Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1937, Page 17

SPGRTS. y * A-17 Title in Star Cup Tennis Tourney a Toss-Up Among Seven Girls FIGHT WIDE OPEN ASHELD SHRINKS Anne Ellis Claims Second Seeded Victim—Doubles Play Under Way. BY BILL DISMER, JR. ITHOUT stretching the imagination, it was possible today to conceive of any one of seven girls winning the first local tennis championship of the season. For The Star's City of ‘Washington tournament, nearing com- pletion of the quarter-final bracket, had developed into the most wide- open net fight here in years. Two new names and one making & comeback after a 10-year absence were among the happy seven from which, for the first time since this observer can remember, no outstanding choice iz apparent. The palr making their first big splash in local circles are Mary Grea- son, who, in practice yesterday, when her first-round opponent failed to appear, looked the part of all the good things that had been written about her, and Anne Ellis, who, in two days, has trounced decisively as many ranking players of the city. Lillian Rixey Still a Star. LILLIAN RIXEY, a familiar name among the city's foremost junior girl players 10 years ago, is the “come- back” heroine. To many a mysterious entrant when she began her 6—2, 6—3 defeat of Polly Preston yesterday, it turned out that she was the same little figure who was Western's inter- high champion 10 years ago and who | Jeft the city just as her influence was | about to bud in senior ranks. The transfer of her Army officer father | Would mean that quite a handful of | back to Alexandria has given her a chance to resume where she left off i 1927, Either Miss Greason or Miss Rixey | were to be eliminated this afternoon, | however, as the luck of the draw rm\s them together at 8 o'clock this vening on the Rock Creek courts, Miss Ellis, on the other hand, will not be called upon to play until to- | morrow at the earliest. Her next op- " ponent is none other than Mary Cootes, District champion, who was to make her debut against Helen Davis at 6 o'clock tonight and then must | take on Mary Bouve in a second-round | match before playing Miss Ellis. But the latter continued her sensational play yesterday with a 6—4, 6—4 defeat | of Dorette Miller, sixth-ranking player of the District, and will be no long shot when she meets Miss Cootes. Stars in Top Fettle. sve-mentioned 2 AL OF: the aboveBenoned ot ‘Indmnapolis Pilots Fear Motory found in the lower half of the draw which also includes Edith Mc- Culloch, seventh-ranking player who must not be counted out until after meeting Elinor Finckel today and then facing the winner of the Grea- son-Rixey match. Conversely, the upper half was oc- cupied entirely by familiar and lead- ving figures of local netdom, all of whom are playing just about at the top of their games. They are Mar- garet Robinson, defending champion; Edith Clarke, third-ranking player and runner-up for The Star Cup last year, and Sara Moore, city champion | in 1935 and looking the part of the pa { ARNEY WELSH has lost his doubles partner, Ralph Mc- FElvenny, for an indefinite pe- riod. “Mac” left for Europe last week, to be gone for about a month, which means that he will not be here for the men’s City of Wash- ington tournament, starting Saturday, and, in all likelihood, not for the Dis- trict tournament. It is rumored that Welsh has asked another Mac—Stan McCaskey, presi- dent of the D. C. T. A, and a darn good player in his own right—to be his partner until Ralph returms. 