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Evening star., 1941-08-21
Triumph Over Ward to Reach
Great Lakes Final Boosts
BI|ows; II. S. Golf Stock

defeated Ted Payseur, Northwestern
University golf coach, 4 and 2, in
the quarter finals. Then the Toledo
expert scored a decisive 4 and 3 win
over Wilford Wehle of Chicago, 1910
National Amateur semifinalist.
The Ohio player won six straight
holes to reach the turn S up on
Wehrle. The Chicago star won the
11th with an eagle 8, but Stranahan
showed his ability under pressure by
matching Wehrle stroke for stroke
on the nc,;t four holes, which were
halved in 3-4-4-4.
Sweet Reaches Semifinals.
Sweet reached the semiflnals with
a 1-up victory over Mike Bencris-
quito of Racine, Wis, while Wehrle's S
quarter-final win was over John
Barnum of Chicago, 3 and 2.
Great Lakes tourney players will
form one of the strongest contin-
gents when the firing starts at
Omaha Monday. Ward and Billows
will be highly rated, while other
Great Lakes starters to play in the
classic will be Stranahan, Wehrle,
Barnum, Art Doering and Jack
Hoerner of Chicago and Gus More
land of Peoria, Ill, former Walker
Cup star and medalist in the 1888
National Amateur.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Minor Results

BY the Associated Press.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Rochester, IL: Jersey City. 90.
Newark, - Montreal. 1-3.
Baltimore ii; Buffalo, q.
Syracuse. 5; Toronto, /.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Albany. Q; Binghamton l..
Hartford, II: Sprinsfield, %.
WWiiiKisirseoTs' Wiiismsport, aE4 fst Scranton, ID
(second, 13 innings.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee 9: Toledo. :.
Indianapolis, s.; Minneapolis 4-3.
Louisville. s; St, Paul, 5.
Kansas City. IA; Columbus, Is in
nings).
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
New Orleans. 6; Knoxville. 4.
Memphis, :: Atlanta, 4.
Nashville. 81: Birmingham, IL.
Little Rock, 4; Chattanooga, 3.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Dallas, -; Beaumont. 6-5.
Houston, 4 Oklahoma City. ..
Fort Worth. g.; Shreveport, 2.
Tulsa, g: San Antonio, 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Hollywood. q; Oakland / C1rsD.
San. Francisco o; Los Angeles.
Seattle, 2: Sacramento. O.
Portland, :; San Diego, 8.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Hollywood. !: Oakland, q.
San Francisco, d: Los Angeles. 8.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Harrisonburg. 10 Staunton, 5.
Salem. %: Lynchburs, SIS.
PETERSBURG Newport News (rain).
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Charlotte 4: Asheville. |.
Winston Salem, A.; Greensboro, II
Portsmouth, 4; Norfolk, 3.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Denver. 6; Sioux City, 8.
Sioux Falls. g; Norfolk. 2.
Pueblo, 6; Cheyenne, B.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Aqain Places Johnny
Among Those With
Strong Chances
Davies Sees Surprise
Performer in Young
BroziIion Champ
By L. E. SHELLEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

