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Evening star., 1940-01-19
Five Novice Fighters
Start for Virginia
Against v.P.I.
Cupt. SouthoII. Williams
SomerviIIe Only Vets
To Box Tomorrow
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Jan. 49,
Five uninitiated scrappers will offer
their candidates. for a share in
Virginia boxing tradition when the
Cavaliers open their season against
Virginia Tech at Blacksburg to-
morrow.
Coach Johnny LaRowe's team
carries only three veterans. And
one of these, Fenton Somerville, q
light heavyweight last year, drops q
notch to the 165-pound class.
Other experienced campaigners,
both third year veterans, are Dick
Williams, 145, and Capt. Truman
Southall, the teams standout at
155.
The tentative choice for the
heavyweight class is Edward Bur-
gers, third year student from
West New York, N. j., who lacks
previous experience.
Designated for the 120-pound
class is Joe Block, a Junior from
New York, who also skipped fresh
man competition. Arthur LipKint,
also a New Yorker, who made a
creditable record as the freshman
120-pounder, is installed in the
127-pound division.
Peter Coy, a slender sophomore
from Santee, S. c., who was unde-
feated as the freshman 135-pounder
last year, had little trouble winning
the varsity lightweight berth, and
Kenneth Rathburn, all-around ath-
lete from Baltimore, who also en-
joyed an undefeated season as a
freshman boxer last year. takes over
the light heavyweight class.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Putting Slump Costs
Helen DettweiIer
Augusta Meet
District Girl. Scoring
337, Is Loser by Stroke
To Helen Horb
Special Dispatch to The Star.


AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 19.-Mrs.
Helen Hicks Harb, former woman's
national champion from Long
Island, N. Y, blasted her way out
of a trap on the last hole of the
titleholders' tourney here yesterday
and holed a 20foot putt for a par 4
to snatch victory from the grasp of
Helen Dettweiler of Washington by
a one-stroke margin.
Mrs. Harb took 81, Miss Dett-
weller "a for the final 18.
Mrs. Harb's tota. was 1876 for the
u holes, Miss Dettweiler's 337.
Jean Bauer Of Providence, r. l.,
who played in third place through
out, had BAT.
Going into the final round 2 up,
Miss Dettweiler's putting slumped
and Mrs. Harb was all even at the
eighteenth. Miss Dettweiler over
ran the final green to take a 5.
These two had dominated the play
during the entire tourney.
Mrs. L. G. Pray, also of Washing
ton, finished fifth with 373, as
Elizabeth Dunn of Indianapolis
smashed out an IS for a 370 and
fourth place.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
20 Years Ago
In The Star

Clyde Milan, fleet Washington
outfielder, is greatly improved in
health and expects to have a
banner year.
Clark Griffith announced the
purchase of Walter Mayer,
catcher, from st. Louis. Mayer,
who broke in with the Boston
Red Sox, has failed to impress
In big-time baseball.
George Washington University
basket ball team took q trouncing
from Navy at Annapolis. The
score was 40 to 13. All of G. WIS
points were made by Gilman,
forward.
Joe Schwartz, the local news
boy, who will box Young Green
at Ardmore Athletic Club to-
morrow night, Is in top shape,
and local fans are promised some
real milling.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Right Cross 10 Teeth
By Dusek Upsets
Cox in Mat Tilt
Referees Count Annoys
Fons; Goriboldi Bows
To Sonnenberq

You can keep a good man down,
contrary to the time-honored axiom,
but you have to be better man,
Ernie Dusek stumbled on this start
hing discovery last night as he
pinned Joe Cox in the feature
wrestling match at Turner'S Arena
Dusek pounced on Joe after ac-
cidentally banging him in the teeth
with a right cross. He was merely
waving to a friend In the bleachers,
he explained later, but that didn't
help Cox, who was counted out 40
minutes after the start of the bout.
Another protest was lodged against
Referee Bennah Bortnick's alleged
quick count. The fans say he only
counted two instead Of the Gus
tomary three over Cox's PROSTATE
form. Benny explained he suffered
and said "one" twice, making 1t q
full count.
In the preliminaries AL Eustace
drew with Lew Plummer and ditto
for Abe Coleman and Tommy
OToole. Gus Sonnenberg tossed
Tom Casey in liz minutes; and
Tarzan White pinned Ralph Carl
baldi in 13 minutes.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
omba and Washington CLUBS Abandon Invitation Golf Journeys for 1910
This Five Always
Sturts Johnson

