Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1935, Page 40

Cc—-2 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1935. BPORTS. Sarazen Favorite as Masters Tee Off : District Golf Courses in Great Trim JONES 15 SECOND PICK AT AUGUSTA Emperor Thought Too Tense to Win—Six Champions in Field of 66. BY KENNETH GREGORY, Associated Press Sports Writer. UGUSTA, Ga., April 4—A great little Italian, Gene Sarazen, bronzed from a blazing sun, drew the attention of the bet- ting fraternity today as the mighty guns of American golf were cocked for the second annual $5,000 Augusta national tournament. They call it Bobby Jones tourna- | ment, for it is the outgrowth of an ideal cherished by the retired world’s champion, but as the field moved into action in the 72-hole campaign it was Sarazen who claimed the spot- light. In betting circles money was being Joaded on the stocky club wielder. He has been established a prime favorite. Quoted odds on Gene were 6 to 1, with Jones second choice at 8 to 1. It would be a great show to see these two old rivals fighting down the stretch for the top prize of this brilliant tournament, but the field seems a bit too fast for the great Bobby, who has been missing from the active ranks for five years and has lost the steadifess so essential to competition, Six Title Holders Play. [ LTOGETHER 66 of the country’s A noted campaigners were entered | in the classic, including 55 pro- fessionals, 9 amateurs and 2 so-called “businessman” amateurs—Bobby Jones and Johny Dawson of Chicago. There were no less than six present title holders on hand to fire for the coveted honor, headed by Olin Dutra, the black thatched power house from Los Angeles and 1934 national open champion. Then there’s Paul Run- yan, the diminutive P. G. A. king, who last week won the North-South open at Pinehurst with a record- breaking total of 276 for 72 holes. Also in the starting group were W. Lawson Little, jr., amateur cham- pion of America and Great Britain; Tommy Armour, Canadian open title holder; Harry Cooper, Western open champion; Charlie Yates, national intercollegiate champion, and Fred Haas, jr, Southern amateur cham- pion. Emperor Is Tense. [ JONES, who confesses he hopes to get farther than his three-way tie for thirteenth place last Spring, has spent many hours drilling for the blue ribbon event. However, he has appeared too tense the last few days and many doubt his chances of finish- ing higher. Sarazen and Armour play the first 18-hole round together, getting away at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern standard time) today, while Jones, playing with Smith, moves off at 1 p.m. The opening round will be followed by 18-hole tours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Dutra, coupled with Jimmy Thom- son, the long-hitting Long Beach, Calif,, professional, won a preliminary event yesterday, defeating several out- standing combinations in a Scotch foursome match. The winners turned | in a card of 68, four under par, with | Runyan and Smith taking second place with a 70. Jones, playing with | Little, finished in par 72 to tie with four other pairs for fifth place. PICARD IS PRO LEADER Has Picked $5,060 Since First of Year on Links. PINEHURST, N. C., April 4 (#)— Henry Picard’s victory in the At- lanta open golf tournament brought the young Hershey, Pa., pro's win- nings since the first of the year to $5,060. Figures on the prize money of the leading money winners so far this season were announced by Robert E. Harlow, manager of the P. G. A. Tournament Bureau. The standing: Player. Henry Picard .. Johnny Revolta Jimmy Hines .... Macdonald Smith . Clarence Clark . REPTLRS yron Nelson. IRONWORKERS WORKIN Gichner Team Starts Drills for Industrial Loop Season. ‘With an array of well-known sand- lot, minor league and college players signed, the Gichner Iron Works base ball nine was to start practice today in preparation for the Industrial League season. The Iron Workers were to drill today at 5 o'clock on the North Ellipse diamond. Among those who will play with the Gichner nine are Mike Stevens, Ike Dreyfuss, Morty Wilner, Jesse Bowie, ‘Tommy Thompson, Gilbert Tribby and John Zimmerly. Practice games with the Gichner team can be arranged by calling Man- ager Henry Gichner at Wisconsin 3390 between 6:30 and 7:30 o'clock. One .