Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1937, Page 15

FEARED CONCEITED BT HS LY, my friends here This Would Be Fatal, as It Was for Joe Against Max, Dempsey Declares. BY JACK DEMPSEY. EW YORK, August 4 —Tommy Farr, heavyweight champion of Great Britain, didn't waste much time getting into his training quarters at Long Branch N. J, but during his brief stopoff here he convinced the boxing writers he’s a bright young man who rattles off the right answers fast enough for anybody. I didn't get a chance to join that welcoming party, as I was refereeing i Los Angeles But from what tell me, Tommy 1s a likable fellow and nobody's fool The American writers spread them- selves in boosting Farr, but I noticed that all the Englishmen who were quoted seemed to think that Tommy as a fighter isn't too hot Loughran Is Skeptical. ‘'OMMY LOUGHRAN, one of the smoothest boxers of modern times has the same estimate of Farr, having fought him and watched him fight two other men But you can never tell Just before I went West a maga- Eine writer dropped in to interview me and his first question was is the greatest danger a champion faces when he reaches the top? My reply was “swell-headedness.” It's hard for a young fellow who suddenly fur himself Dhitting the headlines to keep his feet on the ground. He has a tough time not lieving all the ballyhoo. Once he begins to believe it and figures he's unbeatable. the next thing is a letdown in training That's what happened to Louis just before he ran into Max Schmeling's right-hand wallops. Everybody said Joe was the superfighter, and the headlines got into hg head My old pal, Trevor Wignall. the Eng- lish sports writer. who was on the Coast when [ was there, tells me Farr's handlers fear he will get that way. Handlers Play It Safe. JEFF DIXON and Ted Broadribb hustled Farr into camp. Were they afraid he'd hit the high spots if he stayed around town? I hope not. If Tommy is any- where near as smart as his answers #gound. he must w he's in for the toughest fight of his life Tom Webster. famous English sports cartoonist, agrees with the English scribes in saying that Walter Neusel “took the ea. way out” against Farr But Bri has a good ! ful and game t something in his favo The impartial an: like Loughran doesn't for Farr. His chance—if any—lies in being in razor-edge condition. And nobody can say how scant or sizable that chance s until Farr get is of a man much hope GALLAGHER .ON BIG CARD Will Fight in Prelim to World Heavyweight Scrap. Marty Gallagher, burly local heavy- weight, will fight in a preliminary to the Joe Lous-Tommy Farr world heavyweight championship bout at New York August 26. it was announced today by his manager, Tom O’Donnell O'Donnell also being sought by Pi for a bout with Al Gainor Aug and by New Haven promoters for a scrap with Nathan Mann August 18. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Washington vs. St. Louis, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Middle Atlantic men’s singles Yourney, Tdgemoor Club, 4. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Washington vs. St. Louis, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Wrestling. Joe Cox vs. Bill Sledge and Ernie Dusek vs. Reb Russell, double fea- tures, Griffith Stadium, 8:30. Tennis. Middle Atlantic men's singles fourney, Edgemoor Club, 4. FRIDAY. Base Ball. Washington vs. Detroit, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Middle Atlantic men's singles fourney, Edgemoor Club, 4. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Washington vs. Detroit Grifith Stadium, 1:30. Tennis. Middle Atlantic men's singles fourney, Edgemoor Club, 2. STACY-ADAMS SHOES Remodeling \ | Sale to Iy s11.45 We have been notified by the factory that a sharp advance will be made in the wholesale and retail cost @), During Our EDMONSTON & CO. 612 13th St. N.W. Broo P'in’ et Capital Gai | sociation puts that 14-club rule into SPUK1LS. T'S getting so that the pro golfers of the land would rather be in the bunkers near the putting greans than pitching over those traps from a grassy lie. Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Ralph Guldahl and Harry Cooper have made such a science of bunker play that there isn't any more any fear of a sandy lie among the topnotchers of | the land. And for years around the | Middle Atlantic area Fred McLeod and Al Houghton have been regarded as the boss bunker players of this golfing sector. They aren't tops any more, if you can judge by results. Roland MacKenzie, Congressional Country Club pro, has developed a bunker shot that is just about the smoothest thing you'll find anywhere. It isn't played like Sarazen's cut shot, nor even like McLead's ck. with a thin-bladed mashie-niblick. MacKenzie knocks 'em out of the sand with a pair of wedges, and he's 50 ac- curate with them that he would rather be in a bunker close up under & putting green than pitching over the same bunker from 10 yards back. “When the United States Golf As- effect I'm still going to hang onto my | after | | | So it appears Champion Joe Louis | sn't going to need his greatest fight. ! “What | pair of wedges,” says Roland. “They THE EVENING Sand Wedges Rob Golf Traps Of Terror for Modern Pros make me feel comfortable about bunk- er play, and I'm not scared of the sand shots any more.” It hasn't always been so. For years MacKenzie was a so-so bunker player, & run-of-the-mine shotmaker from the sand. He tried all kinds of shots, and he didn't like any of them until he arrived at a combination of Mc- Leod’s flick shot and Bobby Cruick- shank's semi-explosion. Today that shot has made him one of the great bunker players of the land. “Honest, I'd just as soon be in a bunker close up by the green as in the fairway pitching over that bunker. Of course, I'd rather hit from the green, but I don’t feel uncomfortable about bunker shots any more.” Al Houghton, for years a star from the sand, employs a different method. Al opens wide the face of his wedge and plays a full explosion shot, tak- ing a big gob of sand with the ball and getting quite a little run. MacKenzie's shots hit and stop, while McLeod's shots, hit with terrific | cut, frequently spin backward. They're all good shots, and they But until they stop raking the bunk- ers the top bunker players of the land aren’t going to worry about their | | bunker play. FURR GETS CHANCE TO REGAIN PRESTIGE Venturi Bout Offers Opportunity. | Success in West Indicates Return to Form. "HE return of Phil Furr to loc punching pastures to meet Vit- torio Venturi in a 10-round feature bout at Griffith Stadium Monday night may mark an uphill struggle for the local welterweight to recapture his former following. Booed heartily when introduced at the Lou Gevinson-Joey Archibald argument Monday night. Phil is de- termined to display the fistic prowess here that gained him a match with Ceferino Garcia, leading 147-pound challenger. during his recent Pacific Coast ramblings Although he dropped the decision to Garcia. Phil impressed with vic- tories over Jimmy Best and Tiger Al | Lewis at Seattle, both of whom are hard-hitting Negroes. In his last bout | here Phil lost a bitterly fought battle to Werther Arcelli AUGUSTERFER TAKES POST AT ST. JOHN'S| Succeeds Holbrook ,Who Becomes Policeman—New Coach Has Foot Ball Problem. ’l‘HE task of molding a representative | team from rather green material today was the prime worry of Gene Augusterfer. who has signed to coach St. John's Prep foot ball team, re- placing Irving (Horse) Holbrook, who has joined the police force. Augusterfer, a crack quarterback at Catholic University several seasons | ago, launched his gridiron career at St. John's before transferring to Gon- zaga High to twice gain the all-prep quarterback berth. Gene also has| plaved professionally with the Pitts- burgh Pirates of the National Pro League and the Maryland A. C. of the Dixie League. 1 Holbrook leaves his post after a| period of three years, during which he was handicapped by lack of seasoned | material, but nevertheless capitalized on the capabilities of his squads. TUNING FOR MUNY GOLF SAN FRANCISCO, August 4 (®).— Four-man golf teams from St. Louis, Portland, Albany, N. Y.; Hawthorne, Calif, and Lakewood Village, Calif., start practice rounds today for the national public links championship, which opens here Sunday with inter- city team matches. The tournament opens officially with the first 18 holes of the 36-hole qual- ifying round Monday. Louisville, ~Minneapolis, Buffalo, Staten Island and Hawali teams will arrive tomorrow. Dayton, Cleveland, St. Paul and Chicago teams are due Friday. SEEK SUNDAY SET-TO. Fort Hunt Rangers want a Sunday game with a strong unlimited nine. Call Alexandria 3571-W between noon and 1 pm. or 5 and 6 p.m. Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a vear ago—Yankees beat Lefty Grove for first time since 1914 Jesse Owens won second Olympic title. broad jumping five times over Olympic record Three years ago—Tommy Armour won Canadian open with 287 as Ky Laffoon’s last-round 68 gave him sec- ond with 28g. Five years 'ago—Babe Didrickson raced to second world record victory in Olympic “80-meter hurdles final in Luigi Beccali won 1,500 meters 2 for new_Olympic Tecord svavinca admission 10 Swik A amusement 8Y BUYINC A 10 SWIM CARD ADMISSION PRICE INCLUDES METAL LOCKER AND FREE CHECKING OF VALUABLES AND 1§ THE SAME ON WEEK DAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS STEELE NOT GIVEN $30,000 OFFER HERE | Ahearn Denies Announcement of Champ's Manager of Big Bid to Battle Overlin. ATCHMAKER GOLDIE AHEARN today denied he had offered $30.- | 000 for a title bout involving Freddie | Steele. world middleweight champion, | outstanding collegians. who already and Ken Overlin. ranking contender, | and since the fistic firm of Turner & | on Griffith | be taken Ahearn has an option Stadium, that report may with a tablespoon of salt Dave Miller, manager of the middle- weight fighter who recently kavoed Hobo Williams here, announced yes- terday in Tacoma, Wash.. he was con- | sidering bids of $30.000 both from | Hollywood and Washington for a Steele-Overlin bout | Ahearn previously had offered Steele $17,500 for a title scrap here with | Overlin, but nurses small hope of land- ing the bout, which already is reported | to have been signed and sealed for Seattle, where Steele is most popular. HORSE SHOW IS SLATED. The annual Labor day horse show of the Maryland Foxhunters' Associa- tion will be held at Rock Spring Farm, on the Rockville-Norbeck pike, it has been announced by the secretary. Mrs. Bernard T. Brosius. STAR, WASHINGTON all work. | | Hightstown, N. J. on August 23 for | one of the finest players ever developed | in the Capital and is expected to be | VACGARO OF HOYAS ONALL-STARTEAM G. U. Grid Captain of 1936 Will Face Pro Giants. Foe Looks to Tuffy. Special Dispatch to The Star. EW YORK, August 4—Wash- ington will have at least two representatives in action when the College All-Stars stack up against the New York Giants pro foot ball team here September 8, with Tuffy Leemans, formerly of George Washington, in a backfield spot for the Giants and Al Vaccaro, 1936 Georgetown captain, playing tackle for the collegians. Selection of Vaccaro, the fifteenth player to join the squad, has been an- nounced by Andy Kerr of Colgate, coach of the college eleven, following hearty recommendation both by Jack Hagerty, Georgetown mentor, and Lou Little, head coach at Columbia. Impresses New York. V/ACCARO, who impressed Gotham fans last year when the Hoyas played Manhattan, is 6 feet tall and weighs 205 pounds. He will be forced to compete with at least two players for the right-tackle berth, since the all-star squad when complete will in- clude six tackles, none of whom will weigh less than 200 pounds The acceptance of Vaccaro brings the squad to 50 per cent of its strength. When it reports at Peddie School, training it will comprise 30 of the out- standing players of the East Larry Kelley of Yale, Monk Meyer of Army. Franny Murray of Pennsylvania and Nat Pierce of Fordham are among have accepted | Leemans. a leading ground gainer for the Giants last year in his first season of professional foot ball, is considered a fundamental factor attack. in the Giants’ Fights Last Night By the Associa‘ed Press. CHICAGO.-Ev 126 ey Beal ANG (Young) Right- . Towa. siopped '3 Chicako Eddie Bimms. 198, Tom Beaupre. nd. outpoin Fantin! Kriecer 13694, THA N out Joe Duca Brink. 