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PORTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C, DECEMBER 27, 1936—PART ONE. SPORTS. * B9 Golf Focus on Little and Barton : Perry’s Feals Dominate. Tennis ¢ LAWSON’S LUCK VARIES IN FIRST YEAR AS PRO Pam Becomes Second Woman to Win Two Big Titles—Manero “Steals” U. S. Open Crown From Cooper With Flashy Round. BY BOB CAVAGNARO. EW YORK (#).—Amateur golf lost & world champion when Lawson Little, with the stroke of a pen, joined the salaried ranks, but gained another when ~ chunky, titian-haired Pamela (Pam) Barton of England became the sec- ond woman in history to win two ma- Jor titles in the same year. ‘They provided the high spots of the year which saw moustachioed Tony Manero, who looks every bit the old- fashioned villain of silent-screen days, “steal” the United States open cham- «~ plonship from hard-luck Harry Coo- per with & world record-smashing 72- hole total of 282; red-haired Patty Berg fell off just when she appeared to be riding the rocket to fame; Uncle Sam’s ‘Walker Cup boys wallop England in the biennial series, and Great Britain's struggling bid for international recog- nition just fall short of achievement in the United States amateur cham- plonship. From an international aspect, Brit- ish golfers shaded Americans. As a matter of fact England’s ladies of the links almost mopped up. Nineteen- year-old Miss Barton, brimful of char- . Aacteristic British determination, won her own championship after being runner-up in 1934-35; helped Great Britain halve with the United States in the Curtis Cup series, 413 to 4%, and then staged a thrilling comeback to defeat Maureen Orcott Crews, 4 and 3, in the final of the American cham-. plonship. Padgham Takes British Open. BRITA!N’S knights of the niblick re- tained their open title, rugged Alf Padgham succeeding ambidexterous Alf Perry, and they regained the ama- teur crown with Hector Thomson, who bears a striking physical and fa- cial resemblance to Omaha's Johnny Goodman, winning and succeeding the two-time former winner, Lawson Little. #There were Americans in both cham- plonships, but generally they weren't of the same caliber of former years, particularly in the amateur. And then John Bull's simon-pures came over here for the Walker Cup contests and were whitewashed, 9-0, over the Pine Valley course. ‘The year started off ominously for Little with a stern warning from the United States Golf Association that he would have to refrain from giving instruction in his syndicated newspaper articles. Having won both | British and American amateur crowns two years in a row, Little was known to be considering seriously a pro career. The U. 8. G. A.’s edict helped him decide, and in April he signed a contract with a national sporting goods concern. Eager to Watch Little. (GOLF fans were eager to see what Little would do against those cal- loused campaigners, the barn-storm- ing pros. He made his debut in the Augusta tournament and finished among the first 10. And then he met a startling reverse, failing to make the grade in the sectional qualifying tests for the national open, and was left standing on the sidelines when Manero blazed over the final 18-hole stretch in 67 to nip Cooper by two strokes. A short time later, however, Little won the Canadian open with an aggregate of 271. Manero, the Greensboro, N. C., sharpshooter who, before the tourna- ment, told the writer it would be “the field against Manero,” went stark, raving mad on that final round over the staid and storied Baltusrol links, | V] Out in 33, 3 under par, he was 2 strokes behind Cooper through the sixty-third. Cooper’s total up to that point was 246; Manero's, 248, About the time Cooper finished with 8 73 for 284 as the result of 3-putting the sixty-eighth and seventy-second greens and was being hailed as the champion, Manero was starting his final nine, accompanied by stocky Gene Sarazen. Birdie 3s at the sixty- sixth and sixty-seventh holes pulled Tony up even with Cooper. He snared another birdie 3 at the seventieth to’ ::n; u'x;auk: An‘d parred the seventy- & 4, where Cooper & bogey 5. o Cooper Just Misses Twice. IT WAS the secorid time of the year Cooper was “best man” at a big show. He looked as though