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SPORTS. ' Suitable Foes for Louis Scarce : Walker Is Ring Comer, Coast Says FANS GROW TIRED OF SPEEDY KAYOS. - v, Joe, Though, Complains of Hard Work and Lack of Time to Sleep. BY JOHN LARDNER. LEVELAND, December 16.—Joe » Louis is going to take a vaca- tion to rest up from those 18 seconds of hard labor he put in Monday night, knocking Eddie Simms colder than & mint julep. He wants to catch up on his sleep. Joe hasn't been getting more than 13 hours of coma per day lately and he is brooding about the perils of in- | somnia. | The Simms fight lasted 26 seconds, but Joe worked only 18. The other 8 seconds were devoted to a conference between Simms and Referee Arthur Donovan, in the course of which Mr. Donovan strove to determine just how cold Eddie was. He came out of the conference blowing on his hands. “My, my, that man is cold!” said Mr. Donovan. 1t was after the fight that Mr. Louis allowed as how he would take himself a vacation. “I'm kind of tired of work,” said Joseph. “What work?” said somebody else. “Work like this fight tonight,” said Joseph, without blushing. This remark was followed by a loud chorus of laughter, from which Mr. Louis abstained, pleading sleepiness. “What do you think of the Brad- dock-Schmeling matcn, Joe?” asked your correspondent, not hoping for much. Louis Is Noncommittal. DUNNO." said Joe. not giving much. “I dunno what kind of thape Jim is in. Get him in shape an' it might be a good fight. But I dunno what kind of shape he's in” “Do you mind about not getting that exhibition match with Brad- dock?"” “I don' mind.” yawned Mr. Louis. “I don’ mind a bit. “I'll get the both of ’em later on. No hurry.” Upon which the Bomber gathered himself together and took a running dive into the hay. He still was snor- ing gently as we went to press. ‘The result of the Simms fight shows clearly how desperate the shortage of Louis oppenents is. Simms was no bum. He hadn’t been knocked out in five years. He turned in good per- formances against Max Baer, Leroy ! Haynes, John Henrv Lewis and Bob Pastor. could punch and take it. But look what happened when he met. Louis. The fight was farcical. ‘The left-hand punch that ended it was a peach, but pretty soon the customers will grow tired of paying to see one blow, especially when they know ahead of time what's going to | occur. Joe needs opposition, and he needs it badly. Of course, Braddock and Schmeling still are up there sharing the limelight with him, but Braddock and Schmel- ing are fighters of the past and pres- ent, with only one or two important bouts left in their systems. Louis is the fighter of the future. Right now < The records showed that he ! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON b IRST and second place teams in | the Ladies’ District League | collide tonight, but the pace- setting Rosslyn pinwomen are as much in danger of losing their lead to Lucky Strike as they are of losing their way to their own Rosslyn alleys, where the match will be rolled. Four and one-half games ahead of the Luckies, Rosslyn could not have | its standing changed even if it lost all three games. The same, however, cannot be said of the eight other com- batants in the loop's remaining four matches, any one of which could pro- | duce shake-ups in the standings all | the way from third to’tenth place. Highway Engineering and National Beer, now tied for third, face a couple | of teams, Temple and Convention Hall, deadlocked for fourth. Highway. | with 18 victories in 30 games, invades Temple for a match with that aggre- gation, which has won 14 and lost 16, | while National Beer entertains Con- | vention Hall at Georgetown Recrea- | tion. The Hall lassies also have a rec- | | ord of 14-16 and anything is liable to happen in this pair of matches. | Even the four lowest teams can bet- | ter their standings in matches between themselves. Arcadia, only one game behind the seventh-place Georgetown ‘lqumt. plays host to their slight su- | periors at Arcadia, while Swanee, one- | and-one-half games ahead of the last- | | place R. E. A. Cleaners, will strive to | | hold its head above the cellar occu- | | pants at Lucky Strike. 