AsSOCldteQ fIooe opoAts ViiIei'
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 2l.-Stanley
Davies, the husky English-born pro-
fessional who brought Johnny Good
man up from the caddie ranks and
had the sure-fire hunch his protege
would win the 1884 United States
Open title, has several top choices
for the 1941 National Amateur golf
championship, including his own
Johnny.
Really, it is an amazing field and
I couldn't possibly name you the
winner this time" said Davies as he
took time off from his duties OF
getting the field club ready for the
opening shots Monday.
The big fellow may not have a
No. / selection for the amateur
crown. but he has pretty fair ideas
about those he believes will be the
front challengers for the title now
held by Richard Chapman, here on
leave from an Army camp in
Georgia.
wv 90 AaAS AS>S~s
Here are Davies selections and
why:
Johnny Goodman: Although
Johnny hasn't been playing his best
golf this summer, he's a great COM
petitor and will be dangerous"
Rodney Bliss, another Omaha
favorite: Rodney should do awfully
well. He'll be very tough on this
course"
Marvin CBud Ward of Spokane,
the 1899 winner: Everybody likes
Bud Ward"
John Fischer of Cincinnati. an
other former champion: I've always
liked his golf"
Mario Gonzales, Brazilian cham
pion: This young fellow may be a
surprise next week. He seems to
have the ability to play his best
golf when he needs it,
Todd Has Texas Courage.
Harry Todd, Dallas, Tex: He
seems to have the intestinal forti-
tude characteristic of Texans and
undoubtedly he gained considerable
confidence by being low amateur
in the National Open
Chapman: II saw him win last
year. I like his ability to concen-
trate. Gosh, did you ever see such
powerful hands on a golfer?"
Davies, who has been in the golf
business for 27 years, also men,
toned Wilford Wehrle of Chicago,
Ray Billows, Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
and Frank Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio,
youngster.
"One thing is certain" said the
veteran professional, "the fellow
who wins must be a straight shooter.
There'll be no chance for scrambling
on this layout"
The field club course has been
stretched to 6,745 yards for the
tournament and only one of the
early arrivals has cracked its elusive
par 70. That was Gonzales, who
had a II yesterday.
Goodman, his favorite rusty, wood
shafted putter losing its persistent
coldness, has had an even par u.
Maybe Johnny will make it a
Goodman party next week.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Brandon, Rita Choices
For Junior Crown
Al Columbia

Sticking to the quaint custom of
eliminating the defending champion
from a repeat win the Columbia
Country Club will stage its junior
golf championship next week. Dates
set for the event, to be run of by
Red" Banagan, hefty assistant pro,
are August % and 20.
Joe Barse, who won the title last
year, will be on the sidelines. It's
all in line with the custom Of years
at Columbia, forbidding the champ
of the previous year from another
crack at the title. Also idling will
be Earle Skinker, who won in 1899
and would be eligible except for the
no repeat" prescription.
Favorites to win the tourney, ac-
cording to Banagan, will be Tom G.
Brandon. jr., the District Junior
champ, and George Rita. But Co.
lumbia has a flock of good Junior
golfers and there probably will be
the usual crop of upsets.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Crack Hur|ers Battle
In Market-Air Tilt
In City Series
Wott, Meyers Draw Slab
Assignments; Brewers
Nose Out V. A. Nine

A corpulent copper and a sea-
going young salt we're expected to
hook up in one of the warmest
pitching duels generated on the
sandlots this season when Center
Market and Naval Air Station met
this afternoon in the city champion
ship series on the East Ellipse.
Heaving for the Marketmen was
to be Frank Watt, the burly hoop
roller who served 'em up for the
Philhes before joining the Police
Department, and working against
him was to be Horse" Meyers, the
Tars' ace moundman. According to
pre-series dope. it figured TO be a
tight duel with hits as rare as free
lunches.
Heurich Brewers, defending cham
pions, got of to good start in
defense of their crown yesterday,
turning back Veterans Administra-
ton in a surprisingly close game,
4-3. An unearned run in the last
half of the ninth, after the Vets
had scored three runs in the same
frame to knot the count, settled
the issue
Lefty Scavatto turned in a bril-
liantly pitched game for the losers,
holding the foe to four hits. Two
passes and an error paved the way
to the deciding run.
Leonard Downes gave up seven
hits for the Brewers, scattering
most of them until the ninth, when
two hits, coupled with as many
passes, tied up the game. 1t was
Teddy Walsh's single, scoring two
mates, that gave the Vets a new
lease on life, lease broken in the
home half of the inning when
Burch's poor throw to first on AL
Kidwell's grounder enabled Fee
Collier to score the winning run.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
By EARL HILLIGAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


