Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1936, Page 16

he Foening Hlap Spoils WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936. * 1936 Rough on Track, Field Marks : Bowlers Open Star Roll-Off OWENS, STEPHENS HEAD RECORD-BEATING MARCH Year of Olympics Sees Boys, Girls of U. S. Score in Games at Home, Abroad—Work of Colored Athletes Remarkable. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, December 328.— They—meaning the boys and girls who romp about the i athletic premises scantily clad ~rewrote the track and fleld records during the Olympic year of 1936. The branches of competition calling for speedy footwork, acrobatic agility or the knack of heaving sundry im- plements, reached their grand climax at Berlin during the first week of August. In the wholesale record- smashing by both sexes, the Olympic games excelled even the amazing at- tack upon time and distance at Los Angeles four years ago. After it was all over the I. A. A. F. stamped its approval upon no fewer than 27 record- breaking or record-equaling perform- ances, most of them achieved by American boys and girls. Before forsaking amateur ranks, Jesse Owens of the United States registered the biggest batch of new records since Paavo Nurmi was on the loose. Ohio State’s Brown Bullet captured four first places in his sprint- ing, hurdling and broad jumping spe- cialties in each of three meets, in- cluding the Big Ten and N. C. A. A. championships. He lifted two National A. A. U. titles, qualified for three in- dividual events in the Olympics and won them all, the 100, 200 and broad jump, besides anchoring the record- &mashing American 400-meter relay team. Yank Negroes Sweep. OWENS duplicated Nurmi's quad- ruple triumph of the 1924 Olympic games. When the record books were brought up to date, the name of Owens was added to the list eight times for his best performances in the last two years. Two technicalities, comprising & track measuring a frac- tion of an inch short at Chicago and 8 bit of tailwind at Berlin, robbed Owens of a new world record of 10.2 seconds for 100 meters. Jessie was un- beaten urtil Ralph Metcalfe outran him at Cologne after the Olympics. 1 Owens contributed largely to & sweep by American Negro runners of all Olympic foot races, from 100 through 800 meters. Archie Williams, winner of the 400, set a new world mark of 46.1 at Chicago, displacing the supposed “perfect record” of 46.2 Long John Woodruff, winner of the 800, startled athletic observers with the longest stride ever seen in foot racing. The expert feeling is that the University of Pittsburgh runner has the half mile and mile records at the mercy of his space-eating form. The year’s outstanding figures other- wise included Colorado’s Glenn Morris, self-tutored all-around star who twice smashed the world decathlon in his sweep of national and Olympic hon- ors; Forrest (Spec) Towns, the limber Georgian who proved himself the world's greatest high hurdler, posted new standards of 14.1 seconds for the | 110-meter and 120-yard distances, and was clocked in the unbelievable | time of 13.7 at Oslo, after the Olym- pies, and John Edward Lovelock, the New Zealander who romped off with the classic Olympic 1,500-meter crown in the new world record time of 3:47.8, a full second under Bill Bon- thron's mark. Lash Fades Out, Returns. THE biggest disappointment of the Olympics, to Americans, was the failure of Indiana’s Don Lash to give the Finnish distance runners more than s passing challenge. Lash fin- ished eighth in the 10,000, in which the Pinns were 1-2-3. The American college star ran fourteenth, next to last, in the 5000. Prior to going abroad Lash lowered Nurmi's world outdoor 2-mile record to 8:58.3 at Princeton. Back home again, the Hoosler proved king of the cross- . country pack, nationally, for the third straight year. Equally surprising was the failure of George Varoff, Ben Eastman, Bill Bonthron and Walter Marty, a quar- tet of world record holders, to make the Olympic team. Varoff failed in the pole vault only & week after soar- ing to the new record height of 14 feet 615 inches. Eastman and Bon- thron faded in the middle distances in blistering hot weather at Randalls Island. Marty failed to qualify in the high jump and watched his record dis- appear as two lanky Negroes, Cornel- fus Johnson and Dave Albritton, soared over the bar at 6 feet 9% inches. Winter performances, as usual failed as an Olympic barometer. Joe Mangan, the Cornellian who upset Glenn Cunningham