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Evening star., 1936-04-04
-FOUR. QU|NTSLEFT
IN OLYMPIC TRIAL
Temples Valiant Struggle
in Loss to McPherSonS
Provides Thrill.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK. April A. The
M American Olympic basket ball
championship today rested
a among the Mcpherson, Kans.,
Oilers: the University Of Washington,
Universal Pictures of Hollywood and
'Wilmerding, Pa. Y. M. c. A, but
the glory for making an unforgetable
fight against overpowering odds be-
longed to Temple University.
Out measured a half foot per man
and routed so decisively at the start
that they trailed by % points after
the first minutes Of play, the Owls
from Temple had 10000 spectators
in a frenzy last night at Madison
Square Garden before finally collaps-
ing under the hopeless load and losing
to the towering Mcpherson Oilers, Sc
to 48.
Not one person In the big garden
gave the Owls even the tiniest chance,
but they almost did the impossible.
Under the withering fire OF the red
suited giants from Kansas. men aver
aging 6is feet. the Owls fell into the
deep hole at the start and then trailed
20 to 80 at halftime.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Through With Fights.

CONCERNING the other members
of the Give-Me- Me-One-Punch-at-
Dean Club, Dizzy maintains q grave
reserve.
"Joe Engel, the president of the
Chattanooga Club, said he wanted to
sock me. He said I walked out Of an
exhibition date in his town. Well, I
told you my side Of that story once
before. Judge Landis has fined me
q hundred bucks, which hurts worse
than any sock In the puss that Engel
could give me. Besides, Engel says
he Is sorry. The business Is over, and
everybody should ought to keep quiet
about it from now on"
ut looks to me-" continued Dizzy.
with q wounded expression, like peo-
pie are always using me for publicity.
To top it OF, this Buck Newsom, the
Washington pitcher, who talks Q lot
to cover up his pitching record. went
and grabbed himself a piece OF news
paper space by offering to help me
in my fights.
'T'm not having no fights and
I'm not having no part Of New
som.
"He should stop talking and learn
to pitch" -..
For himself, Dizzy anticipates Q
splendid season. He confines himself
to q promise Of "more than Is wins" ="
but you get the idea from the way
he says it that it will be more than
80. At least, he'll earn every nickel
the Cardinals are paying him and Q
lot Of nickels over and above that.
tcopyright. 1885. By the North American
Nsvspspes Alliance, 1ns.l
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Harris Ax Ouer Pitchers COOPER Picard Joint Fau0rites
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Base Ball.
. Washington vs.. Chattanooga at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Maryland vs.. Rutgers at College
Park, Md. $50.
Basket Ball.
Eastern in Eastern States Scho-
laStic Tournament at GlenS Falls,
N. Y.
Golf.
Villanova vs.. Georgetown, Con.
gressional, 2:30.
Tech VS.. Roosevelt public high
school title match).
Western VS.. Wilson (public high
school title match.
Georgetown Prep Tournament at
Garrett Park, Md.
Swimming.
Middle Atlantic Y. M. c. A. cham
pionships, Catholic University pool,
2:30 and 8.
Hunters Trials.
Fifth annual Riding and Hunt
Club meet, Bradley Farms. /.
Hand Ball.
District A. A. u. Tournament,
Y. NJ. C. A.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Griffs Uphold Rep for Speed
In Getting A,vay From Flood

Rome than per original schedule. It
probably was blessing for even the
train that carried the Nationals to
Nooga was threatened by the flood to
the extent Of taking nearly three hours
to reach here, only 70 miles from
Rome.
The flood waters, at the time of de-
parture, were almost reaching the
wheels Of the trains. which are high
above the majority Of streets in Rome.
Field Partly Flooded.
IN MANY quarters of Rome and
suburbs entire streets were sub
merged, and hundreds were left home
less as muddy waters seeped into the
ground floors Of houses and threat
ened to tear abodes from their founda-
tions. Refugees by the score hastily
slung few belongings over their
shoulders and departed for higher
ground.
With the rising Of the flood waters
at Rome the temperature dropped,
making ball game extremely hazard
Gus. At IL am. yesterday water began
to leak through the fence at Tubize
Field in Rome, and by noon half Of
center field and portion of left field
were under water.
Here at Chattanooga the rising
waters have reached the dugouts Of
the ball park, but the field still was
dry this morning, and barring cold
weather, 1t was almost certain that
the oxi6s end Looknuts would clash.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Strain too Much for Owls.

