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Evening star., 1936-06-13
Gritty Cunningh ham, Grant.

GLENN CUNNINGHAM, the Kansas
fiier, one of this countrys great
est distance runners, was badly burned
by the explosion Of a rural school
stove when he was years old. His
older brother died of burns received
in the same explosion, but Glenn be-
gan to rebuild himself physically
while attending high school in his
home town of Elkhart, Kans.
He finally fashioned body as hard
as nails and a powerful pair of legs on
which he made a speedy ascent to
cinder path fame. In 1884 he cap
tained the American track and field
team which toured Europe and that
Fall he was awarded the Sullivan
medal as the Nations outstanding
amateur athlete.
Take the case of Bryan M. Grant
1r., who has shown as much if not
more stamina on the country's tenni!
courts than any player in the history
of the sport despite his pint-size
stature. Grant, who once pooh
poohed the pastime of tennis. is self
developed also. At four years of age
he contracted a serious case of pneu-
monia and 10 years later couldn't
break an egg with tennis racquet!
But, at Is, he won the Southern mems
singles championship and has since
marched into the tennis hall of fame
He's the Little Bill' Johnston of the
current court era.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Jimmy Braddock's Collar, Belt
Are Enlarged Since Last Year,
But He Wears Same Size Hat

had been advanced while he was in
financial distress.
Baer and the title came next. Never
has so much dope been spilled as the
Cinderella man overturned in the big
bowl in Long Island City a year ago
tonight
Now he's the champ, but he's the
same old Jimmy Braddock. His popu-
larity has increased by leaps and
bounds. Plenty of steaks have in
creased the size of his collar and the
size of his belt, but he still wears the
same size hats.
His family still lives in the modest
little New Jersey apartment it occupied
during the days when the milk man
was the No. / problem. The Brad
docks have moved from the back of
the house to the front-that's all.
His big chance will come if and
when he meets Joe Louis this Fall
Then he is assured the champions
share of what probably will be a
mililon-dollar gate.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
BATTALINO WINDS UP
TRAINING FOR SCOTT
Former Feather Champ Fights as
Lightweight Here Monday
at Balr Park.

CHRISTOPHER (BAT BATTA-
~ LIMO. retired. undefeated world
featherweight champion, stepped
through his final training PAGES here
today preparatory to clashing with
Cowboy Howard Scott, District light
weight champion, in a scheduled 10
round bout at Griffith Stadium Mon
day night.
Battalino, who relinquished the
featherweight crown in 1881 when he
no longer could make the 126-pound
limit, now is staging a comeback in
lightweight ranks under the guidance
of Pete Reilly, who also piloted Freddy
Miller to the featherweight title.
Additional six-round preliminary
bouts have been added to the card.
with Ritchie Mack trading blows with
Stanford Carrier and Charley Woods
facing Young Raspi. The six-round
semi-final pits Lew Raymond against
Roddy Davis.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Heavy With Weight Men.

GERMANY and the Scandinavian
countries are loaded down with
fine weight men and distance runners.
Sievert of Germany is the present
decathlon record holder. Janusz Ku-
socinski of Poland proved a distance
winner at Los Angeles and is said to
be as good as ever now. Zabala, the
Argentine marathon champion, has
been training in Germany for the pas,
year and knocking records right and
left.
The only distance event in which
America is conceded much chance is
the $500 meters, but the consensus IS
that Jack Lovelock. the transplanted
New Zealander, will be able TO take
care of that, too, if he gets himself in
top condition. Jack at present is TAX
ing himself seriously as a student at
ST. Marys Hospital, London, spending
long hours every day on his feet
watching operations-and they say
that takes speed out Of mans legs.
Americas women athletes, as well.
are not promised the field day they
enjoyed at Los Angeles, where Babe
Didrikson practically became an odds
on threat overnight. Germany, since
that time, has developed a group OF
short haired Amazons who are little
short of terrific.
In the last European meet in Lon
don they came near sweeping the
boards, setting up times and heights
and distances comparable to Olympic
records. Germany, not SO happy about
It's men. expects its women to make up
any deficit.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Atlas Weakling at 16.

