Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1937, Page 15

SPOR1IS.. P —— K KvmnING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Ring Needs Czar, Says Dempsey : Boxing THES®S N3, A 15 UNABLE | 10 ERASE ABUSES Rickard Kept|Game on Even Keel, Protected Public as Unofficial Head. BY JACK| DEMPSEY. ROFESSIONAL boxing in Amer- ica needs a “czar,” a high com- missioner ¢r national head, no matter what title you give him. The boxing game is running wild, and an iror| hand is needed to regulate it. A Judge Landis or a Will “Hayes is an absclute necessity if we are to lift the| 3 fight game out of | the “racket” class and place it on a |- Teal sport. -Times| have changed, ® and conditions have changed with them. In the days when there was an outstanding pro- moter, meaning the late Tex Rickard, boxin reached its high Jack Dempsey. est peak. Why Because Rickard |acted as the unof- ficial czar of the game when he was operating, and during his reign boxing hit its highest in every way—gate, purses and the quality of fighting. Rickard Held Reins. was something besides a.pro- 4 moter. He knew how to handle fighters and fight] managers, and he always gave the Pubxie a run for its money. [ He had the public in mind, from the time he doped out a match until the final bell ended the show. We have our in various States, TL'X |boxing commissions and many of these have joined the National Boxing As- sociation, which fpr the last few years has been trying tp bring about a na- tional organization of boxers, pro- moters, managers and others in the fight game. However, this has not worked out 80 well because 1o head of the Na- tional Boxing A\tnciation has been able to get the full support of all the boxing commissions. Tom Donoghue of Connecticut anfi Ed Foster of Prov- idence did much|to gain recognition from the Natiorjal Boxing Associa- tion, but Eugeng Buckley, present head of the association, finds it hard to wield any power at all in boxing. Boxing is the only sport that s not controlied by a central head. Get Away With Fast Stuff. FAS IT is now, boxers, promoters, managers, etc., can “pull & fast one” in one State and then go to an- other State and have all the privi- leges that are extended to the legiti- mate fellows who abide by the rules and regulations; except in those cases where the States are members of the National Boxing Association, or where the boxing commissions have one of those “working Bgreements” which really works. The trouble is, though, that these so-called “working agree- ments” are good only as long as they don’t interfere with the aims and ambitions or the financial welfare of the commission which is recognizing the working agreement. Right now the rules governing boxing differ ma- terlally in some States. Under one head boxing rules and regulations would all be the same throughout the United States. | The high commissioner could be selected by representatives of all the other boxing commis- sions. The salary could be paid out of the taxes from the va- rius fight lhow* throughout the country. | Would Crimp Speculators. I'A “CZAR” not gnly would bring all the boxers apd other members of the fight game junder one jurisdic- tion and make M rules all the same, but under this arrangement the prices for big fights coyld be set so that the ticket gougers|could be put out of business. Instead of havl;g an acre or two of so-called “ringside” seats all at one fixed top pricd, the best of which are gobbled up by| the speclators and sold to the wealthy customers, the plan could be put into effect of scaling the prices from the first ringside row back to about the fifteenth, behind which all of the qgther ringside seats would be at a same price, but would not be fabulous. | Now the quatlbn arises: Who is the man for the job? The answer will have to be deternlined by the repre- sentatives of the yarious boxing com- missions througholit the country. But what boxing really needs today is a single national he:ad with some brains. (Copyright, 1937. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited without permission.) Pro 8t. Louis Sham) Blavia's, 0. National Detroit Red Maroons, 2. Montreal Canafiens, 4; New York Americans, 2. Collegel Hockey. University of h&ontrell, 6; Dart~ mouth, 4. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR GEOROE W. INGTON'S bas- ket ball tean was defeated for the first time this season when it lost to Navy, 34:17. The Hatchet- ites could score| only three times from the floor pgainst Jim Colli- flower's team, Almon making G. W.s 11 other points from the foul line. cer. ocks, 3; Cleveland Hockey. ings, 4; Toronto ‘The interhigh basket ball series will start at the Y. M. C. A. gym with a doubletheader in which Business will play Western, and Central will meet Eastern. The opening half of| the Eastern-Cen- tral game will played between the halves of t} Business-West- ern contest. | Professional fpot ball is'a dead issue as far as Washington is con- proposition now to Benjamin 8. of the Washing- BY PAUL J. MILLER Jr. URPRISINGLY active for his 81 years, W, B. Mundelle, cele- brating his birthday anniver- sary on New Year day by en- gaging simultaneously all comers at chess and checkers in the main recep- tion room of the Central Y. M. C. A, gave an exhibition of canny skill that might have been the envy of a much younger man. Roving quickly about the of boards, the snowy- haired octogenarian, with the keen eyes of & hawk (he wears no glasses), dispatched his moves with the precision of a master. Facing Mundelle were 19 of the best chess amateurs of the city. With- in two hours of the starting gong Mrs. H. E. Kittredge, opposing Mundelle’s Giuoco piano opening, scored the first victory to win as first prize a copy of Grifith & White's excel- lent treatise on “Chess Openings.” Hermann Hartmann engaged the veteran in two chess games, making the evening’s total 20 chess matches, of which Mundelle won 9, lost 9 and drew 2. At checkers, Mundelle tilted with nine opponents, playing O. W. Barker two games, scoring four victorious, four draws and dropping two, one to Curtis Cordell and the other to E. C. Diet- rich, prize winner of & copy of Lees’ “Guide to the Game of Checkers.” Proves Remarkable Exhibition. T WAS a wonderful example of joint chess and checker play—the Mun- delle exhibition. Psychologists may be right when they say that the mind is kept young and active by indulg- ing in games such as chess that are conducive to mental athletics. Ob- viously, W. B. Mundelle has put one over on old Father Time and vos- sesses the vim ad vigor of a youth of 30. In local chess circles Mundelle en- joys the unique distinction of stand- ing apart from petty prejudices, is be- loved by novice and master, and tow- ers above the younglings as a grand old patriarch, a giant redwood that has lived a long and full life and now shares the upper strata of peace and serenity—the back yard of Ged's heaven. Individual checker scoring: Player Howard Gray A. Puul Herbst. . Z. McLeroy.. Curtis Cordell - Mundelle ~ scored four Wi draws, two losses. Individual chess scoring: Plaver o Richard Flesch Mrs. H. E. Ki 2 G w MO _MHMNO, E & -p-c»-’-»-»-oa»—*ou oocooH, 3 School Championship. IRTEEN chess enthusiasts, rep- resentative of the private and publjc schools of the city, initiated the first annual individual school championship tournament New Year day at the Central “Y.” Through the courtesy of J. C. Ingram, boys’ director of the “Y,” a trophy is being given as the all-school award. The city champion also will receive an individual medal. In the first round of tournament play Jacob Seidenberg and Antonio Higuera drew, with two games to be played this week; William Reynolds scored three wins against Ralph Siegel, Robert Feeney dropped three games to Robert Knox, champion of the Interhigh Chess Association; Rob- ert Hostler won two out of three matches against Henry Lybrand, Larry B. Childress won two and drew a game with Harry Stovall, while Sam- uel Bass in & two-game parley with Reamy Pierce lost one and drew one, with & third game in the offing. Round No. 2 of the all-city school tournament will be played Thursday evening at 8:30 at Sloss Cafeteria. In case of conflicts with team matches, school players may meet their indi- vidual opponents prior to Thursday. These exceptions must be made known to the tournament umpire, namely: Chess editor of The Star, at once. Dial North 6737 very late in the evening for special schedule of play. Metropolitan Team Matches PBEIDENT E. V. FINERAN an- nounces that round No. 5 of the team tourney of the Metropolitan Chess Association will be held Thurs- day night at 8:30 o'clock at Sloss Cafeteria, 818 Fourteenth street north- west. Through the courtesy