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Evening star., 1939-07-21
Western Open Mark
Seems Safe From
Crack Field
Armour, Record Holder
With 273, Sees 290
As Lowest Score
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 21.-Golf's par
busters ganged up on the Medinah
Country Clubs Nos. l and courses
today, but the Western Open cham
pionship record of 273 strokes was
expected to hold intact for another
year.
Ten years ago, Chicago's silver
Scot, Tommy Armour, established
the Western Open mark at the
Ozaukee Club in Milwaukee. Armour
himself does not believe 29O will be
broken here.
The No. l course with its par of
10 and the No. par II layout were
expected to provide an extremely
difficult test, even for a field which
ranks as one of the strongest in the
Journeys 4O-year history.
Among the standouts were Ralph
Guldahl, winner of the title the last
three years; Byron Nelson, the Ma
tional Open champion, and Henry
Picard, Nelson's conqueror in the
recent Professional Golfers Asso-
citation battle.
They rated as co-favorites for the
championship, for years one of the
Nations major golf prizes.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
BY the Associated Press.


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
July 21-The eyes of Texas are GER
tainly on this 1899 Trans-Mississippi
golf tournament - and probably
Winking little.
Don't be surprised if there is an
all-Texas final or even an all-Texas
semi-final.
Eight frontiersmen of the links,
all that are left of the 243 who
signed up for the championship
drive Monday, struck out today in
the quarter-tinals of the best TN
meet in its history and five of them
were sun-tanned sons of Texas.
The Lone Star State may corner
everything in sight by the time the
36-hole safari is finished tonight
across Broadmoor's green fairways
close under the red, studded
mountains.
Meet these Texas Rangers of put
ter and 5-iron-Harry Todd, West
ern amateur champion; Don Schu-
macher and red-headed OHara
Watts, all of Dallas; handsome John
Barnum of Edinburg and freckled
Morris Norton of Wichita Falls.
Todd in Texas Feud.
Manning the passes against this
Texas invasion were lone sharp
shooters from Michigan, Colorado
and Utah.
Watts started the days firing
against young Ray Lowell, jr., of
Colorado Springs, who can qualify
as a bogey-man for Trans-Missis-
sippi champions; Barnum drew Ed
Kingsley of Salt Lake City, Schu-
macher opposed stoic-faced Chick
Harbert of Battle Creek, Mich, and
Todd went out against Norton for
little Texas feudin'.
Schumacher, who has shoulders
like right guard, is the only for
mer champion left. He won at
Denver two years ago.
The hoodoo that haunts trans
Mississippi defending champions
still is alive and kicking.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Ring Game Shot Here,
What's 10 Be Done
Is Big Question
Turner in Hole $4,000
And Commission Shows
Heavy Loss Over '38

A doleful report of boxing during
the last year in Washington hit the
streets today and started all hands
wondering over again what could be
done to remedy the situation. The
sport isn't on the rocks, it appears,
but solidly embedded under them.
Petey Sarron and Yucatan Kid
lured the largest roll Of greenbacks
into the till with gross gate of
S8,287.40, and the poorest turnout
was reflected in a S39044 gate for
the Wilson, -AnZalone bout.
Not only Promoter Joe Turner,
who is in the red to the extent of
S4,700, but the Boxing Commission
as we'll showed a loss for the year,
with the solons' per cent take
slumped some $4,000 OF the 81
bouts staged, 20 failed to draw 81 900.
In all, attendance fell off to the
tune of $67 7,89528.
Rain. of course. largely was re-
sponsible for the 1888 slump, as no
less than nine shows were postponed
because of inclement weather.
From the financial angle the re-
port veers to such intriguing notes
AS number of knockouts. IS (76 T.
K. o.; main bouts criticized by
newspapers, /; fighters rejected as
physically unsuited, IL; total num-
Der of shows, 54, and total number
of bouts, 378.
1t isn't very encouraging.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Public Links Field Down to 100
Ends Worlds Biggest Meet
In Baltimore Next Week

