Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1935, Page 11

SPORTS. Brundage Standing Pat on American Support as OIymplc Friction Simmers FIEURES GERMANY WILL KEEP FAITH Jssue Over Discrimination Likely to Be Revived at A. A. U. Meeting. (This is the second story in a se- | ries dealing with the background of | the controversy over the United States’ participation in the 1936 Olympic games.) BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, August 26.—Great Britain and the United States were the last of the world's | ranking athletic nations to| accept invitations to compete in the | 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. Both did so last year only aflbr considerable debate and agitation arising from anti-Jewish activities initiated by the Nazi government and calculated to prejudice the chances of | German Jews seeking places on vari- ous Olympic teams. Before this country formally re-| sponded to the invitation the presi- | dent of the American Olympic Com- | mittee, Avery Brundage of Chicago, made a personal investigation of con- ditions in Germany. He extracted promises from the Nazi sports leaders (1) that all Olympic pledges would be solemnly kept; (2) that visiting Jew- ish athletes would be treated on equal | terms with all others, and (3) that no | discrimination would be shown against | Jews secking positions on German sports teams. Brundage returned, sat- isfled, and the A. O. C. acted accord- ingly. A. A. U. Head Opposes Entry. T WAS around the third of these points that American agitation against competing in the 1936 games first was aroused. Not only does the issue remain very much alive, in spite of Germany's promises, but lately the | anti-Nazi attitude has spread rapidly among Catholics throughout the United States. | Editorial attacks have been launched as a result of the Berlin government's measures against so-called “Political Oatholicism.” Discrimination against the German Catholic youth and ath- | letic organizations has been charged. | Prominent among the Catholics taking | = stand In this country is Jeremiah T. | Mahoney of New York, president of the Amateur Athletic Union, who has | come out personally in opposition Vo‘ sending American teams to the Olym- | pic under existing conditions. | Issue Likely to Be Revived. THUS the lines have been drawn for a sharp conflict within the official family controlling American athletics. Two years ago the A. A. U. adopted resolutions condemning Germany's anti-racial activities, serving notice that our athletes would not be “certi- fied” for the Olmpics “unless the posi- tion of the German Olympic Commit- tee of the Organizing Committee of Berlin and the German government Is s0 changed in fact as well as in theory as to both permit and encourage Ger- | man athletes of Jewish faith or heri- tage (o train, prepare for and partici- pate in the Olympic games of 1936.” This resolution is still on record. 1If | there is to be any change or a show- down, it must take place this Winter when the annual A. A. U. convention is held in New York. Based on the current evidence and outspoken oppo- | sition by Mahoney, ag well as other’ leaders, the issue likely is to be re- vived. Only by the vse of the ‘big | stick,” more or less, were anti-Nazi | elements in the A. A. U. prevented | from forcing the issue to the floor of | last year's meeting. Developments | since then have not soothed their feelings. Must “Blow Over” or “Blow Up.” JUST how far this revolt against | Brundage's leadership will go de-| pends upon two things, namely: (1) | Germany's internal course during the | next few months with respect to Jews and Catholics and (2) separation, in this country, of facts from agitation. | Admittedly the anti-German forces | have gained strength, with protests | coming from Catholic and Protestant | sources as well as Jewish. Specific individual instances of dis- | erimination against Jewish and Cath-| olic athletes in Germany have shsrp-( ened the feelings of the opposition | forces. Meanwhile Brundage holds there is no official proof that Germany has violated the pledges given to him | on the International Olympic Com- mittee. So many conflicting views are in- volved that it would be impossible to forecast what the A. A. U. will do or how. As the most powerful sports- governing body in this country, it| will influence the A. O. C. Things may, as Brundage and others hope, “blow over” rather than “blow up.” | For the time being little or no effort | can be made to raise the $300,000 America will need to send full athletic representation to Germany. At best it seems unlikely the United States can hope to dispatch anything like the boatload that went to Paris in 1924 and Armsterdam in 1928. (The next story in this series will present pertinent international viewpoints on the 1926 Olympics.) CHURCH BOWLERS MEET. ‘The East Washington Church Bowl- ing League will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Rendezvous