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Evening star., 1936-07-11
WOMAN CHESS ACE DIES.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, July IL (P).
Mrs. Evelne Allen Burgess, 70,
Lamont, Iowa, national women's chess
champion from 1906 to 1920, is dead
here of injuries suffered in a fall
at her home a week ago.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
GRAYS GO TO VIRGINIA.

Chevy Chase Grays base ball players
are to meet at KcKinley street and
Connecticut avenue tomorrow at noon
prior to travelling to Fredericksburg,
Va, to face the Fredericksburg Elks.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
CABIN JOHN, CABMEN TILT.

Cranston Howard will take the mound
for Cabin John tomorrow when that
nine squares on with the Diamond Cab
diamonders at Cabin John. Nd, at
8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
FRASER, TAFT CLASH.

Woodmen Of the World, Fraser Camp,
will battle the Taft A. c. tomorrow at
g o'clock on the Taft diamond, Eigh-
teenth and Otis streets northeast.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
May Catch Up With England.

A $500 stake is almost unprece-
dented in the history Of hunt
racing on this side of the Atlantic, the
only comparable figure being the
IS, 900 added in the Llangollen Cup in
its first years. That Mr.. Du Pont be-
lieved larger purses, better courses
profitable in the game is indicated by
the fact he has increased the Fox
catcher Cup purse each year since the
plant opened. found fields larger. at
tendance growing as he did so. 1t is
not inconceivable that with such gen.
erous and visionary patrons leading
the way, the hunt races in this country
some day will attain the standing en-
joyed in England, where the Grand
National-a sporting affair, after all,
however professional certain aspects
Evening star., 1936-07-11

OF It's one OF the richest stakes OF
the year, fiat or steeplechase.
Just when we had made a survey
proving incoEtestably that July would
be a slack month in the horse show
world, Miss Polly Buchanan of War
renton sends in a prospectus outlining
the program of the Leny Manor exhi-
bition, to be held at Warrenton on
July Is for the benefit of the Warren
ton Hospital. All exhibitors and judges
in the meet will be under 81 years of
age, adults appearing in only one class,
when they will be led in (perhaps with
rings in their noses) by their offspring.
Twenty contests and three champion
ships appear on the Leny Manor
schedule, which displays a nice balance
between the small pony and childs
hunter competitions.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
DrOp- Shots Beat Welsh.

A SERIES of drop-shots turned the
tide in favor of Parker at that
stage, however.
Parker now awaits the outcome of
today's other semi-final match be-
tween Robert Riggs, who recently de-
feated him for the national clay
courts championship at Chicago, and
]. Gilbert Hall, eighth national rank
ing star. The final match for the
new Clifford Hemphill Trophy will be
played tomorrow afternoon.
Riggs and his doubles partner.
Wayne Sabin, kept pace with Parker
and Hall by winning their quarter
finals match from the Texan pair OF
Harold Folk and J. H. Braubsch,
81, 60. Semi-flnals will be played
today and the finals tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
WELSH IS ERASED
BY NET CHAMPION
Falls Before Parker After
Making Great Fight in
Spring Lake Event.
specia! ! Dispatch to The Star.


q PRING LAKE. N. j., July IL
Washington was left without
a survivor in the annual Spring
- Lake invitation tennis tourna-
ment today, and the Capitals three
entrants all had Frank Parker. sew
enth national ranking player, to
blame for their elimination.
While Parker was forced to the
limit to trim Barney Welsh, District
of Columbia champion. in the semi
finals, 6-3, As, 6-1, 81, he and
his partner J. Gilbert Hall. eliminated
Washington's only doubles combina-
ton. Hugh Lynch and Tom Markey,
Ga, SO.
RepulSed by the man whom he had
his heart set upon beating, Welsh
nevertheless had the satisfaction of
knowing that he gave the defending
champion of this tournament the
hardest battle he ever faced on the
courts of the Bathing and Tennis
Club. The challenger, behind at 0-3.
took six of the last seven games to
capture the second set and came
within a game of deucing the match
when he took IS lead in the
third set.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
FOCUS ATTENTION
ON KID MERMA|DS
Nations Stars Open Meet
to Determine Places on
Olympic Team.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclateG Press.
N YEW YORK, July 1l.-America's
M leading feminine swimmers,
" l25 strong, opened two-day
4 battle for places on the United
States Olympic team today with many
of them cherishing the idea of beating
out those kids"
Among the leading young competitors
are the diving stars, l2-year- Mary
Hoerger of Miami and l3-year-old
Marjorie Gestring of Los Angeles, and
Olomay (Toni) Redfern, the l6-year-
old New York free-style sensation.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Champ Faces Tough Going.


