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Evening star., 1935-02-17
Laffoon Seen as Big Shot.

TINE real tip-off among the pros
themselves is that KY Lafoo.,.
Notwithstanding the streak Of
bad putting he has been suffering
lately is to be the big shot this year.
KY, according to Al Houghton, is the
best young prospect in the game, oc-
cupying much the same position that
Horton Smith had five years agC-
that of heir apparent to the national.
He can play any golf course and
play 1t like no one else" Houghton
says. And yet I wonder Funny,
isn't it. how the boys who do well in
the South don't 70 so far in the
North"
Fred Mcleod claims it's the jinx Of
the national. the nerve strain of The
big championship that gets EN-. "1Ne
seen many of them come up TO the
last nine IN the national with a gooi
chance to win, and blow like q kite
over the last nine,' Freddie says. 1T
affects them all, veterans and Kids
alike, hut it affects the veterans least.
Give me the man who plays the
Northern courses around par and you
can have all your winners III the
South
There must be something to it. this
rating of Southern tournaments as
not indicative of a winning streak
in the North. For the history of the
game shows that the Southern win
nerS generally turn into bloomers in
the North.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
CAVALCADE ENTRY
STILL UNSETTLED
Mrs. Sloane Says Horse Is
Scratched, Trainer Puts
Him Through PAGES.
BY the Associated Press.
nc ANcrT &c

BY the Associated Press.
r OS ANGELES, February l6.-
Conflicting reports which had
l. Cavalcade, 1884 Kentucky
Derby winner, both in and out
Of the Santa Anita Handicap week
hence. were heard at Santa Anita
Park today.
Bob Smith. trainer of Mrs. Isabel
Dodge Sloane's charger, worked him
lightly this morning. first walking
the big thoroughbred and giving him
short gallop without apparent
i'll effect.
Mrs. Sloane, on arrival at her Pasa-
dena hotel, however, said the horse
had been scratched from the event
She admitted she had not talked to
her trainer since she arrived.
Smith said he intended to gallop
Cavalcade tomorrow, and probably
would not know for certain whether
the horse would go TO the post in
the 100000 handicap until later in
the week. He has until 1890 am
Friday to decide.
Cavalcade had not worked for
almost three weeks because of infec-
ton in a hoof.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
SCHECTER is BEST
SOUTHPAW BOWLER
Two Big Games Put Him on Tor
in Hiser Tourney-Dunean
Takes Second Money.

THYME SCHECTER alternated lit
tie and big games to win the
first anfual Oscar Hiser south
paw sweepstakes last night on the
Hyattsville bowling alleys. Counts OF
161 in his second and 140 in the
third string put him over a champion.
He had a handicap of 81 pins. Ned
Duncan rolled l53 to finish. and with
81 franked sticks took second money
with SAG.
A. Robertson was third with 90-615
and T. Caponnetto, 50-605, was the
Evening star., 1935-02-17
ZIMMERMAN GOES
TO TOP WITH 141
One Under Par in Phoenix
TOurney-Dutra, Laffoon
Tie for Second.
Ry the Associated Press.


DHOENIX, Ariz., February 10
- Al Zimmerman, Portland, Greg,
professional, continued his
consistent play in the second
round of the Phoenix $500 open to-
day, scoring II and taking the lead
with l4l, one under par.
Mortie Dutra. Chandler. Ariz.. and
KY Laffoon, Chicago, who topped the
opening days play with SO each, fell
back into a tie for second place at l42.
Craig Wood. Deal N. j., added a
72 to his first days total of II, to
gain third place with l43
Three ended in a deadlock for fourth
position with 144. They were Johnny
Revolta, Milwaukee: Byron Nelson
Texarkana, Tex, and Harry Cooper,
Chicago.
Horton Smith. Oak Park. Ill. and
Walter Hagen, Detroit. found them
selves back in the midst of big group
clustered around the las score. Hagen
matched his 73 of yesterday and
Smith took IA
Evening star., 1935-02-17
TWENTY GRAND ENTERED
Race Monday to Test Ace Against
Santa Anita Rivals.

