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Evening star., 1935-08-24
In CHESS CIRCLES
by FRANK b. WALKER.

clubs. When school sessions are re-
sumed the constitution will be sent
to Franklin School for approval. He
says there is a bright outlook for in
terhigh school chess and expects the
association to be well established when
he graduates next June.
IN 1880 a tournament was held Tor
the title Of junior chess champion Of
the District, conducted by G. E.
Bishop, chess director Of the Capital
City Chess Club. 1t was won by Joe
C. Marshall of Central High School,
then II years of age. In 1891, j. M.
Drysdale of Western won the title and
he won again in 1892 In 1888, A.
Seidenberg of Central finished in first
place.
In 1892, . team Of five players
from Central defeated a team from
Western, 3 to 2 In a return match
Western won, 3 to 2. In the same
year q team from Tech won. 3 to 2.
THE following are competing at
Binghamton for the New York State
chess championship: H r. Bigelow,
Ted Barron, Isaac Kashdan, Norman
Lessing, D. Pollard and Fred Rein
field of New York City; E. T. McCor-
mick of East Orange, N. j., captain
of Princeton University team: r. S.
Goerlich of Bethlehem, Pa, and J.
Drummond Of Toronto.
SOLUTION to end game. Weissgerber
VS.. Rellstab, given in The Star
August 81:
Q-Q8ch, K-Kt2; 2 R-K6, and
White is helpless.
SCORE of the game won by Reuben
Fine from A. C.. Simonson at the
championship tournament of the
American Chess Federation at Chi
cago. which Fine proposes to enter for
the brilliancy prize:
Evening star., 1935-08-24

TINE American chess public Is
closely and interestedly fol-
lowing the United States chess
u team n its efforts to bring
back from Warsaw, Poland, the
Hamilton Russell Trophy. emblematic
Of the world team championship.
There are 20 teams contesting IN
10 rounds Of matches, 100 matches all
told, and a total Of 760 games to be
played in two weeks. Each team plays
10 matches, totaling 76 games.
The final result does not depend on
the number Of matches won, but on
games won and lost.
At the beginning of the tournament
each team named five players accord
ing to their playing strength, and they
must play in that order throughout.
When one of the top four players
does not play the fifth player will al
ways occupy board four.
The United States team is named
in the following order: Fine. Marshall,
Kupchik, Dake and Horowitz.
After nine rounds, Sweden is well
in the lead. with the United States
second and Poland, Czechoslovakia.
Yugoslavia, Austria and Hungary
close up.
Fine has not made good start. He
lost three games. one on the time
limit, to Gran. His play since has
greatly improved. He drew his game
with DR.. Alekhine. Dake has won six,
drawn two and lost none, and is the
mainstay Of the team.
The scores Of the United States
team. by matches and individuals,
follow:
Evening star., 1935-08-24
Thomson Thrills With Long Shots National Record
NEARLY 500 SEEK
SINGLES CROWNS
Strong Foreign Fields Will
Start in Mems, Women's
Meets Next Week.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK. August 24.-With
nj nearly 300 entries, the lists
" have been closed for the ma
q tional singles tennis cham
pionships which get under way at
Forest Hills next Thursday.
The combing Of mems singles,
women's singles and veterans singles
in the To-day tournament has re-
suited in a record entry.
Fred Perry Of England, the worlds
outstanding player, will be on hand
along with representatives Of France,
Czechoslavakia, New Zealand, Canada
and Spain.
Foreign Stars to Play.
ATHERINE STAMMERS, conquer
~ or of Helen Jacobs in the recent
Wightman Cup play. will represent
England in the women's division along
with Mrs. Phyllis Mudford King,
Freda James, Nancy Lyle and Evelyn
Dearman.
France has entered Christian
Boussus, Andre Martin-Legeay and
Jacques Brughnok in the mems play,
while Roderich Mcneil will carry the
colors of Czechoslovakia. Enrique
Maier Of Spain, Eskel Andrews of
New Zealand and Marcel Rainville,
Robert Murray and Laird Watt of
Canada, also are entered.
Two U. S. Women Marvels Out.
EOR the United States, the entry
includes all Of the eligible rank
ing players in the mems singles, while
the women's list contains the names
Of most of the ranking American
feminine stars.
Notably by their absence will be
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, former
champion, who recently reversed an
earlier decision and decided TO stay
in California, and Mrs. Ethel Burk-
hardt Arnold, heroine of the Wight
man Cup play. who returned to Los
Angeles to rejoin her husband.
The draw for all events will be
made at noon Monday.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
.SHUTE LEADS 60
IN HERSHEY GOLF
Parks, National Champ,
Also in Final Lot to Play
in $4,000 Open.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
7 ERSHEY, Pa, August PA
- $4,000 pot waited at the
36th hole today as so shot
= u makers. led by Chicago's
Denny Shute, teed of for the final
rounds of the third Hershey open golt
tournament.
The $4,000 prize. largest in the three
years of the Hershey tournament, drew
more than $50 golfers to the opening
of the event Thursday. Traps in the
Hershey Country Club course caught
100 of them.
Shute. the easygoing. unassuming
pro of the Windy Citys Westward Ho
Club, topped the qualifiers with sub
par total Of 142 for the two days of
preliminary rounds.
Next to him in the listing was Jimmy
Hines Of Garden City, N. Y, who
posted 143 Third favorite was Leo
Diegel of Philadelphia, under Hines.
The impressive field for the final
two-round grind included Sam Parks,
jr., OF Pittsburgh; George Won Elm of
Orchard Lake, Wild Bill Mehlhorn of
Louisville, Joe Kirkwood Of Chicago
Henry Picard, the Hershey hope, and
Johnny Farrell of Balustrol, N. J.
Teri johnson Of Decatur, Ill, and
Byron Nelson of Ridgewood, N. j., a
stroke behind Diegel in the qualifying
rounds, had almost their first chance
this year to be in at the finish of a
major tourney.
Wee Bobby Cruickshank of Rich
mond, Va, favorite Of the gallery,
came into the finals neck-and-neck
with Charles Lacey Of Great Neck,
N. Y, at lag.
A half dozen amateurs, headed by
Judd L. Bromley of Knoxville, Tenn,
matched their strokes with the
money golfers They slid into the last
stretch with 1865, ! under the highest
qualifying score.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
Three Former Champs Trying
Comeback in Horseshoe Euent

