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SPORTS SECTION he Sundwy Stae ASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 1937 Cunningham Again Mile Winner : Terps Outbox Virginia First Time FINIHES § YARDS ANSWER THESE. MR. LEWIS. AHEAD OF VENZKE Time is 4:14.4—Ray Takes 1,000, Rideout Falling From Track. B3 the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 6.—Glenr N Cunningham, king of Amere ican milers, re-asserted his supremacy tonight by coming from behind on the last lap to whip | his old rival, Gene Venzke, of the New York A. C., by six yards, in the Wanamaker mile, feature of the thirtieth annual Millrose A. A. track and field carnival in Madison Square Garden. Cunningham was clocked in 4 min- utes, 14.4 seconds, exactly six seconds off his own world record. Content to follow the pace set by Indiana’s “iron man,” Donald R. Lash, for nine laps of the 11-lap Journey around the board oval, Cun- ningham ‘turned loose & withering blast of finishing speed to score his second straight mile victory indoor season. Glenn's time was a of the | disappointment, by comparison with | his 4:11.9 at Boston on a slower track | & week ago, but the Kansan ran to | win, regardless of pace-setting tac- tics. Cunningham easily shook off Venzke on the back-stretch of the last lap and won going away while a capacity crowd of 16,000 rcared. Archie San Romani, black-haired Emporia (Kan.) collegian, outfought Lash to win a thrilling stretch duel for third place by inches. The pair trailed Vonzke by 5 yards. Charles Fenske of Wis- consin, fifth and last in the all-star fleld, was another 7 yards back. Lash Sets Pace. THERE was little variation of pac- ing tactics until the last two .aps. Lash, going out with the gun, kept in front, with Venzke, San Romani, | Cunningham and Fenske trailing in that order, a stride apart. San Ro- mani challenged the pace-maker first, then Venzke made a move. Cun- ningham pulled abreast of Venzke, as the bell rang, and quickly took command. Gene hung on until the last turn, then faded. Venzke was clocked in 4:14.8, San Romani in 4:15, Lash in 4:15.2 and Fenske in 4:16. Lash ran the first quarter in 60.9 seconds and Cunning- ham sped the last 440 in 60 seconds flat, but the slow middle half of the race dissipated any prospects of a record performance. The Classic Millrose 600-yard race saw Eddie O'Brien, Syracuse Olympian and 1936 winner, yield to the speedier finish of James Herbert, New York University Negro freshman, in a four- man race, in which the lanky Pitts- burgh Negro and Olympic 800-meter ;;19 holder, John Woodruff finished O’'Brien Beaten in Stretch, O BRIEN set the pace from the gun | and looked like a winner umu Herbert sp: caught the stretch and won by a scant foot in 1 minute, 12.6 seconds. Less than 2 yards separated the four competitors as Ohio State’s Charley Beetham, national 800-meter champion, out- stepped Woodruff for third place. ted off the last turn, cusan midway of the | “ER-ER- THERE \ "SEEM_To PE QUITE A FEwW DISPARITIES I'LL. HAVE To IRON OUT IN THIS BUSINESS ! SURE YOU SENT FOR PEARSON, BUT RULE 23,SEC 4 OF THE UNIONIZED PITCHERS WORKING CODE GIVES ME PRIORITY OVER MONTE,--S0 HERE THIS WOULD BE A FINE HOW-DE-DO CROPPING UP AT THE START OF A SEVENTA WORLD-SERIES GAME !..,,,, Wl xow H'PAN--BuT DEC ONA S|T- PRc‘rEss‘erA'E? D oF LIKE TN'S Wi THE PLAy, COURSE, OULDN'Y Ex NG TIME oF By JIM BERRYMAN WUZ RiGuT ECIDED WN-ST N mm%‘gg“ e N A SITUATION ACTLY SPE A GAamg ¢ ED-ue PATTY BERG 1049 BILTMORE VIGTOR Outplays Jean Bauer All the Way in Final Match of [ Florida Golf. O'Brien narrowly missed his chance ' to capture the Milirose “600” Trophy outright in a battle with three runners who had never before competed for the prize. Herbert, the winner, car- Tied the colors of the New York Curb Exchange A. A., because he is not yet eligible for varsity competition. He holds the national junior 600 meter title. ‘Woodruff, making his first indoor start, found his amazingly long stride unsuited to the sharp indoor turns. He