{) Thing You Can See... Says Optician And that is the down- right beauty and forth- right quality in every pair of those bench made STACY-ADAMS SHOES Edmonston AND COMPANY, INC, Oarl M. Bets, Msr. 612 13th St. NW. Guider Gets Ace On 156-Yard Biff OHN W. GUIDER, son-in-law of Frank J. Hogan, today knows how it feels to bag a hole in 1, all because he tried to get his ball inside that of his playmate on the third hole at Burning Tree yes- terday. Guider took an iron in hand on the 156-yard hole, after D. M. Patrick, his pleying partner, had knocked his ball 4 feet from the hole. “Here goes one better than that,” Guider said. He hit the pill, it hit on the front edge of the green and rolled into the cup for the ace. William D. Mitchell, Attorney General under Herbert Hoover, made an ace on the same hole four years ago. COLUMBIA'S FIRST EVENT IS FOR “CY” Tournament on April 28 Will Honor Cummings, Man of Many Qualities. HE boys and girls who have known Andrew J. “Cy” Cum- mings for many, many years, and have watched the sage of Cummings lane play golf and then give it up after years of devotion to the game, are going to honor big Cy on April 28 at the Columbia Country Club. Chairman West of the Columbia Golf Committee made public the sea- son schedule for Columbia today, and in doing it, let it be known that the | opening day tourney on April 28 will be staged in honor of Columbia’s dean of the poker table, the golf course and the story-telling arena, a trio of avo- cations at which Cy has had his fling. At the same time the captains of the seven club teams which will com- pete in intra-club team matches dur- ing the season, were announced as follows: First team, George M. Ferris, second team, Barge L. Hartz; third team, John W. Martyn; fourth team, Ralph A. Shepard; fifth team, Wil- liam A. Rogers; sixth team, A. Hamil- ton Wilson, and seventh team, Miss Mary Minnix. Tests Slated May 12. UALIFICATION rounds for posi- tions on the teams will be staged on the opening day with the first match listed for May 12, when the| women's team will clash with the first division on a handicap basis. On May 14 a Spring qualification round for the Cy Cummings Cup, emblem- atic of the two-man team champion- | ship, will be played, with the chal- lenge round slated for June 4. Miller B. Stevinson and Donald Woodward, present holders of the cup, will defend their title on that day. The balance of the schedule follows: May 30, flag tourney; June 9, ex- hibition match, in which Joyce Weth- ered will appear; June 25, father and son tournament; July 4, best ball, two- man team; September 2, medal play event; September 9 and 10, junior club championship; October 8, 9, 10 and 11, club championship tourna- ment. The women's schedule follows: April 19, club event; May 10 and 24, club events; May 22, matches; June 14 and 28, club events; July 10, Maryland State mixed four- | some; July 12 and 26, club events; August 2 and 16, club events; Sep- tember 13, club events; September 19, Corby Cup tourney; September 17, | October 14 to 17, club| club event; championship. HAS STRONG GOLF TEAM Four in Virginia Tech’s Line-up Expected to Shoot in 70's. BLACKSBURG, Va., April 4 (#).—A quintet of club wielders who are ex- pected to shoot in the 70s consistently —this is Virginia Tech’s contribution to the collegiate golfing wars in the 0Old Dominion this Spring. Capt. George Beamon heads a quar- tet of shotmakers comprising also Rosser Murray and Murray Cleland, both veterans of two seasons, and Ed Lane and Burr Melvin. first team | * Augusta Open Champ May Be in This Trio Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Three of golfdom’s aces talking it over between practice rounds yesterday when they got their final tuning up for the classic opening today. They are, left to right: Paul Runyan, Bobby Jones and Olin Dutra. Watch Dutra, Sarazen, Picard RUHUF MMM[N Says Jone; of Augl,zsta Opén TOP BILL TONIGHT Rudy Rusek and Garibaldi Stage Third of Their Rassling Brawls. \WICE principals in rough-and- tumble brawls, Rudy Dusek and Gino Garibaldi