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The Washington times., 1935-05-29

The winner, and restored cham
pion was Barney Ross, of Chi
cago, at the end of the greatest
Is rounds these old eyes have
ever beheld but ones interest in
Mr.. Ross, then and later, was
bound to be somewhat restrained.
After all, I was INCLINED to suspect
that he didn't see me.
He, in fact, will do all right
without any help from anybody,
but that gallant man who stood
and slugged for three minutes OF
the most dramatic last round ever
poduced in a New York ring
there was a man who knew how
to die! He, in the words of the
immortal Henley. had made the
good fight, he had kept the faith:
But Referee Jack Dempsey ana
two judges had unanimously and
rightly called the decision against
him-and here, after a perform
ance so absolutely fine that 1t
filled the eye and gladdened the
heart, he was through.
Yes, I wanted suddenly to get
very close to a man I hadn't pre-"
viously taken the trouble to know
very we'll and now greatly regret
ted that this was so. I still don't
know him, for all I could do was
the next best thing.
SeiZes Hand
Hardened old Pop" Foster,
tears in his eyes, was cropping
blindly for the water bucket and
I seized opportunity and the ex-
tended hand, pumping both with
great vigor. There should be a
law against fights that make men
forget their age.
Before it went on, Foster raised a
terrible ruckus about Dempsey
claiming that the latter was bound
to be biased. He said John had
visited the other camp but not his
own and that he was a friend of
Abe Lyman, the orchestra leader,
who, it seemed, had bet $4,000 on
Ross. But. in the end, Foster had
to concede that his allegations
were not only unfounded but un'
important. In my scoring, Ross
won 10 rounds to four, with one
even.
But what rounds they were
and what a figure that McLarnin
was in defeat! Seeing him make
this losing effort was to realize
that here was a man who at his
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
McLarnin
Ends RING
Career
BY PAT ROBINSON

NEW YORK, May 29.-Down
the steps from under the white
hot glare of the Kleig lights above
the ring, with the feeble voice OF
old Joe HUMPHREYS still echoing
the unanimous decision Of Jack
Dempsey and the two judges for
Barney Ross, stumbled the brave,
detected and green-clad figure OF
Jimmy McLarnin.
Through cheering thousands.
still paying tribute to his great
but losing fight, half hidden by a
squad of huge policemen, he made
his way to the dressing rooms Of
the New York Giants.
Up the steps where John Nc
Graw led many a victorious band
and through the lockers to the old
dressing table that knew the
backs of Matty, Red Ames, Joe
McGinnity and Rube Marquard,
and there he slumped, his gallant
harp-decked robe Tapping about
his woe-begone figure.
He leaned over and rested his
head on the chest of a big Irish
friend like a little boy who seeks
comfort from his day.
DabS at Cut
Charley Schoenemann, his
trainer, dabs at cut on his right
eyebrow, cleans another under his
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

Parker Cook, local 16-yard
trapshoOt champion, will repre-
sent the District in the ma
national championships at Van
daIia. Ohio, in August
Dorothy SimOns. II, and Bar
bara SimOns, Is, daughters of
Mrs. Howard ]. SimOns, Manor
Club, are budding golf and
tennis stars. Jack TullOch re.
ports his st. Mary's Celtics
made such a pronounced hit
against the Chesapeake semi
pros that they have been
booked for the July 4 double.
header attraction at West Point,
Va. ROdger Pippen, sports
editor of the Baltimore News,
is some pippin as a golfer
no fOOlin' Arturo TOmel-
den, local tennis player, Is
something Of an amateur pho
tOgrapher snapped several
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

KenwOOd Golf and Country
Club will stage an unusual
tournament tomorrow it is
called the "BilliOn Dollar" tour
ney and bogus money will be
strewn over the first tee
the contestants finishing the Is
holes with the greatest amount
of bogus money will be declared
the winner Sidney B. Lust
looks for a fine turnout for the
annual PATTERSON banquet Of
Washington Hebrew Brother
hood tonight.
Lou Morris, "a, veteran local
jockey, celebrated his return to
the saddle after five years abb
sence by bringing home Stare
in the seventh number at Rock
ingham yesterday. Morris,
whose heart Is on the wrong
side, formerly rode for the coun-
try's outstanding stables.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

