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Evening star., 1937-03-16

1\WO traditional rivals, who have
battled each other for the past
two years, will play for the
District A. A. u. unlimited
basket ball championship at Heurich's
gym on Thursday night.
District w. P. A., the Rinaldi Tailors
of yesteryear, and Federal Bureau of
Investigation are the finalists, winning
their way into the title round with
semi-flnal victories last night.
Victory for w P A. was espe-
cially sweet, as their victims we're none
other than the defending champions,
the George Washington University
freshmen, whose 1856 combination
was the one to stop the same group of
players who won last night. The
score was 48-4l The Sleuths, Incl
dentally, knocked off the current edi-
ton Of the Rinaldi Tailors, 41-2l, out
CHASING them in every department.
Chick Hollidge, an erstwhile mem
Der of the G. w. frosh before class
room deficiencies forced him out OF
the lineup, played q leading role in
his former mates defeat. He scored
II points, one more than Bobby Lucas
Meyer Aaronson Of the Colonial year.
lines, however, was high-point scorer
for the night, with nine field goals and
free toss for l9 points.
Rinaldi started Out we'll enough
against Investigation, but after over
coming leads of 40 and 30, the
Sleuths were not to be denied The
winners scoring was well divided
among Forrest Burgess, Herbie and
Jimmy Thompson and Carl Mac
Cartee, Burgess being on top with
eight points.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
EXPOSITION TO HOLD
1900 MILE CONTEST
This and Auto Races at Dallas
to Give $4,000 in Prizes.
Other Sports Listed.

ENVISIONING success of the first
inter American sports program,
to feature the Pan-American Expo
sition at Dallas June l2-October 81,
as a result of the friendly Cooper
alton his plans are meeting among
pan-American interests everywhere,
George P. Marshall, sports director
general, today expressed strong hope
that this years program will be the
forerunner to annual or bi-annual
athletic competition among nations
of North. Central and South America.
A 1,200-mile race, with $4,000
going to the first six men to finish,
will be one OF the features. Ten thou
sand dollars also will be distributed
anon winners Of the auto races
which will be staged in the streets Of
Dallas.
Amateur track and field and soccer
contests, to be called the pan-Ameri-
can games, will be conducted with
the aid Of the Amateur Athletic
Union.
Boxing, fourth major event, also
has been listed. Mexico, South Amer
lea, Central America and the United
States will have teams.
Evening star., 1937-03-16

n YEW YORK, March 16-Glenn
Cunningham, undisputed ruler
" Of American mile runners for
several years, may end his
reign over the board tracks tomorrow
night with the Columbian mile at the
knights Of Columbus games at Mad
ison Square Garden.
Cunningham. winner Of all but one
of this Winters important miles, en-
counters his conQueror, Archie San
Romani of Emporia (Kans) Teachers,
Italys Luigi Beccali and his perennial
rival, Gene Venzke Of the New York
A. c., in the feature race of the sea-
sons last and biggest indoor invitation
meet
Although the KanSan has not an
nounced his intention of quitting, he
has only one more race on the Winter
schedule, clash with San Romani
and Indiana's Don Lash as a special
feature of the Butler relays at Indian
apolis Saturday. 1t has been pointed
out, however, that he has been taking
postgraduate work in physical educa-
tion at New York University this year
If he gets his degree and takes up
coaching or a position as physical di-
rector, he will become ineligible for
amateur competition.
Cunningham has won the Columbian
Trophy the last four years, taking two
cups permanently, and it was in this
race that he set his world indoor mile
record of 4:08.4 in 1894.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Fights Last Night
BY tie Associated Press.

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LANCASTER. Pa.-Jimmy Lancaster
1913, Wilmington. Del. and Jackie Kid
Carter, $50. Pittsburgh. drew tS):
Steve Kahley. 155, Hazleton. Pa. out
pointed Johnny Pastor, 1877. Hights-
town; n, J. I6). ~
134h. Windsor. Ontario outpointed
Tommy Spiegel. 1341a. Uniontown, Pa.
RICHMOND. Va.-Nick Camarata
1921. Richmond defeated Jimmy
Tramberia. 1341a. Baltimore. Nd. GO),:
Frank Tymosko. 1872, Richmond,
knocked out Jimmy Ferro. 215. Balti-
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Opening Games Good.