made up ground on the straight- aways, however, and pressed the leaders, although trailing throughout. Rideout Takes Tumble. THE debut of Blaine Rideout, one of the famous foot-racing twins from North Texas Teachers' College, came to grief in the 1,000-yard run ! when he stumbled twice on the last lap and finally tumbled completely off the track, failing to finish as Bill | Ray, former Manhattan star, ran to decisive victory. Blaine Rideout was running in third place when he came a cropper. The Texas youngster barely averted one fall when he stepped on the thin in- side border of the track. Rounding next to the last turn he again made & misstep, tripped and sprawled head- long to the concrete. He was picked up by officials and apparently unhurt. Ray, timing his finish perfectly, fol- | lowed the pace of Graham Gammon, of North Carolina, for five of the six laps, then stepped out to win easily in 2:144. Leslie Mac Mitchell, New York schoolboy, came up with a stretch rush to beat Gammon for second place, | & dozen yards behind Ray. Maryland’s | Coleman Headley ran fourth in a starting field of seven. Rosenkrantz Is Winner ABRAHAM ROSENKRANTZ, chunky little Michigan Normal | runner, outfooted a field of six in the 880-yard race in the good time of 1:55.8. Rosenkrantz set all the pace and won by eight yards from an added starter, Wesley Wallace, Fordham freshman. Wallace came off the last turn to pass Lou Burns, Manhattan College star. Visginia’s entry, Robert St. John, never was a contender and finished fifth, fully 35 yards behind the winner. The final of the 60-yard invitation sprint was captured by Perrin Walker, lanky Georgia Tech fiier, in a duel with Marty Glickman, of Syracuse. ‘Walker was off the mark a bit slowly in the four-man final but overhauled Glickman at the 50-yard mark and won by two feet in 6.4 seconds. The time was one-tenth second slowér than each made in trial heats. Two Negroes, Ben Johnson and Eulace Peacock, ran third and fourth. Oklahoma Baptist's fleet hurdler, 8am Allen, completed his sweep over the high timbers by taking the 60-yard final in 7.6 seconds. Allen was clocked in identical time for each of three win- ning tests, He was off the mark ‘beautifully in the final and won going (See CUNNINGHAM, Page B-9.) By the Associated Press. ORAL GABLES, Fla, Febru- ary 6.—Patty Berg of Min- neapolis today overwhelmed Jean Bauer of Providence with a crushing 10 and 9 victory in the final of the Miami Biltmore golf tournament. It was one of the rare matches in which the finalists did not have to play the last 9 of the 36 holes. Seven up at the half-way mark, freckle-faced Patty went to 10 up at the fifth hole of the second round, dropped the next and halved the sev- enth and went back to 10 up with a birdie-three on the eighth. Par Fours End Match. 'HE one-sided struggle ended when their par fours split the ninth. | Miss Berg was out in par 40 to 43 | for Miss Bauer, and was one under par for the 27 holes. | Patty took three sixes on the first | round. but scored five birdies and posted a medal card of 81, one under par, to Miss Bauer's 92. | The New Englander had a disas- ‘where she shanked her third shot and then put two into the creek. SCORES IN DOG DERBY Daigle of Quebec Takes Second Leg of Taconia Race. ond leg of the 90-mile Laconia Dog ]Derhy today, crossing the finish line Wheeler of St. Jovite, Providence of | | Quebec, who took the first leg yes- terday. | tomorrow. trous nine on the long seventeenth, | LACONIA, N. H., February 6 (#).