paws. pitched good enough ball
to win two decisions much less
one.
Three Tech hurlers failed to
puzzle the smuggling Ray crew.
First, Bill Liggett attempted to
throw 'em past the batters. He
lasted six innings and in this
time was reached for eight runs.
Jim Elgin followed Liggett and
when he. went out in the eighth,
Central had increased its margin
to Is to 0.
Less of Puzzle
Finally, Coach Fox1ey inserted
a youngster by the name of Cas-
sinway. He was even less of a
puzzle as Central ran its total to
16 by the hour the ninth rolled
around.
Central has exhibited flashes of
this power ever since it's upset
loss at the hands of Roosevelt
which at that time was the teams
first game Of the series. Against
the title-winning Eastern nine,
it flashed even more strength,
since Eastern only triumphed by
a 9-to-6 margin. Then against
Western victory such as yes
terday's over Tech was registered.
Walter Smith, pitcher and out
fielder, Don Dunlap, chubby
catcher, and Shorty Chumbris,
shortstop, were CentraTs sluggers
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
D. {, PROS GIVEN
OPEN PA|R|NGS

Roland Mackenzie, Congress
s.onal Country Club pro, will be
the first of the four local quail
fiers to fire shot in the National
Open championship which begins
a week from tomorrow at Oak
mont. Mackenzie is scheduled to
tee off with James Edge, of Pala-
saides, Cal, on June 6 at 1890
a. m. Mackenzie tees off for his
second 18-hole round on June 7
at 2 p. m.
Al Houghton is scheduled with
the veteran Mac" Smith on June
6 at 1885 a. m. and June at
3 D. m.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
Howell to Coach
Mexican Gridders
ROSS

MEXICO CITY, May 20 I.N.SO.
Willard Dixie" Howell, All-Amer.
lea halfback at Alabama who ran
wild against Stanford in last
years Rose Bowl game, will coach
the University of Mexico in foot
ball. Howell, now playing profes-
sional baseball, will take charge Of
the Mexico squad August is.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

best: must have been great. His
best now was back there some
where along the years, yet ne
was boxing beautifully, standing
I'D under tremendous punches
and always was he ready to
carry the fight to the other
man.
They made him 2 to 1 on the
short end and, regardless of the
result. what a showing up he
gave those sure-thing guys. Along
about the fourth or fifth round,
in fact, he had most Of them
holding on to their waiStcoats
and praying for rain.
Ross Too Good
Against any other man last
night, McLarnin must have pre-
vailed. But Ross was just too
good and always will be. He not
only punches too fast; he punches
harder than McLarnin and Eos
ter was only too clearly justified
in announcing from the dressing
room that this was the kids last
fight, Ross can beat McLarnin
seven days in every week and
everybody realized it except some
voluhle disSenters in the rear who
booed the decision most bolster
ously.
The fact is that McLarnin, gal
liant soul, has lost the hop on his
fast one and last night was get,
ting by on beautiful timing and
the will to lose gracefully. He
did that with tremendous effect.
They boxed the first two min
utes of the opening round without
a right hand being thrown, Ross
missing a great opportunity by
not knowing that McLarnin was
out there without a mouthpiece-
an oversight in the corner. In
the second, James was almost fin
ished with let's and rights to the
head and body and the thing
looked like cinch.
But here in the third heart and
generalship made their appear
ance. McLarnin, the defeated
suddenly became McLarnin, the
forceful. He snapped left after
left to the face, Ross making a
great mistake by Strengthening
up and standing still.
More Glaring
1t was even more glazing in the
next round, with McLarnin doing
the punching. Ross earned the
next three, especially the seventh
where he sank the first of two
vital left hooks into Jimmy's
body.
Without attracting great atten
ton, they were the most impor
tant punches of the fight, since
each slowed McLarnin to a point
where he just couldn't punch with
the other man.
That, by the way, is how Ross
won, just as was figured. In the
wild, untrammeled exchanges that
went on endleSsly from round tc
round, he invariably landed three
punches to two. McLarnin was sc
badly hurt in the seventh that
they barely got him out of hi.
corner for the next round, where
by the way. he put on a great
show, chugging both hands a.
Ross body while taking a terrific
beating UP above.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
Pickups and Putouts
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

