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Evening star., 1939-08-15
First-Round Winners
At Y Boys Camp
Are Announced

Results of the first annual "Olym-
pics" held on 7-day schedule
during the past week at Camp Let's,
the Central Young Mems Christian
Associations boys camp on the
Rhode River near Annapolis, Md,
have been announced.
Contests included track and field
events, swimming and boat races,
rifle shooting and horseback riding.
under direction of Chris Chachis, the
camp physical director Ward M.
Barrick, camp director, was judge.
Winners of the various events, in
the order in which they finished
we're as follows:
Track and Field Events
Seniors: 1oo-lard dash-Waitman Allen,
and William Rossberg. Shotput-Waitman
Allen John Leonard and Matthew Flato
High jump-Waitman Allen. John Leonard
Allen, Leonard and varoutsos
1ntermediates: 15-yard dash-Jack
di. aardel eb.oM Morgan Huff and Joe Clark Dis,
and Jack Hardel High. jump--winieid
Scott, Morgan Huff and Joe Clark Run
nlng broad 1ump-Jack Hardell. William
Shenk and Robert Williams
Juniors: 50-yard dssh-Winfield Scott,
Robert Leonard and David CARRIER Base
ball throw-Robert Leonard. William Nc
Carthy and Winfield Scott Running broad
jump-Winfleld Scott, Robert Leonard and
Harvey Brundage.
Water Events.
Seniors: 75-yard freestyle swim-Harvey
Fank seal and Charles Con
Frank Seal and John Leonard 5O-yard
Observation-Disclosures Conway. John Leon
ard and William Rossberg.
Intermediates: 50-yard freestyle-Wil-
liam Shenk, Joe Gauld and David Pollock
e5-yard backstroke-Joe Gauld Robert
Blitz and James Nails 25-yard breast
stroke-Joe Gauld John Grow and Donald
Baxter
Juniors: 25-yard freestyle-Alvin Crews,
Robert Leonard and Harvey Brundage 25-
yard backstroke-Alvin Crews Harvey
Brundage and John Tedemann 25-yard
breeststroke--Alvin Crews. John Tiede-
mann and Harvey Brundage
Rife Tournament.
Seniors--Roscoe Hankin, Robert Marks
and Edwin Mccarthy
mediates-Donald Baxter, Saul
Schwartzbach and John Wann.
>, Horseback riding-Gilbert Cheves, Jack
Hardell and Winfield Scott
In the sailing events William Barnhard
ana Robert Marks were winners, and
Frank Seal and Marks were winners in
senior and intermediate canoeing events,
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Girls Playground Meet
Attracts Over 1000

More than 1000 girls are expected
to compete in the first of three sec
tional playground and field day
meets starting at 10 clock tomorrow
at Western Stadium.
Among the Fairgrounds participate
ing are Georgetown, Chevy Chase,
Eaton, Rosedale, Stuart Wheatley.
Sherwood, Langdon, Hoover, Lincoln,
Hayes, Virginia Avenue, Kenil-
worth, Garfield, Edgewood, Montrose,
Palisades and Maury.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Railway Mail, Retirement
In LEAGUE Title Game

Battling for a berth in the city
weekday championship series, Rail-
way Mail Clerks and Railroad Re-
tirement Board mines will meet at
4:30 this afternoon on the South
Ellipse in the deciding game of their
series of the United States Govern
ment League. -.--el@ -
Defeated in the first game, the
Mail Clerks squared matters yester-
day with IL victory, and it was a
personal triumph for Bill Hoff
Saturday he lost, but yesterday he
gave up only five hits in the six
innings he toiled
The lone extra-base hit of the
fray was triple by Macy, Retire
ment Board pitcher, who was combed
for II safeties.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Redskins Find Quarters, Food,
Climate, Field in West Ideal

cots in smaller rooms. And blankets
are required at night.
Downstairs huge reading room,
with up-to-date magazines. a piano
and radio, Is available, while only
two blocks away-in the two block
town-a movie house changes its
feature every other night And most
of the Redskins are red-hot movie
fans.
The most amazing-and pleasing
to Flaherty-reaction of the players,
however, is the food. Without ex-
ception, the Altman squad calls it
the best they've ever eaten"
Last, but by no means least, is the
gridiron of Eastern State Normal
upon which the Redskins practice,
a fine spread of turf
Evening star., 1939-08-15
End Job Spirida's S Aim
After Twice Fai|ino
As Redskin Back
Spirit Shown by Former
St. AnseIm Grid Star
Impresses FIoherty
BY BILL DISMER, Jr,
Star Stan Correspondent.

