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Evening star., 1937-05-15
Special Dispatch to The Star.


~ URBAN, N. c.. May Is
Duke and North Carolina,
traditional rivals, loomed as
the foremost contenders for
the Southern Conference track and
field championship to be decided here
this afternoon on the Blue Devils
field.
OF the 80 who qualified yesterday
from 13 conference members, Duke,
defending champion, had the most,
21 North Carolina qualified 16 and
v. M. l., IL. A recapitulation showed
other flnalists divided as follows:
Maryland, 7; South Carolina, Glenn
son and Richmond, S each; Davidson,
3; Furman and Washington and Lee,
2 each, and William and Mary, l.
Frank Cronin Of Maryland rang up
the fastest time recorded yesterday
when he won his quarter-mile heat
in 5l.2 seconds. He is the only Terp
rated better than an even chance to
capture one Of the conference titles,
Bill Guckeyson's performances in the
field events yesterday being somewhat
disappointing.
A second in the shotput which he
put 46 feet AZ inches, q third in
the javelin with throw Of 1856 feet
5lz inches and a fifth place discus
hurl of 127 feet 8 inches, appeared
to give Guckeyson only an outside
chance in today's finals.
Beers was the third Old Liner to
qualify yesterday, gaining seventh
place in the broad jump with leap
Of 20 feet IL inches.
Summaries of yesterdays trials:
12O-yard high hurdles thrst heat
First. RODGERS w. 4 L.: second. Carter
clemson: third. Taylor tSouth Cardinal
Time O:l49. Second heat-First Steckel
tDuke); second Corpening North Caro-
linal; third. Wicker Davidson. Time,
1OO-yard dash tfrst heat,-Frst. Pasco
~ M. II: second. shehan 'Duke) Time.
0:1O. Second heat-Ffrst. Woodward
Duke; second Herring ~. NJ. II. Time
0:10. Third heat-F1rst Finley North
Carolina; second, Little (south Caro-
lina). Time. 0:1O.
Javelin (ten oualifiers)-First Karakass
Duke. 1913 feet ga inches: second. Rich
ards North Carolina). 1sS feet ga. inches
third. Guckeyson tMaryland). 1856 feet 5i7
inches; fourth. sullivan CDuke,. 17a feet
Evening star., 1937-05-15
One Game Shuff1es Standing.

p AIN washed out all the rest of the
~ National League program, as well
as all but one tilt in the American. In
that game, outside of the 6-5 surprise
the ST. Louis Browns handed the De-
troit Tigers, the outstanding develop
ment was the way it shook up the
standings.
The victory boosted the Brownies to
sixth place, over the hapless White
Sox, and dropped the teetering Tigers
into the second division, with the
Yankees taking sole possession of third
place and the Boston Red Sox ad-
vancing to fourth, although both were
idle.
A recapitulation Of the just-conclud-
ed first invasion by the Western clubs
in the National League and the East
ern outfit in the American, shows the
Philadelphia Athletics far and away
the most successful. The astonishing
AS won six Of seven starts for first
place in the American League. In
the rival loop, the Pirates nine wins
in II games topped everything in
sight.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
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BY BURTON HAWKINS

CYRACUSE has oarsmen nemed
Robert Taylor and Edward
Robinson no relation to
the movie emoters Lu
Blue, crack first sacker for the
Detroit Tigers years ago, now is a
song plugger in a Dallas music
store . he was selling cemetery
plots here last year there are
seven Moores playing major
league base ball five are out
flelders.
Johnny Buff, former world ban
tamweight boxing champ, now is
q w. P. A. worker in New Jersey
-. frankie Klick, former world
Junior lightweight champion,
rates Henry Armstrong, coffee-col-
ored clouter, better than was Kid
Chocolate in his prime and lust
as good as Tony Canzoneri ever
was Klck fought Chocolate
and Canzoneri at their best and
recently was technical kayo VIC
tim of Armstrong.
Leo Daniel Boone" Savage. q
bearded mountaineer from an OBJ
scure county in Kentucky, is Z
unique addition to mat circles
he seldom allows water to touch
his frame and wears gunnysack
into the ring instead of the usual
bathrobe . following Z match
Evening star., 1937-05-15

