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Evening star., 1939-07-05

Rocksie, Overcoming His Fault
OF Tipping Low Fences,
Is Star at CuIpeper

the open jumpers and the triple
bar. both after strenuous jurnp-offs.
Bests Gay Cockade.
In the first he outjumped a picked
field to score at the direct expense
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Haggin Perrys
Santa Claus and in the second he.
beat w. B. Bogerts' Gay Cockade
and a number of other champs after
two jump-offs which found the two
barriers spread to 9 feet. Gay
Cockade beat Rocksie in this class
last year after six extra rounds,
but he wasn't quite up to it yester-
day. 7o
Rocksie was one of the three that
scored surprise in the hunt team
class, aided by U. S. Randle's Brigge
and Ray S. Shoemaker's Higlo, re-
serve hunter champion. Rocksie
was also member of the winning
hunt team last year.
The victories were an ample an
swer to the taunting challenges
hurled at Miss Cotter and her horse
when they missed the Richmond
show several weeks ago. In other
words, the old rivalry between
Washington and Virginia horses
continues as of old.
In keeping with tradition, Vir-
ginia shone in the hunter division,
Mrs. Whitney winning the title with,
the veteran Spring Hope and scored
one-two in the Corinthian with that
mare and Two Leggins, both fa-
vorites from the Upperville estab-
lishment.
The summaries: 49,,
Hunt teams-F,rst, .. s Randle, Fair:
ney. gpperville: third. Mrs John Hay Witt
Hunter championship,rirst. Spring
Hope. Mrs. John Hay Whitney, Uppervile:
second, HiElo, RAY s. Shoemaker. Harris
ss's oa AssS AsS ssoIss tassnis F. %sR.f. s
About " mles-First, Hustle Home E.
Moon Hunter. North % Hill Farm. miisIi ssrryvilie,
Pony jumping class-First. Victorian ID
Ssorlnsse.ry soyI. .ury,d Farm ReTryyllls Jack
WOOD Keith, Charlottesville: third. Hun
tFess; H;rISn Dunnotter stss. Pony Farm Warrenton
huntsr ndckS-FlrSt, Golondrina, Mrs.
James g Hamilton, Warrenton. Second Bo
BEND, Mr. and Mrs. W. Haggin Perry. Cob
ham third. Brigge, U 8 Randle. Fairfax.
Hunters and jumpers performance only
Cotter. Washington: second. Santa Claus
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Haggin Perry. Gotham;
thrd Birthday Party. Edgewood Farms,
=, TRIBE bar iump-First, Rocksie. Miss
Margaret Cotter. Washington: second. Cav
Cockade W. B. Bogert Keswick; third,
Redport, Edgewood Farms. Gotham
Corlnthian-First, Spring Hone Mrs
John Hay Whitney. Upperyille: second Two
Leggins. Mrs John Hay whitney Upper.
vile: third. Royalty. Robert s. Walters.
Johnstown Pa
Evening star., 1939-07-05
StrickIin, Betty Little
Nctors at SWIMMING

Freeman Stricklin and Betty Lit
tie won boys and girls swimming
championships at the Washington
Golf and Country Club yesterday
before rain washed out much of an
extensive program of holiday events.
Stricklin won the boys event in
27.8 seconds, with Dub Walker Sec
ond, while Miss Little won the girls
event in 3l.9, with Jackie Freer
second. A diving exhibition was
put on by Bill Tarbett, John Mar
shall and Dick Murdock.
In human fish-landing contest
Angler Walter McCallum landed
Bill Wright in minutes 20 Sec
onds,
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Netman 0vercomes
Broken Back, Tries
Again 10 Star
Prusoff Is Unseeded,
But Dramatic Gold
Rocquets Entry
By the Associated Press.

