Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1937, Page 17

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1937. SPORTS. A—17 World’s Foremost Table Tennis Players Perform Here Tonight AMERI[}A EUROPE ‘Takmo Tip From a Mstelf WILL PIT CHAMPS Distinguished Gallery to See Matches, With U. S. Senator as M. C. BY BILL DISMER, Jr. ORLD champions of a sport which has been organized only two years in Wash- ington make a local ap- pearance tonight in the form of an American-European rivalry, as the international table tennis troupe comes to Heurich's gymnasium for a two-hour show. ‘When the first celluloid is put into play at 8:30 o'clock, it will mark the second time in two years that the Capital has played host to a major table tennis event. The American zone championships were held here last year. Nothing like the caliber of tonight’s performers ever has been seen in the Capital, however. Led by Standa Ko- lar, the present world champion from Czechoslovakia, the cast includes Ko- lar's European teammate, Laszlo Bel- lak, the most sensational player in the game today, and the two Americans, Robert (Bud) Blattner and Sandor Glancz, who share the world doubles title. Blattner Is America’s Hope. FI\'E matches, four of them singles, will decide the winner between the American and European teams. Glancz will play Bellak in the opening match, Just before Blattner, the 17-year-old 8t. Louisan, tackles Champion Kolar. After that comes the doubles between the Blattner-Glancz and Kolar-Bellak combination. Singles matches be- tween Glancz and Kolar and Blattner and Bellak will wind up the team com- petition. An extra attraction will wind up the evening’s activities when Kolar meets Bellak in a special exhibition. If tonight's dope runs true to form, the American-European contest will be decided by a single point, as in every one of the 22 previous matches, the score has been 3-2. Of these, the Europeans have won 15; the Amer- dcans, 7. Because of their distinct abilities, every match on the program seems | worth the price of admission. Those involving the world champion are at- tractive for obvious reasons and his match with Blattner especially, be- cause of the fact that the young American has been beating the game’s best aimost as much as Kolar has beaten him. The St. Louis kid, still in his teens, is regarded as this coun- try’s best hope to capture the world singles championship in the not too- distant future and his work against the holder of that title should prove interesting for that angle alone. Bellak Likes to Clown. BELLAK, labeled the “Pest of Buda~- pest,” is the only one of the four who never has won a world title, but only his irrepressible fondness for clowning alone has kept him from the ultimate goal in the past. The “pest” monicker comes from opponents who have been driven nearly crazy by Bel- lak’s antics, but withal, the Hun- garian’s shots still produce one of the game’s greatest thrills. Blattner and Glancz should have better than an equal chance of stop- ping Kolar and Bellak in doubles. Glancz, a naturalized American, for- merly shared the world doubles title of which Blattner now is a co-holder, and the pair are said to be working perfectly together. A distinguished crowd, including delegations from the Czechoslovakian and Hungarian Legations and leaders of Washington's society and civic life will be kept abreast of developments by a United States Senator, Rush D. Holt of West Virginia, who will act as master of ceremonies. General admission seats at 83 cents and sideline chairs at $1.65 will be sold st the door. BADMINTON EVENT GETS VETS IN LINE SO’ME of the earliest advocates of badminton in Washington will be found in the National Capital cham- pionship tournament which opens to- night at Easter High School, beginning | at 7:30 o’clock. Among them are Max F‘arrmgton,, assistant athletic director at George , ‘Washington, who has instituted bad- minton as an integral part of the ment. Jarrell. From left to right in Champions themselves, Clayton Henson of Arlington, Old- Dominion title holder, and Temple Jarrell of Hyattsville, ruler of Maryland’s horseshoe pitchers, were absorbed when the world champ, Ted Allen of Alhambra, Calif., illustrated technique at a meeting last night of iron flippers at The Star sports depart- foreground: Henson, Allen and —Star Staff Photo. NITED STATES