and Gene Venzke at indoor mile running, turned up as a pro coach. Another sensation, Syra- cuse's Eddie O'Brien, made the team only as & member of the 1,600-meter relay quartet. Big Jack Torrance, the Louisiana State holder of world shot- putting records, never recovered his best form, indoors or out. He placed fifth in the Olympics and is now & pro fisticuffer, Wykoff Is Comeback King. H!L!N STEPHENS, No. 1 feminine athlete of the year, captured na- tional championships in the sprints, discus throw and shotput. - The Mis- souri girl lowered the women’s world mark for 100 meters to 11.4 seconds in the Olympics, beating Poland's Stells Walsh. She also'snchored the winning United States 400-meter re- lay team, but it was a hollow triumph, because the German girls dropped their baton while away out in front. Frank Wykoff, Southern California’s one-time “fastest human” and co- holder of the world 100-yard record of 9.4 seconds, pulled the year's finest comeback. He qualified for the Olym- pie 100, placed fourth in the final, and snchored, the winning United States sprint relay team which set & new record of 39.8 seconds. Speaking of relay records, the picked American and British Empire teams blasted them apart in the post- Olympic meet at London. U. 8. A. quartets lowered the 2-mile mark to 7:358 and the 4-mile record to 17:172. British mile relayers cut the | State and Santa Clara on New Year by little Bill Carr in the 1932 games. | der the world record time himself, topped off his European trip by re- ducing the 800-meter mark to 1:49.7 in a meet at Stockholm. Glenn fig- ured in the most freakish event of the year, outsmarting and outsprint- ing his two indoor rivals, Mangan and Gene Venzke, in the “world's slowest mile,” clocked in 4:46.8, on the Madison Square Garden track. Southern California’s Trojans were the No. 1 college team, winning the National Collegiate A. A. title easily. Indiana, led by Lash, captured Big ‘Tén honors. Cornell, for the first time since 1919, won the Eastern I. C. A. A. A. A championship with Hubert Cornell one of the victorious heroes. ‘The New York A. C. retained National A. A, U, team supremacy. NET STARS COLOR Today—Southern Marks Go in Track Meet. EW ORLEANS, December 28.— N Sugar Bowl sports enthusiasts day for a tournament in which Bryan (Bitsy) Grant of At- man, was seeded No. 1. Frank Parker of Lawrenceville, N. ers entered included Dr. Johns Me- Diarmid of Princeton, defending land, Fla.; Ernie Sutter, New Orleans, and Walter Senior, San Francisco, Track Meet in Rain. FOUR THOUSAND fans turned out the track meet, first of the sports events, which will be climaxed with a Grant Heads Lot Playing By the Associated Press. turned to tennis matches to- lanta, third ranking American net- J., was seeded behind Grant and oth- Champion Arthur Hendrix of Lake- California champion. in a drizzling rain yesterday for foot ball game between Louisiana day. Southern records fell in the miie and two miles. Archie San Romani, Kansas State Teachers, nosed out the veteran Glenn Cunningham in a 4:14 mile, two seconds under the mark set here by Cunningham last year. Don Lash, Indiana, was third. Wayne Rideout of Texas Teachers set the two-mile mark by running the distance in 9:03.5. Lash, who estab- lished the former record of 9:15.5 last year, was second. Glickman Dash Vietor. MARTY GLICKMAN of Syracuse took the 100-yard dash in 9.9 seconds and Helen Stephens, Olympic sprinter, overcame handicaps to lead her fleld in the century in 11.3 sec- onds. ‘The 880-yard run was won by Char- lie Beetham of Ohio State in 1:56. Floyd Lochner of Oklahoma captured the two-mile steeplechase. Tonight boxing teams of St. Louis and New Orleans will meet. The Ar- kansas-Tennessee basket ball game is scheduled Wednesday night. GRID LOOP LAURELS GO TO POLICE BOYS| Title Earned Despite Scoreless Tie ‘With Northeast—Champs Take Four Games. DISPITE their scoreless tie with the Northeast Boys’ Club eleven, 135-pound gridmen of Police Boys’ Club, No. 5, were being hailed as champions of their class today after finishing on top of the first Police Boys' Club League for that weight ever sponsored in the District. Undefeated in five games, yester- day's was the only one which the No. 5 club failed to win. The Washing- ton Boys’ Club and St. Martin's grid- ders had bowed previously to the champions. Northeast finished in sec- ond place, with four victories, one tie and one defeat. Washington Boys’ Club won two, lost three and tied one, while St. Martin's lost all six of its games. Had Northeast made good on its scoring threat yesterday when it reached its opponents’ 1-yard line, it would have won the crown. The Police Boys threatened only once, when they reached the Northeast 11- T W TENNIS SURVIVORS Ritzenberg and Johnsen in . Second Round of U, S. Junior Tourney. By tbe Associated Press. EW YORK, December 28.