Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1937, Page 32

C—10 PROMOTERS LOOK FOR MODEST TILT $50,000 Increase in Year’s Business Would Gratify. Starts Tomorrow. BY ROD THOMAS. OMORROW, for the first time in 40 years, the clatter and bang of the bowling alley, music to some 50,000 residents of metropolitan Washington, will resound legally in the Capital on a Sunday, the racket lasting from 2 p.m. to midnight. It will be the requiem to a statute born with the measure that closed saloons on the Sabbath, a law of the vintage of 1897 that held its place in the District Code even after the eight- eenth amendment outlawed the jam- boree joints. Offhand you'd expect the bowlers and the men who promote the game to rejoice with unanimity, with an extra cheer from the promoters, but no such fine accord exists over the bowling measure which was signed last Wednesday by President Roose- velt. Excepting a very few who religiously observe the Sabbath, the bowlers are pleased. They can take their Sunday duckpinning or leave it. A great many of them are downright jubilant, including particularly a sizable group who weekly journey to Baltimore, where Sunday bowling has been law- ful for some time. Benefit Is Exaggerated. ‘HE alley owners, nearly all of whom chipped in on a fund to promote the bill, naturally are grati- fied but not as tickled as might appear, for, contrary to newspaper reports, the new condition will not accelerate the flow of coin to the tune of $100,- 000 a year. Alley owners will be happy if the new revenue exceeds half that. It is estimated that the entire take for a season of bowling in metro- politan Washington is about $500,000. The new set-up distinctly is unpopu- lar with at least one group. Taking ‘em by and large, the alley managers and their staffs don't relish the thought of spending Sunday on the Job, even though paid extra. As one manager put it: “Believe me, six days a week of work in a bowling alley is enough.” And he voiced the feeling of a majority. There is no guarantee that Wash- Ington will take to Sunday bowling in & big way but if it does you can score & moral as well as a business victory for Bill Wood, the Lucky Strike chief, who for years tried to obtain con- certed action by bowling interests to have the Sunday law repealed but without success until a while back when Wootton Young, president of the Convention Hall Corp., joined him with a powerful hand to the oar. Bill Forces Issue. IVE or six years ago Wood, in the knowledge that the old statute was | out of date, having linked bar rooms | and bowling alleys—in the old days the alley was an adjunct of the bar— made a test case. On a Sunday he | opened one of several places under his management, was called on the carpet by John Law and paid a $20 | fine. The case was appealed and while the higher court examined the matter, Wood remained open on Sun- days, finding it worth while to pay a weekly 20-buck fine, so worth while, in fact, that he opened a second plant on the Sabbath. This one didn't do 80 well—for the time being, anyway— for the reason that the precinct cap- tain in its bailiwick socked him $40 | 8 week collateral. When the case | finally was settled. the judge rebated | $20 on each of Bxu: $40 plasterings. \ Helps lnmcuy Play. 'HERE'S no telling how Sunday bowling will go in Washing- | fon with all the places open,” said | Wood today, “but it's been successful | in Baltimore and Silver Spring has cleaned up. One thing, though, le certain. It will be a big help to inter- city competition. You can look for & lot more big matches with much more opportunity for people to see them.” Incidentally, it may be the “good old Summertime” coming up for most of us, but not your bowling promoter. From May into September the aver- age duckpin plant is almost as cheer- less as a darkened theater, so quiet that the noise of an occasional game is disturbing. But it may not be thus always. Enterprising promoters long have sought a means of inducing duckpin action in hot weather, and several of them now are looking into air-cooling costs. Others are toying with the thought of closing down dur- | ing the Summer to save overhead. The Recreation, when Bob McKeever took it over, installed a cooling sys- tem and the Summer business picked up handsomely. EPISCOPAL DUAL VICTOR Routs Tech on Track, Conquers Roosevelt in Tennis. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17.