meet again on the rassling mat tonight in the one-fall feature of Promoter Joe Turner's weekly caulifiower carnival at the Washington Auditorium. The match will mark the renewal of the single-fall system after several months of doyple-fall endings. The elder Dusek and Garibaldi first | started their rivalry, locally, at Grif- | fith Stadium two years ago, Gino \‘ throwing Rudy out of the ring to gain the decision. The match started a | near riot. Brought back again the | following Fall. the Nebraskan and the St. Louis Italian again staged a great brawl, Garibaldi again winning. Both falls were regarded as mild up- sets at that time, for Dusek was rated well among the first-flight growlers. Tonight, although Garibaldi has been going well of late, Rudy again is likely to be a slim favorite. Rudy’s kid brother, Emil, and Blue Sun Jennings, an Indian journeyman, will tussle in the semi-windup, to which a 45-minute time limit has been attached. Emil made a credit- | able showing a few weeks ago against George Zaharias and is as popular | with the local incurables as Brother | Rudy is unpopular. | In the brace of 30-minute prelimi- " naries, Jack Donovan will face Frank | Brunowicz and Mike Romano will tussle with Andy Rascher. Action will begin at 8:30 o’clock. ‘Women accompanied by male escorts will be admitted free. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. DES MOINES.—Farmer Tobin, 260, Boston, defeated Harry Jacobs, 312, Los Angeles, two straight falls. LOS ANGELES.—Chief Little Wolf, 212, Los Angeles, defeated Abe Cole- man, 204, New York, straight falls. PORTLAND, Oreg.—Jim Londos, 203, Los Angeles, tossed Jumping Joe Savoldi, 202, Three Oaks, Mich, straight falls; Count George Zarynofl, 210, Russia, beat Glenn Wade, 215, Nebraska, two out of three falls. BY ROBERT T. JONES, Jr. at the Augusta National starts with one of the strongest g UGUSTA, Ga., April 4—The A second masters’ tournament fields in the way of average class | that I ever have seen. Any one of 20 entries can win and I look for more fireworks than any gallery has seen in a long time. ‘We had an example of that yester- day in the foursome matches, Lawson Little and I played with Olin Dutra, open champion, and the long-hitting Jimmy Thompson. These two Cali- fornians stepped the first nine in 32 and they also had five threes in a TOW. ‘Thompson and Little are two of the | longest hitters in golf. Thompson, I | believe, is the most consistent long hitter I ever have seen. At the 340- | yard seventh hole, Thompson carried | within 30 yards of the green. And this happened to be into a cross wind. Jimmy not only has amazing power but in addition he has a fine golf wing and in nearly every instance was straight down the middle, ranging from 280 to 300 yards. Olin Dutra also was playing fine 1 golf. He will be something to beat before Sunday afternoon. Dutra, Sarazen and Pickard are three men to watch the rest of the week. All three are great golfers and all three are hitting every type of shot with supreme confidence, which is a vital factor. 20 Years Ago IN THE STAR ESS WILLARD and Jack Johnson are ready for their champion- ship prize fight tomorrow in Havana. Johnson sparred six rounds last night with Sam McVey. Connolly, Georgetown University third baseman, is rated high. Prof. E. N. Cory, Prof. C. E. Beckett and J. V. Mulligan are among officials so far picked for the interscholastic track meet at the Maryland Agricultural College on May 1. Pitchers Stowers and Heard are expected to help Tech High greatly this season. In the first game of the series for the District amateur basket ball championship, the District of Co- lumbia National Guard quint de- feated the Y. M. C. A. team, 32-24. Playing for the winners were Varela, Hall, Schlosser, Warner and O'Lone. The “Y" used Frazier, Colley, Hoppe, Duncan and Alwine. The Giants of the Commercial Duckpin League have arranged a 10-game match with the Palace team of Martinsburg, W. Va. On the Giants’ roster are Ed Carl, Charles Jerman, Clyde Everett, George Isemann, Joe Michaud, Steve Girardi, Jack Canty and Ed Hodge. GUARANTEED USED TIRES POTOMAC TIRE CO. 28th & M N.W, GREEN FIGHTS GUESNI for Revenge