BY the Associated PTess.
PRINCETON, ILL.,, Jan. 19.-
Coach Herbert Baker of the
Bureau Township High School
basket ball team doesn't have
any trouble picking his starting
lineup.
He looks at the scorer and
says, johnson will play"
There are six lads named
johnson on his squad and most
of them are interrelated. The
johnson clan consists of Charles
johnson, Wayne johnson and
two brother combinations, Junior
and Gordon johnson and John
B. and Gayle johnson.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
|Comiskeys Will Sue
| L Trustee Tries
To Sell Chisox
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-The Comis-
key name will remain synonymous
with the Chicago White Sox base
ball club If Mrs. J. Louis Comiskey
has her way.
Mrs. Comiskey said she would op-
pose a plan to sell the American
League club. Her attorney, Thomas
j. Sheehan, put it this way:
Anybody who attempts to buy It
will buy a law suit"
The First National Bank, trustees
for the estate of Mrs. Comiskeys
husband who died last summer
petitioned the Probate Court yes
terday for an order to sell the club
The Comiskeys-Mrs. j. Louis
Comiskey and her three children,
Dorothy. %; Oracle Lou, 18, and
Charles, I'd, 13-must file an answer
to the petition by February 20.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Turner's Fight Plans
Undetermined With
Ball Park Gone

Clark Griffith was to sign away
fistic promotorial rights at the ball
park today to Goldie Ahearn In q
i1uddle at the stadium Office. Ahearn
fell heir to the rights after Joe
Turner relinquished his claim on
the premises.
Turner today said his future in
the fight game is as uncertain as
when he dissolved his partnership
with Ahearn several months ago.
He may promote fights at Riverside
Stadium, which is covered, but Is
undecided.
If Turner decides to continue in
boxing, Ahearn will be obliged either
to rent or acquire a ring and circus
seats for the stadium inasmuch as
all equipment at the ball park Is
Turner's property.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Championship Tests
Prevent Shortage
Of Competition
Poyne Trophy Contest
lenethens Program
Of Fair Divoters
By WALTER McCALLUM,


