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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Owners Ponder $500
Starting Levy for
Hamb|etonian
Classic Cont Be Doped
Until Tomorrow When
Money Is on Line
By the Associated Press.

GOSHEN, N. Y, Aug. l2.-Until
a dozen or so owners of speedy g.
year-old trotters decide to risk $500
more on the chance of winning
something more than $4,000, there's
no telling what will happen in the
18th Hambletonian Stakes Wednes-
day
The final payment is due tomor-
row. Then the owners and trainers
will have to decide whether their
colts have enough chance to add
that $500 to the $3.50 they already
have m the pot. The way things
look now, there are at least eight
pretty sure starters and half dozen
others may go.
Gentleman Jim a Hunch Horse.
It's considered the videst-open
Hambletonian since Lord Jim won
back in 1884 And that might be a
good bunch for the bettors, for one
of the possible starters is Lord Jim's
son, Gentleman Jim. owned by John
F.. Davis of Toledo and driven by
H. M. tDoc) Parshall, who not only
piloted Lord Jim to victory. but won
again last year with Peter Astra.
The uncertainty of the race and
the opportunity of seeing Americas
finest harness horses battling for a
S45 900 pot are two big attractions
which will bring $4,000 or more
people to this village of 1900 We'd
nesday. The other lure is that of
Goshen itself and the county-fair
atmosphere. of the towns annual
big day.
The scene won't be quite the same
this year at Bill Canes triangular
track at the edge of town. There's
a big tote board in the infield and
mutuel windows under the stands
taking the place of the auction pool
sellers and the bookmakers. There's
starting gate which has done away
with scoring and a camera for
close finishes.
OId-time Color Remains.
But the striped refreshment tents
and the shirt sleeved spectators
from the country where old HANDLE
tonian 10 was foaled will be there as
usual.
Spencer Scott, a rangy colt owned
by C. w. Phellis of Greenwich,
Conn. and driven by Fred Egan,
probably will be the favorite Dun
bar Bostwicks Kuno, 1899 2-year-old
champion; Milestone, owned by
Joseph A. Neville Of Delaware. Ohio,
and Eari'S Moody CIV from the
Lexington. KY. stable of Earl F.
Shropshire, are rated almost as good
Today's feature for the opening
day of the week of Grand Circuit
racing is the appearance of Grey
hound. world champion trotter, in
the $500 Trotting Horse Club Stake.
The 8-year-old veteran, making a
farewell tour, already has won
four races in this series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Henson Makes Bid Star Tourney Wdup for Rating Horseshoe
Rivals Must Water Foirwoys
To Achieve Golf Par With
Chevy Chase, Columbia

