Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1940, Page 37

SPORTS. Bimelech From the Press Box Texas Umpire’s Defense Big Ad for Hardware By JOHN LARDNER, (Special Correspondent of The Star.) NEW YORK, May 1 (NAN.A).— The case of the umpire in Fort Worth, Tex., who drew his knife when approached by a posse of hun- &ry ball players and held them off like Horatius at the bridge, while the sunshine gleamed on the cold steel of his blade, reminds us that an umpire’s life still is far from safe in this civilization. Davy Crockett had the same kind of trouble down there, though mostly from Indians and Mexicans. Mr. Crockett's decisions on the bases, and also on balls and strikes, often dissatisfied the original natives of the Texas area, but up until the very end his bowie knife and his squirrel gun were enough to stand them off. The present-day umpire, Bill Wil- son, was handling a ball game be- tween Fort Worth and San Antonio. All day long his findings irked the San Antonians, and when the game ended they advanced upon the um- pire in a body. It occurred to Mr. Wilson that he might become a body too, and a very stiff one, if he did not organize himself and muster his munitions immediately. Umpire Was Compelled To Protect Himself So the hardy plainsman reached for his scabbard and drew Excalibur, his trusty single-bladed knife. This gave the posse considerable pause. By the time they had contemplated the rapier and mapped out a flank attack reinforcements arrived for Mr. Wilson, and the siege was lifted. Mr. Wilson went off to brood on the perils of his occupation. postive in his conscience that when he called that guy safe, he was safe—much safer, as it turned out, than the umpire himself. It's nice to know that the Texas League has exonerated the swords- man and hung the blame upon the ball players. | “In a case like that” said the| league secretary, “an umpire can be | pretty well chewed up if he does not | take steps to defend himself. Mr. Wilson went a little too far in de- | fending himself. There was no call for cutlery. But at least, he could | not afford to receive the attack| ying down.” x Tgis is a sound moral, and I do not doubt that umpires in other | q | outposts of civilization will write | to Mr. Wilson to find out where | Dit he buys his hardware 1t was Willlam Klem, the old arbitrator, who created the original line of defense for umpires. Mr. Klem did not go in for Kknives,| feeling that these were European | weapons to which no bearer of the name of Klem should stoop. The Klem defense strictly was geo- graphical. ‘When his decisions were appealed in the uncouth manner which old- time ball players sometimes. em- ployed in the appellate division of baseball, Mr. Klem, his neck giving off a warm, brick-colored glow, | would draw a line with his toe | in the dirt. | “If you cross that line,” he would | tell the plaintiff, “you are out of the ball game. And furthermore,” | the old arbitrator sometimes would add, “you probably will become a case for the coroner.” | It may be that ball players from San Antonio are tougher than those in the National League. but Mr. | Klem, when I mentioned the episode | of the knife to him, scoffed at this theory. “I have encountered some ver_v; tough characters in my time.” he | said. “They don’t come any tougher than some of the boys who thought they knew more about my job than | I did, but I still am alive and healthy, and I never carried a sharper weapon than a wiskbroom.” Arbitrator Is Deserving Of League’s Support Mr. Wilson, the Texas League umpire, probably was a bit hasty in | drawing his scythe, but it seems to | me that his league did a better job in supporting him than the Na- tional League does for its own blue- coated jurists. Take the case last year of Umpire George Mager- kurth, who aimed a sock at WilJiam Jurges, Giant shortstop, when Wil- liam spat in his face. 1 thought Magerkurth had power- ful provocation, but the National League, which pursues a meek poli- cy of appeasement toward its mem- ber ball clubs, proceeded to fine not only Jurges, but the umpire, undermining the prestige