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it 16 BROOKLYN EAGLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941 Chandler Carries Team's Title Hopes -y a) a r. I I. A Vi SOCCER CARD SUNDAY BEST OF CAMPAIGN U. S. Cup Final, Lewis Trophy Playoff, N.

L. Confetti Are on Tap By WILLIAM GRAHAM The most attractive soccer card of the season will be offered Sunday with a National Challenge Cup final at Starlight Park, a Lewis Oup playoff at Celtic Park and National League encounters at Bay Ridge Oval, Hawthorne Field and Dana Park. Pawtucket enters the second-game of the series against the German-Hungarian of Rldgewood with a 30 lead and boasting such atari as Eddie Czerkiewlci and Dave Me-Ewan, who helped St, Mary's Celtic capture national honors two seasons ago. St. Mary's Celtic, facing the five-time American League champions, Scots-Americans in the final game of the Lewis Cup playoffs are trail Dugan Boasts Weil-Balanced Erasmus Team St.

Augustine's Chances Depend on Pitching Star By JOHN ROSS Give a high school ball team a good pitcher and a strong-lunged "holler" man and watch them go! That's been the general scheme In formlng championship contenders, although sometimes It takes a little more than that. But the current fuss that the youngsters of St. Augustine's are stirring up can be traced directly to the presence of young Tommy Chandler, a lad who shows plenty of promise on the mound. With Chandler and five other veterans around, you Just can't dismiss the Purple and White as a threat for the C. H.

S. A. A. title. CROQUET MAY RATE ASSIST FOR LION NINE If Columbia'! vanity pitchers develop Into a winning staff In the Eastern Intercollegiate Leaf ue pennant race, the ancient and honorable game of croquet will come In for part of the credit.

Coach Andy Coakley ordered half a doien croquet balls the other day and his pitchers are using them regularly. No, they're not throwing the deadly pellets at hitters. Instead, they have been Instructed to hold the croquet balls In their hands on the bench during games. This la supposed to make the regulation baseball shrink to the siie of a marble in Imagination, of course. COLUMBIA, GEM OF THE HARLEM The Light Blue Lions, set for their opener tomorrow against Rutgers, are looking forward to a successful season.

The oarsmen, left to right, are Arthur Smith, stroke; Charles Morgan, John Persson, Copt. John Gruncw, Harry Luhrs, Larry O'Neill, Gene Remmer, 2, and John Gaffron, bow. The coxswain is Bob Kaufmann. Smith has just been shifted to stroke in the junior boat and replaced by Sophomore James Common. Jenkins May Box At Ebbets Field 't to.

Lightweight King Likely to Meet Winner of Pignatore-Bartfield Go Despite the balmy weather, Spring wouldn't be official without a rumor that Ebbets Field will be the scene of a big fight this Summer. A consolidated group of Brooklyn lodges and charity organizations have approached Judge I. T. Flatto, who until only a year ago was an active boxing promoter, to stage a big benefit affair at the I fl I 1 I I Wan'. Generals Blank Adelphi Tossers In Virginia Clash Special fo ffte Brooklyn Eagle Lexington, Va April 18 Adelphi Academy's batting punch has disappeared Just as suddenly as it bobb-d up earlier in the week when the Brooklyn school got started on its vacation Journey through the South.

The Brown and Gold had been scoring something like nine runs per contest for the first three games, but in the last two starts Adelphi has scored but two runs and has been held to seven hits. Yesterday. Jay Cook of the Washington and Lee frosh team handed Adelphi its first shutout of the season. Cook allowed but two hits in his six-inning, 90. victory and Bud Normington, who came on In the seventh, pitched hltless ball to the end.

Bob Kramer, Adelphi flinger, went the distance and gave up eight hits, but seven errors behind him gave the Generals most of their runs. Adelphi is in a crippled state for its same with Fishburne M. A at Waynesboro, today. This is the game that Coach Hollis iBabe) Spotts wants to bag, Two years ago Fishburne handed Adelphi one of the two defeats It suffered on that trip. Spotts coached at Fishburne for five years before coming to Adelphi and is anxious to hand his old cronies a licking.

