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he Foening Stad Sporls WA SHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1937. * Record Fields Mark Golf Boom : Eastern Clubs Emulate Cardinals <« FOURL S, EVENTS TOP OTHER YEARS Stymie Principal Subject of Administrative Side of Game in 36, (This is the ninth of a series of stories written especially for the Associated Press by outstanding sports leaders. They deal with 1936 developments and 1937 prospects.) BY JOHN G. JACKSON, President United States Golf Association. | EW YORK, January 13.—The | year just closed has been full of interest in the golf world, both on the playing and the administrative sides. As to the former, perhaps the most significant fact is that a record field | entered each of the four champion- ships conducted by the United States Golf Association. The open champion- | ship attracted 1,277 competitors. The sectional qualifying rounds were con- ducted at more points than ever be- fore, 28. There were 1118 entrants for the amateur championship, for which 32 qualifying points, another record number, were used. The amateur public links champion- ship had a field of 223 players repre- senting 58 communities, and in the team championship division there were 49 teams of four players each from 23 States and districts. The 223 | players who were eligible for the| championship proper were the pick from among many thousands who competed in district qualifying rounds. Women Have, Big Field, Too. THE women's championship had a += field of 223 players representing 58 communities, and in the team cham- pionship division there were 49 teams of four players each from 23 States and districts. The 223 players who | were eligible for the championship proper were the pick from among | many thousands who competed in dis- trict qualifying rounds. The women's amateur championship had a field of 188, the largest since the maximum handicap allowance was reduced to six strokes. i ‘These facts evidence a great revival during 1936 of interest in golf. It is reasonable to assume that this has been general throughout the mass of golfers, for in the championships there have been so many new players of ability that surely they must have been developed by exceedingly keen competition in events of less impor- tance than U. 8. G. A. championships. The international aspect of the year’s competitions especially was sat- isfactory. The Walker Cup and the Curtis Cup matches brought together teams of men and women amateurs, respectively, representing Great Brit- ain and the United States. British players were unusually prominent in two of our championships, one, Pa- mela Barton, being the winner of the | women's championship, and another, Jock McLean, very nearly winning the amateur championship, captured by Johnny Fischer, who finished with three birdies. Public Links Golf Grows. NOTHER significant trend was the | continued spread of public course golf, fostered by the construction of many new courses, which were financed in part by Government funds. The fact that the many benefits of golf are being made available to more and | more people is a great thing for the game and for the welfare of those ‘who play it. On the administrative side, prob- | ably the most interesting happening s the limitation to 14 of the number of clubs a competitor may carry, ef- fective January 1, 1938. At least to | some degree a player will not be able | “to buy his shots over the counter.” Caddies will be immensely relieved and skill at the game distinctly em- | phasized. The year 1937 will see further con- sideration of the stymie problem, which has been the subject of much recent agitation. The association gathered a considerable amount of | statistical information from the com- petitors in the 1936 amateur cham- pionship. In addition, the agitation throughout the country has resulted in much discussion, which still is going on. The association will have the benefit of all of this in arriving at | its final determination of the question. ‘ | SEVERAL suggestions have been made, among them being: 1. Complete abolition of the stymie. 2. Abolition of the stymie excepting | ‘when self-laid. | 3. The device adopted some years ago of permitting the competitor far- | ther from the hole to concede the putt of his opponent. 