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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26
THE LISTENING POST
by WALTER TRUMBULL

] Chick Meehan's pupils have q pretty
stiff nine-gane schedule. He may need
all Of the fifty candidates who are ex-
pected TO report ak the FarmingdaIe
camp. He will have 81 letter men from
last years squad. and expects TO have
q really good team.
The Violet plays such opponents as
Georgetown, Colgate. oregon, Georgia,
Fordham and Carnegie Tech. None Of
those teams are set-ups.
Southern California expects to have a
squad of at least 90 varsity candidates.
Nineteen OF these will be letter men
Howard Jones undoubtedly viii have a
strong team: many believe O much
stronger team than last Deason.
Persons who never detour from the
straight, hard road to the bright flow.
cred fields may have been born stead
fast, or blind.
Jock Hutchjson once said the first
two golf clubs q beginner should buy
are a brassie and nnidiron. How about
pair Of niblicks?
A fan 10 aliDdys quick to foht
With all at his command
For his iadltenabte right
TO umpire from the stand.
Maxey Rosenbloom believes that life
10 Q wine which must be drunk before
1t goes nat with ege. Maxey IL doing
pretty well.
After the victory, don't dwell too
much on your own ability. Figure q
little on the other fellows mistakes.
Yale and Princeton appear on Carne-
gle Techs home basket ball schedule
for next year.
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MATE OUT OF BIG RACE
Injury Robs Saratoga Feature of
Championship Status.

Injury Robs Saratoga Feature of
Championship Status.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y, Au-
gust 26 Cp).-The race which was to
settle the question Of turf supremacy
for 1891 Is OF so far as Mate, one of
the three contenders. Is concerned. A.
@. BoStwick, owner of the years lead
ing 3-year-old, has announced that
Mate would not start against Twenty
Grand and Sun Beau In the Saratoga
Cup race September 5.
Mate, Bostuick said. evidently was
cut by another horse in the running of
the Kenner q few days ago. He is suf-
fering from swelling on his left hind
hook. which has spread along near the
ankle.
The scratching Of Mate leaves Twenty
Grand, the Kentucky Derby winner
which lost two out of three decisions
to Mate. and sun Beau, Willis Sharpe
Kilmer's 6-yesr-old veteran, which has
raced impresSively this year TO become
the worlds greatest money-winning
horse. as the leading contenders for
the cup.
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NET TOURNEY PLAY
IN QUARTER FINALS
Capital City League Netmen Will
Use Henry Park Courts for
Rest of Matches.

