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Evening star., 1937-12-02
Going Away Back.

THE surest evidence OF the esteem
in which Armstrong is held by the
fight mob, the critics and the public
Is that they are comparing him with
the great fighters of another day
and wondering who, among those
fighters, could have beaten him.
It reminds me Of the time when
Benny Leonard was at the peak and
there was q good deal of argument as
to whether or not he could have
beaten Joe Cans.
II don't know whether could have
beaten Cans or not" Benny said, "but
If they have to go that far back to find
some one to lick me, must be pretty
good"
Now Henry can say the same thing,
because they are going back long
way-to Johnny Dundee and beyond
to find some one to lick Armstrong
And since there are SO many nomina-
tions along this line-I have one of
my own-and don't have to 60 back
very far at that-Billy Petrolle.
don't know whether the Fargo Ex-
press could have beaten Armstrong
the picture Of Henry Armstrong bat
tering poor Billy Beauhuld is too fresh
in my mind for me to see anybody
beating him very clearly. But Arm
strong and Petrolle would have made
. whale Of q fight, since it would have
brought together two strong little fel-
lows who could punch and take 1t and
would fght all night for the sheer Joy
OF fighting.
Evening star., 1937-12-02

winter at Boca Ration, 10 miles north
OF Miami, at q spot where the Gulf
Stream runs within q mile Of shore.
Tommy frequently steps out in . fast
boat after sailfsh, but his brother
Sandy had the toughest experience
Of them all a couple Of winters ago.
Sandy was out fishing in the Stream,
and he hung small sailfish. The
fish was 50 small, In fact, the fight
lasted only 10 minutes or so. Sandy
noticed that the guide was very care
full with the fish, and when he asked.
'Do you want to mount this fish, sir?"
Sandy still didn't catch OF.
He caught on week o. 20
later, however, when they told
him the guide had sold the fish
for $500.
Very small sailfish are extremely
scarce and valuable. and this one
measured only about 18 inches and
weighed pounds or less.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
kAANGlN' eAK El
rH'ROPES4Ny&slil

more important than Ahearn sus-
poets Is the parking situation. There
is one gas station and q pint-sized
lot next to Turner'S Arena to handle
the problem. The Rialto offers five
parking lots within the radius Of one
block Street parking is allowed in
the areas surrounding both places,
but there are no houses near the
Rialto and consequently no property
owners will be parking In that vicin-
ity after o'clock.
Game Needs Competition.
p EGARDLESS Of which concern
eventually triumphs, or even If
both succeed in staying in business,
Livingston has struck at an oppor-
tune moment. The sock situation
here is at its lowest ebb since boxing
was legalized in the District more
than four years ago.
Drawing cards now are rs
scarce as black cue balls and
Ahearn now has been forced to
develop fighters who will draw
more than . deep breath At the
box Office.
While Ahearn is in the midst of his
wedding out process. Livingston is
stepping in with more prominent
f1ghters-or promising to. This may
force Ahearn to counter with equally
prominent pugs and generally buoy
the boxing game here. The fans
can't lose.
Major league baseball and football
have found generous support here.
Boxing still is in its infancy due largely
to lack of enterprising promoters.
Competition may make this city a
thriving fistic center, but not until
Joe Schmaltz stops meeting Tony
Whit in main events.
Every really big fight staged here
has made money, but those cards are
too tnfrequent. The entrance of Liv-
ingston into the local larrup scene
may alter the picture and needle the
sport into the prominence now shared
by the Senators and Redskins.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
Ready for Yanks Now.


I NIKE never was rated highly by
Harris. President Grifith liked
his chances because he was fair hit
ter and good fielder. but he, too,
gave up on him last summer. The
earned-run averages, to be released
later, will give Linke no ranking sim
liar to that his six wins and one de-
feat give him. To furnished some idea,
Ed pitched in 36 games, worked l29
innings, allowed 158 hits and 80 runs
and walked SO.
As a sort of an afterthought,
Grfffth was saying today he
now will be in a position to give
the Yankees "the fits."
Those kids, Chase and Krakauskas,
nearly ran them out of the bal, park
last year." he recalled, "and Hogsett
will beat them. too He's tough guy
for left-handed hitters, that big guy.
mean he's tough when he's rested"
Anything else, Mr.. G.?"
Well" he said, aiming another cigar
tip at potted palm, 1--WE really can't
lose on the deal. We didn't give up
much"
Case dismissed.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
C0RMIER, CALP BOX
IN SEMI-FINAL BOUT
Boston, Baltimore Feathers Are
Signed to Support Scott.
Dunno Fistfest.

