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Evening star., 1934-08-29
HORSE, PONY SHOW
TO Be ELABORATE
Eleven Events Listed for
Affair at Rust Estate,
Near Leesburg.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
U EESBURG, Va, August a.
The list Of entries announced
4 today for the second annual
children's horse and pony
show, to be held Saturday at Rock
ridge Farm, estate Of D. N. Rust,
near here, revealed a number Of the
best ponies in Northern Virginia
carded to compete.
The show has developed into one
Of the outstanding events for society
and horse folk In Loudoun and Wash
ington. There are IL classes on the
program
Patricia and wilson Hurley, chill
dren of former Secretary of War and
Mrs. Patrick ]. Hurley, who now are
residing at historic Belmont, four
miles east of Leesburg, are among the
exhibitors.
The show is scheduled to begin at
o'clock. The judging will be in the
hands of w. F. Peach and R. T. Cor
bell, local horsemen.
The show is sponsored by Miss Jane
Rust, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam F. Rust of Pittsburgh and Lees
burg, and Misses Mary and Eleanor
Rust, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. David
N. Rust of Alexandria and Loudoun.
The ring, constructed on the
greensward at the Rust estate, was to-
day reported as being in fine condi-
ton. The oval is one OF the most
attractive in this area.
Preparations are being made to care
for large crowd, with both Washing
ton and Alexandria furnishing big
Quotas
Evening star., 1934-08-29
FOOT BALL LEAGUE
MEETS NEXT WEEK
National City Loop Will Have
Three Divisions+Diamond
Schedule Announced.
IIC GAUzzA, boss of the Ma

IIC GAUZzA, boss Of the Ma
v. tional City Foot Ball League
will call the sandlotters together
next week to plan for the season.
On Wednesday night, at the Atlas
sport goods store, the 125 and 135
pound teams will meet. Thursday the
unlimited will powwow, both meetings
to open at 8 pm.
Teams desiring information on the
league should communicate with
Gauzza, at Atlas.
The champions Of last season are
back, namely, Northeast Boys Club
135-pound class; Palace A. c., 150-
pound class and Marion A. c., unnm-
tied. Palace may move into the un-
limited division.
Gauzza today announced the sched-
ule for Sunday in the National City
Base Ball League. Nine games will
be played. The schedule:
Section A-Pig n Whistle VS.. st
Joseph's, 3 pm.
Section B--Grif1th Blue Coal VS.
Union Printers, IL am; Rinaldi Coal
men VS.. Union Printers, 3 pm.
Junior-Goode Cleaners VS.. Claren-
don, l pm; Washington A. G. VS.
Washington Maid, 1 pm.
Midgets - Schwarts Cleaners VS.
Simpson Pharmacy, Lanes VS.. Meal
wee, Wizard Locksmith VS.. Clarendon
and Versus Products VS.. Jack Pry, all
at II am.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Hitchcock Probably Out.

TT SEEMS to be the assumption
that the great Tommy Hitchcock,
put out of action by a concus-
sion three weeks ago, will not ride
with the East. Hitchcock has been
IN the saddle only once since his
accident, and polo officials have had
no indication he will attempt come
back this season.
Meanwhile, it has become definite
that the colorful Texan, Hubert W.
(Rube) Williams, who is laid UP with
sciatica, will not be in the starting
Western lineup.
AS shifted by Burke, the Western
quartet retains only Pedley at No. /,
in the same position he occupied last
year. Roark, slim Englishman, who
has taken out American citizenship
papers and makes his home in Cali
fornia, fits nicely into the combina-
ton at No. 3, between the hard-hitting
Smith and the resourceful, rangy
Bo=Seke.
This lineup will be tested Satur-
day against picked side, including
Devereux MiIburn, chairman of the
EaS tern Selection Committee, at his
old position at back. Meanwhile, the
you thful Eastern favorites were booked
today for another tilt against a side
composed of Seymour Knox, Earle A.
S. Hopping, Stewart Iglehart and
Winston Guest.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
C)L0RED TWIRLERS
WEARING PLAY-0FFS
F 1ish Qualifying Tonight in
Maryland Event-Virginia
Has Dark Horse.

