Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1940, Page 15

SPORTS. Failore in D The SPORTLIGHT Preakness This Year Testier Than Derby By GRANTLAND RICE, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, May 6 (NANA)— From Churchill Downs the 3-year- olds swing east to Pimlico. The Kentucky Derby lies behind them but just ahead lies the Preakness, & race that is older than the Derby by two years and just as rich in tra- dition, even if it never has gained s0 firm a grasp on the imagination of the public all over the country. 1ts grip is firm enough in Maryland and up and down the Atlantic sea- board, however. ‘This race next Saturday will be the golden pubilee of the Preakness, which first was run in 1873. The discrepancy in the years is account- ed for by a 20-year lapse from 1889 to 1909. Beginning with 1909, it has been run every year and in 1918 was run in two divisions. Many times, the Preakness has been a better test than the Derby as, for instance, it is likely to be this year. It often happens that some of the best colts in the East are not ready for the Derby and, spared the ride to Kentucky and back, can be made ready for the Preakness a week later. This race—the Preakness—is the stumbling block in the way of colts that, having won the Derby, are aiming at the triple crown. They win the Derby and they may win the Belmont but by that time the crown is beyond them because they have been beaten off at Pimlico. Rhine Maiden, Nellie Morse Only Fillies to Win. There are color and romance and bursts of breathless action in the long history of the Preakness. Look down the list of winners from Sur- vivor in 1873 to Challedon in 1939. There are only two fillies on it— Rhine Maiden in 1915 (curiously enough that was the year that Re- gret, only filly ever to win the Derby, gathered thc roses at Churchill Downs) and Nellie Morse in 1924. But it glitters with the names of colts that the world never will forget as long as there is racing. Sir Barton won in 1919 and Man o’ War in 1920—Big Red didn't go to Louisville that year and so missed the triple crown, for after winning at Pimlico he won at Belmont. Dis- play won in 1926—and Gallant Fox in 1930, Mate came in first in 1931— and Burgoo King in 1932. And then Head Play and High Quest and Omaha—Bold Venture, War Ad- miral, Dauber and Challedon fol- lowed. Horse That Finished Second In ‘88 Still Unknown. And running threugh the history of the Preakness is a ghost colt— the colt nobody knows. He didn’t win, but he finished second to Re- fund in 1888 and there is no record of his name. He was owned by G. ‘H. Kernaghan and ridden by Jockey Blaylock, but all else that anybody ‘knows about him is that he was a bay colt by Ten Broeck-Bertha B. Only four starters went to the post that day, just 52 years ago— for that was May 11, too. Refund, Glendale, Charley Dreux and the ghost colt. It was raining and the crowd was small—and somewhere, in the mist that hung over the track, the name of the colt that chased Refund to the wire was lost. Last year the Preakness saw the fall of Johnstown—and the rise of Challedon. A week prior, at Louis- ville, Johnstown had romped off with the Derby. Moving east to Baltimore he was a prohibitive fa- vorite. Rain fell the night before the race and through the morning and the track was muddy when the bugle blew. Nobody knew whether or not Johnstown could run in the mud— not even Jim Fitzsimmons, for Fitz never had asked him to try. And ‘when the fleld broke from the start- ing gate it appeared as though he could. Oozy Track Proves Undoing Of Favored Johnstown. He and Gilded Knight, coupled with him in the betting, were off together, and then Johnstown was in front and it seemed as though he would win. But he began to skid on the back stretch and then Gilded Knight came on and took the lead. Johnstown faded—and Challedon, rushing up from the rear, roared past Gilded Knight to win, with the Knight second and Volitant third— | Early and Johnstown nowhere. And you should have heard the band play “Maryland, My Mary- land” as Georgie Seabo rode Chal- | £ ledon back to the winner’s circle. This year? Well, the list of eligibles includes Bimelech, Pictor, Dit, Andy K., Merry Knight, Flight Command, Asp, Gramps, Woof ‘Woof, Calory, Abrasion, Gallahad- {on, Marogay, Snow Ridge, Straight Lead, Tight Shoes and Your Chance —those that went to Louisville and those that stayed home, not quite ready for the Derby but looking ahead to the Preakness. But the colt they will be rooting for at Pimlico on Saturday—or most of them—is, of course, Pictor. W. L. Brann, having won last year with Challedon, is coming back with Pic- tor, also & son of Challenger II, in the rush for the Woodlawn Vase, symbol of victory at Pimlico. 