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he Foening Stup Hporis WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1937. MackSees Base Theft Comeback: RosenbloomAnnoysLouisHandlers Secking His 13t Crown _ FEAR D) FATER OF RABBITED BALL | Griffith, as Pilot of New York Americans, First to Use “Squeeze.” BY CONNIE MACK. OU are going to see a different kind of base ball on the major-league lawns now that owners have voted to deaden the ball. This change is due to criticism from the fans. They are tired of seeing s0 many homers - . batted out of the parks by the broadbacks. They want a return to the close-score games where diamond battles were de- cided by powerful pitching and snappy base- running. The fan thinks the game should he given back to the pitcher. In the days of Wad- Connie Mack. dell, Plank, Bender, Walsh. Mathew- | son, Adams. Brown and other stal-| warts, the pitcher had the advantage. It was almost impossible to beat such curvers when they were right. You had to do a lot of conniving | You | and work hard to score & run. had to take chances on the bases. You had to use the run-and-hit de- vice more. You had to put on the spectacular squeeze and double squeeze. ’[‘HE squecze play was used first by the New York Americans when they were managed by Clark Griffith and played on the old Hilltop grounds. Griffith had an exceptionally expert bunter in Hal Chase, so he hit on the tcheme of scoring a man from third hase on a bunt. The batsman seldom put on the squeeze sign on the first pitch. If the first pitch was a ball. the squeeze sign generally was flashed on the second pitch on the theory that the pitcher would take pains to get the next one over. The reason why Chase was such an artist on the play was because he inew how to bunt. He also could foul a wide pitch and save the runner First Used by Griff. from being thrown out at the plate. | vou must know that the squeeze can Inok very bad when the batsman fails t get his bat against the ball The New York Americans won & Int of games with the squeeze and nther clubs copied the idea, but in the end it was overdone and many clubs discarded the play. It was used only casually for a zeason or two. Around 1909 I decided 1o Tevive the squeeze in a big way, but my plan was far different than the Chase squeeze. 1 decided to score runners from noth third and second on the bunt. The bunter I selected for what quickly hecame known as the “double squeeze™ +as Jack Barry, my nimble shortstop. ever a long hitter. Barry was a tricky ~aap at the plate. He could bunt tn perfection. THE runner on second generally was Amos Strunk or Stuffy McInnis. 1t did not matter so much who was ~n third. Barry made the play pos- <ible. It was necessary for him to ~unt so that the pitcher would field | *he ball. Not only that, it must be < well placed that the pitcher’s back | vould be turned toward third base. We will say Baker was on third and Strunk on second. As soon as Jack | Parry gave the “double squeeze” sign. Strunk was off like & bullet. Baker | went in slowly. The pitcher would look at Baker nearing the plate out of the corner of his eve and decide tn concede his run to make a sure cut at first. He did not know that Strunk was five feet behind Frank. Play Dies Natural Death. Travis Punches If Griffith Pays CECIL TRAVIS, Youthful Senator, obliged the A. P. camerman at his “Jaw- juh” home yesterday by dem= onstrating the chip-on- shoulder attitude he will carry (figuratively) into the base ball race this year. Special Dispatch to The Star. IVERDALE. Ga., January 23.— Pist flinging in a ball game is okeh with Cecil Travis if Clark Griffith, president of the Nationals, wants it, provided the boss ponies up for the fine. Told by Griffith he, Travis, would have to prove his aggressiveness by punching some opposing player in the nose to get a salary raise, the 23-year-old Washington ine fielder said at his home near here, “I think I can handle my own— but there’ll have to be some finan= cial arrangements.” However, Travis, who batted .317 last vear, believes he will get his salary increase without any phys- ical battling. ' “I don't want to be called a holdout because I re- turned my’ contract unsigned.” he | said. “We won't have any trouble getting together.” Olympic Greats, National Champions Race Tonight in New York. B* the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 23.