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HICAGO, March 26.-Bud Tay.
Tor, Ierre Haute, and Tony
Ganzoneri, New York, battied
49, to fierce draw in a 1O.round
battle generally accepted as
for the ba1tamweight championship
here tonight.
The decision was received with
cheers. mingled with chorus of boos.
as the crowd evidently favored Tavlor.
Canzonen exchanged punch for
punch with Taylor, refusing IN hack
ground under Taylor's whirlwind as.
sault.
The decision of Referee Joe Choyu.
SKI, the old-time heavyweight, and
two judges, was unanimous. They
agreed that CanZoneri slightly out.
boxed Taylor with his long. willowy
lefts, but that the Terre Haute terror
forced the fighting and landed the
cleaner and harder punches. Can
zoneri surprised Taylor by smuggling
with him in their furious exchanges
and refusing to yield ground.
Canzoneri scored with amazing
speed in popping left hands into ray.
lor's face. Taylor tried to do the
same thing, but gave up in disgust
after attempting to hit his elusive tar,
get and centered his attacks to the
body
Earl MAESTRO. a Chicago fiyweight
defeated Sid Kelly of Milwaukee. in q
four.ronnd opener ali ia pounds
Kelly was floored four times lii the
FIRST session, but managed to stick the
limit
Tommy Grogan, Omaha lightweight
scored technical knockout over Billy
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LAUREL-BALTIMORE RACE
WON BY VETERAN DE MAR
Betters His Winning Time of 1926 in Scoring Over
Notable Field-Lynch of Washington Ninth.
Cygnet A. c. Gets Team Trophy.

colors looped across his chest. the
veteran Frank Zuna took third ulace
away from William Agee. Baltimore
Cross-Country Club youngster, who
finished fourth.
De Mars experience and s,,nerb
sef-confidence were manifest at the
time of the start when he allowed RfIl
Agee-who spends all his SUNDAYS and
holidays dashing about the country
side In hope of some day laying his
aging rival by the heels-to pound
along we'll ahead of him for the first
IL miles. The steady pat-pat of the
veterans feet behind served to stfrnu-
late the Baltimore youngster to
EFFORTS which began to drag him down
before half the courses Rlistenin1
macadam had plowed beneath his
tread.
De Mar Goes Ahead.
When Agee weakened De Mar
stepped out unfalteringly through the
puddles, and of others in the starting
field of IS, none saw aught but the
ancient legionnaire's back.
Nicholson ran an outstanding rsyna
race, and fighting to overcome the
champions lead of almost 500 yards
over him at the 15-mile point. he
. ACAEOu UP StcduIlN Tor the next IN
! markers. At 25 miles a scant 100
yards separated him from De Mar and
he threatened to menace the veteran
but the last mile and ass yards told
on the Cygnet star, forcing him to
drop back
The first Is finished as follows:
Clarence De Mar, MeIrose Post
No: 30, American Legion, Boston.
~
Albert r. Cwhitey) Nicholson Cvr.
net a. c. East Portchester, Conn.
Frank Zuna, Millrose A. c., New
York, 2:49.O8 3-5.
William Agee, Baltimore cros..
Country Club. 2:53:O7 %.
Francis T. O'Donilell, Atlantic City,
2:58:05 2-5.
William e. Peters, unattached. Hal.
tim0re, S:04:10 2.5.
. Harvey Prick. Millrose A. G.,
Nestor Ericsson, tygnet, s.os:se s.s
Mike Lynch, Aloysius. Washington,
William Kennedy, Cygnet, 3:lI:41 as.
Karl Gottschalk. Baltimore Crnss.
Country. 3:13:25 4-5.
William w. Gerould, GermanAovvn
Philadelphia, 3I5:D6.
Frank Jerry. Westinghouse Club,
New Castle. Pa. a:l5:20 Is.
Clarence =. Peclsllana. Long Island
Railroad Athletic Association, New
York. a:15:31 rs.
samuel Richman. MillrosS s:lp.sA ~
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Kennedy of New Orleans. In the third
round of a scheduled six-round bout
Kennedy, dropped in the first round,
was knocked spraying TO the canvas
In the third with a short right to the
chin. He was unable TO gain his feet
and his seconds tossed a towel into
the ring as the referee was about to
finish the final count Grogan out
classed his opponent from the start.