GINA taken a whipping on a WASH
ington course, with the single excep-
ton of last year. when Congressional
overcame the visitors. Army Navy
did it again yesterday, winning
13.to-5 decision over the service
club course. Ralph Bogart. District
amateur champion, scored a par "
to lead the scoring.
In another team match that fast
flying Anacostia outfit nosed out
the Indian Head Md team at
Indian Head by a score OF l5la
to 141a. Red-headed Wilbur Seay
shot the tricky little layout in 81.
Indian Head will come back to
Anacostia for a return engagement
August Is.
Two pairs tied in the mixed four
some affair at Indian Spring. Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Robertson, with
92-22-70, tied with Mrs. T. Thig-
pen and John Taylor. who had
8S-18-70, for first place. Mrs. Earl
Clary and John F. Feeney we're
third with 94-20-74. Mrs. j. NJ.
Malseed and Jock Olmstead won
the gross award with 80
Three Capital golf pros were on
their way today to Toronto, Canada,
where the Canadian open cham
pionship will get under way Thurs
day. AL Houghton of Beaver Dam
and Bob Barnett and Virgil Wor-
sham of Chevy Chase are the trio
of local entrants.
Amateur List Closes Tomorrow.
ANY local amateurs who want to
get into the national amateur cham
pionship and don't make 1t because
/ of hardness have only themselves to
blame. Entries will close at pm.
| tomorrow with the United States
Golf Association. And that means
| they'll close. An entry, accompanied
by the usual 5-buck fee, mailed
today. will reach New York tomor-
row morning.
| Five teams reached the third
round in the Manor Country Club
two-man team championship. Sue
/ cessful in the second round were
/ the following duos: Hutchison and
McDougal, Willingham and Ritter,
Beech and Rinaudot. Brown and
Covert and Putnam and McGehee. !
Winners in women's blind DOGGY
/ tourney were Mrs. Mack Myers,
43-5-38: Mrs. c. Danneker. a.
$40. and Martha Madison, So
| 12-40.
At Beaver Dam Jim Gipe won
the gross award with rs and E.
Scott won the net prize with
88-20-68 in one sweepstakes af-
fair, while in another Everett john
son won the gross prize with rs
and the net trophy went to William
Rochelle, 64-17-67. Other winners
were Chick Heimer. Tex Hildebrand,
Bill Lanier, Gil Able and John
McGeever. Bobby Mills holed an
8-iron shot for an eagle deuce on
the tenth hole
At Washington the golfers played
In a par-birdie -eagle affair. won by
R. T Harrell with Is pars. Fred
Moulton won the birdie class, while
1t. H. J. Webb, c. E. Blanding. P. H.
Adams and H. G. Pratt. jr., won in
the eagle class. All had handicaps
to help them.
Several OF the pros around town
were playing today in a Middle
Atlantic P. G. A. amateur-pro affair
at the Rolling Road Club of Balti-
more. The pros were to hold a
meeting before the tourney.
Argyle's senior championship
found r. j. Poison advancing to
the seminal round with Cup win
over B. A. McGinn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Strong Finish Lands
Vermont Open Coin
For N. Turnesa
Rec Tourney Postponed.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BURLINGTON, VT. Aug. IL
Mike Turnesa, who represents COLTS
famous family in the Fairview
Country Club in Westchester. N. Y,
today had a well-earned $500. the
fruits of his comeback victory in
the inaugural Vermont open golf
championship at Burlington Coun-
try Club.
Turnesa, who all but blew his
chances with a three "a
in the third round. came back with
an even par on the last 10 for 281
to cop a one-stroke verdict from
Jack Petroni of Manchester. Petro-
nj, who saw the championship slip
from his grasp as he fozzled two
puts on the last three greens, COL
lected $500 in second money.
E. j. Dutch" Harrison of Little
Rock. Ark, who took a two-over-
par on the last Is after covering
the course in regulation figures or
better on the first three rounds. re-
ceived 5000 for finishing third with
283.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Pastor One Of Few Gridders
To Gain Success in Rino.

