Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1937, Page 43

S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DENGE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1937. SFORTS : C3 Budge and Von Cramm Headed for Final of English Net Struggle World Pro Net Crown Tourney Is Planned at New York in Fall .} figured almost anything " tories, Mile UPSET OF ACOBS STIRS WIMBLEDD 1936 Queen Bows to Round While Marble Knocks Off | Runner-Up. Br the Associated Press IMBLEDON, England, June 30.—Barring any such flurry of upsets as struck the women's division yes- terday, Don Budge of Oakland, Calif., and Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany, generally regarded as the world’s best amateur tennis players, were favored to reach the last round of the all-England tennis champion- ehips today. ‘The semi-final pairings sent Budge, favorite to succeed Fred Perry as champion, against his American Davis Cup teammate, Parker of Milwaukee. Von opposed Perry's successor as Britain's No. 1 amateur, Henry Wilfred (Bunny) Aus- tin, Budge Has Ciean Slate. PARKER whose success in rea h the semi-finals came as something of a sur; hardly was regarded as 8 match for Budge, who hasn't lost a set since he reached England. The built in. who has the| kpack of bringing his tennis form to a | peak for a big match, w3s given a somewhat better chance &f upsetting Von Cramm After yesterday, however, the fans| could hap- pen. Both the winner and runner-up | in the 1936 women's tournament,| Helen Jacobs of Berkeley, Calif., and | Mrs. a Krahwinkel Sperling of Denmark, were eliminated in the quar- ter-final round as Dorothy Round of England. Alice Marble, the Americar champion; Jadwigz Jedrzejowska of Poland and Mme. Rene Mathieu of France won the last four brackets. Upset of Jacobs a_jittmer. | MISS ROUND. th Wimble champion, who was seeded on geventh this year, accomplished greatest upset Wimbledon has seen many a year when she defeated Miss no Jacobs, 6—4, 6— doubt as to her time during the match as she had American on the run from start to finish. There Miss Marble's triumph was a lesser | upset when she turned back Mrs Sperling, the second seeded star 2—6, 6—3. Th this year's brillia by beating Peegy Scriven 1 6—1, 6—2, and Mme. Mathieu whip- ping Anita Lizana of Chile, 6—3, 6—3. BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. N THE final round of the District tournament for the woman's chess championship, Eugenie Kittredge won from Mrs. Anna Bran and Charlotte Hallett, to score 6-1, a rec- ord of victories almost comparable to | the splendid showing of Mrs. Elsie R. Shepard, who became the first queen of District chessdom by tally- Ing a perfect score, | Mary Ow and 7-0. otte Hallett | drew in their individual | Mrs. Anna Bran t | (Mrs.) M. Fitag forcing her | into a ct escape was 1o face a ba attacks and a strong cross-fire from enemy bishops. As e gracefully resigned M Fitzgerald was heard to remark: “I| hate these ‘to-the-death struggles’ and | lke to play chess for the sheer fun m“ it.” A sentiment that finds a re-| sponsive echo in many a sympathetic | fan's heart especially after they have | seen all their plots and stratagems | torn asunder ruthlessly by the search- | ing enalysis of a more experienced | player. Mary Owens and Mrs. Fitzgerald | played their final match to a draw. | Mrs. Vivian Jeffers won from Mrs. Fitzgerald and Miss Hallett but lost to Mrs. Bran. Active Maud Sewall completed her tournament games a fort- night ago, playing all con- testants with great rapidity to emerge with a batting average of .500 per cent. As chairman of the first chess tournament ever held in the District | exclusively for feminine stars, Maud | Sewall is to be commended on her finesse in executing a well-planned series of match games and ushering | in 8 tournament in which no con- testant registered points through time deficiency or by default. The president of the local Metro- politan Chess Association says that the officials of the M. C. A. are grati- fled indeed by the display of tact and resourcefulness exhibited by Miss Bewall in conducting the first official woman's tournament for the title of “woman chess champion of the Dis- triot of Columbia.” Knox Battles Reynolds to Draw. "BILL" REYNOLDS, who swept roughshod over all competition that faced him at Central High Chess Club, within the team tourney of the Washington Interhigh Chess Associa- tion, and defeated the ace players in Montrose Chess Club, Procurement g ROSE BE. RBERICH. veved by