tea, horseshoes, gate-crashing figure fight news · 2018. 5. 14. · their final training licks for...

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1 1 ■■■■■■ ■■■ 1 ■■ ■■ 1 ■. ,, -n.—ij '**' '■ 1 1 m.ii ■■ .1 ... ■■■■ I.. * I, .—■■■i ————————i——b—■—■———.—————— —— Big Fight May Draw Only $200,000: Redskins Wrangle for Raises JOB PROVES TOUGH FOR PRESS AGENTS Nothing Stirring Occurs at Either Camp—Fans See Doom of Invader. B? th* Associated Press. NEW YORK. August 24—Amid the noisy but so far ineffective beating of the ballyhoo drums, sleek, brown-skinned Joe Louis and rugged Tommy Farr today get in their final training licks for Joe's first defense of the world heavyweight championship. Louis, whose preparations have gone like well-oiled clockwork. Is scheduled for his last six rounds of sparring, at Pompton Lakes, N. J. Farr, in keeping with the slightly hysterical atmosphere which has pervaded his Long Branch. N. J., headquarters, has anounced his Intention of going the equivalent of 15 rounds to make up for a rained-out session yesterday. They'll both take it easy tomorrow, and come to New York Thursday morning to weigh in and rest a while hefore they clash for 15 rounds or less in the Yankee Stadium Thursday night. $200,000 Gate Likely. J>ARTLY because it is the second title bout in a year that has seen the Important heavyweights in the ring a good many times and partly be- cause no one has conceded the British empire champion any sort of a chance, the public has shown little interest. Unless ticket sales take a sudden Jump in the next two days, the gate Is not likely to go much higher than $200,000, with Farr reported to have been guaranteed $60,000. Promoter Mike Jacobs, still predict- ing a $300,000 gate, took steps to rem- edy this situation yesterday by an- nouncing firmly that Max Schmeling would not be seen in the ring with the winner this year. He gave the lateness of the season as the main reason, but it appeared that the fact that Schme- ling, conqueror of the Brown Bomber, was on hand and ready to fight in September or October, was causing tome customers to hold off. The press agents probably have taken worse beatings than either of the principals so far. There's been nothing eventual enough to make good copy at the Louis camp—Joe hasn’t even looked as bad in training as he did before he lifted the crown from Jammy Braddock. Farr's Camp Peaceful. pARR'S big and well-populated camp has been about as peaceful and quiet as Shanghai. Tonypandy Tom- my has been mad at somebody almost ever since he landed, and he's been surrounded by an equally peevish group of British sports writers, who have had a grand time putting him on the griddle. It wasn't until Farr really let himself go the other day and tried to take a poke at Max Baer that the fans began to think he might have •ome thing. Tommy is a rough, strong young man. He came up the hard way, fighting since he was a youngster, and he has absorbed a lot of ring wisdom. Also he has superb confidence in him- self, declaring without a hint of doubt In his voice: ''They'll sing a different tune when I get through with Louis. I’ll win, Just wait.” DOG FANCIERS HOLD SESSION TOMORROW Meeting at Home of Cy Woolner Is First of Three Monthly Confabs Scheduled. THE first of a series of three monthly meetings of dog fanciers will take place tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the home of Cy Woolner, near Wash- ington Grove. Md. These meetings are sponsored by the National Capital Kennel Club and are designed to promote good will among all those interested in the sport of showing and breeding dogs, as well as to help them with some of their canine problems. The first meeting will be addressed by Henry D. Bixbie of New York, an officer of the American Kennel Club. He will talk about the rules and regu- lations of that organization concern- ing dog registrations and dog shows, and he will answer questions about those rules and about his organiza- tion. Bixbie is the one man in that organization who is most intimately acquainted with the problems of the breeder, the exhibitor and the show- giving club, as he spends a large share of his time traveling from show to show and observing the practical work- ings of American Kennel Club regula- tions. Members of the Old Dominion Ken- nel Club and of the Baltimore County Kennel Club have been invited to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Woolner at these meetings. And others sin- cerely interested in pure-bred dogs are cordially invited to attend also. Woolner’s residence is on the Wash- ington Grove road, which turns right off the Fredericksburg pike. It will be clearly marked for the occasion. A buffet supper will be served after the lecture, with Mrs. Richard H. Johnston, Mrs. Jere B. Mackle, Mrs. Louis Cornet and Mrs. Jesse Thornton acting as aides to Mrs. Woolner. STARK CHESS WINNER 1). C. Kan Advance# in Amarican Federation Tournament. XJHICAGO, August 24 OP).—Martin C>Stark of Washington, D. C., today entered the second .round of the American Chess Federation’s thirty- eighth annual tournament, surviving first-round play here yesterday, to- gether with many other Eastern players. The opening day's major upaet oc- curred when Julius Partos of Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ defeated David 8. Pol- land, recent winner of the New York State championship. MALLOS STRIKES OUT 10. Sam Mallos fanned 10 in twlrlini the Oirardians to a 8-3 victory over the Petworth A. C. M14-Atlantic. Johnstown. P: Akron. 1. Ssrlettqn. 7; Portsmouth. 1. rlnsflcld. 8: Dayton. 2. nton. •; Zanesville, A. I Tea, Horseshoes, Music and Gate-Crashing Figure in Title Fight Camp News Upper: Tommy Farr, British champ, displays horseshoe given him by a well-wisher “for luck." Most observers contend he'll need it. Lower: Joe Louis punishes a piano in moaning a “blues" song when his handlers put the ban on his favorite recreation of soft ball. Upper: To oblige the cameraman Joe posed, with a base ball bat while the only-too-willing One-Eye Connelly simulated a familiar sneak-in. Lower: Here the world title holder is shown getting a rub- down from Trainer Jack Blackburn and Carl Nelson, a Detroit police sergeant. It's 5 o’clock twice a day as far as tea is concerned for Farr, who asserts the beverage has been a big help in getting him on edge for his engagement at Yankee Stadium, New York, Thurs- day night in a 15-round contest for the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. DEFENDER MS WEST RIVER RACE Winner in 20-Foot Class. Raven, Aries and Dot Other Victors. Special Dupe tea to The Star. GALESVILLE. Md., August 34.