Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1936, Page 15

PORTS. THE "EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1936. SPORTS. A—18 Lucas Gains Little in Taking Furr’s Title : Bantam Champ Aroused AFGHTS SLATED | "POPPING OPEATORNE | * OFF WSian 2 Joe Turner’s Bug House. HE decision was awful. Even) beicha you want ALL ROUNDS TIGHT | EXCEPTING TENTH Lecser Takes That by Wide Margin and Decision Is Puzzling to Fans. BY BURTON HAWKINS. ELIEVED of the District wel- terweight title by & rather weird decision, Phil Furr saw a stunned Washington cauli- flower colony welcome its second new ehampion in as many weeks into its midst today as one Johnny Lucas, & bold-pated Swede from Camden, N. J., inherited the crown which reposed on Phil's sleek head for more than two Jyears. By some strange maneuvering that found Referee Eddie Lafond and Judges Bob Killer and Frank Schuy- ler agree on the ultimate outcome, but differ on 8 of the 15 rounds, Furr handed over his title to Lucps last night at Turner’s Arena. Bob Olin, former world light - heavyweight champion, was recognized last week as ruler of the local heavyweights by virtue of his technical knockout vic- tory over Buck Everett. Jchnny perhaps was more excited and jubilant over winning the 147- pound division laurels than the title warrants, and if diverging opinions are to be taken as a criterion, there is some doubt as to whether the Swedish swatter is superior to Furr as a fighter. Furr has not been erased as a fea- ture fighter in this sock sector, de- spite his disappointing tumble in the last few months, but to have a little- known larruper such as Lucas anatch his title must be disheartening to & guy who only four months ago climbed through the ropes and made a creditable but losing stand against one of the classiest clouters of his era, Barney Ross, world wel- terweight champion. Opinions Vary en Decision. TH! tattooed fist-slinger apparently worried over his loss, however, for the smirk on his face after the bout as he congratulated Lucas was indication enough that Phil atill be- lieves he’s the better man. With the exception of the judges and the anti- Furr faction, the belief prevails that Purr can slap the daylights out of Lucas any day in the week and that he deserved the decision Iast night. Although the trend of the official scoring was somewhat erratic, there was ample reason for varying opin- fons. The keenly contested scrap saw but one round, the tenth, awarded to either fighter by an impressive margin. Furr landed at will to Johnny's head during that aession, ripping steamy left hooks and right crosses to Lucas’ face which opened & cut over the Camden clouter's left eye, * After an even first round, Lucas shot into an early lead by capturing the second and third cantos with Stiff right hands to Phil's noggin ‘while Purr was content to concentrate on Johnny’s midsection. Furr annexed the fourth and fifth rounds, however, when he sand- wiched both fists to the face between furious flurries to Johnny's reddened body, but Lucas retaliated by taking the next two rounds by peppering Phil's face with left jabs which raised a small lump under Furr's left eye and squashed his easily-blooded beak. An overhand right that clipped Furr on the jaw during a heated exchange in the seventh session was one of Johnny's best blows of the battle. Lucas Absorbs Body Blows. Tnz eighth and ninth rounds were granted to Furr hen the lean Jarruper beat a monotonous tattoo on Johnny’s ribs and plunked a neat right uppercut to Lucas’ chin. Phil ‘was wild in the ninth but landed often enough to shade the blond belter. ° Phil earned his widest margin in the tenth and continued a withering barrage that completely bewildered Lucas to grab the eleventh. Furr bounced two convincing left hooks off Johnny's mouth and played his right to the body effectively, but Lucas rale lied to take the next two rounds as the tempo slackened considerably. Lucas saved his best fighting for the fifteenth round and an unscheduled sixteenth session. A hard right fol- lowed by a stiff left to the head had Furr staggering at the bell, when both boys landed simultaneously. Each apparently thought the other was at- tempting shady tactics and continued slugging until Lafond rushed Lucas to the ropes and Furr's handlers, Ralph Murdock and Harry Groves, calmed Phil. Judges Unanimous for Lucas, The Star’s acore sheet showed Furr winning eight rounds, Lucas taking six, and one even, with Furr 