THE other semi-finalists who will
clash in the second game tomor-
row are Eastern and st. John'S-and,
judging from last nights perform
ances, what a game that will be
Eastern, one of the few teams to hold
an edge this season over the cadets,
private school champions had its
hands full in turning back courage
Gus and surprisingly good Sherwood
five, 1927. st. Johns turning the
tables on another of its few con-
ouerors Of the current campaign, de-
feated Bethesda-Ch Chase, 24-16-
an 8-point margin which represented
the same difference by which it
bowed to the suburban team earlier
in the campaign.
To the confusion of critics and
spectators alike, Sherwood completely
stole the show by pressing Eastern
The Lincoln Parkers got off to an 30
lead in the first six minutes Of play,
but early in the second quarter, Sher-
wood narrowed the gap to points
difference which stood until the
final period began.
Under the captaincy of Dick Lans-
dale, small, air-complexioned youth,
whose l30 pounds belied his l8 years,
Sherwood put on a quarter
rally which left Eastern gasping for
breath at half-time with its big early
lead sliced to 1913. They battled
throughout the third period with East
ern unable to widen its advantage
more than a point. Not until the last
minutes began, with Eastern holding
2l-17 lead, were the Lincoln Park
ers able to fash the attack which had
been expected long since to bury" the
subur5anS
Evening star., 1937-03-16
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and the pleasure visiting riders have
derived from competing in races spon-
sored by other hunts has resulted in
stimulation Of interest In the game
when they return to their home hunt
ing counry.
60 LONG as the restrictions are
made ironbound to assure the
elimination of race horses and the
the point to point will continue to
achieve its purpose. Warrenton, for
example, specified that any horse
starting must have been hunted at
least six times during the season by
the owner.
Middleburg outlaws horses
that have been raced within re-
cent years unless they have
hunted many times during the
last season.
The Redland Hunt. which, SO far as
I know. is the first Maryland pack to
swing into the spirit of the new re-
vival, intends to bar race horses that
have run on the fiat or over jumps
within the last three years from its
meet on April 3, and will also specify
that horses must have been hunted
half dozen times by the owner.
Conditions for this meet have not
been published yet, but the above in
formation is direct from Thomas T
Mott, NJ. F. H. of Redland and direc-
tor of the point-to-point meeting
Mott states that the course there will
be sufficiently indicated b, flags to
assist strangers in making their way
about the countryside, yet will not be
so ironbound as to prevent man from
riding his own line if he wishes. War
renton also is contemplating work.
| ing some scheme to this effect next
year in order to encourage outsiders
| to come down and join in the fun
although all pointto-point meetings
are staged primarily, of course. for the
benefit and diversion of the people
who hunt in the country.
The Redland race distances
will be between and miles.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Late Rush Decisive.

ONLY the fast pace of an unusually
swift game, uninterrupted by even
the average number of toss-ups, beat
Sherwood. Clint Quantrille, Easterns
elongated center, three times pushed
in double -deckers for his team in that
final quarter, while Claud Colley and
Lee Lusby added the other fatal bas-
kets. Quantrille, incidentally, was a
thorn in SherWood's side from start
to finish, dumping through the f1sN
snowbird before the game was 80 sec.
onds old and following with another
inside the next minutes.
Lansdale, the aforementioned Sher-
wood leader, was one of the two out
standing players for the losers, con-
tinuing the brand of play which mas
seen him average better than II points
per game in Is starts. The other
"hero" for the losers was Harry Mus
grove, who held Russ Lombardy, East
ern's leading scorer. to solitary point.
Jombardy hardly ever was free to take
q shot at field goal.
BY their stand, the losers gave
Judges Jim Pixlee and Fod Cotton
their first tough decision of the series,
for theirs is the task of determining
the best suburban quints by their
showings in losing or winning stands.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
TITLE TABLE TENNIS

Entries for the third annual Dis
trict of Columbia table tennis cham
pionship close at O'Clock tonight at
the Earle Tennis Club, scene Of the
tournament, 403 Eleventh street.
Competition begins tomorrow night.
Junior singles will be the first event
on the program, starting at o'clock.
Mems singles, the only other division
slated to see action tomorrow, start at
7:30 o'clock. Women's singles, mems
doubles and mixed doubles start
Thursday.
Entry fees Of 25 cents for juniors, so
cents for women's singles and teams
and IS cents for mems singles prevail.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
TAKES BASKET CROWN

National Savings & Trusts basket
ball team clinched the championship
Of the Northeast Community Center
League at Langley Junior High School
last night when 1t routed the Marvin
Methodists, 1921. The bankers thus
qualified to represent that center in
the play-off series between community
center champions.
The Methodists, who defeated the
eventual champions last week to win
the second-half title, were no match
for their rivals last night, making but
seven field goals Woodin was the only
one to score more than one. National
Savings, meanwhile, found plenty of
points in Fox, Cabell and Wells, who
scored 26 points among them.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
MERRICKS GAIN PLACE
Defeat Clarke's to Qualify for
City Wide Court Play.