69 Men Left on Base In Last Nine Games Tips His Worth Red Sox and Tribe Help Champions’ Cause by Nicking Each Other By JUDSON BAILEY, Associated Press Sports Writer, Break up the Yankees! There was & time when that 'chant was as familiar as “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” and the folks wondered how many players the world champions could give up without being weak- ened. A popular pastime was speculating as to whether Bill Dickey or Joe Di Maggio or someone else was the key performer in the New York club’s cast. Until someone offers & more pro- found thought on the subject, young Giuseppe will have to be regarded-- in absentia—as the player most vital to the Yankee cause. They were beaten again yesterday by the Detroit Tigers, 6-4, in the kind of a game they seldom, if ever, would have lost last year. Three times New York loaded the bases and .only on one of these oc- casions did they score—an ineffec- tual run in the ninth. Thirteen run- ners were left on the bases. In the last nine games, of which the Yanks have lost six, they have left 69 men on the bases. Crosetti at Last Hits. Imagine that from the slugging Yanks—the Bronx Bombers—who used to break up games with their big innings. Only twice this year have they tallied more than three runs in any one inning. They haven't a single batter anywhere near the .300 mark and Frankie Crosetti, for instance, got his first hit yesterday in 17 times at bat. The plight of the champions might be worse if there was any one strong team in the American League capable of taking full advantage of their misfortune. But the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians are battling each other to a standoff. Bob Feller came up with one of his better pitching shows yesterday to beat the Sox, 6-1. He allowed seven hits, struck out eight and yielded only one base on balls. Ken Keltner gave noble aid, including a 3-run homer, a single and a double. This boosted the Tribe back into the league lead. The Chicago White Sox, a first | division club last year and a tail- ender so far, this term just managed to edge out the Philadelphia Athletics, 6-5. Set Record in Manpower. The Brooklyn Dodgers took uj where they left off before the rains came by trimming the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-6, in a wild game in which 39 players, a record-breaking total, took part. The Dodgers were outhit, but not outnumbered, using 22 players, and succeeded in pro- ducing two 4-run rallies that carried the day. Two errors, one by First Baseman Norman Young and the other by Catcher Harry Danning of the Giants, helped the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 decision over New York and Bucky Walters to his fourth victory without defeat. The Phillies put down a 4-run ninth-inning uprising by the Chicago Cubs to win, 7-5, and the Boston Bees finally scored another triumph —their third—by a 5-1 margin over the faltering Pittsburgh Pirates. | Nick Strincevich and Dick Coffman combined in a 4-hit pitching ex- hibition. Final 70 Teams Shoot In A. B. C. Tourney By the Associated Press. 4 DETROIT, May 6.—Seventy teams, all that remain of the 6,073 regis- tered, roll tonight in the final session of the 5-man event at the American Bowling Congress. Doubles and singles firing tomor- row rings down the curtain on the days of ten pin blasting which began at the State Fair Coliseum March 7. Griffs’ Records Batting. . AB. R. H. 2b. 3b.HR.RBI Pe. 0 0 .500 00 - 5353350 CooR00osRHASRAINRDDOROS SR D ot O OOD DO A B BRI 2o Sosnn 20 SO0000 MR- H DRI DI o POEYPRERE PN COCSOOIOOHIDHNOHNDHNDD 002055000 HWNOWIIDBOIH 200000055505HHO805005S: 3] ws I 5 ] ] a Do - RoRoaNDDRD! [OSEE TN ) - Q rooouraon] Easomme wroswmmaol P I VPY b VIRGINIA LEAGUE, Lynchbure, 20: Staunton, 7. Harrisburg, 15; Salem, 12. Bucky Tries Rookie Catcher Uses Evans Against Southpaw, Despite .415 Hitting of