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Evening star., 1940-03-23
BY the Associated Press.


GREENSBORO, N. G., March q.
-Paradoxical though 1t may seem,
United States Open Champion
Byron Nelson believes the State Of
Texas has turned out 30 many fine
golfers because the courses on which
they learned the game were easy.
You'll hear a lot of people say
that it's best to break in on a really
tough course" Nelson said today as
he waited to tee of in the first round
Of the Greensboro Open. IT look
at it just the opposite way.
Difficult Course Scares EN-.
"A difficult course, for beginner
will make him scared of the game.
There1l be so much potential trou-
bic in sight every time he hits
ball that he's constantly frightened
up, but on course with big, broad
fairways, he learns to gauge his
shots properly for distance and wind
conditions, to hit the ball freely.
Eventually that becomes bred into
his game and is fundamental part
of it by the time he moves up to
real championship course"
Byron himself is one of the out
standing products of the Texas
lings Another is Ben Hogan, CO.
favorite for first money here on
the strength of his North-South vic
tory. Still third is Jimmy Dema-
ret, the No. l money winner of
the year. and others are Ralph
Guldahl. Greensboro winner a year
ago; Lloyd Mangrum. one of the
up-and coming youngsters, and Dick
Evening star., 1940-03-23
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Initial tournament on the sched-
ule of the Kenwood Golf and Coun-
try Club, where George Diffenbaugh
presides over the golf shop like
placid Buddha, content in the
thought that banner golf season
is in the offlng, will be a two-man
team championship, played with
club handicaps. 1T will be the first
of its kind held at this club" says
George, land We'll ask all members
to play. But we won't have two
class A players together. A class A
player can have a class B man as
his partner, or a class B man can
have class c man, but there won't
be any of those low-handicap play
ers breezing through without a
struggle. 1t will be the first big
affair on lengthy schedule for this
club"
Golf Chairman Andrew S. Balm, a
veteran in golf affairs. virtually has
completed his schedule, but all the
dates haven't been finally o. KID
and it won't be out until next week
Peacock Plays Nine in 80.
Meanwhile, on the course Diffen-
baugh looks for considerable i'm
provement this year, particularly on
The back nine, where several changes
have been made. But they didn't
bother Roger Peacock. the Middle
Atlantic amateur. champion, as
Roger breezed over that stretch
with under par score of 30 and
score for the round of 68. That's
pretty good chunk Of golf any
way you look at it, even with win
ter rules still in effect. Roger
played the nine this way:
Par - 345 544 1915
Peacock ---- 343 533 1870
1--WE always wanted to make six
IS in nine holes" said Roger.
But that putt on the 18th slipped
in for deuce 1t was a ticklish
putt and I played it cozy, just trying
for 3, and it went in
AS if a nine like that isn't sufi-
cient warning that Peacock is going
to be tough hombre again this
year come reports from Indian
Spring that Roger has been burn
ing up the track out there. IF that
boy ever gets consistently good
putting stroke and stops putting in
streaks he'll be far and away the
best around this town." said Mel
Shorey, the Indian Spring pro. "He
is hitting the ball a mile and is
knocking the pin out of the green
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Straiqht Off the Tee

with those iron shots. Boy, I'd like
to have his game from tee to green"
Over at Columbia DR.. Paul
Stewart, golf chairman, has made
no plans for opening day, which
usually falls late in April, when the
club members formally abandon
winter rules. and go back to playing
the ball where it lies. Columbia
has for years made quite a fuss
about opening day, staging big
tournament for all members with a
dinner at nioht, and at the same
time annoV''"''>G the complete golf
schedule. weather has been
so bad W Vent given much
thought to ,edule," said BEAM
ing Red Banagan, right hand man
of the golf chairman. They have
good deal of good natured banter
ing about their golf committee at
Columbia, but when they want a
job done it's done right.
House Improvements Under Way.
Columbia, with a very large men,
bership, is enlarging its clubhouse,
extending the dining room out to-
ward the first tee, and at the same
time extending the locker room. The
improvements, which have been in
progress for months, will be COM
pleted within six weeks.
Meanwhile. over in the woods be-
hind the first tee, work goes forward
on the new second hole, which may
be ready for play this year. The hole
will be heightened around 10 yards,
and the tee shot, instead of going
down to the bottom of the hill i'm
mediately in front of the green, will
stop on top of the hill, where a good
iron shot will be needed to get home.
Only tee shot of the biggest kind
can get down the hill
In future years some slugger may
stalk into the locker room and an
nounce that he drove to the bottom
of the hill on the second hole, but
it will take big wallop from the
new tee. The hole has been one of
those frequent birdie affairs from
the old tee, but hasn't been by any
means pushover
On the rest of the course Columbia
Is standing pat. It's good golf
course, one Of the best anywhere in
the East, and they don't have to do
much changing around out there.
And as for length, Columbia has
plenty of that, from any set Of tees.
Take Fred McLeod's word. I'VE have
several holes billed as par As, which
Just can't be reached in two shots in
this weather." says Freddie.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Nuggets and Phillips
Shoot II Out Again
In Basket Final
Schedule Makers Dream
Comes True in National
A. A. U. Tournament
BY the Associated Press.


