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Evening star., 1937-02-24
TWO BOUTS READY
F0RBAERRETURN
Foord or Farr in England,
Pastor in New York Are
Prospective Foes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, February 24.-Max
nj Adelbert Baer. who was ready
VI to retire from the ring for good
L after dropping his heavyweight
championship to Jim Braddock aud
then absorbing q beating from Joe
Louis, was back in the midst of the
fight argument today with two bouts
waiting for him.
Max has contracts for a bout II
England May against either Ben
Foord or Tommy Farr and for bout
here against Bob Pastor in Madison
Square Garden March 19 He also
has British promoter. Brig. Gen.
Alfred Cecil Critchley. on hand to
persuade him to go through with the
London fight.
The affair may be settled at today's
meeting Of the New York State Ath-
letic Commission. when the Pastor
bout will come up for approval. Max
was summoned for questioning about
his often damaged hands and perhaps
some other matters, before the New
York solons would approve the match.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Was Right in '35 and '36.

IN MARCH, 1885, starting his first
season as manager, Dresser shuffled
his eighth-place team of the year be-
fore, added new blood" and declared
cockily: We'll finish sixth"
Few believed him, but he was right
Last year he told a preseason civic
base ball dinner: We'll finish in fifth
place" and again he proved correct
Refusing to commit himself today.
Dresser declared, Il never saw base
ball game won in hotel lobby yet,
and I'm not going to try winning them
that way now. We've got lot of fine
material, the boys seem to have plenty
of spirit-and I'm hoping for fourth
place, but not predicting thing"
Evening star., 1937-02-24
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

d oBERT c. MARSHALL, now
~ in charge Of sports at the
Roanoke (Va.) High School, has
been appointed director of ath-
letics at George Washington Uni
versity. Marshall will begin his
duties next Fall, with full authority
to institute a progressive system.
A new set record for duckpins
in the District was made by Ray
Chaplin, anchor man for the Con-
tinentals in the District League.
Remarkable for his consistency.
Chaplin put together two games OF
143 and another Of 148 for . new
high set Of 434.
Mike Martin, trainer for the
Washington Base Ball Club, has
left for Atlanta, Ga. to prepare
for the squads arrival next week.
Upon Martin devolves the task OF
seeing that every detail for the
comfort Of the Nationals while
conditioning themselves Is met.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Legion Commanders Clash.

COMDR. j. BRYAN
HOBBS of the Baltimore Amer
ican Legion has an idea he can whip
Horace Lneburg. local department
commander, bowling. His chagrin led
him to challenge the Capital Legion
naire after his Oriole rollers had been
overwhelmed in 10-man team match
held recently in Baltimore. Lineburg
accommodated him.
The clash comes off tomorrow night.
when the Monumental City rollers in
wade Lucky Strike for the final block
Of their home -and-home series.
The Orioles are 174 down and
with Washington having by far
the stronger lineup there ID
little chance Of the visitors win
ming. A win for Hobbs would
even matters somewhat.
The Baltimore rollers are Walmsley,
Dornhecker, Ireland, Pueschel, Miller,
Mackey, Davis, Acct. New and Blum
The Capital team will be composed Of
Ed Schlegel, Buck Share, Charlie
Walker. Oscar Kee, e. H. Campbell,
Nick Chaconas, Brown, Grimes, Sarver
and Clarence Milne.
The visiting rollers and rooters will
Evening star., 1937-02-24
RED PILOT SHOOTS
ATF|RST DIVISION
Dresser, Who Called Turn
in '35 and sc, Aspires
to Fourth Place.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
~INCINNATI, February "a
4 Charley Dresser. who at the
\ start of the two last seasons
~ has forecast accurately where
his Cincinnati Reds would finish In
the National League pennant race,
scanned his roster today and ex-
pressed hope that we'll take fourth
place"
But" he added quickly. I'm not
making any predictions. If we can
finish fourth. we can finish In first
place just as well, the way the teams
stack up now. They're mighty evenly
matched"
He referred to first-division clubs at
the close of the 1885 season: New YORK.
Chicago, st. Louis and Pittsburgh. in
order.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
May Deprive Braddock Of Title.