3% points in front. Lafond gave seven to Lucas, five to Furr, and called three even; Eller voted eight to Lucas, three to Purr and four even, while Schuyler awarded nine to Lucas, three to Furr and three even. Al Narcisoo of Camden, recent graduate of amateur ranks, made an impressive Jocal debut by trouncing Young Raspi, Baltimore lightweight, for his eighth consecutive victory in a six-round argument, while another six-rounder saw Joey Straigis, also of Camden, hand a fancy pasting to Bobby Decliter, local lightweight. Four-round engagements saw Irving The Foggy Bottomite he compelled to relinguis 'requently AN Phighting Philbert Furr Finally Flops has been licked in recent weeks, dut not until last night was District welterweight crown, this coming to pass at urner’s Arena when Johnny Lucas (left) received @ unanimous decision in their 15-round title bout. ARMY'S OFFENSE TUNED FOR “[RISH Navy Not Figuring Harvard Set-up—Texas Ags Have Heavy Order. B) the Associated Press. EST POINT, N. Y.—Coach Gar Davidson of Army has adopted one old Notre Dame idea_in preparation for his team’s clash with the “Irish” Saturday. That is that a powerful of- fense is the best defense, At least he plans to concentrate almost entirely on :ertecnn( the Cadets’ attack this week. ANNAPOLIS. Md.—Lieut. Tom Hamilton, Navy's head coach, not only is warning his men that Harvard may be a dangerous opponent this week, but he also is advancing good reasons besides the Crimson’s 65-0 victory over Virginia, “They have been working for two years and have found themselves,” Hamilton says. “Potentially they are & strong outfit. They are a different opponent than earlier in the season. It seems to be our luck to catch them at the peak.” Guard Aids Dotroit’'s Band. Dmorn-—mck Schroeter, regular right guard on the University of Detrolt team, has become a voluntesr ticket salesman for the university band, which is trying to raise money to make the trip to Cincinnati for the Xavier game. “The band has been supporting the foot ball team splendidly in the three years I have been piaying,” he ex- plains. “Now it seems fitting that the team ahould support the band.” OOLLEGE STATION Tex.— The Texas Aggles' team is due to see a lot of new country and new faces this week with a game against the Univer- sity of San Prancisco at San Fran- cisco tomorrow and one against Utah at Salt Lake City Saturday. ‘They never have visited either city, #s & team, nor played either opponent before. The Utah game was scheduled when the seamen’s strike forced the cancellation of the Utah-Hawali game and left the Utes without a homecom« ing sattraction. BERKELEY, Calif.—It takes quick action to get a ticket to the California- Stanford game unless youre an alumnus of one of the colleges. When they went on public sale last Friday approximately 83,000 of the 78,000 seats had been sold to alumni and stadium scrip holders. BY BURTON HAWKINS. OUGH, tough kids, yanked from of m'e 125 simon.pure punchers slated to manipulate mittens, Ahean t, [sharp reflexes, the bout after two minutes of the round when Wills demonstrated enly his jaw was offering any sort of gesistance to Willlanis® punches. = A/near-capacity trowd of 1,888 {ng patrons shelled out $1,706 to Sess the bouts. pay- wite ‘Southern Teams ; Playing to Form BY RAY MORRISON, 4R TOT IRPE Y UNTING turkeys as hard as he used to hunt strike-outs I I when he was the boss pitcher of the old White Sox, your Uncle Niek Altrock, somewhere around 60 years of age, looms today as one of the tough guys to be licked in the current Rock Creek Park turkey golf tournament. Every Fall, when time hangs heavy on his hands between the close of the base ball season and the time for | the rookies to head on South for training eamp, Nick catches up with his golf, hunting turkeys without a gun. Last year he bagged a big one up in the wilderness of Upper Rock Creek Park, and don't let any one tell you that there aren't turkeys up there. Uncle Nick is after 'em and he usually gets ’em—without a gun loaded with lead slugs, too. Nxcx bags "em with flying goif balls in the annual turkey tourney and it is one of the more remarkable phases of the game of golf that guy who was a great athlete more than 30 years ago still can hold his own in such a highly competitive sport. Nick Rock Creek Park turkey tourney on the face of the 75 he banged out yesterday. He won't win the qualify- ing round. That seems already to have been well taken care of by a fellow