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BATILE DECED | DY AGANES 02 Long Ringer Streaks Mark | Contest—Stars Meet in | Exhibitions Tonight. | TEMPLE JARRELL of Hyattsville, recently gradu- ated at the University of ® Maryland, today sported the title of champion horseshoe pitcher of the Old Line State. In a six-game battle at Brentwood last night, Jarrell dethroned the title- holder of the last two years, Lee Flesh- man, of Rogers Heights, to win the first major honors at stake in the sev- enth annual Metropolitan District tournament sponsored by The Star. The scores were: Jarrell 41 51 51 51 30 53 Fleshman ___ 53 29 30 39 52 46 Midnight was striking when Jarrell fired the ringer that brought to a close | a struggle of skill and endurance that | lasted nearly two hours, a conmtl punctuated by some of the best horse- shoe flipping in the history of the tournament. Although neither aver- aged much more than 50 per cent ringers for the six games, each at times looked to be a national cham- pion. In the first skirmish, Fleshman shot 13 ringers in 14 pitches, streak- ing 11. In the second Jarrell retali« ated with 14 out of 15, including an unbroken stretch of 13. Frequently all four irons circled the peg. : Fleshman Makes Fight. ALTHOUGH beaten four games to two in a match limited to seven, Fleshman's defense of his title was stubborn. He tossed only eight less ringers than his conqueror. Jarrell threw 230 in 436 shoes and Fleshman 222. The ceciding game was touch &nd go nearly all the way, with first one, then the other heating the stakes. With the count 7.to 12 against him, Fleshman shut out the tall ex-Terrapin in six of seven in- nings to take the lead at 28-27. But Jarrell recovered strongly and blanked the champion for six frames to regain the lead at 43-28. Here Fleshman made a desperate try to keep the title. With 10 ringers in 14 shoes he went ahead once more, at 45-43. Then came the kayo. Flesh- man missed with both irons and Jar- rell stuck on a double.ringer, which made the count 49-46. He went out with & ringer when Fleshman missed wgain. In the semi-finals Jarrell defeated the former State champion and the man who taught him the fine points of the game, Joe Merryman of Blad- ensburg, 52-35 and 51-42. Fleshman made quick work of Ed Kruse of Mount Rainier in the other semi-final, 52-8 and 50-8. Virginians Play Next. IMORROW night, on George C. Thompson'’s courts at Falls Church, the Virginia flippers will have it out with Deadpan Raymond Frye of Ork- ney Springs, whom some say is des- tined to win a world title, as the defending champion. If time permits | this event will be run off on the one night. Jarrell returns to the wars tonight, but not in championship competition. In a special match at Brentwood he will take on Harry F. Saunders, the District champ, who recently was de- feated by Jarrell in a Metropolitan Singles League match. In another match on the same program Boo Henson of Arlington will play Bill Moore, new Washington sensation, & pitcher who seldom drops below 60 per cent ringers. The battling will start at 7:30 o'clock. Although these two skirmishes are in the nature of exhibitions, they are expected to attract a large gallery. Many horseshoe addicts are eager for a look at Moore who, despite the lus- ter of Saunders’ reputation, likely will enter the District championship tour- nament next week a fairly strong fa- wvorite. A big crowd saw last night's matches, which featured a lawn fete held to raise funds to improve Brent- ‘wood’s recreation park. The fete was a sellout long before the horseshoe flinging ended. Not the least of the attractions was the National Training School Band, which seems to improve with every performance in spite of Irequent changes in membership. LEADS ELKS' GOLFERS. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 17 (#).— Jack Maki, Waukegan, Ill, with 151, shot his way into the lead in the Elks’ national golf tournament @t the end of 36 holes of play. Sports. Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a year ago: Jan Kusocinski, Poland, ran 2 miles in 9:00.4 in beat- ing Joe McCluskey in Cologne. Three years ago: Babe Didrikson, single handed, won women's A. A. U. track championship for Employers’ Casualty Co. Club, scoring 30 points on five first places, one tie and a fourth. Five years ago: Blue Larkspur won 825,000 Arlington Cup and boosted night. Nobody hears you moan. Falling behind the pace; ALKING things over with Wal- ter Johnson, now turning gray and with furrowing. wrinkles, our hazy thoughts turned back to the tall, broad-shouldered kid who came on from Weiser, Idaho, just 28 years ago. Just about one wind-up and one pitched ball were about all this sandy- haired youth from the West needed to show in his Washington debut. He had a rifle arm and a pitching motion no one could mistake. Today the best of our pitching talent are shooting at 200 strike-outs —200 victims make up quite & list. But in 1910, 23-year-old Johnson struck out 313 American League batsmen. He bagged 209 in 1911 and 303 in 1912—over 800 in three consecutive years. Gray-haired Walter smiled and a far-away look came into his eyes as we talked those days over. But you can get Johnson into no argument or debate about pitching speed or the fastest pitcher. Johnson admitted there was a big difference between shoving that fast one across when you were 23 or 24 and trying to keep & crippled ball club on the heels of the Yankees and Tigers until affairs finally mended. In his day and time he sent over 1,500 hitters back to the bench. Of course, he had nobody much to strike out except fellows like Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Home Run Baker, Sam Crawford, Bobby Veach, Stuffy Mclnnis, Dufty Lewis, Harry Hooper, Napoleon Lajole, Elmer Flick and a few other set-ups of that brand and breed. | No, they couldn’t hit much—only from around .350 to .420—but not against the young Coffeyville ex- press. Whatever happens, he has still a strike-out and a shut-out mark for the younger generation to face. Test for a Champion. SAMPARKS,Jr,mmmgoK champion, takes his Oakmont crown into dangerous company this week. ‘The new title holder will be sur- rounded by most of the stars in golf when he wades into action Thursday over the Keller course in the $5,000 St. Paul open. This St. Paul show has become one of the big Summer features, and earnings to $272,000. Pinehurst Likely among those shooting for the main to Be First _ In South to Get P. G. A. Event OR the first time in its lengthy history the tournament for the professional match play golf championship of the . United States may be played next year in the South. The P. G. A. champion- ship, next to the national open the most coveted title in this country for which professional golfers are eligible, will be played at the Pinehurt Coun- try Club late next Winter, if the plans of Donald Ross and Leonard ‘Tufts go through. “But no major championship should have it two years hence if wants it, but that of the lengthy labors of in 2 58 3 Enéifi it i Bsil E Efiifhé EE.§ (GRIDIRON TAGTICS Originator of the flying tackle, who will pit his specialty against the version Joe Savoldi uses in the feature of 8 mat show at Grifith Stadium tomorrow THE SPORTLIGHT Johnson’s Records Beyond New Hurlers; New Golf Champ Jumps Into Lion’s Den. BY GRANTLAND RI BY WAY OF ADVICE. Nobody cares what your alibi is— Each one thinks of his own. Nobody cares for your pet ezcuse— There is the score—and it's all they see— What is there else to cheer? Tell ’em the reasons why you lost— But nobody cares to hear. Nobody cares why you slipped and fell, Nobody cares if you broke a leg As long as you lost the race. We came from the caves just a few steps back, Where all they knew was the kill. There’s a slight vemeer which the first tribes missed, But the world is a jungle still. You win or lose—but the score must stand. What if you broke a heart? You rise or fall—but the fallen fade And nobody keeps their chart. Yes, the race has moved from its bone-filled caves, Though reason is on its knees, And the anthropoids wink in the moonlight wastes As they flip through the jungle trees. money are such entries as Olin Dutra, Walter Hagen, Henry Picard, Johnny Revolta, Harry Cooper, Jimmy Thom- son, Ky Laffoon, Leo Diegel and a parade of others from 21 States. This is throwing a new young champion inte the middle of the lion’s den. But Parks hasn't shirked any test yet, and he has mapped out a cam- too many chances. It will be interesting to check up G | Market. tsn't likely tn view | pos? BORRIES RATED HIGHLY Middy Gets Big Vote in Poll on Gridders to Face Bears. CHICAGO, July 17 (#)—Buzz Bor- ries, Navy, was among the leaders in the poll to select & team of 1934 col- League at Soldiers’ Fleld the night of August 