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Evening star., 1936-02-28
KALM|K0FF FAILS
TO IMPRESS HERE
Cox Disposes of Siberian
After 80 Minutes of Dull
Wrestling.
. ERGEI KALMIKOFF today wa

- ERGEI KALMIKOFF today was
as far away as his native
Siberia in the thoughts of most
~ local caulif1ower cullers, who
now are pondering the possibility OF
Promoter Joe Turner throwing a
trained seal into the ring to wrestle
Joe Cox next week.
In the most boring match of the
year, Cox pinned the bewiskered Kali
mikof after 80 minutes of graphing
last night at Turner's arena before an
Indifferent capacity crowd.
With only fine assortment OF
growls, few choice Russian phrases
and a moth-eaten beard to qualify
him as a wrestler, the former salt
miner, with enough fat on his frame
to fry a whale, proved little trouble
to rowdy Joe.
Cox, now as much of a fixture at
the anemic arena as the ticket booths,
allowed Sergei to run through his COM
plete act before he closed in and fin
ished the drama.
Kalnikoff, however, did rouse the
spectators out of a deep slumber by
ripping Referee Benny Bortnick's shirt
to shreds. Not completely satisfied
with this, the Siberian mailman then
tried to tear Benny,,s pants. Bortnick
evaded his fingers, but Cox then
caught the spirit
Just prior to flattening Kalmikoff
with leg lock, Joe tipped an elbow
toward Benny's left eye. The chubby
referee forgot to duck and will gaze
but from one eye for few days.
Emil Dusek paved the way for a
match which Cox, it is feared, by win
ming over Mike Mazurki in a bruising
semi-final. Mazurki was counted out
as he lay prone on the mat after
having his left leg entangled in the
ropes.
In other preliminaries, Hal Rumberg
recorded Commute draw with Scotty
McDougall, while Rusty Westcoatt
tossed Jack Hader in 81 minutes.
Evening star., 1936-02-28

now," said Hickey. "but if you wait
year I'll come back and see that
you get a chance"
Perryman, then only IS years old,
tWiddled his fingers and waited.
True to his word, Hickey returned in
year and the Spring of 1892 found
Perryman with Springfield, a farm
of the Casdinals.
He still was too young for Spring
field, so Floyd returned to Kentucky,
got job with Paducah. and last year
he won the Kitty League batting
championship with an average of 1863.
Joe Cambria. Albany owner, immedi-
ately signed him up and turned him
over to Washington for inspection.
Is of Medium Size.
LIE ISN'T very big as ball players
60, standing only S feet 1912
inches and weighing 1859 pounds. but
he's hard as nails and. to quote Grit
fifth, lone of the fastest catchers I've
seen in years"
He was so fast, in fact, that Pa
ducah used him in the outfield most
of the time, but about this shift there
are conflicting stories.
1T was because I batted better in
the outfield," grins Perryman, but
there is rumor around camp that
he was removed from behind the ba,
because his hot temper got him into
too many fights with the umpires. Sc
far he has confined his scrapping tt
winning big league job, and hi
| hasn't done SO poorly. F.E.S
Evening star., 1936-02-28
NICHY TO PRESENT
KNOCKOUT WALL0P
Nader Will Meet Heavyweight
With Record Of 21 Kayoes
in "a Pro Fights.

4 RECORD of 81 knockouts In "a
professional starts will send Billy
Nichy, heavyweight, into the ring at
Turner's Arena Monday night con-
fident of adding Eddie Nader to
his long list of k o. victims. The
bout has been scheduled for eight
rounds.
Proving himself every bit the punch
er he professed to be in his local
debut last Monday, when he knocked
out promising Eddie Anderson in two
rounds, Nichy seeks to duplicate Art
Sykes feat of stopping Nader.
Nichy has proved a big favorite
around Pittsburgh. where he k. cd
Red Bruce and won decisions over
Billy Ketchell, Anson Green and AL
Boros. He also was credited with
draw there with Lew ScozZa.
Despite his unexpected fall before
Sykes, Nader remains one of the
most promising of the heavies. being
ranked eighth among the big fellows
in the March issue of the Ring, box
ing magazine. Conqueror of Ketchell
here recently, Nader also has defeated
Steve Dudas, Tony Galento. Ford
Smith and Hank Hankinson, all rank
ing heavyweights.
Evening star., 1936-02-28