—Epis- copal High School's track team num- bered its second victim among Wash- ington scholastic outfits today, swamp- ing Tech, 79-47, while its tennis team was whipping Roosevelt, 7-2. The Maroon track team previously had de- feated Eastern. Hopkins, crack dash man, was out- standing for Episcopal, winning the 100 and 220 yard dashes, in addition to running a leg on the victorious mile relay team. Belote paced Tech with triumphs in the pole vault and discus. After Jackson of Roosevelt had trim- med McCandlish, 6—3, 6—2, in the opening singles tennis match, Episcopal applied the pressure to grab the next five matches. Jackson and Royal teamed in the doubles to defeat Mc- Candlish and Drayton, 6—0, 4—8, 9—1, for Roosevelt's other victory. Minor Leaguqs American Association. Milwaukee. 10: St. Paul, 5. SPORTS. ELEN DETTWEILER, Con- gressional Country Club’s rising young links star, will make her first public ap- pearance of the year next Wednesday at Rock Creek Park in an exhibition match which also will introduce an- other budding feminine luminary and two of Washington's better-playing professionals. The Dettweiler girl, fresh from a series of triumphs in the South. ern tournaments over the past Winter, will pair with Mel Shorey, East Potomac Park pro, against Mrs. Wal- ter R. Stokes of Indian Spring and Leo Walper, who also has just come back to Washington after playing the pro Winter circuit. The match, arranged by Course Manager Ed Burns, will start at 2 p.m., and Burns ex- Pects a large gallery to see the opening big affair of the season at Rock Creek Park. Miss Dettweiler and Mrs. Stokes both will play in the Phylls Keeler Miller Memorial tourney at Wash- ington on April 22 and have been sharpening up their shots with the exhibition match at the uptown park and the opening women's tourney of the season in mind. To Mrs. Stokes the hilly Rock Creek course will be an old story, but it will be new territory for Miss Dettweiler, who never has played the rugged little layout. Mrs. Stokes, who has been playing golf only two years, has scored 35 on the first nine at Rock Creek Park. There will be no gallery charge. ‘HAT forthcoming P. G. A. cham- pionship at Pittsburgh in May, with the sectional qualification rounds billed for Indian Spring on April 29, finds some of the topnotch pros not at all in favor of such an early date. Word coming to Washington from Richmond has it that Bobby Cruick- shank, the star Country Club of Vir- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937. ginia pro, probably will not be in the starting list at Indian Spring and that Ralph Beach, the consistent performer from the Baltimore Sub- urban Club also may pass up the tournament. Both these men would likely be qualifiers if they enter. One lad who may upset calculations is blond Errie Ball, who now is at- tached to the Farmington Country Club at Charlottesville and probably will be in the local field if he can ar- range a transfer from the Mobile territory, where he was last year. ‘There’s little chance that Sam Snead, pro golf's newest sensation, will be in the starting list either of the P. G. A. sectional at Indian Spring, or the national open sectional at Chevy Chase on June 1. Sam is located at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and would qualify either at Pittsburgh or in West Virginia. UT at Congressional these days they've discarded the old-style “crying towel” for the sob sisters of the game in favor of a new model of self-consolation. The new wrinkle is called the “mumble bucket,” and it can be any ordinary bucket in which to shed tears when an erring brother begins to relate his hard luck atories around the nineteenth hole. Mac- Kenzie Davison pulled it on Bill Ull- man the other day and now Bill has had himself made a new and shiny “mumble bucket” equipped with a spe- cial contrivance for changing ordinary tears into those of the crocodile variety. He's going to invite Davi- son to use it the next time he misses & short putt for a wad of Bill's money, as he did a couple of days back. That East Potomac Golf Club team has embarked on what promises to be a busy season of team competition. In addition to the scheduled match wkh Richmond clubswingers in the Virginia capital on April 25, they have scheduled a return match at East Po- tomac on May 2 and a contest on May 16 against the Mount Pleasant Golf Club of Baltimore. Matches also are in the making against teams from Frederick, Md, Lancaster, Pa., Nor- folk, Va. Laurel at Richmond and possibly Wilmington, Del. Gus Kupka is the team captain. FLORIDA LEADER INGOLF ACE LIST Records 14 With A. P. Club, Just Topping Total Hit on Georgia Links. E» the Associated Press. EW YORK, April 17.