Vermon G. 114 OVE ME, love my pigeons,” | was the unspoken thought ett to Rose Berberich his fiancee justified a ultant four-month association with ds by becoming the first woman ever to win a pigeon race in Washington The hope that his future wife would at least not object to his having and r | racing pigeons probably was the upper- most thought in the mind of Duckett, a voung architect, after placing a diamond on Miss Berberich's finger, but the idea that soon she was to develop into the trainer. dispatcher and clocker of his own birds hardly en- tered his head. Yet when he was called out of town late last Winter, just before the Spring ng season started. Miss Berberich d a custody of I feathered pets culminated in her clocking home t bird of the National Capital e Association after a 600- ight from Attalla, «ja., last s Berberich is a minutj clerk in the secretary’s office of thé Recon- struction Finance Corp. Yet, after working hours, she found time to go each day to her fiance’s home on Warder street, drive the birds out of his loft, keep them flying for half an ame engaged last Fall, | hour and finally coax them in to their | feed. Not only did she go through this daily routine from March until this month, but each Friday night she it was who personally took Duckett's birds down to the express office to at- tend to shipments with the otherwise exclusive male membership that, forms the National Capital Concourse Asso- ciation, Sunday she and Duckett—for he had just returned home from working in New York on plans for the Mellon Art Gallery—had their reward. Their birq homed bright and early that morning after spending the night en route. At the time, however, they did | not realize that it was to be the winner. That glad news was not theirs until colleagues’ clocks were opened and rates of speed computed on Sunday night. Then it was that Rose and Vernon were told that their bird had negotiated the 600-mile flight at the rate of one-half vard per minute faster than the second best competitor. Although Duckett has been racing | pigeons for more than three vears—it | started when he found & wounded bird |in his back yard one day—this was the first race he'd ever won. Up until now, the youth had found the age and experience of veteran concourse | fanciers a little too much for him. Now he's wondering if maybe he shouldn’t take another four-month vacatlonl . L. ere to receive formal recognition this afternoon that they are the best junior players in the city, as they played a signed positions on Washington's Junior Davis Cup squad in its first intercity match, at the Army-Navy Club. The term “junior” is not re- stricted to those strictly within junior age limits, however, it being used merely to designate young players of promise who might be Davis Cup material within maturing years. Today's activities find Washington's squad making its first start in junior Davis Cup competition with the oppo- sition coming from the Baltimore squad. Subsequently, the local squad will meet squads from other ecities, such as Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The local juniors chosen and the positions they will play are Harry Hoff- ner, No. 1: Allie Ritzenberg, No. 2; | David Johnsen, No. 3; Billy Turner, No. 4; Harry March, No. 5; Charley Channing, No. 6; Backy Hoyt, No. 7, and Buddy Adair, No. 8 Doyle Royal, Dewitt Smith, jr., and John Bruns also are on the squad. days. point. The second match was another gruelling affair and after interminable play “Bob” Knox garrotted Reynolds’ king to even the score. While dozens of players stepped softly up to the chessboard at the Social Chess Lounge, gazed in awe at the immovable human figures, and uttered silent cheers for their favorite, the Roland and Oliver of interhigh fame fought gamely, each seeing vic- tory just beyond his reach. Caissa, mythical goddess of chess, bowed her head and the deciding match became & draw. Thus Reynolds and Knox remain undisputed school champions. Whether there will be a play-off later in the Summer is now the question, EANTIME tonight at 8 o'clock the members of he Washington Social Chess Divan and friends will engage in casual over-the-board echess at the Parkside Hotel. Chairman Simon Naidel of Reynolds annexed the | The match calls for eight singles and | four doubles with Heffner and Johnsen | and March and Turner composing the | leading duets. Henry Barclay is Balti- more’s No. 1 performer, and his tussle with Heffner is expected to prove the highlight of the competition. 