WHILE every one concerned in the
w Braddock-Schmeling-Louis fight
feud remained silent yesterday. reports
were current that Braddock would be
deprived Of his title by the New York
commission if he should fail to appear
for the June 3 bout with Max
Schmeling.
However, no action is due for some
time. According to its regular pro-
cedure, the commission can't assume
Braddock will not show up until he
fails to comply with its rule requiring
him to be in training within its juridic-
ton for five days preceding the bout.
It also was reported that Schmeling
would lay claim to the crown If it was
taken from Braddock. In that case
Max probably would be matched with
the best available heavyweight and
the winner recognized in New York
as champion. Even then 1t wouldn't
have much, If any, effect on the Brad
dock-Louis Chicago bout.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
HONOR AUBURN GRIDDER
Gilbert Is Named by Coaches as
Standout Team Gridder.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, February "a
R).-Southeastern Conference foot
ball coaches consider Walter Gilbert,
Auburn's towering Iron man" center,
the finest team player of the 1896
season.
The all-conference pivot man won
the honor by a close margin in q poll
conducted annually by Fred Russell,
Nashville Banner sports editor.
Gilbert, who played 400 consecutive
minutes last Fall. received seven
points, one more than Tennessee's
halfback, Phil Dickens: Carl Hinkle.
Vanderbilt's durable center, and Joe
Riley, star halfback for Alabama.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Derringer Is Satisfied.

THE peppery little leader was cheered
by signing Of Paul Derringer, the
clubs ace hurler. at q figure which the
big right-hander said included IAN
unexpected bonus" Len Kahny, home
town shortstop now with the Durham,
N. c., farm team. also came to terms.
You can tell the world I'm satisfied"
said Derringer, predicting the Reds
would finish in the first division and
that he would have his greatest
season" by turning in Is victories. Last
year, despite a fine and suspension. he
accounted for l9 wins, and in 1885
was credited with %.
The former Cardinal moundsman
flew here yesterday from Sarasota, Fla,
and returned there by air last night.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
CENTRAL TO GET FENCE
Twelve-Foot Structure to Close
Three Sides Of Stadium.

Agitation for fence girdling Central
High Schools stadium finally has re-
suited in action and . 12-foot fence,
extending the entire length Of the
Florida avenue side and running along
both Eleventh and Thirteenth street
sides, will be erected shortly.
Other improvements on scholastic
fields call for the Eastern base ball
diamond to be skinned" and general
reconditioning Of the Tech field. The
total cost of, the three projects will
aggregate approximately $4,000.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
They Lack Power.


A~A started to vault. That was seven
years ago. The japanese have a nat
ural aptitude for pole-vaulting. being
slender Of frame. but wiry and
agile. II you could add little sheer
power to that combination you would
probably make Japan a permanent
rift of the world vaulting champion
ship. The one thing the Japanese
lack in this line Of endeavor Is power.
Mr.. Ohe admits 1t.
George varoff is muscled. like one
Of your foot ball players" he says. via
an interpreter. He can sprint down
the runway, rise on his own mo-
mentum and clear the bar by main
strength. That is why he has vaulted
II feet AZ and IA feet 6 for the indoor
and outdoor records.
you'll notice that I use different
form in approaching the bar. In
Japan we come down the runway with
Q high kicking step, aiming for bal
ance and spring more than anything
else. We do not weigh so much and
q light pole Is enough to pull us over
IN the air we rely on acrobatics-
the kick, the snap-to clear the bar.
NV countryman, Nishida, who finished
second to Meadows in the last Olym-
pics, Is much more proficient at 1t
than l."
OF course, Mr. Ohe is being COM
paratively modest when he says this.
Mr.. Ohe can vault in any mans
league. His first start in this country,
following q scant three days Of prac-
tice after q 9000-mile journey. saw
him defeat varof and Earl Meadows
with q leap Of IA feet 8. In that
meet he was using brand-new poles.
his own tools Of bamboo having splin-
tered like pieces Of chalk on the long
voyage from the Mikado's hangout.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Sports Mirror