Bob Pastor is one of the few ex-
football players who ever made any
Roadway in the ring.
Steve Hamas of Penn State was
another Few football players make
good fighters. Most of them start
too late in new game.
Al Lassman was the best of the
lot He was headed for the heavy
weight title until he was hurt
badly against Carnegie Tech in
Pittsburgh. Al could punch and
box. He was a terrific puncher
and a first-claSs boXer-far better
than Max Schmeling was al that
time. And Schmeling then was
heavyweight champion.
Pastor has been good boxer and
q fair puncher. He isn't any car
load of dynamite, but he can hit and
hurt.
1t may be that he has slipped a
trif1e since his second shot at Louis,
when he discovered suddenly he was
up against too many guns. When
your eye and mind are on the top
rung and you find you'll never make
it, some of the old college try evapo-
rates.
Billy COINS eye and mind still
are fixed on the top rung. Conn
has more to shoot for on this &C
count. These are important details
that always are hard to figure in
advance. The old urge is a big
help.
If Pastor wins there is little
chance he will get another Louis
engagement. Twice seems to be
enough, on the part of the customers
who are footing the bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Barney Welsh still is mems Dis
trict tennis singles champion. sur
prise. surprise. but after snagging
the brass ring nine consecutive
years he's really just beginning to
acquire an interest in tennis.
The interest goes by the name Of
Davey johnson. young whipper-
snapper who had the audacity-
and a pretty good repertoire of
strokes-to knock Of Massa Welsh
in the Middle Atlantic final earlier
in the summer. This rash act
caused a wave Of eyebrow lifting
among the city,s net fans and filled
the old warriors heart with griev-
Gus thoughts. We might even say
it stung him to the quick.
So yesterday when an innocent
bystander inquired if he was think
ing Of retiring after putting the
quietus on Hugh Lynch In straight
sets. 60, 60. 6-3. Welsh hoped
up as though he had parked on a
cactus plant.
Barney Simply Too Hot.
Heck, no. he said, III be play
ing this game until they have to
wheel me onto the court. I've a
score to settle with certain young
gentleman and I'm going to keep
at my best until that's over. No
more getting out Of condition or
off form for me. I'm going to play
and work to stay on edge until I
get that young man then, maybe,
I'll think of tapering Off"
It probably is just as well john
sen wasn't on the other side of the
net yesterday as Welsh bombed
Lynch into submission with the
most devastating brand of tennis
witnessed here this season. Hugh,
a busy and consistent player. was
putty in Barney's hands as he
smashed whistling placements to
all corners of the court virtually at
will. Although he has offered
Welsh stout resistance in the past,
Lynch simply couldn't cope with
his opponents whitening fire.
Apparently at his peak, Welsh is
debating whether to enter the ma
tional championships opening Au-
gust 80 at Forest Hills. He's red
hot at the moment and this, plus
the fact that he usually does well
in the nationals, might sway him.
Today is the deadiine for entries.
Welsh ran up a 40 lead in the
first set and wasn't threatened seri-
ously thereafter. He kept Lynch
pinned on the base-line throughout
the match, which required only an
hour and five minutes. completely
sitting whatever hopes Hugh had of
coming to the net for cross court
placements. Lynch did make some
nice returns, passing Welsh as he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-Cincinnati
beat st. Louis, 8-4, to snap a 10
game winning streak as Bucky
Walters registered his goth mound
victory.
Three years ago-Shirley Han
over, owned by Lawrence B.
Sheppard, won Hambletonian in
straight heats.
Five years ago-Joe Mccarthy
and Joe Cronin, managers OF
Yankees and Red Sox. fined 500
each for stalling tactics in second
game of Aug. 8 doubleheader.
which Yanks won, 80, in five
innings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
HOrseshoeS.
Playof1s Metropolitan Tour
nament, Commerce courts, 7:30.
Boxing.
Kid Cocoa VS.. George Abrams,
l0-round feature. Griffith Sta
dunn; first bout $50.
Tennis.
Prince Georges Tournament,
Whitintide Club, River road,
$50.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington at Philadelphia,
night.
HOrSeShOeS.
Playoffs Metropolitan Tourna-
ment, Commerce courts, 7:30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Mrs. Lewis Leads Mrs. Mars
In Saratoga Bidding Duel

Yorker is ahead She has paid
$50 500 for three future racers, while
Mrs. Mars has bought five for
S28. 400.
They get another chance to spend
their money tonight with the sales
of yearlings from the late Willis
Sharpe Kilmer's Court Manor Stud
at New Market, Va, and Henry H.
Knights Almahurst Farm at Mich
olasville. KY. A total Sf s. budding
racers are due to 60 under the ham,
mer and since they include the get
of such great sires as Sun Briar,
Sun Beau, Gino, Neddie and Ladys-
man. they should command some
fancy prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
1t Ought TO Be q Good Fight
But Short in Thrills.

On copy paper this should be a
good fight, even if it doesn't happen
to be packed with thrills. When
you get two fast men in the same
pit you can see a whirl of action
but rarely any dangerous action.
/ saw Pastor stand up under more
than one smashing punch from
Louis-stand up and keep swing
ing And no one will argue that
Conn can outpunch the Bomber.
Because Conn can't, Not even II
he uses sledge hammer.
There is a chance that the Conn
camp is a bit overconfident But
Pastor is the best man Conn has
run across so far, if he has only
10 per cent left of the best he once
had.
This appears to be an even fight,
with little edge either way. I don't
think the margin will be thick
enough to bring about any unani-
NOUS choice when the verdict is
rendered. And the chance for &
Knockout is slight.
Conn will have to get away to a
faster start than he usually puts
on. He isn't any too rapid from
the gate. He usually has to come
from behind to get the nod. 1t
would be just as we'll If he decided
this time to start hustling earlier
In the show =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
ID. T.. Casters Clean Up
In Competition at
Frederick, Md.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FREDERICK, Md, Aug. H.
Capital Casting Club of Washing
ton holds most of the honors fol-
lowing the first annual Frederick
County Fish and Game Association
casting tournament at Cutler Lake
at Baker Park here yesterday.
The Washington club won the
team title with score of 241, lead
ing by a wide margin over the
second-place team from the Pang-
born Lake Club of HagerStown,
which scored 172. Members of the
Capital Club also took the first
five places in the individual events.
with H. P. Whip. one-armed
Hagerstown caster, breaking the
string when he finished sixth. In
dividual leaders were Jay Reed, So;
M. L. Vittori, IS; w. B. Holton, 81;
j. L. Nelson, 40, and L. Gram
lick, 38.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
9y the Associated Press.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
Aug. 1.-THE bidding duel between
Mrs. Ethel V. Mars of Chicago and
Mrs. E. Graham Lewis of New York
still is going on at the start of the
second week of Saratoga's yearling
horse sales.
Up to last season Mrs. Mars easily
was the most important woman
bidder for promising young race
horses. Then Mrs. Lewis stepped
into the ring and bought eight
horses for s58,650, as compared to
Mrs. Mars purchase of IL head for
$4,000. So far this year the New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Welsh, City Tennis Champ 9th
Time in Row, Won't Ease Until
He Eroses Loss to johnson

