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Evening star., 1936-06-30
Describes Merkle'S Boner.

T ASKED Brownie to name the ball
game that he recalls above all the
others in his days as big Lacquer.
That's easy" he said. That was
the Cub-Giant play-off game in 1908.
You know, the one that would never
have come if Merkle had touched
second base Before I tell you about
the play-off I'll tell you about the
Merkle game. I'll give you version
Of that game-and it's the correct
one-that I've never seen printed. If
New York had won the game, it would
have won the pennant The play
off game never would have been neces-
sary. But New York didn't win
Here's how I saw il.
The score was tied, 2-2, in the
ninth inning. Merkle was on first
base. Mccormick was on third. Brid-
we'll singled, grounder through the
infeld, past the pitcher, over second
and into center field. Hoffman, in
center, saw that Merkle stopped with
out touching second. Hoffman threw
the ball to Evers, covering second for
the Cubs. But the ball hit Tinker,
who had raced over tc show Umpire
Emslie that Merkle hadn't touched
the base. The ball bounced into the
inf1eld. McGinnity got 1t. Stein
feldt, our third baseman, tackled Nc
Ginnity. McGinnity threw the ball,
a spectator got it and finally Floyd
Kroh, a Cub pitcher, threw 1t to
Evers and that accomplished the play.
The run hadn't scored Merkle was
out. He was called out by Umpire
Hank O'Day, back of the plate.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
COLORED RING SHOW
DEMOCRATIC AFFAIR
Party Leaders Here Are Invited to
Haynes-Williams Bout Tomor-
row Night.

A N IMPOSING array of Democratic
figures will be invited to attend the
Leroy Haynes Tom Williams 10-round
heavyweight boxing bout at Griffith
Stadium Wednesday night it was an
nounced today by the Allied Demo-
cratic Clubs of Washington, sponsors
of the all-colored card.
Among those to be presented with
passes are Postmaster General James
A. Farley. Secretary of Commerce
Daniel c. Roper, Marvin H Mcintyre,
secretary to the President; Melvin C..
Hazen. George E. Allen and Daniel I.
Sultan. District Commissioners. and
Representatives Arthur w Mitchell of
Illinois and Patrick brewery Of Vir-
ginia.
Williams was to appeal to the Dis
trict Boxing Commission today for
permission to fight in his bare feet
since the only three losses suffered
in II bouts were inflicted when he was
forced to don ring shoes.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Big Girl Aims for Olympics
Dorothy Sundby, Feet l and Weighing l78, on
Way East for Swimming Trials.

Miss Sundby has not raced at 400
meters in competition, but has turned
the distance N minutes so seconds
N practice.
She has been swimming for two
and one-half years and at present
holds the Far Western A. a. L. back
stroke and the Pacific Association
A. A. U. 100 and 200 yards free-styIe
titles.
Lack of strong competition in this
section has retarded her progress in
the opinion Of Coach Al Kallunki,
who believes she'll be a sensation at
the national trials.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Minor Leagues

International.
Baltimore, Is; Syracuse. 2.
Toronto, IL; Montreal, /.
Buffalo, 10; Rochester, 9.
Newark, 7; Albany, 5.
American Association.
st. Paul, 7; Kansas City, 3.
LOUISVILLE Toledo, rain.
Observation-Disclosures rain.
st. Paul, 7; Kansas City, 3.
Southern Association.
Chattanooga, 10; Birmingham. g.
New Orleans, 13; Nashville, 2.
(Only games scheduledJ
Western.
Sioux City. g; Des Moines. 5.
Waterloo. I; Cedar Rapids, ?.
Davenport, 7; Omaha, 3.
Texas.
Oklahoma City, 5; Beaumont. 4.
Fort Worth, 2; Houston, /.
Dallas, 5; Galveston, l.
Pacific Coast.
No games; teams travelling.
Sally.
Columbus, :; Macon. 3.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r HOLLYWOOD. Calf, June
30.- Katharine Hepburn,
the wispy little movie star,
a Il was described today by
golf pro Joe Novak as the "best
woman golfer" in the movie
colony.
"Yes, and she could beat any Of
the men, too," said Novak. eyeing
Bing Crosby's low 70's average,
"if she had the time to practice.
She hasn't got a weak spot in her
game"
Novak is the pro at the Bel Air
. Country Club, where the movie
star plays her weekly round Of
golf. Even with that compare
lively skirnpy practice, he said,
she is always in the low 8o's and
frequently insthe high 70's.
II would estimate her average
drive at 225 yards" Novak said.
Like many good women golfers,
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Morecai Bron Recalls Thrills LoScoring Golf Orgy Due Here
OFFERS VIVID VERSION
a, OF ssBONER" BY MERKLE
Three-Fingered Pitching Star of Cubs
Reached Peak of Career Beating
Mattv i'm Play-Off for Pennant.