Monday. | Southeast Washington's Joe Green in | a professional ring will be brought back against the young local feather- weight Monday night at the Washing- feature. ‘The ringster is Les Guesni, rugged Baltimore 126-pounder, who won & victory over Green some time ago in Baltimore. Guesni is hopeful of turn« ing the trick again in Joe's back yard, but Green, since recording a draw and a win over Le Roy Dougan, has differ- ent ideas. The feature will bring a newcomer in Doherty, an Irish youngster from Brooklyn. IF you have Eczema, Ringworm or Athlete’s foot CLAYTON will give you immediate relief. CLAYTON is sold at all People’s and other good drug stores in Washing- ton, D. C. Distributed by CLAYTON P. O. Box 1538, Washington. D. C. CAPITAL CIGAR & TOBACCO COMPANY, Washington, D, C, Distributors A A D. C. Scrapper Gets Opportunity | One of the two scrappers to defeat ton Auditorium in semi-final support of the Frankie Wolfram-Joe Doherty SNOW IS BIG HELP 10 GREEN KEEPERS, |Fairways, Putting Surfaces in Condition to Lift Winter Rules. REDICTIONS of a great year for the condition of golf courses in this section on the heels of the heavy snow and ice of the past Winter are coming true on the links layouts around ‘Washington nowadays. Not in many years, in fact since the great drought of 1930 laid fairways bare, has the real estate given over to manicuring for sod-walloping golfers been in such apple pie condition as it is this year. Even at this early date, when warm weather is far in the offing, golf courses are in the pink of shape and some of them could abandon Winter rules and permit the divot-lifting gentry to play the ball as it lies. On some of the fairways heavy rollers already have been turned loose, smoothing out the bumps of Winter, erasing the hummocks and hillocks until today, a month in advance of the opening of the big-time tourney parade, some of the courses could stage an event right now without too many squawks from the customers. Last January, when snow settled down for a stay of a month, the greenskeepers predicted that the golf courses this year would be in good shape early in the year. This predic- | tion is true today, for that melting | |snow has gone down deep into the | subsoil and lays as water in those | subterranean strata that determine | the moisture which will remain to | water the grass roots during the com- ing Summer. | And not only are the fairways | green and velvety, but putting greens | as well have benefited from the heavy |snows. Today the putting greens at | all the courses around the Capital are in great shape, a little spiky in spots, | where the new grass has grown rank | and thick, but perfect putting sur- a great Spring for course condition | and if everything goes along hence- | forth as it has gone for the past fort- | night, the worries of the greenskeepers | all are over, Rain Thwarts Fair Golfers. NXIOUS to get their team contests | A under way, the feminine divot- | lifters of the Capital are having a rough time of it starting their inter- | club team contests. Opening matches slated for Monday and Tuesday were postponed by rain and wet courses. | Second team matches, billed for Co- |lumbia on Monday as the curtain- played today at Columbia, while nml team matches, slated for Indian 14th & P Sts. N.W, 9th & H Sts. N.E. 14th & Col. Rd. N.W. 7th & Pa. Ave. S.E. 2250 Sherman Ave. Only Engineers . . Hole This Kind “IT ‘TAKES an engineer to figure out a shot like that, and we still don’t think he could have done as well if he had run a level to the green.” Harvey L. Cobb was speaking of the shot made yester- day on th: sixteenth hole at Con- gressional by F. MacKenzie Davi- son, well-known engineer. For Davison stood far behind the six- teenth green, up against a hedge, and pitched so cleverly that the ball struck the flagstaff, took a long hop up and dropped back in the hole, while a caddie completely overlooked the little matter of lift- ing the pin. It started the Davison-Cobb- Roland MacKenzie team off on a birdie saturnalia which gave them a 3-3-3 finish against Al Houghton and W. R, McCallum to win the golf match by 2 and 1. Incident- ally Roland shot a 71, one better than par, bagging four