Competition IN the Capital City Ten
MS League closed tournament was to
be staged this afternoon on the Henry
Park courts. which win be the scene Of
the remainder Of the affair.
Play IN the quarter final round Of
the singles was TO start at $50 o'clock,
and second-round competition In the
doubles was TO get under way at 4:90
O'Clock One thtrd-round singles match
and one quarter-flnal tilt in the doubles
also was slated
Fred Doyle and Barney Welsll came
through with upset wins yesterday in
the singles. The former downed Alan
Staubly, seeded No. /, rs. 6-3, ard
the latter vanquished Maurice OMEN.
seeded fourth, liz, Us.
Today's schedule:
SINGLES.
onsrtsT-fnal round-5.70 O'Clock, Herman
s s psef os,. O, 81 Welsh q Lssos
VI. Winner Of YeoHans-Pscker match
pT hise round = O'clock Yeomsns vs..
Second sound-<3o O'Clock. Herman and
oNetig rs. ErveIl and Jacob: s o'clock. Kill
ano partner IS DresehleE and Holiecker.
SIS os5Ioss o.T6sT sps Ysgsns e JOIN;
v. Doyis snd osrnet ft0oA' Dok aho 0s'aei
easrtsr-insl roand-s:so O'Clock, Gould
and Risse1berg vs. Smith and staubiy'
Yesterdays summaries:
SINGLES.
Second round-Latone defeated Heisken.
81. SIS Herman defeated GaTnett. "a
s-S C. Yeomsns defeated CARRIER, SO
Third reund-Doyie defeated staubiv
1-5, s-3f Fellows defeated Grant, 6-e,
s-z, Ga: Welsh defeated oEeill. li7-a
LIS; Lakona defeated Seidel, SO. rs:
Herman defeated Goldsmith, s-3 ga
DOUBLES.
First round-Deek and seidel defeated
Helskeu and Welsh. SIS. 81. Doyle and
Garnet. defeated Forsyths and Matthews
Second ropnd--clouid and Eitzenperg de-
fested Grant and Krause. e--4. Sd; Smith
and staubly defeated Moran and Tomeid0n
st. 60
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~ OSEDALE boys have succeeded
- Ia winning their second play
ground city championship track
meet in q row, but whether
the Rosedale girls can triumph for the
second straight season, when the fair
athletes vie for city honors. appears
TO be considerably more of a q'.estion.
The girls will have their innings in
Central High School Stadium tomor-
row. starting at 10 am.
Boy playground athletes were hold
ing their annual city track tests today
at Francis Junior High School.
Rosedale girls have won the meet
the last three years. This Summer,
however, Rufina King, mainstay of
the team, will not be able to help
them. at least so far as the point
trophy is concerned She will COM
pete in the unlimited class for the first
time and points scored in this class
don't count toward the trophy George
town, runner-up last year, and several
other teams are given a chance for
laursls.
Maude Parker, popular director Of
girls activities of the playground de-
partment, will be in charge of the
meet.
Rosedale boys had a tough time to
win yesterdays affair over johnson
in Central High Stadium, but were not
so hard pressed as they were to trim
the same team last year. Rosedale
scored 25 points against 10 yeSter-
day for johnson. In 1890 Rosedsle
triumphed by only lone point. IS to
25, Columbia Road, with is, was
close third yesterday, followed by Hayes
with IA and Barnard with Is Other
grounds scored as follows: Blooming
dale, 10; Twin Oaks, 8: Virginia Ave-
nue.. 8: Brookland, Wheatley and
Happy Hollow. each s: Thomson and
Ketcham. each S; Peabody and Iowa
Avenue, each 4 Gailinger, EdmondS.
Takoma Park. Stanton, Woodbridge and
Georgetown, each 3; Chevy Chase, 2.
and Hoover and Garfield, / apiece.
Strength in the relay events carried
Rosedale to victory. Second places in
the 7o-pound and unlimited class relays
told
Wilbur Robinson of Barnard was the
lone athlete to break q record. He
leaped 20 feet 7 inches in the unlimited
class running broad jump. The old
mark. made by Seeney of Johnson
Powell last year, was 20 feet 3h
inches.
Paxton of Ketcham was q surprise
winner In the half-mile, always q blue
ribbon event.
Some 2,2oo competed in the meet.
held In the Central Stadium for the
first time. It was under the competent
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COLESvILLE RINGER
CHAMP UNCROWNED
Hill Drops Two Games Then Wins
Three in Row to Conquer
Cook-Both Qualify.

Edward Hill, runner-up last year. Is
the new colored horseshoe champion
of Colesville, Md. Hill yanquished the
1880 titleholder. Robert Cook, in one
of the hottest finals OF preliminary play
in the coiored section of The Stars
metropolitan championships. They
played a five-game match and Cook
took the frst two skirmishes, 500
and 50-3l, aftel which he appeared
certain to keep his crown. But Hill,
throwing ringer after ringer made q
sensational comeback to win three
straight, sos, 500 and 50-44.
That last was a humdinger.
Both will carry on iiito the Mont
gomery County finals, to be played at
Lincoln Park.
Lincoln Park courts will be the scene
of some nifty matches tonight when the
local preliminaries and Rockville finals
are staged. Chairman Rev. James Davis
Is expecting a large gallery. Play will
start at s o'clock.
Shopping News delivery boys will play
their second round Friday on the
Twelfth Street "Y" courts. Charles
Briscoe exhibited class in the pre-
requested to be on hand: James Car
penter, Charles Briscoe, Donald Simp-
son, James Tate. Bill Daniels, Charles
Hamilton, Walter Jackson, Ralph
Brooks, Monroe Wall, Harold Morton,
Leo Edwards. Vernon franklin, Erskey
Freeman, James Baylor, Raymond Jack
son and Roy Wilson.
Fairgrounds closing September are
requested TO push the preliminary play
for the next three days Divisional
dates will be announced later.
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SINCLAIR'S FUTURE
ON TURF UNCERTAIN
Racing String to Be Sold, but
Breeding Farm and Three Great
Sires to Be Kept.

