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Evening star., 1940-03-27
Home Pressure Forces Jeffro to Fight Archibald


Max Waxman, manager Of
Harry Jeffra, didn't want to ac-
cept the match with Feather
weight Champion Joey Archibald
in Baltimore May 20. it was dis
closed today, but was obliged to
do so because high-ranking Bal
timore officials, newspapers and
sports fans demanded that his
charge. a native of that city, be
rematched with the title holder.
Heinie Miller, president of the
National Boxing Association, to-
day was expected to release a
letter from Waxman, business
agent for Jack Dempsey as well
as promoter and manager of a
stable of fighters. in which he
wrote he preferred to 60 along
with the association in the mat
ter, but had no alternative but
to accept the fight. Waxman,
who has controlling interest in
q fight club in Baltimore and
many business interests there,
named Mayor Howard w. Jack
son as one hoansisted that
jedra be given the bout.
Evening star., 1940-03-27

Blakeney, Columbia team captain, is
at the heels of his pals with 12-202.
Perce Wolfe, Clarke's teammate
on the Rosslyn team, has averaged
1876 156 in 257 games in the money
class. His winnings are a dollar
short of the mark of Arcadia's Joe
Harrison, who has won 1868 while
rolling for 1861 in 206 games.
Bill Krauss of Chevy Chase has
hit for 1921 in IS games among
the money shooters, while Ollie
Pacini, in his few sweepstakes ef-
forts, has rolled an impressive
127-39 average to win 1925.
Ray Fiorentino is Baltimore's
leading money bowler with 1910
for 165 games. Guerke and Nova
Hamilton trail with respective
marks Of 126-116 for 159 strings
and 1861 for 205 games.
Jimmy Wallace, who, like Fioren-
tino. is making a strong bid for
a place among the first national
ranking 10, is Norfolk's leading
shooter with 1856. Blair Creedle
tops the Richmond Howitzers with
124-46 and Tony Carpenter Of
Woonsocket, r. l., has rolled 1896
for 122 games to win $557. Mac
Carboni of New Haven in 149 games
has averaged 1886, while White,
Clarkes chief rival for the No. l
| crown, is running third in connec-
ticut with 1918.
Joe Bonigli. the Boston candle
pin champion, also is some shucks
as duckpinner. For 80 games
his average is 1874.
Clarke will be shooting for his
ninth District League 400 set and
his 23rd of the season when he
leads the pace-setting Rosslyn team
into battle against Brookland to-
night at Rosslyn at 8 o'clock.
Hot Shoppes Set Pace.
A. & w. Hot Shoppes moved to
a two-game lead in the Chevy Chase
Commercial League with a sweep
over Equitable Life as Cherner
Motors dropped to the runner-up
spot by losing 2-1 decision to
Stubox
st. Gabriels swept Holy Com
forter C to deadlock first place in
the Catholic Ladies League as st.
Francis Xavier dropped into tie
by losing tilt to St. Anthonys A.
Mary flanagan shone for st.
Gabriel's with 126-354 Margaret
Smith was high with 123-328 as
Holy Trinity took the odd one from
Holy Comforter A.
Evening star., 1940-03-27

News of the signing of the bout
was neither news nor surprising
to Miller, although he was some
what down in the mouth about it.
1T is discouraging when every
State but one goes along in a
matter like this. We would have
had the featherweight situation
ironed out completely and finally
in a few months had Maryland
not kicked over the traces, but
we knew it was coming. They
did the same thing once before
by staging a so-called title bout
between Jackie Wilson and Leo
Kodak while Joe Turner and
Goldie Ahearn were running
their elimination tournament in
this city.
Nobody paid any attention to
the result Of that fight and I
doubt If this will be received in Q
more serious vein. It certainly
isn't a title fight. Jeffra has no
legitimate claim to a champion
ship bout at thiStime. There are
three fighters a1load of him-all
better men on the strength Of
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Straiqht Off the Tee