The record now Is three and three and one game to go. Score by Innings: Adrlphl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 Frnsh 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 9 8 Batteries: Kramer and Kflly: Cook, Normington and Castro, Crausmsn. Land of Sky Event Won by Patty Berg Asheville, N. April IB (INS) patty Berg of Minneapolis, the former women's national champion, was the Land of the Sky invitational golf tltleholder today, The freckled Minneapolis star posted a 305 total for the 72 holes to beat her nearest competitor, Jean Bauer of Providence, R. i by 11 strokes, Met.

Sr. Track Meet Scheduled for June 14 The Metropolitan Association's senior outdoor track and field championships will be held Saturday, June 14, at Trlboro Stadium, Randall's Island, it was announced today by Pincus Sober, chairman of the Championship Committee. With Princeton's invitation meet, ordinarily held on that date, cancelled for this year, a banner attendance at the Senior Mets, Is anticipated. Plummer in Finish Match A finish engagement between Ernie Dusek and Lou Plummer tops the mat card at the Broadway Arena tomorrow night. Abe Your-Lst and Glno Garibaldi will tangle in a supporting match.

I aTf I I 3W II A Coach Ray Brustman, who is starting for his fourth season at the helm, is highly optimistic over his team's chances. St. Augustine's has made three starts thus far in non-league competition and Its record is one win and two defeats. Brustman admits, however, that there's weak spots In his lineup, and has used these practice tilts as a means of developing material to fill the gaps. Open Against St.

John's On the mound, St. Augustine's is fairly wen set, but the infield and catching departments are doubtful. Brustman has been patiently awaiting today's opener with St. John's Prep, runner-up last season, and will have a good idea of Just what his youngsters are going to go in for in tfrie race when the late alter- noon shadows fall on the Parade 1 Grounds. Getting back to Chandler and his Important assignment, it must be recorded that the entire fate of the team rests' on his shoulders.

The Junior chucker showed plenty of stuff last season, his first year, and the added experience should mean I much. Brustman has another Junior he can alternate with Chand- i Ifr, OUt lllc lau 1 luiiutu.v wui with a sore arm. Johnny Long, who saw service in last year's campaign, will be the No. 2 hurler. Meanwhile.

Tommy McKenna, still another junior, will take over Long's apot. McKenna is untested but has shown enough stuff in the practice tilts to warrant a trial against league competition. Two veterans on the right side of the infield would seem to eliminate any worry over the inner circle, but the two other spots are considerably shaky. With Joe Spena, a senior, at third, and Junior Fred Dunn at short, Brustman probably has the two best right-side men In the loop. Bob De Marco, a reserve last year, has won the second-base Job, and Bill Whaley is the present choice as the first sacker.

Brustman plans changes, however, if the pair doesn come through as expected. Joe McGarry, Joe Palumbo, Jim Bennett. Jerry Slattery and Paul McWilliams, are other youngsters who are seeking a chance at the two spots. The outfield presents a problem, since it does not have any batting punch to speak of. Neither Jerry Nugent nor Jack Long, veteran fly-chasers, packs much power at the plate although they rate highly for their defensive work.

Eddie Baker, Jack Emmet, Don McDermott and Bobby Murray are battling for the other spot and the lad who shows he can get some hits will draw the assignment. Brustman has some other pitchers whom he is still experimenting with. Ed Sherry, Frank Ward, Jack O'Sullivan and Joe Stafford will be given the chance to get the No. 2 Job if their work warrants it. Marty Dennlngton and Henry Fontaine are batting for the catching assignment, but both lads are inexperienced.

Schedule: IS. St John's, home; 25. Brooklyn Prep. home. May 2.

St. Michael's, home; 8. St. yrancti. home; 9.

ewav; 12. Cathedral, home; 14. LoURhlln, away, IS. St. John'" awav; 20.