of his office considerably. When I men- | tioned this point, I got letters from | umpires in several parts of the country—who, for their own good, had better remain anonymous— arguing that the least a league can do for an arbitrator, who retaliates when insulted, is to express its con- fidence in him and back him up. ‘What would you do, they asked, if & ball player confused you with a cuspidor? In many cases, I guess, you would Yeact like Mr. Wilson, the human hardware store of the Texas League. Say what you like about Mr. Wil- son, he doesn’t fool. Hagen Still Is Great, His 69 At Columbia lllustrates The Old Duke still can get around a ‘golf course. Even though Walter Hagen's name hasn't figured close to the winner of a major event for several years the 48-year- old former champ of all the links dominions in the world, just now in the middle of an amazingly fine | streak of hitting the bail, still | would be a formidable factor if he retained the old Hagen putting | ability. It won him two American | open championships and four | British open titles—that putting— | and if Walter today had the touch of 20 vears ago around the cup he'd still take a lot of licking from voungsters like Ben Hogan, Jimmy Drmaret and Byron Nelson. Walter shot a 69 yesterday at Columbia, which isn't anything to get excited about. Better scores {Jim De Chard to Feature | Apfi«_ars Derby Cinch After Making Trial Stakes Victory a Workout Wins at Mile in 1:38, Extends It fo 11-8 In Impressive 1:52 Eight Others Are Seen Battling for ‘Crumbs’ In Classic Saturday By SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1—It's one of those daffy things without rhyme or reason, like the buy who took off his hat because his feet were hot, but all signs pointed to- day to the fact that eight other horses actually are going to the post with Bimelech in the Kentucky Derby Saturday. What they’ll be in there pitching for no one among the thousands al- ready in Derby town for the big show seems to know. Of course, that $8.000 second money “ain’t hay,” and in times like these you're not sneezing at $2,000 for third or even $1,000 for fourth, But there doesn’t seem to be any chance for anything with four legs catching Bimmie once he throws ’em in high. Trainer Hurly All Smiles. The way he came home in 1:38 on a slow track in the mile Derby trial at Churchill Downs yester- day. with his tongue hanging out as usual, made on thing just about a dead-eyed cinch. The other fel- lows are going to get a lot of his dust Kkicked in their faces—pro- vided they can stay within kicking distance. Col. E. R. Bradley’s baby contin- ued an extra eighth after his win- ning mile race to be timed in 1:52, and afterward Trainer Bill Hurley was so happy he couldn't talk. Several of the candidates thought they had an outside chance up to yesterday. But after the trial was | over, five of them saw the light. Of | those in the trial, only Mrs. Ethel | V.Mars’ Gallahadion, a $5,000 yearl- ing purchased at Saratoga two years | ago, which ran a creditable second to Bimmie yesterday, and Charles! T. Fisher’s Sirocco, which wound up third, will get a ticket to the derby post. Field of Nine Likely. These and the other die-hard op- | timists who still think maybe Bim- | mie’ll run the wrong way or some- | thing, make the picture for the derby post parade look something like this: Prob Approx o Horse. Owner. Bimelech ___Col. Bradley Hanger C. 8 Howard Bala ki V. L. Brann Woolf _Mrs. E.V Mars Bierman J.E_Widener Wright H.'S. Ciark Gilbert Gallahadion Roman Royal Man | the peer of all indoor pedalers. 1 Sirocco = C' T. Fisher Bodiou Skv Dog H. M. Warner Wall 20 The only possible addition to this field, at this writing, seems to be if | Herbert M. Woolf decides to start Inscolad. He's been debating the thing for days, because he'd like his | colors represented, but an acquaint- ance of Woolf's informed this corner he has about made up his mind not to take a chance on ruining the | co_lt by asking him to go with Bim- | mie. | This idea of having your colors in the Derby also is prompting | Warner, the movieman, to be rep- | resented. It's no better than even money that Sky Dog could outrun Ernie Lombardi. Sky Dog and an- | other Warner hope, Gallant Dream, ran in a mile allowance on the card yesterday and finished fifth | and seventh, respectively, so if it's| not the one, it'll be the other—or maybe both—on Saturday. Dit Is Most Feared. 