/ Bradley to handle interclub matches
as captain. I'VE are hoping for q
good many team matches this year."
Burton said.
Meanwhile the "big" golf course
has been closed, pending compile
ton of repairs on some of the holes.
These little jobs include a bridge
over the ravine In front of the first
tee, steps down the hillside at the
first fairway, grading of the hillside
at the fifth hole and other little
jobs that needed TO be done. The
course will be opened April l, and
in the meantime the extra nine has
been in use.
But Army Navy's loss, as club, is
the gain of the Navy. Wherever
Bill Popham goes in his travels
with the battle wagons there will go
a good golfer.
Duke Meets Hoyas.
The one job that Bobby Brownell
wanted to do up brown again this
year won't come his way in 1910.
Bobby wanted to be on the Duke
golf team again this year in a match
against Georgetown University's
strong links outfit. But he won't
be with the Blue Devils when they
clash with the Hoyas at Capital on
April 30. Bobby is just out of the
inf1rmary at Durham with broken
leg, obtained when he got playful
on the soccer field and some other
fellow walloped his tibia so hard he
cracked 1t.
Duke today announced a schedule
of IA golf matches, among them
the Georgetown contest April 80,
match with Army and others with
Northern and Southern schools
The Blue Devils will tackle the
Pine Valley clubmen at Clementon.
N. j., May on the Northern part
Of their tour.
Golf clubs around town are putting
on several social affairs out of which
the golfers will benefit in 1910. At
Washington Friday the women of
that club will stage the last of their
season bridge parties Women golf
ers of Kenwood will stage a dance
Saturday night at the clubhouse for
the women's golf fund.
But one of the biggest parties
of the year will be Congressional's S
frontier days" celebration running
for three days. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. The club expects several
hundred members to take part in
the various events marking this
event. Among the affairs listed is
golf tourney to be held Sunday
afternoon. preceded by a dance Sat-
urday night.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
by WALTER McCALLUM.

Bill Popham is leaving town again.
It's bad news for the golf crowd
at the Army Navy Country Club,
where Bill. more formally known
as Comdr. William S. Popham, U. S.
NJ, has held forth for two years as
golf chairman. Bill leaves In June
for tour Of sea duty which will
take him away from his beloved golf
But If you happen to know Bill
you'll also know that Bill either will
tote his war clubs along or will pick
up set wherever he makes port, and
sally forth to tackle par in good sea-
man fashion.
In place of Popham there's a new
golf chairman at Army Navy. Capt.
G. K. Heiss, U. S. A., now is acting
chairman and will become chairman
when Popham shoves off for points
south and west, says Club Golf Pro
Allan Burton. But the memory of
Bill will linger on. Popham is one
of the great disciples of the con-
trolled fade" in golf. A hooked
shot of any kind is anathema to Bill,
who likes to see his iron shots land
those of the other fellow take a
little curl to the right and drop like
a poached egg, all run lost. on the
putting surface. Its the only right
way to hit golf ball." said Popham.
Picard Said He Was Tops.
Years ago (not 50 many at that
Bill used to play lot of golf at
Charleston. where he then was sta
toned, with a young, serious-faced
professional. Bill used to whip the
pro every once in while with a 68
or thereabouts, and he always clung
around u or so. The young pro was
Henry G. Picard Today Henry is
the national P. G. A. champion. and
big shot in golf But he still looks
up to Bill Popham as one of the bet
ter amateurs anywhere. Bill hasn't
mad time to keep up his golf. If he
had the time" Henry told me, Bill
Popham would have gone long way
in this amateur golf game. I never
have known a man with more game
ness and willingness to work-and in
the right way"
Committee members at Army Navy
under Capt. Heiss, will be the follow
ing: Comdr. I c. Bogart Gather of
District Champion Ralph Bogart) 1t
Col. o. N. Bradley, Carroll w. Dun
ming, Maj. Paul Logan, Capt. J. E.
McInerney, G. M. Thompson and
Popham, who will serve until he
leaves Washington. Each committee
member has been given an assign
ment this year, with Capt Heiss to
be in charge Of green's and Col.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
| New Faces Mark Mat
Gard That Cox and
Terror feature