SENATE has only to win two of its six remaining games to clinch the runner-up position in the Federal League. With Earl Pryor shooting a game of 153 and a 382 set, a. P O, place, to about settle the issue. Kramer's 347 aided a 2-1 win. Lee Brown shot 143—384. Joe Mc- Carty and Wally Burton, with 361 and 359, respectively, made gallant efforts to stave off defeat. National into the third spot by sweeping I. B. E. W. No. 121, when Frank Gartside's 130 and George Miller's 346 supplied the winning punch. Looking the part of the bowler who in 1932 won The Evening Star Yule- a ciose rival for second Andy tide event with a sparkling 679, Car- roll Daly, with top set of the evening, 393, featured Navy's climb to a tie for fourth place. Frank Ontrich’s 151 and Mar- tin Ames’ 132 helped with counts in Navy's big first game count of 634. With Veterans’ Administration an- nexing the middle tilt, the Navy quint rallied to win the rubber game. The pennant-winning Bureau of Investigation crew outcounted Labor twice, with Astor Clarke’s 152—349 and R. C. Renneberger’s 142—348 tops. ‘War won two games from P. W. A. LMOST in the heart of the candle- pin territory, yet in Burlington, Vt., a set of these elongated maples are scarcer than a set of tenpins here. This information came from Arthur E. Moran, manager of the Burlington Knights of. Columbus team, which last night won its match against the local Caseys at Tad How- ard’s Rendezvous. “We have the same duckpin set-up at home apparently as you have here,” | the Vermont bowler stated. “Candlepins have been taboo in Burlington for about 15 years. We are close to several towns having }duckpln factories, so I suppose that's | the reason. Burlington is the only physical education program at 'h"'mv.n in the State that doesn't roil school; Harry Howlett, who followed | the game long before he became tennis professional at Columbia Country Club; Waldron Faulkner, who won the championship here last year, and Bill Bhreve, proprietor of the Tennis Shop, who has a marked enthusiasm for the sport. Men's singles and doubles and mixed doubles are scheduled to be played tonight, with the singles starting at 7:30 o'clock, the men's doubles at 9 and the mixed doubles at 10. Howlett plays Fred Doyle, Farrington meets George Rowley and Scott Pollock plays John Smith in opening matches. At 8 o'clock Faulkner makes his start against W. H. Burnett, Shreve plays Joe Baker, and Holmead Callan plays Felix Silva. At 8:30 R. C. Rob- bins meets George Herbert, Dave Feld- man plays Charles Fleury, and John Purinton meets George Rowe. No schedule for doubles matches has been announced. HUB FEUD IN FLORIDA Red Sox, Bees Open ‘‘City” Series at Sarasota Today. SARASOTA, Fla. — Right-hander Jack Wilson will make his first 1937 start today when the Red Sox open their city series with the Bees, 1,400 miles from home. Manager Joe Cro- nin has been nursing Wilson along in the hope he will gain enough centrol to qualify as the club's fourth starting pitcher. Bill McKechnie will send Deacon Danny MacFayden and Lou Fette, his most effective citrus season pitchers, into action for the Bees. TR S TR MUST BE GOOD UMPIRE. EAST LANSING, Mich. (#).—An- drew (Bull) Green is celebrating his silver anniversary as a base ball um- pire at Michigan Btate College. He hasn't had occasion to dodge a single pop bottle during his long period of service, 5 | candlepins,” he added. “The four alleys at the K. of C. Hall are crowded from early after- noon to late at night. There are two public establishments of 8 and 12 drives and other clubs with a pair of drives, but our town needs one big alley. I know the 15 or so leagues now operating could be tripled. “Who is the city's leading bowler,” we ventured. “Why, Mario Izzo, captain of our team. He holds most of the record scores,” Moran flashed back. “He's averaging over 116 in the Casey League.” It so happened that Mario was the top shooter, with a three-game set of 351, last night as the visitors won by chalking up a three-game score of 1,625 to 1,514, His teammates’ scores were—Lou Luchini, 336; Ed Lynch, 326; Al Izzo, Exhibition Games A.!.K al e (A), hmm (X) i it bur . Los fimxe'-h m&).“ Brool 7; Columbus u. A). 