1JACK O'CONNELL, the genial mas- ter of ceremonies, whose plea to |the crowd at last Sunday's mixed | doubles classic at Silver Spring netted | more than $50, will be back on the | job appealing for another Christmas ' SPILLING " INS - fund at the big team match between | Occidental Restaurant and the Heu- rich All-Stars at Convention Hall Saturday night. Jack also will do the announcing | for the match which will temporarily settle the question of the best team in the city. THE dope was upset in a big way in the Columbia Heights League at Arcadia last night, when the last four teams in the league defeated the second, third, fifth and sixth place combinations. Only the league-lead- ing Cool's Fountain escaped the over- turn of form, increasing its advantage over the second-place Hessick Coal five to two games by nosing out the fourth-place Hertz Drivurself in the odd game. Hessick held its runner-up post despite a 2-1 setback by the eighth- place Arcadians, but Vincent Barbers and Hertz Drivurself landed in a tie for third, and Arcade Sunshine and C. & C. Restaurant maintained their | deadlock for fourth. The Barbers were whitewashed by the ninth-place Eagle Bedding Co. when they had a | good chance to take advantage of | Hertz' defeat by Cool's. Arcade Sun- shine and C. & C. Restaurant each dropped the odd game to Ben Hundley Tire Co. and Premier Cab, respec- tively. Premier Cab, incidentally, has won 16 of its last 24 games until it now | is only three games out of fifth place. WHILE the first-place St. Francis Xavier crowd was sweeping its set with the All Saints in the Ladies’ Catholic League, individual scoring honors were being taken by Miss Abell of St. Paul's, who rolled a 120 game, and Miss E. Donovan of St. Peter’s, who had a 325 set. Rhoda Henning of Trinity mon- opolized all the honors in the Ladies’ | Lutheran Church League, shooting a 121 game and a 325 set at Arcadia. Her team, incidentally, benefited by her rolling to take game and set hon- ors with 504 and 1,430. EAST SQUAD FILLED . FOR COAST CONTEST Bryan of Tulane Is Last to Be Picked to Battle West at San Francisco. | By the Associated Press. | QAN FRANCISCO, December 16.— With selection of “Bucky" Bryan, Tulane halfback, Shrine officials an- | nounced completion of the East squad of college stars for the New Year day | East-West charity foot ball game. The East squad: Ends—Merle Wendt, Ohio State; Ken Nelson, Illinois; Donald Geyer, Northwestern, and Lawrence M. Kelley, Yale. Tackles—Ed Widseth, Minnesota; Charles Hamrick, Ohio State; Ken | Relyea, Colgate: Fred Ritter, Prince- ton, and Nester Hendrion, Carnegie | Tech. he seems to have the future all to himself. Opponents in the Offiing. ERE is a Finnish fellow named Gunnar Barlund who may give him trouble in time. There is a col- ored fellow named Haynes who might draw big money with Louis if he's brought along slowly and carefully. And somewhere, learning the tricks #in obscure fight clubs, there may be other young men of the necessary quality. But nobody knows about them yet, and the future is shrouded in ifs and perhapses. The Louis-Simms fight was the shortest on the Cleveland card Mon- day night, but not the daffiest. John- ny Risko, the old cake-constructor, supplied the best laugh of the evening, though I guess it wasn't so funny for John, at that. He was introducing a new voung heavyweight of his own, Ed Shelby, and neglected to inform the boys in and around the ring that Shelby was deaf. For a while it didn't make much difference. The kid won the first two rounds by & handy margin from his opponent, one Michael Barry of Chi- eago. Then Barry landed a punch on Shelby's jaw, and Shelby fell. Stays Down Too Long. HE WASN'T hurt. At the count of three he was up on one knee, watching the referee’s lips to follow the count. Remember, the boy is deaf. His lip-reading went along all right until the referee noticed that Barry had not gone to a neutral cor- ner. The ref turned around to warn Barry and Shelby lost the count. He stayed on his knee till just after “ten.” ‘Then he got up to do further battle, full of zest for the fray. “You're out!” barked the ref. “What say?” asked young Shelby. “You're out!” ‘This time Shelby caught the gist of the message and began to look g very hurt. So did his honest man- ger, Mr. Risko. They swarmed round the