Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1935, Page 11

v INTTHROUND WIN Proves He’s Classiest Ring Hope Developed Here in | Recent Years. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ORE firmly established than ever on the District welter- weight throne, Flighty Phil Furr today turned his eyes beyond his own domain in search of further boxing laurels. It was a case of necessity, not pref- erence, with the lanky boy who came out of Foggy Bottom, unpolished and uncut, and blossomed into probably the classiest of any home-grown piece | of fistic machinery in recent years. Sid_Silas, currently the chief con- tender, has been removed, definitely and positively, by Furr’'s slashing fists in a seven-round knockout victory. And to make Furr's supremacy more complete, two other potential challengers—with a little imagination | —were eliminated on the same card | last night, but with, if anything, even | more positiveness. | Roddy Davis, a former stablemate who always hankered for a crack at Flighty Phil, seems a “has-been” at an amazingly tender age, following a half-round kayo by the veteran | Stumpy Jacobs. The case of Bob | Lowry, still another ex-stablemate, | is even more pathetic. Bob's future | today rests with the healing of a jaw broken in two places. 4 Set Down Four Times. OUR times Silas climbed off the | canvas last night before Furr and | ~ Referee Muggsy Morris put a stopgto proceedings, but ere his time wss up Sid found occasion to insert | arPApril Fool threat which might have | been downright tragic—to Furr. Silas’ | big moment came in the fifth when | he whipped a wicked right-hand swing | flush on Flighty Phil's jaw and knocked him into the ropes, while the Washington Auditorium’s typical anti-favorite crowd rose to its feet | and howled with glee. The only injury Furr sustained | was to his pride, however, and with 8 savage counter attack he beat down | his rival to the floor for the third | time to save the round. Except for that big moment, Furr PORTS. was in complete command, though he obviously took Silas more lightly than he regarded Jackie Davis and Johnny Jadick. Seemingly classier every time he steps to the post under Chris Dundee’s management, Furr ‘wasted no time in piling up a lead. Before the scrap was much more than two minutes old, Flighty Phil landed a short right hand, a la Joe Louis, on the onrushing Silas’ chin. | Sid dropped like a plummet, but calm- ly took an eight count on one knee | and was in good shape when he arose. | Again in the second round Silas was | dumped to the floor, this time from a | left hook that was beautifully exe- | cuted. Again he took eight and arose full of fight. | Morris Prevents Slaughter. 'URR could get no better than even . breaks in the third and fourth rounds on this observer's score sheet. Unhurt by the knockdowns, Silas rushed Phil constantly, while the | Foggy Bottomite appeared to throw off his newly found boxing technique gp;l confidently trade punches with | id. | Then came the awakening in the fifth, when Silas landed that smash to the jaw. Had he not fallen into the ropes, Furr would have landed on the floor, but when he cut loose with a burst of counter blows, it was Silas’ | turn to take a beating. Just before | the bell Sid was clipped with a short | left to the body, dropping him for g count of two. Obviously Furr was out to end the affair in the sixth, but he couldn't find a parking place for a vital blow. It didn't take him long, however, to get the range in the seventh. Before & minute had gone by, Phil smote Sid- ney on the jaw, and Silas pitched for- ward on his face. Simultaneous with Referee Morris' “10” he stag- gered to his feet, dazed and helpless, with Purr in hot pursuit. Another right to the jaw sent Silas into the Topes, which prevented another fall | v:fl :lxne cz;;vui and Morris stopped the { r after i st minute 10 seconds of | The Star score card showed Furr winning four rounds, with two even. Silas weighed 148% to 145% for Davis’ Finish Is Quick. AVIS’ probable finish as any- thing more than a four-round fighter required little time. Knocked out a few weeks ago in three rounds by Jacobs and knocked down by Silas two weeks ago, Roddy took a straight ht to the jaw in the first round tn‘;li‘(ell face forward. Just be- fore the 10-count he arose, but was out on his feet, and Morris stepped in to prevent a possible injury. The time was'1:45. ‘There was no peeventing injury to Lowry, however, in another scheduled eight-rounder. In