8. Schedule Today. ashington (A) vs. Oolumbus (A.A.). Hratndeiogts N vs. Detroit (A). Boston (N) vs. Boston (A). Chicaga (N.) vs. Los Angel St. Louls ( . N Plitsburen (N.) vb. Seattle (P, C.). Cleveland (A.) vs. New Orleans (A. A). Baltimore ¢ FENDER BeNT? ‘Booy DeNt?. See Us! COMPLETE AUTO SERVICE Friendly Prices Always CENTRAL RATA HARNS the boys from Capitol Hill defeated | Capital Parks moved up | brother of Mario, 318, and O. Ber- nardini, 294. The Vermont quint was given a the alleys by Mr. and Mrs. Charles | Upton of Burlington, who with their son Bob are visiting here. After the match the invaders were dined and wined at the K. of C. Hall. ‘Today the New Englanders are head- ing for Norfolk, where Wednesday and Thursday they will roll in the Na- tional Duckpin Bowling Congress tour= ney. ISSING only by one pin of the equal of the second high string | of the season, Frances Adams’ effort of 137 was the highlight of the What's |in a Name League rolling at Lucky Strike. The 89-average roller was more than pleased when her score aided M. I. N. in down- ing Aeronaatics twice. Ruby Gregg, with a nifty 130, paved the way for H. O. L. C. to cop the odd one from Transportation. Irene Scott, rolling high with a 336 set, put W. M. C. in front twice over Ag.-Ex. Ida Weinberg's 135—330 were the telling wallops in the pennant-winning W. A. C. S. sweep over Standards. M. VAN HOESEN, editor of & snappy bowling pamphlet for the Income Tax League, today has the Revenue No. 1 as the first champions ernment Employes’ League. Starting late, the loop closed a successful 11- week schedule at Lucky Strike last night. W. P. A. was the runner-up, with Public Health in third place. One game separated the three leaders. Andy Gleason and his W. P. A. team chalked all the record scores. Zurlo of Public Health prevented a clean sweep by tying Gleason for high individual game of 150. Glea- son’s 117-23 average far outstripped his nearest competitor for the indi- vidual championship. W. P. A. hung up team marks of 598 and 1,675. ME'TE'R No. 1 still is trailing the front-running Sales team by one game in the closely fought Kilo- watt League pennant race as a re- sult of both teams winning two games last night. Sales whipped Meter No. 2, while Readers fell before Meter No. 1 George James’ 142 string saved The perfect wardrobe case for a man. surprise when they were greeted at| pleasure of recording his Internal | of the American Federation of Gov- | &3 RINGER-THROWING RATED REAL TEST Requires Every Factor Physical Make-up, Says Champ Allen. ED ALLEN of Alhambra, Calif., | bearing the title of world horse- shoe champion, isn't positive he's the best of all the ringer throwers. Allen, shotting freak ringers on the Capitol Theater stage this week, gave & modest opinion of his prowess last night to a group of the leading iron flippers of Washington, Maryland and Virginia, gathered at The Star sports department to make plans for the 1937 season. * But the 28-year-old showman is certain that the game of which he is the foremost exponent, in the eyes of this continent’s twirlers, is close to recognition as a major American sport. A Lot of ’Em. I{ORSESHOE pitchers now are numbered by the hundreds of thousands,” said Allen today, “and a great percentage of them are serious- minded competjtors. The game gives & man opportunity to exercise about all there is in his athletic make-up. A topnotch horseshoe pitcher must have muscular co-ordination, stamina, self-control, concentration, competi- tive spirit and keen observation—there are signs that give away a fellow who lacks confidence and in horseshoe pitching, as in other games, to know the other chap is not sure of himself is a great help.” Allen for four years has held the championship, but due, he says, to the recent widespread development of horseshoe pitching, no man can say that a pitcher with more wizardry than he isn't tossing 'em somewhere. A competitive soul, Allen wants an- other world tournament such as that of 1933 at the Chicago Fair in which he won his diadem. A. A. U. Pleased 'Sponsor. {MPHASIZING the growth of horse- “ shoe pitching, Allen pointed out that the game was taken under the wing of a pleased Amateur Athletic Union at its last national convention. He's curious over what will be the | A. A. U’s next move in the manage- | ment of the grand old sport. At last right's meeting groundwork was laid for a Washington Horseshoe Pitchers’ Association, a Virginia Horse= shoe Pitchers’ Association and a Met- tropolitan Washington League. The