Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1937, Page 15

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 28 1937. SPORTS. A—15 Vaunted Color of Historic Poughkeepsie Regatta Rapidly Is Fading WSTSHEENED [] OS %V@lLIL REDDISH CAPABLE intention of buying it will cost you plenty of the long green. And s0 a week after returning from New York we dropped around to one of the local sporting goods stores, bought a 50-cent line for our $10 outfit and went down to the bay and EASTERN NET MEET LURES 20 COLLEGES . Partisans of East’s Crews Giving Up Trip to See Favorites Lose. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, June 28 —Stewards of the Intercollegiate Rowing - Association, which sponsors the annual boat race at Poughkeepsie, are seriously interested in an inquiry as to what is the matter with the regatta. Whatever the causes are, the result is clearly apparent— the event is sick unto death. Contrasted with the enthusiasm and color and animation and hordes of spectators, attracted through college affiliation or mere desire to participate in & thrilling show, which character- tzed this famous intersectional aquatic event up to a few years ago, Pough- | keepsie and the Hudson River last Tuesday were nothing less than pathetic. Anchored on either side of the course n the final stretch were mot more | than 70 craft—actual count—and, of | these, only a handful were sufficiently large to take them out of the mosquito category. Of craft of respectable size there were a 100-foot power yacht, & 70-foot auxiliary schooner, two ex- cursion steamboats, a revenue deep-; sea cutter and a Navy destroyer, a! lame marine demonstration indeed | “eompared to the pageant of former years. Too Much Western Color. OUGHKEEPSIE itself was but a pale replica of what it used to be on regatta day and the fact that| the observation train was cut down to 15 cars, with empty seats in several, was & speaking indication of waning public interest | 25 cents a head, the new accommo- | dations were nearly full. matches of the future may have been established yester- day. For those bleacher seats that the officials of the Edgemoor Club had erected for the Dooly Mitchell-Bill Garnett match not only provided model accommodations for spectators, but also may have dated the begin- ning of tennis as a paying sport in ‘Washington. Too long has the spectator been neglected in arrangements for cham- pionship or other important local matches. Scarcely enough chairs have been available for all who attended. On the contrary, all too often have the same faithful, who never miss a match, been forced to stand from the beginning to the end. Little | wonder, then, that tournaments have been opgn to the public, with no ad- misison” price asked. Sell standing | room? The idea was absurd. Now, it seems, all that may be | changed. As at other sports :pec-\ tacles, tennis spectators may get a RECEDENT for the setting for P Washington's biggest tennis chance to wateh their favorites from | sideline seats. Those bleachers erected on Edgemoor's No. 1 court yesterday would accommodate 500 at least. At And that | without much advertisement. Once local net enthusiasts are given to understand there will be seating arrangements like However the authoriti regatta may feel about the situation, whatever causes they may assign rox its present estate, it is difficult to see » how they can fail to place their fingers upon one primary cause for a condi- tion that strikes many as distinctly moribund. It is the dominance of West Coast crews. In the past nine years Pacific Coast boats have won six varsity four-mile events. Coast eights in the last five regattas have won sequen- tially: California, in 1932, 1934 and 1935 (no race was held in 1933 be- cause of the depression) an® Wash- ington in 1936 and 1937. In these two years the Huskies not only have won the varsity event, but also made M clean sweep of the entire aquatic program. Partisans of the various Eastern erews, in increasing degree, are get- ting fed up with the tiresome rafl- ! road journey to Poughkeepsie and back, and with the varied discom- forts incidental to making their way to and from the course, all incurred as the price of the dubious thrill of seeing their eights not only defeated, Rut as a rule humiliated by sweep- swingers from the Far West, of this | General Interest Wanes. HEN, too, it should not be for- | gotten that Pennsylvania, one of | the charter sponsors of this regatta, has dropped out, completely aban- doning effort to shine in this four- | mile race as hopeless. ‘ Of course, the dominating spirit | of the Poughkeepsie boat race is one of hospitality. Those