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Evening star., 1936-12-16
MATCH LUCAS, FURR
FOR FIGHT MONDAY
Claimants of D. c. Welter Title
Not to Battle for Crown
in Ten.Rounder.

A FTER many headaches and much
quibbling over just who Is the
District welterweight champion.
Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn finally has
signed Phil Furr to fight Johnny Lu-
cas- in a 10-round return engagement
at Turner's Arena Monday night.
Lucas, who defeated Furr in a IS
round argument here six weeks ago,
is recognized by the general public
as champion despite the somewhat
screwy mental maneuvering which
found him declared the winner over
Phillip. The District Boxing Com
mission, casting aside all precedent,
still holds Fur is the title holder, how
ever.
Johnny refuses to defend his title"
unless promised the champions share
of the purse, while Phil declares he
officially is the title holder and refused
TO bulge in his demands for the
champions end of the gate. Thus
the boys were matched for 10 rounds
instead of the championship distance
of IS rounds. and the District welter-
weight title still will belong to two fist
singers.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
Louis Scarce Walker Ring Con,er Coast Says
Santa Clara's Fame Upheld
Baugh, Not T. c. u, Beat Broncs, Says Alumnus,
Looking for Fine Sugar Bowl Game.

lieved Santa Clara OF the jitters
affecting team defending a per-
feet record and that 1t will be
more relaxed and enterprising out
fit against Louisiana State New
Year day. And he also feels that
it was Sammy Baugh individually
instead of T. C. U. collectively that
whipped Santa Clara.
And Smith provides figures to
prove his point. Passes by Baugh
totaled 90 yards, his runs were
good for IA and his punts for 671.
Otherwise, Texas Christian got 80
yards by passing. 8 by running and
100 by punting. And Santa Clara
got 119 yards by running, SIT
yards by punting and just IS by
passing.
But it got five first downs to
Texas Christians four and all but
one of the Santa Clara first downs
came from running plays.
So Santa Clara still Is pretty
good, Smith opines.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
Opponents in the Ofiing.

THERE is a Finnish fellow named
Gunnar Barlund who may give
him trouble in time There is a COL
ored fellow named Haynes who might
draw big money with Louis if he's
brought along slowly and carefully
And somewhere, learning the tricks
Gin obscure fight clubs, there may be
other young men of the necessary
quality But nobody knows about
them yet, and the future is shrouded
In Ifs and perhapses.
The Louis-Simms fight was the
shortest on the Cleveland card Mon
/ day night, but not the daffiest. john
ny Rsko, the old Reconstruction,
supplied the best laugh of the evening,
though I guess it wasn't so funny for
John, at that.
He was introducing a new young
heavyweight Of his own, Ed Shelby,
and neglected to inform the boys in
and around the ring that Shelby was
deaf. For while it didn't make much
difference. The kid won the first two
rounds by handy margin from his
opponent. one Michael Barry Of Chi
cago. Then Barry landed a punch on
Shelby's jaw, and Shelby fell.
Stays Down Too Long.
LIE WASN'T hurt. At the count Of
three he was up on one knee,
watching the referees lips to follow
the count. Remember, the boy is
deaf. His lip-reading went along all
right until the referee noticed that
Barry had not gone to neutral cor
ner. The ref turned around to warn
Barry and Shelby lost the count. He
stayed on his knee till just after ten"
Then he got up to do further battle,
full of zest for the fray.
you're out!" barked the ref.
"What say?" asked young Shelby.
"You're out!"
This time Shelby caught the gist
Of the message and began to look
very hurt. So did his honest man.
wager, Mr.. Risko. They swarmed
xround the official with words of pro-
test, but this did no good at all. The
decision stood. It seems TO be a case
for the higher courts.
Mr.. Risko, when last seen, was
breathing imprecations against ref
erees who do not understand the
neutral corner rule, and the referee
was muttering that Mr.. Risko should
60 out and get himself a better lip
reader.
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Evening star., 1936-12-16

TIRST and second place teams in
- the Ladies District League
collide tonight, but the pace
setting Rosslyn pinwomen are
as much in danger of losing their
lead to Lucky Strike as they are of
losing their way to their own Rosslyn
alleys, where the match will be rolled.
Four and one-half games ahead Of
the Luckies, Rosslyn could not have
its standing changed even If it lost all
three games. The same, however,
cannot be said of the eight other COM
batants in the loops remaining four
matches, any one of which could pro-
duce shake-upS in the standings all
the way from third to- tenth place.
Highway Engineering and National
Beer, now tied for third. face couple
of teams, Temple and Convention
Evening star., 1936-12-16

