Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1937, Page 42

SPOKTS. D. C, THURSDAY, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, JULY - 29, SPORTS. Farr, Short British Champion, Deemed Joke as Title Contender WARK FOR LOUIS, [DUGHRAN HOLDS Says 5-Foot-9 Welshman Is No More Than 20-Second Foe for Heavy King. BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN. HILADELPHIA, July 29.—Liv- P ing in England seven months | convinced me they love boxing | and yearn for a world cham- plon.. They're good sports, but some- how figure boxing is their forte and | inwardly resent our monopoly on ! titles: They idolize their champions, particularly Jimmie Wilde, the great- est flyweight of all time. ‘Tommy Farr is Welsh, too. Byt even the Welsh must shudder to think of him toesed to the lions in his championship bout with Joe Louis | In New York. It's a farce. No contender should be permitted to try for the title with- out proving his right to it. If Farr showed in one bout here, no sane person would sanction a meeting with Louls. | Little is known of Farr here except | English reprints, which are naturally | optimistic about his promise. I boxed | him: Farr Only 5 Feet 9. To me he’s too short ever to be & | champion. When I boxed him in | London 18 months ago I towered over him. He’s only 5 feet 9 to Louis’ 6 feet 1. | Farr then weighed 180. but now is | 190, & bad sign, because he lacks the frame to carry that extra weight | without slowing up. No active boxer | can put on 10 pounds without handi- capping himself seriously. Usually foreign fighters are bally- hooed on & pet punch, marvelous foot- work or some other special feature. Farr has none bevond unusual courage and youth to sustain it. But what asset is Louis, who is only 23? Farr moves around fairly well on his | feet. He might keep out of Loul way as Bob Pastor did, but that kind of fighting doesn’t win titles. Tommy's one distinction is the Brit- ish Empire title once held by Tom | Beckett and more recently by Fainting Phil Scott His shortness could be a help if he were a fast. scientific boxer, skilled in defense, clever at ducking and quick on his feet. youth againss | Mark fnr Several Blows. BU‘T he isn't. Besides, he's an easy mark for a straight left, a left hook | or a right cross. This may sound strange when you eonsider his decision victories over American boxers like Bob Olin, Max Baer and myself. Tom ran in luck in one way and was the beneficiary of surprise decisions. ‘The British Board of Boxing Control considered for two weeks a reversal ol the decision in my bout, after the Eng: lish press forced the point in my favor. Later I saw Olin stretch Farr out twice for long counts and win so easily he coasted, only to be almost knocked out himself by the decision in Farr's favor. Max Baer smashed his hands prier to losing to Jim Braddock, so all Farr had to do there was overcome his fear of Baer's reputation Nor is Farr's victory over Walter | Neusel anything. In 1935, when I was in London, Neusel wanted to quit. He went into the Farr bout for the money. Louis '\hv Fdend Bout. FROM this you father I don't rate Farr a suitable opponent for Louis, who, with his wonderful punching, could win in 20 seconds if he wishes. Louis may let it go two or three rounds, hoping to give the fans a break, but bouts of this kind harm spart. The man who beats Louis must be either & powerful boxer who beats Joe to it or & fine defensive boxer who ean guard himself while wearing Joe down. 1 see no one in the offing except possfbly Pastor. Heavyweight boxing's cycld is at the bottom of the are, as it as from 1908 to 1915. And Farr isn't the man to lift it up. (Copyright, 1037.) Poppm" Off ZContinued From Page C-1) placed Castleman with Ben Cantwell, 'who 1s promoted from the Jersey City farm. Ryan, who never was more than s minor