CHICAGO, Aug 21.-Little Ray
Billows of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, is
hoping this is the year he'll be able
to crack the jinx that's been follow
ing him in the last six National
Amateur golf championships-but If
he doesn't he won't be able to say he
didn't have his game ready for the
big test.
The Eastern expert-who learned
the games fundamentals in his ma
tive Racine, Wis.-today opposed
Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio,
for the first annual Great Lakes
Amateur championship at the
Knollwood Club. And the way Bill
lows qualified for this title shot
indicated he might improve on a
National Amateur performance,
which has seen him become a fin
alist twice in the last four years.
Victory Over Ward Sweet.
Billows yesterday gained a meas
ure of revenge for the 7 and lick
ing handed him in the 1889 Ma
tional Amateur by Marvin BUD,
Ward of Spokane, Wash. Billows
whipped Ward and 4 yesterday,
ramming down long puts at de-
cisive holes to stop Wards bid at
making it a fight. For the Il
holes, Billows was two under par
against Wards four over.
In the afternoon Billows had just
as easy going, defeating Art Sweet
of Chicago, and 8.
Stranahan, Trans Mississippi
champion also eligible for next
weeks big amateur show 1t Omaha
Evening star., 1941-08-21
By WALTER McCALLUM.

A merry little scrap for the public
links championship of Washington
is due to come up the middle OF next
month when the municipal golfers
have at it at East Potomac Park.
While there aren't any lads around
the public courses nowadays of the
caliber of the Claude Rippy Of half
a dozen years back or the George
Voigt of 1924, there are plenty Of
men around who know how to pilot
a golf ball over the nat East Po-
tomac course in respectable figures.
Tommy Doerer, jr., who keeps his
finger on the pulse of public links
golf, predicts q red hot municipal
championship. He already has 80
entries, among them the entry Of
Leroy Smith, the lanky North Caro-
lima boy who won the title in 1910.
But there's new crop of public
linksmen coming up, and according
TO Doerer some among them can play
considerable golf. Dick Jennings,
for example, played the champion
ship course in 66 the other day. That
happens to be six under the par Of
72. Such golfers as George Franklin,
Don Stone, Tom Wherity and Arthur
Myers all can play lot of golf.
And you can't overlook Bob Morris,
who qualified for the national public
links tourney.
Ted Burrows Comes Back.
Among the entries for the coming
tourney is Bradley H. (TedJ Bur-
rows. That's a name that brings
up memories. Ted used to be the
kingpin on the public courses be-
tween the time Voigt left and Rippy
came along. He was good. too. He
was good enough, among other
Evening star., 1941-08-21
MontgomeY's Board
OF Strategy Holds
He's Lightweight
If Bob Defects KopIon
He'll Issue Challenge
To Champ Jenkins
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 21.-Bob
Montgomery's board of strategy has
decided he's a lightweight and not
a welterweight. so win, lose or draw
against Mike Ksplan here Monday
night, he'll be making his last fight
against heavier than lightweight
men.
His two recent fights" commented
Manager frankie Thomas, "certifies
that Bob has not outgrown the
lightweight class as we thought
When he fought Slugger White
in Baltimore a month ago he
weighed only 1874 pounds. Right
now he's around 1877, but that Is only
because we have been showing ham
foods and liquids and giving him
days off. Otherwise, he would be
around 135 or under.
1T wouldn't be good business to
send him in against men who might
outweigh him anywhere from Z
pounds up. So we'll concentrate on
the lightweight class and if Bob
does beat Kaplan We'll post a certi-
fed check with the PENNSYLVANIA
and New York commissions as a
title challenge to Lew Jenkins"
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


