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Evening star., 1936-02-29
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DREPARATIONs are under way
down at East Potomac Park,
mainstay of the Leoffier public
L links enterprises, for big golf
and pleasure season when Spring
finally comes around that corner.
Although the golf course is soft and
soggy and may not be opened for a
week or more (this depends on the
weather) Leoffier has all kinds Of ideas
for changes this year.
Among these is construction Of a
mammoth swimming pool, one of the
largest in Washington, to be located
about where the tees now stand for
the driving range, another innovation
Of the last two years. The driving
range itself will be moved considerably
west of its present location.
Another change will be enlargement
Of the parking space by elimination
Of one Of the golf holes on course G.
This hole Is the short one near the
field house. and the ground 1t has oc-
cupied will be converted into park
ing area for automobiles. Another
short hole will be constructed half
way down toward Hains Point to keep
G course as nine-hole layout.
Up at Rock Greek Park, Leoffier
plans an intensive course rehabilita-
ton program before the layout finally
is opened, which may not be for 10
days or more. Freed Of ice and snow,
that course also is soft and the tees
must be rebuilt on many OF the holes.
while considerable work will be done
on the green's before the course Is
opened for the usual heavy season OF
play.
In all, Leoffler plans quite piece
of work on the golf layouts in WASH
ington which he supervises. The up
shot of the whole business will be that
the courses this year will be in bet
ter shape than ever before.
WILLIAM R. STONE, Indian Spring
linksman and indefatigable
golfer, hasn't played a round since the
big snow, but has gotten in some early
practice. Stone is out with a new
idea for leveling the difference in
length of tee shots between the good
golfer and the average player. He
would make all holes on all golf
courses around $50 yards in length,
and to Offset the advantage in yard
age gained by the long hitters who
would convert holes of that length
into drive and pitch affairs, he would
have the big hitters bring his tee shot
back to the length of the shorter man.
That is the way he explained his plan
to George Diffenbaugh, at any rate.
1T sounds like the interchangeable
| drive scheme" George said why not
let him take the tee shots of the longer
! hitter and have the longer hitter take
his tee shots and play them from those
spots. That would level out the differ
ence in length. and it wouldn't make
such bad game, after all. tried it
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Just q Whim.

THE Nazis were fine" said Mr..
Brundage. "You saw a lot of
young fellows in uniform around Gar
Observation-Disclosures. but that's
sort of national whim these days.
Just a whim."
Speaking of uniforms. Mr.. Brundage
believes it was the ugliness OF the
American uniforms that won us a cold
reception from the crowds along the
street. We wear such dreadful dark
caps and coats.
I'VE looked like street car conduc-
tors" recalled Mr.. Brundage, his es-
thetic soul wounded to the quick. And
when we passed Hitler we executed
very sloppy eyes right. Naturally. We
didn't get any cheers. The other ma
tions had real bright uniforms and
smart military salutes."
So that explains that We must get
ourselves some red-white-and-blue
jackets and practice the Boy Scout
salute and go back to Berlin. and the
cheers of the crowd will deafen us.
Americans are popular every
where, II properly dressed.
But there is q hitch about going
back to Berlin. The American Olym-
pic Committee Is broke. Every solid
quarter and slim dime in the safe was
exhausted in the process of bringing
our athletes home from Garmisch-
Partenkirchen. For some reason or
another, they all wanted to come
home.
Mr.. Brundage is trifle embarrassed
by this financial shortage. He doesn't
want to touch the Government for his
Summer expenses. because that might
stir up more of that unfortunate pro-
NaN and anti-Nazi controversy which
caused him so much annoyance last
Fall.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Sports Mirror
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-"Wild Bill" Cum
mings set new Diesel-engined auto
speed record of 133.023 M. p. H. at
Daytona Beach.
Three years ago-Ellsworth Vines,
national tennis champion, "over-
tennised," declared six weeks holiday.
Five years ago-Gene Sarazen won
Belleair open golf tournament with
72-hole total Of 278.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
YEW YORK, February 2s.-
| Avery Brundage. president of
i the American Olympic Com

IHIIItt, Is IlUIIIe 1tOliI 0cf
many with a story of sweetness and
fight. He says that the recent VIM
ter Olympic games constituted the
gayest, pleasantest. pinkest love feast
ever heard of outside the adventures
of Peter Rabbit.
Mr.. Brundage hints that the Amer
leans and Italians were only kidding
when they began singing their hockey
sticks around at Garmisch-P -Parten-
kirchen.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Crowd Of 5000 Expected.

