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Evening star., 1936-03-28

Mrs William Pitt Of Cleveland,
Ohio. is stopping at the Wardman
Park Hotel She was accompanied
to Washington by Mr.. and Mrs. Stew
art Hooker Of Cleveland. who are with
her in her apartment.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
UNRANkED RACkETER
COLLEGIATE THREAT
Potts Facing Sutter, Top Seeded
Player, in Semi-Final Play
Today at Chicago.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 27.-An unranked
entrant faces the top seeded star
and standout singles favorite in the
feature match of today's national in
tercollegiate tennis championships at
Northwestern University.
The unknown" Ramsay Potts Of
North Carolina, meets Ernest Sutter
of Tulane for the right to enter the
final round tomorrow against Vernon
John sof Southern California, the
southpaw star who last month won
the Pacific Coast Conference title
John yesterday eliminated a West
Coast rival, Ben Dey of Stanford,
6-3, Is, 6-4.
Potts reached the semi-finals by
beating Lindsey Franklin of Texas,
while Sutter advanced at the expense
Of Gardner Mulloy of the University
of Miami.
The other match of the day pits
John and Charles Carr of Southern
California against Dey and William
Seward of Stanford, The winner of
this doubles battle will meet Norman
Bickel and Norbert Burgess of Chi
cago tomorrow for the doubles crown.
BickeT and Burgess, Western confer
ence doubles champions, eliminated
the defending intercollegiate doubles
champions, Dick Bennett and Paul
Newton of Southern California, S-6,
6-l, 3-6, ST, 60.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
years-and, according to Mike
CantweII and Eddie Hart, was
the hardest two-fisted puncher
that eifher had ever aAPu

yearS-and, according to Mike
CantweII and Eddie Hart, was
the hardest two-fisted puncher
that either had ever seen.
Odell is the young fighter that a
group of well-knawn former foot bail
players from the East are backing. He
viii be given every chance, with the
best instructors in the game. He re-
sembles something like bigger Tun-
ney, with shoulders like Max Baer.
More important, he has Ty Cobb's
eyes, which missed nothing in the old
days.
All any one knows about Oden now
is that he is big, fast, strong and
game-with a punch in either paw
and he likes the game. The best point
in his favor is that he is a natural
hitter and that he happens to like the
rough. aggressive side Of sport. He has
pair of legs on the order of Jim
Jeffries'-and they can take him
around. 1t will be interesting to see
what the right sort of training and
development can do in a case of this
sort.
If the natural stuff or instinct isn't
there, the chapter won't last any too
long. If it is, Odell will have the
chance TO prove it. In the way of
physical equipment. he has everything
any heavyweight needs. He is smart
enough. But fighting is a different
game from anything elsewhere only
one in ten thousand can get his head
above the battered and discouraged
mass.
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Evening star., 1936-06-27

=. And it was pathetic sight to
see Joe sitting In the anteroom to
Mike Jacobs private Office while
Mike cleaned up Schmeling's busi-
ness with Max Machon It's a
pretty safe bet the team of Schmel-
ing and Jacobs viii not be func-
tioning when and if the German
returns to fight James j. Braddock.
Carl Hubbel is the first Giant
pitcher to turn in 10 wins .
Add Schmeling-Louis honor roll:
Marcel Mankel, sports editor of the
Las Vegas IN. Mex) Optic, picked
"Schmeling In an unusual fight"
He also picked Braddock In
September.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Yanks' New |Murderers' Row Blasts Harder Than Old