: George McQuinn, never worries
about Owner Powell crosley's idea
Of transporting his team by air.
plane. Flying is Scars favorite
hobby and it probably gives him .
feeling Of security after his Win
ter job-transporting dynamite and
other explosives for q powder COM
pany on the West Coast.
Wayne Milnar, who might have
been q regular Cleveland pitcher
last season but for an appendicitis
attack which laid him low during
the training season, never has
strayed far from the home baili-
wick. A Cleveland boy, he was
picked up by the Indians after fan
ming "a rivals in q sandlot game
and has been with Cleveland
farm" teams ever since, GAINESVILLE
In 1888 and New Orleans the past
two seasons. 49,
Buddy Hassett, purchased by the
Dodgers from Newark to MI Sam
Leslie's shoes, Is the best tenor
Brooklyn has had since Al Manaaux
departed, His singing brought
down the house at the New York
base bl Writsgs' dinnsr.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
TIMM OFFERED POST
Louisville Wants Ames Man as
Athletic Director.

LOUISVILLE, KY, February % (P).
Leroy c. Timm, assistant athletic
director at Iowa State College, has
been offered three-year contract as
head of the department of athletics
at the University of Louisville.
Timm, varsity quarterback at Min
nesota for three years before his grad
uation in 1881, took the offer under
consideration.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
maryland; DUKE
SWIFT ON TRACK
Threaten Ai|ing TarheeIs' :
Supremacy on Southern
Loop Games.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
)HAPEL HILL, N. c., February
28.-University of North Car
olinas chances of successfully
defending its track and field
championships in the Southern Con-
ference games starting here a week
from tomorrow appeared menaced to-
day. Its own ailments, Maryland and
Duke formed the triple obstacle.
Sickness and injuries have taken
two Of the Tarheel leaders, Cannon
and Connell, and the limited number
Of veterans in the champions squad
will be forced to double up by run
ming in several events.
But the Old Liners and the Blue
Devils will send outstanding perform
ers, the formers contingent making
up in strength what it lacks in num-
bers.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Night Game Boon to Readers
Scan Newspapers as Baltimore Loses-Fine
Tenor Picked Up by Dodgers.
BY the Associated Press, /,

BY the Associated Press. .r.
n YEW YORK, February pa
M few random reports on the
1886 major league rookie
crop:
Johnny Gill, Cubs outfielder, who
has done considerable travelling
through various leagues, has q IA
vorite base bali yarn concerning q
night game at Baltimore when the
home team was faring so poorly
most Of the fans left the park early.
Walking toward the outfeld with
Frank MCGOWAN, Gill noticed some
non-paying spectators on nearby
rooftops and remarked:
"our friends out there are stick
ing, though"
A moment later q line drive sent
both running to the fence and as
Gill picked up the ball and threw
to the infield, MCGOWAN exploded:
They amt watching our ball
game. Those muggs are using our
light to read their newspapers"
Les Scarsella, whose immediate
task 10 to, win the Cincinnati hrst-
basing joe from Jim Bottomlsy and
Evening star., 1936-02-28
BY staff Correspondent of The Star.