—The N last “tune-up” ‘meet of the indoor season, the Osceola Club games at the 7th Regiment Armory, brings a half dozen or more top-flight runners into action tonight. | Glenn Cunningham. the world mile record holder; Joe McCluskey and Marty Glickman, all members of the 1936 Olympic team: Lou Burns, inter- collegiate half mile and mile champion from Manhattan: Robert Roden- kirchen, Jersey City Schoolboy flash; | Billy Hopkins of the University of Vir- | ginia; Milton Sandler, three-time na- tional 600-meter champion; Edgar | stripling of New York University, and several other well-known performers are on the entry list. Most of them will move on to the “big-time” competition at the Prout Memorial games of the Boston Knights | | of Columbus next week and the Mill- rose A. A. meet in New York Feb- ruary 6. Cunningham in Three-quarters. CUNNINGHAM. beaten in a 1,000- yard handicap last week, is slated | to start from scratch along with Burns | in a special three-quartér-mile handi- cap race. Burns not only won his As soon as the pitcher threw to first. | neat, but bettered Cunningham's time Baker cut loose for the remaining distance and Strunk scored right be- hind him. Here was an instance where one little bunt did the work of a singzle. We had to resort to strategy like that to win games when the pitcher had the advantage. The Athletics used the double squeeze with success for several sea- sons and then it was abandoned. Like the single squeeze, everybody began doing it and it grew into disuse from too much use Now that the base ball has been changed, you will see a lot of shut-| cut games next season. Base-run- ning will leap in importance. Not only that, a slower base bell will be reflected in the type of new players that are sought. A distance hitter who is a poor fielder will be re- placed by a ball hawk who can go | far to make a catch, a youth who can bunt, run and steal bases. (Copyright 1937. Reproduction in whole or in par. prohibited without permission.) KENDALL, MARYLAND WIN The Kendall and Maryland teams were in front with a victory apiece as four schools for the deaf engaged this afternoon at Roosevelt High in the zecond round of a round-robin basket ball tournament. In the opening contests yesterday Kendall defeated West Virginia, 35-18, and Maryland conquered Virginia, 41-32. | in the 1,000 at the 69th Regiment meet | | last Saturday. Glickman, Rodenkirchen, Hopkins | and several other good sprinters, come together in the 65-yard handicap. Mc- | Cluskey faces Lou Gregory, Millrose | § A. A. distance star, in the 2-mile handi- | cap, while Sandler, Stripling, Eddie Brown and George McGuigan of the New York A, C. and Robert Love | Wicki St. John, Virginia's Southern Confer- | ence champion, are in a half-mile race. H LONG LEGION PIN FRAY | Washington, Baltimore Vets Open 100-Game Match Tomorrow. American Legion bowling teams of Washington and Baltimore clash to- | morrow afternoon on the Victoria | Alleys in the Maryland metropolis in the opening session of a 100-game | home-and-home match, total pinfall | to determine the winner. Bowling | will start at 2 o'clock. Each city will be represented by two five-man teams. Capital Legion- naires to bowl tomorrow are Chaconas, Schlegel, Walker, Grimes, Sarver, Share, H. Campbell, Courtney, Brown | | overzealous, kept both Eastern anil more than 600 additional seats will be | Tech clubs from amazing l:eclaKOH}puced sround the ringside following :he basket ball game, which is slated to | and Kee. PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. By the Associated Press. American Association, Wichita, 4; Kansas City, 1. Downs Tech Big Success. Roosevelt Victor. HREE night double-headers I basket ball horizon today as Birch E. Bayh, public school athletic supervisor, awaited telephonic the Board of Principals, who were ex- pected to approve that policy whole- heartedly following Eastern's 19-14 2,000 spectators at Tech High gym. In contrast to the meager crowds which have turned out for single after- ! of the inaugural schoolboy series noc- turnal game proved definitely that local court devotees will support high as not to conflict with working hours. The Board of Principals decided, in order to insure an unbiased report.