YESTERDAYS twenty-four elimi-
nation bouts preceding the four
semi-final matches which climaxed
last nights card were bitterly con-
tested throughout. Five knockouts
were registered.
Preparations are being made for
crowds exceeding 5000 persons for the
finals tonight as the result of Dukes
serious threat to dethrone the Cava-
liers from the conference boxing pin
nacle which they have occupied since
1881.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
NEW MANOR LINKS
WILL FAVOR PITT
Harry Bent Upon Regaining
Capital Honors After
Year in 0bscurity.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

BY w. II. McCALLUM.
~ OGER PEACOCK is going to
- ha.up against a rough job de-
fending his District cham
u y pionship over the improved
Manor Club course when the toXna-
ment comes off over the Norbeck lay
out next Summer. For Manor has
group of club swingers who know that
tricky layout and all its kinks and
will be tough customers to whip in
any tourney.
Harry Pitt, the big Manor "mouse," +"
hasn't figured in tournaments for a
year or more. Last year Harry went
through his first year in 10 without
grabbing a big tourney. But Harry
is going to be more serious about
his golf this year and will be Pea
cocks No. enemy in that District
title chase Hickman Greene, the
Louisiana kid who was runner-up to
Roger last year at Washington, will
be the next toughest customer to
stand athwart the Peacock trail to a
second consecutive title,
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Hesse Continues Fourth.

HOLDING with determination to
fourth place is Carl Hesse. Vim
cent L. Eaton, although highly gifted
as . problem composer, to date has
q winning percentage Of only 500 In
his match games. Eaton tied with
Naidel in rank placement as the NTH
round saw him victorious in the play
of of his adjourned game with Ernest
Knapp, who shares minor honors with
Max Kessler, the latter two having
percentages of. 400.
r. N. Ramms has yet to win . game.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

. stop as the mechanical bunny ducks
into hole. The Illustration Of the
dogs Is something to send shtver
up your spine.
Dog racing Is easy to tx, they say,
but down here it's the sport. And
before Grill has something definite to
say about training In 1887 the dog
racing question may bs brought up.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
BLUES EASY FOR L. |. U.
Gallaudet 26th Straight Victim
in B1ackbirds' Finale.
,ecial Dispatch To The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 29.-Record-
ing their twenty-sixth consecutive
triumph. Long Island University's
crack basketers turned in their uni
forms today after handily trimming
Gallaudet College of Washington,
1921, here last night.
Paced by Bender and Russo, with 81
and IL points, respectively, the Black
birds spurted into 1913 lead at half
time and then coasted to victory as
the second team continued the scoring
ramnaoa
Evening star., 1936-02-29

Catholic University's athletic squads
we're depleted by five today as the re-
, suit Of scholastic DEFICIENCIES.
Those announced ineligible by Ath-
letic Director Arthur j. Bergman are
Joe Bunsa and Gene Misenhelter Of
the boxing team; Wayne Ambrose,
basket ball star, and Jim O'Connor and
Charlie Russell, gridders.
Loss of Bunsa and Misenhelter may
ruin c. us chance of finishing the
ring season with victory over Cor
nell Saturday at Brookland.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