1 Dit, a $4,000 yearling sales buy | in '38, won the Wood Memorial at | Jamaica hands down last week nnd} the hardboots are a little wary of | him. On the other hand, they've| been laughing over the story from the West that they had something to worry about in Mioland, the | Oregon-bred fellow who probably | will be the biggest thing on the track | on Derby day. Pictor is the good thing if it's sloppy going. That's the way he won the Chesapeake two weeks ago. Amateur Ring Card Jimmy De Chard, District amateur heavyweight champion, will feature a card being arranged for May 10 by the St. Aloysius Booster Athletic Association, His opponent has not yet been selected but Matchmaker Frankie Mann is angling for the services of Johnny Marks, hard-hitting 200- pounder from Johnstown, Pa. Also under consideration is Kenny Dean, Virginia State amateur heavyweight title holder. Wilson Golfers Win Although John B. Sparks of West- ern topped the scoring with a 76, Wilson High School links lads pounded out a 61;-to-2% win over | S! the Red Raiders in a match at Co- lumbia, postponed from earlier in the season. Earl Skinker and George Vass, captains of the two teams, scored 77s and split a point. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Savannah, 6: Soartanbura., 4. master did it, and the fact that he blew several holeable putts speaks volumes for the kind of golf Hagen is shoofing just now. He played the nines in 35 and 34, in a game in which—paired with William W. Hinshaw—he finished square with Albert R. MacKenzie and Fred McLeod. And he missed a three-footer on the ninth, an eight-footer at the 13th and blew a couple more of the kind he would have knocked down without a thought a decade back. Yes, the Old Master still has it, even though he isn't the scoring marvel of 20 years ago. Dr. Paul | Stewart, golf chairman at Columbia, | also went along, but wasn’t in the match, which has become an annual fixture on Hagen's visits to Wash- ington. “They haven't licked us yet,” laughed the Haig, after the match. have been made many times. But the ease with which the aging “And they never will, eh?” he yelled to Hinshaw. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SOFTBALLERS START—The Government League inaugurated its season yesterday with United States Housing Administration winning, 7-0, over Farm Credit Administration. Left to right are Maurice Cohan, captain, and V. Jordan, captain of F. C. A. D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 194 U. 8. H. A;; G. M. Buckles, catcher; A. G. Glack, governor, and SPORTS. Bimelech’s Easy Victory Fails To Deter Mioland's Trainer By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1.—Tom Smith, better known as the trainer of Seabiscuit, isn’t too afraid of that “big bad wolf” Bimelech. So C. S. Howard’s Mioland, the western “white hope” in the Ken- tucky derby, will be a contestant against Bimelech in the blue-ribbon turf classic Saturday. “No, sir, I'm not discouraged,” Smith said when asked how he felt after Bimelech's easy victory over seven other derby horses yesterday. “Sure, he looks to be the horse to beat, but Gallahadion finished close enough to him to convince me that Mioland's got a chance, at least. Anyway, we're going to find out Saturday.” Smith made it plain Mioland would be running for keeps, not. just for second, third or fourth. money. “We're not interested in that,” he declared. “If we don’t win, I don't. care where we finish. And if we lose, we'll forget about it until next year.” Derby Will Swell Colonels’ Ranks By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky., May 1— The Kentucky Governor’s much- used prerogative of appointing colonels is to be exercised again this Derby week—about 25 times. Aides exgect Gov. Keen John- son, who as yet hasn't a colonel on