Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1937, Page 35

S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1837. 8PORTS, « C—11 ' Pass Interference Bugaboo Fades : New Net Flash Is Threatio U. S. Agree on Rights of Defense Man, Declares Grange. Discusses Talent. BY RED GRANGE. OLLEGE foot ball players are » getting into Spring practice with no worries about drastic rule changes on forward pass interference. After the 1936 season the public was agitated, but from talk- ing to leading ,. coaches, I soon i gathered they saw .. no sure way to legislate this problem out of : the game. So when their Advisory Com- mittee voted no changes, it was apparent none would come. The aule makers, by citing the equal right of the de- fense man, now Red Grange. see eye to eye with the National Professional League. Of course that theory isn’t new in| college. It's merely re-emphasized. | But, up to now, the psychological edge | if not the actual advantage, lay with | the receiver on hairline decisions. | Without bragging, I think, we main- tain the balance better in our National | League. Some college observers fear empha- #is on the defense’s rights will encour- age interference, push the officials deeper into hot water. I wouldnt’ know. No one can say definitely until it gets a year's trial. | The first tip-off will come when the | college coaches begin telling their | charges how to defend against passes under the new angle. Their interpre- tation must affect officials. Add that up and you have the answer. Bears Are Patient. “ mula. I am asked often why so | little appears in the papers about | touchdowns being “presented” in our | league. As a matter of fact, we get a few poor decisions in our league. Our officials are excellent, but not yet in- fallible. But the attitude of all the teams, our Chicago Bears included, is: Well, the breaks went the other way today, but they'll even up next time. | No hordes of hysterical alumni | shout about our close decisions. Our | fans may roar during the game. but | when they go home they remember a | brilliant play longer than a poor de- | cision. Which is exactly what we want. Our position is easier. But most thoughtful college coaches agree with us in contendipg that the officials must be upheld at all costs if the | game is to survive. Of course, we can be a lot more positive about this. don’t have to face the angry alumni. As most fans know, our league, team by team, maintains a most elaborate scouting system. No crack back or tackle in a little college need worry about us finding him. The National League rosters, with | their high percentage of small-college | products, prove this. | Right now, with Spring practice starting everywhere, I'd like to be able to address these groups and explain why so many headlined collegians | don't make the grade in big-time pro | competition. | Publicity Is Discounted. THE time has passed, of course, when a mere big stadium headline | name is enough to carry a player in| our league. Performance, not pub- licity, is the basis today. It isn't hard to figure why the small college man often measures up better. | In many big colleges, Joe Jones is one | of five left halfbacks; in most small colleges, Joe Smith is one of five backs! So while Jones spends all his time | mastering one set of assignments for | one backfield position, Smith, by force of necessity, actually has to play two and sometimes three positions in a | season. 1 I remember one night a chat with | a high-stepping halfback. “Do any | punting?” I asked. Oh, no,” he explained, “we have | two good punters now.” He didn't figure it worth his while even to prac- tice punting! College coaches have so much to do that often they can't smooth out minor defects and “give-away” which would be fatal in pro competition. A center who was scouted widely by our league last Fall was a crack col- lege player. But when he was going to pass to the fullback the tilt of his head indicated it, just as he revealed a “give-away” on a pass to the wing- back. Even if a college coach has time to din on those things, which he seldom has, the best cure is the player’s own work. | Spring practice is the time to get away from give-aways. That's my . advice to college and school candidates. Study yourself. Do you glance in the direction of your objective? Or moisten your fingers when you're going to pass? And, learn to watch for them in the other fellow. (Copyright, 1437. Reproduction in whols or in part prohibited without permission. S| NO STING IN BEES' BATS. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Bees, ‘who appear to have little use for bats, have lost eight out of their 10 Citrus League games. Manager Bill Mc- Kechnie will call upon Guy Bush and Lou Fette to divide today’s pitching against the Yankees. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR OM CROOKE, former local ball player who mow manages ihe Frederick Club of the Blue Ridge League, expects to take four youths from local ranks to play on his team. They are Hamil, who pitched for the Bureau in the Potomac League last year; Bob Zachary, & second baseman; Fraser, a catcher for W. B. & A. Railway, and Mor- timer, star shortstop of the Bureau. Many of the greatest professional golfers of the country already have sent in their entries for the first annual invitation professional tour- nament, to be held at the Columbia Country Club in April. The pres- ence of Jim Barnes, Jim Donald- son, Gil Nichols and Bob McDonald | that the fish will not walk, and they | reputation is suffering since the fight- | determined tonight when the quintets | | of Central and Joe Comer of Roose- | champions will be made between the [ RED ORSINGER, the Govern- | ment’s flsh fancier, who does business at the Department of Commerce aquarium, hasn't had so much luck with his fighting fish in | the last month or so. Three times they | have appeared before a bloodthirsty | crowd, and each time failed to produce in the manner expected. Once they didn't even fight, and the other two times they made half-hearted passes at each other only after being prodded and pushed around by Promoter Orsinger. Smarting under the taunts of a dis- illusioned public, Orsinger is trying a different tact, and this time promises & set of fish that will do what is ex- pected of th-m. He has sent to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for a pair of walking fish, They will appear in public for the first time at the Hook, Line and Sinker Club meeting, sched- uled for Monday night at the Willard Hotel. Locak Skeptics and doubting ‘Thomases are offering three to one are finding no takers as Orsinger's ing fish fiasco. In a formal statement issued through his second assistant secretary, Orsinger says that after all, fighting fish are amiable creatures at BY GEORGE E. HUBER. heart, and frequently they cannot be | cajoled into a battling mood, but a walking fish always can be depended | upon to walk. | Getting down to the serfous side of | | the Hook, Line and Sinker Club meet- | ing, there will be plenty of other fea- | tures at the Willard Monday night. President Frank T. Bell, Commissioner | of Fisheries, will preside and the speaker will be Carl Shoemaker, well | JVEN the pros have no magic for- | & | known wild life expert and enter- tainer. A Dutch-treat buffet supper will be served under the direction of Harry Somerville, fish warden of the club and manager of the hotel. Cape Charles Fishing Contest. ALT-WATER anglers wha do their | fishing out of Cape Charles will have four prizes for which to contend | this Summer. They had a great sea- son last year, and several prizes in | nation-wide contest were won there. Four world's records were established, | one of the women's channel bass record. Mayor R. A. Parsons is offer- ing the prizes. They will go for | law. the largest channel bass, blue- fish, black bonito and sea trout. Mayor Parsons sees a great future for Cape Charles as a sport fishing center and is offering these prizes to bring more anglers there. If the Mayor really is interested in making his city attractive to anglers, we have a few suggestions to make. One is to get some good hotels or boarding houses. We went there last year and couldn’t get a room with bath anywhere at any price, and there wasn't a convention in town, either. And there aren’t enough sport fishing boats around, making those which are in operation hard to get and prices accordingly high. To show just how hard it is to get a beat, Bryan Travis, the best of the lot, already is booked solid for the seasom. Denmead vs. Opening Dates. TALBCI'I'I‘ DENMEAD, law enforce- ment officer of the Bureau of Fish- erfes, is trying to have some of the kinks taken out of the Maryland black bass laws. Aside from that little item of permitting bass to be sold, which has been mentioned here before, he points to some queer opening date regulations. Above tidewater the season opens July 1, in tidewater the opening date is August 1. “I can stand on Higgin's Mill Dam 1n Dorchester County any day in July and cast into the pond,” Denmead says, “and I will not be breaking the | But if I turn around without moving from my tracks, and cast into the river, then I