Francisco, who ruled the roost In
1881 and again in 1888.
Mondays 100 starters, who were
chosen through the first series OF
sectional qualifying rounds this
championship has had, will play 18
holes. and go 18 more on Tuesday.
The medal competition. in addition
to qualifying the 81 low scorers for
the subsequent rounds of match
play leading up to the 36-hole semi
finals and final, will decide the team
title.
Los Angeles won team honors last
year with four-man group. This
year there will be 81 teams of three
men each, with Los Angeles trying
to repeat.
In addition to the ex-champions,
prominent contenders in the field
include Louis Cyr of Vancouver
Wash, runner-up to Leach at Cleve-
land; James Molinari, the big San
Francisco policeman; Don Erickson
of Los Angeles, and Brooklyn's DOM
enic and Tommy Strafacl, brothers
VI L dllh OtI IdIdlI, WIZ WOIl III 1890.
There are two other sets of BROTH
ers, Luke and Ralph Barnes of At
lanta, who aren't related to Char
ley Barnes, another Atlanta entrant,
and Mike. Frank and Andrew
SzWedko, all of Pittsburgh.
Mondays play will start at 7::3O
a m, with Mike SzWedko, James R.
Spencer of ST. Louis and Andy Auga-
it's of Dayton, Ohio first off the tee.
Kaufman will play with Telfair
Chioto of Jacksonville, Fla, and Will
liam Birofka of Summit, N. j.; Cyr
with Benny Stefanik of Pittsburgh
and Stanley Kroll of Utica, N. Y;
Ferrera with Pete Lacey of Phila-
delphia and John R. Armacost of
Baltimore; Erickson with Arthur
Armstrong of Honolulu and William
Russell of Indianapolis: Leach with
Molinari and Charles Amandoles of
New York. and Wingate with Leo
Heller of Asheville. N. c., and Ernie
Tardift of Santa Monica, Calf.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Texans Threaten to Grab All
LoureIs of Trons-Miss. Golf
With 5 in Quorter-FiinoIs

In the third round yesterday, it
took the guise of a 12-foot putt for
a birdie three by Colorado's Lowell
on the first extra hole and when
cup swallowed ball Defending
Champion Ven Savage of Salt Lake
City had to swallow some bitter dis
appointment.
Brownell Takes Beating.
The day before Lowell shot a 68,
Two under par, to drop Eddie Held
OF Denver, two-time trans -Missis-
sippi champion.
Bob BroWnell, ranking amateur of
Washington, D. c., was ousted by
combination of putting jitters. and
Art Doering, Stanford University
student, who triumphed by and
margin in the second round. The
blond Duke University student
three-putted five greens during the
14-hole match in going down to de-
feat. He started on the first green
and never completely regained his
touch.
Brownell was joined on the side
lines by Stewart Alexander, his
teammate and travelling companion.
who bowed to the subpar golf of De-
Tending Champion Ven Savage, 2
and l, who later was licked.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Just Now He'll Accept
Weak Cup of Coffee.

Taking the $504, We will spread it
with great secrecy. so as not to kill
the market, on Willie Turnesa to re-
peat his win in the national amateur
golf championship. Willie should be
no worse than 10 to l shot, leaving
us with $5,544 worth of elbow room
for the World Series.
The roll will 60 on"the Reds to win
the first game from the Yankees, be-
hind Walters or Derringer, and we
will hold out for 2 to l. That leaves
us with $l6,632 for the rest of the
series, from which we will emerge
with 100000 at a conservative es-
innate, by betting the Yanks in the
second, third, and fourth games,
Reds in the fifth, and Yanks in the
sixth.
A hundred thousand apiece will
go on'Harvard over Yale and Notre
Dame over Southern California in
football. At this juncture, I will buy
a musical comedy for myself Gf they
let me write the tunes) and an ice
cream cone for my daughter, who
has not eaten since Tuesday.
Meanwhile. I wonder if the Gov
ernor of Michigan can spare nickel
for a cup of coffee? There is no
harm in a cup of coffee, Gov, If you
take it with a little water on the
side.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Old Bonnockburn Coming Back
Under New Name With Pros
Enthusiastic Endorsement