alleys. Captains of present members and representatives of teams wishing to join are asked to attend. | AUGUSTERFER WINS | Baltimore for their annual intercity | one point ahead. Prior to the relay | credited almost one-third of the 514 | Langley Flyers Beaten, 17-5, by | Opposed to the Fort Myer team, which Park Net Champ ELIZABETH DEIKE Of Pasadena, Calif., who Saturday achieved the national women'’s title in the tourney at New Orleans by defeating Lydia Kayser of Buffalo, N. Y., in straight sets, 6—4, 6—2. —A. P. Photo. FOR D. C. MERMAIDS Scores Nearly Half of Points in| Close Triumph Over Bal- timore Girls. F RITA AUGUSTERFER is around next year when the time comes for the Washington swimmers to go to meet, Earle Weeks’ squad should have no trouble in taking permanent pos- | session of the Mayor Howard Jackson Trophy, on Which it now holds two legs. Scoring more points than any other Capital representative, Miss Augus- | terfer clinched victory for the second straight year for the Washington team when she gave its girls’ relay team a commanding lead in the closing event of the day. At the start of the relay Washington was only the local mermaid had won two events—the 100 and 200 yard free styles. To Miss Augusterfer, therefore, is points which Washington compiled in defeating its traditional rival by a mere 3 points. The summaries: Men's Results. relay—Won by Washington ile. Alex McMillan, Reginald M. Hodgson, i Hariy | Toulniin); ~ second, Baltimore. Timg 100-yard Packstroké—Won by Prank (Baltimore); second, Daniel third, Ernle Boggs (Washingto 00-5ara" free style—Won by Harry Toulmin (Washington); second, Meginnis | (Baltimore); third, Adler (Baltimore) 100-yard breasistroke—Won by Hucht | (Baltimore); second, Moncure (Washing- Holland (Baltimore). 200-yard, (Joe La Sa) Cummings (Baltimore); dus (Washington): Gord (Baltimore); " third. Fred "Stelber . (Balti- free style—Won by PFrank (Baltimore): second. Ernie Boves (Washington); third, Abrams (Bal- timore) Women's Events, 200-yard _relay—Won Washington (Rita Augusterfer. Betty . Betty | Q;Toole, ‘Ann' Bono): " second.” Baitimore. ime. 2 T60-yard " backstroke—Won by Helen Alain_(Baltimore): second. Leonora Taube (Washington); third, Betty Everett (Wash- ineton) . | Low-board _diving. by Leonora Taube (Washington); second. ~ Louise Bankard (Baltimore), third, Peggy Arnold (Baltimore). 100-yard free style—Won by Rita Au- gusterfer (Washington); second, ~Helen Alain_~(Baltimore); third, Ann Bono (Washington). 100-yard breaststroke—Won by Mar- garet Russell (Baltimore): second, Betty oole (Washington); third, Eilz: White (Washinston): - 220-yard free style—Won by Rita Au- gusterfer (Washington): second. Hslen Alsin (Baltimore): third. tie between Ann Bono (Washington) and Margaret Russell (Baltimore). S POLO NOT FOR AIRMEN Fort Myer Cavalrymen. As poloists, the Langley Pleld fiyers today realized they are great airmen. makes riding its life work, the avia- tors resembled nothing so much as grounded observation balloons as they watched the Cavalry ride to a 17-5 victory in the Sunday polo game at West Potomac Park. Statisticians had difficulty in as- certaining in which chukker the sol- diers scored most. They had no trou- ble, however, in distinguishing Lieut. Harry Stadler, Fort Myer’s No. 3 man, who tallied sever goals single-handed- ly. Lieut. Getz and Capt. Sirnyer scored Langley's only points. The other three represented the handicap. For Myer, 17; Langley Field, 5. Pos. Fort Myer (17), Langley F. (5). No. 1._Liel t. sir&vg Mccormick feut Odom for E ., George' for Lieut. meu! Odom for Capt. Sirnyer. Sco! rnyer, : handicas Siosed Lans: ley of 8 oals). "'Referee—a). Paul Davidsor Brother Upsets Log Champ Walter Swanson, 17, Pulls Family Trick to Win World Championship From Elmer. By the Associated Press. EATTLE, August 26.—The world’s log rolling cham- pionship has changed hands, but it’s still in the Swanson family. Seventeen-year-old walter Swan- son dumped his older brother, Elmer, into North Lake here yes- terday o win the title and the emblematic Cloquet belt. They met in the finals after each had sent the outstanding caulked-hoot experts of the United States and Cenada spalshing into the water. Elmer Swanson won the title in 1934. The brothers twirled and bucked |7 ) the thin log upon which they bal- anced and part of the time pushed it under water, as they spun it first one way and then the opposite. Faster spec the log, with the brothers pitting family tricks against each other. Walter leaped lightly nto the air, came down upon the log, stopped it, reversed it and shot Elmer into the lake. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1935. DAV CUP STARS SEEK TEAM TITLE Doubles Clash Today Will Affect Choices for ’36 International Lot. By the Associated Press. ROOKLINE, Mass., August 26. Two sets of United States Davis Cup doubles teams, the veterans, Wilmer Allison and Johnny Van Ryn, and Don Budge and Gene Mako, clashed at Longwood for the national championship title today. The outcome probably will have great bearing on next year's Davis Cup team make-up. Allison and Van Ryn, 1931 champions and runners-up last year to George Lott and Lester Stoe- fen, now gracing the professionai ranks, will register one of the greatest victories of their long career as teammates, if they succeed in sub- duing the ambitious and brilliant youngsters from the West Coast. Mixed Doubles Slated. AFI'ER these titles are awarded, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of | 4nq University of Minnesota cham- Brookline, a member of the United States Wightman Cup forces, Kay Stammers, attractive British in- ternationalist, and burly Roderick Menzel mixed doubles honors. ‘Three of the five team champion- ships already have been decided. On Saturday Helen Jacobs, top-ranking women’s player, and Mrs. Fabyan de- fended their women’s doubles titles against Mrs. Dorothy Andrus of Stam- ford, Conn, and Carolin Babcock of | Los Angeles, their 1934 victims. Two More Titles Earned. YESTERDAY Raymond B. Bidwell and Richard Bishop, both of Bos- ton, overpowered F. C. (Pop) Baggs and Dr. William Rosenbaum of New | York, the defending champions, for the national veterans’ doubles titles, 6—2, 6—1. About the same time, William J. Clothier, a national singles champion about 30 years ago, and William J., jr., gained the father-son title from Samuel Hayes, sr., and jr. of South Hadley, Mass, 6—2, 6—2. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR THE Agriculture and Machinist sandlot team will play for the amateur base ball champion- ship of the District today at Amer- ican League Park. Another extra-inning game, the second in successive days, involved Washington at Chicago yesterday, the Griffmen winning this time by scoring three runs in the four- teenth. Johnson, who hurled the last two innings, received credit for the 7-4 triumph. Today was to be Ty Cobb day at Detroit, the Georgia Peach cele- brating the tenth anniversary of hit big league debut. The Tigers are playing a series with Boston, who are leading them in the pen- nant race by three and one-half games. ATTEND GRID SCHOOL. Coaches Jack Hagerty of George- | town and Raymond Dilley of St. Al- | ban's are attending the annual foot ball school conducted by Lou Little | of Columbia University, which opened | in New York City today. WOULD PLAY LABOR DAY. Any team wanting a game on Labor | day is asked to get in touch with | Manager Bill Green of the White Haven nine at Emerson 3610. Goodrich Golden Ply Silver- towns Are Sold by Allen’s Service 4th St. and New York Ave. N.W. 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Schwarzmann’s Service Station 13th and Penna. S.E. + Seller’s Service Station 2nd and H Sts. N.E. 0. C. Service Station 1100 N. H. Ave. NW. L. P. Steuart Co. 1440 P St. N.W. Tidewater Oil Co. Service Station 1513 15th St. N.W. Ga. Ave. and Underwood St. N.W. % Co. Triangle 2 N. Y. Ave. N.W. and | | Enrique Maler of Spain will engage of Czechoslovakia for the | WELSH UNBEATEN INPARKS NET SET Sparkling Tourney Pace Is Maintained by D. C. Star in National Final. EW ORLEANS, August 26.— Barnard Welsh of Washing- ton, D. C., retained his pub- lic parks singles champion- ship here yesterday, showing form which appeared likely to make it diffi- cult to dethorne him in future tour- naments. The lanky Scot gained the national title for the second time, 6—4, 6—2, 6—4, in so brilliant and complete a victory that many experts rate him a candidate to equal the mark set by Ted Drewes, St. Louls, Mo., star who won the title four times in a row. ‘Washington’s champion went through the entire tournamnet without the loss of a set. Holds to Steady Pace. WE!SH smashed William Schom- mer, the Big Ten Conference pion from Minneapolis, in the same decisive straight-set fashion that marked his every step toward retain- ing his title, Welsh was the only public parks champion to retain his title in the thirteenth renewal of the tourna- ment. Miss Elizabeth Deike of Pasadena, C lif, annexed the women’s singles title Saturday when she defeated Miss Mydia Kayser of Buffalo, N. Y, in straight sets. Miss Kayser had pre- viously eliminated the defending AJ. BOWES’' gong-striking blows have nothing cn the blows District tennis players received today with the news of the cancellation of the only two | tournaments thought to be on the | horizon. A few hours after it was learned that Columbia Country Club's men’s invitation tournament was not to be played, Mrs. Florence Black an- nounced that the woman's tourney scheduled for the Army and Navy Club this week end had been called off. Because six of the leading woman players who had been invited here from out of town, including the de- fending champion—Edith Moore— are planning to go to the nationals at Forest Hills on Thursday, the com- mittee in charge deemed it best to postpone the affair indefinitely. Mrs. Black admitted this morning there was little chance of it being played at a later date this season. After the nationals, four of the non-city contestants will leave for college. 