LOS ANGELES, February l6 (P).-
Twenty Grand, one of the truly greats
of the American turf, today was nom
mated for a race at the Santa Anita
track next Monday, in which he will
be pitted against several outstanding
contenderS in the 100000 Santa
Anita handicap, February %.
The race. over a mile and one
sixteenth, will bring to the post such
horses as Equipoise, Sweeping Light,
Ladysman, Sarada, Gusto, and Mr.
Khayyam.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
WASHINGTON SHOTS
CONQUER ANNAPOLIS
Morgan Leads Way With One
Miss as Benning Hawkeyes
Beat Spa Gun Club, 237-230.
VXIASHINGTON GUN CLUB trap
AA shots Yesterday cnnnIered Cna

VXIASHINGTON GUN CLUB trap
w shots yesterday conquered Spa
Gun Club scatter -gunners Of
Annapolis, 237 to 230. on the win
ner's range at Benning. Each team
fired $50 shots.
The scores in the 50-target test
for the Washington team were Nor
gan. 49; FaWSett, 48; Marcy. A.:
Cock, AZ. and Emmons, 46. Spa Club
scores were Groves. 48; Bond. At. and
Clarke, Woelfel and Knighton, As
each.
Morgan's 49 gave him the class A
cash prize. In class B Marcy and
Bond. each with At, divided the purse
Knighton's As gave him the class C
award and Reamer of the Annapolis
Club, with AZ. earned class D laurels.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
Japanese Stars
Will Golf Here
WASHINGTON golfers are 60
w ing to have a peek at the
best Of the Japanese club

WASHINGTON golfers are go
w ing to have a peek at the
best Of the Japanese club
swingers come next May.
The Japanese Embassy announced
today through Al Houghton, Ken
wood pro, who tutors many Of the
embassy attaches. that a team OF
six Japanese professionals will play
team match over a Washington
course prior to the national open
championship early in June. The
opponents of the Nipponese will
be drawn from the ranks of the
pros in the Middle Atlantic sec
tor and probably will include AL
Houghton and Bobby Cruickshank,
Top scoring players Of this area.
Where the match will be played
Houghton could not say.
The Japanese team will be led by
Miyamoto, the affable japanese
who made a one-man tour of the
Winter tournaments in 1892 and
impressed many observers with his
accurate game. Miyamoto did not,
however, win much of the prize
money and finished far back in the
1882 national open won by Sara
zen.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
SELDOM GET HOT
IN BIGGEST TEST
McSpaden, Metz, Ghezzi and
RevoIta Likely to Fold at
0akmont in June.
BY WALTER r. McCALLIyM

~ NE Of the remarkable incon-
4 sistencies Of sport is the
~ dazzling manner in which the
young and unknown golf pros
grab off the headlines and the gold
in the small tournaments around the
Winter circuit, and then do a flop in
the bigger affairs in the North, par
ticularly in the national open cham
pionship.
This year lads like Harold McSpaden,
Dick Metz. Victor Ghezzi and John
Revolta have been burning up the
CallfornIa courses, scattering divotS all
over the landscape to line their pockets
With pelf. Yet how many of them will
be IN the dough when the pay-off
comes at Oakmont next June? Doesn't
history show that the men who grab
the glory in the Winter tournaments
sag like stiff straw in an April shower
when the big tournament rolls around?
Muff in Big Tournament.
ITS all part of the national cham
plonShip blues, the same type of
hard luck story the boys have been
singing Tor many years. The truth is
that they can play like inspired men
IN minor tournaments, but when it
comes to the national championship
the lads who go like wild horses in the
otherS told like violet in January.
Year after year the tournaments in
the West and South develop a flock of
men tor whom great things are pre-
olcted the following Summer. And
year after year the Southern prim-
roses fade away VIXEN the big tourna-
ment rolls around. There was Horton
Smith back in 1929, Paul Runyan
IN l933-34, and now McSpaden.
Ghezzl, Metz. Revolta and XIV Laffoon
grabbing the headlines and the dough
IN the Winter tournaments. Yet. on
the record, it is fairly safe bet that
the winner of the 1885 national open
won't be among these present head
liners. Horton topped the parade for
an entire Winter
He won more money than all the
other boys put together in that big
season Of 1928-1929, and vet where
has he gone in the national? And
where did Runyan go after his big
Winter last year? And where viii
McSpaden, Revolta, Ghezzi and Metz
go this year? OF course only one
man can win the national open
championship, but it is one Of the
strange inconsistencies Of the most
inconsistent game of them all that
the big winners in the South and
West have Jared badly in the North
ern tournaments, barring Oily Run
yam last year.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
BIG JUMPING RACE
To GOLDEN MILLER
Victory in International Drops
Odds on Grand National
Champ to Repeat.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANDOWN, England. February 10
y Dorothy Padget'S big jumper,
Golden Miller. winner of the
1884 Grand National and one of the
top favorites for the 1885 race,
romped to victory by 10 lengths to-
day in the Grand International Handi-
cap Steeplechase at Sandwich Park.
Really True ran second. five lengths
ahead of ]. B. Shows Delaneige.
Sorley Boy was fourth.
Golden Miller, the odds-on favorite
at 40 to 95, took the jumps perfectly
in the soft going and won amid
great enthusiasm shown by a large
crowd.
His impressive victory Of some Is
lengths over Delaneige, another ia
vorite for the forthcoming Grand
National. promised to make Golden
Miller the prohibitive first choice for
the big event.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
FLETCHER RECOVERING

