Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-04
Here And There
In Sport World
By United Press

by united PfeSS
LOS ANGELES, April 4. "A new
national gymnastic record was
claimed today in behalf of Randall
Dryden, University of Southern
California gymnast, who twice
climbed an 10 foot rope from a sit
ting position in AZ seconds and 1
seconds flat. Officials said his time
beat 33-year- old record of 4.6 sec
onds set by r. o. Best in New York
in 1901
LOS ANGELES, April A bruis-
ing mat battle is forecast at the
Olympic tonight when Dick Davis
court and DR.. Fred Meyer, heavy
weight Wrestlers, meet in a rematch,
scheduled for two out of three falls.
Meyer won a previous match after
a knockdown, drag-out battle.
LOS ANGELES, April A $25,-
600 offer was posted for Jimmy Nc
Larnin, welterweight champion, to-
day in exchange for his signature to
contract for a match with the
winner Of the Ceferino Garcia
Young Peter Jackson bout here
Tuesday night.
Matchmaker Tom Gallery of the
Olympic submitted the offer to Nc
Larnins manager, Charley Foster,
as the richest guarantee proffered
here since Young Corbett, then title
| holder, was offered S35 900 for his
losing battle with McLarnin last
! summer.
! PINEHURST, N. c., April q. -
With new record of 8 under par
behind him, George Dunlap, Jr., ma
/ tional amateur champion, set out
today to eliminate Jack Ryerson,
Cooperstown, N. Y, in the quarter
| finals of the North and South anna
teur golf tournament.
Dunlap shot SO on the par II
No. 2 course yesterday afternoon to
defeat Donald Parson, Youngstown,
Ohio, 7 and 5.
CHICAGO, April willie Hoppe,
New York, held third place in the
! 1872 balkline billiard championship
! tournament today after defeating
the young Japanese player, Kinney
Matsuyama, 400 to 260, in 16 in
| nings.
ST. LOUIS, April A. Approximat-
ely 160 amateur boxers from every
section of the country will square
away here tonight in opening bouts
of the National A. A. U. champion
ship tourney.
1t will be a wide open affair as not
a defending champion elected to
make it two in a row. Officials of
the A. A. U. expressed the belief
the field is the toughest in history
SAN MATEO, Calf, April 4. -
Los Indios of Hollywood captured
the Hobart cup yesterday by de-
! feating the San Mateo four in their
polo match at Beresford field. The
score was IA. Stephen LaddieD
Sanford, who scored four for the
winners, was struck on the head by
hard hit ball during the contest.
After the game he was given hos
pital treatment for the injury. Polo
competition will be resumed here
Thursday, when the Castro valley
and Del Monte teams open a 12-
goal tournament.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. -
Promoter Johnny Sylvester today
announced presentation of a lC
round featherweight bout April 16
between Kid Chocolate, Cuban bat
tier and former champion, ano
frankie Wallace of Cleveland. Wal
lace lost close bout to Chocolate
in Cleveland in a previous meeting
NEW YORK, April 4. - Jimmy
McLarnin, Welterweight champion
must sign within 80 days to defend
his title against Bep Van Klaveren
of Holland or have his title vacated
The New York boxing commission
notified McLarnin'S manager, Pop
Foster, of this yesterday. Foster told
reporters he would not be forced
into such a match. He said there
were plenty of other places for Jim
my to fight if the commission vaca-
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