named George Nealin, who used to be the locker boy at the Rock Creek Park elub house. But unless the boys go wild and stage an orgy of scoring today, Nick will be in that first flight, in which the winner, along about November 22, will receive the fattest turkey, just in time to murder him to provide a Thanksgiving day feast. Doll"r let the ides run awsy with you that because Nick Altrock was quite an athlete years before some of the boys playing against him were born that he can't stay along with them in golf. He can, and he does it every day up at Rock Creek Park. Nick scores well down in the 70s consistently, and he'’s a. tough hombre at match play. They start match play tomorrow, where Nick may bump up against some hot guy like Volney Burnett, who was to play his medal round today. Voiney won the tournament last year and seems to be too good for the others. Nick shot & 75, which is pretty fair golf for a guy well past his athletic prime. But he seems to 80 on forever. Nealin shot a 71, which may stand up for low today. Kaiser ‘Wilhelm had 73 and Tommy Willlams and Hampton Hadley tied Uncle Nick at 75. Perhaps there are others like although the possibility is remote, circles this year. At least it geens the prime duty of every State Boxing today looks like a qualifier in the | —Star Staff Photo. W.R MeCattum 'DOWN at East Potomac Park the 73 made by Gus Kupka remained low, and the boys will shoot at it again today in & renewal of the medal | round. Match play at Rock Creek Park will start tomorrow, while match play at ’nm Potomac won't get under way unul Friday. ‘ QUI'!‘I & group of women golfers from all the clubs were playing at Indian Spring today in an invitation tournament sponsored by the elub. Only one or two of the lads showed up. so the informal pro sweepstakes tourney acheduled for Kenwood yes- terday was called off. They may play it next Monday, but Leo Walper won't be around. He was to leave today for Pinehurst and the P. G. A. tourney. “AND what did you do in the Cleland Cup war, granddaddy?" Thirty yesrs hence, if his grandchil- @ren ask him that question, Bob Con- sidine, sports writer for the Herald, | can draw. himself up proudly and boom forth from the depths of what | undoubtedly will be an extravagant beard: “Why, son, I won it. You should have seen the enemy retreat “And what are pars and birdies, granddaddy?” the youngster may ask. “Why, those are things we used to make in golf, You made 'em with golf clubs and a pencil and a score card. We used to play golf then. Now run along and have your pill and maybe you will grow up to be a great golfer like your grandpappy. Gosh, 1 wish they played that game now and I was as good now as I was then.” ’I"O years ago Bob couldn't hit & barn door with a golf ball at three paces. He couldn't knock it that far. One day Wifty Cox stuck & pack of cigarettes under his right arm and told him to hit the ball without moving the cigarettes. Maybe it was the Svengali in Wifty, but whatever it was it worked. For today Bob is the proud holder of that trophy of golf trophies—the Cleland Cup—won by dint of sweat of brow and ditch-digging ability in the annual tournament at the Army War College. The Cleland Cup is an historie eup, and the winning of it an historic achievement. It's open only to sports writers and those af- filiated with sports (they've even taken in radio announcers) and Bob, like the Persian philosopher, Abou what's-his-name, led 'em all. Hl SHOT a soul-shattering 81 yes- terday for the par 64 course, & 170, without even the sem- of s handicap, Handsome Jack Washingten Univer- DIRECT TO BOWIE TRACK Rail service to and from " trackside . . . quick, con- venient, comfortable. BOWIL Ar. RACE TRACK Golden Glovers- Will Offer Action in Eight Classes at C. U. Tonight. from 113 to 178 pounds, will open the fourth annus! Dis- trict Golden Gloves tournament at Catholio University's gymnasium to- night, starting at 8 o’clock. It will be the first of four nights of Golden Glove fighting, ocompetition continuing tomgrrow, Thursday and Saturday nights. Although every athletic club in the city is represented, the National Guard A. C. is strongly favored to defend the team championship which its members won for it last year. Heaviest opposition is expected to come from the Metropolitan Police and Northeast Boys' Clubs, the dark- horse entrants. General admission tickets for the first three days can be purchased for 40 cents at Spalding’s and Catholie University, with reserved seats selling for 85 cents and $1.10, : Tonight's schedule: 113-pound Class. taker (Phil Bobys) vs, Bddie Rk N m Jensea (unatti va. Archie hur} 8), ns (N, . C. ne_(unattached) vs Milton ANL’ lice Club). Albert A1l (W. B. C) Grover Davis (Police Club). 