| meeting as a group to determine the | issue. What objections, if any, the | board could find with the conduct of Iprehens&on of those who witnessed | the fray. | Bayh awaits a report, not on single staging night double-headers. The Tech gym has been reserved for the | unless unforeseen opposition arises, | twin bills virtually are assured. Two principals are known to be in favor Test Tilt in Which Eastern loomed on the local scholastic opinions from individual members of conquest of Tech last night before noon games, the enthusiastic reception school games if they are so arranged | to phone Bayh individually instead of | the crowd ¢~ players was beyond com- night game , but the possibility of | nights of February 5, 12 and 26, lnd; | of the propos)llqn. ) I Eastern Widens Gap. | ASTERN, meanwhile, boasts a com- | h manding lead by virtue of its, victory, while Tech skidded to fifth | place because of inability to hold a lead, which also accounted for its, other series loss to Western. Roose- | | velt shoved up a notch into a third-| place tie with Central, trimming Wilson, 26-12, in an afternoon game | at Roosevelt. Molasses-like guarding, at times with their brand of shooting, the first quarter ending at 1-1 and the half | closing at 6-3, with Tech in front.| | Tech still maintained a slight margin | at the end of the third period. leading | after the beginning of the fourth quarter. Caroll Colton. a court tid bit some- ers never were headed thereafter. | | Johnny Williamson pulied Tech 0|y, favorites over the veteran | within one point at 15-14 with & foul | carolina aggregation, which includes | shot, but Reds Haycock's follow of | gy seniors and a Southern Conference | Clint Quantrille’s attempted goal and champion. Lusby’s snowbird put the tilt on ice. Eastern ( Teeh (11). Colton.1 Lombardy. Quantrille.c Colley.g Hancock §.- Lusby.s. _~ Vermillion f. 2 Myers.f. e Totals . 7 519 Tl Referee—Mr. Dave Ke Mr. Maurice Enright &! 350325-2.0! A otals__ | ppel. Umpire. Riders Never Threatened. LTHOUGH gazing at the series situation from the dismal cellar position, Wilson may claim the du- bious distinction of being the most consistent club in the campaign, if that's any consolation. The tiff with the Rough Riders marked the third time in as many games that the Presi- dents have scored 12 points. Blain Wicklein, curly-headed guard, paced Roosevelt with 9 points, al- though Joe Comer and Frank Bailey weren't far behind with 8 and 7 points, respectively. Roosevelt never was threatened and Coach Herman Litt- man used 14 men in the rout, although Carl Heintell, Wilson coach, outshone him in that respect by testing 15 players. Wilson (12). 0'.P,Pt X PEFPITEE ous | 532u23000mmens! 2l 355m0z0ussmmems 9 Totals 13 320 Referes—Mr. ' Mr. Orrel Mitcheil SOUTHEASTERN ON TOP Doubles Score on Gallaudet in Basket Ball Contest. With Bethel, Dickey and Batten leading the way, Southeastern Uni- versity doubled the score on Gallaulet, 34-17, in & basket game at the Y.M.C. A Southeastern used 10 and Gallaudet 9 players. Summary: Gallaudet (17). f [ Boroan® ) I 3 S| ccumoassal | som-! | somrransss: % 8 al somususs ol ososssssy; g | Lombardo ! will yield considerable experience to |and Ivan Nedomatsky, Coach Heinie Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Basket Ball. Virginia vs. Maryland, Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md., 8. George Washington vs. Long 1sland, Brooklyn, N. Y. Gallaudet vs. Baltimore Univer- sity, Baltimore, Md. St. Albans vs. Church Farms School, Philadelphia, Pa. ‘Wilson vs. Episcopal, Alexandria, Va., 3:45. Roosevelt vs. Navy Plebes, An- napolis, Md. Virginia State vs. Howard, How ard University gym, 8. Boxing. North Carolina vs. Maryland, Ritchie Stadium, College Park, Md., 9:20. Hand Ball. National Y. M. C. A. champion= ships, Y. M. C. A. gym, T:15. Bowling. Howard Campbell Georgetown Recreation 7:30. VETN.C. RINGMEN INVADE MARYLAND Pick as Favorites Puzzles Terps—Virginia Quintet Fills Twin Bill. Sweepstakes, alleys, BY BURTON HAWKINS. ORE than 4,000 spectators, that all things are created equal—Maryland University's traveling on the assumption boxing team and North