on the coast recently he chased q
colored janitor about the arena
with a lengthy knife.
A new face on the R-K-O lot in
Hollywood is that Of Alan Bruce,
whose real handle Is Donald Kent
=. he understudied Johnny Sisk
at halfback on the 1930-31 Mar
quette foot ball teams Sonia
Henie figures to reap $4,000 this
year from jndorsing an Ice skate
which bears her name Joe
Louis Is not allowed to travel by
airplane.
Joe E. Brown, the movie comic,
has the gloves Gene Tunney used
in trimming Dempsey the first
time the foot ball used in the
last Rose Bowl game the pole
used by Charley Hon when he
became the first man to vault II
feet and jersey worn by
Red Grange when he was the
Galloping Ghost.
Johnny Weissmuller will make
$2,5O0 q week for five weeks for ex-
hibition appearances in the Cleve-
land Exposition Johnny, in
cidentally, will try to establish a
100-meter free style mark today
-. Don't be too surprised If Jimmy
Johnston no longer Is matchmaker
for Madison Square Garden after
June /,
Evening star., 1937-05-15
NOTABLES INVITED
TO SEE RING SHOW
Nice, Allen and Brown Are Among
Leaders Asked by Seat Pleas
ant Bows Club.

Outstanding civic and political
leaders Of the District and Mary
land have been invited to attend
the amateur boxing bouts to be pre-
sented next Friday at Duffy Sta
dium, Seat Pleasant, Md, under the
auspices of the recently organized
Seat Pleasant Boys Club.
Gov. Harry w. Nice Of Maryland,
George E. Allen, District Commis-
sioner, and Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent Of police and chair
man of the District Boxing Commis-
sion, head the list of invited guests.
The bouts will mark the first of
series Of cards to be presented dur
ing the Summer. An all-star card.
including several District golden gloves
champions, Is being arranged.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Preakness Facts.
Figures, Fancies
BY the Associated Pres

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 15.-Facts
and figures about the forty-seventh
running of the $50 900 added Freak
ness at Pimlico today:
Number of entries-Eght (seven
colts and one filly).
Probable favorite-Samuel Rid
dies War Admiral.
Probable attendance - Between
10000 and $4,000.
Weather-Clear.
Track conditions Prob bly,
muddy.
Purse-$56, 1875 gross, with s46,125
to winner If all start.
Distance-One and three-six-
teenth miles.
Record-1:58Hs, set by High
Quest in 1884.
Post time-About $50 pm.
eastern standard time),
Evening star., 1937-05-15
D0PESTERS CLING
TO WAR ADMIRAL
Muddy Going Worries Many
as Man o. Wars Son Goes
After Spring "DoubIe."
BY JOHN LARDNER,

