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16 IROOKLYN lACLI, TUESDAY, APRIL JO, 1940 Sirafaci's Quest For Clubs a Golf Saga irT 5 TASK CUT OUT FOR LINCOLN IN FLAG RACE Frank Forced to Comb Friends Far and Wide By RALPH TROST Iran Strafacl'a golf clubs were itolen. The little man. (Aa 3) ft skeptical about getting them back, tets about acquiring a new kit of golfing tools'. It's a simple procedure that works out this way: His brother Domlnlck has a drlrer Frank is sure he can use well. He has twice visited Domtnlck's house and still hasn't the driver.

About four more visits, one In the middle of the night, If necessary, Is expected to take care of the drlver situation. Defending Champions Off to Shakey Start-Adams Nine Upset By JOHN ROSS There is little Joy In Coney Island today. Abraham Lincoln's nine, pride of the "playground of the world area," has gotten ofl to a losing start In the P. S. A.

L. chase and will have to step fast to catch teams like Madison, Tilden, Manual and Erasmus and successfully defend their Brooklyn title. The latter four were impressive in winning their openers. Tilden Is really responsible for causing the Emancipators unrest. The East Flatbush team, one not highly regarded in the pre-season book, did the rest of the loop an Immense favor by polishing off Lincoln.

Madison, Erasmas Emerge Tilden doesn't rate to cop the title, although with such a flying start anything Is possible. Another dark horse, Manual upset the dope and handed Boys High a startling whitewash, thanks to the brilliant hurling of VInnie Carroll. These upsets put Madison and Erasmus in good position to stay at the top of the pick. One defeat in this league can sometimes break a team, especially when a favorite loses to an underdog. Timmy Cummings has won five In a row for Erasmus.

Madison's new discovery, southpaw Herman Shieble, pitched sensational ball in a relief role against Brooklyn Tech. In five and a third innings only two men reached first base and they on passes. He will now draw the starting assignment. Lincoln To; i in Batting New Utrecht, also victorious In its inaugural, is counted on to be in the thick of the fight. Lafayette has yet to start the league campaign.

In hitting, Lincoln is about tops in the circuit. However, pitching Ford, Walsh Gain in Title Handball Play Overtime Matches Feature Four-Wall Singles Competition By M4X LODAW Bob Ford and John R. Walsh of the New York A. C. qualified for the second rotiM tn the Met A.

A. V. four-wall single tourney last night at the Pastime A. C. Ford eliminated Bernard Brady, 21-10.

31-11, and Walsh, a vet national competition, outlasted Id Ungursky, 17-21, 21-13, 31-11 The other winners, Eddie OoMschmldt and Al Klein, also worked overtime, Klein retiring? Whitey Kotal, 7-21, 31-13, 21-18, and Goldschmldt dropping Harry L. Kauney, 21-19, 18-21, 21-11. The AngeloTrullo-Robert Showier fray was deferred to Thursday. Tonight Lou Lubin faces Bill Phelan, Harry Mellis opposes Oordon Par-rish, Jack Levin meets Ken Schlf-ferson and Gerald Fttagerald encounters Jerry Perry. A t'io of Trinity Club teams gained the mixed class doubles quarter -llnals as Max Kobrin and Murray Pargh routed Harry Goldstein and Harry Oeller, 21-7, 13-21, 21-4; Sol Koenig and Manny Lem-bergjr dlsiatched John Darro and Clint Herring, 21-10, 21-15, and Ben Berfond Max Lodaw conquered Herman J.

Levine and Dave Brom-berg, 21-15, 21-13. Trinity's legion of Old-Timers will swap yarns at their annual reunion and din ff BUSTING IN ON BASEBALL Just when the baseball season decide that it is time for a little workout. Blackbirds started Work was confined to calisthenics and a little road work. is nicely under way, the Long Island University footballers Spring training yesterday with 40 candidates reporting. SPORTOPICS by JIMMY WOOD Only 8 Expected To Start in Derby Smallest Field in Modern History Top Teams to Vie For Laurels in Mixsell Tourney By BILLY OOODKICH The line form en the left and you better get here early, read a memorandum last night at the fashionable Height Casino, where they're preparing for today' bristling National Squash Tennis Association's Mixsell doubles final.

