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Evening star., 1937-04-28
Babe Criticized Him.

p UTH last Winter criticized him for
playing in bandages and predicted
his iron-man record would hasten the
end of his playing career. Gehrig de-
Tended himself by insisting he is not
playing for the sake of his record.
He likes to play bail.
The history of the stalWart Ger
man-American giant bears him out.
Veteran Yankee scribes tell the story
of Gehrig, back in 1925, asking to be
sent back TO the minors. Il want
to play ball" he told Higgins. At
the time Pipp seemed ready to go on
and on, and Gehrig was rusting and
fretting on the bench. Il go crazy
on the bench" he was quoted, and
apparently this would still hold.
How much longer will he last? No
one can say. The odds against him
mount with every performance. PraC-
tlce throws, flies, liners fly all around
every day. Base runners spikes fash
and crunch inches from his feet.
Pitchers knock him down with fast
balls TO drive him away from the
plate. To all these dangers he has
been exposed, and even felt their
mlSeries.
A teammate probably summed it up
| as well as anybody when Gehrig was
struck on the jaw with a pitch one
day in batting practice He retired 70
the dressing room for repairs, and
! somebody asked him If he thought he
| could play When he can't play"
| one of the Yanks said, you won't be
able to ask him IN the vicinity OF
ball park He'll be strapped to a hos
pital bed"
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Should Be Called Artists,

ALL other things except sports
professional is a teacher Who
teaches for pay, but whatever builds
up the golf game helps the profession
ais, since it gives them work Great
golfers should be called artists or
experts regardless of whether they
are amateurs or professionals. The
fact is that almost all fine golfers
would remain amateurs all their lives
were it possible to do so and still play
for prize money. AS it is, a young
player of exceptional ability and little
money has no chance in the world
to display his skill unless he becomes
a professional. The result is that our
supply of professionals is overstocked,
while our touring golfers all have to
bear what is virtually stigma-the
name of being professional
Look. for example, at two of our
very great golfers-Bobby Jones and
Lawson Little. 1t became both neces-
sary and profitable for Bobby Jones
to become a golf writer. and also a
moving picture golfer. His great skill
| forced him into these paths of max
ing money. His reputation as a club
/ designer forced his connection with
sports manufacturing concern.
/ Forcing him TO become profess
sional took away the public interest
in the national amateur tournament.
/ Finally Lawson Little made a kill
/ ing but he has not the same public
favor that has Jones. even though he
has wonderful game. Both Jones
and Little should be playing in the
national amateur every season"
All Of which sounds like a reason
able view. Wonder what the U. S.
/ G. A. would think about it.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

~ ROSELYI1NG IN golf Is some
- thing you don't hear much
about. You hear plenty Of
conversation about subsidizing
foot ball players and other amateur"
athletes, but when it comes to anna
teur golfers accepting money for their
skill at the game, or other little emo
luments, you don't hear much about it,
even though it's done.
But If William w. Hinshaw, Fred
McLeods playmate at Columbia, had
his way, amateur golfers VINO can't
afford to play the tournament circuit
would be allowed to capitalize on their
skill and remain amateurs. AS the
situation now stands, HinshaW says,
the amateur game is too snooty for its
own good. Many fine amateurs cam
not stand the financial gaff, he says,
and they are forbidden by the anna
teur code from accepting money.
1T is my belief" he says, that it
would greatly aid in building up the
game if amateurs were allowed to play
for prize money and allowed to work
for a golf merchant, write newspaper
articles on golf or do anything else
lucrative excepting to teach golf
technique for money!"
Evening star., 1937-04-28
mQ&;$ QRBz@
S?E$ZzF4R8 W
BY BURTON HAWKINS

TONY LAZZERI handled hot
ones long before he started
Unfolding for the Yankees
-. He was an apprentice
riveter Benny Bortnick, the
blubbery graphing referee, is nurs-
Ing badly infected arm the
result of a canvas burn acquired
when being used as mop by La
verne Baxter at Turner's Arena
-. Benny may not be able to Off
cite. if it may be called that, to-
morrow night . and many fans
will be happy if he doesn't.
Untz Brewer and Roy Mackert,
whose names are inscribed indelibly
in the annals of Maryland Univer-
sity athletic achievements, were
buddies in the Army during the
World War Untz argued Roy,
a bruising tackle and fullback, into
going there Harvey Walker Of
the Cincinnati Reds and Gerald
ditto of the Detroit Tigers, both Of
whom are hitting heavily at pres
ent, are brothers
Ralph De Palma, famous auto
speedster, used the same motor for
IL years, transferring it from one
chassis to another . and the en-
gine employed by Wild Bill Cum
mings when he captured the 1884
Indianapolis was years old
Billy Bullock's broken left hand has
healed and the local lightweight
will start swinging again shortly.
If Ivan Nedomatsky, Maryland's
recent gift to professional fighting,
goes anywhere in the ring, he
probably will be thH first college
Evening star., 1937-04-28
HORSE STIMULATING
PENALTIES SEVERE
Chicago Legislature Passes Bill
Providing for Jail Terms
as Well as Fines.

&PRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April % LP-
Bills providing jail terms and fines
for the administration of stimulants
or depressants to race horses were be-
fore the Illinois House and Senate to-
day for concurrence.
Each branch of the Legislature
passed without dissenting votes last
night virtually Identical bills amend
ing the State horse racing laws
Penalties would be imposed upon
conviction on charges OF administering
stimulants or electrical gadgets to
speed up thoroughbreds OF the use Of
devices, such as sponges, to slow them
down.
The bills vest the State racing COM
mission with power to grant, refuse,
suspend or revoke licenses TO persons
connected with race tracks and to
impose a IS annual fee for licenses.
The measures also provide that at
least IS per cent of track employees,
except racing officials, must be resi-
dents and citizens of the State for at
least two years.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
OFFICIALS SELECTED
FOR GOLD CUP MEET
Six Events Are on Schedule for
Annual Classic Saturday
at Warrenton.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, April 2s.-Ofi-
cials for the six-brllsh timber
and hurdle races to be sponsored by
the Virginia Gold Cup Association at
Broadview, near Warrenton, Satur-
day, have been announced by George
w. Cutting, secretary and treasurer
of the Race Committee and clerk Of
the course.
Stewards are Algernon S. Craven,
w. Wallace Lanahan, F. Wallis Arm
strong and Harvey D. Gibson. Judges,
Fletcher Harper, Kenneth N. Gilpin,
Harry D. Kirkover. Col. F. S. Greene
and William P. Hurlburt.
Other prominent sportsmen of New
York, Maryland and Virginia will
serve in various other capacities.
The program will start at 23O with
the Agricultural, with the Virginia
Gold Cup Steeplechase, the Virginia
National Steeplechase. the Warrenton
Hunt Cup, the Broadview Steeplechase
Handicap and the Fauquier Plate fol-
lowing in the order named.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Roy Whitford Is Honored,

I'D EDINGER, rolling with the May
hew All-Stars, made four straight
strikes, but won't get the $40 that
is the prize for this rare feat. He'll
have to be content with two bucks,
since his four strikes in a row came
at the end Of the second game and
the start of his third.
The tournament momentarily was
brought to a standstill last night
when the association honored Roy K.
Whitford Of The Star for being the
only bowler to roll in all of the w. C.
D. AS 81 tournaments.
With his teammates and associa-
ton officials gathered around Gait
Burns, circulation manager of The
Star, presented Whitford with a gold
life membership card, the only one
ever given by the Washington City
Duckpin Association. A big basket
of flowers also was given to this
pioneer of Washington bowling.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
1886 Winners Defending.

MERCERsBURG Envy,
which annually produces one of
the strongest prep school track clubs
in the East, will be back to defend
its open crown, while Bel Air High
will defend its laurels in county COM
petition.
Both schools will receive crack
competition, however, such teams be-
ing entered as Baltimore City COL
lege. Forest Park, Gilman Country
School, Mount ST Josephs, Bethes-
da-Chevy Chase and others. Bel Air,
which has annexed county honors for
four consecutive years, is hardly ex-
pected to repeat, having lost a slew
OF stars by graduation Hyattsville,
HagerstoWn, Allegany and Bethesda
Chevy Chase are rated as probable
champions.
Maryland's track team will stage a
dual meet with William and Mary,
which will be run concurrently with
the scholastic meet, due to get under
way at u o'clock.
At l O'Clock Maryland will stack
up against Catholic University in
tennis. and the varsity meet VIII get
under way. Three O'Clock will see
the Maryland-G Georgetown base ball
game start, while an hour later Mary
land will clash with Syracuse on the
lacrosse field
Evening star., 1937-04-28
BERWANGER TO REMAIN

CHICAGO, April % (P1.-Jay Ber-
Wanger, all-America halfback at the
University of Chicago in 1885, and a
Maroon assistant coach last year,
again will help Coach Clark Shaugh-
messy next Fall.
BerWanger, who spent most of his
time with Maroon freshmen in 1886
will work with the varsity backs along
with doing some scouting Base Ball
Coach j. Kyle Anderson probably will
become first assistant to Shaughnessy
replacing Julian Lopez, who resigned
to accept position in Washing
ton, D. G.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

