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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-25
Local Shots Earn Many Honors

terscholastic team match for the sixth
straight year.
Irene Knox Of the University of
Maryland was the outstanding coed
shot of the year. She won the ma
tional Womens intercollegiate title with
a record score Of 500 out Of 900. cap
tured the women's 50-foot individual
indoor title and then, shooting with the
University of Maryland team, which
won the women's intercollegiate team
championship, she turned in a perfect
score of 600. Size dropped only points
our of a possible 1000 in the three
events.
Louise Tittmsn was the lone girl In
the country to gain the distinguished
grade in the Junior N. r. A: division.
The difficulty o. her feat Is attested by
the fact that only So boys have quail
fed in that grade out of some 10000
qualifications in all grades. :,
While the Camp Perry national
matches were not held, the N. R. A.
sponsored sectic nal championship shoots
in various parts of the country, 1nclud-
ing those 1t Quantico.
w. F. Burrows won the District OF
Columbia singles championship In the
second annual amateur trapshooting
tourney conducted by the Washington
Gun Club. Other titles were won by
Dennis Epson, in the doubles; H. H.
Shelton, ALTAR round: r. D. Morgan,
hizh-over-a DIR. A. B. Slime, handi-
CAP; Chief Pharmacist Mate William
E. saxton, U. s. N, distance handicap;
retired, the 5o-target doubles. ana
G. G. FaWSett, however, was the Dis
trtct's high-average shooter, according
to official American Trapshooting ASSo-
citation figures. He broke 922 clays out
of q possible 1000 In the 100000 900
targets class for an average of 1920.
r. D. Morgan, with .9190 average,
was second and Parker Cook, club
president, with BIAS, was third.
In the 500-1 900 targets class Lieut.
Comdr. Williams broke 645 out Of 700
for q 1914 average. w. s. Wilson,
with 1922, was second and DR.. A. B.
Slime, with 8677, was third.
Chief Pharmacist Mate Saxton did
well in the Grand American COMPETE
ton at Vandalia. Ohio.
In intercity team series the Wash
ingt0n club defeated the Oriole Gun
Club of Baltimore, but lost to the Spa
GUN Club Of Annapolis. ..-
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d. C.. Enhances Tennis Prestige

| Dolf Muehleisen, flying Army cadet
from the West Coast, won the mems
District singles title and with Lieut.
Stanley x Robinson annexed the
doubles crown.
This pair teamed to win the District
public parks women's doubles crown
and the District League doubles. Dooly
Mitchen won the mems singles crown IN
this event and Barney Welsh and
| Maurice O'Neill were victorious in the
doubles.
Louise Hofmeister, Chicago woman
| defeated Sara Moore to win the District
singles championship and teamed with
Marion Butler to annex ttc doubles
Lieut.. Stanley K. RobiI2 On was Vlctori-
Gus in the Army si..o-eS championship
In the City of washington tourney Reba
Kirson and Dolf Muhleisen were trlum-
plant. The Wardman Park tourna-
ment was won by Dooly Mitchell.
For the seventh successive year Navy
turned back Army for the Leech Cup
The score was to 2. Edgemoor Cfut
won the Suburban League flag. while
the District. team title went to the
Treasury Department.
Western and Georgetown Prep rack
eters again proved best in the public
high and prep school leagues, respec-
lively, while collegians also were active
William T. (BilD Tilden and his troupe
of other famous professionals appeared
several times.
For the second straight year Dooly
Mitchell was ranked the Districts best
singles player. Bob Considine wa!
named No 2, while Maurice O'Neill anc
Barney Welsh were awarded the No.
doubles ranking Frank Shore and An.
thony Latona placed No. 2 among the
duos.
Lawrence Baker of Chevy Chase Clut
was elected secretary of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association.
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OLLIE PACINT.