Merrick Boys Club unlimited bas-
ket ball team will represent the
Southeast Community Center in the
city-Wide play-off series between Gen.
ter champions as a result Of its thrill
ing 1892 victory over Clarke's Service
Station for the Southeast title last
night.
Overcoming 2l-14 lead held by
Clarke's at half time, the Merrick
courtmen put on one Of the greatest
rallies seen in the Hine Junior High
School gym this season to COP the
championship. Katz, Crisaful and
Mougello all found the basket for
three field goals to lead the Merrick
drive.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Mat Matches

NEW YoRK:--George Koverly, 21s.
HOLLYWOOD. Calf. threw Hank Barber.
219. Boston 1852.
ATLANTIC CITY. N J.-Ed .Meske,
21S, Akron, Ohio, VS. Joe Dusek 221.
Omaha. Nebr...- declared no contest.
26:15 lboth fell out of ring:
LOWELL Mass.-Danno O'Mahoney.
229, Chicago, two straight falls.
SYRACUSE. N. Y.-George Clark.
Scotland, threw Wally Dusek, Omaha.
1897.
PORTLAND, Me-Curly Donchin.
1S9. Milwaukee. defeated Cowboy
Hughes, 1874. Tulsa. Okla. two out q
three falls.
SCRANTON. Pa-Chief Little Wolf,
220. Trinidad. colo, and Stanley Pinto,
216, California. drew.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
K0VERLY ON MAT CARD
Will Grapple Sterlich Thursday
in One of Prelims.

George Koverly. who has discovered
the knack of getting in the hair Of
Washington's caulif1ower colony, will
face Mike Sterlich in the most prom
ising of three Commute prelimi-
naries on the weekly grapple card at
Turner's Arena Thursday night.
In other matches restricted to 80
minutes Wee Willie Davis, who alter
mates in turning from wrestling to ref
ereeing and back again, will tackle the
sneering Jim Coffeld, and Bluebeard
Bill Lewis will squirm with Harry Fin
kelStein.
Co-featured matches list Rudy Du-
SEX, boss of the chain of twis.ers who
haunt this sector, tangling with Hank
Barber, former Dartmouth foot ball
star. and Joe Dusek meeting Ed.
MeSke
Evening star., 1937-03-16
SETS MARK IN PIN WIN

Twice smashing a five-year record
in q single night, Leonard L. Nichol-
son, Sd, won the annual bowling
championship of Chevy Chase Club.
Nicholson rolled games of l72 and
lit to break the former mark of Ill.
The winner will receive cup donated
by Chevy Chase's Board of Governors.
Second and third prizes were won
by Frank P. Reside and Tinsley Gar
nett.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
totals 16 . "a Totals

Totals --16 . "a Totals 3 II
Referees. Mitche and o. Mitchell.
Roofing Gives Thrill.
"A LMosT as colorful as the night
cap itself was the roofing duel
between the crack st. Johns Band
and the organized cheering of Bethes-
day-Chevy Chase, led by two girls and
two boys in neat white uniforms.
The Johnnies got the first chances to
Sell-and blow-when their favorites
ran up an 8-to-0 lead.
But the BIC. c. crowd aWoke with
a salvo of cheers just after the Sec
ond period started, when Bill Fuller,
Larry Snyder and Leon Vannais
counted in rapid-fire order, inter-
rupted only by Joe Gallagher's mid
floor shot. The counter-rally cut the
Cadets lead to points as they left
the floor with score of 10 to 8 at
intermiSsion.
Jack (Ace) Reyes, Jim Giebel and
Gallagher. however, put the game .,'on
l.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
One Big Score Game.

A MOTHER Well-backed title ia
- vorite, Denver Sideways, allowed
its reserves to play most Of the time
while beating Oberlin, Kans., 81 to 81
The Hollywood Stars, boasting five
of the players who won A. A. U. run
ner-up honors last year and later
Olympic tournament laurels, had to
use its first stringers most of the way
for a lively 55-37 win over ECkers
of Salt Lake City.
Posting the highest score OF the
first two days, the Walla Walla, Wash.
Mitchells crushed an outclassed Gin
cinnati Kings team, Sc to 26, in open
ing the second round
Evening star., 1937-03-16
SOFT BALLERS TO MEET.

