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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, \\'AQHI NGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1937. SPORTS. ey Mehlhorn Skimps Golf for Bridge : Labor Sports Planned byA.A.U. NDS CARD GAVE § BETTER PAYING Crack Popper-0ff Refuses to Be Censored by Firm He Represented. BY W. R. McCALLUM. ILD WILLIAM MEHL- HORN of the 10-gallon hat. the “popping off” pro- pensities and a darned good golfer, has given up serious golf to take up serious bridge. Wild William, who learned golf as a caddie master At & Chicago club and learned bridge commuting between his home and his Job, is one of America’s better bridge experts and makes more money out of his bridge than out of his golf. e William's golf employers (a ville manufacturing outfit) ob- | jected to his devotion to cards and | likewise &uggested that they be per- | mitted to censor his public utterances, \ Wild William told ‘em to go take a running leap, redoubled in spades and | from henceforth he'll get along (he hopes between his golf and his bridge without any paid connection. | High-Ranking Popper-Off. ILD BILL has attained a high ranking nationally as one of our better poppers-off on golf and allied subjects. Newspaper men always could find colorful and verbose copy in Bill, who has original ideas on almost any subject touching on golf. There was the incident in Texas a few years ago when Bill, siiting in an apple tree, opined loudly that Bobby Cruickshank couldn't make & certain putt. Bobby didn’t miss it and it aroused certain recriminations, with Bill apologizing. | He's been in hot water so many fimes | that he even resembles a well-boiled | lobster ‘ Now Bill has something when he turns to contract bridge as a means of earning a livelihood. He did fairly well with his golf, but. if you can be- | lieve his brother golf pros, Wild Wil liam is better as a bridge plaver than 8% & golfer. He never has figured n any of those wildly expensive bridge games, such as the one on Long Island not 100 many years ago when a Wash- ington man won $30.000, at $2 a point but Bill has won as high as §3.800 in one game. And he didn't get paid He did win and collect $700 in one aitting, which probably is far better than he would do in & golf tourna- ment. He is much sought after as ® bridee partner and is well known at the clubs where they play bridge for fairly high stakes. | | Wiffy Is Friend in Need. SQWEET WILLIAM is not the kind of man to have his style cramped in any wav. Neither his bridge play- ing nor his public utterances can ‘ eome under the censorship of anv man | or group of men holds. Which | 18 the reason he has cut loose from his | golf connection and will free-lance at i both golf and bridge \lnr is Bm any 1 sweet pea at golf He aemi-nnal of the P. G. A, rhump\nn» ship last vear equipped with a trick putter, a lot of nerve and some xnod‘ &hots. He led in the recent county fair and circus which they dubbed the | Chicago open (for one round), and | he's played and won money in all mp fmportant tournaments over the land. | It s & bit unusual for a golf pro to | turn bridge pro. But then you'd 'x-x pect something unusual from Bill He's that kind of guy | Three years ago Bill came to New | York, out of & job, and finding the | bridge pickings a little lean. He went | 0 Wiffy Cox, who then had the Dyker | Beach concessions. Wiff gave him a Job and for & season or so Bill taught | golf on the public links. Then & | wave of prosperity hit the land, Bill @0t & golf contract. the bridge pick- | ings picked np and all was jake for ‘Wild William. 1 MRS. FABYAN FACES | POLISH TENNIS ACE Jedrzejowska and New Eng- lander, Maidstone Finalists, Meet for First Time. Ry the Associated Press JEAST HAMPTON, N. Y., August 7 “ Jadwiga Jnmmnmkn the Polish £l who routed America’s best woman players in England this Summer, only to have the tables turned by Alice | Marbie in her first American tourna- | . faced Mrs. Sarah Palfrev Fab- | yan. third-ranking American, today. | In England Miss Jedrzejowska | whipped Miss Marble twice and Helen | Jacobs once. Today she faced for the | first time little Mrs. Pabyan of Cam- | bridge. Mass,, in the final of the Maid- | stone Clubs invitation tournament. Mr=. Fabyan's forehand doesn't have | the devastating pace of her rival, but she has the all-around game to cope ¥ith speed as she demonstrated yester- day in routing Mme. Sylvia Henrotin | of France, 6—2, 6—3 Miss Jedrzejowska blasted her way Into the final Thursday with a straight- set_victory over Gracyn Wheeler The doubles final also had an inter- national touch with Mme. Henrotin and Mrs. Dorothy Andrus of New York. experienced doubles partners, facing | Mrs. Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn of Austin, Tex, and Carolin Babcock of Los Angeles. HUNTER'S CHOICE BEST Wins Five Blues, Championship at Bath Horse S8how. HOT SPRINGS, Va.. August 7 (#).— Hunter's Choice, Springsbury Farms | bay gelding, was the proud wearer J today of five blue ribbons and three lesser ones which won for him the Hunter classes championship in the tenth annual Bath County horse show. ‘The Springsbury Farms entry, en- tered in eight events, was awarded the championship in the closing program of the show yesterday after winning five blue ribbons and one second, one third and one fifth place. The reserve championship went to Lee's Birthday, owned by George G. Lee of Norfolk. FOB.T HUNT VICTOB Yort Hunt diamonders trounced the BP-28 team from Quantico, 13-4, in & Bub-district No. 12 League game. Orlando, winning pitcher, collected a single, double, triple and home run in four trips to the platter. | year ASHINGTON is fast becom- ing synonymous with Mid- dle Atlantic in tennis talk these days. For the second time in two weeks & tournament ostensibly held for the purpose of establishing the champion netmen from the area including Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District today was completely monopolized by Washington players. Not one non-resident was to be found in the two semi-final matches at the Edgemoor Club today, winners of which will clash for the title tomor- row Frank (Buddy) Goeltz of Wilkes- Barre, Pa., the only non-Washingto- nian left at the start of play yester- day, was eliminated by Tony Latona, leaving the title to be contested by his conqueror, Dooly Mitchell, Hugh Lynch and Bill Breese—all of the Capital At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon La- tona was to meet Lynch and, upon | completion of their match, Breese was ' to tackle Mitchell. Their presence in the semis justified the seedings complete- ly. Mitchell, Lynch, Breese and Latona being seeded 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. All Four Have Chance. ( NE'S guess as to the outcome of this afternoon's matches was as good as the next fellow's. The Miteh- ell-Breese encounter was considered nearly & toss-up, while Lynch was only a slight favorite to beat Latona. S (‘ 75 | ] Ceoy | \\ Justification for the latter arises from the fact that Hugh has breezed through five opponents with the loss of only eight games, while Tony twice has been extended to three sets. lLa- tona’s opposition, though, has been a bit stiffer than that faced by Lynch, the District playground instructor having beaten Bob Bradley, Stan Mc- Caskey and Goeltz on the way to the next-lo-last bracket. Lynch has beaten Jimmy (Baron) Smith, Mari- ano Erana, Dick Howell and George Parks of Miami and Bill Howard, yes- terday's victim Lynch and Latona have met in com- petition only once before in Lynch winning a 7 | decision from Latona in 1935, when the latter was seeded No 1 in the City of Washington tournament of that year Past performances can be made to | favor either Breese or Mitchell in to- day’s other match. Last year, Breese's first in the citv. Dooly in l[rn\zhl sels m the semi- | gave Breese Big Bill knocked off | final round of the City of Washington going on to meet—and to lose to— Barney Welsh for the title. His play in the current competition, however, has been rather spotty. Three oppo- nents have given him trouble, forcing him to play extended sets, and yes- terday's 6—4, 6—3 conquest of Billy Contreras was the first time he had won in regulation scores. Mitchell, contrarily, has romped through three opponents with the loss of only one set. Latona Keeps Cool, Wins. ALTHOUGH Howard put up a good fight against Lynch yesterday, his 6—0, 6—1 defeat proved the most one- sided exit of any of the three elim nated. Goeltz carried Latona to l 6—2, 2—6, 6—1 match before suc- cumbing, but Tony was not to be de- | nied. Suddenly ridding himself of the errors, with their resultant detri- | | mental influence on his temperament, | Latona played beautiful tennis, out- steadying Goeltz on the baseline ex- changes and taking the net for devas- tating volleys Long rallies marked the match, o less than 47 exchanges being counted during one rally and 37 on another. Latona ran up a 4-0 lead in the first set before surrendering the last four games, but Goeltz retal- lated by seizing a similar advantage in the second before giving Tony his only two games of that set. Tony kept eool, however, and s0on had the visitor at 5-0 in the decisive set before Goeltz got his only game. "IHE