BOSTON, July 5.-One of the
little, unheralded dramas of sport
will take place today on a tennis
court at North Conway, N. H.,
where the Gold Racquets tourna-
ment gets underWay-but few of the
spectators will sense the situation.
That's because the central figure
is not one of the big names of ten
nis-like John Doeg, Wayne Sabin,
Frank Shields or Hal Surface, who
will be playing on adjoining courts
before the big galleries-but merely
an unranked, unseeded player from
the Pacific Coast who wouldn't let a
little thing like broken back dis
rupt what started out to be a prom
lslng net career.
Crushed by Elevator.
Henry Prusoff, 25-year-old tennist
from Seattle, Wash, first came East
to play the tournament circuit in
1888. He gained much experience
but few victories. He tried again
the next year and did better, the
U. S. L. T. A. rewarding him with
a ranking of Goth. In 1885 he finally
arrived" jumping to ranking of
18th
Then tragedy struck.
AS he entered an elevator in a
Seattle office building, the operator
pulled his starting lever too quickly.
The lift started up and wedged
Prusoff between the door and the
elevator, breaking his back.
Fools Pessimistic Doctor.
THE doctor who treated me told
me later he didn't think I possibly
could live, let alone walk, but I fooled
him." Prusoff grinned.
Eight months later, with a brace
on his back, Prusoff tri d to play
tennis again. He kept at it and
gradually his back regained its
strength. Apparently his tennis
game did, too, for just four weeks
ago Prusoff headed for Chicago and
the national clay court champion
ships on the long comeback trail in
search of the honors he might have
won if.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Crawford and Hyde
Finish One, Two in
Speedboat Race
Special Dispatch to The Star.

HAMPTON, Va, July 5.-A pair OF
Washington, D. c., sportsmen are
homeward bound today after max
ing the 135-cubic inch hydroplane
contest in the annual Hampton Re-
gatta an all-District affair yes
terday.
Andy Crawford, whose speedboat
star is mounting steadily, slammed
his Ernandy Nv to victory in the
race with an average speed for two
heats of 37l7 miles per hour. Close
behind was Gypsy Lass II, owned
and piloted by j. L. Hyde, jr., also
of Washington. The two easily
outdistanced Dragon, owned and
driven by Samuel Crooks of Rum
son, N j.
Charlse III, with its owner,
George Schrafft of Boston, behind
the wheel, won the initial heat of
the Virginia Gold Cup race with a
speed of 43.1 miles per hour for the
225-cubic inch hydroplane Second
place went to Seagull, driven by
w. Earl Orem of Cambridge, Md,
while Francis Vintschger of New
Jersey steered Tortuga home third.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Adair and Shore Out
To Give New Slant
To D. {. Tennis
Would Prevent Another
Match Between Welsh
And Mitchell
BY BILL DISMER, JR.