Heck" said Three-Fingered
Brown. there never was another ball
game like that one. 1t meant an awful
lot of money to the club that won. I
received five black-hand letters telling
me what would happen to me if beat
the Giants. I had pitched in II out
of IA games trying to win that PEN
nant for Chicago and Chance told
me l was to pitch the play-off.
Mathewson was McGraw's choice, of
course Matty had had five days rest.
They'd saved him up.
Survives Critical Inning.
In THE seventh inning we had
them to l. I put three men on
bases. Chance got the ball and came
over and talked to me- The crowd
was mad We had to shout to be
heard Larry Doyle was sent in to
hit for Matty. I threw all I could to
get it past Larry and he fouled out
to Killing. Tenney hit a fly to Schultz.
That gave the Giants another run.
But they got to me for no more. That
was the critical game and the critical
inning Of my pitching career. We won
the game and the championship And
then We went on to beat Cobb and
the Tigers. . What great player
Ty Cobb was. I struck him out
the first time I ever pitched against
him in a world series and he wanted
to fight"
I suggested that Brownie name his
aE-time ball club. Heck" he said,
that would be hard to do, Just like
that Killing was the headiest
catcher ever saw. We called him
Noisy John I think old Honus
Wagner was the greatest all-around
player that ever lived Jimmy
Sheckard was an outfielder who could
dive head first and catch a ball-a
great fielder :. Chance was a great
hrSt baseman Rube Marquard
was a fellow who was great one day
and off the next Ed Walsh was
about to be dropped when he discov-
cred he could throw the spit ball.
He'd just spit on it and let it 60.
Until this day don't think he knows
how to curve a ball . I never pitched
a no-hitter, but I got to the ninth
inning couple of times . McGraw
and I we're friends Haven't seen
any OF the boys in year ;. -
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Py the Associated Press.

EY the ASscclateC Press.
~ AKLAND, Calf, June 30
Nineteen year = old Dorothy
Z Sundby-shes feet l and
~ weighs 178-is headed East
ward to seek a berth on the United
States Olympic swimming team.
The girl is Northern California s
sole candidate for Olympic swimming
honrs.
She will compete In both the 100
and 400 meters free-style events at
Astoria, Long Island, July II and 12
Her best time for 100 meters is 1905
f1ve-tenths of a second slower than
that posted by Olomay Redfern in
winning the National A. a. U. title
last week.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK.-Tony Marino, 1151s,
Pittsburgh, knocked out Balthazar
Sangchili, 1852, Spain 90.
CHICAGO.-Milt Aron, IA, Du-
buque, Iowa, stopped Frankie Sagilio.
LA, Chicago CD.
HARTFORD, Conn.-Jimmy Leto,
14312, Hartford, outpointed Casper La
Rosa, lat, New York (10).
MIAMI, Fla.-Frankie Saia, 141,
Memphis, Tenn, stopped Frankie
Britt. 1873, Indianapolis ca.
NEWARK, N. J.-Mike Barto. 14012,
Pittsburgh, stopped Dick McClintic,
141. Harrigon, N. Y. 90.
NEWARK, N. J.--Al Roth, 13434,
New York, outpointed Freddie (Red)
Cochrane, 1876, Elizabeth, N. J. 10).
LANCASTER, Pa.-Joe Smallwood,
157. Wilmington, Del, knocked out
Nick Damianov, 157, Philadelphia O.
HOLYOKE, Mass. - Cocoa Kid,
143a4. New Haven, Conn, outpointed
Vince de Angelo, 1411s, New York do).
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Mathewson Tells Truth,