Breese-Contreras match was a battle of southpaws, the contest- Ants being the only left-handers of the tournament. Contreras, however, did not come to life in the first set until it was too late, and after he had overcome Breese's lead at 3-3 in the second, Bill broke his service in two of the last three games for the match Contreras refused to go down com- placently, though, and after Breese had match point at 40-15. first lobbed | over Bill's head for a placement and then passed him with a hard drive while Bill was at the nei. Two smashes the match from deuce, however, REESE pulled another one for the wits after his match with Ray Stocklinski the other day. In the middle of that long 13—11 set. which he won, Breese's mother—a constant spectator—arranged for a bucket of water to be brought to the perspiring rival. “Good night.” said Bill after the match, “just when I waa trying to wear myv opponent dawn, mother has water brought to refresh him." Apparently Bill water himself. didn’'t need the RPPY'S 9 HEADS MUNY GOLF TESTS Sturdy Public Links Field of 191 Beats Par Often in Meet Tune-ups. By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO, Calif., August T With sub-par practice rounds earded right and left. f appeared todav one of the strongest fields of amateur public links golfers ever assembled is on hand for | | the national championship, opening with qualifying tests Monday. Exactly 191 shotmakers, | States and 61 cities. will compete in the sixteenth annual tourney, which | opens Monday. Par 72 on the remodeled 6.719-yard Harding Park layout has been shat- tered or equalled a dozen times in the past few days. The best turned in yesterday by Claude Rippy of Washington, D. C., co-medalist and runner-up last year, who had a 69. | He shot 70 Wednesday. Seventies and 71's were common. Defending Champion Pat Abbott of Pasadena, had a 71 for one practice | round. Best-ball foursome matches will be | held tomorrow between teams from the various cities. Qualifying rounds Monday and Tues- day will be over 18 holes each day. The tournament will eontinue through Augusi 14. SMYTHE'S TWIN WIN TOPS SAIL REGATTA Four of Five Washington Comets Entered in Miles River Event Place High. J[EASTON, Md, August 7.—Four of ~ the five Washington comets com- | peting in the Miles River Yacht Club regatta off here yesterday were leading the field of 16 craft at the end of the first-day series of races over a S-mile | course inside of Tilghmans Point. Verner Smythe's Sassy Too captured | two firsts by a wide margin in the light going to lead the series. The Es- capade of Ernie Covert was just behind ‘W. Hendrickson's Seaweed from River- ton, N. J., for third place in total points through placing second in the afternoon race. Comet Frey, sailed by Mack Lamborn and Eleanor Sherman, was in fourth position. So-Big of Clyde Cruit was tied for fifth place with the Edma of Reeves Hicks from Oxford, Md. The morning race over a triangular course was sailed in a light southeast breese with showers at the finish. The fleet went over a reverse course in the afternoon with the wind varying from southwest to southeast and heading the boats as they bore down on the finish. The third and final race of the series was to be sailed today. Trophies will be presented at the Milee. River Club to winning skippers tonight. PELICANS CHALLENGE. A game for tomorrow with a junior or unlimited base ball team having the use of a diamond is sought by the Pelican A. O, Call District 1814 or from 24! card was | | Beaumont Minor Leagues TNTERNATIONAL. 83 Rochester, 6 Baltimore. f: Toronto. 1. Jersey Cits. 4 Montieal, 1. Butfalo-8yracuse, Newark 4 rain. SETANDING OF THE CLUBR WL W L Pt Newark 8020 7 Montreal Svracuse Buffalo AMERICAN ARSOCIATION, Toledo. 11: Milwaikee & Columbus. #; Kaneas City 1 Minneapolis, 8 Tndianapolis. Only games scheduled STANDING OF TME OLURS WL Pct W L Pet 2354 Indipolis 87 52 7 491 402 393 A1 4 Colnmhnl A2 4R 564 Toledo " 8040 ‘830 Milw'kee, AR Louisville 42 A3 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION, Little Rock. 3- New Orieans. 1. Memphis. 6: Birminghsm. 8. Nashville. 5: Atlanta. 1. Only games scheduled STANDING OF THE OLUBS W L Pct 3R B5R £240 A4 50 61 52 W L N Orlens 81 55 52 563 Birgham 36 57 .4 561 Chat'n'ga 42 72 .3 540 Knoxville 34 81 2 PACIFIC COAST. Sacramento. 5: Ban Franciso, 3. Missions, 8: Seattle. Qakiand. 12, Los Angeies; 4. San Diego, 4; Portland. 3 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L Pet WL San Diezo 78 53 580 1, Angeles BB 6% 5 Sacrm'io T 48 Oakiand 39 70 San Fran. 60 80 535 Seattle Boriand. 67 58 535 Misioms. 