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The Washington times., 1934-02-17
BASKETBALL,
RING TEAMS
SLATED

Maryland University holds its
big party tonight, at Ritchie Col
iseum, where basketball, boxing
and University Night" program
rules the roost.
The basketball game comes
first. 1t will find the Old Line
Five engaging washington Col
lege at 8 o'clock. The University
Night" program will be put on"
Immediately following the floor
attraction, while the boxing
matches will conclude the eve
ming. In this latter event the
Old Line Mittmen, will entertain
the ringmen from Washington
and Lee.
Features Programs
The entire affair features the
collegiate program for the day.
One other event is on schedule,
but it is out of town. 1t lists the
Georgetown University Five
against Temple, at Philadelphia.
This basketball game will be
played this afternoon, and it will
find the Hoyas stacking up
against one of their most power
full foes of the season.
The floor game between Mary
land and Washington College,
will be the ninth between the
two teams. Both have won four
times in eight past games, and
tonight's fray will give the win
ming quint the edge in the series.
Maryland is favored to win, as
Washington College hasn't Jared
as we'll this year as in other sea-
sons. Heretofore the Chestertown,
Md, lads have brought a power"
full combination to town-a team
that has given the Old Liners
run for final honors. But this
year the material has been below
par for some reason or other and
an off-form campaign has re-
suited.
Real Action Expected
The boxing match promises to
be a humdinger for action and
interest. Both Maryland pud
Washington and Lee have i'm
proved teams, and both will be
out to make up for the A dead
lock which resulted in their meet
ing in 1888.
Georgetown will go to Temple
this afternoon with full hopes Of
getting back into the winning
column, following last Mondays
defeat at the hands of West Vir'
ginia.
The Hoyas still like the thrill
of winning, particularly when a
team of Temples strength is
beaten. So it will be with win
and wigor" that the Mesner-
coached lads will stack up against
their Philadelphia foes.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Pickups and
PutOutS

Steve HamaS' father objected
to his fight with Max Schme-
ling. .On the grounds that his
son didn't have sufficient exps-
rience to cope with the Ger
man. The Wally Pipp, the
New England bowler mentioned
herein a few days ago as the
ex-Yankee first Sacker) Is an
other guy. Tod Sloan, the
jockey, didn't die destitute. ..
Left an estate worth nearly
$4,000. Johnny Bowen, ex-
boxer, has been in two auto
crashes. the first, several
years ago in Florida, ended his
boxing days. Salvador Marsal,
only Spaniard bowler in the
local Knights Of Columbus
Duckpin League, writes from
Florida, telling of the excel
lent fishing. "A ringside spec
tatOr at the MAN Mountain"
Dean Rudy Dusek wrestling
match at the Auditorium Thurs
day night urged Dusek to pull
off Deans "maSk" Dean being
heavily bewhiskered) go
wash your face" retOrted a
feminine rOOter. 1t was Mrs.
Man Mountain" Dean.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
TEST
EYESTHURSDAY

Thursday is the date for the
next dinner match" between two
local teams of the Washington
Gun Club at the Benning trap
shoot range. In the previous
match C. C. Fawsett, Julius
Marcy, w. F. Burrows, F. P.
Williams and George A. Emmons
issued a challenge, losing team
to pay for a dinner. 1t was ac-
cepted by Parker Cook, H. H.
Shelton, w. S. Wilson, DR.. J. H.
Lyons and r. D. Morgan. Chal-
lengers lost the previous match
and are out for revenge.
The third of the team matches
with the Oriole Club, of Balti-
more, will be contested at the
same time, providing sickness
and other deterring causes, which
postponed today's match, do not
again beset the BaltimoreanS.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
CROWD
WILL SEE
BY PAT ROBINSON

