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A—12 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1937. s SPORTS Armstrong Gives Boxing a Lift : Science Explains Steele s Stamina 3 TRAILS ONLY LOUIS AS DRAWING CARD Title Deemed Almost Sure for Aggressive Little St. Louis Negro. July 13 —Henry | Armstrong, little St. Louis | Nearo who had to go to the coast to make good, has given mendous lift among the isions, just as Joe Louis has | n heavyweights Henry hasn’t won a title as yet, but the im- is becom rather general only a matter of time before ill take over the featherweight championship, or, if he outgrows that class, will assume command of the| lightweights. Armstrong, meanwhile, is the best drawing card in boxing, with the lone | exception of Louis. He has all the qualities that make for popularity in & boxer. He will fight anybody at any time and is very reasonable in his de- | mands. He is aggressive, tireless and 8 good puncher, and always gives a | good show. In three appearances in New York during the last few months, | istered one victory in which courage enabled his opponent to hold up under a terrific beating for 10 rounds. His manager, Eddie Meade, who managed Joe Lynch when Lynch was the bantamweight champion, seems on the road to another fortune after some long, lean years. Fight promoters all over the country are eager to have Armstrong perform at their clubs, and Meade is obliging them as rapidly as possible. only Convincing the Skeptics. story of Henry Armstrong an uncommon one in b HE not is ing. He came up punching frem the eidewalks of St. Louis, won a few Aamateur tournaments, but couldn't gain any recognition around his home town. so he and an older bro out for the coast in a second automobile. He boxed as an amateur in California for a time, then turned professional and began blowing down his opponents in a fashion that brought the crowds running every time he stepped into a ring New York was a little skeptical of him at first. Too many California fire- balls had been very dull indeed when put on view in New York. But Arm- strong’s first fight here, with Mike Bel- loise. put him across in great fashion He had fought Belloise in California | and had had trouble with him through 10 hard rounds, but he had picked up speed between fights and this time he blotted Mike out in 4 rounds. Then came Aldo Spoldi, Italian light- | weight, who managed to last 10 rounds, | but was a badly beaten young man 8t the finish. Henry went back to California, had a few more fights and then returned last week to knock out Alf Blatch, Australian lightweight champion. who was making his first start in this country. Armstrong will Jacobs’ all-star card if Petey Sarron, the featherweight champion, is back from South Africa by that time—and if Henry can make the featherweight limit. Failing that, he may be tossed | in with Pedro Montanez. This fight would draw well because it would bring together two little fellows in whom the love of combat is strong. Neither Henry nor Pedro fools around when he climbs through the ropes, but keeps punching all the way. They're Arguing Already. ARGUM'ENTS already have started concerning Armstrong’s place among the little fellows of all nms-_‘ which Is an indication of how deeply | he has impressed the experts who | | he has scored two knockouts and Nn-[ appear on Mike | VOLLE fes @/«5/7/ Dlsbef,\/r F YOU want to forget the heat, better become a tennis player. From the amount of activity, tournament and otherwise, that has been going on for the past week, | it appears that racketers object to | hot weather as much as an Eskimo | does to a cake of ice. The start of the women's District | tournament coincided with the be- | ginning of the present hot spell. The | Army-Navy Leech Cup matches last | Saturday were played in a near 100- | degree temperature, and hundreds of others have played at a pace that makes you and me sweat—watching from the shade Yet, in all these enervating days | only one case of collapse ar near-col- | | lapse has been reported. Marge Rob- inson passed out cold—from the heat— after winning the District doubles | title with Edith Clarke on Sunday. | The strangest thing about that is | e & Bl that it hasn't happened before to lesser conditioned players than Mrs. | Robinson. | Stan McCaskey, president of the | D. C. T. A, moreover, provided an | example of the inspiration (arfd pers- piration) which could be worked up on a warm day when he not only won the tournament of the Treasury Department's outing, but woynd up with one of the golf prizes. | He played three matches in the morning, went out and shot 18 holes e: in the afternoon | and came back to play the net final. He musta been hot—in both senses! 