Hall, deadlocked for fourth. Highway,
with 18 victories in 80 games. invadeS
Temple for a match with that aggre-
CATION, which has won IA and lost l6,
while National Beer entertains Con-
vention Hall at Georgetown Recrea-
ton. The Hall lassies also have a rec
ord of 14-16 and anything is liable to
happen in this pair of matches.
Even the four lowest teams can bet
ter their standings in matches between
themselves. Arcadia. only one game
behind the seventh place Georgetown
quint, plays host to their slight SUI
periors at Arcadia. while Swanee. one
and-one half games ahead of the last
place r. E. A. Cleaners. will strive to
hold it's head above the cellar occu-
pants at Lucky Strike.
JACK o'coNNELL, the genial mas
ter of ceremonies. whose plea to
the crowd at last Sundays mixed
doubles classic at Silver Spring netted
more than $50, will be back on the
job appealing for another Christmas
Evening star., 1936-12-16

= ANITA CLARA'S defeat by
Texas Christian last Satur-
day may have taken the
- edge from the Sugar Bowl
game to be played in New Orleans
on New Year day, but not for Cyril
j. Smith.
Smith Is by way Of being q
Santa Clara '09 man and he still
is strong for his alma matters foot
ball team that up until the day it
ran into Singing Sammy Baugh
of the Horned Frogs and had
perfect record meanly mangled.
Asks Smith, What has hap
pened?" And he answers himself,
barring the fact that Santa Clara
finally dropped one. nothing"
He points out that had the Bron-
chos beaten T. C. U. "the bloom
would be on the peach" but he
can't see that the defeat has altered
the quality of the Sugar Bowl
game one iota.
Smith feels that the beating re-
Evening star., 1936-12-16
SCHAEFER CHALLENGES
Ready to Back Self Up to 81 900
Against ANY Cueist.

CHICAGO, December Is [P)-Jake
Schaefer, veteran billiard star, tossed
a challenge Ito all takers" today for
a balkline match carrying a side
wager of $500 or 81 900.
Schaefer, delivering his challenge
personally to Welker Cochran, the
1872 balkline champion and three
cushion titleholder, would like to play
a 5000-point match in Chicago or
10,Oo0-point home-and-home duel.
Schaefer telegraphed his challenge to
Willie Hoppe in New York and Roger
Cont in Paris.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
ARON MUST BIDE TIME
Rising Young Fighter Not Ready
for Ross, Says Mullen.

CHICAGO, December 16 R.-
James C. Mullen, matchmaker for the
Chicago Stadium. said today he be-
lieves it inadvisable at this time to
stage welterweight boxing champion
ship match between Barney Ross, the
titleholder, and Milt Aron, likely look
ing Dubuque, Iowa. youngster.
Aron, in professional ranks two
years, has lost only three decisions and
fought two draws in 80 bouts. Mullen
said he does not believe Aron lis ready
for Ross" but that If the Dubuque
fighter will meet and defeat two oppo-
nents selected by Mullen, a match with
Ross would follow. possibly next
Spring.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
Mat Matches
Ey the Associated Press.

NEW HAVEN, Conn-Abe Coleman,
POS. Los Angeles, defeated Nick Campo
freda, 2l6, Baltimore (Campofreda de-
faulted because of injury after each
won one falD.
PROVIDENCE, r. I.-Steve Crush
err Casey, 235, Ireland. defeated Dick
Stahl. 215, Germany, two straight falls.
LINCOLN, Nebr.-John Pesek, 200,
Omaha, defeated Dick. Lever, 230,
Nashville, Tenn, two straight falls.
ST. PAUL, Minn.-A1i Baba, Turkey,
pinned Abe Kashey, Minneapolis. As
minutes; weights unavailable.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
CROSS AND VASS SHINE.

Cross and Vass, scoring IL and II
points. respectively, paced Lank's In
dependents to a 1922 victory over the
Cardinals last night in a Northeast
Community Center basket ball game.
All Of the seven players used by the
Independents figured in the scoring.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
HUGHES HEADS UMPIRES.

James Y. Shorty Hughes has been
elected president of the District of
Columbia Umpires' Association for the
1887 season, succeeding Jimmy Green.
George Watt was elected vice presi-
dent. while Albert c. Jeffries was re-
elected secretary-treasurer.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
SCHMELING GOES HOME
Will Return in February to Tour
Prior to Braddock Go.