Ferrell in Last Four Games Although Catcher Rick Ferrell has batted a cool 415 in the last four games, Manager Bucky Har- Tis today was to send Rookie Al * Evans behind the bat in the sec- ond game against the St. Louis Browns, providing a left-hander faced the Nats. Inasmuch as Emil Bildilli was to do the hurl- ing for the Browns the appoint- ment of Evans seemed certain. Harris’ move is taken to-mean that from now on he is willing fo experiment. The last time Bucky decided to be rookie-con- scious was on April 24 in Bos- ton, after the Nats had lost four in a row . . . He put Evans back of the plate and although the Red Sox stole three bases on the kid the Washingtons launched 1 their winning streak, which was to last for five games. Evans hasn't appeared in a game since then, but Jake Early has and it has been Jake’s poor base running and Evans’ inability to hold a knuckle ball, as thrown by Dutch ,Leonard or Gilberto ‘Torres, which has kept them out of the line-up. Joe Haynes, the in-and-out sophomore of the Nat staff, was to face the Browns today in the second of the three-game series, with Bildilli, a southpaw, due to oppose him . . . Bildili is the guy who turned back the Yan- kees last week with two hits after the first two batters hit safely. So far the Nationals have faced six left-handers without ing one, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940. & spill while riding Top Sail. U. S. Stars Though Games Are Off Medals, Other Insignia Will Go to Those Who Excel in Tryouts By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 6—The boys | | Who have been training for the last | four years in hope of being chosen | for the 1940 United States Olympic teams won't be disappointed en- | tirely. They'll have their chance to try out and if they prove them- | selves good enough, they’ll receive tangible evidence of membership on |an Olympic team, even though the | | games will not be held. The possibility still erists that | they will receive a chance to com- pete in the proposed Pan-American Games as a substitute for the can- celed Helsinki Olympics. Coast Likely to Be Host. Plans for the tryouts were made yesterday at a meeting of the Amer- ican Olympic Committee. It was settled that the successful athletes will be given medals, uniforms and certificates just as they would if the Olympics were held. The best prospect for the tryouts is that the track and field, boxing | and swimming events will go to the | West Coast as parts of the “cham- pionships of the United States | Olympians,” proposed by Bill Henry | of Los Angeles who was technical | director of the 1932 Olympics. He presented an offer of $15000 to defray expenses of the athletes. A. A. U. President Objects. The track championships are listed for Fresno, Calif., June 28 and 29; men’s swimming at Portland, Oreg., July 4-7, and women’s swimming at Portland, Oreg., August 16-18. The Los Angeles meet, if held, will fill three or four days of the second week in July. This offer of financial aid was strong to influence the Olympic Committee to vote in favor of hold- ing tryouts even ugh President Lawrence Di Benedetto telegraphed a vigorous protest that these meets would interfere with the regularly scheduled championships. Woodcock's 4-Run Homer Puts Star Soffies Across Donald (Hoodoo) Woodcock was anything but what his nickname im- plies to the Evening Star Club soft- 061 | ball team yesterday as he smashed 0 (& home run with the bases filled and 3 | the score tied in the last inning to give the newspaper boys a 12-8 victory over Garvin’s Grill in the Sport Center League. Although The Star Club scored five times in the second inning, they had to rally after Garvin’s came back with seven runs in the third, but the score had been tied for three innings befere Woodcock's big blow. Two other close games found Ryan’s Cafe nosing out P. O. Cafe, 2-1, and Ida’s nipping the Bache- lors, 3-2, but Tru-Blue walked all over Try-Me to the tune of 23-0. Legion Baseball Games To Jasper, McCullough Sergeant Jasper and Cooley Mc- Cullough Post of the American Legion Junior Baseball League each had their second victory of the season today as a result of winning yesterday. Jasper scored seven ‘runs in the second inning to beat Costello Post, 10 to 4, and McCullough blanked Fort Stevens, 9 to 0, as Pitcher