2 JVEN il local racketers can “take" “ the heat, it appears that the Play- | ground Department is doing the wise thing in its current tournament for | girls by scheduling all the matches during the early morning hours. From | 9:30 until noon, it seems to us, is the | most favorable time to play these days. The best incubator of tennis players in the District, the playgrounds, ap- | parently are going to produce several other girls this season who will be |ready to take their places ere long |on the Capital women's scene Willie O'Steen, playground | champion for the past two | vears, is one of the most prom- | ising of the young senior play- | ers, and yesterd: two other | girls gave indications of follow- ing in Willies footsteps. | Anna Leigus of Georgetown crashed the spotlight in a big way when she upset Eileen Lennon of Montrose, | were X 6—3, 8—10, 6—3. The fact that Miss Lennon was a quarter-finalist last vear and a distinct threat for the championship this season in no wise detracted from Miss Leigus’ feat. Lucille McDowell of Burroughs, the losing finalist last year, continued to advance impressively with a 6—0, 6—0 victory over Peggy Stout of Virginia Avenue. vorite from Takoma Park, defeated Annette Grolman of Park View, 6—2, 6—1, while Betty Jacobs, Happy's § ter, won from Joan Beadle, 6—1, 1—6, 6—4. 'l'HE Middle Atlantic doubles tour- nament, formerly announced as starting Thursday at the Army-Navy Club, has been postponed until July 22. Ralph McElvenny, who won the championship last year with Gilbert Hunt, has returned to the city from A trip abroad, and is expected to de- | fend his title. As was the case last year, the win- ning team will be sent to the national doubles tournament at Longwood in August McElvenny and Hunt beat Dooly Mitchell and Tom Markey in the final round last year, with Joe Baker and Fred Doyle and Hugh Lynch and Ed Mather being the semi- finalists, Speaking of deubles, Barney Welsh and Tony Latona are in the final round of the first an- nual invitation tournament of the Oyster Harbors Club at Osterville, Mass. ‘They defeated Arnold Jones and M. G. Chase of Providence, R. I, in the semi-finals yesterday, 6—0, 6—2. )AVID JOHNSEN was slightly ahead of Harry Heffner up Forest Hills today as he prepared for a third-round match in the Eastern junior championships. Forced to wage | one of the hottest fights of the open- ing day, Johnsen pulled through with a 10—8, 6—1 conquest of John Benn of Crestwood, N. Y. Heffner, seeded second only to Robert A. Low, national in- terscholastic champion, ad- vanced to the second round when John Erichs of Ridge- wood, N. J., defaulted. | The tournament has drawn a crack field and will tion when Juniors season receive much atten- the national ranking of is considered for the 1937 Farm Credit Administration lost only one match yesterday as it defeat- ed Navy Yard, 4-1, in a depart- mental League affair on the Monu- ment courts. Allen and Levering. McConnell and Brownell, Neslen and Bradbury and Repetto and Vincent the winning teams for Farm Credit, Herbert and Engenio beat- ing Sweeney and Lewis for Navy Yard's lone point 'YOUTHFUL GOLFERS BATTLE FOR TITLES New Boys' Champ to Be Crowned in Western Junior, but Edith Estabrooks Defends. Bt the Associated Press “HICAGO, July 13—Eighteen-hole qualifying rounds opened compe- tition today in the Western junior golf championships for bovs and girls. The boys competed at Cheery Hill Golf Club. with the girls matching | shots at Hinsdale. Sid Rmhardson_; winner of the boys' crown in 1936, | has vacated his title because of the | 20-year age limit, and a clgse battle have seen him throwing punches in the Garden ring. Nobody ever can | prove his point in one of these argu- | ments, of course, but they must be | gratifying to the fighters under dis- ! cussion. It was Benny Leonard who summed | it up very neatly when they were | arguing about whether or not Benny | could have beaten Joe Gans. “I don't know whether I could or not,” Benny said, “and neither does anybody else. But if they have to go that far back to find somebody to lick me, I'm