18 R0 3 Litt'e Rk Nashville Memphis Atlanta TEXAS. Tulsa, 5: Oklahoma City. 2. Fort Worth, 5: Dallas. 0 Galveston. 2—0: Houston. 0 San Antonlo, 10; Beaumont. 7. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. Pct W L T 44 5w worin 81 Bk A2 55 530 Galveston 58 A3 29 Houston 530 A% Dallas 44 75 .3 Ok. City 8. Anton. Tulsa NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA. Eimira, 12: Trenton. 1. Albany. 9 Wilkes-Barre. Willlamsport, 5—! Herlsion, ¢ 2. Scranton, 5; Binghamton, STANDING OF THE CLUBS W.L. Pct 6730 814 Wilmap't Hazleton 61 41 enton Wilkes-B. 55 45 550 Scranton Bingh'ton 53 47 530 Albany Elmira EASTERN SHORE. mbridee. 9: Crisfield. 1 Faderniapure. 5. Centreville. 0. Salisbury. 2—3: Pocomoke, 0—A. Dover. R: Easton, 3. STANDING OF THE ouma m| 1.5 Oent'ville 34 35 493 PIEDMONT. Portsmouth. 7. ASDES 157 Richmand. & Norfolk. 1 16: Rocky Mount. & nriotte, Tor Winston-Salem. 8. ROUTH ATLANTIC. Jacksonville, 10; Columbus. 3. EX-HOCKEY STAR DIES Eddie Gerard Succumbs Following Operation on Throat. OTTAWA, August 7 ().—Eddie Gerard, former big league hockey player and manager, died early today. Gerard, regarded as an outstanding defense man a number of years 8go, underwent an operation for a throat allment earlier this week. He was a member of the Ottaws Senators of the National Hockey League for 11 years and during that time played on three Stanley Cup teams. In 1924 he became manager of the Montreal Maroons, who won the Stan- ley Cup under his leadership the fol- lowing year. Later he coached the New York Americans and the 8t. Louls Eagles, finishing his hockey ocareer with the laster(elub. two of | A00 SOPWITH OPPOSES NEW YACHT STYLE Says British Must Be More Scientific in Building Class J Sloop. By the Associated Press. EWPORT, R. I, August 7—T. O. M. Sopwith brushed aside today the idea that the big, expensive class J sloops might | be discarded in future America's Cup competition in favor of smaller boats. “Might as well sall for it in dingies.” | he scoffed. “Why not run the Derby With cart horses or ponies?” | Then the man whose Endeavour 11| failed in four straight races to finish | | ahead of Harold S. Vanderbilt's sleek | Ranger went into detall: “The America’s Cup should be sailed | . for by the biggest class available. It is | | time to look for & new class when you want an extra class, or when a present mm is moribund. The J class is far | from moribund, for you have several fine J sloops, s0 why wreck it?” Indorses Tank Tests. 'THERE have been suggestions a smaller sloop would widen com- petition for the trophy. emblematic of | \ world supremacy in yachting ever since | the schooner America won it in 1851. | Sopwith insisted such proposals have | not come from any one connected with J sloops on either side of the Atlantic The approximate cost of building and racing a J boat. the Jargest of rac- ing sloops, in an America’s Cup con- test 1s $500.000 The English sportsman and airplane | maker declined 1o say whether he would challenge for a third time. He did state very plainly, however, that | before another challenge is issued, a | much more scientific campalgn must be planned. He referred to the tank tests through which the construction model of Vanderbilt's Ranger was selected “Any architect who built from that model would have been thought balmy if he did not know what the tank told him,” Sopwith asserted. "I don't see | any good in coming back here until we have done something with the tank We wouldn't dare.” Sopwith confined his criticism of Ranger 10 the esthetic side. Other- wise she remained to him “the fastest J boat ever built.” British Method Wrong. T TOOK us years to deseiop the wind tunnel before it told us anything of value in airplane con- struction.” he continued. “Thus far our method of designing a vacht has | been that of an artist painting a pic- ture. Now we must get down 10 exact science. You have developed the tank | test for models to & point where you | can believe in it. We must start five years behind you." | Sopwith reiterated that his chal- | lenger was beaten by a faster boat, in | & “perfectly fair and square, straight- | forward contest “We have no alibis.” he said. “We are convinced we didn't leave a stone unturned and that we went to more | trouble than any previous challenger | | in history. | “We don't mind a bit being beaten. | We have had a hiding, but by a better | bt f\la?i[atcheis By 1he Associated Press. NORTH BERGEN, N. J —Rudv ek, 218, Omaha. Nebr . threw Ril. Sledge. 215, Texas, 2329 COLUMBUS, Ohwo. — Billy Thoms, 175. Indiana, defeated Pat- rick lansdowne, 176, England, | grounds Tuesday, | with Betty Jacob of Montrose for the | title. | of Rosedale, BAUGH THREATENS 10 BOLT REDSKINS Prefers Base Ball to Grid, Demands More Pay Here. Signed, Says Manager. By the Associated Press. ENVER, August 7.