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Evening star., 1937-07-31
SARR0N TITLE CO
HERE NOW LIKELY
Terms to Meet Winner OF
Archibald -GeVinson Bout
Held Acceptable,
TITLE difficulty TODAY wa. an

T TITLE difficulty today was an
ticipated by Matchmaker
Goldie Ahearn in coming to
- terms with Jimmy Erwin, man
ager Of Petey Sarron, world feather.
weight champion, for a championship
bout here late in September with the
winner Of the Joey Achibald-Lou
Gevinson scrap Monday night at
Griffith Stadium.
Ahearn is prepared 10 boost his
original percentage offer, but intends
to stick by his fiat guarantee Of $500
despite Erwin's demand for $4,000
and privilege Of 25 per cent of the
net receipts.
Promoter Joe Turner and Ahearn,
who snubbed Erwins offer Of q non
title bout, will await developments of
Mondays fight before resuming nego-
tiations for the bout, the tentative
date for which has been set as Sep
tember 81.
Sarron. who won his title here from
Freddie Miller in May of last year,
meets Miller tonight in South Africa
and then expects to journey to Scot
land for one or two fights before leav-
ing for the United States late in Au-
gust.
Petey has been offered $4,000 to de-
fend his crown against Henry Arm
strong on the Pacific Coast, but Erwin
doubtless feels, and who doesn't. that
Sarron would be taking less risk of
losing his title against either Gevin-
son or Archibald.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
COLUMBUS HITTERS
DUEL FOR A. A. LEAD
Rizzo, .379, in Front by Point
Over Slaughter-Reynolds,
Kress Hold Records.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-Those two
young Columbus clouters, John
Rizzo and Enos Slaughter, are putting
on one of the closest battles for hit
ting honors the American Association
has seen in years.
Week after week, ,-aizzo has led the
field. with his outfield teammate in
second place. The positions remained
unchanged this week, according to
ofhcial averages, which include games
Of July %. Rizzo's margin. however,
is but one point His mark being
,379 to .378 for Slaughter.
The veteran Carl Reynolds of Min
neapolis continued to hold third place
with an average of 1858, representing a
seVen-point slump in as many days Gil
English Of Kansas City was fourth at
.346, followed in order by these stars:
Cooke, Minneapolis, $40; Steinbacher,
st. Paul, ,339; Sherlock, Indianapolis,
1886, Eckhardt, Indianapolis, 1888;
Washington. st. Paul, 1925 and Nor
rissey, st. Paul, 1924.
Slaughter led in total hits, l6l, but
Reynolds took most Of the honors The
ex-major league star had scored the
most runs, 1903; hit for the most total
bases, 267; led in doubles with 36. and
In triples, with Is three-base socks.
Ralph (Red) Kress, Minneapolis
shortstop, held the home-run lead at
20, just one more than Roy Pfeger Of
Minneapolis and Mickey Heath Of
Milwaukee. Kress also had driven in
the most runs, SO. Lyn King of Co.
lumbus continued to lead in stolen
bases, having pilfered 27.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Figures $50 Would Win

AT A guess it looks as if something
around 28o for the four rounds will
win the title which now graces the
Nrow Of Charlie Betschler, the rotund
pro from Baltimore. The long hitters
like Walper, Diffenbaueh, Cox and
Mackenzie are In their glory here, for
lengthy tee shots pay cash dividends
IN this thousand-buck affair, where
drst money will be 5000
There's little gambling being done
TOO. On his reputation and before he
hit q shot toward the 2eo-yard first
hole a local bookmaker has installed
Why 5-to-2 shot to win the tourna-
ment even money to place second and
, to 5 to run third. It's too short a
price even for such fine golfer as
the tall-browed pro from Kenwood
who should and probably will grab the
big slice of the prize dough here.
Wihy has done 1t in California and
Florida and why not Virginia.
They've installed Charlie Isaacs, the
blond from nearby Newport News. as
second betting choice at to l, with
Al Houghton, a former Washington
pro, as third choice at to 2, and Bob
Barnett Of Chevy Chase at to 2. in
front OF Rowland Mackenzie, who is
listed at to l. But all these odds are
screvy. Why is quoted too low and
Roland Mackenzie is too high. Either
ope may win the tournament on a
course where 30 many things can
happen.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
MONTGOMERY LISTS
PLAYGROUND MEET
Somerset, Bethesda Squads to
Clash in Swimming, Track
Events Thursday.