RUT back they came. led by Don
Shields and Meyer Bloom to
almost snatch victory They pulled
up to within three points, As to 4s.
with 8 minutes to 60, but the strain
finally told. and the Oilers went on
to win, clicking In unison behind
Francis Johnson, who scored a total
OF 13 points. Shields scored 81 and
Bloom IA for the courageous Owls.
In turning back the Owls, the Oilers,
top-heavy championship favorites,
qualified for the semi-finals. Tonight,
starting at 8:l5 (E. 8. IT,, they COL
hde with Washington, which demon
stratted plenty Of class last night by
defeating De Paul Of Chicago, 81 to
80. In the other semi-final, starting
at 10 pm. Wilmerding tackles the
strong Universals, runners-up to the
Oilers. for the national A. A. u. cham
pionship. Wilmerding. q last-min-
ute substitute for the disqualified
Denver Sideways in the tournament,
survived with a 62.to-48 conquest over
Utah State. Universal Pictures re-
mained in the running with a 40-to-
20 victory over the University Of
Kansas.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
PITCHING DUEL TIGHT
Western Hitless, Georgetown Prep
Gets Three to Win, 81,

Gets Three to Win, 81.
Scholastic base ball fans were rub
bing their eyes this afternoon as they
gazed at the box score of the first
game of the season in which only
three hits were made and in which
Georgetown Prep defeated Western
at Garrett Park by the big-league
score of 81.
Capturing primary attention. of
course, was the no-hit ball pitched
by DeSales Powell, Georgetown Prep's
all-around athlete. Although Western
scored on a walk, an error and a
passed ball, it was otherwise helpless
against Powell, who struck out Is.
Meanwhile, Ted Kinsman wasn't
doing a bad job of it on the mound
for Western, limiting the victors to
three hits and allowing but five others
to get on base. one on an error.
Georgetown Prep'S winning run came
in the fourth, when Elkin Franklin,
who had singled, scored on Burris
Morse's line drive to center.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
EASTERN'S QU|NT
VICTIM Of UPSET
Brown Prep, 36.34 Con.
queror, Plays White Plains
in Basket Title Final.
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
stsff CORRESPONDENT of The Star,


~ LENS FALLS, N. Y. April A.
Eliminated from title consid-
Grafton in the seventeenth
~ annual Eastern States Schol-
astic basket ball tournament, Eastern
High School of Washington tonight
will face La Sale Academy of New
York in a consolation game that will
decide third place but fails to buoy
the spirits of Coach Charley Guyon's
outfit.
In the most startling upset Of the
tourney, Eastern was nosed out by
Brown Prep of Philadelphia, prep
school champions of Pennsylvania. "a
SO, here last night as White Plains, N.
Y. High joined Brown in the final
round.
Losing, Eastern failed to overcome
the jinx which only Christian Brothers
Academy of Syracuse has defeated.
Christian Brothers has been the only
quint successfully to defend its title,
turning the trick in 1926 and '27.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Cambridge Crew Does 1t Again
Defeats Oxford for 18th Consecutive Time;
100000 See Five-Length Victory.