Two of the championship' top team, Wlllard K. Rice and J. R. Boyce of th Harvard Club, No. 1, and Thomas D.

Flynn and Richard Dickson of the Bayslde Tennis Club, second best, will have it out. Judging from the score ot both combinations, which are unbeaten and untied, the outcome will be best told and won only on the court. Rice and Boyce have been consistent, although they were forced Into extra session twice before pulling victory out of the fire. The Long Island duo won In regular time and were much stingier with points, as they displayed fine teamwork. Experience Prevails An example of Flynn and Dickson's co-ordination is best told In last night's semi-final round triumph over Joseph Lordl and J.

C. Treadwell of the New York A. seeded third. The Bayslde pair moved around the court dropping kill shots and at the same time playing a remarkable defensive game to score 156, 15 4. Rice and Boyce met the surprising J.

C. Lyons-J. P. Leo Jr. team of the New York A.

winning the jpening game in 157 fashion and the second after an extra session of five had been called. Lyons and Leo gave evidence of coming back In the deciding game but the experience of Rice and Boyce prevailed. The match, the 1939-40 squash tennis campaign finale, is scheduled for play it and should be a "pip." St. John's Cubs Again Whip Stock Exchange Scoring six runs In the opening inning, the St. John's freshman recorded a 9-to-7 victory over the New York Stock Exchange yesterday at Alley pond Park.

It was their second straight win over the Exchange and their sixth victory tn seven starts. The score by Innings: n. h. i 0 1 0 9 11 St. John't 61000 Etchanie- 1 1 OS I 1 17 7 Batteries Smith, Onndtraon and Sen- aurra; Hicutt, Davia ana Oambrien, NOVEL EXPERIMENT DEPT.

We realize that this probably is no time to talk golf what with our Dodgers in Cincinnati and their constituents in a dither, but Mr. Fred Corcoran, P. O. A. tournament manager, Insists he's about set to explode an old golf theory that lilence Is golden to the meadow May Go to Post in Classic Saturday Louisville, April 30 (U.R) The field for the 66th Kentucky Derby shrunk faster than a bargain basement shirt today as all but a handful of the remaining hopefuls shouldered their silks in the Derby trial for a final preview of the $75,000 classic to be run Saturday.

Our Metropolitan amateur champion doesn't worry about a brassie. lor a spoon, for that matter. But he' certain that Jimmy Law's shop at Cherry Valley must have another treat No. 4 wood. A day or two of search there should uncover th desired club.

Gene Saraaen had a putter which he gave Lester Rice who loaned It to Jimmy Thomson who isn't certain just where It 1 now. Frank once had his hands on that putter. That's the putter he' after. This writer got a hickory shafted No. iron from Charley Lacey who wear he made it up himself (but thl reporter happen to know that one of Mac Smith's clubmakers made It for Mac).

Frank once borrowed it but had to give it back. Thl pitching club was loaned to Leon Pettlgrew who took It to Florida. When Frank gets hi hand on that and the other club here mentioned he'll have driver, a No. 4 wood, a putter and a niblick. He figures he can build up a perfect, new kit around those tools.

The accumulation of a kit of 14 clubs seems, to the ordinary oer ton, just a pushover. But you tee how a Strafacl goes about it. There no doubt that manufacturers are making better elub in sets. But, as in all tool, there are some that are just good whereas others are positive gems. And those genu go 'round and 'round, go from hand to hand and llnd In trang places.

Why the owner ever give them up for a second you'll never know unless you're a golfer and have experienced the thrill of teeing some poor guy who' way down in the dumps, rise to great heights simply through being loaned a magic club. Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson' driver! There a combination. Like a witch on a broomstick, Ben rode that driver to glory this Winter. Ralph Guldahl and an old Hagen putter I There another combo and the only thing wrong about It is that Ouldahl loaned the putter, his championship putter, to Vie Ghezzi and can't get It back. Sarazen and his championship putter! There's stni another.

Oene bobs up with the putter only In championship. The rest of the time It's hidden away in a hayloft. Sound silly but that how it Is. Willie Turnesa has a No. 4 iron he prize.