BY the Associated Press.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, August
26.-Whether Harry r. Sinelair's re-
tlrement from thoroughbred racing
would be permanent or temporary
affair was a matter Of much conjecture
today.
5inclair's Rancocas Stable Is TO pass
from the picture September 3, when
the stables IS horses In training will
be sold.
Friends Of Sinclair say, however, that
his green-capped silks will be on the
turf again next year and point to his
large breeding farm at Jobstown, N. j.,
where more than 100 mar IS, yearlings
and weanlings are quartered.
Sinclair refused to discuss his future
plans when he announced his retire.
ment, because he was unable to give
his stable proper attention" but his
three great Sires, Zev, Lucillite and
Bud Lerner, will not be sold.
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exercise to tune up for his fortieth
season Of foot ball coaching. And they
do say he Is likely to have q bit better
material than usual this season. He
will be pleased about that, for the
reason that his old Alma mater, Yale,
Is to send its foot bali team out TO
play Chicago on October II.
This first journey Of q Yale eleven
in the Middle West is In honor of the
grand old man Of the Western Confer
ence. Stage was one of Yale's greatest
athletes and New Haven has not for
gotten him.
With far less material than some of
the other great universities of his section,
he always has managed to turn out good
teams and fine men. When Stagg
coaches q boy, he builds not alone for
foot ball season, but for q lifetime
He teaches more than foot ball.
THE New York University foot ball
i squad again viii do some pre-
liminary training ut Farmingdale,
Long Island.
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Mrs Moody should be good enough
to keep on winning for another nve
years, unless some prodigy happens
to break into the plot. She sttn has
about everything, which happens 70
include youth and condition.
THOSE interested in the budding
! crop of coming heavyweights viii
have part Of the answer in the next
two nights. Charlie RetzIan, the best
Of the sluggers, is TO have his shot
at Joe Sekyra, q good boxer, who knows
hts trade. Tonight Ernie Schaaf can
show how good he Is against Campoio,
who at least Is no part Ola set-up.
Schaaf looks to be one OF the best
CT the heayyweights on the outer fringe
surrounding Schmekng. He Is hard
TO hurt and he can punch This u q
neat combination TO build on. He ought
10 get somewhere with the stun he has,
So should Retzlaff. Both should win
and move still higher.
A New Star Reports
A NY lo-year-old tennis player who is
n good enough to mop up tran
where Johnny Does, Frank Shields
and Fred Perry are trying TO bar the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

been some time since any new star
was added to the sporting list. but
entry who can set q high level Of play
and hold 1t week after week against
the best In the game Vines could use
q few more pounds Of flesh upon
his frame. but then Bill Johnston really
weighed more than 40 when he was
one of the best in the world.
When 1t comes to records. the Chi
cago White Sox just cracked one when
they drew out $1,000 fans at home
with q club tied IN . bowknot for
last place. Who can spot an improve
mAnt on that one?
(CopyFfght, 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. fnc.l
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coming back. Mrs. Moody has been
the best of the woman tennis play
ers for some years-much the best.
And Young Vines may be another
Tiiden or another Johnston He has
been the main tennis sensation Of 1891
With the national title only two weeks
away, he will be favored against any
single entry in the big championship
cast
Vines has played the most consistent
tennis OF the year, and If he has the
stamina at 10 10 keep moving along
he Will be the hardest man in the
field to beat At Forest Hills. 1t has
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Mat Matches

~ tas Associated Press.
SAN FRANCIsCO--Gus Sonnenburg,
2cS, Bostor, threw Bob KruSe, 200
Portland. Greg, two out Of three falls.
Sonnenhura, first, 30: Kruse. second 8.
Sonnenburg. third. 9.
SANTA ROSA, Caln.--Ieo Papiano,
200, Stockton. Calf, threw Bull Mon
tana, les. Hollywood, ~ minutes.
TACOMA, wash.-Rolland Kirsch-
meyer, $40. Okishona defeated Abe
KapIar, 2ig. New York, tao out OF
three fails. John Freberg. 23o, Seattle,
drew with Dan Kolon. $50, Bulgaria
ffive f0unds1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26

LOUIS BOD Grove
turned In one OF
his finest games
and yet WAS beaten,
! to O, when Coh
man suppressed the
Athletics. 1t was
tough luck to have
q record checked
IN this fashion. as
It may be years
before any one
else ever gets an
other chance 70
shoot At q mark
where one must
keep on winning
for two or three
months.
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RACKETEHs ARE ACTIVE