Light Blue OF Cambridge led at the
halfway mark.
Rowing strongly, Cambridge
pulled away to win by a distance
of five lengths.
One hundred thousand persons
were estimated to line the river
banks for this eighty eighth re-
newal of the rivalry, which started
in 1929. The victory gave Cam
bridge 47 triumphs to 40 for OK
ford. One race, in 1877. ended in
q dead heat.
The official time for the winning
eieht was n minutes 6 seconds.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
By the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
r ONDON, April 4.-The ia
vored crew Of Cambridge
University defeated oxford
- for the thirteenth consecu-
tive time today in their traditional
boat race over the AZ -mile course
of the Thames.
The Dark Blue Of oxford won the
toss, chose the surrey side of the
river in hopes of finding smooth
er path over the wind-whipped
Thames and took the lead at the
Craven Steps, but the stronger
Evening star., 1936-04-04
MONOPOLIZE HONORS
Schwartz, Winkler in Two Finals
of Hand Ball Tourney.

Jack Schwartz and Wallace Winkler
were fighting for two championships
in the District A. A. U. four-wall
hand ball tournament at the Y. NJ.
c. A. this afternoon, being finalists
in both the singles and doubles.
After playing for the singles title
at 2:30 o'clock, Schwartz was to pair
with Bill Silverman and Winkler with
John Payne in a quest for the doubles
crown. The latter was to start at I
o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Dizzy Dean, Substantial Business Man, Bored by
Yarns of His Eccentricities.
BY JOHN LARDNER

TWO-THIRDS o the firm of Dean,
Dean g. Dean have adjusted
their money troubles and set
L tied down to work. The re-
naming member, brother Elmer. emf
nent peanut butcher and soda pop
tactician, is reported still a holdout
for shorter hours and better working
conditions on his beat in the ball park
at Houston, Tex.
IT don't know nothing about Elmer"
said Dizzy Dean to your correspondent,
"and I don't pay him no mind. He's
always doing something screwy."
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Sets Garden Scoring Record.

CECOND only to Temples valiant
~ fight was the victory and show
ing Of Wilmerding and its substitute
star, Tommy Evans, in last nights
initial round. Trailing, Is to "a, with
but five minutes Of the first half left,
Wilmerding scored IA points in sue
cession to grab q 29-to-24 half-time
margin and then 60 on and win as
Evans, 20-year-old Pittsburgh steel
worker who never played college bas-
ket ball, shattered the Madison Square
Garden individual scoring record by
pumping in IL field goals and one
free throw for q total Of rs points.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
ARLINGToNs ARE HOSTS.

The Old Milwaukee base ball team
will meet the Arlington A. c. at 2
o'clock tomorrow on the Arlington
diamond Milwaukee players are TO
meet at 1880 O'Clock at Tenth and
H streets northwest.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
shows symbols Of Success.

YOU have to be good and substan-
tial to wean cash from the cob
webbed Golfers Of the st. Louis Car
dinal ball club. Dizzy has just signed
o fresh contract calling. your CORE
spondent reliably Is informed. for
$23 500. He has purchased trunkful
of vivid toggery and yellow automo-
bile with q musical horn. These are
symbols Of success and business acu-
men in the industry.
Dizzy candidly says he never had q
serious thought Of getting $4,000 for
his years labor.
I'm supposed to have made a
crack about $4,000, and the st. Louis
club has been using the crack ever
since to make me look like q bandit"
said Jerome. well, I'm worth 40
grand to st. Louis, all right. but I
Evening star., 1936-04-04
HIGH SCHOOL CIRCUS.

A circus, to take place in the audi
torium of the Anacostia Junior-Senior
High School, has been announced for
the evenings of April % and "a. Re-
served seats will cost IS cents, with
general admission Is cents.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

This statement, coming from q
gentleman who has practically made
a trademark of screwiness may seem
O little hard on brother Elmer.
But brother Elmer Il not
merely screwy-he Il shif'less.
His shif'lessness IL an accepted fact
in the Dean family. 1t sets hun apart
from Dizzy and Paul. who for all
their surface eccentricity, are good,
solid, substantial business men.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
BY . stan Correspondent Of The Star.