Arlington Presbyterian Church's
soft ball team will meet at Manager
Jack Bradford's home Friday night at
8. The following are to report:
Gruber, Lawhorne, Butterfeld Bow
ers, Fox. Hines, Heflin, Wallace,
Bullen, BTassie, Petrie, Ktrschiner,
Garrison, Butler, Reys, Wolf and
johnson.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
RACE WILL HONOR
MEMORY Of LA|NG
Gold Cup Board Makes Sew
eraI Changes for Warren
ton Program May |.
Ey q stan CORRESPONDENT o. nae s,ar.

S$: $ s:: $:':; :' 4: 4:
annual steeplechaSe meet
held here on the estate Of A. B. Hag-
ner, announced today the establish
ment of a new race commemorating
the name of the late Noel Laing, in
ternationally known Virginia gentle
man jockey and amateur trainer.
The race will be called the Noel
Laing Memorial and will be run l Y
miles over hurdles for a purse of $500.
Entries will be limited to maidens
and winners of one race.
Only few months before his death,
Laing arose from sick bed last May
to come to the Gold Cup meeting and
ride the winners of both the big races
the Gold Cup and the Virginia
Grand National. He was one of the
most popular figures in hunt racing
here and in England, where he went
in 1888 to ride in the Grand Ma
tional.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
A. A. L. Tourney
BY the Associated Press.

Long Island u. IS; West Texas
Teachers. 30.
Arkansas State Teachers 81: Gen.
tral Oklahoma Teachers. "a
Drury College. 81; Panhandle A. 81
M. Is.
Oklahoma City u. "a; Idaho South
ern Branch, 81.
Walla Walla Mitchells, SO; cincin-
natl Kings. 3f.
Central Missouri Teachers. so;
Stephen Austin Teachers, "a.
New Mexico Normal, Al; South
western Oklahoma Teachers. "a
Hollywood Stars. So: Eckers of Salt
Lake ~.
Denver Sideways, 54; Oberlin
tKansD 81.
Wichita Gas, 35; Cleveland Brass,
80.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
May Help Mount Rainier.

MOUNT RAINIER S loss last night
incidentally. may prove to be a
blessing in disguise. The Mounts
were forced to travel by bus most of
yesterday afternoon over snow covered
roads to reach the scene of their
game and then make the return trip
last night Permission was sought to
allow them days holiday from school
today to catch up on some much
needed sleep, but had they won last
night they would have been forced
to make another trip to play for the
title.
Girls also were to make their first
appearance in The Star tournament
today. This afternoon. sextets from
Mount Rainier and Bethesda Chevy
Chase were playing a preliminary to
the Mount Rainier-G. w. boys game
while tonight traditional rivalry was
to be fought out in tonight's prelimi-
nary between the laSsies of G. w
High and Westinghouse.
Winners of the two girls games will
meet for one of the three champion
ships on Saturday afternoon. while
the boys winners will be opponents
in one of the two semi final games
earded for tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Several Program Changes.

THE Gold Cup Committee also an
nounced today several other
changes in the set-up Of its annual
program, which is to be run on May l
this year
The Agricultural Purse, for farmers
horses, has been changed from fiat
to hurdle race; the Warrenton Hunt
Cup, formerly race for maiden tim
ber horses, has been converted into
a 1i2-mile hurdle race with q purse
Of $500. and the Gold Cup and the
Virginia Grand National, which again
carries $500 purse, have been
placed as the second and third events
on the program, respectively.
With the addition of the Laing
Memorial race, the Gold Cup sched-
uled now has a total of six events
Evening star., 1937-03-16
VII. AND MOUNTS
PLAY AT MATINEE
St. Johns, Eastern Advance
at Expense of Bethesda
and Sherwood.
BY BILL DISMER. JR.

TINE first appearance of local
high school basket ball team
other than Eastern in The
Evening Star metropolitan
championship tournament since the
annual classic began in 1898, and an
inter-suburban rivalry feature the Sec
ond days play of the fifth annual
competition this afternoon and to-
night in Tech High Schools gym.
Western, new interhigh champion
and the team to break three-year
stranglehold of Eastern upon that
title. makes its debut in local school,
dom's greatest tourney at o'clock to-
night when it faces what has been
termed the toughest scholastic five in
Northern Virginia-George Washing
ton of Alexandria,
This afternoon a gallant little
Mount Rainier team, which last night
lost its first game of the season when
1t was eliminated from the Western
Shore championships at HagerStown
by Allegany High of Cumberland,
meets another tough Virginia entry,
WaShington-Lee of Balston. The
Presidents have been quoted by the
freshmen coaches of George Washing
ton U. and Maryland as the best op-
position their charges faced all year.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Both Defenses TiEht.