118-pound Class. 3. Mopney (Merpick glub) va. J. Wads- Torin. ?-l-x i | tenss (W. B. C). porks N 5, it 04 ¥, B} ve. g0 « 8. ). rdorn (Mer- rick Olub). uni hed) vs. R Geran ) Meglio (National et 8 Bl He Haynes (Merrick Club), « ) Guaras) va. V. 147-peund Class. okt ‘Eflfi:‘frufi Bobyn) P 3 Walekauasds Pl Bosss). ) ws. J Pox (Police). L inal ¥ vi. O Koutanas ackson (Merriek) v, E. Community Center). clase. s. L. Liewellyn Cain H. W, orriek ¢ (Ter Glanser (Jewish 160-peu ames (unattas 3. 3o (Termin 175-peund Class, . N. Pem- voon erner GRRacheS) T8 - SHIFT OF REDSKINS 1S DEBATED TODAY Marshall, Pro Grid Team’s Owner, Has Conference With Griffith. ASHINGTON'S prospects of & professional foot ball team in the National League were to be dis- cussed with Clark Griffith today by George P. Marshall, locsl laundry magnate and owner of the Boston Redskins. whose treatment at the hands of Boston newspapers have led the latter to seek & new home for his team. Declaring thst newspapers of the Hub have underpublicized the Red- skins in deference to college foot ball and dog racing, Marshall ad- mitted that the Capital was one of several cities under consideration to which his National League entry might be taken. Oincinnati and Buf- falo were others prominently favored. The fact that seven local colleges have foot ball teams which might tend to detract. from the attention s big pro team merits was to be studied by Marshall. Other matters to be discussed with the Washington base ball club's prexy included the site of the games, with Griffith Stadium be- ing the only available spot at present. Generously sprinkled with several former all-Americas, Marshall's Red- skins now include such players as Pug Rentner of Northwestern, Riley Smith of Alabama, CHff Battles of Tennessee and Ernle Pinckert of he has with Tom Yaw- use of Fenway Park at be dissolved at the end of the 1936-7 season. the seventeenth. Other low scorers: Prank (Buck) O'Neill, Times, 79—8— 11; Burton Hawkins, Star, 92—20—172; Shirl Francis Stan, Star, 88—13—75. Maj. John R. D, Cleland, originator of the tournament back in 193¢ with Rod Thomas of The Star, appeared at the luncheon, Bob Cleland was s captain in those days. He's a major now, and the same good guy. RACES SPECIAL RACE TRAIN Lv.Washingten . « « . + . 1230P. M e e 0w HOOPM PIRST RACE 130 P. M. Reotora 30 miavtes efter last rece. ve. B Ou- | Baxter (Merrick ). G. Wil those who do not like our Mr. Phillip Hamilton Purr walked out holding their noses. How in the world could three good men and true vote unanimously for the poor old baldheaded guy everybody waa feeling sorry for becsuse he was taking such a beating? But earlier in the evening there was other buggy items. Referee Eddie La Fond did not show up on time and Muggsy Morris, in street clothes, was deputized for the four-round opener. He refereed one round and, presto, La Fond appeared and took command. Bet you never saw that before. And back in the dressing reom, which is mere fun than stitting on & slab of woed and watching the prelims, things were just as centradictery and wncommen. Gabe Menendez, one of Johnny Lucas’ handlers, was swearing that his battler really wasn't old. “He's only 23, honest,” sald Gabe. “He's just bald, that's all.” A lttle later, after Menendez had left, somebody asked Lucas, point-blank, how old he was and Johnny sald, “Twenty-eight, that'’s all. I lost my hair when I was only 20. Just about five years ago.” ‘Twenty-three? No. Twenty-eight No, again. If he was 20 five years ago when he lost his hair he is 25. Page Qertie Stein, There's Monkey Business. You turned away from Lucas snd locked at Furr. Trainer Harry Groves was methodically taping his hands and little Doug 8wetnam, who had fought in the opener, was help- ing to hold the adhesive tape. Swet- nam was whining. “I win, I win,” he repeated. “Didn't T win, Harry?" Groves, his handler, too, put himself in line for suspension from the Royal Order of Allbing Handlers. “Naw, | you didn’t,” said Harry. “You didn't "f fight a lick. You covered up all the time. Howsit you fight like h-ll in the gym and fold up like 8 Murphy bed ‘in the ring? “And Furr, here, he’s 3 bum in the gym and always throws punches in a