over from the old administra ton,
set the face of Capital definitely
toward the sun, moved out aftel
new members, and succeeded.
Last April the club was taken of
a greens fee basis. and today Capital
is strictly private. You can't play
the course unless you are introduced
by member.
Where does Tony Sylvester fit into
this picture?
Tony Kept Enthusiasm.
Well, during Capitals dog-days,
when it appeared the bottom was
dropping out of the old club, TONY
was its stanchest booster. Refusing
to be discouraged at a time when
the club had trouble paying the rent
on the property Tony kept moving
along toward the vision of the bigger
and better club which he constantly
had before him. I don't say that
Tony Is altogether responsible. But
his enthusiasm and his foresight
have helped. And during the dark
days when doom loomed ahead TO,
the old place Tony was the MAIN
spring Of the activity which lifted
the mortgage from the old home
stead (figuratively).
Yes, Capital is on the way. You
couldn't find a healthier country
club picture anywhere than out
there on the hill above Glen Echo.
Maybe some day they'll put on an
invitation tournament on that
rugged little golf course That will
be the crowning note to hail Capital
back into the healthy niche that old
Bannockburn occupied in the days
before 1929.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The worlds biggest golf tourna-
ment, with the field boiled down to
100 survivors of an original entry of
almost 1900, will start on Monday
at the Mount Pleasant Park course
in Baltimore, when the first 18-hole
qualifying round in the national
public links championship is played
This is the 18th in the United
States Golf Associations line of
title Journeys for the pay-as-you-
play golfers, and its bulky field
includes players from % districts
and territories, including Hawaii, as
we'll as four former champions.
Heading the latter group is Al
Leach of Cleveland, who was a
W. P. A. worker when he won the
1888 championship right in his own
backyard The others are Carl r.
Kaufman of Pittsburgh, who won
the title in 1927, 1928 and 1929 to
become known as the publinksters
Bobby Jones'; Robert E. Wingate
of Jacksonville. Fla, champion in
1880, and Charles Ferrera of San
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Won Cramm Greatest
Amateur Racketer,
Cooke Holds
Declares Crushing Win
From Riggs No Fluke;
Yonk Sturs Return

NEW YORK, July 21.-Bobby
Riggs. on whom the United States
is pinning its hopes for a successful
defense of the Davis Cup late this
summer, arrived from Europe yes
terday, accompanied by three other
tennis lnternationalists. With Riggs
were ElWood T. Cooke. his Wimble-
don co-champion in doubles; Mrs.
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan. who captured
the Wimbledons womens doubles
title with Alice Marble and Helen
Jacobs. former national titleholder.
Quickly making tracks for the
West Side Tennis Clubs turf at
Forest Hills the quartet went
through session of -loosening
practice. They all will work out for
a day or two before going to Sea-
bright.
Asking Riggs. the Wimbledon
champion, who the No. amateur of
the world is, might have proved en-
barrassing for every one, so the
question was put to Cooke Won
Cramm." came the answer without
the slightest hesitation.
Better than Riggs?
yes, better than Riggs. better
than Jack Bromwich. better than
Adrian Quist, and better than Bunny
Austin"
Better than McNeill? don Nc
Neill defeated the former German
Davis Cup star in Egypt
"McNeill," replied Cooke, cant
stay on the same court with Won
Cramm when the baron is hot.
Riggs didn't Quit when Won Cramm
beat him 60. 6-1, in the final of
the Queens Club tournament. Won
Cramm just hit everything.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Support by Sylvester Tells Reenaton Of Capital Golf Club
Doerer in WMAL
SPORTS Review