VERNON CORMIER, talented Bos-
ton featherweight, has been
signed by Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn
to clash with Calvin Calp of Balti-
more in an eight-round semi final
Monday night at Turner's Arena.
Cormier, a newcomer here, has
remained upright in rs rounds against
Freddie Miller, former world feather
weight champion. He lost a split
decision to Miller shortly before Petey
Sarron lifted Freddie's title at Grifith
Stadium.
Cowboy Howard Scott, who previ-
ously refused to sign for an eight
round bout, will meet Irish Eddie
Dunno, lightweight protege of Benny
Leonard, in the feature scrap over an
eight-round route.
Evening star., 1937-12-02

"HEY'LL tell you that good form
means good golf and that you
have to hit the ball in good
Il form to play good golf, but in
t., heat of professional tournament
they toss form to the winds and con-
centrate on getting that ball close
to the hole, no matter how they look.
AL Houghton, former kingpin of
Washington golf. long has been one
Of the foremost masters of style, and
he thinks good style is the basis of
good golf. But he admits that when
the going gets tough and strokes
must be saved he forgets style and
form and thinks of nothing but get
ting that ball close to the hole.
"And notice that all the top
notchers do the same" says Al.
In Washington on one of period
ical visits from his job at Old Point
Comfort. the guy who won the Mary
land open championship four times
in q f1ve-year stretch. played the
Washington course in 10 whacks. de-
spite five on the second hole, and
proved that despite the faet he hasn't
played much golf for q month he
still knows how to pole 'em straight
and far. But AL doesn't know whether
he'll play in the Miami Biltmore tour
ney this year.
It may be the, first time he's
missed the Biltmore since the
tournament started seven or
eight years ago.
"YoU know I've watched a lot Of
these stars of golf over q good
many years." he says, "and no.
tice that when the going gets rough;
when they need . sub-par stretch Of
golf, they toss form aside and 60
for the hole regardless OF how they
look. OF course, any star looks good
on almost any shot, but very few of
them hit the ball consistently in good
form all the time. There are certain
fundamentals like q straight left arm,
good footwork and so on, they all use,
but when they are out there playing
for the dough in . spot where they
must bear down they forget form
and go to work to get that ball up
there, no matter how they look.
Gosh, ! wish I could putt like
that Horton Smith. That fellow
scares the life out Of you, he comes
so close to every long putt"
With which Al stepped up to
2o-fcoter and poured It into
the cup for . bird ; on the
/. seventeenth, to tie the 3 Joe
Baldwin had made.
It's really too bad about Al. He
moans about bad putting all the time.
As . matter Of fact, he's = dar1ied
good putter. Had he IS yards more
on the tee he would have made 'em all
step . few years back.
But he i8nt as good golfer g he
was five years ago. Just now Al u
looking forward to . Southern jaunt.
but It may not include the Southern
Evening star., 1937-12-02
FRED M'LEOD TIED
FOR SECOND PLACE
Columbia Pro and Jim West -Four
Behind Jock Hutchison in
Senior Tournament.

BY the Associated Press.
a uGUSTA, Ca, Dec. "A consist
ent IS added to an opening round
OF 10 put Jock Hutchison, former
6ritsh open golf champion, in the
iead Tor the seniors professional golf
tournament title today.
he entered the final day of the 54-
noie tournament with q four stroke
advantage over the field of veterans,
eacn 30 years Of age or older.
columbia Country Clubs Fred
MCLEOD OF Chevy Chase, Md, and Jim
west OF Cedarhurst, Long Island, were
IN second place with l55s.
Par Tor the course is u.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
Hen, Armstrong Hailed First Great Fighter Many Years
Calento, Crude but Smacking
'Em Ouer, Suddenly Ranked
Third Most Important Heauy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Two-ton
M Tony Galento, all OF sudden
" rated by boxing experts the
a third most important heavy
weight In the game today, is said to
be setting EN- up for the crowd every
evening at his beer parlor In Orange,
N. j.
Anluence and importance have
come with rush to Tony, in his 28th
year. A few weeks ago he nearly
obliterated Leroy Haynes, the tough
Negro, in . Philadelphia ring. And
then, the other night, Nathan Mann,
q middling- good heavyweight from
New Haven, Knocked all the polish OF
Bob Pastor at Madison Square
Garden.
Tony's Boast Respected.
THAT left-Tony. The moment
Mann's glove was raised, Tony
was bouncing around the press section
with the grace Of loaded freight car,
proclaiming: Il could lick bot dem
buns wit one hand" Nobody argued
with him, either. The general belief
was that he could
Later 1t was agreed solemnly that
Galento, for all that he drinks more
beer than his best customer, and
regards two straight days of training
as hard grind, now must be ranked
right next to Champion Joe Louis and
Max Schmeling.
The third Is that Tony, with some
thing like 225 pounds stacked on his
S foot 8 inches, has q kick like a
mule. He's strictly q "barroom"
fighter. with no more ring science
than q mud turtle, but when he con-
meets. especially with his left hook,
they 60 down. He hasn't failed to
connect lately.
His roaring demands for more and
better oponents are about to run his
manager, Joe Jacobs. dippy. Mostly
he yells: Get me dat guy Louis. III
knock him outa shape"
That's an embarrassing spot for Joe,
because he also still is the manager
Of Max Schmeling, and he doesn't
Evening star., 1937-12-02
He Knows How to Fight.