the third heat Bob dropped Red Journee of Norfolk for a no-count, but in the fourth the Vir- ginia boy whipped a right to Lowry's jaw that dazed but did not drop the local youth. At the end of the round Dr. Don S. Knowlton of the District Boxing Commission examined Bob and diagnosed the injury as a broken jaw. : Two unanimous decisions marked the remainder of the card, lengthened by one four-rounder because of the kayo epidemic. Petey Bevans, Wash- ington middleweight, won a unani- mous six-round decision over Joe Spangler of Richmond, and Henry Irving, another local boy, punched out a four-round victory over Billy Quil- lan, a middleweight also hailing from this city. — MARTY, TOW GET BIDS. ‘Marty Gallagher and Bob Tow, local heavyweight boxers, have been made tentative offers to appear on the next would be matched with Tony Galento, while Tow would be pitted aga Steve Dudas. JIMMY TRIMBLE, Here are two of the lads who promise to be in the thick of the scrapping for District A. A. U. junior wrestling championships when the tourney gets under way at Friends Trimble, a Devitt scholar and holder of the 65-pound class A title, will compete in the 70-pound division, the Boys’ Club and who is the present 75-pound ruler, is seeking honors in the 84-pound section. CHARLES JUSTICE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Furr Looks to Outside Worlds to Conquer After Kayo Victory Over Silas DOES ANITY 0 | Seek More Laurels on Mat D. C, TUESDAY, © BIG FIGHT ACTION 1S UPTO GARDEN APRIL 2, 1985. . SPORTS. L2 Ring Arbiter Performs an Act of Mercy Fails to Get Baer Foe as| Suburban School tomorrow. Jimmy while Charles Justice, representing ~—Star Staff Photos. JUNIOR WRESTLERS TO STAGE TOURNEY Sixteen Titles Will Be at Stake in Two Classes in Contest at Friends School. With two individual trophies and a team trophy at stake, junior wrestlers of Washington tomorrow will open a two-day tournament at Friends School for Junior Amateur Athletic Union titles. Class A and B preliminaries and semi-finals will be held tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 3:30 o'clock, while the finals are scheduled for Thursday, starting at 7:30 o’clock. A team trophy has been presented by the Junior Board of Commerce, while Tom Clayton, director of the annual event, will award individual trophies to outstanding performers in class A and B. Class A, which is open to boys un- der 12 years of age, will embrace seven classes, 64 pounds, 70, 77, 84, 92, 100 and 108. Class B, which is open to boys 12 years or more, up to and including 16 years, will include nine titles, ranging as follows: 84 pounds, 92, 100, 108, 116, 125, 135, 145 and 155. Two defending champions will be among the large fleld expected to compete for the 15 titles. They are Charles Justine, last year's 75-pound champion who will wrestle in the Class B 84-pound division, and Jimmy ‘Trimble, 65-pound winner last year who will compete in the class A 70- pound class tomorrow. 30 NEW TENNIS COURTS Construction of 30 new tennis courts, half of which are to be placed in the downtown section of Washing- ton, has been announced by C. Mar- shall Finnan, director of the National Capital Welfare Association. They will be completed within the next few months. Baneker Recreation Center, Turkey Thicket, Takoma Recreation Center, Palisade Park Playground, Taft Rec- reation Center and a site in the Fort Dupont area of Southeast Washing- ton have been designated as places for other courts to be constructed. GUARANTEED USED TIRES POTOMAC TIRE CO. 28th & M N.W. ~ Relined, 4 Wheels, G Chrysier 66 : De Foto 6 and 336.75 Plymouth Dodge D. D.-H. D. GEORGETOWN GAME OFF. | For the second day in succession | Dartmouth’s base ball nine was rained | out of a game with a local team when | today's tilt with Georgetown was | called off due to wet grounds. The; Indians’ tilt with George Washington | | was called off yesterday. GRIMM IS OFF JURY. CHICAGO, April 2 (#)—Manager Charlie Grimm of the Cubs now can devote all of his worrying to his ball club. He has been excused from doing { jury service in the court of Federal | Judge John P. Barnes during the Others Make Bids—Holds Champ Until June. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 2.