Everything but the decisions were
ready today for tomorrow nights
mat show at Turner's Arena as the
management announced the signing
of the last supporting bout.
Eleventh-hour additions were
Thomas O'Toole vs.. Jack Russell,
Hymie Olson VS.. Jack Lutz and Jim
Austeri VS.. Abe Stein. The COM
plete program includes Warren
Bookwinkle and Don Evans in the
semifinal and the Golden Terror
against Joe Cox in the star bout.
The card is studded with new
faces, one of which, at least, Pro-
moter Joe Turner hopes will develop
into a strong box office magnet.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Astor Clarke Leading Nation S
Duckpinners With 128-Poce;
Tony Sontini High in Coin

With an average of 128-105 for 421
games, Astor Clarke of Arlington
tops the country's duckpin in bowl
ers according to the statistics re-
leased today by George L. 1semann,
secretary Of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress.
This information spiked a rumor
that the king Of the hardwood duck
pinners was running behind in his
bid for his fifth consecutive national
title.
The figures compiled by Dave Bur-
rows, head statistician of the N. D.
B. c., give Clarke lead of 1865 pins
over Jack White Of New Haven, his
closest rival, who has banged out
an average of 1886 for 273 games.
Running a good third, is Nick
Tronsky another of Clarke's peren-
NAL New England rivals. Tronsky
in 202 games has averaged 1857.
Guerke Among Leaders.
Clarke's closest Southern rival is
Winfield Guerke of Baltimore, who
sports an average of 127-153 for 222
games.
Two pins a game are given South
ern bowlers over the Northerners due
to alley differences. Clarke, actually
only SO pins ahead of White, has
been franked 296.
Maintaining record averages OF
131-17 in the District League, 130-5O
in the Rosslyn independent and 127
in the Federal, Clarke has led the
East in league rolling all season, but,
like last season, is having his ups
and downs in sweepstakes competi-
ton.
In eighth place two months ago,
he has climbed to fourth in tourna-
ment play by staging a stretch drive
similar to his brilliant finish last
year. Still without sweepstakes
victory, Clarke has finished near the
top in practically every event in
which he has competed in the last
few months. His average for 22C
games is l27-18.
Columbia Teammates on Top.
Washington also is the prouc
owner of the country's two leading
sweepstakes shooters in Tony San
TIM and Hokie Smith, Columbis
teammates. Santini in 1874 games
has rolled an average of 128-143 tc
win top money of $l.084. Smith. with
a record of four victories. has pum-
meled the naples at a 1881 clip
in 210 games to win $81250. Ed
Evening star., 1940-03-27