FrHE colored horseshoe pitchers of
Maryland will complete qualifl-
cation tests in The Star Tour
n ment tonight and tomorrow at
N nth Brentwood and Lincoln Park.
NJ lyor Julius Wheeler of North Brent
" cd reports the courts in top condi-
ii n for the event. Rev. James Davis
OF Lincoln Park and Cat Bones"
D If1n say the Rockville tossers are
81 ooting unusually high scores.
The Maryland State championships
" Il be staged on the electric lighted
&C lrts at North Brentwood Friday
nj yht, with the first matches getting
III der way at o'clock
Alfred Marshall and Walter Smith,
lie ding Virginia candidates for Stan
le Robinson's crown, will supervise
the Virginia playoffs. The State
CT ampionships will be played at Halls
H /. under the direction of Fred Ewell
ar {. Walter Smith Smith predicts a
6srk horse from Fort Myer will be
the surprise of the tourney. Dates
for the Virginia events will be an
nocnced later.
local qualification tests are still
under way in various parts of the
city. The local championships will
be played early next week.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

THE Illinois Chess Bulletin for
August says that the Western
Chess Association took steps
at its last meeting in Chicago
to broaden its scope of influence by
Incorporating the American Chess
Federation.
One Of the purposes of the new
corporation is to teach chess among
the young people of America, along
lines similar to the plan now being
used so successfully in Milwaukee and
indorsed by the State Recreational
Board of Wisconsin, heretofore men
toned in this column. Another pur-
pose is to begin plans to hold, as
quickly as eXpedient, a real American
chess tournament, wherein the best
chess talent of the North American
Continent may take part, with prizes
of sufficient size to be worthy of the
event.
NEW officers elected for the year
~ 1884 and 1885 are as follows:
President, G. S. Barnes, Mime
apoliS; vice president, Charles H.
Leech. Oak Park, Ill. and secretary
and treasurer, o. A. Holt. Minneapolis.
There are also Is directors, located at
points in Illinois or west thereof.
There are no Eastern representatives.
TROM the account it would appear
that the Western Chess Associa-
ton is merged into the new
organization. This chess institution
first came together at Lake Mime
Evening star., 1934-08-29
FIRST GOLF DATES HOLD

Decision for Junior Tourney Robs
Dettweiler of Title.
Off again, on again for the District
junior golf championship.
Set originally for September S,
and 7, and changed last week to Sep
tember 81, % and %, the junior title
chase will be played as originally
scheduled.
The Executive Committee of the
District Golf Association met last
night and decided to adhere to the
original dates, despite the fact that
it will remove the crown from Billy
Dettweiler, the champion.
o. L. Veerhoff, president of the
association, announced that inasmuch
as the later dates would not be con-
venient to several of the schoolboy
entrants the original date will hold.
Entries for the tourney will close
next Monday night at Indian Spring
and the course will be open for prac-
tice on Monday and Tuesday.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
GOVERNMENT NET
SCRAP CONTINUES
Four Doubles Matches on Tap
Today-Freshman Dark Horse
After Beating Ladd.
TOUR doubles matches are sched-

TOUR doubles matches are Sched-
II uled for this afternoon in the
Government employees tennis
tournament, beginning at o'clock.
Two of the doubles teams, Shore and
Latona, and Ritzenberg and Staubley,
are among the duos expected to figure
prominently in the fight for two-man
honors.
Shore and Latona were to play
Anderson and Freshman, Garvis and
Riorden were to meet Erana and
Shenken, Goldsmith and Edwards
we're to engage Pierce and Tracey, and
Staubley and Ritzenberg were to op-
pose Tommeldon and Porter.
In one of the best matches yester-
day, Art Freshman proved himself
singles threat when he defeated
Johnny Ladd, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Strategy, Extra Pitch, Wild
HeGre Decide ScribeS' Tilt

N.-H.-T team inserted little Bobby
Stewart, 7-year-old son of Walter
Stewart, pitcher of the Nationals.
Little Bobby famed ingloriously,
but demanded another strike, and
his opponents acquiesced. The next
pitch by Thrower Shirley Povich
sailed in the general direction of
the press box, and the ball game
was over.
After the third inning, when 1t
was learned the case of beer plant
ed on third base was too warm to
make base running worth while,
nobody on the SIP. team tried
hard.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Stars Nearly EQUAL.

