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Court Results

Dartmouth, %; Yale, 10.
Northwestern, 90; Michigan, Is.
Purdue, 81; Wisconsin, 25.
Illinois, IS; Iowa, 81.
st. Johns (Annapolis), q; Loyola
(Baltimore), Is.
Indiana, 80; Chicago, 80.
Butler, 80; Drake, 27.
Texas, 40; Southern Methodist, 80.
Texas Christian, AZ; Rice, Is.
Penn Military, 80; Delaware, %.
Erskine. 80; Newberry, a.
st. Benedict's, IS; Ottawa o., 81.
Phillips, "A: Northwestern Okla
homa Teachers, %.
Dakota Wesleyan, 80; Huron Col
lege, 80.
jamestown College, 36; Dickinson
Teachers, 81
Western Union, 80; Luther, %.
Ripon, 81; Carroll, 30.
Creighton, 46; Iowa State, 80.
Gustavus Adolphus, IS; Mankato
Teachers, 81
st. Ambrose, As; Dubuque, ~.
Penn, a; Central, 20.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

LARRY HARPER, Jim Shaw and
L i Jack Bentley are three pitch
ers on the Washington squad
still in their teens.
Virginia defeated George Wash
ington at basket ball as Hurley
starred for the Hatchetites.
Clyde Milan and Walter John
son will arrive here in a few days
as will George Mcbride and Chick
Gandil, preparatory to leaving for
the Nationals training camp at
Charlottesville.
Jack johnson and Frank Moran
of Pittsburgh are to meet June 27
for the world heavyweight boxing
title, it has been announced.
Berberich rollers won two of
three sets from the William Hahn
team in the Commercial Duckpin
League. Rolling for the winners
were Osterman, Austin, Reesch.
Trewolla and Hollidge. The losers
, used Ulrich, E. Hahn, Geier, Glib
son and Schofield.
Purtell, Kavanaugh and Heilman
are among the new players on the
Detroit base ball squad. Bush,
Gamer and Moriarty are among
the infielders.
Evening star., 1934-02-27

training play at Houston, Tex,
McGraw got into hot argument
with q veteran first basement, Pat
Newman. They parted that day
without coming to blows, but the
story goes that Newman nursed his
grudge, waited for McGraw at the
entrance to the field the next
afternoon and caught the manager
q terrific uppercut as he stuck
his head through the opening.
McGraw took the long count.
Characteristic Of McGraw's good
heartedness that his gruff exterior
usually concealed, he later heard
Newman was in poor health, as
well as financial straits, and sent
his old enemy enough money to go
to a resort In Arizona. McGraw
never forgot a friend, either. and
the times when he quietly passed
out $50 bill to some one in dis
tress were numerous.
McGraw's one big financial
splurge, a venture into real estate
at Sarasota, Fla, during the boom
years, was a boomerang. From .
peak when It is said his paper
profits approached . million, Nc
0raw was nearly stripped clean b.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
THE SPORT LIGHT
by GRANTLAND RICE.
FEW LINES TO CARNERA.

/ uonder Camera heard Of Julius Caesar?
Uonder cicero?
Or il he knou HoatuS in the Tiber dipped his beezer
Before the rocking bridge collapsed bar Roman foe?
/ Donder if Camera read q line HOrdceS?
q old
Or il he read the ode OF Hordces ChloriS
Desire speed beyond her along the dotted line?
tooUork
1t a mastodeH he's quick;
But pould rather hear from him Just hat he thinks PHny
The younger the elder-he bdly pick.
used to read Roman whose think Martial
And can say. from memory that he plenty tough;
/ wonder il Camera to this erer partial
Or if he erer found him Just trife in the rough?
I a not
cockeyed he or
They neper had Cameras Se-but Uhen it to hitnu
They had it on the mammoth uith dozen miles to spare
They had it on Camera that think about,
II brains are still important-Uhch often doubt
And that
And lconder i q
Evening star., 1934-02-27
SHUTE AFTER PURSE
IN GOLF AT ST.PETE
Will Compete With Same Field
He Beat in Tampa Meet
for $500 Prize.