8o far, McCaskey has declined, however, feeling that he might slow up the fast- flying District champion. Prankly, though, Welsh could do lots worse than McCaskey, who often plays a game commensurable with his execu- tive ability—which 15 most able. At the same time, rumor persists in tending toward the belief that Welsh will not defend his City of Washington championship and The Star Cup. It — seems that the New England cham- pionships, which Welsh also won last vear, are scheduled a week hence, and the Rockville Rambler feels he ought ‘w ramble North to defend the more | important sectional championship. Although he would be missed here, there would be many (contenders) who would gladly miss the local rank- | Ing star’s presence. Absence of Welsh | ‘stars would have to be accorded even chances to gain possession of The Star Cup for the ensuing 12 months. RANCES BASSEIT, who as | Frances Walker was one of the | city's best players not so long back, put ‘ up a nice scrap against Sara Moore be- fore being eliminated in The Star tour- | nament yesterday. Although she had | played only three practice sets before her first-round match Saturday, Mrs. | Bassett extended Miss Moore to a 6—4 count in the first set. Sara's hard forehand drives in the second set, how- | ever, had their effect on Mrs. Bassett, whose wrist tired quxckly from the tremendous effort required to return her opponent's shots. Although she isn’t as active in either sport as she once was, Mrs. Bassett Temarked after her defeat, “There are two tournaments I never miss and both are conducted by The Star. It's the Yuletide bowling tournament and your City of Washington champion- We allus aim to Probably the two cutest girls in the tournament both bowed out in the first-round singles matches, but they were to be back on hand todsy—as & doubles combination. They are blond Christine Gawne and brunet Frances Carter, who meet Eleanor Craven and Elinor Finckel at 6 o'clock. If they win they go up against the unseeded, but formidable, combination of the Marys—Cootes and Greason. Despite the threatening weather and the fact that it only was the sec- ond round, quite a gallery turned out for yesterday's matches. The bank on the west side of the reservoir makes 8 natural, choice grandstand from which every one of the 10 courts is clearly visible. No, fans, there is no admission. CONSIDERJNG ‘Washington's vast number of fair tennis players, the original draw of 32 had seemed somewhat discouraging to this ob- server, despite the fact that it is Just about tope, in size, of any women's tournament ever held in the District. But after talking with several ex- perienced players, who have played all over the country, we were given to understand that a draw of 32 for any women's tournament is most com- mendable. Mary Greason, who inci- tentally beat Theodosia Smith—one of the Pacific Coast stars—a couple of years ago, reports that the average major women's tournament in that section attracts no more than 32, with many numbering less. Gals, it seems, are funny sbout entering tournaments in which they know they haven't a chance—despite the fact that a $2 entry fee covers the cost of the public court and three new balls, which they would have to pay for anyway. In addition, there's the experience and publicity one gets from tournament participation. But they never seem to think o' that. IMAGINARY TROUBLE HAUNTS SPEED ACES Damage Hard to Repair and Adverse Weather. | B the Associated Press. INDXANAPOLIS, May 24.—Fear of | motor trouble—a cracked block or needed replacement of a part difi- cult to procure—haunted gasoline al- ley at the Indianapolis Motor Speed- way today as drivers anxiously watched the ebbing time in which they may qualify for the 500-mile au- tomobile race May 31. There was a dread, too, of adverse Moore of that season. Miss Moore faces the big opportunity to regain her title tomorrow when she meets Mrs. Robinson in the first of the quarter-final matches, probably around 2 o'clock. The ex-champ’s| scorching drives were too hot for . Frances Walker Bassett yesterday, | who succumbed, 6—4, 6—1, while Mrs. Robinson was playing, and winning her first match, from Eleanor Craven, 6—4, 6—3. Sara seemed like the Sara of | old and may provide a surprise for| those who were counting her out in pre-tournament predictions. Rain Hits One Match. ISS CLARKE awaits the outcome of the Mary Ryan-Johanna Zetlemeier match, the only one halted by rain yesterday. At the time, Miss Ryan, fiftth-ranking player, had a one- set advantage at 6—2, and was leading, 4—1 in the interrupted encounter. Thus, she is only two games away from becoming Miss Clarke's opponent. Mrs. Robinson and Miss Clarke were seeded No. 1 for the 10-team doubles competition, which opens today with two preliminary matches, and Mrs. Miller and Miss Moore, No. 2. The two combinations were. the finalists last year, the ranking pair winning | the championship. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Pirst_round—Mary G Kay Baker by aefault: defeated Frances Carter, 8—t McCulloch defeated Christine Gawne, 6—1, §0;, Lillian Rixiey defeated Polly Pres: —:3; Mary Ryan was leading Somanas Zetlemeler, 62, aited the match. Becond_round—Mrs. Margaret Robinson efented Fleanor Craven. —, 6-—3; Sara Walker Bas: tt, — tke deteated Barbara Conard. 61 Annje Ellis 4—1, when rain weather conditions, which may pre- ' vent qualifying trials on scheduled days as it did Saturday and the pre- ceding Sunday, when usually daring pilots refused to take their cars out on the 2'>-mile track for the test runs at & speed well over 100 miles an hour because of rain and high winds. Six drivers qualified their roaring | mounts yesterday to bring the total | piaces in the starting line-up, filled so far to 18. Thirty-three cars will | be permitted to start the annual grind, and if more than that number qualify the rest of them will be elimi- mnated automatically. COASTAL PLAINS. Snow Hill, 12: New Bern, 0. Greenville, 7: Tazoro. 8. Avden. 4:" Williamston, 2 _Goldsboro. 8: Kinston, 4. Matches Today In Star Net Play Singles. 6 p.m.—First round, Mary Cootes vs. Helen Davis, Mary Ryan vs. Johanna Zetlemeier. 4 p.m—Second round, Edith Mc- Culloch vs. Eleanor Finckel (at Co=- lumbia Country Club). 6 p.m.—Second round, Mary Grea- son vs. Lillian Rixey, Doubies. 6 pm—First round, Eleanor Craven and Eleanor Pinckel vs. Frances Carter and Christine Gawne, 6:15 pm—Mrs. Kay Baker and Willie O'Steen vs. Johanna Zetle- defeated Mrs. Doretta Milter, 6—4, 6—4, meiler and partner, By EN PLOTNICKI, a crack George Washington half- back who was forced to play second fiddle to Tuffy Leemans® effective leather lugging, will be Tuffy’s best man when the popular pigskinner is married to ‘Theodora Rinaldi June 12 . . . George Jenkins and Frank Kava- Her, other Colonial backs, will serve as ushers. _ Bill Garrott, former Central High and Maryland foot ball player, now i peddling insurance . , . Cecil ‘Travis batted in his first run this season for the Nationals yesterday <. and despite his lowly .239 aver- age, Al Simmons still is tops on the €lub in that respect with 23 runs pumped across to his credit. Only because Rhode Island’s Boxing Commission withdrew its request for suspension of Joey Archibald, recently disqualified for foul tactics there, will the slick- haired bantam be allowed to fight Ray Ingram here on the police benefit card at GriMith Stadium June 2. . . the Rhode Island box- ing body experienced a change of heart after requesting the National Boxing Association to ban him for * & time. ‘The left ear of Ernie Dusek, gnarled and crumpled into one of the best caulifiowers on the mat BURTON HAWKINS market, adorns the frontispiece of a monthly picture mag . . . The medical term for a caulifiower ear, in case you're interested, is othe- matomata or hematoma auris plastic surgery, the only remedy, is too expensive for most fighters - . . Besides, it leaves the ear in & delicate condition and all the sur- geon's work would go for nothing with another solid whack . . . 8o fighters and grapplers naturally figure what the heck. A caulifiower ear does not de- stroy hearing unless the tumors have obstructed the opening of the external hole, such as will be found on Ernie Dusek and Capt. Blue- beard . . . Goldie Ahearn and Al Foreman collected the largest purses ever awarded at the old Kenilworth Arens . . . $1,900 apiece. Jack Johnson, the only Negro ever to hold the world heavy- weight boxing title, launched his professional career at the age of 21 by knocking out four opponents in a battle royal. .. Today, at 59, he is a side-show attraction at flea circus in New York . . . Chasing a greased pig was part of Jack’s training routine . . . Just .10 years ago & poll of sports writers ‘stamped him the greatest heavys weight boxer of all time. TICKETS FOR TITLE BATTLE ARE READY Applications Hit $350,000, With Sale for Chicago Show to Open Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. 