of T. J. Sloss the team matches open play in 1937 at his cafeteria. g Very much interested in chess, Sloss says it is a pleasure to have chess fans make use of the facilities he has to offer, and the more the merrier. Abe Seidenberg, tournament direc- tor, requests that all teams be present as a new alignment of matches will be made. Captains are to file their team'alternates by 8:30 p.m. An instructional chess lecture will be given for the benefit of beginners and visitors. Tariff for the evening's entertainment is 25 cents for visitors, beginners and all tournament players. BIG LEARUE CLASS N BREVERS QUNT Apt to Accept Major Loop Offer—Evens Score With Original Celtics. ASHINGTON'S stock as a major sports center, en- hanced considerably by the recent addition of the Red- skins in the National Professional Foot Ball League, soared several more points today with an announcement by Chris Heurich, jr., that his Heurich Brewers may accept a proffered bid to the American Professional Basket Ball League next year. The Brewers, who were offered a franchise in the league last year, but rejected it due to the fact that most of their players could not take time out from their regular jobs to travel, now are in a mood to accept. The en- thusiastic manner in which local fans have supported the Brewers’ importa- tion of major quints this season largely is responsible. Not since the old Palace club held forth at the Arcadia a decade ago has Washington been connected with the crack court loop. Since the clubs now in the league are grouped between New York and Washington and a schedule could be arranged whereby the local five would not be forced to be on the road except on overnight hops, it is highly probable Heurich will accept the invitation. Brewers Show Major Class. AT PRESENT there are eight teams in the American League, but of- ficials plan to add two more next year. ‘The Philadelphia Sphas, Brooklyn Vis- itation, Brooklyn Jewels, New York ‘Whirlwinds, Trenton and Newark are among the present affiliated clubs. That the Brewers can handle them- selves in fast company was demon- strated effectively for the third time this season yesterday when they dis- posed of the famed Original Celtics, 40-32, before a capacity crowd of 1,100 at the Heurich gym. The Brewers previously had trounced the highly re- garded Renaissance and Brooklyn Dux outfits. In smashing the 27-game winning streak of the Celtics and gaining an even break in the two-game series, the Brewers stepped into an early lead which was threatened repeatedly, but never relinquished. The local club en- joyed a 13-7 lead at the end of the first 15-minute period and increased the gap to 28-20 at the end of the sec- ond period. Wilson Heurich Mainstay. PACED by Bob McDermott and Nat Hickey, each of whom scored 11 “| points, the Celtics sliced the margin to 30-27, but Ralph Bennie and Otts | Ben! Zahn scored in rapid succession to | Zah: put the game past the reach of the New York quint. Whitey Wilson, held scoreless Sat- urday night, was Heurich’s main fac- tor in the victory, scoring 15 points for individual honors. Bennuie and Zahn each tallied 8 points, while Ed Hargaden, former Georgetown ace, flipped in 3 fleld goals. In & preliminary tussle, Sterling T'S HARDLY likely that any action will be taken by the United States Golf Association on the stymie at its annual meeting in New York next Saturday, but the solons who run the game are due for at least s few gentle reminders that two sec- tors of the country don’t want the stymie retained. The District of Columbia Golf As- sociation and the Massachusetts Golf Association, represented by their of- ficials, are going to stand up on their hind legs and tell the world that tkey want the stymie barred from match play golf and that in so far as their own bailiwicks are concerned, there isn't going to be any more stymie, no matter what the U. 8. G. A. may think about it. Vice President Jim Cosgrove of the District Golf Asseciation is going up to New York loaded for bear—the bear in this in- stance being the stymie. Jim has been the main crusader against the stymie around Washing- ton, and it was mainly through his campaigning and his insistence it should be barred that it isn’t played in District Golf Association tourna- ments any more—and won't be. NOW the United States Golf Asso- ciation is composed of s