By the Associated Press.
OF. PETERSBURG, Fla, February
- 27.-With $500 first prize money
from the Gasparilla open golf
tournament jingling in his pockets,
Denny Shute of Miami was ready to-
day to compete with virtually the
same field in the $1,000 st. Peters
burg open.
Shute downed Horton Smith of
Oak Park, ILL.,, yesterday in an 49,
hole play-of after they had finished
in tie Sunday at the end of the
regular u holes of play.
The st. Petersburg event is played
annually on the Pasadena course
here. Last year Bob Supple, Chi
cago pro, walked off with the title.
He is not competing this year.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
PRO HOCKEY.
BY the Associated Press.
Canadian-American League.
Boston, S; Providence, 4.
Bird Dog Snubs Poor Shooters
Allows Two Misses, but When 1t Gets to Three
He Decides to Take Rest.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. R.-You've
got to be Q good shot to hunt with this
dog.
II you're not, he'll turn up his nose
In contempt and leave you stranded
in the middle Of the woods.
Two misses are all right, but If you
miss three-well, it was your own
fault!
Bob Sealy, who runs an inn here
between hunts, tells the story. Bob
does everything he can for his guests,
even loaning them his best bird dog
for hunting.
'"The first day he went out with
some folks from the East. They had
heen oone about IN hour wheu The
Evening star., 1934-02-27
Last Words for Wife.

CALLING on his rapidly waning
~ vitality, McGraw reused him.
self and asked
"Why are you crying, Blanche?"
"Oh, John, I'm crying because I'm
so happy you're getting WELL" she
said. then leaned over and kissed him.
You know I'll be out of here to-
morrow" he said and added:
Blanche, I love you dearer than
anything else
Then he closed his eyes and a few
minutes later lapsed into the coma
from which he failed to rally and did
not speak again.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

y r IAMI, Fla, February 81
Old-timers tn base ball
NV say of John Joseph NC
Graw that che never
lodged a fight and never
Won one"
From the days when he won q
name for himself as one Of the
scrappiest of the famous old Balti-
more Orioles-"Muggsy" McGraw-
and on through the fiery years Of
his leadership Of the New York
Giants, he was the stormy petrol
of the sport. In later times, espe-
cially when Ill health first beset
him, McGraw's temper changed
and softened, but he never relaxed
his aggressive tactics, and he never
had any patience with ball play
er who would not fight for every
thing he could get on the field.
McGraw once chased an umpire,
Jim Johnstone, right out of the old
Polo Grounds as the aftermath Of
q furious argument, but the arbiter
got in the last word by forfeiting
Of the game.
NcGraw always played to win,
Evening star., 1934-02-27
BASKETERS MUST HURRY
Tomorrow Night Is Deadline for
Entering A. A. q. Play.

Tomorrow midnight is the deadline
for entries in the District A. A. u.
tourney that starts March at Roose-
velt High and Mcfarland Junior High.
Entries must be filed with Charles
M. Fyfe, at the Boys Club of Wash
ington, 230 c street, and will be ac-
cepted in seven classes-100, lis, 1870,
145, mems unlimited, Junior girls and
women's unlimited
Winfree johnson, tourney chairman,
said that the deadline will be rigidly
observed and teams failing to have
their entries in by midnight will not
be allowed to compete
Evening star., 1934-02-27
ALABAMA, GATORS CLASH
Enter Basket Ball Final With
Stirring Victories.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Ster.
ATLANTA. Ga, February 81
Alabama and Florida were to clash
tonight for the championship in the
Southeastern Conference basket ball
tourney.
Both won stirring battles last night,
Alabama defeating Tennessee, 29 to
26, and Florida scoring over Wander
bilt, "a to %. in the semi-final games.
Alabama has been favored ever
since Kentucky, 1888 champ and
heavy 1884 pre-tourney choice was
put out by Florida in the second
round
Evening star., 1934-02-27
BARRY FIGHT POSTPONED.