Murphy gave the losers six hits, Zim Zam Zum to Tangle With Corrigan on Mat The grappler with the jet black beard and the Zum, returns to Turner’s Arena Thursday night to tangle with Pat —_— e Olympic Status Awaits| Midnight's Victory in Hot Duel MAKES QUICK COMEBACK—Dorothy Smith here is seen taking Major over a hurdle in the process of winning the open-to-all jumping class, the big event of the day in the Rock Creek Bridle Path Horse S8how yesterday. Just a short time previously Miss Smith was the victim of —Star Staff Photo. With Smoke Rock T hrills Big Park Horse Show Crowd One thing certain about the semi- annual Rock Creek Park Bridle Path Horse S8how is that it always affords customers plenty of compe- tition and a few fancy spills with- out costs. The seventh semi-annual event held at the Equitation Field yester- day was typical. Performing before a capacity crowd the horses and riders put on a snappy exhibition and in one class three jumpoffs were necessary before ribbons were awarded. This was in the 31;-foot jumping event restricted to riding academy horses. After a trio of extra rounds Norman Clarke’s Midnight prevailed over the Edgewater Riding Acade- my's Smoke Rock and Potomac's Greystone. The winner was well handled by Jack Smith. Another close class was the open Jumping event, won by Major, owned by the Potomac Riding School and ridden by Dorothy Smith, who was one of several to take falls. Major also won the 3- foot division B class with Frances Crawford up to be the only double- winner. Snow White, with little Shelley Warren riding, took first place in the children’s saddle pony class. Officials gave the junior horseman- ship blue to Danny Durham, who rode the Riverside Riding Academy's Fancy. Colonial-Terp Game Opens 3-Day Spell - 0fD. C. Feuding Georgetown Plays A. U. Tomorrow and Tackles Terrapins Wednesday George Washington’s baseball game with Maryland at College Park this afternoon was to inaug- urate three successive days of intra- city feuding among local colleges and opens a stretch of three games for the Terps with District rivals. Tomorrow, Georgetown goes to American University to return the visit the Eagles paid to the Hilltop last month when the Hoyas won by 20-0. From then on things will wax serious for the Hilltoppers and Col- lege Parkers with both Maryland games scheduled within four days. College Park Wednesday and the second on the Hilltop Saturday. Maryland hoped to duplicate | IS Georgetown’s trick by beating G. W. today, but it was saving its ace pitcher, Lefty Springer, for the Hoyas. Leon Vannais, Bethesda- Chevy Chase High product, was to g0 for the Terps against the Co- lonials, with the downtown school countering with big Frank McGin- nis. At that McGinnis may surprise Maryland as he not only shut out Vermont last month, but pitched near-perfect ball in his. six-inning relief stunt against Georgetown. The George Washington Mary- land freshman nines will meet at College Park tomorrow, whll:dthe tennis teams of Georgetown and G. W. are scheduled for a return match tomorrow on the latter’s “home” courts at Columbia Country Club. The Hilllop netmen won the first match, 5-4. town- | de: rdy (] The first. is slated for [ 6—2; Th ‘The judges were Mrs. James Guitar of Warrenton, Va., and Ray Norton. Children’s saddle ponies—Won by Snow White. owned by Norman Clarke. ridden by Shelley Warren: second. Hoicha, owned and ridden by Billy Purey: third. Billy owned by T. Rule. ridden by Dick Weeks: fourth. Pinto. owhed by George Ballman, ridden’ by Sonny Ballman. Junior horsemanship—Won by Pancy. owped by Riverside Riding School. ridden by Danny Du 58 . by Pe . ridden by Betty Jane tmas: third, S Harry. owned by Riverside Riding ' School. ridden_ by Alice Lockhart: fourth. King George VI owned y Norman Clarke. ridden by Martha ichardson. Three-foot jumping (Division A)—Won Colonel, by by Paul Crane: third. ly Bee. owned by Eduewater Riding Academy, ridden Phyllis Bauzbaum. e N Three-foot jumping (Division B)—Won by Major. owned by Potomee Riding School. ridden by Prances Crawford: sec- ond. owned by Potor School. Greystone, owned by School, Haden A B‘lly i {quren. . own Tman rke, ridden by Julia Foulke, - th (riding academy Roy. by Po- owned by Brown: seco " owned asus Stable, ridden by Helen Conent: third. Vi winis. owned by Potomac Riding Bchonl, owaey Y Potaac Fidios Sl sy A Raing ! ridde by Ann Dennis. 