~ ALTIMORE, May 15.-The
- track at Pimlico was like
giant platter of bouillabaisse
~ not long before the running OF
the forty-seventh Preaknesssoup as
far as the eye could reach. It was
yellow and thick and wet. This brought
worry and headache to the hackers
OF the favorite, that tough kid Of
Man O. Wars, War Admiral. But
Trainer George Conway said it didn't
make any difference.
He'll run the race, wet or dry, said
Conway. land I think he'll show you
as much on soupy track as he did
last week on the fast one at Louisville.
That's the kind of horse he is. He
loves to run"
For all Of that. you could see
sinister CLEAN in the eye of Mr.. Willie
Zone Horse) Shea as he watched the
rain coast down. Mr.. Willie (One-
Horse Shea is the trainer Of Merry
Maker, long shot tn this big race.
but sturdy spalpeen with secret
passion for gumbo. Merry Maker will
navigate any brand of mud without
the aid of galoshes.
Mind YOU" said Mr.. Shea, shaking
his long brown finger, my horse is
fine horse, rain or shine. But I'm
not kicking about this mud. Mud Is
fine stuff. like It,"
And Mr.. Shea continued to cock q
hopeful lamp at the heavens.
War Admiral Keen About Food.
|N7HEN the entry list closed for the
wv Preakness, eight horses were
ready to go to the post War Admiral,
shooting for a May-time double after
his Derby win, drew the rail position
again, as he did at the Downs. An
omen, If you like. Most people seemed
10 think, though, that the little sailor
eould start in the paddock and still
win the race by the length Of %
links of selected frankfurter.
I learn from Mr.. Jean Rouchard
that War Admiral is robust trench
erman. On an average day he will
wolf as many as IL quarts OF oats,
without ketchup. That's lot of
bats, If you like them, and, even if
you don't like them, it still is sizable
sum of oats.
Merry Maker the mud horse, has a
sweet fang. as we say in the candy
racket. Give him a caramel and he
Is your friend for life, pending the
arrival of another caramel He likes
the sweeter varieties of light wine and
bourbon, and on his days of will fit
from hyacinth to hyacinth and mas
turtium to nasturtium, much to the
Irritation of the humble bees local 104,
which claims he is unfair to organized
labor.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
PARK TENNIS TEAMS
HAVE BIG WEEKEND
Three Play Two Matches Apiece
in National Capital Loop.
Schedule Announced.

THREE tennis teams Of the Ma
tional Capital Parks League faced
two matches in two days, starting this
afternoon, as the week ends schedule
called for double-up program today
and tomorrow.
At o'clock Monument, defending
champion, was to meet Fairlawn at
FairlaWn while Pierce Mill played
Rock Creek on the Reservoir courts.
Tomorrow Monument will meet Rock
Creek on the Pierce Mill courts while
Fairlawn tangles with Potomac on the
Reservoir courts. Tomorrow's matches
start at 10 o'clock.
The remainder of the seasons
schedule follows:
May %, Monument at Pierce Mill, Poto-
mac at Rock Creek: June s. Potomac at
Monument, Fairlawn at Pierce Mill; June
- Rock Greek at Fairlawn. Potomac at
Pierce Mill; July 3, Monument at Rock
Creek, Potomac at Fairlawn; July 10.
Fairlawn at Monument. Rock Creek at
Pierce Mill: August T. Rock Creek at
Potomac, Pierce Mill at Monumnet; Au-
gust gust 4, Monument at Potomac. Pierce
Mill at Fairlawn
Winners of each half meet on August Or
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Even Joe Louis Likes Hay.

LIE GETS two quarts of sweet mix
ture in the early morning, four
quarts at II bells, and six quarts in
che afternoon. He sometimes destroys
30 pounds of hay per diem without
batting a fetlock. Pompoon also likes
hay. So. come to think of it, does Joe
Louis, who devotes 18 hours a day to
lying In the stuff.
War Admiral, by winning, would
climb well into the so-called silver
circle of horses who have won 100000
or more. Already the small son of Big
Red has accumulated winnings of
slightly more than $4,000, including
the kitty at Louisville last week Pom
poon, too, had chance to crack the
circle.
This departments guess was Pom
poon to win. War Admiral to place
and Matey to show. But remember.
War Admiral doesn't read the papers.
He was just as likely as not to give
Us that old street-guide act of his
again and show the field the way
around the track.
(Copyright. 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Cronin Maryland's Lone Hope
For Southern Meet H0n0rs as
Cuckeys0n Proves Mediocre

u inch: fifth. Zimmerman ~. M II. 16a
feet Il inch; seventh. Males tMarylandl
l65 feet; eighth johnson Davidson. 152
feet 8 inches; ninth Mcconnell CLEMSON.
149 feet 3 inches; tenth. Johnston David
SOM. l4S feet & inches
440yard sprint first heat-First. Cro-
min tMaryland); second Johnston Duke:
third Ullman North Carolina, fourth
ond heat-Frst George tDukeI: second
Connell North Cardinal. third, Mast "
P. -: fourth. Leckie Duke. Time. 0:5l g.
Shotput ten qualifying First Strick-
Ter ". NJ. -. ~ feet l inch; second
third and fourth tie,. Farley ". NJ, II
and King fFurman) AS feet 1Oi2 inches;
nth, Fischer, Duke 45 feet "a. inch
seventh, Todd Richmond. 43 feet 2L4
inches: eighth Juliber North Carolina.
40 feet ] ~ inches: ninth. Sanford tRich-
mondD. 40 feet 1012 inches: tenth. Hoek
IN. c. State) 40 feet 3 inches
c20-yard low hurdles. first heat-First,
som. Time. OPS. Second heat-First
liable William and Nary; second Hud-
gins Duke: Time, o:24.5 Third heat
ond. Steckel Duke. Time. O:25.2.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
PetillO Releases Pilot.