COMERSET and Bethesda Play
~ grounds will meet Thursday in
Montgomery County's first nter-play-
ground field day with swimming races
scheduled at the Glen Echo Pool in
the morning and track races and games
set for the Leland Junior Hight School
campus in the afternoon.
The meet is being sponsored by the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Tribune and its
publisher, William Prescott Allen ha:
donated a silver loving cup for the
playground scoring the highest number
Of points and individual medals for
the winner Of each event.
The swimming races will begin at
$50 am. and the program at Leland
Junior High is to get under way at
2 pm. More than $50 children from
the two recreational centers are ex-
pected to take part,
All competitions will be divided into
three age divisions for boys and as
many for girls. Instructors at the two
Fairgrounds will serve as judges for all
except the diving contest, which is to
be judged by Boyd Hickman, former
George Washington University qridiron
star, manager Of the Glen Echo Pool
for the past four years.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
ROSEDALE, FRANCIS
SWIM MING CHAMPS
Score Easy Team Victories in
Final City Competition
Of Fairgrounds.

SWIMMERS Of the Rosedale and
Francis Fairgrounds were recog-
nHed as champions of the white and
colored playground natators. respec-
lively, OF the city today, following their
clean-cut supremacy in final tank
meets yesterday.
Neither was pressed to win, Rose
dale's nearest competitor. Mcmillan,
being 33 points behind the winning
total of 10 compiled by Rosedale, and
Banneker begin l9 behind Francis
68-potnt winning score.
Trailing Rosedale and Mcmillan in
order We're Takoma, GEORGETOWN
Maury and Thompson. with Eastern
Stadium, Western Stadium, Anacostia,
Burroughs, Potomac Avenue and
Welghtman each scoring S. The COL
ored competition found Terrell placing
third, followed by Howard. Dunbar
DeanWood Logan, Rose Park, Morgan,
Geddlngs, Smothers and Monroe.
A feature of the meet was the sur
prise defeat of Ernie Boggs, local
champion, by Neil Swami of Mcmillan
in the 10o-yard free style race. Swan
finished fast to win in the last 10
yards.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
COOPER FULF|LLS
GOLF PROPHES|ES
Lighthouse Harry Rides at
Head of Chicago Field
With FIashy SO.
BY the Associated Press.

oy tAS hssUIlh lCo EIces
~T PAUL. July 31-Just as every
one expected, Harry Cooper of
Chicago was the man to catch
- as the field set out today for
the second round of St. Pauls annual
$4,000 open golf tournament
Light Horse Harry, the pre-tour-
nament favorite whenever he starts,
and always hot choice on money
battles over the Keller course, fulfilled
all expectations by raking the layout
for brilliant 33-35-eS.
His round, which matched his open
ing gun in 1895, when he went on to
win with record 72-hole total OF 27l
included fancy eagle on the 5a3-
yard third hole, and brides on four
other greens.
Sawyer Stroke Behind
lie WAS not beyond reach. how
ever, for Pat Sawyer, of Mime
apolis, professional for the last two
years, who used to play for the Uni
versity Of Minnesota, was only q
stroke back with his 35-34-6e and
Ed Brook, professional from Bar
tow, Fla, and Johnny Dawson. sturdy
Chicago amateur, were close up with
70s.
Ralph Guldahl, holder of the ma
tional open crown. headed a pack Of
eight professionals and two amateurs
IN the II bracket. Ranged with him
were Johnny Revolta. former P. G A
champion, and Johnny Bulla of Chi
cago; E. J. Harrison of Little Rock
Ark; Jimmy Hines of Garden City
Lawson Little of San Francisco. Henry
Ransom OF Bryan, Tex and Marion
H. Smith of Charlottesville, Ind, OF
the money group. and Bill Zieske Of
Minneapolis, and Dick Price of Wich.
ita, Kans,, the amateurs.
Par Equaled by Many.
NTART1NG out with par 72s behind
them were Sam Snead of White
Sulphur Springs, Horton Smith, Gens
kunes and Herb johnson. all Of Chi
caRo, Alvin BUTCH Kruger of Be.
lott, Wis; Tony Penna of Dayton
Ohio; Leonard Dodson of Springfield
Mo; Willie Goggin of San Bruno
Calf; Mike Murra Of Wichita, Kans. i.
Lester Bolstad of Minneapolis. ano
Ben Hogan, Fort Worth, Tex, profes-
slonals, and one amateur, Al Clasen OF
ST. Paul.
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@ [EtE:: +: = :