1.-THE quick-thinking Killing forced
the decision from O'Day. And
afterward only one man in the whole
Giant team told the truth. Mathew
son said Merkle positively did not
touch second That was the kind of
fellow Mathewson was. He was a
wonderful pitcher and square fell
low. He and I hated each other out
there on the field, but off the field
We were good friends. Heck, that's
the way it goes.
Why, John McGraw-I loved him.
He used to softsoap me, telling me he
was always going to buy me from the
Cubs. Maybe he thought I might
ease up sometimes. But, heck, I al
ways worked my head off to beat his
ball club, and guess I did a pretty
good deal. McGraw was great man
ager So was Chance. Chance was
tough. He'd take no trifling. You
had to work for him. I worked and
! found him the best ever. If you
tried to lay down on Chance it went
pretty hard: He rode you. They
don't make managers like him today
:. But I was going to tell you about
that play-of game, wasn't ~"
Evening star., 1936-06-30

That exhibition match at Congrec
sional Sunday with Roland MacKer
zie and Babe Didrikson pitted agalns
Fred Mcleod and Witty Cox will havo
the Babe getting handicap Of two
strokes a nine from Mcleod and Cox
That should be enough, if the TeXas
gal plays her usual game. She car
whack the ball around CongreSSiona
in II or 70 and she may go lowe
Four strokes off this score should pui
her right down there with either Nc
Leod or Cox, and she won't tax
anything of the tee from any one il
the foursome. She is as long as any
one know when she meets the ball. 70
Mackenzie says.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Brownie is Now SO.

n 1 "aS al Jul llldl AN1O4 dCSo4 4LOW
who was to gain renoWn for his
pitching skill and his missing finger,
started his career with Terre Haute
in the Three-Eye League. He reach
ed the big time via Omaha. For
years he fought those great pitching
duels with the magnificent Mathew
son-and he won more than he lost.
He was in his last major league game
in 1916 He managed in the minors,
he made money and lost money in
the Illinois oil fields and now he's
back in Terre Haute. He is the boss
of one Of the busiest gas stations in
all Indiana. He knows everybody and
to everybody he's Brownie.
Three fingered Brown is now SO
He's had his station here for about a
year. He has a staff of seven men
operates on a 24-hour schedule and is
he readily tells you, making out all
right"
Heck" said Three fingered Brown
heck" is as close as he gets tc
swearing when he's reminiscing about
the great Cub days-"1 had good
time up there-from 1903 to 19l6-and
guess I couldn't have expected more
Maybe I would have liked to have
managed big league club. But you
have to be on the inside to get those
jobs. I amt got any kick. Charlie
Murphy did throw me out because !
had bad knee, even after all the
work I'd done for him, but had some
thrilling years. I wouldn't take any,
thing for them"
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Wistful Over Base Ball.

4 ND Mordecai Brown is here, run
ming his busy gas station on
Route Al. OF the four great princi-
pals in the New York VS.. Chicago
base ball drama, enacted during the
first decide of this century, Brown
alone is alive. Mathewson passed on.
Frank Chance is dead. McGraw is
dead And Brown is an Elk and an
Indiana business man. He says he's
comfortable here and likes the boys
at the club and that he has lot of
friends in Terre Haute You believe
all of that. But when he says he's
glad he's out Of base ball his wistful-
ness betrays him.
Copyright 1850
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Somerville Gives Party.

HARRY SOMERVILLE. maestro of
the Willard Hotel, is going to toss
a party for the Rotary Club tomorrow
TO celebrate his victory in the Calvert
Dickey Cup tourney at Chevy Chase
last week. They'll never let me live
it down if I don't do something foy
them" laughs Harry. But I reallv
did Play over my head Any duffe'
like I am, who shoots IS holes II Z,
strokes is away over his head"
Evening star., 1936-06-30
MATHER BUSY NETMAN
Helps Aggies Win Before Match
in D. C. Title Tourney.

