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Evening star., 1947-03-27
Lions Hoping 10 Sweep
Final Two Matches

Coach Jack Riley's Washington
Lions, naturally disappointed over
their record of two victories and five
defeats in. the Eastern Hockey
Leagues championship playoffs, will
be driving hard to make q sweep OF
their final matches with the Balti-
more Clippers at Uline Arena to-
morrow night and In Baltimore
Sunday night.
The Lions won their opening
match Of the playoffs from the
Clippers in Baltimore, 81, and
could gain some measure of con-
ISOLATION by making a grand slam
OF their starts against their inter-
city rivals.
Official statistics released TODAY
reveal that the Lions made the best
showing Of any Eastern League club
in three years Of competition at
Uline Arena during the recent S.
game schedule when they finished
runnerup to the champion New
York Rovers with q record of "A
victories, as many defeats and
! ties, 56 points. ..-.
The Rovers mad "a points, and the
third-place Boston Olympics IS.
Baltimore, the cellar team, had a.
Three Lions finished among the
leagues first 10 scoring leaders,
namely: John Carr Harris, fifth, 6s
points; Kenny PARTS, seventh, So,
and Joe Ciuman, eighth, So. Guy
Roach was the most potent defense
man with Al points, while Washing
tons Phil Vitale was the leagues
bad man with a total Of 129 min
utes in the penalty box being
charged against him.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Worsham Dark Horse
Entry as Charlotte
Open Golf Starts
by the Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Mar. 27.-A
field Of $50 professional and ANA
teur golfers teed off here today for
glory and $4,000 in prize money in
the 4th annual Charlotte Open golf
tournament.
Jimmy Demaret Of Ojai, Calf,
leading 1947 money winner, was in
stalled as the favorite as the links
men, playing in threesomes, began
first-round play over the 6,4O0-yard
par u Myers Park Country Club
course. Among rk-horse contend
ers is Lew Worsham of Washington,
D. C.
Two. former Charlotte winners
were in the field. They were E. j.
Dutch) Harrison of York, Pa,
winner OF the 1914 inaugural open,
and Bob Hamilton of Chicago, last
years winner.
Ben Hogan, top money winner in
1946 and second in this years run
ming, passed up the Charlotte Open.
out his gold dust twin, Demaret,
had plenty Of fast company in Ma
tional Open Champion Lloyd Man
grum OF Chicago, Augusta Masters
Tftlist Herman Kaiser of Akron,
Ohio; Vic Ghezzi Of Kansas City,
Kans.. winner last in the Green's
boro Open, and Clayton Heafner of
Charlotte, winner at Jacksonville
Fla.
The field was wide open for a
dark-horse victory and popular in
this bracket were such winter cir
cult standbys as Ed (Porky) Oliver
OF Wilmington, Del, third high
money winner last year; Jim Fer
rier Of San Francisco, Australian
champion; Lawson Little and Henry
Picard, both of Cleveland, and
Chick Harbert of Detroit, one of the
longest hitters in the game.
The rolling Myers Park course Is
In good condition and summer rules
will apply.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Alexandra Dog Show
Judges Announced

James A. Allen, president Of the
Old Dominion Kennel Club, an.
nounced today that Haywood Hart.
ley Of Richmond would award tht
best-in-show trophy at the all-breet
show to be held on April 26 in thu
Alexandria Ball Park on Jefferson
Davis highway.
All owners of pure-bred dogs are
invited to enter the annual compe.
tition sponsored by this club under
American Kennel Club rules. There
will be classes for lis breeds anc
cash and trophies will be awarded
winners in each class.
Other judges include William
Kendrick of Philadelphia, Mrs. Johr
M. Lazear OF Pittsburgh, Robert
Horne of New Brunswick, Mrs. Han
nah M. Horner of Upper Darby, Pa.
Mrs. Milton Erlanger Of New York
David I. Cahil Of Pittsburgh, Miss
Julia Shearer, Orange, Va, Mrs. H
W. Nichols Of Cincinnati, George
Frelinghuysen, jr., of Norristown
N. j., and Sutherland Taylor o1
Mclean, Va.
Entry blanks must be filed before
April ia week earlier than Gus
tomary. Blanks may be obtained
from the secretary, Mrs. Arthur For,
bush, 5404 Galena place NV, Wash
ington, Emerson 7536.
At this show any child accom-
panied by an adult will be admitted
free.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
142 Service Golfers
In Augusta Tourney
BY the Asseeioisd Press