DENVER, March 23.-1t's taken
nearly a weeks play, 48 games, to
prove what most people believed
right along-that the National
Champion Denver Nuggets and the
Phillips 66 Giants from Cklahoma's S
fiat lands again are the class Of the
National A.. A. U. basket ball tourna-
ment.
Now these two veteran combina-
tions in "big league" basket ball
come up to the finals for the second
straight year. They'll clash for the
championship at 9 o'clock tonight
before probably 5000 or more in
the city auditorium.
Wins Title by Three Points.
Last year the mountain team
snatched 1922 victory over Phillips,
which has been runnerup twice but
never won national title.
The final game is a schedule max
ers dream come true. The teams
have clashed frequently over four
year span and the lusty feeling be-
tween them is like the rivalry of two
high school teams from the same
town.
If the Nuggets play tonight as
masterfully as they did in crushing
Oakland Golden State, 46 to 80, in
last nights semifinals, it may be
impossible to head them away from
their second consecutive title-a
double no national champion has
posted since the Tulsa Oilers in 1888
"a.
Phillips Given Battle.
BY contrast, the Phillips had a
terrific struggle with the young
Seattle Savidges outfit and won, 43
to 81, only after brilliant counter
attack late in the game.
Seattle, manned by University of
Washington players, and Oakland
will play for third place at $3.50 pm.
Phillips was champion this sea-
son and Denver was runnerup in
the Missouri Valley circuit, one of
the fastest in basket ball.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Walter Johnson Draws
Soft Slab ASSIGNMENT

Walter Johnson, the former WASH
lngton hurting hero, today received
another pitching assignment, but it
doesn't figure to harm his mellowing
arm. 1t calls for only one pitch.
johnson has accepted an invita-
ton to toss out the first ball here on
May 5 to signal the official start of
the second annual national semi
pro baseball day. sending players on
some 10000 diamonds throughout
the Nation into action. The semi
pro season will culminate in the
sixth annual national championship
tourney at Wichita, Kans., August
1923.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Fort Stevens BosebuII
Candidates Meet

A meeting of candidates for the
Fort Stevens Post base ball team to
play in the American Legion Junior
League this year will be held in club
rooms at 1924 Georgia avenue NV,
tomorrow at l pm.
The veteran pilot, Joseph A. Ashi
again will lead the squad and invites
all boys interested in playing on the
team and who were not II years of
age on January l, 1910, to attend the
meeting.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Sub, Ex-Cripp|e Star
as Kansas, Trojans
Gain Court Final
Victors Clash to Garry
Vests Banner Into
National Finale
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, March GA
substitute and an ex-cripple are the
heroes of the Western N. C. A. A.
basket ball finals that end tonight
with two of the Nations foremost
coaches guiding the quintets in the
battle for first place and the right
to meet the Eastern champion here
March 30 for the national title.
Joe Reising, bulky 6-foot 5-inch
center, sat on the bench all during
the first half, but got into enough
action in the final period to bring
Sam Barry and his Southern Cali
fornia five 38-to-32 triumph over
Colorado.
Howard Engleman, of little use to
Kansas all during the season be-
cause of a stubborn knee, splattered
81 points through the hoop as DR.. F.
C. Aliens youngsters whipped Rice,
so to A.
The two losers play in tonight's
first game for third place honors.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Canadian KegIers Make
Bid for Title Tonight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 23-Pin snipers
from IA different States as well as
two lineups from Canada. Winnipeg
and Montreal, will face the setups in
the American Bowling Congress
championships tonight, adding more
international color to the big pin
classic.
The card is studded with potent
groups and the score keepers expect
another shakeup among the leaders
such as occurred last night when
teams from Hinsdale. Ill, and Chi
cago took over second and third
positions in the five-man event
standings.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
District badminton
Title Sweep Again
Goal Of Bakers
Joel Foces Shreve, kay
Plays Polly Thompson
In Singles TussIes