— Fifty-five youthful tennis play- ers who survived the opening matches in the national junior and boys’ indoor championships Sat- urday, plus 41 more who weren't called on in the first round, resumed their battles at the 7th Regiment Ar- mory today. The fields were reduced to 64 jun- jors and 32 boys Saturday, with only one seeded player falling. He was George MacCall, twelfth and last on the junior list, who dropped a three- set match to Philip W. Moore of Great Neck, Long Island. Washington Youths Survive. TH! top-seeded stars, Don McNeill of Oklahoma City and Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio, among the juniors, and 15-year-old Arthur H. Ink, jr., of San Diego, Calif, in the boys’ event, went into the second round with straight set victories. Advancing with the juniors were the seeded Charles T. Mattmann of Forest Hills, Long Island, who won convincingly although still limping from a leg injury suffered last Fall Marvin Kantrowits, New York; Albert Ritzenberg and Davie Johnsen, Wash- ington; Henry H. Daniels, jr, New York; Robert A. Low, New York, and Malcolm Weinstein, Germantown, Pa. Weinstein was the only seeded junior who had to play a second set. Convincing victories also were re- corded by Alfred 1. Jaffe of Brooklyn and the University of Chicago, Mc- Neill's opponent today; Peter Lauck of Montclair, N. J., and Princeton, who plays Low, and Arthur C. Nellsen, Jjr., of Winnetka, Il Easy Salling for Ink. TH! second and third seeded play- ers, Morey Lewis of Texarkana, Ark., McNeill's Kenyon College team- mate, and Melvin Lapman of New York University were slated to begin play today, along with Joseph Pish- bach, New York; Isadore Bellis, Phil- adelphia; Walter Woronowski, De- troit: Billy Gillespie, Atlanta and Scarborough (N. Y.) School, and Alex- ander Guerry, jr., Chattanooga, Tenn. Ritzenberg and Johnsen, the Wash- ington entries, had easy going in the first round. Ritzenberg defeating Har- old Martin of Brookiyn, 6—4, 6—1, and Johnsen downing George Dexter of Morristown, N. J., 6—3, 6—1. In the boys' tourney no strong op- position was listed for Ink for a day or two, although all the favorites opened Saturday with lopsided vie- tories. William Umstaedter of Mil- burn, N. J, seeded second, and A. Allen McDonald of Wichita, Kans., were among the eight boys scheduled to play their first matches today. ASHINGTONLADS | _ Leading Figures in Track World Jesse Owens in winning three individual Olympic champion= ships and running a leg on the championship United States 400-meter Olympic team, became the outstanding competitor in men’s track events in 1936. His three individual champions were all in world and Olympic record time. Helen Stephens of Fulton, Mo., whose feats in the na- tional A. A. U. meets and on the Olympic team stamped her as the top competitor in women’s track events for 1936. She won the national A. A. U. championships for women in the 100-meter dash, the dis- cus and the shotput. In the Olympic games she won the 100-meter dash and also ran anchor on the winning 400- meter relay. WILDCATS FEARED ONBIG TEN COURT Title Possibility Seen at Northwestern—Illinois Gets Tune-up. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, December 28.—The shadow of the Northwestern darkhorse is falling across the Big Ten basket ball cham- pionship track. Unexpected winners of the confer- ence foot ball title, the Wildcats ap- parently are going {0 bid strongly for the cage crown when the race gets under way January 4. Coach Dutch Lonberg’s shotmakers have won four games in a style impressive enough to stamp the team as a standout dark- horse menace to Purdue and Indians, co-champions in 1935. Northwestern gets its stiffest test next Thursday night, however, when Notre Dame comes to Evanston seek- ing revenge for a setback by the Wild- cats early this season. In that game the Irish were badly crippled and the Wildcats had little trouble winning, 38 to 19. This week Notre Dame will be at full strength with Johnny Moir, Paul Novak and Ray Meyer ready to go. Purdue Faces Montana. PURDUES Bollermakers, who have flashed brilliantly on offense and defense since the tune-up campaign began, go after another victory to- night against Montans, while Ohio State plays California. On Wednesday night Wisconsin, de- feated twice last week, opposes De Paul's fast quintet and it looks as yard line in the third quarter. though the Badgers may take another lacing. Tllinois, which has been defeated by De Paul, takes on Bradley and the Illini sophomores. Lou Boudreau Sports Pi'ogram For Local Fans TODAY. Boxing. Lou Gevinson vs. Joe Temes, fea- ture bout, eight rounds, Turner's Arens, 8:30. Hand Ball. °* Y. M. C. A. tournament, Y. M. C. A, 7:30. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. St. John's vs. Alumni, 8%. John's gym, 8. Hand Ball. Quarter-finals, Y. M. C. A, tournament, Y. M. C. A,, 8:30. WEDNESDAY. Basket Ball. Georgetown vs. New York Uni- versity, New York. « Gallaudet vs. Prospect Park Y. M. C. A, New York. ‘Washington-Lee High vs. Alumni, Ballston, Va., 8. Hand Ball. Semi-finals, Y. M. C. A. tourna- ment, Y. M. C. A, and Tom Nisbet should add to their season point totals. Ohio State plays Southern Cali- fornia the same night. On Friday night Indiana takes on Butler and Michigan meets Toledo. The Hoosiers are heavy favorites against the Bulldogs and Michigan should win its game. Michigan Seen Strong. T'HE come-back made by the Wol- verines on the West Coast in winning two straight from Washington after losing the first game indicates Coach Pranklin Cappon has a strong, well- balanced club. ‘Three games are scheduled for Sat- urday night., They are Notre Dame against Chicago, Iowa at quette and Iowa State against Minnesota. Glenn Morris, sturdy Fort Collins, Colo., automobile salesman, exhibits the form that enabled him to become the outstanding fleld events man of 1936. In the Olympic games at Berlin he rolled up a total of 7,700 points in the decathlon to break his own unofficial world record for the event by 20 foints, break the eristing world record, held by Hans Silvert, and turn in one of the most brilliant perform- ances ever seen. —Wide World Photos. WAGNER WILL PICK SEMIPRD STARS Once Great Shortstop to Name 48 State Teams, Then Pick All-America Club. By the Associated Press. Honus Wagner—the immortal “Hans” of the National League —prepared today to select 48 all-star State base ball teams and ultimately an “all-America” nine. Wagner, now high commissioner of Semi-pro base ball, said the all-star teams will be selected at tournaments Pmsnms. December 28.— | $hay 8w 10 be held in every State. Each team | 250 will include 16 players; each player will be eligible for the “all-America.” “This will mean a lot to organized base ball,” said Hans, “as it will give the major leagues a record of the out- standing young players throughout | Pea: America in every State. It will also prove an incentive to the young man to get into semi-pro base bail.” He said the all-America nine will be chosen by major league scouts at the National Semi-pro tournament in Wichita, Kans., August 12 to 23, and will tour Hawall, playing exhibition games. ‘Wagner also announced appoint- ment of 12 commissioners to supervise State tournaments. They are Ray Brooks, Portland, Oreg.; Wil- lam L. Cain, Manchester, N. H. Vern McMillan, Terre Haute, Ind.; Frank Kice, Wichita, Kans.; A. H. Kirksey, Waco, Tex.; A. R. Dahn, Elgin, IIl.; CIff Green, Montgomery, Ala.; Paul Green, Youngstown, Ohio; John Morris, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mack R. Evashchuck, Oceanside, Calif.; Harry Berman, St. Paul, Minn.; Charles Ger- hardt, Paterson, N. J. Louis Duchesnay of Montreal was named Canadian commissioner. Coulon Still Flinging Fists as Wife Collects Former Bantam Champion Teaches Boxing While Spouse Runs Paying Business to other detalls, Coulon merely supervises wisely. “Why, she has made more than Johnny proudly boasts. “Knows more about boxers than I do, and aided me to the champlonship.” Coulon is famous for s mys- titying lifting trick. Nobody has " ever been able to lift his 110 folser i THALL AND ROSSLYNT SCENES OF AGTION Lucky Strike, Hyattsville, Temple, Takoma Take Up Struggle Tomorrow. . BY ROD THOMAS. HE climax battle is on in The I Star bowling tournament. Survivors of the qualifying round, in which more than 2,000 men and women competed, will start shooting tonight for cash prizes totaling nearly $500 and for two gold medals, one each to the man and woman champion. Patrons of Convention Hall and the Rosslyn alleys will get the final week of competition under way, with to- night’s pin