am fishing out of season, There is not a single reason why we should have two opening dates. July 1 is the proper date for the entire State.” He also has something to say about creel limits, which are 20 a day in tidewater and 10 above tidewater. “An angler can go up to the Bush River and catch 20 a day. Comparing this to the limit in other States, this would appear too large, but that is only part of it. If he has been so fortunate as to catch his run his boat up the river above tide- water and catch 10 more. That makes 30, and a warden would have no case against & man he found with 30 bass unless he could prove he did not take 10 of them above tidewater. “Incidentally, the pound net right alongside my boat is not limited at all; he can take 300 or 3,000 a day and $ell them if he can find a legal market.” ALL-CENTER BASKET TITLE GAME TONIGHT Merricks, Caseys Play for Crown at Tech—High School Stars in Added Clash. 'HE Community Center basket ball‘ champion of Washington will be of the Merrick Boys' Club and the | Knights of Columbus clash at Tech | gym at 8 o'clock. Merrick, the South- east champion, and K. of C., Roosevelt standard bearer, reached the final round last Tuesday night. Of just as much interest, however, | will be the second game.of the night which will bring together the all- high fives of this season and last. | On last year's aggregation will bel‘ found Eastern’s great quartet of Chick Hollidge, Lavelle (Dopey) Dean, Buddy Shaner, Reds Scheible and Bill Rea of Tech, while this year's all-star team will line up with Gerald Burns | and George De Witt of Western, Russ | Lombardy of Eastern, Billy Vermillon velt. Awards to all Community Center two games. | DIDRIKSON, MILEY TILT Long Drivers in Women's Golf Final at Augusta. AUGUSTA, Ga., March 27 (®)— Mildred (Babe) Didrikson teed off against Marion Miley, seasoned Lex- ington, Ky., campaigner, today in the 18-hole final of the Augusta wom- en’s invitational golf tournament. The sinewy Babe has won few | tournaments since she turned pro- fessional, but this week over the long Forest Hills course she maintained her long-driving often enough to shove aside three good amateurs, including the capable Jane Cothran.of Green- ville, 8. C., who fell in the semi-finals. Miss Miley also ranks as a long hitter among the women and was runner-up to Miss Didrikson in a driving contest a few days ago. COLLEGE RIFLEMEN VIE 8ix Schools Will Take Part in U. of Chicago Tourney. CHICAGO, March 27 (#).—Small- bore rifie teams from four Big Ten schools and two Illinois colleges have entered the second annual University of Chicago Rifle Club match to be held at the Magoon field house April 2-4. Ohio State, Indiane, Chicago and Iowa will compete with teams from Armour Tech and Wheaton. Sixteen members of the Bisley international small-bore team, which goes to Eng- land to compete in international matches, will take part in the shoot. Thurman Randle of Dallas, Tex., coach of the Bisley team and a high~ ranking shot, is scheduled to par- ticipate. TERRY TO DESERT BAG. JACKSON, Miss.—Manager Bill Terry provides the rainy day news at the Giants training camp: 1. Bill Terry will retire as an active player April 19, day before the season opens. 2. Dick Bartell definitely is the Giants leadoff batter for 1937, with Jo Jo already 1s assured. Moore dropping to the No. 3 slot. & Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a year ago—Reynolds- town won Grand National Steeple- chase for second straight year. Three years ago—Clarence Pick- rell, recruit pitcher, hurled Boston Braves to 5-0 victory over Yankees in exhibition game. Five years ago—Gar Wood's speedboat record of 111.712 miles per hour accepted by International Motor Yachting Union. 20 in the morning, he can | Talent to Splash in Tank at Shoreham in Finals of A. A. U. Meet. records are expected to pass into oblivion tonight when crack natators continue a con- District A. A. U. meet at the 8hore- ham Hotel at 8 o'clock. Jeopardizing 50 and 100 yard free- nutten Military Academy ace, who Is representing Ambassador Swimming Club. Karl Bchmitt of the Y. M. threat and may set a pace which will force the former Central High School star to eclipse the existing 1 INDANGER TONIGHT DDITIONAL local swimming certed assault on old marks in the style records is Bobby Jordon, Massa- C. A. is regarded as Jordon's chief mark in order to win. Favored to Retain Titles. Y M. C. A, defending team cham- * pion, is favored to retain its title in the men’s division, while the Shore- ham Swimming Club anticipates little trouble in again capturing the wom- en's