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Evening star., 1939-05-01
Great Miller Wasted
In Woodruff, Says
Coach Robertson
Pitt Star Held '4-FIut'
Possibility; Picked
Wrong Distances
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, May Long John
Woodruff had just run 47.4-second
quarter mile to give Pittsburgh its
fourth championship of the 45th
Penn relay carnival. Earlier that
day he had done better than 2l4
for 220 yards, and the day before he
had run a 1872 half mile.
Each OF those times is within
hailing distance of a new world
record. In each of those races,
Woodruff had seemed to be running
no harder than Johnstown in q
morning canter. Yet Lawson Robert
son, veteran coach Of United States
Olympic teams, was oddly reserved
in his enthusiasm.
Would Have Made Star Miller.
THAT boy should have been the
worlds first 4-minute miller" said
Robbie. with proper training, he
would have been. But it's too late
now. He's been running the wrong
distances. and can't change over any
more. It's too bad"
The 4-minute mile, Of course, has
been every track mans dream since
Glenn Cunningham and Jack Love-
lock first started hauling the time
down around 4:07. In view Of that,
Robertson's pessimistic reaction is
understandable.
But looking only at Woodruff S
performances, without regard for
perhaps wasted potentialities, the
6-foot 4-inch olympic champion is
a phenomenal figure. Ever since
1896, when he won the 800-meter
title at Berlin, the experts have
been waiting for the day when Long
John really would be pushed.
They're still waiting, and Long
John, so long as they don't ask him
to run on those confining indoor
tracks, keeps winning. When other
runners start working their legs
like frantic pistons, woodruff merely
stretches what already is a space
devouring stride.
Apt to Run Record $50.
If Long John should be extended
to his limit some day, Robertson
thinks he could run half mile in
1:48, one and two-tenths seconds
under Sydney Wooderson's still un-
official world record.
In the acclaim that goes to Long
John for helping the Panthers be-
come the first team ever to win
four of the eight major champion
ships in the Penn meet, though, it's
too easy to overlook the efforts of
his teammates. They deserve all
the praise they can get, especially
Frank Obi, the flying junior, whose
split sense of timing and
terrific opening burst of speed
enabled Pitt to get away first at the
gun in three of its victories. Oil
ran on all four teams-440, $50.
mile and sprint medley-and Wood
ruff on the last three.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Both Squads Defend
Unbeaten Records
On Field Day
Murphy, Yet to Toste
Defeat in Sprints,
Opposes Tartar

University of Maryland trackmen,
far from satisfied with their show
ing in the Penn relays desipte a
record smashing triumph In the
Glass B college relay, today gave
earnest attention to preparation for
a dual meet with Washington and
Lee which will be a feature, If not
the outstanding event Of the Ter
rapins' pretentious field day next
Saturday.
For Maryland and Washington
and Lee come to the struggle with
unbeaten records in dual competi-
ton. Maryland's squad is rated one
of the strongest in the East and
Washington and Lee, though its
victims may not have been as tough
as the Terrapins', glistens with class
in many events, judging by the
records.
Sprints Hold Interest.
Of particular interest will be a
battle In the sprintS between Joe
Murphy of Maryland and the Gen.
erals Charley Curl. Murphy, a
Southern Conference indoor cham
pion, has yet to lose race this
year but his best times have not
matched Curl's. The Terp has been
unable to beat 10 fiat in the 100, and
% seconds in the 220, but Curl has.
Only last week he turned in a 90
century and 218 in the 220.
With a group of quarter-milers
good enough to set a class B relay
record at Penn, Maryland never
theless will find the opposition
plenty fast Saturday at this dis
tance, with H. Ragon particularly
so. Ragon, who teamed with Curl,
Thuran and Harvey to win mile
relay in the Penn meet, is running
the 440 in 49.8.
In the half mile it will be Harvey
of w. and L. against Jim Kehoe,
with the Terrapin having an edge
on paper, having been clocked at
his best in 1855, compared with
Harvey's top effort of 1865.
Evans Hurdle Star.
Maryland, too, likely will have a
little the better Of it in the hurdles,
sending Hermie Evans against
Whaley. Evans 23.8 in the low
hurdles recently set an all-time
record for Terrapins and probably
was the fastest 220 over the fences
ever done in this section. Whaley's
best time for the event Is 24.4, but
he has negotiated the 100-yard high
hurdles in 152, two-tenths OF q
second better than Evans swiftest.
Indications point to number of
College Park records both in the
dual meet and in the interscholastic
events which will form the bulk Of
the days program.
Next on the local track schedule
will be the Maryland Georgetown
dual clash, week from Wednesday;
then will come the first annual Eve
ming Star games, May IS at Mary
land, which will climax the outdoor
season. The meet will include the
District A. A. U. championships,
which will bring together all the
local colleges sponsoring track, In
addition to the best club and un-
attached cinderpathers hereabout,
and the Metropolitan Washington
interscholastic championships, to
be held for the first time.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
RandIe Horses Take
7 Of 8 Glasses al
Fairfax Show
Poor Handling Of Event
Irksome to Exhibitors,
Riders, Spectators
BY ROBERT HENRY.

