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The Washington times., 1934-08-24
CUP DEFENDERS
MEET TODAY
IN FINALS

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 24.-Ac-
cording to the earlier announce
ment of Vice Commodore w. A.
w. Stewart, who also is a member
of the Americas Cup committee,
Yankee will battle against Weeta-
moe today, in the third of the
final trial races, though, if it blew
fairly hard the committee might
call on Rainbow, too, but not other
wise.
Vanitie, back from a polishing
up at Bristol, may meet the Brit
ish challenger Endeavour, though
no official statement to that ef-
feet has been made, and anyhow,
if the two do contend today or at
any time it will be a purely per-
sonal affair between MessrS. Sop
with and Lambert, and not strictly
club affair.
So far in the two trial races held
Yankee and Rainbow have each
won one, and two have each lost,
they being Rainbow and Weeta-
moe, but Yankee beat Rainbow
which beat Weetamoe, which
means Yankee, with the previous
lead in points over the others, has
advanced a peg, but, to date they
have not encountered the sort of
weather the committee wants to
see them race in, namely, a blow.
The race yesterday was a most
peculiar one in many respects. If
it could be called a race of flukes,
then the break in that line was
about even, and SO far as the bat
tie between Shippers Adams and
Vanderbilt is concerned, the for
mer out-generaled the latter, and
refused to be enticed into traps
the wiley contract bridge expert
attempted to lure him.
Actually, the crux or turning
point was at the leeward mark at
the end of 15-mile run down
wind in light and tickle airs when
Rainbow, first abeam of the mark,
permitted Yankee to slip in be-
tween her and the buoy and, max
ing a sharp turn, was about and
off on the windward leg while
Rainbow went wide and an appar-
ent advantage of several seconds
was converted into loss
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

consuming curiosity to see
fighter whip a wrestler in a mixed
bout, no legitimate holds barred,
but no kicking, biting or gouging.
I would like to see Max Baer,
since he is the champion, try his
luck with John Pesek, the old
Nebraska grappler. They used to
call him the Tiger Man" and
they we're right. Pesek, in my
opinion, could lick a ring full of
fighters in a free-for-all, rough
and tumble fight. Frank Bruno,
not a great wrestler, or Martin
Ludeke, once a fine light heavy
weight grappler, could beat fight
ers every day in the week.
Just One Punch
The only chance a fighter
would have with wrestler who
really chose to wrestle would be
to land a knockout punch right
off the reel. If he didn't and
the wrestler dove in to tangle
his legs and bring him down,
the fighter would be sunk.
Just figure out how many one
punch knockouts you've seen in
the ring-even with ham-and-
egg warriors inVolved-and then
put the acid of your intelligence
on all this tommyrot that you
read and maybe see, when some
retired fighter hangs a one-punch
knockout on a wrestler.
Just so far as the wrestling
game is concerned, it would be
relief to see some matches that
were true tests Of Skill. The
writer is fed up on Wrestlers like
Rudy Dusek, a first-claSS grappler
when he attends to wrestling and
lets elbow slugging alone, and
others of that type grunting and
groaning and feigning pain IN the
ring. I've seen Dusek IN his train
ing matches at George BothnerS
gymnasium in New York city, and
/ can assure you that some OF the
buns who fool around With him
in the ring here and elsewhere
couldn't last five minutes if the
checks were down.
I'd like to see Jimmy Londos,
who is a delight to the eye in the
gymnasium and in private work
outs, really cut out his hanging
on-the-ropes routine and get down
to the serious business of genuine
catch-aS-catch-can graphing.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
FLANAGAN REAL
THREAT To
RUDDY
BY SID KATZNELL