Tommy Doerer, Washington
representative of the United
States Golf Association and man
ager of the East Potomac Golf
Course, will be interviewed to-
night on The Star Sports Review
over WMAL at GAS o'clock.
He will discuss with Bill Coyle,
Star staff sports commentator,
the proposed formation of a Dis
trict Public Links Golf Associa-
ton that will aid the pay-as-you-
play boys to enter local tourna-
ments, arrange handicaps, guar
antee financial responsibility of
players and otherwise boost the
game here, especially for the pub
lie links golfers.
The Star Sports Review is
broadcast every day over WMAL
at 6:45 pm. except Sundays at
6 o'clock and Mondays at $50.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

close to the minimum and 100 pounds
not unusual Largest to date at Ocean
City is one of 156 pounds caught by
William MacMullen aboard the
Katherine, with Capt. Frank Par
sons. 1t is not considered a legal
catch, because it was hand-lined in.
During the battle the rod and reel
broke and a hand line was used to
bring it in after two hours and rs
minutes.
Tuna at Ocean City mostly
are what are called school
tuna-that is, they run in
schools and are not as large
as the so-called horse mack
erel.
Incidentally, those big boys, where
weight is measured in fractions of a
ton, almost, have begun to strike in
their Northern haunts around Nova
Scotia. Julian Crandell, president
Of the AshaWay Line Co., sent us a
copy of telegram he received from
Capt. Bill Grey of Wedgeport, Nova
Scotia: Several big tuna being
taken at Wedgeport now. John A.
Manning took one TAO pounds after
a strenuous eight-hour tussle. Bob
Edge landed one weighing $40 in 9
hours and so minutes.
The time of those catches make
it sound like a good days work to
catch even one fish, and, if you want
that kind of sport, Nova Scotia
seems to be the place. A new world
record of something over 300 pounds
was set there last year just before
the end of the season.
Local Anglers Make Good.
Among the local anglers to bring
in big fish recently at Ocean City:
A. T. Abernathy and Bill Briggs,
each a marlin aboard the Lev-Lou
with Capt. Lev Raymond. c. L.
Parker and DR.. Edward Krouse,
each a marlin on the Sanpan, with
Capt. Leo Droughton. o. H. Riten-
our, a 38-pound marlin in Is min
ures, with Capt. Talbot Bunting on
the Cecil B.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