BY GGOhGE A. SIMPSON
shots Of the Chinese-Washing-
ton matches at Columbia COun-
try Club this past Sunday.
They were all set to cart Babe
Ruth to the baseball morgue,
but he ups and busts three
hOmerS in one day. you
can trundle the old Babe to the
plate in a wheel chair and he'll
still rocket the ball out of the
park those spindly legs
that have supported his immense
frame for 20 years have weak
ened as they don't pay off
on the drive in golf, neither is
hitting the dominant factor in
baseball Philadelphia tops
the American League in hitting
but stands seventh in the
league. . Pittsburgh heads the
National League in batting, but
is fifth in the won and lost col.
umn.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

left eye which is slightly puffed.
Otherwise, the twice-exed-cham-
pion Of the world is unmarked.
Now comes the faltering feet of
fat, bald-pated and gray-faced
old man. It's Pop Foster, who has
devoted his life to being father.
manager, second, counsellor and
friend to his Jimmy.
"I'm saying once and for all
and this is final-Jimmy will
never fight again."
There's a moment of stunned
silence from the sports writer's.
81 mean it," reiterates Pop,
81 have Jimmy's contract and
I'm telling you all again, he's
through, absolutely through"
The crowd looks to Jimmy for
confirmation or denial but Jimmy
merely hangs his head. He seems
on the verge of tears but he
tightens his lips and tries a smile
that goes deeper than tears.
Do you think you won, Jimmy?
II though 1 did, he whispers,
but somehow the writer got
the impression that he himself
doubted it.
Now Pop is yelling!
II tell you, I didn't want that
Dempsey in the ring. He's o
friend of Ross. He visited his
camp but never came near
ours"
And then, aside,
"Say, who did you give it tor"
There was only one answer to
make for the sake of a fine old
gentleman of the old school and
the writer made it. Pop nodded,
but even as he did. the writer
got the impression that he knew
was Icing and that in his
secret heart he knew the verdict
was just.
That, I think, is why he so
firmly announced Jimmy is
through with the ring for all
time.
In Circle of Friends
Over in the visiting clubs
dressing rooms, where Tinker.
Evers and Chance dressed for
their roughhouse battle with the
Giants of another day. Barney
Ross was, as usual, the circle Of
an admiring bunch of friends, all
trying to shake hands at the
same time.
"GOsh, he put up a great
fight" said Barney. HE was
in better condition for this one
than either of our other
fights. Why didn't 1 shoot my
right more? Say. you try to
hit fellow as clever as he was
tonight with a right and see
how far you get.
"He smashed my nose early
in the fight and that con-
slant bleeding bothered me all
through.
Pop says he won't let him
fight any more? Gee, I'm sorry
to hear that. I wish there were
half a dozen McLarnins around.
/ could make a million with
them in no time"
Outside, between the two flights
of steps, where stands the monu-
ment to Eddie Grant, war-slain
hero of the Giants, Pop Is passing
with his arm around Jimmy'S
shoulders, mrhnbling consultations.
He waves a greeting.
"Now don't fOrget-we wOn,"
he admOnishes. Didn't We,
Jimmy, old bOy?"
And I think Jimmy, too, lied
! for the sake Of q fine old man.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

d e c i sive Mt.
Pleasant victor
les in recent
day when the
Tech High nine
was defeated,
Is to 5.
The game, in;
deed brought
the teams pow
err to the front.
T W e n t y-three
hits were rap
ped out, while
on the mound,
George Row1es
and Arno Id
Hnft cnn 7 y.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

last quarter
Of a century,
the one who
| Q q s t de-
serves to be
crucified is
w a l t e r
J o h n s o n,
recently in
our midst at
the helm Of
I. he GleVe.
Ia n d Indi.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

Yesterdays Results
Pittsburgh. 8: philadelphia, l.
Cincinnati, 10; Boston, 4.
(Only games played).
TOday's Games
Chicago at Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati at st. Louis.
Boston at Philadelphia.
(Only games scheduled).
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
Ross Fractures
Left Hand in
9Th Round

NEW YORK, May 20.
Barney Ross broke his left hand
in the sixth round of his win
ming setto with McLarnin last
night, he revealed today.
II smashed my hand when /
landed q blow on Jim's head"
the newly crowned champion
said.
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
McLarnin Is Glorious
In Defeat Walsh
By DAVIS J. WALSH

NEW YORK, May 29-You've got 70 write it off to my
boyis enthusiasm for five Minutes last night stood in
the corner Of fighter and tried to shake the hand
of Jimmy McLarnn who had just lost his last prize fight
and with it. the weterweght championship Of the world
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
Barney Far
From Rates
Censure
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Of all the personalities in
baseball who have strolled
across the diamond over the
The Washington times., 1935-05-29
CENTRAL ROUTS
TECH, IS TO 5,
IN SERIES
BY GARRETT WATERS
"If we could only have started
a little sooner"