Washington organization will be effected a week from tomorrow night in a meeting at The Star sports department and a week from Thurs- lday the Virginia twirlers will gather at Sam McPherson's, East Falls Church, to cement. With W. N. Mahaffey, Mayor of | Brentwood as president, the Maryland organization already is functioning. NEE HOYA GOLFER ONLY College Tourney to Be Only One for D. C. Star This Year. For the second successive season Maury Nee, former District and Mary- land junior golf champion, has an- nounced he will confine his links ac- tivity to the Georgetown golf team this vear. Because he will be a boys’ camp | director in Pennsylvania after school closes, Nee will not participate in any | local tournaments. He will, however, play in the intercollegiate tourney at | Pittsburgh. Nee held several titles here during | hig days of golfing activity and still | holds the amateur record of the Chevy Chase course, a 67. He formerly was a partner of Billy Dettweiler and was one of the Capital's first five golfers for several seasons. Sub Station from a washout by Treasurers. Bud Kidwell came to rescue of the Old Timers with a 362 set to stop a coat of whitewash being prepared by the Schedule rollers. Jerry Small hit the high spots in the Navy Department League at Arcadia with a 149 and 373. Aero- nautics’ 591 and Hydrographic's 1,692 were team high counts. The Country Club Golf League bowlers will hold their annual stag affair at Indian Spring Friday, April 9, Dr. Howard Smith, newly elected president, has announced. It will be an all-day party, with golf included. A “Night at Monte Carlo” will top- off the jamboree. The Bondstreeter by Hartmann $20 to $85 “THE BONDSTREETER"—a man’s ward- robe case by Hartmann—especially de- signed to carry 2 suits and the necessary shirts, underwear, shoes, etc. Offered in various leathers and canvases. Charge Accounts Invited BECKERS Mail Orders Filled 1314 F STREET N.W. HAND BALL RULER ROSE IN 0DD WAY Platak Forced to Tie Left Paw in Order to Gain Skill With Right. BY the Associated Press. HICAGO, March 30.—Joe Pla- tak, who had to “lasso” his left hand to develop & shot with his right, thinks he may be lucky enough this week to become the third player to win three consecu- tive national singles hand ball cham« pionships. Platak, 28-year-old Chicago post office clerk, is favored to accomplish that feat in the A. A. U. tournament in progress here. A natural south- paw, he can “carry the mail” with killing drives from either hand, and competitors say he is one of the finest all-around players of recent years. The husky Chicago star won the 1935 national crown at Washington and repeated last year at Los Angeles. But behind his rise to prominence is a story of dogged perseverance; of hours of practice against garage walls and “homemade” courts near his home, Always Good With Left. I COULD make good shots with my left hand from the start,” he re- called, “but I might just as well been without a right hand, so little did I use it. I entered a few small tourna- ments and went out quickly, so I had to do something. “I fixed a rope harness and fastened my left hand behind my back. Hour after hour I worked like that, even playing games with far better players.” His determination paid dividends in 1933. He went out of the national only after giving Angelo Trulio, New | York star, a hard game. He concen- trated on doubles in 1934, and with his partner, Bob Weiller, was whipped | by the ultimate winners. 000 licensed anglers suddenly will become afflicted with open- ing-day fever and will fail to show up at their offices. Instead they will be out in the wilder and woolier sec- tions of Garrett, Washington or Fred- erick Counties waving frail bamboo wands over stretches of clear water and attempting to entice trout to at- tach themselves to marvelous bits of hair, feathers, hackles or worms, ac- cording to their personal preference. Opening day is a grand old Ameri- can institution, but somehow or other the ceremonies usually connected with American holidays are missing. It has been suggested that appropriate speeches be made, that the mayor and 8 brass band lead anglers down the street past a reviewing stand, and that the fishermen be run through s manual of arms with their fishing HURSDAY morning a goodly | percentage of Maryland’s 20,- rods. Then they would all Une up