RuT that's a fight that never will
come of and. from practical
standpoint, some opponent will have
to be found for Armstrong If he sue
ceeds In getting past Ambers. Barney
Ross seems to be next in line. Al
though Henry would have to spot Bar
ney 10 rounds or so, and although
Ross is great fighter in his own
right, there are a surprising number
OF persons who know the fight game
thoroughly who think Armstrong could
beat him. Leonard is one. He thinks
that Ross cannot punch hard enough
to stem the relentless punching march
OF the little Negro
Certainly, Armstrong is the best
equipped fighter in the ring today.
He has q magnificent body-strong but
thin legs and the torso of q welter-
weight. He has been impervious to
punishment up to now-although to
see him is to wonder how long he can
keep on shaking of punches as he
does-and he hits with amazing force
Tor one of his size.
Coupled with that physical power
and a speed that increases rather than
diminishes as the rounds 60 along
is his knowledge Of fighting. No one
now fighting, except Ross, knows as
much about fighting as he does. In
that respect, the contrast between him
and Louis is marked. Joe is q terror
against certain types of fighters. But
when Joe's opponent begins to bob and
weave and turn as Schmeling did, or
retreats. as Pastor did, he Is lost.
Fighters try to run from Armstrong
As Pastor ran from Louis, but Henry
never lets them get away. He hounds
them along the ropes, catches them,
hammers them and brings them down
or drives them into q corner and
beats them into . staSe Of helpless
ness. He can beat them coming In or
going away, but it Is when they start
to 60 away that they are beaten be-
yond all hope.
(oopyright. 1887. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) @e ."
Evening star., 1937-12-02
BY 0toR6zr E HuBtR /.

~ IGHT now is the time to take
- your fishing tackle from the
N bottom Of the closet, from up
4 y in the garret or from out in
the garage, where you tossed it at the
end Of the last fishing trip, and put it
away right. Do 1t now and save lot
of grief and possibly bit of coin next
spring, when fish start biting again.
Rods, for instance, cannot thrive on
dampness or excessive dry heat. One
is as bad as the other. They should
be cleansed thoroughly. waxed and
hung by the tip where they will be
kept dry, but not where heat from q
stove or radiator will get at them.
II windings are worn, guides
cracked or ferrules loose, Ak
them or get them nxed during
the winter.
This time Of year the manufac-
turers are not rushed, ~ they will be
in the spring, and they can give
more time to your needs and do 4
better job. Wait until the trout sea-
son opens and it will take two or
three weeks to get Z rod back, and
even then It win be . rush Job. i
Lines Need Care. s.
I INES must come Oh reels, and In
the case Of linen, cuttyhunk or
silk casting lines they can be wound
loosely on dryer or spindle and put
on closet shelf, but fly lines need
different treatment. The most ex-
pensive item In the way Of lines, they
also are most temperamental. They
should be given q good coating OF line
dressing, rubbed down and then cofled
loosely in IN old shoe or cake b6x.
Punch holcs In the box 20 that aif
can circulate. and then do not put It
near excessive heat, cold or dampness
ness. a.
Fairly gssd ny ines cert from
- te - fer - yards, and yen
can pay nnsrs than that for deu-
ble-taDered items, - there h
small prsdt in lstting them rot
IN winter - reel.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
OFFERS FRANCHISES
TO BOY BASKETERS
Washington Club Loop includes
Five Classes-Entries Will
Close December IA.