who con- duct it want every aspiring crew in the country to compete, and conse- uently its sporting significance is unrivaled. The crew that wins es- tablishes itself as national champion beyond question or cavil. But the fact | remains that general interest as well as partisan support are evap- orating, | It is difficult to know what can | be done about it. Naturally, no one 1s going to tell the West Coast crews they are not wanted. Such action would be the final blow to this race @s a signal national event. On the “other hand, it seems clear that, if present lack of enthusiasm continues | to grow, the regatta eventually will resolve itself into a two-mile event on college Waters. | worst at the hands of the younger | was more than holding his own. | broke Mitchell's three in ten. Other- |in for its third. successive big week. yesterday's, tennis need no longer beg for support. Washington will turn out for good matches. Professional tennis, and vesterday's scheduled match proved | that. It's only the thought that one | might have to stand during a less | than major match that keeps many away now. But how many more will come, even to a preliminary match, | if they can be sure of a seat? .\ian)" more, we think. "FSTERDAY'S unfinished business between Mitchell and Garnett rave promise of a real struggle before rain halted proceedings early in the | second set. Both surprising and de- lighting his followers, who feared lhe, and more powerful Garnett, Mitchell He got off to a bad start, dropping the first two games of the opening set, but then settled down to take six of of the next nine games. Only when Garnett was able to break his service in the thirteenth game and win on his own, was he able to draw first blood at 8—6 Again hitting out nearly as hard as his notorious slugging foe in the i second set, Mitchell had established a 3-2 lead when the downpour came, | It is at that point that the combatants will resume next Saturday afternocon, and if Dooly can maintain that pace, the match may well go the limit. Mitchell broke Garnett's service in two out of nine games, while Garnett wise games went with service through- | out. Mitchell made two costly double | faults at deuce, which cost him the thirteenth game to pave the way for Garnett's victory in the first set, and | the latter sent over a sizzling place- ment for set point. The doubles final between Mitchell and Bill Howard and Hugh Lynch and Dolf Muehl- eisen may be played Wednesday afternoon. It originally was scheduled for Sat- | urday until the singles tilt was re- scheduled for that day. ‘/HAT with lhe Dlstrlct tourna- ment entering its first big day at Columbia this afternoon, tennis is BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR. EST there be a misunderstand- ing concerning a matter which was settled in April, 1936, at which time I. S. Turover do- nated, with no strings attached, a beautiful silver cup for which mem- bers of the Washington Interhigh | Chess Association might compete in official tournament play under the Joint auspices of the Metropolitan Chess Association and the interhigh officers, the following statement ap- pesred in The Evening Star, April 29, 1936: “During 1935-36 two interhigh team fournaments have been initiated. The ‘Winter tournament was won by Cen- tral, which has & strong team entered in the Soring match. The team to win the Spring affair will be awarded | custody of the Turover Cup until de- feated in official annual or semi-an- nual tournaments. Permanent pos- session of the trophy will be acquired by three consecutive victories, or three in any five tournaments between 1936-1940. : “The trophy given by Tur- over was procured during a European trip in 1930. “The loving cup was awarded as top prize in the first Internazionale Bcacchistico Torneo, held at San Remo, Italy, January-February, 1930. Spielmann and two other masters tied for the trophy. Turover obtéined it from these masters, who mutually divided & substituted cash testi- monial.” Central Wins Turover Trophy. E Washington Interhigh Chess Association annually sponsors a Winter and Spring team tournament. Under the leadership of Capt. Robert Knox, Central won the Turover Trophy during the Spring and Winter tournaments of 1936. Capt. Willlam Reynolds piloted Central's quintet to its third consecu- tive victory in the Spring tournament of 1937, thereby unquestionably win- ning permanent possession of the Turover Trophy under the announced rule of April 29, 1936. We are sure 1. 