—His fans | called him the peer of college | foot ball passers last year, but listen & minute to “Sling- in’ Sam" Baugh “I'd rather play base ball than foot ball any day.” And that's not all “When it comes to foot ball, T get a lot more fun out of spotting a punt out of bounds inside the 10-yard line than 1 ever do from tossing a long pass.” Those are the sentiments of the lad who literally pitched Texas Christian | | University to one gridiron victory after another. Sam thinks base ball demands more skill and a “keener touch” than foot ball. He played foot bali, base bali and basket ball at Texas Christian, | but counsels an athlete who has base ball notions to lay off foot ball. Wants More “Dough” Here. JOOT BALL hurts most fellows for | base ball—slows them up and makes them musciebound,” the tail, biack-haired Texan said. Baugh doesn't know whether he will | play professional foot ball this Fall The Washington Redskins drew him in the draft, but he said “I won't play unless they offer me a heck of a lot more dough " | Professional base ball—well, that's different | “Sure. I'd like to break into the big leagues.” sald Sammy, “but I'm not fooling myself any. You've got to have the stuff to get up there “What T would like to do best is go ahead and coach the T. C. U. fresh- man foot ball team this Fall, as I've been offered. and play base ball in the Summer. I think I can get a tryout with Fort Worth in the Texas League next year.' Hits 583 as Semi-Pro. | THIRD BASEMAN in coliege Baugh is playing shortstop for the Pampa Oilers in the Denver Post | tournament In three games he has hit for a 582 average But getting back to foot ball, Baugh has a ready answer to the secret of his passing “The end who can get out in the open—there’s the boy who makes the passer look great.” Baugh 1is under contract to the Washington Redskins and the docu- ment he signed is on file at the club's office here, according to Jack Espey. general manager of the pro foot ball outfit. In signing with George Mar- shall, owner of the Redskins, some time ago in Texas. Baugh agreed to piay for the salary stipulated. Since there has been no demand by Sammy for an increase. Espey says. Should Baugh prefer to ignore his contract and take up base ball he would be blacklisted by organized professional foot ball GIRLS REACH NET FINAL } | to Molly Thnmpsnn of Chevy Chase | has been installed a slight favorite to | eapture the junior girls’ singles ten- championship con- the Department of Play- when she clashes nis tournament ducted by Molly easily trimmed Dorothy Blake 6—0. 6—1. while Betty experienced considerably more dif- ficulty in aqueiching Shirley Combe of Happy Hollow, 10—8. 7 TS been hinted several times previously but now it's a fact. | Bobby Brownell, the tow-headed | kid from Indian Spring and | Manor, will not defend his District amateur golf championship this year. “I have to be at an ammb]y on | September 16 at Durham,” Bobby | said today. ‘“Which means I 'nnl.} be able to play in the District amateur | tournament, as much as I'd like to do it. I know it doesn't look so good for a champion to default his title, but you know when a fellow is break- ing into college he has to think of school and getting along with the | boys and sll that sort of thing. And | I'll have plenty of time for golf later— I think.” SO THAT'S thlt All of which means we'll have a new ruler of amateur golf around Washington this year, unless Roger Peacock or Harry Pitt or Miller Stevinson wins again. Az a matter of fact, any one of these three former champions i good | enough to grab the title any time he starts. But they'd be less likely to win with Brownell in there pitching. ‘The Indian 8pring tow-head can play golf with any man around Wash- ington. ECRETARY WILLIAM C. BARR of the District Association informs us today that the District cham- pionship will open at the Columbia Oountry Club on September 15, with an 18-hole qualifying round. The following day, which will be assembly day lt Duke University, the match play rounds will start and we can picture Bobby Brownell, down there at Durham, sitting in his coliege assembly, in a freshman hat, or whatever the Duke freshmen wear, fldgeting around and wondering how the boys are going at Columbia for his championship. Strictly off the record, it looks as if Levi Yoder, Volney Burnett, Billy Bhea and possibly Marry Pitt er MiDer m‘ will be the big guns 3 By Walter McCallum \w in that coming championship without | a champion Burnett, the