league ball player, nevertheless 'will go down as one of Washington's unforgettables of the diamond. y spark plug of the Giants in 1933 he helped the Terry- men to the National League pennant and Blondy was in the line-up when on’s last winner went into the world series. “The Griffs got off to a poor sfart in the series, but they still zd a charice down until the al game, which Mel Ott efentually broke up with a home TN in extra innings. hington would have won that fifth#and last game were it not for a fine gpiece of brilllant, unconscious hlm-ifmg by Ryan. The Nats had the #ases filled at one point late in the fame and only one was out. Joe Cror#in sent Clif Bolton to pinch hit. Boltan, a notoriously late swinger, hit one ¥f Carl Hubbell’s pitches squarely ~shot it almost directly through the box. With an American League shortatop in the fleld it would have been.a base hit and the winning runs | threat to old stand-bys, and Ritzen- er: Alice Marble, Yankee queen of courts, Bright invitation tourney, was snapped in action yesterday as she advanced in rumdz/ /aahvur now playing in the Sea U. S. Champ and Invading Threat Show How to Properly Swing Racket cho performed so impressively g 3 y that she Ims been pxcked us lxkrly conqueror of M parks tournament on the Six- teenth Reservoir courts was in | store as semi-finals were srhcduled\ for this and tomorrow afternoon, with | the championship matches on Satur- | day and Sunday. Today Allie and Hy Ritzenberg, the second aecded. doubles team. were to | meet"Bod Bradley and Harry Gold- smith, seeded third. while Harry March and Ray Stocklinski, the un- seeded duo which eliminated the first- seeded combination of Joe Baker and | Fred Doyle, were to face Maurice Gou- beau and Melvin Tarpley, seeded fourth. Winners of these matches, which start at 5 o'clock, will play for the doubles champion- ship on Saturday afternoon ‘The singles semi-finalists—Stock- linski, Allie Ritzenberg, Baker and Tarpley—do not resume the battle for survival until tomorrow after- noon, when Stocklinski meets Tarpley and Ritzenberg faces Baker. To- morrow’s matches should result in| some of the best competition of the | parks season, with Stocklinski, seed- | ed 1, meeting Tarpley, the rpw OTHING but crucial matches N from now on in the public berg, seeded 2, facing Baker, a figure familiar to public parks ranks who has gone farther in this tournament than ever before. All but Baker have advanced to the next-to-last bracket without the loss of a set. Tomorrow's matches, like today's, start at 5 o'clock, with both title | matches on Saturday and Sunday scheduled to start at 3. NOW Dooly Mitchell knows how he made Hugh Lynch feel. Two sets up, and needing only two more games in the third to earn the right to repre- sent the East in the Grand National tournament at Los Angeles, Mitchell blew his chance at New York yesterday when he was overcome by Paul Gui- bord of Boston, 5—17, 3—6, 6—4, 6—2, 6—1. It was almost the identical manner in which Mitchell largely earned the right to represent Washington in the Eastern competition. For, before meet- ing Bill Garnett in the final match, Mitchell found himself two sets down to Lynch in the semi-finals, with 'woull have been scored. Bwt Ryan, misled by Bolton's left- [handed stance, shaded him as he would a pwil hitter. He played Clf all *wrong” and made a double play out 0f his ball to retire the side. Opén Playground TPrack Struggle Smml playgrounds were to ~XUArt the annual sectional com- Nmon for track supremacy today al Junior High and Ta- aygrounds. Winners will in the city-wide cham- , which will be held at Central Stadium on August 24. Takoma was to be host to the Takoma Recreational Center, Shep- herd, Paul Junior High, Petworth and Brightwood grounds, while Reno, Mann, Palisades, Chevy Ohaze, Deal-Janney, Murch, La- fayetie, Baton-Macomb