crown. Both are overwhelming favorites due to a heavy list of qualifiers. | Carrying neat little whirlpools, Ann | Bono, diminutive Shoreham streak, | established one of two new records last night when she blasted her own previ- ous time of 30.4 seconds in the 50- yard, free-style event. Ann covered that distance in 30.2 seconds, and shortly afterward annexed the 220- yard, free-style championship. | Bharing honors with the Western High School student was the Y. M. C. A. medley relay team, which shat- tered a 4-year-old record in taking the 300-yard race. Ernie Boggs, Paul Wilson and Schmitt, swimming back stroke, breast stroke and free style, respectively, clipped 1.4 seconds off the old record of 3:20 established by a George Washington University trio in 1933. - OMPETITION for the women’s individual high-point plaque finds Miss Bono in front with 10 points, although Ann Aronson of Ambassador {18 within striking distance with 7 | points. They will battle in both med- | ley and 100-yard, free-style races to determine the winner. The concluding card may be wit- nessed for 40 cents. Following are results of last night's events: | WOMEN'S RESULTS. (Finals.) 4 free style— m). second third. Josce Time. 5302 seconds. former_ record, 30.4 seconds, set in 1 by Miss Bono.) (0-yard backstroke—Won by ~June Elizabeth ! Booth ~ (Shoreham): second Wight (Shoreham):’ third. Anne Aronson | (Ambassador). Time. 1:23.2 220-yard {ree style—Won by Ann Bono Sh second. Anne Aronson (Am- , third, Helen Flett (Shoreham). " MEN'S RESULTS. Fi 1s 5 on by Ann Bono (8hor bassado: ham) T Helmick (Shore- 3 y—Won by Men's A. No_1 team (Ernie Boges. Paul Karl Schmitt); second. Boys M third. Men's Y. M. C. A No. team. “Time. 3:186. (New District ord: former record, 3:20. set In 1933 | George Washington' University. ) Qualiflers for Finals, 150-yard backstroke—Fastest time Robert Gibson (Boy's Y. M i other qualifiers. Ernie Bocgs (Men's Y. N C.'A). Paul Wilson (Men's Y. M. C. A | A. Lansing Hamilton (Boys' Y. M. C Legn Powell (Ambassador) 50-vard frec stvle_—Fastest time by Karl Schmitt (Men's Y. M. C. A.): other aqualifiers, Robert Jordan '(Ambassador): W. Reynolds (Boys' Y. M. C. A.): J. Farreli "Me _Ay\'\M C_A). Robert by by 5K M A 220-yard breacistroke—Fastest time by | Richard Baker (Boye Y. A), 3:17: ‘n\hlr qualifie) L. Clay (Men's Y. M. C. | A0, Panl Wilson” (Men’ fCooAD) | Morris _Goldbers (Ambassador), Jay Heck- inger (Wilson High Sch BY PAUL J. MILLER. JR., THAT chess may grow in the District and the program of chess education continue to Connecticut avenue northwest. Sponsored by the Metropolitan Chess Association for the exclusive benefit of the Washington Social Chess Divan, the Easter dance is an informal affair, open to and all money received will go toward increasing the game and library facilities and in furtherance of the education and instructional lectures for beginners. Whizz Wheeler's Grchestra will furnish the latest waltz, ragtime and rhumba tunes. Song hits of the hour will be vocalized. ‘The music starts at 9:30 p.m. and will continue until early morn. Tickets are available for stags at $1 each and there is & $1.50 special for couples. Come early and stay late. Every effort is being made to provide an enter- taining evening for all. The public is welcome. Frances Wisner and Rose Mary Moore will have charge of hat and coat checking arrangements. G. W. U. Chess Club Grows. CHESSAPLAY among college players in the Nation’s Capital constantly is growing as evinced by the splendid group of fans that gather weekly at OColumbian House on the George ‘Washington University campus. Recently Willard Mutchler dellvered an enlightening and instructive lecture on chess be- fore members and friends of the Omar Khayyam Chess Club, di- rected by Mahmood Taher, for- merly commercial attache with the Iranian Legation. Players present were members: George Rothfuss, Paul Skowronek, Harold Rubin, Virginia Reeve, Bruce Skaggs, Clyde Elliot, Herbert Sever- smith, Bill Sherman, Frand Brisebois and the officers. Officers present at the lecture were: Mahmood Tahber, president; Edgar Parsons, vice president; Ann Cor- neltus, recording secretary; Audrey Fuller, treasurer; Willlam Gallaway, tournament director, and Charles Kiefer, who served as activity chair- man for the occasion. Jean Hender- son, corresponding secretary, was ab- sent. Visitors included Earle W. Kunkle and Guy K. Camden of the War De- partment Chess Club, Archie Sabin of the Department of Agriculture Chess Club, James P. Huss, Barbara Parsons and Miriam Ahmad. As president of the War Club, Earle Kunkle