— | Philias Daigle of Quebec won the sec- | i more than a minute ahead of Harry | BADEN. Austria, championship tonight, de- | title. { American team of Ruth Hughes By the Associated Press The United States won the world men’s team table tennis | feating the Hurgarian trio 51> metches to 3': in the play-off series for the The victory gave the United States | & sweep of team honors, since the Aarons of New York, Jay Purves of Chicago and Mrs. Dolores Probert Kuenz of St. Louis won the women's title earlier in the week. The half point in the final score for each team came as the result of an official ruling that a match would b2 split if any set lasted more than an hour, This occurred in the battle between Jimmy McClure of Indian- apolis and Soos of the Hungarian team, in which McClue scored 21—12, 19—21 and was leading 11—10 in the third. The collapse of Hungary's great Viktor Barna, world champion, aided the American cause. He defeated Bud Blaltner of St. Louis 21—17, 17—21, 21—18, but then went down in order before McClure 21—14, 18—21, 21—17 and Sol Schiff of New York 24—22, 21—18. Schiff won all his matches, downing Soos 21—8, 20—22, 26—24, | 21—13, 2116, and Bellak 18—21, in addition to Barna. McClure provided the other Amer- ican point by topping Bellak 21—12, 21—16, while Blattner was defeated in all of his matches, losing to Soos 17—21, 21—16, 21—13, and to Bellak 21—13, 4—21, 21—14, as well as to Barna. Miss Aarons, defending the world women's singles championship, con- tinued her stride through her bracket by whipping Hobohm of Germany 21—3, 21—14, 20—22, 14—5. | McClue bowed out in men's sin- gles, falling before Vana of Czecho- slovakia 21—11, 21—12, 21—19. The | American mixed doubles team of Emily Fuller, South Bethlehem, Pa., and Abe Berenbaum, New York, sur- | vived two rounds in that competition, Schiff, went out in the third round. February 6—' U. S. Team Beats Hungarians For World Table Tennis Title Blattner reached the fourth round ; of sincles by stopping Profit of Eng- land in straght sets. and teamed with Blattner to advance in men's doubles The Berenbaum - Schiff New York team was eliminated in that competition. ANOTHER FOR SCHAEFER' Hoppe Beaten, 2,500 to 2,206, in 28.2 Billiard Match. NEW YORK, February 6 (#).—Win- ning the tenth and final block 250 to 179, Jake Schaefer of Chicago today completed his second straight victory over Willie Hoppe of New York in their balkline billiard competi- tion. The final score was 2,500 to 2,296. Schaefer started the final block with five points gained on his final appear- ance at the table last night and took a long lead when he put tcgether a high run of 65 in the third inning. While Hoppe was having a difficul’ time gathering the bazlls, Schaefer slowly increased his advantage until he ran out with an unfinished cluster of 59 in the sixteenth inning. SEMI- PRO HAEDS MEET — Chicago Gathering to Plan for Nines’ Summer Tourney. CHICAGO, February 6 (#)—State | commissioners of the National Semi- | pro Base Ball Congress will meet to- morrow night to lay plans for the 1937 United States program and the 1938 interrational series. Honus Waguer, shortstop and high commissioner of the semi-pro organization, will pre- side. The congress will stage tourna- ments in all 48 States this Summer, with winners scheduled to compete in the finals at Wichita, Kans. In 1938 champions of Mexico, Cuba great Pittsburgh | QUTBOARD RECORD EQUALED BY NEAL Kansas Cily Man Averages 47.493, Winning Class B Hydroplane Title. Bs the Associated Press. ACKSONVILLE, Fla, 6.—Dick Neal of Kansas City drove his class B outboard hy- droplane to victory in the Southeastern championship regatta teday and. equaled the world record for the event. Averaging 47.493 miles an hour in the second heat of the race, he dupli- cated the time made by Fred Jacoby, jr., of North Bergen, N. J, at Red Bank, N. J., August 18, 1935. Neal won the first heat handily, pacing the field at a 47.167-mile-an- hour speed. Eldridge Class C Victor. hIARSHALL ELDRIDGE of East Weymouth, Mass, won both heats of the class C event. In the second he buzzed over the 5-mile course at 50.139 miles an hour. The world mark is 51.546 miles. Victorious in both heats of the class ! A race, Thom Cooper of Kansas City hit a high speed of 42.573 miles an | hour, within 1 mile of the 43.546 | miles-an-hour world record. | ZEENE e “x2 UPSETS RINALDIS Y. M. C. A's basket ball team pulled an upset last night when it nosed | out the Rinaldi Tailors, 36-33, on the Y court. The eventual winners had | a 15-13 lead at half-time, and were | led to victory by Rhodes, who scored 10 points. Walker of the Tailors out- ASHEVII.LE BUYS MOONEY KNOXVILLE, Tenn, February 6 | () —Neil Caldwell, manager of Knox- ville's Southern Association club, an= | nounced today the sale of Jim | Mooney, southpaw and former major The third 30-mile run will be held | but another pair, Miss Purves and |and Canada will compete with the\leagucr to Asheville, N. C, of the | | American title holder. Piedmont League. B the Associated Press. ETROIT, February 6.