STAUNTON. Va, February 16 up.
Forrest Fletcher, track coach at
Washington and Lee University and
president of the Southern Conference,
who suffered three fractures of the
jaw and lacerations about the face in
an automobile accident early this
morning, was reported tonight as rest
ing comfortably in the hospital here.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
HOST TO BALL TEAMS
Cleveland to Stage National Anna.
teur Federation Tourney.

DAYTON, Ohio. February 16 lP).-
The championship of the National
Amateur Base Ball Federation will BE-
determined in Cleveland, Ohio, next
Fall, the sandlot body decided at its
annual meeting here today.
The dates for the tournament,
which will be held in September, will
be set later.
Cleveland was host to the tourna-
ment in 1880.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
HEADS BUFFALO CLUB
Bisons Elect Hot Base Ball Fan
for Prexy in John Gehm.

BUFFALO, N. Y, February Is LP).-
John Gehm, Buffalo business man and
an enthusiastic fan, was elected pres
ident of the Buffalo Bisons of the In
ternational League base ball team to-
day.
The presidency became vacant re-
Gently on the death of Sheriff Frank
j. Offermann.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
SETTER IS QUAIL CHAMP
Dog Belonging to Field Trials
Leader Victor in Meet.

STURGEON, Mo, February 16 (P).
-Blackhawk Kid, black and tan
English setter owned by Carl E.
Dufheld of Tyler, Tex, new president
of the Associated Field Trials Clubs
of America, today was adjudged the
winner of the national amateur quail
championship.
Although the pointers outnumbered
the English settlers by 16 to II, both
of the first two places went to dogs
of the latter breed.
The runner-up is General Jackson,
jr., orange and white English setter
owned by DR.. E. j. Boyd of Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
Ross, Ill, Forced
To Cancel Fight

CHICAGO. February 16 R).-
~ Barney Ross, world light
weight and junior welter-
weight champion, tonight was
forced to cancel his bout with
Henry Woods, Western Negro star,
in defense of the lesser of his two
titles at Seattle. Wash, February
26, because of illness.
The ailment, intercostal neuritis,
is nothing new to Ross, who was
forced to delay a meeting a year
ago with Billy Petrolle at New
York, nearly two months for the
same reason.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
Impressions Of the Big Show.

TINE very first morning, even be-
fore one gets into the building,
there is a sense of breathless
hurry and hustle. Vast throngs
with hordes of dogs, all trying to
crowd into the building at once.
TaXis, limousines, sedans, roadsters.
trucks and station wagons, all carry
ing a full quota Of doggy freight and
all headed in the same direction
Fourty-eighth Is one-way street
give the impression of a canine cav
alcade.
The sidewalks are lined with men
and women who are walking their uogs
-carefully-to the show One woman
has a team of four black miniature
poodles with red ribbons in their hair.
Another has three cairn terriers on
green leads.
One man has huge Irish wolf
hound, who is as placid as COW in a
picture until another man arrives with
another Irish wolfhound. Evidently it
is his strongest competition-the sight
is too much for his Irish blood.
1t takes quick work and strong arms
to separate them before damage is
DONE
A LTHOUGH the show does not
n officially open until 10 o'clock
the gate crashers are at work.
Also the reporters and cameramen.
but press card or no press card, camera
or no camera, every one has to present
Westminster Kennel Club ticket to
get in.
Especially noticeable in the crowd
at the door are two young girls,
dressed in the latest fashion and at
least dimes worth of lipstick on the
mouth of each. One addresses the
Irish doorman:
"Aw. mister, wanna see the dogs"
Tickets down front, miss
Yeah, but what are you gonna do
it you amt got a dollar and a half?"
No answer.
The other girl: "Well, crack a smile,
anyway, mister.
Tickets down front, miss"
"AW, gee. wanna see the dogs"
This is kept up for hours, literally,
but in the afternoon of the second
day. the girls are in the building. each
with a paper shopping bag, happily
collecting free samples of dog food,
free literature, free copies of the dog
magazines and free education in dog
points.
4 DULT exhibitors more or less con-
n troll the expression of their emo
tions during the judging of their
dogs, but the child who has an interest
in any dog in the ring is often more
interesting to the casual spectator
than any dog on the platform.
Gene had a yellow boxer friend in
the American-bred bitches class. All
during the judging of the dogs, puppy
and novice bitches, Gene sat on the
edge Of his chair, clenching and un-
clenching his hands, winding his feet
around the chair leg and unwinding
them, teetering forward until he
threatened to fall out of the balcony
and falling back to safety with a
thump.
Finally the American-bred bitch
class was announced. With a deep
drawn sigh he turned to his mother
and said, IF Osta doesn't get the
prize, they don't play fair"
1t was a hotly contested class. the
decision was close, but Osta got the
blue ribbon. With a seraphic grin
Gene turned to his mother. "They
play fair" is all he said.
lost of the heavy judging is done
Nl on the second day. The ex-
hibitors are tense and strained.
Those who have large strings of dogs
fly around grooming them, trying to
get each one in perfect condition for
his class.
One boy sits on a stool with white
Evening star., 1935-02-17
BOBBY M'COLLOM BURIED.