Upon stocky Ralph (Buddy) Adair
and dapper Frank Shore today rest
ed the responsibility OF providing a
different ending to a local tennis
tournament.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon Adair
was to meet third-seeded Dooly
Mitchell, a consistent winner OF
runner-up in Washington net events
for the last nine years, while
Shore was to play 6-time District
Champion Barney Welsh, often q
finalist with Mitchell.
Both Adair and Shore were ac-
corded more than an outside chance
to win, Adair's prospects being liked
slightly better than Shores. There
are times when Buddy plays as fine
tennis as seen in the city, and II
he has one of his good days today
it may be exit for the third-seedec
entrant. Shore and Welsh were to
resume their match from ii ano
go on the formers service, the
point at which rain halted them
yesterday.
Advance to Semi Finals.
Winners of both matches were to
advance into the semi-finals OF the
District tournament at Columbia
Country Club, where they probably
will meet on Friday. The other
semi i-finalists, David johnson and
Hugh Lynch, were established yes
terday before rain brought an abrupt
halt to the holiday card. johnson
and Lynch, semi final foes In last
months Evening Star tournament
also will play Friday.
Unless rain again spoils the plans
of the committee, three quarter
final doubles matches will be played
tomorrow. Dick Murphy and AL
phonse Smith. seeded third, became
the first semifinal team yesterday
when they turned back young Ken
Dalby and De Witt Smith, Ga
ga. Tomorrow, defending cham
pions Welsh and Mitchell play Joel
Baker and Pat Deck, 1t. G. c. Rus
sell and Frank Shore meet Allie Rit-
zenberg and Billy Turner and John
sen and Lynch face Harry Brinker-
hoff and Ray Stocklinski.
johnson Pulls Snappy Comeback.
The winners of the last-named
encounter will be Murphy's and
Smiths foes in the next-to-last
bracket with the winners of the first
two matches being paired in the op-
posite half.
Probably a more thrilling come
back will not be seen in the tourna-
ment than that staged by johnson
yesterday when he STAYED off two
match points with the score at 5-l
against him and rallied to beat Rus
sell, ex-Army champion, IS, 46,
IS. Showing plenty of heart, john
sen pulled his game together when
it appeared that the lieutenant
couldn't lose, fought back from a
40-15 handicap on Russell's serv-
ice and won six straight games.
The only other instance compara-
bic to that In recent local history was
staged by Mitchell two years ago
when. within a point of a straight
set defeat by Lynch, the ex-Hoya
went to work and won that set and
the next two for a well-nigh miracu-
lous victory.
Lynch, incidentally, repelled Billy
Turner's challenge yesterday when
he defeated, in straight sets, the guy
who had made a speciality of COM
ing from behind to trim the favor
ties. Lynch took the first set at love
and then won, 8-6, Turner never
threatening to deuce the match.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
BY PAUL J. MILLER.

Hams Point chess picnic was
voted gala success by all who
had the good fortune to attend.
The weather was perfect for a real
chess outing and the players took
keen delight in the novelty
something different for the staid
die-hards in local circles who have
just about seen and done everything
that pertains to chess.
Present for the chess-on- the lawn
activity were Ernest Knapp and
family, Dave Pullen, Ward Denman,
Joseph Scribante, B. Bogoliubov and
Simon Naidel of the Chess Divan
Club: Dallas Burch of the Paul
Morphy Chess Club, Willard Mutch-
Ter and family. Col Kirby and Dis
trict Champion Martin Stark. from
the Capital City Chess Club; Mrs.
Alice Hesse. Lucille Morton, Mrs.
Mabel Mcpherson and Mrs. Pearl
Spicknall. Allan Scheck, Patterson,
Stuart Wagman and Dan K. Child
The afternoon passed happily and
such a good time was had by all
that it was decided to stage an
other chess picnic before Indian
summer comes.
Scribante "Simuls" Tonight.
Joseph Scribante entertains the
public without charge tonight at 8
o'clock, at 1886 street NV, in
the first simultaneous exhibition OF
his chess career. Both man and
woman players are welcome to come
and meet the Italian player, and,
to assure place, they are advised
to bring along their own boards
and chessmen.
This simultaneous attraction
should be most interesting. Scri-
bante is an avid reader of multiple
chess studies. Practically every
book on the modern trend has been
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Scribes forget Score
When Alice Plays
In Brevvies
All Three Beauties
Appear Tomorrow
On Center Court
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