HOLYOKE, Mass February 27 (P).
The Valley Arena has postponed
until Monday, March S, the boxing
program scheduled for last night
featuring Lee Ramage of California
and Don RedD Barry of Washing
ton, D. c.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Jim Londos, 200, st.
Louis, threw Sammy Stein, 205, New
ark, N. j., 1855.
KANSAS CITY.-Frank Spears, At
lanta, threw Jack Lewis, San Fran
cisco. 1850.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
WILL NOT PLAY SHOLL'S
Eastern Doesn't Think Contest
Would Mean Anything.

Eastern's District and metropolitan
public high school basket ball cham
pionship team appreciates the invi-
tation, but 1t not interested" in the
challenge hurled at it by the crack
Sholl's team, winner of 80 straight
games
"The game wouldn't mean any
thing" said John Paul Collins, as
sistant principal of Eastern, today
THE Sholl players are older than our
boys, are out of our class. We need to
conserve our bunch for the Washing
ton and Lee tourney as much as pos
sible."
Evening star., 1934-02-27
PING.P0NG EVENT

on District Courts.
Thursday, March I, Federal ping
pong tourney will be held at the Dis
trict courts. This tourney will be open
to all Government employees (tempo-
rary or permanently and all former
Government workers.
This is the first tourney of its
kind ever held in Washington. The
entrance fee is so cents and a trophy
will be awarded the winner. Play
will begin at 8:15 pm. The District
ping-pong courts are located at 1910
H street northwest.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
BRUINS WIN AT HOCKEY.

BOSTON, February 27.-Boston
Bruins conquered the Providence
Reds, 5-4. last night in a Canadian
American Hockey League game here.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
Precedent Favors Loughran.
TACK again into ring history, the

DACK again into ring history, the
- sharps can show you that every
time the heavyweight title has
changed hands under the Marquis of
Queensbury rules, the challenger was
the under dog. John L. Sullivan was
a 4-to-l favorite when Corbett beat
him, and Corbett was 5-to-3 choice
when Bob Fitzsimmons knocked him
out. johnson was 3 to 1, but he lost
to Jess Willard and Willard had an
8-to-5 edge when Dempsey beat him
down. Dempsey was 2l2 -to-1
favorite over Tunney the first time
they met. Max Schmeling was a
slight favorite when Jack Sharkey
beat him and Sharkey was 3-to-l
when Camera knocked him out last
June.
As the athletes finished hard train
ing yesterday, the Miami Boxing
Commission named Colin McLochlan
and Roy Latham to judge the fight,
with Leo Shea previously appointed
referee. The match Is scheduled for
10 pm. Eastern standard time) and
will not be broadcast.
Evening star., 1934-02-27