Columbia Country Club and the
Washington Golf and Country Club,
two big links organizations which in
past years have held invitation
events. will not hold such affairs
this year.
1--WE have decided not to get back
into the invitation tournament field
in 1940," said Ralph S. Fowler, golf
chairman at Washington.
Sentiment at Columbia is not in
favor of club invitation event this
year." said DR.. Paul M. Stewart, golf
chairman at the big club near Chevy
Chase Lake.
Both clubs have full membership
lists, and their courses are crowded
during the playing season. Con-
gressional, the club scheduled to take
the Maryland State amateur cham
pionship June 10, 20, 81 and %, will
not re-enter the invitation field,
nor has Woodmont, which has held
invitation affairs at intervals In past
years, spoken for tournament date
this year.
Chevy Chase Alone In Field.
1t all adds up to the fact that
Chevy Chase again may be the only
club around Washington which will
hold an invitation tourney in 1910,
as was the case in 1899.
But with both mems MARYLAND
State Journeys to be played at wash
ington clubs there won't be any lack
OF links affairs in 1910. Congress
sional will stage the Maryland anna
teur title event, while Columbia will
hold the State open championship
In August. The Middle Atlantic
mems tourney goes to Baltimore's
Hillendale Club June II, IS and is,
with the women's tourney slated
for Chevy Chase the second week
IN october. Washington's own lit
tie tournament for a title-the Dis
trict amateur-will be played in
September, but the course hasn't
been announced. 1t has been sew
eral years since Chevy Chase held
the District title tourney.
Meanwhile the woman golfers are
busy drawing up their own sched-
ule,. which this year will include a
new tourney-the one for the Mrs.
Ralph w. Payne trophy, donated
by Mrs. Myron Davy. This year
also the women will handle the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. tournament,
which drew more than 200 entries
In 1889 and was handled by the
Army Navy Club, with the Coop
Grafton of the Women's District
Golf Association.
Mcleod Disdains Alibi.
Back home after dropping his
senior p. G. A. title to Otto Hack
barth in the recent tournament at
Sarasota, Fla, Fred Mcleod, Co.
lumbia Country Club pro, announces
that the tournament will be played
again next winter at Sarasota.
The weather wasn't too good down
there" said Freddie. But it was
better than at Augusta. They
hardly could have played the tourna-
ment at Augusta, but although the
wind blew at Sarasota, the course
was all right"
FREDDIE has no excuses for his tenth
place finish. II just took too many
blows" he laughed.
Now, with the club pro back, Red
Banagan is making plans for a
Florida trip, and when he returns
Set" Ceilings, the caddie. master,
will go South for a whirl at the
gee-gees.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
|Deckord in Two TopIine Tests
In 7erp-5th Regiment Meet
In Baltimore February 10

Tommy Deckard, one Of the Ma
tion's leading middle distance run
ners, has sent in his entry for the
University Of Maryland-5th Regi-
ment games In the Baltimore armory
on February 10, Geary Eppley, Terp
athletic director and chairman OF
the games committee, announced
this morning.
Deckard, who was graduated from
the University of Indiana last June,
and who now Is taking graduate
work there looking to his masters
degree, will run in the A. A. u. q
mile miss-and-out and in all likeli-
hood in the featured Governors
Mile. He has asked to run in both
and the committee doubtless will
grant his request.
While on the Indiana varsity team,
for which he, of course, now is in
eligible, Deckard was the Western
Conference 2-mile champion, and
big factor in the Hoosiers' track sue
cesses for three years.
He was member of the Indiana
4-mile relay team that set q world
record that still stands of 17:l6.1 in
the Pennsylvania carnival in 1887.
He ran in the third spot ON that
quartet for which Don Lash was the
anchor man. He also set q record
of 9:21 for the 3,000-meter steeple-
chase at Penn the same year and
won the event again in 1888 in 9:25.
Deckard might be called the Sec
ond best 2-miler in the country, as
the only man who has been able to
take his measure this winter is Lash,
his old teammate, who beat him by
step in both the Knights Of Colum-
bus games In New York on January
6 and again last Saturday night in
Boston.
Deckard won't have to compete
against Lash in Baltimore as his
pal will be running in Boston the
same night in an effort to gain pos
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Sports Independent Of Gate, Horvords Hope
Bingham Foresees Endowment All Athletics

some Of the current evils for
which undue emphasis on gate
receipts is responsible-proselyt-
ing and subsidization-can be
eliminated in far less time than
It viii take Harvard to attain It's
athletic utopia.
"The type Of athletics a college
has" said the Crimson's sports
chieftain, "is dependent entirely
on the wishes Of its president. He
Is the man responsible. AL = col
lege president has to do Is say
what type d athletics he wants,
and that's the type he'll get"
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Basket Boil Twin Bills
Are PIunned at Hine

Starting tomorrow, Hine Play
ground will sponsor basket ball dou-
ble-headers each Saturday morning
in the Hine gym. At $50 O'Clock
the Hine Boys Club 100-pound quint
meets Holy Name School, while at
II Marion A. c. faces Southeast A. c.
Teams of this weight division de-
string to participate in subsequent
double headers should get in touch
with Paul Messink at the Hine
School.
Evening star., 1940-01-19