AUGUSTA, Ga. Mar. 27.-A field
Of 142 golfers, representing Army
Navy and Marine posts in all parts
of the Nation, will tee off tomor-
row in the first annual interservice
invitational tournament over the
Oliver General Hospital Course here.
Winner Of the 36-hole medal play
event, the first of its kind ever to
be held, will be invited to play
in the masters tournament here
April 3-6. In addition, he will re-
ceive a silver cup honoring Col.
Hew B. McMurdo, commanding Of
f1cer at the hospital.
Prizes also will be awarded the
four-man team with the lowest
medal score.
Army Air Forces headquarters will
be represented by Col. Bernard A.
Schriever, the Belle Haven Club
champion, and Col. William P.
Fisher of the Army Navy Club.
They will team with two Boiling
Field master sergeants, Thomas E.
Burch and Robert H. Caldwell, as
the four-man team from this section.
Another local entrant will be Col.
Charles Pottenger, a former Army
Navy Club champion, who will rep
resent Maxwell Field.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
New Union Won't Hall
Bowie Race Opening
BY the Asseeiossd Press

BOWIE. Md, Mar. 27.-A newly
organized union of clerks and
cashiers faced rejection of its de-
mands for work contract by three
OF Maryland's four major tracks to-
day, with the opening of the spring
racing season only five days of.
Spokesman for Bowie - which
opens the season with a l2-day
meeting, April 1-Havre De Grace
and Pimlico all have indicated they
will refuse to sign with the Mutual
Employees Protective Association.
Charles Robson, president of the
new union, said the union would
not attempt to interfere with the
opening OF the Bowie meeting.
L. Edward O'Hara, assistant gen.
eral manager Of the Southern Mary
land Agricultural Association, op-
orator Of the Bowie track, an
nounced his tracks decision after a
meeting last night with Robson.
The proposed contract asks that
IS per cent Of the workers in mutuel
windows be members of the union,
which claims some 800 members.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
By Hugh Fullerton, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Mar. 27.-Walt
Kennedy, tub thumper for the
Basket Ball Association Of Amer
lea, Is walking around in a press
agents dream and can't figure
out what to do about it. i.
Seems an unknown feminine
voice on the phone the other day
asked if the BBA would be in
terested In signing the greatest
basket ball player in Greece.
Walt skeptically explained that
each club signed its own players,
but later the voices owner ap-
peared and introduced herself as
Mrs. George Mantopolous, an
American schoolteacher and wife
Of the player in question. E.
What's more, she produced pic
lures Of a handsome guy who'd
have bobby-sox fans swooning
all over the place and evidence
that he had learned basket ball
from an American coach at the
American University in Athens
and that last year he was named
Greece's greatest player.
The catch is that George has
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Mexico Loop Opens
Minus gu. 5. Stars
By the Asseeiotsd Pres.

MEXICO CITY, Mar. 27-A
sadly Debated Mexican Baseball
League opens its 1947 season today
in sharp contrast to the fanfare Of
a year ago, when the wealthy broth
ers Pasquel were attempting to lure
United States major leaguers across
)the border with fancy salaries.
In the past month three teams
have dropped from the eight.club
cop and one has re-entered. Team
rosters issued last week did not in
clude the names Of nine costly for
mer major league players who were
IN the cactus circuit last year.
To top the Pasquels' troubles, Gu
bans Agapito Mayor and Isidoro
Leon, listed to play this season with
League President Jorge Pasquels
Veracruz Blues, took the plane to
Havana yesterday. Mayor was
scheduled to pitch today's opener
against the Mexico City Reds here.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
International Golf Tourney
For Boys Under n Planned

that the best golfers would be
flown to the United States for
qualifying rounds. Champion
ship matches will be held at the
Beaumont Country Club August
1922.
The International Junior Golf
Committee Is ce imposed Of Prince
Alexi Obelensky Of Palm Beach,
chairman Of the Central and
South American group; Nelson
M. Davis Of Toronto, Canada,
chairman of the Canadian group,
with the chairman of the Euro
pean and Asiatic group to be
named later.
All major United States golf
associations will be represented,
Rainwater said,' and the new
United States Golf Association
rules viii apply.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
d. C., Record in Hand, |,
Sets 30Q-Team Goal
InU. 5. Pin Event