~ RLANDO. Fla, February 28.-
There were two strikes and a
lot of laughs on Floyd Perry
~ man when he blew into this
Washington training camp.
In the first place, nobody, not even
Clark Griffith. knew his first name.
In the second place all the dope that
Griff had on the young man was that
he played for Paducah last year, and
Paducah always sounds like a gag.
But nobody is laughing at Floyd
Perryman now. 1t only took Man
ager Bucky Harris a few minutes to
spot the action" of this kid catcher,
who really did play for Paducah in
the Kitty League last season.
Waits Year for Chance.
PERRYMAN once waited a year for
chance to play professional ball,
but it's likely that his long waiting
days are over. He's regarded as the
best-looking catching newcomer in
camp and Harris frankly expects him
to battle it out with Bill Star for the
third-string receiving post.
Perryman's year-long wait was due
to the st. Louis Cardinals unmatch-
able dragnet. He was playing in a
sandlot game in his home town OF
Marion, KY, when Frank Hickey of
the Cards drove by on scouting tour
Frank Hickey, brother of the better
known Branch Hickey, was impressed
by Perryman and sought him out.
You're a little too young right
Evening star., 1936-02-28
In Majors Training Camps

Spencer Woodill, leaves for San An
tonic tonight in charge of Prexy Bill
Benswanger. Manager Pie Traynor
is reported en- route from the West
Coast.
SAN JUAN, P. R.-The Cincinnati
Reds begin the last stage of their
training today after travelling to Ponce
to trim local team, 80, yesterday.
After games here tomorrow and Sum
day, the first squad will leave for
Miami by air Monday.
Evening star., 1936-02-28

n YEW YORK, February 28.-The
mi question of where to hold the
Il " 1910 Olympic games is SIM
a pie one to Count Henri Bail
let Latour of Belgium, president of
the International Olympic Committee.
1T is politically necessary to go
once to the Far East" he said today
-as he tarried here en- route to Toxic
to appralse Japans plans for seeking
the 1910 games and to inspect the
facilities for holding them.
The recent assassinations and re-
volt in Toxic and the antipathy of
some European countries toward send
ing their athletes SO far from home
disturb Count Latour not at all, he
said.
THE Olympics are an international
thing. They never have been held
in the Orient. The japanese bid is
the first ever received from that area.
European countries which do not wish
to compete in Japan can keep their
teams at home They do not have to
attend But it is up to the nations
themselves. I am absolutely neutral"
Mum on Military Uprising.
THE count arrived yesterday from
- Europe. He declined to comment
on the military uprising in Japan. He
announced he would sail from San
Francisco March as he had planned
He must report to his committee in
Berlin next Summer on Tokios bid
He also refrained from comment on
the rival bid from Helsingfors, Fin
land, or the so-far- r-informal sugges-
stion that New York might hold the
games in connection with the world S
fair planned here in 1889
His chief worry was about Toxic
weather. 49,
Il haven't been in Japan since 1911"
he said. Il hear it is very hot there in
September. The Olympics should have
two months of not-too-hot weather.
Then there is the question of Japans
vacation time and the duration of its
school year. But no doubt the Japa-
nese would close their schools at any
time convenient to the Olympic Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1936-02-28