3 5 Bridle path hacks (privately owned)— Won by Randle's Surprise. owned sad pid- den by U.'8. Randle: second. Kitty Vee, gwned and ridden by SBam Agnew: third. Littie, rincess. owned and ridden by Oz ant: fourths 5 ridden by Dorothy Smith. =~ O oo 0 one-hall faot (rid- Borses)——Won 'y “MiiniEi dle; Three and ine academy Greystone. ownad §od ridden by Patrick Jovce: fourtn Ma- . oWned b Patnmas , rid- den by Edith M. A'd':lmsv o g Three and one-half foot ine_(pri- vatels owned) W by Posner Fowoed bv Ellas Marks. ridden by Eddia ‘Talbert: second. Randle's Burrise. owned by U & g:?:le lr:dpsen D'Y lle:! Christmas: thl|lrd. awne. Georse ridden by Semmy Nask. e Qpen Jumplng (4-foot 3 M m| e & omie Bl . o ridden by 0dy o Kenwood Netmen Score Over University Club A clean sweep of the doubles after losing the first three singles gave Kenwood Country Club’s tennis team a 5-4 victory over University Club netmen yesterday in the Inter- club League’s opening match of the season. With the score tied at 4-all, Fuchs and Lyon routed Brown and Ray in the final doubles match, 6—1, 6—0. Summaries: v RSy, G, gt 6—0; Galliher , 6—4; H Gefented Robin: o A e e T deteated Lyon. 5—7. 6—3. 6—2. Doubles—Jones and _Hardy (Kenwood) sfted Robinson and Brown 6—2. 6-32; Judd_and Winsted 00d) _ defeated Ficns and Lyon (Reuwood” defvted Tias and Brown, 6—1, 6—0. feated Winsted, 6—2. (University) defeated Pu H envood) defea Ernie Dusek to Meet Casey-Evans Victor Ernie Dusek, roughest member of matdom’s meanest- family, today wired his willingness to meet the winner of the Steve (Crusher) Casey-Don Evans feature engage- ment Wegnesday night at Riverside Stadium. ie, whose brother Rudy 18 boss of the chain of grapplers em- ployed at Riverside, is vacationing in Omaha. In a semi-final restricted to one hour, the Golden Terror, as exposed one Bob Weatherly, will twist with Abe Coleman, who whipped him here several months ago. Eager to Play, Pytlak Requests Harridge to Lift Suspension By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 6. —Frankie Pytlak, catcher for the Cleveland Indians and last major league hold- out, is “ready to play ball.” The American League ba said he had notified Cleveland he would accept an $8,000 contract and would report as soon as they wanted “This spring weather makes me feel like playing ball. ' I've been thinking about this holdout business and figure the best thing to do is zany name, Zim Zam | him. earned | Pytlak added he had a to sign riglit away,” he explained yes- terday. k& a lifting of an automatic suspension imposed when he failed to sign within 10 days after the season opened. The backstop received $11,500 last ckstop | year and sought a compromise with the club this sprihg when he was Offered $8,000. Take Care of That Cold RIGGS TURKISH BATHS 15856 st NW. M. A. Pros’ Troubles Apt fo Be Aired At Bonnie View Some Eager to Punish : Harper, Cruickshank For Tourney Fiasco The tip is out that all the fuss action will ut the sorry job the pros did with their little tourney 1s not revealed, but ugly rumors are going sround that Harper, “middle guy” in the fuss, and Bob- by Cruickshank, who led the revolt of Virginia pros, will be taken for a fast ride by the Middle Atlantic P. G. A. There’s even talk of toss- ing both out of the association. Must Watch Step. That, of course, wouldn't be a smart move to make. It simply would raise more trouble within the ranks of an organization that seems cut out for trouble, not only sec- tionally but nationally as well. Fusses within the P, G. A. are get- ting to be routine stuff which should be eliminated or soft-pedaled for the good of the organization and thé men behind it. The pros will hold their next meeting on May 13 at the Bonnie View Club of Baltimore, a semi- public layout, where Andy Gibson, former Maryland open champion, will be the host. The tourney will be the usual pro-and-threg-amateur- partners affair, played from scratch. But what the Middle Atlantic P. G. A. does regarding the cham- pionship tournament is far more important than what they do on the golf course. D. C. Open Planned. Here is a group of men who are in golf as a business. They make their living out of the game and they should promote it and should seek