The two teams meet today in the final
match.
William Humphries Of Crummell
and Irwin Green of Walker Stadium
captured the senior and junior play
ground horseshoe championships, re-
spectively, yesterday at Walker Sta
dium. Humphries defeated Charles
Green Of Lincoln to win the title. In
the first contest Green romped to q
27-9 victory and looked q sure winney
but wilted in the next two games as
Humphries found the range.
Irwin Green exhibited top form in
disposing of Carroll Proctor of Barry
Farms, winning the opening game,
27-3, with a 507 per cent ringer
average, and In the final game tossed
55.3 per cent. Green is competing in
The Star Tournament.
Summaries:
Junior.
Semi finals &C. Proctor BARRY
Farms) defeated George Ellis Crosse
Park, 26-10, 1927, 1928.
Finals-Irvin Green (Walker Sta
dunn defeated c. Proctor CBarry
Farnls), 27-3, 27-17, 1925, 26-4.
Senior.
Finals-william Humphries' (Crum-
melD defeated Charles Green BARRY
Farms), 9-27, 25-t6, ASIA.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK-Lew Feldman, 1924,
New York, outpointed Joe Doherty
1879, New York (8.
ROCHESTER. Minn.-Jack Glib
bons, 1s4, st. Paul. knocked out KID
Miller, 1853. st. Cloud, MINI. CD; Joe
Goedes, 1877, Alber Lea, Mimi,
stopped Frenchy Claude, l67, Roches-
ter, MINI. (5); AL Trudeau, ISL, Ro-
chester, MINI, outpointed Buck Jack
son, 155, Mason City, Iowa "a.
WATSONvILLE, Calf. - Midget
wolgast, 125. New York, outpointed
Young Gildo, 125, Manila (10).
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Bobby Leyas,
l20, Yuma, Ariz., outpointed Young
Tommy, 11S. Manila Q0).
SAN FRANCISCO.-Joe Bernal,
lat, San Francisco, knocked out
Sammy O'Dell, $50, Akron, Ohio 90 ;
Henry Emond, lat, Boston, Mass,
and Jimmy Wakefield, las, Los Ange-
les. drew (6); Vincent Trescott, 14S,
Boston, Mass, outpointed Max Gui-
tang, ISL, Manila a..
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-Charley
Conner. l34, Baltimore, outpointed
Eddie Cool. ls63a, Philadelphia Qo).
Evening star., 1935-08-24