4. Extend the stymie distance to, say, 10 inches, thus giving recognition g) the livelier character of the present all. 5. Amending the rule to provide that the ball nearer the cup shall be lifted if it lie within either 10 inches of the hole or 10 inches of the oppo- nent’s ball. ‘These alternatives are receiving the most careful consideratjon of the as- sociation’s Executive and Rules Com- mittees. Abandonment of & rule which has been in effect for 150 or more years and of the basic principle of playing the ball from tee to cup as it lies is not to be made without the most se- rious consideration of the best inter- ests of the game, of which the officials of the association regard themselves as Pro Hockey By the Assoclated Press. National League. New York Americans, 4; Montreal ‘Maroons, 0. Montreal Canadiens, 4; Detroit, 1. Chicago, 4; Boston, 2. International-American League, No games. Amerjcan Association. Kansas City, 2; St. Paul, 1. 8t. Louls, 4; Wichite, 3. Alternatives Considered. | C MILLER, THE MAUL NOW THATS MORE HAT'S SEFS 1997 LOOP (N EASTERN SHO Carr, on Jaunt, Also Finds Maritime Territory in Favor of League. By the Assoctated Press. OLUMBUS, Ohio, January 13 —Joe F. Carr, promotional director of minor league base ball, predicted today that the Eastern Shore loop, composed of cities in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, would b revived for the 1937 season. He also said that organized base ball probably would extend into the maritime provinces this Summer, and | that revival of the Eastern League, in | the territory between New York and Boston, was more than a possibility. Carr returned from a swing through the Eastern sector, during which he laid the groundwork for the circuits. Rerganization of the Eastern Shore loop is expected Thursday at Salis- bury, Md., as 10 cities send represent- atives to the meeting. Cities inter- ested, Carr said, are Easton, Cam- bridge, Salisbury, Federalsburg, Cen- terville, Princess Anne and Crisfield, Md.; Cape Charles, Va., and Dover, Del. “Homerun” Baker is expected to be associated with one of the clubs. Ready for Circuit. 'ARR said the outlook for a mari- time province league is encourag- ing. The promotional department, he said, has made contacts in that area during the last, three years, and during the past season semi-pro and strong independent base ball functioned well there. A meeting is scheduled Sunday in Sydney, Nova Scotia, to determine whether the National Base Ball Asso- ciation will operate there this Sum- mer. Citles to send representatives to the session are Sydney, Glace Bay, New Waterford and Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, and Dominion, British Columbia. A six or eight club circuit is planned MASTER. & —By JIM BERRYMAN. 'NOT ONE OF You 1S A ANOW FIGHTER--FROM ON WE'RE GIVIN' UP TH' WALTZ AN TH' POLKA, AN’ GOIN' IN For SWING! TAKING HIS FIRST FLING AT COACHING COLLEGE RINGMEN, 1S TEACHING HIS WARDS AT MARYLAND U. THE OLD NAVY IDEA : THAT FIGHTING IS NOT FOR PROTECTION OR PROFIT,- BUT STRICTLY FOR PLEASURE! o DI B Ia) //"’ HEINIE BELIEVES THE BEST DEFENSE IS ARIGHT To THE KISSER! Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Basket Ball. Mississippi State vs. Catholic University, Brookland gym, 8. Georgetown vs, Temple, Phila- delphia, Pa. Gonzaga vs. gym, 3:30. Washington-Lee High vs. Epis- copal, Alexandria, Va., 4. Swimming. Y. M. C. A. vs. Tome Institute,. Port Deposit, Md. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Western Maryland vs. Maryland, Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md., 8:15. St. John’s of Annapolis vs. American University, American U. gym, 8:15. Wake Forest vs. George Wash- ington, 2010 H street, 8:30. Tech vs. Maryland Freshmen, Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md, 4. Gonzaga vs. Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park, Md., 3:30. Wrestling. Gino Garibaldi vs. Stanley Pinto, feature match, Turner’s Arena, 8:30. Eastern, Eastern FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Catholic University Thomas, Scranton, Pa. Wilson Teachers vs. Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Va. Eastern vs. Wilson, Tech gym (public high title series), 3:15. Central vs. Roosevelt, Tech gym (public high title series), 4:15. St. John's vs. Western, Western gym, 3:30. vs. St if the Eastern League is revived, and Carr said these cities were interested: Springfield, Pittsfield and Worcester, Mass., and Hartford, Waterbury, Dan- bury, New Britain and Bridgeport, Conn. No date has been set for an organization meeting, but one is ex- pected within the next month, Carr indicated. OFF’ Utan Fight Ma | P UNTIL this week your cor- respondent effortlessly had limited his interest in college boxing to spasmodicalily cover= | ing dual meets and wondering, after- | ward, how long it would have taken a third-rate professional lightweight to mop up all members of both out- fits. Then, the other day, this depart- ment succumbed to the lure of Heinie Miller's subtle tom-tomming at the University of Maryland and, ! lo and behold, there you were in the concrete catacombs beneath the Ritchie Coliseum, peeking behind the scenes for the first time. | The Maryland boxing set-up, you sece, has offered a potential source of interest ever since the school offered Miller the job of teaching boxing. | Forthwith without ever look- ing at his squad, Heinie de- nounced the popular style of the average college boxer and, with his flair for showmanship, proposed a series of marked changes calculated to improve the breed of Maryland mitt- men. Maybe the Terrapins were unused to Maj. Miller and failed to take into | cognizance that he ought to know | whereof he spoke. At any rate, before Heinie knew it, there were tales mak- ing the rounds that Maryland's boxers had no confidence in him and sus-| pected that Western Maryland and | each succeeding opposing team would | | lay them among the sweet peas with |8 well-planned series of left hooks and right crosses. They're Satisfied Now. | JT WAS particularly interesting, then, | © to peek behind the scenes on the Maryland boxers’ first working day | by a 6-to-2 count. And, assuming you may be faintly interested in how the boys are reacting now, they are getting along quite well with Maj. Miller, | thank you. A big, clumsy heavyweight and 155- pound Mike Lombardo were mauling each other at the start and Heinie was “refereeing.” “This is the seventh round,” called out Heinie. “The kids are in shape, huh? Okay, Mike, work a couple of rounds with Shegogue, will ya, and then scram.” Shegogue was a 115-pounder and Lombardo, who a moment before had resembled a pigmy, suddenly became a Neanderthal man compared to the little fel- low. “Let 'em work against big fellows to learn how to take a punch and the little ones to gain speed,” explained Heinie, and a look of positive satis- faction was on the faces of the kids gathered around the ring. If there was any doubt about Heinie's teach- ing, that 6-2 victory over Western Maryland had decisively done away with it. Wants Lead in Shoes. Amn it was over Heinie stepped down from the ring, wiped the perspiration from his forehead, and | you told him that your ears were ring- ing from just watching the kids hit each other. “Well,” said Heinie, “it isn’t as tough as it looks. You can bet their ears aren’t ringing. They're using 16- ounce gloves in training, and if I had my way about it I'd have the soles of their shoes filled with lead. Then the next time they fought a dual meet with ordinary shoes on the boys would feel like they were walking on air. That'’s the way I used to train when I fought.” You mentioned, then, some- thing about hearing how the Maryland boys were suspending * judgment on him. The former after lambasting Western Maryland | n Miller. Terp boxing coach had been Jack Harmony, an Army officer and former West Point boxer. Catholic University’s veteran coach is Eddie La Fond, who first boxed for the Cardinals and then turned coach. Never has a local college been tutored |by other than a former collegiate | boxer, and you asked Heinie if this couldn't be the reason why the kids | seemed just a little bewildered. College Spirit Great, But— EINIE grinned. “Maybe I'm just a little bewildered, too,” he said. “After all, I've had no college back- ground, and when I see these kids— and they're a swell bunch—hold hands before a meet I'm sort of touched by it. Gee, this college spirit is great stuff. “Once that's over, though, T try to tell 'em that it's a man- for-man proposition in the ring. Suppose you're a welterweight. All right, there’ll be another welterweight in the ring against you. If you hit him more often and harder than he hits you, why naturally you win. “A boy is on his own in the ring. I hope to hit a happy medium here. The fellows can have their college spirit and mix it with good, cool judg- ment in the ring.” boxers is Lancelot Jacques, a 175- pounder. Last week, entering the ring for the first time in his life, he de- feated Western Maryland's Ortenzi, a rugged veteran who never had been beaten. It came as a great surprise to even the stanchest College Park- lers. Strong co-eds in the stands turned pale and the campus men fainted when Jacques, a cherubic- faced