WASHINGTON BOYS CLUB BAS-
KET BALL LEAGUE competi-
ton will open Monday, December 20.
Any teams in the city within the
IS, 100, lis, 100 or las pound classes
may join the league
Entries will be received daily at the
clubhouse, 230 c street NV, until
Tuesday night, December IA, at 8
O'Clock. Players in the first four
classes will weigh in Wednesday, De-
cember is, and the others on Thurs
day, December 16, between Z and
8 pm.
Team trophies and individual
awards will be presented in each class.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
Girls Say Kisses
Helped Boys Win

By the Associated Press.
GTORRS, Conn. Dec. 1.-The
boys won, but the girls claimed
the credit.
It was a field hockey match be-
tween Connecticut State Colleges
football team and the girls varsity
hockey squad yesterday. The boys
won, 81.
Before the game Bob Grosch,
football captain, received a kiss
from Marjorie Foote, acting cap
tain Of the girls. At half-time he
got another from Capt. Isabelle
Kelly.
With inspiration like that"
queried Miss Kelly, "how could the
boys lose?"
Evening star., 1937-12-02
PITT DEMANDS DENIED
Captain Says Team Voted Only
Against Post-Season Play.

Against fOSC-SedSOn TlAy.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2 R.-Johnny
Nicholson, captain of the top-rank-
ing Pitt Panthers. denied today that
the squad had made ANY demands
of any kind" In deciding against &C.
cepting q possible Rose Bowl bid.
Refuting reports that the players
had requested pocket money and an
immediate tvo-week vacation, Michel
osen said in explaining the squads
vote against all post-season games:
THE players felt that for many
reasons, all Of them personal, they
would be better of and happier
through the holiday season If football
ended with the Duke game last Sat-
urday.
I'VE feel proud of our record this
year and are perfectly content to
stand on 1t, claiming no champion
ships and at the same time entertain
ing no desire to add to what we have
DONE"
Evening star., 1937-12-02
I Mat Matches
~ the Associated Press.

- tne Ak4ocIate0 Fte8S. Y
TRENTON. N. J.--Ernie Dusek. e26,
T@saa Tsa.s, 81 'naSM minutes. sack kennedy 2l7'
HOLYOKE. Aass.-Ed Don Georee,
z2e. North Java. N. x, and Roy Dunn.
zOS, Texas. drew. (Referee disQuali-
COLUMBUS. ohio.-Billy Weidner,
ia. San Francisco, defeated Billy
% MwAkK. va ISlGa: n. yMps 9o John fS;so: 3nGop:
4sas sehxsfts. 10. osrmsny. o1nsH so:ss. Hssa
HAzLxTON Pa.-Match between
Coleman. 2Q6. New York. declared "no
contest" ~ minutes.
RO0IkgTER. N. Y-DAnno- O'Ma-
Aoney. Ireland. defeated. Jack League.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
Fights Last Night
Observation-Disclosures -.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Glen Lee, 1854,
Edison, Nebr., outpointed Walter
Woods, 160, New York 10).
OAKLAND, Calf.-Sonny Boy
Walker, 201, Phoenix, Ariz., out
pointed Domingo valin, 1888, Hay
ward, Calf. (10).
Evening star., 1937-12-02
OFFERS F0RDHAM GAME.

oHT SMITH, Ark, Dec. 2 R.-
Ahe southwest American said last
nient the Tulsa. Okla, Junior Cham
Der OF Commerce had issued q chal-
ienge to Fordham to meet Arkansas
- post-season football game at
Tulsa, January /.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
HASALL|T TAKES,
THEN SOMETHING
Ring Fans Wondering Which
of Past Masters Could
Have Beaten Him.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

n YEW YORK, Dec. 2.7Just
nj when everybody was begin
" ming to suspect that there
L ' never would be great fighter
again-Joe Louis having failed rather
definitely * make good on the promise
OF greatness he gave at 21-Henry
Armstrong bobbed up. Now practi-
cally everybody is agreed that Henry
ranks with the best little fighters the
ring has seen in many years.
Featherweight champion. he is the
scourge of the lightweights, too. His
next important fight will be with Lou
Ambers for the lightweight title, and
the chances are that, when he crawls
through the ropes with Ambers, he
will be favored to win. Not that
Ambers is a bad fighter. Lou Is q
good flghter-not very exciting to
watch, maybe, but good just the same
He is fast, has some cleverness of a
sort, likes to fight and is thoroughly
game. But he doesn't hit very hard
and any fighter who doesn't carry q
paralyzing punch isn't likely to be able
to hold Armstrong off.
Armstrong; Winning Routine.
HENRY'S opponents do their best
In the first round. They time
him coming in and nail him in the
face or body with their best punches
and pile up points on him. And then
suddenly the onlookers-and the oppo-
nents themselves-realize that Henry
has been hit with everything in the
other guys kit bag-and hasn't taken
q backward step. Right there, the
course of the fight Is determined
Henry keeps coming on and the other
fellow begins to fade. No matter
how game he is or how willing to
fight. he finds he can't keep up with
the little black boy who never backs
away, but walks in always, throwing
punches faster and faster-punches
that shake him and hurt him and
knock him down.
After while the other fellow can't
go any farther and is counted out or
the referee stops the fight. The only
one OF Armstrong; opponents to last
10 rounds within the last year was
Aldo Spoldi, to whom Henry, then a
legitimate featherweight, gave 10
pounds or so-and terrific beating.
Aldo never had chance to win, but
he managed to stay on his feet for 10
rounds and SO earn measure of fame.
And that's getting famous the hard
way.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
LEAD 6-DAY GRIND.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 R.-Kilian
and Vopel, the German stars, held
the lead again in the sixty-third In
ternational Six-day Bike Race at
Madison Square Garden, as the boys
whirled well past the halfway mark
Evening star., 1937-12-02
LOOP LISTS 14O GAMES.