Washington,s only national sports
event for 1947 Cunless the Griffs win
a pennantD will open April 7 at
the Bethesda Bowling Center with
maple shooters from Vermont to
Florida to fire for championships
and cash in the 17th annual tourna-
ment of the National Duckpin Con-
gress.
The lists still are open. but this
morning the staff at congress head
quarters in the Evans Building
counted 548 team entries, 612 dou-
bles and 1924 singles, with 265 teams
registered from Washington. All
these are tournament records, and
certain to be improved upon, but
from now until the battling begins
emphasis will be placed upon Wash
ingtons entry Here, in 1928, was
born the National Duckpin Con-
gress. A record for entries from a
host community was established last
year when Rhode Island, with the
tournament held in Providence,
produced 254 teams, a dozen under
the total already achieved here.
But the goal for Washington is
300. This would be reached with
IS more teams. In this connection,
Executive Secretary A. L. Ebersole
said: Washington bowlers again
are reminded of the booster division,
which will be the largest in the
tournament. Booster teams can be
made up of any five bowlers pro-
vided their combined average does
not exceed 555 for men and 400 for
women. The booster prize list,
which paid off 70 places last year,
will be even larger this time"
The printed schedule of the tour
nament went to press Tuesday, but
late entries will be given preferred
dates wherever possible. Fifteen
teams barely missed the schedule
deadline and Secretary Ebersole said
at least so more are expected.
Trailing Washington in number Of
teams to date Is Connecticut with
107.: So far represented In the tour
nament are Vermont, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Maryland. Virginia,
West Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
All information concerning the
tournament may be obtained by
dialing the Congress headquarters,
National $780,
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Quiet Ring Opponents
Speak With Dukes

Two quiet boys, who let their fists
speak once they enter a ring, meet
for the championship in the 1866
pound novice class tomorrow night
when the District AAU Boxing
Tournament winds up at Catholic
University gym.
The featherweights are Owen
Canty of Merrick and Bobby Blunt
of st. Mary's.
Lou Jamison, Canty's coach, says
his boy doesn't say much in training,
yet there isn't a harder worker in
the gym. Canty's work has mate
rialized into three tournament
victories.
Blunt, too, is hard worker. Over
at the st. Mary's Club in Alexandra,
Coach Mailman Massey has seen
Blunt blossom from a neophyte into
a polished amateur product.
On Friday nights card 16 cham
pionship bouts will be offered eight
IN each the novice and senior
divisions.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
SchooIboy, College Swimmers
In Weekend Events at A. IT,

The first Metropolitan Invitation
scholastic and Intercollegiate SWIM
ming meets will be held tomorrow
and Saturday, respectively, at
American University with the host
school, Catholic U. and George
Washington as co-sponsors.
In the scholastic event tomorrow
night, starting at 8 o'clock, st. Johns
and Central are co-favored, while
Eastern, Dewitt, Western and Wilson
will enter teams of at least six men.
The collegiate event on Saturday
will start at 2 o'clock. The Eagles,
G. w. and Catholic U. will enter
full teams while Georgetown, Mary
land and Gallaudet have promised
to send several swimmers. One of
the diving favorites is Frank Reilly
of Columbia Tech.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Quantico, Belvoir Men
Sparkle in Rugged
Service Boxing
By GEORGE Huber