BY the Associated Press.
Today q year ageBilly Evans
signed with Boston Red Sox aS
manager of teams chain-store en-
terpriSes.
Three years ago-Glenn Cum
ninsham beat Bill Bonthron In A.
A. q. 1,500-meter run In world
record time Of 3:52.3.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Concentration Did It.

IT CLEARED that height just by con-
= centrating on it," says Mr.. Ohe.
II don't think can do it again this
season. My enly chance to beat Varoff
and Meadows again Is If they still are
. little OF form.
II think ideal form for pole
vaulter Is to go over the bar with
your body shaped like a wedge. or an
inverted v, bent double. That gives
you the maximum clearance with the
least effort. Meadows, from what I've
seen Of him so far, is still forcing him
self too high-soaring too much. That
means that he wastes his best efforts
on a low bar.
ITO me, the American vaulter with
the best form and technique was Keith
Brown Of Yale-on the run, the take
OF and the clearance. know that
varon has vaulted higher, but Brown
never had the pressure that Varof has.
'Varoff is under pressure, because
he is vaulting against better vaulters
That Is the great thing about Amer
lean athletes. The more you press
them the better they do. In our first
meeting Varoff was left behind. But
my vault Of IA feet 3 inches put the
pressure on him, and at the next meet,
in Boston, he vaulted to q new indoor
record Of IA, AZ.
Sees Another Win by U. S.
IT EXPECT America will win the
= next Olympics in Toxic for the
same reason. When somebody else
does thing well, the Americans do
1t better. I don't think they have
reached their limit in any track or field
event"
Mr.. Ohe will be seen again tomorrow
hight in the New York Athletic Club
games in Madison Square Garden,
vaulting for the third time this season
against Varoff and Meadows. So
among other foreign threats. will
Luigi Beccah, former Olympic 500
meter champion and record-holder
and Miklos szabo, the Hungarian
miller.
Last week in Boston Mr.. Szabo be-
came q victim Of the same fate that
overlook Paavo Nurmi the only time
the Flying Finn was defeated in his
tour Of this country. Mr.. Nurmi, Il
you remember, lost a race to Willie
Ritola-whom he disliked as much q
he ever disliked anything hs
had consumed . succulent veal POI
pie shortly before the contest. Ths
veal pot pie caught up with Mr.. Nurm
toward the close Of the race and laie
him out like carpet.
In Mr.. Szabo's case 1t was q roas
loin Of pork, floating In gravy ane
washed down with couple OF stein
Of milk, that spelled disaster. Ameri'
can track experts were horrihed wher
they heard Of it, and it is a safe be-
that Mr.. Szabo, in his next time out
will run without benefit Of the stocl
yards.
lCopyright, 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-02-24
be entertained at the Hayloft following
the matches.

WILLIMANTIC notes: The Charles
w L. Harding testimonial fund will
be topped of by match between the
Seagram Blue Ribbons and Horosky
Chevrolet at Westport, Conn, next
Sunday. It's a fine gesture on the
part Of New England's bowling fans.
The dean of the North's bowling
writer's recently suffered q second
heart attack within year. but 1t
failed to stop him from conducting
the seventh annual Eastern Sweep
stakes at Willimantic Saturday in the
usual high order. Seven years ago
the veteran bowling organizer was in
Evening star., 1937-02-24
ACR0BAT|CS HELP
SLIGHT JAPANESE
Sueo Says He Can't Rely on
Power as Do Americans
to Clear Bar.
RY John LARDNER.