~HATTANoOGA, Tenn. April 4.
-Bueky Harris 1886 Wash
ington ball club, tagged in
preseason rdope" stories as
the speediest in Capital history, al
ready Is giving definite signs Of ability
along these lines and the American
League season still Is 10 days away.
The Nationals, who Wednesday
night escaped q tornado at Cordele,
Ca. by q few hours, followed up yes
terday by outrlnning q flood at Rome.
Ca, and reaching higher ground here
without 50 much as getting q pair Of
feet wet. Today, barring cold weather,
the Griffs were to tackle the Chatta-
nooga Lookouts in the first Of q two
game series.
Nearly Stranded in Rome.
IT WAS Q close squeak the Griffs
had yesterday in Rome, although
the danger merely was in being strand.
ed for q day or 50. Two rivers run.
ming through Rome had overflowed
their banks and instead Of the flood
waters abating as ofiicially predicted
by weather experts, the water rose to
. new modern high OF 81 feet, not
only washing out the final game with
the Cincinnati Reds, but imperiling
the departure Of the two clubs.
Manager Bucky Harris, only after
argument with Charley Dresser Of Gin
cinnati, succeeded in having the game
called of early enough In the after
uoou to catch N eaylisI train out q
Evening star., 1936-04-04
G. q. IN PRACTICE TILT.

Georgetown University's base ball
team was to play practice game with
the Heurich Brewers at O'Clock this
afternoon on the Hilltop diamond.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Chase Outranks Lanahan.

CHASE, young left-hander who
came to the Washingtons from
Chattanooga via Panama City, Is an
other who has attracted the attention
Of his mates, although to lesser de-
gree than Bokina. Chase was cut
loose once this Spring training season.
only to be brought back to pitch q
game against Louisville. He did 50
well that Ken now outranks at least
Lanahan in the race.
The latter, young southpaw who
was picked up from the Washington
sandlots and seemingly polished up by
q season at Chattanooga, has been
pitching disappointment No. / to
Harris. Late last year. when Lanahan
came up for trial under the fire Of
American League bats. Harris tagged
Dick as a sure-fire member of the 1896
curving corps. Bucky gave Lanahan
the benefit of every doubt in his unim-
pressive start during the Spring train
ing season but so consistently mediocre
has he been that Lanahan now seems
to be skating on thin ice.
He still must be reckoned as q con-
testant in this pitching battle royal,
however, although the edge must go
to Weaver, Bokina and Chase. At any
rate, unless all signs are cockeyed. de-
velopment No. / will be forthcoming
shortly, leaving three survivors to bat
tie for the ninth pitching berth.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

Runs-O Shaughnessy. Lawyer. Franklin.
Byrd First base on balls-Of Powell 5;
off Kinsman. .. Struck out-By Powell.
Is; by Kinsman, 4. Umpire-Mr. Nor
risSey.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Picard Fades on Second Nine.

JONES was paired with Ed Dudley,
the Augusta national professional,
to play at o'clock and Cooper and
Johnny Revolta of Chicago. the P. G.
A. champion, who had II. were to
leave the starting tee Is minutes later.
Picard, whose home club is in
Hershey, Pa, was coupled with Re-
volta in the advance wagering at Q to
l. He faded on the incoming nine to
take 40 after going out in IS. He
was in a six-way tie at rs along with
Dudley, w. Lawson Little, jr., of San
Francisco, the latest addition to the
professional ranks; Alvin (Butch)
Kruger of Beloit, Wis; Bobby cruick-
shank of Richmond, Va, and KY Laf-
foon of Chicago.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
COLD WIND T|LTS
AUGUSTA SCORES
Odds on Jones Go to 81.
Lighthouse Harry Leads
With Sub Par Card.
BY the Associated Press.