Johnny Vacca Of Boston, twice con.
queror Of Fidel la Bafba of Los An.
geles, the fiyweight champion, dropped
an eight-round decision to Archie Bell,
q shifty New York 11S-pounder. Vacca,
bobbing and weaving like Dave Shade,
was unable to connect with his heavy
rights that wound harmlessiy around
Bells neck and he looked very foolish
at times.
Brown, GOldstein Win.
Newsboy Brown of Sioux City. Iowa,
won the verdict over Ernie Peters, an
Indian fiyweight of Chicago. in an
other eight.rounder, dealing out an
artistic pasting. Peters was on the re.
ceiying end of continuous body at.
tack from the start and WAS no match
for the rugged, hard-hitting Iowa
youth. Peters weighed H. pounds and
Brown I1215.
Abe Attel Goldstein Of New York,
former world basntamweight cham
pfon. had no trouble in defeating Pete
Sallmiento OF the Philippines, In the
eighf-round sernifinaI Sarnniento was
| fioored for a count of four In the sey,
enth. Goldsteiii weighed l1sM, Ear
miento liz pounds.
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BY the Associated Press,
"A ADDISON SQUARE GARDEN,
NH NEW YORK, March 26.-
WI World record performances
4 by two American stars, Lloyd
Hahn of the Boston A. A. and
Chick Werner of the Illinois A. G..
tonight took the spotlight from Edwin
Wide's victory over Willie Ritola in
the Emile race slated to be the fea.
ture of the United Swedish Societies
indoor track and field carnival.
Flashing sensational burst of
speed, Hahn, the American mile cham
pion and@ recent conqueror of Wide,
smashed the indoor mark. besides bet
tering the best outdoor standard, in
q sensational 1,000.meter duel with
Ray Dodge of the Illinois A. G. Hahn
broke the tape in 2 minutes 70 "a
seconds, clipping is seconds from
the former world record, made by
Joie Ray in 1925.
The outdoor mark of 2:2S 3-5 is held
by Sven Lundgren of Sweden
Werner Sets Record.
Werner, former University OF
Illinois hurdler, shattered one world
indoor record and equaled another in
making a clean.sweep Of the series
of timber topping events.
Werner stepped over the 60-yare
low sticks in is seconds to displace
the former mark of z 20, set in 1913
by j. j. Eller at Chicago. He cleared
the low hurdles in 6 is seconds TIC
equal the record first established In
1915 by Eller, and equaled several
others.
Werner was closely pressed by his
club mate. George Guthrie, in both
record performances. Less than foot
separated them at the tape either
time. Herb Meyer and Tom Farrell
New York A. c.. hurdlers, and re,
manning starters, finished third and
fourth in both races.
Werner also was victorious in the
other race of the hurdle series at 40
yards, but his time of rs seconds
was 2-5 of second short of the
world record. Meyer was second in
this test, with Farrell third, and
Guthrie placed fourth.
Wide Gets Revenge.
Wide, the smooth running Swedish
schoolmaster. decisively defeated Ri
tola. Finnish American veteran, and
Willie Goodwin of the New York
a.. c..
Wide was clicked in Q minutes
seconds, as compared with the stand
ard of S:58 les. set two, years age
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TILDEN AND ALFONSO
TO BE HERE APRIL a

William T. Tilden. Cd, and Manuel
Alfonso. No. | and No. ranking tennis
stars of the United States, have
agreed to play an exhibition at the
Arcadia, Monday night, April 4.
Washington racket fans will be
given the opportunity to see these
stars in action as the result of Big
Bills personally expressed desire to
play again in the Capital City.
Tilden. In a letter to Paul Harding.
chairman Of the new tennis commit
tee, stated that he considered Wash
ington's indoor tennis court one of
the best in this section and expressed
the desire to appear here again on his
way North from Florida.
Since the appearance of these two
star racket wielders on January 10,
both have been constantly in action
in the South.
Tilden and Alfonso will play a
singles match as the headliner, with
Tilden and Tom Mangan paired
against Alfonso and Emmett Pare In
three doubles sets. Pare recently won
the Western indoor singles title.
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rmen Far Under Par Physically Jones Easily Wins Southern Open
BOO, FAvORlTE, FIRST
IN LOUISIANA DERBY

NEW ORLEANS, March 26.-Boo,
E. r. Bradley's successor to the many
famous ABs of the Idle Hour farm
which have run before him, upheld
the stables name here this afternoon
by winning the $4,000 Louisiana
Derby by length and a half over
Fred. Jr.. his nearest competitor.