Di Maggie of the Yanks Is lucky
>. He had his best day of the
season with Col. Jake Rupert,
Yank owner. looking on That
was the day he smacked two homers
in one inning. driving in five tallies
. Col. Rupert confined his COM
ment to Yer goot."
Little Joe Jacobs got only Sis, 1000
Of Max Schmeling's purse of more
than $4,000 >. Despite the fact
that Joe's insistence that Louis be
made to observe the New York Box
ing Commissions rules on hand
bandages may have had lot to do
with schmeling's sne-sided victory
Evening star., 1936-06-27
GEHRIG'S GREAT .4O2
TOP IN MAJOR LOOPS
Yanks' Iron Man Sets Sizzling
Pace for Batters-Stu Martin
Leads in National.
sy the Assoeiated PCS.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 27.-The batting
pace Lou Gehrig, the Yankees
clubbing first baseman, is setting in
the big leagues is so hot that not one
Of the current leaders in either league
can keep up with him.
While most of the others at or near
the top In the two major circuits were
slipping Gehrig continued his slug
ging during the past week to climb
over the 400 mark, the only batsman
in that select set in the big-time.
The "iron-man" veteran batted at a
near 500 clip for the week which ended
yesterday TO boost his mark from 1896
TO .402.
At the same time, Stu Martin, the
st. Louis Cardinal rookie sensation,
retained the National League lead, but
slipped considerably during the week,
getting but nine hits in % trips to
the plate, which dropped his average
from .377 to 1859.
The 10 leading hitters in each league
Evening star., 1936-06-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Jack Dempsey says Joe Louis
proved he can't take a good punch
Also, that Jimmy Braddock
would have finished the Bomber in
two heats Incidentally, Jack
broke the wrestling attendance rec
ord in Charlotte. N. c., the other
night He refereed match and
more than 5000 customers turned
out Ralph H. Morse, sports
editor of the st. Johnsbury CVt.)
Caledonian- Record, came down for
the fight and bet on Louis, but he
didn't 60 home empty handed
The next day he went to the Polo
Grounds and snagged q foul fy on
the bat Of FRANKIE FriSch Joe
Evening star., 1936-06-27
BY a Stan Correspondent of The Star.


OHICAGO, June 27.-That dawn
of a new fistic era that Joe
Louis meteoric rise was sup
posed to herald looks now to
have been just Mazda in the act Of
throwing OF a few fiickerS before
dying out. Scanning the ring horizon
today fails to reveal much of a
change in the set-up. The stage set
tings, here and there, are different
but, for the most part. the characters
are the same.
Now that Max Schmeling has
proved that Louis has a china chin,
Max Baer's roars Of fresh war cries
are heard across the continent.
The ex-ehampion wants to
commit a comeback and it Is
feared he now has the ambition
to carry out his dastardly
scheme.
You cannot help but wonder If
Makes believing would have been so
loud and ferocious II Louis had done
to Schmeling what he had done to
Baer.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
G|RLSSTAGE KEEN
TANK TITLE DUELS
Dive, Backstroke Numbers
High Points of National
A. A. U. SWimS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n TEW YORK, June 27.-Two water
M babies, one IL and the other
" 13. and q trio of backstroke
beauties quickened the pulse
beats of the aquatic minded today in
the women's national A. A. U. outdoor
swimming championships,
The water babies were I2-year-old
Mary Hoerger of Miami and Marjorie
Gestring, 13-year-old Los Angeles girl,
who were expected to wage tight bat
tie for the 3-meter springboard div
ing championship. Mary, who drops
into the water almost as silently as
pin, is the defending champion. Mar
jorie won the indoor title last Spring
in Chicago. Out to beat them both
was Janice Lifson of New York, older
but keen rival.
In the second banner event Of
rivalry were pitted Mrs. Eleanor Holm
Jarrett of New York and the famous
Kompa sisters, Erna and Elizabeth, in
the 220-yard backstroke, race long
ruled by Mrs. Jarrett, but now seriously
threatened by the New York pair.
Mrs. Jarrett who rises to exceptional
brilliance when the checks are down,
rated as a slight favorite.
Two other events were on the pro-
gram-the 220-yard breast stroke,
starring Katy Rawls of Miami, and
the 44o-yard free style. which was ex-
pected to go again to Mrs. Lenore
Right Wingard of Homestead, Pa.
Miss Rawls won her sixth straight
800 meters individual medley cham
pionship yesterday in romp. A third
successive victory in the Ss0-yard relay
championship sent the washington
Athletic club team from Seattle into a
first place team tie with the Women's
Swimming Association of New York
with II points.
Evening star., 1936-06-27

