought so many things you want and need. A solid steel “Turret-Top” Body by Fisher . . . triple-sealed hydraulic brakes . . . the stamina and long life of Pontiac JM‘ JM SIXES AND EIGHTS *List prices at Pontiac, Michigan, begin at $615 for the Six and $730 for the Eight (subject to change without notice). Standard group of accessories extra. Available on easy G.M.A.C. Time Payments. L. P. STEUART, Inc—1440 P St. N.W. Brightwood Motor Sales 5832 Georsia Ave. Julius H. Rieley, Inc. 660 Pa. Ave. SE. 3419 Connecticut Ave. Richal n Brothers 2234 Nichols Ave. S.E. Windridge & Handy, Inc. Rosslyn, Va. Branch 141 12th St. N.E. Wade Motor Co. Rockville, Md. Wade Motor Co. u! Md. | School's golf team will |open its season Tuesday, opposing St. John's on the East Potomac course. Although losing Davis Parkman Henry Schaffer, John Keller, Jimmy Young and Robert Gottlieb from last year's team, Tech boasts a formidable line-up captained by Bertrand T. France, jr, who triumphed in a tournament played last Fall among members of the McKinley squad. Jas- per L. McBrien has been selected as manager. The team, which fi last year's inter-high pionship series, probably will line as follows, in the order of shoo Ted King, Bertrand France, William Rea, Jasper McBrien, Donald Law- rence, Karl Heinzman and Robert Sheehan. Tech's team Is coached by Olaf Saugstad. 'THREE PRIZES T0 60 WITH DIAMOND FLAG Buchholz and Hoover Trophies ‘ and Watches at Stake in ‘ Government League. | | [ RED BUCHHOLZ yesterday ac- cepted the presidency of the | United States Government Base | Ball League and at the same time an- nounced he would present a trophy to the winning team. J Edgar Hoover, head of the Bureau of Investigation, also will present a | trophy to the winners. who will receive individual gold watches in addition. Teams representing the Bureau of | Investigation, N. R. A., Treasury De- partment and the District of Columbia Repair Shop will be shown Hoover's exhibits at the second meeting of the | year tomorrow night at 8 a'clock in room 5232 of the Department of | Justice Building. Suburban Dealers Hyattsville Auto & Supply Co. 132 Maryland Ave Hyattsville. Md. Capital Pontiac Co. " Annapolis, Md. HEAD PLAY NEVER HEADED IN STAKE Top Row, Ladysman Fol- {low—Claim of Foul Against Winner Is Denied. By the Associated Press. OS ANGELES, March 9.—Head Play, handsome but fractious thoroughbred owned by Mrs. Silas B. Mason, proved again today that he is a superfor mudder by winning the San Juan Capistrano $10,000 handicap. The 5-year-old chestnut son of My Play, after a display of unruly antics at the barrier, which sent him to the outside, broke into the front off the starting gate and never was headed. A crowd of 45000 persons, who braved inclement weather to see the final program of the inaugural meet- ing here, cheered Head Play home. a winner by two lengths, with Top Row second and Ladysman third, five lengths back of the A. A. Baroni horse. The winner’s time for the mile and a furlong, over the track that was a quagmire, was 1 minute 512; seconds. No Comment on Claim. FOUL was claimed immediately A after the finish, but the stewards refused to comment after they had disallowed the request. It was understood, however, that Frank Mauro, up on Top Row, had accused Charley Kurtsinger, Head Pl ilot, of striking his mount across the head as Top Row moved up to challenge off the stretch turn. Kurtsinger said it was accidental, paid $5.60, $4 and $3.20 , going to Top Row was and $3 and Ladysman $3.60. Victory for Head Play was worth $9.100 net to the owner. Top Row collected $2,000, Ladysman $1,000 and Time y, fourth. a half-length WILL SWIM AT Y. W. Second Open Night of Season to Be Held Next Friday. The second Y. W. C. A. open swim r of the season will be held this Friday at the Y. W. C. A., Seven- teenth and K streets. Competition will begin at 7:30 p.m. Back: free-style and fancy diving events are scheduled for chile dren under 10 years of age, girls from 11 to 14 and girls over 14 Entries will be accepted until 6 pm. Friday OCCOQiUAN A. C. PREPARES. Thomas Murphy was re-elected manager and committees were ap- pointed to arrange for placing the Woodbridge, Va., diamond in first-class shape at a meeting of the Occoquan c Club base ball team. 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