A successful horse show requires
plenty of work and cooperation on
the part of the committee, but the
so-called show put on by the Fair
fax Hunt Committee on the Lee
highway yesterday was about the
poorest excuse for a show-ucensed
by the American Horse Show Asso-
citation, Inc.-held in a long time
around this sector.
A haphazard postponement the
day before left a sour taste with
some of the exhibitors and riders,
with the result that the show at
tracted only three of the former
group and about six of the other.
Then many of the classes were
called of and this added further
to the vexation of both riders and
spectators.
Show Poorly Conducted.
The show yesterday was run In
slipshod fashion throughout. After
one class the acting ringmaster held
up the winning horses and riders
from entering the ring because he
was somewhere around the grounds
and far from his duties.
After two or three classes had
been held the committeeman pres
ent began to cancel classes even
though U. S. Randle, who owned
over half of the 10 or II horses
actually showing, was ready to ex-
hibit. Several important trophy
classes were ignored. One was run
off but Mr.. Randle, the winner, did
not receive the trophy, which must
be won three times for permanent
possession. Mr.. Randle already had
one "leg" on the cup, having won
1t two years ago.
Without going into further detail,
the show was distinctly farce.
Many Of the paying onlookers were
more than a little disguised, to say
nothing of the exhibitors.
Randle Scores Heavily.
VI Il1C ClkllV CkdooCo AASAA ~ WA Y
scheduled-Mr. Randle's horses won
seven, and with only three horses.
Mr.. Randle rode one to victory,
Gardner Hallman one, and Margaret
Cotter five. Sport Marvel was the
heaviest winner, picking up four
blues and both the hunter and
jumper championships. Fenton
Connor won the other class handi-
cap jumpers, with Oh Able.
Randle's Find took first ribbon In
the green hunters and the hunter
hack, Sport Marvel the ladies'
hunter, open jumpers, open hunters
and model hunters, and Fandle's
Way the touch and out. Altogether
the Randle horses won 20 ribbons
The judges were w. w. Osborne
Lodge Bowles and George Chubb
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Standout Mines Get
Action Tomorrow
In High Series
Central, Tech Among Six
On Schedule Crowded
By Postponements