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 15.-Five
veteran Washington Redskin ends
were Jared out of their complacency
today by the sudden, unexpected and
serious bid for one of their jobs by
one formerly regarded as a back
field candidate.
The fact that their menace,
Johnny Spirida. is the only player in
camp who twice has been found
wanting and is up for his third and
last attempt to prove himself big
Lacquer in no way alleviated their
anxiety for, it seems, the change in
position has made a new man Of
Johnny.
Earnest and Hopeful.
St. Anselm's star kicker in 1896,
Splrlda-aS earnest a worker as
there is-apparently has lacked only
poise and weight to make the grade.
To his credit is the fact that he
never has given up hope, for after
being rejected in 1887 and again last
year by the Redskins, he played with
lesser-known teams to keep in trim
oAlNi ONC
He always has been highly re-
garded by Coach Ray Flaherty, but
always has been just below the
standard required by the red
thatched mentor. Since starting
training here. however, Spirida has
been exuding the confidence of a
veteran. For time, though, it ap-
peared as if the cards again were
stacked against him, for never in
his experience has Flaherty been
blessed with as many backs as he
finds on his hands today.
Good Broken field Runner.
Spirida's failure to accept defeat
prompted Flaherty to drastic mea-
sures. Sensing potential ability as
an end and knowing that once in
the open Spirida was as good a
broken-field runner as he could
want, Flaherty has told him hence
forth to consider himself a flank
man. 1t was in that category that
Spirida took the field for practice
today and if he shows up well. it
will cost somebody job.
Charley Malone, Wayne Millner,
Hal Bradley. Bob Masterson and
Bob McChesner compose the group
Of five ends in camp and Flaherty
never carries more than five ends.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
National Skeet Event
Brings Records in
Three Phases

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. Is
Echoes from the national skeet
shooting championships which have
just ended here:
1889 Champions.
Mems all-gauge-Walt Dinger, Tulsa,
247x250.
Women's all-gauge-Patricia Laursen
Akron, Ohio, 236xo50.
Five-man team, all-gauee, Fresno Calf,
J 1219X1 $50 u. L. Puckett 247; George
Scott, 247; Joe Yrulegui, pa; Lloyd Sci
aroni 243; Earl Howard, 23s).
TWo-man team-Walt Dinger and Bob
Parker Tulsa, 494x500.
Twenty-gauge-Don Sperry, Flint Mich,
e9xl00
smallsauge-Don sperry, Flint, a9x1 90.
Sub -sman-gauge = Dick Shaughnessy,
Dedham, Mass. 94x1OO
Over -all-Bob Parker. Tulsa, 534x550.
Junlor-Bob Parker, Tulsa, 100x100.
SUI. .Junior-John Kost, Los Angeles,
Protessional-E. L. Igner, Los Angeles,
244X25O.
Records.
Miss LaurSen became the first in history
70 successfully defend a championship.
Sperry set precedent by winning the
small-eauge competition the second time
He was 931 tltleholder
The tournament attracted the largest
entry.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
D. T.. Linksmen Trail
As Rack Sets Pace
In Typo Tourney
By the Associated Press.


CINCINNATI, Aug 15.-Ed Mer-
kle, Washington former champion,
today appeared out of the running
for the annual Union Printers In
ternational Golf Association title
here as Eddie Rack of McKeesport,
Pa, paced the pack with II for the
first 18 holes.
Washington leading challenger
was j. Balestri, who tied for second
place with r. Allen of Kansas City
with 76 Merkle, named first vice
president of the organization, re-
quired 81 strokes.
The organization chose Washing
ton as the site of its 1910 tourney.
Other scores of Washington play
ers were: Fred Stringer. "a; Ed
Heimer, 30: c. Purdy, SO: F. Wine
rieter. 86; NJ A. Dent, SO; Charles
Barnard, 90; Robert Nicholson, 106.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
CapitaIites in Third
Round Of Maryland
State Net Play
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-Bobby
Bensinger. 15-year -olds tennis play
er from Takoma. Nd. was in the
third round OF the Maryland State
boys championship today with a
victory over Morton Wilmer. The
score was 81, 6-1.
Seeded No. in the tournament
Bensinger, who reached the semi
finals in the recent national boys
tournament at Culver, Ind, drew a
bye in the first round.
Betty Jacobs, winner of three
straight girls tournaments in
Washington, led two other District
entrants into the third round of
the girls division with a victory
over Jean Chatterley by 60,
Go score.
Dorothy Barclay and Anne Cul-
lem, also from the District, were
others to advance to the third
round.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Football Bargain Bill
Unusual Offer by
Hoyas, Co|onia|s
GU. Plays Roanoke, CIV.
Faces Duvis-EIkins
In DoubIe-Heoder