vEW YORK, February 24.-Sueo
M Ohe is the co-entry of Simone
NJ Simon In this years how-do-
i you-pronounce-it derby. They
have hung every kind Of wrong guess
on poor young Simone, calling her ST.
mong Simong and Seemoan Seemoan
and Addison Sims and what not, and
Mr.. Sueo Ohe, the Japanese pole
vaulter, is in much the same fix.
On one side of the street you hear
that the gentleman's monicker is pro-
nounced "Sue Away" which sounds
like a chorus girls motto. On the
other side yor are told that the cor
rect approach is "Sway-o O-hay,' A
third party informs me, very reliably,
that the one and only bona f1de pro-
nunciation of the tag is "Chumly," as
In Cholmondeley.
Your correspondent usually compro-
misses in cases like this by calling the
victim pal" which covers multi
tude of Simones and Sueos. But I
daresay it is not very courteous to &C.
cost citizen Of Japan as pal when,
for all we know to the contrary, the
word pal" may have extremely sinis-
ter connotations in the Orient and be
considered an insult Of the most scoun-
drelly hue. Quite likely you are re-
uuired to smile when you call a man
"par' In Japan.
So we will compromise by merely
spelling it out-Mr. Ohe.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
BASKET TRIPLE.HEADER
Crack Amateur Fives Are to Tilt
Tonight at Heurich's.

A triple-header basket ball treat
will be offered at Heurich gym,
Twenty-sixth and Water streets. to-
night when six outstanding unlimited
amateur clubs of the District collide,
starting at 1880 o'clock.
In the first game. Jewish Com
munity Center will tackle Delaware
and Hudson. while the second tilt, at
$50 o'clock. lists Investigation squar-
ing of with Rinaldi Tailors. In the
nightcap, at $50 O'Clock, District
w. p. A. will face Federal w. P. A.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
SPORTS CHANGE URGED
Cincinnati q. Committee Sees
Need to Reorganize.

Need to Reorganize.
CINCINNATI, February "a R.-A
special commission named by the
University Of Cincinnati to study its
athletic. physical and health educa-
ton policies has recommended that
the entire program be reorganized.
A report submitted by President
Raymond Walters and Herbert G..
French, chairman of the university's S
Committee on Athletics, said:
Their conclusion was that, viewed
in the large, the physical education
program Is reaching too small a pro-
portion of the student body"
The report recommended status
quo for 1937-38.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
HOPES FOR EIGHT CLUBS.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., February "a
R.-Dan Hill, president Of the Pied
mont League, said he still Ia hopeful
Winston Salem and Charlotte win
enter the class B circuit, making It
an eight-club affair.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
G. W. HIGH oUINT WINS
Scores Second Victory Over G. q.
Frosh BY 90 to 1S.

Held to points in the second half,
Catholic University's freshman basket
ball team yesterday bowed to the
George Washington High courtmen Of
Alexandria for the second time this
season, 29-18.
The winners came from behind in
the second half, after the frosh held a
l5-ll lead at intermission, to out
score the visitors by an 1873 margin.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Eric Jensen, one Of Hartford's
up-and coming bowlers, made
q dash from Willimantic to
Hartford to rescue Astor Clarke's
bowling shoes, which had been
left behind in . bag on the bus
platform. Fortunately the bag
was picked up by = cop and all
contents saved.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Willimantic's Mayor, Pete LARA
NEE, who also Is q State Senator. is
al enthusiastic bowler. He stayed
through the entire match Friday night,
which lasted five hours, and wound up
the night leading q little impromptu
dinner party in singing old popular
numbers.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
GRIDDER IN ODD JOB.