his staff, to hand out about two dozen appointments by Derby day, Saturday. There have been Nathan Straus, administrator, —Star Staff Photo. McDowell Proves Fine Cyclist in Fistic Win Over Furr Backpedals to Decision In 12 Laps, Causing Local Lad to Rave By LEWIS F. ATCHISON. Bicycle Bill McDowell, the em- | inent Texas cyclist, today holds the | unofficial backpedaling champion- ship of Turner’s Arena by virtue of his 12-lap victory over Phil| (Cyclone) Furr last night at the W street track. The talk today is | of matching the winner with Bob | Pastor, whom most fans consider Wheeling Willy gave the cus-| tomers an exhibition of plain and | fancy pedal-pumping they’ll not | soon forget and on one of his nu- | merous sprints around the inclosure | reached out and grabbed the brass | ring. This entitles him to another | ride against the best opposition | available. Cyclone Furr's camp | raised a protest on this point, in- | | sisting Cyclone got the ring. | Officials Are Adamant. Officials overruled the motion, however, and gave Furr the gate instead—and don't think Cyclone didn’t resent it. He stormed through the emptying arena after the official | verdict was handed down, getting | names and addresses of all witnesses | to the accident and threatening to | sue. He even barked at Promoter | Joe Turner, loudly proclaiming he | “wuz robbed” and that certain palms | had been greased. The officials were “Honest Char- ley” Reynolds, the referee, and Judges Frank Schuyler and Dr. O.! U. Singer. Furr did his best and forced the fighting, but McDowell—riding no hands early in the race—settled down to two-fisted pumping in the last six rounds and won the judges over to his side. The blows landed wouldn't have bruised a fight man- | ager's conscience. Both managers, as a matter of fact, escaped un-| scathed. Third Match Unlikely. It was the second duel between the | two and McDowell’s second victory. | Furr, who insisted on the longer | 12-round route after losing in 10, will demand a 15-round return-return match, but Willie says he’ll have to get himself another reputation now. In the preliminaries Mayon Pad- Io defeated Norman Hurdman, Jack | Senna decisioned Dominick Nico, | Al Ricketts outpointed Floyd Gray- | son and Bobby Toland defeated El- wood Harris, Western Netmen Rally To Defeat St. Albans Despite losing the first four singles matches, Western High's tennis team handed St. Albans its first defeat of the season yesterday, taking every other match for a 5-4 victory on the losers’ courts. Tansey and Hackney gave the winners their lone points in singles, but the doubles combinations of Gillespie and Smith, Lincoln and Hackney and Tansey and Donaldson outlasted all three of St. Albans’ teams in long and hard-fought en- counters.’ Summaries: Singles—Cooper (St. Albans) mith, 6—4, 0—6, 6-—4: Chewning (St Albans) ~defeated Gillespie, 6—1. 64 Lee (8t. Albans) defeated Lincoln, 68— 6—1: Doyle (St. Albans) defeated Ke 7—>5., 8—6: Tansey (Western) defeat Myers, 1—6. 6—1. 6—4: Hackney (West- ern) defeated Moses. 6—0. 6—1 Doubles—Smith and Giilesole (Western) defeated Chewning and Conper. 4—8. 8—4 7—5: Lincoln and _Hackney (Wester defeated Lee and yle. 11—9, 6—3 Tansey and Donaldson (Western) defeat- d Moses. 8—6. 6—: defeated —8. i ool o DON'T MISS IT! . Justifiably @ yearly awaited event in Washington. Beck May Sale this year brings you traditionally high standard mer- chandise—at worth while sav- ings. X BELAR 1314 F Street N.W. Hoya Linksmen Show Eastern Loop Title Caliber Despite 6-to-3 Defeat by Duke By WALTER McCALLUM. | Chuck Alexander and Hank Russell Don't give up on Georgetown‘s‘look 3 points from Billy Shea and chance to win the Eastern inter-|F X. Van Herpe of Georgetown. | collegiate links title this year. Just | They did it by only a 1 up margm} because the Hoyas were licked by |in each case, but it was enough. | Duke 6 to 3 at Capital yesterday is The Hoyas leave Washington to- no indication that Johnny Burke morrow for Princeton where they’ll and his lads haven't a lot of |play two Eastern loop matches strength against any college outfit. | Saturday. They should do better, They fell before an inspired Duke |for the competition won't be as team, a team that couldn't go wrong, | tough as that Duke outfit, a real even though Duke virtually lost |college powerhouse in any company. 