—Though N had their grand openings, sharpshooters from 17 States already have scored the prize shot to join the Associated Press National Hole-in-One Club. Sixty-nine aces so far have been mgistered, with Florida golfers in the lead with 14, as against 13 reported from Georgia. Texas, leader from start to finish last year with more than 100, has reported only five. Maurice Smith of Anson, Tex., scored the longest ace of the latest batch, sinking his tee shot on the 325-yard fifth at the Lakeview course. Albert Garden, Whittier, Calif., got the short- est, on the 115-yard twelfth at Hacien- da Country Club. Bayshore course in Miami Beach, Fla., especially the 138-yard seventh hole, was the most productive hole-in- one layout. Mrs. W. C. Smith and Robert Lane, both of Miami Beach, and J. H. Kracke, Douglaston, N. Y., all scored aces on the short seventh. H. S. Layden, Miami Beach, ran the course’s total to four by landing one on the 133-yard third. The 133-yard third of the Allenmore public course at Tacoma, Wash., also was aced twice by Hugh and Tom Phelps of Tacoma, who kept even in name and fame. PLANS MARTY-TOW GO Chance Is Slim Ahearn Can Sign Baer to Meet Either. Plans for a rematch between Marty Gallagher and Bob Tow hummed mer- rily along today despite or maybe be- cause of Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn’s cablegram to Max Baer offering Broad- way's pugilistic playboy 35 per cent to meet either of the local lads at Griffith Stadium in July. The former world heavyweight cham- pion, recently soundly trounced by Tommy Farr in London, no doubt will reject the bid. What Goldie would like you to pay more attention to is the fact that Gallegher is meeting Sandy McDonald Monday night at Turner’s Arena, and Tow will face Eddie Mader there shortly. RUFF RIDERS’ STOCK UP Beat Generals, Conquerors of Eastern, Western Nines. Roosevelt's stock in the local scholas- tic base ball series was inflated today following its 16-15 victory over Wash- ington-Lee High yesterday at Roose- velt Stadium. The Rough Riders, who will make their series debut Friday against Western, trimmed a team which previously had trounced East- ern and Western. A reserve outfielder, Holmes, cracked & tenth-inning home run over the right-centerfield fence to break up the game after the Little Generals slowly had whittled down Roosevelt's lead to tie the score in the eighth Rivelt. o Q. A Minneapolis, 8: Karsas City, 3. Toledo, 11; Louisville, 0. Southern Association. Atlanta. 6: Nashyville, 2. e S M e o, Roora, 3 New Orleans, 10; Littls Rock. 4. Pacific Coast. Los Angeles, 6: Portland, 2. 8ac menm Ban rnnciwo. 3. Seattle, Bakions, 7: 5o Blesa. 2. Texas. Beaumont. 16; Galyeston. 3. Ban Antonio, 10; Houston, . Qrishoms, Clty, 8; Tulsy. 4. orth, 4; Dallas, 2. Ty Holmes.cf Mwell.c Hudson.p Conover.p PPSOTANAZR: ortsmomsosH ooBrooHHowoN IS o TR RIS | soorumsonoorel | hooooatsmwamrc! <l mosrmsosssoon? &Il Totals 5214°2010 ‘Totals.57 14 3 Two out when winning run was scored. TEutted Tor Garmer T eiehin. Hashington-Lee 032 205 110 0—15 2070 S0t @) “Thrift (3). Robertsol JEi TV (23 Wieileln oy Gare s, Maxwell. Sis . Wheel Hopkins. Porter 13‘)“““6& pY¢ Two- base hits—Th: e Porier, Leata- ool Home h“Rm;e taon. Anderson, olmes, » 3 most of the courses still haven't | Varied Sports College Base Ball. George Washington. 6; Western Mary= Matviand: 16: Michigan, 6. North Carolina. 10; V. M. 5: Clemson, 2 . 5 Chicago. 10 . Johr's ‘of Brooklyn, 2. Shis siate.” 7 Northwestern, 6. Alabama_Poly. Vanderbilt. & ambu Sollege, 7. Lu‘ke Fc{esl I, 2. : George Willlams Col- Wisconsin. &: Bradley Tech, 4. Eastern Kentucky, 11—9; Lincoln Me- morlal. 4—3 Drexel. 7: Johns Hopkins, Western Illinois, 20; Buriington, 3. College Track. Richmond. 65; Willlam and Mary. 61. Southwestern,” 74l2; Arkansas State, 5513 North Dakota. 81%: Carleton. 353 Western Illinois, 66: Augustana, College Ternis. Richmond. 7: American U.. Michigan State. 4 Wiscorsin, 2 Butler. 6: Indiana State Teachers, 0. Depauw. '4: Indiana. 3 Duke, 7: Johns Hopkins, %. Collexe Golf. Eastern Tlinois, 8 Western Ilinols. 7. Towa, 10'%2; Purdue, 65. NGLERS who have been look- ing for first news of channel bass and blues at Oregon In- let will not have much longer to wait. The first big drum are nosing along the coast now and any moment they will be doing their stuff outside the bar and then close in at the inlet. Capt. L. L. Midgett of Wanchese sends the word that weather condi- tions have taken a turn for the better and a few scattered bess already have been caught. Two weighing better than 30 pounds each were taken about a week ago and it only needs some one to go after them to start things rolling. So far no blues have shown. A word of warning—if you are planning a trip to the inlet at any time during the season make boat reservations early. During the height of the Spring season and to a lesser extent during the Fall run, boats cannot be had for anything you can offer. No use in geing on such a long trip and then finding that all boats are taken. Phone or write your favorite captain in ad- vance and he will hold reservations for you. Of course, at certain times surf fish- ing is on