Like the Diegel Jigger, it Willie' perfect club In the pinch whether the shot Is SO or 300 yard. Dick Chapman' collection is just that, a collection. From the looks of them, each Implement came out of some other person's set. Apparently an artisan is only as good as rilj tools. LUCK! Eleven of them went Into the mile spin that is worth $2,500, but only one of them really mattered.

That was Col. R. Bradley's Bl-melech, top-weighted at US pounds and heavily favored at even money to handcuff his opposition on a track that was fast. Here is what Big Bim faced in his last competitive prep: Mrs. J.

L. Chesney's Endy, 110; Wolford Farm's Inscolad. 110; Milky Way Farm's Sallahadlon, 115; Tower Stable's Tkoyal Man, 110; Lexbrook table'sfentry of Designer, 110, and Potranco, 112; Shady Brook Farm's Connaught, 110; A. Li. Ferguson's Black Brum-mel, 110; Joe Schmltt's True Star, 110, and Dixiana Farm's Sirocco, 112.

Of the lot only Bimelech. Jirocco, Royal Man and Gallahadion are certain to answer the bugle in the Derby. C. S. Howard's Mioland, J.

E. Widener's Roman, W. L. Brann's Pictor and Arnold Hanger's Dit are also sure to go Saturday, but they all remained In their barns today rather than risk premature disgrace. The others, and a couple of things called Sky Dog and Gallant Dream shipped here from California by the W.

L. ranch apparently Sports Edit And talk about advice after the waggle when a guy was set to let fly, or yaller butterflies lighting on the ball at the top of your backswing. Down at good, old Dyker they swiped your ball on the backswing. AMPLIFIER It's also a cinch that Mr. Corcoran didn't have Grossinger's in mind when he thought up the loud-speaker Idea, In the old days at Grossinger's the loud-speaker was always in action.

Once Mr, Paul Gallico, who used to be a newspaperman himself until he turned to glossy mags, dropped a nice bet on a two-foot putt on the eighteenth green. Just as Mr. G. was about to tap the little white pellet in the seat of the pants into the cup for all the money, the loudspeaker blared, "Mrs. Oreenbaum is wanted on the porch!" His putt went three feet past the hole and he missed coming back.

But perhaps Mr. Corcoran has something in his pro-noise campaign even if it isn't exactly a novel experiment. However, we realize this is no time to talk golf what with our Dodgers in Cincinnati and their constituents in a dither. SPORTS TODAY BASEBALL Ytnketx 8' Iiul5 Brown YankM fitadium. Rivpr Ave.

tnd ism Bronx, 3 1ft Fordham vs. St. John it Pordham Find. 3d Ave. and fordham Road.

Bronx. 3:30 m. Brooklrn CoUM Hofstra. at Broolt-vn ooilff Fitld. Avnu and Bedford Avr Brooklrn, 3.30 p.m.

BOXING Petr 8ea)i9 va. Oinaer Foran. ptght rmindi. and otrur boon, at Bron Coliseum. K.

St. and Tremont th Bronx, 30 p.m. Charier Oomer i Johnnv RinaUII. elaht roundi, and other ooufi, at. Brnad-wav Arena, Halaer St.

and Broadway, 8 30 p.m. CRESS National rhamplonahlp at Hotel Aatnr, Broadwar and 44111 1 am. ANDBAI.I. Metropolitan A. A tT.

ffl'ir championship, at Faatlme A. 295 I leotk at i HORSE BACINO Metropolitan Jockev ritih meetirtf, at Jamaica. L. I. 3 30 pro SQtASR TENNIS Mixsell douoiea totirnet final, at HeKhts Cailno, li Montaeuc Brooklrn, I 30 warsTi.iNO St Ntehoiai Falace.

Mm 8' near Co- lumbua Ave I 30 it. ner a week from Saturday night at the clubhouse. The finals of the junior and intermediate groups of the Brooklyn Parks Department tourney will be Saturday and the senior division Sunday at Lincoln Terrace Playground. St. John's, Augustine's Tennis Teams Triumph St.