— Final weekly race of the West River Sailing Club end- ed off here with a bang as 19 craft crossed the line in a northerly storm, with Dick Hartge's Defender in the 20-foot class. John Harding's Raven among the albatrosses; Mc- Pherson Hulburt’s Comet Aries and the 18-foot Dot sailed by Lawrence Hartge, emerging as victors. Seven boats failed to finish. In the black-hulled Defender, which he designed and built this Summer, Dick Hartge led the new Sil- ver Wings home by more than five minutes over a 4.4-mile course in light and variable going which pre- ceded the squall. By hugging the Northern shore on the run to the nun buoy marker, young Harding, picking up a northerly breeze that was the forerunner of the blow, sailed through the four leading albatrosses to finish two min- utes ahead of Commodore Bill Heintz's Madic. ________ Celebrates Return. jDECENTLY returned from a Northern cruise, McPherson Hul- burt in Aries led a fleet of six comets with the Escapade of Ernie Covert nearly two minutes behind. Making as good time as the larger boats, Dot with Lawience Hartge 'at the tiller, won In the 16-foot class. A newcomer from Herring Bay, the Flying Cloud, wu second. Without stirring from their moor- ings, the cruising division yachts, scheduled to start the second of their long-distance races Into the bay again, were forced to call off the event as starting time came without a vestige of a breeze. Summaries: M-rHi Open Clase. Defender <D. Hartge) _2:21:00 Winge (Smith) _2:20:48 Vanity (Owing*) _2:27:45 •Cricket, II (Bueh) _2:30:16 Mermaid (O. Hartge)_2:82:10 •Spray (Nelly) _2:33:25 Shady Lady (Kline) _2:33:50 •Myrny (Youngs) _D. N. F. •Roamer (Lacey) _D. N. F. Alhatraee Class. Rsven (Harding) _2:25:30 Msdic (Heintz) _ 2:27:30 Sabre (Stutler) _2:27:33 Osprey (Wallace) _2:27:41 Falcon (Cox)_2:28:47 OULL (Irey) _2:38:00 Hawk (E. Hartge)_D. K. F. Cardinal (Wells) _D. N. F. Carnet Class. Arles (Hulburt) _2:28:08 Escapade (Oovert) _ 2:30 02 Serena I Zimmer) _ 2:31:60 Sassy Too (Daniel) _2:32:00 So-Big (Cruit) _D. N. F. Mell (Cochran) _D. N. F. 18-Fsat Ctasg. Dot (L. Hartge) _ _2:27:80 Wring Cloud (no name)_2:30:68 Sue (Dixon) _D. N. F. •Denoteg restricted class. NINE 18 SUMMONED. Members of the Young Democrats of Southern Maryland base ball team have been directed to report at the Naval Air Station diamond tomorrow at 4 pjn. ARCADE JUNIORS AHEAD. Arcade Theater Juniors white- washed the Vienna Acea, 8-0, in an eight-inning ball game staged at Hyattovllle, Md. Minor Leagues latarsatisaal. Montreal.* 6—4: Baltimore. 2—6. Buffalo. 8; Newark. 7. Toronto. 8: Jersey City. 4. Rochester, 3; Syracuse. 2. American Aeneelatten. Milwaukee. 10; Toledo. 8. Columbus, 6: Kansos City. 4. Indianapolis. 4: Minneapolis, i. St. Paul. 13: Louisville. 8. Benthern Aseeclatlen. Chattanooga at Littlg Rock. rain. Only game scheduled. New Yark-Ptnn. Wilkes-Barre. 8—0: Mmlrs. 8—1. Williamsport. 8—4’ Scranton. 1—2. Hatelton, 11—8: Binghamton, a—2. Albany at Trenton, rain. ^ ehs \Vc __ By Bill Dismer. Jk. WHEN the time comes to search 1937 for thrills ex- perienced by last-minute rallies for victory in the face of seeming defeat, tennis must take its place among those sports which have produced more than their share. You can have your winning runs in the ninth with two men out, your last-second touchdowns to turn a loser into a winner, your game-ending field goals to transform a 3-point deficit into a 1-polnt lead, but for consistent come-backs when defeat was only a step away, tennis has a place of its own. We're speaking, of course, of that situation in which one player has lost the first two sets of a five-set match, sometimes has been far behind in the third—and apparently "decisive” set— and yet has won. That has demanded real courage, and yet it's been done so regularly that what should be a rare thing almost has be- come commonplace. Four examples, two of international nature and two right here in Wash- ington, are sufficient illustration. In participating, leading to the reaffirma- tion of the opinion that the true cham- pion has some of the same stuff in his physical and mental make-up that he has in his racket. Budge Leads Parade. BUDGE’S first revelation of the "never-say-die” spirit came in his country’s final, and deciding, Davis Cup match with Germany's Von Cramm. Squarely faced with the possibility of eliminating the United 8tates, or send- ing it into the challenge round against England,/Budge crushed every one's hopes (but his own) by losing the first two sets, leaving Von Cramm—ac- knowledged the world's second best amateur—with the need of taking only one of the next three sets, if, Indeed, three sets were required. The redtop’s new famous vic- tories in the subsequent three sets probably will go down as the greatest tennis rilly of the year. Only last Saturday Budge again was a participant in a match in which he SAXON IS SELECTED TO BATTLE STEWART Pair to Put on 10-Bounder in Support of Ambers-Scott Feature Hext Week. A88H STEWART, clever Pittsburgh w colored middleweight, will stack up against Eddie Saxon, rugged Syra- cuse lighter, in a 10-round prelimi- nary to the Lou Ambers-Cowboy Howard Scott non-title till at Griffith Stadium August 31, It was announced today by Matchmaker Goldie Aheam. Victorious in eight consecutive bouti here, Stewart claims the world col- ored middleweight championship with a record of 44 wins in 45 starts. Sli of hit local conquests have been kay- oes, one of which was over Tom Ches- ter, former world amateur champion Saxon, who will be making hit debut here, has trimmed Babe Risko former world middleweight champ; Earl Conway and Ralph Chong. Joey Archibald, who meets JOej Marciente, claimant of the Canadiax featherweight crown, in another 10- rounder, will assist Ambers, world lightweight title holder, in his condi- tioning grind, being scheduled to wort with his stablemate either at Turner’i Arena or Griffith Parma. Ambers nos is training at Pompton ^akes, H. J and Gene Mako were two sets down In a best-three-out-of-flve affair