tap and in this case all you will need is to know what part of the beach to choose for your exertion and the natives or fellow anglers will offer this information as soon as they see you unlimber your long pole. Surf Casting Is Occasional. propositions. You can’t go down there with nothing but surf casting in mind because it takes a combination of certain winds, tides, weather and feed- ing conditions to bring the fish within reach of your cast. Times are when fish actually will be piling up on the beach and at other times they will be so far out that you have to cross the bar to reach them. Surf casting, therefore, can be taken SUR!" casting at Oregon Inlet, how- ever, is another of those hit or miss if you find it, but it is best to go pre- pared with boat reservations and then try casting if conditions warrant. Recently refuse chemical or some other equally as harm- ful substance were dumped into the Eastern Branch of the Potomac and as a result quite & number of fish died. These fish floated on the surface and for several days were brunted about by the tides, messing up the place and making things unhealthy in general. There is a law in the District against dumpings of this sort, but the catch is that there is no money available for enforcement. The [ ISEMANN HONORED AS PIN STARS PLAY Shoot Today and Tonight in Sweepstakes—Wolfe Receives Award. /ASHINGTON'S final major bowling sweepstakes of the season—the George Ise- mann National Open, in honor of a Capital man who probably has done more for duckpins than any other in the country—was on today and tonight at the Mount Rainier and Rosslyn Alleys. Attracting the outstanding duckpin leaders of the South, the 10-game event was to get under way at Mount Rainier at 2 o'clock, winding up to- night with a 5-game block at Rosslyn, starting at 7. Isemann, probably the most valu- able figure in the game today, was to present Perce Wolfe, Washington's No. 2 ranking bowler, with the certifi- cate of most valuable bowler accorded him by the National Duckpin Bowling Congress. Later, Isemann will dis- tribute the checks to those who won them at the recent national tourna- ment in Norfolk. Ed Blakeney won the Isemann stakes last year with a 1,134 count for the 10 games. Entries were to be accepted at the Mount Rainier Alleys up to the post time of the second shift this afternoon. The fee of $10 includes cost of games, Champions Will Shoot. NEARLY a dozen Washington bowl- ers are expected to roll in the Champion of Champions Elimination Sweepstakes tomorrow at the Recrea- tion Alleys, Baltimore, where Sidney Friedberg will unfold this new scheme of duckpin competition. Every man and woman bowler who has won a tournament this season is invited to roll. It will be a head-to- head affair with the men rolling five- game blocks and the women three- game blocks with five games for the finals. After each block the field will be cut in half until only two rollers remain in the tournament. Capital Aces Entered. STOR CLARKE, Ollie Pacini, Joe Harrison, Perce Wolfe, Hokie Smith, Howard Parsons, Ed Blakeney, are among the Capital rollers who will enter|. Lucile Young, Lorraine Gulli, Evelyn Ellis are among the girl shooters. Pauline Ford and A. C. Ekins, Washington Evening Star Yuletide tournament winners, have been in- vited to roll. Efforts to have Jack White and Nick Tronsky, Connecticut’s two brightest stars and title winners from other sections have been made. Friedberg is sweetening the kitty with $50 for the men and $25 for the women. Entry fee is $5 and $3. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. BOSTON.—8teve (Crusher) _Casey, 232" Treland, defeated Rube Wright. o0, Texag (wo siralent falls). NORTH BERG! J —Rudy Dusek, 315, Qmaha, Nebr. 15, Om b .’ threw Eddie Meske, io (3 HAZLETON. Pa—Clff Olson. 218 Minnespolis. threw Floyd Marshall, 29 Arizona (18:00) “WATERBURY_ Corin —Stanley Sills, 03, Boston. defeated Barnett, 200. Towa (two out of three falls). law is enforced by the Police Depurt- ment, along with its other duties, and little is done to stop pollution of this sort. At the last meeting of the Izaak Walton League a resloution was passed asking that money be provided in the current District appropriations bill to put a pollution inspector on duty, said inspector to have the proper technical knowledge and police powers of en- forcement. It was estimated that this would cost not more than $3,000 a year. Fishing Ponds for Youngsters, WASHINGTON well could take & leaf from the books of Connecti- cut and Pennsylvania when it comes to supplying sport fishing. Recently in Connecticut two fishing ponds for youngsters were opened, and in Penn- sylvania several have been in opera- tion for some years. Fishing is restricted to boys and girls under 16 