NEW YORK, December Is NP.-
Max Schmeling sailed for Germany on
the Bremen yesterday after a final
conference with Mike Jacobs of the
Twentieth Century Sporting Club,
which will cooperate with Madison
Square Garden in promoting the
Schmeling-Jam J. Braddock heavy
weight championship bout next June
The nature Of the conference, at
tended by lawyers for both the pro-
moter and fighter, was not revealed.
Schmeling said he intends to re-
turn in February for six-week exhi-
bition tour before beginning training
for the Braddock fight.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
GIRL BASKETERS MEET.

An organization meeting of the
Community Center Girls Basket Ball
League will be held tomorrow night at
the Central High School gym. Man.
ayers of girls team interested in join
ing the loop are requested to attend.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
MAY BRING BACK DERBY
Washington Park Officials Talk
of Restoring American.

CHICAGO, December Is R.-The
rich American Derby. famous old
Chicago race stake first run in 1884
and which was omitted in 1886, may
be restored to a place on the 1887
Chicago racing program.
Washington Park officials have dis
cussed resumption of the Derby. which
carried an added money prize of s25,-
600 in 1885, and were expected to ask
the State Racing Commission to set
the event either for June II or June
1o
Evening star., 1936-12-16
H. C. A. GIRLS WINNERS.

Holy Gross Academy defeated St.
Marys of Alexandria, AZ to Z, in the
first game of the season in the c. S. c.
League.
Evening star., 1936-12-16

Three years ago-Frank Shields
placed at head of Nations tennis
first ten" for 1888.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
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fund at the big team match between
Occidental Restaurant and the Heu-
rich All-Stars at Convention Hall
Saturday night.
Jack also will do the announcing
for the match which will temporarily
settle the question Of the best team
in the city.
THE dope was upset in big way
in the Columbia Heights League
at Arcadia last night, when the last
four teams in the league defeated the
second, third, fifth and sixth place
combinations. Only the league-lead-
ing Cool's Fountain escaped the over
turn Of form, increasing its advantage
over the second-place Hessick Coal
five to two games by nosing out the
fourth-place Hertz Drivurself in the
odd game.
Hessick held its runner-up post
despite a 2-1 setback by the eighth
place Arcadians, but Vincent BARRIERS
and Hertz Drivurself landed in tie
for third, and Arcade Sunshine and
~ u ~. 8NCo0duA dlAo eliSAA
deadlock for fourth. The BARRIERS
were whitewashed by the ninth-pace
Eagle Bedding Co. when they had a
good chance to take advantage of
Hertz defeat by Cool's. Arcade Sum-
shine and C. e. C. Restaurant each
dropped the odd game to Ben Hundley
Tire Co. and Premier Cab. respec-
lively.
Premier Cab, incidentally. has won
l6 of its last "a games until it now
is only three games out Of fifth place.
WHILE the f1rst-place st. Francis
Xavier crowd was sweeping its
set with the All Saints in the Ladies'
Catholic League, individual scoring
honors were being taken by Miss Abel
of st. Paul's. who rolled a 100 game.
and Miss E. Donovan of st. Peters,
who had 325 set.
Rhoda Henning of Trinity mon
opolized all the honors in the Ladies'
Lutheran Church League, shooting a
12l game and 325 set at Arcadia
Her team, incidentally, benefited by
her rolling to take game and set hon.
ors with 504 and 1,430.
Evening star., 1936-12-16

Today . year ago-Joe Louis
voted No. l athlete Of 1895; Law
son Little, second; Jesse Owens,
third.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
RING GAME SHOWS
SIGNS OF NEW LIFE
Champs and Contenders In
Four Divisions Keep
Things Moving.
BY the Associated Press.