official with words of pro- est, but this did no good at all. The decision stood. It seems to be a case for the higher courts. Mr. Risko, when last seen, was breathing imprecations against ref- erees who do not understand the neutral corner rule, and the referee ‘was muttering that Mr. Risko should go out and get himself a better lip- reader. (Copyright, 1936, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Today s year ago—Joe Louis voted No. 1 athlete of 1935; Law- son Little, second; Jesse Owens, third. % ATTENTION, MEN! 7. Give her M%UD SILK STOCKINGS “The Siachngs the Scrum Stars Werr® $1.00 79¢ to $1.75 pair Others 3 pra. for $2.85 1224 F §T Guards—Steve Reid, Northwestern; Nat Pierce, Fordham. Centers—Earl Svendsen, Minnesota; | Carl P. Ray, Dartmouth. Quarterback—Ken Sandback, Prince- | | ton. | Halfbacks—Steve Toth, Northwest- ern; John Drake, Purdue; Clarence | Parker, Duke; Frank T. Murray. Penn- | | sylvania, and “Bucky” Bryan, Tulane. | Fullbacks—John Handrahan, Dart- mouth; Ed Jankowski, Wisconsin, and | William Kurlish, Pennsylvania. The squad will leave Chicago Friday night—after an initial workout at Northwestern University. Dick Hanley, former Northwestern | | mentor, said he and Coach Andy Kerr | | of Colgate selected the Eastern squad players principally for their ability m: | play several positions. The small| | squad, he said, will necessitate switch- | ing of players in the event of injuries. | Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. NBEW YORK.—Charley Gomer, 13214, Baltimore, outpointed John- ny Pena, 1304, Puerto Rico (10). SEATTLE. — Allen Matthews, 1581, St. Louis, outpointed Johnny Sikes, 164%, Bismarck, N. Dak. (10). LOS ANGELES—Bob Nestell, 192, Los Angeles, knocked out Pepe Del Rio, 185';, Mexico City (2). BISMARCK, N. Dak—Dick Demaray, 141, Bismarck, knocked out Buddy McCrea, 142, Omaha 8). WINONA, Minn.—Joe Goeders, 168, Albert Lea, Minn., outpointed Bert Paxton, 171, Detroit (8). NEW YORK.—Eddie Carroll, 145%, Ottawa, Ontario, outpointed ‘Teddy Loder, 145, New York (8). JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Mickey Makar, 145, Bayonne, N. J., out- pointed Eldred Davenport, 145, South Carolina (8). WEST PALM BEACH, Fla— Steve Carr, 177, Meriden, Conn., outpointed Carl Knowles, 175, Rome, Ga. (10); Govan Rhodes, 14275, Augusta, Ga., defeated Johnny Dean, 143, Kannapolis, N. C. (10) Binocutars Again Izzy's Exchange lers the outstanding values in binocu- . lars, A complete line of Zeiss and other binocu- lars awaits your inspec- tion . . . both mew and used. Trade-ins Acospted Izzy’s Exchange, Inc. 905 D St MW, MEL 8888 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. “7 B. POSEY has been elected * captain of the Maryland State College foot ball team for 1917. Posey, a right tackle for the past two years, never has been a flashy type of player but his steady plugging has made him the most valuable man on the team. He is 20 years old and a native of Cross Roads, Charles County, Md. Georgetown had little trouble in running up the score on Mount St. Joseph’s in its opening basket ball game in Ryan gymnasium, winning 35-12. O'Lone led the Hoyas with six field goals. Pop Halley's Royals strengthened their hold on first place in the Na- tional Capital Bowling League when they took three games from the Columbians. Although only one stick separated the teams in the first game, the Royals walked away with the last two, Lewis leading the winners with a set of 354. ARON MUST BIDE TIME Rising Young Fighter Not Ready for Ross, Says Mullen. CHICAGO, December James C. Mullen, matchmaker for the | Chicago Stadium, said today he be- lieves it inadvisable at this time to stage a welterweight boxing champion- ship match between Barney Ross, the | titleholder, and Milt Aron, likely look- ing Dubugque, Iowa, youngster. Aron, in professional ranks two years, has lost only three decisions and | fought two draws in 32 bouts. Mullen said he does not believe Aron “is ready for Ross” but that if the Dubuque | fighter will meet and defeat two oppo- | nents selected by Mullen, a match with Ross would follow, possibly next Spring. IN THE LEAD . .. AND STAYING THERE! REINER DISTRIBUTING CO., INC. o 6. FIVE'S POWER BOY WINS LAURELS: SHOWN IN FIGURES Three Have Averaged