'HICAGO, May 24.—Tickets for the world heavyweight boxing contest June 22 at Comiskey Park between Joe Louis and Champion James J. Brad- dock will go 6n sale tomorrow, with Promoter Joe Foley estimating that applications for seats already total $350,000. Meanwhile, the principals took s day off at their training camps. Braddock, doing his conditioning at Grand Beach, Mich,, planned to hold his training to golf and a little bag- punching, while Louis, established at Kenosha, also was scheduled to visit the fairways. Braddock boxed six rounds Sunday with three sparmates, the workout drawing about 1,500 fans. Louis worked a round each against five hired hands and appeared faster than in his initial drill Saturday. COX BIRD HOME FIRST Peerless Lady Is Speedy in Race From Pittsburgh. Peerless Lady, from the loft of Ed- ward H. Cox, won the fourth race of the current old bird series being con- ducted by the Ouspitai City Racing Pigeon Club _from Pittsburgh, nego- tiating the airline distance of 200 miles in 5 hours and 18 minutes. ‘The winner, averaging 36 miles per hour, was preesed closely for top honors by Onrush from the*Raphael L. Webb loft and Good Humor from the Clyde F. Bush loft, winners of second and third prizes, respectively. Fifteen local lofts entered 133 Ppigeons in the competition. Following are the first arrivals, with the speed indicated in yards per minute: 4 H. Cox. 1.06440: R. L. Webb. G ol pBub 63.10; ). 65 illism’_Croz H vnuea Blates Army. m Pennington, Holmes_1. 051.20; J. F. { Ollte, Brown." 1.0 ert Bird, 1.011.10; Euseblo lnd Owens, 55670, and VIR B 5. 907.40. STARS FILL GOLF MEET Women’s Trans-Mississippi Lures Curtis Aces, State Champs. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 3¢ (P). —Four Curtis cup team stars and a bevy of State champions will con- verge on San Antonio June 1, for the eleventh annual women's trans-Mis- sissippi golf tournament. Slender Marion Miley, Lexington, Ky., meteor, will defend the title she ‘won last year at Denver. Three of her Curtis Cup team champions, Patty Berg of Minneapolis; Mrs. O. 8. Hill, the Kansas City vet- eran, and Mrs. Frank Goldthwaithe, Fort Worth Tex,, weré listed among the foremost ehallengers. COLLEGIANS DROPPED Two N. C. Btate, Five Wake For- est Men Played Elsewhere. RALEIGH, N. C, May %4 (A— Three N. C. State varsity base ball players and five Wake Forest reserves have been declared ineligible because of having played with teams other than those of their colleges. Those dropped from the squads, officials of the schools announced, are Albert Sandfoss, second baseman, and Charlie Gadd and Uriah Norwood, outflelders of State; and Fred Hoyle, Boots Mumford, Tallle Dupree, Young Howard and Sam Smith of Wake Forest, Fuller was & member of the Wake Poun basket ball team snd Hoyle is oot ball end. DAVIS CUP SCRAP HAS TENNIS AGOG Possession of Trophy to Be Decided in U. S. Zone Play, Netmen Feel. BY the Associated Press. EW YORK, May 24—Eight young men.—Four Australians and four Americans—will vol- ley the very weighty tennis world to and fro this week end at Forest Hills with the American zone final of the Davis Cup play hanging in the balance and the tennis-minded of two nations hanging in their chairs. Not since 1927, the annus mirabilus of sports when Babe Ruth hit 60 homers, Tunney licked Dempsey again and the Davis Cup crossed the seas to France, has tennis interest in this country been at such a high pitch. Almost every one knows that the Australians, Vivian McGrath, Adrian Quist, Jack Crawford and Johnny Bromwich have come bounding across the Equator with an amazing reper- toire of strokes and an ardent yen for the cup. Cup Seen for Victor Here. LIKEWISE