More touchdowns than the cit
liens of this village have seen sprout
any afternoon at Griffith Stadium
are in prospect there on October
7 when Georgetown and George
Washington stage double header
gridiron attraction, with a brace of
trial horses as the opposition.
Believed to be the first spectacle
of it's kind ever slated. the twin
bill will find the Hoyas clashing
with Roanoke College in the first
game at 1:30 o'clock and G. w.
facing Davis and Elkins in the
nightcap at $50 o'clock.
Marking the first home appear
ance of both teams, the double
header is expected to entice a size
able crowd through the sheer novelty
of the thing Tickets will be priced
at S110 and there will be no re-
served seats Students of both
schools will be admitted upon pre-
sentation of their athletic books.
1t may be significant that the
Redskins. Washington's entry in
the National Professional Football
League, play Brooklyn at Griffith
Stadium the following day.
Pooling their opening home games,
Georgetown and G. W. figure to
present a more concerted bid for
patronage.
The event was arranged by Max
- i
letics, and H. Gabriel Murphy,
Georgetown graduate manager. G..
w. and Georgetown renew gridiron
relations October %. and according
to harrington and Murphy, it is the
desire of the schools to give stu
dents, alumni and fans a football
treat" at the start of the season.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

vania. Missouri-Kansas, Auburn
Florida, Arkansas-Tulsa, Texas
Texas A. and M, Washington
State-U. C. L. A., v. P. Nv. M. l.
and Virginia North Carolina.
The Vanderbilt alabama game
scheduled for November 80 at
Nashville, Tenn, will be played
on that date, Roosevelt or no
Roosevelt. The game was sched-
uled for that date" says Coach
Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt, land
that is when it will be played"
Other teams. however, will be
forced to rearrange their sched-
ules due to the fact that many
clubs would have only five days
rest between games. Prospects of
diminishing gate receipts also
will prompt wholesale shifting.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Five Above Par 149
is Low in Lefties'
Golf Tourney

By the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM. Mich, Aug 15.-
Colts "wrong-side" players-the
lefthanders-foregathered here for
their fourth annual tournament and
took licking from par in SO holes
of qualifying play at the Birming-
ham Golf Club.
Regulation figures were much too
stiff yesterday for all 70 in the
field, 80 of whom qualified, and Bill
Guynes, 23-year-old co-proprietor
of abowling alley in Fountain City,
Tenn, led with flve-over- par 149.
Defending Champion Alex An
tonic, Linden, N. j., clerk, qualified
with 82-8O-162.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Iy . stan Correspondent Of The Star.

~ osah wi AeopoANcht Va AAS otoi'
SPOKANE, Aug. l5.-That Coach
Ray Flaherty made a 10-strike when
he picked this neck of the woods as
training camp seems to be the
unanimous opinion of the 1899
Washington Redskins
Not even the feeblest protest has
been heard, but there, has been much
unsolicited praise of the climate
living quarters, food and turf-the
standards by which football players
measure their training conditions.
After last summers heat and hu-
midity in Ballston. Va, any change
probably would have been an i'm
provement, but this weather is ideal
A spring day in Washington best
describes an August day here.
At Cheney, Eastern State Normal
School provides accommodations
much as one would find in any dor
mitory school. The players. in fact,
live in dormitory fashion with a
dozen or so beds in each of Two
large, airy rooms and two or three
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Missed Putt Proves
Blessing 10 Gu|dah|,
Dapper Dan Victor
Sends Him Into 3-Wuy
Ployoff Thot Earns
Extra 81 900 Prize
By tine Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15.-He who
laughs last laughs best, and maybe
cool-headed Ralph Guldahl still is
chuckling over a missed 6-foot putt
that helped him pocket $1,000 he
never dreamed of getting.
More welcome. of course, was the
$2,500 first money the 210-pound
Texan collected in the three-way
18-hole playoff of the $4,000 Dap
per Dan golf tournament yesterday.
Denny Shute of Huntington, w. Va,
took $3.50 second prize. and old
timer Gene Sarazen of East Brook
neld, Conn.,, came In third for
$1,000.
Guldahl, the former two-time
winner Of the National Open, now
playing out Of Madison, N. j., had
the first prize in the palm of his
hand Sunday-but that missed putt
on the 18th green caused the three
way tie of 287 for the scheduled 72
holes Of the tournament.
Shoots Eagle From Trap.
Sending the event into an extra
day, the putt brought Guldahl and
the other two finalists an additional
$1,000 apiece. The other half Of
the days receipts went into the
Golfers of the Dapper Dan Club for
distribution among its charities.
A couple of nice breaks at the
right time, along with his deliberate
technique, were the main factors
that put the man of viking ancestry
out in front during the last grueling
IL holes. 1t was a happy day for
the shotmaker, who once quit golf
to make a living selling automobiles
and who staged a comeback with
borrowed clubs.
Guldahl led his two opponents by
one stroke going to the 291-yard
eighth, but his tee shot trapped just
OH the green. He carefully engi-
neered a sandblast that popped the
ball into the cup for an eagle 2.
Shute OFF in Putting.
Luck repeated on the 18th, when
he sank 30-foot putt for a birdie
3. On the same hole Sarazen mar
rowly missed sinking a 200-yard
iron shot for an eagle.
Shute started of his match with
a birdie, but three-putted three
greens.
The final tally was par 10 for
Guldahl, "A for Shute and IS for
Sarazen.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Needing Competition
Figures Victories
In Past 10 Help
RivoIs Never Can Tell
What to Expect From
Eosyeoing Champ

