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The Washington times., 1936-01-22

the pocket billiard world, twice in
q row to win the crown in Deem
Der.
The Greek lad tied for the title
by swapping Rudolph. 125 to 81
in the final match Of the tourna-
ment. The next night Caras again
crushed the veteran champion.
1875 to So, in the playoff, breezing
to victory in 16 innings.
So if you want to see the world
pocket billiard champion Of the
next decade in action don't miss
CaraS. Experts agree that he will
reign for many years to come.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

Inc miss ana OUT tournament
is conducted by Joe Louis against
the field. The field misses and
goes out. What is more, the field
misses once and goes out. It is de-
lightfully simple when an artist
is master Of ceremonies.
AS a matter Of fact, this miss
and out tournament may be de-
clared permanently off after Sep
TENDER because of lack Of entries.
Louis has met them all except
Max Schmeling, the Teuton Schla-
ger, and Jim Braddock. the cham
pion pro tenn.
Go right down the line with Joe
Louis and you will see that pre-
ciouS few have remained for long
in his little tournament. There
was Matte Brown, Of Washington.
for instance, who missed and went
down, but not out. No sir; Matte
got up, got hell beaten out Of him.
but stayed the limit. Maybe
that's why he retired.
You see, the way the thing
works is this. The field. herein
after called the Victim, leads a
right or left as the case may be.
Louis shifts inside and roes to
work. If the Victim leads a right,
Louis makes him miss, hooks his
left to the chin and the Victim
goes out. If the Victim leads a
left, Louis shuffleS inside and
swings an inside right. The Vic
tim goes down and for the most
part, goes out.
Yep, RetZIaff Slipped!
Retzlaff aroused Louis by land
ing a hard right to the head. The
next time the right was attempted,
Louis dashed out with a left hook
Of such terrific speed that only a
few ringside patrons saw it land.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

4::30 p. m. at the Earl Billiard
Parlor, 4O3 Eleventh st. N. W., and
a third at the Royal Billiard
Academy Lewis and Krauss) It
7:45 p. m.
Saturday, he will show at
Georges Billiard Parlor. 1872 B
st. s. E., at 10 p M, and Tuesday.
the 18th, he will slip back to
Washington for a final appear
ance at the Arcadia at 7:30 p. m.
"Home Town" Pride
District residents can take a bit
of home town. pride in Caras,
for he spent two years at Central
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

In fact, radio announcer pro-
claimed to the wide world that
Retzlaff had slipped He was
right, in a way. The rancher
slipped right Of fthe heavyweight
stage.
Yussel I'VE Wuz Robbie d"
Jacobs, who guides Something's
fistic destinies, thinks he has the
correct formula to defeat Louis.
But Schmeling has been clouted
around no little, and he never yet
felt a punch comparable to that
fired by Louis. It took Der
Schlager all night to beat Young
Stribling, though the Georgian
couldn't carry the water bucket
for Louis.
Jack Kearns roars that Louis
never could whip one side of
Dempsey. Well, maybe he couldn't.
This writer always thought Demp-
sey the greatest fighter that ever
lived. He was poisoned the night
he lost to Tunney in Philadelphia,
and he was robbed Of a knockout
by long count in Chicago. But
as great as Dempsey was, it is
doubtful if even he could have
beaten Louis.
Dempsey Easy To Hit
Dempsey always was easy to
hit. Carpenter. Firpo, Miske,
Brennan. practically everybody
except Fred Fulton hit Dempsey
at least one solid crack. But
they didn't have the dynamite
that Louis carries. They lacked
the exquisite timing and perfect
balance Of the Brown Bomber.
Jack was rugged and tough and
always threw off the effects of a
punch. He might not do this
against Louis.
It is rather amusing to hear
Jim Braddock roar his defiance
to Louis. Jimmy thinks he's roar
ing, but his voice has the carry
ing power of a whisper in a tor.
nado. There is none who accepts
the statements Of the title holder
anent Louis and how to beat him.
Just where Braddock hopes to
find the punch to beat Louis is
something I, for one, would like
to know. Braddock could punch
in the early days of his career.
The sum and substance of the
boxing situation is that the field
is confronted with the greatest
master it has known in years;
perhaps that it ever has known.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