'It's a situation for which we
believe we have found the solu-
ton at Harvard through the
creation Of an athletic endow-.
ment fund.-" he said. THAT fund
now amounts to slightly less than
$400, 900. OF course, it isn't nearly
enough.
"But the day will come--pos-
sibly not in your time or mine
when Harvard win finance it,
entire sports program through
that fund, and gate receipts no
longer Win b essential"
But Bingham also feels that
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Little medaIisi as 3
Qualify for Match
Play at Frisco
Shoots Five Under Par:
Five ForTer choaps
Among Survivors
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19-Man-
to-man battles succeeded player VS..
par tests today as 80 qualifiers of
the 5000 San Francisco match
play open golf tournament paired
of in f1rst-round struggles over the
Lake Merced course.
William Lawson Little, one-time
British and United States anna
teur champion, led survivors of the
36-hole trials into match play.
Medalist and already winner of
$325 as the result of topping the
field with a 70-69-139, S under
par, Little drew Willie Goggin, husky
San Franciscan as his first op-
ponent.
Five former winners in the 10
year history of the San Francisco
Open clubbed qualifying positions
out Of the par 72 course. They were
Dick Metz Of Oak Park, ILL.,, 1899
winner; Harold McSpaden of VIM
chester, Mass; Jimmy Demaret of
Houston, Tex, who won the Oak
land Open last week; Craig Wood
Of Mamaroneck, N. Y, and Little.
Wood Plays Stackhouse.
Wood, drawn with Little in the
upper bracket, qualified with a
142 and faced w. A. Gefty) Stack
house of Sequin, Tex, in this morn
ings round. Stackhouse got in With
a 148.
In the lower bracket, Demaret,
second low qualifier with al,
squared of with Charley shep-
pard, Oakland, Calf, entry, in
with a lat.
Metz, also in the lower group,
reached the match play with a
IA, and his opponent, John Di-
f1auere Of Los Angeles, qualified
at 149.
McSpaden and his first-round RI
val, Joe Brown of Des Moines.
Iowa, each came through with
scores of 148.
United States Open Champion
Byron Nelson of Toledo, Ohio, in
with a IA, paired off with Red"
Francis of Altoona, Pa, 147-shot
qualifier.
Noted Players Eliminated.
On the sidelines were some no.
tables. They included Ralph Gull
dahl, two-time former United States
Open titleholder; Olin Dutra, also
one-time Open winner; Marvin
(Bud) Ward, defending national
amateur champ, and Denny Shute,
former p. G. A. titlist. Guldahl
trailed with q 154, Dutra finished
with ISL, Ward and Shute each
dropped out of the running with
a 152.
Other first-round pairings and
qualifying scorers:
CLAYTON Heatner 14s). Linville. N. c..
chares al kEasssr Ken 4ss mt4 s,,cs seS,, Sss Wis.,
Rod Murray DO: White Plains, N. r.
vs. SAM Byrd 14e). Philadelphia.
Hossn sa ol1yey ss nHs White HsI1e sales \ T. vs. Ben
~, Art Bell go, san Francisco, vs. Jimmy
Jimmy Hines I4e!. Great Neck I: l.. VS..
Marvin stshi f''i i4s isfa Ianaini. ea cs Meh. vs.
Tommy Lo Presti 149). Sacramento
Bud Oakley 145l.,, Mamaroneck, N. y
VS.. Earl Fry GAO; Alameda. Calf.
Dennis Lavender ,iis'. psilac. k e; Tex. i''' Vs.
Felix seraln G46). Scranton. Pa. VS..
Vito Machado 14s,. Antioch. Calf.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Outboord Racing Dates
Assiqned Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 19.-George
w. Todd, commodore of the Vir-
ginia Power Boat Association, has
confirmed July and as dates for
the first outboard regatta to be
sponsored here by the organization.
The dates have been approved by
Charles F. Chapman, secretary Of
the racing commission of the Amer
ican Power Boat Association.
The State regatta circuit will
open at West Point July 4, continue
at Hampton July S and then swing
to Richmond for the next two days.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Gume Tobias Overcomes
Bourd in 8 Rounds
Nv thu Aseor{sk>dn n~~..