RUT just as they had loosened, 20
did the suburbanites tighten their
defense in the last quarter, when they
held the Cadets to points. The pri-
vate school champions, however,
countered with even q tighter defense
in the last eight minutes, holding
their opponents scoreless from the
floor and giving them only one point
from the foul line.
The clean play of the losers was
one Of the features of the evenings
performances, only three personal
fouls being called against them in the
entire game. Indeed, it seemed to
be characteristic of both suburban
losers, as only five personal fouls
were called against Bethesda Chevy
Chase
Evening star., 1937-03-16
J. c. C. CLINCHES TITLE.

Flash" Gordon, Wilson Teachers
star, led the Chidakels to a 1924 VIC
tory over the Metros last night TO
clinch the championship of the Jewish
Community Center League. Gordon
rang the bell for IL points.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
SOFT BALLERS TO PLAN.

An organization meeting of the
Community Center Soft Ball League
will be held at Central High School at
7:30 o'clock on Thursday night. Eight
teams will make up the loop, which
will play half Of It's games indoor and
half outdoor.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
LOOP FRANCHISES OPEN.

Managers Of teams seeking fran
chises in the Federal Base Ball League
are requested to have representatives
at the reorganization meeting of that
loop tonight at 8 o'clock at the Atlas
Sport Shop.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
WESTERN MAY GET BID

beang ConS1dered TOT tourney at
Glens Falls, N. Y.
A further incentive to make q good
showing in The Star tournament lay
before Western as it learned it was
being considered as an entry for the
annual Eastern States tournament at
Glens Falls, N. Y.
Coach Cliff Moore, announcing the
tourney would start on April dur
ing the Easter holidays-said he saw
no reason why the Red Raiders would
not 60, especially should they earn the
title Of Metropolitan champion in the
current tourney.
Evening star., 1937-03-16

ice" in the third period-the biggest
scoring quarter of the game-when
they partially solved Bethesda Chevy
Chase's zone defense and kicked in
with II points. Cleverly shaking him.
self free under the suburbanites' bas-
ket three times, Reyes dumped in as
many snowbirds, while Giebel and
Gallagher contributed one apiece.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Cut to 16 Today.

Cut to 16 Today.
THE field, which listed As teams
Sunday, will be cut to Is at the
end of todays ll-game program.
Tournament fans tonight will see the
most glittering team Of them all from
the standpoint of individual stars
the Bartlesvllle, Okla, Oilers, Mis-
souri, Valley League champions and
No. faVorite to succeed Mcpherson,
kans., as national champion.
Mcpherson is not entered this year.
Bartlesyille, with such master cage
craftsmen as Charley Hyatt. Joe For
tenberry, Bur Browning and Jay WAL
lenstrom in its regimentals, meets the
Wichita Gas club.
Central Missouri Teachers, sharing
with Long Island U. the distinction
of being seeded college team, passed
and short-shot the Stephen F. Austin
Teachers Of NacOgdoches, Tex, out
Of the tournament, so to "a.
Evening star., 1937-03-16

QUINT TO FINISH SEASON.
Flying Eagles will play their last
basket ball game Of the season at
Roosevelt High tonight when they
meet District w. P. A. at $50 o'clock
Evening star., 1937-03-16
Western Meets c. W. High unt Tonight
LONG ISLAND FINDS
Al j. PACE FIERY
Seeded Five Is Pressed to
Get by First Round in
National Meet.
BY the Associated Press.


~ ENVER, March l6-Perform-
ing brilliantly and staging
/ exciting rallies, favored
teams in the National A.
A. U. basket ball championships are
making the pre-tournament prophets
look better every day.
The first contingent of seeded quin-
tets sailed through initial opposition
safely. Only Long Island University,
a gallery favorite, had anything like
a squeeze.
The L. I. U. Shotmakers banged in
field goals from gambling distance all
through the game to subdue West
Texas Teachers, talleSt team in the
tourney, 1890.
Evening star., 1937-03-16
OLD BASKET FOES
P[AyA.A. U.F |NAL
Title Match Thursday Will
Bring Together W. P. A.,
SIeuth Quints.

TWO traditional rivals, who have
battled each other for the past
two years, will play for the
District A. A. u. unlimited
Evening star., 1937-03-16
RACING SOON ENDS
FOR CUNNINGHAM
Studies at New York U. Are
to Rob Track of Great
Mile Runner.
~ the Associated Press,

n 7 EW YORK, March 16.-Glenn
N Cunningham, undisputed ruler
| " of American mile runners for