grand average of 8.14 for his nine
games. It was the highest aver.
age compiled in the last is years.
His highest run was 104 and his
fastest game lasted only six
innings.
Despite his present high stand.
ard Of play. Jimmy's game is i'm.
proving steadily. He works pains
takingly to add fineSse to his
strokes.
Twice Beats Rudolph
Caras' most remarkable per
Torrance SwaS defeating Erwin
Rudolph, for many years king Of
The Washington times., 1936-01-22
Turner Boosts
Managoff

A wrestling replica of Hans
Steinke plus an added dash OF
color!
That's Promoter Joe Turner'S
estimate of big Ivan Managoff'
who wreStles Joe Savolida in one
end of a double wind-up that
also brings together Jack Dono'
van and Dean Detton at the
Arena, Fourteenth and w Streets
Northwest, tomorrow night.
Amazingly powerful, and fast
with it, Managoff insists he will
laugh off Savolidi's dropkick and
any other football specialties the
former Notre Dame All-America
brings into play.
Thirty-minute matches pair of
Jim Coffield VS.. DR.. Len Hall ane
Jim Wallis VS.. Floyd Marshall.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

High School trying to master the
three IRIS" and was mastering the
art of plunking ivory globes into
billiard table pockets with much
greater alacrity. Jimmy, while re-
siding in Washington, frequented
several billiard parlors and out
clasSed all opponents.
The Greek flash's playing recalls
the greatest pocket billiardiSt Of
them all, Ralph Greenleaf. Like
Greenleaf, he is a consistent per
former.
Maintains 8.14 Average
IN winning the world cham
pionship, CaraS maintained a
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

Miami never has been met in
any sport by the Terps, but will
start out by bringing a formidable
boxing team to College Park Sat
urday. 1t boasts four letter men
in Scotty Mclaughlin, 1886; Bill
Brotten, 155; Danny Leonard, cap
tain of the 1885 football eleven,
165, AMI Whitley Wykoff. heavy
weight, and is well satisfied with
the men it has in the other classes.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22
Fort Myer Starts
Boxing Monday

The Fort Myer boxing season
will be inaugurated on Monday at
8 p. m. All bouts will be held in
the new riding hall.
It is planned to hold at least
eight three-round bouts each Mon
day.
Such excellent fighters as Jones,
of Fort Myer; Bohemia. of Fort
Howard, and Sharpe, of Fort
Meade, all Third Corps area cham
pions, will be seen in action, along
with other minor luminarieS like
Bedrock WEIGH and Joe MakowSki.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

mean PAN mall" came the crisp
retOrt A boxer, talking shop,
was overheard to remark, Hush,
there goes ''The InfOrmer," as an
inspector passed within hearing
distance Gus DracOpOulOS,
prominent duckpin fan. was the
official greeter at the ISsari Greek
Club dance. Carl SterZer, pigeon
racing official, was among the
dancers Charlie Williams rarely
misses a local boxing show. Sam
SObOl, Joe Lips manager, is Wis
iting here.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22
BY GINO SINH

If Washingtonians don't get q
chance to watch Jimmy Caras, the
25-year-old world pocket billiards
champion. strut his stuff, it will
not be the fault of the National
Billiard Association of America.
The youthful Greek Demon"
Of the clicking worries is to make
five appearances here within the
next 10 days.
Friday Busiest Day
Friday will be Jimmy's busiest
day in the Capital, starting with
an exhibition at Woodward and
Lothrop'S at / p. M, another at
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