ssttips.Williams, ., Boston. All:
Runs-Di Magic, New York. 113:
Williams, Boston, 100.
Runs batted in-Di Mssgio, New
York. 112; Keller. New York. IO7.
Hits-Di Magic, New York. III;
Travis: Washington, 1877.
Doubles-Di Magic New York, 3s;
Boudreau, Cleveland, 36.
Triples-Travis, WASHINGTON and
Heath. Cleveland. 12
Home runs-Keller, New York. 80:
Stolen bases-Case, Washington. 19;
Kuhel Chicago. 1S.
Pitching, Gomez. New York, liza:
Murphy. New York, S-3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting-Reiser, Brooklyn. and Hopp,
st. Louis, .32a.
Runs-Reiser, Brooklyn, 81; Hack.
Runs batted in-Mize st. Louis. SO;
Camilli, Brooklyn. IS.
o, HitsMHaek; ,,: e Chicago 141; Moore
Doubles-Reiser. Brooklyn. 35;
Dallessandro, Chicago. and Mize. st.
Triples-Hopp and Slaughter, st.
Louis. Elliott. Pittsburgh. and Reiser.
Home runs-camilli Brooklyn, 25;
OFT, New York, and Nicholson. Chi
Stolen bases-Frey. Cincinnati, Is;
Handley, Pittsburgh. Il.
Pitching-Riddle. Cincinnati. 14-2;
White. ST. Louis. 154.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Scrap
Expected 10 Start
Long-Bout Fad
Keurns Believes Fons
Will Prefer Affairs
Over 25-Round Route

More 25-round bouts are pre-
dicted by Jack Kearns if his protege,
Bill Poland. successfully stands up
with Eddie Blunt in the feature bout
next Wednesday night at Griffth
Stadium.
Watching Poland go through his
PAGES yesterday at Turner's Arena,
Kearns ventured a prophecy that
fans would demand more of the
marathon battles in settling long
standing rivalries and title matches.
They won't get tired of watch
ing two good men 60 that distance, D."
he said. They liked it in the old
days and they'll like it now, once
they see it. The old champions
proved their mettle in distance
fights. When the referee held up
the winners hand the fans knew
he was real champion, not a
sprinter who could go 10 or Is
rounds and pile up enough points
to win before the other guy got his
second wind"
Equally enthusiastic about the dis
tance is Abe Kettler, Blunt's man.
ager, who shares Kearns' opinion
that this bout may pave the way
for the return of longer matches.
Kettler feels Blunt will have a better
chance against Poland with more
time in which to work and that
he'll win by a knockout in the late
rounds.
Both Poland and Blunt appeared
to be in fine fettle yesterday during
brief workouts. Although they have
less than a week to 60, both seem
ready for the opening bell and both
are aiming to get it over with as
quickly as possible Poland actually
looked right-hand crazy during his
session while Blunt was more con-
tent to bide his time and take it
easy.
The managers may go for this 25-
round business, but the fighters like
q shorter route.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Pairs Will Provide
Feature Match in
Wrestling Show

Two-man team rassling, usually
kept in supporting role, reaches
headline proportions tonight at
Turner's Arena with the scientific
pair of. Maurice La Chappelle and
Ace Freeman tackling the veterans
Ernie and Rudy Dusek.
If La Chappelle and Freeman
win they will have a string of six
straight victories, q record unap-
preached locally.
Also on the program again is the
Green Hornet, masked villain,
against Angelo Leone.
Pat Fraley, West Coast star, will
be after his fifth straight in bout
with Fred Grobmier, while the
opening match has young" Mon
day, veteran of nearly 40 years of
rassling, tackling Oscar Olson.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Sturs Yesterday
By the Associated Press.