ing this spot. Since the Strong Boys
reign the title has moved In turn to
Corbett. Fitzsimmons. Jeffries. Burns,
johnson, Willard, Dempsey, Tunney,
Schmeling Sharkey and Camera.
They travelled further in the old
days. Sullivan reigned for about eight
years, Corbett for five, Jeffries for
seven, johnson for five. Willard for
four, Dempsey for seven. Tunney
might easily have been a five or six
year champion. Maybe longer
But in this modern kick-up we
have had three champions in the last
two years and we may have q fourth
before the Summer Is over Sharkey
and Schmeling were champions less
than two years ago and both have
been whipped twice since their crowns
were knocked of. Which Is pretty
fair proof they were not just what
real champions should have been.
Tommy Loughran Is one of the out
standing characters of ring history,
one of the best boxers the game has
seen, but it would be something Of q
shock to heavyweight traditions to
have Tommy, after IA years of ups
and downs, step into the royal room
and rule the palace of punch.
There's another unusual twist to
the present mix-up.. Baer and Hamas
on the challenging side are attracting
more public interest than the cham
pion and any other rival can show.
Baer, Hamas Have Following.
CARNERA and Baer make up the
" one fight that should have
taken place, and every one
knows it. But if this battle Is blocked,
the next turn of public interest goes
to Baer and Hamas. A large COL
lection of human beings will be quite
interested to see how Max Baer will
look as he steps from . night club
dance to fight-from talcum powder
to the rosin and the ropes
And In the same way there will be
more than passing interest in seeing
just how far an ex-foot ball player
can move in a game that always has
been news for foot ball players.
Gene Tunney said some years ago
that it was only q matter of time
before college athletes would domi-
nate the fight game.
Hamas has come closer to making
this prophecy good than any of the
other college heavyweights.
In the meanwhile Camera now
turns to the main job Of first catching
Loughran. He has fast, smart,
skillful piece Of machinery to sur
round before he can begin the
hattening process. He ought to win
in four or five rounds with the 10
years of youth, n pounds In weight
and six inches In height working on
his side of the argument, but the
fast, better boxer always has his
chance There has been more star
Ting upsets In the last year where
the odds were far heavier.
tCopyright. 1884. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. hc.)
Evening star., 1934-02-27
BOXING BILL ADVANCES
Measure to Legalize Pro Bouts
Reaches Virginia Senate.

RICHMOND, Va, February 81
Passage by the Virginia Senate of
the Daughton professional boxing bill
was predicted today, following the
favorable report Of the bill yesterday
by a Senate Committee, 6-4. The
House deciSively indorsed the measure
two weeks ago.
Backers predicted Gov. Peery would
sign the bill if it survived Senate de-
bate.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
STENCIL LEAVES EARLY

Will Look Things Over Before
Others Reach Camp.
NEW YORK, February 81 R).-
Casey Stengel, the Dodgers new man
ager, made up Brooklyn delegation
of one which was scheduled to de-
part for the training camp at Or
lando, Fla, today
Casey will look over the ground a
bit before the arrival of his athletes.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
GOPHERs 0UTsHOOT IOWA.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, February 81
Minnesota scored over Iowa, 665 to
6335 in an intercollegiate wrestling
match here
Evening star., 1934-02-27
Mrs. McGraw Ardent Fan.

n IRIS. McGRAW. you know. is an
lVl ardent base ball fan. In the
'20s she rarely missed a game
played at the Polo Grounds. Often
he discussed base ball strategy with
her and he listened carefully to her
criticism"
1t was to her McGraw spoke his
last words.
Frank Belcher, former actor and
cigar manufacturer, who palled with
him for 40 years and was one of the
few persons outside of members of the
family admitted to McGraw's room in
New Rochelle Hospital before he went
into coma Saturday night, wept as
he told of the death-bed scene.
Mrs. McGraw, he said, was standing
at her husbands bedside. She was
sobbing audibly.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
ABBOTT QUINT VICTOR.

Abbott Vocational School basketers
downed the Western High light
weights, 22-lS, yesterday On the
Western Heh count
Evening star., 1934-02-27
Heavyweight Titles.

VXIHILE John L. Sullivan never
" was officially set up as the
worlds heavyweight champion,
he always was given credit for hold
Evening star., 1934-02-27
CATE OF $4,000
IS SEEN AS LIMIT
Corbett-Jeffries 1903 Tilt
Last to Draw Less Coin.
Primo 81 Choice.
BY EDWARD ]. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