Edward CRedD Mather preceded his
doubles victory in the District of Co.
lumbia tennis tournament yesterday
by starting the Department of Agri-
culture net team to a SO victory over
Investigation in Departmental
League match. He and Steinhauser
routed the team of Newly and Rob-
inSon, 6-l, 6-l.
Other matches resulted as follows:
Brown and Rulloda defeated Abbot, and
Ennesblatt, 1T. G-4. t-.9; Martin and
HarreL defeated Homer and Welcn tl-9.
t. Hofecker and Fleming won by de-
fault Byrd and Royal won by default
Evening star., 1936-06-30
< M> M3
W. By WRMeCALluM ~

and Russell Hollebaugh tied for the
top spot at 81, with Cliff Spencer and
John Haney. and Ralph Beach and
Spencer Overton. Spencer also played
with Reid Scott of Baltimore, to tie
for second with Beach and Robert
Goldman.
Cliff Spencer and Bob Barnett fin
ished second to Diffenbaugh in the
pro sweepstakes with cards of 70.
STOCKTON ROGERS, 13-year-old
- Jacksonville youngster, a protege of
Roland Mackenzie. arrived in Wash
ington yesterday to spend a couple OF
weeks with his mentor. Rogers. a
boy with a good swing and a fine
putting stroke. played Congressional
yesterday in 81 whacks and promises
to do better. He has played the Ponte
Vedra course in 70.
Evening star., 1936-06-30

ness, was to play practice round at
Congressional today and unlimber her
heavy artillery for the first time on
Washington course. Miss Didrikson,
scheduled to arrive yesterday in time
for round of golf, did not get in until
late last night She played in New
Jersey yesterday.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
ROD AND STREAM
by GEORGE HUBER,

open in West Virginia and feeling the
need of little practice. j. Malcolm
Purton went up there Sunday to put
his arm and thumb in shape. He stuck
river runt on the end of his line and
started casting toward the Virginia
shore, feeling almost certain that his
practice would be uninterrupted.
A few casts put him into the swing
OF the thing, and he was really doing
fine with his practice when he got
rather good strike A few leaps and an
11-incn small mouth had been pulled
IN. With this out of the way he went
back to his practice session. About half
an hour later something struck. With
the assistance of all sorts of vocal en-
couragement coming from the Virginia
side he eaSed beauty toward shore
and finally got finger In its gill. This
small mouth was 1914 inches long and
weighed 17e pounds. Who said there
were no bass in the Potomac? If you
should happen up that way this after
noon and see fellow tossing lures to-
ward Virginia, you can lay 10 to / that
II Is LTllS department.
r J. FISHERMAN also was up that
way Sunday, but fishing in the
falls. For bait he was using some of
those small toads which can be picked
up along the canal towpath, and
tandem spinner. He had several good
strikes, but they all got away in the
swift water Then came another strike,
and this one didn't get away. When
he finally landed his fish it turned out
that it wasn't bass after all, but
nothing more or less than a brown
trout. 1t was only about Z inches long,
so fisherman tossed it back. A trout is
a rare catch, indeed, in our Little Falls,
this one probably having been washed
out into the river with the Spring
floods
Evening star., 1936-06-30
ONE of the strongest fields ever tt