America’s team, Don Budge, Gene Mako, Bryan Bitsy Grant and Frank Parker are in the spotlight, a spotlight heightened by 10 years of longing for the trophy, held for the last four years by England. The loss by the British of Pro Fred Perry has weakened the British team, while Germany has only the brilliant Baron Gottfried von Cramm. The tennis soothsayers see victories over Germany and England in that order for the winning squad at Forest Hills. These reasons, and a multitude of minor ones, have boosted interest in tennis. More than 10,000 spectators, capacity crowds, are expected to see each of the three sessions of play in the West Side Tennis Club Stadium and half of the world's first 10 ranking players, Saturday, Sunday and Mon- day. Bromwich Big Attraction. ON THE lathy shoulders of Don Budge, red-headed Californian, rests most of the weight of America’s chances. Budge will play the No. 1 singles post for the United States and pair with Gene Mako in the doubles. Either Parker or Grant will play the No. 2 singles assignment. Quist, best of the Aussies in prac- tice, is almost certain to be called on in the singles, with either McGrath or Crawford the choice for the No. 2 post. Many of the fans will be drawn to the matches to see Johnny Bromwich. Bromwich serves and smashes with his right hand, uses both hands on his forehand drive, and hits off his port side with his left hand. HILE’S PIGEONS SCOHE Finish First, Second in 610-Mile Race From Attalla, Ala. Henry C. Hile's pigeons won first and second places in the fourth race of the old bird series of the National Capital Racing Pigeon Concourse, which was flown from Attalla, Ala. Hile's winner traveled the 610-airline distance at the rate of 981.80 yards | per minute, while his runner-up flew |16 yards a minute slower. Altogether, 282 birds from 41 lofts competed. Following is the average speed, in yards per minute, of the first return to each loft, the first nine being diploma winners: Hile 98LR0: Hile 96334, 96215 oft. + 96(1.41 g 914, 1 umm Eerde; kl Relnhara 8 Efimo sheriy R64 10 seheucn #, Venning. 0; Goddera”" 5 ; . die, 05 ZT mcmne 98788 Haste, nthicum. second da Tweive lotls Tuiled T resond 987 report. MRS. GAUT RE-ELECTED Memphis Woman on Eighth Term as Southern Golf Prexy. ATLANTA, May 24 (£).—Mrs. Dave C. Gaut of Memphis, Tenn., began today her eighth year as president of the Southern Women's Golf Associ- ation. The association re-elected Mrs. Gaut and accepted the Birmingham Coun- try Club’s bid for the 1938 tournament, the dates to be set later by the Execu-~ tive Committee. Mrs. Lawrence Donaldson of Knox- ville, Tenn., secretary and treasurer, ‘Was re-elected. ELITES BEAT CRAWFORDS. NEW YORK, May 24 (Special).— The Washington Elites scored & run for each hit here yesterday to trim the Pittsburgh Crawfords, 10-4, in & National Negro League base ball game at Dykeman Oval. KERGE SLAB VICTOR. Behind the effective hurling of Ed- die Kerge, the Maryland A. C. trounced the crack Brentwood nine, 4-1, in an unlimited sandlot base ball game yesterday, It was the Mary- landers’ third consecutive victory. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batti . 440; wnm et 42 ML e reenber; “and Genringer ('fl lrl) 27. uns batted A0 s Greenbere (Tigers), 34; Bonura (Whil gers), 47:. Bell (Browns), pilits—Walker ( Doublei—Bell (Browns), 17: Vommik (Browns), 1. Triples—Kuhel (Senators). §: Stone (Benators). Greenbers = and = White Tigers), lelh (l¥ s—Selkirk ( lom¢ .'ohnmn (Aihleticn.” Green d Bonura (White Sox), 6 ea *"Stolen bases. Walker 11'1‘” man_(Senators). Appling e BoD 4-0; nh and Pytlak (Indians), 6 each. Pitching—Pearson ' (Yankees), Hudlin (Indians), 3-0. NATIONAL LEAGUE, Batting—Medwick (Cardin 423; Arnovich (Phillies), .398. unb—«Meflwlck (Cardinals), 28; as ln (Cubs), 25. hs batisd in—Medwick (Cardle nl.)