WAsH1NGToN chess fans will have
real treat next Wednesday at
the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside
Hotel, 8 pm, when Anton Y. Hesse
president Of the former Distric, of
Columbia Chess League and one-time
chess columnist for certain Pennsyl-
vania neVspa pers and his son. Carl
Hesse. one of theh strongest of the
younger masters in the Dlstrlct
. meet all corners in a simultaneous
texhtoition tandem fashion, each
player making alternate moves against
every opponent.
On the sidelines, no doubt.
Will be Carl Hease's baby daugh-
tef, who uses chess pieces to
teethe on and for whom this
column predicts 4 future to
rival that Of Vera Menchik,
woman chess champion OF the
world.
Reservations should be made early
with Simon Naidel. tournament direc-
tor. and Norval Wigginton, assistant
chess director of the Washington
Ieocial Chess Divan.
BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr.
MAX EUWE, world champion,
scored AZ in a recent tourna
ment at Garmisch-P h-Partenkirchen,
Germany, against the trio, Dr.. Alex
ander Alekhin, former world cham
pion; E. D. Bogoljubow and Fritz
6eamisch
Only BogoljuboW won a game from
the title-holding professor of mathe-
A4ktscs.
s1nAEina ton In Chess"
q D. IOCOCK. who gave us "One
Hundred Chess Maxirns," now
Evening star., 1937-07-31

Sold at auction for $3.50. the little
miss won $4,000 before an untimely
death.
Man O. War was sold for $4,000
as a yearling and no one thought
enough of him to make an entry for
the Kentucky Derby. Big Red won
every big stake for which he was
entered and retired with $249,465 to
his credit. Most Of the big stake
winners have been sold as yearlings
in the sales ring at Saratoga.
1t was as a 2-year-old that Man O
War met his only defeat. Big Red"
was turned sideways when the barrier
was sprung and trailed his field by
100 yards for the first quarter of mile,
then closed like cyclone and was
beaten an eyelash by Upset. Man O.
War later set five world records.
NO RACE track IN the country can
boast the tradition that is at
tached to Saratoga and its stakes. The
Travers Stake, for instance, antedates
the Kentucky Derby by - years. 1t
first was run in 1864 and was won by
Kentucky.
Roamer, Sun Briar and Man
o. War were Travers winners.
One of the greatest upSets in turf
history occurred when Jim Dandy, at
odds of 100 to l. splashed home in a
sea Of mud to win the Travers from
Gallant Fox, which had been consid-
cred near certainty.
The Saratoga Cup is the oldest
stake feature of it's kind in the United
States. 1t first was run IN 1865. Many
equine greats have won the cup
Among them Exterminator, Gallant
Fox, Twenty Grand and Equipoise,
but the record of Exterminator, called
Slim" and "Old Bones" by turf fans,
probably never will be equaled
Exterminator won the Sara
toga Cup four successive years,
and once 1t was a walk over"
When the scratches were in it was
found that Slim" was all alone. so
he was galloped around the track that
he might be declared the winner.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
ARGENTINE BOXING
TEAM FORMIDABLE E
Only Sunday" Punches Will
Avail Americans at Dallas,
Says Pampas Chieftain.

By the Associs ted Press
DALLAS, Tex, July 31.-ont the
Yankees Sunday" knockout
punches will eliminate any OF the
frolicking South American youngsters
in the pan-American games interna-
tional amateur boxing tourney here
August u, 13 and IA.
So warned Alberto Festal, president
OF the Argentine delegation, veteran
referee and former South American
middleveight champion. as he watched
his fighters puff in the 10o-degree
Texas heat today.
Five OF the squad from Argentina
Uruguay and Brazil competed in the
1885 Olympic games at Berlin.
Festal said he believed he had the
finest squad available from Argentina's
f1ght-mad nation. More than 100, 900
fans watched the amateurs battle for
the right to make the United States
trip.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
DORAIS GETS BIG VOTE
Nearly 10000 Ahead in Poll fol-
All-Star Grid Coach.