A UGUSTA, Ga, April 4.-"Light-
~ horse Harry" Cooper, the slen.
~ der English-born professional,
4 n today was the dark horse"
Of the S. 900 Augusta national invita-
ton golf tournament.
The Chicago sharpshooter yesterday
paced an all-star field Of SO golfers
with a sub-par 70 while a bitter north
west wind was dimming the comeback
hopes of Bobby Jones and skyrocket-
ing the scores of a score of leading
money players.
Cooper, a consistently low scorer,
outsteadied the weather for a 1886,
one under par on each side Of the
ideally designed course"
Jones, retired world champion and
pre-tournament betting favorite at
TO l, went to 9-to-l price after his
IS put him in tie for twenty-sixth
in the field. Cooper and Henry
Picard. who had rs, we're given the
favorite's spot at 6 to /.
Jones and Sarazen Tie.
QUITTING together pair Of 36's,
Al Espinosa, professional of the
Mexico City Country Club, was the
only other player in the select array
Of shot makers to give old man par
a struggle.
Distances were awfully hard to
judge in that wind" said Gene Sara
zen Of Brookfield Center, Conn, the
bronzed veteran who won the 1885
tournament and yesterday finished in
a tie with Jones, his playing partner.
THE greens were lightning fast and
rough. It's hard to say what the win.
ming score will be if this weather keeps
up."
Two strokes behind standard figures
and in three-way tie with "a we're
Billy Burke of Cleveland, Horton
Smith, the 1884 Augusta winner. and
Lanky Ted Luther of Girard, Ohio.
Fair and not quite so cold" was the
weather forecast for today's 18-hole
play, scheduled to get under way at
noon eastern standard time). with
Harold McSpaden of Boston and VIC
tor Ghezzi of Deal, N. j., first out.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
-FOUR UNCERTAIN
OF HOLDING Jobs
Bokina Is Slight Favorite
Over Weaver, Lanahan,
Chase to Stick.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

)HATTANOoGA. Tenn. April
4-Four minds with single
thought-a big league pitch
ing job-were beginning to
attract attention today as the WASH
ington ball club moved into the local
ball park for a two-game series with
the Chattanooga farmhands.
Fresh from a nose victory over q
Georgia flood. following up previous
outrunning of tornado, the Nationals
arrived at this neXt-to-laSt stopping
point, en- route home, with squad
numbering 27 players. And it became
apparent that with only eight exhibit
tion games remaining before the OPEN
ing of the American League season.
Manager Bucky Harris was ready once
again to WELD the ak.
Thus, by the process of putting two
and two together (and hoping the an
swer isn't flve), 1t also became ap-
parent that a new out-and-out job
battle was looming within the Grif-
fan ranks. This scrap, promising to
rival the Reynolds-Stone-Miles fight
for right field, undoubtedly will con-
Germ Messrs. Monte Weaver, Joe
Bokina, Kendall Chase and Dick Lam
ahan, all pitchers Of doubtful status.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
BIanton Tops Buc Boxmen.

WACO, TeX-The dope now points
to Cy Blanton and AL Todd as
the head men when the Pirates open
with the Reds week from next Tues
day. Boosting six out of seven, the
Bucs have to win only one more to
elinch the transforming series with
the White SoX. Babe Phelps and Italo
Chelini will pitch for the Sox in to-
days exhibition.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.-The Red Soy
came here today with another defeat
at the hands of the Chicago Cubs be-
hind them. The teams renew their
rivalry Monday at Gadsden, Ala. The
Soy play Birmingham today.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-The Athletics
and the Knoxville Smokes decided to
try once more today to give the local
rabids bit of an exhibition. Snow
f1urries was the official cause of can
collation. yesterday. The AS 60 to
Asheville. N. c., Sunday.
NEW oRLEANs.-rhey're asking
now whether Pitcher Bill Walker Of
the Cardinals jinxed himself at Bir-
mingham yesterday, where he famed
the first three men to face him and
failed to get another strikeout In six
innings. The Cards meet the New
Orleans Pelicans today.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
BOkina Is Popular.