on the banks of their favorite stream while the President presses the gold key kept in the White House for such purposes. After that it would be every man for himself. As it is it’s every man for himself the moment midnight of March 31 rolls around, and devil take the hindmost. ‘Those who get up bright and early Thursday morning and reach Hunting Creek, Fishing Creek, or what have you, with the sunrise will find that they aren't the first. Some will have been there all night, shivering in their automobiles or hovering around small camp fires. It would be even worse if opening day came on Sunday in- stead of in the middle of the week. FAGAN NEW LEADER OF SANICO PIN LOOP OHN FAGAN is the new president of the big 26-club Sanico League, which held its annual smoker at the company’s bakery last night. He succeeds Dallas Pratt, one of the prime organizers of the loop. Mel Tallant was named secretary-treas- urer, to fill the post left vacant by Fagan. Justice Saunders succeeds the popular Billy LaBille as vice president. E. C. Bittenbender was re-elected scorer, a job he has capably filled for some years. G. C. Miley, produce manager, was toastmaster of the occasion. The champion Green Bag Coffee team, captained by Earl Upperman, and the Bakery crew, led by Frank Orletsky, which lost the pennant on total pins, were given rousing applause when they received their winning awards. A sweepstakes is planned for Con- vention Hall in the near future. STAR ROLLERS TOP CLASS AT NORFOLK ORFOLK, Va, March 30.—The Evening Star's bowling team of Washington, D. C., was leading in the newspaper division of the N. D. B. C. tournament here today and running second to another Capital team, the Lutheran Church rollers, in the boosters’ class, as a result of its 1,675 set last night The Star’s great showing co-fea- tured the attention paid another ‘Washington, D. C., bowler, Roy Whit- ford. Whitford was presented with the N. D. P. B. Congress gold card given bowlers who have rolled for the past 30 years. Whitford rolled Ida Simmons, Nation’s ranking woman star, special match, losing, 97-126. The Capital's newspaper team was led by Larry Weidman and Russ Kilby, each of whom hung up a set of 345. Blaine had 336, Murray 332 and Holbrook 317. in the best individual game, 130. the in a After the presentation | Kilby also turned | Slow Fishing Gets Results. ON THE more popular streams little actual fishing will be done. Most of the time will be spent rushing up creek or cutting across country in an effort to reach untouched water be- fore the fellow ahead of you has had time to mess it up. Such are tried- and-true angling methods, and that's why some will return with an empty creel and some will get the limit. The angier who comes behind the others, after giving the wa- ter & chanoce to quiet down, and who fishes every likely and un~ likely spet slowly but thorough~ 1y, will bring in the limit. The angler who fishes the easiest spots and then rushes on to keep ahead of the rest is going to miss many & trout that his more painstak- ing brother will hook. Maryland offers a fair example of trout country which is fished out each season, and which is restocked an- nually. Heavily fished country has no time to reproduce the necessary | in with artificially propagated trout, natives, still offer something for the angler's money. Stocked Streams Listed. ARYLAND trout propagation | showed an increase of nearly | 36,000 fish over any previous year. | Nearly all are reared to legal size before being released, and those few planted under 8 inches are put in to ascertain the suitability of eertain streams for trout growing. The State’s policy of grow- ing trout instead of rainbows has caused much favorable comment from anglers, as this specie is more difficult to catch, making the sport far more interesting. Incidentally, brown trout must be held over until they are two years| old. They grow much slower than brook or rainbow during the first | year, but during the second year they gain a size of from 12 to 20 inches. The following is a list of streams stocked with adult fish since Septem- ber, 1935. Those streams marked with an asterisk (*) had some fish less | than legal size stocked. The number at the end indicates the total number of fish released in that county. Ann Arundel—Severn Run. Stoney Run Saw Mill Run Rock Branch, Stockets Run, Bacon