WIMBLEDON, England, July S.
The theory is that woman tennis
champions must have knobs on their
knees and appear like disappointed
spinsters, but, boys, this Wimbledon
championship has knocked that idea
for a row of double faults.
Just take look at tomorrow's
semi-finalists:
First there's Alice Marble. She's
a grooming blond from San Francisco
and how she got this far east of
Hollywood is a major mystery.
Every day around noon she shows
up in halo hat, and it's two bells
before the place settles down again.
When she appears on the center
court in her abbreviated shorts, the
boys in the press box forget to keep
score and the crowd Immediately
is divided into two factions: Those
who think she's wonderful and those
who think she should be banned.
Stammers Stays EN-.
Next is Kay Stammers. The three
greatest things in contemporary
women's tennis are Alice Mable's
serve, Helen Wills Moody's forehand
drive and Kay Stammers' profile.
Everybody admits Katy can't serve
(she once served 18 double faults
in two sets, and that her back
hand is unreliable. But when Katy
appears at half-past five in the soft
English sunshine, all her sins are
forgiven.
Third on the list is Mrs. Sarah
Palfrey Fabyan, the Boston brunette.
Sarah is demure, modest, graceful
and little shy. And do the English
love her! She comes out every day
in very proper skirt. There always
seems to be wisp of blue here
and touch of blue there and she
wears a little white jockey cap at
just the right angle on her raven
hair.
Tennis Is Incidental.
You hear lot of talk around here
about how tennis Is going down and
how Bobby Riggs isn't as good as
Don Bulge was and all that, but
when you get all three of these
girls on the center court tomorrow,
there will be more than 10000 in
the grounds and our guess is they
won't be worrying about tennis.
The fourth semifinalist is Mrs.
Hllda Krahwinkel Sperling of Den
mark. She can compete on even
terms with racket if not in the
beauty sweepstakes.
Today's principal business is the
mems semi-f1nals, matching Riggs
against Ferenc Puncec of Yugo-
slavia and Elwood Cooke, the upset
ter from Portland, Greg, against
Henner Henkel of Germany.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Kramer's Net Crown
Defense Retarded
By Sore Hand
BY the Associated Press.

HAVERFORD, Pa, July 5.-A
blistered hand threatened today to
give defending Champion Jack
Kramer of Montebello (Calif) High
School as much trouble as his op-
ponents in the national inter-
scholastic boys tennis tournament.
Making late start in the compe-
tition after arriving here from Den
yer, Colo, where he competed in
another tournament, Kramer dis
posed OF two rivals to reach the
third round yesterday although
handicapped by deep bhsters on
the palm Of his racket hand. He was
forced to stop three times during the
matches to retape his hand and
barely could hold his bat without
winching from pain.
Seven players already were brack-
eted IN the quarter final round, in
Guiding second-seeded Ted Olewine
OF Santa Monica (Calif0 High.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
BY ROBERT HENRY,
Star Stan Correspondent. .

COLfEFER, va, July 5.-Ai-
though Margaret Cotter's Rocksie
has been cleaning pp In horse shows
practically wherever he's been
shown for the past six years, his
triumphs at the close of the 36th
annual Culpeper Horse Show here
yesterday completely surprised his
Washington owner. The victories
also settled for the present a
rivalry between the good looking
bay horse and a number of top
fight Virginia owned campaigners
While Mrs. John Hay Whitney, s
Spring Hope won three blues and
the hunter championship to carry
off a large share of the glory
Rocksie was the real star of the
show. His consecutive wins in the
open jumpers and the featured
triple bar class, not to mention his
membership in the successful hunt
team, say as much But it all came
as a surprise to his owner.
Gets Habit of Touches.
1t seems ever since Rocksie won
the knock down and out class al
the Knights of Columbus show over
6-foot jump and the skyscraper
event at the Washington show last
month over fence inches higher
he's been slightly allergic to 4-foot
fences. That is to say he doesn't
think they're important and only
half tries. Also, as he's never been
"poled" or subjected to any of the
various tricks that teach a horse
that he must completely clear an
obstacle in open jumping classes,
he has fallen into the habit of
making slight touches here and
there. Naturally that loses many
classes he could win had he under
gone the grueling training grind
that Is so widely practiced these
days.
Miss Cotter had become discour-
aged after Mondays touch and out
class when the 9-year-old son of
Half Rock made a light touch on
the 4-foot second fence and was
ruled out. Believing that he would
continue such annoying tactics, she
mad given UP as far as winning such
classes was concerned. She also
refused friendly advice to pole
the horse but did decide to wake
him up a bit with a pair OF dull
spurs.
1t proved just what Rocksie
needed for he cleared IA fences in
his best high jumping form to win
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Straight Off the Tee