The chunky little fellow with the
big chest felt lovingly Of a gleam-
ing steel golf shaft. "Yes, that's
one Of my old design. I made it up
originally in Tommy Armour's golf
shop up there at Congressional. l
guess it was about 1927, wasn't it?"
You'd never guess nowadays,
looking at the array of steel-shafted
weapons around Tony Sylvester's
golf shop at the Capital Golf and
Country Club, that for good many
years Tony was one of the leading
clubmakers of the Nation; that
crack golfers like Bobby Jones and
Tommy Armour came to Tony for
advice on clubs, and that Tony
made the implements for many a
champion. But those days are over
now. They turn out golf clubs in
factories now, with heavy ma
chinery. They make them out of
steel, instead of with the loving,
artistic hand labor that Tony used
to put into the clubs which won
many championships.
And Tony has a new love. Not
such new one, either. It's the
Capital Golf and Country CLUB,
and under Tony's careful nursing
and his enthusiastic praise of the
old Bannockburn course as "onc
OF the best in the land" the old
club today stands rejuvenated, with
a Dig membership, and a going golf
concern that is firmly planted in
the big collection of golf clubs
around the Capital.
Yes, we have 800 members now.
ana more are coming all the time"
said Tony
Club on Comeback Trail.
1t was surprising, for only couple
OF years ago Capitalize successor
to old Bannockburn-Was a sleepv
little golf organization, apparently
on the downward path, without
much membership enthusiasm, and
on public fee basis. You could take
50 cents out there any week day "a
buck on Sunday and play as much
golf as you wanted. And TODAY the
club has 360-odd members. is
private club in everything the name
implies. and is one of those growing
business concerns whose lusty pulse
beat you can sense the moment YOUR
car tops the big hill where the club
house sits.
sure, were in good shape" saws
Tony. We have put this course in
fine condition, We are making con-
slant improvements, and we really
are gong to town. Further, we have
flock of good golfers here-men
who can hol dtheir own with any
around town"
What change from the old Ban
nockburn of four or five years ago
when it seemed as if the old club
started back around 1912 by gents
like John T. Harris, Dan Hazard.
Lou Crandall and others, was about
to go under. There's no chance of
that now
About three years ago a group of
young men, attracted by the un-
usual golf at Capital came into the
club and started things moving.
Men like Ken Spencer, now the
president of the club; Secretary
John Phelan, and few others.
Joined with the men who remained
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Tips From Picard Aid
As Popham Stars on
Navy Golf Team
Former PIoymote Of Pro
Champ Leading His Men
To Commanding Spot
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Comdr. William s. Popham,
U. S. NJ, in some ways Is q pupil of
Henry Picard, the new Professional
Golfers Association champion. Like
Henry, Comdr. Popham believes
hooking golf ball with wood or iron
Is a cardinal golf sin. THE right
way to hit a golf ball is to hit it
straight, but even little fade won t
hurt" says the naval officer, who
used to play with the p. G. A. champ
when he was on duty at Charleston,
S. G.
Popham is putting the principles
OF the Picard game into practice as
he leads the Navy Department team
to a commanding position in the
Federal match play links tourney
sponsored by The Star. Navy lost to
Army a few days ago, but recover
ing from this loss, the sailors are
moving again toward the heights
In Section ! Of The Star tourney.
Does Well on Strange Course.
Their latest victory came over the
immigration team from the Labor
Department, which they licked by
a score of 6 to 0 at Beaver Dam.
And again Popham was the spot
lighted hero. He shot 4-over-
rs on his first trip over the long
Beaver Dam course, and with Comdr
Nixon won points. Jim Gipe and
Lou Harrison, with a better ball of
70, also won points for Navy.
Two forfeits have marred the
match play tourney over the last few
days. Electric Home and Farm Au-
thority, unable to get a team to-
gether for a match with Patent Of
flce, forfeited points to the Patent
men, led by c. c. Heath. The other
forfeit found Internal Revenue,
down near the end of the standings
IN Section 3, forfeiting 6 points to
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, in
a match scheduled for Belle Haven.
The Electric Home and Farm Au-
thorlty team probably will pull out
of Section 3.
Leadership Unchanged.
Other recent matches have re-
suited as follows: Accounts and De-
posts defending champions) licked
W. P. A, 3l2 to 2l2, in a match at
indian Spring; Railroad Retirement
Board licked Social Security Board,
5 to l, in another match at In
dian Spring; Agriculture beat Post
once, 3la to 2i2, at Army Navy.
So far the standings remain un-
changed in the top brackets of the
three sections. Federal Housing is
on top in Section l with 10 points
won and lost. Government Print
ing ONCE and Treasury are dead
locked for the lead in Section 2, each
with % points won and l lost. In
Section 3 Procurement is on top.
with 1912 points won and only a
half point lost.
Accounts and Deposits, last years
champs, must get going fast if they
are to win again in Section 2, and
work their way into the sectional
play-off.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