KIRK Muller IS on ms
Uocution and during his
absence his column UtH
be conducted by members
of The Times Sports Staff
and the International
News Service. Sports Edi-
tor Miller is in Florida
but wiu report back occa-
siondlly.
By SID KATZNELL
The big league baseball
archives reveal that Henry
Hank" Greenberg, slugging
initial sack guardian of the
champion Detroit Tigers, and
Johnny King, former brainy
catcher of the powerful Chi
cago Cubs Of 1907, 1908 and
1909, are the two greatest
Jewish ball players who ever
stepped on a diamond.
Killing wasn't the hitter Green.
berg is, but according to records
he was one of the finest fielding
catchers whom the baseball game
has ever seen.
Clark Griffith, president Of the
Washington Ball Club. vino was
manager of the Cincinnati Reds
whea King was in his prime. says
that Johnny was the smarteSt
catcher who ever donned a mask.
wasn't born when King was
throwing strikes down to second
base, but I have followed the ca
reer Of Greenberg with keen in
tereSt and will try in my humble
way to give you a resume of Green.
berg'S life as a ball player.
Hank Big Coy
. Greenberg first saw the light Of
day in the Bronx. New York City,
January /, 1911. He stands six
feet four inches, weighs 215
pounds. and bats and throws right
handed. He started his profes.
Sional baseball career with the De.
troit Tigers In 1880 but only
stayed long enough to appet.-' as a
pinch-hitter.
He was shipped to Hartford,
Of the old Eastern League, where
he batted .214 for II games,
which did not please the Hart
ford manager at all. He sent
Hank" to Raleigh. Of the Pied
mont League, where he finished
the 1880 season with an average
Of .314. In 1881 Raleigh sold Mr..
Greenberg to Evansville. Of the
Three-Eye League. He compiled a
.318 batting average with Evans.
vile which Won him a promotion.
Beaumont, Of the Texas League.
purchased Greenberg and in 1882
the big fellow only batted 300
but he drove in more runs than
any player in the league, was the
leading home run hitter and
scored 1913 runs.
Gets Big Chance
W Bucky Harris, who was manager
of the Tigers at that time, was
very much interested in Green
berg and gave him a tryout in
1888 and he wasn't sorry because
FLANK" batted .301. In 1884 he
reached his peak. batting .339 for
153 games. and getting 201 hits.
=. The past season, Greenberg
s-as chosen the most valuable
player in the American League.
He batted 1913. drove in the most
rms, ITO, made 203 hits. scored
ei21 runs, tied Foxx for home-run
Aonors with 36, and fielded 1892.
Outside Of that he didn't con.
tribute a thing to help his team
win the American League pennant,
and the worlds championship.
- - AL Schacht, former coach Of the
washington Griffmen. and pres
ent coach Of the Boston Red Sox,
WAS the first baseball man to be-
come interested in Greenberg. He
saw Green3erg play first base for
a Bronx high school team and
was very much impressed. He
tried to sell the idea to Clark Grit.
fifth, who was Schacht's boss at
That time, but Griffith couldn't
See Greenberg with a telescope.
We all make mistakes, that's
Why the world goes around.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22
Honor Chapman

Charles F. Chapman, of the
American Power Boat Associa-
ton, will be guest Of honor at
the Dinner of Champions" to be
held in New York tonight. Chap
man is well known in Washing
ton, and throughout the boat
racing world. He has officiated
in many local regattaS.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22
Bill TLden Is 7y Cobb
OF Tennisdon1

Of there number Of and followers
tennis who will want to take long and lasting peek the
first professionals to visit Washington Friday
night at Catholic University.
The Washington times., 1936-01-22

Maryland's basketball team had
a great workout last night, defeat
ing Baltimore ~ a score of IS to
80. Buscher and Willis ran wild
over the court and the result
never was in doubt. At half-time
the 1erps had a lead of 90 to 9.
MARYLAND BALTIMORE
The Washington times., 1936-01-22
Louis Fast Reducing
Miss and Out Field
Bv FRANK "BUCK" O'NEIl

The miss and tournament in boxing declared off
until sometime in june when will be resumed in New York
The Washington times., 1936-01-22
Jewish Ace
Is Timely
Hitter

Kirk Miller is on his
Uocntion and during his
absence his column UiU
be conducted by members
of The Times Sports Staff
and the International
News Service. Sports Edi-
tor Miller is in Florida
but Wiu report back occa-
siOnally.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
D. {. Golf Star
Enters Tourney
Weather, clear; track, muddy
FIRST RACE