8o, any tournament that would be held simply would be a repe- champion, Mrs. Ruth Bailey Prosser of St. Louls. Had Chared Doubles Win. WEIEH teamed with Ralph Mc- Elvenny Saturday to win the men’s doubles championship in an- other straight-set conquest over Cecil Metz and William Hughes of Mem- phis, Tenn. Constance O'Donovan and Esther Politzer, Detroit, won over Virginia Duecker and Frances Jacobson, St. Louis, in the women's doubles cham- plonship finals, tition of the three woman's fourna- ments already held. Johnny Hatch and Dewitt Ben- nett—that’s the doubles team to watch in the immediate future, in the | opinion of Daniel F. Suttenfield, whose Embassy doubles tournament will end Wednesday afternoon. This latest team threat sprang a genuine surprise yesterday in the semi-final round at the Massachusetts avenue courts when it upset Hal Goldsmith and Gene Fowler, the No. 1 seeded team and favorites to take the title, In the best match the courts have held this year Hatch and Bennett took two of the three required sets, 6—4, 4—6, 6—2, with the young Western High captain’s overhead smash fea- turing the victor's attack. The win- ners must await the outcome of the Trigg-Steiwer and Bent-Latimer match tomorrow before learning the identity of their final opponents. ‘While Barney Welsh was winning the great public tennis championship of the country yesterday. Dooly Mitchell was helping himself to two championships up at Buck Hill Falls, Pa. The District’s No. 2 racketer not only defeated the local defending champion, Jack Talbot, 6—8, 6—2, 6—3, 0—8, 6—4, but teamed with his old partner, Tom Markey, to trim an- | other Washingtonian, Hugh Lynch, and Talbot for the doubles crown, 10—8, 75, 6—1. So there’s to be a tennis tournament | for tennis writers, enh? Okay, John (Bunny Austin) Vosburgh, you've heard from me. Let me hear the time and place! Sioux City, 2: 8t. Joseph. 0- SPORTS. A~ )beums and took the play away from the East-West entries. Bnan (Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta, , scored both of the East’s points, ‘de(eaung Leonard Patterson of Los Angeles Saturday and Charles Harris of West Palm Beach, Fla., playing for fl‘e Wefl yesberdny. in a ding-dong 6—0. PERRY'S WIN SURE : DECLARES AlllNSl] Insists Only Two Broken, Legs Can Cheat Briton “ut Wlns Three More. TKE West won two doubles and one singles yesterday to add to their triumphs in one singles and one lrf‘nuhlu Saturday. Yesterday Wilmer H ines, Columbia, S. C., “Weste: . of U. S. Net Title. e LG By the Associated Press. |son and Lawrence Underwood, Los OUTH ORANGE, N. J, August | Angeles Juniors, defeated Bill Wins- S 26—Take it from ~ Manuel | 10W and Jefl Podesta, both of New Alonso, one-time captain of the | J¢rs¢Y, 7—5, 6—2, and Hines and Davis Cup team, Fred Perry of | Henry Culley of Santa Barbara, Calif,, r d 15 & cinch to keep his United | d¢feated Gregory Mangin and Berk- States singles tennis championship | $1€V Bell of New York, 6—3, 3—, “unless he breaks both legs before the | tournament ends.” | Alonso thus gave his version of the coming naticnals during the annual East-West tennis series at the Orange | Lawn Tennis Club yesterday. As far he could see, he said, there won't| be any one in the field able to give Perry, ranking amateur of the world, any opposition. “I haven't seen Don Budge play | this year,” said Alonso, “but Tm| afraid he hasn't yet had the experi- ence to make him good enough to keep up with Fred.” On Saturday Jess Millman of Los Angeles downed G. Gilbert Hall of South Orange and Patterson and Henry Prusoff of Seattle, Wash., beat Hall and Robert (Lefty) Grant of Cha!tauooga, Tenn. PIN FRANCHISES OPEN Teams desiring franchises in the Federal Bowling League are asked to communicate with Charles E. Bar- | nard, 1016 Taussig place northeast, or by phone, Potomac 1016. 5 The league will bowl at Arcadis Knows Perry's Strength. d o bt tenia o Monda; THE Spaniard, one of the world's night of each week. best a decade and a half ago and | All players must be employed by the still a dangerous foe in any tennis Federal or District governments and battle, met Perry for the first time are eligible to play with the team rep- here Saturday in an exhibition match. | resenting the bureau or department Naturally, Perry won. in which they are employed Alonso planned to play Perry in Foii e practice today. The national cham- | plonship tournament starts at Forest| KILDARE BEATS MAYO. Hills, Long Island, Thursday. | DUBLIN, August 26 (#)—Kildare ‘The intersectional competition end- | defeated Mayo, 12-7, in a semi-final ed yesterday with a so-called Western | game of the Gaelic foot ball cham- team defeating the so-called East, 5 to | pionships. Kildare will meet Cavan 2. 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