Again that almost traditional
slogan Of Washington's badminton
colony, "A Baker in every final"
will prevail tomorrow afternoon
when five 1910 championships 60
on the block at Kensingtons Ma
tional Guard Armory.
And, because Joel Baker and his
wife, Kay, are sole or co-defending
champions in every event and
simultaneously are regarded as the
best locally in the sport, new cham
pions should be as rare as bathing
suits in tomorrow's Easter parade.
Meet Surprise Contenders.
Although the Bakers will have
surprise contenders to meet In the
singles finals, neither Bill Shreve
nor Polly Thompson is expected to
continue the upsets they registered
last night. Shreve, seeded third.
defeated Herb Bryant, the lad who
previously had knocked of second
seeded Max Harrington, l5-6,
15-1l, while Miss Thompson, young
est of a whole family of badmlnton-
ers, provided the most startling upset
in the women's section by licking
second-seeded Margaret Graham.
III, lis.
However, Miss Thompson and
Shreve will match the Bakers by be-
ing co-finalists in every title match.
Shreve will pair with John Edwards
to play Baker and harrington for
the mems doubles championship and
Miss Thompson will team with Mrs.
Baker against the Ryan sisters, Mary
and Margaret, for the women's tan
dem crown Then, as a fitting cli-
max for their week of progress,
Shreve and Miss Thompson will
join hands against the Bakers for
the mixed doubles title.
Matches Start at 2.
incidentally, the second seeded
team of Mrs. Graham and Earring
ton were victims of the Thompson
Shreve combination last night when
they bowed in the semifinals, SIS,
15-9, 15-11.
The first of tomorrow's five title
matches starts at 2 o'clock with the
women's singles, mems singles, wom-
ems doubles, mems doubles and
mixed doubles being run of in that
order. Final consolation matches
were to be played this afternoon
with John Donohoe meeting the
winner of the Fred Merrill-Wes
Sternberg semifinal for the mems
singles and Donohoe and Howard
Chase meeting Bryant and Fred
Merrill for the mems doubles. Mixed
doubles consolation honors lay be-
tween Mary Ryan and Donohoe and
Charlotte Decker and Sternberg.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Ronking Capital Netmen
In Y' Indoor Meet

Three of Washington's first five
ranking tennis players and its ma
tional boy champion were to play
each other today and early this eve
ming in the semifinals of the Y. M.
c. AS annual indoor net tourna-
ment.
Hugh Lynch and Jimmy Farrin,
old rivals who are seeded second and
third, respectively, were rivals in
the first match at 2:30 o'clock while
Defending Champion David john
sen takes on Bobby Bensinger, in
door king of the country's boy play
ers, at 6:15. Bensinger is seeded
fourth.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
BoItimoreun Gets Rocino
Post at Cleveland Track
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, March 23.-North
Randall track will put up $l50,0O0
in purses for its % days of running
races, May % to June %.
The first handicap, the $1,000
Inaugural, will be held opening day.
1t is for 3-year-olds and up at / Lis
miles.
John p. Turner of Baltimore,
Hialeah Park and Maryland Turf
official, has been engaged as presid-
ing steward and racing secretary.
William c. DAILY OF Forest Hills,
N. Y, will be starter.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
7orrid Hockey Due Tomorrow
As Stanley War Is Renewed

will 60 into the final tussle with
the Bruins or Rangers.
On their performance last night,
when the Americans won, 5-4, to
square the series, neither team has
any right to come near the Stanley
Cup final.
The Bruins tomorrow will have
the slight advantage that goes with
playing on their home rink, but
they'll probably need 1t. The scene
shifts to New York for the fourth
game Tuesday and aiternates with
each game up to the limit Of seven.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Industrial Franchise Open

One franchise is vacant in the
Industrial Baseball League, a week.
day organization, and strong un-
limited teams interested in obtain
ing it may communicate with
President Bill Flester at District
4089. Heurich Brewers, O'Donnell's
Sea Grill, Cameo Furniture and
Old Milwaukee are the other teams
in the circuit.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
New Faces Pack PreIin1inories
Of McDoweN-Do Rinq Bill

Monday nights boxing program
Tor Turner's Arena was completed
today and the card continues Pro-
moter Joe Turner's policy of i'm
porting new faces, with all but two
OF the gladiators from foreign pre-
cincts. Wild Bill Mcdowell and
Jackie Dorval will supply the fea-
ture bout, an eight-rounder.
Two other eights pit Matt Per-
fetti of Brooklyn against Johnny
Marcelline of Philadelphia and
Tony Sarullo, Philadelphia: against
Jimmy Fontani. Brooklyn. In four
round engagements Walter johnson
Of Jersey City niingles with Vic
Evening star., 1940-03-23