Over Eight Points a Game in Colonial Careers. OLD statistics support plainly audible expressions of opti- mism regarding George ‘Washington's 1936-7 basket ball campaign, which the Colonial five will open tomorrow night in Baltimore against Johns Hopkins. Most impressive of several brack- ets of figures on the 14-man squad Coach Bill Reinhart has been drill- ing for the inaugural is one that shows no less than three players who have averaged more than 8 points per | game for their careers at the G street institution. Kiesel, 6 foot 4!2 center, who has scored 8.7 points per game over & span of 39 contests in two seasons; Ben Goldfaden, a forward and a senior like Kiesel, who has an average of 8.5 for the same number of tilts, and Tommy O'Brien, junior forward, who averaged 10.16 points for 19 games as a sophomore last season. Possess Keen Eyes. MORE remarkable Goldfaden is that they have caged exactly 46 per cent of their field-goal shots—about 15 percentage points better than normally good | shooting—and 67 and 63 per cent, re- figures also considerably exceed the average for college basketers. sank nearly 40 per cent of his field goal attempts and 55 per cent of his fouls. field goals per game. Since Kiesel and Goldfaden, along with Milt Schonfeld, Clarence Berg and Walter Bakum, other seniors, | have been sporting the buff and blue, | the Colonials as a team have av- | eraged more than 42 points per game (1,643 in 39 games) and have scored 30 victories. ‘With O'Brien’s help they piled up 16 triumphs last year, putting together a string of 14 in a row, for the best record in the school's court history. Among the teams defeated were Rich- mond (twice), West Virginia, Geneva, | Westminster, Villanova and Ohio State., Has Wealth of Talent. 'OMORROW night Reinhart's vet- | erans will be supported by the | finest array of sophomores to come | up for varsity competition at G. W. in several Winters. Jack Butterworth, 6-foot-4 center, and Bob Faris, 6-foot forward or guard, thus far have im- | pressed most in practice. But others, too, have flashed real ability, namely, Joe Brennan, 6-foot-2 forward of Western High School fame; Bruce Borum, 6-foot-3 center; Pete Beronio, former St. Peter's (New Jer- sey) Prep star; Dave Osborne, a guard | | product of the fertile Indiana basket | i former New York City Commerce High luminary. These potent scorers are Capt. Hal | about Kiesel and | spectively, of their free throws, which | O'Brien, the District's second high- | | est scorer with 193 points last year, | A He averaged more than four | | ball hotbed, and big Sid Silkowitz, | | D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1936. BEATS LOUGHRAN Heavy Hailed West’s Best Prospect in Years—Will Fight in Europe. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. AN FRANCISCO, Calif., Decem- ber 16.—The boys around San Francisco are doing a lot of talking about Sonny Walker, | & 20-year-old heavyweight who belted ‘Thomas Loughran all around the ring and planted the Philadelphia artist on the canvas a couple times by way of good measure. When the boys around San Prancisco start talking about boxers, it is high time to listen, for the boys were brought up on the legends of such fellows as Jim JefIries, Jim Corbett and others of that class. “He's the best young heavyweight for his experience I've seen in many a year,” said my friend, Patrick PFrayne, who, man and boy, has seen a lot of heavies. The same sentiments were echoed by Frank Schuler, but then Shuler is a bit biased, seeing that he owns Walker. Walker hails from down Phoenix, Ariz,, way and was destined to be some sort of athlete from birth. His dad | | was a great soccer player in Scotland before emigrating to America, and from | his Irish mother he inherits the pug- | nacity of the Gaels. At the age of 10 he was known as “little strong man” | around Arizona and at the age of 11| hoisted both Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey on his shoulders and played | pick-a-pack with those muscle marvels. | | Enlarges Neck, Betters Chin. FTER winning the various amateur | class titles of Arizona, Walker turned professional two years ago and for the past 12 months has been cam- paigning around San Francisco. Over that span he has had 12 