Take it from Harry Saunders, the
hoss-shoe flipper, psychology will
play a vital part in the disposition
Of the 1889 Metropolitan Washing
ton title in the 18th annual Evening
Star championships. the qualifying
round of which will be played next
Monday and Tuesday nights on the
National Capital Parks courts at
Fifteenth street and Constitution
avenue.
Saunders will be the defending
champion. He won the title last
year with his strongest rival, Clay
ton c. Henson, absent from the bat
tlef1eld, i'll.
Without whipping Henson, Saun-
ders thought his victory a hollow
one but now, it seems, he is bent
upon a solid triumph, this in the
face of Henson's sensational feat
OF winning 81 consecutive games in
the all-star Metropolitan Singles
Leagues, some of them from Saun-
ders, and the generally higher ring
er percentages of pitchers from
whom the champion won last year
Champ May Be Soft.
Saunders is at distinct disad-
vantage in one respect as the time
approaches for the defense of his
title. He withdrew In midseason
from the Metropolitan League and
has had no competition since. He
will move into The Star tournament
perhaps softened for the want of
strife. But he will carry into the
scrap the knowledge that virtually
every player of note in it has fallen
in past tournaments under the
steady beat of his ringers. And he
always has been a tough 'un for
Henson.
About Saunders" says Harry
Woodfield. promotional director of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Horse
shoe Pitchers Association, you
never can tell Short on practice.
he wasn't ready for last years tour
nament. He was beaten for the
Washington title, but came back to
win the Metropolitan. With the
sudden death elimination system
of The Star tournament any pitcher
who throws against Saunders will
be thinking of what the fellow can
do on occasions. l remember one
tournament game in which he threw
"a per cent ringers. And he wasn't
supposed to be in trim! Over
stretch no doubt Henson could take
him. In a short match-well, don't
sell Harry very short"
Saunders Knows 1t.
Saunders keenly is aware of this
attitude, which is general among
the pitchers who aspire to his title.
It's too late for the champ to
harden himself anew to competi-
ton, but he's turning on the heat
in practice. He props horseshoes
against the front of the pegs, pre-
senting the toughest shot in the
game, and fires away.
For those who aim at the cham
pionship of Washington proper. a
title now held by Irwin Calberg,
Saunders is no bugaboo. AS the
defending Metropolitan champion he
is not eligible for the District of Co.
lumbla crown. He is exempt from
the 100-shoe qualifying test, so the
ringer f1ippers won't know just what
trim Saunders is in until he takes
the field in the Metropolitan battle
against Is other experts from South
ern Maryland. Northern Virginia
and the District.
The tournament is open to all
pitchers. There is no entry fee.
To enter one need only apply at
the courts next Monday or Tuesday
nights.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
New Turkey Day Leaves College Grid Cold
Schedule Changes Loom Moves Thanksgiving Date

through the courtesy of the White
House, but the edict is begin
ming to irk gridiron moguls.
Maryland, George Washington
and Catholic University are af-
fected locally. Athletic Director
Geary Epp1ey already is working
to have the traditional Mary
land-Washington and Lee game
moved back to December at
Baltimore, and it is probable G.
w. and c. U. will follow suit in
their respective engagements with
West Virginia and Long Island
on foreign fields.
Time honored Thanksgiving
games which probably will be
shifted to other dates include N.
Y. U.-Fordham, Cornell-Pennsyl-
Evening star., 1939-08-15