Finazzo and Buddy Holmes clashes
with Sammy Williams.
Turner also hopes to pit the win
ner of the McDowell-Dorval fight
against Phil Furr the following
week. Furr, highest ranking well
terweight in the city, is in the
throes of successful comeback
that has netted seven consecutive
victories. A victory over the un-
ranked Mcdowell would do him no
good as far as ratings go, but would
prove to the public's satisfaction
that he is back in the first 10 to
stay because Whacky William ap-
pears to be on his way up the
ladder.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Texas Production of Golf Aces
Due to Easy Courses in Lone
Star State, Says Nelson

Metz and Harry Cooper, who learned
the game down there, although they
aren't native Texans.
Even the kind Of grass on the
Texas courses is a help" Nelson
continued. "It's a Bermuda grass
that sets the ball up for you so
that you can pick 1t of clean. The
ball doesn't do any floating. the way
it does when you hit it of the soft
grass you find on Eastern and Cali
fornia courses. where the ball often
is half buried"
A third reason for the Texans
rise to prominence in the golfing
picture, Nelson feels, is the fact
that most of them started from
scratch. Or, as he puts it, when
you start out playing for nickels and
dimes that mean something to you,
you're going to learn to play win
ming golf or have to quit the game
entirely"
First Prize Worth $1,000.
They're not playing for nickels
and dimes any more. The Texans
and the rest of the touring troupe
Sam Snead, Clayton Heafner. Gene
Sarazen, Henry Picard and Co.
are playing for $1,000 here, with
first money Of $1,000 to be awarded
the winner late Monday afternoon.
The first two rounds will be
played c. the Starmount Forest
Country Club, where par is II, and
Mondays final 36 at the Springfield
Country Club, where it's 10. Snead
set the tourney record of 27l in 1898.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Masonic InterIoop
Match, Schoolboy
RoI|off on Tap
Shoffers Guests at New
Del Roy Plant; D. l.
Rollers Use Broom

Jimmy Smith of the Western
Electric League, the defending
champion, and a flock of other
bowlers Of all classes today and to-
night were to trek to Mount Rainier
to roll in the fifth annual Pop
Crawley Sweepstakes, a five-game
handicap event held In honor OF
the nearby Maryland bowling pro-
prietor. Three special matches
round out the weekend duckptn
card.
Columbia at 2::30 pm. was to stage
the Inter-High League rolloff be-
tween Roosevelt, winner of the first
series. and Central, which copped
the second half. Rolling for Roose-
velt were to be Martin Rhodes. Jack
Hankla, Tom Marcellino, Ernest
Vitale and Bud Cozlin, the city's
junior champion. The Central
combination was to be Don Hurd,
Who won the league championship
with an average of III; James Tar
bett. Bob Bonham, Richard Tucker
and Dick Mosser. The winners will
receive individual medals given by
Beryl English of the Columbia.
Masons Open Series.
The first block of the annual
lnterleague matches between picked
teams of the Almas Temple and
Masonic loops will be the attraction
at Almas Temple, starting at 7
pm. Harold J. Seeley, president
OF the Almas Temple League, will
have as his teammates Louis Rose,
Tom Courtney, Mischel Daoud and
Carl Werner. The Masonic loop
team will be composed of Lee
Brown, Sam Simon, Abe Povich.
Otey Brown. Irvine Billhimer and
Bill Wolfe.
The leading Shaffer's Flower Shop
quint of the National Capital League
Will be the guest rollers at the new
Del Ray, Va, drives. Teams. dou-
bles and singles matches will start
at pm.
Clean Sweeps Prevail.
Clean sweeps ruled in the Dis
trict League last night as Chevy
Chase whitewashed Lucky Strike.
Georgetown put the bee on Co.
lumbia and Arcadia shellacked
Brookland.
Jack Talbert was the heaviest wal
loper among the city's leading
shooters as he paced Chevy Chase's
top team count of 1,94l with 1866
443. Ed Nash also had prominent
hand in the victory with 15l-422.
Irwin Simon was high for the Luck
les with 1888.
Timely marking in the final frames
of all three games gave Arcadia ,its
80 win. Lou Jenkins, who earlier
in the week rolled 461 for an all
time Petworth League record, came
back with 408 to lead the charge,
with Fred Murphy's 1893 helping out.
Joe Freschi's top string of 167 and
a 420 plus Bob Temples 163-390
kept the Brooklanders in the battle
all the way Arcadia registered
1899 to 1887 for the losers.
Joe Di Misa's 382 and Lawrence
Pugh's 379 were the potent wallops
in the Georgetown decision.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Card Rock Apt to Send
Gutteridge to Bench
B, the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclated PreSS.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
23.-From present indications the
arrival" of Rookie Marion Martin
as a shortstop for the st. Louis
Cardinals is, going to shunt Veteran
Third Baseman Don Gutteridge
benchward. If Martin can hold
down short, Jimmy Brown is ex-
pected to settle at third.
This may eliminate the erratic
third-base throwing of old, but also
will take some speed and color out
of the infield.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
StengeI-Terry HuddIe
Brings Trade Talk
BY the Associated Press,