ROANOKE, Va, February a. R.-
Bert Bachrach, former v. M. I: full
back, now is editor Of New York
fashion magazine.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
<}RMIAzN :S}MzMG GT1@{!kt!YS 4 @{,
. TX more teams are scheduled to
roll in the Virginia State tour

- TX more teams are scheduled to
roll in the Virginia State tour
nament at Rosslyn tonight as
~ the Dickey Co. rollers and Paul
Jarman hold the leads in the team
and singles competition. Dickey Co.
IS in first place as result of its
1910 set rolled in the opening session
last night, while Jarman's 40l tops
the male rollers.
Arlington Trust, Kingan Co. and
Shaffer's Flowers trail Dickey in that
order. Kirby Service failed to land
any higher than fifth despite the
presence of Astor Clarke and Russ
Spilman, the Kirby count being 1.768.
Tonight's schedule will find on the
alleys the Junior Order of Cherrydale,
Junior Order of Ballston, George
Washington De Molay, Standard
Laundry. Sher g. Cohen and Internal
Revenue.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Flag to St. Francis Xavier.


A LIS left is the shouting in the
Catholic Ladies' League pennant
chase. The season comes to q close
next Tuesday at Lucky Strike with
ST. Francis Xavier the flag winner
after topping the loop throughout the
campaign.
A sweepstakes Is planned
after the regular schedule Is
completed.
Last night Miss Pirrone Of Sacred
Heart took high-scoring honors with
125 for game and 303 for set. With
NJ Wade's lit and NJ Shannon's 119
featuring, st. Joseph's defeated Holy
Comforter two games
The winning st. Francis Xavier
added st. Peters B team to its long
list of victims by annexing two wins.
Wives and 'sweethearts will liven up
things in the Veterans of Foreign
Wars League Friday night at the
Georgetown Recreation. Red Megaw.
league manager. is busy making up
long list for mixed doubles affair.
District rollers are invited to par
ticipate in a Glass B Sweepstakes at
the Walbrook alleys, Baltimore, Sun
day. It is seven-game event for
rollers under lis average. Joe
Madanick. E. Amos, r. Cayce' and H.
Talburt are conducting the affair.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
TIME SUPPLY FAST
GOING FULL ROUTE
Rosemont, Mr.. Bones Highly
Regarded for Big Race on
Coast Saturday.
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, February 24.-
N Students Of thoroughbred
VI breeding and performance ad-
/ here to the maxim that "class
will tell" in q horse race and expect
the winner of Saturdays 100000
Santa Anita Handicap to be one Of
three proven distance runners-Time
Supply, Rosemont or Mr.. Bones.
F. A. Carreaud's Time Supply,
though raced seldom this Winter,
worked the Santa Anita distance Of a
mile and a quarter in an impressive
20535 recently. Time Supply, now
6 years old, has won S144, $50 during
his racing career, more than any
probable starter in the Far West
classic.
Rosemont Believed Fit.
WILLIAM DUPONT, JR.'S Rose
mont also has confined his rae
ing efforts to fast company and DEM
onstrated his fitness for the rich
stake by winning the San Antonio
Handicap at Santa Anita last Sat-
urday. His racing time, 1901. for q
mile and an eighth. was not particu-
larly impressive. but the victory doubt
less made him ready for his best effort
this week end. Rosemont Is years
old.
John Hay Whitney's Mr. Bones, q
4-year-old. failed in the San Antonio,
but the added distance of the Santa
Anita Handicap is expected to be to
. his liking. His best performances
during the 3-year-old campaign, when
he pressed William Woodward's cham
pion, Granville. vigorously. in several
route races, we're at a mile and q
quarter
Time Supply has the best record In
previous Santa Anita Handicaps. He
was third in the 1885 inaugural and
second to A. A. Baroni's Top Row last
year. Rosemont was third in last
years renewal. Mr.. Bones will be
making his first Santa Anita Handi-
cap start Saturday.
Fairy Hills Time Poor.
OTHER Santa Anita probable start
ers accustomed to first-class COM
petition are Maj Austin c. Taylor's
double entry Of Special Agent and In
dian Broom. c. w. Whitney's Red Rain.
disappointment last year after
showing excellent form as juvenile,
ana Walter M. Jeffords' Firethorn.
Rosemont's stablemate, Fairy Hill,
won the s50,000 added, Santa Anita
Derby for 3-year-olds Monday. He
also is eligible for the handicap, but
the running time Of the Derby, l:454s
for 1-16 miles. was so slow that
Fairy Hills chances OF winning the
richer stake are considered remote.
though his weight will be dropped
from 12l to 102.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
BEES ROOKIE AGED.

