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Evening star., 1934-05-25
VIRGINIA ASSAULT
VICTIM SUCCUMBS
Fredericksburg Girl Dies as
Authorities Press Cave
Investigation.
BY a STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

FNEDEftIOrASbOF OFCG, Vd., NIdy 1J'
Miss Fannie Kurz, 81, one of the
two victims of the mysterious attack
in Lovers Lane" here Saturday
night. died today as police continued
an intensive roundup of colored occu-
pants of caves along the Virginia
Central Railway in an effort to find
the assailant who brutally slugged the
girl and her fiancee, Milton j. Brown,
"a, and left them to die.
Miss Kurz. an employe of local
laundry, died in the Mary Washing
ton Hospital here at 1926 am. At
Evening star., 1934-05-25
JUDGE s. H. S|b[EY
NAMEDbY CHURCH
Georgia JuriSt New Mod.
orator of Presbyterian
Assembly.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTREAL. N c., May 25.-Judge
Samuel H. Sibley of Marietta. Ga.
was elected moderator of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States
today. succeeding DR.. Ernest Thomp-
son of Charleston. w. Va.
Judge Sibleys name was placed in
nomination by Rev. Marvin M. Mac
Ferrin of Augusta, Ga, and seconded
by Rev. j. E. Hannah of Union, Ga,
as the seventy-fourth annual General
Assembly of the church turned to
elections and other business.
The new moderator is graduate OF
the University of Georgia and a
widely-known attorney He was ap-
pointed Judge of the United States
Court for the Northern district OF
Georgia in 1919 by President Wilson
and u years later was named to the
Circuit Court of Appeals at New Or
leans by President Hoover.
He is the sixth ruling elder to be
elected moderator in the 73 years of
the church. The last was r. A. Dunn
Of Charlotte, who served as moderator
in 1881.
ASSISTANT NAMED,
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Births Reported.

James and Edna Lyddane boy.
Clarence and Marearet Hammerness. boy.
Daniel and Alice Dundon. boy.
William and Werdna Thacker, girl.
Michael and Mildred Copenhaver, girl
Robert and Mildred Malone. girl.
Jack and Elsie Davis. girl
Evening star., 1934-05-25

Ashley Divorce Hearing Set.
LONDON, May 25 CP.-The divorce
petition Of Lord Ashley against his
wife and citing Douglas Fairbanks. sr,
as correspondent was set today for
hearing at the Summer term of court.
The exact date was not announced.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
PLANS LIGHT-HEAW
TITLE T0URNAME ENT
New York Commission Hopes Al
Wells Venture Will Bring
Order Out of Chaos.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 2.-The New
York State Athletic Commission
has made an effort to bring or
der out of the confused light heavy
weight division by granting Al WE'LL
permission to stage an elimination
tournament.
The commission listed Bob DIN,
under contract TO Madison Square
Garden for title fight against Make
Rosenbloom August l6: Joe knight,
Tony Schucco, Lee Ramage, Lou
Brouillard, John Henry Lewis and Al
Gainor as logical contenders.
Since the garden has not yet sub
mitted contracts, the commission took
no action on the scheduled Olin- -Ro-
senbloom match. 1t is waiting the
report of a California investigation of
the charge that Frank Bachman, Ro-
Senblooms manager, handled Olin's
affairs on the coast and was In his
corner in a Hollywood fight.
Brouillard is the former welter-
weight title holder, while Ramage
holds two decisions over Rosenbloom
in non-title fights, the last one gained
Tuesday night at Los Angeles. Schuc-
CO has been waging a successful cam
paign in and around Boston. Knight,
the Georgian, fought l5-round draw
in title fight with Rosenbloom in
Miami last Winter. Gainor is New
Haven'S leading 175-pounder.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
British Earned Net Triumph,
/ Says Captain of u. S. Team

would be considered better than
either OF cur two singles players.
Frank Shields and Sidney Wood.
and Bunny Austin is certainly the
equal of them II not a shade bet
ter. In the circumstances, why
shouldn't the English have wun7
I'm not sore. After III. this Is q
game and everybody has been de-
hghtful.
The only thing would like to
add is that / do think the crowd
at Wimbledon really was very re-
markable They were partial-they
would be because they wanted their
own countrymen to wtn-but they
were not exaggeratedly partial.
They were sporting lot and most
kind to us all during the time we
were here. have the greatest
respect and admiration for them.
Copyright. 1894. by the North America
Newspaper Alliance, Inc
Evening star., 1934-08-02
INTER-PLAYGROUND
TENNIS UNDER WAY
Field Of 5000 Narrowed Down
to Important Players-Both
Sexes Are Engaged.