"A CLOSE parallel to the Kellerman
case is that of Charles Atlas, the
physical culturist, who at Is was a
97-pound weakling and was warned
by doctors not even to climb stairs.
But consistent exercise gradually con-
ditioned his body until on two different
occasions he won from all comers
the title of the worlds most perfectly
developed man.
Distance swimming and running are
two of his hobbies and today, at 43,
he can run 10 miles in slightly over
68 minutes.
Johnny Weissmuller, one-time
holder of all free-style swimming rec
ords and twice an Olympic hero, was
physically weak and as a youngster
caught every illness that visited his
neighborhood. Swimming gave Weiss
muller the envied physique which cast
him in the TarZan role
Then there is Bobby Jones, the At
lanta par-buster, who, in 1880, scored
COLTS grand SIAM" when he won the
American and British open and anna
teur titles in one conquering march.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
AMERICAS RIVALS
RISING IN SPORTS
Only Shorter Track Races,
Pole Vault Are Conceded
YankS at Berlin.
BY GAYLE TALBOT
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ ERLIN.-Even if America man
x ages to send complete, full
course team to this Summers
- Olympic Games at Berlin, 1t is
doubtful that the star-spangled bri-
gade will be able to repeat its almost
overwhelming triumph of the last
Olympics at Los Angeles.
Naturally, the Americans will be ex-
pected to win. They always do, and
their superiority in sufficient num-
Der of track and field events TO out
score any other nation Is acknow-
lodged freely on this side But survey
of European possibilities by The AS
sociated Press indicates the gap is be-
ing narrowed steadily.
European nations. particularly Ger
many, Poland, Austria and Turkey,
are becoming more seriously sport
minded every year; the same is true
of Japan in the Far East. They are
hiring American instructors, and
really working at it. Some Of the re-
suits are bound to be in evidence at
Berlin.
America, for the time being, is con-
sidered unbeatable in certain events
the 100, 200 and 400 meter dsshes,
both hurdles, the pole-vault, high
jump. polo-but outside Of these moth
ing is conceded. In all races from
the 800-meter to the marathon the
American squad can look for plenty Of
opposition. That's the case, too, in
every field event except the pole
vault.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Threaten Jump Mark.

IN THE high jump almost any one of
the contenders might soar above
Walter Marty's world record of 6 feet
9ls inches if everything went just
right. Marty's rivals, Ed Burke of
Marquette, Cornelius johnson of Los
Angeles, Harold Osborn, the Phila-
delphia veteran; George Spitz of New
York and Al Treadgill of Temple all
have been close to the mark.
The quarter mile promises to be a
thriller with Eddie O'Brien of Syra-
cuse last years winner, and Chicagos
unbeaten Ray Ellinwood challenged by
the West Coast ace, Jimmy Luvalle
and other fast steppers.
Don Lash of Indiana and Norman
Bright of San Francisco, outstanding
Olympic 5000 meters candidates head
the tWo-mile field while Glenn Hardin.
world record holder, tops the 400
meter hurdles field.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Mile Field Sparkles.

FOR the past two years the mile has
been the great event. In 1894
Glenn Cunningham of Kansas made
track history as he established the
world record of 4:06.7. Last year
Jack Lovelock Of New Zealand, who
had set the record Cunningham broke,
led the way to the tape with Bill
Bonthron beating out Cunningham for
second place.
This year Bonthron, making a come
back after remaining idle through the
Winter, meets Cunningham and Gene
Venzke Of Pennsylvania in the mile
which may pave the way to an Olym-
pic team berth. None of the trio ap-
pears likely to menace the world
record, but the other starters, Bill Ray
of Manhattan and Bill Daily of De-
troit, seem certain to keep them mov-
ing along if they start jockeying for
places.
The 120-yard high hurdles appears
to be the most likely event for record
smashing with Forest (Spec) Towns of
Georgia, 14.l timber topper, facing
the stiffest kind of competition from
Sam Allen of Oklahoma Baptist, Al
Moreau of Marksville, La, and Phil
Good of Bowdoin.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Jones Frail as Youth.