total OF 149. Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.. Lup-
ton were second with 1872.
Melnicker Simon Trophy Victor.
The Morris Simon Trophy tourney
at Woodmont went to Ed Melnicker
with 78-12-66. Winners in the
sweepstakes tourney were Ned Bord
Victor Zeve, M. Schlossberg, Stanley
Chaser, Leon Schlossberg and Adlai
Mann.
A mixed foursome tourney was
won by Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Zeve
with 42-10-32. Bertha Israel and
Maurice Eiseman had 4l-7-34. The
gross award went to Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Goldsmith.
L. L. Stowe won the flag tourney
at Capital. after Pro Tony Sylvester
had to measure to decide the victor
Stowe played his last shot to a spot
liz inches from the tin on the nine
teenth green. J. c. O'Connell was a
half inch farther away. Club Presi-
dent Ken Spencer holed an eagle
deuce on the 370-yard fourth hole.
The Presidents Cup tourney at
Beaver Dam went to w. J. Rochelle,
jr, with a card of 79-9-70. Win
ners in the other flights were A. G.
Waters, C. L. Hall, John McGeever,
r. H. Nelson, S. Schmitt and A.
Brown.
The Board of Governors trophy at
Indian Spring was won by T. B.
Davis with card of 77-10-67. Paul
Dobrowski with 76-6-70, was sec
ond, while John Taylor was third
Bernice Baker and Mrs. H. w.
Sharpe tied for first in a one-club
tourney, with net cards of 40.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Kensinqton Defeated

kensington lost slugfest to Mar
ket Pharmacy, 1918 The loss
dropped Kensington to second place
behind Colesville in the Montgom-
cry County League.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Medwick Is Entitled
To Nickname Pow

The real punchers throw them
only once every 10 years or so. Bill
Dickey broke Carl Reynolds jaw
with a single sock long ago, and has
not been heard from since. Joe
Medwick is getting melancholy and
conservative. It's a far cry from
the days when Medwick's nickname
around the st. Louis Cardinal outfit
. used to be "Pow!"
Joe won his name fairly and
squarely. Ripper Collins approached
this gentle Hungarian one day,
when he was busher, said do you
know why they call you Muscles?"
NO." said Mr.. Medwick inno-
Gently.
Because your head is full of
them," said Mr.. Collins, always a
plain speaker.
Pow! Mr.. Collins bit the dust.
You played that fly ball all wrong,
son." said Dizzy Dean to Medwick
q few months later.
Powi Mr.. Dean sat down on the
door.
NOBODY criticizes Mr.. Medwick any
more, and nothing much happens
any more, except among the phan-
tom punchers, Charles D. Stengel
and Leo Durocher, whose work
would be booed off the platform at
any red-blooded soda fountain.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Gorvin's Grill Wins

Garvin's Grill nosed out Land
OIakes, lilo, in a Sports Center.
softball game.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Two for Heights Nine

Capitol Heights Boys Club won
a double-header yesterday, defeat
ing Berwyn, ILL, and American
Eagles, 81.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
From the
Press Box
Few Baseball Players
Make Hits as Fighters
By JOHN LARDNER,

NEW YORK, July (N.AN.A0-
"Well," a reporter said to William
Terry the other day, after Mr..
Terry's first baseman, Ezekiel Bonu-
ra, had exchanged couple of phan-
tom punches with Leo Durocher,
manager of the Brooklyn mob, 'it
wasn't much of a fight"
What did you expect, with Du-
rocher in it?" said Mr.. Terry coldly.
That is by way of being an epitaph
for Mr.. Durocher's fight career, once
he decides to give it up. 1t ranks
alongside the famous estimate of
the belligerence value of Dizzy Dean,
delivered some years ago, in a mo-
ment of frankness, by Mr.. Tex
Carleton.
"Diz can't fight a lick" said Mr..
Carleton.
This was the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth,
and it pricked the bubble of the
great mans socking prestige then
and there, coming as it did from
a teammate of Deans who had stood
beside him on many battlefield
and watched Diz cock the savage
right which always remained cooked,
like broken pumphandle, till hos
tilitieS were over.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Leo Hos No EquoI
As a-Borer