8. Turover is ud of the chess skill that ntral piayers have demon- strated and as speedily as the cup is engraved properly it shall be presented to the team cham- pions. An ardent patron of chess, Turover is a great master, but because of his extensive business enterprises he in- dulges only occasionally in public ex- hibitions and prefers to encourage youth to fathom the delightful mys- teries of “the game of kings, the king of games,” as the motto of the na- tional honor chess society of Chi Eta 8igma describes the oldest game in the world. Interhigh Spring Tourney 1. Central 4 2. Roosevelt” ™ 5 Eastern . McKinley -7 . Western +The tournament is decmed on points basis and not percentage ratings. Reshevsky Maintains Lead. FTER 87 moves, A. Apscheneek of Latvia bowed before Samuel Re- shevsky, United States champion, in their seventh-round adjourned game in the international masters’ tourns- ment at the Kurhaus in Kemeri, Lat- via. ‘Winning the adjourned game, Reshevsky strengthened his lead by an additional point to total 615-114, his only defeat so far being at the hands of Dr. Alex- ander Alekhin, former world champion. Reuben Fine, the other American player in the tourney, completing two adjourned games, lost to G. Stahlberg, champion of Sweden, -but triumphed over E. Book of Finland. t The current st,andxngs at Kemm. Reshevsky s i Alekhin Siahiberg - Mikenas - Retlsta” Book Tlrllko'er, Apscheneek _ Berg ‘?.""”"‘"""E Although rain did the same thing to it as it did to the final of the Grand National yesterday, the day was not without its developments. Billy Contreras, last year's play- ground champion, who gave Barney Welsh a struggle not so long ago, made the most striking advances with two victories—over Charley Channing and Bob Doyle. Channing, a ranking junior last year, bowed, 3—6, 8—8, 6—2; Doyle in straight sets, 6—0, 6—2. Fred Doyle upheld the honor of the family, however, when he ran through Miguel Nunez, 6—2, 6—3, and Bob Chichester, 6—1, 6—3. The District draw finds Welsh, the defending champion, in the lower bracket, with Ed Mather and Frank Shore his likeliest serious opponents in the early rounds. His semi-final opponent should come from Tony Latona, Ricky Willis, Tom Mangan or Contreras—if the Jatter can keep | going. Hugh Lynch, seeded No. 2 and in the upper bracket, easy sailing until the quarter-finals, when he probably will meet Harry Heffner or Deane Judd. Bill Breese, Tommy Moorhead and Stan Robinson are In Lynch’s half of the draw. IEUTS. DOLPH MUEHLEISEN and William Robertson were to play Lieuts. Stan Robinson and Ray Bell for the doubles championship of the Army at 3:30 o'clock this after- noon on the Army-Navy Club courts. Muehleisen and Robertson defeated Capt. W. B. Merritt and Lieut. Roths- child, 6—0, 6—3, 6—0, yesterday, while Robinson and Bell eliminated Capt. Jimmy Drake and Sergt. 5. Lapsley. Robinson and Muehleisen won the doubles title as a team last year, Sterling Lee probably is the youngest champion of the city. Lee, & 13-year- old student of Leland Junior High School, has just won the Edgemoor | club junior tournament, through which he sailed with the loss of only one set. That came in the title match, which he took from John Lin- coln, 6—8, 6—2, 6—1. The winner thus gained pos- session of a silver loving cup, the first one he's ever won in his life, which was presented by the club. Among his victims were Bill Kerr, last year's champion, and Ruth John- sen, David's sister. And who do you think gave Mitchell his rubdown before his match with Garnett? None other than Dr. Billy Welsh, brother of Champion Barney, who is a young grad- uate of the Johns Hopkins Med- ical School. “TRIPLE A NET TITLE EARNED BY HENDRIX Southern Champion Is Forced to| Five Sets by Hunt, Highly- Ranked Coast Star. B the Associated Press. ST LOUIS, June 28.—In a thrilling five-set match, Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland, Fla., defeated Joe Hunt of Los Angeles, Calif., to win the triple A tennis tournament here yesterday. The scores were 6—2, 1—6, 6—4, 4—6, 9—1. Hendrix, Southern territory cham- pion and ranked tenth nationally, won the first set from his opponent by his ability to keep the Californian away from the net. The Southern ace cap- tured only one game in the second set although five of the seven games went to deuce. He then breezed through the third set after taking a 3—1 lead. ‘The West Coast star, ninth ranking player nationally, rallied to win the fourth set, but dropped the fifth after & desperate battle. Hendrix rceived the 8id Smith Tro- phy for winning the championship. Hunt and Hendrix teamed together to win the doubles final from Teddy Eggmann and Frank Thompson, both of St. Louis, 6—2, 6—3, 6—3. S “SPECIAL DAY” ELEVEN Iowa Draws Five Big Foot Ball Dates Next Fall. IOWA CITY (®)—The first foot bell team developed at the University of Iowa by Coach Irl Tubbs next Autumn will play five “special” games. Towa's game with Wisconsin October 16 will mark the Badger homecoming as well as the first appearance of an Old Gold eleven at Madison in five seasons, ’ Hawkeye homecoming is Novem- ber 6, with Minnesota as the opponent. Iowa’s Dad's day game is October 23, with Michigan the enemy. On Pur- due’s Dad's day, October 30, the Hawks play at Lafayette, Ind. The Indiana game of November 13 in Jowa Stadium is on American Le- gion day. Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL, Newark. 8—5: Baltimore. 7—4. Syracuse. 2—8: Jersey City. 1—1, Toronto,' 10—6; Montreal, 7—1. Buffalo-Rochester, rain. AMERICAN_ ASSOCIATION. Minneapolis, $—7; Columbus. 6—1. Milwaukee, m—m Louisvilie, 6—8. Toledo. 8—2; aul, 1—18. Kansas City, 6— ndianapolis, 3—3. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Ohattanoogs. 5—5: !lmln{hm 1—3. : New Orleans. 11: Athnl PACI’PIG COAST. Oakland. 8—1; Lo: Porl ‘Worth, Dalias. 10 Oklahoma, Reien B et Antonlo 4 W Yoll-nnnun\unu B Blnl‘lmtm 9—7 Scranton, 5—86; Hi TER! et Ravtis. I"MR’Dtk Isiand. 5. TIII!E-EY! Bloomington. 12: Peoris v tur, 1; Terre Hlllu 1—3. Ritaer o) ‘ctinton: 2. ’-nnnh 18; g:. del, apparently has | FOEMAN FOR LEWIS Light-Heavy Champ Prohib- itive Choice in Bout Here, However. BY BURTON HAWKINS. HE most outstanding colored fight this caulifiower patch ever has witnessed will be un- raveled tonight at Griffith Sta- dium, when John Henry Lewis, world light-heavyweight champion, stacks up against Willie Reddish, a rather ordinary heavyweight who neverthe- less figures to create trouble in the 10-round non-title bout. Unlike shows which featured Kid Chocolate and George Godfrey here, the current colored card boasts stiff opposition for the talented Lewis and is regarded as more than a mere ex- hibition of his pugilistic prowess. Lewis is regarded by those in fistic circles as one of the most clever cham- pions in the boxing business today, and many ringwise veterans have gone overboard to the extent of rating him above the newly crowned world heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, in the matter of ability, Lewis Wants Louis Shot. OHN HENRY, a mild-mannered mauler, has run out of competi- tion in the light-heavy division and has been forced to make a& living through battling heavyweights, which he has done with more than a small measure of success. His one ambition, . seems, is to square off against the Brown Bomber, but Louis’ handlers thus far have steered clear of the 175-pound class ruler as though he were in the latter stages of leprosy. Lewis, of course, cannot display the impressive record of Louis—and don't read that aloud—but John Henry nevertheless has whipped some pol- ished mittmen, including Maxie Ro- zenbloom, Bob Olin, Len Harvey, Jock McAvoy, Jimmy Braddock, Lou Scozza, Al Ettore, Al Gainer and Max Marek. Reddish also has done very well in his chosen profession and is regarded as a threat to any heavyweight by virtue of victories over such scrappers as Obie Walker, Terry Mitchell, Eddie Simms and Billy Nichy. Willie has shown he can be reached with a right hand in workouts here, and since Lewis carries a rather potent dose in his right glove, John Henry has been established as a prohibitive favorite to trounce the 190-pound Philadelphia puncher. Reddish Capable Foe. THE 6-foot Reddish, however, packs an authoritative punch in both fists and is experienced enough to give Lewis & few anxious moments and, should John Henry become care- less, trounce the light-heavyweight king. In an eight-round semi-final, Ray Ingram, who was chopped up and knocked out by the rising Joey Archi- bald in his last appearance, will return to action against Christobal Jara- millo, Puerto Rican featherweight. Ingram earned a decision over Jara- millo here in February. Ossie Stewart, polished Pittsburgh middleweight, will clash with Leo Duncan, colored Philadelphian, and Freddie Wilson, stablemate of Lewis, will battle Tiger Smith, colored Balti- more middleweight, in a brace of six- rounders. George Abrams, who has three suc- cessive knockouts to his credit since emerging from, local amateur ranks, will meet Tony Livingstone, Quantico middleweight, in an opening four- rounder at 8:30 o'clock. 'ROSS GETS $30,000 TITLE FIGHT OFFER Montanez or World Welter Champ Match Wanted by Culnan at Newark in August. By the Associated Press. NEWA.EK N. J, June 28.