Jones started life with an oversize
head, a frail body and staring
knees. Moreover, he had a serious
digestive arrangement which caused
his parents and physicians much
worry. The now stocky and robust
Jones did not eat any real food until
he was 5 years old.
But daily exercise in sandlot base
ball and tennis. and then years and
years of golfing developed his body
and gave him competitive fire and zip
Because of his lack of physical de-
Velopment, George Matison, now a
University of Minnesota senior and
prospect for the Olympic gymnastic
team, was cut from his colleges fresh
man foot ball squad. Minnesota
coaches, after quick appraisal of his
slight build, advised him to take up
o sport less strenuous.
Matison, by determination, overcarne
his physical obstacles and now is
about to reach his goal-a position on
the Olympic team.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Those Dutch Gals.

EUROPE'S men swimmers don
measure up even close to the Jap
anese and Americans, but Holland has
pair Of girls, Willy den Ouden anC
RE Mastenbroek, who will require
lot of beating in the Berlin pool. Willy.
who is just 18. set world record o.
1:48 for the 100 meters a few months
back. She also holds-or did hold
the world mark of 5 minutes is sec
onds for the 400 meters.
Mastenbroek, only II, has beaten
her recently at the latter distance.
Mastenbroek' speciality. however, is
the 100-meter backstroke in which
she splashed to a world record of
1:15.s in February
In gymnastics, weight lifting. wres-
ting, fencing. riding. cycling. field
hockey and the modern pentathlon.
one or another European nation fully
expects 10 excel, and has figures and
records to prove why. None, however,
promises to give the American basket
ballers very hard run. The yachting,
rowing and canoeing events are con-
sidered toss-up all around.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Walker Had Leaky Heart

PILL WALKER, pitching ace of the
st. Louis Cardinals and one of the
standouts of the National Leagues
Spring drive, is another exhibit in this
gallery. Walker. who plunged into
May with a 40 shutout victory ovel
the Brooklyn Dodgers. says he was
troubled with a leaky heart when he
was youngster in grade school, and
had to take things easy. But he
plugged away at his training and now
he's burning 'em over the corners in
the big leagues and carries 100 pounds
on his 6 foot l frame.
Annette Kellerman, the first mer-
maid to win worldwide acclaim, was
the despair of her parents when S
years old. Infantile paralysis had left
her so badly crippled that braces were
necessary from her hips down. Doc
tors tried all kinds of cures, but to
no avail.
A friend one day suggested swim
ming and though she had to take IT
lessons, the exercise put the zest of
life back into her body and she
1unked the braces. Not only did An
nette Kellerman become a champion
mermaid, but also Americas Venus.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
NATSAS GO TO FRONT
Beat Hamilton Nine for Bankers
Lead-Mount Vernon at Top.

Cracking out 10 hits. National Saw
ines & Trust diamonders stepped into
first place in the Bankers League yes
terday, drubbing Hamilton, 12-l, as
Hibbs upset National Metropolitan
toSsers, 9-6.
The District Commissioners strength
ened its grip on second place in
the United States Government League.
trouncing Treasury, 1913, as Art Lacey
turned the money men back with one
hit in a siX-inning game.
Paced by Fletcher, who pounded out
a home run and triple in four trips
to the tee Mount Vernon jumped into
first place in the Washington Church
League, nosing out Metropolitan Bap-
tist, 81. Results:
District Commissioners. 10: Treasury. 3
National Savings. IL: Hamilton, !.
Hibbs o: National Metropolitan, g.
Mount Vernon, s; Metropolitan Bap-
P. w. A.. IS: W. T. U. o.
Agriculture. 8: Navy Yard. o.
Peoples Drug 4; Thompson Dairy. 8.
Veterans Administration, IL: W. p.
Procurement. 4; Federal communica-
tions. 2.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
ENTRIES CLOSE TONIGHT
Boy and Junior Racketers Must
Meet Age Requirements.