pRIzE money, offered by two oil
companies to qualifying drivers
for the first time this year, will be
awarded on the basis Of averages
turned in by the 50-odd drivers during
the entire week OF tests.
Louis Meyer Of Huntington Park,
Calf. and Wild Bill" Cummings of
indianapolis. both former speedway
race winners, will have championship
company in qualifying trials over the
week end, 1t became known last night.
Kelly Petillo, winner in 1885, said
he would pilot his own racing car in
the qualifying tests after releasing
Floyd Roberts. scheduled to drive for
him, following disagreement.
Roberts. who said he would not agree
to relief driver during the race If he
should qualify, Immediately signed to
pilot one Of the six cars entered by
Joel Thorne, New York sportsman.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
BY the Associated Press,


Z YAN METER, Iowa. May Is
! Van Meter settled back to a
" more normal pace today after
sending its hero back to the
major league wars with high school
diploma.
Wherever the residents clustered,
however, the main topic of converse
ton still concerned Bob Feller's gradu-
alton party.
Bob left shortly after the ceremonies
for Chicago, where he will rejoin the
Cleveland team, his arm all set to
go" after weeks rest. Out of action
since April "a, Bob said he hoped to
work against the Yankees in New
York next week end.
Party on Radio Hook-Up.
THERE were 10 other seniors in the
graduating class last night, but
the 18-year-old strikeout artist was
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Base Ball.
TODAY.
Base Ball.

Boston vs. Washington, Griffith
Stadium, 3.
North Carolina VS.. Maryland,
College Park. Md, 2:30.
Loyola of Baltimore VS.. George
town Frosh. Hilltop, 8.
Roosevelt High VS.. Naval Train
ing Station, Norfolk, Va.
Woodberry Forest VS.. st. Adams,
st. Adams field, 1890.
Horse Show.
Arlington Hall College, morning
and afternoon, starting at 8.
Track.
Central High School &C" Club
meet, Central Stadium. 1870.
Maryland In Southern Confer
ence meet, Durham, N. c.
Maryland Froeh vs.. Gallaudet,
Kendall Green, 2:30.
Maryland VS.. Navy, Annapolis,
Md, 3.
Tech High VS.. Friends, Friends
courts, 2.
American University VS.. Rutgers,
New Brunswick, N. j.
Golf.
Georgetown vs.. Princeton; Phil
adelphia, Pa.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
HORSE SHOW ON TODAY
Nineteen Glasses Being Judged

Nineteen Glasses Being Judged
on Arlington Program.
The second annual Arlington Hall
horse show opened this morning at 9
O'Clock with total of 10 classes listed
for the forenoon and afternoon ses-
sions. The show grounds are located
1T Arlington Hall College in nearby
Virginia.
Glasses include events for hunters
Jumpers and hacks and student horse
nnanShip tests.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
BOWLERS STILL AT IT.

An open blind pig mixed doubles
will open at the Arcadia Bowling AL
leys next Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
Three games will be rolled. Women
will draw partners after the second
game. These doubles will continue
each Thursday night during the Sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Ne,usreels Hum, Radio Alire
With Doings as Bob Feller
Gets High School Sheepskin,

most of the show for some 700 per-
sons who packed the school auditorium
for graduation exercises they proc
ably never will forget.
National radio hook-ups don't hap
pen often to towns whose population
barely covers the 400 mark Van
Meter apparently realized that ana
made the most of the occasion.
There were rounds of applause
when white haired Clarence Dunn,
president of the School Board, pre-
sented Bob his diploma, but Van
Meter semed to get its biggest kick
after the regular ceremonies were
over
Newsreel cameramen came to film
the graduation. but Supt. o. E. Lester
ruled that they couldn't operate dur
ing the exercises. He agreed, however,
to have the most significant phases
re-enacted for the benefit of the cam
eramen.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Bob Presents. Trophy.