Hagerty. an alumnus, replacing Tom
Mills. The HoyaS won two games, lost
six and tied one Maryland played to
a record CT five victories and six defeats.
1t lost four of its six Southern Confer
ence games. American University won
two of six games and Gallaudet went
through its six-game season without a
victory or a point.
Maryland enjoyed success in basket
ball, winning 16 games and losing 3, but
it was eliminated in the first round OF
the annual Southern Conference tourna-
ment George Washington did fairly
well in the court sport, American U.
scored Signally, Georgetown had an in
and-out campaign, but neither Catholic
U nor GaIaudet was particularly sue
ceSSful.
Catholic University, Georgetown and
Maryland scored on the running track,
with the Cardinals shining especially in
| their own indoor games. Georgetown
and Maryland had indifferent base ball
seasons. None of the other colleges had
mines. Maryland's lacrosse team mar
rowly missed a national championship,
winning eight and losing one.
Outstanding players on various teams
were Berger, a Maryland guard. who
was named an All-America basket ball
player; Williamson, Georgetown foot
ball center, who received All-America
honorable mention. Woods of the Mary
land eleven's backfeld; Fenlon, back,
and Slaird tackle, of the George Wash
| lngton foot ball team Fraatz, end. and
Sheary and Whelan backs, of the Cath
Ollie U. grid com binatlon and Wldnlyer
of MARYLAND anc. Burke of Georgetown,
track men.
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BASKET BALL again was the big
- sport for the independents in the
District area. After busy sea-
son. the devotees of the court game
participated in the annual District A.
A U. tourney, with more than 100
teams struggling for honors. Cham
pions in seven classes were crowned,
Saks getting the unlimited title.
Skinker Eagles retained the District
semi-pro crown after scoring two lone
point victories over the Vic Sports Shop
quint.
Sandlot base ball had quite an active
year. The usual city tournament, how
ever, was not held because of inability
to procure adequate playing facilities,
following the tearing up OF the Terml-
nal Field in the identification of the
section about the Capitol.
In the Capital City League teams
fought in five classes. Columbia Heights
was the unlimited winner. Industrial,
Georgetown Church. Department Store
Independent and French leagues, the
last-named having midget and insect
loops, went through series, as did
American Legion teams. Union Printers
regained the international typo crown
at st. Paul, which they had lost the
year before after winning it many
times.
Semi-pro foot ball honors OF the Dis
trict area were not settled. MohaWks
and the St. Mary's Celtics of Alexandria
played two games. each winning one.
The Hawks defeated the washington
Senators, another pro outfit, and the
MarionS.
The Capital City Foot Ball League
did not operate again, but loop known
as the independent league functioned
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TANOEISTS, oarsmen and swimmers
~ and others Of the National Capital

4 'ANOE1S1S, OdTSI1leIl dIlO SW1niIiclS
~ and others Of the National Capital
who go in for aquatics enjoyed a
fine year. 1t was particularly important
season for canoe devotees as the annual
national championship regatta OF the
American Canoe Association was held
here, in addition to the Middle States
Canoe Association regatta and other
competition. The D. c. A. A. .. again
conducted indoor and outdoor meets
for the swimmers.
Washington Canoe Club scored
heavily in the canoe regattas. Led by
that redoubtable veteran, Harry knight,
the club won the A. c. A. national af-
fair and then swept to victory in the
Middle States competition. In addition
to Knight, Everett Rodman was bright
star for w. C. c.
Potomac Boat Club, long a power in
rowing, also showed strength in canoe
ing with Ernie Millar as its leading
paddler. Potomac was second to wash
ington in both the National and Middle
States regattas.
A feature of the Middle States affair
were the clashes between Harry Knight
and the famed Ernie Reidel of Pendle-
ton Canoe Club of New York. These
old foes met twice, Reidel triumphing
in the senior one-man double blades
with knight winning in the senior one
man single blades.
Potomac surprised by winning its own
canoe regatta early In the season. Syca-
more Island Canoe Club captured It's
annual canvas canoe competition.
Potomac Boat Club again was out
standing in rowing. For the tenth
straight year Granville Guide won the
District single SOULS title.
Ambassador Swimming Club gained
mems team honors in both the District
A. A. q. indoor and outdoor meets.
washington Swimming Club took the
girls trophy in the indoor meet and the
Shoreham Swimming Club girls scored
in the outdoor affair Phil Bateson OF
the Ambassador Club broke the 5o-yard
free style records in both meets, Jean
Smith, Washington, S. c., shattered
marks for the so and 220-yard free style
events in the indoor meet and Rita
Augusterfer. Shoreham S. c., broke
records in the same tests In the outdoor
affair, as well as swimming to a new
100-yard free style standard in the in
door. Beverly Carter, Central &C" Club
set q new 220-yard free style marx In
the indoor competition, Bob Varela OF
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Independents Busy in Many Fields