"THERE is very little to choose
when you get players of seven
to ten goal rating together. In
fact, I would say the ponies represent
close to 80 per cent of the game in
such fast company and the breaks
will have a lot to do with the rest of it.
would not be bit surprised to see
the series go the limit of three
matches -
Although it is the consensus Of polo
experts that the West will have a big
edge in experience and hitting power,
Burke considers the prospective 29-
goal Eastern four, consisting of Mike
Phipps, Jimmy Mills, Ebby Gerry and
Billy Post as so much "chain-light-
ming" on horseback.
These youngsters have impressed
me as a great team" he said. They
are always on the ball. and they
have played so long and so well to-
gether that they are dangerous oppo-
siCion for any rivals
Evening star., 1934-08-29
GRlFFS BUY A CATCHER

Purchase of Jack Redmond, 20-year-
old catcher of the Birmingham Barons
of the Southern Association, has been
announced by President Clark Griffith
OF the Washington base ball club.
The youngster, serving his first sea-
son in organized base ball, is not re-
garded as anything more than a pros
pect by Griffith and will not report to
the Nationals until next Spring at
training camp. Even next year it is
likely he will be sent to Chattanooga
for moSe experience.
The purchase price was not di-
vulged,
Evening star., 1934-08-29

n T DOESN'T pay to be too
charitable III base ball. if what
sports scrites of washington's
five newspar ers committed yes
tcrday at Griff h Stadium truth
fully can be called base ball.
The annual comedy of errors re-
suited in a 7-t0-6 victory for the
News-Herald Times crew over a
nine composed of Star-Post scribes.
and the losers can blame only
themselves. With the score tied
at sail and a runner CD on third
base, the board of strategy of the
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Is q Born Player.

;
of his court ap-
pearance - Sug-
gest the b orn
player. He gains
amazing speed on
thS first serve
for so slight a
fellow. A back
hand second to
none, backed up
by brilliant vol
leying from most
unorthodox posi-
tions, forms the
nucleus of his
success.
The con d
ro-rro o~d on on
Evening star., 1934-08-29
BURKE DISCOUNTS
SUPERIOR RATING
Declares Ponies viii Be 80
Fer Cent of Game in
Play With East.
BY ALAN GOULD,
associated Press Sports Editor.

Vt YEsTBURY, N y August %.
n Like foot ball coach
" u anxious to keep his charges
from becoming over-confi-
Dent on the eve of the big battle,
Carleton F. Burke, who denies he
IS the "20-goal man on the side
lines" put himself on record today as
being very "bearish" about the chances
of the West overwhelming the East in
The forthcoming renewal of intersec-
tional polo rivalry on the historic No. !
field of the Meadowbrook Club
After disclosing that the Vests
'tarting lineup will consist of Eric
.'edley, Cecil Smith, Aidan Roark and
Timer J. Boeseke, jr., riding in that
rider, Burke qualified as the gloomy
.iil' of polo by remarking: The fact
nat this team rates at SO goals. as
compared with a possible 80 goals for
ne Eastern side, doesn't mean there
likely will be any such difference in
scoring capacity on the field.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
GIRL B0WLERS MEET

Girl bowlers of the Prince Georges
County League will hold an organiza-
ton meeting Thursday night at
o'clock at the Hyattsville alley.
On the following Thursday, the
mems section of the league will meet
at the same place and time. Oscar
Hiser, manager of the Hyattsville pin
plant, is looking for banner season.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Mat Matches