Central baseball fans had this
thought 100 per cent today, fol-
lowing what was one of the most
The Washington times., 1935-05-29

Standings

Yesterdays Results
Cleveland, 5; WASHINGTON, 4.
Philadelphia, 8; Chicago. 5.
Detroit, 8; New York, 8.
St, Louis, 6; Boston, 5.
Today'S Games
New York at WASHINGTON.
Philadelphia at Boston.
(Only games scheduled).
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
Baseball
Standings

"GameS Dehlnu leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
New York, 3: Philadelphia, 2.
Detroit. 4; Chicago, 3.
Cleveland. 3: st. Louis, 3.
TODAY'S GAMES
WASHINGTON at Boston.
Chicago at Detroit.
Philadelphia at New York.
Cleveland Mt st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
PriintersWin
Ball Crown

Washington's Union Printers,
who have won the Union Printers
International Baseball Tourna-
ment so many times that the
exact count has become lost, sue
cessfully defended their title once
more.
The Capitalites defeated De-
troit yesterday, 11-9, to win the
twenty-fifth annual tournament,
despite a six-run rally by the los
ers in the eighth inning.
Freddy Waple was spiked in the
right heel by Numbers in the
eighth and had to retire. 1t was
during this inning that the almost
fatal rally was put on by Detroit,
which was aided by four hits and
three errors. The local boys
banged out Is hits.
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
GLEN MCCARTHY
AT THE RACES

that resulted in the superhorses
only defeat.
Gentry Then A Jockey
Olin Gentry, the young man
who, as boss of Colonel E. r..
Bradley's yearlings. has enthused
over a one-day-old thoroughbred
destined to win the Kentucky
Derby, was a mite of a jockey
when old Tia Juana opened; could
do around IS pounds and on many
days rode three and four winners.
Floods, fires, revolutions and
passport difficulties caused lapses
in the Tia Juana schedule, and a
couple of seasons went by in which
there was no racing. Then the
gambling faction of Tia Juana's S
directorate gained the upper hand,
froze out Coffroth, built the
beautiful and popular Aug a
Caliente. Tia Juana was aban-
doned and I doubt if any of it is
left, except the outline of the old
track and stray building or two.
Aqua Caliente flourished, but,
with the coming of legalized pari-
mutuel betting to California, and
the building of Santa Anita track,
near Los Angeles, the Mexican
track lost its spotlight position in
West Coast racing, and scarcely
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
Indian Spring
Lists Tourney

AL Houghton, executive secre-
tary of the Indian Spring Country
Club announced last night that
a District of Columbia Open
Championship will be held at the
Four Corners course, october IA
and is.
The tournament, a premiere
with prizes totaling around $4,000
is believed to be the largest ever
held in the Middle Atlantic Sec
tion.
George R. Jacobs, president of
the National Professional Golfers
Association, who was in town last
night, voiced his approval of the
tournament, promising the aid of
his association and it's members
in making it success. The Dis
trict Golf Association has also
announced intentions of aiding
the affair.
During session held by local
officials a few weeks back the
tournament was sanctioned and
reports that it would be officially
added to the associations present
schedule.
It is expected that the open will
draw professional and amateur
talent from all over the United
States.
Bob Barnett and Frank Reside,
pro-amateur combination of Chevy
Chase Country Club, succumbed
to Witty Cox, Kenwood, and his
partner. Russ Hollebaugh, in a
four-ball exhibition match at the
Chevy Chase course yesterday,
l up.
Cox led the scoring with So, "a
10, while Barnett and Reside
split second honors with 74s. Hol-
lebaugh wound up with rs.
Mrs. Roland R. Mckenzie an
nexed the selective hole turna-
ment held yesterday at the Con-
gresSional Country Club. Second
place award went to Mrs. j. F.
Payne.
The Kenwood Golf Clubs
Women's tombstone tournament
was won yesterday by Mrs. George
Parker. She died" on the eight
zenith green. Mrs. R. P. Huff was
runner-up. planting her tombstone
in the edge of the rough on the
eighteenth hole.
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
Denies
And Denies