and Hearst ‘Were to compete at Deal. Lynch holding & 5-1 lead in the third. It's history how Mitchell fought off three match points to finally beat Lynch, but Dooly learned yesterday, to his dismay, that history oft repeats itself. Boston was prevented from monopo- lizing the honors when Helen Ger- maine of New York defeated Sylvia Hatch of the Hub for the women’s championship of the East. NE Washington youth was in the semi-final round for the Mary- land State boys' championship and two more were in the quarters at Balti- more today as the annual tournament for juniors and boys neared an end. All local juniors were eliminated. Tom Wadden, who won The Star’s City of Washington boys' title, is the one in the semis, winning two matches yesterday. After trouncing Bernard 8tein, 6—0, 6—1, Wadden staged a great battle to defeat Lyons Living- aton, 6—1, 10—8. Cowsn, hewever, first big upest of the Maurice pulled the e tournament when he defeated the second-seeded player, Jack Kendall of Baltimore. Cowan, who holds the local boys' doubles championship with Wadden, rallied to defeat Kendall, 5—7, 6—0, | 7—5, and then continued to advance! with a 6—1, 6—1 victory over Charles | Hrdlick. . He whs to play Earl ScnrmdL' ¥ole ‘gane’ Wil squirta in‘the feature "spot. tonight at Griffith Stadium when | in the quarter~finals toda§.” Chandler Brossard and Harold Titus also remain in the running for the | boys' title, the former having defeated | Charles Arnold, 8—3, 6—2, yesterday. | while Titus was licking Ted Schwartz, 6—1, 6—0. EN’I‘RIES for the Middle Atlantic singles tournament, which starts Saturday at Edgemoor, will be open until 8 o'clock tomorrow night at both Spaldings’s and the Tennis Shop, but applicants still may call the Edgemoor Club as late as 8 o'clock tomorrow night to register. SPONSORS RIVER PARTY Sport Notables to Be Guests of Commissioners Ball Team. District of Columbia Commissioners base ball team of the Government League is sponsoring a midnight cruise on the steamer Potomac Saturday. Buddy Lewis and Cecil Travis, mem- bers of the Washington base ball team; Arch McDonald, Walter Johnson and Wash B. Williams are to be among the guests. It is to be one of those “midnight- until” affairs featuring dancing and entertainment. . TREMONTS WIN 4.3 TILT. ‘Tremonts nosed out a 4-to-3 victory over the Chevy Chase Red Sox in s Roosevelt Community Center Base Ball League game yesterday. Perle, Tre. mont twirler, let the S8ox have three hits. ADDISONS CAPTURE PAIR. Addison Chevrolet's nine defeated two opponents yesterday, winning from Georgetown Boys' Club, 6-2, after it had blanked the Clarendon Boys' Club, 8-0. TRANSITS CHALLENGE. Games with unlimited teams are wanted by the S. E. Capital Transit nine, which has won nine games in a row. Call Manager Ridgeway at De- catur 5470 between 4 and 5:30 o'clock. WANT SUNDAY BOOKING. The Young Democrats of Southern Maryland want s Sunday dismond booking either on their own field st Shady Oak or away. Phone Mansger Purdy et Spruce 0153. Homer Standings By the Associsted Press, Yeltudll’ s homor!lé—hxx Red Sox, Giants, Demnee Cubs, i; Kampouris, foune. Piraies. 1. leade Red ans, Greenberg, wick,' Cardinals, ott. Gi Leagie pOtals -American, 470;" N 1, 405 875, [ Stewart-Warner—A. C. SPEEDOMETERS Authorized Service MILLER DUDLEY: NOSE TWEAKERS INMAT FEATURE' Villains, Clash at Griff Stadium Tonight. PAIR of nose tweakers and cut ups who have carved rather unenviable reputations during their many years in the grap- Ernie Dusek, a seasoned snarler, stacks up against Jack Hader, another vet- eran villain. Hader, nursed along in preliminary roles by Promoter Joe Turner since he lost to matdom’s super-special villain, Laverne Baxter, last March, has worked up a fine brand of hatred among the customers, ‘Turner, therefore, conceived