COMPETITION began early today
u in the playground stage
of the annual tennis champion
ships of the Playground Department.
The tourney is one of the biggest In
the country, the original entry list
having totsled 5000. The field was
reduced by eliminations on the vari-
Gus grounds.
First-round singles play for junior
and senior boys was scheduled this
afternoon at the Chevy Chase Play
grounds. Girls, who viii play only
doubles matches, started battling
early today.
Today's boys pairings:
Junior Glass.
First round (matches at 1870 pm.)-
March IBurroughsl VS.; Harrod lRay-
IMontroseJ = owens (Mitchem VS.. Bur
stein (Hsmilton); Bennitt (Barnard) VS..
Friedlie, lGallingerl Trammell (Hoover)
coste tOrr) VS.. Burns Virginia Avenue) 4;
Wright (Thompson) VS.. Homanian Happy
Hollow; Spasullie (Rosedaie) VS. Pain
Chevy Chase; Lynham (Eaton) VS.. Royal
Senior Class.
First round (matches at 2;3o)-Bennitt
(Barnard) vs. Kay raymond: Gerony
tThompson) VS.. Brown (Garfeldl; Desch
(Van Buren) VS.. Summers (Eaton).
Evening star., 1934-08-02
TENNIS DUEL LISTED

Mrs. Ruth Martinez, defending
champion, was to meet Kay johnson
at 3 O'Clock this afternoon on the
Sixteenth Street Reservoir courts in
an attractive match in the District
women's public parks tennis cham
pionShipS.
Sara Moore, seeded second, gained
the third round in the singles yester-
day, when she vanquished Mrs, Mar
garet Graham, 6-3, 6-1.
Today's schedule:
Singles o'clock, Ruth Martinez VS..
Kay johnson; O'Clock, Mary Ryan VS..
Bobsy Turney; 5 O'Clock, Dorette Miller
VS.. Betty Withheld.
Doubles-5 o'clock Ruth Martinez and
Bobsy farmer VS.. Mary Detweiler and
Judith Fishburn.
Summaries:
Singles. second round--SaFa Moore de-
feated Margaret Graham, 6-3. 6-1.
Doubles, first round-Mary Ryan and
Kay johnson defeated Cecyle Rayer and
Dorothy Kingsbury. e.. 6--1; Dorerte
Miller and Sara Moore defeated Betty
kronman and Eleanor Craven, 6--2,
7-5.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
MAIDSTONE TENNIS
WIDE-OPEN AFFAIR
Only Five Left Of Eight Seeded
Players in Woman's Event.
Reach Quarter-Finals.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
T. ASTHAMPToN, N. Y, August 2.
L. "A wide-open competition for
the wiln9in H. woodin Gold
Cup, singles trophy in the annual
Maidstone Club woman's invitation
tennis tournament, was in sight to-
day as the quarter-final round was
reached. Only five of the eight seeded
players were left.
Helen Fulton of Chicago, the
youngster who already has defeated
the Nations seventh ranking player,
Baroness Maud Levi, was drawn to-
day to face Katherine Winthrop Of
Boston.
Josephine Cruickshank Of Santa
Ana, Calf, originally second on the
seeded list, but now the highest rank
ing player left since the withdrawal Of
Carolin Babcock from the singles, en-
countered Virginia Rice, fifth seeded
player, from Boston Mrs. John Van
Ryn of Philadelphia, No. player, met
Mrs. Mary Greet Harris of Kansas
City. The fourth match brought to-
gether Mrs. Dorothy Andrus of Stam-
ford, Conn, and third unseeded
player, DR.. Esther Bartosh Of Los
Angeles.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Furr Only Local Pride.