f The party's getting rough at Fort
Myer. They put on the second
night of battling in the Middle
Eastern Service Conference boxing
tournament last night and again
nearly four hours of hot milling
resulted.
There's no 1etup in the program
for tonight with "a more of the
same kind of fights booked. At $1.l0
admission, it comes to less than a
nickel a fight which is the best
sports bargain in town.
Quantities. Marines, coached by
Maj. Mike Lombardo, former Uni
versity OF Maryland scrapper, again
came through better than o. K. They
put up. four fighters and three won.
The night before these Gyrenes
were successful in four of six starts.
De Saints Scores for Marines.
Sluggingest leatherneck last night
was Welterweight Mario De Saints,
who stopped Haron w. Collins,
a sailor from Navy Quarters K, in
SO seconds of the first round for
his second knockout win of the
tourney.
Also doing little to cement friend
ly relations between Marines and
Navy was the young middleweight
war won by Quantico's Hugh w.
Smythe over Art Tomasetta of Pa
tuxent Naval Base. It went down
as the best fight of the night.
Another middle go that was a
Suggest from start to finish was that
won by Herbert Nixon of Patuxent
over Amos Duriffle of Army Medical
Center. Nixon, although the win
ner, came out of the fight in such
shape he had to forfeit a later
bout scheduled near the end of last
nights program.
Double-knockout Victors..
A double-knockout winner was
John Pratt, classy colored middle
weight from Fort Belvoir. He dis
played a sharp left jab and solid
right in a three-round TKO over
Rufus Jones of Camp Lee and later
came back to floor Ernest Billingslea
Of Fort Myer in the third.
Also a double winner for Belyoir
was Everett E. Hill. He beat Ernest
GUNNER of Bainbridge in his first
fight and ended the card with an
other decisive victory over Nicholas
De Michele of Navy Quarters K.
1t gave Belvoir five winners in
nine starters last night.
scored TKo over RUFUS lfsbr nes sselEeip5 Mee5
sesfis9ped seata9 rvsas9ft An9f PqFs
eisioned Ernest dummer HsaioiTa tsainbrtdses as.
Hugh aI.S,,r W; w. smyths (oganticoy. deeisioned
Gsasl.y pftSfadp9t sa9 d,essasd yhsse
John r.. Fiorentino 1Bainbridge), william
(. tsash sisss Ssq9ssRRtsSIse@ dsslsioasd ,Sehnny
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ecsiMssns sS9EsS TKo is rsTna
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Iee) decisioned Roy Raddeil tPatuxentI.
Jimmy Mack (Belvoir) decisioned John
r, Fontaine fMonroe) Andrew Nathan
a.s;a,tn. atYsens1, Isaac 3 Wiibanks Patuxent,
Lanes Lanes r. lBryant lPstYxent) decisioned
ARMY Medical Center) decisioned Eddie
p Davenport Hee), Mario De Saints
Inns (Navy Quarters X, frst round: vii
Lam m,. g. ,esBBrisn ,0sBrisn }9ugaantieo) ,deeisioned
ton M. Eidelman fBelvoir).
Heavyweight noyice-Clyde Atkins
liaitis (ouanticoj.
6o;pound novice (second round)-.
Jo1s gnsseaH R5as kpnGsfea kp;H out
p: Youngblood (Navy Quarters K) won
6y default over Herbert II. Nixon fPs-
stoned Nicholas Do Michele Navy Guar
Evening star., 1947-03-27
|Sweeney-Jones Fight
ResIated Next Week

That Frank Sweeney Jimmy
Jones fight is on again. Twice pre-
viously scheduled and postponed
because Sweeney was i'll, they'll try
again next Monday night at
Turner's Arena.
They're booked for eight rounds
as one of three co-features of that
length on the bill. Already booked
as another feature bout is Charley
Toler against Stonewan jackson.
Sweeney and Jones are local light
heavyWeights who've run up fair
winning streaks since coming out
OF the service. Sweeney has taken
six IN a row, his latest a knockout
over George Brooks last Monday
night at Turner's. Jones has five in
a row, and also includes Brooks
among his kayo victims.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Hoyos Bow to Sportons
In InuuquraI Net Tilt

Minus Phil Neff and several 9TH
er members Of last years team, lost
through graduation, the Georgetown
University tennis team in its sea-
son inaugural proved no match fol
Michigan State yesterday, losing
90, on the Hilltop courts.
SINGLES.
AL REYNOLDS defeated Joe Tewes, 6-4
64; Roger Cessna defeated Bud Brown
60. 6-1; John Shingieton defeatet
Charlie Palms. So, 60, 6-1; Bot
Chuck defeated Jerry Dwyer, 6-2. 4-6
7-5; Bob Malaga defeated Tom Reynolds
.6-1, 6-1; Mickey Elliott defeated Bol
Egan, 6-2, 60.
Reynolds and Cessna defeated Tewes ane
Brown, 6-3, 6+l; Shingleton anc
Chuck defeated Egan and Dwyer. 6-1
Go: Malaga and Elliott defeated Palm.
and Wilson, e. 6-3
Evening star., 1947-03-27
DrexeI Cancels Marine
Tilt to PIoy Maryland