AS a fang-barer,- Mr.. Durocher
has no equal. He pulls his lips back
from his teeth in q scowl that is
unmatched in it's field for pure
ferocity, and keeps them there while
searching for the opening that never
seems to appear.
Il have counted Durocher's teeth
many times" says Mr.. Stengel, a
thwarted dental student. IF he was
a hoss, I would put his age at %.
A mighty fine set, take EN- any
way you want to-"
To tell the truth, the percentage
Of phantom punches thrown in base
ball fights is higher every year.
This is because the phantom
punchers do most of the fighting
The same day that saw Mr.. Durocher
leading with his fangs against
Bonura this week saw another
brutal contest down in Philadelphia
and who should be in the thick of
1t, his fist churning the air like a
wounded goldfinch, but Leo's old
foe, Mr.. Stengel, who has failed to
get home to the button since 1918,
in spite Of repeated efforts?
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Durocher Strictly
Phantom Puncher

The boys who witnessed the great
CARDINAL Giant free-for-all of 1886
remember that Diz carried his right
fist back of his shoulder, ready for
action, from start to finish. When
his boss, Frank Frisch, came upon
him during the carnage, Mr.. Dean
was watching with deep interest
from the sidelines, his right still
cooked.
What are you doing with your
arm, Dip" demanded Mr.. Frisch.
"Huh?" said Diz, who was absent
minded.
You got some more pitching to
do this week" barked Mr.. Frisch.
Get it out of that there ridiculous
position before it goes stiff on you
Mr.. Dean saw the merit of this
advice and promptly complied.
It's a tragedy, in a way, that
lion-hearted Leo Durocher is strict
ly a phantom puncher, incapable,
in the opinion of the best students
of form, of slugging his way out of
a cellophane wrapper. Leo talks
one Of the best fights in the base
ball business. No man is invited
more often to come under the stands
and have it out, and no man accepts
the challenge with higher heart
or a quicker spring of the heels.
But, as in the case of his bloody
duel with Casey Stengel a couple of
seasons ago, nothing ever happens.
Even Mr.. Stengel's famous phantom
punch to the knee is rated superior
by experts to Lippy Leo's celebrated
invisible blow to the hip.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-07-21
Desetitisicove kradeze " zavo-
dech humpoleckych.

V Humpolci byly "a jedinou
noe vyloupeny trent neznamy-
mi pachateli diva velke zavody
q zp1sobena tim skoda 38 tisfc.
K. Zlodejsky troj1stek wiki
nejprve do obchodu zlatn1ka
Emanuela Vratislavskeho a Cd
cizil tn skvost1 "a 80 tis1c K.
Jakym zpGsobem Sc pachatele
dostali dovnitr, je velkou "a
hadou. Nikde nebyla naleze-
ma ami stopa pc nejakem nasil-
mem pokusu o vniknutf do OBJ
chodu. Cetnictvo soudf, re Sc
zlodeji nechali vecer zavf1t v
budove. Hned pc 1spesne skon-
cenem vykraden1 zlatnickeho
kramu Sc vloupali tut1z pacha-
tele do textilnf tovarny Jaro-
slava Smrcky a odnesli z nj Ia
tex "a 2 tislce K.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-07-21
MARYLAND Is FAMOUS FOR CUNTHER's DRY BERRY BEER

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Nejenom pr1slusn1ci vsech BY
,valych stran, nybrz i vyznavaci
vsech nabozenskych vyznanf,
jakoz i ii, kdoz jsou bez vyzna-
nj, kladou vec naroda a jeho
budoucnosti made vse a zapo-
menuvse vseho, CO je rozdelo-
valo, spojili Sc Ike spolecne
praci paskou solidarity a lasky.
Pfesne Poole stareho theoso-
fickeho hesla: "Neni vyssfho'
nabozenstvf mad pravdu, pravo
a spravedlnost." Tot vskutku
dnes jedine a spolecne nabo-
zenstvl ceskeho naroda. A ia
kovy narod must pTece v osud-
nych okamzic1ch cestne obstat
a must lit!