Branch—3.000. altimore—Western Run Jones Palls, _ Mine Anderson Btream. Locust Run. s Branch® Dead Mans Run®. Saw Mill Branch*®. Re« Pot _Housé Branch®. Horses Head Branch®, Cooks Morgan Run, n' S TederichBlg Hunting Creek Fishing Creek. Middle Creek. Little Owens Creek. Tuscarora. Little Hunting Creek. Little Gatoctin Creek. Lake Rover Bear Creek. High Run, Turkey Run—25.028. Piney Run, Scots Level Herington Block, _Bear Popu- . Middle Fork. Crab Tree, n Pin~ Swamp Run Wolf Den Run School House Run. Toliver Run, Spiker Run. Short Run. Folly Run. Little Savage. Battle_Run. Rock Run. Sang Run. Hoyes | Run, Buffaio Run. Miller Run. Casseiman Run, Cherry Creek. Pusley Run® Pleasant Run®, Miller Run®. Frost Run®, Piney n*—50.600 Harford-—Goads Run, Deer Creek—R00 Howard—Little Patuxent—g&00. urkey Foot. Miil Creek. Tonoloway. Marsh _ Run. Little Antetium. Beaver Gilberts Stream fish, and then the State must step | which, while not as wary or game as | i | GOAL FOR COLLEGE HURLERS SET HERE |De Angelis of G. W, Yields Lone Hitas L. 1. U. Is Beaten, 6 to 3. HE first pitching mark of the year for local college hurlers to shoot at was on the books today, the property of Vince De Angelis, George Washington's ace right-hander. It was a one-hit game, despite the misleading 6-3 score by which G. W. defeated Long Island on the east Ellipse for its first victory of the season. Oddly enough, the Blackbirds' lone blow—a triple—did not figure in the scoring. All three of the visitors’ runs came in the sixth inning, the result of three walks, an error and two flelder’s choices. De Angelis set itled down after that, however, turn- | ing back the visitors in 1-2-3 order for the last three innings. Because of the holiday crowd on the nearby White House grounds, & | throng of 4,000—far greater than the average college base ball crowd—saw the Colonials snap their two-game losing streak, begun last week by Ohio State. | O.A LIU. 4 11 Grantcf 3 B Klausf I wsky,ss > a1 =0 > St DTk D ms,2b 3 J'nson.1b DeAn'is.p § Br'nen.cf Ed'son,1f_ Berg.ss Zen'itz e Jones,r{_ Mitchell.p Moriup_ Totals 31 1 - 000 140 10x— 2 000 000 300—3 Run_Stapleton, Johnson_ (2) gells, Brennen Low r . Errork“xll.mm kowsky (2) | age Bite—Jonnson (3). Low : —Stapleton. Left on bases. Qeorzs Washe ington, R: Long Island. & 1ts—Of M {2 in 2 innings: off Mitchell | nings. _ First base on ball o gelis 7. off Miv‘hPIl 5. | De _Angelis. 5 pitched ball—By VK!' U)Am( pitcher—Mitch McDon Id Totals 30 2712 ficorss, Washington and WILSON STARTS WELL High 8chool Nine Has Seven Tilts Outside Title Series. Seven games, in addition to its first participation in the interhigh base ball series, have been scheduled for the Woodrow Wilson nine this Spring. The newest of Washington high schools will make its season’s debut on Friday when it meets St. Albans on the latter's field. Other outside games have been are ranged with Washington-Lee, George= town Prep, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Randolph-Macon Academy, Landon and Episcopal. | The schedule: | . April 2. St. Albans. at St | Tech. at Tech’ (interhigh series) | tral.’ at Central (interhigh seri Washington-Lee Georgetown Prep. 30. Roosevelt, at Clarendon at_Garrett park. Md Roosevelt (interhigh series) May 4 Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Be- thesda: 'S. Randolph-Macon Academy. at Pront Royal: 10._ Landon Prep. at Landon. 4, Eastern. at Eastern (interhigh series) 28, Western, at Episcopal. at Episcopal Western (interhigh ser: HOW TO WATCH A ZE FIGHT IF you like to yell advice at fights, if you crab at referees’ decisions, Paul Gallico deals you tips this week on what out some inside to watch before you start to howl. How to tell the punch that hurts, the knockdown that’s harmless, what fighters’ legs reveal, and what you can learn by watching the corners between rounds, and why the winning man doesn’t always win.Turn to page 10 in your Post and read “YOU'RE A FIGHT EXPERT” % Paul Gallico 14 OTHER FEATURES IN THE SAME ISSUE SHORT STORIES. A yarn of the Grand Banks fishermen ... A drama of news- paper men in censored Germany . . . Love and comedy in stories by T. S. Stribling and D. D. Beauchamp... An unusual story of the song-writing business. And the author of “Drums along the Mohawk"” gives you a new Indian tale. SPECIAL FEATURES. 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