Held in check by dripping skies
and muddy fields last Friday, the
inter-high championship baseball
series breaks out in a rash of games
tomorrow afternoon with action
scheduled on three fronts.
Roosevelt invades Western for
the lone game originally scheduled
tomorrow, while Wilson meets Cen
trail at Columbia Heights and Ana
costa visits Tech for contests post :
poned from last week. Any one
of the three should satisfy the most
avid appetite for action.
Series Debut for Tech.
Tomorrow's game marks Techs
series debut and will bring every
team into action, although at this
early date 1t has not been possible
to obtain an accurate line on the
possibilities of any contender. Tech
is the choice of experienced OBJ
servers in the eastern divisions, but
there is many an upset between
the start and finish Of an inter-
high flag race.
Eastern, for example, was sup
posed to be Techs strongest rival,
but 1t dropped a AZ decision to
Anacostia in its inaugural game
Thus Anacostia, apparently doomed
before the barrier was sprung, seems
to hold the balance Of power in the
division and may come up with the
title.
Central Club Confident.
Central's confident crew looms as
the outstanding club in the west
ern circuit and partially proved its
claim to the crown by disposing
of Western in its first game, beating
the Reds ace southpaw, Carme!
Nance, in so doing. But Western
was not up to par against the
Blue, and then there still is Roose-
velt's powerful nine to challenge
Jack Rays team. The Riders ale
q definite threat and will have a
husky voice in the disposing of the
title.
Wilson is the lone team appar.
emily not in the thick of the fgnt
at this early writing, and as noted
above, no one knows yet what viii
happen between now and the play
off for the city championship.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
eapns and Generals Promise Struggle Dual Cnde Meet Saturday
Sports Program
For Local Funs

TODAY.
Baseball.
Duke at Maryland, 4.
Wilson at Georgetown Prep,
$3.50.
George Washington at WASH
1ngton-Lee, $3.50.
Tech at Bethesda Chevy Chase,
$3.50.
Tennis.
Catawba at American u, 3.
st. Johns at St. Adams, $3.50.
Golf.
Georgetown VS.. Duke, Capital
Country Club, 3.
TUESDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at st. Louis, 4.
Wilson Teachers VS.. Shepherd
Teachers. Griffith Stadium, 3.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

Five years ago-Peace Chance,
Joseph Z. Widener's Derby entry,
broke Twenty Grand's track rec
ord at Churchill Downs with
1:35X for the mile.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

Three years ago-Bruce Camp
bell, Cleveland outflelder, had
recurrence Of spinal meningitis
and was reported seriously Ill with
little chance Of playing again.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

Initial round of match play started
today in the East Potomac Park
springrmatch play tournament. with
more than 200 golfers paired in the
affair which will run through May.
Joe Micker was the medalist with a
card of 73 and draws Gus Kupka in
the first round. Dutch Rittenhouse,
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Tuft Tops HiIIcrest

Taft A. G. scored all Of its runs
in the last three innings to defeat
Hillcrest, AZ. Rain halted the
game In the seventh inning.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Police No. 4 Nine Wins

Police Boys Club No.. 4 shut out
Uline Ice, 100, for their sixth
straight victory. Bernie Block held
the losers to a lone hit, While Rudy
English led the winners at bat.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Straight Off the Tee

OF all the unusual scores ever re-
turned on a golf course around
Washington. there is one on record
today from the Washington Golf and
Country Club that takes all the
marbles. Gen. Seth Williams, Ma
rine Corps officer, and a southpaw
golfer, did the trick.
Six IS dotted the card Of 70 which
Gen. Williams shot, yet he broke 80.
1t sounds impossible, but it hap
pened. He played six holes In 36
strokes, and for II holes used only
43 strokes. He had 10 pars and two
brides scattered through the card.
That score ranks along with Archie
Clark's astounding SO made on the
last nine at Congressional a few
years back, when the then assistant
to Sandy Armour played in level
par without par hole on his card.
Here is Gen. Williams score
i,,e
Evening star., 1939-05-01
From the
Press Box
Terry Is Mere AIso-Ron
In Stick-Chicogo Race
BY JOHN LARDNER,
SneciaI CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

NEW YORK, May l N.ANA).-
Review of the weeks baseball,
brought to you through the cour-
tesy of absolutely no soap, breakfast
food, sawdust, motor oil, hay, grain,
or feed company:
The rumor, circulated by William
Harold Terry himself, that he was
the proud author of gigantic swim
die when he traded Bartell, Man
cuso and Leiber to the Chicago Cubs
for Jurges, ODea, and Demaree,
still is to be proved true. Terry
described Gabby Hartnett as a
sucker" when he went for Bartell,
but so far the new Chicago short
stop has f1elded and hit pretty we'll.
Terry's enemies are inclined to
accuse him of boasting. Naturally,
the Giant manager is ambitious to
be ranked foremost among those
who have hornswoggled Mr.. Philip
K. Wrigley, but his record does
not show that he belongs in the
same class with such eminent
Wrigley deluders as Branch Hickey
and Gerald Nugent of st. Louis and
PHILADELPHIA respectively,
Evening star., 1939-05-01
TEXAS LEAGUE.