kid, squared off with Ortenzi. Blood Vessels Are Tip-Off. TH!S victory probably did more to establish Heinie with his boxers than any other item. “Lissen, kid,” said Heinie, before the fight, “you aren't fighting any world-beater. None of you kids is really a fighter, remem- | ber that. This is just a boxing match. Try to get a draw with him. Just con- centrate on that. Here are four things to remember when you go into the ring. Fifst, keep jabbing your left if Ortenzi boxes you. Secondly, if he rushes, hook your left to the body. Next, if he gets in close, throw your right all you want—as long as you keep your left high. Fourth, think of getting a draw.” Heinie won’t forget that fight any sooner than Jacques. “The kid followed instructions to the letter,” chuckled Heinie. “He jabbed, them hooked, and the first right he threw he almost put Ortenzi away. After it was over he ran over to me and said, ‘Coach, did I do all right?’ “The referee thought so0,” said | Heinfe. “You mean I won?” asked Jacques. “Just about from here to Iceland,” said Miller. That “made” Heinie at Maryland, | and rightly so. Nobody paid any atten- tion to Jacques when he reported for boxing and maybe, now that Johnny Gormley is ready for action, Lancelot will be relegated to the bench. But he, probably more than anybody else, put Heinie solid with the boys. How did he happen to dig up Jacques? Well, only a fight man like Miller could do it. In the first place, Lancelot has tiny hands for a 175- pounder—hands like a young boy. That wouldn't indicate he was a puncher. But after a few workouts Heinie looked at the kid's paws and discovered that blood vessels between the knckles popped out. “Only on a natural hitter do they do this,” explained Heinie. “When I saw them I knew the kid had a chance.” Coast Writer Avers Louis Couldn’t Hit Rosenbloom Solem May Be Athletic Director, Too, at Syracuse—Cherry Due to Coach at Texas. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, January 13.— Here's news: Art Cohn, sports ed of the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, writes: “I saw Maxie Rosenbloom make a monkey out of fat, clumsy Kingfish Levinsky, and I doubt if Joe Louis could lay a hand on Maxie in 20 rounds.” Add superstitions: You can’t hire Maurice (Big Clipper) Smith of Villanova to walk forward into a stadium . . . He always backs in .. . This will give you an idea of what New York base ball writers (a hard-boiled lot) think of Eddie Brannick, Giant secretary: Jerry Mitchell wrote in the Evening Post: “He has more friends than Santa Claus.” The New York Yale Club has its best wisecrackers primed to give Larry Kelley what the boys call “de wolks” at tonight's dinner to the Yale gridders. Ossie Solem may be called on for double duty at Syracuse . . . They haven’t got an athletic director up there and since Ossie held down that job at both Drake and Iowa, he may be asked to take it over as well as coach the foot ball team. Golf pros now in California are burned up at the new Southern California ruling which prohibits them from receiving advice from s — caddies . . . Joe Jacobs, manager of Max Schmeling, is the latest riser in the sports mob . . . He never leaves the hay until 4 p.m. Phillies have a hot prospect in young Hugh Muleahy, up from Hazleton, Pa., with the sling-shot delivery . . Blair Cherry of Amarillo High is the No. 1 candi- date to succeed Jack Chevigny at ‘Texas . . . If he does, he'll have to take & cut in salary . .. Right now, he is among the highest paid high school coaches in the country. ‘The Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team is insured for $325,000 . . . Bing Miller decided to retire to the role of coach for the Bed Sox because he didn't make good once as a pinch hitter last season . . . (Is his face red?) ... And the guy used to be the best in the biz Bob Pastor's ambition is to be- come a newspaper man . . . He thinks all they do is stand on the corner and hand out free passes . . . Mike Jacobs will pull out for Miami shortly for a few days with the bangtails. Joe Louis trained for all his big fights, except the one with Schmel- ing, at Dock Bier’s jernt at Pomp- ton Lakes, N. J. . . . For Schmeling, Joe shifted to Lakewood, and you all know what happened 8o he’s back at Pompton Lak keeps. } Most jubilant of all the Maryland | BROOKLYN LATEST TOEXTEND FARMS Griffs, Red Sox, A’s, Yanks,‘ Giants, Phils, Bees Find Tie-Ups Helpful. BY SID FEDER, Associatea Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 13.