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
w. Va, April 11.-Thirty or forty
of the nations leading amateur
golfers will be headed for White
Sulphur Springs to participate in
the sixteenth annual Mason and
Dixon golf tournament for men
to be played on the Old White
championship course at the Green
brier, during the week of April H.
Among those expected to arrive
are Dick Lunn, of Washington,
D. c., who was the winner of last
years event, defeating Dan Top
ping, of Greenwich, Conn.,, in the
36-hole final, with a score of ga
Also due this weekend are Jack
RyerSon and Jack Davidson, both
of whom have two legs on the cup
three being required to keep il
permanently.
Many of the participants will
come direct from PinehurSt, where
the North-South tournament is In
progress now. Most Of the con
tenders for the cup are city OF
State champions. A large group
also is expected on Friday from
the Masters tournament at Au
gusta. Among them will be Billie
Burke, 1881 National Open cham
pion, and Lawson Little, jr., for
mer British amateur champiin
who recently entered the profeS
sional field, and Mrs. Little.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

The two United States singles
aces, Bryan "Bitsy" Grant and
Donald Bulge, defeated Daniel
Hernandez and ESteban Reyes
in Davis Cup matches.
The odds on the Americans to
defeat their Mexican rivals in
the entire series are now about
1000 to 1.
Jimmy Thomson, of Ridge
wood, N. j., clipped four strokes
off par to gain three-pOint lead
at halfway mark in $4,000 Rich
mOnd (Va.) Open golf tourney.
Deborah Very, Of Worcester,
Mass, and Jean Bauer Of PrOvi
dence, won way to finals Of
NOrth-SOuth Open at PinehurSt.
Keith Brown, Yale star, who
holds worlds pole vault record,
announced his retirement from
sport.
Exhibition baseball: Dodgers,
2; Yanks, /. Tigers, 4; Reds, l.
Senators, IL; PhilIieS, 3. Cards,
6: Springfield, 2. Pirates, Is;
Memphis, 4.
Bill Terry, boss of the Giants,
is going to become a real colonel
Yes sub! His Excellency the
Guv'nah Of Louisiana promised
him commission.
Cuhnel Terry, incidentally,
picked the Indians to win the
A. L. flag.
st. Louis Cards were picked
to win National League pennant
by Davis ]. Walsh, I.N.S. sports
editor, who lsO selected Indians
in A. L.
Eddie Lee, of New York A. c.,
became outstanding u. S. hope
in amateur three cushiOn bill
Hard tourney in New York by
defeating Emile Zaman, Bel
GUM.
Avery Brundage, U. S. Olym-
pic committee president, said
he knew nothing Of reported
move to Gust Ernest Lee Jancke
from international body.
Top Row and AZucar, Santa
Anita cap winners, named for
$4,000 MarChbank Handicap at
TanfOran traC- today.
The Mauler, h sensational
Bobby Jones up, nipped Royal
Gold in last two strides to take
Captain January Handicap at
Bowie.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Big League
Gossip

PHILADELPHIA, April IL
Providing the weather man turns
off three days of intermittent
showers, big league baseball will
make its 1896 debut here today
with the first game Of the annual
city series between the Phillies
and the Athletics. Connie Mack
planned to start Bill Dietrich for
the American Leaguers while
Manager Jimmy Wilson of the
Phils was wavering between Chief
Moore and Syl johnson as his
starting moundSman.
PADUCAH, KY, April II.
With the league opener at Gin
cinnati only three days away,
the Pirates were to do a bit OF
warming up with the hometown
team here today. Smashing out
% hits, the Pirates Swamped the
Memphis Chickasaws yesterday
to the tune of Is to 4. Lucas
and Blanton we're at the mound.
BOSTON, April 11.-Rain to-
day again threatened to wash
out the second attempt to open
the city baseball series between
the Red Sox and the Bees at
the National League Park.
Joe Cascarella was scheduled
to start on the mound for the
Sox, and Danny MacFayden for
the Bees.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Two Events End
Dog Show