Ray Ruddy, defending cham
pion, will be facing the strongest
kind of competition when the
tenth annual Presidents Cup
three-mile swim is run off tomor-
row at o'clock in front of the
Washington Canoe Club in the
historic Potomac.
Ralph Flanagan, former Olym-
pic performer, will especially
challenge Ruddy's supremacy.
The good natured young Irish
man holds dozens of swimming
records but will not be satisfied
until he cops the Presidents Cup
classic.
Ruddy has won the event for
the past seven years, winning the
first back in 1927 when he was
only Is years old. And his vic
tories have been mainly RESPONSE
BILE for the New York A. C. re-
tanning the team trophy for six
of the last seven summers.
foremost aquatic CLUBS OF the
East are sending their strongest
representatives in an effort to
snatch the cup away from the
New York A. C. The West Side
Y. M. c. A. of New York city
is sending crack aggregation of
swimmers, headed by Tom Pierce,
national iuniOr three.nile cham.
pion.
Ernie Boggs, of the local Y. M.
c. A, is this city's chief contender
to capture the 3-mile swim.
Though tomorrow will mark
the tenth time the Presidents
cup has been up for competition,
the contest was first started in
1911. The Washington Canoe
Club inaugurated it in that year
and the race was won by William
L. Crane,
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Columns of type was cast and
shot into the greedy presses relat
ing the triumph of Dempsey over
the grunter. Max Baer followed
the lead of the Manassa Maule1
and now it is quite the vogue. In
fact, it is no longer news, but
certain type of sucker can be
fooled oftener than frog will
swallow a red flannel bait.
The crowd saw in d Dempsey
triumph over some grappler vic
tory of a type. The white silk
shirt of the raven locked Dempsey,
his Immaculate flannels and glist-
ening shoes were transformed in
the eyes of the audience into the
shining armor of a Galahad. He
was cast as crusader in the fair
name-don't laugh-of boxing.
Now, as said in the first place,
far be it from me to cast aspera-
tions or chuck mud at anything
in the sports rackets. But I have
certain opinions of these knock
outs of WreStlerS. In fact l have
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

dium yesterday we're treated to
three fielding plays by Bluege,
Stone and Manush that would
have done credit to Sunday
game, much less a weekday
contest.
Earl Whitehill's Wednesday
work was the second great
exhibition he has put up on
the current home stay. If I
were Cronin I'd shoot him
right back at the Tigers and
Schoolboy Rowe tomorrow.
Jim Pixlee, George Washing
ton coach, is sending out invi-
tations for football players and
newspaper men to join him at
Camp Let's, on the Rhodes
River, Edgewater, Md, Septem-
ber 3 to 16, inclusive. Be"
seein' y'u, Jim.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

NOW the TWO, McCarCny ana
Cochrane, who took their base
ball roots down at Dover, are
at each others throats, the one
old enough to be the others
father and t'other young
enough to be his antagonists
son. Each is manipulating his
players these fine, crisp after
moons with one eye, whilst
with the other he gazes out at
the scoreboard to- see how the
fight is goin'.
Willard and Wrestling
Jess willard now returning to
the ring as a wrestling referee,
gave me one of my earliest
thrills in sports reporting when
I drew the sublime assignment
of interviewing him at Union
Station while he was en- route
to New York from Havana
after dropping Jack johnson
in the twenty-sixth round
meath a broiling April 6 sun
in 1915.
Willard, his heavy hulk mov-
ing ponderously around the
main bout mat last night, his
breath coming heavily as he
painted and heaved over Carl
baldi and Szabo, added little or
nothing to the show outside of
his two hundred and fifty-odd
pounds.
If Jess got $1OO for his ef-
forts last night, Benny Bortnick
should have received $1,000 for
the show he put on whilst try
ing to keep Jim Heslin and Burt
Rubi within legal bounds OF
wrestling mayhem. Benny lost
his shirt, but never his dignity,
displaying rare aplomb in the
face of humiliating circum-
stances which he turned, for the
most part, to his own aggrandize-
ment.
Willard proved as strange to
the wrestling game as he was
to the fight game, big, awk-
ward, innocent and susceptible,
for he too was caught in the
mesh of holds which Gino and
Sander applied. Wrestling must
be slipping considerably if it
needs such as Willard to boil
Ster it.
Baseball fans at Griffith sta.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

the Capital, was just tickled to death. Susko
booted Gehringers grounder but the batter re-
ceived credit for base hit. To him who hath
shall be given, and Gehringer has plenty of base
hits In the Grff half of the frame Owen made
gittering muff of Stones foul ball right in the
court and sight of the assembled thousands. No
error was charged to Owen, and since Stone fol
lowed with a base hit, everyone was pleased.
Harry Geisel conceded a play, or so it seemed
When Manush rammed into a double play day
light showed between Rogell and the bag as the
last named threw the ball to first base in COM
pleting the killing.
Stone made lucky escape in the second in
ming. He msjudged the power of Greenberg'S
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