BY the Associated Press.
I AkELAND, Fla. - NJ agel
Mickey Cochrane indicated he
may change his batting style
this season to take advantage
of the new Detroit grandstand in right
field. Mickey hit % hon.ers with the
Athletics one year by shooting at q
short wall, but lately has been trying
to place his hits.
NEW ORLEANS.-Steve .O'Neil of
the Indians says he is pleased with the
condition of his men after less than a
week in camp. Clint Brown, who is
trying to prove he is a more useful
pitcher than AL Milnar, Denny Gale
house and Walter Tauscher, has looked
especially good.
PASADENA, Calf Mike Kreevich,
who had trial with the Cubs, appears
certain to stick with the Chicago White
Sox. He was obtained from Kansas
City as an outfelder, hut can play
third and probably will be kept as a
sub for Manager Jimmy Dykes.
SARASOTA, Fla.-Manager Joe Gro
min. Red Sox boss, says this will
be the testing" year for Big Bill Wer-
ber, third baseman the Sox are trying
to push into the outfield, "A. u
Werber had good year in 1884
and one not SO good in 1885. A bad
foot and sinus trouble slowed him up,
Well see what this season does" was
the way Cronin put it.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-President
Bob Quinn of the Boston Bees prefers
to hire ball players for less than he
could "buy minor league club" but
is confident Wally Berger, who brought
on the talk, will sign shortly.
He has asked for such raise that
people wouldn't believe it if I an
nounced his figure" said Quinn today,
adding that Berger, who led the Ma
tional League last year in runs batted
in, already has been offered more than
ANY other outfielder in the league"
PENSACOLA, Fla.-The Giants are
beginning to hope Bill Terry
never decides to take to umpiring in
stead. of managing bali club. Bill
has served as umpire in practice
games here and he steadfastly refuses
to call fourth ball. The players
have to hit or go out; they can't even
get an intentional pass when the
situation calls for one. H..
CLEARWATER Fla.-The opening
of the Dodgers training camp today
finds a large squad already on hand.
Among those who arrived early were
Lonnie Frey, Danny Taylor, George
Earnshaw,. Tom Baker, Fred Frank
house, Walter Miles and Babe
Phelps. Arriving yesterday Phelps
batted a couple over the right field
wall in an informal practice.
BRADENToN, Fla.-Johnny .Mize,
Cardinal rookie, has had plenty of
work in few days in training camp.
Manager frankie Frisch has had the
former Rochester star taking a turn
in the outfield as well as subbing for
Jim Collins at first base. Frisch
says he is highly pleased with the
pep and smart fielding of his team.
, A vALoN, Calif.-Augie Galan of
: the Cubs is not enthusiastic over
the proposal to shift him from left
to center field, but says. Il will do
my best wherever Charley Grimm
places me-" Grimm was the first
training casualty, getting two fingers
on his right hand damaged by a,
foul tip yesterday:
PITTSBURGH-The first squad
Of Pirates, including Pitchers Johnny
Wasco and Mace Hrown and Catch
erszsA Todd. T5 Padden and
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Rod and Stream

- PRING is just around the cor.
ner and with its advent tht
Il, different species of fishes will
- begin their annual trek North
ward. Confirming this we get from
A. H. G. Mears of Wachapreague, Va;
: with two men I recently landed u
croakers on the ocean water at "A
degrees. I would not suggest date
for early experimental fishing, but
should you be passing this way would
be glad to join you in trying to get a
few rock, croakers and perhaps sea
trout or two"
- Mears says he is looking forward to
better fishing this year. The 1885
season was good and fish, as rule,
: old and young, return to the same
good feeding ground, he explains. This
year Mears plans to have pilot boat,
with bait, to entice fish from the ocean
to the best inland fishing grounds in
: his vicinity
~ He announces the following prizes
for the 1886 fishing season:
- Channel bass, largest and most
caught, $40; sea trout or weaks, largest
and most caught, $40; S. for the
largest blue and S. for most of this
species landed.
X
THE heavy ice in the Potomac River
- a began to break yesterday and
perhaps for several days there will
be plenty of it piling up along the
Speedway. When the ice has gone,
leaving the river muddy, it will be
time to land the big Mississippi cat
fish. They are caught with all kinds
<a bait, but the best is shad sentrails.
-. - cats" weighing from S to Is pounds
and more are taken each year at this
Time. Last year white perch, small
ones, were landed off Fletcher's boat
house March %, and the first shad
reported taken in the Potomac by the
Bureau of Fisheries was on March 20,
Channel bass were first landed last
year at Oregon Inlet on March %,
and the blues made their appearance
vt this popular place on April 7.
80 The season on native brook and
rainbow trout opens in Maryland on
April ! and in Virginia, West Virginia
and Pennsylvania on April Is. Watch
this column for the first run of fishes
ut Oregon Inlet.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Japanese Keen Students.

THE japanese are so keen," he hur-
ried on.
"Once they ignored al sports. Only
eight years ago they took up Winter
sports. At Garmisch-Partenkirchen
r last month they were everywhere.
photographing the competitors con-
q stantly I believe they use slow-mo-
ton cameras to copy good form ex-
actly
"The japanese changed swimming
style with their motor boat form
head out of the water. We first saw
it at Los Angeles. Did you ever see
a motor boat with its nose in the sea ?
No and SO the crawl is passe."
Count Latour said there was moth
ing to complain about" in the conduct
of the recent Winter games in Ger
many.
There was not the slightest political
allusion," he said. Everything was
marvellous"
Evening star., 1936-02-28
TRACK ACES TO RACE.