TEXAS LEAGUE.
Es;;;;s ;:|:. \ l| B:I: cont; 81
Houston. 1l2:. Dallas. 80.
ssanoot ess Messn ns; 81 otlaSers abssseVGtiit VGtity. 1a
6en Antonio. 1O-0; Tulsa. o-Ss
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Greet Hopes for Leonard
If He Foroets EnoIish.

Three scouts admitted that they
saw and broadcast McCoskey's pos
sibihties as early as 1915, three years
befort the young man was born
Sixteen of the 18 failed to spell his
name correctly, under pressure. and
another said frankly that, while he
never actually saw or heard of Nc
Coskey before last week, he would
have recommended him like flash
If he'd seen him.
Van Lingle Mungo appeared dis
couraged and apologize when his
first stray pitch of the season, wing
ing Aloysius H. Simmons on the
skull, failed to keep Simmons un-
conscious for more than five min
utes.
IT didn't have my stuff" said
Mungo doefully. There wasn't a
thing on that pitch. AS matter of
fact, I had no intention of beaning
Simmons. The season is young yet,
however" said Van Lingle, brighten
ing, land I expect to be throwing
the hard one in there when the
weather gets warm. Why press?"
Simmons, on recovering conscious
ness, agreed with Mungo that the
pitch had little more than the
cover on it.
II have been beaned many times,
man and boy" said the ancient
slugger, land, speaking from ex-
perience, I would say that, If that
Is the best Mungo can do, he ought
to be in the Piedmont League. The
pitch was high curve"
Clark Griffith, president of the
Washington ball club, spoke highly
of the work Of Dutch Leonard, his
knuckle-ball pitcher, who won two
games, Including an easy one from
the Yankees.
He is the only pitcher on my staff
who speaks English" said Mr.. Grit
nth, land, as soon as we cure him OF
that, he will be quite pitcher"
Doc Prothro, Philly manager, ex-
pressed no surprise when his team
won four straight ball games.
Nothing surprises me-" said the
doctor.
A moment later he was carried
from the field unconscious, as Art
Scharein delivered base hit.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Better Record Depending
On WrieIey's Gum SoIes.

The standing in the Let's Stick
Chicago League, as OF this week,
still is as follows:
/. Hickey.
2. Nugent.
3. l.. S. MacPhail.
William H. Terry also ran. Start
good, track slow.
Mr.. Terry could not be reached
for comment. Mr.. Hickey expressed
confidence that his track record
(s185,O00 and players for Dizzy
Dean) would some day be broken.
Younger and stronger traders
are coming along all the time" said
the genial St. Louis merchant. my
record will be bettered If Mr.. Wrig-
ley continues to sell gum"
Leo Durocher, reticent manager
of the Brooklyn Dodgers, refused to
admit that his employer, Leland
Stanford MacPhail, was debating
Dodger strategy from his vast dome
shaped laboratory under the hot dog
stand.
''It was positively not Mr.. Mac
Phail who ordered the use of Red
Evans as starting pitcher against
the Giants" said Mr.. Durocher, in
the course of his 798th interview of
the month. "It was me-" added Mr..
Durocher proudly. 1T was my idea" J"
They still are picking the splinters
out of Evans.
Eighteen separate scouts confessed
that they had predicted a sensa-
tional future for Barney McCoskey,
Detroit outflelder, who jumped to
the batting lead in the American
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-19

TWO-Large rooms for rent. All improvements. 1889 Baldwin St. 4-3075.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-19
DON M'NEILL
 NEW NET STAR