Drexel Techs baseball team post
poned a scheduled game with GUAM
tico today In order to remain at
College Park to meet the University
Of Maryland.
The scheduled game yesterday be-
tween the Terps and Drexel was
postponed, due to cold weather.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Quantico in SemifinaIs
OF AII-Navy Cage Meet
Speeiei Dispoteh 70 The sto

GREAT FALLS, ILL.,, Mar. IT,
The Quantico Marines basket bal
team earned the right to play the
Naval Hawaiian Area quint in the
semifinals of the All-Navy tour
nament on Friday by turning back
Pensacola Training Base, 64-54, here
last night.
The Marines, paced by Dave
Steindler, who scored Is of his n
points in the crucial second half,
broke away from a 45-45 deadlock in
the closing minutes to win with ease.
The Hawaiian team, which travelled
4,5oO miles to represent the 14th
Naval District Headquarters, moved
to the semiflnals with 1888 win
over Moffett Field,
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Boxter Defeats Ryon
In RussIinq Feature

Using a dropkick, a right to the
jaw and a body slam, Laverne Bax-
ter defeated Red Ryan after IS min
utes of the feature rassling match
at Turner's Arena last night. It
was Baxter's first local appearance
in over five months.
In the other matches, Jack
O'Brien body slammed Tony Malino
after Is minutes; Francis Marconj
defeated Stu Smith in 10 minutes:
Jim Siksay pinned Harry Finkle-
stein in II minutes, and Joe Kam-
oroff lost to Henry Piers in 21h
minutes.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
D. & W., Novcom fitting
For Rec Basket Title

The District Recreation Depart
ment basket ball championship will
be on the line with D. & w. Market
and Naval Communications scram-
bling for the honor at Roosevelt
High School tonight at 8.
D. & w., with season record of
q wins in 81 games, boasts a team
made up of former local high school
and college stars.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Press Agent Gets His Chance
Of OfLfetin1e--und Can't Cash In

to have a guaranteed employment
before he can enter the United
States and no club would sign
him on his reputation. What
can I do?" sighs Walt, what q
story! What Mantopolous!"
Today's guest star - Norris
Anderson, Lincoln (Nebr.) star:
I'VE income taxpayers are becom-
Ing concerned over Joe Louis
inactivity. ). II he doesn't fight
soon, then the rest Of us will have
to make up the deficit"
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Redskins Sign Tackle
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

by mo AsSeeIofod pTeSS
STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Mar. ~
Penn States Bernard Brosky has
signed q contract to play with the
Washington Redskins Of the Ma
tional Football League. The big
Scranton Pa) tackle Is the latest
Nittany Lion star to join pro grid
ranks.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated press

Today a year ago-Frankie
Moore, 81 underdog, knocked
out Chalky Wright in first round
at Oakland, Calf.
Three years ago-St. Johns
won National invitation basket
ball tournament with 47-39 de-
feat of De Paul.
Five years ago-Joe Louis,
2071z, knocked out Abe Simon,
255h4. at 16 seconds of the sixth
round at New York in the 21st
successful defense of his heavy
weight championship.
Evening star., 1947-03-27

Medals will be awarded the first,
second and third place winners in
each event, plus a trophy to the
winning team, A. U. Coach Joe Hol-
lon announced. The team trophy in
the scholastic division will be do
mated by Joseph Roland.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
St. Johns RifIists Win

st. Johns rifle team now boasts
nine wins in nine meets after turn
ing back Anacostia High, 1859
1925. yesterday on the Anacostia
range.
Evening star., 1947-03-27

supplying the punch, the Caps
turned on the heat to set a new
Uline scoring record.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Bear Five Meets Rens

Washington's Bears, local Negro
professional basket ball team, take
on the strong New York Rens to-
night at Turner's Arena at $3.50,
Evening star., 1947-03-27

Totals ~ 81 1O5 Totals "a o;
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