THAT Georgetown University links
= team Of about the Spring OF 1887
is going to be WOW.
Billy Dettweiler. the lanky Congres-
sional kid, has accepted a scholarship
at the Hilltop and now Maury Nee,
the erstwhile budding Notre Dame foot
ball star and Columbia Country Club
linksman, has decided not to return
to South Bend this year. Nee also
will matriculate at Georgetown next
month. Bill Shea, captain Of the
Western High School golf team. who
has another year of high school before
entering college, also expects to go to
Georgetown, which will make a trio
Of local lads eligible for the 1887 Hoya
links team. something which hasn't
happened in recent years. what with
the boys with good old Irish names
from Boston, New York and Chicago.
Nee plans to leave Washington with
Billy Shannon about September 4 for
Cleveland, where he will be one of the
eight Washington contestants in the
national amateur championship. One
of the eight qualifiers at Indian
Spring last Tuesday may not be able
to 20 to Cleveland. The man is Harry
G. Pitt of Manor, who has told friends
that business affairs may keep him In
Washington during the week of the
championship, which starts Septem-
Der o. Harry wants badly to play in
the championship, too, and a break
that would keep him here wouldn't be
so good, now that he has qualified Tor
the match play rounds for the first
time. II Harry does not go to Cleve-
land the vacant place will be taken
either by John C. Shorey Of Kenwood
or Harry Wisotzkey Of York. Pa. who
were named alternates following the
sectional rounds last Tuesday.
None Of the local entrants in the
Hershey, Pa, open is going to bring
back any of the prize dough. Far
behind the pace-setters they played
out the string in the closing 36 holes
of the tourney today without more
than q ghost Of chance to get in
the money. Al Houghton Of Indian
Spring, who opened the tourney with
a IS, was 10 strokes higher at SO yes
terday, while AL Treder Of Manor,
who started with q IA, added an 81
to tie with Houghton at 154. Leo
Walper, Bethesda driving course pro,
added a rs to his opening 78 to lead
the local contingent at 1853. Bob
Barnett of Chevy Chase had S0-79-
l5e, while Cliff Spencer Of Beaver
Dam had 81-77-15S. Ralph Beach OF
Baltimore added "A to his rs Of the
Evening star., 1935-08-24
CLIFTON STABLES
REMAIN IN FRONT
Royal Wonder Is Declared
BerryviIIe Champ After
StabIemates Tie.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
~ ERRYVILLE, Va. August "a
x The House Of Clifton holds its
throne against all comers fol
another year, with Royal
Wonder from the Clifton Stables oi
DR.. L. M. Allen of Clarke County de-
clared champion of the Berryville
Horse Show that ended yesterday be-
fore 5000 people.
Tied with Royal Wonder for cham
pionship honors was his stablemate
Clifton's Rose. Each had eight elig-
ible points for the honor and it was
necessary to judge the two thorough
breds on conformation before the VIC
tor was declared.
One accident occurred. Johnny
Fur of Middleburg fell in the last ract
when his saddle slipped astride Gen
William Mitchells Fauconnier.
Mrs. Whitney Has Big Day.
MRS. JOHN HAY WHITNEY scored
N three victories. Her Glory Road
captured the green hunter event
while Kinprillis annexed the middle
and heavyweight hunter classes. Ir
the hunt teams her entry Of Spring
Hope. Cypress De Beau and Nobody'i
Fool gave a clean performance to cap.
ture this event from her other entry
Of Two Leggins, Kinprillis and Bor
Diable
Sporting the colors Of Turner Wilt.
shire, Saflngle won the Corinthiar
class from Mrs. whitney's Spring Hope
and Kinprillis and DR.. Aliens Petite
Poule.
DR.. Allen won the Clarke County
hunter class with Royal Wonder, who
also was second in the Green hunter
event.
Mrs. Anna F. Hedrick Of Clarendon
rode her Madrigal Tom over the bar
at feet to break a tie with Spring
Miss, owned by Robert and John Ritz
cor of Oatlands, Va, in the touch and
out Jump.
Queen of Sheba Wins.
TN THE pony events Queen of Sheba
property of Stanley Greene II Of
Leesburg, captured the pony riding
class but lost to Pale Face, owned by
L. r. Colbert of Fredericksburg, in
the jumping class after both ponies
had arched a four-foot jump. Queen
Of Sheba was disqualified following
a light tick on the first jump.
E. L. Redmon of Middleburg won
the one, two and three-year-old half
bred suitable to become hunters classes
with Dorothy II, Our Way and Go
ing Up respectively. Charles s. Hurst
of Boyce annexed the foal half-bred
class with his entry.
The heavy draft classes all were
taken by Llangollen Farm which
won the best heavy draft mare or
gelding and the best two and four
horse teams while Princeton Mac,
owned by Messrs. Lee, Mitchell and
Dougherty was declared the victor in
the best heavy draft stallion class.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
Diamond Dust