Roland Mackenzie really
10orks at his game. Here he is
on the practice tee hitting
iron shots in the form that
has made him one OF Amer
ica's finest golfers.
once with Mr.. Won Steinner and we
had a good match. finished all even,
as I recall 1t. But I certainly got
into some weird places of the tee."
Fred Mcleod tried that once, at CO.
lumbia, against short hitter. with the
weaker hitter playing Freds tee shots.
But it didn't make great deal of diff
ference, for although Fred didn't hit as
many green's in par figures as he nor
mally would do, he chipped and putted
well enough to win the match.
Diffenbaugh stepped out yesterday
at Indian Spring to hit a few long
shots, and hit em pretty well. he said.
But the District open champ claims
that in spite of the recent thaw the
ground is frozen couple of inches
below the surface. Some of those
shots hit that. frozen ground and
bounced yards in the air." George said.
Looks as if We won't have any real
golf for quite while"
HARVEY L. COBB, the old wangler,
has coaxed Roland Mackenzie to
stay another day at Ponte Vedra, Fla,
and, as a result, the MacKenzies were
not to leave Jacksonville Beach until
today, which will put them back in
Washington Monday. Harvey, who Is
secretary of Congressional Country
Club. and has spent week at Ponte
Vedra, persuaded Roland to play a
couple more rounds with him yester-
day. Roland called Bill Jones, golf
chairman at Congressional, and got his
o. K. to come back to Washington
Monday. So the caravan from Jack
sonville will arrive here Monday, with
Betty Mackenzie and Helen Dettweiler
riding the cushions of the big trailer.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BoSTON.-Danno O'Mahony, 228,
Ireland, defeated Yvon Robert, 2l5,
Montreal. One fall.
DETROIT-Jim Londos. POS, Greece,
defeated Andy Rascher, 2l5. One fall.
PHILADELPHIA.-Dean Detton, 207,
Salt Lake City, defeated Ed (Strangler)
Lewis. 245, California. One fall.
CINCINNATI.-Babe Caddock, l75,
Tampa, Fla, defeated Walter Roxey,
l74, Detroit. Oae fall.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

He implies that the English
and the Canadians were regis
tering brotherly love and boyish
spirits when they went to the
mat on the subject Of two pros
elyted hockey players.
He says that when he himself made
a crack about the "sportsmanship' OF
the English delegation. he had his
tongue in his cheek, and the other
delegates laughed merrily at his droll
sense of humor.
As for the Nazi overseers. whose
friendly practice Of nose-bumping al
most caused a riot among the spec
tators, Mr.. Brundage considers that
they behaved with great restraint and
dignity.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Pin Standings

Season Records.
High individual sames-Glascoe. 15-.
Corcoran. 1855: Buckingham l5O: Dorrelle,
High individual sets-Leizear 4O7. n.
Mott. 1896: Walker tService). :3gA.
aisn team games--!Service: 603: Meter
High team setswMeter Readers 1870.
service, 1874: Credit & Collection. tfi9.
High strikes-Simmons, "a: Conner, 81;
High spares-Leizear. 1877: De Mott. 1873:
CorcOrans 120 '
High ayerages-Ieizear. 111-56: Cor
Ker n Service. l09-47: Simmons, l09-47:
Evening star., 1936-02-29
1885 SHELLACK|NG
STRONGLY IN MIND
Four Campbell Sweepstakes
Champs Will Take Part
in Grand Scrap.
BY ROD THOMAS.

Ii NoD 4hoN1HSs
w YHAT promises to be one Of
M the hottest and at tho
" " same time one Of the
friendliest bowling battles
Of the season will be fought March 81
and April 4 by the Masons and knights
of Columbus.
A year ago the caseys. with almost
the same lineup they will present this
time, whanged the stuff1ng out of the
Masons, so to speak, then filled 'em up
with all that goes with rousing chow
and beverage party-this one held at
the knights Of Columbus Hall.
Fond memories of the party linger,
and so do memories, not happy. Of
that awful shellacking on the maple
ways.
Two Scores to Settle.
A ND now the Masons hope to re.
= ciprocate both the party and the
beating. They will shoot against the
Caseys one of the strongest line-ups
ever possible to recruit from the ven-
cradle Masonic League, in which many
. famous bowler has performed.
Leo Speer. president of the Masonic
League, and Arville Ebersole, secre-
tary, who will manage the team, today
named the following as the probable
Masonic representatives: Whip Litch-
field of Lebanon Lodge, Irvine Bill.
himer Of Joppa, Sam Simon of Hiram,
Ed Cleary of George C. Whiting.
Preston Ellis of Harmony, A. Robey Of
Lebanon, Norman Baxter of Chillum
and Bill Wolfe of Stansbury.
These are the high-average men Of
the Masonic League. Among them are
two former Howard Campbell Sweep
stakes champions. Whip Litchfield
and Sam Simon, and the others offer
first-class material for any team.
Caseys Have Star, Too.
FREDDY MOORE, vice president Of
the Knights of Columbus League,
will captain the Caseys in the big
match. His fellow bowlers will be
Tony Santina and Ed Espey, also
former Campbell champs; Joe Pricci,
holder of the all-time league set record
for the city (49D; Ed Lake and Eddie
Eddinger. Only Norman Schroth is
missing from the last-year K. of c.
lineup. Schroth, whose high scores
beat the Masons two seasons back, has
retired from the drives.
The match will be rolled in two
blocks, with the first at Tad Howards
Rendezvous and the second at Con.
yention Hall.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
FEDERAL LEAGUE TO MEET.