—Acting on the theory that “if the Cardinals did it, why shouldn't we?” major league clubs east of the Alleghenies aren't letting any grass grow under them in building up farm systems in the bushes. Along with the Giants’ recent pur= chase of a class AA outfit to lay the groundwork for a chain gang, and the disclosure that the Boston Red Sox will have shares in eight clubs this season, the lowly Brooklyn Dodgers came up today with a sur- prise announcement of a hook-up to include eight minor league teams for 1937, This big-time departure of the Dodgers into the agricultural side of the game may include every sort of | material from the highly regarded class AA American Association down through class D. Still pending, how- ! ever, are negotiations for some sort of working agreement in the asso- ciation. Allentown Is Key Club. h/IUCH of the system will be op- erated through Brooklyn's class A Allentown farm in the New York- Pennsylvania League. Through this affillation the Dodgers will have the pick of any player in Clinton of the Three-Eye League (class B) and Reidsville, N. C, of the Bi-State League, Beatrice of the Nebraska State loop, and Cordele of ‘the Georgia-Florida circuit, all class D. These are the newcomers to the Dodger chain, which has been ex- panded in only two years from an | original two-club line-up. Hold-over agreements include those with Knox- ville of the Southern Association and Dayton of the class C Mid-Atlantic. The Brooklyns announced that | Bruno Betzel again will pilot the Allentown farm, Clyde Sukeforth, ex- | Dodger catcher, will be at the helm | in Clinton. and that Reidsville and ;Beamcp have agreed to let the Dodgers name their respective mana- | gers. The Red Sox's widespread organiza- tion, too, stretches all the way from double-A Minneapolis to a pair of class D outfits in Danville of the Bi- State and Moultrie of the Georgia- Florida circuit. In between are such others as Little Rock of the Southern Association, Hazleton, New York- Penn.; Rocky Mount, Piedmont | League; Canton, Mid-Atlantic, and Clarksdale, Cotton States. Giants Still Shopping. TH’E Giants, now finally falling in | step with the march of base ball | | time, are getting ready to do the | thing up brown. With the Jersey City | International League Club already in | | ine, along with Gulfport, Miss., the | ! National League champions are shop- | | ping around for more of the same. | | This week they came to an agree- ment with Blytheville of the class D Northeast Arkansas loop. Their world series victors, the New York Yankees, have been in the busi- ness for some time and have found it | highly profitable. Two of their best | sources of supply are the Newark (In- ternational League) Bears and the ]Binghammn (New York-Penn) Trip- ets. | Both the Philadelphia big league | members have seen the light. Connie | Mack has several sources of mate- rial for his Athletics; the Phillies have working agreements which alerady have paid dividends. The Boston Bees now own two clubs | outright. Clark Grifith has found that working agreements have re- | turned products worth while for his Washington Senators. BUDGE, GRANT MEET STRONGER FOEMEN Don Draws St. Petersburg Champ, | Bitsy Faces Cleveland Star in Dixie Tourney. | By the Assoctatea Press. 'AMPA, Fla, January 13.—Don | Budge and Bryan Grant encoun- | tered slightly stiffer opposition today in the annual Dixle tennis tournament in their march to a possible renewal | of their net feud. | Budge, No. 1 ranked redhead from | Oakland, Calif., drew Randall Rose, | St. Petersburg city champion, while | the No. 3 rated Grant traded shots | with Bob Decker, clever youngster | from Miami. Budge dropped five games in his | opener yesterday before eliminating | Gene Busbee of Tampa. Grant lost | only one game to Charles Varner, | Orlando veteran. Prankie Parker, Spring Lake, N. J., seeded second, who looked good in polishing off Donald Elkins of Atlanta, faced Vernon Marcum of Lakeland, NAVY TANKMEN START Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, January 13.