4 \ IAMI, Fla, February 27.-
Nu The artistic success of
wv Primo Cameras heavy
a weight title defense
against Tommy Loughran amid
a background of palms seems
assured, regardless OF the out
come, but from a financial
standpoint the receipts tomor-
row night probably will fade all
the way back to the low records
of boXing'S dark ages.
AS the huge champion from Italy
and Loughran, his veteran challenger,
were content today with light exer-
else and rest, the training campaign
over. it became apparent from lack Of
interest at the box Office that the
match will not draw more than
$4,000 in gate receipts.
Not since Tex Rickard came out of
the gambling lands of the Far West
years ago to set new records for fight
receipts through a combination of
promoting genius and the fighting
ability of Jack Dempsey, has the
heavyweight championship fight busi-
ness fallen to such low financial state
In fact, the last heavyweight title
match that dropped below $4,000 in
receipts was Jim Corbett's failure to
regain his crown from Jim Jeffries in
1908. That match drew $63, $40.
Small in Comparison.
CLNCE that far gone day heavy
y weight championships grew to be
synonymous with millions. At
the height of Richards career-and
the boom days-Jack Dempsey and
Gene Tunney drew S1,895, 1888 in their
first match In Philadelphia in 1926,
and the top gate of all boxing, $2,-
658, $50, for their return match in
Chicago the next year. Camera, the
present champion, formally is in
bankruptcy.
Despite the fact that Miami IS
iammed with visitors, the sun is shin
Ing and Loughran has increased his
status as challenger considerably by
his show Of condition and ability in
training, tickets have sold slowly. 1t
would take an amazing run on the box
offices to bring the gate up to the
total Madison Square Garden hoped
for when the match was made
100000.
This is despite the fact that there
are 1000 seats available at $40 each,
with most Of them sold. Ordinary
ringside seats are priced at $11 and
range down to 50 for the rear seats.
Odds on Camera to retain his
championship, perhaps by an early
knockout, still hold at to l, and q
few wagers have been made with the
titleholder favorite as high as to
!, situation which has the veterans
shaking their heads and analyZing
sharply the chances of a 185-pound
Loughran beating 258-pound Car
nera
Evening star., 1934-02-27
|WltE. BASE BALL
MANAGER'SA|D
Mrs. McGraW's Criticism
of Strategy Was Carefully
Weighed by Leader.
BY ROBERT J. CAVAGNARO,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n EW YUM, FeDruary I'll
nj A few days ago Mrs.
v Blanche Sindall McGraW
a was known as Just the
wife of base balls most pic
turesQue character.
Today intimate friends revealed
that she, unknown to the public in
general and the sporting public in
particular, played an important role
IN his management of the New York
Giants for 80 years.
Edward T. Brannick, assistant sec
retary of the club, who started at the
age of IL as an office boy and in his
20 years association grew to look
upon McGraw as a father, spoke feel
ingly of the couples private life.
They were a devoted and lovable
pair" Brannick said. Mrs. McGraw
was his best companion. When the
team struck a losing streak John
would become blue. She was the only
one able to console him.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
MATS REPORTING
DATE ADVANCED
Second Lot to Check In at
Biloxi March 15-Eynon
at McGraW Rites.

w YITH the training of
\A/ many other big league
w clubs getting under
' way this week, Presi-
dent Clark Griffith has decided
to speed up plans for the pre-
paratory work of his American
League champions.
He has ordered the second squad of
Nationals, which includes the infield-
ers and outfielders, to report at the
Biloxi, Miss, camp on March IS in
stead Of three days later as originally
scheduled.
Getting at work earlier, the Ma
tionals will have the benefit of a full
week Of batting practice before enter
ing their first exhibition game of the
year, that with the Indians at Biloxi
on March %. The extra drills are
calculated to prevent the boys being
too foot-free at the plate when for
the first time this season they face
pitchers really bearing down.
RIFFITH also has ordered Man.
NJ ager Joe Cronin to get to camp
before Sunday, the day the
batterymen are to check in. Joe left
his San Francisco home last night in
response to hurry call from the boss
and should be at Biloxi not later
than Friday morning.
Perhaps the Washington prexy
wants his managers aid in rounding
up the many athletes who thus far
have spurned salary offers for the
impending campaign Such catchers
as Luke Sewell and Moe Berg and
high-class pitchers like Earl White
hill, Walter Stewart and Jack Russell
are among the nine unsigned supposed
to be in line to begin training next
Monday.
Griffith also Is having his troubles
with Joe Kuhel, sterling f1rst-sacker,
end Heinie Mmush, the Nationals
star outflelder and leading batter, but
still has nearly three weeks in which
20 bring them to terms.
S-HE washington hall cluh will he
Evening star., 1934-02-27