NEW YORK. February % P.-
Eddie O'Brien and Chuck Hornbostel.
National A. A. U. 600 and 1000 meter
champions, respectively, will meet at
600 yards in the Knights of Columbus
indoor track and field meet in Madi-
son Square Garden March "a.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
INDUSTRIAL LOOP ELECTS.

so<s MARTINSBURG, w. Va, February
s28.-Representatives of the five orig
.isaal teams of the Bi-County Industrial
league North American, Millville,
Hakerton, Standard and BIairton),
have elected ]. L. Fulk, president;
Downey Hill, vice president; Paul
Hoover. secretary, and William Craw-
ford, treasurer.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
THE SPORTLIGHT
Venzke's Comeback After Four Years
of Beatings Is Epic of Persistence.
BY GRANTLAND RICE
os ANGELES, Calf, February
28.-If you happen to be in
terested in passing the olive


28AIf you happen to be in
terested in passing the olive
- sprig or the laurel blossom
around in sport, we have nomina-
tion. In the present case the name
isn't Joe Louis. Top Row, Dizzy Dean,
Mickey Cochrane or Lawson Little.
1t all goes back four years to a
tall, lean young Pennsylvania who
scaled the heights in the East, topped
out here in the Olympic tests and then
spent four years taking the dust of
winners before the tide finally turned.
His name is Gene Venzke of Penn
sylvania, who has turned In about
as game q Job as I've seen in sport.
As I recall the foggy details, young
Venzke ran an indoor mile around
4:l0 at Madison Square Garden four
years ago. He looked to be the great
est miller or the fastest 1,500-meter
runner of his time.
Refuses to Quit.
HE WAS only getting under way
only warming up-with q record
already set He had shattered the
best indoor time Of Paavo Nurrni and
Joie Ray. ~ 49,"
Then something happened g A leg
ligament went astray before the Olym-
pic trials and he was run into the
ground at Palo Alto.
That wasn't all. He entered
the University of Pennsylvania
under Lawson Robertson. one of
the best Of all the coaches and
trainers, but he still couldn't
win.
Year after year it was Cunningham
and Bonthron-or Bonthron and Gun
ningham-or Lovelock, Cunningham
and Bonthron-with Gene Venzke a
bad third or fourth.
talked to him several times, but
Gene never could explain just what
had happened to that early promise
All he had to say was that some day
he would be back again. He wouldn' t
quit.
In all this time he never broke train
ing or gave up hope. As Zuppke
says-"When hope goes-everythine
goes"-but Venzke hung on to his
dream.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TODAY A YEAR AGO-Pete
Reynolds named new head
foot ball coach at Knox (Old
Siwash) College, which had lost 27
straight games.
Three years ago-James A.
Farley, new Postmaster General,
resigned Craftsmanship of New York
State Athletic Commission. sue
ceeded by Brig. Gen. John j.
Phelan.
Five years ago-Ignacio Ara,
Cuban welterweight, knocked out
Joe Dundee in first round at
Havana.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
EVANS IMpREssEs DYKES.

e. PASADENA, Calf, February % R.
Russell (Red) Evans, young right
handler who won "a games for Okla
ehcma City last season, has made q
big impression on Manager Jimmy
skes as Chicago White Sox hurlers
kout another NOTCH,
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Hockey Results