| ONE of the strongest fields ever to
start in the chase for he District
municipal championship viii leave the
first tee at East Potomac Park tomor-
row morning in the opening round of
the 72-hole tourney that probably will
recrown Claude Rippy the best public
| links golfer in Washington. The first
| four scorers will win trip to the ma
tional tournament at Bethpage State
Park, Farmingdale, Long Island.
Rippy, the winner last year with
record score, is to start at 935 and
1:35 with Ted Burrows and George
Malloy, both former champions, and
will be followed by Bobby Burton,
runner-up last year in threesome
with Andrew Ouveri and Serge Folk.
Two rounds tomorrow and two rounds
Thursday will wind up the tourney.
Pairings follow;
s-12-Chester Ward. Eddie Lightbown
and Calvin w. Loving
S:05-12:O5 - James Cannon. Paul
Greene and John F. Collins.
s:Io-12:l0-George Graham, Horace
'e2kns 5F 5Wam an1 HHhn "q2dDnFd Estoa Carlton
7'ushS srSo ana Tracy Foqst go;s, rdd. r..
r,ga. ~ -pTFSty roust' Eoule Ea-
vs:S5-iS;$$5E EzHaroid civella, R. w,
heseRRam Rte and a6 E a k5acke iisb.r paul
Reed ard Gilbert Wtllett.
S;25-12 :35-L. NJ. Cole, Norman Jarvis
s:4o-12 :40.RoPert Benton. Collins
S:45-12:45-Bil Leapley and Mathew
s:50:l2 5oEvN. C. Pixon, Byron Baer
Lanai Ss2aG and 52UM 5 q 1edfe4' d Dawson iE M B
9-ImJames ;;s Gipe. Larry Day and AL
9:o5-l ;O5L75Toby Tyler George Dono-
ss;I0:l :l01sam Parks Milford Stein
9:l5-i I5-Morris Abrams, T. welby
kines and Fred Chaimson;
ang gyI EGdio :|Sma S,oja,,, Z. YORK. Eddie Burns
9;25-I: 25w7.Frank Ward Gus Kupka
1901 ;30--Harold Bowers. Pat Axten
8 81; 1is5@ciaude Rippy. George NAL
len and Barney Welsh
and Serge Folk.
S1X Washington youngsters were
included in the 80 juniors who
played today over the Roland Park
quest of the Maryland State junior
championship, won last year by Billy
Dettweiler. The champion was paired
with Bill Shanahan of Hillendale
Other Washington lads in the tour
nament were Bobby Brownell, the Dis
trict junior title holder; Donald Miller
of Kenwood, M. Whittlesey Of Argyle,
Billy Shea of Congressional and Jack
Wade of Washington. The tourney is
over the 36-hole route.
WITH George Diffenbaugh, District
open champion, scoring an indi-
vidual II to win the professional
sweepstakes, Washington pro-amateur
combinations won several prizes in the
Middle Atlantic P. C. A. tournament
yesterday at Woodholrne. Diffenbaugh
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Fairways Fast, Greens Slow.


THE combination of lightning-fast
fairways and slow putting greens
always means low scoring. and those
lightning-fast fairways are back with
Us again, so fast that a 300-yard tee
shot is not at all uncommon. About
this season every year the fairway
grass becomes sparse and thin, the
tee shots begin to scamper astonish-
ing distances, and the greenkeepers
let the greens grow up with thick
stand OF grass and keep EN- well va
tered. That combination always
means low scores, and it will mean
more Of them this year.
Don't be surprised to see Roger
Peacock step out and whack the ball
around Congressional at 65 or better
any day now. The course is in shape
for it and Roger has the game.
Tommy Webb, the long-hitting Wash
ington boy, may bust the mark Of 66
which has stood as the official course
record for nine years, and other golf
ers are about ready to burn up the
layouts with record scores.
Evening star., 1936-06-30

AS far as can be ascertained, credit
for composing the first chess problem
must be given to Caliph Mustasim
Billah, who reigned over Bagdad in
the ninth century, 834-842.
Evening star., 1936-06-30

A FIELD of more than 200 players
" is expected by Maryland State
~ Golf Association officials for
N the annual mixed two-ball
tournament to be played at Manor
Club July g. This affair an annual
event Of the association, has become
one of the more popular golf tourna-
ments of the year. AS usual. the golf
tourney will be followed by a dinner
and dance Entries, accompanied by
the fee OF So for the entire party, will
close with the State association Mon
day at 16 Mcclellan place, Baltimore
TALL, slender Babye Didriksen, look
ing the picture of golfing rugged
Evening star., 1936-06-30
CONDITIONS RIPE
FOR BEATING PAR
Fast FairWays With Slow
Greens Make 1t Easy to
Save Strokes.
BY w. X. McCALLUM.