satisfied.” Armstrong has been called a black McGovern because, like the terrible Terry of 30 years or so ago, he scorns to defend himself against the punches of an opponent, but depends upon his own rushing tactics and hard, tire- less punching to overwhelm the other fellow. He is content to take many 8 punch on the way in because he figures when he gets to close quarters he can blast all the fight out of the other fellow. Blatch Miscalculated. BLATCH‘ & typical British boxer in style, counted on his left jab to hold Armstrong off, cut him up and take all the speed and steam out of him. Having seer Henry working in & gymnasium, he said he was pleased to see that the little Negro rushed eontinuously, as he knew he could beat anybody who would come to him. But on the night of the fight Henry kept piling into him, bobbing under his left jab, hammering him around the body to cut him down to his size and then knocking him down eight times with smashes to the head be- fore the referee stopped it in the third round. Maybe the way to beat Armstrong iz to jab him and step away from him, for he is easy to hit with a left hand. But up to now—hereabouts, anyway— nobody has been able to jab him hard enough to hack him up. And stepping away from him isn't easy—not when he is operating in a 24-foot ring. What Henry's opponent: seem to need more than anything else is larger rings. (Copsright, 1937 by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) ALLOWS RIBAS TO RUN Argentine Federation 0. K.'s En- try in Dallas Marathon. BUENOS AIRES, July 13 (#).—The Argentine Athletic. Federation has granted permission for Jose Ribas, star marathon runner, to compete in the Pan-American track and field meet at Dallas, Tex, starting Thursday. Ribas, who already is in Dallas, had been suspended because he had left for the scene of the race without receiv- for the title was expected. Three fa- vorites will be Joe Franco, runner-up last season; Joe Fall, 1936 medalist, | and Tommy Sheehan, jr., No. 1 man on the Notre Dame golf team. ‘; Edith Estabrooks of Dubuque, Iowa, | will defend her junior title, which she won last year at Detroit. Both tour- neys continue through Friday. STEVENS TO TWIRL. Lefty Stevens, crack southpaw, will | twirl for O'Donnell's Grill tomorrow | when the first-half champions of the | Industrial League stack up against Old | Milwaukee diamonders on the Ellipse at 5 o'clock. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Chattanooza. R: Atlanta. 1 New Orleans. 4: Memphic. 0. Only games scheduled Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. Newark 4. Jersev City. Rochester. ‘6. Buffalo. 1 Toronto . Montreal. 1. Only zames &cheduled. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Minneapolis 5. Milwaukes. 6 Kansas City. 4. St Paul = Indianapolis at Toledn. rain Louisville at Columbus. rain PACIFIC COAST. No zames scheduled TEXAS. Beaumont. 3: Tulsa, 2. Oklahoma City. 8. San Antonio. 2. Fort Worth 12 Galveston, 3. Houston. 3. Dallas. 0. BEARS OBTAIN FRANCIS Nebraskas' All-America Fullback Signs for One Year. CHICAGO, July 13 (£)—The Chi- cago Bears' line-up contained another great fullback today—Sam Francis, former University of Nebraska ace. Francis, a practically unanimous choice for all-America honors in 1936, signed with the National Professional Foot Ball League club yesterday for one season. He joins a group of stars which includes two of the best full- backs in pro ranks. Bronko Nagurski and Jack Manders, former Minnesota greats. Francis will report to the Bears in August and will pass up a trip to Japan as a shotputter on an American track team. He hopes to play with the collegiate all-stars in a charity game here September 1 against the professional championship Green Bay Packers. Nebraska Grid % Hales of the Chicago Bears (rii Francis, all-America fullback fr when the latter signed a contra ing permission in advance from the fSederation. i ~ 3 4 Just to be sure the pen didn’t run d Ace Turns Pro ry Manager George ght) handed two pens tn Sem om the University of Nebraska, ct to play with the Windy City professional outfit at Chicago yesterday. —Copyright, A. P. V{lrephoto. ’ Hazel Bishopp, another fa- | in| CHOCOLATE'S NEW CLIMB DRAMATIC Once Ring Champ Seeks 22d Win in 23d Battle of Comeback Drive. Ev the Associated Press, EW YORK. July 13—In 1930 the line “Kid Chocolate Fights Tonight,” meant a lot more than it does today. It doesn't mean