John's netmen. defending champions In the C. H. S. A.

triumphed over St. Francis, 4 to 1 yesterday as the season got under way at the Mammoth courts. St. Augustine's, runnerup in last year's tourney, defeated Bishop Loughlln, 4 to on the Metropolitan courts. The summaries: SI Auenttlne's.

4t Bishoar lonrhlin. 1 8lnrea O'Brten. Loaihltn, defeated Charles Rlker. 86. James Norton, St.

Sutintlne'a, defeated Ferenleh. 1, 6 Donald Herblln. St. Auiustlne'l, defeated Eon, 3, 1 6 J. Doubles Kenneth Zino and Thomas McKenna.

St. Augustine's. defeated Sweeney and SaRona, 1. 63; Joseoh Buckler and Walter Billot. St.

Auaue-tine defeated Oanst and Fannlna, 4, 7- 5. St. 4i St. Francis, 1 Slnalas Bab Mullttan, St. John a.

defeated Gene Donff. 0. 61; Jim Beat-Ir. 8t. Johns, defeated John Huahee, 3.

75: Gerard Porter, St. John's, defeated Jack Kiemens, 1. i. Doubles Oarrf Bchmeelk and Dick Vail, St. John's, defeated Jted Flnneaan and Dick Beehan.

6, 1: Id Irfjek-wood and Tom Kane, St. FTanell. defeated Ai Frankel and Bill Reyeroft, 1. 1. HIGHLIGHTS ing into what should be a dog-fight later In the season After getting 45 runs in two league tilts, the current chant is "Break Up St.

John's" The Redmen tie up with St. Francis Prep's great pitching this afternoon Loughlin can't be counted out as a contender, either. Anybody notice the great pitching in Queens P. S. A.

L. thus far? A team that gets more than two runs Is immediately tagged as a slugging outfit Max Wolfe, Erasmus outfielder, has hung up his glove for the season He chipped a bone In his ankle Arnle Snyder and Jerry Gutt are also on the hospital list with sprained ankles Bill Rudolph, Cleveland's brilliant junior hurler, has pitched two shutouts and two one-run games in winning four starts He lost one to Adams, 4 to 3 VInnie Carroll of Manual, in his first league assignment, did nobly by blanking strong Boys High Keep an eye on him. ROSS. appears to be the big factor In this season's race. The Coney Islanders' mound force is weak and needs bolstering.

Lincoln practically handed Tilden the contest Friday on a trio of walks and a hit batsman. Adarrw Upset by Newtown In Queens Newtown provided the first bit of excitement yesterday by upsetting a previously undefeated John Adams team, 5 to 4, at Dexter Park. It was also the first setback for young Billy Fuchs, generally regarded as the No. 1 schoolboy hurl-er. Fuchs was touched for nine hits and his winning streak of four shattered.

Bill Helmeyer and Carlo Mattone hurled for Newtown. The Towners' winning run was tallied in the seventh, when Mattone opened the frame with a doable and, after an infield error and a sacrifice, scored on a sharp single by Lou Erker. In a Vocational League tilt Aviation Trades of Manhattan topped Brooklyn Metal Trades, 5 to 4, at Central Park. The scores by Innings: Newtown 12001 1 i 8 3 Adams 1O0011 14 a 3 Batteries Helmeyer. Mattone and Gal-laiher; Fuchs and Luehainter.

Aviation Trades 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 Metal Trades 0 0 0 4 0 0 04 4 Butteries Barlam and Petralla; Farlne and D'AmbrSslo. SCHOLASTIC Out-of-town schools at the Penn Relays over the weekend were mighty sorry that the ban had been lifted on the local boys' participation in the games As usual, the Bishop Lotighlin runners set the pace for the city slickers, winning the one-mile relay championship of America and taking a third in the two-mile affair Manual Training and Bayslde also copped titles. Loughlln's mile quartet of Frank Keane, Larry Schmidt. Bill Lindsay and Capt. Bill Molloy had their names entered in the record books for equaling the 3:25 2 mark Alan Hillman, Bayslde's ace miler, showed that he's ready Mr the cinders with a 4,28 6 mile leg Loughlln's Bill Lindsay did a quarter Schools in New York State took all four high school crowns Seton Hall made a clean sweep in the prep school bracket.