NEW YORK, Feb. II G.N.S).
The collective eye of the athletic
world tonight will be turned on
Madison Square Garden where
the N. Y. A. C. will stage it's
annual track meet before a ca
pacity crowd of $4,000, gathered
there chiefly to see the long
awaited duel between Glenn Cum
ningham, of Kansas, and Bill
Bonthron, of Princeton, in the
running of the Baxter mile.
Track enthusiasts who thought
enough of their favorite sport to
buy out the Garden fully week
ago and thus set a $40 premium
on a So seat for tonight's events
are, of course, interested in see
ing Johnny Follows win the two
mile special, and perhaps crack
Joie Rays American mark of
1904 even if he doesn't sue
ceed in smashing Paavo Nurmi's
world record. 1882.
They also will have some inter-
est in watching George Spitz, of
N. Y. u. pit his scissors kick
against Walter Marty and his
California roll in the high jump
and may even be rewarded in
seeing a new world mark estab-
lished.
The pole vaulting duel between
Bill Graber. Sothern CALIFORNIA;
world record holder outdoors and
Keith Brown. Yale'S indoor world
titleist. is sure to attract .atten-
tion as will the high hurdling
battle between Johnny MorriSS,
of Louisiana, and John Collier,
the New England schoolmaster.
But these events which nor
mally would hold the center of
the stage in any ordinary meet
must cede precedence to the run
ming of the Baxter mile, which
has captured the imagination Of
the fans as has no other race
since Nurmi first came here to
run in t. old Garden.
Gene Venzke, of Penn: Glen
Dawson, of Oklahoma, and Frank
Gro icy, of Manhattan, also are
in he race but track followers
refuse to consider them anything
but pace settlers for the two su-
perstars. In this they may be
surprised, for Venzke holds the
indoor record of 4:10, Dawson is
an A. A. U. champion and Crow
ley has won an 1. C. "A. title.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
To Get College. Credit
NOU Bids to Better
RAY, Nurnli Records

grind up and down the foot
hills that border Lake Mendoza
in Madison-just going through
the motions in order to get
physical education credits. And
of the lot. Johnny Follows. be-
cause of a sturdy pair of legs,
robust chest development and
130 pounds of weight we'll pro
portioned over a five-foot seven
inches frame, was destined to
become outstanding.
Within two months Follows
had won a turkey for his STAN
ina and fleetness of foot. That
was the customary prize given
to victors in intramural COM
petition. Among those who
witnessed Follows that day was
Tom Jones, the wise old Wis
conSin coach who ever had an
eagle eye out for a novice who
would stand development.
Twice Runner-Up
Jones worked cautiously with
Follows, recognizing in him the
possibilities of a distant star.
He encouraged the youth to
take a deeper interest in his
track work and by the time
Follows reached his junior year
he was WiSconsin's distance ace.
Albeit. he didn't set the world
afire, failing to win a Big Ten
championship in track. But in
his senior year, Follows was
runner-up in the indoor two
mile to Leas, of Indiana, in
1884 and runner-up for the
outdoor two-mile to Brocksmlth,
of Indiana, in 9:45.3.
Winning a Rhodes scholar
ship, the WISCONSIN University
lad went to oxford to add to
his academic degrees and also
continue his running. He had
better than fair success abroad,
winning a first in the Oxford
Cambridge three-mile run. as
we'll as first in the Kin
maird Cup. a three-mile test,
but in very ordinary time in
both instances. Then, a year
ago, back in New York from
Oxford, he sought permission
to enter the Millrose 5000
meter, an invitation event, and
the officials almost gasped at
the young fellows impudence
in requesting a chance in an
event for which one had to
be a reputation runner in order
to get consideration.
Developed Remarkably
Well, he was accepted, and
placed second to Joe McClusky,
the winged foot distance ace.
His development since has been
nothing short of miraculous.
He won a great race in Chi
cago last summer in the
National 5,OOO-meter senior
championship under the colors
of the New York A. c., which
ne begged Tor a chance TO rep
resent only five months before.
An accidental runner is
Johnny Follows, who took it up
because his university said
physical development credits
had to be established in order
to progress in college, and
running seemed to him the
easiest way to get around such
a Stymie.
Today he is hailed as
phenom. The entire track world
will be watching to see what
he does to the present records
in tonight's New York Athletic
Club races,
The Washington times., 1934-02-17