—An attempt to clarify the for- ward pass interference rule, source of woe in foot bell, headed six recommenda- tions framed today by the Rules Commmittee of the American Foot Ball Coaches’ Association. Purposely giving greater freedom to the defense, the committee of coaches recommended new rule phraseology emphasizing that bod- ily contact is not of itself inter- ference. Besides rewriting the interfer- ence rule, the coaches recom- mended a reduction from 15 to § yards in the shift penalty, but otherwise treated the regulations mildly. They turned down pro- 4 posals to move the goal posts up to the goal line and to allow Yor- ward passing from any point be- hind the scrimmage line. ‘The recommended pass inter- ference rule, framed by Lieut. Gar Davidson, Army coach, and adopted after prolonged discussion, reads virtually the same as the current regulation except for sin- gling out body contact. The rec- ommended rule: “During a forward pass play, whether or not the pass crosses the line of scrimmage, there shall be no holding, pushing, tripping, blocking, or similar interference beyond the line of scrimmage with any player of either team who 18 eligible to eatch the pass. “‘Other bodily coatact, regardless \ of the degree of contact, as may occur when two or more eligible players make a simultaneous and bona fide effort to catch or bat the ball, should not be construed as interference.” This wording, Committee Spokes- man Gus Dorais, University of Detroit coach, pointed out, will tend to remove “pressure” from the officials. The present rule tends to emphasize “no interference ‘whatsoever,” Dorais said. Dorais, as did fellow coaches, said their suggestion still leaves enforcement much to the officials’ discretion. With Coaches Bernie Bierman of Minnesota and Elmer Layden of Notre Dame as proponents, among others, the coaches recommended ) 4 Greater Pass Defense. Leeway Grid Coaches’ Plea Recommend New Rule Emphasizing That Bodily Contact Is Not of Itself Interference. the reduction to 5 yards of the penalty for players in motion after the shift. Dorais said the com- mittee agreed the 15-yard penalty is “unjust discrimination against one type of offense.” ' The committee also recommended that teams be required to wear numbers on both front and back of jerseys; that the offensive team be permitted to retain the ball when a forward pass strikes an ineligible man; that the screen pass “vicin- ity” and “zone” be more clearly defined, and that the downed punt no longer be regarded as a “foul” though the kicking team still would lose possession. The Rules Committee of the Na- tional Collegiate Athletic Associa= tion will act on the recommenda= tions. A February ' scored him, however, with 14 points. | . | D. €. Man Made Secretary-Treas- DELIVER KAYOES FOR 53 VICTORY Maryland Wins Successive After Loss Is Suffered | in Opening Bout. BY BURTON HAWKI Staff Correspondent of The Star. HARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Feb- | ruary 6.