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Evening star., 1937-02-26
Jesse Owens Finds Pro Track Is Poor Piclxings


tonight :. Col. Rupert has been
using the man-to-man defense
against his holdouts so far, but
after tomorrow they'll be scattered
all over the country and he'll have
to shift to the zone Anything
can happen if Make Baer fights in
London this May Imagine a
coronation with Make.
This labor strife is getting Sc
rious it may spread even to the
college foot ball players Amer
ican Middleweight Champion Fred.
die Steele has an abnormally low
pulse beat it's only A, and the
average Is around II >. Joe Gould
spells Max Schmeling's name with
two "l's" .. but any way you spell
Evening star., 1937-02-26
BY BOB CAvAGNARO.
YEW YORK, February 26 R).-
| Fawncy, my dear Eustace. i

FdWQcy, my Qedr EuSLdC6, II
VI you will Cor cam. the idea
4 of Jack Doyle being fstic
sensation in the fog belt, or, for that
matter, anywhere.
But he is-the biggest draw in
London, drawing as much as $4,000
a chunk.
The authority for the foregoing is
47-year-old Brig. Gen. Alfred Cecil
Critchley, London sports promoter and
prominent international amateur golf
er. He laughs every time he thinks of
Doyle and his sudden popularity.
You know, three years ago bought
Doyle for something like $4,000 and he
Immediately ran out on me-" smiled
Critchley, himself an amateur heavy
weight champion almost a quarter
century ago.
Proves Good Investment.
LIE WENT to the United States,
and after he was flattened by
Buddy Baer in one round, lost in
terest in the investment" he con-
tinued. But when he returned to
England and started to box for fairly
good-sized purses, slapped lien on
his earnings, and now get Is per
cent of his purses. I'm getting my
money back, plus trimmings.
But the funny part of it is that
Doyle's shocking fighter with chin
of the cheapest glass He's perhaps
the poorest fighter I've ever seen, but
he has a good right hand. It's un-
predictable what he'll do with 1t and
the crowd goes wild when he enters
the ring"
A few days before sailing for a golf
sojourn in Florida, Critchley saw
Doyle score a six-round technical
knockout over Harry Staal of Holland.
'It was a funny fight" he recalled.
"Doyle's head was almost knocked
off in the first round, and he held his
side in the second rs If he had been
struck a low blow I thought he
might claim foul. But from the
third round on he was a fighting fool.
The fight attracted a $25,000 house,
and Doyle got around $6,000."
Critchley promotes boxing and hoe
Evening star., 1937-02-26
PING PONGERS BATTLE.

In eight exceptionally close matches,
the ping pong team of the Boys Y.
M. c. A. defeated the Washington
Boys Club paddlers. to 3, on the Y
tables. The high light of the COM
petition was the extra game" victory
Of the Boys Clubs Luttrell over
Dancy by scores of 31-29, 25-23.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
BY SCOTTY RESTON.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ASSOCldGSo 1IcSS oPoItS "I1ISEs
N w YORK, February 26.-
M Americas most successful
amateur last year, Jesse
Owens, perhaps is this
years most unsuccessful profess
sional . there's talk of plenty of
money. but of money there's little
or none Pepper Martins BIRTH
day anniversary is supposed to fall
on Monday, but he won't be cele-
brating he was born February
20, which arrives only once every
four years There are a lot OF
ball players in the National League
who wish he'd arrive only once
every four years.
Lefty Gomez should be signed by
Evening star., 1937-02-26
SPORTS TOUR UNCERTAIN.

FULTON, Mo-, February 26 R.-
Helen Stephens, 100-meter Olympic
champion, has announced that she
may have to postpone her proposed
trip to Mexico because of government
troubles there. She was to give q
series of exhibitions in Mexico about
March /.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
BOOST LIEBER'S PAY.

HAVANA, February 26 R-The
New York Giants have signed Out
fielder Hank Leiber by giving him q
1887 contract for $4,000, plus a
s2,500, bonus if his batting is salts
factory.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Today year ago-Winston
Guest dropped from 10 goals to 9
in general revision of United
States indoor polo handicaps.
Three years ago-Denny Shute
won $4,000 Gasparilla open golf
tourney in playoff with Horton
Smith, 72 to "a.
Five years ago-Ernie Schaff
easily won 10-round decision from
Young Stribling, flooring rival in
fourth round.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Greco, Slant Take Bouts.