‘ 34 Demaree (Cubs). i nasett *(Dod 10; lled'\ck 1c-mmm 8, wick (C-rdnuh). es—Hi and Medwick (CArdinai), 13 each. Pirates), ases. Mariin (Cordinale) u: “Lavisetto and Bain sy s—Med: Arhovich (Fhillien). Doubles !nndr" (Hrl % ‘".c tell (Glants), By Gtorae £ HuseR- Get a few anglers together and immediately they launch into their tales, liberally sprinkled with casting motions and that busi- ness of holding the hands far apart to indicate the size of fish which did or did not get away. Here is one recently related by George W. Wilson of Elkins, W. Va., about one of the old-time fishermen up in his neighborhood. Doc had need of no new ideas on the subject of trout fishing. There was no sense in legging it for mile after mile along the rugged streams, risking a broken neck and & multitude of disasters. No, indeed! He knew there were plenty of big trout in the deep pools hard by the camp, and he knew exactly how to get them. He did not propose to wear out his arm whipping a fly over the water, either. He had not come out just to get a sore shoulder. He proposed to use nothing but small live toads. Hook a toad in a ALF the fun of fishing is in H telling about it afterward. certain way so he would be secure on the hook, but not hurt seriously, throw him in the pool and let out plenty of line. The toad would swim about and attract the attention of big fish. Nothing but big ones would bother it, but they could be de- pended to snap at it whenever they were feeding at all ‘The fisherman,» meanwhile, might make himself cozy and enjoy his out- ing. 8o Doc found himself a com- fortable station on a rock at the head of the large pool. He carefully hooked his toad, cast out into the stream, let out 40 yards of line and complacently awaited results. And Doc Still Sits. PON my return from two hours of fishing downstream, I found Doc still sitting on his rock. No, he hadn’t had a strike yet, but you couldn't hurry big trout, and he wasn't interested in the small fry the boys were bringing in. probably were asleep, but they would wake up shortly. The big fish | in adopting for trout fishing the salt- water angler's trick of chumming. One pool he fished had plenty of large trout, but all he could hook was small 9-inchers, so0 he captured sev- eral chubs and crayfish, put them on & rock and with a smaller rock mashed them into a messy mass. Lit- tle by little he threw this “chum” into the head of the pool and was re- warded by several large trout on his line. What Do Trout Eat? ROUT fishermen like to make a study of the food their favorite fish eat 20 they can offer them the same thing wrapped around a hook. Well, boys, here's something to mull over, a few results of ‘a study made by the West Virginia Conservation Commission as to just what consti- tutes a trout's diet. One trout taken in Howards Creek had 10 grains of oats in its stomach. Another had 3% inches of string. Game Warden Frank Pollock found & rainbow in Turkey Creek which had swallowed a stone about the size of & hickory nut. He also found a whole creel of trout, nine to be exact, lit- erally stuffed to the gills with toad eggs. And there was a bass with three painted terrapins the size of half dollars in its stomach, and a grass pike or pickerel was found to have swallowed an ivory elephant, LONE YANK SURVIVES Surface Carries on in French Ten- nis Championships. PARIS, May 24 (#).—Hal Surface of Kansas City was the only American atill in the running for a Prench hard court tennis championship after the defeat of Mrs. Dorothy Andrus of Stamford, Conn., and her partner, Mme. Sylvia Henrotin of France, yes- terday. Surface advanced through the sec- ond round with a hard won victory over R. Abdessalam, little-known French player, 6—3, 7—5, 7—$, while Mrs. Andrus and Mme. Henrotin were losing to Mme. Rene Mathieu of France and Billy Yorke of England, 3—6, 6—2, 6—2. The German Davis Cup doubles He had a good | team of Baron Gottfried von Cramm brace for his feet, so he would avert |and Heinrich Henkel took the men's being jerked from the rock by the |doubles title by defeating Vernon G. whopper he expected to strike any | Kirby and Norman Farquharson of instant now. He was quite comfort- able and satisfied. On another rock a hundred feet downstream, on the slope