BY the Associated Press.
THREE RIVERS, Quebec. - Ed
(strangler) Lewis, 240, Glendale,
Calf, defeated George Jenkins, 225,
New York, straight falls.
CAMDEN, N. J.-Charley midget
Fischer, Columbus. Ohio, defeated
Maurice Lachappelle, Canada, by de-
cision 90 minutes FISCHER won only
falD.
CHICAGO. - Jack Brown, IT'S,
Shreveport, La, defeated Lefty PAGER,
1T, Columbus, Clio, two falls to one.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
BREAK EVEN AT TENNIS
Washington Junior Team Beaten
by orioles-D. C. Boys Win.

A team of junior tennis players
from Washington absorbed their sec
ond consecutive lacing from picked
Baltimore team yesterday ON the
Henry Park courts, to 4, but the
local boys team turned the tables and
earned an even break by defeating
the Oriole youngsters, 5 to 4.
N. Ritzenberg. A. Ritzenberg and
Cranston were victorious in the junior
singles for Washington and the two
Ritzenbergs paired of in doubles to
win. March, Lynham, johnson and
Blue were boy singles winners and
March and johnson won the decisive
1a,,hIa.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

Two TeCOTOS were
broken.
The first was
that, for the first
time, the VIM
bledon title was
won on a default.
And, secondly, it
was the first time
In history that
t h e Wimbledon
final had not been
played. I am re-
minded, as the
defense of my
American title
approaches, that
A.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
ROWE is A CONFIDENT.
UNSPOILED YOUNCSTER

To Cochrane he blurted in fierce tones
on the bench:
Send me in tomorrow. Send me In
any time. I'll pitch and I'll win. I'll
show those birds or bust. -
Since that day he clicked" Mickey
tells. Hes the Rowe who was so
tough that first season, only much
better"
A S FOR Lyn, 1t just doesn't occur
"A to him he might lose. He never
lost in El Dorado.
Along with Mickey, Gehringer and
the rest, Rowe is a municipal institu-
ton in Detroit. They'll probably erect
statues along Woodward avenue to
him, enshrine his bust with Henry
Ford's American relics. Yet this
doesn't spoil the schoolboy.
rs there anything else I can tell
you?" he asked politely, coming the
length of the dressing room to find us
after completing his toilet. Fancy it
after all the questioning. A guy like
that deserves his good breaks.
Copyright. 1884. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc0
Evening star., 1934-08-29
C. u. OFFERED GRID GAME

Catholic University is considering a
foot ball game on Thanksgiving day
next year with Providence College,
according to an announcement by
Arthur ]. Bergman, coach of the
Cardinals.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
BY FRED ]. PERRY.