real fight.. Howsit, Phillip Hamilton?” “I got two monkeys,” sald Furr, in perfect harmony with the whole eve- ning's goings-on. “Honest, & friend went away and left ‘em. I keep them in the cellar. You orta see the big one. He's swell around men but when he can beat up, y'know, he's after them like & bat outta . . .” It was all very bewildering. One guy ean’t count his age and the other talks about monkeys. No wonder the judges couldn’t judge. Distriet “Champs,” Huh? GROV“ took half an hour to band- age Furr's paws. You wondered how to get Phil talking fight so some- thing was said about all this bandag- ing. “I hafta have 'em bandaged careful,” explained Phil. “I got funny hands. ‘They'd break if they wum't taped like this.” “Yeah,” sald Groves. “What corner do you want in the fight?” Phil pondered. Groves sniffed. “I BY ANDY KERR, Colgate Cosch. AMILTON, N. Y, Novem- ber 10.—The intersection- H al games engaged in by Eastern teams Saturday gave conclusive evidence that as fine a brand of foot ball is played in the East as in any other part of the country. Eastern representatives competed in 10 intersectional games, 6 being against Middle Western rivals and 4 against ts from the South. The East won 7 of these games, lost 2 and tied 1. In its defeat of Purdue, Ford- ham gave evidence that it likely is the strongest team in the East. The adamant defense and fierce tackling of the Fordham team was too much for Purdue. The Ford- ham offense showed improvement and this team will grow better as the season progresses. After playing in hard luck so far this season, the Navy achieved its first major victory by defeating Notre Dame. Notre Dame had he sees a kid or a woman, somebody | L ESCOBAR PRIMED TOGAIREVENGE {Both Quintana and Jeffra Caught Him Off Guard to Score Victories, BY SPARROW MeGANN, EW YORK, November 10.—8ixto Escobar will be called upon at Madison Square Garden Pri- day evening to avenge a 10« his world bantamweight crown will be at stake over the 15-round route. The bantamweight class had been in a state of suspended animation for , | years until the advent of Escobar. And I cain’t do that. We've lost dough on every show except tonight's.” More bugginess. Olin is about as much a Washingtonian as Greta Carbo. He comes from New York. Howard Scott, the lightweight champ, is from Texas. Sarron, the District of Columbia featherweight ruler, is an Alabaman. The light-heavy title- holder is Billy Nichy from Pittsburgh. And after the judges gave Purr his going-over, Lucas, from Camden, was the “District champ.” Furr Banged, Lueas Unmarked. INEXT you asked sbout Lucas' punch. He wag sitting only s few feet away, but Furr made no bones about his opinjon. “He isn’t much of & puncher,” quoth Phiailing Philbert. “He can't hurt anybody. He just pushes his punches.” Phil and Johnny got up and went into the ring. It was & whale of a scrap for jthe first few rounds, with honors about even, and then it became one-sided. The boys on the press bench were writing leads for the morning papers and even sending them over the wires 30 no time would be lost. They all said that Purr had won a unanimous decision, and, along about the tenth round, a second lead was saying that Phil had knocked Lucas out in round “blank.” When the last bell rang ev- erybody got up te go, wondering what had held Lucas up. Then, like a thunderclap, Announcer Jimmy Lake said that Lucas wen & unanimous duke, and your first impression was that he was mized wp. But it was true. Old Man Lucas winked and blinked and suddenly went mad with joy. “Does that mean I'm de champ?” he howled. Furr | was shaken more by the decision than by any punch Lucas threw all night. And in the dressing room Lucas stripped down and stepped into the shower, 8'help me, he was unmarked, and Furr hit him with everything but Maj. Brown. And Phil, who had scoffed at Lucas’ punching and was given the fight by everybody except the three blind mice, wore s face that looked like hamburger. His eyes were puffed and cut and bleeding and he ‘Was a messy sight. “I think they wanted me out as champ,” said Phil. “That must be the reagon for the decision.” East Proves Its Grid Worth Results of Latest Intersectional Clashes Emphasize Class of Territory’s Game. chances to score, but & strong and alert Midshipmen defense kept their goal line from being crossed. The veteran Pennsylvania team continued to play first-class foot ball, and clearly outplayed Michi- gan. Penn was superior on offense and