GULLY GRECO, dropped for a nine
count in the first round, rallied
to knock out Dick Middleton, Miami
165-pounder. after / minute and 18
seconds of the second round. and Fred
Slant, substitute Cardinal light-heavy-
weight, clinched the match by winning
a technical knockout over AL Czaky.
Czaky was unable to continue after a
hectic second round in which Slant
pummeled him numerically.
115-pound class-Bernstein &C. ~.
outpointed Bunny Lowett. three rounds.
l25-pound class-Catholic U. forfeited
to Miami.
135-pound class-Scotty Mclaughlin
Miami won technical knockout over
Nestor Martinez. first round.
145-pound class-Catholic U. forfeited
to Miami.
155-pound class-Joe Bunsa &C. u
knocked cut George Doland. second round.
165-pound clasS-Sully Greece (Catho-
lie u won technical knockout over Dick
Middleton. l minute Is seconds. second
round.
I75-pound class-Fred Slant &C. u1
won technical knockout over Al Csaky.
second round.
HeavyweiTht class-Miami forfeited to
Catholic U.
Evening star., 1937-02-26

"OR fortnight sporting spirit we
l. offer you the basket ball team
of Mount Rainier High School.
4 In the coming tournament
for the interscholastic championship
of metropolitan Washington, spon-
sored by The Star, little Mount
Rainier, bearing proudly the standard
of Princes Georges County, will lay
upon the altar Of true sport the most
cherished possession of any athlete or
group of athletes-a perfect record.
Under the tutelage of busy Perry
Wilkinson, who doubles in brass as
general athletic coach and class room
instructor, the dribblers of Mount
Rainier breezed through a schedule
of 18 games this season without miss
ing victory.
1t was the right of the II lads who
make up the squad and of their coach
to call it job and contemplate men,
cries of a grand slam, scored in COM
petition with teams Of their own grad
ing. In the years to come what would
have been the season Mount Rainier
was undefeated" now probably will be
lost in the archives unless the Mount
Rainier historians make record of the
spirit of the 1867 team.
Loyal to County.
CHOOTING against teams from
schools with much larger student
bodies, Mount Manner will be long
shot to go far in The Star tourna-
ment, opening March IS at Tech with
eight selected quints of the Metro
politan area engaged, but the young
sters seem bent upon testing them
selves to the utmost.
But more important, they feel that
as champions of Prince Georges
County. unofficial though their title
may be, they should represent that
big stretch Of Maryland in COM
petition in which its participation is
traditional. The only other team in
the county which might have rated
place in the Metropolitan tourna-
ment-Hyattsville- disbanded.
Following is the Mount Rainier rec
ord to date:
Evening star., 1937-02-26
AFTER BAER.PASTOR 60.

DETROIT. February 26 R).-The
Detroit Free Press said that Jack
Kearns, promoter and former manager
of Jack Dempsey, has sent an offer to
Jimmy Johnston of Madison Square
Garden for a fight here between Max
Baer and Bob Pastor.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
BOXERS NECKS GROW
Pillowless Sleep Makes Alabam'
ans Get Larger Collars.

UNIVERSITY, Ala. @-When
Coach Richard Brickates of the Uni
versity of Alabama boxers told his
men to sleep without pillows to
strengthen neck muscles, he started
something, says university publicity
release.
A number of students not out for
boxing followed suit. Their necks
have increased in size until their
shirts won't fit.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
By the Associated Press.

- HICAGO, February 26.-If
you would believe the
signed contracts, Cham
~ pion James j. Braddock
and Challenger Joe Louis will not
be fighting for the world heavy
weight title when they meet at
Comiskey Park June %.
In the contracts the bout is
not mentioned as a championship
affair. There are, however, no
such things as overweight"
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Hockey Results

BY the Associated Press.
National League.
Toronto. 3; Montreal Cauadens, 1.
N Y. Americans. 3; Boston, /,
Detroit. 3; Chicago. l.
American Association.
Tulsa q: St Louis, l.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
GRID AIDE AT OLE MISS.

UNIVERSITY, Miss. February 26
R.-George Doc) Boiler, assistant
basket ball coach and trainer at Mis-
sissippi, will replace Bill Gone Starr
Dietz, former Haskell Indian mentor,
as assistant grid coach at Ole Miss.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Fights Last Night
BY tie Associated Press.