that Jeffra is not entitled to q
match for the title at this time,
but that the honor belongs to
joey Scalzo.
The N. B. A. will strip Archi-
bald of his claim to the crown
this week for failing to comply
with its regulation of signing to
meet one Of the three top-rank-
ing challengers within go days.
Miller was unable to say
whether Maryland would be
suspended for its contradictory
action or not. It was, he said, q
matter for the Executive Com
mittee and possibly for the full
convention.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Anocostio High Eleven
On HundIey Schedule
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, March a.
Anacostia High of the District of
Columbia and Berryville (Va.) High
are included among Handley Highs
football foes next fall, it was an
nouncede today by Coach Norman
OchS.
Handley will play Anacostia here
on October after meeting Berry,
vile here on September 28. Cum
berland Valley Athletic League
games will find Handley collid-
ing with Harrisonburg, Va, on Oc-
tober II at Harrisonburg; Allegheny
High OF Cumberland, Md, here
on October 10; Fort Hill High at
Cumberland on October 26; Ha-
gerstown High at Hagerstown, Nd.
on November 2; Charles Town High
at Charles Town, w. Va, on No
vember g.; Fredericksburg Va.)
High here on November Is, and
Martinsburg (W. Va) High here
on November 81.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Winner Of II STRAIGHT,
Hoppe Needs Only 5 =
For World Title
Meets Dangerous Foemon
In ThurnbIod; Bozemon
Is Poor Runnerup
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March ~. - Willie
Hoppe, the old master of three
cushion billiards, needs only five
more victories to win the world
championship.
Hoppe has won II straight games
and has 9 to play bStween now
and the title tournaments END OH
April 4. All other players have
lost five or more games
Nearest Foe Four Games Back.
Four full games back of Hoppe is
Jay Bozeman of Vallejo, Calf, in
second place. The 33-year-old Boze-
man, youngest player in the tour
nament, lost his fifth game in 13
starts last night to the veteran
Johnny Layton of Sedalia. Mo-,
so to 47, in 80 innings. The victory
moved Layton into fourth place.
Hoppe plays Arthur Thurnblad
Of Kenosha, Wis, tonight, a dan
gerous opponent despite the fact
he is in 10th place.
Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia ad-
vanced to tie for seventh when
he defeated Jake Schaefer of
Cleveland, so to Al, in 81 innings
last night.
Denton Easy Winner.
Tiff Denton of Kansas City reg
istered an easy victory over last
place Arthur Rubin of New York
so to Is, in Al innings, and Thurn-
blad took the measure of Allen
Hall of Chicago, so to is, in 6t
innings. Hall made a fine start in
the tournament with five wins in
seven games, but since then has
dropped six games in a row, leav-
ing him in ninth place.
The standings:
Evening star., 1940-03-27
G. W. Courts Home RivoIries,
Forrington Tells Alumni

George Washington University's
athletic policy will be to continue
to foster rivalries with local and
nearby schools, it was announced
last night by Athletic Director Max
Harrington to some 500 old grads
and friends of the university who
converged on Wardman Park Hotel
for the first annual alumni stag
party.
The f1attering attendance. much
more than anticipated by the COM
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Two-Section Tourney
Planned 10 Speed
Federal Golf
Glasses A, B to Finish
Preliminary Matches
During May, June

Government golfers, facing their
biggest season this year, will play
in two classes in The Evening Star
sponsored match play championship,
tournament which has been the
! high spot of links competition
among your Uncle Samuel's lads for
the past two years.
Facing the problem of carrying
out an elongated schedule which
again might run through July and
August, Tournament Director Charles
P. Redick has decided to eliminate
from the championship picture the
proven weak teams (proven on past
performance not to be in champion
ship class and will put them in a
Glass B league, which will play
through a separate schedule.
But only one team in each Gov
ernment unit will be permitted
and the golfers themselves must
nominate their choice-whether to
play in Glass A or Glass B.
C0mpelleO 70 neSII1Ct Mect.
This tournament has become so
big and so intricate that we now
must set up some strict rules, !"
Redick said. I'VE can't have any
more default in the regular schedule,
nor can we have interchange of
players between Glass A and Glass B
teams, as we undoubtedly would
have if we took in teams in the
two classes from a single unit or
department."
At the same time the Federal
linksmen, beset with queries from
the feminine sector. will go forward
with survey into the possibility of
women competitors in their own
medal play championship in 194l.
They have made no provision for
the women in medal play this year,
but throughout the year they'll carry
on an investigation of the feminine
golf situation in the Government
service, and probably will stage 8
women's tournament under Federal
Golf Association auspices in 1941.
So far they have made no move to
include the women in the match
play championship series.
Best Plan Yet Devised.
The match play tourney will start
about May /, and will run for two
months. Play will be suspended
throughout July and August, and
the playof between the four
winners in a round-robin series Of
three matches will be held in Sep
tember.
Redick's scheme for the 1910 COM
petition looms as the best yet de-
vised. 1t calls for splitting the 20
teams into four sections Of five
each with matches every fortnight
Last years schedule ran from early
May until late September, with the
final playof in october. "1t ran
too long," said Redick," and some of
the teams were shot by vacations,
absence from the city and inability
of the players to leave to compete" :"
The two tournaments both are
sponsored by the Federal Golf As
sociation, but otherwise are entirely
separate. The medal play affair
will be held at Beaver Dam, June
10 and II.
Evening star., 1940-03-27