Last night it took the odd game
from Star Service Station, with
Captain Joe leading the way with
Q 377 set, which helped him main
tain his 1875 average in the Ma
tional Capital League. It also won
him a free entry into the George
Washington Sweepstakes to be
held Thursday at Lucky Strike.
Ray Huffman, Star Service, came
through with a 148 game.
Sweep Three Games
In other league matches, Book
OF Washington put the skids under
Peoples Life Insurance Co.. taking
three games; Lucky Strike won
two from Fountain Hams; Temple
Laundry took the odd game from
Judd and Detweiler, and King Pin
did the same with Lucky Strike.
AL Woods will take his Metro
politan team, tWo-time champions
of the B. Y. P. U. League to Peters
burg, Va, tonight for special
home-and-home match against the
Petersburg Y. M. c. A. The Wash
ington lineup will consist of Trot-
ter, Everett. Hid. Crawford and
Woods.
The Building and Contractors
League is producing high scores
last night Bob Miciotto ID. c.
Butcher) tossed in a 1865 game
while George James CThompSon
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
\, !. j. MAY PLAY
IRISH QU|NT

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-City Col
lege students and alumni today
made no attempt to conceal their
disappointment over cancellation
of the proposed charity basketball
game here with the Notre Dame
five.
City College decided not to play
the game because it would re-
quire keeping the Lavender play
ers in training three weeks after
the close of their regular season.
There is still a possibility, how
ever, that the Notre Dame cagerS
will be seen here this season, al
though not against City. Should
New York University, undefeated
in it's last II games, go thruogh
the season without a defeat, the
Violet may be asked to engage
the Irish,
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Frank NebeL Boxes
For Nitaanu Lions

Frank Nebel. former Tech High
track and football star. is a mem.
ber of the Penn State boxing
team which meets Navy tonight
at Annapolis. Nebel competes in
the 165-pound class and is un.
defeated to date.
While at Tech Nebel played
end On the football team and
was a member of the Tech re-
lay team which in 1923 estab-
lished a District high school rec
ord for a mile.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17

Bonthron, Cunningham Duel to Pack Garden
PREMIERS SHOOT FOR A BASKET!

PREMIER A. C. basket
ballers whoop it up in
practice sessions b efore
each game as the "shot"
above proves. 1t shows
Louis Ervy, captain of the
Premiers, trying desper-
ately to make a basket
with Speed" Tomax, left,
and Buddy Girton, of the
Georgetown Boys Club,
playing important roles as
guards. 1t all happened
during a scrimmage be-
tween the Premiers and
the Georgetown Boys Club.
The Premiers are consid-
cred one of the best 145-
pound quints in the city.
Times Staff Photo.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17

Paint) spilled the pins for a 164
game and 402 set.
Steele Spills 42O
Hub Steele hung up a new
record set of 420 for the District
Government League at Arcadia
which included a 153 game.
Jimmy Dulin's 143 game and 400
set captured the honors in the
Quartermasters Mems League at
Columbia with 143 game and
400 set. Louise Healy (Supply)
led the field in the Quarter
master Ladies League with a 1913
game and 294 set.
John Meany's 144 game and
377 set stood out in the Golf
League at Lucky Strike. Beaver
Dam. leaders of the Golf League
were upset by the KenWood team
which won two games with a
dummy in its lineup.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Sports Today
BASKETBALL

At Ritchie Coliseum College,
College Park, Md.-Washington
College VS.. Maryland, p. m.
At Gallaudet College-Eliza-
bethtown CPaJ College VS.. Gal
laudet. 8 p. m.
At Howard University-Virginia
State VS.. Howard, 8 p. m.
BOXING
At Ritchie Coliseum, College
Park, Md.-Washington-Lee Uni
versity VS.. Maryland. 1918 p. m.
SWIMMING
At Y. M. C. A.-Richmond "Y"
VS.. District "Y," p. m.
BOWLING
At Recreation Alleys-VeteranS'
tournament, 8 p. m.
At Arcadia Alleys-American
Legion tournament, 2 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17

The game is tentatively sched-
uled for Washington and Lee
gym Tuesday.
Last night the Alexandrians
hoped into first place in the
third District competition by
easily defeating Herndon, 1929.
The Alexandria girls lost to the
Herndon sextet, 1917.
The Columbia Firefighters and
the Bureau of Investigation will
mix at armory hall tonight at
8:15 o'clock in the feature con-
test. Last night the Columbias
defeated the Manassas A. c.,
1892.
AS an added attraction the
Times-Herald boys will play the
De Molays.
Falls Church courtment won
the Fairfax county basketball
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Roller Stars Vie
At Silver SDring