'HE day seems to be crowded with important matches. As if the Junior Davis Cuppers’ first start and the eontinuation of the District tour- nament at Columbia were not enough, the championship doubles match of the Times’ Grand National also is sched- uled. In that the seeded No. 1 team of Dooly Mitchell and Bill Howard were to meet Hugh Lynch and Dolf Mueh- leisen, not only for the title, but the right to represent Washington in the sectional tournament at New York next month. Play was scheduled to begin at 4 o'clock on the Edgemoor eourts. Lynch and Muehleisen were seeded second behind Mitchell and Howard, but they have reached the final round without the loss of a set, in contrast to the several uphill fights waged by the favorites. THE unusual non-appearance of two top-notch players, resulting in their defaults, marked yesterday’s play in the District, which otherwise pro- gressed according to form. Frank Shore, seeded No. 5, was un- able to play his scheduled match with Wiley Glasmire, while Ed (Red) Mather, unseeded, but one of the Dis- trict's best, did not show up for his match with Joe Burnside. As it turned out, however, both of the players receiving defauits immediately were eliminated themselves by subsequent op- ponents. Glasmire bowed to Morgan (Happy) Jacob, 9—7, 6—0, while Burnside found Credit Is Due Fiancee “Trainer” As Duckett’s Pigeon Triumphs MRS. MOODY COLD 10PRONET DOUGH Never Has Received Offer and Wouldn’t Accept One, She Says. BY RUSSELL NEWLAND, Associatea Press Sports Writer. AN FRANCISCO, June 30.— E Helen Wills Moody, greatest woman tennis player of her time, never has received an offer to turn professional. Mrs. Moody's singular isolation was disclosed in a check of reports she either had signed or was contem- plating negotiations for a professional engagement on the courts, with duel with Helen Jacobs a possibility. “You may say quite frankly for me that 1 am not considering turning professional,” said the many-times Wimbledon and American champion. “What is most amusing to me is that I never have received an offer, directly or indirectly. There have been many, many reports I would play professionally. Each time I have denied it when asked about it. Would Spurn Big Coin. "PERHAPS the promoters thought it would be useless to ask me. It really would be flattering to re- ceive an offer, though.” Asked if she would consider giving up her amateur status for a finan- cial inducement comparable to that made to Suzanna Lenglen years ago (the French star was supposed to have been guaranteed $50,000) Mrs. Moody said, ‘“‘Positively not.” “I am not interested in playing pro- fessional tennis now or in the fu- ture,” she added. “Yes, I suppose I could make quite a lot of money at it, but as an individual I am opposed to | commercializing tennis.” Writes Book on Career. “ALTHOUGH she has been invited to play in the Wightman Cup matches against the English women, Mrs. Moody will not go East for the event. Competitive tennis for her, she said, hereafter will be confined to mixed doubles matches. She prac- tices regularly, however, Mrs. Moody has just completed a 100,000-word book telling of her ten- nis experiences over a 15-year period in national competition. It took her |8 vear to finish it. She wrote it in | longhand. then typed it by the “hunt | and peck” system. | MAIOR COACHES SHINE | Fred Mitchell, base ball coach at Harvard, calls attention to the fact that the three leading nines of the Eastern Intercollegiate Base Ball | League—Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth —are coached by former major | leaguers. | He picks Dick Bell of Princeton as the best pitcher in the league. Fights Last Night By the Associated Pre: NEW YORK.—Al Roth, 136%, New York. outpoinied Willie Davis, 132, Mexico City (10). CHICAGO. — Frankie 0. 145, Chicago. Chester g won decision over Rudy. 14474 Los Angeles (6). Rudy un- able o continue after suffering eve cu ST UIS—Allan Matthews, 16: St. Louis, outnqinted Emilio Martin Denver 1i0). JERSEY CITY.