pTHE Washington ball club will be
represented at the funeral of
John McGraw, former manager
Of the Giants and dominant figure
in the national game, in New York
tomorrow by Edward B. Eynon. jr.
The club secretary will leave for New
York today.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
DIAMOND LOOP TO PLAN
Departmental Teams Will Hold

Meeting Friday Night.
A reorganization meeting of the
Departmental Base Ball League has
been called for Friday night at 7:3O
O'Clock in the green room at the Gov
ernment Printing Office. Representa-
tives of all departments or bureaus
wishing to enter teams are asked to be
present.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
More Than go PalIbearerx

MORE than 90 names, most of
lNl them well known in base ball.
on the stage and in New York
official life were placed on the list
OF honorary pallbearers.
Among them were William H. Terry,
McGraw's pupil who succeeded him as
manager of the Giants in 1892, repre-
sentatives OF all the National League
clubs and of the league; George M.
Cohan. Sam Harris and De Wolff
Hopper, close friends of McGraw,
representing the stage and the Lambs
Club; John MacCormack, the Irish
tenor. and Edward P. Mulrooney,
former New York police commissioner
who once was in charge of the police
detail at the Polo Grounds.
Terry left the Giants in their train
ing camp at Miami Beach, Fla, to
come here for the funeral.
Services Tomorrow.
THE services will be held tol
row morning at 10 o'clock at s..
Patrick's Cathedral The Rev.
Vincent De Paul Mulry, pastor of the
Pelham Manor Church where McGraw
worshipped. will celebrate the high
requiem mass and the full choir of
st. Patrick's will chant the responses.
After the funeral his body will be
taken to Baltimore where it will be
placed in a vault in Bonnie Brae
Cemetery to await burial.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
n HcGRAW was impetuous, act-
lNl uated by fiery emotional

n FcGRAW was impetuous, act.
Nl uated by fiery emotional
ism that rocked naught
of consequences. He was a hard
loser, as successful battlers must
be, and next to fight loved best
to try and provoke one.
With his name indelibly in
scribed in the annals of base ball
as a scrappy, hard-hitting and
brilliant fielding player, and as a
smart, driving, resourceful mana
ger, John Joseph McGraw has
gone to his reward, but unless the
journey across the Styx changes
the character of humans I can't
imagine him happy in Valhalla, if
1t be an abode of peace-and rest.
At least Muggsy must have given
old st. Peter an argument before
entering the pearly gates.
Evening star., 1934-02-27
PAY LAST HONOR
To DEAD LEADER
More Than go PaIIbearers
Selected for Funeral
Rites Tomorrow.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NIETWb w YORK a6I;rsflon Pflbruary ~ p l.
v Spect which base ball
fans felt for John J.
McGraw today opened the doors
Of his home in Pelham Manor
to them.
All day the ordinary fans who fol-
lowed the fortunes of the New York
Giants during the 30 years the Little
Napoleon managed the club, the older
ones who knew or saw him as a
player with the Baltimore Orioles and
the youngsters, to whom McGraw was
little more than a tradition out OF
base balls past, were allowed to pay
their last respects to the dead leader.
At first reluctant to admit the gen.
eral public, Mrs. McGraw altered her
decision yesterday after a food of
requests had come from admirers in
all walks Of life. Previously only Nc
Graw's close friends and associates
had been admitted to the house where
his body lay waiting for the funeral
services tomorrow.