CHICAGO, July 81 P).-Charles
GUS Dorals, University of Detroit
foot ball coach. continued to pace the
field today in the poll to select a staff
OF mentors for the all-star squad OF
colleeians who will play the Green
Bay Packers at Soldier Field the night
OF September l.
Dorals had polled 9l.64s first place
votes, 1893 second-place choices and
ll72 thirds. Fans are naming three
coaches in order of preference, with
points being three for first-place
choice. two for second and one for
third. The hlgh-point man after vot-
Ing ends, August 8, will head the al
star board Of strategy.
Other point leaders: Lynn Waldrof
Northwestern. 3l,899; Pete Vaughan
Wabash, 3o.3l2 Bo McMiuin. Indiana
1915; Jock Sutherland, Pittsburgh
l4,6ls; Elmer Layden. Notre Dame
1851; Francis Schmidt, Ohio State
1l.6l8.
Evening star., 1937-07-31

& Weekly Review, December 18, 1920
PIP. 404-405. It is titled Little Chess
Wizard"
Literary Digest, No 81. De-
cember IL. 1920. PIP. 44-41. also
speaks of the "bov wonder" and
falls to envision the champion
of 1887
Samuel Reshevsky tAmerican name)
met Swedish masters recently on his
European tour to score as against
Danielssons 2, Lundin's ! and Stoltz's
0. At kemeri, Latvia, he shared
premier honors and latest reports
say he may play in the Paris Inter-
rrtional Exposition.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.

American League.
Gehris. Yankees .373.
Runs-Di Magsio. Yankees. SIS;
Greenbers, Tigers, So
Runs batted in-Greenbers, Tigers,
1o2.; Di Magic Yankees, %,
Hlts-Bell, Browns, 1872; Di Maggie
Doubles-Bonura White sox. 81:
Vosmlk, Browns. and Gehrlg, Yankees
Triples-Kreevich White sox II:
D1 Magic, Yankees; Greenberg. Tigers,
and Stone and Kuhel Senators. 10.
Home runs-Dl Massio. Yankees IS
Stolen bases-chapman, Red sox,
25; Walker, Tigers. IA.
Pitching-Rufing, Yankees, 1873;
kasson. kagson Tissers' 1913 and Murphy
Bstting-Meduick Cardinals. .4o3;
P. Waner Pirates. .37a
Runs = Medwick, Cardinals rs
'sn; Rurs oinst batt.d j. in-Medvick, cardi-
mails. as; Demaree, Cubs 73
Waner Pirates, 1874
Doubles-Meduick Cardinals. 35:
Moore, Giants. and Cuccinello, Bees. "a
Triples-vauehan and Handley,
Pirates, 10.
Home runs-Medwick, Cardinals, e1;
stolen bases-Galan, Cubs. IS;
Lavasetto, Dodgers. Il.
Pitchins-Fette, Bees, 1873: Huhocli,
Giants, 14-5.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
U. S. VICTORY ASSURED
Yanks Figure to Win Big Event
Of Canadian Oar Meet.

PORT DALHOUSIE, Ontario, July
81 P)-The Toronto Argonauts en-
tered the Anal day of the Royal Cana
dian Henley Regatta today virtually
assured of the team title, but the
United States was even more certain
Of winning the senior eights, most
priced Of all the events.
The senior eights, grand finale Of
the three-day regatta. will bring to-
gether two crews from below the
border-the West Sides and Penn A. c.
The Buffalo eight created something
OF an upset yesterday when it beat the
Hamilton Leanders, undefeated at the
Henley since bowling to the Penn A. c,
in 1881. The Pennsylvania boat quail
ned for the finals with an easy victory
over the Detroit Rowing Club.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
CONTEST TOURNEY
'0vER SHORT LINKS
Witty Cox Is 5-to.2 Favorite,
Champ Betsch|er Loses
Clubs in Ship Fire.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.