NEW YORK.-Arturo Godoy, 1881,
Chile. knocked out Art Sykes, 1877. Chi
geitina, outpointed Bill Merritt. 1873.
New York (6).
DALLAS. Tex-Tom Beaupre. 1876.
Dallas, outpointsd Jack Kranz. 1877,
fI PIHiLADELPaIA.-Midget wolgast
1873, Philadelphia. outpointed Tommy
Cross. 1873. Philadelphia 1O); Gus
Dorazio. 1873, Philadelphia, outpointed
Tom Henry. 175. Philadelphia (O
Sapulpa, Okla. outpointed Horatio
Velha. 147. Hartford, Conn. -t10); Joe
Gnouly, 1904. st. Louis. stopped Tony
Montn. 137. Tampa l6).
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Girls Conference Today.
Unlimited Rivalry Keen.

THE unlimited division looms as the
most hotly contested class, with 26
entries striving for the title. In the
145-pound class IA teams are anxious
to snag championship honcrs, while %
teams are sprinkled among the other
three divisions.
Early meet schedule:
FIRST ROUND.
MONDAYS GAMES.
Unlimited Glass.
CAT HEURICH'S.)
8 pm.-District W. P. A. VS.. Congress
f p.m.HNavy Yard Marines VS.. Flying
10 pm-Treasury Department vs. Falls
II5-Pound Class.
(AT NORTHEAST BOYS CLUB.)
7:45 p.m.-Smith's Cleaners VS.. George
town Boys.
IOO-Pound Class.
CAT BOYS CLUB OF WASHINGTOND
y p.m.-Police Boys Club No. 4 VS..
land Boys Club lat Northeast Boys Club.
- p,m;-Merrick Boys Club VS.. Boys
TUESDAYS GAMES.
Unlimited Glass.
(AT HEURICH'S)
p,m.-Rinaldis VS.. oakton Independ-
S pm;mRockvills A. A. VS.. Army Medi-
10 pm-Labor Recreational Association
VS.. Sterling Restaurant.
II5-Pound Class.
tAT HEURICHSD
pm.-Western High School VS.. Metro
politan Police Boys Club.
(AT BOYS CLUB OF WAsHINGTONJ
I30-Pound Class.
ment vs.. Boys Club fieetWinss.
8 p;m.-Northeast Boys Club VS.. Bo-
p.m.-Georsetown Boys Club VS..
Northeast Boys Club Senator's.
(AT MERRICK BOYS CLUB.)
I15-Pound Class.
NC D.n'EsG]ss' 4, Eas]ss' Club Americans vs. Y
7:46 pm.wLangley Boys Club VS..
Northeast Boys Club.
WEDNESDAYS GAMES.
Unlimited Class.
(AT HEURICHS.)
p.m.--National Capital Christ Church
'ss Apnm.Adeorse m washington Freshmen
vs. Silver Spring Merchants.
10 p.m-Railroad Retirement Board VS..
Delaware & Hudson.
/ tAT BOYS CLUB OF wASHINGTON.)
13O-Pound Class.
7:45 p.m.-Lone Stars VS.. Burroughs
Athletic Club.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Glim the Nicknames!

GREGORY (CHUCKY WUCKY)
~ O'CONNOR, center. is a con-
sistent scorer. a dead shot near the
basket and a smart feinter.
Edgar (Sink En- Ed Shinn Is
around whom most of the teams
plays are built He is an excellent
ball handler and floor man.
Latimer Country Miller, forward
is the best defensive player on the
squad He stopped many scoring
rampage when Mount Rainier was
streaking its victories.
George (Romeo) Taylor. guard, IS
q skillful paSser, who spends much
of his time in the back court feeding
the sharpshooters.
These are the regulars, but rating
well with them is the No. l substitute,
Bartlett (Squeaky) Dorr, with Thomas
Newell, Herbert Reed, Lawrence Louk,
Kenneth Taylor and Ted Stell filling
in capably.
We've been handing it out all sea-
son." the Mount Rainier youngsters
tell you, looking to The Star tourna-
ment. but we can take it, too"
Reg'lar fellers. every one of 'em.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
BunSa Evens Score.

GUINAN, however, hoped into the
ring to serve as a stooge for Joe
Church, rated one of the smoothest
fighters in collegiate ranks, in an ex-
hibition. Church, member OF the
last Olympic team and winner over
Leu Gevinson when the local profess
sional featherweight fought as an
amateur last Summer, amazed spec
tators with his proves.
Dave Bernstein, polished Cardinal
115-pounder, easily outpointed Bunny
Lovett, but Catholic University soon
was placed in an unenviable spot as
Scotty Mclaughlin, Miami lightweight,
scored second-round technical
knockout win over Nestor Martinez.
The Cards trailed. 2-3, at this point,
the other victory coming through
Miami's forfeit Of the heavyweight:
bout.
Joe Bunsa. Catholic 155-pounder,
soon pulled the local lads up on even
terms, however, dropping George
Dolan into the press bench for a
knockout after as seconds of the sec
ond round. Dolan was hoored for a
nine count in the first round before
he fell victim to an authoritative
right.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
CARDS END BOXING
BY BEATING MIAMI
Record of C. U. Ring Season
Shows 5 Wins, 2 Draws
Against Lone Loss.

ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
1 boxing team tucked its trunks
Y away for another year today,
jubilant in the knowledge 1t
swept through a stiff schedule of seven
matches with only one defeat to mar
its impressive record Although the
Cards fought draws with Duke and
Maryland and lost to Army, they
scored victories over North Carolina
State, Pittsburgh, Western Maryland
and Miami.
The sunshine boys Of Miami ran a
poor second last night in actual fight
ing as Coach Eddie La Fonds ringmen
wound up their season with a So
triumph despite forfeiting two scraps.
La Fond was forced to forfeit to Miami
in the 125 and las pound classes due
TO the ailing Tex Guinan and Fred Mix.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Bright's Record in Danger.

NORMAN BRIGHT of San Fran
cisco and the Texas rideout twins
Wayne and Blaine, will go after
Bright's meet mark of Is minutes fiat
for 5000 meters.
Tommy Deckard, Indiana's 2-miler;
Harold Manning, outdoor champion
from Wichita, and the veteran Joe
McCluSkey of New York will be shoot
ing at McCluskey's $50 performance
in the steeplechaSe.
Olympic Champion Earle Meadows
of Southern California and Japan's
Suego Ohe should have little trouble
getting over Sabin Carr's A. A. U. rec
ord of IA feet l inch in the pole vault,
with a world record as an added posi-
bility. Dimitri ZaitZ of Boston College
may beat his own So feet Il inch
standard for the Shotput.
Sam Allen of BristoW, Okla, and
Allan Tolmich of Wayne University,
Detroit, both world record breakers at
separate distances this season, head
the field which may shatter the 65-
meter hurdles mark, with Dartmouths
Jack Donovan as third threat.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
BAER TRIP ABROAD
APPEARS GESTURE
New Deal on With Johnston,
but Details of ParIey
Aren't Disclosed.

n YEW YORK, February 26 P).-1t
nj seemed today Make Baer may
have been only fooling again
when he threatened to sail to
England for his fighting, after walking
out Of New York State Athletic
Commission meeting.
Madison Square Gardens promoter,
Jimmy Johnston, who wanted the ex-
heavyweight king for a bout with Bob
Pastor. doesn't want to let him go.
Johnston and Makes manager,
Ancil Hoffman, conferred for several
hours last night over what the latter
said was new deal" details of which
he refused to divulge.
Max Feels Insulted.
WHETHER it had anything to do
w with a report published in De-
troit that Promoter Jack Kearns had
wired Johnston an offer to put on a
Baer-Pastor fight there could not be
learned.
Max considered himself insulted
when New York Athletic Commissioner
Bill Brown referred to him as "a
couple of buns" at the commission
meeting Wednesday. He walked out
of the meeting without giving the COM
mission a chance either to refuse or
grant his application for boxing IL
cense so. the Garden could put on the
Baer-Pastor bout.
At that time, Hoffman announced
Baer would accept a London offer to
meet the winner of the Foord-Farr
fight during the coronation this
Spring. Hoffman said last night, how
ever, that if the new plan" goes
through, the Baer- Hoffman encourage
would cancel its plans to sail next
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1937-02-26

Harold (Pretty Boy) Brown, for
ward, Coach Wilkinson tells you, is
one of the cleverest ball handlers pro-
duced by Prince Georges County in
the eight years Wilkinson has coached
at Mount Rainier.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
Go for VenZke's Mark.

IN ADDITION, the fields in various
other events, making the champion
ships the climax games of the season,
also threaten meet marks at 5000
meters, 3,0O0-meter steeplechase, 1000
meter relay, 65-meter hurdles, pole
vault and shotput
With Glenn Cunningham, Indiana's
Don Lash, Italys Luigi Beccali and
Archie San Domani lining up beside
Venzke in the 1,500-meter field in
what amounts to an Olympic games
re-run," Venzke's year-old record may
be chased right out of existence.
Syracuse Eddie O'Brien, another
member of Americas Olympic brigade,
is back in form, and that spells trouble
for the 600-meter mark of 1:21 O'Brien
set last year. Dick Gill of Boston
College, Al Fitch of Los Angeles and
Sam Miller of Indiana are among the
opposition.
The 1,000-meter record of 2:26.4 has
stood for 10 years since Lloyd Hahn
posted it. Michigan Normal's Abe
RosenkrantZ, San Franciscos Roy
Robinson, Bill Ray of New York and
Abbott Conway of Canada are among
those considered likely to smash it this
week end.
Both the relay records regarded as
tottering are held by New York Uni
versity-2:00.4 for the 1000 medley,
set last year, and 7:09 for the 1900
meter, posted four years ago.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
A.A. j. QU|NTETS
| WEIGH IN TONIGHT
Three Classes for Tourney
Opening Monday Are to
Go on Scales.
" yEIGHING-IN ceremonies fol