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 19.-Tony To.
bias, Washington battler, got up
on the floor three times last night
and muddled on through to defeat
Woody Boord, Uniontown, Pa, in
an 8-round feature bout.
Boord, 139, failed to show any
consistent attack and was foored
for no count In the opening round.
Tobias, who won a unanimous de.
cision, weighed 143.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Heurich Fives in Action

Two games of the second half of
Heurich Amateur Basket Ball
League play are scheduled tonight
with Petworth A. c. and United
Clay Products meeting at O'Clock
and Bantam Press and @. & s.
Laundry clashing at 8.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Tank Meet SeIlout, Even YoIe's
Prexy Denied Extra Ticket

Is as much steamed up as If 1t were
big football game.
The 2,200 seats OF Yale's natty
natatorium were snatched up by
faculty and students weeks and
weeks ago. A lot of other persons
were left clamoring futilely for
tickets.
So that's why the request Of Presi-
dent Charles Seymour this week for
another ducat occasioned plenty Of
scsuryimg around but not 4 single
additional seat.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 19.-
When the president Of Yale can't
get an extra" ticket for q Yale
athletic event that's sometting!
In fact that's exactly the havoc
created by tonight's swimming meet
between Yale and Michigan.
As far as the two schools are con-
ceTned the event viii determine thu
national champion and the campus
Evening star., 1940-01-19
.huIen Pocomoke Pilot

POCOMOKE CITY, Md, Jan. 10
R.-Arthur Ehlers, general man
ager Of the Pocomoke club Of the
Eastern Shore League, has an
nounced that veteran John Whalen
had been signed as manager.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Nv the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 19-Bill
Bingham, who directs athletics
at Harvard, is looking ahead to
the day when colleges will be able
to conduct their sports programs
without being dependent on gate
receipts.
Bingham told the Touchdown
Club of New York last night that
he was entirely In accord with
those who deplore the prominent
position which gate receipts, from
football specially, now occupy tn
the intercollegiate sports setup.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Fights Lost Night
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
SAVANNAH, Ga.-Johnny Paychek,
Huey H Long. isoS. Dallas Ts1 i3S ou'
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Wesley
Ramey. 1913. Grand Rapids, outpointed
Mike Gamiere, 1877, Cleveland GO).
PHILADELPHIA. - Tony .Morgano,
1876, Philadelphia, outpointed Lou
Fortuna. 139. Philadelphia ts,.
PERTH AMBOY. N Jack Glover,
1875. Trenton. stopped Ralph Kosky.
1888. Jersey City (3).
HIGHLAND. PARK, N. Joe Lynch.
15s. Plainf1eld, outpointed Bill Ryans.
154. Newark (6).
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-Young Gene
Buffalo, 154. Philadelphia, outpointed
Vince Pimpineila. 1864, New York
BOSTON.--Handy Andy Callahan,
1913. Lawrence, Mass, outpointed YOUNG
Byron. 141h. Boston (10).
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-Natie Mann,
1872. Hamden, stopped Eldridge Eat
man, 1877, Norwalk 90.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Average Fighter Todoy
Matches Predecessors

I won't give you the great John
L. Sullivan's list as champion. The
only ones you ever heard of were
Jake Kilrain and Charley Mitchell
draw.
Most of those champions fought
the best men available. So does
Joe Louis. Before Joe won the
title he fought and beat three for
mer heavyweight champions Of the
world. AS for the rest of his VIC
Tins, it's hard to believe, consider
ing the progress in every other
branch of athletics, that the aver
age fighter of today is worse than
the average Of 20, 30 or so years
ago.
He just looks worse. And I think
Louis has something to do with
that.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Alexander Gets $4,000