The winners time for the mile and
an eighth was Isl As, three-fifths of
a second lower than the track record
set by Bagenbag gage last year.
The winner was a 9-1o favorite.
Two-dollar tickets on him paid $3.50
to win, $3.50 to place and $3.50 to
show.
Boo's win, in a large measure, was
due to the ride given him by ''Goldie"
Johnson Johnson, with his left leg
in a plaster cast as a result of an
injury yesterday in the third race,
rode Boo today He held the son of
Black Toney off the pace until the
three-quarter was reached, then made
his move and came into the stretch
to win going away from Fred, Jr.,
who had hung all the way round
Fred, Jr., S. w. Grants 3-year-old,
who was mentioned in the advance
dope as the most probable contender
for the honors, ran true to form
under a steady ride by N. Birger. and
finished second, although outrun in
the stretch by Boo
Fly Hawk, a rank outsider in the
betting, finished third a head in front
of Peter Peter, the Greentree star
but eight lengths behind Fred, Jr.
The Greentree entry, Peter Peter,
and Overlooked. could do no better
than finish fourth and sixth, re
spectively.
Ideal weather. a fast track and a
roaring. record-breaking crowd of
16 300 cheered the II equine contends
ers as they flashed down the stretch.
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BOSTON MARVEL BREAKS
INDOOR, OUTDOOR MARKS
Runs Distance in Sensational Time of 2:26 2-5
Werner Lowers Hurdle Record and Ties One.
Wide Winner Over Ritola.

| by the Finnish phantom, Paavo
Nurmi.
The Swedish stylist, however.
gained sweet revenge over Ritola-
1t was the first time they had met
since the 1924 Olympics, when Ritola
trimmed Wide in four straight races,
but the Swede tonight ran his OPP
ponent into the ground to win by
40 yards, with Goodwin so yards
further in the rear.
Wide set the pace all the way and
won as he pleased. He probably
would have come much closer to rec
ord time had either rival been able
to extend him. Goodwin stuck to the
! SWedes heels for most of the first
mile, then yielded second place to
Ritola. Over the last mile, however,
Wide's steady, graceful strides added
yards to his advantage with every
turn of the board track. Ritola' s
time was Oil.
This was to have been Wide's fare
well to board tracks, but 1t was an
nounced after his victory that he
would make another attempt to lower
the world indoor mile record of Alp
on April . at the 7th Regiment
Armory. The Swede was beaten by
Hahn in a mile race here.
Bowman Triple Victor.
Chester Bowman, stocky Newark
A. G.. sprinter dominated three rivals
in the sprint series, winning all three
races at 40, so and so yards, but fail.
ing to touch record time in any of
them.
He easily outfooted Francis Hussey
of Boston College, who took second
in the 40-yard dash; Bob McAllister
of New York, runner-up in the other
two dashes, and Henry Cumming of
the University of Virginia.
Harold NJ. Osborn of the Illinois A.
c., world champion high jumper,
turned in the best performance he
has shown in his speciality this sea
son, when he leaped feet 51a inches
to win this event. He failed in three
attempts TO set a new indoor record
of feet 6ss inches.
Gail Robinson of the New York A.
C. cleared 6:3i2 to gain second place,
and Charley Major of ST. Boniventure
College was third at 6:1.
Owe Anderson, young Finnish star,
starting from scratch, was the victor
| in three mile run in which his chief
rival, Leo Lernond of the Boston A.
A., also a scratch man, collapsed and
withdrew after covering only mile.
Anderson won easily from the re.
mainder of the field in IA minutes,
At "a seconds
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Rr the Assneiated press.


HOUSTON, Tex, March 26.--Iowa
States fleet team smashed the inter-
collegiate record for the medley relay
at the Rice Institute games here to-
day, in which Illinois, Michigan
State and Iowa State carried off the
ma or share of honors.
The Iowa State runners hung up
a new time of 1:34.4 in the medley
event, six-tenths of a second better
than the old mark. of 7:35 established
by the University of Texas team in
1925.
Illinois took FIVE firsts, winning the
1.mile and 4-mile relays. White of
l.Illinois scared 10 feet 81 inches in
the pole vault in an attempt to break
the all-American college record of 10
feet inches, held by Lee S. Barnes
of the University of Southern
California.
Simon of Illinois won the broad
jump with a leap of % feet inches
and Lyons Of Illinois with a heaye of
46 feet | inch captured the shotpl,t.