Two events will bring the
spring trials of the National Cap
ital Club to a close today. The
trials are being held on the Hills
Farm, in Glen, Nd, near Rock
vile.
The two events are the al-age
stake and the novice shooting
dog race.
The show opened yesterday de-
spite the bad weather, the events
being closely contested.
The results:
First Brace-Puppy stake for puppies
whelped on or after January l, 1885. Won
by wilkins Gloomy Gus, setter, owned
by Howard wilkins and Egyptian Wy,
owned and handled by DR.. John Lyons.
Second Brace-Won by Huffs Storm,
Pointer. owned and handled by E. e.
HuSfer, paired with Woodsde Light
Wood, pointer handled by Captain Wood
ward, Baltimore Md.
Third Brace-Won by Ginger Snap, set
ter, owned by Richardson, paired with
Marcey's Bean, setter. handled by Bal
lean.
Fourth Brace-Lively Peggy, setter,
owned and handled by DR.. D. R. Snively.
paired with Don Frank, setter.
Fifth Brace-Won by Annapolian Sue
pointer, handled by Captain Woodward
paired with Nettapoise, setter, handled
by Richardson.
Sixth Brace - Won by Lollypop,
pointer, handled by Captain Woodward
paired with Lady Pete, pointer, owned
and handled by Frank Kidwell.
@ir-t YNlo 1A@ 70 "a n
Sue: second. Nettapoise; third. Lively
Peggy,
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Eagle Netmen
Open Season

The American University ten
mis- players today meet their first
rivals of the season in Swarth-
more College at Philadelphia,
Coach Holton hopes the matches
which will be played indoors on
the Penn A. C. courts will show
him the strength of his defend
ing Chesapeake Conference cham
pions.
Missing from the team that
went through last season unde-
feated are Seth Gordon and Cor
don SEWERS. Returned to the fold
are such steady performers as
Sherman Lee, Walton May, Roger
Barss and the brilliant Eagle ace.
Len Harris.
Two freshmen will fill the gap
left by graduation, Howard Hud-
son, local youth, and Carl Ben
scooter, football and basketball
star.
On Wednesday the Eagle court
men will play st. Johns College
at nearby Annapolis. The John
MES almost spoiled the Eagles
clean record in the final match
of the season last year. losing a
5-4 decision when Gordon and
Harris took the concluding dou-
bleS match.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11

Jimmy (Schnozzle) Durante Is
the funniest horse player ever to
ma, a wager-I mean funny as
a horse player; entries at seven
tracks listed on q scratch sheet,
eight races at each-56 all told,
and operating from his theater
dressing room, Durante has q
deuce on each of the 56 bosses
straight, and then has the Sc il
224 parlays (Jim calls that
"playin' 'em back-to-backD.
Day after day Durante puts in
II hours handicapping and wait
ing for results-and then 10 hours
trying to make out whether he
won SO or lost ST.. Schnozzle, rs
horse player, is a riot to his
myriad friendS-and doesn't he
know it and love it!
The Waite electric eye" for
calling finishes operates from the
inside rail, while the one used at
Santa Anita operated over the
outside rail from the roof of the
SLd1O oGd41O AAIO OPCdAAAAS Va
Santa Anita, opinion in Los An
geles is that IF and WHEN an
other track is licensed to .ce in
that sector, the permit will go to
an organization asking summer
dates.
Those CalifornianS expressing
opinions say the racing commits
sion prefers two Los Angeles
meetings many months apart to
a long, drawn-out winter season.
The Bradley Stable is hopeful
Of fleet-and handsome - Balla-
der leaving the Sulky he has been
pulling daily for many months
and winning some stake races at
Belmont and other big-time
tracks.
Exercising a weak-legged horse
to Sulky takes the exercise boys
weight off his forelegS, gives them
a chance to strengthen while per-
hitting the horse to trot and can
ter-even gallop-daily. Alan-a-
Dale got part Of his (victorious)
Kentucky Derby preparations in
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Belle Haven Golf
Body toMeet