extended a challenge to the Omar Khayyam aggregation to an interclub match. President Taher accepted the challenge and in the immediate future the respective teams will clashe & advance, chess enthusiasts and | the public will dance tonight at 1625 | the public, | < Anne Aronson_(Am- | (New District | ‘Cause, if it had been a hit, you couldn’t have seen the ball. throughout the game with the Tigers at Orlando, Fla., yesterday, however. safety and scored two runs in the Nationa COLD IS NO WORRY T0 VERMONT NINE Northerners “at Home” in Game at Maryland—G. W. Seeks to Get Even. NLY one of the four college base ball teams scheduled to freeze on local diamonds this afternoon can be expected to warm up to the task, minus heating pads, with any amount of thusiasm While George Washington and Ohio State were planning to respeat on the East Ellipse the motions which yes- terday resulted in a 11-6 victory for the Buckeyes and Maryland was shivering in anticipation of something more than its first game, the Old Liners' opponent was apt to be right at home amid the unseasonable “drafts.” Vermont, of the land of ice and snow, is the team scheduled {to collaborate in opening Maryland’s rec- | A | ‘Boorman | | Meantime, arrangements are being ! | completed for the largest college club | tournament Washington has wit- | nessed in a decade. Sixty-Odd in G. W. Group. 1g0ME 60-0odd players belong to the |~ George Washington chess group |and, on April 1 these will meet in | competitive play under the auspices | of the O. K. Chess Club. University President Marvin will present early in May a sil- ver cup to the champion college player. Entrants must file names with Tournament Director W. S. Gallaway, Faculty Club, on or before April 1. No entrance fee is necessary and con- testants will play each other either two or three games. To progress up the ladder a player must win at least two games from his opponent. All games are to be recorded and, on completion of each, filed with the tournament director. No officer of the club is eligible for the champion- ship award. TASK TO PRUNE YANKS Wealth of Outfield Talent Makes Problem for McCarthy. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—It's going to be quite a problem for Manager Joe McCarthy to weed out his Yankee outflelders when pruning time comes around. He has six in camp. Joe Di Maggio, George Selkirk and Jake Powell are regulars, but Rookie Ernie Koy and Holdovers Roy Johnson and Myril Hoag have been doing al- most as well. DOGDOM ON PARADE St. Louis All-Breed Bhow Draws Entry Worth $700,000. ST. LOUIS, March 27 (#)—The royalty of dogdom—valued at approx- imately $700,000, paraded here today in the opening of the twenty-fifth annual all-breed dog show of the Mis- sissippi Valley Kennel Club. The show wili end tomorrow night with the naming of the grand champion. Ribbons, plaques, cups and $3,500 cash prises have attracted a record entry of 627 thoroughbreds, of 45 breeds, for the show, sponsored by the Junior League. A season at College Park. It's Up to Lanier. {ITHER Dale Patterson or George (Lefty) Wood was scheduled to start on the mound for Maryland. Bill Lanier, the only other veteran on George Washington's mound staff, was expected to pitch for the Colonials. Should Lanier falter, Coach Ed Morris would be up against it, indeed, as Vince De Angelis, his star, had his ears pinned back in two innings by the Buckeyes yesterday, and Ace Nagy worked the last six innings. Only Bill Kushman, recently of West- ern High, would be left for service. Four hits, two walks and an error gave Ohio State 6 runs and a lead which it never lost in the second in- ning. Only once thereafter was G. W. in the game, when a three-run rally in the sixth came within one of tying the score at 7-all. All three runs were made with the aid of only one hit, however, Ohio State’s starting pitcher, Dagenhard, walking four men and forcing home two runs. Johnson, Brennan Best Hitters. EFTY JOHNSON, first baseman, last year's leading hitter. and Joe Brennan, Western High product, were the only Colonials to get two hits. Both of Johnson's were for extra bases, one a double and the other a triple. Brennan's first single drove in G. W.'s first two runs in the third inning. With Ohio State steadily increasing its advantage in the last three innings, George Washington showed little dis- position to combat only the second college nine to lower its colors since 1935. Ohio St. AB. Meyers.2b 6 Was'lik.3b b 5 G.W. _ AB. Stap'n.3b 4 Wiams.2b 4 J'nson.ib Zelaska.c D'AYisp.rt Br'nen.cf Ed'son.If R'berg.If Noonan,If Berg.ss Jones.rf - sz ool AgY.D__ ° *Zenowits tK'hman Totals *Batted for Edmonston in seventh. +Batted for De Angelis in ninth. George Washington 002 013 000— 6 Ohio State 060 010 112—11 Runs—Stapleton. Williams, De Angelis, Zenowitz. Berg. Nagy, Meyers. Rau bugh, Conklin, Booth (2), Washburn (2), Walthorst, ~Caughlin = (2), Dagenhard. Errors—Williams (2). Berd, Raudabugh. Two-base hits — Johnson, Silverstein, Caughlin. ~ Three-base _hits — Johnson. Washburh. _First base on balls—Off De Angelis. 