ID. G. Boys Defeated.
NONE of the boy .contenders from
the District survived the first
days play, however. Leonard Sokol.
champion; Taylor Chewing, Bob
Kirk, Byron Matthews and Tom
Walden all being defeated.
All but one of the junior survivors
won both of their matches yesterday
In straight sets. Charming trounced
Fred Perkins of Norfolk, 6-2, 81,
but was forced to come from behind to
down B. Parsons of Huntington, W.
Va, @6. 64, Ga. Ritzenberg
trounced B. Teufer of Richmond, 6-3,
S-6, and A. Miller Of Baltimore, e-2,
Ga, while March walloped Max Dunie
of Baltimore, 6-1, IS, and Bob
Lietch of Richmond, 60, So.
David johnson, the only junior from
the Capital eliminated. bowed to Askin,
the fourth semi-finalist, by scores of
6-4, So.
In the boys competition, Washing
tons new champion, Sokol, was trim
med by Baltimore's Strauss. 6-1,
6-3. Other Capital entrants were
eliminated as follows: Chewing, BY
Charles Shaw of Huntington, w. Va,
6-3, 80; Kirk, by z. G. Miller of
Baltimore, 60. 60; Matthews. by
Sokol's conqueror, Strauss, 60, Ga,
and Walden, by A. Christian of Rich
mond, 81, 81.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
THE SPORTLICHT
Built Up His Legs by Keeping Them
at York, Says CeErig, Spurning Rest.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
LINES TO LOU GEHRIG.

LINES TO LOU GEHRTG.
In q rickety planet of shadows and tedrs
Where supeTn1en heroes rise and crash,
Where they turn one day to the rnob's mad cheers
And fall the merit NTH dWflI smash.
You stand dboDe all their tdunts and Jeers,
Mocktno time you ride the years,
Out there swinging the same old ash
TwelUe years notO since youUe missed a game;
Time is sick of your cock-eyed pace;
The old boys hmping and and lame
Matching you in the iron mans race!
We need your light NTH its shining fame
To ShoD the t0ay to the soft and tame,
Out there swinging the old mace.
They come and oo-or they stall and quit
They fash and fade in t0orld that's fiat;
What do they knoto of the needed grit
To pin time dotDn to his ancient mat?
Year by year in the tront-line pit
Breaking 'e7n up tDhen they need hit,
Out there sloiH0in0 the same old bat.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
PLAY FOR BALL TITLE
st. Mary's Celtics and Ballston
Resume Series TOMORROW.

The strong st. Mary's Celtics nine
will journey to Ballston, Va, tomorrow
to stack up against the Ballston A. C.
in the second of a five-game series to
determine the championship Of North
ern Virginia. The Celtics won the
first game two weeks ago, 1910.
Alexandria Commercial League
games, scheduled for Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday, will be postponed
until Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, due to donkey base ball games at
Baggett Stadium on Monday and
Tuesday.
Jimmy Titcomb will take the mound
for Alexandria's Police nine tomorrow
when the coppers clash with the Ter
minal Ice Co. diamonders at Baggett
Stadium at 3 o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
B00KIES JOIN STRIKE

Turf Betting in Paris Halted as
Commissioners "Sit Down"
PARIS, June ~ (R.-Betting on
horse races was halted today as book
makers augmented the 10000 French
workers beginning their second month
of ''sit-down" strikes.
The betting agents sat in their tiny
Offices, refusing to pay winners or
take new bets.
Red banners remained atop flag
poles at naval shipyards of st. Nazaire
where 10000 employees still refused
to work.
The General Confederation of Labor
warned workers to hold advantages
gained by adhering to agreements,
calling new strikes only If the en-
ployers refuse to discuss demands or
are intransigent."
The port of Marseille resumed its
normal appearance after ship strikers
went back to work following a Ave
day strike.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
And Sharkey, Too.