defense. Harvard, stimulated by its good game against Princeton the week before, ran roughshod over & weak Virginia outfit. Manhattan showed its best form of the season in beating Ken- tucky. Syracuse found itself against Indians and outplayed its favored rival, only to lose. ‘Temple only tied Michigan State, but Pop Warner, the Temple coach, must have felt as if he had had his pockets picked. As a result of a fumble, the trail- ing Boston College got the oppor- tunity to score the winning touch- down in a fine victory over North Carolina State. Detroit proved to be too strong for Bucknell, and Villa Nova was returned the victor over South Carolina. No Static/ You always tune in with mildness aAZORA CIGAR —e—— Always refreshingly mild—never strong or bit“tet. No loose ends or broken picces. And that goes for every inch of the smoke—right down to your finger tips. Yes—and, for every time you smoke, too. Always MILD . .. Always UNIFORM AlL LONG-FILLER . | cobar was something different. Little fellows who came up went through the motions of fighting and wound up leaving the fans bored. Es- A softly spesking chap with a beguiling smile, he reminded you more of a cupie doll than one who battered his way to a few easy dollars with the might of his fists. But so he proved by 8 worthy string of knockouts, includ- ing one over Baby Cazanova, who boasts the lightweight and welter- weight titles of his native Mexico, and another over Bobby Leitham, the champion of Canada. He also scored wins over Pete Sanstol and Eugene Huat, champions of Norway and France, respectively. Escobar’s Title Undisputed. EBGO!AI won undisputed right to the world crown by a victory over Tony Marino, & kayo winner over Balthasar Sangchili. From this, it ean be seen that the dynamite-laden fists of the Puerto Rican were too much for foreigners until he met up with Indian Quintana and an American, Harry Jefira, of Baltimore, Md. Overconfidence may have been Sixto's fault in the Quintana and Jeffra contests. He was out of the game with a siege of illness for seve eral months before meeting the Pan- amanian Indian. As a warm-up for the all-important champlonship tilt with Marino he was induced to meet Quintana over the class weight. The Indian, a fast, clever boxer, kept Escobar at fist length and gained the award. The defeat rankled in the heart of the little fellow so much that when he faced Marino he was in prime shape and well aware of the ability of his opponent. He won without much trouble and settled back to take things easy until advised he was to fight Jeffra. Unaware that Jefira was one of the likeliest pros- pects in the South, Escobar entered the ring with the idea of polishing off his opponent in jig time. A knocke down confirmed this belief and he took matters too easy for the judges and referee to decide in his favor, Now Jeffra is down on the lists for another meeting. But — Quintana comes first! Won 100 Straight Victeries. CAR-KDI “Indian” Quintana ar- rived in this city with a record of having scored something like 100 consecutive victories in Panama, The “Indian,” who much more re- sembles a native of the straits seftle- ment, did not get much notice with the fans until after he had scored several victories by the adept use of & fast left jab and an uncanny knack of relling his head out of the way of dangerous punches. Each victory established his worth as one of the finest boxers to reach this country from Central America, and opponents became scarce. He was forced to meet featherweights. The result was the same as though he were fighting 118 pound lads. At catch weights he showed Escobar plenty of the class which placed him among the foree front of challengers. Now he is to be tested in the full championship route. Quintana’s record gives him a good chance to capture the title. A boxer always can whip a free swinger. In the case of Escobar, the latter is not & free swinger. He can spot an open- ing and propels his right swiftly ana accurately. Add to this his tested endurance over the 15-round distance and the scale balances slightly in the gcfion of the busy little Puerto ‘an. —_— LIKES D. C. OFFICIALS. Foot ball referees in this section were described as above par by Rep- resentative Jennings Randolph of West Virginis yesterday in a luncheon talk before the Touchdown Club, Pormer director of athletics at Davis- Elkins, Randolph praised all the offi- clals he has seen this year as better than the average college arbiter. ORA A