fights, winning 10 and drawing in the others. Sonny | put Lee Savoldi, the tough fighter from St. Paul, on the floor four times and ‘ also whaled Andre Lenglat, the French | champion. He was expected to take | la good boxing lesson irom Loughran, | but, to the surprise of the customers, | Sonny taught Tommy a few mcks; | about the scientific side of the business. | In his bout with Savoldi, the young Arizonian was floored two times and | skeptics thought he had & weak chin | But Schuler figured it was the neck | that was soft, and, by an exercising | process. had Walker increase the girth of his neck from 16 to 18 inches Once that had been accomplished, | Walker was able to produce a chin | that has withstood any and all at- | tacks. Schuler is negotiating to skow young Walker in Eastern and Mid- | western rings. The boy is not yet ready to step out with Joe Louis or | Max Schmeling, but, according to Pat Frayne, he can hold his own with most of the others who draw good billings around New York and Chi- | cago. Well Ahead in Ring at 20. T WAS Schuler who took John Henry Lewis to New York last year, and John Henry did not disap- point the customers. ‘The veteran | at Turner’s Arena Monday night. L Santa Clara’s Fame Upheld Baugh, Not T. C. U., Beat Broncs, Says Alumnus, Looking for Fine Sugar Bowl Game. ANTA CLARA'S defeat by lieved Santa Clara of the jitters Texas Christian last Satur« affecting a team defending a per- day may have taken the fect record and that it will be a edge from the Sugar Bowl more relaxed and enterprising out- game to be played in New Orleans fit against Louisiana State New on New Year day, but not for Cyril Year day. And he also feels that J. Smith. it was Sammy Baugh individually Smith is by way of being a instead of T. C. U. collectively that Santa Clara '09 man and he still whipped Santa Clara. is strong for his alma mater’s foot And Smith provides figures to ball team that up until the day it prove his point. Passes by Baugh ran into Slinging Sammy Baugh totaled 90 yards, his runs were of the Horned Frogs and had a good for 14 and his punts for 671. perfect record meanly mangled. Otherwise, Texas Christian got 30 Asks Smith, “What has hap- yards by passing, 9 by running and pened?” And he answers himself, 190 by punting. And Santa Clara barring the fact that Santa Clara got 119 yards by running, 617 finally dropped one, nothing.” yards by punting and just 15 by He points out that had the Bron- chos beaten T. C. U. “the bloom would be on the peach,” but he can't see that the defeat has altered the quality of the Sugar Bowl game one iota. Smith feels that the beating re- MATCH LUCAS, FURR FOR FlGHT MON DAY, z;v:v'vA:;c\.I‘r‘:: ;:;:.—Abe Coleman, | 205, Los Angeles, defeated Nick Campo- | freda, 216, Baltimore (Campofreda de- | faulted because of injury after each won one fall). PROVIDENCE, R. I—Steve (Crush- er) Casey, 235, Ireland, defeated Dick Stahl, 215, Germany, two straight falls. quibbling over just who is the| pINCOLN, Nebr.—John Pesek, 200, District welterweight champion, | Omaha, defeated Dick- Lever, 230, Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn finally has | Nashville, Tenn., two straight falls. signed Phil Furr to fight Johnny Lu- | : 2 < £ % ST. PAUL, Minn.—Ali Baba, Turkey, cas in a 10-round return engagement | . AL TERTSCAL Pate. ke Lucas, who defeated Purr in a 15- | minutes; weights unavailable. round argument here six weeks ago, | passing. But it got five first downs to ‘Texas Christian’s four and all but one of the Santa Clara first downs came from running plays. So Santa Clara still is pretty good, Smith opines. Mat Matches Claimants of D. C. Welter Title Not to Battle for Crown in Ten-Rounder. FTER many headaches and much Craiion_sespte - mmeura @, U, QUINT TRAVELS screwy mental maneuvering which | found him declared the winner over | Phillip. The District Boxing Com- | mission, casting aside all precedent, ASA.U. PLAYS HERE | ever. Hoyas Facing Test at Princeton, Johnny refuses to defend hl_s """”i ‘While Englen Are Hosts to unless promised the champion’'s share Maryland Normal. of the purse, while Phil declares he | officially is the title holder and refused ‘ GmRGEmWN and American Uni-| | versity courtmen swing into action | to budge in his demands