1 in 3 innings: off Nagy. 2 inplnes: off Dasennard. 7 off Mauger. 1 in 2 innings. By De Angelis. 3: by Nagy, hard. 6: by Mauger. 4. ' Umpire—Mr. Winning pitcher—Dagenhard. teher—De Angelis. NET PROS TO RETURN A return engagement of the Vines- Perry professional tennis troupe loomed for local tennis fans today as it was announced the same four who appeared here in January would play again at University of Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum on April 28. At present, Vines is leading the Britisher in their singles duel by two matches. George M. Lott and Bruce Barnes, who collaborated in the pro- duction of the “marathon” doubles match at Oollege Park in January, also will accompany the troupe here again. HUGHES AN UNCERTAINTY. JACKSON, Miss.—After two weeks of exhibition games, nobody in the Cleveland Indians’ camp knows whether Roy Hughes, transplanted o third from second, can handle bunts and snap an underthrow to first base. L TR CARD PEEWEES SCORE. Playing in mid-season form despite the Wintry blasts, the Cardinal Pee- wees nosed out the Maryland Peewees, 2-1, yesterday. Purdy. Losing pil en- D. C. SWIM MARKS Ben’s Foul Aided No One But the Photographer ls’ 6-to-4 victory. Chapman wasn’t so impotent He contributed a —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Pair of Hunting Contests on Tap FACTS about the first annual Redland Hunt point-to-point races Time of first race, 2 p.m. today. Place of start and finish, farm of James B. Welsh, sr., near Norbeck, Md. Exact directions may be ob- tained at the fllling station at Nor- beck. Two events, one & race for light- weight hunters, the other for mid- | dle and heavyweight hunters. | Each winning pider will receive & | piece of silver plate, presented by | The Evening Star. | Each winning owner will receive a silver bowl presented by the Race Committee. Name of winning horse, owner and rider to be inscribed on the Redland Hunt Cup, handsome sil- ver trophy established in perpetuo for these races. Amateur riders only, no rider to participate in more than one race. Distance approximately 5 miles across country. Judges, Col. Jona- than Wainwright, U. 8. A., com- mandant of Fort Myer, and Louis Leith of Middleburg. LOOKS FOR GOOD SEASON Bethesda-Chevy Chase Is Stocked | With Diamond Material. | Despite the loss by graduation of two pitchers, a catcher and infielder and | an outfielder, Bethesda-Chevy Chase | High School expects to put a good base ball team on the fleld this Spring. | Bill Fuller, last year's most success- | ful pitcher who was undefeated in | four starts, is back, as is Henry Keene, | who saw infrequent service behind the bat. Also remaining are First Base. man Larry Schneider, Second Base- man Bill Morell, Shortstop Don Mac- | Leod and Outfielders Bud Day and |Howard ~ Migell. Sophomore Pete | Smith probably will hold down third | are expected to give Keene a stiff |fight for the first-string catching | birth, while Bob Fast, John Wathen and Bill McGowan are candidates fo: outfield positions. Leon Vannais, left- hander, and Day, who pitches while | not playing the outfield, will round out | the mound staff. Tony Kupka is the coach. ELK BOWLERS START KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 27 (#). —Seventy teams will open fire this week end {n the twentieth annual na- guard of a record entry of 381 teams. | The number of entries exoeeds by | 28 the previous high mark established in the 1930 tournament at Cicero, NLY a 135 average for the final five games will establish a | new record for the Bill Wood | “Dub” Sweepstakes, which come to an end tonight at Lucky Strike. Although scores of the sweeps win- ners improved for five successive years after Wood started the event for rollers with averages under 107, the last two Winters have seen the champions with scores more than 150 below the record. Clifton Hollis established the high 15-game mark in 193¢ with 1867, the climax of a five-year improvement over the first wianing score of 1,646 in '20. Last year, however, J. B. Humphreys recorded only 1,717 to win. Reller Out Front. C. E. ROLLER, the Eectrical League roller