Young male tennis players of the
District expecting to enter The Stars
City of Washington tournaments for
juniors and boys next week are re-
quested to have birth certificates with
them when reporting for their first
round matches at Edgemoor Club.
Entries close at o'clock tonight.
Strict compliance with the age regu-
lations, which state boy and junior
entrants must not have reached their
fifteenth or eighteenth birthdays. re-
spectively, before January l of this
year, will be required.
The tournament will start as soon
as the current mixed doubles competi-
ton is ended, probably Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
PRINCETON GAMES
DRAW TRACK ELITE
Records Are Threatened by
Select Lot of Athletes
in Competition.
Py the Associated Press.

Hy Jle hSSOCldLcQ FEcSS.
~ RINCETON, N. j., June 13.-
- A brief, but potent tradition
of excitement and record
Il smashing is expected to bring
upward of $4,000 fans to Palmer Sta
dunn today to see track meet which
already has shattered one tradition.
The third Princeton invitation meet,
comprising seven events, with an entry
list limited to few of the Nations
outstanding stars in each, doesn't cost
the spectators anything this year. 1t
probably is the only modern major
athletic event, barring crew races,
which ever has been conducted with
out an admission fee.
It's the same sort of meet. however,
as its two predecessors, which brought
unprecedented throngs of paying GUS
toners to Princeton.
The seven events are the high Jump,
40O-meter hurdles, two-mile run, 440-
yard run, 120-yard high hurdles, half
mile run and mile run. They'll be
staged in that order, the first starting
at pm.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
FORM COUNTY LEAGUE

Colesville Cardinals, Takoma Tigers,
Gaithersburg and Rockville base ball
teams have banded together to form
the Montgomery County League. All
games will be played on Sundays
In tilts tomorrow, Rockville will
meet Gaithersburg at Gaithersburg
and the Tigers and Cardinals will
clash at Colesville.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Homer Standings
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Yesterdays homers-Cavaretta,
Cubs, /; Carleton, Cubs, 1; Med
wick, Cardinals, l; Collins, Cardi-
mails, /; Stone, Senators, /; Sim
mons, Tigers. /; Rogell, Tigers, 1;
Rolfe, Yanks, /.
The leaders-Foxx, Red Sox, IA;
Trosky, Indians, 13; Gehrig, Yanks,
II; OFT, Giants, IL; Goslin, Tigers,
10; Lazzeri, Ysnks, O.; j. Moore,
Phillies, o: Dickey. gapks, 9.
League totals-sAmerican, 253;
National, 22l: totals, Att.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
TENNIS LISTS OPEN

Entries for the District of Columbia
women's tennis tournament, scheduled
to start Monday at Columbia Country
Club, are being taken by Mrs. H. Clay
Thompson over the telephone at Wis
consin 3579. They also are being re-
ceived at the club.
The singles championship was won
last year by Mary Cootes, while the
doubles crown was annexed by Miss
Cootes and Bobsey Turney.
Evening star., 1936-06-13