Golf committee of the Belle
Haven Country Club will hold a
session next week to decide on the
program over the local links for
the season.
A number of important matches
with outside clubs will be played
besides the regular Bi-State Asso'
citation schedule.
Fort Hunt Rangers drill tomor'
row morning at Herbert Springs,
The club will play in the unlimited
class.
Guy Embrey, manager of the
Hendricks A. c., requests all ball
players to report at Hume Springs
field for tomorrow's practice at
2 o'clock.
The Happy Valley and Va. White
Sox will play a practice game at
Bailey's Cross Roads tomorrow at
3 o'clock.
The first annual banquet of the
Alexandria Service League will be
held at the George Mason Hotel
next Friday. DR.. H. E. Cross, presi-
dent, will preside as POSTMASTER.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Duke Plays u.
Nine Twice

DURHAM, N. c., April II,
Georegtown's crack sophomore
baseball team will furnish the op-
position for Duke University's 1896
Easter Monday doub1e-header, an
nually one of the outstanding
events of the spring sports season
at the institution.
The first game of the double bill
will start at 1870 o'clock and the
second will get under way imme-
diately after.
This years edition of Hilltop
pers, practically filled with sophie
mores, looms as one of the best
teams ever to represent the inSti-
tuition. These newcomers, most of
them also members of the football
and basketball teams, have ouSted
many members of last years
Georgetown team in the various
positions.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Glen Mccarthy
AT THE RACES

Hthe shafts of a trotting-horse
sulky. And more recently, that
remarkable. come-backer, Tick On
Second to Whopper at Santa
Anita), went through his tendon
building exercises hitched to a
light speed cart.
Godfrey Lord, who never misses
a day of Detroit racing, wonders if
I remember way back when: Can
ada circulated an issue Of double
sized OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bills J..
that is, they were twice the size Of
one of our American greenbacks
of any denomination. There were
some normal7Sized Canadian cer-
tury-notes around, too. The racing
lads nicknamed these jumbo bills
Cincinnati EnquirerS," because
that newspaper has long been
noted for being longer and wider
than any other published.
When New York racing was sud-
denly suspended in 1910 and
trainers and players and book
makers. who'd never been in
Canada. moved to beautiful Blue
BonnetS track in Montreal .
they were confronted with those
big bills. The racing folk studied
them as if the darned things might
be phoney money.
But smart boys around the
ring quickly made phonies Of
the bills. by folding them in
half and splitting with a knife
,. making them just the size Of
two ordinary greenbacks. Then
they'd wait till a dozen players
were all trying to bet the same
bookmaker at once. If he were
carefree bookie. like the Dan
GER. or a grouchy guy like Sol
Lichtenstein they'd shove the
split bill at him, and he would
quickly grab it for TWO 100
dollar notes.
But such larcenouS doings only
lasted a day or two. Then the
Pinkertons landed, and soon had
the Situation-and the smart
! boys-in hand.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Prep Net Teams
Set For Debuts

Prep school net teams are
ready for the season. The twelfth
C ampaign opens next Friday
when st. Johns clashes with
Friends on the Friends court.
st. Adams, winner in 1885,
will not have a team this year.
Landon returns to take the
Saints place, after an absence
Of a year.
Dewitt appears to be the fav-
orite to win this seasons title,
by virtue of the presence of the
Ritzenberg boys, Allie and Nate.
The schedule for the year:
April II, st. Johns. at Friends: IS.
Landon at Friends; 20, st. Johns at
Georgetown Prep; 20, Gonzaga. at ST.
Johns; 2s. Dewitt, at Georgetown Prep
30. Friends, at Georgetown Prep.
May /, Dewitt, at Gonzaga; 4, st.
Johns. at Dewitt and Gonzaga at Lam
don: 6, Gonzaga, at Georgetown Prep;
7. Landon. at Georgetown Prep: s, De.
witt, at Friends; II, st. Johns, at Lam
don: IS, Landon, at Dewitt ana Gonzaga
at Friends.