29: Ends—Don Hutsor, Alabams, 68,- 592; Frank Larson, Minnesota, 67,- 64,877; Oharles Mucha, Washington, 63,923; Charles Marr, Alabams, 57,- 542. Centers — Jack Robinson, Notre Dame, 57,574; George Shotwell, Pitts- burgh, 51,866. Quarterbacks — Irvine Warburton, Southern California, 57,566; Miller Munjas, Pittsburgh, 47,324; Jack Bey- non, Iiinols, 46,847. Halfbacks—Duane Purvis, Purdue, 61,305; Millward' Howell, Alabama, Buzz Borries, Navy, 48,904; TODAY 3:18 P.M. Washington vs. St. Louis AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK -+ 2 OPPOSNG ON i Gus’ “Flying Tackle” and Savoldi’s “Drop-Kick” on View Tomorrow. RECEDENT may be shattered at Grifith Stadium tomorrow night when old “Dynsmite Gus” Sonnenberg, former world heavyweight wrestling champion, pits his famed “flying tackle” against the renowned “drop-kick” of Joe Savoldi at GriMth Stadium. In by far the most colorful foot ball duel ever brought to a local mat, Sonnenberg will be out to defend a great record. Credited both with the national and local upswing of heavyweight wres- tling, Sonnenberg not only has gone undefeated here, but has yet to lose so much as a fall. Bowing in as world champion against Freddy Meyers in 1928, Sonnenberg won sensationally with his “flying tackle,” a weapon he always has capitalized here, “The big fellows weren't doing so well here until Gus came along,” Turner declares, “then overnight our gates soared from hundreds to thou- sands of dollars. Put Kick in Wrestling. “Sonnenberg really was the first wrestler to introduce anything re- sembling a knock-out punch, his head butt, which traveled a scant 6 inches, frequently knocking his opponent cold. That caught the public’s fancy and is the real reason why so many heavyweight wrestlers are in the big dough today.” Following a recent airplane invasion of South America, where he defeated the great Zbyszkos, Stanislaus and Wiadek, and otherwise remained un- defeated, Sonnenberg has returned to this country specifically to challenge Danno O'Mahoney'’s right to the world title. Apprised that tomorrow night’s winner will meet Danno here, “Dyna- mite Gus” readily accepted Turner’s offer to meet Savoldi. A picturesque semi-final finds tow- ering Tor Johanson, 315-pound Swe- dish “man mountain,” opposed to Mike Mazurki, 8 mere 245-pounder from the Pacific Coast. Thirty-minute opening numbers, the first of which is booked for 8:30, pit Ed Meske vs. Jack Donovan and Bill Middlekauf vs. Rube Wright. Diamond Dust NAVY DEPARTMENT and A. A. A. will clash Saturday on the East Ellipse diamond at 3 o'clock in the & three-game series to deter- the and collected two of Investiga- ’s five safeties as the Sleuths took an 8-7 decision from the money men feated Procurement Division, 6-3, im a Federal League fray. Boggs was drafted from left fleld in the ninth inning and quelled & Procurement rally by fanning Hirst and Thompson, s pinch-hitter. Results: Leasue. Investigation. 8: Treasury, 7 (United States ‘Governmi ). 4; Ril 0 (Bankers'). COurrency. 8; Civil' Service, 4 (Federal). Thompson's Dairy. 10; Center Market, 9 (Nstional Capital). Pepco, 4; Acacia. 4 (National Capital). Naval Alr Station, 5; Bolling Pleld, 4 o Partmental). chner's’ Tron Works, 11; Southwest i ravern or Webster A. C. 0 s “raven D . O Pl)imlmfl Mobawks, 0 (Co e Bmout, 9; - Iumblam. 2 : (m)llfll&.flonl‘ 6; Procurement, 3 & 7&'s Pharmacy, 9; Sunbeam, 7 (Co- mblan). St. Anthony's, 3; A. B. C. TS ‘ashington PFlour, 0 (Co- Randle Garvin. & Columbians, 3 (Co- th i . C. mgn‘;mn)‘mm 10; Otis A. C. 1 Independent. Culpeper, 3: Heurich Soe Hifiels, & Lfié'hr‘n’ Bevair " Ehop.” & —_— CANZONERI VS. KLICK Fighters Who Battled Here Will Clash in San Francisco. SAN FRANOCISCO, July 17 (&)— Tony Cansoneri, world lightweight boxing champion, and Prankie Klick, » will mix over & leading 10 rounds here August 19 in a non- title renewal of their recent Wash- .| ington (D. ©) bout. Announcement was made by Chris Lykke, president of the San Pran- cisco Press Club, under whose sus- pices the fight will be staged. 20 YEARS AGO BIG LEAGUE, BURG SAME T0 RUCKER Finds Running Small Town Little Different From Base Ball Work. By the Associated Press, OSWELL, Ga., July 17.