much now except to the Kid. He is making a comcback and every | step he takes along the way means a | | 1ot more to him than the ham-and-egg money he pulls down in the fight clubs | that rim the big town | Chocolate fight Young Chappie to- | night at the Canarsie Stadium in the | twenty-third fight of his comeback | | campaign. He has won 21 fights, and | he may take his place in ring history | as the man who successfully disputed the ancient maxim of the prize ring— they never come back. Kid Chocolate was somebody in 1929 and 1930. People went to see him fizht and talked about him the way | they talked about Jimmy Foxx and | Notre Dame’s foot ball teams. The publicity men discovered he was an- other Gans: the easy money boys dis- covered he liked flashy clothes, bright lights and bright-hued cars. His Luck Turns. HE HIT America in 1928 after more than 100 fights in Cuba and went to work in the featherweight and light- weight divisions. He beat a lot of boys who were good then, fellows like Bushy | Graham, Tommy Ryan and Al Ridge- | way. He lost only one American fight | until Kid Berg. an English lightweight with a good left hand, beat him at | the Polo Grounds in August, 1930 He won the slightly phoney junior | lightweight title from Benny Bass in 1931, Then he fought Tony Canzoneri, who was the lightweight champion, and Tony beat the Kid in 15 gruelling rounds and the Kid's luck started | to run out A marriage by proxy to a Havana girl. 15 davs in jail in the United States and the attentions of the “party” boys and girls of Harlem complicated his ring career. He was still Harlem's idol but the first fine | flush of fame had started to fade. Money Goes Quickly. E FINALLY won the feather- weight title from Lou Feldman and beat a lot of other fellows like Pete Nebo and Johnny Farr. The money—his earnings were nearly $250.000 by 1931—kept coming in and going out. Finally the immigration | authorities deported him because he | had no permit from the Secretary of | Labor to land in the United States. | He returned but Frankie Klick beat him and Canzoneri knocked him out, | In Cuba at 28, broke, sick, and | friendless he started his comeback, last year, Now he is at least on the | steps of the rings he once starred in. | The Kid wants to fight the top men | among the lightweights. He wants | a shot at Lou Ambers, the champion, who was a preliminary boy when the | Kid was packing 'em in at the Polo | Grounds. He wants Pedro Montanez and Henry Armstrong. He wants ‘em |bun he probably won't get 'em ‘They | don’t come back—or do they? BROWNS BEAT TOWN NINE. SPRINGFIELD. I, July 13 ().— The St. Louis Browns, with Manager Rogers Hornsby and Sammy West | leading the way, defeated an all-star | club picked from the local Municipal League last night, 12 to 1. HEFLIN HOLDS 'EM. Behind the six-hit pitching of Ranny Heflin, former Fredericksburg | High star, Heurich Brewers swamped | Coffey Screen Co. tossers, 12-1, in an | Industrial League game yesterday on the South Ellipse diamond. STEELE'S, WILLIAMS’ | | SPARMATES BILLED ‘Woods and Flanagan to Battle in Six-Round Preliminary to Big Bout July 20. ALTER WOODS, tenth-ranking 160-pounder and chief sparmate “.‘\f Freddie Steele. world middleweight ichnmmon in training here for a 10- | round non-title fight with Hobo Williams at Griffith Stadium July 20, has been signed to meet Mickey Flan- nagan, Hobo's main punch absorber, in & six-round preliminary on that card Woods, who is rated one of the | hardest hitters in the middleweight division, is undefeated in 38 starts, while Flannagan lost a decision to Roy Bailey in his last appearance here. Max Roesch, the Texas heavyweight who has been stamped by several critics as an outstanding “white hope,” will face Eddie Coderri, recent winner over Murray Kanner here, in another six-rounder. Roesch, who was a spar- mate of Jimmy Braddock last month, made a hit on the Louis-Braddock card by trouncing Steve Carr. In an eight-rounder, Eddie Hogan, & 220-pound youngster, will collide with Buck Everett, former headliner here, while in the 10-round semi-final, Joey Archibald, current featherweight sensation, will encounter Harry Gen- tile. Other supporting bouts will be arranged. lINEEY Yankee Tennis Aces Display Fine Form Abroadfismw PUl_SE VITAL FAGTOR INSUCCESS - Heart Reserve Less Taxed Don Budge and Alice Marble, American court aces, shown in action at Wimble- don, England, as they defeated Y. Petra and Mme. R. Mathieu of France, 6—4, 6—1, in the final of the mixed doubles championships. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. RETURN OF ALLISON TO TENNIS PUZZLES Seeded No. 1 at Spring Lake, Fans Wonder if It Is Just for Fun or Comeback Start. By tle Associated Press. SQPRING LAKE, N. J, July 13— %~ Whether he's just out for the ex- | ercise or testing a possible impulse to attempt a comeback, former United States Tennis Champion Wilmer Alli- | son nevertheless is back in the annual | Summer headline hunt. The acrobatic Austin, Tex., who declared himself “out” of future singles competition last Summer whea he returned from an unsuccessful in- vasion of English and other European tournaments, makes his 1937 Eastern debut today in the fifth annual Spring Lake invitation tournament—curtain raiser of the major outdoor season. His first two comeback starts ended in final-round defeats at Houston, Tex., and Chicago. Allison has been seeded No. 1—an honor that would have gone to Frankie Parker, winner of the first four Spring -Lake tourna- ments. but he is in England with the United States Davis Cup squad. Seeded behind the 1935 national title holder, are J. Gilbert Hall, South | Orange: Robert Harman, Los Angeles; Ernest Sutter, New Orleans; Paul New- ton, Los Angeles: Samuel Gilpin, 2d, Philadelphia: Julius Heldman, Holly- wood: Don McNeill, Oklahoma City. Allison has as his first-round op- ponent Joe Rice of New York. KAUFMANN HANDY MAN Shifts From Outfield to Slab to Hurl Win for Rochester. By the Associated Press Tony Kaufmann may have left his | best playing days behind him on big- league diamonds, but the aging pitcher-outfielder of the Rochester Red Wings is a pretty handy fellow to have around in the heat of a pennant race. Kaufmann's once potent Ppitching arm seemed dead this Spring, so the Red Wings tried him in the outfield. The 36-year-old veteran who hurled for the Chicago Cubs in 1921, when most of the league's players were on roller skates, responded with a 301 batting average in 54 games. Last night the Wings turned to him for mound duty and he turned in a 6-1, seven-hit victory over the Buffalo Bisons. REAL TURF BARGAIN Roman Soldier, Sold as Yearling | for $100, Now Tops $60,000. The nearness of the annual year- ling thoroughbred sales at, Saratoga, and Lexington, Ky., recalls many bargains that have been picked |up by discerning horsemen for the proverbial song. Not the least outstanding bargain of recent years was Roman Soldier. As a yearling. Roman Soldier was purchased by Col. Phil T. Chinn for $100. Later, Col. horse to Max Hirsch and Max Hirsch sold him to the Sachenmaiers. Re- cently. Elwood Sachenmaier refused $60,000 for the horse. GREAT STUD FA]{M A check of the leading stake races run in America every year reveals | that nearly every one of them has been won, at one time or another, by horses bred by the C. V. Whitney farm of Kentucky. Major Leaders American League. Batting — Gehrie. ~ Yankees. Walker. Tigers. .35%. Runs—Greenberg. Tigers, Mazeio, Yankees, 5. Hits—Walker. ' Tigers. 100 Yankees. and Bell. Browns. 0% Lary, Indians, 26: Vosmik, 5 nles—Kreevich. White Sox. Moses. Athletics. and Stone and Kuhi Senators, & Home ' runs—Di M ; Greenberg. Tigers Stolen bases—Chapman, ;, Appling. White Sox. 1 Pitching—Lawson, Ruffing. Yankees, 10 National League. Batting—Medwick, Cardinals, .411; i 0. Cardinals, in—Medwick. maree, Cubs. 56. - Hits—Medwick, ' Cardinals. 115; P, ‘Waner. Pirates. 113, ubles—Medwick. Cardinals. Dodgers. and’ J. Martin, Cardi. T 10; Medwick. Cardinsls, 18; A Stolen_bases—Galan. Cubs. 13; J, Cubs. 6-1: Fette, .378; Di Gehrig, 68 a: el, agglo. Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, 11 and Cardi- Vaughan, Pirates. Martin. Cardinals, 10 Pitching—Bryant Bees. 10-3. Married, but Still in Swim Elizabeth Kompa Wrig| By the Associatea Press. LIFTON SPRINGS, N. Y., July 13.