Brookivn Prep, away; S7, St. Michaels, away; 29. St. Frania. away June I-ouEhln.

home i Dodgers' ball park. Lightweight Champion Lew Jenkins has been named as one of the principals and he is to be pitted against a local lad in an over-the-weight match. The youngsters who have the inside track on the match are Monty Pignatore, popular Bensonhurst Italian, and Danny Bart-field of the East Side. Meet in Grove Feature These battlers meet in the eight-round feature at the Rldgewood Grove tomorrow night and, although there is nothing definite on the Jenkins match, the kids will be in there battling for the chance just in case. Flatto is certain that either would draw a profitable gate with Jenkins.

Pignatore, in recent starts, defeated Bobby Ruffiit and Terry Young and would loom as a titular threat If he scored Impressively over Bartfleld, who has been beaten only once in 27 starts. Promoter Max Joss will present a new face in his weekly feature at the Broadway Arena Tuesday with the introduction of Wishy Jones, Louisville lightweight. Wishy is paired with Maxle Shapiro, one of the leading local youngsters In the 135-pound division. They meet in the eight-round top spot. The national fight scene moves up to Boston this evening where Mike Kaplan meets welterweight boss in an over-the-weight match at the Boston Garden.

Mike actually halls from Brownsville, but has made his home In New England for the past few yean. He can earn a title match with Zivic If he looks impressive tonight. Buff and Blue Capable Of Topping Any Nine In P. S. A.

L. Field Any team that is angling for the Brooklyn p. S. A. L.

crown, had better give serious thought to the outfit Coach Austin Dugan has fielded for Erasmus Hall. Things weren't too bright when Dugan made his first call lor the squad, but over the course of three weeks, the Buff and Blue has slowly rounded Into a well-balanced club that is capable of topping any team In the loop. Yesterday, the Flatbush nine responded to another big test In fine style by thrashing St. John's Prep, one of the better teams In the C. H.

S. A. A. With Rookie Danny O'Brien on the hill, Dugan'a team scored its third triumph of the practice schedule via a 63 score at Erasmus O'Brien, who was merely one of a staff of seven when the workouts started, has now become the No. 1 pitcher and yesterday he showed that he Is ready for the opening ball by going the seven-inning route and giving up but six hits.

It was his second start and second win of the young season. Score Four in Second A four-run second frame gave O'Brien a 50 lead to work on and, although he gave up two runs after that, he was never really in any serious trouble. Erasmus collected ten hits off Bill Schroeder, Buddy Schum and Bob Short. Buddy North started the big inning with a single and stole second. O'Brien was faie on an error and North moved to third and then made a clean theft of home.

Buster single scored O'Brien and Paul Esposito tripled to drive in Obicl. Esposito scored on Joe Stico's infield out. Obicl, Esposito and Jerry Gutt were the offensive aces. Obici collected three hit sin four trips and came up with nine assists and three putouts. Esposito and Gutt each got two for four.

Score by innings: St. John's Prep 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Erasmus Hall 1 4 0 0 1 0 10 3 Batteries Schroeder, Schum, Short and 1 Sullivan; O'Brien and Cream. Flatbush Boys' Club Fish Compete at Greenwich The Flatbush Boys' Club are among the competing teams in the second annual Boys' Clubs of America national indoor senior and junior team and Individual swim championships being held in the newly opened pool at the Greenwich (Conn.) Boys' Club today and tomorrow. The borough lads are competing against teams from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Washington, D. C.

The qualifying heats were scheduled for this afternoon, with the finals on tap tonight and tomorrow night. St. John'i Yearlings Bow to N. Y. U.

Trackmen The New York University freshman track team opened its season yesterday with a 72-50 triumph over the St. John's University cubs. Tom Baker won both hurdles events and the pole vault for N. Y. while Vincent Ring took the 100 and 220 yard dashes for St.

John's. N. Y. U. won eight of the 13 events.

When he had an uphill putt, he hit the ball near the heel of the putter. But wfhen he had a tricky downhill putt, one that requires extreme delicacy, he definitely putted from near the toe. Toed Shots Are Weak Shots From our observation of ordinary players, very few putt their downhill putts off the toe or hit the long or uphill putts off the heel. In fact, they do precisely the opposite. When they have one of those SO-foot approach putts or a longi6h uphill putt to play, you can see them back away from the ball as if to get greater leverage and then deliberately hit the ball off the toe.