with unlimited, 150-pound and 1885,
pound classes. Marions won the I'M
limited championship.
There was more track competition
among the amateurs. and most OF 1t
was interesting. Clyde Martak of Bal
timore Cross Country Club surprised
by winning The Stars Bicentennial
National A. A. u marathon from Mount
Vernon to the zero milestone on the
Ellipse. Percy W!er, Monarch A. C.,
Toronto, was second, Paul De Bruyn,
Germany. was third, and Arthur Dew
hurst of the Washington Y M C. A
, was fourth. Bill ASee, Stonewau Demo-
cratic Club, Baltimore, champion In the
1881 marathon, developed cramps and
did not finish. Monarch won team
honors, Baltimore Cross Country Club
was second and Washington knights
of Columbus third. A crowd estimated
at more than $4,000, the largest assem-
blage ever to witness sport event IN
Washington, lined the course, and at
the end of the race Maj. Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, Chief of Staff, U. S. A.
presented Martak with The Evening
Star trophy.
Agee won the Municipal Playground
Takoma Park 10-mile run for the
fourth straight year, and William Shan
ahan, Baltimore, unattached, captured
the annual Bethesda eight-mile run.
Scoring in IL of the Is title events
for total Of 81 points, Catholic Uni
versity won the District A. A. U. meet,
held IN Byrd Stadium at University of
Maryland. Capt. Gayle McGuigan, c.
u, conquered Jack Edwards OF Penn
by a yard in the 4O0-meter dash, one
of the feature events. Earl Widmyer,
Maryland, won both the championship
and the invitation l00-yard dashes.
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CONSIDERABLE national and out-of

4 'ONSlOEOA6lLE QdIlOIldl dllO out-oA-
~ town prestige was earned in 1892
by Washington's tennis players,
who enjoyed one of the brightest net
years in the Capitals history.
Chief interest in the sport here CEN
tered on the clash of the United States
and Argentine Davis Cup teams in the
North American zone final. Uncle
Sans racket wielders scored sweeping
victory.
Clarence Charest brought Washing
ton its lone national title. but other
Capital racketers were prominent in
United States events. Charest won the
national veterans single championship,
a crown he also annexed in 1929, at
Forest Hill, N Y. DOoly Mitchell and
Mrs. Ruth Martinez reached the semi
finals in the singles of the national
public parks tournament at Louisville,
KY, before bowling, while Mrs. Martinez
and Frances Walker advanced to the
women's doubles semi-finals.
Gilbert Hunt was by far the most
prominent of the younger players. Dis
trict and Middle Atlantic boys singles
champion in 1881, Hunt advanced to
the final round in the national indoor
boys tourney at Baltimore. He COM
peted in the junior division of the Mid
Atlantics later in the year and captured
the title
In other competitions on foreign
courts, Clara Tabler defeated Mrs
Martinez to win the Maryland women's
indoor championship at Baltimore
Frank Shore won the Maryland junior
indoor singles championship, and
Morgan Jacob brought still another
Maryland crown to Washington, taking
the State junior outdoor singles title.
Mrs. Martinez won the Women's Dis
trict League singles championship, de-
feating Frances Walker, Ga, g.
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MANY honors were achieved by
lvl marksmen of the District area.
There was much activity on the

MANY honors were achieved by
lVl marksmen Of the District area.
There was much activity on the
rifle, pistol and trapshooting ranges.
District of Columbia representatives
scored heavily in the National Rifle As
ISOLATION Middle Atlantic States cham
pionship shoot at Quantico, Va, one
of nine sectional competitions OF the
year. Sergt. H. M. Boudinot, En-
eineers. National Guard, won the En-
eineers' Trophy in the Presidents
match. The Metropolitan Police team
was second to the Marines In the team
pistol contest and G. NJ Stewart of the
police was third in the individual pistol
match. DR.. William Cook was nigh
civilian in the Presidents match. Maj;
C. S. Shields, National Guard, captured
the short-range individual small-pore
rifle competition. r. H. MCCARTHY ana
his son Don took the two-man team
small-bore rifle test. Capt. j. G.. Jen,,
sen and Sergt. H. Parsons, National
Guard. were second in the 1ong-range
two-man team engagement. Lieut.: H.
Everett, National Guard, with Sergt. j.
P. Blount of Berryville, Virginia Ma
tional Guard, was third in the two-man
team iong-range small-bore match
Ralph mccarthy was third IN the IN
dividual short-range small-bore COM
petition and Hugh E. Riley was third IN
the individual long-range small-bore
match. The National Guard team was
third in the Herrick Trophy match
G. A. Ninas of Gaithersburg, Md, took
the individual long-range small-bore
test.
In the N r. A. national indoor
matches Hamilton Vreeland, jr. won
the 2o-yard timed-fire pistol match
and DR.. William Cook took the 50-foot
22-caliber pistol championship. Ralph
Mccarthy and sis son Don were the
winners Of the Spring two-rnan team
any-sight match.
Among the junior rifle shots, West
ern High representatives, competing
against about 100 school teams OF the
country, took many honors. They won
the trophies in all three of the prone
standing matches. the trophy for high
aggregate ip the prone-standing class
and the trophies for high team in the
first and third series of the highest d.
vision in the prone shooting class. To
climax their successes the Western
shooters won the national interscholas-
tic team title.
Central High girls won the girls in
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Nearby Athletes Register Successes