highly intelligent, reasonably minded group of men, who have the best interests of the game at heart, and always have an ear cocked for public senti- ment. The fact that they have been a little bit stubborn abgut the stymie doesn’t mean that if enough pressure is brought on ’em they won't ~hange their minds. They may well do that, and the fact that they eventually will change their minds is foreshad- owed by that questionnaire handed to all amateur championship competi- tors last September at Garden City. There, for the first time in history, the U. S. G. A. tried to check on the stymie, how many of ’em were lgid, how they affected the play and so on. But the worst stymie of them all, the one that went all over the world, came before the amazed eyes of 5,000 or 6,000 People on the thirty-fifth green of the final between John Fisch- er and Jock McLean. defeated Renaldi, 44-24, to take first place in the Heurich cup series. % ._ 2] oorsco® al Frer——; £ o 8| == © Totals.._ 17 640 Totals._ Referee—Maurice Enright. G.PPis. Rinaldi. 10" 223 Smith.{ 2 Dougher! alk Vian: 8 2 Beacce Sterling. Sampson. | Whitley.c Henderso! Chi ambers. McGibbon: ELCICEL LT 2l 2l onamisnst ° MLLER, EKCHANP, TURNS NG TUTIR MADER, ROPER TOP PROGRAM TONIGHT Halts Work for Covelli Go to All Boxers Imported as Home Give Boxing Points to Miller, Amateur. By the Associated Press. INCINNATI, January 4—Fred- die Miller, former feather- weight king, took time out today from his own fight preparations to show an aspiring 17- year- old leather pusher—also a Miller —how to become a more proficient boxer. ‘The former champion has been working industriously for his first home start since a six-month visit to South Africa. He will meet Wednseday, Prankie Covelli, a 130 pounder from Brooklyn, who has been appearing re- cently on the West Coast. One of Preddie's sparring partners is little Jackie Miller, no relative of the former champion, but in his own right one of the best amateur boxers in the bantamweight division in Cin- cinnati, Likes Jackie’s Right. JACKI.E has appeared in several tournaments here and in Cleve- land and Flint, Mich. The nautral ability he displayed aroused ex-cham- plon Miller’s interest and he offered to help the youngster along. ‘They paired off for & five-round workout, Jackle nailing Freddie & time or two with a right. “That's & swell right, Jackle” the ex-champion encouraged. “You real- ly know how to throw it; but you haven’t got any power behind it. “You hit me with it several times because I couldn’t even' see it coming. But it didn’t hurt. You see, you are throwing it without putting your body behind it. “Do it this way.” Learns How It's Done. SOCKOI Jackie got & demonstration and the lesson continued. Miller won all five of his bouts on his South African tour. One of his victims was Maurice Holtzer of Paris, the only fighter who gained a decision over him when Miller made a trip to Europe twoe years ago. CRICKET ROUT CHECKED Aussies Brace, Lead in Match After England Takes Two. MELBOURNE, Australis, January 4 (®)—Australia’s test cricket team in- creased its lead in the third test match against England today, running its second innings score to 62 runs for the loss of three wickets at lunch time. A throng of 40,000 turned out when the match was resumed. When play began today the Aussies were leading by 127 runs, with ome wicket down in the second innings. England won the first two matches and needed one more victory to clinch They couldn’t hide that one, and that may have something to do with the inevitable conclusion; that the stymie is on its last legs in this coun- try. If it isn't barred at the coming annual meeting, it must be barred at some future time. ’I"HE set-up is that the U. S. G. A. and the Royal and Ancient of Great Britain work hand in glove. They see eye to eye on all major leg- islative problems of the game, but the gray beards of the Royal and An- cient are grimly and firmly in favor of the stymie, with the purist notion of playing the game as originally started, meaning that the ball shall not be touched by the hands from the it 1s struck from the tee until it is holed out. They don’t agree on the size of the ball, but that's & small matter compared to the stymie. Outlawing of the stymie in this country would mean an open break with the Royal and Ancient, and the U. 8. G. A, wants to avoid that. So