TOURNAMENT time is closing
in on the amateur golf1ng
crowd around Washington.
Il With entries for the Wood
mont Country Club affair next week
to close Friday night with the club
Golf Committee, the amateurs who
aspire to ownership of the bright and
shiny replicas of the Taft and Sher-
man trophies at Chevy Chase have
less than a week to get their names
in to the Chevy Chase Golf Commit
tee, for entries for the tourney close
Monday night. AS soon as pairings
are made, identification disks will be
sent to all contestants.
There is no entry fee for the Wood
mont affair. but charge of five bucks
will be levied against all guests in
the Chevy Chase tourney, in addition
to the handicap restriction Of IA or
less.
old Jupe Pluvius, the best shot
maker of them all, is batting
500 in the business of shutting OH
major tournaments around Washing
ton.
Already he has caused post
pOnement for a week of the
competition for the Keefer Cup
at Chevy Chase, and if he sends
along more of his wet and
sOppy offerings today and to-
morrow he may force putting
off the p. G. A. sectional quail
fication rounds at Indian Spring
tomorrow.
The keefer cup tournament will
be played next Wednesday and Thurs
day, with the original pairings and
starting times. 1t was postponed
when Mrs Bishop Hill, golf chairman
at Chevy Chase, advised Mrs x. D.
Giles, tournament chairman for the
Women's District Golf Association,
that the course would be too soggy
for such an important affair.
THE big laugh on the P. G. A. Sec
tional affair-if it is held tomor-
row-will be when the 35 or so pros
start playing Summer rules through
those fairways. They are certain to
be soft, and the ball will get prac-
tically no run from the tee, but that
isn't all.
Most Of the lads have been
teeing the ball up, using Win
ter rules, for six months, and
for most Of 'em playing the ball
where 1t lies will be new stuff.
And in an important tournament,
too. OF course they'll make some
local rule about buried bail, but
even at best it will be tough slug
ging, with the long hitters having a
decided edge.
Pairings will be made at the tee,
and if Mel Shorey and Leo Walper
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Women Roll for Heavy Prizes Cash Urged Amateur Golfer
Continued From Fourteenth Page }

tive game record, but couple OF
years ago the Yanks played an exhi-
b1tion game in Norfolk, Va. A wild,
fast-ball pitcher struck Gehrig in tho
head. An ambulance siren shrieked.
There were visions of white clad
nurses moving and doctors searching
for skull fracture.
The following day the Yanks played
in Washington. Nobody expected
Gehrig TO be on hand. Nearly every
body except the New York Club at
taches probably thought Lou still was
in the hospital. But there he was at
first base, and the first three times
he came to bat Gehrig banged out
successive triples. 1t was another
record-almost. Dark clouds overhead
swept the mark from his long list by
unleashing g. torrent of rain before the
fifth inning and the game was not
completed.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
RINGER THROWERS
COMPLETE LEAGUE
Maryland Circuit Meets Tonight.
Washington Association Gath.
orc Tom orrou
erS Tomorrow,

FORMATION of the Maryland
State Horseshoe Pitchers League
will be completed at meeting to-
night at the Brentwood Town Hall
Seven teams already are in line In
asmuch as several teams of WASH
ington pitchers are entered, the name
of the league may be changed.
Tomorrow night at 7:30 the Dis
trict of Columbia Horseshoe Pitchers
Association will meet at The Star
sport department. All iron flippers
in the District are invited by Presi-
dent Charles A. Fort. May l has
been set as the deadline for charter
members.
Tryouts for the B section of the
Metropolitan Singles League will be
held Sunday on the courts of Harry
Woodfeld. secretary of the Washing
ton Association, at 1874 Nineteenth
street northeast. The league is open
to all pitchers not classed as A per-
formers.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
CAPITAL SCHOOLS
IN BIG TERP MEET.
46 Teams Will Send Over
400 Athletes to College
Park Saturday.

"HE first direct comparison Of
the strength Of local scholastic
track teams will be afforded
L schoolboy fans Saturday, when
Tech, Central, Eastern and Roose-
velt vie in the interscholastic divi-
SION events in the University OF
Maryland's twentieth annual field day
at. Byrd Stadium, College Park.
With the local public high school
championship meet slated for May
81, scholastic sports followers are
anxious to obtain line on the rela-
tive merit of their clubs, which thus
far have seen little action.
Forty-six schools 80 of which are
in Maryland, have entered more than
400 athletes in the meet, which will
consist of % scholastic track and
field events. Thirteen of these will
be open events, with eight being closed
to county high schools within the
State and mile relay race for mem
berS of the Maryland Interscholastic
Association
Evening star., 1937-04-28