the brilllant plan of disposing of two vil- lains at the same time. It has to please mat maddies simply because they don't care it either or both of them are demolished in the process. Have Battered Ears. OTH Ernie and Jack have muffins where ears once hung and since patrons seem to enjoy it no end when the caulifiowers are twisted, it is likely much of the match will pass with Ernie mussing Jack’s residue of an ear and vice versa. All this, of course, in addition to the usual eye gouging, kneeing, elbowing and referee-baiting. George Lenihan and Bill Sledge will | writhe in a semi-final match restricted | to 45 minutes, while 30-minute prelim- inaries list Reb Russell meeting Jack Kennedy, Abe Coleman facing Ralph Garibaldi and Ed Meske toiling with George Kondyles. ‘The card, a portion of the proceeds from which will be donated to the District Soft Ball Association, will get under way at 8:30 o'clock. BANNEKER, FRANCIS LEADERS IN SWIMS Teams Are Co-Favorites to Win in Contest for Colored City Championship. CO[DRED playground swimmers will meet for their city championships tomorrow at the Banneker Pool with representatives of the Banneker and Prancis Playgrounds looming as joint contenders for supremacy. ‘With both playgrounds playing hosts to others in their own pools yesterday, Banneker rolled up 63 points over eight rivals while Francis scored 95% in competition with seven other contest- ants. Winners of first, second and third places yesterday are entitled to swim tomorrow. Behind Banneker its rivals finished in the following order: ‘Terrell, 26; Dunbar, 22; Howard; 22; Logan, 16; Morgan, 13; Deanwood, 8; Smothers, 2, and Monroe, 1. Behind Francis were found Montgomery, 14; Rose Park, 13; Barry Farms, 7; Stevens, 5; Anthony Bowen, 4!, and Gid- dings, 3. ATLAS NINE IS ROUTED. Fones and Auton led the Dodgers’ #lugging yesterday as they romped over the Anu Boys Cluh 11‘3 FENDER‘BEW ‘Booy DeNT?., See Us.! Any Service for Any Car! [ENTRQL 2oan wORK> 616! F THE qualifying scores are sound criterion, many a flashy match | will be pitched in the ninth an- | nual Evening Star horseshoe | will start next the Municipal Playground courts McMillan Park, near the Reservoir. Scores of 200 or better in a round 9f 100 shoes heretofore have been rarities in this section of the land, [ but already three of them have been | turned up in the qualifying test of | The Star tournament. Ray Frye of | Orkney Springs, Va. fired one of 237; young Bill Woodfleld of Wash- | ington followed with 205, and la: | night Roy (Woody) Wilson shot 208 Frye made 74 ringers, | and Wilson 59 at OE WALSH of the University of Maryland, District intercollegiate champion, easily qualified for the Maryland eliminations with a count of 188, which included 49 ringers. Others who appeared safely in were Windsor Barber of Laytonsville with 172 and C. Mullinix of Gaithers- burg with 161, In the Washington section last night Elvin Shanks with 166 points and Edgar Brown with 161 hoped to make the grade, although most of the best flippers of the Capital proper have yet to take the test, for which the deadline falls tomorrow night. ‘Wilson was well on the way to beat | Frye's record when he lost the range suddenly. With his first four pitches he made 13 ringers. Later he found the stake with 9 out of 10. Harry Saunders, former District and Metropolitan champion, who hopes to regain the District of Columbia title after forsaking the game nearly all Summer in favor of golf, worked out with Joe Merryman, the Maryland star, and showed flashes of his old skill, averaging about 50 per cent ringers. Major Leaders By the Amcl-ud Press. RICAN LEAGUEF. mmn;—-oehm Yankees, .373: Di Maggio. Yankees. .370. Runs—Dji __Maggio.” Yankees, 26; Greenbers. Tigers® 8. LRuns’ batte m-Ormberm Di Magsio. Yanki mu—nou Browns. 