meanwhile sentiment against the stymie mounts, and even if something isn't done this week it will be done later. It's inevitable. The stymie has taken so many socks on the coco that it can’t stand up much longer. ASHINGTON'S golf colony took the U. 8. G. A, 1l4-club edict with a grin, and with general realiza- tion that it's thoroughly sound. It won’t affect most of the vast army of duffers. Its main effect will come among the pros or among the ama- teurs who fancy they have to have a club for every distance of shot. And it will affect that modern brigade who think that because Runyan plays s spoon better than any one else they must have a flock of spoons in their begs. All the older pros agree en- tirely with the ruling, but think it isn’t drastic enough. As matched sets are made now- adays they are composed of nine irons, ranging from the long-hitting No. 1 to the niblick, known as the No. 9; & dynamiter, or sand-wedge; & putter and four wooden clubs—15 in all. But every player has a pet club or two which he wouldn't give up in any case, and there’s where the rub comes. ‘We predict the manufacturers will cut down the number of irons in the standard set from nine to seven in their 1937 lines; that the No. 1 iron will be eliminated entirely and that only one spoon will be carried. Mat- ter of fact, there aren’t 10 amateurs around Washington who cam play the No. 1 iron anyhow. They’d rather take a spoon for a shot around 200 yards in normal Summer weather, It's more accurate and more dependable. Pro Basket Ball. Heurich Brewers, 40; New York Celtics, 32. _ Philadelphia Hebrews, 36; New York Whirlwinds, 3¢. Brooklyn Visitations, 27; Jersey Reds, 25. New York Jewels, 32; Kingston Colonials, 21. Kautsky A. C, ‘Whiting Ciesars, 37. Foot Ball. 5 Chicago Bears, 10; Texas Alle Stars, % 43; Boys Get ‘Too Good’ for Preliminary Roles. BY BURTON HAWKINS. HE needle on Washington's flstic barometer will take a dizzy spin tonight as Eddie Mader, New York heavyweight, col- lides with Jack Roper of California in & 10-round feature bout at Turner’s Arena on a card which will inaugurate the local 1937 boxing season minus the aid of even one District scrapper. ‘There will be fighters from Balti- more, Richmond, New York, Californis, the Philippine Islands and Bolivia, but [ ic examination reveals s total lack of local talent. Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn has skipped over this sector in knitting the program, but there's a yarn for deep consideration behind that situation. Washington now has no worthy preliminary fighters. Lou Gevinson, Buddy Scott and Hobo Williams, who ordinarily would be confined to four or six round bouts, have tasted the sweetness of feature fights and are in a mood for more money. Judging from their drawing power, their atti- tude is forgivable. All of which leaves Ahearn a selec- tion of such moth-eaten local fighters that he virtually is forced to look elsewhere to mold his cards. Mader, nevertheless, is well known to Washington’s ring colony, disposing of Terry Mitchell, Billy Ketchell and Billy Nichy before losing to Al Delaney and hopping aboard ringdom’s sliding board for a fast trip downward. Chootaw Carries Tomahawk. ROP!R, whose father was a Choctaw Indian, carries his tomahawk in his right hand. The 28-year-old Pa- cific Coast debater is rated as a one- punch artist, while Mader is con- ceded to be faster, more aggressive and a smoother boxer. In the most promising preliminary, ‘Tom Ponte, heavyweight protege of Charley Harvey, will stack up against Dixie Davis, who has compiled a rather enviable record in Richmond. Ponte is a former Eastern intercol- legiate champion from Western Mary- land and is being developed carefully. They will fuss for six rounds or less. Hunter Crostic, Richmond light- heavyweight, will meet Jim Ortiz of Bolivia and Joe Finaszo, Baltimore, will face Tiger Red Lewis, blubbery Richmond light-heavy, in other six- rounders. Angelo Meols, New York welter- weight, and Denny Lynn of the Philip- pines will open the card in & four- rounder at 8:30 o'clock. MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937. SPORTS. Bill Minus Local Talent Champion Meets Champion PI_AY[]H: F[]R I[]P Albert C. “Ace” Elkins of the Holy Name Society League, who triumphed in the men’s division of The Star tournament, meetin, dent of the Washington Women’s Duckpin