Carolina’s clouters in particular—are expected to | park their frames in Ritchle Coliseum tonight to witness the Terp ring squad receive its first actual test of the sea- son after Maryland's basket ball team stacks up against Virginia in the first half of an enticing double-header sports show. In order to accommodate what prob- ably will be an overflow of customers, get underway at 8 o'clock. Maryland's boxing hopes received something of a jolt today when it was learned that Ed Shegogue, talented | 1110, but Russ Lombardy knotted the | 135 nounder, | I , probably will not be able count at 13-13 with a foul toss shortlV |y, participate in the argument due to illness. George Dorr, & willing but in- | The Terps were experiencing some | e been installed North out just why they havi Novich Ts Tarheel Ace. INORTH CAROLINA, for instance. will be a distinct favorite over Maryland representatives in three divi- sions and figures to create all the trou- | ble the Terps can absorb from the 115- | pound class through the heavyweight debate. The Tarheels rank as favorites | in the 155-pound and heavyweight di- | visions and also will be conceded an | edge whether Max Novich, Southern Sonference 165-pound champion, fights in that division against Bob Walton or moves up to the light-heavyweight class to mix with Lancelot Jacques or Johnny Gormley. Jule Medwin, who reached the finals of the Southern Conference tourney |ast year, is rated over Maryland's Mike in the 155-pound class, while Ed Egnell, Old Line heavyweight. Lanny Alderman. Tom Birmingham, Ben Alperstein Miller’s starters in the 125, 135 and 145 pound classes, respectively, are being depended upon by Maryland supportes to get the Terps away to & flying start. Both Teams Undefeated. IN MATCHES to date Maryland has disposed of Western Maryland, 6-2, and Richmond, 8-0, while North Caro- lina, in its debut last Saturday whipped Virginia ‘Tech, 413-3'2. Maryland also will be seeking to duplicate a 1936 basket ball victory over Virginia, having trounced the Cavaliers, 40-34, last season, but if reports from Charlottesville may serve as a barometer, the Old Liners are in for a stiff session. Coach Burton Shipley has been forced to revamp the Maryland line-up due to the absence of Charley Keller, crack guard who injured his right wrist in smearing a Duke shot last week. Shipley will start George Knep- ley and Al Waters at forwards, Eddie Johnson at center and Knocky Thomas and Bill Guckeyson at guards. Virginia, coached by Gus Tebell, will present & line-up composed entirely of lettermen, with Jimmy Edmunds and Fred Zeisberg at forwards, Bud Abbitt at center and Bus Male and Harold Cist at guards. Abbitt, a 6-foot 5-inch tap-off artist, is reported to be the hub of the Cavalier attack. SPORTS CENTER AHEAD. Lled by Harry Silverman, former Roosevelt High star, with 10 points, the Sports Center quint downed the Hecht Company dribblers, 29-16, on Atcheson “Bobby Jones” of Court Since "23-—Meets Hitz in ‘Y’ Final. BY DILLON GRAHAM, Associated Press Sports Writer. AM ATCHESON, an ace from ‘Memphis, who is to meet Stan- ley K. Hitz of Harrisburg for the Y. M. C. A. national cham- pionship at 7:15 o'clock this evening on the Y courts, dominates American hand ball as completely as Bobby Jones once ruled golf. For eight years, from 1923 to 1930, | Jones won at least one major Ameri- | can championship every season. For | seven years, from 1930 through 1936, | Atcheson has held one of the two chief American hand ball titles, either | the Y. M. C. A. or the A. A, U. | Atcheson scored his “grand slam" in 1933, winning both the Y. M. C. A. and the A. A. U—without the loss of | a single game. The Tennessean is an odds-on favorite to win the current Y championship. Altogether he’s won 12 national | titles, Gets First Title at 27. I{E WAS Y singles king in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936; A. A. U. singles winner in 1933 and 1934, and Y doubles champion in 1930 and | 1931 with Sam Johnston of Memphis and in 1932, 1935 and 1936 with Walter Streuli of Memphis. ‘The fact that he began playing at | an age when most athletes have | reached their peak and that he has | no competition outside actual tourna- | ment play makes his record all the more impressive. Atcheson