Funeral services for Bobby McCol-
lum, goal keeper and captain of the
Occoquan (Va.) soccer team, who died
Thursday in an Alexandria hospital
following an operation for appendi-
citis, were held yesterday afternoon
from his former home at Lorton, Va.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
BASKET FEUDISTS MEET
Bethesda and Rockville Clubs to
Encounter Tuesday.

Bethesda A. c. and Rockville A. A.
basket ball teams. old foes, will square
off in the Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School gym Tuesday night at 9
o'clock. Both teams have good records
and a bang-up scrap is expected.
Bethesda will be depending on
Melton. Swift and others while Lanier
and Hershberger are being counted
on heavily by Rockville.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
BILL LEE BACK AS CUB
French, Herman and Demaree
Only Players Not Signed.

CHICAGO, February 16 (R.-Bin
Lee. young pitcher, has signed his
contract with the Chicago Cubs.
Pitcher Larry French, obtained
from Pittsburgh in the Guy Bush
deal; Second Baseman Billy Herman,
and Frank Demaree, young outfielder
obtained from the Los Angeles farm,
are the only three unsigned.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
SW0PE TAKES LEAD
IN HISER PIN Event
Has 619 for First Five Games.
Huffman and Hilliard Are
Second and Third.
YoHNNY sWOPE put on a stronI

Johnny SWOPE put on strong
finish to take the lead last night
at Bethesda in the first annual
Henry Hiser bowling sweepstakes with
a five-game set of 6l9 His last two
strings were 1873 and 131. r. Huff
man rolled into second place with 5e6
and Harry Hilliard, consistent prize
winner in tournaments, was third
with 5e2.
Twenty-Five rolled last night. but
several more squads will shoot before
the second and final set is contested
next Saturday at HyattSville. Follow
ing are the scores of the first ten:
Evening star., 1935-02-17
PULLS SKATING UPSET
Obscure Norwegian Leading in
World Speed Event.

OSLO. Norway. February 16 P).-
Michael Staksrud, little known Nor
wegian SpeedSter. yesterday took a
commanding lead in the world speed
skating championships as he won
the 5,000-meter event and finished
third in the 500.
The championship is decided on
points with the 1.5O0-meter and
l0000-meter races still to be skated.
Harry Haraldsen, also of Norway,
won the 500-meter sprint. but could
place no better than sixth in the
longer race.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
HURT AT PING PONG
Szabados Falls, Cuts Hand, Loses
in World Title Final.

LONDON, February 16 (R).-Blood-
shed marked the final match of the
world table tennis championship to-
night as Victor Barna of Hungary
won the title for the fourth year in
a row.
The loser, M. Szabados of Hun
gary, fell during the second set and
cut his right hand. Despite the in
jury he made a close match of it.
The scores were l7-21, Alt, 19-2l,
21-11, 2l-19.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
RICHMOND ADDS ONE.

LEXINGTON. Va, February Is tP)
University of Richmond's deadly
shooters made it 16 in a row here to-
night by downing an inspired v. M. I
team in a free-scoring cage contest,
SO to 81.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
CLARENDON NINE CALLED
Captain to Be Elected at Meeting
Wednesday Night.

Clarendon, Va, base ballers will
meet Wednesday night at o'clock at
the home of Manager Ed Watson, No.
l Cherrydale avenue, Clarendon. 1t
will be the second session of the squad.
A field captain will be elected and
other business transacted. Watson is
booking games with unlimited teams.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
DUNBAR PULLS UPSET.

With the odds against it re-
vamped Dunbar High School basket
ball team defeated the fast Willow
Tree five yesterday on the school
court. 27 to 26. A field goal by Jesse
Foster, Dunbar guard, a few seconds
before the final whistle was the mar
gin Of victory.
Summary.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
GIRLS WANT GAMES
Brooks Club Basketers Ready to
Play Unlimited Sextets.