Competition In the Playground Ten
in the junior class. Before the end Of
the day ~ teams were to sfow their
wares on IL Playground
Senior racketers, who started play
Monday will compete again tomorrow.
Juniors are 10 get more action SAT-
tsrday
Colored division play win start Mon
A1ay at Howard.
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road has Just about
arrived at the top
rim Of the top
fight.
California once
ruled tennis with
Mclaughlin a n d
Bill job ms ton
Then T'ilden came
along and wrecked
the Wester n
monopoly n 0 ".
with Mrs. Helen
Wills Moody on one
side and Ellsworth
Vines on the other
the rule of the
Pacific Coast is
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carried from the
field. he slips on o
wet court and they
back up the am
bulance. Tennis is
becoming Is pre-
carious Is hockey.
Still, there are q
few tough old
timers left. 1t Is
reported that Amos
Alonzo Stage, at
SO, went out In the
blazing sunshine
and defeated his
son in a few sets
Of tenniS.
Stage naturally
has - Aak n Mak -
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Mss England Held peeer Boat Than Woods Defender of Gu

OF the Metropolitan League. There
win be several prizes in each event.
Play In the buffers tournament will
start next Monday at o'clock, with
the finals to be contested the following
Friday. The experts events will be
run on in one night. 1t will be modelled
after the highly successful invitation
tournament held recently ut the Nc
Lean, Va, carnival.
All pitchers not rated as stars will
be eligible for the buffers tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26

T<ENNIS once was regarded as a
gentle pastime. Ladies in long
skirts and gentlemen In blazers
played 1t languidly, before they
had their tea. Now It IL becoming
such severe sport that It would not
be surprising at any moment to see
committees Of college professors meet
ing TO do something about 1t.
II some youngster Is not overcome
by the heat and his exertions and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26
BADGERS HOPE TO REPEAT
To Have Most Of Champion Track
Team Back Next Year.
% Ne Assoe.ated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Coach Tom Jones University of Wis
eonSin trackSters, who broke up the
Michigan-Iilinois monopoly on Big Ten
titles for the first time In IL years.
expect TO be at or near the top for
another season, at least
Athletes representing a. Of the Is
points with which the Badgers won the
1891 title win be In harness next year.
This group includes George Wright,
who set new conference 2-mile record :
Ted Shaw, who tied for first In the high
Jump; Greg Bakat, discus winner !:
Larry Kirk, second in the mile, and
Ralph Lovshin, fast-improving pole
vaulter.
Sam Behr, shot-putter; Frisch ham
rner-thrower, and Homer Davidson,
quarter miller, are graduated this wear.
willard Mack. the playwright, has a
string of race horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26

Breaking Records
T<ENNIS AND BASE BALL are en-
tirely different when 1t comes to
breaking records In tennis
you are on your own. In base
bah there are II others who figure.
Mrs Moody. who won her seventh
title Sunday, won't be stopped for
some time in tennis, since she happens
TO be much the best woman tennis
player In the game. But out in ST.
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CENTENN1ALs TO MEET.

Candidates for the Centennial l25-
pound foot ball eleven are TO meet
tomorrow night at the home of Harry
Suit. 72l North Capitol street, Apart
naent 3, at 8 o'clock.
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DUKE HAS GRID TALENT
Coach Wade Finds 10 Lettermen
as He Begins First Year.

Coach Wallace Wade VIII have 10 let
termen as a starter for building hts first
foot ball team at Duke.
Loss Of RcSky signal calling end,
Murray. half back and Davis. 1880 cap
tain, took three all-State choices from
the team and several reserves will not
be back
Wade was pleased with the showing
made by his candidates in Spring
practice .
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BETTERS CASTING RECORD
chenin, Pacific Coast Sportsman.
Averages 159 Is Feet.

SAN FRANCISCO. August % GE9.-
J. p. Cueniu, Paciac Coast sportsman.
hettered his own world record for salv
mon fly casting IN local composition
with an average Of l5eks feet, He made
the mark Of l545 feet n a national
tournament
Cuenin's longest cast was l65 feet
which broke the old record Of 1e2 feet
set 10 wears ago.
He cnr1petgd in eight casting events
winning hTet OF SIX OF them to estab-
lish HIS sent claim.
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COMETS CALL SESSION.