THOSE twin rounds of 66 at
Congressional and So at Ana
costa shot few days ago by
two of our better par-buSterS
are only indications Of the way the
scoring winds are blowing. Before
the Summer is out you can look for
a flock Of scores like that. for there
are more men playing good golf
around Washington this year than
ever before
Ten years ago the low scoring on
golf courses was confined to small
group Of men who stood lar out
above the other lads. But nowadays
there are so many good ones who are
capable of a hot round that low
scoring is getting to be the usual
rather than the unique.
Evening star., 1936-06-30

n hlttlng It's stride and more and
more of these silvery green fighters
are being taken. But the catch is
that many anglers are using live bait
N direct opposition to regulations gov-
erning bass fishing in the reservoir.
We have no quarrel to pick with the
minnov users, but we would like to see
the matter cleared up. When there is
a law prohibiting live bait it should
be enforced
At present there is no supervision of
anglers in evidence there. In half
dozen or more trips to the reservoir
this season the writer never has once
been asked to show his license or been
queried as to the type of bait being
used. Disregard of the fishing regula-
Evening star., 1936-06-30

WHILE on the subject of changing
regulations, it would be a wise
move and one appreciated by the
sportsmen if the size limit would be
raised from s inches to 10 inches. An
8-inch bass is mighty small fish,
and when one that small is caught it
is usually put back, but it still would
mean more and larger bass later on if
the limit was 10 inches.
In some States the limit is as high
as IL inches, but in the adjacent
States of Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia it is 10.
The reservoir has a long shore line
and an almost unlimited number of
places where bass might be lurking
but one of the best locations for con-
sistent catches seems to be in the swift
water at the intake in the upper Sec
ton. Alex Preston has caught two good
ones there recently, the last one being
a 14-incher he hooked on a river runt
Sunday. 1t weighed pound 10 ounces
THERE also seem to be bass hanging
around in the swift water at the
foot of Little Falls in the Potomac.
Having in mind the season soon to
Evening star., 1936-06-30

tons is becoming so fragrant that
fishermen are carrying around with
them in plain sight their minnow
buckets and nets. If the engineers
Office does not have the means to
check up on fishing in the reservoir,
then they should repeal the live bait
proviso and let all local anglers enjoy
the privileges now taken by few
violators
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Q|HE5T
49,

NOTTINGHAM, England, during
the scorching days of August, will
be the setting for one of the greatest
chess dramas of the year.
A grandmasters' tournament has
been planned. 1t is probable that
three ex-world champions will vie for
major honors and the neWly-crowned
world champion, Max Euwe, will dis
play his talent Alekhin, Lasker and
Capablanca contemplate the Noting
ham fray with more than ordinary
interest.
From the United States will journey
Reuben Fine, champion of the Amer
icsn Chess Federation, and Samuel
Reshevsky, successor to Frank Mar
shall, retired American champion.
Tomorrow evening at Town Hall
Club, IN Manhattan, N. Y, Re-
shevsky will sit down to dinner given
as testimonial to his genius, preced-
ing his departure for England to play
in the Nottingham tourney. Many of
the chess celebrities of the East will
attend the dinner, which is being ar
ranged by Paul Blanshard of Brooklyn,
commissioner of accounts in the mu-
nicipal administration.
Chesspourri.
THE first newspaper chess column in
the world appeared in the Liver
pool Mercury July 9, 1918. America
has some 30-odd chess columnists. Eng
land today boasts more than 80 chess
editors for leading newspapers in the
British counties.
La Palmede was the title of the first
chess magazine, begun under the joint
editorship Of La Bourdonnais and Merry
in 1886 at Paris, France.
An inscription on tablet in pyra-
mid at Gizeh, Egypt, dating back to
5000 years before the birth Of Christ,
is the first historical document known
related to chess.
AS far as can be ascertained, credit
for composing the first chess problem
must be given to Caliph Mustasim
Billah, who reigned over Bagdad in
Evening star., 1936-06-30

An inscription on tablet in pyra-
mid at Gizeh, Egypt, dating back to
5000 years before the birth Of Christ,
is the first historical document known
related to chess.