years of age, for whom no angling license is required and the ponds have been stocked with perch, sun- fish, bullheads and calico bass. It is expected that the ponds will serve the communities by attracting the youngsters from less-desirable pursuits on city streets to the clean sport of angling. s Something like that would be a great boon to Washington youths, and at the same time serve to interest many in healthy outdoor pursuits. There even are special regulations in force in Connecticut, giving the youngsters training in observing fish- ing laws with which they will come in contact in their latter years. Dalily catch is limited to 10 perch, 7 inches; 5 calico bass, 12 inches; 10 bullheads and 10 sunfish. — SPIDERS AFTER SWEEP Face Hoya Netmen Following ‘Wins Over Terps, American U. Conqueror of two local collegiate tennis teams in the last two days, Uni- versity of Richmond netmen were to strive for a clean sweep this afternoon as they met Georgetown on the Hill- top courts. The Spiders, who walloped Mary- land, 7-2, on Thursday, dealt a lacing by the same score to American Uni- versity yesterday. Len Harris, A. U’s No. 1 man, was the only Eagle to win in singles. He subsequently formed half of the losers’ only doubles team to win, pairing with Lee to whip Epstein and Brooks, 6—1, 6—0. Summaries: Singles—Harris Epstein. 2, defeated Lee. (Richmond) defeated May, 6—8: 6ot 01 gBrooks, (Richmord) ‘defeated Hud- son, 8—4: " Willlams (Richmond) detéated ‘Winter, 6-—4, 4—8, 6—0: Chapin (Richmord) defeated Tavlor, —2, geRoubles] es__Lee-Harris (American) eate: i 5 (mchmnnd) mmd Chalmers-« 6—2; White-Williams (I?hmon mnm Hudson-Hewitt, (American) defeated ;, Chalmers (Rlchmond) 8—86. Whits L Not on the LEARMOUTH (‘ORNHILL ON-TWEED, England. Program, but an Eye-Filler Yes, they harmony of horse and rider making a beautiful straight dive. by Fidget near the post in the Border Hunt, point-to-point races held here_recently. mani Duel—Marks At- tacked by Wholesale. AWRENCE, Kans, April 17.—A | postlude of the 1936 Olympic and fleld stars met in the fif- teenth annual Kansas relays today. Headed by burly Sam Francis of Nebraska, Uncle Sam’s best shotput- letes made determined bids for new marks in all events. Alton Terry, the track team who also competed in Ger- many, expected to crack the javelin Cunningham and San Ro- By the Assoctated Press. games was held here as track Record smashing appeared certain. ter at Berlin last Summer, the ath- Hardin Simmons College one-man record of 206 feet 64 inches, Romani Meets Cunningham. SANDW!CHED among the events was the special mile race between Glenn Cunningham and Archie San Romani, rival Kansans who have gained national fame and were Olym- pic teammates in 1936. It was their first outdoor meeting since San Romani defeated Cunningham and Jack Lovelock of New Zealand in the Princeton invitational last Fall. Cunningham defeated the Emporia Teachers’ College undergraduate in an indoor duel during the Winter. Texas, Towa, Indiana, Northwestern and Drake loomed as the strongest teams among the 19 schools in the university division. Occidental Col- lege of California hoped to be among the leaders in the college section, in which 27 schools competed. Jack Vickrey, Texas University high Jjumper, threatened the meet record of 6 feet 63-16 inches in his pet event. Kearns Decathlon Leader. E decathlon program was con- cluded this morning. At the half- way mark Dick Kearns, University of Colorado hurdler, topped the field with 3,575 points—far below the total of Glenn Morris at that point when he set a record last year. In second place was William Lewis of. Tipton, Mo., with 3,486 points. Sam Allen, former Oklahoma Baptist hur- dler, of whom much was expected in his first decathlon effort, was ninth in a field of 10 entrants, with 3,106. The first day’s decathlon events failed to produce any outstanding marks, despite the fact a strong south wind fairly wafted the men along in the 100-meter race. — PIN CROWN FOR KANN’S Repeats in Store Bowling Loop by Beating Jelleff's. Kann's won the Department Store Bowling League for the second suc- cessive season last night when it ended its season with & 2-1 decision over Jel- lefl's at the Recreation Alleys. The league’s finish found Woodward & Lothrop and Lansburgh’s tied for second, but the latter will be recog- nized as the runner-up, due to a greater pinfall. Except for a 2-1 de- feat by Woodward & Lothrop last night, Lansburgh’s claim would have been even more substantial. Raleigh Haberdashers ended by set- ting a season record game of 633, whitewashing Palais Royal in all three games. Jack Wolstenholme, with a 418 set, led Hecht Co. to a 2-1 victory over Guy-Curran, while Credit Bureau nosed out Hahn's Shoes by the same margin. BOXING