was 27 when he won his | first crown. Hand ball isn't plaved | in Memphis as much as in some of the | bigger cities where Atcheson's tourna- | ment rivals have a chance for stift {and frequent competition. To get | himself ready for championship play, | | Atcheson grabs the two best players | in Memphis and plays both at once. Keen Position Player. MALLER than most big-time play- ers, he is 5 feet 9 and weighs 160 { pounds. He's as fast and agile as a | tiger. | He attributes his success to his abil- | | ity to anticipate where the ball is n;lr:. to bounce and be there for the | shot. “The main thing is to be ready for | experienced mittman, will square off | **€rY shot. That is, to b2 in position | 5 . against Gene Moody, Tarheel bantam- | | what reminiscent of Central’s Forreszv“"xh"' in the event Shegogue still is reach the ball and hit it out of your | Burgess, sent Eastern into the lead | ;0 | with a pot shot along the sidelines | | near midcourt and the Lincoln Park-| gimeulty as it was in trying to dope | learned to judge the ball so I can in balance, s0 you can easily | opponent’s range,” he explained. “It is a fast game. and I have | cover court without expending too | much energy.” Topples Capital Champion. ATCHESON entered the finals yes- - terday by easily defeating Wash- ington's champion, Jack Schwartz, 21—9, 21—6. His final opponent, Hitz, eliminated Jack Emas of Ger- mantown, Pa., 21—6, 21—10. The Capital was avenged somewhat, how- ever, when Joe Cowley and C. S. Walker beat Atcheson and his partner, Walter Streuli. in the doubles tourna- ment to enter the national title round, which was to be played at 4:15 this afternoon. Cowley and Walker won by scores | nf 21—15, 12—21, 21—15, to earn the | right to meet Rudy Harris and Al Anfenson of Minneapolis. Anfenson and Harris won their semi-final en- gagement from the local pair of gchunz and Paul Pearlman, 21—19, 1—14. { OUTSWIMS CHAMPION Jordan, D. C. Boy, Gives Fick First Defeat of Prep School Career. Special Dispstch to The Star. ‘WOODSTOCK, Va., January 23.— A Washington, D. C., student at Mas- sanutten Military Academy, Bobby (Peanuts) Jordan, handed a national swimming champion the first defeat in his prep school career yesterday. Peter Fick, the 100-yard free-style champ of Staunton Military Academy, | was Jordan's victim. The Capital youth negotiated the 100 yards in’ the comparatively fast time of 55.8 seconds to beat Pick, who just before | had set & new pool record of 2:18.2 in | the 220-yard event. Jordan also was a member of the| winning relay team. His Massanutten team won the meet, 47-22. PALMER BOXES RASPI Lightweights Round Out Program| Featuring Scott, McGeever. Rounding out the preliminary card for the 10-round feature fight between Cowboy Howard Scott and Irish Ed- die McGeever at Turner’'s Arena Mon- day night. Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn has signed Young Palmer, Camden lightweight, to face Young Raspi of Baltimore in a six-round opening event In an eight-round semi-final, John- ny Lucas, who dropped a close de- cision to Phil Furr in his last bout here, will stack up against Mickey Paul, Brooklyn welterweight, while another six-rounder pits Hobo Wil- the Salvation Army court. Japanese Make BY the Associated Press. UKDEN, Manchukuo. — Four special “Olympic trains,” costing $500,000, are to be built by the Manchukuo State Railway for the 1940 Olympic games in Japan. Most participants and spectators from Europe are ex- pected to come via Siberia and Man- churia. Each of the four “Olympic specials” will consist of two mail and baggage cars, one third-class car, four second- ¢class cars, one dining qyr and three Build F.our Special Trains for Olympic Vis_itors Extensive Preparation to Handle Traffic From Europe to Far East. first-class cars. These trains, connect- ing with the Trans-Siberian line at Manchouli, will carry travelers to Dairen or to the Korean port of Pusan. It is estimated that 6,000 or 7.000 will be the minimum of tourists and athletes who will, in 1940, travel to Japan via Manchuria. The total fares collected by the railway should be ap- proximately $230,000, and the railway estimates that a very considerable sum of money will be spent in this country by visitors during