MARCUS CHACoNAs, Heurichs
A right fielder, physically may not
be feeling like the hero he is, whanged
on the back as he was yesterday by
his teammates after his last-inning
single with two out had driven two
runs across the plate to give Heurichs
6-5 victory over the Southwest Mar
ket nine.
Chaconas' hit not only gave the
Brewers the game and the play-off
series with the Marketmen, but also
the Industrial League championship
and entitled them to represent that
organization in the annual weekday
series of league champions.
Acacia Insurance can win the Ma
tional Capital League title on Monday
If it duplicates yesterdays Al victory
over the Center Market nine. Yester-
days triumph in the five-game series
was the second straight for Acacia,
who had defeated the same opponent,
10. In the first game. Johnny Corn
ley's double with the bases filled in
the seventh inning was the turning
point for the winners.
Results:
League.
Heurichs, s; Southwest Market, 8
Undustrial).
Acacia, 4; Center Market, / CNa-
tional CapitaD.
@. P. O.. 10: Federal Communica-
tions, z (FederaD.
Independent.
Blue Eagles, 10; H. o. L. c., Z.
Bethesda Bears, "a; Brooksville
Dodgers, IL.
Evening star., 1935-08-24

%HREE former metropolitan
champions of the colored sec"
ton of The Evening Star
u horseshoe tournament are toll
ing daily to fit themselves to regain
the crown now worn by Lincoln Root.
Never before has interest been so high
and the caliber of pitching is un-
precedented.
Two former titleholders stand out
as Root challengers. John Hyson OF
1891 fame and Raymond Johnson, 1882
and 1888 champ, are in fine fetsle
and are tossing so per cent ringers
consistently. Both players are MEM
bers of the "Y" Four HorSemen team.
Hyson has displayed uncanny form in
local club duels.
johnson, who is assisting in club
organization, is doing well under the
circumstances. His past performance
argues for recognition In the coming
conflicts. Arthur West, holder Of the
title in 1880. is transforming the
sectional courts In his effort to stage
a comeback. West came to the front
by virtue of his victory over the sensa-
tional "Bonney Bones" Baylor, de-
Tending champion In 1880.
The Twelfth Street "Y" tossers are
leading in a match with the Mount
Zion Hill team. winning 80 games to
10 and registering 1880 points to sS5.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
20 YEARS AGO
zen. E. M. WEAVER, a Washing
tonian, led q field of 70 in the
IN THE STAR

zen. E. M. WEAVER, a Washing
tonian, led a field of 70 in the
first round of a mixed foursome
event at Maplewood, N. H. Weav-
er's net score of 81 was tied with
that of Miss E. M. Brien of Lowell,
Mass.
Maurice E. Mclaughlin, Richard
Norris williams, I'd, and William
M. Johnston have decided to forego
the Meadow Clubs invitation ten
mis- tournament at Southampton
this week. Chances Of going stale
after much strenuous competition
has influenced the three ranking
stars.
A possibility that the Cincinnati
Reds, now In last place in the Ma
tional League, will duplicate the
Braves dash to the pennant last
year, was discussed after the Reds
yesterday won their eleventh game
in the last II starts. Although In
the cellar, they are only nine games
behind the leading Phillies.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
Mat Matches