w YE1GHING-IN ceremonies Tor
n ! 100, lis and 1870 pound en-
wv trants in the District A. A.
u basket ball tournament,
which will be launched Monday night
at Heurich gymnasium, will be held
tonight at 6 o'clock at the Northeast
Boys Club. The scales will be avail
able until o'clock.
Billy Blake, District Boxing Com
mission inspector, will be in charge of
the weighing-in and reminds players
they must present A. A. U. registration
cards to be eligible to compete.
Girls Conference Today.
A MEETING of representatives of
all girls teams was called today
at S O'Clock at the George Washington
University gym by Helen B. Lawrence.
Several items of interest 10 feminine
players were to be discussed.
Sixty-nine teams will compete in
the torney. with only four teams being
seeded in the mems unlimited division.
In addition to the George Washington
University freshmen, defending cham
pions, which naturally have been seed
ed No. /, other seeded teams are Bureau
of Investigation. District w. P. A. and
Rockville Athletic Association.
Evening star., 1937-02-26

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Luther. 3S: Central. %.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
SET TO SACRIFICE
PERFECT RECORD
Unbeaten in Regular Season,
Carry County Standard
in Metro Tourney.
BY ROD THOMAS

.OR fortnight sporting spirit We
- offer you the basket ball team
/ of Mount Rainier High School.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Puerto Rican Stamp CommemorativeMural
Sale to Start Thanksgiving Day-2OOOOO to Be
 Licked First Day for Mailing Covers

San Juan, Puerto Rico-The post office to which Rockwell Kent att tracted national attenion by his Puerto Rican mural in Washington is going to prove its efficiency November 25, Thanksgiving Day. That day the Puerto Rican com memorative stamp is to be placed on sale at San Juan. During that one day postal employees will lick 200.- 900 stamps for first day mailing covers and good many thousand others will be bought, and attached by philatelists, professional and other wise during what promises to be the busiest day in the history of the San Juan post office.
 For more than a month the post master at San Juan has been receiv- ing packages of self addressed en- velopes and remittances ranging from few cents to several dollars. November 25 a special clerk detail will attach commemorative stamps to each of those envelopes. And there is prospect of @ heavy over- time bill for operators of the can- ceiling machines. To be of value to the stamp collector first day cover of commemorative stamp must bear a cancellation stamp giving the first day date.
 Uncle Sam is making a speciality of giving the stamp collectors the kind of service usually associated with real estate OfiiCes and drug stores. The post cface is perfectly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02

willing to do wholesale stamp lick ing for stamp collectors without ex- tra charge. In fact the post oftice department has some especially skillful commemorative stamp dis pensers. Two of these are to fly to Puerto Rico to man the stamp win- dows during the first day sale.
 Most people go to the post office and ask for 8 stamp and if 1t will stick to the envelope nothing fur- ther is required. The stamp collec- tor asks for more. He wants his stamps in blocks of four. He likes to hunt through @ sheet to get the four best ones. Some want their blocks torn from the upper right hand cor- ner, others insist that they como out of the very center of the sheet. Uncle .Salm's especially trained stamp salesmen know all of these quirks. They are skilled at dispensing stamps the way the collectors want them dispensed. The customers must be satisfied. VI"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02

Friday night will be get-together night for several past members of the Brooklyn A. G. who have long since moved from these surroundings The occasion will be the celebration of the 18th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Leary of 442 Harrel avenue Bridgeport Mr. Leary who known "The Duke" during his days as chief laugh promoter of the B. A. G. will have several ot
 his friends from Brooklyn and Washington Hill as guests Among the members of the club residents of Bridge port who will attend are Dick Peters, William Roger Kamack former member of the local fire department, who will be toastmaster The local delegation plans to leave from Baldwin and Madison streets at o'clock Fri day night Mr. Leary been employed by the New Ha- ven railroad for the past 20 years.