crowded the net, but in the end 1t
was Barney's power that prevailed.
Welsh's next tournament appear
ance will be at Binghamton, N. Y,
in the Southern Tier championships
opening Thursday. He has two legs
on the trophy and wants to re-
tire 1t.
Rec Tourney Postponed.
Although scheduled to open Thurs
day the District Recreation Depart
ment tournament may be deferred a
week because of the absence OF nu-
merous top-flight players. Several
Of the better players. including
Welsh and johnson, definitely are
committed to play in other tourna-
ments scheduled at the same time.
Lieut.. Bill Howard, Navy Leech
Cup player who competed in the
District tournament. has been Or
dered to sea and will report aboard
the battleship Texas early next
month. He Is a technical expert
and played an important role in the
development OF the mosquito tor
pedo boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Reouttu Heads Lunch

A luncheon was to be held today
at the Harrington Hotel by the
Presidents Cup Regatta Commit
tee at which it was to hear reports
on progress for the events sched-
uled September 14-15 and Septem-
Der 21-22. John A. Remon was to
preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

1t takes only a casual round of golf
at many of the courses around
Washington these midsummer days
to realize that the sooner the clubs
which can afford to do it remove
the rubber from the bankroll and
90 in for watered fairways the hap
pier the golfers will be. 1t isn't easy
for a club which has tough enough
time keeping up the payments on
the mortgage, but there's one thing
sure. That is. that the clubs which
do have watered fairways are GER
tain to be the most desirable places
to play golf, and will have no item
Of trouble keeping their member
ship lists full.
Only two clubs around Washing
ton-Chevy Chase and Columbia
now have fairway irrigation. Play
ing either of them nowadays is a
visit to a golf paradise when YOU
compare them with the parched
almost CRASHES fairways of most
of the other courses. Two others
Congressional and Washington-are
talking about fairway watering. and
a year or two more may see both
these clubs with artificialy watered
fairways.
Watering Needed Now.
But right now, in the middle of
the usual lengthy spell without rain
which We have around Washington
every summer, most of the golf
courses are parched and so dry that
instead of taking a divot all you take
is a clump of dust. Indeed, so bad
has the situation become that at one
OF the big clubs they're using winter
rules in the middle of summer.
Nor is 1t anything unusual. It
happens every year, and 1t is re-
sponsible. more or less, for the low
scoring you hear so much about
nowadays. ANY gent who can hit
the ball at all finds himself playing
shots he couldn't hope to play in
spring or fall.
Sparsely erased fairways. how
ever, don't stop the links brigade
from their weekend golf. They'll
have it, no matter what the weather
or how baked the courses become
oaners-Groaners Tie.
Like those gents at Capital, for
instance, who went out in team
match and played themselves into
a tie between two club teams called
the Moaners and Groaners. Hero OF
this match was S. E. Mulliken, who
holed a 15-foot putt on the final
green to tie up the whole contest
1872 to 1885, They'll play 1T off
later-probably next Sunday. But II
is remarkable picking when you have
50 men playing in team match
and finish all even.
J. F. Wallace won the southpaw
championship at Kenwood with a
card of S7-92-40-l39 Tied fol
second were Simeon T. Price. with
8+81-2-141, and George A
Resta. -60-14l.
K. A. Brasfeld won a blind bogey
tourney with 90-18-72 L. B
Sharpe, with 87-1+73. and R. F
Fuchs. with 86-13-73, tied fol
second.
Congressional staged BLIND
partner tourney, with half the com
bined handicaps. won by J. F. Childs
and j. F. Tracy, at 78-18-60
Second were w. E. Trewett and J
A. Sullivan, 83-2l-62.
Army Navy Team Wins.
That Army Navy Country Clut
team is becoming terror on it;
own layout. Not in years has g
team from the Country Club of Vir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
MoCondlish, Bott Take
Virginia Net Crowns