just 1queeze in. I'm going to
BrOGkline, determined to make
a rood impression. strongly
favor starting out the field at
mach play from the beginning.
'fFis new system will make for
q keener championship.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

failed in my
only other at.
tempt in the
1881 sectional
tests at Rich
m o n d. l
thought 1 was
a gOner at
Five Farms
after hitting q
streak of rag
ged golf for
eight straight
holes in my
af rn O on
round. How
ever, 1 stead
led down to
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

chance because more chances
can be taken in match play
than medal. Several bad shots
on one hole in match play
means only the loss of the hole,
but in medal play 1t practically
means elimination.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

game. This system does away
with favOritism and it is quite
possible that George Dunlap and
Johnny Goodman might be
brought together in the first
round. The 1894 event will be 3
free-fOr.all championship.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

were m any s. Lew Aoder
holes on which 1 could have
saved strokes. I'll be pulling
for the Washington boys when
the championship play begins.
The change from medal to
match play gives every entrant
a fair chance.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

me, if for no other reason that if l did, I
would be compelled to level few barks at my
very good friend Jack Dempsey, and to accuse
him of setting new style for fooling the
gullible public.
And yet I feel impelled to offer certain
facts for consideration in, this space.
The gentle pastime of former fighters who
;urned 'rasslin referees, planting sophorific
oy Jack Dempsey Something had to be done
% quell the rising thought that a third rate
Wrastler could lick any fighter in the world.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

UN CuE VSISS U1 U1dV144S VUU 4V1 141 %A4S1 1VtS11
League pennant, that the situation is strik-
ing
Each played his first professional ball in
the same town. Dover, Delaware. It was in
the Peach League when Mccarthy played
there, and the Eastern Shore League when
Mickey reported.
Both boys were poor and took up baseball
through necessity Cochrane at the age of 20
in 1923 under an assumed name while he
was still plugging his way through Boston
University, and Mccarthy IT years before in
1906, at the age of 10.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

the two-day medal rounds at
the championship proper will
be welcomed. 1t is far easier
to start right into match play
with no worry of getting over a
stretch of two hard medal play
rounds.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

w a S hingtOn
clubs for the
national anna
teur C h a M
piO nShip. /
look back now
and see where
/ could have
avoided a n y
necessity for
taking part in
the pla y-Off
for the last
place in the
nuaIifvin ing
tests at Five
Farms. There
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
20 GOOSE EGGS

Jim Bivin, Galveston right
handler, ran his string of consecu-
tive scoreless innings against
Beaumont to 20, when he blankec
the EXporters. 30 recently.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

four hits in the fourth inning, and some OF the
fans began to wonder if these Bengals were
really as tough as advance notices made them.
Manush ran back to the left field fence and
made a leaping one-handed catch of Marvin
Ovens smashing drive, ticketed for extra oaseS;
Greenberg on first base and on his way to third
base, Scurried back to first base.
It's great thing to don the robe of a prophet.
Just at the precise moment this department an
nounced that both Cleveland and Boston had
good chance to catch the Yankees, both went
into tail spin. Everyone kicked them around
and it looks now as if the Yankees will have to
stagger home second in spite OF themselves.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
JOHN C. SHOREY
Kenwood, Qualifier

I'm glad 1 was one Of the for
tunate Washington golfers to
qualify for the national amateur
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

est in its his
tory because
of the change
in pla y ing
CO n d i tiOnS.
Tossing the
qualifiers in
to the grab
bag, picking
'em out of
y II e udG AOH
match play
at the start
without show
i n & a n y
p arti ality,
w i ii be a
A.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

Martin F. Mccarthy play rounds
from the outset affords a great
opportunity for the lesser
known to climb the top with a
few good rounds. The headlin-
ers, such as Dunlap, Johnny
Goodman. etc, will be on the
"SpOt" at BrOOkline.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

championship
in the Sec
tiOnal tests at
t h e Five
Farms course
of the Balti-
m ore COun-
try Club on
Tuesday. My
ir o n S h o t S
had given me
S o m e anXi-
ETY., b ut 1
Straighten e d
'en out hV
prac tic ng
la S t w e e k.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
JIMMY DRAIN,
Washington, Qualifier