Walter Masterson, Senate - Re-
placed .Arne Anderson with bases load
ed and two out in ninth inning and
put down Indians uprising to save vic
tory.
Tommy Bridges, Detroit-Shut out
Yankees. 10, on two hits in 10-inning
pitching duel.
Ernie White and Howard Pollet.
Cardinals-Former pitched six-hit shut
out and latter made major league debut
with four-hit hurting to beat Braves,
John Wander Nicer and Elmer Rid
die, Reds-Pitched double shutout
against Phils, former allowing three
John Rigney, White Sox-Blanked
Athletics on three singles for Chicagos
ninth straight triumph.
Vallie Eaves, Cubs-Kept eight hits
scattered for victory over Giants.
Pete Reiser, Dodgers-HiS fly upset
Pirates for two runs in first inning
and he added homer to tie score in
seventh.
Roy Cullenbine and John Berardino.
Browns-Former figured prominently
in batting attack that won first game
against Red. Sox and hit double with
bases loaded in nightcap, which Ber-
ardino won with squeeze bunt in 10th
inning
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Fine Is Game in Front
In N. Y. Chess Tourney

HAMILTON, N. Y, Aug. Il Dr.
Reuben Fine of New York continues
in the lead among chess masters
competing for the New York State
championship with a score of
4h-1a. He scored another win in
his sixth-round game against Her
bert Seidman of New York.
Samuel Reshevsky, United States
champion, trails Fine with 31z-1a
and has an adjourned game against
DR.. Walter Cruz of Brazil.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Holmes and SCHNEIDER
To Race at Lonhum

Bill Holmes, expert midget auto
racer who drove at the old Capital
Speedway couple of years ago, will
return to this bailiwick next Tues
day in the Southern States cham
pionship derby at West Lanham.
Holmes signed contract was re-
ceived yesterday along with Bill,
Schindler's The race was post
poned last Tuesday because OF rain;
1t will be a 1917 mile run.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Who Called Goodman Triumph Has Several Choices III u S Amateur
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TnnAV

Baseball.
Washington at Detroit (2).
Tennis.
District Recreation Depart
ment tournament, Rock Greek
courts, 800.
Wrestling.
Weekly program of five
matches, Turner's Arena, $3.50.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington at Detroit.
Tennis
District Recreation Depart
ment tournament, Rock Creek
courts, 800.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Detroit.
Tennis.
District Recreation Depart
ment tournament, Rock Greek
courts, 200.
Field Day.
Police and firemen's field day,
Griffith Stadium, IL am.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
ROD and STREAM sssssa4p ;xs'55
D. c. Anglers Have Poor Luck in Miami Event
Conservation Urged for Boy Hordheod

Hundreds of Washington anglers
have fshed in the second annual
Miami summer fishing tournament.
Some have made entries of large
fish. but none now is in a position
to draw a single one of the many
swell prizes. With the final day
less than two weeks away it's going
to take a lot of luck if a Washing
tonian is to be represented.
Yet this area is credited with sup
plying far more than normal per-
centage of anglers fishing Southern
Florida waters. But isn't that the
way of fishing?
Harold Wells continues to hold the
top rating in the Rupert contest
with his l23-pound white marlin,
which was also the best Of the
species in the Miami winter contest.
In fact, it was the largest caught
along the Atlantic Coast this year,
and it's worth $3.50 if it isn't topped
before January l.
Conowingo Offers Problem.
Maryland State conservation Off
Gals recently released some impress
sive figures ON the stocking OF the
waters impounded by the great Con-
owingo Dam. In the u years since
the dams completion the old Chesa-
peake Bay Conservation Commis-
sion and Department Of Tidewater
Fisheries have received from the
power company $4,000. for which
they stocked a total of 50 ,024 $50 fish.
The first several years the plant
ings of game fishes were taken
seriously. Adult fishes in real num-
bers were liberated. Lately, how
ever, these paintings have been so
small as to be little more than food
for those few fish remaining in the
deep waters close to the dam
Pennsylvania. which has received
q like amount from the power COM
pany, has reaped a harvest Of good
fishing because the Maryland plant
ings Immediately assembled the Sus-
quehanna. Any impounding of water
will supply good fishing for year
or two. then steadily decline. Even
though the Tidewater Fisheries
know this, have they the right to
divert these monies to other pur-
poses?
Furthermore, in view of the fact
Tidewater Fisheries is concerned
only with salt water resources, and
the impounded waters are under the
Jurisdiction of the Game and Inland
Fish Commission, why should it
receive this $4,000 each year? And,
If these funds are to be diverted.
why not for the benefit of other
Maryland non-tidal waters?
Casters Change Tourney Site.
The national casting champion
shin thu LARGEST tnI1rYa r,aerat of the
Evening star., 1941-08-21