Maryland champ, and Yoder, the winner of two of the major | tournaments this year, will be the favorites, for it isn't likely that Roger Peacock will play. Roger hasn't com- peted in a tournament this year and probably he won't change his ways for a District title tournament. Which seems to toss the issue squarely up to Messrs. Burnett and Yoder. Both the boys are capable of plaving plenty of golf in or out of championships, 7OU don't often hear about such a | stunt, but Cliff Spencer did it by starting with three birdies in a row at Indian Spring. It all happened yesterday in the course of a little match in which Cliff and Leo Walper, the new Mid-Atlantic P. G. A. champ, were licked by George Diffenbaugh and Wifty Cox. Yep, Cliff staried that tough Indian Spring layout 3-3-3 and Walper got a 3 on the fourth hole, | putting the combination four under par. But Cox and Diffenbaugh wore 'em down to win by 3 and 2. Wiffy of the | bronzed brow shot himself a two- ! under-par 69, while Diffenbaugh | missed a 3-footer to tie on the last | green. George played the first nine in 32 strokes, which happens to be 3 below par. Spencer was 74, even with that gallant start, and Leo, pumng‘ badly and off his stick, picked up | midway of the round. ’l‘HAT amateur-; pro golf tourney, \ tentatively scheduled for next | Wednesday by the Maryland State Golf Association, is definitely on. The | State organization has invited all the | pros and the newspaper men to dinner | after the tournament to talk over golf affairs in the State. Each pro—as usual—will have three amateur part- ners and the simon-pures may play in three handicap classes. It will be | staged over the Five Farms course of the Baltimore Country Club. IRST of the Washington entrants | to start the long trek for the tour- nament, Billy Shea, Middle Atlantic | champion from Congressional, left to- day by motor for Portland, Oreg., and the national amateur affair. Bill ex- pects to be at Portland about August 13, 10 days in advance of the opening of the event for John Fischer's title. Levi Yoder and Martin McCarthy, the other two local qualifiers, will leave ‘Washington later. L | tounar | ians, | Jedrzejowska of Poland | geles; Prees Diamond to Grid MAH[]NEY REVEM Auu,nt 7.— Slmamg Sammy” Baugh, who earned national /ume as a forward passer for Texas Christian Uni- versity and who wll play foot ball for Washington's Redskins this year—if he plays pro foot ball at all gave followers of the Fall sport xnme/hmq of a jolt yesterday when he asserted that of the two games he much prefers base ball tor a Pampa, Tex., mPHf here DAVIS CUPEN TOP TURF TENNIS LISTS ‘Parker Is First Seeded in Eastern Singles—Budge in Doulbes Only. the Associated Press. YE. N. Y. August T—With the quartet of players who proved they were real world beaters when they recaptured the Davis Cup back on the job, curernt 1ent tennis stars are looking for tough sledidng in the Eastern grass courts championships which start to- day ai the Wesichester Country Club Don Budge, the Davis Cup ace and the worid's No. 1 player. has decided to play only in the doubles. but Frankie Parker and Byran (Bilsy) Grant are after the title Budge won last year As & result Bobby Riggs. the Los An- geles youngster who has been “tops ever since the cup team left for Eu By - | rope. was relegated to third place in | the seeding, with the No. 1 spot going to Parker. Other Seeded Stars. EHIND these three in seeding come Prank Shields. the | Hollvwood screen actor who used to go the Davis Cup wars; Joe Hunt, Riggs' young California rival: John Van Ryn of Austin. Tex, another ex- Davis Cupper; Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland, Fla. and John McDiarmid of Princeton, N. J Other aces in the field of 64 include Jiro Yamagishi of Japan. Rigge' rival in the Southampton invitation final today: Yamagishi's teammates, Pu- miteru Nakano and Hideo Nishimura: Gene Mako, Budge's doubles partner: Gil Hunt of Washington, Don Me- Neill of Oklahoma City and the Florid- Gardnar Mulloy, Charles Harris and Martin Buxby Alice Marble of San Francisco. the American champion. and Jadwiga who have clashed several times this year, are the leading entrants in the women's singles. Gracyn Wheeler, Los An- Helen Pedersen, Stamford Conn.: Mrs. Van Ryn, Dorothy John- son of Boston and Mrs. Dorothy An- drus of New York also are seeded among the Americans. CALIFORNIA YOUTHS GAIN NET MONOPOLY Only One Finalist in National Junior and Boy Tonrney Not From Coast State. By the Associated Press. | CULVER, Ind., August 7.