HE boys at East Potomac Park are
worried lest OF Man River, run
ming wild out of his banks, deposits a
3-inch film of clay and mud over
the golf course, as it did in March Of
1896. 1T certainly was a mess said
Shorey, "and while it mightnt be as
bad this time as it was then 1t is sure
to be plenty bad It'll set us back a
good while if it gets as bad as that
because we're right on the threshold
of the golf season."
They are also worried at Fairlawn,
in Anacostia Park, where water cov-
cred the lower holes day before yes
terday, receded and then came back
But they don't get the full sweep Of
the Potomac at Anacostia as they do
at East Potomac.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
DOUBLES. $50.
MAT PRELIMS GOOD
Cox Meets Sledge In Semi-Final
of Show Tomorrow.

Outstanding preliminary talent will
round out the graphing card in sup
port OF the feature match tomorrow
night at Turner's Arena, with Joe
Cox, favorite snarler here, tangling
with Bill Sledge in the semi-fnal to
the Laverne Baxter George Koverly
headline squirming session.
In other matches, restricted to 80
minutes, Jack Kennedy will twist with
Abe Coleman, Jewish acrobatic grap-
pier; Jack Hader will oppose Mike
Sterlich and Wee Willie Davis, gigantic
villain, will toll with Scotty McDougal.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Club Lists Journeys.

4 SERIES OF golf affairs starting
Sunday and running through
September u has been announced
by the Capital Golf and Country
Club, formerly the Bannockburn Golf
Club. Featured is a team match,
Evening star., 1937-04-28
.Omen's Bowling
Tourney Lineup
TONIGHT.
TEAMS, 1..30.

r A Ladies' District Leaguel - E
Swanee Ladies District
Convention Hall ladies District -
Arcadia ladies District -
National Beer Ladies DISTRICT
Highway Engineering ladies District) A
Rosslyn I.adies' District -
Lucky Strike ladies District -
Temple ladies District -
GEORGETOWN ladies District -
Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase IndptD {
Motor Ships ~. 8. Maritime Conn - {
st. Gabrlefs No. l tSodality Union) ---- Z
Steamships GU. S. Maritime Conn., - z
Evening star., 1937-04-28

like that tomorrow at Indian Spring
and the rest Of the field will be trying
to catch Shorey and Walper.
We'll start the tournament unless
it's raining hard at starting time" says
George Diffenbaugh, Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. president and District open
champion. Which means that if the
tournament actually starts it will be
finished. Male golfers, and particu-
larly the pros, have a habit of thumb
ing their noses at Jupe Pluve.
That old guy won't stop us
unless it's raining cats and dogs
at starting time and the course
is unplayable," says George.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
BIG TEN MINES TIED
Illinois Trims Buckeyes to Get
Even With Michigan.
FINAL STANDINGS 1936-37.

CHICAGO, April % (P.-nlinois
was tied with Michigan for the lead
ership in the Big Ten base ball race
today, thanks to another two-hit
pitching Job by Sophomore Ray Poat.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
List of Schools.

the meet:
Baltimore City College Baltimore PoIv
Selair. Bethesda Chevy Chase. Boonsboro
Cambridge: Catonsvile, Central of Iona
coming. Edgewood. Elkridge. Federalsbure
Forest Park. Franklin. Gilman. Hagers-
town. Havre De Grace Hughesville. Hyatts-
vilIe. indianhead. Jarrettsville. Leland
Junlor. Lisbon. Laurel. Margaret Brent of
La Plata. MARYLAND School for Deaf Of
rreder'ck. McDonogh. Middletown. Mount
St Joseph'S Oxford Poolesville Sher-
wood of Sandy Spring, Sparrows Point,
Southern. Towson. Walkersville. Westmin-
ster and Woodland Way Junior of Haeers-
town. all of MARYLAND; Central Tech. East
ern and Roosevelt of WASHINGTON; Handley
High of Winchester Va; Washington and
Lee OF Arlington. Va. and Mercersburs
Evening star., 1937-04-28

The Middle Atlantic ASsocia ton Of
Greenkeepers will hold its May tour
ney next Monday at the Hillendale
Club of Baltimore, with an 1a-hole
tourney for the Dr. Montieth trophy.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

East Potomac Parks Spring open
tourney has been postponed TO next
Monday, with the original starting
times to prevail The flooded course
caused the postponement,
Evening star., 1937-04-28
S934I&Hh ~ fH& H.
r. M>(A
By Walter McCdIIum

retain the keen scoring edge they
showed in little informal match at
washington yesterday, they'll grab
two of those three places. Shorey,
putting like a wizard, waltzed around
the rain-soaked course in 81 wallops,
while Walper was only shot behind
at 68. Mel missed a couple of short
puts on the first nine, notably at the
fourth, where his second shot left him
only 3-footer for an eagle, which
he missed, but his putter turned white
hot over the second nine, which he
played in 80 after getting out in 35.
He canned lengthy puts on the tenth,
twelfth and sixteenth, all for brides,
and played the rest of the holes in
par.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
How WOmen'sPfn
Coin Is Divided
Doubles.