TIP IN Boston, the moody man who
made a success Of failure-Jack
Sharkey-is likewise Threatening to
make q comeback. Jack is so serious
about it all that he climbed OF the
floor in the first round the other
night and boxed his way to a victory
over the inexperienced Phil Brubaker
of California.
If the Normandie and Queen Mary
would stop racing across the ocean for
few moments you probably could
hear from Italy the faint echo of a
roar that might be identified with
Primo Carnera.
Recently, the New York State
Boxing Commission banned old
Satchel feet from carrying his
own glass chin into metropol-
itan rings on the count that he
isn't = fighter.
Now that Louis has been tapped on
the lug with . right hand and ShArkey
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Homer Standings
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Yesterdays homers-K oenig.
Giants; Suhr. Pirates;, Medwick.
Cardinals, Riggs and Cuyler, Reds;
Vosmick, Indians, one each.
The leaders-Foxx, Red Sox. 81;
Trosky, Indians, 18; Gehrig, Yanks,
IT; Dickey, Yanks, IA; OFT, Giants,
10.
League totaB-American, $50; Ma
,ional, 288; total, 618.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
The Sporting Prospect.

FIDDLE HART, Pfincetons famous
tackle and captain from 1911, and
Nike Cantwell, trainer Of ball players
and fighters, including Ty Cobb and
Max Baer. sat in with Ralph Oden.
Ralph Odell is the young heavy
weight from Ottumwa, Iowa, who has
set his mind on being heavyweight
champion Of the world He was one
of the stars on Southern CALIFORNIA;
freshman foot ball team, but the family
needed money and Ralph liked to fight.
When he left for a camp in
the woods above Poughkeepsie,
he stood at 6 feet inch
weighed 2o4 pOunds-age, 20
Evening star., 1936-06-27
GOeItz Highly Rated.


GOELTZ arrived here yesterday
straight from the Middle States
tournament, from which he was elm
mated in the quarter-final round
Thursday. He was no stranger to one
Washington player. Dooly Mitchell,
who met and defeated him twice in
Eastern tournaments last year. Goeltz
was eliminated in the Middle States
by Guy Cheng, semi-inalist in the
tournament at Pittsburgh.
That tournament, incidentally, may
prevent Barney Welsh, defending
champion. appearing in the new COM
petition at Columbia before Monday.
Welsh, bidding for his second inter-
sectional title within a week, plays
Bob Harmon of Berkeley, Calf, in a
semi Anal match today. Should he
win, he will meet the winner of the
Cheng Arthur Hendrix match for the
championship tomorrow.
Other seeded out-of-town contest
ants in the District tournament in
clude Lieut.. James McCue, Navy
Leech Cup player of the past few years
who went 10 the semi-finals Of the
same tournament a year ago; Paul
Pollard of Lynchburg, eleventh-rank-
ing player of the Middle Atlantic sec
ton; Alex Keiles and Ed GreipenkirI
Of Baltimore and Jack Talbot Of
Staten Island.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Score 81 Runs in
E||F4 /
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

~ YEW YORK, June 27.-New
M York writer's with the Yam
" KEGS wire back that the
McCarthymen are treating
the West TO a better wild-West
show than Buffalo Bill. even In his
palmiest days With Lou Gehrig
leading the pack with an average
of 400. the Yanks are blasting the
ball even harder than they did in
1927, when the original "murderers'
row'-Ruth, Mesuel, Gehrig, ETC.
was at its peak Up TO yesterday
they had scored 81 runs In / games
and made i3s hits, 10 OF which
were four-baggers.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
THE National League squad:

Outfelders-Joe Medwick, Cards;
Mel OFT and Joe Moore, Giants; Wally
Berger, Bees; Frank Demaree, Cubs.
Infielders-Bill Herman, Cubs; Arky
vaughan, Pirates; Bill Terry, Giants;
Stuart Martin, Cards; Pinky Whitney,
Phillies.
Pltchers-Dizzy Dean, Cards; Carl
HuooeL, Giants; Van Mungo, Dodg-
ers; Lon Warneke, Chicago.
Catchers-Gabby Hartnett, Cubs;
Ernie Lombardi, Reds,
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Adds Mats Slab Worries d. C. Inuaders eeded'
ALL-STAR BERTHS
GIVEN TWO ROCKS
Di Maggie, Martin Honored
in Fans PoII-Chapman
Is Voted Place.
BY the Associated Press.

6y inc ASSCClhtGu ETeS5-
~ OSTON, June 27.-The Ma
K tional and American League
all-star teams will take the
field here July 7, with two
Of the most spectacular rockies in
many years on opposing teams.
Joe Di Maggie brilliant Yankee
outfielder, and Stuart Martin, Cards
infielder. each in his first year in
the majors, made the grade in a
Nation wide poll of base ball fans
conducted by newspapers to decide
16 Of the 21 players to represent
each league in the midseason classic
Joe Mccarthy Of the Yankees and
Charley Grimm Of the Cubs were
named rival managers, and each will
select the other five players.
The material from which they NAV
chose still includes such stars as
AL Simmons, Joe Cronin, Mel Harder.
Joe Vosmik, Frankie Frisch. Paul
Waner, Pepper Martin and II other
participants in last years fixture, all
OF whom failed to gain places in the
balloting this year.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Dir Dean Leads In Poll.

DtE Dean Leads In Poll.
DIZZY DEAN led an players with
4l,s0o votes, with Charlie Geh-
ringer a close second with 1885.
Gabby Hartnett third with 1885 and
Bob Grove fourth with 4O,640.
The American League squad:
Outfielders-Joe Di Maggie and
George Selkirk, Yankees; Earl Averill
Indians; Ray Radcliff. White sox;
Ben Chapman, Nationals.
1nfieloers-Charley Gehringer.
Tigers; Luke Appling, White Sox;
Lou Gehrig, Yankees; Jimmy Foxx
Red Sox; Pinky Higgins, Athletics
Pitchers-Lefty Grove, Red Sox:
Vernon Gomez, and Monte Pearson.
Yankees; Lynwood Rowe, Tigers.
Catchers-Mickey Cochrane, Tigers.
Bill Dickey, Yankees; Rolly Hemsley,
st. Louis.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
MIDGETS WANT GAME.

Midget opposition for tomorrow is
desired by the Bethesda Post. Amer
lean Legion, base ball team, which has
a diamond. Call Bradley 81 between
z and pm.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
PACIFIC COAST.
TEXAS.

TEXAS.
Tulsa. =; Beaumont. !.
San Antonio. 8; Oklahoma City, 4.
Houston. s; Dallas. g.
Fort Worth, 5; Galveston, 3.
PIEDMONT.
Norfolk. g: Asheville. s.
Rocky Mount. 10; Richmond. 8.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
POPPING -
orr ~-'J1 J Tan @AD

and Baer threaten to stage come
backs, Da Preem has quite come
back. He could make quite a furse
about it all, as a matter of fact, even
to carrying it to court and suing the
New York Solons for libel.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
STARS TOO MANY
TO CO UNRANKED
Williams, Texas FinaIiSt
Last Year, Rated Best
of Visiting Lot.
" BILL DISMER. JR.