—California almost had its own way in the | national junior and boys’ tennis cham- pionship finals here today. Only in the boys' singles division, where Richard Bender of Elizabeth, N. J. faced Robert Carrothers, top seeded player from Coronado, Calif, did any of the other States oppose California’s sons Joseph Hunt of Los Angeles, favorite among the junior singles contestants, reached the final round for the third successive year, opposing Prank Kovacs | of Oakland. Calif. Hunt defeated John Moreno, also of Los Angeles, and Kovacs trimmed William Gillespie of Atlanta, Ga, in semi-finals yesterday. Hunt and Moreno faced Kovacs and Myron McNamara of Hollywood, Calif., in the junior doubles finals. The championship in the doubles division was decided yesterday with the victory of Carrothers and Earl Cochell of 1os Angeles, Calif, over Bobby Jake of Milwaukee, Wis., and Billie Sm—nnze of Neenah, Wis. ARMSTRONG BOXES HERE Crack Colored Feather Meets Ca- bello August 186. recognized Henry Armstrong, in some quarters as uncrowned world | ‘leumerwewht champion due to im- | pressive victories in both 126-pound |and lightweight ranks, will make his local debut August 16 in a feature bout at Griffith Stadium against Johnny Cabello, Puerto Rican Negro. The colored California fighter, in whom Al Jolson has a financial in- terest, has been sought for weeks by Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn. Cabello has won from and lost to a string of mediocre fighters, achievement being a kayo win over Joey Archibald, eurrent local favorite, last yesr. He is shortstop nine which has been competing in a tourna- - Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Fights Last \igh[ MOUNT PLEASANT. Mich Adamick. 155 Midiand. Mich out_Jack Krantz 197 st F Minn, Wensiob Alberta our White Bea Jimmie Knocked Ind dmonton, I -c l;nnnu eroux CITY. Tows Jackie Wils 1 Piitsburgh. outpointed Al 176 Sioux City (10 ATLANTIC CITY, N "Cristobal 3 Rico 1101 Younk Gene golpointed Mickey 7. Scranton, Pa. (10 "LoNG BRANGE'F T Ghorce Dalv Enzlanc. outgointed Mike Piskir 35 Freenold. N J NORWALK Conn ' Johany Belius Conn .. techmcally 192 Norwalk Athens. Ga ddie McGraw. I%5. Hari- CITY. N C-—Red ®is. 120 " Richmond. U QU Jack ‘Steed 169 Greens c ' Leo Mvers 1% c«m e B Ba Hnuvwmn Kansas_Oity. drew 5'2 Los Angeles 135 New York. outpoy 96 Lot Angeles (A New XA Argentin - w 16772, West Virginia | rwa o. Gaynor Joes Alc Johnny Polio. FURR AFTER LEE GO IN VENTURI BATTLE | Match With ¥eather Star Will Be | the men's | boys'| 3 Made if Phil Is Victor in Bout Here Monday. TL FURR'S third opportunity to crash the welterweight elite will materialize if the local tattoed punch- er disposes of Vittorio Ventur{ here Monday night. aince Philbert then will be signed to meet Glen Lee, out- standing 147-pound title contender, in Oulifornia. Purr, who has remained upright in losing decisions to Barney Ross. the champ. and Ceferino Garcia, his No 2 challenger, has been offered $3500 to tiff with Lee, and since that kind of money is something new to Phil he probably will try to connect rather | frequently to Venturi's frame. Jack Torrance. a large chunk of Louisiana’s populace. will meet Mur- rav Kanner in a aix-round heavy- weight bout, while Irish Johnny Dean and Al Dunbar will mix in a 10- round semi-fina! Baby Manuel will face Ray Boree in another six-rounder. while an open- ing four-rounder lists Battling Zuzu toiling with Prince Albert in a local lightweight encounter. COASTAL PLAINS, Goldsboro. & Kinston. Snow Hill. 1. Greenville. 3. Williamston-Ayden. rain PROVOTION PLANS Annual Meets for Unions i Several Branches Are Proposed. BY P. T. HITCHENS EW YORK. Augus miah T. Mahoney, 66-year-c president of the Amateur A letic Union the Un has given details co-opera promc States, | clusive the in this a reporter ex plan er organized g amateur ot The plan, he said, will this Fall, probably | its purpose is to pro ed sons of toil with a sports competition that w the stimulus enjoyed by co | and athletic club nembers college boys have the | koing out on the field dear old Siwash honey's plan wil ovide member with out on tne old of o on ab be launche October de horny privilege to do or Judge the ege of do Elc whase hat the Democr nomination for Mayor of New took time off from a crowded da | explain the plan. He was away from a group of | porters who were pinching him tr sponse o & sugges | teel nis muscle and make inln minds how spry | how much energy he will brir it elected | the Mayor's office the field Local No Mahoney & or die Labor to Affiliate with A. A T’ \CCOR')II\(. to the Supreme Court tional organizat formed, prising 8 or nder the contrn nittee. The comm be composed of representa of_Jabor unions “This organizat affiliated with o ative title is the National I letic Association. The each of the sectional organiza will be to conduct athlet for union members the country to weed o an annual national carnival “The primary organization will 10 reational opportiunities fr labor,” declared Judge Mahone: creased productivity of d in an increase time of workers, 10 make labor athletic that 1t will secure the largest | and enjovment of Lite “We hope to see | carnivals held in all | cities of the country. From such ea nivals will come, not onls recreational advantages for the wo | ers, but also some of our fut Olympic champions.