WINNER AGAIN Georgetown Boys' Club Adds Sil- ver Gloves Crown to Trophies. Georgetown Boys' Club today boast- ed its second boxing championship of the season, winning the Silver Gloves turnament of the Boys' Club Asso- ciation last night at the Merrick Boys’ Club. Georgetown previously captured the Junior Golden Gloves title. ‘With Ed Rodlll, Junior Rodill, Harry Elliott, Bernie Cady, Herbie Collins and Bernie Morris taking individual titles, i BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. EUBEN FINE, after the fourth round of the Ostend masters’ tournament, was running third, with H. Grob of Switzer- land in the lead, followed by S. Landau of Holland. The youthful New Yorker got oft to a bad start by dropping his first game to Paul Keres, champion of Estonia. In the Margate Easter tourney Keres and Fine tled for first and second honors and, immediately after the British match was over, embarked for Ostend. Obviously the lack of rest between the Ostend and Margate clashes caused the faulty showing of the young American in his initial encounter with Keres. Later Keres lost to Dr. Tartakower and H. Grob and is ensconced in fourth place at the close of the fourth round. Ten masters are entered in the Ostend fray and in the remaining rounds of play Fine may regain his stride and still carry off premier honors. Chess Rally Runs Wild. SPLENDID gathering of chess ad- dicts convened in the banquet room of Scholl's Cafe recently to brew a spirit of harmony and good will among all clubs and players in the District. Under the chairmanship of William E. Bryant the assembly progressed famously and several peppy speakers were heard from. The chess editor of The Star gave an account of the “social chess” activity in the District for the past year and a half. Earl Kunkle’s resignation as president of the Metropolitan Chess Association was tendered at the assembly and accepted. Prof. Paul Miller was elected unami- | mously to carry on the torch laid down by Kunkle and to direct and co-ordinate the several clubs and ac- tivities of the various chess groups in the Nation's Capital into a unified, co-operative program. In the near future the new presi- dent will appoint several important steering committees who will be re- sponsitle for particular planks in the M. C. A. platform of District chess, one of which will be the future District chess championship tournament. Chess Divan to Reopen. RESIDENT I. J. CURRAN and of- ficers of the Washington Social Chess Divan, after a lengthy session of debate concerning the future of the largest chess unit in the District, an- nounce that the divan will have a new, permanent home on or by May 1. All of the members of the divan during the month of March are re- quested to contact Treasurer Norval Wigginton, 200 Rhode Island avenue northeast (Decatur 2279) this week and renew their active memberships. The treasury is in sound condition but SPORTS. SundayBowlmg_/Vot Gold Mine : Tight P. G. A. Scrap Promised Here re hitting earth and it is not a Capt. R. G. Hill is being thrown —Wide World Photo. the “war chest” has to attain a certain budgetary status on or by May 1, when the new headquarters of the divan will be available. ‘The new location downtown is ideal. ‘The game room is large and spacious and well lighted and within the next few days will be renovated along mod- ern lines. Lighting facilities are ample and every comfort will be pres- ent to insure the success of the divan as a non-profit social chess lounge for all clubs, mem- bers of clubs, chance players and would-be fans. Permanent Quarters Obtained. THE location is to be permanent and an annual lease will be signed as speedily as the respective attorneys iron out one or two minor details. No doubt the chess players of Washington are glad to see the con- tinuance of the divan and much credit for its social prominence can be attributed to the unstinted efforts of President Curran, Vice President Meacham, Secretary Mabel McPher- son and the flaming-haired tartar, Treasurer Norval Wigginton. Then, too, there is a nucleus of fine players who are Joyally backing and boosting the divan to the limit. With such teamwork the divan is on its way toward becoming the greatest single force in Washington for the Progress of the “royal game.” Membership on May 1 will be prob- ably $1.25 per month, or a special of $3 per quarter. Instructional lectures for beginners and visitors, each Wednesday, open to the public, will be probably 25 cents for school play- ers and 50 cents for adults. However, membership in the divan includes the weekly lectures and use of the library facilities. As usual the game rooms will open to the general public and any one may use the game facilities for the custom- ary small cover charge of 25 