Before getting off the big-game
angling part of this story, we report
that the big ones also have started
hitting off Maine. Best to date is
$50 pounds. Boats there are $40 a
day and tackle rented for $40, with
the boat standing the breakage.
More fun in the heavy fishing line
may be had at Wachapreague, Va.
A. H. G. Mears reports that sharks
and big rayflsh are being caught in
about feet of water, and that under
such conditions they put up battle
like channel bass. His boat in one
day had 10 sharks and rays, and
another boat that ran into them
broke five lines in as many fights
They also are making good catches
of kingfsh, sea bass and small croak-
ers, with trout catches limited.
Stripers and Croakers in Bay.
Good croaker, or hardhead, fishing
also, is noted in the bay, according
to the report from Uncle Billie's
Pier at North Beach. Spot, likewise
are numerous ana can be taken al
the same time as are hardhead by
using bloodworms instead of shrimp
for bait. Rock catches in that area
are increasing.
They also are being taken at
SOlOmOnS, both by trolling and
by cumming, which method
just has been introduced there.
Lou Ambers, who is one of the
leading aspirants for the lightweight
boxing championship, also appear.
to be something of a fisherman. Ir
two days of fishing in the Thousand
Islands area near Clayton, N. Y, he
got his limit of bass both times. The
real test of his angling ability viii
be when he tries that trick in the
waters of Maryland or Virginia.
Speaking of Maryland and Vir.
ginia, both States recently have beer
awarded Federal money grant.
under the Pittman- Robertson Act
Maryland gets a shade over $4,000
and Virginia $4,000.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Mumukos Given Rinq
Lesson by Cocoa Kid
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star,
BALTIMORE, Md, July 21.-Steve
Mamakos' fistic star has a tarnished
appearance today as a result of the
neat lacing the Greek absorbed last
night from the Cocoa Kid in a
l0-round bout.
Spotting his opponent 3-pound
pull IN weight, the Kid gave Steve
boxing lesson, winning all the way
with a long, snaky left jab, varied
by a potent right that hooked
crossed and uppercut.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
TinduII and Chambers
Piuy Net Feature
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DES MONIES. Iowa, July 21.-
With the match between Tom
Chambers of Los Angeles, seeded
No. 2, and Dick Tindall of st. Louis,
United States Army champion,
heading the list, quarter-hnal
rounds were to be played today in
the Missouri Valley tennis tourna-
ment.
The first title to be decided went
yesterday to Ida Schook of St.
Louis, who defeated Gloria Thomp-
son of st. Louis, 6j1, Ga, in the
girls junior singles final.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

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Evening star., 1939-07-21
Welsh Heavy Fovorite
Against Net Veteran

By the Associated Press
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.
Va. July 2l.-Barney Welsh. de-
Tending champion from Rockville.
Md. was heavy favorite to trounce
the veteran Aubrey Smith and enter
the semi-finals of the West Virginia
open amateur tennis tournament
here today
Eddie Blickle, assistant football
coach at Ohio State, who easily beat
Lawrence Smith yesterday, will play
the winner of the Welsh-Smith
match.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa Maurice
Strickland, 1876. New Zealand,
knocked out Bruno Dooley, 900,
Gary, Ind. go.
FORT WAYNE, Ind.-Floyd
Gibbons, 202, Detroit, stopped
Tony Martin. 1913, Chicago ID.
BALTIMORE.-Louis kid
Cocoa, lat, New Haven, Conn,
outpointed Steve Mamakos, 1922,
Washington, D. c. 10).
NEW YORK.-Izzy Jannazzo,
1859, New York, outpointed Andre
Jesserun, l49, New York 1Ol.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Nova and Ga|ento Battle
In PhiIIy September 7

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July 21.-Man-
egers of Lou Nova and Tony Galento
yesterday signed their fighters for a
15-round heavyweight bout in Phil
adelphia's municipal stadium Sep
tember 7.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Hutchinson to Return

DETROIT, July q (P.-The De-
troit Free Press says that the De-
troit club will recall Pitcher Fred
Hutchinson from Toledo when the
Tigers return home from their
Forthcoming Eastern tour. He has
a 9-8 record.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Rod and Stream
BY GEORGE HUBER.
lliilu 81 1N2NA

Recent catches at Ocean City call attention to tuna fishing Some
marlin fishing
don't fish until he all killed
In weight they generally larger than white
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Mclean Come Postponed

Mclean A. C.'s game with Lu
Blues schoolboys was postponed last
night because of rain. Tomorrow
the Bluemen tackle Service Battery
at BIS o'clock at Ballston. Battery
is leading section B. National City
League.