190 Di Maaglo, Yankees, 12 Doubles—Bonura. _ Whit 39: Qehris, Yankees, and Vosmic: Browhs, _ Triples—Kreevich. White Sox. 11: Di Masslo. Yankees: Greenbers. Tigers, and Stone and Kuhel. Sena ator: Home runs—Di Mereio Yankers, 28: Foxx, Red Sox, cl ¥ S0, Ruffing, Yunues 143, TIONAL LEAGUE ting ANk, S TA ALS, 406; Hmnm Cubs. .18 Cardinals, 78; Ritis Satted th—M dwick, Cardinals, Demaree. Cubs, Hits—Medwick. ‘Cardinals, 141; P. ‘Waner., Pirates. 11 iples—Vaughan, Pirates, 10; Handley, Pirates. 0. Home runs—Medwick, Cardinals, 21; ot Giants, E tr.hln'— eite, Bees, 13-3; Hub- late-model Chevrolet, Plymouth and Dodge Cors to trade in on the new 1937 second series PLYMOUTHS CHRYSLERS Special 109 over allow- ance on your trade-in. COAST-IN, Inc. LEADING CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUTH DEALERS 514 8th St. N.W. ATlantic 7200 Open Eventurs Untll § P.M. -—Copyright, s Marble. A. P. Wirephoto. Qualifying Horseshoe Scores Promise Lively Title Scrups‘ }{ARRY ‘WOODFIELD, secretary of the District Horseshoe Pitchers' | Association, was so busy handling de- | championships, the playoffs of ‘mrh‘ tails of the play that he couldn't con- Ernie Dusek and Hader, Vet Monday night on | centrate as usual when his turn came | to pitch, but the muscular old gentle- man, who might do very well in the | role of Tarzan—he's a former acrobat | —stuck on 33 ringers in a score of 154 Last night's scores: WASHINGTON, Woodv_ Wilson Hary Woodfield Elvip Shanks Swartz Eacar By MARYLAND c. st R Woodfield 58 | 5 Minor Leagues International. Rochest 1: Newark Montr Jersey City. Baltim 11 Toronto. 3, Byracuse. 7: Buffalo, 5. American Association. Kansas City. 2: Indianapolis, 1. Only game scheduled. Pacific Coast. Qakiand_ 10: San Prancisco Los Angeles. Hatraments, NSdome 5" poriand San Diego, 12; Seattie, 2. Texas. Qklahoma City. 4: San Antonio. 3. Galveston. 5:_ Dalla. Houston. 8: Fort Worth, 3. Beaumont, 4 Southern Association. Memphis, 4—:: Birmingham. 0—0. Atlanta. 10: Knoxville. Chattanooga. 5: Na Eittle MoK 157 New Orieans: 8. New York-Penn. —1. 0—5 Tulsa Seranton, 11--1: Hazelton, 3—5. Trenton, mir: o TS Yiliamaport, Wilkes-Barre, 1 Pledmont. Pogtsmouth. 4—11; Norfolk. 6; Durham, 0. Coastal Pl Tarboro. 1: New Bern. 0. Other games postponed. rain. Mid-Atiantie. Dayton. 1. ‘Winston-8alem, Springfield. NET STARS LIKED Yamagishi, Jedrizejowska. Jiro Yamagishi, the bright-eyed crown, and Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, threatened today to upset tradition Never in the history of the grass graved on the Sea Bright bowls, but the trick. by defeating Gardnar Mulloy of Good Chances for Victory By the Associated Press. backhand expert, who wears the winner of the Polish woman's cham- in the historic Sea Bright invitation court classic has a foreign net star Yamagishi and Miss Jedrzejowska ‘The acrobatic Japanese Davis Cup Miami, 6—2, 7—5, in his fourth JAPANESE, POLISH at Sea Bright Conceded EA BRIGHT, N. J, July 29— S Japanese national singles tennis pionship for the past eight years, tennis tournament. won the right to have his name en- were considered capable of turning star gained the semi-finals yesterday straight-set triumph. Polish Girl Amazes Gallery. | M| 188 JEDRZEJOWSKA amazed a | large gallery with her speed nnd power as she humbled America’s nnh ranking Carolin Babcock of Los An- | geles with the loss of only three games Yamagishi was slated to meet top- | seeded Bob Riggs of Los Angeles in | the semi-finals today. It Yamagishi wins he probably will face Frank X. Shields, the former | Davis Cupper, who retired from ten- nis two years ago for a fling in the films, in the final Shields, despite his absence of two years from grass courts, appeared a real threat to the rest of the fleld as he overcame J. Gilbert Hall of New York, 6—1, 8—8. The handsome Hollywood star leaned heavily on his searing