~ UOYED by the presence Of
x better and more numerous
out-of-town stars than any
Capital tournament has en-
ticed in years, the District Of Colum-
bia tennis tourney was to open at
O'Clock this afternoon at Columbia
Country Club.
So great and impressive was the
enrolment Of non-local players that
Referee Louis /. Doyle and the tour
nament committee adopted the sug-
gestion to make a seeding Of the
foreign" stars who will compete
against the hometown products
Unwilling to rate these products Of
other sections, with whose current
play they are not so familiar, the
process employed in the nationals was
followed-that of giving the non
resident players a seeding Of their
own.
Foremost among the invaders is
Clayton Williams, runner-up for the
State of Texas championship last
year and a member of the Lone Star
team which played Mexico in an in
ternational match last December. But
slightly behind him is the name of
Frank M. Goeltz. a resident of Pitts
burgh and ranked No. is in the Mid
die States section.
Evening star., 1936-06-27

THIS Is only part Of the story.
When Lou slipped into batting
slump last Spring, I heard a flock
Of ball players say he had worn him
self out-that no human could keep
going that long without a few rest
ing spots. A year later-1936-an
it's been another story. Gehrig is not
only standing on both feet, but, in
addition, is now in the middle of the
best year he ever had. Gehrig was
born June 10, 1908, in New York City.
At 80 he is a better all-around ball
player than he ever was before.
A short while back I asked Lou
how his legs were holding out -
There was surprised look or his
face as he said. "Great-why not?"
Haven't you felt any strain from
those l,700 or more consecutive
games?" asked.
That's why my legs are good" he
said. I've built them up by keeping
them at work. They never had a
chance to soften up. I've never
bothered any about all these consecu-
tive games. like to play base ball.
Why not keep on playing as long as
have the luck? might have twisted
an ankle or hurt an arm or got sick
any time. 1t just so happens I didn't.
I've taken good care Of myself and I've
been lucky. That's all you need to
keep on playing"
Evening star., 1936-06-27
NET F.
MEET D. c. AFFAIR.
Three From Capital Reach
Junior Semi-FinaIS on
Baltimore Courts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RALIIMoRE, Md, June 27.-The
junior tennis champion of the
Middle Atlantic section, to be crowned
here today, was almost certain to be
from Washington, D. c., as three of
the four semi -finalists are entrants
from the Nations Capital.
In semi-final matches scheduled to
begin at 10 O'Clock this morning,
Allie Ritzenberg, was to meet Charley
Claiming while Harry March meets
Nathan Askin, local survivor. Winners
were to meet for the title at O'Clock
this afternoon.
RitZenberg, WaShington'S junior
champion, and March and Charming
all won the right to play here by
being finalists and semi i-finalists in
the City of Washington tournament
sponsored by The Evening Star of
Washington.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
What's the Matter With Marty?

What's the Matter With Marty?
CCHMELING and Sharkey, Baer
and Jimmy Braddock. There isn't
anything unfamiliar about those
names. Sharkey touched the match
to another dark dud" Of bygone days,
Harry Wills. Schmeling has been
fighting for a dozen years. Braddock,
in the early 1920s, was grateful for a
$40 Semi-final spot in a tank town.
And 1 wonder if Baer thinks people
have forgotten how he listened to that
count last September on his knees?
Now that SchmeIing has ex-
ploded the Louis myth, the
white hope" quest seems to be
gathering momentum instead Of
failing of.
Maybe, If Louis still was recognized
today as a superman, Sharkey gra-
ciously would have figured, from his
perch on the canvas the other night,
that Brubaker was nice boy, that
he gave up the ministry for boxing,
and that maybe he (Sharkey) ought
not be too harsh with him.
Maybe Baer would have been con-
tent to hang on to that baton and
continue TO lead his orchestra in the
Far West.
There are deeper mysteries than
those of Sharkey and Baer. For in
stance, why hasn't old Tom Heeney
announced his comeback? Or Phaint-
ing Phil Scott?
And what is keeping Georges
Carpenter out Of tights and
training?
Maybe, when you think it all over,
the next chamnion is that big guy
over in Foggy Bottom, who gives
riding lessons and rents out horses.
Yep. Marty Gallagher. That's the
guy.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Minor Leagues
INTERNATIONAL,

INTERNATIONAL.
Montreal. IL; Rochester. 8.
Baltimore. s.; Newark. 4.
Syracuse. . Albany. /.
Buffalo. 8; Toronto. &.