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SFORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1937. SPORTS. —15 - Young Carolma Links Star Hailed as Another “Budding Jones” £ | INDUNKELBERGER MATEUR golf in America, | Jones. And the lad’s name is Bobby, ocently won the North and South {ca” says Bob. since he whipped Francis Ouimet at North-South Champion, 17, Rated Close to Being Best of Amateurs. which has been in a tailspin | for quite & few years, is in for a little trouble from a South- too. To hear rotund Robert Harlow tell $t, Bobby Dunkelberger, the 17-year- championship at Pinehurst, comes close to being the best amateur shot- maker in the land. “He probably is The Dunkelberger boy hits the ball | & very long way with a lengthy swing | and 120 pounds of muscular strength Pinehurst a year ago, and if he keeps on improving he can put some pep into the amateur game. ' RARE GOLF WORTH | BY W. R. McCALLUM. ern kid who looks a budding Bobby old Greensboro, N. C, lad who re- the finest golfer of his age in Amer- behind it. He has improved greatly Rival Here for Dunko[h?r:er IT 'S BADLY needed, for there hasn't been a lot of good golf shot among | the amateurs since Bob Jones and George Von Elm gave up their riva. six and a half years ago. Maybe Dun kelberger has what it takes ‘ But when Harlow cracks that the | Greensboro kid probably is the finest | golfer of his age in America, we rise | up and remind him that we have al precocious youngster around Wash- ington named Bobby Brownell who | can commit quite a little golf on his own hook. It seems that golf does run | to Bobbys. The Dunkelberger lad has had more of an opportunity than Brownell to get around, but that doesn't mean he’s tops among the 17 and 18 year old kids. Dunkelberge: hasn't done anything i amateur championship, nor s Brownell. And neither has been such a good golfer | a8 John Goodman, who was good enough to win the open championship four years ago. Hagen “Bird of Paradise.” THEY VE named Walter Hagen “Bird of Paradise” in New Zea- | Jand, where the Haig moved in a few days ago with Joe Kirkwood on his | world tour. and where Walter is back on the old schedule, with all the | swank and foppery that has made him Mr. America in the matter of clothes. A New Zealand newspaper man, after waiting for Walter some five hours, finally caught the great man dressing. “As I entered,” he wrote. “the famed golfer was knotting a flamboyant tie and putting 1 touches on an ensemble that v natty, consisting of two-color shoes, striped trousers and brown jacket ‘The room was overflowing with gear, including four enormous trunks co taining high hats and tails and pu over sweaters of many shades. “There were dozens of pairs of shoes and slippers belonging to the | great man and even the slippers had l ‘trees’ in them to keep them in shape.” You've hardly seen anything, brother. Wait till Walter really starts o put on the swank. A. A, U. MEET MAY 31 Bite Is Not Yet Decided—10-Mile Race Slated July 4. Monday, May 31, has been set as the date for the annual District A. A. U track and field championships, it was announced today. No site has been set for the events The local organization also an- nounced that it will sponsor a special 10-mile race here on July 4 in con- function with Independence day cele- brations. It also will stage a series of practice runs to develop contestants for the national A. A. U. marathon here on June 17. Minor Leagues American Association. Columbus, 7; Louisville, 5. Milwaukee, 8; Minneapolis, 7. Indianapolis, 5; Toledo, 2. St. Paul, 9; Kansas City, nnings). T (10 Texas. ‘Tulsa, 1: Dallas, 0 Ban Antonio, 3; Beaumont, 1 Oklahoma City, 5: Fort Worth, 4. Galveston, 5; Houston, 0. South Atlantic. Jacksonville, 4; Augusta, nkee, Amer a trial run. She to decide the U against Sopw Old Yacht Tests New Sail cup contender, carries a lot of canvas in “ing put in trim for the tryouts this Summer State entry to defend the famous lroplzy British challenger. —Copyright, A. P Wh[’p’l(){n CHOOLBOY g the game wt vears of indifferen Dawes Cup s dule before them awaiting the i ng out of a few details before being finally approved As it stands now