President Roosevelt's juggling
act. in which he whirls Thanks
giving Day back from November
80 to the 23d with a deft flick of
the wrist, today was disturbing
collegiate football coaches, ath-
letic directors and graduate man
ayers. It seems the President
didn't consult them before NOV
ing that turkey a week closer
to you
Some IS games, including many
hoary traditional tiffs. have been
arranged for what the football
folk took for granted was to be
Thanksgiving Day. But they
didn't consider President Roose-
velt in arranging them. The
populace will rally round the fes-
tive boards earlier this year
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Brunner Now Only Ram
Not Under Contract

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Aug. 15-Cleveland
Rams have signed Fullback John
Drake and Center Charles Cher
undolo.
Tom Manning, center, from the
University of Dayton, also put his
name on a contract.
Warren Brunner of Tulane. now
in Chicago working out with the
college all-star squad. is the only
holdout.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Dudley Sets AsheviIIe
Golf Pace With 50
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE. N c., Aug Is
Youthful Charles Dudley of Green
vile, 8. c.. led a field of lis golfe 5
today at the halfway mark of the
36-hole qualifying round of the
Asheville Country Clubs 44th an
nual tournament.
Dudley, winner Of the Biltmore
Forest Clubs invitation tournament
last week. carded a tfree-under- par
So yesterday for the first IS holes.
one stroke better than his closest
competitor, Weldon Doe, jr.. Of
Montgomery. Ala. Alabama State
champion.
Arthur Avent Of Jacksonville, Fla,
defending champion, posted 70.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
jean Buuer's 81 Leads
In Manchester Golf
BY the Associated Press.

By The ASSOCIATED Press.
MANCHESTER, VT, Aug. l5.-
Jean Bauer of the Metacomet Coun-
try Club, Providence, R. l., scored
an 81 to take one-stroke lead at
the end of the first 18 holes of the
4th annual Ekwanok womens 81
hole golf tournament.
In second place, with an 81. was
Jane Cothran of Greenville, S. c.,
former North-South and Florida
west coast champion.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Sports Mirror
). the Associated Press.

OS tlIe hS5UCIdLcU FIeSS.
Today a year ago-New York
Yankees signed Pitcher Wes Fer
rell, who had been released un-
conditionally by Washington.
Three years ago Estimated
crowd of 10000 jammed White
City Stadium, London, to see
United States win track meet
from British Empire team, 11-3.
Five years ago - Lord Jim,
owned by E. L. Mefford, won
$25.000 Hambletonian in four
heats; Muscletone was second
Evening star., 1939-08-15
The
SPORTLIGHT
Four Vets Beor Banner
For Major Baseball
BY GRANTLAND RICE,


NEW YORK, Aug. Is IN. A. N.
AD.-Only four of baseballs old
brigade remain, carrying over from
the stormy years to an era of peace
and the lively ball and the lights
-four who helped to bear the blows
that fall on the game through the
first Is years of the century. The
four are Ed Barrow, Clark Grif-
fifth, Connie Mack and Bob Quinn
rugged old timers who have held
off the years and still occupy
dominant positions.
All four once were aides to the
greatest executive figure that base
ball ever knew-Byron Bancroft
johnson. Ban organized the Amer
lean League, fought the National
League for patronage and won the
fight. When the security of both
leagues was threatened by the Fed
eral League, Ban led the fight on
outlaws.
Group Of Business Men
Gets Into BosebolI.
With peace restored, the pros
perity of the sport seemed assured
for a long time, but then came the
World War and, after that, the
scandals and there was more work
to be done, but Ban plowed through
that. too.
When he died his work was done
and he left behind him the men
he had trained and they went on
and did a, good job, too, and now
only these four are left-still doing
good job.
Meanwhile, there have risen about
these four survivors baseball men
of a new type. Baseball is a big
ger business today than it ever
was.
This new and still changing game
demands tremendous financial re-
sources and this has brought into
it powerful and important figures
from other fields. The late Col.
Jacob Rupert was one of the first
of these. Among others are Tom
Yawkey of Boston, Sam Breadon
of st. Louis, Alva Bradley of Cleve-
land, Powell Crosley of Cincinnati.
Walter Briggs of Detroit and Phil
Wrigley of Chicago, who succeeded
his father. the late William Wrigley,
>1n control of the Cubs and is
carrying on. just as Col. Rupperts
brother, George, is doing with the
Yankees.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Bears Siqn Torrance

CHICAGO, Aug Is P.-Jack
Torrance, world shot-put record
holder and former Louisiana State
tackle, has signed a contract with
the Chicago Bears.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Farm Credit Net Victor

Farm Credit Administration de-
feated Procurement, 80, yesterday
in Departmental League tennis
match on the Potomac Park courts.