he were going to win the April Augusta tour- nament with 286, but tall Horton |Read 8mith, the skyscraper who won the first Augusta event in 1934, sneaked in with 285. Al told, Smith, showing | & his best since 1929, when he cleaned up, led the Winter barnstormers with earnings totaling $7,048 at the end g‘ck of last April $3,500 for his shotmaking in these events . . . Averaging 71.63 for 65 rounds of medal play, Guldahl was awarded the Radix Cup as the best stroke player of 1936. Rulers on Links PAM BARTON, London girl, who won both the British _and American ama- teur titles. r—— TONY MANERO, Holder of United States open championship. —Wide World Photos. MERRICK FIVE BUSY IN SOUTHEAST LOOP Two Games Scheduled This Week for Leaders in Center's National League. ERRICK BOYS' CLUB tossers, leading the National League of the Southeast Community Center bas- ket ball loop, will see action twice this week, stacking up against the Clover A. C. Tuesday night at 9:15 o'clock and facing the Shamrocks Wednesday night at 8:15 o’clock. Loans and Currency, leading the American League, will idle this week, but Clark's Service Station, in second place, will battle 1. C. Paper Co. drib- blers Wednesday night at 7:15 o’clock. Following is the schedule and the club standing: ‘Tomorrow. 7:15. 'ss Men Yard vs. 5. Trojans s 5" Cl . 7:16B, 8 vs. D. C. Paper Co.: 8:15._ Merrick Boys' Club _v;lusr:‘ammch: 9:15. Read’s Pharmacy vs. ans. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Service Station ast Business M P Co. ma S Bohueit's Restauran MIDDIES’ GYM, GOLF OPPONENTS NAMED Georgetown Down for Links Meet With Sailors for May 1 at Annapolis. AN’NAPOLIB, Md., December 26 (4). — Navy Varsity gymnasium and golf schedules for 1937 have been an- nounced by Lieut. Comdr. Andrew C. MCcFall, graduate manager of athletics. He also said the Navy varsity fencing team would participate in the intercol- legiates at New York March 26 and 27. ‘The gymnasium team will meet the following: ruary 13, Penn State; 20, M. L T.; 27, Templ The golf will psi e following six meets: ruguaan cwmussrad Qo mmion kit MANGIN RANKING | BestZeosieom ASCEN NETMAN IN EAST Veteran Indoor Champion Picked Over Hall—Wood" Out of Top 10. BY the Associated Press. EW / YORK, December 26— the others, “first 10,” are Leonard Hartman, Prank J. Bowden, Norcross S. Tilney, former Princeton star; S. Ellsworth Daven- port, 3d; Gerard Podesta, Melvin E. Lapman, last year's top-ranking jun- for; Donqd Hawley and George See- wagen. Sidney B. Wood, jr, who was awarded the -No. ‘2 spot last year be- hind Frank Shields, was not ranked “because of insufficient data,” as were the veteran former Spanish Davis Cup player, Manuel Alonso, and David Jones, who spent most of the year campaigning abroad. Wood, laid low by an attack of appendicitis, was un- successful in his comeback attempt. Helen Pedersen at Top. JJELEN PEDERSEN of Stamford, Conn., runner-up to Mme. Sylvia Henrotin of France in the Eastern grass court finals, was placed at the head of the woman's list, followed by Mrs. Dorothy Andrus, Carolin Roberts, Norma Taubele, Edith Moore, Florence Le Boutillier, Mrs. Penelope Anderson McBride, Lillian Hester, Millicent Hirsh and Grace Surber. Joseph PFishback of New York, No. 1 boys’ player of 1935, was ranked first among the juniors, while his successor in the boys’ division is William Um- staedter. Helen Bernhard was graded No. 1 among the girls. PIN BOY GETS TITLE AT A. B. C. TOURNEY Murphy of Indianapolis Heads 1936 Slate of National Bowling Champs. JOH‘NNY MURPHY, 21-year-old In- dianapolis pin boy, won the all- event championship in the thirty-sixth annual American Bowling Congress tenpin tournament held last Spring in his home town. Murphy total was 2,006 points. Indianapolis also won another title when the Fall City Hi-Mru five-man team finished first with 3,089. Charles ‘Warren, 20-year-old assistant foot ball coach from Springfield, Il took indi- vidual honors with 735, and the Chi- cago team of Tony Slanina and Mike Straka won the doubles championship with 1,347 points. The United States scored three vic- tories in the international tournament in Berlin. The Heils Proaduct squad of Milwaukee won five-man team hon- ors, while the Stroh-Bohemian