—Mrs. Elizabeth ‘Wright sat on the shores of Canandaigua Lake to- day and decided she'd, try not to let marriage interfere with the trip to Japan she plans in 1940. The wife of Dr. George Wright was Elizabeth Kompa, one of America’s famed swimming sisters, and she wants to swim for the United States in the 1940 Olympic games in Japan. “I think Erna and I have a good chance of making it,” she said. “Of course, it'’s up to the Women's Swimming Assoclation, but I'm in training all ti® time. LY ht Keeps in Training, Hoping to Make 1940 Olympic Team. “T work out everr dar,” she de- clar=d. “It's really the only way to keen your form. I'm planning to compete in the women's nationals at €an Francisco September 1 to 4.” Elizebeth at one time swam the fastest 440-yarc backstroke ever turned in by a woman. She came here with her husband, a heart specialist, shortly after their mar- riage May 30. “As for marriage,” she beamed, “it’s great. It's like a vacation. You Just rest and read and swim and play bridge. I never lived in a small town before, but I like it. “My husband can't swim very well, but he beats me at golf any« way. 5o we're even.” A Chinn sold the | veteran, | By Gtora HE black bass season, now be- ing opened everywhere around here except in Maryland tide- water, it means that this col- umn should pass on a few hints re- garding this very important branch of the angling art. Bait-casting tackle should be well balanced as to line, reel and rod. meaning that no one part should be out of harmony with the rest. Ex- perts favor a rod hetween 5 and 6 { feet long, the usual method of de- termining rod length being by the height of the angler. A good., all around rod would be 5!, feet long, fairly light and made of steel or split bamboo. e is an important matter, and does not have to be as strong as that generally used in this section of the country. An 8-pound line will hold everything you will catch near here, and has the additional quality of casting much better. There is no need for using anything heavier, and if you do have | to cut down on your distance and accuracy. Reels should be of the quadruple multiplying type with a light spool. The old school of thought was that the longer a reel spun after you gave it & start with your thumb or finger the better it was, but this has been disproved. Nowadays you can get reels that have aluminum or even cork spools, and in the case of metal spools they should be built up with a cork arbor before line is wound on. Thumb Does the Work. \TJST casting reels come with an “'" anti-backlash device of some sort, plus a level winder. Neither is necessary after you have gained a lit- tle experience, and both cut down on the distance to be expected on each cast. So, after getting the hang or feel of your outfit, you will do well to remove any extras. An educated thumb can be counted on to do the anti-backlash work necessary, and | this same thumb will take care of the | level winding when spooling in. | A leader always is not used, but you will note that the boys who. bring back the most fish are the ones who use a gut leader. Some anglers tie the plug directly to the line, others use a short metal | leader, but best results are obtained | which is tied directly to the pin on | the plug. Remember when using gut leaders to soak them for some time before using them: in this way they will be soft and pliant and will not wrap around the rod tip. Also dry them | out after a day's fishing, as nothing will ruin one faster than having it re- | main damp overnight, especially in | hot, weather. All Sizes and. Shapes. ’PLUGS fall into three classifica- tions, floaters, sinkers and those which float when still and sink when being reeled in uses, and several of each type should be carried. There also are other types Always UNIFORM ALL LONG-FILLER A Product of G. H. P. Cigar Co., Inc. from a gut leader about 3 feet long. | They all have their | e £ HuBer - | of plugs, such as those which attract fish by color, flash, or because they are good imitations of the fish's natural food. Latest addition to the ranks of plugs are queer things which catch fish because they make them angry, either by their unusual shape or because of the noise they make | | when pulled across the water. | Thus, it seems, yvou should | have several dozen plugs at the very least if you plan to b the | complete angler. But don't let it worry you or so well-selected shape: colors will do the trick. Just be sure vou have at least one for different conditions of fishing. not forgetting some weedless hooks for fishing close | | to lily pads and grass and barbless A dozen sizes and | | hooks where local laws demand them. Also be sure to have one or two small plugs, ones weighing less than | half an ounce. You will find that often, when bass are shy about hitting | the standard size, they may be induced to run after some small, darting shadow which puzzles them As A passing note, you