rTHHE defense Of the promoters,
when called to task for two
| months of lamentable matches
is, We can't get any good fighters. "
! The defense does not jibe with state
ments Of visiting fight managers.
When the fight game finally was
legalized here after years OF effort
II was natural that promoters seek
TO build up local boy. With a
single exception. this has resulted in
failure. Phil F1Irr. welterweight,
with much TO learn but with an
honest-to-goodness sock. is the only
Washington scrapper capable of draw
ing flies.
As a drawing card MFR. Nathan
Brown, so-called heavyweight cham
pion of Washington. Is no great
shucks, but this does not prevent
promoters from trying steadily to sell
the colorless Jewish boy to the pub
lie. After seven years Of steady fail
ures and recent terrific lacing from
Tony Galento, they're still trying to
palm of Marty Gallagher. In fact,
Marty has been selected to meet Ga
lento again In the main event Of what
is supposed 10 be the biggest fight
show OF the season-the police fund
card on Labor day With the fans
Red Barry is out. But don't be sur
prised II he bobs up again soon as a
main-eventer for no reason at all
except that he is handy and mex
pensive.
Ogtensfbly the need of educating
local sports followers in boxing has
not occurred to the local promoters.
Goldie Ahearn, best of the match
makers so far, has been turning out
snappy fights at the Riding and Hunt
Club with o commendable regularity,
but the customers, for the most part,
are the same who used to trek to
Berwyn, Kenilworth, Fort Washing
ington, Laurel and Alexandria before
Evening star., 1934-08-02
TRY TO PALM Off
MEDIOCRE TALENT
Boxing Managers Explode
Alibi That Good Men
Can't Be Signed.
HY FRANCIS Z. STAN.

TzO THE embarrassment Of
our conscientious boxing
commissioners. chidings OF
n neighboring fight centers
and utter bewilderment OF only
our pugilistic promoters, Wash
ingtOn's fistic folk, supposedly
the blood d-thirstiest in the land
rapidly are becoming coldly in
different 10 all happenings In
the nose trapping mart.
The ring commission is in debt,
the fans absent in large droves and
the promoters still are under the inn
preston that third-raie local talent,
wornout plug -uglieH, who perhaps
'once were" and leather -peggers no
one ever heard OF viii fulfill proph-
estes that Washington, once II got
Ieqalized fisticuffing. would prove the
hottest spot In the country.
The promoters are wrong. The
American Legions ill-Starred attempt
to promote mediocre cards proved
that the other day. Yesterday the
Boxing Commission literally told the
promoters that although they may be
content TO cater TO couple Of thou
sand incurable fans who'd pay TO
watch four gloves In the ring, the
commission couldn't go mere "car
fare cuts" Meeting In their Offices,
Commissioners Ernest w. Brown,
Lucian Vandoren and Fred Buch-
holz slapped a fiat minimum charge
of $50 and an option of S per cent
per show on promoters, a poor COM
mentary on their ability as match
makers.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

dition. We were
beaten because
we met q bet
ter team.
I think that
possibly t h e
same American
team meeting
the same Eng
lishmen at some
future d a t e
might win, my
whole hypothe-
sis being that,
although the
Englishmen are
better than we
are. they could
Evening star., 1934-08-02
TOE TURNER, comparatively new q