with the English Davis Cup team of Pat Hughes and Oeorge Hare. Once again. Budge led a re.llv which saw him and his partner winning three sets in a row for the Newport doubles championship. Mitchell Gains Limelight, yy ASHINGTON saw its greatest comeback of the 1937 campaign when Dooly Mitchell rallied from a point in which he not only was two sets down, but had a 5-1 and match point score against him in the third set. That was the occasion on which he was playing Hugh Lynch in the semi-final round of the grand national tournament. You could have received 10-1 odds that Lynch would win. yet Dooly made the im- passible possible, winning six straight games in the third set and the next two sets. The city's second and latest dem- onstration of recovery came only last Friday when Harry March lost the first two sets of a five-setter to David Johnsen. yet took the last three for the junior championship. Definition of a champion? When the stakes are down, he can come from behind, when the only one in the world that thinks he can io—himself. | A TEST reports from Akron, Ohio, »■» c sum uuu iuni acj iicbi lng the championship round of his new home town, but already Markey has focused attention on himself by winning one of the most spectacular matches of the city tournament. It came in his struggle with Car- penter. an Oklahoman who holds the Big Six championship, and it took three days. Apparently, the first set got started late, for the match was carried over to the second day after Carpenter won, 6—4. The real thrill, however, eame •n that second day when Mar- key took a 16-14 marathon. Needless to say, neither felt like continuing, so the final set again was carried over, with Bud winning, 1-4. He is expected to meet Bob Nihou- sen, champion of the Big Ten, who has won the city championship for four years, in the final. T\E WITT SMITH, JR., holds one- half of the junior doubles cham- pionship of Vermont by virture of his victory in the final round of that State’s tournament with George Kraft of Brooklyn. It took Smith and Kraft five sets, but they finally won by 6—4, 6—0, 3—6, 6—1, 6—2. Smith lost out in the singles, but only to the No. 1 seeded player in three sets, 6—4, 4—6, 6—3. Incidentally, he writes that he played three matches—and the final!—in ene day. (Nets t* these who pretest doubling ■P) FARR’S BAD HUMOR SEEN AS GOOD SIGN Briton'i Pilot Takes Irritability to Mean Tom Is at Peak for Thursday's Battle. By the Associated Press. ONG BRANCH. N. J, August 24—If those flashes of irasci- bility usually associated with "peak, form" of a boxer mean anything, Tommy Farr is on edge for his bout with Champion Joe Louis Thursday night. The Welshman has become increas- ingly irritable in the last few days. Everything seems to annoy him, and his entourage, Individually and col- lectively, has been a target for re- peated outbursts. All this is pleas- ing to his manager, Ted Broadribb, with whom Tommy is hardly on speak- ing terms. "Tommy's getting right on edge.” Broadribb grins. "That’s a good sign. When he begins to abuse even his closest friends it means he's close to the peak of his form. He won’t be very pleasant company for us, but we re used to it.” The heavy rain which canceled yesterday's workout did not heip matters. Farr had planned a pro- gram of shadow boxing, rope skip- ping and bag punching. Now he plans to add that work to today's regular boxing session. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Washington vs. St. Louis, 4. Tennis. Federal employes' tourney, Po- tomac Park, 4. Women's League toumey, Six- teenth Street Reservoir, 5. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Washington at St. Louis, 4. Tennis. Federal employes’ toumey, Po- tomac Park, 4. Women's League toumey, Six- teenth 8treet Reservoir, 5. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. CHICAGO.—Sammy Anaott. 132'i, Louisville, outpointed Jimmy Christy. 132. Chicago MO). CANTOR Ohio.—Patsy Perronl. Can- ton heavyweiflht. knocked out Georae Klmrey, North Carolina (5). (Weights unavailable.! LOUISVILLE—Kid Irish. 124 Al- ton. 111., stopped Frankie Jarr, 1191*, Fort Wayne. Ind. GO). COLUMBUS.—Charley Bell 13«. Co- lumbus. outpointed Battling Ernest, 136. Wheeling. W. Va. (10) PITTSBURGH.—Jack Trammell. ISO. Youngstown. Ohio, stopped Big Jim Thompson. 230 (.31. PHILADELPHIA.—Pedro Montanez. 139. Puerto Rico, technically knockea out Lrw Massey. ]37'k, Philadelphia, 1.59 of the third round TORONTO—Baby Yack HR. To- ronto. outpointed Henry Hook. 117'j, Indianapolis GO). ASHEVILLE. N C. Norment Quarles. Hendersonville. N. C knocked out Bobby Dechter. 133. Washington D C. <2i. CHARLOTTE N C—Ray Matulc- wict. 170, Durham. N C. technical knockout over Billy Flanagan. 165, Pittsburgh (7). PODOLAK RETAINED ON MAT CARD HERE Appears Third Straight Week in Facing La Rne—R. Dusek and Cox in Feature. pOR the third consecutive week, Wal- ter Podolak. blond California muscle man. will display his frame on a local grapple card, facing Binitre La Rue. French-Rumanian champion, in a 30-minute preliminary to the double features at Orifflth Stadium Thursday night. Podolak. who once won a national "body beautiful" contest, apparently is held in high esteem by Promoter Joe Turner, who may employ him in top squirming sessions here after the usual apprenticeship in preliminaries. The feature matches list Rudy Dusek meeting Joe Cox and Jack Pat- terson toiling with Henri Piers, while other preliminaries And Mayes Mc- Lain clashing with Mike Sterlich and Chief Thunder Bird encountering Eli Fischer. Homer Standings The leaders—Di Maggie Yankees. 3fi: roxx. Red Box. 31: Gehrig. Yan- kees. 28: Medwick. Cardinals. 27: Greenberg. Tigers. 27: Dickey. Yankees, 25: Ott. Giants. 25; Trosky. Indians, 25. League totals—American. 815: Na- tional. 493. Total. 1.108. Mat Matches By th« Auoelittd Press. N*W YORK —CUfl Olsen, 316, Minneapolis, pinned BIU Sledge, 318, Houston, Tex., 30:06. TACOMA, Wash.-^Bronko Na- gurtkl, 335, Minneapolis, defeated Bpbby Stewart, 330, Tennessee, two straight falls. __ “Let Me Care For All Your Automobile Neede” We consider every request for our service an important transaction—and every Job, small or large, is treated with the same care and interest. Dave Morris Auto Service 1529 M ST. N.W. ML 1239 LOUIS FULLY MEETS TRAINING PROGRAM Boxing Six Hounds Today to Get in 80 as Planned—Everything Has Been Serene. Bt the Associated Press. pOMPTON LAKES. N. J., August 24.