can get a | zood start on a bass fishing outfit for a hundred dollars or so, leaving Irmm‘ of course, for later additions, | but you also can do the trick for le than $10 and do it well, too. | | KENNEDY AND PINTO IN MAT SEMIFINAL Other Matches Booked for Card | Thursday That Is Topped by Robert and Russell. | POPULAR here following two trl- | ] umphs, Jack Kennedy has been | installed in the semi-final match to | | the feature Yvon Robert-Reb Rus- | sell grappling bout Thursday night at Griffith Stadium. tangling with the veteran Stanley Pinto. Other matches restricted to 30 min- utes list Jack Hader squirming with George Lenihan, Ed Meske meeting Mike Sterlich and Bill Sledge facing | Jim Wright. The first match will get | under way at 8:30 o'clock | Robert, making his first appearance here since he suffered a broken leg | in a match with CIliff Olson several months ago, will stage a public work- wut tomorrow afternoon at Turner's Arena, employing his brother, Robert | Robert, as a stooge. | NEW YORK-PENN Binzhamton. 10: Albany. 1. Iton. 5! Trenton. 2. games scheduled. SOUTH ATLANTIC. } Jlumbiz. 7: Columbus 4 Jack B | col Sa nv | According | An examining physician, | Nurmi | supposedly holds the mark in this re- | Steele’s heart at 45 Beats Per Minute Than at Normal of 72, BY BURTON HAWKIN HE well-muscled frams onf Charles (Hobo) Williams will shade Freddie Steele from virtually every physical angle when they launch larrups at Griffith Stadium July 20 in a 10-round non- title encounter, but the world middis- weight champ possesses one asset that may prove a vital factor in the ult{e mate outcome, Steele is somewhat of a ring freak, but his peculiarity s one of the most fundamental cogs in his fistic equip- ment. It all centers about & sube normal pulse beat. The normal pulse, you see, records approximately 72 beats per minute, but Freddie is unique in that respect, for his ticks at a pace of only 45 every 60 seconds. And the comeback defi- nitely is not “so what?"—for, from a physician’s standpoint, that appar- ently minor item contributes muca to his prowess as an athlete. Heart Reserve Less Taxed. | 7| HAT subnormal beat indicates that Steele’s standard equipment in- cludes stamina and endurance without the usual wear and tear on the heart, to medicos, his heart ree serve is taxed far less than an averaze fighter’s, which means Freddie's su ply of energy almost is inexhausti over the present-day 10 and 15 round routes. Freddie is a throwback to another fistic era—the marathon davs when it was nothing unusual for fighters to travel 75 rounds or more. Battling Nelson, probably the greatest of theza distance clouters, astounded doctors with his slow and low pulse, as did Al Wolgast, the lad who stopped Nele son in 40 rounds at the age of 19 Stanley Ketchell was patterned after those fighters in that respect., when exe ploring Ketchell, knitted a brow, glanced skeptically at his intricate strument and exclaimed, “Either this thing is busted or Ketchell is dead.” Record Credited to Nurmi. Steele’s pulse beat has been recorded as low as 42 per minute, while Paavo the famed PFinnish runner, spect with only 40 ticks per minute, His amazing endurance was attributed to the slow beat of his heart After approximately eight rounds beat usually doubles, but even then he is recording only 84 beats to the minute, or a dozen more than the average person at rest. If the argument develops into a showe down on stamina, Freddie almost is a certainty to triumph. Marathon runners who have com- peted here in The Star's grinds have been uniform in recording low pulse beats, some throbbing as low as 50 per minute. In that type of competition a low pulse beat virtually is & nee cessity to become outstanding Nelson was a notoriously slow starter, but after 20 rounds or so he zet a terrific pace. Steele, on the nther hand, gets away fast, as evidenced by the many quick kavos in his record He is geared for speed. but capable nf sticking the distance more easily, per- haps, than any fighter in the game, PIEDMONT. Charlotte, %: Portsmouth 4. Durham. : Richmond. | Rocky Mount, X: Norfolk. 7 Asheville. 4: W EVERY DAY IN V" GLEN ECHO Automobile Needs” We consider every request for our service an important transaction—and every job, small or large, is treated with the same care and interest. Dave Morris AutoService 1529 M ST. N.W. 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