for the champion’s end of the gate. Thus' again tonight, but only one »f the| the boys were matched for 10 rounds games will be played on a local floor. instead of the championship distance Defeated in its first two starts, A. U.! of 15 rounds. and the District welter- is confident of ringing up its initial weight title still will belong to two fist- | victory against Maryland State Nor- slingers. mal in its own gym, but G. U. will| *— | have its hands full with the Prince-; | ton Tigers at Princeton, N. J. The game at American U. starts at 8:15 SCHAEFER CHALLENGES o’clock. SPORTS, | Ready to Back Self Up to $1,000 | The Georgetown-Princeton contest | 2 s will pit representatives of the two Against Any Cueist. | strongest college circuits in the East | CHICAGO, December 16 (#).—Jake | against each other. Princeton is a| Schaefer, veteran billiard star, tossed member of the all-Eastern Intercol- | a challenge “to all takers” today for 'legiate League, while the Hoyas belong a balkline match carrying a side to the Eastern Intercollegiate Confer- wager of $500 or $1,000. | ence. | Schaefer, delivering his challenge | If Coach Freddy Mesmer can evolve 16 @®.—| SCHMELI | manager believes Walker is destined NG GOES HOME |to be a much greater fighter than | R — Lewis and his early record substanti- Will Return in February to Tour | 8tes that belief. At 20 the bov has < 4made a great start and he may be Prior to Braddock Go. | the white hope whom the experts NEW YORK, December 16 (#)— | are seeking. Max Schmeling sailed for Germany on | Schuler has been gunning to get conference with Mike Jacobs of the Over any distance, but so far the Twentieth Century Sporting Club, | Livermore boy has not broken any | which will co-operate with Madison | records signing the articles. At the Square Garden in promoting the | moment Baer is working out at Ancil Schmeling-James J. Braddock heavy- | Hoffman’s ranch, preliminary to a personally to Welker Cochran, the | 18.2 balkline champion and three- cushion titleholder, would like to play a 5.000-point match in Chicago or a 10,000-point home-and-home Willie Hoppe in New York and Roger Conti in Paris, duel. | Schaefer telegraphed his challenge to | | 8 workable combination out of his | two-team squad and pick the right | center to go with it, Georgetown may return with the Tigers’ stripes. Harry Bassin, Joe Murphy, Don Gibeau, Ben | Zola, Buddy Nau, Mike Petroskey, Ed Kurtyka, Hank Bertrand, Lou Frank, C3 RING GAME SHOWS SIGNS OF NEW LIFE Champs and Contenders in Four Divisions Keep Things Moving. BY the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, December 16.— From the bantamweights to the heivyweights, the fight business is showing signs of new life. The heavies have been holding the headines for the last few weeks with the talk of a Jimmy Braddock-Joe Louis no-decision bout at Atlantic City, the hullabaloo over the final signing of Braddock to defend his crown against Max Schmeling, Louis’ quick knockout of Eddie Simms. However, champions and contenders are keeping things moving in four other divisions. The middleweights are next on the program with Harry Balsamo, the “Belting Brakeman,” who was con- sidered a great title prospect until he was beaten by Babe Risko, meet- ing Brooklyn’s Solly Krieger at the Hippodrome tonight. Krieger, a fair boxer and a pretty good hitter, is rated a 7-5 favorite, but Balsamo still has his punch and is determined to crash it against Krieger's jaw. Then he wants to tackle Risko again. Winner to Meet Apostoli. 'URRENT plans, however, call for the winner to face Fred Apostoli, the highly regarded San Francisco middleweight, who is due in New York shortly after the holidays, with the survivor of that match to en- counter Champion Freddie Steele, also due to head East in 1937. The heavyweights move into the picture again Friday, when biz Ray Impellittiere of Cold Spring, N. Y., faces Bob Pastor in a bout billed for the New York State title. There's & possibility the winner will be lined up with Joe Louis. A lot of the interest in the bantams and featherweights comes from the ill luck of champions Sixto Escobar and Lou Ambers in non-title bouts. Escobar has been beaten twice in over-weight bouts by the young Baltie more battler, Harry