Prince Georges County. Hyattsville
captured the basket ball and track til
ties and the girls basket ball and vol
ley ball crowns. Maryland Park won
the soccer and base ball championships
and the girls field ball title
Alexandria High was the big noise in
the nearby Virginia schoolboy whirl,
winning the third district titles In bas-
ket ball, base ball and foot ball.
Strangely enough, Jimmy Bruin pro-
v1ded the victory punch in the attain
ing Of each crown. He shot the win
ming basket in the deciding game OF
the court series, Socked a homer In the
vital game of the base ball competition
and kicked the extra point in the de-
Gliding game Of the foot ball series
Alexandria Fraters claimed the Viz
ginia semi-pro foot ball title, after
wins over leading elevens. st. Mary's
Celtics again dominated in semi-pro
base ball around Alexandria, while the
Triple A team won the amateur dia-
mond title. Columbus captured the
city unlimited basket ball champion
ship.
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HIGH School HOnOrs Well Divided

track; Everett Russell, basket ball. and
Al Meiklejohn, foot ball, both of Tech;
Jack Mulloch, Western, base ball;
Grover Naylor, Central, and Bob Stout
fer, Eastern, track, and Tom Heating,
Georgetown Prep, and Dick Hall. Con-
zaga. both of whom were fine all
around athletes. -
Public high school all-star teams were
named by The Star as follows:
Boot ball-Benjamin EASTERN and
Meiklejohn (Tech), ENDS; Campbell
EASTERN and Howyer (Tech), tackles;
Gibbins Central and Gramlich
(Tech), guards; Fred Baxter (Tech),
center: Foley (Tech). quarterback: J.
Mills EASTERN and Brinkman TECH.
halfbacks, and Keegn (Eastern). full
back.
Basket ball-Kane EASTERN and
Wheeler (Tech). forwards; Lieb EAST
ern), center; Shore business and
Russell CTech). guards.
Base ball-Payne WESTERN pitcher;
Cooke Central, catcher; Mulloch
WESTERN, first base; GiOvanetti (Busl-
ness, second base: Pusateri Eastern.
third base; Chumbris Central, short
stop; Bryant (CentraD, left field; FItZ-
patrick EASTERN, center field, and
Martin (Western), right field.
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TEAMS of Takoma-Silver Spring
L High and Bethesda Chevy Chase

TEAMS of Takoma Silver Spring
L High and Bethesda Chevy Chase
High cleaned up in schoolboy
sports in Montgomery County.
Takoma- Silver Spring basketers won
the county title and went to the final
of the Western Shore play in the State
series.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase girls,
after winning the county volley ball
crown. swept to the State champion
ship in the Spring competition. In
soccer the Takona-Silver Spring eleven
was the county winner. It survived to
the Western Shore semi-finals In the
State tourney. Bethesda Chevy Chase
girls again won the county volley ball
series in the Fall. Track and field
athletes of this school cleaned up In
the annual county track meet for SEN
ior and Junior high schools. Several
Montgomery athletes won events in the
State championship track meet In Bal
timore.
Hyattsville High and Maryland Park
High divided scholastic honors IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-25

The record for most consecutive
games won at home is 26, made by
the Giants in 1916. The American
League record is IA, by Detroit, 1909.
The consecutive games lost record
at home Is 10, by Boston Americans
in 1906. and IA, by Boston Nationals
in 1911.
Unassisted triple plays have been
made by eight indiNdualS-Paul
Hines, Neal Ball, Bill Wambsganss,
George Burns, E. K. Padgett, Glenn
Wright, James Cooney and John
-Neun.
The record Of pitching four one
hit games in a season belongs to
Grover Alexander, Philadelphia, Ma
tional League, in 1915. The Amer
lean League record is three, held by
Adrian 9. joss, pitching for Cleve-
land in 1907.
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DIVING CHAMPION HERE
Georgia Coleman to Exhibit in
A. A. U. Swimming Meet.