All events in each class-First $5; sec
ond. SO.
Trophy or cup for singles and all events
in each class.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
May % and %, with Frank White
leading one team and Billy Houghton.
brother of Al, leading the other outfit.
The schedule follows:

May 1-@ blind bogey; May 1915. bet
a-mllllon tournament May 22-23, team
match; May 2g-3O. lotto tourney: Juns
ST sweepstakes Cobstacle approaching,
putting and bhndfo!d driving contest;
June l2-l3. HenryWilliams Cup medal
play event: June 26-2T blind bogey, July
3. 4 3. target and driving contest: July
10-l1. Tom Moore Cup medal play for
women July 81 august l. woman team
match; August is. air race; August
1415. Army and Navy tournament:
August 2l-22. sweepstakes; September
a D s. miniature 9-hole match play
tourney. driving and putting contest and
September HE, club championship.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

Five years ago-Wilmer Allison
and Ellsworth Vines gave United
States lead Of 20 over Canada
in Davis Cup play.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
GAME TOO SN0OTY,
H|NSHAW ASSERTS
Would Let Them Capitalize
on Skill in Every Way
Except Teaching.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

~ ROSELYT1NG in golf Is some
- thing you don't hear much
about. You hear plenty Of
Evening star., 1937-04-28

7 ARRUPING LEO, out in 80, spoiled
his score by 6 on the par 4
twelfth hole, where he hooked his tee
shot out of bounds. A couple of scores
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IS NEAR
END OF VOYAGE

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 10.
The small ketch-built and sailed
by Capt. william H. Crowell, Of
Halifax, N. S.-which tied UP ct
the Maryland Yacht Club here
after being battered by storms on
its way to Baltimore, is nearing
the end of its journey to Van
couver, British Columbia.
Dispatches revealed she is IN
San Francisco, about ready to set
sail on the last lap of the journey.
She was in Baltimore last October,
and at that time Captain Crowen
estimated it would take about q
year to finish the journey.
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Z

This is q general knowledge
quiz. Score 10 for each correct
answer.
/. What two political offices
may a naturalized citizen not
hold in the United States?
2. How many pounds in one
package may now be sent by
parcel post?
3. Which State is known as
the Garden State?
4. During whose presidential
administration did the Teapot
Dome scandal come up?
5. What is the meaning Of
the word Eskimo?
6. What is jetSam?
Z. What important product
employs in its manufacture the
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WORLD CHURCH
PLAN OPPOSED

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-The Rev.
III. Frederick H. Knubel, president
OF tne United Lutheran Church of
american, sailed for Amsterdam
m the North German Lloyd liner
Solumous to attend the annual
meeting of the Lutheran World
convention from August "a to 20.
Or. Kubel said in an interview
Lhat he is becoming more and
more opposed to plans for the
establishment OF a world Protes.
,dhtiSm." He said the plan is to
De one Of the leading issues of the
convention.
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use Of dried air bladders of
hake fish?
8. When is Grounding Day"2
8. What title of dignity is APP
piled promiscuously to lawyers
in the United States?
10. Who is known as the
Gear Of BASEBALL?
ANSWERS on Page 16)
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$4,000, 900 ESTATE

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 1S.-An
estate Of more than $4,000, 900
was left by Mrs. Eleanor ElkinS
Rice, member Of a prominent
Philadelphia family and former
wife Of the late George D. Wide
ner, probate of her will revealed
here.
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D. as opinions from
rtrednuftA sHrdd,hs g>nA
lot of Government Officials may with George D.
Riley they all read u. S. Us" in the Herald.
Others don't of their way send him Chsmds cords
and birthday greetings Some octuulY AT him.
the and file Of Government Employees SWEAR
BY George D. Riley column Which quite
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Because IT, S. and U.s. has fought and WON manY bot
tie for the Government Worker whether he employed Wash
that's q fac.
U.S. Us" fought for the poY the discon
dnuance Of paYless uoughs condemned the drioge clause
elimination Of the McKeGr sowing experienced
civil service be replaced by patronage" holed the Civil
Service policy Of Through 4o and other contemplated
personnel changes
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