—With 74 rounds of boxing against a capable group of sparring partners behind him, Joe Louis closes his ring work today in preparation for his defense of the heavyweight championship against Tomy Farr at the Yankee Stadium Thursday night. There has been no break in the boxing routine since the champion started workouts July 31. The sched- ule called for 80 rounds in the train- ing ring and six today will make that total. Louis has gone through his train- ing routine without an injury and without annoyances or worries. He has had some tough workouts against a rough and ready trio of sparmates. Pal Silvers, Tiger Hairston and Oeorge Nicholson. His hitting and timing ahould be properly attuned when he steps into the ring. Joe varied his off-day routine slightly yesterday when a heavy rain kept him from the customary 6 mllej of early-morning roadwork. He made up for it with a brisk gymnasium drill in the afternoon. He scaled 201 pounds before the drill and expects tc be down to 198 for the welghlng-in Thursday afternoon. FIVE IN SHORE LOOP FIGHT FOR PLAY-OFF Salisbury Looms at Winner of Pennant and Four-Club Tilt for Championship. By the Associated Press. pTVE of the Km tern Shore League'] eight club* appeared still in the running for the four places in the loop’s championship play-offs todsj m they entered the home stretch wit! only two more weeks of the seaaor remaining. Easton, Salisbury, Centreville and Cambridge, in the first division, and Federalsburg, one game behind in the second division, are the clubs whose PMt performances stamp them m stii: In the race for the league title. The season ends on Labor day September 6, and the play-offs will begin September 8. The four teams that wind up in the first division will figure in the play- offs. The first and third-place clube will play a three-game series, m will the second and fourth-place outfits The two series winners will play three more games to decide the league cham- pionship. All the figures favor Salisbury te win the pennant and the play-offs. gARLY morning rain may stymie both the Women’s League and Government tournaments again today. The former has little to worry about, however, as it already is in the quar- ter and semi-final rounds. Both can be brought to a completion over the week end if play is resumed to- morrow. SOFT BALL POSTPONED. Rain that forced postponement of the Old Mllwaukee-Carr Bros, a Boswell game yesterday probably will cause another delay today in the scheduled opening of the fourth an- nual city soft ball championship. The game is to be staged on the Kb. 1 diamond at 8 pm. T'r m Rentner, Millner, Battles \6 Confer on Salary Today as Drills Start. BV BURTON HAWKINS. MAJOR league foot ball and ma- jor league (alary squabble* invaded this sector today u the transplanted Boston Red- skins launched a lengthy condition- ing grind under a new alias. At least three of the boys, however, were doubtful about adopting Washing- ton as the base of their gridiron ma- neuvering. Pug Rentner, Wayne Millner an^ Cliff Battles, each of whom h&j carved an enviable collegiate and pro- fessional foot ball reputation, stiff were on the wrong tide of the ledger as they were summoned into a hud- dle with the Redskins management seeking more doughbles. George Preston Marshall, the hu- man wallet of the local entry in the National Professional League, and Coach Ray Flaherty, the youngest pilot of pigskinners in elite foot bail circles, were to closet themselves with the mutinous trio and confidently ex*s pected to emerge with signed con; tracts. Others on Doubtful List. _ LEAST four other prospective players are on the doubtful list, with Nello Falaschl, former Santa Clara quarterback, almost, a cer- tainty to shun the sport this season due to a recent appendectomy. Maurice Elder, leading ground gain- er for the past two years in the Big Six Conference while performing for Kansas State, currently is playing base ball in the Texas League and is unde- cided as to his first love, while Eddie Kahn, formerly of North Carolina State, communicated with the local office for the first time today, but still is unsigned. Dick Bassi. former Santa Clara guard, still is making up his mind about pro foot ball and will wire lus decision after competing with the Col- lege All-Stars against the Green Bay Packers at Chicago September 1. Baugh Due Here Next Month. | gAMMY BAUGH. Texas Christian's tossing ace. also will compete in that game and then journey to Dallas to play with the Southwestern All- Stars against the Chicago Bears Sepr tember 7. He will report here immedi- ately after that game. Dixie Howell, who established some- what of a slinging reputation himself at Alabama, will join the club at th« end of the Southern Association base ball season. Rain today was expected to confiae first-day training activities to the issu- ing of equipment. Henceforth, how- ever, workouts will be held twice daily from 9:30 to 11:30 and 2:30 to 5:30 at Anacostia Park. --9 -■ -■ BOYS’ BIG MEET PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW 2.000 Due to Take Part in Affair at Central Stadium—Sherwood Picked to Keep Title. ■yifEATHER permitting, the publiS recreation city-wide track and field meet, originally scheduled for today, will be staged tomorrow in Cen- tral High Stadium. According to Dick Tennyson, ajft sistant director of playgrounds, the meet will be the feature event of the Summer sports program for play- grounds and community centers, bringing together ^jproximately 2.000 boys from all parts of the city. Tennyson, who will act as general supervisor of the meet, predicts an- other victory for the strong SherwoM Playground team, coached by Joe Mitchell, that won in 1936. Preliminary proceedings call for «H contestants to stand at attention while the Olympic oath is adminis- tered over the public address system, after which some 72 recreational units will parade around the arena to the accompaniment of the National Training School Band. MARLBORO FAIR AND RACES 7 RACES DAILY Aacmt 2.Mh te September 4th. lael. 10 DAYS RACING First Race. 2 P.M. Busses Direct to Grandstand Mildness I with a capital ”M” I —and a capital smoke besides fl LaAZORA | ^CIGAR Always MILD Always UNIFORM ALL LONG-FILLER T *