n YEW YORK, December 16.-
M From the bantamweights to
" the heivyweights, the fight
business Is showing signs Of
new life.
The heavies have been holding the
headlines for the last few weeks with
the talk of a Jimmy Braddock-Joe
Louis no-decision bout at Atlantic
City, the hullabaloo over the final
signing Of Braddock to defend his
crown against Max Schmeling, Louis
quick knockout of Eddie Simms.
However, champions and contenders
are keeping things moving in four
other divisions.
The middleweights are next on the
program with Harry Balsamo, the
Betting Brakeman" who was con-
sidered a great title prospect until
he was beaten by Babe Risko, meet
ing Brooklyn's Solly Krieger at the
Hippodrome tonight.
Krieger, a fair boxer and a pretty
good hitter, is rated a Us favorite,
but Balsamo still has his punch and
is determined to crash it against
Krieger's jaw. Then he wants to
tackle Risko again.
Winner TO Meet Apostoli.
CURRENT plans, however, call for
the winner to face Fred Apostoli,
the highly regarded San Francisco
middleweight, who is due in New
York shortly after the holidays, with
the survivor of that match to en-
counter Champion Freddie Steele, also
due to head East in 1887.
The heavyweights move into the
picture again Friday, when big Ray
Impellittiere Of Cold Spring, N. Y,
faces Bob Pastor in a bout billed for
the New York State title There's q
possibility the winner will be lined up
with Joe Louis
A lot of the interest in the bantams
and featherweights comes from the
i'll luck Of champions Sixto Escobar
and Lou Ambers in non-title bouts.
Escobar has been beaten twice in
overweight bouts by the young Balti.
more battler, Harry Jeffra and the
next move seems to be for title scrap
between the two. That may be a diff.
ferent story, for the Puerto Rican
claims to be somewhat better when
he's fighting at bantam poundage.
Ambers Loses Twice.
A MBERS also has dropped two non.
title fights since he took the
crown from Tony Can2oneri in Sep
tember. One was to Eddie Cool, the
other to Jimmy McLarnin, who says
he wants to fight Barney Ross for the
welterweight championship but in the
meantime has been making life miser.
able for the 135-pounders. Herkimer
Lou next comes up against Enrico
Ventura, one of two Italian light
weights who look to be good title
prospects, in another overweight af.
fair. If Ventura doesn't get any.
where. Aldo Spoldoi is on hand.
Ross, meanwhile, has some business
with Ceferino Garcia, who missed out
on one chance for the crown when he
was injured in his elimination" draw
with Izzy Jannazzo. Ross had to
promise Garcia a crack within so
days after whipping Jannazzo.
There has been a lull in feather
weight activities since Petey Sarron.
most widely recognized of three title
claimants, went to Australia This
fyweight and light heavyweight divi.
sions are virtually dead" the latter
because Champion John Henry Lewis
can't find any one to fight.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
c. W.FVE'SPOWER
. SHOWN IN FIGURES
Three Have Averaged Over
Eight Points a Game in
Colonial Careers.
statistics support plainly

~OLD statistics support plainly
audible expressions of opti-
I mism regarding George
~ Washington's 1867 basket
ball campaign, which the Colonial
five will open tomorrow night in
Baltimore against Johns Hopkins.
Most impressive of several brack-
cts of figures on the 14-man squad
Coach Bill Reinhart has been drill
ing for the inaugural is one that shows
no less than three players who have
averaged more than 8 points per
game for their careers at the G street
institution
These potent scorers are Capt. Hal
Kiesel, foot AZ center, who has
scored 81 points per game over a
span of SO contests in two seasons;
Ben Goldfaden, a forward and a
senior like Kiesel, who has an average
of 8.5 for the same number OF tilts,
and Tommy O'Brien, junior forward,
who averaged 1016 points for l9
games as sophomore last season.
Possess Keen Eyes.
MORE remarkable about KieSel and
" Goldfaden is that they have
Gagged exactly 46 per cent of their
fleld-goal shots-about Is percentage
points better than normally good
shooting-and 81 and So per cent, re-
spectively. of their free throws, which
figures also considerably exceed the
average for college basketers.
O'Brien. the Districts second high
est scorer with 1913 points last year,
sank nearly 40 per cent of his field
goal attempts and SIS per cent of his
fouls. He averaged more than four
field goals per game.
Since Kiesel and Goldfaden, along
with Milt Schonfeld. Clarence Berg
and Walter Bakum, other seniors,
have been sporting the buff and blue,
the Colonials as a team have av-
eraged more than AZ points per game
Q,643 in 80 games) and have scored
80 victories.
With OBrien's help they piled up
Is triumphs last year, putting together
a string Of IA in row, for the best
record in the schools court history.
Among the teams defeated were Rich
mond (twice), West Virginia. Geneva
Westminster, Villanova and Ohio
State.
Has Wealth Of Talent.
TOMORROW night Reinhart's vet
Grams will be supported by the
finest array of sophomores to come
up for varsity competition at G. W.
in several Winters. Jack Butterworth
6-foot-4 center. and Bob Faris, 6-foot
forward or guard, thus far have i'm
pressed most in practice.
But others, too. have flashed real
ability. namely, Joe Brennan, 6-foot- 2
forward of Western High School fame:
Bruce Borum, 6-foot-3 center; Pete
Beronio, former st. Peters New Jer-
sey Prep star; Dave Osborne, a guard
product of the fertile Indiana basket
ball hotbed and big Sid Silkowitz
former New York City Commerce High
luminary.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
Well Ahead in Ring at 20.