Comet gridders viii gather tomorrow
night at o'clock at 1854 North Caro-
lima avenue northeast
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YANKEE MUST LOOK.
.TOltEvER DRIVING
Classic, Best Two in Three
Races; win Be Staged
Early Next Month.
ny the Associated Press,

ny the Associated Press.
IN ETROIT. straight speed
were all that counted Gar
IL Woods chances would APP
- 4. pear slim to retain the
Harmswoyth trophy this year in
the international races September
5-7son the Detroit River here.
Kaye Don, English challenger, in his
Miss England II recently set stra ,ght-
away record at Lake Gar6a, Italy, OF
l10.223 miles an hour which Wood Tor
weeks tried unsuccessfully to better.
However, speed is not the only thing,
as English challengsrs for the past 10
years have learned There Is maneuver-
ability of craft to be considered and in
the past decade no one has turned up
able to handle q Spsedboat with the
same facility with which Wood has
darted his various Miss Americas about.
THE boat in which Don will make
Il his bid is the same in which Sir
Henry SegraYe was killed June ID,
1885,. on Lake Windenlere, England,
when during a speed test it struck q
floating tree limb
The craft was recondit.oned. and
a year later Don, who. since 1922 has
been racing automobiles in England.
took over the helm 1t is the largest
boat ever used in speedboat racing,
being SO feet 6 inches long and weigh
ing approximately six tons
As is customary in high speed events.
Il is pred ted that the coming races
the winner of the trophy must take
two out OF three-will supply 1nforrna-
ton useful to engineers in the building
OF engines for general use.
Miss England III is powered by two
Rolls Royce engines of 1000 horse
power each which turn single screw
of Is inches in diameter at from be-
tween. le.00o and $4,000 revolutions q
minute.
yIIOOptS Miss America TX, on. the
w ether hand. is driven BY two pro-
peliers with larger blades and
driven at a lower rate of speed. The
result Of the races probably viii center
on Miss England's attempts to pick up
distance on the straightaway lost to
Woods twin-screwed boat on the turns
Regardless Of the outcome there viii
be no opportunity for America to pick
up any OF the high speed records. all
Of which now are In possession of Eng
land.
Therem be no straightaway runs at
Detroit after Don's worlds speedboat
record. 4
Other speed records belonging to the
British are Sir Mr-colm Camnbeil's
land speed mark c. 245.733 miles an
hour, set at Dayton Beach, Fla, Feb
ruary 5, 1891, aTls Flight Comdr. A.
II Ofebars recC- u time Of 357.723
miles IN hour for an airplane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26

1t costs money to buy new car. It
costs money to overhaul your old car.
But it costs no more by the mile
to use Esso-and get an increase in
power that may run as high as 20%
more than ordinary gasoline can give.
However, ESQ should not be COM
pared with ordinary gasoline. Note
how it compares with FIVE other pre-
mium-priced fuels in the chart above.
ESQ was originally developed to
permit the development of present.
day, high-compression motors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26

Fairgrounds closing September are
requested TO push the preliminary play
for the next three days. Divisional
dates will be announced later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26

Yale and Princeton appear on Carne-
gle Techs home basket ball schedule
for next year
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P R Q o F

Here's comparison of the power
developed in q high-compression
motor without knocking - by
leading premium-priced fuels.
(The difference, of course, would
be even more startling if ESQ
were compared with ordinary
gasolines.) The fuels were picked
at random from roadside pumps
and the results of the test recorded
on a dynamometer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-26

~ OSEDALE boys have succeeded
- Ia winning their second play
ground city championship track
meat In a row but whether
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Willard Mack. the playwright, has 0
string of race horses.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
COTTON PRICES
ARE STEADY

NEW YORK, June 3 CIN.s).
A generally steady undertone pre-
vailed on the New York Cotton
Exchange during the forenoon
trading today on steady Liver
pool cables and an expected
weekly government crop report.
A considerable amount of short
covering and trade support easily
counter-acted selling from Liver
pool and the Continent, and at
midday, July sold at 1928, un-
changed, October at 8.64. off /,
December at 1856, off l; January
at O8, off l. and March at 9.l6,
off !.
While the warmer weather was
helpful for cotton, it continued
cool during most of the week
over considerable areas, and
growth in general during the past
week was generally sow. Most
OF the Eastern Belt had very
little rain and only light to mod
crate showers were the rule west
OF the Mississippi River. The
temperature averaged near nor
NAL except in Texas, where cool
ness persisted.