scattering to start at 7:30 o'clock at both planjs. Charley Bell, manager of Convention Hall, will direct the doings there, and Galt Davis, boss at Rosslyn, who turned in a fnaster- piece of promotion in the prelimin- aries, will have charge of the Rossiyn roll-off. Experts Take Beating. IT 1S significant of the break given mediocre bowlers in The Star tour- nament by its handicap system that few stars will be found in the large groups rolling at Convention Hall and Rossiyn. Only half a dozen are found in the hall list, where Tony Santini, Bill Krauss, Ed Espey, Dutch Newman, Norman Schroth and Joe Pricci made the grade. Of the top-flighters who rolied the preliminary set at Rosslyn only ‘Whip Litchfield and Joe Freschi among the men and Blanche Wootton and Evelyn Ellis among the girls survived. Galt Davis, himself a pin whacker of no mean distinction, was a failure, pos- sibly because of the distraction of rounding up more than 200 entries for by far the best showing among the minor alleys, if ‘not of the entire tournament, considering the size of his place. Pacini Among Failures. 'HE scenes of action tomorrow night will switch to the Lucky Strike, Northeast Temple, Takoma and Hyattsville, Sharply noticeable through ab- sence from the list of qualifiers at the Northeast Temple is the name of Ollie Pacini. The former No. 1 duckpinner of the country needed 100 sticks in his final game to make the riffile and got only 93. He joins the great Astor Clarke and a host of other notables as tournament spectators. Following are those who will try their fortunes at Convention Hall and " CONVENTION HALL. Hej Abe Weinbers 3% 644 Be Ed Connick = 50 8¢ E. Bradley__ 37 Arthur Ford_ 32 1B.Goad ~ 40 E Hekth'ger 42 P. Hendricks Julius Singer 30 6 Douglas E Magruder 3 T.Bradford B i N. Scroth = [ - B35 F. Kidwell F. Stewart__ David Singer 3 et Ralph Meyer Dick Miller A Eversole A. Newman J. 8mith J. L. Talbert C.E Turner 62 & 00 Bill Krauss. & 53 9 Tony Santini 8 EEeEE Sttt Hutehinson_ Murphy____ BB D INRN L R 53353 .3 *3a PETERSBURG IS DATED Western and George Washington High on Foot Ball List. PETERSBURG, Va., December' 28. () —Petersburg High School will face Western High of Washington, D. C., on October 2, and George Washington High of Alexandria, Va., on October 9 in foot ball games here next year, it was announced today. Petersburg swamped Western, 27-0, this season. Following is the schedule: Sevtember 25, Hampden-Sidney Presh- rge Washing- ctober 2. : 9. Geo ton Bien: 10, Sackson Hien, Sacksonvite, Fla.; 23, Thomas Jefferson; 30. Maury, Norfolk. November 6. Newport News: 13. Jeffer- Senior, Koanoke: 10, Hopewsll: 35, 33h n 3 ©Decel Baldwin. RUGGED SCHEDULE FOR ARMY POLOISTS Indoor League Champions Will Play Nine Games Before Defending Title. Speeial Dispateh to The Star. wn'r POINT, N. Y., December 28. — Army's Indoor Intercollegiate Polo Association champions, unde- feated for 23 consecutive games, will face & schedule of mine crack clubs before going to New York to defend its title in March. The Cadets, who play all nine games at home, will open against Squadron A on January 9. Charles B. Hines and Robert E. Van Volkenburgh, both of Washington, D. O, are bidding for the No. 1 posi- tion, although Brooks Wilson, brother of Capt. Harry Wilson, boasts an edge at present. Howell M. Estes and Cecil E. Combs have been lost to the team by graduation, is the schedule: January Following 9, S8quadron A; 16, Fort Hamilton; 23, | ing under the Fort Myer; 30, Yale; February §, Har- "POPPING OME of the rare sport items that have made good reading in recent weeks have been asso- ciated with a Miss Ida Sim- mons of Norfolk, a somewhat strap- ping young lady whose talent with a bowling ball has continued to amaze duckpin followers. Probably you are the type of person who can take bowling or leave it alone, possibly preferring the latter course.” If such is the case Miss Sim- mons still is too interesting a subject to overlook. The other night, rolling with Ray Von Dreele of Baltimore, Norfolk’s world champion of woman pinspillers tipped over 1,263 sticks in 10 games to average 126 and a few stray pins and help in the setting of a couple of world records. Now bowling secords are a dime a dozen. Somebody is al- ways breaking a mark and, if the person is lucky, he some- times can reach home quickly enough to announce without fear of contradiction that he, or she, is a record holder. But Miss Simmons is different. Anybody who can make the name of Lorraine Gulli as