Up to Grandpa Joe.
TOE TURNER, comparatively new 70
boxing, is the man who must do
" most Of the educating Grand
daddy Turner has a ball park capable
Of holding as many as 10000 spec
tators In which 10 stage his scraps.
As yet, however. he has not put in a
single fight that couldn't have been
booked at little,s illegal Portner s
Arena In Alexandria, with q seating
capacity Of 1000.
The American Legion Arena blew
up after three attempts. Each show
was q disappointment. Henry Firpo
a washed-up middleweight. was
brought in to fight Joe Knight. sec
ond ranking light-heavy Of the world
Fight fans apparently were educated
enough to know it was all Knight
and stayed away. They were right.
II was all Knight.
Frankie Remus, a good Navy fight
er, was imported to fight a Frank
10 Bianco. Nobody ever heard of
10 Bianco and the reason was ap-
parent when the fight began. Lo
Bianco couldn't keep the mosquitoes
of Remus and the Legion took a
severe financial licking.
Max Baer was signed to referee
the Legion's last effort between Matte
Brown and Arthur Huttiek. The ad-
vance sale promised a break" at
least. But Legion officials didn't take
the precaution to insure holding of
the scrap in case of rain. 1t was
reported that in the event 1t rained
the show would be held In the WASH
ington Auditorium Rain fell, but
Legion officials forgot to install a
ring in the auditorium, so the fight
was held next night, while Baer de-
parted for Chicago to fill another
contract without Baer the card had
no appeal. 1t was a typical Matte
Brown fight. Matte won In colorleSs
fashion from slipping, out Of shape
Huttick.
Fight Managers No Better.
PROMOTERS repeat their cry,
They amt no good fighters, +"
but this is not the impression
gained from talk among those who
know boxing. What's the matter
with Frankie Klick?" one wanted to
know. II see Benny Bass has been
signed for the ball park. Why not
Klick to fight him? It'd be a good
scrap and draw dough-"
Middleweight Champion Vince Dun
dee is not attracting much more than
carfare elsewhere. He can be signed
at reasonable figure, and a perfect
opponent here would be Ken Overlin,
according to the ring-wise.
There is no buster champion than
Freddie Miller, featherweight king,
yet so far local promoter hasn't
said boo to Freddie. Little Portner's
brought in Freddie to fight Petey Sar-
son and fans still are talking about
that tllSSle.
Steve HailikoS is good lightweight
and willing to fight. So is Joe Ghnou-
ly. The best middleweight in the
world perhaps Is Teddy Yarosz, and
Ted isn't backward or unreasonable
chap. George Manley Is aging rapid
ly, but he still can sock, and, so they.
say, is ready to fight for peanuts.
OF course, it's easy to make matches
On paper. But it can't be so hard in
reality as promoters here seem to be
making 1t. Anyway, here is an invi-
tation to Messrs. Turner, Ahearn,
Swan ct al to drop up and tell yours
truly how to bang typewriter-juSt
to even things UP.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
CHIZzLERS CONTINUE
Interesting Matches Slated IL
Tennis Tourney Today.

Interesting matches were scheduled
this evening in the annual Chizzlers'
tennis tourney on the Monument and
Potomac Park courts.
Today's schedule:
Burns VS.. Trueheart (5. Monumentl
The match was halted last night because
Of darkness after play had gone to 7-5.
"a, SIS.
Singles. second round-Legum VS.. Hull
@, Monument; Black VS.. Arts $3.50,
Quarter T3lnals-Bennett VS.. De Lesder-
nier &c. Monument.
Quartert1nals. Potomac Park--Rice VS..
Stauffer O. Swensen VS.. Nennier s.
Doubles-K Johnson-Joel Baker VS..
Brown -Wilcher g. Monument3s cyr-Cyr
VS.. Alderson-Pooler Il. Monument).
Summaries:
Singles-Huls defeated Dreschler, e..
ID: De Lesdernier defeated Villanova
6-4, 6-1; Bennette defeated Morgan.
60. 6-l; Heffernan defeated Pollock,
"a. Sc: Clinton defeated Sara Moore,
6-2, 6-1: Rice defeated johnson, 6--1.
Is; Stauffer defeated o. Gordon, 60.
6--1.
Doubles (first round)-Bobsy Turney-
Gould defeated Glaut-Thomas, 3-6,
6-1. Cd; Legum- Burns defeated Orn-
HolZbruner. 6-I 6-2
Evening star., 1934-08-02
POLICE CARD COMPLETED
Preliminaries for Labor Day

Preliminaries for Labor Day
Charity Bouts Announced.
Preliminary bouts on the police
fund boxing card to be presented at
Grifith Stadium September 8 have
been announced by the Matchmaking
Committee. The show will be headed
by a 15-round return match between
Tony Galento and Marty Gallagher,
heavyweights. Another pair of
heavies, Matte Brown and Bob Tow,
will clash in the 10-round semi
Wind-up.
In an eight-rounder Clarence Burns
of Baltimore will meet Freddy Heinz.
Three six-rounders list Carl Hyde,
promising New Jersey heavyweight,
and Mel Sheppard of Baltimore; AL
Parks, Baltimore, and Petey Bevans,
Washington welterweight, and Otto
Kushmer. Alexandria, and Henry Irv-
ing, local light-heavy.
A quartet of four-round prelim-
inaries and an eight-man battle royal
will round out the bill.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
D. C. POLICE vICTORs.