™ judge, a new on w 10 sert) pur be pose of tne de v oorgan ros rer In labor h: in the and we are seekir T con . in ciots, use its ley time, returns healt labor ath the prine B di healtt Annual Carnivals Planned. DRESENT plans are for an ann national carnival devoted to ea of the leading amateur sports—a ba ket ball carnival, a track and carnival, etc. Winners in the varic nation: carniva it is expected compete in A. A. U. tournaments The National Labor Atnletic A sociation is an outzrowth of effor of the International Ladies’ Garme Workers' Union, the Amalgama:e Ciothing Workers of America & other national iabor organizatior interested in providing recreatior opportunities for their members These groups organized and ducted the world labor athiet: nivals held here in 107 The second annual world lat letic carnival at Randallis Stadium in July drew such fam | competitors as Glenn Cunningharf | Archie S8an Romani, Johnny Woodr | and George Varoff In the future, however. in labor carnivals will to union members. Invitng famo stars to compete this year was pr | marily a device to stimulate inter in & new project. It is felt enouz interest has been aroused now to g | ahead without them, unless, of cours | they can qualify as members of | 1abor organization [ cor s compet it be restricie (Copyright. 1937, py the North Amer Newspaper Alliance, Inc ) BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. EFEATING Finland and Bel- gium by he mutual score of 31p-1, the entry in the International Chess Federation tournament now in progress at Stockholm slipped into second place with the total score 231,- | 813, Poland is tops with the high seore of 25-9, a half-point lead over the American unit eap- tained by Frank Marshall, for- mer United States champion. Eighth round play: United States. Reshevsky 1 Kashdan . ___1 Marshall i Horowitz __ Finiand. Gauftin Book Solin 2 Salo Ninth round play: Bds_ United !!ILQI RQIh!VIl! Exthdan Horowitz Belgiim Dunkelblum Kelly Baert Defosse 3 3 Ba The American team encounters | Czechoslovakia in the tenth round Women's world Menchik, resident of London, but | native of Czechoslovakia, in the sixth round of the international tourney at Stockholm, met Mrs. Ma Bain, United States entry. triumphed to net her sixth consecu- tive win. Mrs. Bain's score is 4-2. Divan Issues New Cards. VERY attractive membership card for the month of August is being issued on cherry stock with blue in- scriptions by the Washington Soctal | Chess Divan. Bordering the card are designs of the king, queen, eastle and knight characters. Members are advised that present buff cards are void and that each should contact Norval Wigginton, De- catur 2279, er 200 Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, and obtain the cherry his most notable | membership card. As assistant chees director of the divan, Wigginten will hove complete eharge of Iue“ United States | champion, Vera | women's and | issuance of August member- ships in the divan so as to avoid any duplication er temporary confusion. | Wednesday, 8 pm. at the Chess Lounge, 1336 1 street west, & 10-second rapid transit will be featured. Vis bers may receive cards at this mee | ing aiso. 154 Chesspourri. (CLINTON PARMELEE is the ne champion of the Newark-R Chess Club of Newark, N. J A few “Curious Chess Fact the book by Irving Cherne | Deschapelles was once the world chan: o | pion at both whist and chess | Deschapelles coup (his invention) st | is used today by bridge players It is said that the Yugo- siavian master, Kostich, knows by heart all the games played in the chief master tourna- ments of the past 30 years. Over 100,000 people requested ticke of admission to the first round of t Moscow 1935 tournament Lilienthal is the holder of world's record for simultaneous pla his score being 145 wins, 22 draws a 35 loases against an array of 2 boards. Homer Standings By the Associated Press. The leaders—Di Maggio, Yanke 32; Poxx, Red Sox, 28. Gehnig Yankees, 26. Trosky. Indians. 25 Greenberg, Tigers, 35. Ott, Giants, 2.