SEMINOLE, Okla, Jan. 10 R-
High ("RedD Alexander, former
Cleveland outflelder, won . 420, 600
judgment from IN oil company for
the loss Of his left hand In IN acci-
dent tWo years ago.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Walters to Get Trophy

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 R.-Bucky
Walters, Cincinnati's ace hurler, win
be awarded the Player of the Year
Trophy at the annual dinner of the
New York Chapter Of the Baseball
Writers Association of America
February 4.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
BowIers in 'Grudqe' Match

Corn Brothers and Herby's
bowling teams will meet in a
"grudge" match at the Rosslyn
drives on Sunday at 2 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
6. A. O. Five ChuIIenoes

General Accounting Office bas-
keters are seeking games with un-
limited teams having the use of o
gym. CAN r. j. Newbold at District
8465, Branch 1853, or at Michigan
A542 after 5 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Foes Of Other Champs
Not Highly Roted

The list doesn't amount to much.
Yet Dempsey fought the best he
could find, with the possible ex-
ception Of Harry wills. -T'2'2
Jess Willard fought only twice as
champion, against Frank Moran
and Dempsey. This is Jack john
sons list, as champion: Tony Ross,
al Kaufman, Philadelphia Jack
OBrten, Victor McLaglen, Frank
Moran, James j. Jeffries, A. Spoul,
Frank Crozier. Arthur Gruhan.
These are the men Jim Jeffries
beat as champion: Jack Finnegan,
James J. Corbett, Joe Kennedy,
Gus Rubin, Hank Griffin.
Bob Fitzsimmons did no work as
champion until he lost to Jeffries.
This is Jim Corbett's list: Charley
Mitchell, Peter Courtney, Tom
Sharkey draw, Bill Spillings, Bob
Caffrey, Jim McVey.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
From the
Press Box
Dubbing Foes PoIookos
Is Tribute to Louis
BY JOHN LARDNER,


NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (N.AN.A.).
Its tribute to Joe Louis when
people say, as people do. "this Godoy
Is just palooka. Why do they let
q bum like that fight for the heavy
weight title, and who cares?"
Arturo Godoy is a palooka, all
right, but only by comparison with
Louis. His record shows him to be
as effective a heavyweight con-
tender as any now doing business,
with the possible exception of Bob
Pastor. Galento? He licked Ga
lento twice, once In a close fight,
the other time beyond question.
The trouble with q great cham
pion is that his greatness flies
around the block and comes back
to hit him in the base of the skull.
Louis dwarfs his fellow workers,
and the public, seeing them as they
stand beside Joe, takes them to be
genuine midgets. And the public
squawks. Which is only natural.
Nobody likes to be short-changed.
Joe Hos Bottled Best
They Con Dig Up
Among Louis victims, up to the
present writing, with Godoy OF
Chile waiting to join the list on
February 9, have been Max Baer
Primo Carnera, Jack Sharkey, Max
Schmeling, James J. Braddock, Bob
Pastor, Tony Galento, Matte Mann
John Henry Lewis, Tommy Farr,
George Brescia, Pauline Uzcudun
and AL Ettore.
Now and then, I grant you, a
Jack Roper or an Eddie Simms or a
Charley Retzlaf rears his head in
the catalogue, but Louis fights fell
lows like that for want of better
and also because his management is
anxious to oblige by showing him
wherever there is a demand for
him. Roper was not Louis candi-
date, but the candidate of the city
Of Los Angeles. Simms was Cleve-
lands choice-at least, he was the
best that Promoter Ed Bang could
supply at the time.
You don't think much of the
fighters on the first list? Well
meaning no reflection on honest
John Dempsey, a great champion
these were the men Dempsey fought
after he won the title: Billy Miske
Bill Brennan, Georges Carpenter
(whom Godoy could have cut in
half, Tom Gibbons, Luis Ange
Firpo, Jack Sharkey and Gene Tun.
ney. Before winning the title, hi
met buns too numerous to men,
ton. Typical of same were Box
Dever, Bull Sader, Arthur Pelky
and Fred Fulton,