WITH the auditorium resembling a
Hollywood movie sound stage,
the seniors, led by 5-year-old George
England, class mascot. dressed in a
blue-and-white homemade base ball
suit, walked slowly down the center
of the auditorium to the stage.
Newsreel cameras buzzed, and not a
person left his seat
Bob presented the school a hand
some trophy case. He thanked the
school and his teachers for the honor
of graduating. Then Supt. Lester un-
veiled a gold tone picture of Bob, a
present to the school by the gradu-
ating class.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Decide Pole Spot Today.

r Elk MAYS of Glendale, Calf, who
gained the pole for the second
successive year last year with quail
flying average of 1854 miles an
hour, wasn't enthusiastic about his
chances Of topping the neld again.
He believed it unlikely he would be
able to average more than lit miles
an hour in the foreign-built Alta
Romeo car he has entered for the race.
and sided with others in forecasting a
speed Of 125 miles an hour or better
for the driver who has the best qualify
ing time.
Trials were to begin at 10 am &C.
S. T) and continue until sundown.
Today's fastest qualifier automatically
will win the pole position.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
BROADCASTS PREAKNESS

Clem Mccarthy Goes on Air at
Pimlico Today at 2.
The complete racing program at
Plmlico today was to be described for
the stay-at- homes by Clem Mccarthy,
veteran turf commentator. in broad
cast set to begin at 2 o'clock over
WMAL.
Mccarthy was to turn his attention
to the forty-seventh running of the
Preakness at approximately $50.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
AUTO PILOTS OPEN
QUALIFYING TEST
Figure 125 Miles an Hour
Will Win Pole Position
at Indianapolis.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tNe ASSOCIAted PIeSS.
r INDIANAPOLIS, May 15-Sleek,
low-slung racing automobiles with
roaring motors, the pride Of ex-
L perimenting builders and the ac-
cepted symbols Of speed on land, were
pushed onto the 2l2-mile track Of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway today
for the start Of week Of qualifying
trials which will determine the field
for the annual 500-mile race May 81.
Speedway officials said - cars were
ready for 25-mile test runs today and
tomorrow. They said, too, that an
average speed of l25 miles an hour
would be necessary to win the pole
position.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
JUNIOR DAVIS CUP
NET TESTS START
Series Is Slated at Army
Navy Club Is Part of
Nationwide Plan.

w YASH1NGTON'S lea dine
\A/ young tennis players will
wv open play tomorrow after
noon at Army-Navy Coun-
try Club in the first Of series of
observation matches" which will
culminate in the formation of the
Capitals first junior Davis Cup squad
Although formal invitations have
been extended to 18 promising juniors,
the committee stated today that any
boy between the ages of Is and 20
who has not yet been invited. is
privileged to get in touch with it to
determine his eligibility.
Mai. Charles w. Christenberry of
the adjutant generals department,
United States Army, is chairman OF
the local junior Davis Cup Commit
tee, and Is aided by Clarence Charest,
Louis l. Doyle, Tom Mangan and
Charles w. Philips.
Intensive Coaching Planned.
THR1STENBERRY announced that
the tryout group had been
necessarily limited to the two lead
ing players of each high school and
private club, in order that individual
coaching might be possible.
The candidates will be observed
Sunday. and next week will be divided
into groups of four to six, under
supervision Of the best senior players
OF this district. Professional coaches
will be obtained and will rotate from
group to group. Each group will meet
on the courts Of the club to which
their senior supervisor belongs.
R0und-robin and ladder matches
are planned for the Summer months,
as we'll as clashes with nearby clubs
Careful records will be kept of all
candidates for the final selection OF
five or seven who will compose the
squad Of this locality. When the final
squad is selected, intersquad matches
with those of other cities will be ar
ranged. Altogether, nearly 10 major
cities are sponsoring similar squads.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
BOOK MIDGET TEAMS.