—Lou Lombardi, 136, Jersey City. outpointed Phil Baker, 136, Norwalk. Conn. (R) WARK ' N. J —Freddie Fiducia, 186, Newark. outpointed Don Petrin, 181, North Arlington. N. J. (10) W —Al_Roth, 1381, . outpointed Willie ~Davis, o City (10) NEW ~“YORK._Frankie Terranova, 1533, outpointed Young Chappie, 1332, Albany (8), New 132, himself face to face with the cham- pion, Barney Welsh, with the usual result. Welsh's 6—0, 6—0 scores marked the fourth successive set in which he had not surrendered a game. The title holder today is one round ahead of the fleld, being in the quar- ter-finals and waiting to face the winner of the Jacob-Dick Gibbes match. Ricky Willis was to play Tony La- tona and Tom Mangan was to meet Don Surine this afternoon for entrance into the quarters, with the winners scheduled to face each other As expected, Mangan had his hands full yesterday in repulsing the young southpaw playground champion, Billy Contreras. Mangan took the first set, 6—2, but Contreras came back to even the match at 6—4. The third set went to Mangan, also at 6—4, CA.PX‘. STAN ROBINSON'S match with Robert Loney has been post- poned three times, until the winner now finds himself in the unenviable possible position of playing three matches today. Referee Louis I. Doyle has ruled that the Robinson-Loney winner must play Jack Hoyt and, if successful, Tom Moorhead. Besides other things, the tourna- ment is marking the return to Wash- ington of the Sherfy twins, Ray and Larry, who have fust received maaters of law degrees from Harvard. Larry still is in singles, being tied up with Paul Falconer in a second set which ended last night, 12—12. Ray was eliminated in the second round by Ricky Willls. They also entered as a doubles team and it's still as much trouble as ever to tell who is who. Speaking of Falconer, it seems that that young 6-footer is destined to play long matches. His first-round opponent in the Grand National played him to 9—17, 9—11, 6—3 before losing. ADULTS 40c--CHILD 15. v EOR v ripe for the greatest tourna- ment in history, and all in- dications point to its being held in the early Fall in New York, according to Bill Tilden. Following and com- pletely outshining the amateur event, it will be the climax of the season and the world professional championship. Plans are maturing under the shrewd guidance of Vincent Richards, who has been working for months to fit all the parts. If his plans carry, virtually every nation of any impor- tance in tennis will be represented. The key is the entries of Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines, who said some time ago that they would play in no tournaments. But Tilden assumes this applied to their first tour. He feels both Perry and Vines, realizing the vast importance of this proposed event, which will carry with it nearly $20,000 in prize money, will play. PEN tennis still may be a thing O of the future, but the time is _ya//ée IT CAN be an entering wedge toward an open championship. That angle will, Tilden believes, carry weight with both men. Once he gets their entries, Rich- ards will invite all the leading Ameri- can pros and all the top-ranking fore eigners. France will be asked to send Henri Cochet, Martin Plaa and Robert Ramillon. Germany will have Hans Nusslein, one of the world's greatest players. England, already represented by Perry, will be asked to send Dan Maskel, famous coach of its Davis Cup team. Japan will be represented by Jaro Satoh: Chili by her famous Facondi brothers, who defeated Karel Kozeluh and Nusslein on their South American trip a few years ago. Ireland has Al and Ed Burke. The American list will sound like a resume of recent first tens Vines, Richards and Tilden head the list, with Lester Stoefen, Bruce Barnes, George Lott, Berkeley Bell, A. H. Chapin snd Emmett Pare of the present-playing group, close up. An interesting group will be the Pa- cific Coast veterans, Howard Kinsey, Walter Westrook and Ben Gorchakof. THEN there also would be the Cali- fornians, Norval Craig and Dick Skeen. Naturally, Joe Whalen, pres- ent American pro champion, would be in, too. Outside of the American group, Kozeluh would be the dark horse. He has played little in competition for some years, but still is in the wonderful condition that made him famous and still can retrieve impos- sible gets with his unfailing speed. Consider a tournament of 32 sin- gles and 16 doubles with at least 20 ranking stars in it! Imagine a last 16 with Perry, Vines, Nusslein, Kozeluh, Cochet, Tilden, Plaa, Ramillon, Stoefen, Lott, Barnes, A. Burke, E. Burke, Pare, Bell and Chapin—or whatever player upsets one of them in the first round! If the pros can muster a field of stars such as these, certainly the time 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR SCRATCH hit in the ninth gave Philadelphia a 4-3 victory over the Nats at Philadelphia. Milan and Rice each got two hits to lead the Griffs, but the Athletics made nine off Harry Harper. 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