MILWAUKEE,. Dec. 2 (R.-Direc-
tors of the Piedmont League in annual
session here decided on a 140-game
schedule for 1898 and discussed re-
quest of Portsmouth. Va, to permit
night baseball in that city.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
Varied Sports

Amateur Hockey.
Hershey Bars, 2; Atlantic City Sea
Gulls, 2.
Pro Hockey.
Minneapolis, 3; Wichita, 2.
Basket Ball.
De Paul, Al; Valparaiso, 81.
Notre Dame, ~; Columbia College
(Iowa), 18.
Penn Athletic Club, "a: Seton
Hall, 81.
Evening star., 1937-12-02

Stlll OutQraW MN. I'm not
worrying. After seeing de fights he
puts in dere, de public will appreciate
de kind Of matchmaker de've been
getting" It was Goldie Ahearn tax
ing verbal target practice at his new
rival in the local fistic realm, but
there's sneaking suspicion Goldie
is camouhaging a slight shaking of
the knees.
In tones less conducive to earaches,
Howard Livingston currently is plan
ming his opening boxing card at the
Rialto December 10. He definitely is
more of promotorial threat now
than he was three years ago. The
lack Of financial backing that caused
him to fold after a brief attempt in
1894 will not handicap him IN his
latest venture. At least not as
acutely.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
CALLS BERSHAK GREAT.

CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Dec. 2 (P.-
Carl G. Snavely, Cornell football
coach, said in an address here that he
considered Andy Bershak, North Caro-
lima end, "the finest end I have ever
seen"
Evening star., 1937-12-02

Flies. will get bug or moth eaten
during the coming months, unless
few moth balls or moth flakes are
placed around. II some Of your pref
ties. happen to be mashed or half
chewed they can be brought back to
life by holding them over the spout
Of a steaming tea kettle for q few
moments.
Leaders and Reel Care.
NOTHING much can be done for
leaders. They likely will crack
and fall apart in the spring, no mat.
ter what you do, but you can give
them q break by keeping them out
of the light, and maybe you can save
them. In your tackle budget for next
year, however. you better have spot
for new gut.
Reels are to be taken apart and
cleaned thoroughly with gasoline and
then given thick coating Of heavy
grease. This will protect them from
rust, and next season this grease will
come on much easier than rust, and
then can be replaced with light
machine oil.
Spoons also win rust, even
though they are made Of nickel,
brass or copper.
To prevent this polish them with
some Of your wife's snverware polish,
maybe you can get her to do 1t for
you, and then give them a coating
Of oil. This oil will come in handy
for rusted hooks.
Repair Plugs and Box.
MAYBE bass took half the paint
Oh your river runt or spook plug.
Fix this during the winter with new
coat and tighten hooks. II the paint
d cracking only little bit It can be
stopped with coating Of banana oil
Last, but not least, take 1 look at
the tackle box. Likely It u SCARED
and rastsd In the Joints. Clean It out
thoroughly with . cloth. and then give
It = new coat Of paint, paying ssps-
ciail attention to CORNERS and Joints.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
CARDS SELLING TICKETS.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 2 R.-Starting
today and continuing until Christmas
you can purchase tickets to the 1888
opening game Of the st. Louis Car
dinal.
Evening star., 1937-12-02
First Show Promising,

A HEARN has admitted that joey
Archibald is demanding too
much money for him to import the
pompadored Providence featherweight.
Livingston, however, is willing to grant
Joey a seat on the Supreme Court
bench or whatever he wants. How
Evening star., 1937-12-02

ICOntlnued from F1rSt Page.)
and-1 record Is a prank of the records.
Lnke wasn't close to being that good.
AS matter of fact. if it were not for
injuries to other pitchers and an
abundance of double headers near the
end of the season he might have been
disposed of again.