team of Detroit finished first in both the two-man and three-man events. The 1937 A. B. C. tournament will be held in New York next Spring. FROM TENNIS FAMILY. Bryan Grant, of tennis frame, comes from a family of net stars. His father, in his day, was rated one of the South’s best doubles players. A brother, Berry, won the Southern intercollegiate title some years ago. Most Brilliant Mrs. Dorothy Poynton Hill woman natator by virtue of her form and springboard diving games. April 17, Princston: 14, Virsinta, Ezmév:uh}:mdm *Washlngion snd Jekeramn: - The following plebe schedules have been arranged: Gymnasium. Bexing. Track. May 1. Tech High: 8. Massanutten Achdoms? 15 Mercarsbure. i UTAH AGGIES DEFEND. ALICE MARBLE, Surprise winner of United States crown. —Wide World Photos. FRED PERRY, World’s greatest amateur, who recently turned pro. INDOOR COURT SPORT SEASON FLOURISHES Rackets, Squash Rackets, Squash Tennis, Court Tennis See Many Title Changes. [SOME new and youthful champions were crowned, some veterans re- turned to their former heights after having dropped down temporarily, and still others, who have long dominated their fields, remained in possession of their championship laurels during the 1935-6 season of the indoor court games—rackets, squash rackets, squash tennis and court tennis. Squash rackets, the growth of which continued steadily through 1936, was made notable by the victory of Ger- main @. Glidden, national intercol- legiate champion, over Andrew C. Ingraham of Cleveland in the final round of the national championship. The tournament was played at the Hartford Golf and Tennis Club last February, and in the fleld were the greatest players in the United States, including Donald C. Strachan of Phil- adelphia, defending title holder, and Neil J. Sullivan, a former champion. Germain conquered Strachan in the semi-final round, while Ingraham was eliminating Sullivan. Glidden, a superb stylist and a tre- mendous hitter, is regarded as likely to develop into the greatest amateur in the game. SCHOOL GAME ATTRACTS. A high school foot ball game in New Orleans drew 33,000 fans. of Swimmers became America’s outstanding K:rlormance in the high plat- mpionships in the Olympic —Wide World Photo. [4 THEN ABDIATES Alice Marble’s Triumph in U. S. Tourney High Spot of Women’s Pla_y. BY BOB CAVAGNARO. EW YORK (#).—PFred Perry regained the world <ennis crown this year, then abdi- cated. Coming back after suffering an injury to his back in the 1935 Amer- ican semi-finals, Perry won the all- England championship for the third straight year, the American title for the third time in four years and drove England safely through to her third straight defense of the Davis Cup. And then the 27-year-old Briton, who has been parrying with pro- fessional promoters for two years, ca- pitulated and gave up all his amateur glory for gold. Starting in January, he will make a professional tour of the United States, with elongated Ellsworth Vines as his principal an- tagonist. Perry’s all-conquering perform- ances, except for a five-set defeat in the finals of the Prench hard courts championship by Germany’s Baron Gottfried von Cramm, and then his defection from the amateur ranks, which was a blast to England’s hopes of retaining the international team trophy, obviously overshadowed all other tennis developments of the year. Paled into insignificance by Perry's exploits were achievement by Helen Hull Jacobs of her long quest of the all-England championship at Wim- bledon, the abrupt termination of her four-year reign as American queen and the ascension of Alice Marble, who was forced by illness out of competi- tion the latteg part of 1934 and all of 1935, and America’s sixth consecutive triumph in the woman's Wightman Cup team series with England. Heads Medicine Men. Perry fell and jarred loose & kidney in the seventh game of the first set of his match against Wilmer Allison at Forest Hills in September, 1935, there were some— not without reason—who were ready to sound taps over his career. A sensi- ble young man, Perry paid strict obedience to doctors’ advice and put himself on the shelf for nearly six months. He returned to the courts early in the Spring and it didn't take long to rekindle the old spark. His