THE program in the New Astoria
municipal pool was divided into
three parts Topping today's events
were the semi-fnalS and final in the
l00-meter free-Style, in which Miss
Redfern. the new National A. A. U.
champion. faced such strong rivals as
Olive Mexican and Mary Lou Petty
of Seattle, Alice Bridges of Uxbridge.
Mass; Halina Tomska of Detroit, Miss
Rawls, Claudia Eckert of Wilmette.
Ill. and Mavis Freeman of New York
Also on the program were the semi
finals of the 100-meter backstroke and
the springboard diving final.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be
finals in the 100-meter backstroke and
the platform diving and the 200-meter
breaststroke and 400-meter free-style
trials. Finals in the latter two events
will be held Sunday night.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Appear Certain of Berths.

A FEW of the more experienced COM
petitors, particularly the appar-
entity unconquerable Mrs. Eleanor
Holm Jarrett of New York in the
backstroke, Mrs Lenore Right Win
gard of Homestead. Pa. in the 400
meter free style, and Katherine Rawls
of Miami. the medley star also seemed
certain to win places on the Olympic
squad.
OF the l25 entries, Mrs Jarrett, Mrs
Wingard, Miss Rawls, Mrs. Dorothy
Poynton Hill of Los Angeles, Anne
Govednik of Chisholm. Mimi; Anna
Mae German of Homestead. Pa: Dor
othea Dickinson of New York and
Moreno Forbes of Los Angeles we're
members of the triumphant 1882
Olympic team.
Evening star., 1936-07-11

of the boys who might run up
against the guy who finished fifth
Il in the national open golf cham
pionship, but Witty Cox the big Ken
wood pro. who comes fairly close to
being the best golfer in this area. isn't
going after the Middle Atlantic P, C.
A. championship this year.
It's too darned hot TO play golf,
smiles sWiffy And I feel like the
dog I saw chasing the rabbit in the
woods alongside the sixteenth hole
the other day. Both of EN- were
crawling. knocked out by the heat.
But. seriously. l don't think I'll play
In the tournament It's too hot and
1 don't feel as If I should leave the
club for three days"
THE tourney will be staged over the
short and tricky course Of the
Rolling Road Golf Club on July 20.
81 and ~. which makes 1t start one
week from Monday. Originally sched-
uled for next week. the affair was put
back a week to permit some of the
boys to play in the Bedford Springs
open, which starts tomorrow over the
course UP in the mountains near Pitts
burgh. John Bass. now at Newport
News, will come up TO defend his Mid
die Atlantic p 6. A. title.
Among the local pros who will go
to Bedford are Leo Walper. the big
hitter from Bethesda; George Diffen-
baugh, the District open champ from
Indian Spring, and Cliff Spencer. the
guy from Beaver Dam. who pounds
the ball a mile from the tee. An
amateur-pro affair tomorrow will be
followed by a 36-hole professional
tournament Monday.
TWO years ago the man couldn't
break 100 unless he had an un-
usually good putting streak. Today he
is being congratulated on having
cracked 80 over one of the tougher
courses around Washington. The man
is Guy Mason, former president of
the District and Middle Atlantic Golf
Associations, and the course on which
he cracked 80 Is Burning Tree. 1t
goes to show what perseverance and
practice will do. for Guy is no ready
made golfer. But I'm afraid it will
cost me a lot of money" Guy laughs.
mo one of my pals will believe it. and
when they hear it they will all be
asking for handicaps."
DOWN at East Potomac Park Man
ager Harry Graham is accumu-
lating a showcase full of snowy prizes,
all to be given away following the
Midsummer tournament to be played
over the public layout starting July 20.
1T looks as If we will have a big
entry list" Graham says. "All the
boys want to play in this one, for
we've gathered so many prizes almost
every one who qualities will grab a
prize of some kind" Among the prizes
are a couple of cases OF beer. The
tournament will run for three days,
and entries will close a week from
today.
In q way, it will be in the nature
of a consolation affair for the lads
who failed to qualify for the national,
because on July 20 and 81 Claude
Rippy, Pat Axtell, Ted Burrows and
Bobby Burton will be at Farmingdale.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Births and Battles.