SARASOTA, Fla, March 23.-A
trade between the Boston Bees and
the New York Giants is going
through the rumor mill as a result
OF long huddle yesterday by Man.
ayers Casey Stengel and Bill Terry.
The Bees want an outflelder,
leading to speculation that Jo-Jo
Moore might join the Boston club.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
FeIIer Appears in Form

FORT MYERS, Fla, March %
R.-Rapid Robert Feller is in form
and the Indians are happy in spite
OF their third straight exhibition
setback yesterday. Feller blanked
Rochester for four innings, tanning
eight, walking one and allowing
two hits.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
The
SPORTLIGHT
TussIe for Soph Crown
Stirs Yunks, Bosox
BY GRANTLAND RICE,

SpeCldi correspondent OF Inc SLAr.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
% (NA.N.A0 The somewhat
steamy rivalry between the Yankees
and the Red Sox doesn't stop at the
two bal clubs. 1t has moved along
now to the matter of crowning the
1910 king Of the sophomore crop.
And the only two names mentioned
in both camps are Ted williams OF
the Red Sox and Charley Keller of
the Yankees.
AS a starter, both are long-range,
powerful hitters. Both are good
outfielders. Both are hustlers. Both
have good arms. The Red Sox are
solidly back of 21-year-old williams,
their tall, willowy pasture man, who
broke into the big show with a
crash last spring.
Young Keller of the Yankees is a
fine ball player" Joe Cronin said,
when showed the debate toward
the Red Sox leader. But in my
opinion Williams has his chance to
be one of the great ball players Of
all time. He is only 81 years old,
and yet he is already one of the out
standing stars. With any luck this
next season, Ted might lead the
league in home runs and long dis
tance hitting. He is powerful kid.
with a fine, free swing, and he has
complete faith in himself"
Keller is just a trif1e faster"
another Red Sox backer cut in, but
Williams has slightly better arm
and has just shade to spare in
outf1eld play. I also think he'll out
hit Keller this season. Williams also
has more color, and that doesn't
hurt you any,"
Evening star., 1940-03-23
College Sports

Baseball.
Duke. 10: Pennsylvania, 6.
Washington & Lee, 5: Ohio State, O.
Michigan State. 3: Georgia, 2.
Mississippi. 4; Bradley Tech. 8.
1. S. u. 10: Northwestern, /.
Iowa, z; Louisiana Tech, 4.
Oklahoma A. & M. 8: Baylor, 8.
Illinois Wesleyan. 90; Hiwassee, 8.
Golf.
WASHINGTON e. Lee 6: Pennsylvania, 8.
Georgia, 10h: Yale, IN.
Tennis
Duke. 6: Michigan State, i.
Davidson, 8: Georgia, 2.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Yonks Soy Their Man
Is Horder Hitter

At this spot we moved over into
the Yankee circle.
Keller and Williams are well
ahead of the sophomore CROP" one
OF the Yankee veterans said, land
the pair should put up a great race.
But III still string with young
Keller. He may not hit as many
nome runs as Williams will, but he'll
get more doubles and triples and hit
the ball harder on general average,
You see, Williams strictly is
pull hitter. His target is the right
field wall Keller hits to any field.
He is a hard man to play for, as no
one can figure whether his next
punch will be down the left field
foul line or a crack into center or
deep right"
How will they compare with Joe
Di Maggio?' asked.
Neither is Di Maggie now" one
OF the older group answered. "They
never may quite be, as Joe is some.
thing for anybody to outplay. Any
one who comes along good enough
to outhit, outf1eld and outthrow
Di Maggie will have to be a super
star"