the long stops at Harbin, Hsinking me Eight runs will be made before and after the Olympic games. Manchouli to Dairen is about 1,700 miles, while the Manchouli-Fusan run is about 500 miles longer. At present trains from Moscow reach Manchouli every Wed- nesday and Saturday, the 5,340-mile trip from Berlin taking just eight days. Preparations already have com- menced for the speeding up of passen- ger service through Manchuria and Korea, paralleling plans which already have been announced by the Japanese nilwapd’ government The Chosen government railways plan improvements along the Fusan- Antung line, so that passengers be- tween the Manchurian border at the Yalu River and the dock at Fusan may make the trip in 13 hours, 3 hours and 30 minutes faster than at present. The South Manchuria Railway is plan- ning to improve the line through the picturesque country from Antung to Mukden, making that run in four and a half hours instead of the present fiveand s . | Virginia, liams, Jocal middleweight, against ‘Tiger Red Lewis of Richmond. COLLEGE LOOP PLANNED Dozen in Carolinas, Virginia Are Drafting Constitution. SALISBURY, N. C,, January 23 (). —A committee began drafting a con- stitution today for a proposed new athletic conference of 12 small col- leges in the Carolinas and Virginia. ‘The committee was appointed yes- terday by presidents and faculty chairmen of 10 colleges which tenta- tively agreed to join the tri-State circuit—Catawba, Lenoir Rhyne, Guilford and Elon in North Carolina; Wofford, Erskine, Presbyterian and Newberry in South Carclina, and ‘Roanoke nn’d Emory and Henry of F | N | which New York boxing enthusiasts WL PUZLE I West Coast, Where Maxie Is Quite Popular, Taking Bout Seriously. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK. January 23.—Los Angeles is taking the projected Joe Louis-Maxie Rosenbloom batitle with a seriousness fail to understand, even granted that the metropolis in its time has fallen for many things as bad. if not worse, than the Los Angeles project. As a matter of fact, Julian Black, who came here to install the Bomber | in training quarters at Pompton Lakes for the Pastor bout, is not too cheer- ful about the West Coast affair. Louis has a tendency to be bothered by the | unorthodox, and in Slapsie Max he will be meeting the very archetype of the fistically bizarre and pugilistically unusual. Julian savs he is not sure what will happen. but he fears that Joe will fully earn the $100,000 thev | are going to pay him for encountering SAM ATCHESON 0Of Memphis. Tenn., who tonight meets Stanley K. Hitz of Harris- burg, Pa., for the national Y. M. C. A. hand ball championship which he is defending. Jeet, nine inches and weighing Smaller than most players, being five 160 pounds, Atcheson neverthe- less has won a dozen national titles in 14 years. —A. P. Photo. "POPPING OfF tan” Drawing a Couple Net Conclusions. REDERICK WILLIAM PERRY, the now - legitimate English tennis professional who will move into Maryland Univer- sity’s coliseum on Monday to play Ellsworth Vines, says that open net tournaments still are at least 15 years away. When Mr. Perry made the state- ment attributed to him only a couple days ago, observers imagined they de- tected a shudder pass through the entire pro tennis reaim. The moneved clan, you see. needs the open tour- neys, in which amateurs play with pros. more than the (heh, heh) need them. An amateur, as long as he is &/ pretty good player, cultivates a Har- vard accent and keeps his flannels white, is pretty sure of making a liv- ing on expense accounts. The hysteria for winning the Davis Cup every year promises to live on and on and as long as it exists the amateurs always are sure of liberal expenses. But the pro outlook, for all of this current business of Vines playing Perry, is not bright. The moneyed gang has been playing in luck. Few great tennis players have been com- | ing up in recent years and those who have—Vines, Perry and one or two lesser lured into volleying for money. Pro Material Becoming Searce. BUT now good potential pro ma-| terial is becoming scarce. It has been pointed out, not without logic, that a pro tennis player is good for only “once around,” meaning that after he is starred on the billing once at all the