n YEW YORK, June 13-He's been
M heavyweight champion of the
" world for exactly one year and
he's still the same old Jimmy
Braddock.
You couldn't say that about many
guys, surely.
But the affable, well-fed. we'll
dressed Irishman who wrings your
hand today otherwise is the same
under -nourished. worried and dis
couraged fellow who went into the ring
with Max Baer one year ago tonight
so that he could pay the milk bill
Forget about your fairy tales The
story of James J. Braddock has EN- all
beat a mile.
Two years ago. mind you. he was
on the relief rolls. He worked as a
laborer on the Hoboken docks, when
he could.
They wanted a soft touch for Corn
Griffin. Braddock went into the ring
on one days notice. Hungry and
weak. he was floored in the first round.
ou1 4lC CdAlC DdCh W 1AdlICll
then real heavyweight prospect.
Braddock got $3.50 for that.
Then they wanted a sacrifice for
John Henry Lewis, now light heavy
weight champion. Braddock took it
and beat Lewis. They tossed him $3.50,
as II they were doing him a favor,
which they were.
Then it was decided Art Lasky
needed building up Braddock's smart
little manager, Joe Gould, sure his
man was on the upgrade again, asked
for the fight. Everyone laughed
Gould guaranteed Lasky $4,000 and
took a gamble.
Braddock cooked Lasky's goose and
collected around $4,000 himself-the
first good money he had made since
he was one of the leading light
heavies 10 years ago.
The first thing he did was repay the
New Jersey Relief Society the $3.50 he
Evening star., 1936-06-13
STAR BOYS TO PLAY.

The Evening Stars circulation de-
partment base ball team will journey
to Sylvan Shores, Nd, tomorrow to
stack UP against the resort nine in the
second game of double-header. Syl-
van Shores will face diamonders from
the United States submarine 20 in the
opening fray.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Many Stars Once WeakIigs: T. S. Olympic WaboUer Unlikely
INVAL|DS ATTAIN
ATHLETIC GLORY
Cunningham, Walker, Grant,
Atlas All But Hopeless
Cases as Youths.

BY the Associated Press.
TUCKED away in the annals of
American sport are numerous
stories of famous athletes of
II yesterday and today who
achieved fame despite early handi-
caps of physical weakness or serious
accidents.
Conspicuous members of this spin
ach cult" of comebackers are Glenn
Cunningham, Olympic track star;
Bitsy Grant, the bantam member of
the American Davis Cup team; Bill
Walker, st. Louis Cardinals pitcher;
Charles Atlas, the worlds most per-
fectly developed man; Bobby Jones,
erstwhile emperor of golf: Annette
Kellerman and Johnny Weissmuller,
famed swimmers; George Matison, out
standing candidate for the Olympic
gymnastic team, and many more.
From discouraging getaways as
weaklings and ambulance cargo. these
modern Hercules and Minervas have
bounced back to fame. coaXing their
stamina and rigging their unprepos-
sessing frames with steel-spring
muscles.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
MOORE KEEPS LEAD
IN HORSESHOE LOOP
Takes Five of Six Matches in
Week-Jarrell and Pence
Tie for Second.

PILL MOORE, District champion,
captured five of six games during
the last week, continuing to set the
pace in the Metropolitan Horseshoe
Singles League with a record of 20
victories against four losses.
Temple Jarrell's defeat of Bob
Pence sent those rivals into three
way tie with Boo Henson for runner
up honors with II triumphs and z
defeats.
Following are the summaries of the
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf. - Carmen
Barth, 165, Cleveland, outpointed
Swede Berglund, 1852, San Diego, Calf.
Q0.
; SAN DIEGO. Calif.-Hank Hankin-
son, 210, Akron, Ohio, outpointed Lee
Savoldi, 180, st. Paul u0).
Evening star., 1936-06-13
\ NE of the most popular fishing
4 resorts on the Atlantic sea-
J coast is Wachapreague, Va,