Griff got to his office this morn
ing, put on his spectacleS, called
for his morning newspaper, put in
his deniers, and then called the
afternoon papers.
81 wish to deny two yarns !
see in the morning papers,"
said the Old Fox" "First off,
none of my ball players are ever
going to again get permission to
play baseball in foreign COun-
tries, such as this report says
ManuSh, Whitehill and KresS
will play in Mexico next winter
with Connie Mack'S invaders"
you wouldn't even grant that
favor to your old pal Connie
Mack?" Griff was asked.
mo, by dern!" came the EN-.
phatic reply and over the phone
YOU could hear one Of his flat
cigars roll off his desk and explode
in the cuspidor.
Furthermore" he said, IL
am not in favor of night base
ball for the American League,
least of all Washington. / did
tell Commissioner George Allen,
in what 1 thought was private
conversation, that wouldn't be
against a game postponed in the
afternoon by rain being played
at night, provided it would off
set the baseball weevil, synthetic
double e-headers, which are devaS-
tating the league"
So, if Manush and Whitehill and
Kress are going to play in Mexico
next winter, it means only one
thing-they won't be with the
Washington ball club another sea
son, because when Griff bangs his
desk, he isn't kiddin'.
The Washington times., 1935-08-10

No matter what you and and
others may think of DiscoVery'S
prowess this summer, Trainer
Bob Smith still believes CaVal-
cade can beat him as regularly
and frequently and decisively as
he did last year-which was five
times, with never victory over
him registered by Discovery.
Incidentally, has it occurred to
you-that on several occasions
last year, without Cavalcade to
oppose him Discovery won many
races almost as 1mpressively as
he has been winning them this
year-without Cavalcade among
his competitors. Which has made
some racing observers wonder II
the Indian sign that the Brooke
meade star had on his Vanderbilt
rival in 1884 will hold good when
they clash late this summer or
fall.
Benjamin Ladd Cook, again in
the stewards stand at the COM
ing Narragansett meeting, has
been an active and able horseman
all his life. Had he inherited one
of the fabulous fortunes Ben
Cook would have gone racing
early on the Whitney-Widener-
Vanderbilt-Kilmer scale.
Opened Track in '16
Racing was conducted in Baja
Tin our lingo, Lower) California
almost 20 years. James w. Cot
froth opened the old Tia Juana
track about 100 yards south OF
the international boundary line,
on the first day of January, 1916.
Harry Morrissey, now recognized
as one of the foremost of our
starters, handled the barrier when
Tia Juana opened. C. H. Pet
tingill was presiding steward. the
same "Pett" who was a starter
when MorriSsey was STRIPPING OF
a jockey. the same "Pett" who
kept the $4,000 American Derby
field at the post an hour and
thirty minutes on a Chicago-hot
day in the summer of '93. the
same "Pett" who, 81 years later,
substituted as starter for the all
ing Mars Cassidy at Saratoga and
sent Man o'War away in a tangle
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
No Jews Listed
On German
Sport Team

BUDAPEST, Aug. 10.-Athletes
from more than a score of ma
tions all over the world began
arriving here today for next
weeks international University
games, which coaches will be
watching closely for possible ma
terial for the 1896 Olympic
Games in Berlin.
AS was expected, no Jews
were among the more than 200
young German athletes who ar
rived to represent the Nazi Reich.
None Good Enough
The simple explanation was
given that no Jewish athlete was
good enough to make the team,
and it was pointed out by the
Reich's coaches that German
officials would be foolish to make
a purely racial discrimination,
because of the effect it might
have on foreign participation in
the forthcoming Olympic Games.
Admit Ban From Clubs
Coaches declared. as they did
in the case of charges Jews were
being banned from the German
Olympic team, that the proper
ton of Jews on German ath-
letic teams always has been ex-
tremely low.
It was admitted, however, that
Jews had been banned from
most of the athletic clubs from
which Germany's representatives
were chosen. Coaches denied
Jews had been banned outright
from the meet.
The Washington times., 1935-08-10

Twin bills are the delight Of
owner and fan alike, but for
Bucky Harris with his hurting
corps being what it is, the very
mention of two games in an after
noon is anathema.
Buck Newsome, who was held
out of action against the Phila-
delphia Athletics because 1t just
rained and rained and rained, will
be inaction this afternoon.
These ball players are strange
hombres. They should be the
healthiest, huskiest young men
in the world, but they can come
up with some of the finest all"
ments in the world.
Eddie Linke has a pulseless
right arm. Jackie Powell has his
muscle spasms. Now comes Jack
Redmond with a dead" finger on
his left hand. Not a bit of feeling
in it; cold as cadaver and pulse
less.
Truly, they're peculiar hombres.
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
DOnfDare
!TurnHead
AnyMore
By KIRK MILLER

Times Sports Editor
I never knew it to fail.
The minute a fellow turns
his back from the home