THE only doubtfuls, now that Jack
- Russell's new windup seems to
have added effectiveness to his de-
livery, are the aforementioned MeSSrs,
Weaver. Bokina, Chase and Lanahan,
and they probably rank in that order.
The next couple of games. Counting
todays, may decide the fate of one
for Chase today was to divide the
pitching with Jimmy DeShong while
Bokina tomorrow will team up with
Ed Linke, when Chattanooga again
Is met and then left behind for
Knoxville
Weaver, the scholarly gent whose
loss Of effectiveness during the last
couple of years came all too quickly
for man Of his comparative youth,
carries the sentimental hopes in the
struggle against the sentence Of q
stretch in the minors, with its blue
plate 1uncheons, second-rate hotels
and dreary bus rides. But Monte, to
escape, must show more than he has
displayed so far this Spring.
Bokina, in the ball players book, Is
o slight favorite. The young Pole, who
has spent less than a year In profess
sional ball, has earned the unstinted
praise of his mates, an unusual tribute
to q buSher.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Rally Provides Balm.

Only Easterns stunning reversal OF
form in the third quarter served as a
balm to heal the wounds Of defeat.
Granting Brown an overwhelming 20-9
lead at the end of the first period, the
Lincoln Parkers walked of the floor
at the half on the short end Of 28-14
score.
In the third quarter. however.
Eastern recovered from their early
Slip.Shod play and pulled up to within
one point of the Quaker City tossers
at 3l-3O. Capt. Chick Hollidge yanked
the Washington lads up on even terms
with Brown midway in the fourth
period at 1892, but the Eastern de-
fense begged down at that point as
Brown forged ahead on two baskets
by Jim Kuhn, guard, to win.
1t was Johnny Wise, burly guard,
however, who turned the tide in
Browns favor earlier in the fray,
dropping seven pot shots through the
hoop and repeatedly taking the ball of
the blackboard to halt Eastern's at
tack.
Lavelle "Dopey" Dean, sensational
Eastern guard, was hub of the losing
attack, Tipping in IS points, OF which
were Tailed in the hectic third period.
Apparently outclassed In the first
half, Eastern came back and clicked
as mercilessly as a taxi meter scoring
16 points while holding Brown to three
In +ha third eaasinn
Red Scheible and Hollidge, in addi-
ton to Dean, were outstanding for
Eastern, ringing up eight and nine
points, respectively.
Five Sing Swan Song.
Tonisht's fray will see Dean,
scheible, Hollidge, Bill Buchholtz and
Orpha Shaner playing basket ball in
an Eastern uniform for the last time.
since all are slated to be graduated in
June.
White Plains, rolling up an early
advantage, STAYED Of last half La
Sale attack to triumph, 1929. The
White Plains dribblers are champions
of the lower Hudson Valley and fea-
ture q foot z inch center. Tom
Siebert, about whom most OF their
plays revolve.
La Sale was runner-up this season
in the Catholic School League OF New
York City.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

MONTGOMERY. Ala.-Bill Lee will
start against the Philadelphia Phillies
for Chicago here today with the idea
OF going the full nine innings If the
weather Is warm.
Leo Norris. former Minneapolis Mil
Ter who was out for three days with
a sore arm, will be back in the Philly
lineup.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Open With 10 Pitchers.

THERE remains plenty of time be-
fore the 23-player limit goes into
effect. That deadline isn't until May
IS. But 81 players, the total swelled
by the purchase of Catcher Walter
Miles, is too many to carry, in Harris
opinion. with only handful of eXhi-
bition games left and every one Of
those needed to round out the condi-
tioning of the men who are being
counted upon to carry the club into
the American League battle.
Definitely, Harris has decided to
open the season with Z infelderS, 5
outfielders, catchers and 10 pitchers
for a total of "a. Miles purchase
virtually makes it certain that he.
along with Cliff Bolton. will be re-
tanned as catchers and that some
where along the line Sam Holbrook
and Bill Starr will be let 60. But
that was a foregone conclusion. 1t is
no contest, In way. The pitching
set-up is a real scrap, to all outward
appearances.
Ten pitchers will be wearing Wash
ington uniforms when the bell rings
a week from next Tuesday, necessi-
tating the release Of only one more
on May Is to conform to the player
limit and at the present time there
are II gents on the squad who make
living trying to fool batters. One
must go, under the present plan, be-
fore the opening of the season and
another must be pink-slipped by
May Is.