MRS. DEMPSEY. the former
Hanna Williams. expects a
child at approximately the date of
the RoSs-Furr battle, and Jack was
reluctant to accept Ahearn's offer.
Goldie reminded Dempsey that
Jack had appeared here just one day
after Joan. their first child, was born.
The former heavyweight ruler, seizing
upon that as a lucky omen, sue
cumbed to Ahearnis pleading.
On his first appearance here. at the
old Riding and Hunt Club. Fire De-
partment regulations turned hun
dreds of fans away. The second time
he refereed here, on the first police
benefit card. the show drew a gate
of $4,000 On the Canzoneri-K -Klick
card as referee in his third showing
here Dempsey worked before a SIS, 900
house.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Flanagan Beats Medica.

VICTORY in the other event decid-
ed yesterday, the l,500-meter free
style. went to Ralph Flanagan of Miami.
the national titlist. In this 30-lap
grind in the 50-meter fresh water
pool he was clocked in 1873. He
led Jack Medica of the University of
Washington by IS yards.
The Huskies' star norman. however,
was recommended for a l,5O0-meter
Olympic assignment. along with the
third-place finisher in the third and
last heat, Jim Christy of Chicago.
Six more Olympic team assignments
will be the stakes when the 400-meter
free-style and 100-meter backstroke
performers splash through their trials,
semi-hnal and final events this after
noon and tonight.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
DEMPSEY SIGNED
TO REFEREE HERE
Jack Will Receive $1.50O
to Handle Bout Between
Furr and Ross.

JACK DEMPSEY, former world
heavyweight boxing champion,
whose presence at three Wash
ington fights in the role of
referee has inspired rapid twirling of
the turnstiles. will be the third man
in the ring when Barney Ross. world
welterweight ruler. clashes with Phil
Furr. local l47-pound title holder, at
Griffith Stadium on July %.
Dempsey was signed by Match
maker Goldie Ahearn yesterday in
Richmond. Va. where the ManaSsa
Mauler refereed a wrestling match.
He will receive 800 for his services
although he has been asking-and
getting-between $4,000 and So 900
for every appearance on his Southern
tour.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
HIGHLAND SCORES
SWIMMING UPSET
Over Flick Boosts
Yank Hopes of Beating
Japanese at Berlin.
Nv the Associated Press.

w WARWICK, r. l.. July IL
w sss'i ss;s'a: S:%i :s@%s: ssss: :ss:,: :: ::;
' ' acy from the Japanese
scared today with realization OF the
full Importance of the first major
upset in the Olympic final tryouts
at the Rocky Point pool.
The old fellow with the whiskers
thought Peter Flick of New York. the
national l00-meter free-style cham
pion. was his best bet against the
sprinting mermen from the Far East,
but, much to his amazement, Art High
land of Chicago bested him in the
final event.
Highland, who lost the national
l00-meter title to Flick in 1885, put
up a magnificent closing drive and
won by a few inches last night while
being clocked in 588 seconds, only
8 of a second off the Olympic record
set by Yasiy Miyazaki of Japan
in 1892.
AS a result. Uncle Sam is in posi-
ton to send two outstanding threats
in this exacting event to Berlin.
Highland and Flick have been recon-
mended for the Olympic team, along
with Art Lindegren> of Los Angeles,
who finished third.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
1XgN3 TANBARD<" 'TuRs ~ 81
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS. JR.

BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS. JR.
w VILLAIN DU POINT, Jr., one
w CONVERSION 90 's 'ss''"e Of '',in Aneriean ri 's
hunt racing to the brush
course, makes an announcement today
which reveals how firm is his faith in
the growth of this sport in the East.
When the Foxcatcher National Cup
Steeplechase is run September 10 at
Fair Hill, Md, Mr. De Pont plans to
offer a purse of $3,450 for the feature
event and promises to double the prize
money if more than 20 horses start
In order to encourage owners with
capable fencers to swell the field be-
yond score, the Foxcatcher Commit
tee guarantees 500 to every starter
completing the route, will give $50
to the trainer of the winner, 500 to
the breeder of the first horse. provided
the animal was bred in America.
Evening star., 1936-07-11