—Maryland's boxing team planted a shiner on Vir- ginia’s hitherto unblemished | fistic complexion tonight, scoring its | fifth consecutive victory, 5-3, before | & rabid, partisan crowd of 5,000 spec- | tators who crammed every available inch of space in Memorial Gynasium. | In scoring their first triumph in three years of competition with the Cavaliers, Maryland was brief and to the point, recording clean or technical knockouts in each of its five con- quests. It marked Virginia's first loss of the season, although it previously had fought a draw with V. M. L Virginia won the first and last bouts of the card, but between those bits | of consolation for its supporters, the | evening strictly was Maryland's. Coach ! Johnny Larowe was kcpt as busy as a | first base umpire in waving his right thumb to signalize Referee Allie Wolfe | that the Cavaliers had received enough | from the lethal paws nl the Terps, Birmingham ilans Terp Win. \1Al HARVEY L. MILLER, Mary- land coach, elected to forfeit the | heavyweight scrap, although Turk Birkland was in uniform and ready | to fight if it so developed that the | match hinged on the outcome of that argument. After Ed Shegogue, Maryland 115- | pounder, dropped a dubious decision to Ben Jacobs, who seemed to earn no better than a draw. Tom Birming- | ham sterted Maryland's succession of chil fnishes by depositing the scrawny frame of Ashby Barksdale on the floor after 1 minute and 53 sec- | onds of the first round with a right | to the chin. | Ben Alperstein, Maryland light- weight, followed by pouring rights and | lefts to the head of Page Clagett, who | was groggy and reeling when Coach Larowe ordered the bout terminated after 1 minute and 47 seconds of the | second round. Nedomatsky Turns Tables. \IAFION BROOKS, Virginia 147- pounder, who gave Ivan Nedo- ! matsky one of the most hectic debates of his collegiate career last year before finally dropping, was less effective anxmt the crack Maryland welter- | | weight tonight and wilted after 1| minute and 10 seconds of the first round. A right to the jaw was the | | mmaxmg blow. i nard Harlow, Virginia's ace 155- | po-mder was forced to the sidelines through an eye injury received last week and Pete Burnett substituted against Mike Lomberdo. Lombardo | clipped Burnett with a left to the chin | after 1 minute and 56 seconds of the first round and Pete slumped to the | Bob Walton, curly-haired Maryland 165-pounder, scored the biggest upset of the program, polishing off the vet- eran Mortimer Caplin in 1 minute and | 56 seconds of the third round. Cap- lin, who had held his own in the first and second rounds, ran into a right to the head and Walton then swarmed all over him, shooting both fists to the head, to drop the Cavalier. Gormley Battling Loser. \IARYLAND lost the most hectic fight when Johnny Gormley was waved to his corner by Referce Wolfe after a minute and 39 seconds of the third round of the light-heavyweight bout, but the game, courageous come- | back launched by Gormley before he finally was trimmed caught the crowd’s applause more than any other bout. Bounced into the ropes with a solid right to the jaw, Gormley bounded back to fling both mittens to the head of the talented Ray Schmidt in a toe- | to-toe exchange in the second session. Despite the protests of Gormley and Coach Miller, neither of whom thought the bout should be stopped, Wolfe | stepped in and awarded the fight to Schmidt. Both boys later met in the | dressing room and joked about the | concrete in their respective noggins, | and both apparently were as amazed as the spectators as to just what had held them up. Summarie: gial :‘gnl:; D, GRASSRen Japoke VI ‘ P 'om !lrminxhamw d) S knockout v knockout over Ashby | Burk\dAlr 1" Mintte “And. 59 Seconds of | ind POUND CLASS _Ben _ Atperstein | (Maryland). won ‘by technical knockout | Sver Pace Claggett. 1 minute and 47 sec- | —Ivan Nedomatsky | wo echnical knockout | ation, Brooks. 1 minute and 10 sec- POL: n UEEASS _Mike Lombardo (Maryland). won by technical knockout | | over Pete Birnett, 1 minuie and 56 seconds of first round, 65-FOUND CLASS—Bob Walton (Mary- e technical knockout over | Mo vimer Captin, oot and 56 seconds of third round. 