birdies. Houghton was 74 Right after he made the shot Davison announced that he would appear in the coming District Gov- ernment tournament to be staged at Indian Spring on April 22. “Any guy who can hit the ball as straight as I can ought to do pretty well in that one, eh?” he asked. All that crack drew was a snicker from Mr. Cobb. Commissioners George E, Allen and Dan Sultan will play in the April 22 tournament. extensive schedule, but they moving along smoothly, make-up of the Middle Atlantic P. Spring on Tuesday, are scheduled to | be fought out tomorrow over the same layout. Both series of matches were to retain the original starting line-ups | and starting times. For a time the women thought of holding the post- poned matches at the end of their aban- doned this plan to keep the schedule Bob Barnett, Chevy Chase pro, is going to arrive back in the Capital just in time to get his new stecl- shafted golf clubs heated up for the qualification tests to determine the G. A. team which will face a Japanese aggregation on June 1 and 2 at Ken- wood. Bob hasn’t had much chance to get acquainted with his new tools this Winter, he has been that busy | down at Indian Creek, but he should faces none the less, It looks to be | JUBLIY on the team of six. The ini- LUNN IS DEFEATED IN CLOSE BATILE (D. C. Player Falls Victim to Lenahan, One Up, in Pinehurst Golf. By the Associated Press. INEHURST, N. C, April 4— P Quarter-finalists in the North and South amateur golf cham- pionship today included the | defending champion and a newcomer |to tournament play who eliminated | two veterans in the first rounds. The defending champion and for- {mer national amateur champion, | George T. Dunlap, jr., took an easy | 5-and-4 triumph over W. Stanton | Barbour, New York, to enter the quarter-final round. His quarter-final opponent was Howard Tryon, Elmira, N. Y, conquerer of Tom Wooten, At- lantic City, 2 up, in the second round. i Dark Horse Advances. HE tournament dark horse, John- | ny Johnson, Lumberton, N. C., | after eliminating Dick Chap- | man, Greenwich, Conn., last year's | runner-up, advanced to the quarter- | final round with a 3-and-2 victory over | Ray McMullen, Hyannisport, Mass. | He was paired today with Morton | McCarthy, Norfolk, Va. McCarthy | eliminated H. J. Blue, Aberdeen, N. C., 4 and 3, in the second round. Other quarter-final matches brought together Ray Lenahan, Providence, R. I, the medalist, and Charley Clare, New Haven, Conn, New England champion; Arthur Lynch, Mamaro- neck, N. Y., and F. J. Allen, Pitts- ton, Pa. Lenahan won his way to the quar- ter-finals with a 1-up ‘victory over Dick Dunn, former District of Co- lumia champion. Clare eliminated Richard Clemson, Middletown, N. Y., by the same score Lynch advanced over R. W. Knowles, jr, Boston, Eastern inter- collegiate champion, 4 and 3, and Allen conquered Richard Davidson, Washington veteran, 3 and 2. | DEMPSEY LOOKS TO 75 tial half of the 36-hole test will be played next Monday at Woodholme, last half scheduled for | with the Beaver Dam on April 15. JOHNNIES WIN EASILY. ANNAPOLIS, April 4—St. John's | th, lacrosse team opened its collegiate season 15-to-1 win over yesterday. scorer in the country, got eight goals. —_— TAKES BOWLING MATCH. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 4— | raiser in the matches, were to be|Palace five easily defeated the Fred- | erick (Md.) bowling team here, 2,952 to 2,658. EXPERT impressively with a crushing sey after NEW YORK, April 4 (#).—On the heory that when all men reach the age of 75 they should still be kids both in spirit and flesh, Jack Dempsey has gone back into training. “I'm just fortifying my body against e time when I'll be 75, so that I'll feel spry as a youngster,” said Demp- a brisk 45-minute workout Dartmouth here under the supervisio - Smith, last year’s leading | Govern. S R R DIRECT First Race TO GRANDSTAND 2:30 p.m. INSTALLATION by Bailey's Skilled Auto Radio Techni- clans, assuring you finest reception. ABSOLUTELY FREE! The New and Finer 1935 PHILCO AUTO RADIO S Control fits on, either Steering Column or Instrument Panel ® Marvelous Tone ® Home Radio N.W. Performance ® Handsome New Design ® Unequalled Value