major cities he no longer is a gate attraction and must be supplanted. That is why, f'rinstance, Per- ry is getting 37'4 per cent of the receipts on the current tour, while Vines drags down only 121 per cent. We all saw Vines last year. Of the amateurs now rated as the best professional prospects only one, Donald Budge, is an American. The others are Gottfried Von Cramm, the German, whom Perry rates as the No. 1 amateur, and Jack Crawford, the Australian. On what he has shown so far, Budge is not a great tennis player and is likely to fall far short, as a pro, of the box-office standards set by Tilden, Vines and Perry. The Cali- fornian is too erratic and too suscep- tible for blowing up at the wrong times. Of Von Cramm it is said that he is not likely to give up his amateur status and nearly all the boys who swing racquets say that| Crawford is slipping fast. British Brass Hats Dictate. IP ‘THE Vines-Perry rivalry follows precedent, it will be ripe for discard after they finish the current tour. The Tilden-Vines series did. So did the Tilden-Karl Kozeluth and the Til- den-Richards tours. Thus it becomes obvious that pro tennis will need a shot in the arm and right now it begins to look as if an open tourna- ment is one of the game's few rays of hope. What Perry predicted, then, comes as a shock to the boys who play tennis for fun-ds. The optimistic are inclined to be- lieve that Perry was using typi- cal English caution, mixed with a little modesty. ‘These people believe that now that Perry is no longer an amateur, the Britith tennis fathers, who practi- cally dictate the United States’ poli- cies, will sanction open tournaments almost any day. The reason the brass hats with the broad “a’s” have barred such a tourney so far, it is said, was because they feared that if an open | event hatl been heid Perry would have Simon-pures lights—somehow have been | turned pro and Britain's hopes for the Davis Cup supremacy would have dwindled. There are, on the other hand. some who believe that Perry actually was too optimistic when he said that com- petitions with amateurs playing pros were 15 years away. English net pap- pies have lost their Perry, anyway, and ostensibly there no longer is any big reason for their ostracizing open events. But. by the same token, the British innate caution has reared a barrier that may take years to sur- mount. You know the kind of a bar- rier. “It's never been done, etc.” blended with many ahems, harumph's and er's. It takes years, someiimes. to get all of this out of people’s systems. DODGE NEW CHAMP | OF CAROM CUEISTS Dethrones Ruark in Final Match of District Championship l Tourney at Royal. 3 OHN DODGE, radio advertising salesman of the National Broad- casting Co.. today ruled the three- cushion billiard players of Washing- | ton. | In decisive fashion last night at| | the Royal, Dodge dethroned the de- | fending champion, Gene Ruark, 35-20, | before the largest gathering to witness |a biliard match in Washington in many years. | It was the final contest of a tourna- ment in which 11 players engaged. Dodge won eight games and lost two. Ruark, with seven victories and three losses, finished in a second-place tie with Jerry- Crowder, Dave Statland, Everett Crouch and Genc Flynn Dodge’s high run against Ruark was five and Ruark's best, three. Numer- |ous safeties marked the contest, but | there were no fouls. Dodge ran out in | the forty-fifth inning. “Y” FENCERS IN MEET The local Y. M. C. A. fencing team will launch its home season tonight, | meeting the Baltimore Y. M. C. A.| swordsmen at the Central Y. M. C. A. | at Eighteenth and G. Streets at 8 o'clock. Matches will be contested with | folls, duelling swords and sabers. Maj. E. L. Dyer, coach of the club, | is anxious to schedule local teams and | |is accepting challenges at Emerson | 3884. How They Stand In School Series W. L. Pct. 800 867 500 500 .333 000 | Yesterday's Results. Roosevelt, 29: Wilson, 12. Eastern, 19; Tech, 14. Tuesday’s Games. Tech vs. Central, Tech gym, 3:30. Roosevelt vs. Western, Roosevelt gym, 3:30. Previous Results. Central, 28; Eastern, 17. ‘Western, 24; Wilson, 12 Eastern, 25; Western, 24. ‘Tech, 22; Roosevelt, 19. Roosevelt, 24; Central, 22. Eastern, 40; Wilson, 12. Western, 23; Tech, 17. b Eastern, 