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Page 1: Tea, Horseshoes, Gate-Crashing Figure Fight News · 2018. 5. 14. · their final training licks for Joe's first defense of the world heavyweight championship. Louis, whose preparations

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Big Fight May Draw Only $200,000: Redskins Wrangle for Raises JOB PROVES TOUGH FOR PRESS AGENTS

Nothing Stirring Occurs at Either Camp—Fans See

Doom of Invader. B? th* Associated Press.

NEW YORK. August 24—Amid

the noisy but so far ineffective beating of the ballyhoo drums, sleek, brown-skinned Joe Louis

and rugged Tommy Farr today get in their final training licks for Joe's first defense of the world heavyweight championship.

Louis, whose preparations have gone like well-oiled clockwork. Is scheduled for his last six rounds of sparring, at Pompton Lakes, N. J. Farr, in keeping with the slightly hysterical atmosphere which has pervaded his Long Branch. N. J., headquarters, has anounced his Intention of going the equivalent of 15 rounds to make up for a rained-out session yesterday.

They'll both take it easy tomorrow, and come to New York Thursday morning to weigh in and rest a while hefore they clash for 15 rounds or less in the Yankee Stadium Thursday night.

$200,000 Gate Likely.

J>ARTLY because it is the second title bout in a year that has seen

the Important heavyweights in the ring a good many times and partly be- cause no one has conceded the British empire champion any sort of a chance, the public has shown little interest. Unless ticket sales take a sudden Jump in the next two days, the gate Is not likely to go much higher than $200,000, with Farr reported to have been guaranteed $60,000.

Promoter Mike Jacobs, still predict- ing a $300,000 gate, took steps to rem-

edy this situation yesterday by an-

nouncing firmly that Max Schmeling would not be seen in the ring with the winner this year. He gave the lateness of the season as the main reason, but it appeared that the fact that Schme- ling, conqueror of the Brown Bomber, was on hand and ready to fight in September or October, was causing tome customers to hold off.

The press agents probably have taken worse beatings than either of the principals so far. There's been nothing eventual enough to make good copy at the Louis camp—Joe hasn’t even looked as bad in training as he did before he lifted the crown from Jammy Braddock.

Farr's Camp Peaceful.

pARR'S big and well-populated camp has been about as peaceful and

quiet as Shanghai. Tonypandy Tom- my has been mad at somebody almost ever since he landed, and he's been surrounded by an equally peevish group of British sports writers, who have had a grand time putting him on the griddle. It wasn't until Farr really let himself go the other day and tried to take a poke at Max Baer that the fans began to think he might have •ome thing.

Tommy is a rough, strong young man. He came up the hard way, fighting since he was a youngster, and he has absorbed a lot of ring wisdom. Also he has superb confidence in him- self, declaring without a hint of doubt In his voice:

''They'll sing a different tune when I get through with Louis. I’ll win, Just wait.”

DOG FANCIERS HOLD SESSION TOMORROW

Meeting at Home of Cy Woolner Is First of Three Monthly

Confabs Scheduled. THE first of a series of three monthly

meetings of dog fanciers will take place tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the home of Cy Woolner, near Wash- ington Grove. Md.

These meetings are sponsored by the National Capital Kennel Club and are designed to promote good will among all those interested in the sport of showing and breeding dogs, as well as to help them with some of their canine problems.

The first meeting will be addressed by Henry D. Bixbie of New York, an officer of the American Kennel Club. He will talk about the rules and regu- lations of that organization concern-

ing dog registrations and dog shows, and he will answer questions about those rules and about his organiza- tion. Bixbie is the one man in that organization who is most intimately acquainted with the problems of the breeder, the exhibitor and the show- giving club, as he spends a large share of his time traveling from show to show and observing the practical work- ings of American Kennel Club regula- tions.

Members of the Old Dominion Ken- nel Club and of the Baltimore County Kennel Club have been invited to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Woolner at these meetings. And others sin- cerely interested in pure-bred dogs are cordially invited to attend also. Woolner’s residence is on the Wash- ington Grove road, which turns right off the Fredericksburg pike. It will be clearly marked for the occasion.

A buffet supper will be served after the lecture, with Mrs. Richard H. Johnston, Mrs. Jere B. Mackle, Mrs. Louis Cornet and Mrs. Jesse Thornton acting as aides to Mrs. Woolner.

STARK CHESS WINNER 1). C. Kan Advance# in Amarican

Federation Tournament.

XJHICAGO, August 24 OP).—Martin C>Stark of Washington, D. C., today entered the second .round of the American Chess Federation’s thirty- eighth annual tournament, surviving first-round play here yesterday, to- gether with many other Eastern players.

The opening day's major upaet oc- curred when Julius Partos of Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ defeated David 8. Pol- land, recent winner of the New York State championship.

MALLOS STRIKES OUT 10. Sam Mallos fanned 10 in twlrlini

the Oirardians to a 8-3 victory over the Petworth A. C.

M14-Atlantic. Johnstown. P: Akron. 1.

Ssrlettqn. 7; Portsmouth. 1. rlnsflcld. 8: Dayton. 2. nton. •; Zanesville, A.

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Tea, Horseshoes, Music and Gate-Crashing Figure in Title Fight Camp News

Upper: Tommy Farr, British champ, displays horseshoe given him by a well-wisher “for luck." Most observers contend he'll need it.

Lower: Joe Louis punishes a piano in moaning a “blues" song when his handlers put the ban on his favorite recreation of soft ball.

Upper: To oblige the cameraman Joe posed, with a base ball bat while the only-too-willing One-Eye Connelly simulated a familiar sneak-in.

Lower: Here the world title holder is shown getting a rub- down from Trainer Jack Blackburn and Carl Nelson, a Detroit police sergeant.

It's 5 o’clock twice a day as far as tea is concerned for Farr, who asserts the beverage has been a big help in getting him on edge for his engagement at Yankee Stadium, New York, Thurs- day night in a 15-round contest for the heavyweight boxing championship of the world.

—Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos.

DEFENDER MS WEST RIVER RACE

Winner in 20-Foot Class. Raven, Aries and Dot

Other Victors. Special Dupe tea to The Star.