NE OF Lne most popular IlSnlng
resorts on the Atlantic sea-
coast is Wachapreague, Va,
~ and with good reason. The
general fishing season there lasts from
May l to about November l, and con-
sistently good catches may be made
all the time
That's one reason anglers head for
there from as far away as New York
they can always be certain that they
will not be disappointed The big
game fish, channel bass, is caught
mainly during June, July, September
and early October, the gray sea trout
throughout the season. croakers during
May and June, founder in May and
bluefiSh from about June to the end
of the season.
Kingfish, porgies, sea bass and sharks
also are taken during the Summer
months. Most of the blues are caught
about 10 miles out, as the alewiveS,
upon which they feed, do not come
very close to shore there.
Peeler crabs, squid and menhaden
are used for bait. About 35 power
boats are available during the fishing
season, ar1 the charge is about $6 q
day for one person and 81 for each
additional Several hotels provide good
accommodations for anglers and will
make all arrangements for fishing trips.
The only thing which keeps
Wachapreague from being overrun with
Washington sportsmen is that it iS
about 200 miles away and to reach it
the bay has to be crossed by ferry.
COLOMONS ISLAND is about the
nearest village to both Washington
and Baltimore where good angling may
usually be had, but occasionally the
fish refuse to bite there. That seldom,
if ever, happens at Wachapreague. For
instance, rockfish Striped bass) should
be biting at Solomons now, but very
few have been caught recently, and
only two large schools have been re-
ported.
Hardhead may be taken in abun-
dance Throughout the season, but par
ticularly from the middle of May to the
middle of June. Other species which
make up catches there are gray trout,
suetted trout and blues.
loft crabs, shrimp and bloodwornls,
used for bait while still dshind
Evening star., 1936-06-13
ROD AND STREAM
BY GEORGE HUBER.

or drifting and spoons, spinners and
drones while trolling. Boating facili-
ties at Solomons are about the best
which can be found anywhere.
A NGLING for rock off Tall Timbers
and Piney Point is picking up
after about 10 days of bad weather
and adverse winds. A party with
Capt George Purcell fishing of the
point caught 81 big ones, weighing up
to 10 pounds. They also caught the
usual number of hardhead Capt
Purcell says that from now on, If
the weather stays warm, he expects
rock to be in their prime. They have
just about finished spawning and may
now turn their attention to other
matters-hitting drones and spinners
for instance.
You anglers who have trouble with
back-lash on your salt water reels
should see the little accessory that
Louis Harris of Takoma Park, Nd,
has invented 1t is a rocker affair
that can be put on the top support
of almost any reel and has a tension
spring which can be adjusted for diff
ferent weight lines and fishing condi-
tions.
The line. when cast, runs between
two bars on the front of the rocker
and when the weight hits the water
the bars fly up and two soft metal
plates on the other end of the rocker
drop down and grab the line drum.
preventing back-lash. It's a simple
thing. and the wonder Of it all is
that some one has not thought Of it
before.
1t also can act as a drag, the thumb
being placed on the rear of the rocker.
and by the application Of more or less
pressure has about the same result as
star drag reel and seems to be easier
to govern. Harris has patented his
rocker and expects to start manufac-
turing 1t soon.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
FOUR BIG SWIM MEETS
4nterdepartmental League Will
Open Schedule July 8.

Four of the largest swimming meets
ever held here are planned by the
newly organized Interdepartmental
Water Polo and Swimming League,
comprised Of teams from Government
bureaus.
At meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the league it was decided to
hold the first meet on July 8, with
tentative dates for othefacarnivals set
for July 30. August 2 pd septem-
Der 10.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

Today a year ago-Jim Brad
dock, 10 to shot, won heavyweight
boxing championship from Max
Baer in biggest upset in title his
tory.
Three years ago-Lou Gehrig
belted fourteenth home run to tie
Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx for
American League leadership.
Five years ago-Twenty Grand,
Kentucky Derby winner, roared
down stretch to win Belmont
Stakes.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
SHOW LIST CLOSES.

wARRENTON. June 13 R.-En-
tries for the seventeenth annual War
renton Junior Hunt Pony Show will
close today. The show will be held
next Saturday.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
MOUNT RAINIER PLAYS.

In an outstanding sandlot base ball
game tomorrow, the Mount Rainier
Boys Club nine will face Goode TailorS
at 3 o'clock on the Mount Rainier
High School diamond.
Evening star., 1936-06-13
C0NC0RDS BOOKING.

Concord A. c., which plays Dicker-
son, Md, tomorrow at Dickerson, wants
games with fast unlimited base ball
teams. Call Manager Wilkerson at
Georgia 5254.