By the Associated Press.
NORTH BERGEN, N. Joe Sa-
voldi, 400. Notre Dame, defeated Ed
Meske, 215, Ohio. one fall; Jack DON
ovan, 222. Boston, defeated Marshall
Blackstock, 225, Atlanta, one fall.
CINCINNATI.-Ivan Rasputin. 1876,
Russia, defeated jimmy Hefner, l78,
Sherman, Tex, one fall.
ROCHESTER, Minn.-Hal Rum
berg. 235, Spokane, Wash, won on
foul from Lou Plummer, 228, Balti-
more, 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
ADVANCE IN SOFT BALL
Ags Win 10Th in Row, Rosenfeld
Hurls 18th Straight Victory.

Winning streaks of the Agriculture
soft ball team and Pitcher Abe Rosen-
field advanced simultaneously yester-
day as they elaborated In defeating
| District Works, 2 to /. The win sent
the Ags to the quarter-hnals OF the
District tournament.
1t was the nineteenth consecutive
victory for the team and the eight
eenth for Rosenfeld.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
DC. LIONS ONLY GR0WL

Roars of the District Lions over their
donkey base ball success were reduced
to mere growls yesterday after their
10 defeat by the Alexandria All-Stars
in another mounted game at Baggett's
Stadium.
More than 1000 saw the unsuccess-
full attempt of the Washington team
to repeat its victory over the Alexan-
dria Lions.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
WELSH DEFENDING
PARKS NET TITLE
Faces Big Ten Champion in
Final Today-D. C. Team
After Tandem Crown.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
n YEw ORLEANS, August a.
nj Barney Welsh, defending
" champion In the National
4 Public Parks tennis tourna-
ment, was to shoot for the 1885 title
here today, facing William Schom-
mer, University of Minnesota's Big
Ten champion, who was expected to
rely on court strategy and change Of
pace in his effort to overcome the
Washington, d. c., star.
Neither finaliSt was forced past
three sets in winning his way to the
championship round. Schommer re-
ceived his stiffest battle Of the tour
nament yesterday in the first set
against Arnold Simons, last years
runner-up, who forced Schommer to
is before bowling in three sets. The
following scores were 60, 60. No
other rival had taken more than four
games from Schommer in any one set.
Welsh's Path Smooth.
WELSH'S path toward the defense
w of his title today was just as Sc
rene. When he defeated his semi
final foe, william Lurie of New York,
6-3, 6-1. e., yesterday. that third
encounter marked only the second
time Welsh had been forced to sur
render as many as four games set.
Tomorrow, with his partner, Ralph
McElvenny, Welsh will seek the dou-
bles championship for the second sue
cessive year Finalists last year, the
District of Columbia team was beaten
by Charles Britzius and Schommer,
Play Memphis Pair.
THE winners last year were elimi-
mated In the semi-fi yesterday
by Billy Hughes and Cecil Metz of
Memphis, the pair that will meet
Welsh and McElvenny.
Welsh and McElvenny defeated RoS-
well Lee and Hudson Hamm of Miami
yesterday, 6-4, 6-, 60. Hughes
and Metz trimmed the defending
champions, 64, "a, IS.
Evening star., 1935-08-24

Central High School won the team
championship.
william Heatwole, president last
year of the Washington mterhigh
School Chess Association, has written
that q constitution has been signed by
the club members and the four
faculty advisers Of the schools having
Evening star., 1935-08-24
LINCOLN THRICE WINS
Takes Three Volley Ball Titles