Caulnm, running the half; Thorn
berg. 40. Wilmer, 220, and Conger
finishing up with a speedy mile, raced
to the new mark for Iowa State in
the medley relay.
The Emile team from Iowa state
ran or with that event. giving the
Ames School two firsts.
Michigan State demonstrated It's
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FRENCH ANNEX DOUBLES:
BOROTRA TAKES SINGLES

star brought off Frances first twin
triumph in one event on this side of
the Atlantic. Never before has an
exclusively French team captured an
American doubles crown, although
Borotra, paired with A. w. Asthalter
Of New York. won the indoor honors
two years ago.
Borotra was the dominating figure
on the court In the doubles. It was
from his versatile racquet that the
finishing shots in nearly every rally
sped swiftly and surely through the
openings in the American teams de-
Tense, but he was ably seconded by
Brugnon's powerful service,
DR.. King proved the vulnerable link
| In the American combination tt was
through his service thar the European
team broke ia each set to gain their
advantage. eIratic forecourf play on
the part of the New York man costing
the losers many points and eventually
paving the way To their downfall.
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Griffs' Dizzy Playing Enables
Giants to Win Another, 5 to 3

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 20
Another licking was handed the Ma
tionals today by the Giants in the
fifth meeting of these clubs in their
13-game Spring exhibition series. Now
Bucky Harris charges are three down
to John McGraw's clan. The Giants
made their fourth.win figures read,
5 TO 3.
tionaIs suffered one Of the men
tai lapses that have narred their
play so often this Spring In Florida.
In the. sixth session Giant attack
upon George Murray. who had started
on the slab for Bucky Harris bunch.
allotted by this lapse served 10 break
IL deadlock and salt the game
away for the opposition.
Murray went through six innings,
granting seven safeties and two
walks. four Of the blows being
punched against him in the sixth. II.
wing Hadley In the next two rounds
yielded two hits and issued a couple
of passes out Of which the Giants got
a marker.
Face Barnes and GARRISON.
Virgil Barnes and Bill Clarkson did
the Ringing for the opposition, the
former toiling six innings. Six of the
ten slams credited to the Nationals
were made off Barnes. But for his
own wild throw, Barnes would not
have been scored against, however.
Clarkson had the Giants a bit nerv.
Gus when he was nicked for a couple
of runs in the ninth. but only one of
the four hits made off him then was
sound drive.
Spectacular fielding was done by
sam West. Goose GosIin and Ollie
Tucker. West and Tucker made bril-.
liant heayes TO the infield to head of
Giant runners after catching hoists,
while the Goose scampered under the
sheltering palms back of left field to
drag down what seemed a certain
homer for Rogers Hornsby when it
left the bat
Two singles were wasted BY the
Nationals I'm the opening round, but
both came after two batters had been
retired. Tucker ripped a ne-baser
to left, then pulled up at second az
Goslin dumped single into right field
! and Myer ended the rally with a
bounder to Barnes.
The Giants were quiet in their first
battling turn. and so were Bucky Har
ris' charges in their second, but only
sharp fielding kept the Giants away
from the plate in the latter part OF
round ,. Harper walked as a starter
and Murray also passed the next bat
ter. Jackson then hunted. Myer
came in well for the ball, but with
Travis streaking to first throw was
useless.
Vests Throw Saves Tally.
| When OFT rified a liner TO West, IL
seemed certain that Harper would
count after the catch Sam shot the
/ ball home, however. in plenty Of time
| to cut off the New York tally, and
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By the Associated Press.
N JEW YORK, March 26.-Smash-
mi ing through DIR. George King
and Francis +. Hunter for a
A n final round doubles victory,
Jean Borotra and Jacques
Brugnon today completed the route OF
Americas tennis ranks In the national
indoor championship. The match was
decided in straight sets at 7--5. 6--3,
6--3.
The French pair then took the court
as rivals In the third consecutive all
French singles final on American soil,
with Borotra carrying OFF the title by
e.. a. cd.
Spectacular stroking. teeming with
sparkling rallies at the net. swept the
basque back to the peak he occupied
In 1925. 1t was France third straight
national indoor singles triumph, Rene
sIacoste having taken the title a year
ago
nv their dasl, through bath aingies
and doubles, th& trlcolor Davis CUP
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~ Bobby Jones. open gOlr Cn3m-
"A pion of the United States and
4 j Great Britain, won another
title today when he captured
the Southern open at East Lake Coun-
try Club, his home course.