who shot to the front of the current competition last week with a 613 set, now leads with & count of 1,192. Even should he maintain his pace of 119, he would fall some 80 pins short of the record. Charley Feller of the Post League has the best chance to catch Roller, being only 17 pins behind with a acore of 1,178 Parker Vito and Franklin Kral, Sat- urday Nite and Takoms Park Leaguers, respectively, hold the third and fourth berths. No such easy night as their 175-pin victory last week indicated seems in store for the Masonic League rollers this evening. Although they won from the Knights of Columbus by that margin Iast Saturday, the Ma- sons will have their hands full at Recreation tonight when they meet a star-studded Elks feam. Eddie Espey and Ed Blakeney top the array of Elks who will be called A | tions loomed today as one of the se. | Charley Sullivan and Mike Caldwell | YANK JUNIOR NET MOVEMENT GROWS D. C. Among 18 Cities With | Squads of Embryo Davis Cup Aspirants. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 27.—An ex- change of promising young players, as well as ideas, among the various sectional associa- | major developments in the United | States Lawn Tennis Association’s formation of junior Davis Cup squads. Eighteen of these squads, under the direction of local chairmen, are being or already have been formed in as many leading cities, and at least a dozen more will have been established before the end of the year. Cities now on the list are New York, Chi- | cago, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Cin- | cinnati, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Bos- | ton, Hartford, Memphis, Atlanta, | Washington (under direction of Maj. | | Charles W. Christenberry), Cleveland, | Houston, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Denver and Nashville. Boston, Chicago Most Advanced. THI most advanced steps have been made in Boston and Chicago. | Many of the most promising young- | sters in the New England area are practicing regularly on the Longwood | | covered courts at Chestnut Hill, Mass. A round-robin tournament in Chi- eago has uncovered a number of | prospects, all of them within the junior Davis Cup sge limit of 15 | to 20 | | In New York, the Eastern Lawn | Tennis Association, after distributing | detailed questionnaires to competitors in the recent national junior cham- | pionships, has on file complete records | on 60 of the leading juveniles in the | | district. | Will Exchange Youngsters. | AB THE Nation-wide plan, under | the general supervision of U. S. L. T. A. President Holcombe Ward, | | progresses, there will be an exchange of outstanding youngsters between sections. Boys who stand head and shoulders above the competition in their own territory, will be given an opportunity to play elsewhere against juniors and leading senior players better able to give them the sort of rivalry they need. From these youngsters, who will receive coaching in court etiquette as weil as technique, the U. §. L. T. A. hopes to produce in the near future a group of 76 to 100, scattered through- | out the country and capable of adding color, as well as class, to the wide run of senior tournaments. upon to stop the Masons. Once again the Masons will take the floor with Ed Cleary, Orille Brown, Charley Homan, Charley Phillips, Claude Robey and Sam Simon. Kann Lead Is Skimpy. ALTHOUGH Kann's still holds the lead by virtue of total pins, Lans- burgh’s has moved into a tie for first place in the Department Store League on the games won-and-lost basis. The latter swept their set from Jel- 4 8 __\ A - = == (NN lef’s to catch Kann's, who dropped one game to Guy-Curran. Staley led Lansburgh’s with & 362 set, while his teammate, Moore, ahot 351—one less than Mullins of the losers. Palais Royal held third place with & 2-1 decision over Hahn's 8hoes while Raleigh Haberdashers took the odd game from Hecht Co. Weedward & Lothrop, inci- dentally, chalked up & new sea- son game record of 629. Johnny Anderson paved the way, ending the evening with a 415 set. Scrivener shot 360 and Kingsolver, 350. Oredit Bureau was Woodies’ victim in all three games. Bess Ackerman and her Treasury team held two of the records in the Ladies’ Federal League with sets of 358 and 1,500, respectively. Esther Boyer of G. P. O. has the highest in- dividual game, 126, while Post Office’s YOUN 538 game i3 high for teams. GAUSTRALIAN 1S EMBRYO TILDEN Jack Bromwich, 17, Makes It Warm for Veterans of Davis Cup Play. BY LAWRENCE PERKY. O GENUINELY promising fis Jack Bromwich, the new tennis meteor now sweeping across the Australian