Stanley Lambros. high-strung
little italian hockey star. will lead
a determined band of Baltimore
Pirates into the Silver Spring
Armory roller skating rink tomor"
row night for the second roller
skating hockey match between his
club and the Silver Flashes.
The game, scheduled for 8
o'clock, concludes an attractive
weekend program offered at the
rink. Two races-a one-mile
event for women and two-mile
dash for mems set for tonight
at $50. Entries will be accepted
up to the starting time of the
races.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
" Holds Intercity
VOLLeu Ball TOddy

Teams from Baltimore, Rich
mond, Wilmington, Germantown,
Pa. and the local "Y" will COM
pete in volley ball tourney
which will be held at Central 'Y"
today starting at p. m.
The Washington team will In
clude Darrell H. Smith, captain:
j. C. Stanier, C. j. Sample, j. G.
Loehler, w. R. Lansford and c.
G. Cruikshank among those sched'
uled to play.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
SPORTS
By KIRK MILLER
Johnny FOLLOWS
Distance Runner
Took Up Track Work

Some of us become what we
are by accident and others by
design. Often a well-laid plan
to achieve. fame and acclaim
does not click any too pre-
cisely. In athletics we find
some of our greatest per-
formers are the product of cir
cumStanceS and conditions over
which they had little control.
Take the case of Johnny Fol
lows, today rated the fastest
American two-miler since joey
Ray hung up his record of 9
minutes 82-5 seconds. over 10
years ago. Follows became
runner purely by accident, as
! will explain later.
Follows, who runs for the
New York A. c., spread-eagled
his fields over the last Two
week-ends by taking the Mill
rose two-mile in New York, and
last Saturday coping the Will
1iams two-mile trophy in BoS-
ton. In the latter event he
was clocked at minutes 16 As
seconds, said to be fast time
for the Boston track, and in
the Millrose two-mile he went
the route in 9 minutes 9 35
seconds.
Aims at Record
He will be back on the floor
at Madison Square Garden
again tonight trying to better
that mark when the New York
Athletic Club meet gets under
way. In fact he will be aim
ing at the last of Rays stand
ard marks-9 minutes 8 2-5 Sec
onds. On the same track two
weeks ago when Follows did
9 minutes and 9 3-5 seconds he
was far from exhausted and
could have done better had
such a pace been necessary.
Observers said after the
Millrose race that had Paavo
Nurmi been in the race, Fol
lows could have pressed him
self on to do 9 minutes 5 Sec
onds. Nurmi's best Of all-time
two-mile records was 8 minutes
SO 2-5 seconds nine years ago.
But let's go back to the be-
ginning of Follows racing ca
reer, which I originally in
tended to emphasize rather
than get into the technicalities
of some of his recent per-
formances and present aims.
He didn't start out to become
q runner when he entered the
University of Wisconsin as a
freshman.
His strongest athletic leaning
at that time was a fondness for
golf in which he was capable Of
what would be an ordinary duff
fer's game. But at Wisconsin
they had compulsory physical
education course in which GER
tain credits were required in
order to advance in the regular
college course.
Took EASY Way
More as a line of least re-
sistance in order to comply with
the college curricular, Johnny
Follows got himself some run
ming shoes and a set of shorts
and started to merely put in"
so many hours afoot. Today,
seven years later, he is the toast
of the track world and hailed
as the successor to both joey
Ray and Paavo Nurmi.
There were hundreds of other
kids who had just entered Wis
conSin also taking the daily
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Dunbar Center FiUe
JOLtS School Team

Dunbar Community Center baS-
ketball five today is celebrating
victory yesterday over the Dun
bar High School team. The final
score was 80 to 18. The high
school boys were far short of the
form shown by the CenteriteS.
The score at the half was, Center,
IA: Dunbar High, /.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
ShOLPS TOsSers Play
Rockville TOni0ht