cents. All moneys received will be invested in better playing equipment and toward increasing the growing library. “Capa” Seeks World Record. S THIS column rolls off the press Joe Capablanca, one-time world chess champion and truly one of the great wizards of the chessboard, is confronting simultaneously 350 oppo- nents on 70 boards at the Centro Asturiano in Havana, Cuba, striving to establish a new world's record for simultaneous play. ‘Will he do it? it? Can he humanly de Physically, the Cuban genius has the stamina of a well- trained athlete and the bril- liancy of a Morphy for fast and furious play. Six years ago he played 200 grouped around 50 boards in the Tth Regiment Armory at Brooklyn, N. Y., winning on 28 boards, drawing on 16 and drop- ping 6 matches. It was a first-class battle. After the World War he played 101 boards in Cleveland and won every game. The Havana “simul” will be hon- ored by dignitaries of state and other official departments. Piay opened at 2:30 pm. today and the first session continues until 7:30 o'clock, when there will be an intermission. At 8:45 p.m. the master will resume play and only Caissa knows when it will end. B.-C. C. NAILS LANDON Bud Day All-Around Star in 23-1 Triumph on Diamond. Bud Day was just about the whole show for Bethesda-Chevy Chase's base ball team yesterday as it buried Lan- don beneath a 23-1 count st Garrett Park. All Day did, besides pitching a 4-hit game, was to smack a single, triple and home run. Day’s hurling, however, was over shadowed by his teammates’ prolific run-getting, the winners scoring in every inning—11 times in the third. The game mericfully was called at the end of Landon’s half of the fifth. Georgetown scored 90 points to trim | Dgrian Merrick, which finished second with 55" points. Washington Boys' Club grabbed third with 35 points and Northeast Boys' Olub took fourth with 5 points. Junior Results. 50 Pounds—Ed Rodill (Georgetown) de- feated Eddie Kk (Georasion 60 pounds—Junior Rodill (G.) defeated Jobn Madren (G.). 70 ‘pounds—Henry Ragsdale (Merrick) defeatéd Betiny Rodln (G 75 pounds—A. Bassin (M.) defeated Herbie Long (Washington). 80 pounds— Harry Eiliote (@) detested James”Pettit (G 90 pounds—Bernie Cady_ (G.) technical knockout over Ray Hatton (G pounds—Herbie Collins (G.) de- feated Buck Pettit (G.). L0 [pounds—Essex Madron (W) de- feated Lewis Rados | Pounds—Bernic Morris (G.) de- tented Bon Harar ats. Senior Results. 110 pounds—Buster Miller (W.) mlv.eu Orville Lyons (N.E.B.C.). 0 Dounds—Angelo Pippay” (W.) feated Al Gray gedorr: (M.) lntei &‘x’n nnt%r. &”9 forfeit. de- X (M.) defoated ous mluw) de- i Runs—Berkley. Mizelle (2). MacCleod (3), Fuller (3). Schneider (4), Vannais (3). 'Smith (4). 'Keene (2). Day (2). Three-base hit—Day. Home run— . Btruck out—By Dunham, 2 9. Umpire—Mr. Hutchinson. GAITHER BEST GYMNAST Winning three of the five events, Ernest Gaither emerged as the high- point scorer of the Y. M. C. A’s first annual gymnastic championships last night. Gaither won on the hori- zontal and parallel bars and also on the rings. He had a total of 543 points, 68 more than Kermith Ross, ‘who placed second. Leo Cohen won on the side horse Morell (2), i by Day, and John Trundle was acclaimed the |, best tumbler, but both finished far Dbehind the leaders in total points. » TERP FRESHMEN ROMP Hulshart, Archer Star in Track Victory Over Eastern. Paced by Roland Hulshart and Jack Archer, who scored double triumphs, Maryland’s freshman track team easily defeated Eastern High, 76-39, yester- day at College Park. Hulshart won the 100 and 220 yard dashes, while Archer captured the 440-yard sprint and broad jump. Abe Cohen, taking first in the shot- put, second in the javelim and third in the discus, headed Eastern with 9 points, while Hughes, in the 220-yard low hurdles; McCall, in the pole vault, and Kiessling, in the high jump, were other first-place winners for the Lin- coln Parkers. NET ROMP FOR WESTERN Only One Match of Eight Dropped to G. W. Freshmen. Western High's tennis team lost only one match to the George Wash- ington freshmen yesterday as they handed the yearlings an 8-1 setback on the Monument courts. G. W.'s No. 1 doubles team of Davis and Goruth was the only thing that saved it from a shut-out. All but one of Western’s eight vic- tories came in straight sets. !lnllM—Dflhy (W) defeated Davis, Aunez (W.) defeated Gorin, g 6—4, 6—4 l}\ ur (W.) {THREE SPOTS OPE FOR SHOT ATTITLE Capital Figures to Qualify Pair for Championship Play at Pittsburgh. BY W. R. McCALLUM. T'S GOING to take quite & re- spectable score to qualify for the P. G. A. championship when some 35 or 40 of the local lads get to- gether for a little throat-cutting spree come April 29. The P. G. A. cham- pionship comes early in the season this year (it will be played at Pitts~ burgh, starting May 24) and you'd think the pros wouldn't be quite into the swing of their midiron slinging, but from the way they talk they are going to romp all over and around that Indian Spring course a week from next Thursday. With only three places open in such a big fleld, there's bound to be a fast scramble for the trio of spots. And if you think the lads don’t want to play listen to this: The P. G. A. tournament is one affair which re- turns fairly good dough to those who can play good golf. Two Places Seen for D. C.. 