ANNAPOLIS, August IA pinth-
inning rally, yielding two runs,
enabled the Metropolitan Police Of
Washington, to come from behind and
defeat the Navy second class men on
the local diamond yesterday, to 6
Murphy. twirling for the Cops, struck
out Is men.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
OPEN TENNIS VETOED

international Federation Deci-
sively Turns Down Suggestion.
LONDON. August . (P).-The Inter
national Tennis Federation has de-
cisively turned down a suggestion for
open tournaments for amateurs and
professionals.
Twenty nations were represented at
the meeting. The federation con-
firmed a ruling adopted last March
barring an amateur from playing in a
tournament either with or against a
non-amateur without permission Of
the federation,
Evening star., 1934-08-02
GARNET, CAMPBELL BEATEN

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y, August 2
Especially - Yelverton Garnett of
Washington and Gordon Campbell of
Westhampton yesterday bowed to
frankie Parker and Bitsy Grant in the
Meadow Clubs annual invitation ten
mis- tourney play, in which they
reached the quarter-finals. The score
was 6-3, rs.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

easily lose without its being a
startling upset for them.
/ have no ideas about future
plans. My job for the moment is
done and there is nothing further,
I feel, that can be said.
I think Fred Perry, naturally,
Evening star., 1934-08-02
GEORGE, ,L0ND0S IN DRAW
Champs " Second Tie in Fort
night Ends After 90 Minutes

BUFFALO. ". Y. August For
the second time in a fortnight Don
George Of North Java. N Y. today
owned a draw with his rival claimant
for the world wrestling championship.
Jim Londos. Meeting again here last
night. George and the Greek gTap-
pied to a so-minute draw.
In the previous match at Boston
the pair went three hours to a stale
mate after each had won a fall
Evening star., 1934-08-02
KID GROVES ON AIR.

Harry (KidD Groves, former boxer
and trainer of Washington's biggest
stable of fighters, will be interviewed
over Station VOL tonight In Joe Hol-
mans weekly broadcast from to ais
o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Great BritaiH's pictory in the
challenge round Of Darts Cup
play, By 4 to I. here is appraised
bg the captain o. the American
team,
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Captain. American Davis Cup Team.
r ONDON, August 2 (By
Cable).-I should say that
the United States probably
- had the best team in the
Davis Cup challenge round
that it could have put in the
field 1 don't think the men
could have been in better con-
Evening star., 1934-08-02
REIDY CRACKS ENKLE.

Earl Reidy, second baseinan of the
Maury Playground base ball team.
broke his ankle while playing against
the Wheatley nine yesterday. Maury
won both ends of a double-header.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Promoters Cbng Ring Game Here France Suing Net Pendulum
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.
Ewa rrEnT1zT ~ y

By tEas Associated Press
FREEPORT. ~. Y.--Johnny Risko.
1875, Cleveland, outpointed Tommy
Loughran. 1929 Philadelphia flol.
CINCINNATI. Tiger Kid" Walker.
I2s. Cincinnati. outpctnted FRANKIE
C0geln. I27. New York tio): Jimmy
Krieder l24. Cincinnati, Outpointed
Domonic Niceo. I25, New York (e):
Charley Vaughn. i25. Eew York, knock
ed out Hack wilson, I24, Dayton, Ohio
%. Bobby Pratt, l35, Bellevue. Ky,
drew with Mack Mcclellan, 1913. Day
kn. Ohio 90.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
APOLLOS Of MAT
WRESTLE TONIGHT
George, Who Claims Half OF
Title, and Szabo Both
Handsome BozoS.
I'D DOM GEORGE, CO.
- claimant OF the world
| heavyweight rassling