BY FRED ]. PERRY.
N YEW YORK, August 29.-Twc
M boys came to represent Ameri-
ca in the Davis Cup in 1881
and played Wimbledon as a
preliminary. They reached the final
and one defaulted through an injured
ankle. The names of those two are
Sidney Wood and Frank Shields. Thus,
Evening star., 1934-08-29
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guards were at a loss how to stop his
scoring.
When Spring came around Rowe
really got busy. His senior year he
won the medal and clinched the links
crown, for his school, playing in shorts
so he could cop the 100-yard dash,
set a javelin record, take the shotput
and help out in the mile relay as
well as the 440-yard run
That Spring he got around to pitch
the school nine to high place among
Arkansas annals. He was, you see,
quite an athlete.
How He Got Nickname.
FINALLY they sent young Lyn to
Beaumont for Spring warm
up with honest-to-gosh profess
sional ball players. He had now ac-
quired his life's nickname, fan
shouting to the bewildered batters of
a rival town who were cutting vainly
at Rowe's speed, Hi theah, you buns!
You all go'n let at schoolboy fan you
out?" It stuck, and not bad nick
name, either.
Del Baker was managing Beaumont,
a Detroit farm, that Spring of '32.
Rowe, assigned to Evansville, Ind, of
the Three-Eye League, was told to
warm up with Del.
THE minute he showed his fast one
knew he was due for big things in
a hurry. Then he cut the curve over
and was sure" Del relates. "I said
to him, Show me your change OF
pace, kid He looked at me, his face
a blank.
whats a change of pace?' said
Rowe"
Baker showed him. Before they
finished, Rowe was winding up and
cutting loose a half-speed ball that
many a major Lacquer would prize
today. In a season he was master of
this difficult branch of pitching. A
change of pace is simply a fast ball
slowed down, but delivered with all
the enthusiasm of a velocity pitch.
1t causes unwary hitters to slash
flercely into the ozone, cutting wide
holes therein.
Is Great Pinch Hitter.
BORROWER, he can hit. Rowe
VI is the best pinch hitter on De-
troit'S bench right now.
And yet, when Mickey Cochrane
took charge, Rowe was total loss to
the team. His arm, hurt in Shibe
Park fielding one of Mickey's own
bunts last season, seemed to have
ended his career at the outset. More
over, peculiar laSsitude set in with
the boy; he lost his keenneSS to pitch.
A surgeon did things to some ten
dons in his right shoulder at Orlando,
and Cochrane did things to his atti-
tude in Detroit. One day, after the
season was well started and the Tiger
seemed destined to 90 not much
farther than of old, Rowe strobe on
the field as relief pitcher and the
crowd, knowing his lack of enthusi-
asm, booed. Rowe heard. His eyes
flashed and the old chin went up.
This, to the 1928 hero, was some
thing new.
1t burned deep into the skin. He
famed two, got the next batter, re-
tired the side and ended the game.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

Commercialism Tinges Rivalry
THE truth of the matter is that
i the rivalry between the different
lines and the different natioI4s
has taken on a strong commercial
tinge. One recent winner published
the news of its victory in the paid
advertisement columns. Another line
is said to have invested as much as
$50 900 in its boat ano crew in the
last two years.
The average cost of building
new mahogany lifeboat for
the race, according to Capt.
FrirWoId of the United Fruit
Co., is a little less than $4,000.
Most crews spend an average of five
or six weeks in training. A few, like
the Standard Shipping Co. entry, are
reported by rival coaches to have been
preparing for the race as long as five
months. Some of the crews went
through their workouts in New York
Harbor, and others, including the
ClGW O1 J11C 111llCIAOeblA CAROAe 4AAASb 49, -
trained in special camps and done a
little roadwork in the bargain.
Even the foreign countries are be-
ginning to feel the ravages of anna
teurism by this time. Capt. Drexel Of
the North German Lloyd reports that
his men trained in Germany for over
a month The Italian line is believed
by it's opponents to have something
pretty special up its sleeve in the way
of a crew and a skiff.
All this pressure does no harm, OF
course, to the public, the ship lines,
and the bulk Of their seamen.
The trouble is that amateur
ism, disguised as wholesome and
spontaneous professionalism, can
| be a very inSidious thing.
Even while it Is creating a more
colorful spectacle and keener race,
1t may be seeping into the blood of
the bona-fide tars and making them
wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea
to quit the sea and compete all the
year round in some profit-sharing col
lege. I leave this problem for our
merchant marine to figure out for it
self.
Copyright 1884. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Vests Polo Pilot PLAYS Goomy Cir Central Must Rebuild Title Ee
PERRY SCENTS DANGER
In SHIELDS AND WOOD
Lauds Franks Determination and Rates Sidney
as Possessing More Natural Ability Than
Any Other Player in the World.