ND POINT COMFORT, Va,
July 3l.--All marks for a
\ Middle Atlantic Professional
~ Golfers Association cham
pionship are going to be busted wide
open over the 72-hole tournament
which opened on the Chamborlin
Country Club course today. That is,
II. comparative distances and short
ness Of holes mean anything, and they
usually do.
Such sharpshooters as Witty Cox,
Roland Mackenzie. Leo Walper and
george Diftenbaugh, to mention a few
from Washington. aren't going to be
baked by 6.20o-yard golf course.
That's what this course measures. and
1t plays even shorter. There are half a
dozen holes where guy who can wal
lop a golf ball does far better by play
Ing his tee shot with an iron and then
takes an iron for his second. II there s
one reason the boys won't score Sc or
better it's the Bermuda grass greens,
which are new stuff to most of them.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
FINE GRIFF FARMHANDS
Manager McColl and Two Hornets
Punished for Row With Ump.

RICHMOND. Va, July 81 R.-
Catcher Herb Crompton OF the Wash
ington-owned Charlotte club was un-
der three-day suspension today and
faced a s25 fine for his part in An
argument Wednesday night in the
Piedmont League with Umpire Red"
Jones.
Dan W. Hill, president Of the
league, ordered Crompton's suspen-
sion and fine yesterday and fined
Manager Alex McColl $40 and Out
fielder Beverly Ferrell $40, also of
the Hornets. in connection with the
incident.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Mat Matches

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORk.-Danno OMahony.
225, Ireland. threw Benny Field
man. 280, New York, l4:36.
NORTH BERGEN. N. J.-Ernie
Dusek, Omaha, Nebr., pinned Ed
die Meske, Ohio, 1922 (heavy-
weights).
HAzELTON. Pa.-Joe Cox, 225,
Kansas City, tossed Irish Kennedy,
220, Texas, 5000
UMBUs, Ohio.-Orville
Brown, 22s, Florida, threw Bobby
Burns, 226. Cf1icaSo. 45:3S. 4
Evening star., 1937-07-31
20 Years Ago
IN THE STAR.

HUGH JENNINGS Detroit IT,
gers beat the Griffmen, 1874,
in the local series opener yester-
day. Witt, Cobb and Veach. bat
ting in that order, collected Ave
hits each for the 'yinners.
Because Of the danger of losing
players through the draft for mill
tary services. President Hickey Of
the American Association has abol-
ished the player limit regulation.
Washington now is 20 games be-
hind the eegue-leading Chicago
White 1o9.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
PA|R|NCS AWAITED
IN RINGER SCRAPS
Play-offs for Four Major
Titles in Star Party to
Start Monday.

w YTTH the qualifying round
\A/ virtually complete, pairings
" " for the ninth annual Eve
ming Star horseshoe cham
pionshipe to open Monday will be an
nounced tomorrow. Three places re-
main open in the Virginia play-of1s
and were to be filled today.
Maryland's l6 qualifiers will open
the championship eliminations, start
ing Monday night at 7;3o on the Mu-
nicipal Playground courts at McMil-
Ian Park. The Old Line tournament
will be played out to the ANAL Monday
and the final will be shot Tuesday
night.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Betschler Loses Clubs.

LIS nrst round over the funny
looking layout netted Cox a a.
IN the amateur-pro tourney, which
raised the curtain on the tournament
Walper shot 10, but you can lay to
It that Witty will improve Leo paired
with Dick Ammons, a local amateur,
to win the tourney. with a better ball
Of 81. But ominous rumblings came
1pm the neighborhood of Charlottes-
vile. Va. Erie Ball, the Charlottes-
Vile pro, scored 3 under par SO.
Four like that would win the tourna-
ment by about four shots
Charlie Betschler, the defending
champ, showed up today somewhat
the worse for his ducking in the water
OF Chesapeake Bay and far from q
3avorite to win. Charlie was one OF
those rescued from the bay steamer
which burned Thursday night He
st complete new set OF clubs and
Etarted today with brand-new outfit
minus the putter with which he ha,
done so well over the years. Charlie
Is submerged, like his putter, in the
array Of talent which has gathered
here for the tourney.
Bobby Cruickshank, the Virginia
State champion. won't be here
Houshton. who promoted the tourney
learned that Bobby won't enter, which
snakes 1t even more a strictly home
and home team match between the
pros from Washington and those from,
nearby Virginia.
Evening star., 1937-07-31