It's the first time I've ever
qualified for the national anna
teur championship, having
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
GENE VINSON
Manor, Qualifier

When one successfully gets
through a sectional test such as
the one at Five Farms he has
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
BILLY DETTWEILER
Congressional, Qualifier

I think that the 1884 Ma
tional amateur championship
at BrOokline will be the great
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
MARTIN F. MCCARTHY
Columbia, Qualifier

Going to BrOOkline, Mass, for
the National Amateur golf
championship will mark my
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
GRIST OF THE GR|FFS
BY FRANK BUCK" o'NEILL
Times Staff Writer

There pretty courteses in the first inning
profited greatly satisfied
Gehrnge high for the hospitality
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

Dempsey stepped into the ring out somewhere
in the red clay belt of ArkansasI think Arkansas
and swished Iron Mike the jaw of wrestler who trans
gressed the elastic rules of 'rassling
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
One-Punch Knockout
Is Boxers One Hope
To Beat Grqppler
Bv FRANK "BUCK" or
Times Staff Writer

Now far be it from this purveyor of statements real and
aspersons chuck mud at the rocsome
capers fighters wrestling referees and the exponents
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

Cochrane played his first professional ball under the
of Frank King Mccarthy had need for Disgusting his
identity He only raggedy kid out of Germantown
Pa of humble parentage and dollar picked up playing
baseball to him Just like finding it in the street
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
Cochrqne, Mccarthy
Both Started Ball
Careers In Dover
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

There many similares well as disslmlarities
twxt Mickey Cochrane and the baseball pilot Joeph Vincent
Mccarthy whose New York Yankees Cochrane Tigers
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
PREFER NEW MATCH PLAY SYSTEM AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
s. LEVI YODER,

Indian Spring, NOn-Qualifier
/ am disappointed that I
wasn't one of the qualifierS from
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

finally caught with hand after last second leap
The G socked their through to three earned runs on
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

Goose Gosn thinks that Detroit will win the pennant by 10
but thinks that the Yankees will finish second because OF
their young pitchers
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

Baseball fans at Griffith sta.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-23

Ladies of Trinity Guild were busily engaged renovating and re-
 pairing the rectory of the Episcopal Church. The Guild was assuming all expense of the repairs which consisted of repapering, painting and vanishing the entire interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-23
Sips for Tourists.
(New York Times.)
candidates.

Of old sat Freedom on the heights of Quebec and the gentler hills and lowlands of Ontario. So it seemed to Americans in the age of Prohibition. They pointed to the liquor laws of Canada after she had broken her too long engagement with the Drys The United States under the heel of fanatics. Canada had chosen the more liberal" view, though it would look far from liberal to those much soaking "Puritans' whom it was our custom to bewhack for offense they guilty of So northward toward the star of liberty and rum highly restrcted-the of millions of Americans made their way. Seldom has there been so pro longed passion for scenic beauties" and the Imp tof the Bottle.
 Then America got her freedom How about the procession northward? The Ontario Legislature has taken notice that American travellers haven't an leye single to scenery The Provincial Liquir Act has been amended so that beer and wine may be had more freely. As the Attorney General puts it, the visitor will shortly be able to get "a cheap glass of beer and to enjoy it under proper regua tons." Quebec is less liberal" than Ontario. It is hoped that her Government will follow the example of Ontario Surely, it will never do for the gayer community to be more puritan" than her ordinarily sterner sister.
 These polite and neghborly intentions and atten- tions will be fully appreciated; yet shouldn't the altered status of the American drnker be taken
 into account? In a country rich in bars and grils the United States, can the prospect of a glass of beer in Canada be regarded seductive? So far as considerations of drink influence the tide of American travellers to the Dominion, the tightening not the loosening, of Canadian liquor regulations is indicated It is useless to deny that many regrettable persons sigh for the comfort of the speakeasy, the joy of forbidden fruit. The pull ing of corks in hotel bedrooms of Toronto and Montreal may revive something of the lost zest. For pleasure is capricous. After crying ten years for freedom" dsilusoned souls long for chains and slavery:
 For all sad words is this the worst: Since repeal have lost my thirst"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-23
ToMoRRow's PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