Jeffra and the next move seems to be for a title scrap between the two. That may be a dife ferent story, for the Puerto Rican claims to be somewha$ better when he’s fighting at bantam poundage, Ambers Loses Twice. AMBERS also has dropped two none title fights since he to>k the crown from Tony Canzoneri in Sepe tember. One was to Eddie Cool, the other to Jimmy McLarnin, who says he wants to fight Barney Ross for the welterweight championship but in the meantime has been making life misere able for the 135-pounders. Herkimer Lou next comes up against Enrico Venturi, one of two Italian light- weights who look to be good title prospects, in another overweight afe |fair. If Venturi doesn’t get anye | where, Aldo Spoldoi is on hand. | Ross, meanwhile, has some business | with Ceferino Garcia, who missed out | on one chance for the crown when he the Bremen yesterday after a final | Max Baer into the ring with Walker| weight championship bout next June. | European tour, where the boys are Tom Nolan, Mario Gregorio, Carroll | Shore and Maury Nee were expected Y | to make the trip with the Hoyas. | American has shown flashes of bril- | | liance against Johns Hopkins and Washington Park Officials Talk | Hampden Sydney and may be ex- | pected to break into the win column | against Maryland State Normal, HUGHES HEADS UMPIRES. MAY BRING BACK DERB of Restoring American. CHICAGO, December 16 (#).—The rich American Derby, famous old | Chicago race stake first run in 1884 and which was omitted in 1936, may | & be restored to s place on the 1937 | James Y. (Shorty) Hughes has been A elected president of the District of Ch&::::,;{;flxgp::?;g:im s | Columbia Umpires’ Association for the The nature of the conference, at- tended by lawyers for both the pro- moter and fighter, was not revealed. Schmeling said he intends to re- turn in February for a six-week exhi- bition tour before beginning training for the Braddock fight. GIRL BASKETERS MEET. An organization meeting of the Community Center Girls' Basket Ball League will be held tomorrow night at the Central High School gym. Man- agers of girls’ team interested in join- ing the loop are requested to attend. BEER, ALE, & HALF West 2929-2930 (Distributor) Tune In! . . . “Questionmark” Hittenmark . . . “The Man in the Street” . . . WRC . . . Tussday and Thursday, 7:45 P.M. A 1073 31st St. N.W. not quite so tough as in America. | However, Eastern fight fans are urged | to keep an eye on young Mr. Walker. When the San Francisco boys say a | fighter has it, I am not one to argue | Although I might make some nasty | remarks to Pat Frayne and his ilk about the yarns they feed me con- cerning Maxie Baer. H. C. A. GIRLS WINNERS. | Holy Cross Academv defeated St. Mary's of Alexandria, 42 to 7, in the first game of the season in the C. 8. C. | League. | * cussed resumption of the Derby, which 'carried an added money prize of $25,.- 000 in 1935, and were expected to ask the State Racing Commission to set the event either for June 12 or June 19, CROS?AND VASS SHINE. 1937 season, succeeding Jimmy Green. George Watt was elected vice presi- dent, while Albert C. Jeffries was re- elected secretary-treasurer. | Three years ago—FPrank Shields was injured in his “elimination” draw with Izzy Jannazzo. Ross had to promise Garcia a crack within 60 days efter whipping Jannazzo. There has been a lull in feathere weight activities since Petey Sarron, most widely recognized of three title claimants, went to Australia. The flyweight and light heavyweight divie sions are virtually “dead,” the latter because Champion John Henry Lewis can’t find any one to fight. L.S.JULLIEN. . placed at head of Nation's tennis “first ten” for 1933. Cross and Vass, scoring 12 and 11 points, respectively, paced Lank’s In- dependents to a 36-22 victory over the | Cardinals last night in a Nonhenui Community Center basket ball game. | All of the seven players used by the | Independents figured in the scoring. ‘ Setting the pace . . . and keeping itup! FREE STATE Beer and its two great side- kicks! Choicest of all the brews! AGED ALL YEAR--not just sometimes! “Tops’’ for mellow flavor! Play these WINNERS across the board, the bar or the dining-room tablel 2 1443 P St.N.W. 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