IT WAS Schuler who took John
Henry Lewis to New York last
year, and John Henry did not disap-
point the customers. The veteran
manager believes Walker is destined
to be a much greater fighter than
Lewis and his early record substanti-
ates that belief. At 20 the boy has
made a great start and he may be
the white hope whom the experts
are seeking.
Schuler has been cunning to get
Max Baer into the ring with Walker
over any distance, but so far the
Livermore boy has not broken any
records signing the articles. At the
moment Baer is working out at Ancil
Hoffman's ranch, preliminary to a
European tour, where the boys are
not quite SO tough as in America
However, Eastern fight fans are urged
to keep an eye on young Mr.. Walker.
When the San Francisco boys say
fighter has it, am not one to argue.
Although I might make some nasty
remarks to Pat Frayne and his ilk
about the yarns they feed me con-
cerning Make Baer.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
BOY W|NSLAURELS;
. BEATS LOUGHRAN
Heavy Hailed Vests Best
Prospect in Years-WilI
Fight in Europe.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

~ AN FRANCISCO, Calf, Decem-
ber 16.-The boys around San
Francisco are doing lot of
~ talking about Sonny Walker,
a 20-year-old heavyweight who belted
Thomas Loughran all around the ring
and planted the Philadelphia artist
ON the canvas a couple times by way
of good measure. When the boys
around San Francisco start talking
about boxers, 1t is high time to listen,
for the boys were brought up on the
legends of such fellows as Jim Jeffries,
Jim Corbett and others of that class.
Hes the best young heavyweight
for his experience I've seen in many
year." said my friend, Patrick
Frayne, who, man and boy, has seen
q lot of heavies. The same sentiments
were echoed by Frank Schuler, but
then Shuler is bit biased, seeing that
he owns Walker.
Walker halls from down Phoenix,
Ariz, way and was destined to be some
sort OF athlete from birth. His dad
was a great soccer player in Scotland
before emigrating to America, and from
his Irish mother he inherits the pug
nacity of the Gaels. At the age of 10
he was known as little strong man"
around Arizona and at the age of II
hoisted both Babe Ruth and Jack
Dempsey on his shoulders and played
pick-a-pack with those muscle marvels
Enlarges Neck, Betters Chin.
| A FTER winning the various amateur
class titles of Arizona, Walker
turned professional two years ago and
| for the past IL months has been cam
paigning around San Francisco. Over
| that span he has had II fights, winning
| 10 and drawing in the others. Sonny
put Lee Savoldi. the tough fighter from
st. Paul, on the floor four times and
also whaled Andre Lenglat, the French
champion. He was expected to take
a good boxing lesson from LOughran,
but, to the surprise Of the customers,
Sonny taught Tommy a few tricks
about the scientific side of the business.
In his bout with Savoldi, the young
Arizonian was floored two times and
skeptics thought he had weak chin.
But Schuler figured it was the neck
that was soft, and, by an exercising
process. had Walker increase the
girth of his neck from l6 TO l8 inches.
Once that had been accomplished.
/ Walker was able to produce a chin
that has withstood any and all at
tacks.
Schuler is negotiating to slow
young Walker in Eastern and Mid
western rings. The boy is not yet
ready to step out with Joe Louis or
Max Schmeling, but, according to Pat
Frayne, he can hold his own with
most of the others who draw good
cago.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-12
Charles Moore
Reports Meeting

A meeting of the Midnight
Sun All Club was called for the
purpose of election of officers on
November the third. Mr.. Peter
son the club leader and Mr..
Flakne our extension agent both
gave short talks on discipline for
the club and also the possibility
of sending several members of
the club to the Portland Live
stock Show next summer. Meet
ings were decided to be held the
second Tuesday of every month
at 7::30 p. m.
The result of our election was:
Bud Ring, Pres, Victor MCGUIRE,
Vice Pres, Don Saindon Sec. and
Charles Moore club reporter. The
club now has fifteen members.
Three new members who have
joined are Don Saindon, Victor
Mcclure, and Ken Meters. The
other club members, most of
whom are carrying over their
garden or livestock projects from
last year are: Edward aud Bud
BouWens, Jack Lee, Lloyd Thor
sen, Bud and Bubsy Ring, Dale
Rorrison, Joe Shelly, Melvin
Barry, Edward and Charles
Moore. At this time birthday
party for Mr.. Flakne was dis
cussed. Now the party is over
and it was q huge success. A
big four layer cake was served
and everybody had good time
on Joes eighteenth birthday. Joe
says he does not expect every
body to believe this hut it is the
truth just the same.
Reporter
Charles Moore