2 points when they showed up with | The summaries. only five men. {DIke) Sparked by the masterly golf of Stewart (Skip) Alexander, the towering Durham, N. C., youngster, who looms about as good a shot- | maker as you'll find in the college | ranks, the Duke boys rolled rough- | (Georzetown) won shod over the Hilltoppers in the‘ Sl G L first major test of the season for Capital Golf and Country Club Georgetown. But that match doesn't | formally announced its two-man prove that Georgetown hasn't | best ball invitation affair for June another strong team coming up. | 28, 29 and 30. Announcement of the Rather it proves that Duke, licked | affair was made in The Star several only once in two years of college | weeks ago. golf competition, has an excep- | tional outfit, and one that probably! Jess Sweetser's recent visit to would breeze through the Eastern Washington had nothing to do with college loop if Coach “Dumpy” | possible award of a major tourna- beat John Burke nd 3: Tom Perry (Duke) beat Joe McBride (Georgelown) 2 up. Best bali—Duke ! up, Chuck Alexander (Duke) beat Billy Shea (Georgetown) 1 up: Henry Russell (Duke) beat F. X. Van Herpe (Georgeiown) 1 up. Best bali—Duke = and u dy Sharkey Ray Higgins Best ball— | Hegler entered the Durham lads | ment to the Capital. Jess, treasurer against other Eastern schools. | of the United States Golf Associa- Coach Tony Sylvester of George- | tion and a member of the Cham- town explained that Duke had |pionship Committee, accompanied promised a six-man team. Duke | U. S. G. A. officials on a visit to the showed up with only five men, Heg- | Arlington Turf Garden, and they ler explaining that Joe Taylor, one | did not discuss with officials of any of the Duke strong boys, was ill.|local club a feature national cham- Bobby Brownell, the Washington ! pionship here. Jess played Burning | lad, is out' with a broken leg. So | Tree in 70 last Saturday. | Georgetown won one point right off | Women's Matches Start. the bat, and Duke sent a young| black-haired lad out to play the best | Next match for the feminine golf- ball of Buddy Sharkey and Ray Hig- | ers. following the belated start of gins. | their team contests yesterday, will The lad was Guy Berner, and he | COme up May 17 at Woodmont and did a pretty fair country job of it. Washington. Almoug_h the matches Pounding tee shots unbelievable dis- | yesterday were the third in the team tances—he reached the second green | series, the second matches—twice twice with a drive and an iron—he | Postponed by rain—will be played licked Sharkey on the 20th hole, and | May 17. The ill-fated first match | only lost the best ball 3 and 2 to has been scheduled for May 24 at Berner shot | Argyle and Chevy Chase. That one |also was thwarted by rain last month. Sharkey and Higgins. an individual score of 71. M",'m’" Licks Burke. Kenwood's strong team leads to- Meanwhile Alexander, knocking | day in the first team matches with the ball into the next county, was | 12 points won in the contests yester- trouncing former Intercollegiate | day at Army Navy, but Kenwood Champ Johnny Burke 4 and 3 with | did not have an overly strong oppo- a subpar 69, against Burke's 73, and | nent in the Woodmont team, whom Tom Perry of Duke was tossing & | they licked, 12 to 0. Other first- 73 at Joe McBride to win another | team matches resulted as follows: point for the visitors. Alexander, by Manor beat Argvle, 11% to %: Chevy way of variety, hit a No. 2 iron sec- | Chase beat, Washingion, 1014 to 1}s; Con- o ea . ke Y. ond shot over the green at the 16th | S'SUong jediy Fiatehes at Congressional— hole, a 530-yarder. That gave Duke | Manor beat Kenwood. 5% to 312: Wash- | 4 points to 2 for Georgetown and the | \78ton beat Chevs Chase. 512 to 8'z: Army Durham boys quickly tucked the | Navy beat Columbia. 6 to 3. 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