Association. shot record scores, Elkins hangin, Recreation and Mrs. Ford one of 625 at the Arcadia. the winner in the women’s class, Pauline Ford, presi- Both up a mark of 725 at the Jack O’Connell, who is starring these days as a bowling master of ceremonies, made the introductions at the Columbia Saturday night after a check-up of the city’s bowling plants revealed them as the winner. -Star Staff Photo. Checks Soon Ready as Star Tourney Scores Are Audited BY ROD THOMAS. RVILLE EBERSOLE, secretary of the Was| City Duck- pin Association and official scorer of The Star’s ninth an- nual tournament, today was fine- combing scores of the biggest pin- olasting party in Washington history, with its fleld of more than 2,500 men and women, and within a day or two the audited list of prize winners will be announced and checks placed in the mail. The main awards go to Albert C. Elkins, who rolled at the Recreation; Joe Mulroe, Columbia patron, and Noble Viers, jr., a Silver Spring entry, in the men's division, and to Mrs. Pauline Ford, who shot at the Ar- cadia; Arlene Sparks, Mount Rainier, and Blanche Wootton, who rolled at Rosslyn. ‘Winners Get $50 and Medal. IN EACH class the top prizes are $50 and a gold medal, $40 and $30. Second and third money in the men’s lists will be split by Mulroe and Viers, each of whom totaled 700 with his handicap, to trail Elkins by 28 pins. Mrs. Ford with 25—625 spread- eagled the women’s fleld. Mrs. Sparks ;l;;rt 50—593 and Mrs. Wootton, 5— ‘The tournament surpassed all ex- pectations, not only in the number of entries, but in the smoothness with which the rather complex event went off. area staged a section of the tourna- mefit, and for the first time in the history of bowling prizes were award- ed on the basis of scores rolled at different plants. Said George Isemann, secretary of the National Duckpin Bowling Con- gress, today: “The Star’s 1936 tour- nament beyond question was one of the most successful of any kind ever beld in this country.” Many Thanks Are Due. 'HE STAR extends its thanks to the ‘Washington men’s and women’s duckpin associations, to the National Duckpin Bowling Congress, to all of the alley managers and proprietors and others who had a hand in its Every alley in the metropolitan | WONEY AT MM Manero and Mangrum Tied for First, With Oliver in Third Notch. IAMI, Fla, January 4 (#).— First place in the thirteenth annual Mfami open golf tour- nament was at stake for a meeting today between Tony Manero of Coral Gables, national open cham- pion, and Ray Mangrum of Dayton, fifth money winner of 1936. Top prize of $500 will go to the winner of the 18-hole play-off and the runner-up will collect $400. Gal- lery receipts will be split. Manero shot a 68, two under par, in the final round yesterday to tie Man- grum’s 277 for the 72 holes. Manero carded 65—T74—70—68, while Mane grum shot 69—67—70—71. Third Coin to Oliver. ED OLIVER of Wilmington, Del, flashed in with a final round of 67 yesterday to take third money, $300, with a total of 282. Other low-scoring pros: Frank Walsh, Chicago, 284; Bill Heinlein, Indianapolis, 285; Ky Laffoon, Or- lando, 286; Johnny Farrell, Hollywood, Fla., 287. Last year's winner at 272, Willie Klein of Miami, was just recovering from an attack of influenza and shot a ragged game to score 296. Leon Pettigrew of Pendleton, Ind, winner of the amateur. prize in the recent Augusta open, led the amae teurs with a 290. NET RANKING SQUAWKS NEW YORK, January 4 (#).—The Ranking Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association ap- pears to have laid the groundwork for an argument that will endure an entire year in listing Alice Marble above Helen Jacobs in the 1936 women's | rankings and placing Frankie Parker in the men’s No. 2 spot behind Don Budge. ‘While the rankings announced yes- terday won't become official until passed by the annual convention here in February, surprised comments ale | ready have been uttered. | | management, with a special word of appreciation to President Ford and Secretary Margaret Lynn of the Washington Women’s Duckpin Asso= ciation, who, on the last several nights | of the tournament, when the clerical | work became massive, toiled like ‘Trojans. With 209 entries at a small plant, Galt Davis of Rosslyn walked away with individual promotion honors. 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