Takes Three Volley Ball Titles
in Playground Competition.
Lincoln Playground staged a field
day on the volley ball court at Dun
bar High School yesterday in winning
three championships. The Far North
Fasteners captured the municipal
senior and junior titles along with the
school playground open crown, defeat
Ing Howard and Francis, respectively.
Municipal.
Junior-Iincoln defeated Howard,
1914, 1874.
Senior-Lincoln defeated Howard,
1873, 1915, 1873.
School Playground.
Open-Lincoln defeated Francis,
i5-5, 15-7.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
WILLOW TREE WINNER

Beats Banneker for Playground
Soft Ball Honors, 9-S.
A affirming rally yesterday by
Willow Tree defeated Banneker at
Walker Stadium in the finals Of the
midget division of the playground soft
ball tournament, the Trees earning o
s-8 victory. C. Robinson twirled for
the winners. opposed by Speed"
Bundy.
In the semi-finals Willow Tree de-
= feated Young, 20-10, and Banneker
downed Montgomery, Ga.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
W00DMEN TAKE TRIP.

Woodmen of the World, Elm Camp,
will travel to Hagerstown, Md, to-
morrow to tackle the Crellin, Nd,
w. o. w. team, leaders in the West
ern Maryland League and defeated
only once this season.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
ALEX EAGLES TRAVEL.

The Alexandria Eagles will meet
the Gaithersburg A. C. tomorrow at
the Maryland town. the game starting
at pm.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
Queens Gambit Declined.
SUNDAY SETT0 SOUGHT.

A game for tomorrow with some
team having a diamond is sought by
the Peoples Drug Store nine. Call
North 5521.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
Royal Long Star in Florida.
Defnding Champ Far Back.

THE defending champion, L. G.
Dana Of Derrick City, Pa, failed
to threaten in this years event. being
able to break but IS from tn 22-yard
mark.
Royal received $500 prize money
and diamond medal for his victory.
About $4,000 in prize money was
presented during the week, with almost
$1,000 of it being on the Grand Amer
ican Handicap.
Evening star., 1935-08-24
"a WOMEN'S NET
FINAL REPEATED
Jacobs and Fabyan Defend
National Title Against
Andrus and Babcock.
BY BILL KING,
Press Sports Writer.

~ ROOKLINE. Mass, August a.
* Although it's the same story,
there is q chance that it will
0 have a new ending when the
United States Wightman Cup teams
four aces meet at Longwood today to
divide the women's national doubles
tennis trophies.
AS was the case at Forest Hills last
year, Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Saran
Palfrey Fabyan, the country's top
ranking players, must turn back Mrs.
Dorothy Andrus Of Stamford, Conn.
and Carolin Babcock Of Los Angeles
before they can put in a repeat order
for the larger pair Of the championship
trophies.
Miss Jacobs and Mrs. Fabyan won
the titles last year after dropping the
first set to their old rivals, who appear
strong enough not only to force them
into overtime again but extend them
to the limit.
Defeat British Girls.
10Th teams qualified yesterday at
the expense Of British wightman
Cup rivals. The defending champions
defeated Nancy Lyle and Evelyn Dear
man, who won doubles point for their
nation in last weeks international
play, 8-6. 6-4. and Mrs. AndruS ana
Miss Babcock upset the Wimbledon
champions, Freda James and Kay
Stammers, 6-3, 8E6.
Before and after the women's team
finale. the survivors in the mems tour
ney will put on their semi-f1nal
matches. Wilmer Allison and Johnny
Van Ryn, Davis Cup veterans who won
the 1881 team titles and were runners
up to George Lott and Lester Stoefen.
now professionals. last year, will engage
Wilmer Hines, Columbia. S. c.. and
Henry Culley, Santa Barbara, Calf.
Frank Shields and Frank Parker,
who have spent most Of this week re-
peating last weeks decisions over New
port Casino rivals, will attempt to gain
another final round at the expense Of
California's Davis Cup rockies, Don
Bulge and Gene Mako.
Evening star., 1935-08-24

TROJAN PEEWEES CASTING.
The Trojan Warriors want games
with peewee teams. Prospective op-
ponents should call North 1900.