mittee, heard speeches by Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker, Dr. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, G. w. U. president; Head
Football Coach Bill Reinhart; Gene
Shields. his new assistant. and
harrington, while Jack Hagerty.
Georgetown University football
coach, was the guest of honor.
Among former Colonial grid stars
present were Tuffy Leemans, Zuzu
Stewart, Hardy Pearce, Johnny
Baker, Don Bomba, Ray Hanken.
Frank Blackstone and Ben Plot
nicki,
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Dorothy Kirby Shoots
79 as Five Get 80s
In North-South
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
. PINEHURST, N. c., March 27.-
Dorothy Kirby Of Atlanta, the
medalist, was paired today against
Mrs. James Brooks Robbins OF
Mount Kisco, N. Y, in the first
round Of the 38th annual North and
South women's golf tournament.
Miss Kirby shot a 70 In the quail
flying round and was the only one Of
the field to break 80. Mrs. Robbins
had a 80.
Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page. the
Midsouth titlist and former national
champion, was in a five-way tie for
second place with 80. She started
the tourney as the favorite.
Fifteen other matches were booked
for today.
Evening star., 1940-03-27

their records. Obviously it was
a mistake to permit Jeffra and
Archibald to be matched the first
time before Jeffra had established
himself as a rankings challenger
for the crown"
Meanwhile, Representative
Ambrose j. Kennedy of Balti-
more was reported framing q
resolution for a sweeping investi-
cation of professional boxing.
Representative Kennedy has held
this threat over the game since
last September, when he led a
chorus of protests against the
decision handed down in the
Archibald-Je -Jeffra bout at Grif1th
Stadium. He since has decided
Evening star., 1940-03-27
As Rockies PROMISING

HOLLYWOOD, Calf. March q
R.-Two youngsters that didn't
have much chance of staying with
the AS may get that chance, Connie
Mack indicated today. Both Eddie
Collins and AL Brancato have come
along rapidly and Brancato even
may start the season at third base
Evening star., 1940-03-27

a prize attack man on Maryland's
lacrosse squad. Garrett still is
bidding for a regular berth, but his
feeding" caught Coach Faber's eye
during practice scrimmage be-
tween the Terp Jayvees and Lehigh
last Friday at College Park. Mary
land rolled up an 81 count on the
Engineers, who lost to Navy's B
squad by ia the following day.
Evening star., 1940-03-27

Today a year ago-Joe Cha
maco ran 18 for new record In
national three-cushion billiards
championship match with Jay
Bozeman at Chicago.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Judge Likes Outlook for His Georgetown Nine as Prizes Off Seasons Lid
HE SHOULD KNOW

HE SHOULD KNOW
Coach Joe Judge, former
Nat and one Of the
games greatest flrst
sackers in his day, Is
showing Russ Miller, one
of his Georgetown
charges. how to do his
stuff at the initial cor
ner. The Hoyas were
slated to open their sea-
son against Penn today.
Star STAFF Photo.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Clubs Pitching Stoff
Best in leooue