137, Bucky Keyes, 159, Eddie d_out (Red) out- Asbury Park N J —FPreddie Elizabeth. N J na, 142 Cochrane; nointed D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ¢4, Give Local Pros Great Passing Attack. I in pro ranks, Washington's Red- skins foot ball club today signed Dixie Never to be forgotten as the amazing triple-threat halfback who put to rout “Slingin’ Sam” Baugh, late of Texas Christian University, in supplying At the Redskins’' office Howell's ad- dition to the roster was hailed as sig- and that the team that won the East- emn pro title last year, minus a bril- N A move calculated to add dyna- mite to a pass attack already Howell, ex-Alabama University star and hero of the Rose Bowl game of a great Stanford team in the classic Pasadena contest, Howell joins forces Washington's new National Foot Ball League team with outstanding pass- nificant that the Indians will possess the strongest aerial game in the post- llant pass offense, now has the stuff necessary to lead the fight for the| Ex-Alabama Ace and Baugh looming as one of the most potent January 1, 1935. with another famed college recruit, throwing talent, . graduate brand of foot ball this Fall, league championship. Now With Memphis Club. T WAS revealed that Howell, who is playing base ball with the Memphis club of the Southern Association, must get himself into condition to play games with the Redskins before his foot ball salary starts. He probably will report early in September, some 10 days or two weeks after Coach Ray Flaherty calls his squad for pre-season training. Like Baugh, an amezingly accurate | forward passer. Howell completed 9 out, | of 11 tosses in Alabama's Rose Bowl| conquest of Stanford. Passing wasn't | all the damage he wrought on a be- | wildered Stanford team which had taken a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Dixie booted the ball for an average of | 44 yards from the line of scrimmage as | the Crimson Tide swamped its foe, 29-13 Minor Leagues Texas, Oklahoma City. 4 Fort Worth. 5° Dallas. San Antonio, 3-1. Galveston. 1-3. Only games scheduled. Pacific Coast. Oakiand. 1: Los Angelex 0. San Diego. 11: Portland, 3. Missions. 5: Seattle. 2 Sacramento. &, San Prancisco. 7. 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How come, when there are such good golfers in the Senate as Pat Harrison of Mississippi and Fred Hale of Maine? Well, it happened like this: For weeks Halsey and Senator E. R. Burke of Nebraska have been making faces and pointing challenges at each other, with each claiming he could whip the other for the senatorial championship. Pat Harrison didn't enter into it. He was too busy with golf and other matters to get into the argument. Neither did Hale of Maine. He must have thought they were both sissies, because they stopped at 18 holes. Eighteen holes for Frederick Hale is just a warm-up. FARLE CHESNEY, the guy from the ~ Veterans' Bureau, who is an old smoothie at fixing golf matches, in addition to being golf chairman at Congressional, finally got the two gamecocks together and they had it out at Congressional, with Mark Trice, assistant sergeant at arms, and Ches- ney the other two participants. SPORTS . * A—15 Farr’s Only Chance Against Louis Seen in Razor-Edge Condition » | | LEWIS GETS HOT YOU'V! got to hand it to Clft Spencer, Beaver Dam pro, for the iron-man stuff. Cliff was in New York on July 30 and drove back to Wash- ington that day. He went out to the ! club to pick up his mail and his assistant told him the Middle Atlantic P. G. A. championship was to start the following day at Old Point Com- fort. ClUff took a gander at the cal- endar and said, “How come?” The lad told him it had been decided while CHff was away. “Let’s get out of here,” he said to Mrs. Spencer and the two hopped in the Spencer buzz-buggy and rolled down to Old Point, getting in at mid- night. Then Clff went out the next day, his hands still sore from the lengthy 440-mile drive from New York, and whipped out a sub-par 70. WISHING to hold the entry list down to & number that can be conveniently handled in one day, Chairman Nathan Kaufman of the | Baltimore Suburban Club Golf Com- mittee, will accept a limited number | of entries from the Washington clubs | for the affair to open August 19. All| the Washington clubs have been asked to send small groups of golfers to the tourney. Levi Yoder, Martin McCarthy and Billy Shea, who qualified for the na- tional amateur tourney, will not be among the starters Ovm at the Rodgers Club, near Towson, Md., next| week, a record turnout of printer- golfers is expected for the fourteenth tourney of the Union Printers’ Inter- national Golf Association. The tour- nament will be over the 72-hole medal Forge Golf | Just to add galety to the scene, Sen- ator Truman of Missouri, who was an Artillery officer during the war, went along to help Halsey get the proper range for his big guns. the genial Col. 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