The A. A. P. S. will conduct a golf tourney on the course Thursday afternoon The Catholic baseball race is slowly round it 1 Elf 81 all pholo All-Star Card Is Fistic Offering At Bway Arena Two of the more promising kids of the younger crop of boxers will see action in the all-star card at the Broadway Arena tonight.

Bobby Dance, a Negro lad from Oreenwlch Village, who has been tabbed as a comer, meets Monty Pignatore of Bensonhurst, and Norman (Hi-Hor Silver, a boy from Brownsville slated to go places, tackles Sammy Venti in a special six. An eight-round co-feature brings together Charley Gomer, Brownsville veteran, and Johnny Rinaldi of the Bronx. It will be Dance's first eight-round bout. He has engaged in IS professional battles and won them all, 11 via the knockout route. Bobby, a featherweight, looks like a miniature Henry Armstrong and enjoyed a successful career in the amateurs in Detroit.

That he is a good club fighter may be gathered from the appeal he ha.s for the cus- i tomeTs. Gomer has met most of the men in the lightweight division and is un beaten in 27 of his last 29 starts. In the four-rounders Nick Rivera meets Carmine PRrella. Danny takes on Pat Celli and Connie Savole opposes Phil Oold- ste in. RING AND MAT BOXING Albany (AF'-Vlnnne Vines.

143. fVhe-neciady. scored a technttal knockout over Pete iKIllen Koloff. 141. Brooklyn.

In the second of a scheduled elsht-round Philadelphia Mill Aron of Chicaao. who was heaten by Cal Csanl of New York last month, came back to score a su-round technical knockout, over Cagni in a return Boul. Both weiahed 151. rhleaie Eddie Lander. 132'j.

Chl-easo. outpointed Joey Silva, 135, Los An-Ifles, In ten rounds. Baltimore lula iKlfli cocoa, nan-ford welterwenht. won a ten-round decision over Chalky Wrliht, Los Anaeles Nenro. Mllwaakee Tony Bruno, 1BO.

or Milwaukee, won a decision over Johnny Pha- an. 1, Chlcato Nearo, in ten round. Newark Jack Marshall 16-. of Dallas. Texas, turned In a technical knockout over Halo Colonello.

200. of Jtaly, when Referee Panl Cavalier stopped a scheduled ten-round boxlna boul alter one minute nine seconds of the sixth stanra becauM of edep cuts over th Italian's eves. war.sTLiNO Camden, n. The Oolden Terror, 303, won over Lou Flurnmer, 242. New York.

In the wlndun of a wrestllnir show The Terror won the first fall In Plum-mer the second In 9 22 and The Terror the third in 55 second. Holvoke, Ma.se. Wild Bill Boyd. 1ST. Alabama, won a unanimous ten-round decision over Carl Johnson, 131, of Norway.

JAMAICA, 1. 1. SEE tk. WHOLE net (ran start la linisk. EVERT point Tantaf paint, srsnsl ms irslni Ifive Psfln.

Sts. snd Vlirnnth s. I inlrrrsii ttrm MM IA M. Flr.t Admliilna tl.SH Inrl tar 1 i i 3 3 4 1 1 a Ik only for a change of scenery, were Rinirii win be remembered by regarded skeptically. Broadway fans for his victories Only an excellent and an un- over Bernie Friedkin and Lenny expected showing in the trial i Mancini.

He also held Julie Ko-could send them in to the run for gon to a draw in the same ring. gin BR el mechanics, that a pro golfer can whistle while he works and still turn in a good score. Mr. Corcoran says that this business of silence is all a myth and, furthermore, hell slug the first guy who asks him If a myth Is a female moth. However Anyway, to prove his point if any and if possible Mr.

C. has made up an exhibition match to be played at the Shorehaven Golf Club for the benefit of the South Norwalk Maternity Hospital. The exhibitionists and they may develop into sensations will be bene Tunney and Babe Ruth, who need no introduction here or anywhere, along with Jimmy Demaret and Oene Sarazen, who are fair hands in any golf argument on or off the course. YIPEEI Mr. Corcoran's idea Is to have these lads play a round of golf accompanied by a brass band, fiddlers three, a mobile public-aaddress amplifier and the loudest, rowdiest gallery he can get.