That gives us the bess pitching
In the league. with Curt Davis, Lon
Warneke, Bob Weiland and the
handy Clyde Shoun, to spell the
youngsters with their mellow skill
and experience.
The figures show that the Cards
were the best hitters in the league
last year. Medwick and Mize give
us real American League-size one
two punch. Slaughter and Terry
Moore have hit their strides. Pad
gett ana Jimmy Brown will bang
the ball.
The outfield undoubtedly is the
best IN the loop-Medwick, Moore
and Slaughter, with Pepper Martin
and Buster Adams standing by.
Brown is as good an all-around in
fielder as the league can produce.
In other spots, I grant you, we
weaken, we lag. Gutteridge is below
par at third, though by no means a
total liability with his speed and
hustle. It's too bad our two catch
ers are not one catcher. Mickey
Owen is good field (the best) but no
hit. Don Padgett is just the oppo-
site. Roll 'em up together and you'd
have something. Even separately,
though, they're not the worst catch
ing staff in the business.
Expert Offers Blades
lnfieId Suggestion
If l were Ray Blades (and Blades
is the first to admit I'm not; in fact,
he insists on it,, would put a
young fellow named Martin Marion
at shortstop for keeps. use Brown at
second base and go like that. Mar
ion is a high-class fielder. He can't
hit his weight, and his weight is
low. but If there is any club in the
league which can afford to carry a
light hitter for the sake of his
f1nesse, the Cardinals are it.
This Marion would help Gut
teridge on the left side of the in
field, and he could make the double
play with Brown. For all I know,
this may be just what Mr.. Blades
plans to do. I hope so. He says he
stiH doesn't know for sure.
The component parts of this team
add up well, but they don't give the
full sum of the Cardinals quality
They are the fastest team in base
ball, they run the bases best, and
they have elements of alertness and
zip which give them, to my mind, a
lock on the board.
Suppose somebody shoots Mize
through the calf of the leg with a
squirrel gun? Well, hadn't thought
of that. If any of you is planning
to do it, please recollect that the
big guy is out of season.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Hickey Was Lucky Swomi
In His 1889 Prediction

Hickey, lucky swami If ever
saw one, didn't think his team had
a chance last year. The result was
that he allowed Ray Blades, his new
and innocent manager, to fool
around with infleld and outf1eld
combinations and experiment with
pitchers until, along about June, Ray
mond discovered with bam that
the club was the best in the league
In nearly every department. Then
1t was too late, though he made a
good late run for the money and
was coming hard in the stretch.
Hickey knew better than Blades
what the team was made of. He
might have known, too, that Max
Lanier, the southpaw pitcher he left
in the minors, was ready to win up
on top. Lanier proved that when
he began pitching one low-hit ball
game after another as soon as the
Cardinals called him up to help in
the late September push.
Well, We'll let bygones be bygones
though the truth is that few people
would know a bygone if they saw
one. This year we have Lanier to
start off with, and the other young
pitchers, Bob Bowman, Mort Cooper
and Bill MCGEE, are a year older
and a year better,
Evening star., 1940-03-27
From the
Press Box
Cards Can't Go Wrong
Two Years in Row
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

special Correspondent OF IQe StAI.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
~ (NANA0.-We come, now, STU
dents,- to the next champions of the
National League. What's that, AL
gernon? The st. Louis Cardinals?
You guessed it. Go to the head of
the class, and take that tobacco out
Of your mouth.
The Cardinals will be hard to
beat in 1910. In fact, they'll be i'm
possible to beat. I said the same
thing last year, sure, but it WASH t
any fault of mine that the Cards
failed to win. It was Branch
Rickey's fault.
I don't want to be harsh with
Hickey, for he never was harsh with
me. but the good, gray vice president
underbid his hand last spring.
Lay off of us this year." he con-
fided, "but watch us next year. Well
win the pennant in 1940."
Now, this prediction doubtless will
come true, and all the danes will
start going to Mr.. Hickey to have
their fortunes read in the tea leaves,
but it wasn't as good as it sounds.
The Cardinals could have won. Then
all the ladies would be coming to
me, and my tea leaves would be the
talk of the racket. That's life.