I'D DOM GEORGE. CO.
- claimant OF the world
heavyweight ra sslin g
championship, debutS as
a local headliner tonight at
Griff1th Stadium with a fine
chance of establishing himself
as a drawing card in his first
crack here and menacing Jim
Londos' position as Washing
tons steady champion"
The handsome former Michigan
foot ball player is cast against the
equally handsome Sander Szabo. a
fellow growler. who is almost a coun-
terpart OF George in mat tactics and
formidable enough to make a show
OF 1t.
Unlike LondoS and Jim Browning
former championship claimant, George
owns no pet hold and Is considerably
more aggressive than the GretA and
more colorful than the numbering
Browning, who was eliminated as a
title holder" last June by Londos.
As is usually the case with reformed
college foot ball players, George is
adept with the flying tackle, but un-
like many other gridman rasslers he
also boasts of flock of other "holts"
which look well from the grandstand.
George Big Favorite.
EORGE. whose latest noteworthy
II efforts resulted in two draw
verdicts against Londos, will, Of
course, reign a top-heavy favorite to
destroy the former Budapest butcher
boy, but Szabo has been around long
enough TO stage a show. Szabo's best
bet Is a backdrop.
Floyd Marshall, who scored stun
ming surprise by finally winning a
match last week, returns in the semi
wind-up to maui around With Gino
Garibaldi, who figures, If in form, to
wipe up the mat with Marshall.
The 30-minute preliminaries are as
follows: Joe Devito VS.. Harry Fields.
Mike Romano VS.. Vanka zelesniak
and Charley Allen VS.. Marshall Black
stock.
Part Of the proceeds of tonight's
show viii be used to send the Over
seas Band of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars 20 the national convention at
Louisville, KY.
Action is slated to begin at $50
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
PERRY AND AUSTIN
HOLD UP ENGLAND
Bumper Crop Of Youngsters
Augurs Well for Yanks.
GauIs Go to Seed.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.


n Jew YORK, August 2.-In
m the fact that no French
i Y lawn tennis players will be
sent over here for the ma
tional singles, play in which be-
gins Saturday, September /, may
be read the inexorable workings
Of the cycle rule in this sport.
France. for several years ruler Of
international tennis, has now sub
sided. Cochet has turned pro, and
as such Is far less formidable
player than he was in his prime as
an amateur. Borotra has paid the
inevitable toll which advancing years
exact, ard Lacoste is out Of tourna-
ment play. Settled down In business,
the proud father of two children, La
coste hopes that one. If not both. will
in time pick up the gifted racquet
which he has laid down.
And France has no youngsters who
give immediate promise of restoring
the Nations lost tennis prestige.
Americas Day Looms.
90 LONG as Fred Perry and Bunny
- Austin retain their form. England
will be In the saddle, Perry has
at least several years Of high-class
tennis ahead Of him, but Austin mas
less time.
Austin is now % years old
and already his game shows flaws
when he Is pressed over any length
Of time. Perry at Is ought TO be at
his peak. Certainly for a few years
his game is more likely to improve
than to retrogress.
But the time will come when both
will face the skids and the Nation
the United States, perhaps-which
has developed a compelling group OF
youngsters win swing into supremacy.
Perry and Austin do not seem TO
be supported by any group OF young
players who show future promise,
and 1t remains to be seen what VIII
become of a whole flock Of young
Americans. several Of whom may well
take wings and fly high into the In
ternational enpyrean.
National Singles Next.
~HE American Davis Cup team
ought TO be back in this country
by August 8. OF them It may
be said that as players and as sports
men they were credit to the United
States. They win now join their fell
lows in preparing for the national
singles, with such important tourna-
ments as those at Seabright, Long
wood and on Long Island intervening.
The international aspects OF the SIN
giles tourney win be enhanced by the
presence of Fred Perry and Wild OF
England and by several players from
the continent, including the gifted
Roderick Mcneil,
. For the women's national, which
begins August Is, group Of talented
English girls, Betty Nuthall, Kate
Stammers, Frieda James and Mural
Thomas. are entered. They leave
England for these shores today.
The entry list for this tournament
closes next Saturday, and all indica-
ticns are that it will be the heaviest
In the history Of this event.