amateur (and moneyed) sup- port of their activities. But they can't expect much support when they can't -run their own affairs properly. At least that is the way many prominent Washington ama- teurs regard the way matters are going within the Middle Atlantic P. G. A Out at Beaver Dam, Club Pro Al Houghton is getting ready for the District open championship, to be played there May 31. Al hasn’t y | done anything yet about promoting the tourney, but he says the club will add $100 to the purse, which will make it more than the usual business of playing for the entry fees of the competitors. Al, who finished second to Wiffy Cox in the last District open played at Wash- ington in 1938, hopes to do better this year. He should, over his own course, but Cox will remain the Tavorite. Luppke's Art Works Match His Teams In Ruggedness Hlinois Gridiron Ceach Wins Plaudits With Big Exhibit in Chicago By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 6—Robert C. Zuppke came up today with an ex- - [ hibit of landscapes and marines as vigorous as some of the football teams he has turned out at the Uni- versity of Illinois in the last 27 years. The 60-year-old gridiron coach, who believes that art and athletics are closely related, opened the fifth and largest of his one-man shows at the Palmer House. The collection includes 23 ol paintings, many of them of recent creation. The felicitous comments of critics and lay visitors evoked a succession of grins characteristic of the sturdy lover and painter of “nature that hasn't been monkeyed with.” Zuppke sought his inspiration in the prairie country of Central Illinois, the Southwest, the Pacific Coast and Alaska. Consequently, his cavases are vivid, elemental, sometimes brutally realistic. Zuppke, himself, has an answer for those who good-naturedly chide him for his departures from actual- ism. In reply to a woman critic who asked him, “But have you ever seen such a sky?” he chuckled, “If you ever stepped on a rattler, you'd see that sky, all right.” Manifestly, Zuppke has profited by his own precept—“the painter must guard against becoming over- refined and drab.” “I have noticed,” he supplemented, “that painters, and all artists for that matter, tighten up in & pinch. When they want to produce a masterpiece they lose their freedom and sense of abandon.” Zuppke paintings command an exceptional , and some of his works adorn famous collections. Potomac Valley Laurels Won by D. C. Riflemen Both the individual and 5-man " SPORTS CHAMPION’S SHADOW—When year-old, it was John Boyd who e A-15, i Maggio’s Absence Reveals Him as Real Mainstay of Yankees Gallahadion was a frisky 2« broke him to a saddle and it * was John who kept a 24-hour watch over the Mars colt as a” 3-year-old and Derby nominee. That's why John smiled proadly yesterday at breakfast time. Naturally Gallahadion’s stunning victory in the classic at Churchill Downs was no surprise to, John, whose title is No. 1 stable boy. —A. P. Wirephote, - School Golf Play Gets Torrid In’Met’ Meet; D. C.Teams Star in Maryland Event By WALTER McCALLUM. Schoolboys of Washington and vicinity are swinging into their most crucial week in the tourney for the Dawes Cup, held among the Washington high schools and all the high and prep schools within 20 miles of the Capital for the met- ropolitan championship. Wilson’s strong team, led by Earle Skinker, seems a standoyt to take over the Dawes Trophy from Roose- velt—the defending champs—but they still have to whip Western de- cisively. The Georgetown boys are | hot on the heels of Wilson and will | play another match with them to- | morrow. | In the metropolitan title chase, in which Dawes Cup matches also | count, Bethesda-Chevy" Chase, de-| fending champs, have ‘dropped only one contest. So has Georgetown Prep. All the leaders will see action this week in a series of eight matches. D. C. Teams Sparkle. Six Washington clubs are repre- sented in the second-round matches for the spring:best-ball champion- ship of the Maryland State Golf Association. Victors in yesterday’s first-round matches, played at Baltimore, were the two Indian Spring teams, Roger Peacock and Claude Rippy and Lou Harrison and Jock Olmsted; Jack Keele and Charles Vaile of Ken- wood, two Capital Club teams in Frank X. White and Billy Hough- ton and Russ Hollebaugh