Brooks Club girl basketers are after
games with unlimited class sextets to
be played in the Gonzaga School gym
naSium.
Call Miss Mulroe between and Z
o'clock any evening at Metropolitan
4671.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
PLAN HOCKEY PLAY-OFF
National League Event Slated to
Begin Late in March.

TORONTO, February 16 (P.-Plans
for the National Hockey League play
off. to begin either March %, % or
"a, according to which teams win
the places, were announced today by
President Frank Calder during a
meeting of the league governors.
The play-offs will continue each
Thursday, Saturday or Sunday after
the opening until they are completed
Evening star., 1935-02-17
JOE CRONIN HITS ROAD
Wife Accompanies Red Sox Pilot
to Sarasota Camp.

SAN FRANCISCO. February l6 up.
Glad to be on his way back Into
harness" Joe Cronin. short stop
manager of the Boston Red Sox, left
today for the Sarasota Springs train
ing camp. He was accompanied by
his wife.
The Cronins were to motor to Los
Angeles and from there planned TO
take a train to Florida.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
G. W.-Geneva Date Set.

George Washington's basket ball
game with Geneva, originally sched-
uled several weeks ago, has been set
for February a at Beaver Falls, Pa.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
GET BOWLING REVENGE
City Bank Team Turns Table on
Richmond c. and p Ouint
Litchfield Gets Prize.

Richmond C. and P. Quint.
City Bank Of Washington bowlers
more than got even for defeat dealt
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
team of Richmond last night at the
Arcadia, 2,757 to 2,5O7, a margin of
$50 pins
In the Richmond end OF the match
the Telephone team won by SO sticks
Last NIGHTS scores
Evening star., 1935-02-17
MRS. BRENNAN WINNER
Beats Jean Bauer in Final of Brit
ish Colonial Golf.

NASSAU, Bahamas. February Is
Gp).-Mrs. Estelle brennan of Tulsa,
five-time Oklahoma women's cham
pion, today won the British colonial
feminine golf tournament.
She defeated Jean Bauer Of Provi-
dence, r. l., 3 and 2, in the lS-hole
final.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
Jadck Bids for District Ring Crazy Winter Golf Stars Trip in u Open
Repeats at Golf
With a 81 Score
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, February 16.-Fran-
1vl els Faulkner's golf hasn't i'm
proved in the last year, but it
was still good enough to win the
Florida State kids tournament a
second time today. Faulkner. IL.
of Keene, N. H, stroked the first
nine holes of the Miami Biltmore
course in a medal Of So, same
score which won for him last year.
Tommy Dolson of Fort Myers,
was second with 55. Henry Tom
king Of Coral Gables, third with 80.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
COMRADES IN FRONT.

The Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A.
Comrades won a 41-27 contest from
the Dunbar High School Javees quint
yesterday on the Y court.
Summary:
Evening star., 1935-02-17
ARMSTRONG NITERs WIN.

Armstrong Niters defeated the
Douglas Evening School in Baltimore,
35 to %. Summary:
Evening star., 1935-02-17
GIRL BASKETERs FACE.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 10
st. Agnes School and Alexandria High
girls basket ball teams meet Monday
at 4 pm. in Armory Hall here.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
D. c. ROLLERSSL|P
|NEASTERN STAKE
None Among First Four as
MorreIi of Stamford
Wins Big Tourney.
w YHLIMANTIC, Conn, Feb
NN/ ruary 16.-Joe Morreli of
Y Y Stamford, Conn, national

all-eventS champion came
from far behind here tonight at the
Lucky Strike Alleys to win the East
ern sweepstakes with 15-game score
Of 1853. His victory was worth $500.
His sets were 662, 625 and 672.
Second place went to Ray Won
Dreele of Baltimore with 1,949. He
collected SITS. Hammering the ma
pies for a timely 162, Joe Gacek of
New Britain and a member of the
Connecticut Blue Ribbons, who was
overlooked in the early running, fin
ished third. He won $lOO.
Litchfield Gets Prize.
TOURTH place was captured bv
Il Johnny Waters of Hartford with
1910. And the last money place
went to Jack White of New Haven
with 1886.
Joe Harrison of Washington, after
taking the lead for the first 10 games
with 1859, ran into split after split
in his final set to tie with Astor
Clarke. an Occidental team mate, for
seventh place. Their sets were 1880.
HarrSon'S final set was 57l, while
Clarke pounded out ITO count. Carl
Frisk was sixth with 1881.
The only Capital roller to collect
a prize was Whip Litchfield who shot
sensational 1876 score in his last
five games.