—Discussion of the complicated question of when, where and with whom Max Baer will defend his world heavyweight championship, proceeded today—but with no special prospect that it would be solved right | away. Most of the bidding and counter- bidding was being done by the Twen- tieth Century Sporting Club of New York, a recently formed organization, and the Chicago Stadium—but New York’s Madison Square Garden appar- ently held the ace of trumps. ‘The Garden has Baer tied up at least until the end of June, and the champion’s manager, Ancil Hoffman, says he can’t make any dates for fights until the Garden contract is ful- filled. The Garden, however, so far has not been able to get a suitable opponent for a title bout witn Baer. Seek Baer-Louis Exhibition. HE Chicago promoters, Jim Mul- len and Nate Lewis, appear more concerned with the imme- diate future than with championship bouts later in the year. However, one of their latest proposals—a four-round exhibition between Baer and Joe Louis, the Detroit negro sensation, might in- terfere with the Twentieth Century Club’s plans. Mike Jacobs, matchmaker for the latter group, announced from New York last night that he had reached an agreement with Hoffman for a meeting next September between Baer and the winner of the Primo Carnera-Louis battle. A four-rounder between the champien and the Negro star might, or might not, do the Twentieth Century Club’s plans, if they go through, some good. Hoffman in a Quandary. OFFMAN said Jacobs’ announce- ment was not “exactly true’” again citing the contract with said, he was interested in the propo- sition if it could be arranged. At the same time he had not defi- nitely turned down the Chicago Sta- dium’s four-round exhibition offer. | The stadium would stage the exhibi- tion April 15, but prefers a 10-round non-title match April 12, if a suitable opponent can be rounded up. Joe Jacobs, manager of former champion Max Schmeling, also had dealt himself a hand. He is after a | championship bout for the German |to be held in Chicago next June. | Hoffman answered that one with the Madison Square Garden contract ob- | stacle. ROMANO, MAT TRIAL HORSE, COMES BACK One of Oldest Favorites Here to Grapple Rascher Next Thurs- day Night. favorites may serve as a step- ping stone for one of its newest at the Washington Auditorium Thurs- day night, when Mike Romano, vet- eran Italian, vies with Andy Rascher i 30-minute support of Gino Gari- baldi and Rudy Dusek. One of the best cards to show here during wrestling’s renaissance back in 1930 and 1931, Romano since has dropped to the status of “trial horse.” Despite a loss of prestige, however, “Gentleman Mike” still is considered one of the mat'’s outstanding show- men, his ability to provide action and color still numbering him among the most popular heavyweights in the month of April. BY ROD THOMAS. HE greatest woman duckpin contest ever held any- where, in point of class, will start April 13, a week from Saturday, at the Lucky Strike. In it will be Lorraine Gulli, for years the No. 1 ranker of the country; Ida Simmons of Norfolk, a sure thing to dethrone the Wash- ington maid this season in the official ratings; Lotta Janowitz or Anne Lucas of Baltimore and a Richmond entry to be determined by a special contest. The match will consist of 40 games, with 10 games in each of the four cities represented, rolled in five-game sets. ‘The purse, it is understood, will be $100, put up by the four bowling plants at which the series will be contested. Baltimore’s end will be held at the Recreation on Sunday, April ;_the scene will shift to Rich- BOWIE RACES 2 pecial 1:10, . TO GRANDSTAND 2:30 p.m. 130, DIRECT First Race ticle of appar- el I AM partic- .ular about. I save my feet and look the part of a well: dressed man, because I al- WAYS Wear . . . STACY-ADAMS SHOES . Edmonston AND COMPANY, INC, Carl M. Bets, Mgr. 612 13th St. N.W. Sole Distributor rassling game. 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However, he | NE of Washington's oldest mat | draped him on the ropes. pushes back Furr, whom he declared ‘I'nis shows the finish of the fisticuffing feature at the Auditorium last night. after Sid Silas had been floored for a nine count and got up to receive a right to the jaw from Phil Furr that Silas (left) here is seen, out on his feet, as Referee Muggsy Morris steps in and victor by a technical K. O. SENSATIONAL DAY ! GAINS LARY BERTH| —(Continued From Tenth Page) double in the eighth that meant a | tying tally. A pass to Lary by Diggs opened | | the Washington ninth. Holbrook tried | to sacrifice, but only succeeded in forcing out Lyn. A wild pitch ad- | vanced Holbrook, but he only made| | against the left-field stand. Myer | rolled to the second-sacker, who threw | | too late to nip Holbrook at the plate. | Run Bases Poorly. HE Nationals ran the bases like | the Navy Yard Midgets. They | | never seemed to know what it | was all about. Finally, in the ninth, they had the bases full after the score | had gone over, but for some un- known reason, Sington strolled about a dozen yards off first base after the| ball had been returned to the pitcher i following a foul catch. Myer and Powell also had heavy leads, and a | merry chase for each of these three runners began. At last, after Powell had been run dizzy, he was tagged out near home. | It was a sad showing for the: Na-| | tionals on the runway. The boys still | have much to learn about base ball before the big grind gets under way. QUINTETS IN PLAY-OFF R. F. C. Plays C. G. 8. for Title in Government League. Competition in the Government Basket Ball League play-off series will begin tonignt at 8 o'clock on the Y. | M. C. A. court with R. F. C. facing | the Coast and Geodetic Survey quint in the first game, and Patent Office meeting F. E. R. A. in the second half of a double-header. Bureau of Investigation will play the winner of the R. F. C.-Coast Survey game on Thursday, while N. R. A. will battle the winner of the Patent Office- F.E.R. A. game. Gulli, Simmons and Entry Each From Baltimore and Richmond Open Here April 13. campaign remains for the Wash- ington girl to catch up. But a bona fide title will be at stake. It ‘is understood the Nationsl Duck- pin Bowling Congress, through its secretary, George Isemann, will sanction the match as being for the South Atlantic match game championship. This title might mean a lot to Miss Gulli, In relinquishing to Miss Simmons her place as queen of duckpins it would be consoling to do so in exchange, as it were, for at least one of the pearly blond locks of Ida’s scalp. e WATERPOLO Ambassadors vs. Garden Pool A. C. Tuesday, 8:45 P.M. AMBASSADOR SWIMMING POOL ssion, Balcony, 25¢ s drd ik driedok A Trip Through the Body Repair Shop of No matter how bad the damage, Capital Garage’s Body Experts can make your car look like new again, It’s bumper-to- bumper and top-to-street service. AR PROTECTION AT THE APITAL GARAGE 1320 Now York Ave. BW. 8 Y by W. RED MCcLEOD, Washington's | territory it usually takes other gents | lone entry in the “masters’” tourney, which opens at Au- gusta two days hence, has one petitors :n the affair. dents, who travel with their personal physicians, and has taken along his own medico, in the person of Dr. Paul M. Stewart, a member of Co- lumbia and a great friend of Mc- Leod. Dr. Stewart, who has played golf with creddie for 20 years in England and here, went along (o see that the lantern-jawed Scot keeps in good condition for the 72-hole test, and out at Columbia the lads are get- ting a laugh out of it. “It isn't every man who can iake along his own saw- bones to % golf tournament,” they say. Albert R. MacKenzie and Martin R. West, the latter the golf chairman at Columbia, are to leave Wednesday night for Columbia. No matter where Fred finishes he won't be home until Monday, for iie has decided to take, the week off to play golf. NOVEL inducement to members A of the club to obtain new mem- of the Washington Golf and Country Club. up to June 30, the proposer will be entitled to receiev one golf ball each week uniil June 30, which makes the man who gets a new member this week eligible to receive a dozen balls during the next few weeks. But if the member steps out and gathers in a half-dozen ncw members he will re- ceive a half-dozen golf balls each week. The only other provision is bers has been held out to golfers | | that the member shall play golf at least once 2ach week and shall wear a “service” badge while playing. Out at Washington the golfers are all steamed up over the addition of one C. A. Albertis as a member. Mr. Albertis, according to those who have peeked at him, has developed a knack of popping golf balls for astonishing distances, covering in one wallop the Its g’ot For each new member obtained ; It came in the seventh round —Star Staff Photo. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE R.MECALLUM | two blows to negotiate. | “He knocks 'em around the bend fon No. 4 and he always takes the | long carry over the trees at the seven- | distinction sported by no other com- | teenth,” said V. Calvert Dickey, the Fred has taken | House Committee chairman, who en- | third when Powell lofted a double a leaf from the book of the presi- }viesu gent who can park the ball out s | in the great open spaces. | “If he could only putt like Dorie | Gruver he would be a hot potato | for fair.” } Davie Thomson, the club pro, says | that Brother Albertis is a hitter of | parts, but that he is a rotten putter. He's the kind of guy who will be putting for birdies on sixteen holes | and never get more than one,” Davie |says. “He gets around here in 75 | or better all the time with a flock of ;three-pun greens. If he ever gets | that putting going he will be tough for any one.” IXTEEN team captains will gather tomorrow at Beaver Dam to play in a little golf tournament to be staged by Oscar T. Wright, club presi- dent. The event is listed as a club | “booster” tourney in connection with | the membership drive now in prog- | ress. Carl Witcher will handle the tourney, with E. T. Brooker and D. R | Hutchinson as aides. Middle Atlantic P. G. A. members | will play on April 8 the first half of ! their qualification rounds to deter- face a Japanese aggregation early in {June. The round on April 8 will be | plaved at the Woodholme Club of | Baltimore. On the following Mon- | day—April 15—the final half of the | 36-hole qualification test will be played at Beaver Dam. Woodholme | and Beaver Dam are two of the long- est courses in this territory. . LOOP OFFICIALS MEET. A meeting of National Capital Base Ball League officials and managers will be held tomorrow at 8 o'clock at 1320 G street. mine the membership of the team to | A—11 ROLFE OF YANKEES GETS HIGH RATING | 3 Some Experts View Him as | Club’s Best Third Sacker Since Dugan Played. By the Associated Press. | T. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 3. | —There’s been little mention of Bob Rolfe in the New York Yankees' Spring training news, but the red-head from Dartmouth goes quietly about his job, a certain infield starter when the season gets under way. | Some expert base ball critics believe Rolfe is the best third baseman the Yankees have had since Joe Dugan's | day. i et JACKSON, Miss—Ralph Winegar- ner, whose greatest trouble a year |2go was wildness, has pitched 22 in- nings for the Cleveland Indians this | Spring and hasn't issued a base on | balls. | He allowed only seven hits and one | earned run. ORLANDO, Fla—Enthused ovér their most satisfying victory of the | Spring campaign, the St. Louis Browns oppose the Brooklyn Dodgers | today. | The short fences at Kissimmee proved a hitter's dream yesterday and | the Browns, with a barrage of 20 hits, |including six home runs, massacred | Baltimore, 24 to 6 Cronin Refuses to Idle. ARASOTA, Fla—"“Rube” Walberg S will face the Newark Bears to- | day as the Red Sox wind up their | Sarasota stand. | The Sox start North tomorrow and Manager Joe Cronin doesn’t intemd |to spend many of the stop-overs on | the bench. His wrist is coming along | fine. It bothers him a might when he hits, he says, but apparently his | fielding does not affect it in the | least. | LAKELAND, Fla—The Tigers were to take on the Cincinnati Reds today | in Detroit’s final “home” game at their training camp. | The teams will start North together Wednesday on a barnstorming tour. Four-hit pitching by Sorrell and ullivan enabled the Tigers to beat the Montreal Royals, 6-2, yesterday. | kil CHARLOTTE, N. C.—The victory. | flushed Athletics arrive here tod for a two-game series with the Char- | lotte team. ] Connie Mack and his boys yesterday completed a triumphal march through | Georgia, taking their sixth game in a | row by defeating the Griffins, 20-4. GALVESTON, Tex., April 2 (#).— | Chicago White Sox pitchers were put | on a nine-inning basis today by Mana- ger Jimmy Dykes. | Les Tietje, youngster who lost a | number of close decisions last season, was the first of the staff to be as- | signed for a full game against the Sox's training partners, the Pitts- burgh Pirates. | W. AND L. LOSES DATE LEXINGTON, April 2 (#).—Wash- ington and Lee's foot ball game with | the University of Kentucky, scheduled | here on September 21, has been def- | initely canceled, but negotiations for {a three-year series beginning in 1936 are under way, according to director of athletics R. A. Smith. The Kentucky game originally was scheduled for October 12, but the date | was advanced several weeks ago and the game would have been the season’s | first for both teams, DAYTON FAN BELTS For All Cars MILLER-DUDLEYZ 1716 144 ST.NW. NORTH 1583 Straight everything Loughran Co., Inc. 1311 H Street, N.W. ‘Washingten, D. O. ] Al - CigarCo.,Inc.,Phila., Pa.