and | George Molloy, Congressional’s | strong duo of District Champion Ralph Bogart and Charlie Malone, | Beaver Dam’s Joe Balestri and Jim | a Gipe and Manor No. 1 team of | Ralph P. Gibson and Mel Shipley Columbia was the only local club which suffered a dual loss in both matches yesterday. Earle Skinker and George F. Miller fell before Hollebaugh and Molloy, while Mar- | % tin McCarthy and Maury Nee were licked by Spencer Overton and E. G. Barnes of Rolling Road, who are the defending champs. Johnson Wins Namesake's Cup. It's fitting that a Johnson should win the Walter Johnson Trophy. Frank E. Johnson, a determined golfer and a good one, annexed the playoff for the trophy put up by the Big Train at Congressional, scoring 89—14—75, to 95—18—77 for | B %. Charles B. Quarles. Al Nader, who also tied a week ago, didn’t appear for the morning playoff. But Nader won a sweepstakes victory in the afternoon with 93—23—70. C. W. Hammett won the breakfast tourney with 88—18—70, while the winning foursome was composed of W. L. Frederick, J. C. Kelly, B. Mansfleld and L. L. Tuerke. Anacostia Club’s golf team has more than a slim claim for public links team honors in the wake of its victory at Fairlawn over the East Potomac Park boys in the initial match for the Davis Trophy, which it won 26% to 156%. Smith of Potomac shot a 65 for the lowest score of the day, but Bill Carson, Anacostia pro, and Bill Seay took two points from Cliff Spencer and B. Radabaugh, with Carson scoring a 66. Dr. Harris Hot at Woodmont. Dr. Milton Harris was as warm as the weather at Woodmont Coun- The National Capitals, captured| the team title with & score of 1958 —10 points higher than the runner- up York (Pa.) club. Maryland Club was third. R. Niles of the trict team then went on to win 50-yard individual title with & won the 100-yard competition the same score. RCOINAIN MEN'’S FINE SHOES BEnneE 95 % EISEMAN'S—F ot 7th try Club’s opening tourney, shooting a three-over-par 72 to win the gross award. Howard Nordlinger was ond with 79. Mrs. Morris Cafritz won the woth= en's driving event with a shot of 175 yards. Victors in the mixed foursome affair were Mrs. L. B. Schloss and Willard Goldheim, with Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Peyser sec: ond. At Washington nine entries tied at 76 to hit the lucky number on the nose. They were R. F. Murphy, H. H. Goodman, L. H. Whitten, F. M. Strieklin, W. B. Springham, F. H. Hanks, H. T. Bisselle, Dr, | C. Briggs end J. A. Sheridan. Burch Beaver Dam Winner., The Golf Committee Trophy at Beaver Dam went to Jerry Burch with a card of 86—19—67. Four shots behind was W. E. Archbold, while Pat Fogarty and John Remey tied for third. Joe Balestri won the gross award with 74. Jim Gipe had 77 and Everett Johnson scored 78. Mrs. C. E. Purdy, women's club champion, won her first-round match in the spring tourney. N Groaners won their initial come test with Moaners at the Capital club, the Groaners doubling their opponents’ score, with 32 points against 16 for the Moaners. g At Kenwood, Charles E. Vaile and F. G. Hopkins scored 83s to lead the qualifying for the Chamberlin Trophy. V.G. Myers won the playoft for the Cherry Blossom tourney, beating G. A. Phillips by a stroke. Chamberlin Trophy pairings: . Fuchs, 87, d flight—R. C. Chamberlain_vs. L E. Hammill. Harvey Cooper vs. J. A. Thufs~ ton, J. Vance V!Rgssfl.ssh!cd p:lflil’h. Marlow vs. 128! Da . H. Richtmeyer vs. A. ainies_vs. Tom . Buckingham, wers. K. A Brasfield vs. J. erv. 3. & NeSivin: Garmes. P. Haner' Resta vs. A : o, B8 A. B. Crawford, J. E. Curren. 5 J. Mitchell_vs._ P. M. jon, W. D. Brish vs. E. 8 H. T, Snyder vs. W. J. Sriow. C. D, Wrig vs. J. P. Burns. Andrews Manor Victor. The Dogwood Blossom tourney Manor went to S. E. Andrews, a card of 80—14—66. W. J. and R. N. Trezise tied for with net cards of 70. Five fe: players tied in a blind bogey on the inside nine. They Mrs. H. L. Simcoe, Mrs. Frank Helan, idrs. G. A. James, Mrs. H. S. Farrell and Mrs. H. A, Neff. ° At Indian Spring Earl Clary won the 3s class in a 3, 4, 5 tournsy with a trio of 3s. J. De Fino won the most 4s class with 6, while.Dr. A. T. Utz had eleven 5s to win in that class. £3 Georgetown Prep won a matcth from St. John's, 8 to 1, at the Gar- rett Park course. The match was postponed from last week. Land Sare Money