William Harris, who viii be one Of
the Boston Bees rookie" hurlers, will
be 81 years old in June.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

strumental in getting the big event
Of to a successful start at Water
bury. Incidentally. Brad Mandley won
1t with 1888, more than 100 pins less
than the score Hokie Smith shot last
Saturday to be Washington's third
winner. Ed Blakeney scored in 1885.
Sam Houston, Willimantic business
man, was quite perfect in giving mi
mute detail over the public address
system Frank Barger, proprietor Of
the Lucky Strike Alleys, installed for
the occasion. is box-by-box ac-
count Of the ODonnell's Sea Grill
Blue Ribbon match was a crackerjack
lob.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Balance Spring Rated Santa Anita Class
TERPS, c. j. SEEK
REVENGE TONIGHT
Battle N. C. S., St. Thomas,
Conquerors-MaryIand Is
Upset by st. Johns.

~ ASKET BALL teams Of both
- Maryland and Catholic Uni
versities tonight will have op-
- portunities to avenge defeats
suffered out of town earlier this sea-
son as the Terps play host to North
Carolina State and C.. U. entertains
st. Thomas. The game at College Park
starts at 8 o'clock, and the one at
Brookland at $50.
Surprisingly upset by st. Johns Of
Annapolis. 39-37, last night, Maryland
will face a Wolfpack five that nosed
it out, 1888. in overtime. at Raleigh.
N. c., last month. The Terps have
only a bare chance to remain eligible
for the Southern Conferences annual
tournament. limited to the eight teams
with the best record. A defeat by the
Carolinians might not be fatal. but
would push the Terps that much
nearer the edge of Oblivion.
Only Team to Check Schmarr.
A DOUBLE score to settle with st.
Thomas dominates the situation
at c. U. Not only did the Pennsyl-
vanians whip the Cards at Scranton,
1926, but the Saints also produced
the only team this year to hold Hermie
Schmarr. c. us record point getter.
without field goal.
Schmarr, averaging 1850 points per
game this season. got only one against
St. Thomas before being elected from
the game on personal fouls. His cur
rent percentage is two points game
better than the average he finished
with last year and only a fraction
lower than his all-time record of COL
lege varsity play. Over 3-year stretch
the big Dutchman has an average of
1889 points per game.
st. Thomas comes here under the
coaching leadership of Jack Harding,
recently appointed to the head foot
ball coaching job at the University Of
Miami.
St. Johns Trio in Trim.
HOT HANDS" by Johnny Lambros.
Bill Ross and Jim Rowe COM
bined to give ST. Johns its 2-point
ulni SAh O'cA Mol yldl4u 4iA Iiic idSt u
minutes of play after the Old Liners
had revived hopes by snatching the
lead at 1923.
The aforementioned trio. returning
to the lineup after a siege of illness.
put the Johnnies in the fight from
the start. Neither team could make
much headway in the first half, which
ended in a 1916 deadlock
The last 20 minutes simply was
case of team which was 'on" catch
ing a rival which was of" which,
despite none-too-impressive record.
still was favored to lick its intra.
State rival from Annapolis.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Totals l3 3 30 Totals =
Evening star., 1937-02-24

~ AIEIGH, N. C.. February "a
u Basket ball quints of seven
II schools are already assured Of
L y places in the Southern Con-