Paris, June 19.-CUP).-The Am- erican tennis brigade, led by Don McNeill of Oklahoma City, double title winner here, headed for Eng land today. They will compete on grass courts at the Queen club this week in preparation for Wimble- don.
 McNeill, who stopped here from around the world tour, departed with the French hard court singles championship and half share in the doubles title. After licking Bob- by Riggs in the singles final Satur- day, McNeill, a student of Kenyon (Ohio) College, paired with Charlie Harris of West Palm Beach, Fla, Sunday to take the doubles crown with 4-6, GA, 60, 10-8 victory over the veteran French pair. Jean Borotra and Jacques Brughnon.
 McNeill, who had hardly been mentioned in connection with the U. s. Davis cup team. is regarded here now as an "ace" who should be ranked within the first three instead of the 18th notch he occupies at present. He not cslly showed beau- tiful attacking game, but he had what it took to lick Riggs in straight sets. He allowed Riggs to hold service but three times, and in one rally, he reeled of II straight games.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-19
REVOLTA-PICARD
 GOLF TEAM WINS

Toledo. O., June 19.-(UP)-A 30- foot putt curled into the can and Johnny Revolta of Evanston, H., and Henry Picard of Hershey, Pa, walked of the 37th green with the Inverness four ball golf title.
 It wsa Revolta who tapped that putt home yesterday and enriched himself and Picard by $1,000. The putt was good for a birdie three and ended three-way deadlock among Revolta Picard. Sam Snead and Vic Ghezzi. and Byron Nelson and Jug McSpaden, on the first extra hole of the playoff.
 The three teams had ended with a ''plus six" after four days of compete tion during which 126 holes of golf were played. The eight teams, made up of l6 leading golfers, played every other team once, and holes won or lost were the only things that count- ed and were carried over from day to day. A hole won was good for a plus, and hole lost for 6 minus.
 Following the first three teams were Denny shute and Dutch Harri- son with plus two; Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen even; Harry Cooper and Horton Smith minus two: I'd Dudley and Ky Laffoon minus nine: and Tommy Armour and Jimmy Thomson. minus nine. The prizes In the S5, 200 tournament ranged down. ward to $500 each for the two minus nine teams.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-19
Legal Notices
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-19
East Mountain
 S) Putters
RY PETE SLICER

The Chase Golf team turned the tide on the East Mountain sharp shooters almost to the exact score Sunday when they defeated the Mountain golfers by score of 54 to 33. Tn the first meeting of the two teams last month at the East Mountain course the East Moun- tain team were the victors 541a to 33h. The feelows from the Moun- tain could not find the cup on the fast Every fast) greens of the Chase course, some of them even going as high as four puts on 8 single green. In the return match be- tween the two pros of the courses At Labutis of Chase topped Frank Paul of East Mountain. Up at the mountain Frank defeated Al. Sunday Al shot 75. while Frank came in with a 78. The summary:
 Chase
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-19
WOOderSOn Does Not { Think Foul Intentional
Little British Runner Explains Princeton Race; Hopes
 to Meet Fenske Again

Herald writer, Clifford Webb, went so far as to say that "Wooderson appears to have had a very raw deal"
 Wooderson finished last in the field of f1ve-behind Fenske, Cum ningham, San Romani and Rideout. the slow time of All, and most of the English writ CTS blamed the accident on the lit- bank solicitor for setting sucvhr a slow pace. Wooderson holds the world record of 4:06.4, and reported ly was in condition to better that mark.
 Webb, in the Herald, added that the British A. A. A. should make special representations to the A. A. U. for Fenske, Cunningham, San Romani and Rideout to be included on the U. s. track team scheduled to meet a British squad in August.
 Unintentional
 Wooderson wrote a signed story for the News Chronicle which said: "The wind was very strong so de- cided not to go out for a record. I was hoping some of the others would come up and take turn at pacing. felt very comfortably con- f1dent of Winning. Nobody, however, attempted to make the pace so l still held the lead. About 150 yards from home, Rideout came up. had just heightened by stride as I always do in order to keep him in the outside position, but Rideout bumped into me. His elbow hit by ribs. My left struck the concrete rail and tE.rew me of stride. lost several yards. There was no opening for me to get through. wouldn't say it was intentional because I don't think it was. I hope Fenske Fenske competes in the White City Banw holiday meet as am still confident I can beat him."