(Th the third of series dispatches
j. Perry estimate of
national singles Championship at Forest HtHsl
Evening star., 1934-08-29
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Amateurism Creeps Into Lifeboat Race.
Not Even Hardy Tars Exempt From Taint
By JOHN LARDNEE

Most lines protect their DoatS
and crews from rival scouts by
yelling them in the strictest
secrecy.
The preparations for this friendly
race remind you of nothing so much
as the preparations for big foot
ball game, or a big foot ball season.
The ship lines work the same prin-
ciple as the coach who orders Spring
practice, secret signal drills. and Sum-
mer training, or who dos his best
to conceal from another coach that
young Murphy, slow-seeming back
can really run hundred yards in
10 seconds.
These maneuvers are perfectly bona
fide, of course. The ship lines never
swerve from the rules, which require
the members of the crew to be bona
fide Seamen and the boats to conform
to certain speciications-at least
$500 pounds in weight, 26 feet in
length, 7 feet in the beam, devoid OF
grease or pot lead, and equipped with
no aids to racing except stretchers for
the feet.
Evening star., 1934-08-29


astounded England by their great
play. am also reminded that, at
a dinner during that championship
meeting. an official of the Wimbledon
Club said in speech that America
had placed its faith in Wooden
Shields" and that these shields were
not adequate defense in present-day
battle.
His simile and argument in defense
Of it seemed to break down when
Wood and Shields cantered through
to the final of the Wimbledon cham
pionship, but he proved to be right
when they failed in their Davis Cup
quest against us on the sanded court
at Auteuil. When we went into the
challenge round, month or 30 ago,
in defense of the trophy against that
same combination, the margin was
very close-ever so close.
Service His Big Asset.
OF ALL the American contestants
~ in England, none ever has prac-
ticed so assiduously and dill
gently as Frank Shields. He seemed
to be on the court from morning
until night, trying to get himself in
shape for the big clash. Never in
the history of the game has ever any
one played himself to a Standstill the
way Frank did in that tournament.
To use your own words, he was dead,
but ne wouldn't lie down."
Frank Shields has got to the top
by sheer determination and grit. If
one is a born tennis player. the rest
is comparatively easy. But Shields
definitely is no natural player. He
has a peculiar style. His game has
it's limitations, but those limitations
expand greatly when backed up by
determination such as he has. His
service is one of the finest in the
game-if not the f1nest-but do not
consider it as good this year as pre-
viously. The percentage Of double
faults is much higher. 1t seems to
me that, in an effort to gain little
more pace, he has lost his accuracy on
the first delivery, and reliability on the
second.
His forehead, hit rather in a wind
Evening star., 1934-08-29
YEW YORK, August 29.-The
International Lifeboat Race
u is not all that it seems to be.

N YEW YORK, August 29.-The
M International Lifeboat Race
u is not all that it seems to be.
Without any intentions Of in
dieting, exposing or annoying the big
steamship lines which have entered
boats for the contest on Labor day, 1t
must be reported that the ugly
spectre of amateurism is rearing its
head along our waterfront.
This race is supposed to be a whole
some, professional sort Of thing. In
theory, a dozen steamships drop their
boats over the side on Labor day
morning and a dozen crews OF able
seamen row a couple of miles to de-
termine, in a friendly way, which Is
the fastest.
The winners get a bonus of
something like SIS Or $50
apiece and perhaps few days
of shore leave.
That was the way it went eight
years ago when the first contest was
staged. In those days, and for some
years after, the winning crew was
usually composed of hardy Norwegian
tarS who roWed in the manner Of
the Viking ancestors-that is to say,
without bothering to cut out coffee,
or punch the bag, or do roadwork in
preparation for the grind. Those
Morse birds rowed for the bonus and
the fun of it.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

Amateurism RearS Ugly Head.
DUT it's hard to conduct any sort
II of contest involving Americans
without tainting it somehow or
other with the spirit of amateurism.
This country is practically teeming
with amateur sportsmen who cannot
put up with the slipShod professional
way of doing things. They have taken
over the International Life Boat Race
and put it on an efficient American
basis
Thus, some of the hardy tars now
do 5 or 10 miles of roadwork a day
at Gus Wilson'S camp in Orange
burgh, N. Y, as a preparatory meas
ure. The crews are selected and
drilled, weeks in advance of the race,
by well-paid trainers. The boats,
some of them mahogany, are built
especially for this competition at con-
siderable expense.