Democrats and Republicans tomorrow will enter their respective primaries to select candidates for Delegate to Congress, Territorial Treasurer, ana members of the Alaska Legislature to be elected next Fall. Although there has not been great deal of active interest displayed it is altogether
 likely that the vote will be larger than is usual in the April baloting Lack of competition for Delegate to Congress on the Democratic ticket, which ordi- narily would tend to lessen the vote, is counter acted by the contests for the Legislature in every Division on both tickets and by the contest for nomination for Treasurer on the Democratic ticket There is no candidate for the Republican nomination for Delegate and only one for that for Treasurer There but few contests for the Legislature.
 All of this indicates that the heavy vote will be in the Democratic primary. It is contrary to the rule of things for the past 12 more years during which the Republican primaries have been the major battlefield, and in them the vote has usually been larger than that cast in the Demoratic primaries
 Tomorrow's voting will be the first that could be considered test of political sentiment since the Democratic landslide in the Territory in 1882. By many it will be watched closely and it's results regarded as evidence of how the Roosevelt Ad- ministratons recovery program is being received n Alaska How the party has fared since the advent of the New Deal will be judged to some extent by the size of the vote boiled in the Democratic primary compared to former years Of course, the real test will not come until Fall but 1t is inevitable that the primary results will be regarded as straws in the wind
 The vote here tomorrow ought to set record for primary elections The municipal election vote three weeks ago was the largest cast in the city for it's officers. There Juneau candi- dates in the race than for many years if not the most on record They and their friends are working to bring out vote.
 From all evidences, both party organizations have kept their hands off the campaign. Each seems to adopted the policy of allowing the several rival candidates to fight their battles in their own ways and are content to await the Fall election to bring the organization forces into action. News papers, too have followed that course consistently. To date so far as is known here, not single news paper has advocated the nomination of any candi- ,oate or slate
 American citizen who has resided in Alaska one year and in the precinct in which he seeks to vote, who can read and write the English language can vote In some quarters, it seems that the idea prevails that registration is required; that is. if person failed to register before the municipal election recently he cannot vote in the primary That is not the case. Registration is for municipal elections only No pre-primary registration is done. Thus any person with the qualifications above mentioned is entitled to vote tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-23
KETCHIKAN's LIQUOR REBELLION.

Juneaus good and respected neighbor, Ketchi kan, seems to have worked itself into fever heat over the question of how liquor shall be sold. veritable liquor reblon" seems to have in the making there. Debates are raging the Terri torial Giquor Boards regulations declares news item sent out by the Associated Press correspondent in that city And further informed that "The City Council will hold election in 10 days to let citizens decide whether they want liquor store operated by the municipality, dozens oper ated privately"
 There must be a mistake somewhere along the line. The Board of Liquor Control recently promul- gated regulations, which in fact law, the only law Alaska has or can have the subject, setting up the system under which liquor be sold after May | It distinctly said it could be sold only by duly licensed individuals, firms and corporations. Sometime prior to promulgating it's regulations, it was announced by the Board that it was advised by competent legal advisers it had not the power to either establish Territorial liquor stores or to dele gate it's powers to the municipalities that they could set up city-owned operated and regulated liquor stores. In view of this the Ketchkan elec- ton probably it pointless The question that it is proposed to submit to the voters has already been decided for them. Not by the Board either It was decided by the Territorial Legislature in 1883 when it created the Board and in the law doing it specifically defined it's duties and powers. The Board cannot properly be subjected to critimism because it declines to do something that the Legis lature did not empower it to do.
 If the Ketchikan City Council wants to submit to the voters of that city the question of whether liquor shall be sold by privately operated stores or not sold at all, and if majority of the voters favor sale, it is not impossible that the Board would consider that very seriously in passing upon applications for license to sell liquor there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-23
2N YEARS AGO
APRIL g. 1914
Prom The Empire

AfhlL HJ, 'Slf
 Capt Sid Harrington, ot JAc Side Stream Navigation Company, pass ed through Juneau aboard the Mariposa the previous night on his way to Lower La Barge by way of Skagway and Whitehorse. Bill Bar cington had preceded him to the Interior to prepare for the opening 0f navigation. The B arrin g t o n brothers were two of the best known steamboat captains on the upper Yukon.