The Sholl's toSSers will be after
their seventy ninth consecutive
victory tonight when they meet
Rockville A. A. on the latter's
court.
Tomorrow the Cafe aggregation
meets Bureau Investigation, start
ing at $3.50 o'clock, in the Boys
Club gym.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
ShOrehdnl POLOists
Win LedqUe Match

Shoreham water poloists are
the District of Columbia water
polo champions today. They
gained this honor by defeating
George Washington in a Water
Polo League match last night at
the Shoreham pool. The score
was So to 2.
In another league match, Baltl-
more "Y" defeated the Washing
ton Canoe Club, 19 to o.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Alexandria and WI Ouints
Clash in Play-Off Tilt

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Feb ia post-season game IS pend
ing Aexanda Washington and Lee High basket
ball Each game in the series and third tilt
is necessary to decide the Northern Virginia title.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17

title by defeating Lee-Jackson,
$40.
Jimmy Moriarity, publicity
manager of the Boat Club, ex-
poets to confer with Columbia
officials over the weekend in an
effort to rearrange the city series.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
BOWEN MEETS HALAIK0

Ray Bowen, Washington junior
welterweight, has signed to meet
Steve Halaiko in 10-round bout
at Auburn, N. Y, February %.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Harrison Continues Pace
With 377 Duckpin Set

With Capt Joe Harrison at the top of his game the Silver
Spring Kinks bowling team is still clicking off victories with
almost monotonous regularitY,
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
TIVE
HOPEFUL

Wilson Teachers look forward
to putting up a stiff battle
against the flashy Randolph
Macon Yellow Jackets at the
Teachers gym at 8 o'clock to-
night.
The Teachers were badly beaten
in an earlier game this season,
but their combination has picked
up considerable experience since
and will have the added incen-
tive of playing before a home
crowd tonight. Probable lineup:
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29
KENT FARMERS
WHEAT CHECKS
fContinued From Page One)

contract signers have fully COM
piled with the regulations of this
acreage reduction plan. For those
compliance certificates which have
been approved by the Wheat Sec
ton, the Federal government is
making payment of 7.3 cents a
bushel as the second inStallment
on the 1888 contract, and 20 cents
a bushel as the first payment on
the 1884 wheat crop compliance,
This represents total payment of
27.3 cents bushel on 81 percent
of the average wheat production
at the time the 1888 contract was
signed, and each contract signer
will receive 20 cents a bushel on
the 1884 crop, according to a state
ment which was issued sometime
ago by Secretary of Agriculture,
Henry A. Wallace, under whose
direction these crop and livestock
control programs are being con-
Quoted through the extension de-
partments of the agricultural col
leges. Wheat checks representing
the second benefit payments on the
1888 contracts and the first bene-
fit payments on the 1884 crop COM
pliance are being issued together,
but in separate checks, so each
contract signer is receiving two
checks unless there has been a
change in either landlords or ten
ants since the original contracts
were signed. Due to corrections
which had to be made on a num-
ber of compliance certificates be-
fore they could be accepted by the
Wheat Section in Washington,
there has been delay in deliver
ing these wheat checks to the
farmers, but every effort is being
made to complete these payments
as rapidly as possible under the
circumstances.
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29
ASBURY Nj. e. CHURCH NOTES
Rev. DIR. j. L. johnson Announces
Services and Meetings for Week

The congregation of Asbury will
join in the Union Thanksgiving
service this Thursday morning
in the Presbyterian Church. The
program of activities in Asbury M.
E. Church Sunday next will be one
of unusual interest and attractive
ness for all ages. The attendance
upon the sessions of the church
school is larger each Sabbath than
on the corresponding Sabbaths of
last year and full classes are ex-
pected on Sunday. The morning
worship will be conducted at elev-
en- o'clock and the pastor will have
for his subject Lost Radiance" "
The three choirs of the church will
present a very attractive musical
program. In the evening, youth
Night" will be observed and the
service will be held in the Audi
torium at 7.3O o'clock. Fuller par
ticulars of this program Is given in
another column. All members and
friends of the church are request
ed to be at the mid-week service
next Wednesday night. The Wo-
mans Home Missionary Society
will meet with Mrs. Harry R.Jones,
Thursday afternoon, December 9Th,
at o'clock.