firmament, that shrewd follcwers of the game in this country, who are accustomed to sup- port their opinions with money, are offering 60-40 that the United States Davis Cup team will not go to Europe this Summer. Bromwich is 17 years old, showed brilllancy when he was 15 and now has been added to the team which will play in the American zone tests in this country next Spring. Has Real Chance for Cup. CRAWFORD, Quist, McGrath and Bromwich comprise an outfit which it 1s believed not only will de- feat the U. S. A. team, but stands an excellent chance of taking the Davis Cup to the Antipodes In the recent Australian champion=- ships, Bromwich polished off Craw- ford in five gruelling sets, at the end of which the famous veteran col- lapsed. Next day he encountered Vivian McGrath in the final and had him down, 6—1, 6—2, before he weakened and in the end lost to the gifted stylist in five sets. Carrying Australia’s two most gifted singles players to 10 sets in two days, beating one and just nosed out by the other, is sufficient evidence that Brom- wich 1s no flash in the pan; that he is sound, enduring and thoroughly ac- complished. Like McGrath, he em- ployes his left hand almost as well as his right and in style he also re- flects that master of good form. An Australian enthusiast of discernment predicts to the writer that Bromwich will develop into another Tilden. Only Budge Sure of Place. THUS strengthened, it is difficult to see how a team sufficiently strong originally will fail to prevail over an American group of which only one player, Donald Budge, is at present sure of a position thereon Of other prospects, Joe Hunt is re- garded by the tennis cognoscenti as the best of the lot, with Bob Riggs, Bobby Harmon, Frankie Parker, Gene Mako and Bitsy Grant standing with greatest prominence among other hopefuls. Of Hunt, the youngest of them all and the best natural athlete, much is expected this season. Being young —he is only 17—his competitive tem- perament is yet undeveloped. But he plays a forcing game such as none of his young rivals have shown; he is & natural volleyer and knows all the strokes. Another two years may be required before he comes into his own Riggs and Harmon, too, require time for attainment of international stature All of which paints a future much brighter than the outlook for the com- ing season. TIGERS LOOK TO ATTACK. LAKELAND, Fla.—The Tigers de- pended on their bats today to pound out a revenge victory over the Dodg- ers. Extra-base hits appeared the only antidote for Tiger pitching wild- ness. GROVE STARTS TODAY. SARASOTA, Fla—Bob (Lefty) Grove, the Red Sox pitching ace who has been rounding into shape grad- ualy and without exertion, will make his first competitive appearance here today against Newark. PITCHER SEEKS TEAM. Harry Conway, a right-handed pitcher, who has seen service in Long Beach, Calif., with crack base ball teams, would like to become affiliated with a fast unlimited nine here. He may be reached by writing 26 I street. . HASSETT IS WORRIED. LAKELAND, Fla.—The No. 1 wor- rier in the Dodgers’ camp at the moment is First Baseman Buddy Has- sett, all because his .310 average of last season seems as far away as the moon at his current hitting rate. In his last seven starts he got only two hits. A’S WIND UP TRAINING. MEXICO CITY.—The Athletics finish their training program with games with a Mexican all-star nine today and tomorrow. Pi_n - tandings Admin. Audit 51 24 Purchase 47 28 Loan Analysis 37 38 Graphic 36 3 Season Records. High team game—Duplicating £05. High team set—Purchase. 1,687 High {ndividual game—Oatts, 163. Hich individual set—Mulroe, 385. High spares—Mulroe. 161 High strikes—Mulroe. 48 High average—Mulroe, 110-62 Duplicating Accounting Supplies 9 Personnel GEORGETOWN COMMERCIAL. W. L Jefterson Spring Oo. 48 30 Imer Bev. C0. . 48 i3 Stohlman Che., Inc. 41 Georgetown Recre. 4 J&d Joe Jud Wisconsin Mo Pred’s Men's Store ] National Beer. Inc. 34 1, Season Records. High averages—Stevens, 119-69; Tal« bert, 110-60 igh spares—8Stevens. High strikes—E. Savlo igh _individual s Young. Jenkins. O'Neal. 415 Jindividusl " games—Talbert. 102 8. 172. Horseshoe Fans To Hear Champ TBD ALLEN, world champion= ship horseshoe pitcher, now ap- pearing at the Capitol Theater, will address a meeting of ringer throwers from Maryland, Virginia and Washington Monday night at The Star sports department. At the meeting the Metropolitan League will be formed and plans made for the formation of the ‘Washington Horseshoe Pitching Association. All horseshoe pitchers are invited. The meeting will open at 8 o'clock.