5-POUN y Schmidt (Vir- | hical knockodt_over "1 " minute and 36 seconds | of lhlrd Toun: A WelGnT CLASS—Maryland for- tetted: N.R. A HONORS LISTER urer of Rifle Organization. ‘Washington obtained one office on the executive board of the National Rifle Association Friday night at the association’s 66th annual meeting when O. B. Lister was elected secre- tary-treasurer. More than 200 mem- bers of the N. R. A. attended the meeting and banquet at the Mnyflower Hotel. Gustavus D. Pope of Shreve, Ohio, is the new president of the associa- tion and L. W. T. Waller of Phil delphia the first vice president. N. C. Nash of Boston was elected second vice president and Gen. M. A. Record the executive vice president. E. N. Moor of Detroit will captain the United States team which goes to England for the English champion- ship this Summer near London. Sports Program for D.C. Fans TODAY. Basket Ball. N. Y. U. All-Stars vs. Heurich Brewers, Heurich gym, 3:30. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. West Virginia vs. Georgetown, ‘Tech High gym, 8:30. George Washington Frosh vs. Washington-Lee High, Ballston, Va, 4. Boxing. Allstar card, 36 rounds, Turner'’s Arena, 8:30. TUESDAY. Basket Ball. William and Mary vs. Maryland, Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md., 8:15. Tech vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt High gym (public high title series), 3:30. Eastern vs. Western, Tech High gym (public high title series), 3:30. Bethesda-Chevy Chase vs. Mary- land Frosh, Ritchie Coliseum, Col- lege Park, Md, 4. Montgomery High vs. Landon gym, 3:30. WEDNESDAY. Basket Ball. Army, Landon, Georgetown West Point, N. Y. Georgetown Prep vs. St. Albans, Albans gym, 3:30. Eastern vs. Washington-Lee, Baliston, Va, 4. Central vs. 8t. John's, St. John's gym, 3:30. Gonzaga vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt High gym, 3:30. THURSDAY. Wrestling. Ernie Dusek vs. John Katan in feature, Turner's Arena, 8:30. Basket Ball. Georgetown vs. Yale, New Haven, Conn Davis-Elkins vs. George Wash- ington, 2610 H street, 8:30 Devitt vs. George Washington Frosh, 2010 H street, 7. George Washington High Gunzaga gym, 3:30. Landon vs. Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park, Md., 3:30. Staunton Military Academy ve Episcopal, Alexandria, Va, 3:30 Boxing. Western Maryland ve. Cat University, Brookland gym, 8:15. FRIDAY. Backet Ball. American University vs. V Mcdical College. Richmond, V Loyola vs. Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park, Md.. 3:30. Montgemery High vs. Bethesda- Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Md Shepherd Ccllege vs. Teachers, Wilson gym, 8:15. Eastern vs. ack gym (public high title s : Central vs. Roosevelt, Tech High gym (public high title serics), 8:30. Petersburg High vs. Western, Western High gym, 3:30. Elizabethtown College vs vs. Bt vs. Gal- High, Silver “pflr: Md, 3 30. NEW STORE HOURS: Washington-Lee High vs. Fred- ericksburg High, FPredericksburg, Va. Howard University vs. North Carolina State Coliege, Durham, N. C. Boxing. Columbus University vs. King College, Turner's Arena, 8:30. SATURDAY, Basket Ball. Virginia Military Institute vs. Maryland, Ritchie Coliseum. Col- k. Md, 7:30. (All-unie Davis-Elkins vs Y. M. C. A, 8:15 American University vs. dolph-Macon, Ashland, Va Wilson Teachers vs. Millersville Teachers, Millersville. Pa Woodrow Wilson vs. Maryland Frosh, Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md., 4. St. Christopher's vs Alexandria, Va., 3:30. Boxing. Maryland vs. Rutgers. Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md. (Final of all-university night program.) 'GRANT, SABIN TAKE SURFSIDE NET TITLE Conquer Harris and McCauliff in Four Sets—Bitsy Plays Budge in Final. | | By the Accocizted Press, guarcmr Fla P‘eb*uar\ 6.—Brvan Southeastern, Ran- Episcopal, Palm Beach and Dr. Eugene ff of Chicago, 3—6, 6—4, 6—4, a‘rr was nip-and-tuck until the third set, ed while he 4-0. Grant ran off six straight as quickly took for his th v defeated Harris and Budge e Arthur Hendrix of Lakel; 9:30 AM OPEN SATURDAYS TO 6 P OF OUR FLORSHEIM SHOE We can't look ahead now and predict prices for months to come ... we can say, however, that the smartest thing you could do would be to buy two or three pairs of Florsheims while these low prices last, somMEZ STYLES $865 ~——_ HAHN 14th & G *3212 14th Tth& K * OPEN EVENINGS