He will instruct the spectators to kick up all the row they can and to make so much noise that the South Norwalk cops will come galloping to the course in their blue tallyho under the impression that a riot is on. The band will Jam up the loudest boogie" woogle swingeroo it ran blast out and the loudspeaker will not only describe the play but offer advtce to the players, especially when they're all set to let rip. We don't know if Mr. C. wants this known but he has been training swarms of the cutest little yaller butterflies to light on the ball just when the player Is at the top of his backswing.

NO DIFFERENCE Mr. Corcoran says: "I'm picking Tunney because he fought Dempsey before the two biggest crowds In fight history. Ruth played before the big noisy baseball crowds. Noise and crowds didn't affect them at their games and I've seen both Sarazen and Demaret tinder pressure. They're both pretty cool.

"Maybe I'm wrong, but I never could quite agree that all this death-like silence was so necessary in golf. In other games th competitors seem inspired by crowds and urged on to greater feats by noise. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think the scores In this match will be any different from those in a big tournament where it's a sacrilege even tr whisper or you're an outcast If It your shoes squeak." PRECEDENT Well. Mr. Cor ds eoran may feel that this ex hibition match will be a novel experiment but it's a cinch Bl br tnat ne never saw good, old Dyker Beach on a Sunday back in the old days.

There was a spot. The proper golfing head- Krnr wss ircucii xiirre usually was one small-sized riot In progress behind every bunker lover the ownership of a ball. And Jolly little groups of Neapolitan ladies chatted amiably ground almost every green as Jthey picked dandelions for their prest-as. TO THE DODGERS We are proud of your record of eight straight victories and, even more, of the fine fighting spirit and the uportsmanihip shown by your whole organization. We join hundreds of thousands of Brook lynites in backing you up until the Pen nam waves over Ebbets Field.

2 Great New Gasolines! NEW POST LIKELY TO CUT COOPER OFF FROM GOODALL the floral horseshoe So on all sides it began to look an even smaller field than the eight who went last year and maybe the smallest in modern history. The largest estimate offered by any one in Louisville was a field of ten, and most hands expected no more than eight Bimelech, Mioland, Roman, Dit, Pictor, Gallahadion, Sirocco and Royal Man. Either Gallant Dream or Sky Dog probably will be sent along for comedy relief. Bimelech arrived yesterday and was given a tremendous ovation. The Bradley beauty was Immediately secluded in a barn guarded by uniformed officers.

championship, dropped at St. Albans, bought a set of clubs, beat SS on hi first round, got an 80 on his second pretty slick going on an undoubtedly tricky course Just how anxious people are to play golf Is illustrated by Joe Ezar. In successive weeks he gave lessons to 134 and 130 persons. The Middle Atlantic P. O.

A. wouldn't accept Chandler Harper's application so the Chamberlln C. over which course the association championship was to have been played, called off the tournament Canterbury Is beating the drums for the forthcoming National Open. For this championship, Guldahl is willing to wager no one beats 291. In this day and age that's a high number.

Guldahl won a Western open there beating Horton Smith in a playoff women's season gets under way Friday at Pomonok. TROST. GOOD J3R Dave Ramsey, Seawane pro, recalls that Michael Quill, head of the Transport Worker Union, was a houseman at Seawane when the club first opened it looks as If Harry Cooper new club eonnec- Hon In Chicago prevent him from defending hi Ooodall Trophy at Fresh Meadow May Of I all the tcrewy bets of the Winter, consider Leonard Dodson's at St. Augustine. He was into one gentle-i man for over $700.

So he offered 1 to wager half his profits that he. playing on one leg. could beat Ralph Ouldahl. The gentleman took the bet and paid. Dodson, playing every shot on one foot, beat Ouldahl by a shot.

Ouldahl, however, never knew about the bet. He played in the group Just ahead of Dodson. Eric Browman. a Finn who twice woo the Swedish amateur golf Frederick Loeser Co. FOUNDED I860 COLONIAL BEACON OIL COMPANY'.