It's a Young Mans Game.
IF THE good Prof. Lehman will g.
into the records to any extent hc
will find that the average winning acc
OF golf champions is somewhere be
tween 20 and 25 in the United States
OF course there will be good exam
pie of veterans winning tournament
but in the main, golf. in so far p
winning is concerned, Is young
mans game. Take the national anna
teur championship. for example. Boz
Jones. back in 1924 when he won hi
first amateur. wes Just 81 years Of age
lawson Little was % whe1 he started
winning in England in 1884 and car
ried his campaign forward TO m"
doddering age Of "a 10 win three NOR
national titles
Tony Manero is ready for the vet
erans class at the age of 80, which
he was when he won the nationai
open title little more than a month
ago. In the amateur ranks the win
ming average age is lower than in the
pro ranks. but even in the open
championship the winning average
age is well below 30. all of which
would indicate that golf, instead OF
being an old mans darling, is
young mans red-hot mamma
Cast an optic over the list Of money
winners in recent years in the pro
ranks. Henry Picard, who tops the
pros in money winnings this year. is
around 30 Paul Runyan reaches his
29th birthday anniversary tomorrow
John Revolta. the P G. A. title hold
or. is 25 years of age; Ky Laf1oon is
28 and Gene Sarazen, at the age of
"a. is veteran not yet ready for the
wheel chair, but bordering on it. Hor-
ton Smith still is in the kid class at
the age of % and Jimmy Thomson.
generally conceded to be the longest
hitter in the world, Is around 81.
Most Champs Below 30.
p GLAND MACKENZIE Is 2e and
Witty Cox is 80. But how about
such veterans as Tommy Armour. wal
ter Hagen. Willie MacFarlane, Joe
Kirkwood and Leo Diegel They still
are factors in any tournament they
| enter. but they aren't winning the
national open any more. Armour. for
example. is Al, Hagen is ~, John Far
| rell is 35 Olin Dutra, the 1884 cham
pion, is the same age; Bobby Cruick-
/ shank is more than 40 and Leo Diegei
/ is 81. Macdonald Smith is As years
Of age and probably the grandest
veteran of them all.
But the point is that the major
championships are being won by men
below 80 years Of age, barring Manero
and Dutra, who are the exceptions
who make the rule. Golf. on the
whole, is a young mans game, but
we wish the professor would carry
his researches further and find out
why men play the game when the
/ sun temperature is 100 and over
Evening star., 1936-07-11
CHAMPIONS AGES
AVERAGE 70 TO 25
Manero, Dutra Exceptions
to RuIe-Why LinkSmen
DEFY Heat Puzzles.
BY W. r. McCALLUM.

N YEWS note: Columbus, Ohio,
July 11.-"Prof Harvey Leh-
man of Ohio State University
has instituted an investigation
so determine at what age the aver
age golf champion is at his peak.
Early reports on Prof Lehman's re-
searches indicate that the old-timers
have q chance. but the odds are about
7 TO l against them. A similar re-
search into billiards placed the age
period from 80 to "a as tops"
The good prof doesn't need TO 20
any further than the record books OF
the several golf associations, but We
feel that he isn't going far enough.
Out in the corn belt, where he is 10
Gated. he might be able TO do con-
siderable research work into the why's
and wherefores OF people playing golf
when the mercury pops out Of the top
of the bulb as it is doing these days.
Most golfers can have their golf or
leave it alone, but you can depend on
few of the more robust lads gettino
ont in the super-heated atmosphere
Of these Midsummer days to whaci
the ball around and court a heart at
tack.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Base Ball.
Detroit. vs.. Washington, Griffith
Stadium, 3.

of it's one of the richest stakes of
the year, fiat or steeplechase.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-19
Tugwell Resignation Another
"Merry-G o-Round" Scoop

DEXFORD G. TUGWELL, New Deal bran-truster
IL No. l, yesterday rendered his resignation to
President Roosevelt.
Two weeks ago yesterday Drew Pearson and
Bob Allen, co-authors of The Waterbury Democrats
daily Washington Merry-G Round, announced Rex
Tugwell would resign his RIA position shortly after
election.
Again the Washington Merry Go-Round col
umn, exclusive, to the DEMOCRAT In Waterbury
demonstrated its uncanny ability for calling the turn
THREE WEEKS prior to the presidential election
these same columnists called the first positive,
flat.footed turn on President Roosevets reelection
by 800 or more electoral votes.
A few days later they predicted 1t would far sur
pass their first figure. They prophesied victory Of
sweeping proportions.
Then on the eve of election Pearson and Allen
always lay down their stint 48 hours in advance)
they pre-wrote yesterdays news on Rex TugwelPs
resignation.
TT rs not in this instance alone that the Washington
'Merry-G TO- Round has made good on pre-news pre-
dictions, but prediction after prediction has come
true.
For this reason the WATERBURY DEMOCRAT
cannot too highly recommend Drew Pearson and Rob-
ert S. Aliens Washington Merry Go-Round column
to its readers.
Without doubt 1t is considered the most au-
thentic and outstanding Washington Column in
America. For today's 'Mery-Go-Round' release
please turn to page g. the editorial section Of the
WATERBURY DEMOCRAT, on which page you can
follow Pearson and Allen daily
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-19
MORE CARRIERS
ADDED LOCALLY
Extra Clerks Also Put to
Work As Christmas
Rush Nears