obsolete in the world of bowling as, say, the term of model T in the auto industry, must have something. And that is what Miss Simmons has done. People may argue on the relative merits of men bowlers, some sticking up for Nick Tronsky and some for Astor Clarke, but no- body is mentioning any girl with Miss Simmons. Nothing Unusual at Outset. SHE never saw a bowling alley until 1930, when she walked into a Nor- folk pin plant with three other em- ployes of a department store and rolled a game. A Norfolk promoter, anxious to fill a woman's league, drafted them into service. In Ida's first three-game set she rolled 255 and at the end of a season she had only an 85 average. So far Miss Simmons’ case was very ordinary. Nearly any girl can aver- age 85. But when the Norfolk city championships were held at the end of the season there was detected a spark of future greatness when Ida, competing in class B, won the woman's singles, doubles and all-events. Thus her pin career was launched. She never played any other sport and so her time was devoted to bowling. In 1931 she averaged 89. In 1932 she jumped to 105. In the last three years she has climbed steadily. Her average this season in the South Atlantic division of the United States League is 125-4 and in the 2 Norfolk Major League it is 122-16. | Out of curiosity some time, look up | %' the best averages of our leading male 2, bowlers and compare them. She Creates Crises. NO BOWLER in the country, man or woman, today is so much in demand as Miss Simmons. Her phe- 4 | nomenal feats have caused duckpin promoters throughout the East to send for her and demonstrate how the game should be ‘played. Half a dozen newspapers, running bowling Her “class” in Atlanta, {'rinstance, has nearly 400 pupils. The meteoric career of Ida Sim- mons has reaped multiple benefits for the game but by the same token it has created a few minor crises. In Norfolk, for example, no woman's tournament or sweepstakes can be held unless it is a handicap event. Her current average is 125. The next best woman bowler in the town has 2 | & 110 average. This means that if Ida and her No. 1 rival rolled from scratch, Miss Simmons would win by 15 pins a game, 75 a Avk-game set and 150 a 10- game block. “schools,” hire her as the teacher. | Blond Bomber. Nor do the bowling fathers ape plaud the idea of permitting Miss Simmons to roll with the men, chiefly because she probably can beat 9 out of 10 of the top-notchers. There are scattered throughout the East any number of people who are willing to . donate Ida's entry fee in the forthe coming United States Sweepstakes and wager that she can win it, es- pecially if Tronsky of Connecticut is a little off his game. George Ise~ | mann, secretary of the National Duck« pin Congress, has put his foot down, however, on the grounds that her entry would keep out men bowlers, fearful of a licking. Topples Gulli in 1935. MISS SIMMONS, from time to time, has been called bowling's “Biond Venus,” the “Harlow of Duckpins” and a few other such names by the more sentimental pin writers. She hardly qualifies more than remotely, in that Ida outweighs Venus and Harlow by quite a bit, due to her 173 pounds. She is blond, however, will be 23 years old in Febe ruary, and uses her weight to whip the fastest ball of any woman bowler, She rolls from the center of the alley, like Tronsky, and her ball has a definite “break” on it by the time it reaches the pins, Washington first became aware of Miss Simmons in 1934, when she was imported from Norfolk to bow! Gulli, The local gal had cleaned up prac- tically everybody else and for eight years she had enjoyed the distinction of being the No. 1 woman bowler of the country. She defeated Ida that night fn 1934. Going into the last block, Gulli held an 80-pin lead. At the finish she won by eight pins. Whether she realized it or not, Lorraine’s throne was tottering. In 1935 the throne fell with a resounding crash. Miss Sim- mons rolled Gulli several times and not a match, block or even game did Lorraine win. So far this season Gulli again has ‘been blanked. In two mixed doubles | matches, with Gulli rolling with Clarke and Simmons shooting with Von Dreele, the local duo has been beaten soundly both times. chiefly due to Ida’s superiority over Lorraine. And this is not detracting from Miss Gulli's ability. Has Monopoly on Records. OR two straight years now Miss Simmons has been ranked No. 1 | and, at 23, she seems destined to stay on top as long as she likes. If she likes | bowling that much, Ida ought to break Lorraine's record for longevity of ree gime. Iseman, who has watched bowling and bowlers since the game started in the back of saloons, says that it may be 100 years before another girl bowler like Ida Simmons comes along. This is not intended to get too | technical at the close but of you | happened to have followed this long, Miss Simmons so far this reason has rolled seven “400" sets, which means that seven times she has rolled three successive games and averaged not | less than 133. Her high set was 434; her low, 407. She has rolled 12 “600" | sets. which means that for five-game | stretches she has averaged at least 1125, Her high was 693. Her method of teaching, incl- dentally, is as unusual as the young lady herself. It seems she doesn’t tell you how to de it. She merely tells what not to do. And in the meantime, Brother Ise mann and other pin pappies are telle ing her what not to do if she has any further ambitions than to lift everye thing from our Miss Gulli except the rings on her fingers. ;i'SIX CLUBS ASSURED THREE-EYE LEAGUE Only Evansville Is Without Big Loop Backing—Two Other Members Considered. BY the Associated Press. MOLM, T, December 28—At least six clubs, and possibly eight, will be members of the Three-Eye League when the 1937 base ball season gets under way. Representatives of the class B cir- cuit, meeting Sunday, said Moline, De- catur and Peoria, Ill; Terre Haute and Evansville, Ind, and Clinton, Iowa, will be ready to open the campaign next Spring. C. F. Boyer, secretary of the Bloom- ington, Ill, Community Athletic Asso- ciation, told the meeting that Bloom- ington is ready to join the circuit if an eighth team can be placed. Under consideration for the eighth franchise, reports said, are Dubuque, Iowa, and Quincy and Springfield, Nl The next circuit meeting, to be held in January for formation of the sched- ule, is expected to determine whether six or eight clubs will compete. Of the six clubs pledged definitely to open the 1937 season, Evansville is the only one which will be without major league backing. Harry R. Scranton of Peoria was elected president. Other officers chosen were Prank Hearn, Moline, vice president, and Byron R. Pinney of Clinton, secretary. Seranton succeeds L. J. Wylie of Decatur, president from 1925 to 1935. ‘Wylie will operate the Decatur club. Manson Reichert and Joe Mathes will | run the Evansville team. ‘Warren Giles, general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, attended the meeting as Peoria’s representative. Peoria will be & Reds farm next season. EX-TERPS HIT BASKET. RICHMOND, Va., December 28 (#).—Five fancy shooting former Uni- versity of Maryland basket ball play- ers, headed by Bosey Berger, and play- banner of the Coffey ‘Washington, de- Clothiers, 38-33, Bales (Paint) Co. of Newman Pro Hockey By the Associated Press. National League. Montreal Canadiens, 5; Detroit, 2. New York Rangers, 1: Chicago. d. International-American League, New Haven, 5: Pittsburgh, 0. Syracuse, 3; Cleveland, 2 (over- time). Providence, 4; Philadelphia, 1. American Association. St. Louis, 2; St. Paul, 1. BOOTERS IN BIG GAME Heurichs Seek First Place Tie in Clash With Sun Radio. The Heurich Brewers today focused their attention on their most crucial Recreation Soccer League game of the season next Sunday when they meet Sun Radie booters at Monument Field No. 2 at 3 o'clock, with a tie for first place as the Brewers’ goal. Sienuta, Jimmy Blanche and Louis Gunn led the Brewers to an easy 8-1 triumph over George's Radio yestere day, but Sun Radio kept its top spot position with a 4-0 victory over Silver Spring. German Sport Club trimmed the Democrats, 3-2, and Marlboro beat Italian-Americans, 2-0, in other leagu games. s George’s Radio fought back amas- ingly well against the strong Brewers in the first half, tralling but 1-0. In the second half, however, Heurich scored seven goals to win easily. Sie enuta booted three goals, while Blanche accounted for two. gt g DARTMOUTH CLUB FETE Alumni to Hear Two D. C. Boys Talk of Foot Ball. ‘Twenty-six undergraduates will be the guests of the Dartmouth Alumni Club at a luncheon tomorrow at the Harrington Hotel at 12:30 o'clock, when Joe Kiernan, former Central High ath- lete, and Bill Shelton, jr., former West~ ern foot ball captain, both now attend~ ing Dartmouth, will be featured speak- ers. Kiernan, a varsity backfield man, will dwell on the success of this year's ball team, while Shelton, s meme will fore=