By the Associated Press.
National League.
Boston, q; Montreal Maroons, /.
Detroit, 4; New York Rangers, 2.
international League.
Detroit, q; London, /.
Canadian-American League.
Philadelphia, /: Boston, (tie).
American AxsoGiatiOn.
st. Paul, Z; Tulsa, 2.
Wichita. 9; oIakhoma City. o.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA - Frankie Carts,
1854, Philadelphia, outpointed Lou
Halper, 151h. Newark, N. j. u0).
FAIRMONT, w. Va.-U. S. Car
penter, 1875, Clarksburg, outpointed
Midget Mike O'Dowd, 1873, Columbus,
Ohio 1O).
BOIS. Idaho.-Sammy Brown, 1873,
Boise, knocked out Indian Billy Lee,
1873, Portland, Ore. (8).
Evening star., 1936-02-28
RECORDS ARE SMASHED
Swimming Marks Broken at Chi.
cago and Amsterdam.

CHICAGO. February % Lp).-Adolph
Kiefer, Chicago high school swimmer.
swan the 75-yard backstroke in 423
seconds to better one of his own numer-
Gus records. His previous mark was
433 seconds.
AMSTERDAM, February % P).-
Dutch woman swimmers bettered two
world records here. Willy Den Ouden
swan 100 meters free style in l minute
4.6 seconds and Rita Mastenbroek
swan 100 meters backstroke in 1888.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
HARPER NOW POLITICIAN.

DODGE CITY, Kans, February %
@.-Jess Harper, the man who
started the late Knute Rockne on the
way to fame as foot ball coach, will
be delegate to the Republican Ma
tional Convention. Harper is a
rancher here.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
s0LTERS MAKES TERMS.

ST. LOUIS, February 20 R.-Vice
President L. c. McEvoy of the St.
Louis Browns has announced Julius
Solters, slugging outfielder, has agreed
to terms.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
TAKES SWIMMING MEET.

S. MONMOUTH, ILL.,, February 49,
Illinois College, with 451s points, won
- triangular swimming meet here.
sHradley, 271a, and Monmouth, is, were
the other contestants.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Japan Declared Practically Certain Be A,uaod Opc for
VIRGINIA PRESSED
| FOR BOXING TITLE
Star Teams Oppose Champs
in Conference Tourney.
Duke Is Favored.

BY the Associated Press.
7 UNIVERSITY, Va, February %.
This thoroughly boxing
conscious university town was
keyed high for the opening
this afternoon of what loomed as one
of the hardest fought Southern Con-
ference ring tournament in the con-
ference's 10 years existance.
Virginia, which has held the con-
ference team trophy since 1881, will
begin the defense of its title without
the services of Maynard Womer, cap
tain and welterweight champion.
Duke is favored by many observers
as the team most likely to topple Vir-
ginia from the throne Maryland.
North Carolina and Clemson also have
strong iists of entries.
Heavier Glasses Skinny.
A FEATURE Of the opening will be
the staging of two semi-final
bouts tonight. This came about when
only four entries each appeared for the
light-heavy and heavyweight division.
These semifinals will bring in the
light-heavyweight class Ray Schmidt,
Virginia, against Ray Matulewicz.
Duke, and John Gormley, Maryland,
against Roy Haskell, South Carolina.
and in the heavyweight class Fred
Cramer, Virginia's defending cham
pion, against Marvin Ray North Caro-
lima. and Capt. Cliff Henley, Clemson,
against Ed Fletcher, Maryland.
Winners in each of these bouts will
automatically receive three points
with five points to go to the success
full battlers in the finals.
Stage Examinations.
ELIMINATION bouts slated in six
classes this afternoon were as
follows:
Bantamweight-Ed Shesogue. Maryland.
vs.. Lorenzo Taylor. South Carolina;
Clemson.
Featherweight-Fred Hall. v. p. l.. VS..
Joe Bell. V. M. l.; Bob Murray. Clemson,
VS., Capt. Ernie Eutsler, North CAROLINA.
VS.. Walter Webb Maryland.
Welterweight-Danny Farrar. Duke. vs..
Bob Jones, Clemson.
Junior ddeweight-Maynard Harlow,
Virginia. VS.. Wilson Mann Duke.
Middlewerght-Max Novich. North Caro-.
lima, VS.. Randolph Whittle, v. M. /.