GALESVILLE. Md., August 34.—

Final weekly race of the West River Sailing Club end- ed off here with a bang as 19

craft crossed the line in a northerly storm, with Dick Hartge's Defender in the 20-foot class. John Harding's Raven among the albatrosses; Mc- Pherson Hulburt’s Comet Aries and the 18-foot Dot sailed by Lawrence Hartge, emerging as victors. Seven boats failed to finish.

In the black-hulled Defender, which he designed and built this Summer, Dick Hartge led the new Sil- ver Wings home by more than five minutes over a 4.4-mile course in light and variable going which pre- ceded the squall.

By hugging the Northern shore on the run to the nun buoy marker, young Harding, picking up a northerly breeze that was the forerunner of the blow, sailed through the four leading albatrosses to finish two min- utes ahead of Commodore Bill Heintz's Madic.

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Celebrates Return.

jDECENTLY returned from a

Northern cruise, McPherson Hul- burt in Aries led a fleet of six comets with the Escapade of Ernie Covert nearly two minutes behind.

Making as good time as the larger boats, Dot with Lawience Hartge 'at the tiller, won In the 16-foot class. A newcomer from Herring Bay, the Flying Cloud, wu second.

Without stirring from their moor-

ings, the cruising division yachts, scheduled to start the second of their long-distance races Into the bay again, were forced to call off the event as

starting time came without a vestige of a breeze.

Summaries: M-rHi Open Clase.

Defender <D. Hartge) _2:21:00 Winge (Smith) _2:20:48 Vanity (Owing*) _2:27:45 •Cricket, II (Bueh) _2:30:16 Mermaid (O. Hartge)_2:82:10 •Spray (Nelly) _2:33:25 Shady Lady (Kline) _2:33:50 •Myrny (Youngs) _D. N. F. •Roamer (Lacey) _D. N. F.

Alhatraee Class. Rsven (Harding) _2:25:30 Msdic (Heintz) _ 2:27:30 Sabre (Stutler) _2:27:33 Osprey (Wallace) _2:27:41 Falcon (Cox)_2:28:47 OULL (Irey) _2:38:00 Hawk (E. Hartge)_D. K. F. Cardinal (Wells) _D. N. F.

Carnet Class. Arles (Hulburt) _2:28:08 Escapade (Oovert) _ 2:30 02 Serena I Zimmer) _ 2:31:60 Sassy Too (Daniel) _2:32:00 So-Big (Cruit) _D. N. F. Mell (Cochran) _D. N. F.

18-Fsat Ctasg. Dot (L. Hartge) _ _2:27:80 Wring Cloud (no name)_2:30:68 Sue (Dixon) _D. N. F.

•Denoteg restricted class.

NINE 18 SUMMONED. Members of the Young Democrats

of Southern Maryland base ball team have been directed to report at the Naval Air Station diamond tomorrow at 4 pjn.

ARCADE JUNIORS AHEAD. Arcade Theater Juniors white-

washed the Vienna Acea, 8-0, in an eight-inning ball game staged at Hyattovllle, Md.

Minor Leagues latarsatisaal.

Montreal.* 6—4: Baltimore. 2—6. Buffalo. 8; Newark. 7. Toronto. 8: Jersey City. 4. Rochester, 3; Syracuse. 2.

American Aeneelatten. Milwaukee. 10; Toledo. 8.

Columbus, 6: Kansos City. 4. Indianapolis. 4: Minneapolis, i. St. Paul. 13: Louisville. 8.

Benthern Aseeclatlen. Chattanooga at Littlg Rock. rain. Only game scheduled.

New Yark-Ptnn. Wilkes-Barre. 8—0: Mmlrs. 8—1. Williamsport. 8—4’ Scranton. 1—2. Hatelton, 11—8: Binghamton, a—2. Albany at Trenton, rain.

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ehs \Vc __ By Bill Dismer. Jk.

WHEN the time comes to

search 1937 for thrills ex-

perienced by last-minute rallies for victory in the

face of seeming defeat, tennis must take its place among those sports which have produced more than their share.

You can have your winning runs in the ninth with two men out, your last-second touchdowns to turn a loser into a winner, your game-ending field goals to transform a 3-point deficit into a 1-polnt lead, but for consistent come-backs when defeat was only a step away, tennis has a

place of its own.

We're speaking, of course, of that situation in which one player has lost the first two sets of a five-set match, sometimes has been far behind in the third—and apparently "decisive” set— and yet has won.

That has demanded real courage, and yet it's been done so regularly that what should be a rare thing almost has be- come commonplace.

Four examples, two of international nature and two right here in Wash- ington, are sufficient illustration. In

participating, leading to the reaffirma- tion of the opinion that the true cham- pion has some of the same stuff in his physical and mental make-up that he has in his racket.

Budge Leads Parade. BUDGE’S first revelation of the

"never-say-die” spirit came in his country’s final, and deciding, Davis Cup match with Germany's Von Cramm. Squarely faced with the possibility of eliminating the United 8tates, or send- ing it into the challenge round against England,/Budge crushed every one's hopes (but his own) by losing the first two sets, leaving Von Cramm—ac- knowledged the world's second best amateur—with the need of taking only one of the next three sets, if, Indeed, three sets were required.

The redtop’s new famous vic- tories in the subsequent three sets probably will go down as the greatest tennis rilly of the year.

Only last Saturday Budge again was a participant in a match in which he

SAXON IS SELECTED TO BATTLE STEWART

Pair to Put on 10-Bounder in Support of Ambers-Scott

Feature Hext Week. A88H STEWART, clever Pittsburgh w colored middleweight, will stack up against Eddie Saxon, rugged Syra- cuse lighter, in a 10-round prelimi- nary to the Lou Ambers-Cowboy Howard Scott non-title till at Griffith Stadium August 31, It was announced today by Matchmaker Goldie Aheam.

Victorious in eight consecutive bouti here, Stewart claims the world col- ored middleweight championship with a record of 44 wins in 45 starts. Sli of hit local conquests have been kay- oes, one of which was over Tom Ches- ter, former world amateur champion

Saxon, who will be making hit debut here, has trimmed Babe Risko former world middleweight champ; Earl Conway and Ralph Chong.