34; Roosevelt, 16. | sonal | illusions about himself and seeks to establish none this human blizzard. Suey Welsh, who keeps an accurate finger upon pugilistic affairs in Southern California. writes that the promoter, Tom Gallery, will be able to pay Louis the promised guarantece and in addition have quite a lot left over. The gate, he predicts, will surely exceed $150,000 Louis, of course, is the biz attraction. But let not the fact be overiooked that Maxie can draw ‘em in, too. Maxie Popular on Coast. RESIDENT of Los Angeles w Yorker enjoy: ion as public hero } out on the West Coast. Traininz at the race courses and the night clubs, he nonetheless maintains the winning habit. In his recent victory over King Levinsky he performed the amazing feat of dumping the Kingfish upon the canvas, thereby demonstrat- ing one of two things—either that Levinsky is beginning to lose his sense of equilibrium or that Maxie's well- known slap has acquired some mys- terious dynamic element His ring methods, so splendidly adapted to making more serious fight- ers look foolish when opposed to him, long ago deprived him of any as- surance of livelihood in his profession in this vicinity. Managers who have a natural interest in the success and continued prestige of their fighters want none of him. Even out on the West Coast backers of that most promising yvoung heavyweight, Bob Nestell, refuse even to discuss the idea of sending him into action against a combination of clown and windmill, who, in the course of & single round, would have the profes- sionally inexperienced former Frisco gloves champion so confused, bemused and otherwise bewildered as to insure his swift transition from a white hope to a laughing stock. the No Rosenbloom Ego. OS ANGELES likes Maxie as he rollicks through life, laughing at himself as readily as at anv one else His clowning has an engaging lack of ego. wherein it differs from the horse- play of that other illustrious Max (Baer), whose comedy was built upon a theory, or, at least, a practice, of per- exploitation. Maxie has no And he likes Los Angeles as well as the city likes him. So far, any fights he has been called upon to make have not found him over-matched; not that this would make any difference with & “slapsie,” who, in fact, has a fighter's heart as well as a comedian’s instincts. He dearly loves his occasional and well-paid appearances before the cam- era in Hollywood and he finds motor car dealers there just as willing to take back an automobile which he has used for a week and grown tired of as they used to along the Great White | Way. Maybe when he enters the ring against the bronze bomber, who in all probability will not feel disposed to endure the hurricane of slaps and cuffs any longer than is necessary, Maxie's lotus eating days may come to an end. Or maybe not. For Joe may be the victim, as he succumbs to sheer amazement. ST. JOHN'S FIVE SET FOR TITLE DEFENSE Readiness to Face Gonzaga, Main Prep Loop Foe, Seen in Win Over Little Hoyas. \NCE again, it appears that the fight for the prep school basket ball championship lies between St. John's, the present titleholder, and Gonzaga. Drawing first blood in the initial game of the series among the Little Three, St. John's 38-22 victory over Georgetown Prep yesterday at Garrett Park indicated the Cadets will be ready for Gonzaga's currently undefeated team. Every player on the St. John's squad was used during the game. After his first-stringers had held the Little Hoyas to one field goal in the first half, which ended 20-5, Coach Irving Holbrook gave all his reserves a bit of action in the last two quarters. Jack Reges, with 15 points, and Jimmy Giebel, with 10, were the most dam- aging to the Georgetown Prep cause. G'town Prep_(22) 8t. John's (3%) G F. GFPis. O'Sh'nessy.f 4 21 2 Byrd.t 1 Fendort t H'nbaugh.t Kelly.c Nurre.c Cummings.g Murray.g Sheehan.g o Rehkopf Neuland.{ Batchelder. Regis.c Broderick.c Gallagher g B. R'konf.g Rattista.g Bradys Wimsatt.g Totals 8 622 Totals _ Referee—Mr. Enright. BE‘EHESBA 1S VICTOR. Snyder’s shooting was the big fac- tor when Bethesda-Chevy Chase de- feated Landon Prep at basket ball on the Landon court, 31-20. Snyder #ored 14 points. ~ O3B Dz, Suudu=sn3A #23833 [ aanss @l 23a5m3m33232 El @ @