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG. Va. Aug. Shields
McCandlish of Fairfax defeated
Rogers Thomas, 6-3. 6-3. for the
mems singles title in the annual
Northern Virginia tennis tourna-
ment, then paired with George Bott
of Arlington to down R. Thomas
and S. Morrison. 81, i8, Ga, for
the doubles crown.
The victory gave McCandlish a
second leg on the H. c. Thomp-
son Trophy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
GreenbeIt Wins Title ,

Greenbelt holds the Prince
Georges County League softball
title. winning the crown yesterday
by downing Carr and Boswell, 81
Each team collected only five hits
Three errors by Carr and Boswell
players contributed to their down.
fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Rally Short, Taft Bows

Two runs in the last inning fell
four runs short of doing any good
but they saved Taft A. c. from a
shutout as Solomons Market won
So. 1t was the 22d win of the year
for Solomons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
S:;jpoRrLIeH7
Conn Appears Year
Away From Louis
BY GRANTLAND RICE,

NEW YORK, Aug. II (N.AN.A0-
Billy Conn. the Pittsburgh Harpoon,
has a pretty rasping assignment
Tuesday night.
In the first place, he has to beat
Bob Pastor, who isn't exactly a
heavyweight punk. No one who has
travelled 81 rounds against Joe Louis,
before listening at last to the canar-
les, can be labelled hunk of lin
burger.
In the second place, to stir up any
deep interest in Louis fight this
impending September, Conn must
whip Pastor decisively. He won't be
rushing at any dizzy pace toward
a Louis show by barely getting by.
Conn. who is both smart and
game, a high-class boxer, is conf
dent that he can beat Pastor and
then beat Louis. This is one of the
largest orders I've run across from
a young boxer still bordering on the
Interchangeable side and who
can't punch.
I still figure Conn a good year
away from Louis match. Conn
doesn't agree. He believes he can
step around Louis and win on points.
Fight Tomorrow Will Give
loree Part Of Answer.
Well get good part of the an
swer tomorrow night when Conn
meets Pastor.
Pastor hasn't been any too hot
since he fought Louis the last time
in Detroit, but he still should be
something to beat. If Conn can
rumple him up and win, the Pitts
burgh fighter must be rated as the
second best heavyweight.
But there still is a wide gap be-
tween the second best and Joe Louis.
Conn is a cool, shrewd boxer who
has plenty in the way of heart. He
still is shy on the Furnishing side, as
most good boxers are. The better
boxers rarely are the harder punch
ers. But Conn still is on the young
side, younger than most heavy
weights who ever came this far
along.
You can gamble that he isn't
afraid of Pastor and he isn't afraid
of Joe Louis. His left is nectarine
full of Juice, but 1t stings more than
its iolts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Palace Wins on Trip

Palace A. C. baseball team re-
turned to Washington today after
defeating Indian Head, 5-4, at Indian
Head yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Tokomu Wins Twin Bill

Takoma softball team captured
two games yesterday, winning over
Takoma Motors, 8-3, and F. and A..
Contractors, 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Burrows losses Two-Hitter

Jack Burrows pitched a two-hit
shutout as Ourisman blanked the
Crusaders, 14-0. He famed 16 bat
tiers in the process.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-11-16
Musicians Plan Program At Second

Musiclans/of the city will be
fe9nred M Second Baptist church
sunday. November - at 2 m. in
a special program THE Artists
Hour The program will he tri-
hute 70 Rev v. J.. Bradhy. the pas
tor on The occasion ~ tho thirieth
anniversary o. his pastorate.
Among those who will pariici-
patio will he Iarainctta Henderson
LeBon. organlsi. T A. 6 ., ~ 81
Matthews Episcopal church. Jun
ius MAXWELL. tenor who sang the
title role Of "Radamcs" in tho
opera "Alda" Erma Morris Hay
den. nationally-known concert
pianist and composer and founder
OF the Juhal Award Leon Ed
wards Patterson, contralto and di-
rector ~ music at Plymouth oCn-
church, Edward Lock
cit. baritone who has appeared as