successful defense of the all- England title was just & romp. He took red-head Don Budge of Oakland, Calif., who looms as the heir-apparent to Perry’s throne, in four sets in the semi-final, and then, for the second year in a row, buried Von Cramm in the final. Von Cramm was reported to have been suffering from an in- jured groin muscle. Thereafter followed his five-set and three-set victories over Adrian Karl Quist and Jack Crawford, respectively, as England defeated Australia in the Davis Cup challenge round. Australia was the most serious challenger Eng- land had faced in two years, and from the start it was up to Perry. Quist gave him some trouble, but the veteran Crawford withered under the sting of Fred's truculent racquet. Perry Invades U. S. wfl'B that business disposed of, Pred came to the United States and, except for a courageous stand made by Budge, had no trouble at all in regaining our championship and succeeding Allison. Allison didn't de- fend. The 31-year-old Texan says he’s through with singles competition. ‘That probably goes for doubles, too, because he and Johnny Van Ryn lost the tandem title to Budge snd Gene Mako. Budge gave Perry his toughest bat- tle on grass of the year. Apparently only the lanky Californian’s inexperi- ence deprived him of victory. Twice in the last set of the five-set match Budge was within two points of vic- tory. But each time Perry rose master- fully to the occasion and shut off Budge from any chance of capitalizing on his opportunities. The scores were 2—86, 6—2, 8—6, 1—6, 10—8. A few weeks after the championship Perry and his actress-wife, Helen Vin- son, purchased a home in California, and then, last month, he announced he had signed a contract with Frank Hunter and Howard Voshell. During the amateur days Vines and Perry met five. times. Vines won four matches and was forced to default in the fifth when he seemed to be on the threshold of victory. Helen’s Ups and Downs. MISB JACOBS' win from Frau Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling of Germany and Denmark in the all-England final was universally cheered because it capped the charming Californian’s most cherished ambition. She’d been in the Wimbledon final before, but there was always some one else, prin- cipally Helen Wills Moody, who beat her for the title. But the cheers turned into groans for Miss Jacobs. During the early stages of the American championship she dislocated the thumb on her rac- quet hand and played through with 18e8st ONLY ONE NET UPSET MacCall Bows to Moore in Junior Indoor Tourney. NEW YORK, December 26 (P).— DS THRONE, | BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr., Ameriea’s Autherity en Secial Chess. plonship Tournament Commiitee mentioned above. e Fine “Zukertorts” Scheltinga. Rmnmnmflun chess star, & former champion of the Western Chess Association, has been copping off the first prizes in most of the 1936 European interna- tional masters’ parleys. The brilliant grandmaster displayed his skill in end-game strategy when he essayed a defense to the Zukertort) “I know,” walled Nimzowitach, “but | Sgheines as an old chess player you must know that the threat is stronger than the All-School Title. M. C. A. is offering an attractive trophy, cup. or shield, to the best in- dividual chess player among all local schools, public and private, below col- lege rating. An individual medal will be awarded | % to the school champion and the trophy will be returned for annual competi- tion after the champion’s name has been engraved on the honor award. J. C. Ingram, director of boys’ work at the “Y,” welcomes all school boys and girls to partiel- pate in the first round of match play on New Year day at 2 pm,, in the main lobby of the Central Y.M C. A The school tourney is sponsored by the Metropolitan Chess Association, and President E. V. Fineran has ap- pointed the following commiftee in charge: Executive chairman, Earl W. | Kunkle, National 3520, branch 1923; School chairman, David Margold, Em-~ erson, 7015, and Prof. Paul Miller, um- pire, North 6737. Robert Knox, president of the Washington Interhigh Chess Asso- ciation, says the interhigh players will co-operate 100 per cent. Entrants will file their name, ad- dress and school immediately with the chess editor of The Star, inclos- ing tournament fee of 25 cents. A complete schedule will be published shortly. Details of the tournament may be obtained from any of the members of the All-School Cham- High Hat Is Off As Senators Bet TAOOMA, ‘Wash,, December 26 (#).—Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington is ready to co-oper- ate with Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania. Senator Bone read a news story saying Davis had offered to eat his hat if Pittsburgh fails to de- feat Washington in the Rose Bowl foot ball game at Pasadena New Year day. Senator Bone offered to provide tennis guys and the fishing lazies can't laugh off the fact tha golf is the biggest angle of the sport goods business in the face of the latest sport goods sales report from the Department of Commerce. Unfortunately they are for 1935 and not for 1936, but if they’d been up to date they’d probably show an even greater discrepancy in favor of golf. America went sports conscious in 1935 to the tune of spending more than $35,000,000 in good hard dollars, Uncle Dan Roper's brave boys have found out, and this didn’t include firearms and the paraphernalia that goes with 'em. Skeet shooting alone must have accounted for another mil- lion or so, and field shooting for millions more. Golf goods topped the sport parade outside the firearms and ammunition h total sales of $10,233,- Evnuhehuehngun-ndme gk 1 '3 £ g ; g 3 " il i 235 i i i ; J g2 i 8 | § ; &, B j i | i 288 ] i g i S,fig Eg- fsg 2E1 §E ¢! ! i s I f Ll REREEES B s eosatioid v iy 7 Chess Problem No. 46. By H. WEENINK, 8. C. Q.. 1035, BN vry 4 WHITE—4 PIECES. ‘White te Move and Mate in Two. 'UMOR lurks in every chess game and he who dallies with chess for the sheer fun of it often derives greater pleasure than the title-seeking master. J. A. Kirby of Washington, & retired college teacher, pens in light verse how Johnny put father on the spot to the chagrin of dad: Chess—The Royal Game. By JERRY ALBERT KIRBY, Washington. Please. father. tell me what fs chess, Wiy o' the hess Siub. every o the chess club every dai o’ always have to 907 Hm! hm! My som. hm! hm! harrumph! Chess is @ noble game! When rightly plaved. it justly leads To mental power and fame! Then, rather, why does mother think '; all ,‘O-t‘ .fl‘u &nk.’ Why does she chess she sees. ery, “That funk!”? lll{&m&l‘?flv, Rm! hml&:mihl humph! 3 s0m, that Has never’ comprehended chess— That takes mentality! (To be continued.) Callun and girls have taken advantage of . . there’s been more goif a great break for 8. G. Leoffler, the Santa Claus of the public links, after a couple of tough Winters. Bobby Brownell, the District am- ateur champ, spent last Winter in Florids, but he won't get South this ‘Winter . . . “how can & guy shoot 78 one round and 89 the next round?” quizzes Eimer Jenkins at Washington . » . final details of the two plans for club house reconstruction will be laid before the Washington members on January 5. Lawson Little, Horton Smith and Harry Cooper already are in Cali- fornia awaiting the opening of the big-money season on the Pacific Coest . . . the Los Angeles open for eight grand is the big one, starting January 7 . . . Roland MacKenzie won & couple of massive silver bowls for the amateur prize in this tourney . . . two more $5,000 open tourneys will be played in California during January. Harold Calloway, Pinehurst reeled off five straight sists of an open tournament in which first money will be 10 grand .. . they’d come from all over the world for one like that, with prize cash around $30,000. Visit the public links any Sunday and believe that Washington needs more golf facilities . . . it’s crying for another major public fee course, but it'll have to be a good one . . . a5 & matter of fact, there’s a course all Iaid out ready for use by some enter- made into & public fee layout without any great amount of spending, and if run right would be a money-maker. By A. ELLERMAN, 8. C. Q.. 1635, BLACK—7 PIECES. White to Play and Mate in Twe. B8 JELEMENTARY are the teasers for today, but, since it is the holiday season, the problem lover deserves something of a gift, hence the easy | Fourth Dimensional Chess, pickings. No. 44 by Brian Harley, Brit- ish