away from Doc, the toad looked out on the world witheut fear or complaint. The same mgler who related the South Africa, 6—4, 7—5, 3—86, 6—1. LELIVELT SPURNS ORIOLES. LOS ANGELES, May 24 () —Jack Lelivelt, scout for the Chicago Cubs, | said today he had declined an offer to manage the Baltimore Club of the International League through the 1939 above tale also has had some success season. Does Comeback JOE TINKER, Famous former Chicub star, again has regained his health aftei being at death’s door last Winter, has returned to organized base ball as man- ager of the Orlando team, now in the cellar of the Florida State League. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. Rochester, ¢ Montreal, 4 8yracuse. '14: Baltimore, 2. Jersey City. 6: Newark. b. Buffalo, 12 Toronto, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus, 7—6: Milwaukee. 1—b. Toledo. A-—10: Kansas City. 3—13. Louisville, : _Minneapolis, B8t. Paul. Indianapolis. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Knoxville. 6; Atlanta. 5 5: Little Rock. 2. : Memphis. i. ! Chattanoosa. 2—5. PACIFIC COAST. Sacramento. 1 Eortland, 1_-2. 8an Diego. 10— sAnlezl!s 2—1. Nashville, San Prancisco. 7 Lot Oakland. 3—0: Missions, 1— Port Worth. 6. WOMEN'S NET LOOP OFF TO FAST START Chevy Chase, Army-Navy Squads Tied for Lead After First Two Weeks of Play. N SCORES of the first two weeks’ play, competition in the District ‘Women’s Tennis League will be keener than ever this season. Although some teams have played nine matches, Chevy Chase and Army- Navy are leading the league with 1.000 percentages, having won all of their first few engagements. Mary Cootes accounted for two of Chevy Chase’s three victories by de- feating Sara Moore and Dorette Mil- ler, and Barbara Conard accounted for the third. The standings and results of first matches: Chevy Chase Rorens o Btandards” Wardman 5 Mount Pluum 2 Nationa Racgueters George Washington EERENeeES Sum Christine Silis « baugh (R.), 6 QaTro (M.’ B defeated Valerie Looms (C.). 6—4. 61, Hazel Bishopp (C) d Shermer (M. P.) 6 P, T—3, defested Dorothy rbara cn jdefeated Eleanor Curmll 4. Owens (R 54 Ball drlulvd Eieanor’ Sterbis (. 6—4 Loiise Chinn (R, Bergstrom (W Conard (C. M.P. A defeated Betty on S0y oS Margaret Graham (7 defeated Rith Mare tinez (M. P.). 1—H. 8—4. A—2 Eleanor Voity | (CJ ) defeated Mary van der Veer fenthicen K!n'7 (C) defeated Florence Meter (N.), 6- Margarsg Robinson m N. auu ed preey” B 8) ?._Ellen Pratt (A N) detestea CToseonine Trov (B 8D, 6 1. 8o fcn: Josephing Trey (B, 5.1 def *d Eleanor Carroll ( dofmpfl Hattio Josephine Irev 1B 81 Meverhoft (W.). A—3. 3 Oklahoma City. 2—4: Beaumont. 6. Houston. 2—2. 8an Antonio, 8—8: Galveston, 1—4. NEW YORK-PENNSLYVANIA. ranton. 7 Binghamton ): 14— Hazelton, 14—3: Albany, 0-—5. THREE-EYE. Decatur. 1— Bloomington, &—5: Terre Haute 2—1. Peoria. 2: Ciinton. 1. Moline. 3—1 Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a year ago—Cardinals bought Johnny Mize, first baseman, from Phillies. Tony Lazzeri hit two homers with bases loaded as Yanks beat Athletics, 25-2. Three years ago—Johnny Good- man beaten in fifth round of Brit- ish amateur golf by L. G. Garnett, 2 and 1, leaving Lawson Little and George Dunlap in running. Five years ago—Leonard Martin, metropolitan champion, and Roger Wethered beaten in British ama- teur golf championship. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR the ball slipped out of Joe Judge's hand in a run- down between third and home, Chic Gandil acored the run for Chicago which begt Washington, 2-1. [Eddie Cicotte let the Nats down with four hits, while Jim Shaw gave up six to the Sox. Weak hitting has kept the Na- tionals buried in sixth place in the pennant race, not one regular hit- ting .300. Eddie Foster's .284 is the highest percentage, with Joe Judge next in line with 281, Sam Rice is third with .266. Mrs. C. L. Frailey and Mrs Ormsby McCammon were to pl for the championship of the Che! Chase Club’s annual closed tour- nament for women. Mrs. Frailey is the women's champion of the