—Navy mermen are the next of its athletes to enter the Winter sports lists, the swimmers having a match with Co- lumbia here Saturday, while the water poloists will meet the Twenty-third | Street Y. M. C. A. of New York. With a lot of hard-working candi- dates in every event, Navy expects to | do better in the pool this year than last. In the free style, Frederick, | De Vane and Boykin lead in the| sprints, and Woodfin, Robinson and | ‘Waldron in the distance matches. | Other good men are Carnes (cap- tain) and Snyder, fancy divers; Kercheval, Hasler and Senior, back stroke, and Green, Arthur and Grace, in the breast stroke. Capt. Blankenship and Cunningham, forwards, and Melhop and Johnson, guards, of last year's intercollegiate | | Bluege Corraled For 16th Season OSSIE BLUEGE, inflelder of the Washington ball club, today had signed a contract to spend his sixteenth consecutive season as a National. He is the fifth player to sign the 1937 contract. In a burst of pardonable pride, President Clark Griffith repeated that Bluege, whom he declared never was troublesome to sign, has a job for life on the Washington club. Griffith denfed there was no chance of Bluege being sent to Chattanooga, the Southern Asso- ciation “farm,” to serve as man- ager. “After his playing days with my ball club are finished,” Grif- fith said, “Bluege probably will coach up here as long as he wants.” The other Nationals who have signed so far for 1937 are Johnnie Salveson, Harry Kelly, Joe Casca- rella and Buddy Myer. LANDON’S FACULTY MUM ABOUT GAME Score of Trimming by Regular Five Is Secret—Boys Prime for Heavy Schedule. THEY haven't mentioned the score, but Landon's varsity basket ball | team took it out on its coach and headmaster when a faculty team summoned up courage enough to meet the regular Colonel tossers. Despite the fact that Bob MacCar- tee, who coaches the varsity and was some shakes of a college courtman himself in recent years, scored 26 points, and that Headmaster Paul Banfield was said to have guarded his man as closely as he does the school's scholastic reputation, the varsity won going away. Earl Myers, Reds Channell and Gardner Easton—regulars last year— form the nucleus of a promising squad, which also includes Huck Hughes, El Berkley, Jack Ensey, Streit Cunningham, George Pope, Randy Perkins and Alan Dorian. The team has played two games so far and 15 more are scheduled, as 1, . away: ep. awav: 15 hevy Chase. 1 Friends. vi 24 Georgetown M6 NN MASKED CUEIST SHOWS. As part of a national billiard pro- motion program, a star pocket bil- liardist, his identity hidden by special | toggery and a mask, will meet the best | Washington player available tonight | at 7:30 o'clock at the Arcadia. | values at regular prices, al 3 pairs §9¢ & championship team, form the back- bone of the water poio team. | the third inning hasn't been lessened a particle. SALE OF MEN'S SOX WOOLS—LISLES—SILKS Piloting Champ Chisox. Scouting Easiest. HICAGO January 13.—Clar- ence (Pants) Rowland, round= says there's no thrill like managing a world series winner and pire—“and I've been through the whole mill.” scout, started as a mascot for a Dubuque, Iowa, team and has been arbiter in his X diamond career. But the biggest “kick” he ever got great Chicago White Sox team which won the American League pennant 1917 over the New York Giants. iWhat a team,” he breaathed, rev- Chick Gandil at first, Eddie Collins at second, ‘Swede’ Risberg at short son, Hap Felch and ‘Shano’ Collins in the outfield and Ray Schalk catch- Cicotte, Red Faber, Dave Danforth, Reb Russell and Jim Scott, among Rowland Finds Top Thrill By the Assoctated Press. ing out 44 years in base ball, ing lonelier than being an um- Rowland, 54-year-old Chicago Cubs’ a player, club owner, manager and from the sport was managing the and world’s series championship in erently. “Lookit those names, boy— and Buck Weaver at third. Joe Jack- ing. For pitchers, such men as Eddie others. Had Temperamental Team. "BUT it was a tough job, handling that club, in addition to being my biggest thrill. It was as tempera- mental a bunch as I've ever seen. Ede die Collins, the greatest second base- men of them all, was in a different mood every few seconds “If the you: s don't—the old- timers remember how we won the world title by taking the final game, 4 to 1, after Heinie Zimmerman. Giant third-sacker, chased Collins across the home plate trying to tag him out in That cracked the New York morale and we took the series. four games to two. Red Faber won three of them. “But I didn’t like this umpiring job. T called 'em in the American League from 1923 through 1927 before I got tired of hav few friends and no chances to m more. “Do I like uting?” he grinned. “Say—that's the best job in the world. Lots of friends, lots of base ball and the swellest bosses in the world, yes, sir!™ Five years ago—Bobby Jones scored second hole-in-one of his Here's headline news in shoes! 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