chess columnist, yields to key: Q-Kt8. The threat is QxQ and Black has his choice of several replies, all futile. Either the famous English prob- lemist is slipping or localities are catching on to the tricks of the trade, for the ladderites in the Winter problem-solving tournament, contest- ing for a set of Angel chessmen, pre- sent a united front. “Six Pointers” number E. W. Allen (“solved it from diagram on the train home tonight”). John W. Daniel. III (it 1s always my opinion that a chess column such as yours is most valuable and a real contribution to the pleasure and educa- tion of a community " Thanks. J Benjamin M. Connelly. L. C. kings, ! . Doc | Alton Coppage. Daniel Breeskin. Dr. Wal- ter K. Angevine, Charles C. Ragsdale, A. G. Dreyer (. . . queen has 17 flights. very in % L. Crawford = (Just & . Draell Huskerson. Clair Berner. George H. n. M. G. Daoud, Samuel Bass, H. H. Howe (“I do n care much for this one. The threat key is too threatening, and there are entirely s."). Charles A. Carrico, . Sibbet, Maud G. Sewall and Jack Srorice who writes: . . . am en- joying sausage and country ‘cired ham and all that goes with ‘hog killing time’ at Statesville, N. C.” FLASH! Many thanks for the | umpteen Christmas cards that Santa brought ye chesse editor. In the stock- ing is a beautiful Bird set of Angel Chess contributed by Louis Paul d’Au- tremont of Duluth, Minn., inventor of the game, likewise inventor of electric typewriters and wooden puzzles that baffle even a cross-eyed Chinaman. Query: Who is going to win the Angel Chess prize? Chesspourrl. HARVARD, Princeton, Yale and Dartmouth College chess teams played their annual Christmas match | series this week in the game rooms of the Marshall Chess Club, New York City. The H. Y. P. D. Chess League offers a trophy jointly donated by Princetonian alumni, William Van Dyke Belden of Brooklyn and L. ‘Walter Stephens. Capablanca dropped a few consul- tation games during his brief sojourn in New York City and several Man- hattan players obtained draws. No, the Cuban master isn't weakening. Some of the greatest chess players in the world reside in the Empire City and do they like to take a champion for a ride! Listen, folks, the ace fea- ture on chess appears in the section of The Sunday Star, but chess items invariably appear on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Of course, these are not definite, as chess items may be published any time dur- ing the week. If you want to keep up with all the chess news don't overlook the sports section during the week. Many times I mention briefly something on Sun- day that has been covered in detail during the week. Koltanowski, Belgian Champ. In the November edition of the Brit- ish Chess Magazine you will find that the Washington Downtown Social Chess Club receives international at- tention . . . Boris Blumir, born at St. Petersburg, Russia, 1907, emigrated to Canada in 1924, and is the 1936-7 Canadian chess champion . . . H. St. John Brooks won the major tourney of the South African Correspondence Chess Association . . . Georges Kol- tanowski, who piays blindfold 30 games of simultaneous chess, won the Belgian championship, conducted by the Federation Belge des Echecs . . . If you comprehend Hungarian, write Radio Ujsag, Sakkrovat, Budapest V, Vilmos r-ut. 34, Hungary, for a copy of its chess column and enter the international informal two-mover problem tourney . . . The opening guns of the Intercollegiate Chess League are being fired at the Manhat- tan Chess Club, New York City, and a new team has been entered by the Carnegie Institute of Technology. This column welcomes chess humor, news, facts and views. Inquiries answered only if a self- addressed, stamped envelope is inclosed. Copyright. Dec. 27, 1036, by Paul Miller.) SHINE IN GYMNASTICS Frank Cumiskey, Jennie Caputo Take All-Around Titles. Frank Cumiskey of Woodcliff, N. J., and Jefinie Caputo of Newark were the dominant figures in American gymnas- tic competition during 1936. Cumiskey won the men’s all-around title and Miss Caputo the women's. The United States was represented EE- §E E I HAVANA, December 26 (#).—The basket ball game between Columbia University and the Vedado Club of Havana, a feature event on Cuba’s in-