'ONTESTANTS get their railway fare paid, but it's even better than that. If a guy qualifies among the first 64 he's sure of 50 bucks. If he gets to the second round he’s sure of a century, and if he gets to the third round, as Leo Walper did at Pinehurst last November, he gets $150. 8o any guy who can keep in & wine ning groove can pick up a few dollars But that isn’'t all. It's quite an honor to play in the P. G. A. qualifis cation for the tournament immediately stamps any pro as among the best in the land. We have around Washington some half dozen golfers who have a good chance to qualify. Only three of 'em will make the grade, and Bobby Cruickshank and Errie Ball and Al Houghton, all from outside of Wash- ington, may horn into the picture. But Washington should grab two of the places. What'll it take to qualify? Figure 142 Will Do It. VWWIFFY COX says any guy who gets 142 can hang up his clubs and wait for the congratulations. George Diffenbaugh, the District open king, thinks the same thing, and Leo Walper, lone qualifier from Washing- ton for the tourney last year, holds that 143 will be tops among the quale ifiers. Probably two or three gents will tie at 143 or 144 for the last place and go into a play-off. It won't be anything like the brace of 70s which Tommy Armour shot seven or eight years ago to top the local fleld over the same course, and bad weather may toss & monkey wrench into the whole scheme of things. But you can bet your bottom dollar on one little item. All the pros want to qualify and they’ll all be in there trying. The Maryland State Golf Associa~ tion has designated the period from April 17-26 as “Maryland State golfe ers’ “handicap week” with an 18-hole handicap tourney running simultane- ously at all clubs which belong to the association. An entry fee of a dollar Wwill be charged, and on May 5 at Indian Spring and Hillendale the winners in three classes of both gross and net awards will meet for the top prizes. ———— 'ROWING CHAMPIONS PLACED ON METTLE California’s Inexperienced Bears Conceded Chance to Beat Washington Huskies. Bs the Associated Press. AKLAND, Calif., April 17.—Uni- versity of Washington's mighty crew of Olympic championship oars- men faced a stern challenge from the California Bears late today in a three-mile battle of strength and en- durance down the Oakland Estuary. More than 30,000 persons were ex- pected to line the shores to see the great Pacific Coast rivals, winners and runners-up of last year's national championship, match strokes for the thirty-fourth time since 1903. With the same crew which last year beat the Bears at Seattle and went on to Poughkeepsie and Olympic triumphs, Washington was the heavy favorite. The Huskies have beaten California on the Coast every year since 1932. California’s oarsmen are inexperi= enced in varsity rowing with the ex- ception of Larry Arpin, but Coach Carroll M. “Ky” Ebright, whose crews have won two Olympic games cham- pionships, said “We have a chance.” The three-mile grind was set for 7:32 E. 8. T. ACTION FOR JUMPERS Spectal Dispatch to The Btar. HEREFORD, Md., April 17.—The thirty-eighth running of the Little Grand _Nntional Steeplechase of 3 miles noon on the estate' of Walter tingham. Post time for the first event 4:30. Some of the most prominent horses now in action on the Virginia- Maryland circuit are among 18 entries received for the first test and the eight nominees for the Chiurch- ville Cup. - Three years ago—187,053 maw opening games in major leagues, with Lon Warneke limiting Reds to one hit as feature. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. CHICAGO.—Larry Greb. yaukee outpointed Frankis Terranova, 131, New York (10) IT.—Jimmy Adamick. 182, .. knocked out Johnny Miler_ 180, Los Angeles (2). QUINCY. {lL—Jimmy Buckler, 120, Loulsyilie. outpointed Merle Thompson, ITY.Roosevelt Rowe. 158, Philadelphia. ltoDDed Jimmy Bel mopy, 1814, Pitisburgh (). OLL wéo 34. Mil- ager. ¢ d Geteated Morrle Bag. 61 > Tausey (W0 defeated Muneu, 6—1, ibles—] @G W) Seteat- G Cteated “Linebarger-Eiam, nhaur-Tausey (W.) de- 6—1, 6—8. en (W) 8—0; ki 0! Rflfl' Ariz. (D). —Marty ocronteankn:& Pogiter lo‘bp’x’f: York Oty (10) = 38, Iphia, outpointed Gene Gallotto,