the lid will be lifted from the high school links' season next Saturday, witk listed, but where they will be played today is unsettled. These matches will find | District Roosevelt, captained by Champion Bobby Brownell, clashing with Western, present Dawes Cup holders, and Central playing Tech. ‘HE Western High team, captained by Buddy Pope, looks on early season form to be a less impressive outfit than the team which, with Billy Shea in the No. 1 spot, won the | Dawes Cup three ye Western has been shot to pieces by graduation and may not be successful in making it four in a row. Over at Roosevelt, Brownell likes the chances of his youngsters, al- though he concedes that Wilson, with Ralph Bogart and Bill Flather, jr., is apt to toss a monkey wrench into the works, and that Central, with Milford in a row. | Stein and blond Bob Leapley, will be no pushover. Roosevelt's team will | meet the Maryland University outfit at the Fort Meade course next Sunday. QINAL entries are being accepted today for the Miller Memorial tourney at the Washington Golf and Country Club Thursday. The Miller Memorial affair is the opening tourney of the season for the woman golfers about the Capital, and is being put on by the women of the Washington club, headed by Mrs. A luncheon will be served and entrants are urged to bring their own caddies. ED-HEADED Bob Barnett, bronzed to a pinkish hue by the Florida sun, to lick in the forthcoming qualifica- tion rounds for the P. G. A. cham- pionship at Indian Spri; T. N. De Lashmutt. | today looms as one of the men | Bob didn't do anything much in the opening tourney of the mid-Atlantic pros vesterday but play that lengthy Indian Spring layout in 69 whacks, which happens to be 2 under par, and a rather respectable score. topped the n of Clifton Park shots, and with man—Johnny Bass Baltimore—by two portly dler, grabbed first prize in the ama- teur-pro affair. Between ’em they had a better ball of 66, and since Russ sported a handicap of only two strokes, you can see he committed quite a little golf on his own hook; of was it slice? Anyhow, Barnett was main guy in the jamboree. the He | He's a mighty man with golf clubs, | this little fellow who came to Chevy Chase back in 1922 and who today holds two of the better jobs of the land. Here are the results in the tourney: Pro sweepstakes—Bob Bar- nett, Chevy Chase, 69; John Bass Baltimore, 71; George Diffenbaugh, Indian Spring, 72; Cliff Spencer, Bea- ver Dam, 73; Leo Walper, Bethesda, Md., 73; Al Houghton. Old Point Com- fort, Va., 74: Charles P. Betschler, Baltimore; Ralph Beach, Baltimore, and Mel Shorey, East Potomac, 76. Amateur-pro sweepstakes—Barnett and Hollebaugh (2), 66; Diffenbaugh and Maury Fitzgerald (3), 67; Bar- nett and Ralph Quinter (2), 67; Barnett and Robert Stead, jr. (5), 68; Bass and Eddie Meyer (6), 68; Leo Walper and Walter McCallum (4), 68; Al Treder and J. A. Pratt (5), 68; Cliff Spencer and Forrest Thompson (2), 69; Spencer and Jesse Baggett (2), 69; Al Treder and J. W. Harvey, Jr. (2), 69; Treder and Tommy Ken- drick (4), 69. IT ALL comes down t.o the point that | the P. G. A. qualifying rounds are going to wind up in quite a scramble, with a place or two possibly hinging on the final putt on the final green. And if Barnett holds to his present form he'll be a tough hombre to whip. Indian Spring was no cinch golf course yesterday, and that 69 repre- next week. | sented a lot of golf. You don’t need any shock absorbers on your tonsils when you say “LA-ZORA” Always UNIFORM ALL LONG-FILLER > A Product of G. H. P. Cigar Co., Inc. < LA-ZORA TRY ONB TODAY DISTRIBUTOR DANIEL LOUGHRAN 00, INC., 402 11TH ST. 8.W., WASHINIGTON, D. C. !Bout With McDonald Leaves voted for McDon: | with six rounds going to Sandy | four to Gallagher Russ Holle- | | baugh, the well-known golf goods ped- two contests | GALLAGHER FALS TOTHRILLINDRAW a suitable Badly Muddled. boxing situation, if any one lagher's drawing power has withered Arena with Sandy McDonald, who is Mader still is the same so-so Eddie to import Max Baer here for a fight paper, may be abandoned. Neither day, while Tow, who has yet to launch | The winner of the Gallagher-Me- pending