Government departments wishing to
be represented in the Federal Base Ball
League should have representatives at
the first meeting Of the league Tues
day night at O'Clock at the Atlas
Sport Shop, 927 D street.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
DUKE THREATENS
VIRGINIA IN RING
Ready to Give Cavaliers
Fight for Boxing Title of
Southern Loop.
BY the Associated Press.

~HARLoTTEsv1LLE, Va, Feb
I ruary 29.-Southern Confer
ence boxers prepared for IL
grueling semi-final matches
here this afternoon, with every indi-
cation that the finals tonight in the
tenth annual tournament will find
Virginia defending her team title
against q determined band of Duke
challengers.
Both teams already have moved
one man each to the finals, while Vir.
ginia will have six men competing
In the semi finals against four ad-
vanced in yesterdays preliminaries
by Duke.
While Virginia had an edge on
the Blue Devils In the number OF
men still in the running, observers
pointed out that In at least three
or four of the semi-final bouts the
Duke entries were heavy favorites
to win, while the Cavalier battlers
appeared in each instance to be up
against stern competition to reach
the finals.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
BISONS VICTORS AGAIN
End Conference Basket Season
With 45-3O Win Over Shaw.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RALEIGH, N. c., February 2s.-
Squirting into an early lead which
never was threatened seriously, How
ard University basketers of Washing
ton trounced Shaw University, 1880,
here last night.
The fray marked the final confer
ence tilt for the Bisons, who finished
the season with II victories, against
Evening star., 1936-02-29

Season Records.
High averages-Weinbere. 10O-15. Mo.
ran. 99-54: Kaufman. 99-l1: Hayes.
ss,41; Miller, a6.2: Bryant. a5-47.
r High indiyidual same-Weinberg. 1853:
~ High individual set-Ryder. 345: Hayes.
Team games and sets-W A, C. g.. $50
and 1918: Transportation. $40 and 500.
High average spares-Weinbers. 1.S1:
;, High average strikes-Kauffman. .29s:
Hayes: ESQ.
High nat same-Klier Q6
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Iigh nat same-Klier, 95.
VETERANS ADMINIsTRATIoN

Season Records.
High team set-Finance.. 1850.
High team game-Appeals. 59S.
High individual game-Taylor (Appeals).
High individual set-Pass tAppeals).
High spares-Crowley fPensions), 1872.
High SATISFACTORILY (Pensions). 80.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
same method If the sailfish is not to
become rarity.
WE HAVE met a lot of fine boa
canfainS hut these man nafu

WE HAVE met a lot of fine boat
captains, but these men natu-
rally want to return to their wharves
and display good catches. The more
fish they show the more customers
they will get on future trips. 1t pays
them to advertise.
The same results. can be obtained
by the use of a camera on board
boat. Fish and captor could be pic
tured-it would take only a minute
and the sail then returned to its ele-
ment.
Now that the country is becoming
"conservation-minded," we hope that
anglers will educate the boatmen
and save the sailfish.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
No Time To Start,

"RESIDES." explained Mr.. Brun-
dage, I'VE have never been SUBJ
sidized by the Government in the past.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
LUTHERAN LADIES.