—Babe Culnan, matchmaker for the Dreamland Sporting Club, has tele- graphed Sam Pian, manager of World Welterweight Boxing Champion Bar- ney Ross, an offer of $30,000 for Roas to defend his title against Pedro Montanez of Puerto Rico. ‘The bout would be held here at Ruppert Stadium, home of the New- ark Bears’ Base Ball Club, some time during August, and Culnan estimated gate receipts would be ciose to $90,000. Ross was given an alternative of 8714 per cent of the gate, and Monta- nez, who is undefeated in this coun- try, would be guaranteed $10,000 or 15 per cent of the receipts. SAFE PARKING SPOT Convict Doing 50 Years Offers o Xeep Grid Pro's Goat. EMPORIA, Kans. (#).—One of the favorite stories of Glen (8lim) Camp- bell, member of the New York Giant pro foot ball team, concerns his trip to 8ing Sing to help coach the prison foot ball team. Arriving at the field, Campbell looked around for a place to put his overcoat. A prisoner walked up and offered to hold the garment. Campbell hesitated. “Oh, don’t worry,” assured the con- vict, “I'll be here when you get back. I'm doing 50 years.” ADULTS 40:--CHILD 15. 9:30A.M. to 11:30P.M. EVERY DAY IN THE MILLION DOLLAR GLEN Ech() CRYSTAL WATER SANITARY POOL SUN TAN BEACH ABJOINING ONE OF THE BEST IN U [ bl OUR correspondent recently had the extremely great pleasure of exploring from top to bottom the Abercrombie & Fitch Store in New York City. As practically every angler and nimrod knows, A. & F. is the ultra ultra shop for tackle and guns on this side of the Atlantic, and only one or two firms in England can top it. Our guide on this jaunt was William Baxter, one of the store's executives, who is just as enthusiastic on matters pertaining to the angle as is yours truly. We headed first for our fa- vorite corner, the fly rod section, where such famous names as Payne, Hardy and Thomas hold forth. Needless to say these rods are somewhat beyond the purse of the average angler, of which we are one, but that doesn't stop you from picking them up and whipping them about a bit. We saw everything from our favorite, a 6-foot 1',-ounce Payne, to the heavy, massive salmon rods. Reels Work of Art. 'HEN on to the deep-sea, big-game section, and in this department Abercrombie & Fitch really lays it on thick. First they have a speclal chair for the angler to sit in, with all sorts of straps and rests to support his legs, back and shoulders. And you need all this to hold you up when you have nothing in your hand other than the rod and reel, no mention being made of a big marlin or tuna. The reels themselves resemble big hoisting winches, with double ITS A HIT! handles, compound drags, oil wells and all sorts of braces. ‘They have everything on them but hot and cold running water, and Baxter told us they were going to put that on next year. All kidding aside, these big reels are master- pieces of the machinist's art. And the rods are miniature telegraph poles, with double locking reel seats and thick felt handles. Casting Pool on Roof. E COULD write a book about-the store, but will ease off with a few items about the fiies, plugs and lines. They have all types of flies, tied on every size hook imaginable, many of them being imported from Scotland, from which country anglers still like to have their artificials. And if you don’t see what you want they have a man there who will tie one in & moment to your specifications. Although we didn't see it, we understand that on the roof there is a pool where you can try out your selections of rod and line before pushing cash across the counter. That, fellow worm danglers, putting it on Down on the second floor there is a library of practically every book on fishing and hunting ever published, plus a fine prints. is Local Boy Makes Good. 'HE ground floor, however, is best of all. Around the walls are mounted trophies of hook and line, many of them world record fish. There is a giant 700-pound tuna, big marlin and “small” 5-pound brook trout. It is worth seeing, and if you ever happen up New York way by all means drop in on them. It's an education in itself just to walk around the store, but we warn you that if you go in there with the This Famous Southern Soft Drink Has Taken the Capital by Storm! x *x *x % ON THE AIR! * * % *x The ‘Pepper-Upper’ ARCH McDONALD Listen in every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY to Sta- tion WJSV from 11 to 11:30 P.M. ARCH McDONALD is on the air with a whole bag of stories and sports news. Tune in—and enjoy ARCH and a bot- tle of DR. PEPPER. GOOD FOR LI collection of sporting | captured a 2-pound hardhead after s terrific struggle lasting all of 10 seconds, POLO ROMP FOR MYER Shore Rangers at Carlisle. Stecial Dispatch to The Star. CARLISLE, West Point as polo instructor, terday. handicap, failing to score. Maj. 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