Postmaster Charles A. Babin to-
day began the task Of augmenting
his STAN Of carriers and clerks In
preparation for the Christmas mail
f1lsh. Last year 100 additional
cleriks and carriers were put 10 work
over the holiday period. It Is es-
tlmated that the total will be
slightly l'rger this year.
The postoffice department In
Washington, D. c., has granted the
local authorities 92,262 additional
money 10 be spent for the extra
help. The holiday extras will be
chosen first from the civil service
register. After that list Is exhausted
employment will be given persons
who are unemployed who have de-
pendentS.
!. The Washington postal officials
~ urging all local postmasters 70
pRfnte ~ the fullest extene pos
|1IA wien relief agencies and war
Nnk organizations. 1t Is point.
oltt: however, that added help
Ne Helected only II they are
BIIsp stelit 70 perform Tn duties ex-
&ected OF them.
A heavier mail rush Is expected
mis- year, Postmaster Babin said,
hue to the better business condi-
Sons and increased employment
Einal dates for sending Christmas
cards and packages out OF the
country 10 foreign lands have al
ready been announced.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-19
ROOSEVELT, R.
in NIGHT FLIGHT
W a S Accompanied By
Fiancee Ethel Du Pont;
Will See Harvard Game

Boston, Nov. 1o--tUP)-Franklin
u. Roosevelt Jr., son Of the presi.
dent, was back at his Harvard
classes today after q night flight
here from New York with his A.
ancee, Miss Ethel du P6nt. Miss du
Pont spent the night OF O Boston
hotel and then left for Dover TO
visit friends. She will rejoin young
Roosevelt tomorrow night or early
Saturday and together they will 60
TO New Haven, Conn, for the Har.
vard.Yale game. Their engagement
was announced Saturday night. Tho
couple found no ono ut the airport
TO meet them when they alighted
from an American Airlines flagship.
John Roosevelt, Tranklin's brother
and youngest son OF the president.
waited for O time, but l4.degree
temperatures drove him back TO
Cambridge when he learned the
plane had been delayed at newark
Posed For Photos
Miss du Pont, wearing o mink
coat over O green silk crepe dresS,
and Roosevelt smilingly posed Tor
photographers Oh on Icy wind whip
ned around them. I'VE have not 40"
cided definitely on the date Tor the
wedding, other than that II will be
the latter part OF june" the blonde
heiress told newsmcn. Few OF the
other II passengers knew the iden'
tity OF their famous fellow'travelerS.
"They were Just like any other
young couple In love-" said stew.
ardess Gladys Bishop. "rhey smiled
No each other and talked softly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-19
COOLER RACKET
INVESTIGATED

Washington, No. i0.--(UP)--The
Turkey troasted with cranberry
saucG situation became 80 critical
today that chief j. Edgar Hoover
ordered his d-Men TO investigate an
alleged gobbler racket threatening
q white meat crisis one week hence
Thanksgiving is only seven days
away and the department OF justice
III smothercd with reports that q
gang OF public enemies has set UP
q turkey trust 10 fix prices.
Attorney General Homer Cum
mings passed the word 10 chief
Hoover who passed II TO his ace
sleuths. The G-Men must work
rapidly, or there'll be precious little
turkey for anybody on Thanksgiving
Day.
Cummings said the department
first received protests from Pennsyl-
vania. Then came urgent appeals
for aid from turkey growers In
Texas and Pennsylvania, soon telc-
grams and letters began fluttering
In from all corners Of the country.
They all concerned gobblers and
their price--a price 30 low--the
turkey raisers said their birds were
worth more on the hoof than In the
oven.