Joey Archibald, who meets JOej Marciente, claimant of the Canadiax featherweight crown, in another 10- rounder, will assist Ambers, world lightweight title holder, in his condi- tioning grind, being scheduled to wort with his stablemate either at Turner’i Arena or Griffith Parma. Ambers nos is training at Pompton ^akes, H. J

and Gene Mako were two sets down In a best-three-out-of-flve affair with the English Davis Cup team of Pat Hughes and Oeorge Hare. Once again. Budge led a re.llv which saw him and his partner winning three sets in a row for the Newport doubles championship.

Mitchell Gains Limelight, yy ASHINGTON saw its greatest

comeback of the 1937 campaign when Dooly Mitchell rallied from a

point in which he not only was two sets down, but had a 5-1 and match point score against him in the third set. That was the occasion on which he was playing Hugh Lynch in the semi-final round of the grand national tournament. You could have received 10-1 odds that Lynch would win. yet Dooly made the im- passible possible, winning six straight games in the third set and the next two sets.

The city's second and latest dem- onstration of recovery came only last Friday when Harry March lost the first two sets of a five-setter to David Johnsen. yet took the last three for the junior championship.

Definition of a champion? When the stakes are down, he can come from behind, when the only one in the world that thinks he can io—himself.

| A TEST reports from Akron, Ohio, »■» c sum uuu iuni acj iicbi

lng the championship round of his new home town, but already Markey has focused attention on himself by winning one of the most spectacular matches of the city tournament.

It came in his struggle with Car- penter. an Oklahoman who holds the Big Six championship, and it took three days. Apparently, the first set got started late, for the match was

carried over to the second day after Carpenter won, 6—4.

The real thrill, however, eame

•n that second day when Mar- key took a 16-14 marathon.

Needless to say, neither felt like continuing, so the final set again was carried over, with Bud winning, 1-4.

He is expected to meet Bob Nihou- sen, champion of the Big Ten, who has won the city championship for four years, in the final.

T\E WITT SMITH, JR., holds one-

half of the junior doubles cham- pionship of Vermont by virture of his victory in the final round of that State’s tournament with George Kraft of Brooklyn. It took Smith and Kraft five sets, but they finally won

by 6—4, 6—0, 3—6, 6—1, 6—2. Smith lost out in the singles, but

only to the No. 1 seeded player in three sets, 6—4, 4—6, 6—3.

Incidentally, he writes that he played three matches—and the final!—in ene day. (Nets t* these who pretest doubling ■P)

FARR’S BAD HUMOR SEEN AS GOOD SIGN

Briton'i Pilot Takes Irritability to Mean Tom Is at Peak for

Thursday's Battle. By the Associated Press.

ONG BRANCH. N. J, August 24—If those flashes of irasci- bility usually associated with "peak, form" of a boxer mean

anything, Tommy Farr is on edge for his bout with Champion Joe Louis Thursday night.

The Welshman has become increas- ingly irritable in the last few days. Everything seems to annoy him, and his entourage, Individually and col- lectively, has been a target for re-

peated outbursts. All this is pleas- ing to his manager, Ted Broadribb, with whom Tommy is hardly on speak- ing terms.

"Tommy's getting right on edge.” Broadribb grins. "That’s a good sign. When he begins to abuse even his closest friends it means he's close to the peak of his form. He won’t be very pleasant company for us, but we re used to it.”

The heavy rain which canceled yesterday's workout did not heip matters. Farr had planned a pro- gram of shadow boxing, rope skip- ping and bag punching. Now he plans to add that work to today's regular boxing session.

Sports Program For Local Fans

TODAY.

Base Ball. Washington vs. St. Louis, 4.

Tennis. Federal employes' tourney, Po-

tomac Park, 4. Women's League toumey, Six-

teenth Street Reservoir, 5. TOMORROW.

Base Ball.

Washington at St. Louis, 4.

Tennis. Federal employes’ toumey, Po-

tomac Park, 4. Women's League toumey, Six-

teenth 8treet Reservoir, 5.

Fights Last Night By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO.—Sammy Anaott. 132'i, Louisville, outpointed Jimmy Christy. 132. Chicago MO).

CANTOR Ohio.—Patsy Perronl. Can- ton heavyweiflht. knocked out Georae Klmrey, North Carolina (5). (Weights unavailable.!

LOUISVILLE—Kid Irish. 124 Al- ton. 111., stopped Frankie Jarr, 1191*, Fort Wayne. Ind. GO).

COLUMBUS.—Charley Bell 13«. Co- lumbus. outpointed Battling Ernest, 136. Wheeling. W. Va. (10)

PITTSBURGH.—Jack Trammell. ISO. Youngstown. Ohio, stopped Big Jim Thompson. 230 (.31.

PHILADELPHIA.—Pedro Montanez. 139. Puerto Rico, technically knockea

out Lrw Massey. ]37'k, Philadelphia, 1.59 of the third round

TORONTO—Baby Yack HR. To- ronto. outpointed Henry Hook. 117'j, Indianapolis GO).

ASHEVILLE. N C. — Norment Quarles. Hendersonville. N. C knocked out Bobby Dechter. 133. Washington D C. <2i.

CHARLOTTE N C—Ray Matulc- wict. 170, Durham. N C. technical knockout over Billy Flanagan. 165, Pittsburgh (7).

PODOLAK RETAINED ON MAT CARD HERE

Appears Third Straight Week in Facing La Rne—R. Dusek and

Cox in Feature. pOR the third consecutive week, Wal-

ter Podolak. blond California muscle man. will display his frame on a local grapple card, facing Binitre La Rue. French-Rumanian champion, in a 30-minute preliminary to the double features at Orifflth Stadium Thursday night.

Podolak. who once won a national "body beautiful" contest, apparently is held in high esteem by Promoter Joe Turner, who may employ him in top squirming sessions here after the usual apprenticeship in preliminaries.

The feature matches list Rudy Dusek meeting Joe Cox and Jack Pat- terson toiling with Henri Piers, while other preliminaries And Mayes Mc- Lain clashing with Mike Sterlich and Chief Thunder Bird encountering Eli Fischer.

Homer Standings The leaders—Di Maggie Yankees.