Mader-Tow argument, but the thused over either Marty or Sandy, respective winners, if you're still fol plans a “ery long distance call to to land the la he's nvit tions and perhaps terms with Perhaps it Heavy Situation Here BY BURTON HAWKIN ASHINGTON'S heavyweight is interested, is muddled | completely. ~ Marty Gal- considerably after his unimpressive 10-round draw last night at Turner's not 0 hot himself. Bob Tow still must prove his prowess, if any, and Eddie Mader. All of which seems to indicate plans Wwith one of the above, a scrap which would have the backing of a local Gallagher nor McDonald appeared in A position to accept such a match to- | his comeback effort, no doubt would | offer an extreme financial risk. Donald bout, you see, was to have been matched with the winner of the im- stalemate, coupled with the fact that local ringworms weren’t one bit en- jams the matchmaking machinery. The victor in the bout between the lowing, was to have the dublous honor of facing Baer. Ahearn Phone Bill Mounts. MATCHMAK: 'E AHEARN Baer in Lo w night, and | just to prove cere in his efforts newspaper mer Gol however, must rev opponent before Maxie scheme to forg concentrate on an excelle Baer altogether and an o nding match | in some other division of more caliber locally. Ahearn's estimate of a 35,000 or 40,000 crowd seems a bit optimistic, to put it mildly. Besides, what proof | is there to offset the full-grown sus- | picion that Baer is washed up? | Along the local fistic front there is; murmuring that Gallagher has seen his rosiest ring days. McDonald never | has been accused of being an out- standing fighter and Marty, if an thing, received the worst of the mill- | ing against the beetle-browed Texan Dr. O. U. Singer, one of the judges, 1d, while Referee Charley Reynolds and Judge Charley Dunn swung the draw. ‘The Star's score sheet showed Mc- Donald the winner by three points and Six-round preliminaries saw Bobby Dechter win a split decision over Joe Green and Bob Anderson trounce Mike O'Leary, while the four-round opener found Mike Groves gaining a split decision over Vince Bonovirl. MEN! We have the Schick Injector Razor! 89° WITH 12 BLADES ANIA DRUG N.W. NA. PHARMACY, INC.J| Ave. N.W. WE. PHAR‘VKAC) | 15th & H St. N.W. Leaders in 1937—Points Added for Tests. EW YORK, April 20 —Though N the Professional Golfers’ Asso- quarters when the names of s8ix players picked for this year's Ryder the P. G. A. saved itself some ad- vance embarrassment, of the six—Tony Manero, Henry Picard, Denny Shute, Johnny Revolta, fail to qualify for the United States open championship at Oakland Hills June 10, 11 and 12. For all of them became automatically eligible when ties last Summer at Baltusrol The 32 players in that camp, plus any acceptable foreign pros in this country at the time, need not go ing test. For the rest of the field, | which may very well top last year's qualifying points. Five Test Spots Added. last year, and the most that ever | have been used since the sectional Michigan draws one of the new points, at Grand Rapids, to accom- expected from the championship’s “home” State. The other four are Rock, Ark., and Huntington, W. Va The entries received at the new dis- with 33; Richmond, Va. with 21, and Birmingham h 30—justified their retention by the Championship Committee, headed by Harold W. after analyzing the 1936 entry list, changed the qualifying centers in eight Six Chosen Were Among 30 By the Associated Press. ciation was criticized in some Cup team were announced, at least There is no possibility that any one Horton Smith and Gene Sarazen—will Country Club, Birmingham, Mich.,, they finished among the first 30 and | Al Watrous, Oakland Hills pro, and | through the 36-hole sectional qualify- record entry of 1,277, there will be 33 is five more than were used trials were inaugurated in 1924. modate the exceptionally heavy entry Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Little tricts introduced in 1936—Troy, N. Y, Ala., witt Pierce of Boston. The committee, other areas June 1 has been set as the date for the 36-hole trials in 30 of the 33 dis- | tricts. 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