—Years of big league base ball ex- perience come in handy in running & small town, says Nap Rucker, old-time Brooklyn southpaw, mayor of this ancestral home of Theodore Roosevelt's mother. Speaking after 27 years of service in the National League and six months in the mayor's chair of a town of 1,500 population, Rucker said: “There’s not a hell of difference between the two.” The old war horse who pitched 10 years and scouted 17 for Brooklyn is as steamed up over being mayor as he was when he was tossing benders past Neolional League bat- ters 18 years ago. Right now he's full of plans o regain for Roswell some of the glory lost as a resort. Bullock Hall, the old homestead of Roosevelt'’s mother, still stands among the show pluces of the town. ot of Nap Is Well to Do. Tm! are other huge, white-col- umned homes wrere the wealthy used to come to driuk mint juleps and dance the minuet. Rucker hopes to rebuild soon a part of the busincss section leveled two weeks ago by fire. “I thought when I got through scouting and recommending ivory I was through making recommenda- tions,” commented the mayor com- paring jobs past and present. “But, look here, everybody and his brother comes to the mayor’s office for a ‘to whom it may concern’ and the like. Just the other day a fellow came down and wanted me to speak to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and help him get a private lake on his place with P, W. A. money.” Last Fall the front office ended Rucker’s long tenure with the Brook- lyn club and he came home to be elected mayor, taking office in Feb- ruary. It was his first fiyer into poli- tics and he was elected by unanimous vote. ‘The 50-year-old Nap salted down enough from his playing days to keep the wolf from his door. He owns two farms and a feed and flour mill. PATENT OFFICE IN VAN. Pederal Housing Administration made just as many hits as the Patent Office soft ball team yesterday, but lost, 4-0, as Snell tightened in the pinches. Kiesel hit a home run for Patent Office. —— e CELTS PLAY REPAIR NINE. ‘The strong St. Mary’s Celtics will tangle with the District of Columbia Shop nine Sunday at 3 o’clock at Baggett’s Stadium, Alexandria. Starting FROM THE L2 PRESS BOX “Nats Cop Bunting” Upsets Philologist Raying About Sports Writers’ “English.” BY JOHN LARD! T WAS a dull day when Prof. Arch Skid Newt paid his annual call. and I must say that the professor didn’t improve it much. His first remark was: “You sports writers have done more than your share to destroy the beauty and value of the English language. You have created a batch of half- baked similes that give off the same odor of mental paralysis year after year, month after month, week after week, and, for that matter, day. after day. Look at your base ball essays. Third base is always the hot corner, first base is always the initial sack, second base—" “But, professor,” I said, “those are sort of obsolete.” He Has a Little List. "ALL RIGHT,” said the great sa- . vant, “maybe they are, but it took ‘em 30 years to get that way. And I have with me a list of similes which are certainly not obsolete, be- cause I see 'em every day. I'll read you the list.” “Don’t bother, professor,” said your correspondent with consid- erable haste. “It’s all right,” said the scientist. “No trouble at all” , And he read off, in his fine soprano voice, the following catalog of blue ribbon clinches: “?Inuoml League—The senior cir- cuit. American League—The junior loop. Pitcher’s box—Hill, mound, rubber. Outfield—Orchard, garden, pasture. Pitcher—Flinger, hurler, mounds- man, portsider. Bat—Stick, willow, bludgeon. Ball — Pellet, apple, horsehide, sphere. Hit—Bingle. Home run—Four-ply blow, grand slam. & Double-header—Twin bill, bargain ill, Run—counter, Tie the score—knot the count. Before Prof. Newt could turn to page two of his terrific indictment I said: “But that's all base ball stuff, pro- fessor.” “All right,” said the philologist. leaf- ing rapidly through the script, “try some of this: Timber-topper—nat- ator—mermaid—Ileather - pusher—net- men—racketer—basketer — grappler— simon-pure—pigskin— Believe it or mot, the siege gun of science carried on like this for some time before I could insert an objection. “But, professor, you have to figure that the sports writers write about the same thing, the same patterns, every day, and they have to find similes of some kind. And you can’t dig up 50 new similes every day for 20 years.” Headline Writers Not Guiltless. THE professor swore a great oath. “Pish and tush,” he said. “That don’t hold water. And another thing— it’s not only the writers who are be- | traying Shakespeare and Milton, it's the copy readers, the men who write | the headlines. ‘What about this: Phils | Nip Reds-—Bruins Top Bucs—Mack- men Shade Pal Hose—Bengals Trim Tribe—Nats Cop Brnting?” “Well, what about it?” “If you were an Eyetalian,” said the great man, “and you saw a headline, ‘Nats Cop Bunting,’ what would you say?” "Nfl.hins. professor. I can’t speak “¥ou would think that s sCourge of insects had settled down on a cloth factory, or something,” continued the professor. - “You would exclaim to yourself, ‘Mother of Mercy!” or “Sa- pristi!’ or ‘Carambal’” “‘Caramba’ is Spanish, prof.” “Well,” said Prof. Arch Skid Newt, “I am assuming that you are part Spanish, on your mother's side. The point is that you would be shocked and appalled, and rightly so. The Amer- fcan sports writer is cutting up the English language and throwing the pieces down the nearest manhole. It's terrible.” “I guess you're right, professor,” 1 said. “Wasn’t it you that in- vented the erossword puzzle?” “Just the vertical part,” said the mastermind modestly. “The horizontal part came later.” And with this brief tribute to him- self, Prof. Newt reached for his dicer, Jammed it over his bulging brain and sprinted off to annoy some one else. (Copyright, 1935, by the North American aper Alliance. Inc.) L RIDER BARRED FOR LIFE| NEW YORE. July 17 (#).—Jockey Prank McMarus is banned from the turf for life under a ruling handed down by the New York State Racing Commission sfter an investigation of the sixth race at Belmont Park May 24 won by Playfole. * Jockey K. Nott, who rode Playfole, reported that he had been approached STARS PROGRESS IN'ESSEX TENNIS Five of First 15 Mational Ranking Women Advance to Third Round. By the Associated Press. ANCHESTER, Mass., July 17. —The United States Wight- man Cup tennis team can- didates still were in the run- ning today as the Essex County Club’s invitation play reached the third round. Pive of the first 15 national rank- ing woman players were among the 16 to reach the third-round matches, which were delayed yesterday by rain. The nationally ranked included Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Brook- line, top seeded; Mrs. Marjorie Glad- man Van Ryn of Philadelphia, last week's Longwood victor; Katherine Winthrop of h, Mrs. Mary Greef Harris of Kansas City and Catherine Wolf of Elkhart, Ind, Doubles Postponed. THE opening of doubles play also was postponed until today be- cause of rain. Caroline Babcock of Los Angeles and Dorothy Andrus of New York formed the top-seeded doubles team. Among the non-seeded stars to qualify for the third round singles play were: Florence Leboutillier of New York; Eunice Dean of Houston, Tex.; Theodosia Smith of Los Angeles, Mrs. Ethel Burkhardt Arnold of Pasa- dena, Calif.; Elizabeth Kendig of Philadelphia, Anne Page of Wayne, | Pa., and Gracyn Wheeler of Santa Monica, Calif. — RENROCS NEED GAME. A game for Saturday is sought by the Renroc A. C., strong unlimited tmne Call Frank Holland at Lincoln 0775. Reds Aiming for Third Place No Telling Where They’ll Go, Says Manager of °34 Cellar Champs, Now in Streak. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, July 17.— Third place in the National League for the Cincinnati Reds? Take it from Chuck Dressen, pilot of last year's cellar dwellers, “there’s no telling where they’ll go, with any kind of pitching.” Surveying the team after seven straight victories, inciuding two over the league-leading Giants. Dressen today declared himself “satisfied” and added he would have equal satisfaction if his charges closed the season in fourth place. They are mow in fifth. ‘The Reds, he said, have been “playing inspired ball” in sweeping their series with Brooklyn, then piling on the Giants Monday and yesterday. “Now that they are in fifth place, theyre talking ‘fourth place,’” he continued, “and it's a cinch when they get there theyll be talking ‘third place.’” What observers have dubbed Cincinnati’s “kid team” has been improving constantly and profiting even in defeat, Dressen declared. “I'm satisfied. Our pitchers are improving, and, I repeat, if the boys have good pitching there’s no telling where they’ll go.” tomorrow at 8 A.M. the same offer that has brought thousands of buyers to our 3 stores! America’s 4 Best Known Tires GOODYEAR G3 1st Line Line 1st Line GOODRICH ... 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