He played the 70 holes in PSI. eight
strokes ahead of Johnny Farrell, New
York, and John Golden. Paterson, N.
J. who tied for second place and the
81 900 money award for the leading
professional. They had scores of 2S9.
Tournament officials announced
that the first and second money
awards would be divided between the
two professionals, but the players
later obtained permission to play off
an 1S-hole match for first money over
the East Lake course Monday after
noon. the loser to take second money
of $1,750.
Al Watrous, Grand Rapids, was
close behind Golden and Farrell, with
POI, followed by Leo Diegel of New
York, who had 299.
Voigt Finishes Tenth.
George Voigt, Washington amateur,
finished tenth, with 297, and Watts
Gum, Atlanta amateur, was four.
teenth, with 299. the same score
turned in by Walter Hagen.
Early in the day 1t was seen that
the contest would be for second place.
Bobby Jones, with scores of 70 and
Sc, was far ahead of the field at the
close of the first SO holes, and the
professionals set out for a battle
among themselves for the second place
position and first money.
Bobby finished strong In both his
morning and afternoon rounds. He
dropped a chip shot from the edge
of the green for a birdie two in the
third round that gave him a II, and
in the afternoon he got long putt
| down for 70.
Bobby Not on His Game.
Bobby was not on his game today,
and while he played great golf for
an ordinary player, he was not hit.
| ting the shots that gave him a. sc
yesterday. He did not have to, for
he was so far ahead he could coast
home.
The champion went out in par or
his morning round after poor start
taking a five on the par four first
| hole. He picked up a. birdie at the
seventh and played the rest of thu
holes perfectly.
Coming home he slipped on twt
holes where he needed one more thar
par, and had to wait until the
eighteenth to get one of them back
In the afternoon he was one over
| par on each side, playing the first
nine in par with one exception. Or
| the second and last nine he got two
brides to offset three holes where q
stroke over par was needed.
Second-PIace Fight Hot.
The fight for second place was diff
| ferent
Golden was leading Farrell by one
stroke until the seventeenth green
where with both well on in two, Far.
rell dropped a 40-foot putt for a
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BURGHLEY Is STAR
AS CAMBRIDGE WINS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
LONDON, March 26.--Lord David
Burghley, Cambridge University s
titled timber-topper, starred in a
sweeping victory over Oxford in their
f1fty-ninth annual track meet at the
Queens Club today The Cambridge
captain. who is going to the United
States in April for the Penn relays,
won both the hurdle events for the
third consecutive year. Oxford cap
tured only two of the II events con-
tested
Robert l.. Hyatt, former Harvard
athlete, appearing for the last time
against Cambridge, won the pole
vault for Oxford for the third con-
secutive year. The other six Ameri-
cans on the Oxford team failed to
turn in any victories.
J. w. J. Rinkel of Cambridge won
both the century and quarter-mile
dashes. The performances of the
teams were considered good in view
of the rainy weather.
100 yard. w. j. RinkeI. Cambridge
Bayes N. Norton tYale). Oxford. second
TINE .,t 10 Oh; seconds mi, c.uA.,s.. = :
White; Oxford second. Time. minutes. 1-5
secip .oeyard hirh hurdles--rord David
Rurghley. Cambridge. G. Weirhtman smith
Snot puL--h l. Howiand. Cambridge
Robert J.. Hyatt tHarvardD. Oxford, second
= Broad fump--v B. Powell. Cambridge: G.
W, Pomeroy. Cambridge. second. % feel
3 "a inches.
Three-mile rum. Thomas. Oxford; W. A.
Edwards. Oxford. second. Time. Is minute,
5 seconds.
High jump D. S. Pendlebury. Cam
bridge; T. e. Tweed, Cambridge, second
22O-yard low hurdles--Iord David Burrh
| ley, Cambridge; T.. g. Livingstone, Cam
bridge. second. Time. 20 seconds
| oxford: r.. r. McGiIi lUniversity Of Flor.
| idal, Oxford: and J. +. Longland Cambridge
tied for second. II feet inches
Quarter MILE. w. j. Rinkel. Cambridge
Earl B. Thoenen tDartmouth). second. Time
| 81 seconds.
One mile--F. L. Hamer Cambridge: M, F
Young: Cam bridge. second. Time min
utes 35 3-5 seconds.