- HESS 1anS are all agog as the
I pawns 60 marching across the
boards in the District Chess
League tournament at Hotel
Gordon, with the veteran master Vlad-
imir Sournin just half point behind
Donald H. Mugridge, twice champion
of the Capital City Chess Club.
Losing his match game to Sournin
in the fifth round, Martin Stark, Dis
trict League champion, stepped down
from second position to third. and
Mugridge, tenaciously seeking to
maintain his early lead in the skir-
mishes, seized upon draw with canny
Simon Naidel, who threatened to
snatch an outright victory from the
club champ at several dangerous
transpositions.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Brandage Rhapsodic Over Olympic Amity;
Sees U. S. Going Places in Summer Tests.
BY JOHN LARDNER

Other countries operate on govern
ment funds, but We never have, and I
don't suppose this is the best time to
start"
1t certainly isn't. Last year, in the
heat of the argument about partici-
patton, Mr.. Brundage and his support
ers advanced one really sound excuse
for going to Germany: The Olympics
were not Government affair and
every free-born American had right
to compete among the athletes of the
world in open battle.
This argument falls to pieces
II our guys and girls ride to
Berlin on . Federal expense ac-
count.
The Government will be up to It's
ears in Olympic matters ir that event
and every bit of trouble or potential
trouble will carry a nice, fragrant in
ternational implication. However. I
do not think for a minute that the
Government will be seduced into put
ting up the jack. It's a matter for
private enterprise plus the salesman
ship Of Mr.. Brundage.
German Crowd Enthusiastic.
GETTING back to Garmisch-
Partenkirchen, Mr. Brundage con-
cedes that We took a healthy shellack-
ing there and conducted ourselves
generally like group of Hawaiian
surfboard riders in snow bal fight.
1--WE are way behind the Europeans
in this business of Winter sports. I"
said the peerless leader. But wait
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Stark and Mugr;dge Headline
As Chess Tourney Continues
Nfth.round finals:

Konrad Willnich Of Germany sur
rendered his consolation honors when
he won from Ramme in the nth round.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Popping Off
Continued From Sixth Page.)

seems to hop like a real rabbit and
even squeaks a little.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

w yHAT promises to be one Of
w the. the hottest t'ssa and and a. a, tn. tn:
friendliest bowling hattles
Evening star., 1936-08-22

40 900 900 members in Europe. There
also is another organization. known as
the Christian Fighting Corps" which
is bending every effort to establish
ment of international accord. This
group. DR.. Gray said, is working on
the theory there Is no way for peace
unless it is a peace established on
religious content.
There is now being organized
an Anglo German Brotherhood also
dedicated to peace. The new organiza-
ton of German women's groups. the
Deutzche Frauenwerke. with 10000 900
members. also is Fundamentally in the
struggle for world peace, DR.. Gray
said This group has 100000 women
active in support Of its foreign de-
partment," which is seeking to work
with the women Of other countries in
behalf Of peace.
THE peace movement Is a strong
force in European life today" DR..
Gray said. 1T is a movement which
has the support Of almost every class
and group. Europeans realize that an.
other war would be disastrous to their
civilization. The peace work is not
supported alone by the labor elements.
The intellectual groups feel they must
play part in the development of
world peace and there are many active
international peace groups"
DR.. Gray said Hitler and the Nazi
government have the solid support of
the German people because of the
general feeling in Germany that the
government is sincerely seeking to i'm
prove the conditions under which they
live. He said the morale of the German
people Is very high.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
A. B. BROWNE DIES;
NATIVE Of CAPITAL
Official of Realty Firm Ex-
pires During Visit in
Connecticut.

Alexander Britton Browne. 81. vice
president of Randall H. Hagner g. Co.
and a member Of one of the Oldest
and best known families OF Washing
ton. died today in Madison. Conn,
where he and Mrs Browne were
visiting at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
King Whitcomb.
Mr. Browne had not been in good
health for about a year. but his death
was not preceded by any immediate
illness.
Mr. Browne was born in Washing
ton on June 90 1885. a son of the
late Adds B. Browne and Mrs. Mary
Delahay Browne.
In 1904. he joined with Randall H
Hagner in forming the real estate
company of that name and since that
time has been closely identified with
some Of the most important real
estate transactions in this city. He
was particularly interested in de-
velopment of the Connecticut avenue
section.
He was member Of the Washington
Real Estate Board, the Metropolitan
and Chevy Chase Clubs of this city
and the Maryland Club of Baltimore.
Mr. Browne is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Catherine M. Browne; a son, Al
exander Britton Browne, jr.; his
mother, Mrs. Adds B. Browne; a
brother, Adds Browne Of Chicago. and
a sister. Mrs. Walter Boyden of South
Dartmouth. Mass.
The remains are to be brought to
Washington tonight. with notice OF
funeral arrangements to be given later