service to defeat Hall, but his confident attitude boded no good for Wilmer L. Allison, the former national champion and his | adversary im the semi-finals today. Alice Marble Favorite. { \Pm JEDRZEJOWSKA was an overwhelming favorite to elimi- nate Miss Bundy in the woman's gles, while Alice Marble was conceded a victory al the expense of Mrs. Van Ryn | Prnal' ts in the woman's doubles were mflprm ned yesterday when Miss wska and Mrs. Dorothy An- drus of New York defeated ’Was’ Bundy and Patricia Henry of Los An- | geles and Miss Babcock and Mrs. John | Van Ryn turned back Miss Marble and | Kay Winthrop of Boston, Mass., in| three sets. DETTWEILER ON AIR Fair Golf Star Will Discourse on | “Women in Sport.” i A semi-weekly series of radio talks on “Women in Sports” will be given by Helen Detiweiler, one of Wash- ington's leading woman gofers, over | Station WRC, starting Saturday. Miss Dettweiler will broadecast on Saturdays at 7:30 o'clock, her other | allotted times being Tuesday at 5:45 | o'clock. OWENS IN RAB.E FORM Treasury rallied in the late innings to hand W. P. A. an 8-3 licking in the United States Government League., The losers held a 3-1 lead until the sixth, when Treasury took the lead with four runs. Owens not only pitched the victory, but also led the attack with three hits. BATTLE AT TAKOMA. | Haven in that Maryland A. C. Juniors will meet | the Takoma Playground diamonders in & double-header Sunday at 1 30| pm. on the Takoma field. Members ' of the former team are to meet at the Capitol Heights fire house before (he game. BUREAUS RUN WILD Bureau of Engraving scored in every inning but one yesterday to hand Bol- ling Field a 14-6 defeat. Jameson and urdette led the winners' 13-hit attack | with three each. P. & A NINE SCORES A 16-8 slugfest in the Veterans' League yesterday found Printing and Duplicating on top of A Files. The| victors scored in every inning, eapping | the orgy with seven runs in the fourth. <=s@fiti—0’RT Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Chicago vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. Wrestling. Ernie Dusek vs. Jack Hader, feae ture match, Griffith Stadium, 8:30, Tennis. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 4. Polo. ‘War Department vs. 3d Cavalry, Stevenson, Md,, 3. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 4. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif fith Stadium, 3. Tennis. Middle Atlantic singles tourney, Edgemoor Club, 2. Public parks tourney, courts, 2, Reservoir Remains Only Yacht of Its By the Associated Press. victory of her triumphal ea- bilt will meet T. O. M. Sopwith's sec- three sloops she vanquished yesterday. Endeavour I, Sopwith's 1934 chal- Type in World Yet to Dip Its Colors. INEYARD HAVEN, July 29 — After winning the thirteenth reer, undefeated Ranger, the sloop with which Harold S Vander- ond British challenger for the America Cup Saturday, again todav faced the They are Gerard B. Lambert's Yan- kee, Chandler Hovey's Rainbow and lenger, which lost to Rainbow, then kippered by Veanderbilt. Yankee Six Minutes Behind. HE sloops finished a 37-mile course from Mattapoisett to Vinevard order vesterday. Yane kee was more than six minutes, Rain- bow approximately eight minutes and | Endeavour more than nine minutes | astern of the defender. Today's course, last leg of the an- nual cruise of the Eastern Yacht Club, was from Vineyard Haven to Newport, R. I, scene of the approaching intar- national sailing duel, a distance of ap- proximately 37 miles. Ranger remains the only undefea‘ed sloop of her class in the world, for Sopwith's Endeavour II tasted defeat in home waters before she crossed the Atlantic this Spring. Sports Mirror the Associ Today By a ennan Davis Cuppers lost %o sngles against France. INDIVIDUAL AND 2. 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