An exhibition will be given by Geor-
eia Coleman, Olympic diving champion,
as the high spot of a swimming meet
January at $3.50 pm. in the Shoreham
Hotel pool.
The meet, sanctioned by the District
A. A. u, will include events for men
and boys and women. For men there
will be a 2O0-yard free style, 100-yard
breast stroke, l00-yard back stroke and
high-board diving. Boys IA and under
will compete in a 50-yard free style.
WCnen's events will be a 1OO-yard free
style, 100-yard back stroke, 75-yard
medley and high-board diving.
Gold. silver and bronze medals will
be awarded those finishing first, second
and third in each event.
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Some Miscellaneous Activities

War Whites in the championship
match.
MS. Josephine Taylor and Ross D.
Thompson of the Potomac Archers
again won archery crowns, the former,
who pointed the way to the women
competitors In all three Of the Journeys
held, setting a world record with a
score of 1852. Thompson won mems
honors in two of the Journeys, with
William c. Skinner of Ellicott City,
Md, triumphing in the other.
Charming Walker won the District
A. A. U. hand ball singles champion
ship and Tom Charshee and Randy
Myers captured the doubles crown.
The Y. NJ c. A. volley ball team won
a team tournament held at the Y.
Featuring the racing pigeon season
was a Bicentennial contest in which
thousands of birds were released on
the Ellipse The winner was bird
from the Paley Of Hazelton, Pa.
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INVITES D. c. BOYS
FOR CHARITY TILT
Baltimore Wants 20 Grihnen
to Play In Contest on
New Year Day.

TWENTY-EIGHT District school
boy foot ball players have been
invited to try out for the all
Washington scholastic eleven
that will engage picked Baltimore
scholastic team New Year day IN the
Baltimore Stadium at 2 O'Clock.
Practice for the District contingent
will begin Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock, probably in the Central High
Stadium. Drills will continue daily
through Saturday. Orrel Mitchell,
GonZaga coach, who will tutor the
Washington squad, assisted by Dick
Turner, Dewitt coach, and Tuba Far
reIl, figures to put an eleven against
the Baltimoreans averaging approx
mately 1870 pounds.
Several leading players haven't been
asked to try for the team. because
they're busy with basket ball.
Proceeds of the game, sponsored by
the Flanders Post Of the American
Legion of Baltimore. Will be turned
over to the Baltimore police to be
spent for the relief Of that city's IN
employed.
Admission will be three cans Of food,
two cans of coffee or 25 cents.
A large number Of tickets have been
distributed in this city and Baltimore.
Those invited to try for the District
of Columbia team are:
EndS-EdWard Benjamin. Eastern;
Bill Nye, Western; Allison MeikleJohn,
Tech: Larry Sullivan. st. Johns; Shell
ley Johnson. National Training School.
Tackles-Jim Mather, Dewitt; Ashby
Williams. Landon: Bob Campbell East
en; Larry Buscher, Western; Bob
Hogan. Gonzaga Guards-Frank Koc-
SIS, Nicholas PiStolaS, Central; Phil
Hauser and Wallace Gramlich, Tech:
Jimmy Donolloe. Gonzaga: Tiny Gam
mage, Western Centers-Gus Glenn
entS, Dewitt; Fred Baxter, Tech; Lewis,
Eastern Backs-Johnny Gormley Max
Brinkman. Tech; Leo Kiski. National
Training School; frankie Mann, Con-
zaga: Hank Gibbins Central; Archie
Via and Mike Norton, Dewitt. and Leo
Hilleary and Turk Teehan Western
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FIVE EARN TURKEYS
BY SKILL AT TRAPS
Goose Also Is Awarded in Shoot at
Benning-0ficers Give Next
Trophies.

Clay birds" were shot with abandon,
but it was plump turkeys the winners
Of the Washington Gun Clubs annual
Christmas shoot toted home yester-
day. Five turkeys went to the sharpest
eyes and steadiest fingers.
F. P. Williams and DR.. A. B. Slime
tied in the first event. 25-target af-
fair, but in the shoot-of Williams won
the turkey. Slime, however, won a
goose. T. C. Pearce, R. D. Morgan,
Walter Wilson and James NJ. Green
were other winners of turkeys.
In the concluding shoot Of the yea
next Saturday the club officers will
donate trophies to be competed for BY
the members.
Scores YESTERDAY follow.
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ages Municipal Links Washington Are Cheapest United States
DIVERSION LIST TOPPED
BY COLLEGE FOOT BALL

wood course by the country's golf stars
for the second annual National Capt.
tai open tourney. and the Davis Cup
tennis zone finals at the Chevy Chase
Club nets.
The District of Columbia branch of
the A. A. u. exceptionally active dur
ing the year, furnished great amount
Of entertainment in the many meets it
sponsored. Track and field athletics,
swimming, boxing and wrestling were
furthered by this athletic governing Or
ganization and District champions In
each branch were determined.
A summation of the many sports &C
tivities in and about the Capital, given
herewith, deals briefly with the &C
complishments in various paStimes.