3fi: roxx. Red Box. 31: Gehrig. Yan- kees. 28: Medwick. Cardinals. 27: Greenberg. Tigers. 27: Dickey. Yankees, 25: Ott. Giants. 25; Trosky. Indians, 25.

League totals—American. 815: Na- tional. 493. Total. 1.108.

Mat Matches By th« Auoelittd Press.

N*W YORK —CUfl Olsen, 316, Minneapolis, pinned BIU Sledge, 318, Houston, Tex., 30:06.

TACOMA, Wash.-^Bronko Na- gurtkl, 335, Minneapolis, defeated Bpbby Stewart, 330, Tennessee, two straight falls.

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LOUIS FULLY MEETS TRAINING PROGRAM

Boxing Six Hounds Today to Get in 80 as Planned—Everything

Has Been Serene. Bt the Associated Press.

pOMPTON LAKES. N. J., August 24.—With 74 rounds of boxing

against a capable group of sparring partners behind him, Joe Louis closes his ring work today in preparation for his defense of the heavyweight championship against Tomy Farr at the Yankee Stadium Thursday night.

There has been no break in the boxing routine since the champion started workouts July 31. The sched- ule called for 80 rounds in the train- ing ring and six today will make that total.

Louis has gone through his train- ing routine without an injury and without annoyances or worries. He has had some tough workouts against a rough and ready trio of sparmates. Pal Silvers, Tiger Hairston and Oeorge Nicholson. His hitting and timing ahould be properly attuned when he steps into the ring.

Joe varied his off-day routine slightly yesterday when a heavy rain kept him from the customary 6 mllej of early-morning roadwork. He made up for it with a brisk gymnasium drill in the afternoon. He scaled 201 pounds before the drill and expects tc be down to 198 for the welghlng-in Thursday afternoon.

FIVE IN SHORE LOOP FIGHT FOR PLAY-OFF

Salisbury Looms at Winner of Pennant and Four-Club Tilt

for Championship. By the Associated Press.

pTVE of the Km tern Shore League'] eight club* appeared still in the

running for the four places in the loop’s championship play-offs todsj m they entered the home stretch wit! only two more weeks of the seaaor

remaining. Easton, Salisbury, Centreville and

Cambridge, in the first division, and Federalsburg, one game behind in the second division, are the clubs whose PMt performances stamp them m stii: In the race for the league title.

The season ends on Labor day September 6, and the play-offs will begin September 8.

The four teams that wind up in the first division will figure in the play- offs. The first and third-place clube will play a three-game series, m will the second and fourth-place outfits The two series winners will play three more games to decide the league cham- pionship.

All the figures favor Salisbury te win the pennant and the play-offs.

gARLY morning rain may stymie both the Women’s League and

Government tournaments again today. The former has little to worry about, however, as it already is in the quar- ter and semi-final rounds. Both can be brought to a completion over the week end if play is resumed to- morrow.

SOFT BALL POSTPONED. Rain that forced postponement of

the Old Mllwaukee-Carr Bros, a Boswell game yesterday probably will cause another delay today in the scheduled opening of the fourth an- nual city soft ball championship. The game is to be staged on the Kb. 1 diamond at 8 pm.

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Rentner, Millner, Battles \6 Confer on Salary Today

as Drills Start. BV BURTON HAWKINS.

MAJOR league foot ball and ma-

jor league (alary squabble* invaded this sector today u the transplanted Boston Red-

skins launched a lengthy condition- ing grind under a new alias. At least three of the boys, however, were doubtful about adopting Washing- ton as the base of their gridiron ma-

neuvering. Pug Rentner, Wayne Millner an^

Cliff Battles, each of whom h&j carved an enviable collegiate and pro- fessional foot ball reputation, stiff were on the wrong tide of the ledger as they were summoned into a hud- dle with the Redskins management seeking more doughbles.

George Preston Marshall, the hu- man wallet of the local entry in the National Professional League, and Coach Ray Flaherty, the youngest pilot of pigskinners in elite foot bail circles, were to closet themselves with the mutinous trio and confidently ex*s

pected to emerge with signed con; tracts.

Others on Doubtful List. _

LEAST four other prospective players are on the doubtful list,

with Nello Falaschl, former Santa Clara quarterback, almost, a cer-

tainty to shun the sport this season due to a recent appendectomy.

Maurice Elder, leading ground gain- er for the past two years in the Big Six Conference while performing for Kansas State, currently is playing base ball in the Texas League and is unde- cided as to his first love, while Eddie Kahn, formerly of North Carolina State, communicated with the local office for the first time today, but still is unsigned.

Dick Bassi. former Santa Clara guard, still is making up his mind about pro foot ball and will wire lus decision after competing with the Col- lege All-Stars against the Green Bay Packers at Chicago September 1.

Baugh Due Here Next Month. | gAMMY BAUGH. Texas Christian's

tossing ace. also will compete in that game and then journey to Dallas to play with the Southwestern All- Stars against the Chicago Bears Sepr tember 7. He will report here immedi- ately after that game.

Dixie Howell, who established some- what of a slinging reputation himself at Alabama, will join the club at th« end of the Southern Association base ball season.

Rain today was expected to confiae first-day training activities to the issu- ing of equipment. Henceforth, how- ever, workouts will be held twice daily from 9:30 to 11:30 and 2:30 to 5:30 at Anacostia Park.

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BOYS’ BIG MEET PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW

2.000 Due to Take Part in Affair at Central Stadium—Sherwood

Picked to Keep Title.

■yifEATHER permitting, the publiS recreation city-wide track and

field meet, originally scheduled for today, will be staged tomorrow in Cen- tral High Stadium.

According to Dick Tennyson, ajft sistant director of playgrounds, the meet will be the feature event of the Summer sports program for play- grounds and community centers, bringing together ^jproximately 2.000 boys from all parts of the city.

Tennyson, who will act as general supervisor of the meet, predicts an- other victory for the strong SherwoM Playground team, coached by Joe Mitchell, that won in 1936.

Preliminary proceedings call for «H contestants to stand at attention while the Olympic oath is adminis- tered over the public address system, after which some 72 recreational units will parade around the arena to the accompaniment of the National Training School Band.

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