has been placed at Forest Park. st.
Louis. after having been scheduled
for Akron, Ohio, and later moved
to Wayne Lakes, also in Ohio. The
tourney is expected to stay put now,
until it is run of August $3.50.
Our bay hardhead always has been
taken pretty much for granted by
sports fishermen. and commercial
fishermen, too. The annual take by
both amounts to many million
pounds. The same is true of every
section of the Atlantic Coast from
Florida to Long Island. 1t Is the
largest inshore fishery Of the whole
United States. The hardhead is a
fine food fish and at the same time
supplies more sport for anglers than
all other fishes combined.
There never has been anything
to show the size Of the crop of croak-
ers is diminishing, but to keep 1t at
its present productive state the
OihbCd StdIcS IlSIl anu llullle
Service is going to make an inten-
sive study of the species.
Little thought is given small hard
head by the angler or the CONNER
cial men. Yet the little ones of
today are the big fellows of tomor-
row. A rigidly enforced minimum
size limit soon would make for finer
angling and better market product.
Stop Promiscuous Netting.
New Jersey recently has an
nounced the licensing of all nets in
tidal waters and in the ocean to the
three-mile limit with restrictions
as to the size of mesh and the sea-
sons during which they may be
fished. This action is the result of a
decision of conservation officials to
have full control over their salt
water fishes by stopping promiscous
netting and allowing a safe take.
Jersey recognizes an ample sport
crop is far more valuable than the
commercial take. and is doing every
thing possible to perpetuate game
species.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

Today a year ago - Jack
Kramer and Ted Schroeder de-
feated former world doubles
champions Wilmer Allison and
John Van Ryn, 3-6, 6I3, 6-3,
81. in second round of National
Doubles Championship.
Three years ago-Hank Green
berg of Detroit Tigers hit his
42d home run.
Five year ago-Max Schmeling
and Jimmy Braddock signed con-
tract for heavyweight title bout
on June 3, 1887.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Governor Cracks Down After
Ia Dovs of Prosperity


On the 18th day of this pleasant
communion between merchant and
sucker, the honeymoon ended. The
Governor, who had many things to
think of in the meanwhile, finally
caught up with the Saratoga situa-
ton, and on coming abreast of same
he uttered sharp warning to Doc
Leonard and the county officials that
he wasn't kidding.
The doctor and the D. A. and
the sheriff passed this significant
information along to the gambling
operators, who folded up their tents
like the Arabs and slightly more
noisily stole away. The townsfolk
uncrossed their fingers. They'd had
Is days of gambling, which was bet
ter than none.
I will not attempt to deduce the
moral of this situation: The situ-
alton by which unlawful gaming
provides the daily bread of a whole
community. In Kansas City and
elsewhere, the local powers of gov
ernment have sanctioned gambling
at one time and another because
they thought that it was good fol-
the town. The French Riviera used
to subsist by gambling and gambling
alone.
Some people favor a national
legalized lottery. All Billy, the young
candy salesman, wants is gambling
in Saratoga. He can't sell his life
savers twice a night these nights.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Warwick Gridmen Meet

Warwick A. c. gridmen will meet
tonight at 7:30 o'clock at 922 Third
street NV, to plan for the 1941
season. New candidates are in
vited.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
NORTHERN LEAGUE.

Eau Claire. 3: Winnipeg. ..
Wausau, e; Grand Forks. B.
Superior. 4: Crookston. 3.
Duluth. e: Fargo-Moorhead ).