Games with midget teams are being
booked by the Takoma Tigers team
In that class. Call Jack Adamson at
Georgia 1000.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Diz Lasts Three Innings.

HE LASTED three innings and
three straight Pittsburgh hits in
the fourth frame before he took q
walk yesterday, but still only two Of
the five runs scored off him were
earned, since an error figured in
three Of them. As result, his ef-
fectiveness still remained at some
thing under one-run per nine-inning
game, which comes under the head of
pretty fair country pitching.
After he'd slept on it, Dizzy wasn't
sore at the Pirates. He gave them
credit for the 20 hits they banged all
over the lot.
After all" he summed it up today,
when you get your ears pinned back,
there amt nuthin' to say. And be-
lieve me, fellas, my ears were pinned
way back"
The victory for the P1ttsburghs
frightened their hold on the '-ational
League Lead by full game. They go
into their home stand now with a
3a game edge on the second place
Cards.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
ONLY BONE injury
TO GUST CATCHER
Sore Arm Usual in Spring,
Johnny Insists-Red Sox
Making Bow Here.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
Mats were back at the old
stand today, for change, and
concentrating (a) on the
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'stA-~SAS INV.
THE Mats were back at the old
stand today, for a change, and
concentrating (a) on the
Il business Of climbing in the
American League standing, and (b)
on X-ray photos designed to tell the
true status Of Catcher Johnny Rid.
dies throwing arm.
Before the opener of three-game
series with the Red Sox today, Riddle
was to submit to a series of X-rays
in a local hospital. These photos
will be compared with some taken in
St. Louis last week If no Clipped
bone or any injury to bone is no.
ticed. Riddle will be retained and not
returned to the Indianapolis club, a.
per option of the Nationals
Judge K. NJ. Lands is expected to
give President Clark Griffith perrnis.
sion to turn Riddle back. GrifY, Of
course, doesn't want to part with
him and thereby cancel the trade in
which Frank (Shanty) Hogan and
cash were turned over to the Amer
lean Association club. The chances
are 100 to l that Mr. Riddle will re-
main an employe of the Washington
club for some time.
Circumstances Favorable to Mats.
A T THE time of Riddles acquisi-
ton he was touted highly BY
Scout Joe Engel, in whom Griffith
places much faith as judge of talent.
In addition, Johnny was catching
regularly for the Indians, which would
not indicate that bone in his arm
was Clipped at the time the trade
was made. This, coupled with Riddles
explanation that his arm always has
been susceptible to soreness in in
clement Spring weather. hardly
would make for startling X-ray dis
closures
Despite the doubt attached to Rid
die and the ailments OF Outfelder
Ben Chapman, the Griffs return to
open a 13-day home stand with cir
cumstances more favorable to them
than at any time since the campaign
opened. Heretofore the longest they
have played in Griffith Stadium over
one stretch has been for three days.
II they ever are to square away and
play the kind of base ball they figure
to play, 1t should be during the forth
coming stand
In addition to Riddle, another new
face will be unveiled during the home
stay, which will be marked by inva-
sions Of all Western clubs. Carl
Fischer really is not a newcomer to
Washington, inasmuch as he broke
into the majors here, but Carl has
done lot of travelling since he was
traded in 1892. He was bought on
waivers during the Western swing,
which ended yesterday
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Improved BosOx Invade,

INVADING Washington at this point,
probably the latest date in Ameri-
can League history, is an improved
Red Sox club which promises to take
some of the sting out OF past dismal
years for Owner Tom Yawkey. The
Sox will be here today. tomorrow and
Monday. Following them will come
the Western outfits, headed by the
Browns.
The chief difference between the
Bostons of 1887 and the Red Sox Of
1896 Is the difference between the jos
Cronin OF those two years. Joe now
bears striking similarity to the great
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