AL VIC pdSb tNo yodis WAC
scoring record for the national
golf championship has been
L cracked to bits. A record Of
286 set by Chick Evans at Minne-
apolis in 1915 and tied by Gene Sara
zen in 1882 was first beaten by Tony
Manero at Baltusrol last year with
282 and then Tony's mark was busted
by Ralph Guldahl in the 81 cham-
pionship at Oakland Hills, Detroit.
Guidahl holds the present mark With
28l for "a holes of championship play.
But it won't be long before this
mark is erased from the record books,
along with others, and it won't be so
many months before some gent with
red-hot putter goes hog-wild and
raps out score below so in a ma
tional championship.
Witty Cox, the big Kenwood pro,
firmly believes that so will be busted
in the national championship and it
won't be a l0-year wait either.
Bound to Master Title Complex.
WHY, look at the way these boys
are scoring in the smaller
tournaments, and over pretty good golf
courses, too" chirps VIII. II admit
that the national championship Is
different; that the course is little
tougher, and that championship golf
is-well, championship golf But the
boys got over their Jones complex
and they are going to get over the
championship complex, too.
Mark my word. Some day some
gent Is going to get that putting click
ing and he'll take any golt course
apart for So or So
The mechanical equipment Of this
game Is better than its ever been,
and the boys aren't missing shots any
more. 1t isn't unusual for q guy to
hit l8 greens in perfect figures. You
can figure up what might happen If
a long hitter can get home in two
on the short holes, or near enough
to chip up close, and II he holes 4
few puts on the others.
They won't play q tough course
IN even 3s-yet-but some guy will
bust go, sure as you're a foot high,
Three Hit 66 Rounds.
ETs see how that stacks up. The
present record score In the open
championship is 66. Gene sarasen did
1t at Fresh Meadow In 1882 Walter
Hagen did it At North Shore IN 'ss,
and Tom Creavy did it ut Merton
in ~.
Now these are an rugged golf
courses. They had to be to be picked
for the open championship. But in
each OF those rounds sarassn, Hagen
and Creavy made . few mistakes.
Any Of these rounds might conceivably
have been go or better.
The lowest championship round on
record is 81, shot by Aubrey Boomer
at st. Cloud, France, In 1880. But
that course, good as it is, hardly meas
ures up to American standards. win
may be right.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press,

CHICAGO.-Paul williams, 208,
Chicago, outpointed Lem Franklin,
200, Cleveland (6).
CLEVELAND.- Baster,
1875, knocked out Mike Gamere,
1875, Cleveland 90.
NEW YORK.-Johnny Bells,
135, New Haven. Conn, technically
knocked out Eddie Alex, 1885, New
York (3).
LONG BRANCH, N. freddie
Ftducia. 1871. Newark, outpointed
Ray Miller. 173, Newark 90.
GAsTONIA, N. Cray Matule-
wiscz, l72, Mount Carmel, Pa.
technically knocked out Johnny
Segars, l74, Florence, g. c. (s).
Evening star., 1937-07-31

offers unique booklet under the
title OF Imagination in Chess" The
solutions to games are not in the
usual tsbulated form but there is a
bookmarker which is attached to the
cover to spur the Imagination and
Keep the mind of the player focused
on the meaning of the figures that
accompany the diagrams.
Sammy RzeSchewski.
i HAT is the name of the United
States chess champion who be-
came a naturalized citizen scarcely
two years ago Native soil-Poland
Turn time back II years and read
the article by S. Reid in independent
Evening star., 1937-07-31
LEM FRANKLIN BEATEN
Loses on Points Before Nearly
Kayoing Foe in Pro Debut.

CHICAGO, July 81 LP).-The pro-
fesslonal boxing record Of young Lem
Franklin today stood at one bout and
one defeat-but it came close to being
one bout and one victory. by knockout.
The young Cleveland Negro heavy
weight, who won the international
amateur heavyweight championship,
was outpointed in his first professional
match last night by Paul Williams,
clever Chicago Negro. The bell ending
the bout saved williams from going
down and out. Franklin finding the
range with his powerful right in the
fnal seconds after being unable to
solve Williams defense earlier in the
match. Williams weighed 20S to 200
for Franklin.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
GATE GROWING IN A. L.

Z CHICAGO, July 81 lPy-William
>Harridge, president of the American
League, estimated today that attend
ance in the junior circuit is running
100000 ahead Of 1886, with an even
greater increase expected for the re-
nainder of the season.