Toed shots are the weak shots. That goes in all sorts of shots even unto drives. That's one of the reasons why Craig Wood, Bill Mehlhorn, Jim Barnes and many another stout, accurate hitter-address the ball as if wielding a pointer rather than a club. And they hit the ball inside the middle of the club face, sometimes midway between the middle and the heel. Tommy Mac's theory, and practice, can avoid assisting some putters we've seen in fact, many of the putters we've seen.

Iran, iinaajfia ing the Kearny team 53 but are the greatest uphill fighters in the East. TOMORROW At Dim Park Implra Stat Laatut vi. Lujhihouse Soyt Club of Philadelphia. 1 Is p.m. SUNDAY NATIONAL CHALLENGE Cl'F Eastern Final Psatucket vi.

Qtrman-Hunearian of Ridjewood, Starlight Park, Bronx, NATIONAL JUNIOR Cl'F Eastern Seml-Flnal Brooklyn Hatlkvoh vs. Minerva, of Ja. maica, L. 1 Park. LEWIS Cl'F Pint Round Playoffs St Miry Celtic vi.

Bcots-Amerlcani of Kurny. Celtlo Ptrki Fauon vi. Phlla-delphis. Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE CHALLENGE Cl'F First Mound Dinnh A.

C. vi. prasua F. Dana Park. NATIONAL LEAGl'E Norwsjian-Amerlcan va Oallcla, Bar Ridge Oval: Hatlkvoh vs.

OJoa. Haw- tnnrne Field. NEW YORK STATE CHALLENGE CDF New York vs. German-American, Throws Neck. METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Cork Celtic vi.

Gordon St. Oeorite, Thrift Oval; Bronx Celtic Nassau, Edison Oval; Building Service vs. Mount Kiacn Jefferson Field; Furriers vs. Rued'sh. Hawthorne Field A O.

A. IT. vs. Hamilton United. Van Cortland Park; Brcwstrr Aircraft vs.

Ben Facia, Madison Rnwi; Maple vs. Nassau B. Van Cortland Park. EMPIRE STATE I.FAr.lE Danish vs. OJoa, Dana Park.

MANHATTAN I.EAOt'E Allanza vs. Celtic Park; Seward vv Department AA. Hawthorne Field: Her7.1 vs. Spartans, Erasmus Field; cniiein vs. Bronx Ravens, van Cortland Park.

GERMAN AMERICAN LEAGUE Premier Division Elizabeth vs. Hobokcn, Elizabeth. A Dlvlalon Franz Siegel Orden vs. Rldgewood, Bronx Beach; Passaic vs. Queens.

Passaic; College Point vs. Schwaben. College Point; Minerva vs Nassau. Jamaica; Schlesier vs. Hota.

Emerald Oval. Division Brooklyn vs. Oerman-Hungarlan. Woodward Oval; New York vs. Pf seller, Throggs Neck; Tarrytown vs.

Vienna, Tsrrytown. Others same as A Division. Senior Division Paterson vs. Kollsman. Patcrion; Yonkers vs.

Elntracht, Yonkers. Staats Herold Cup Brooklyn Reserve vs. Newark: Woodward Oval i Yonkers vs. Elntracht Reserves. Yonkers; New York Reserves vs.

German-American Reserves, Throggs Neck. League Cup Competition Pfaelser vs. Vienna. Woodward Oval. EXHIBITION Norwegian-American Juniors vs.

Ssda. Bsv Ridae Oval: Prospect A. Juniors and A. vs. Maccabl A.

Juniors and A. Emerald Oval; Rldgewood vs. German-American B. Middle Village. New York A.

C. Tankmen Show Way New York Athletic Club swimmers took the lion's share of the honors in the opening session of the 1941 Metropolitan A. A. U. senior and Junior Indoor swimming championships last night in their home pool.

The first of thre evening sessions wer staged In which eight junior and two senior titles will be decided. Finalists In five of the junior events emerged from the two-hour proceedings. Competition was necessary in only four of these events, the individual ones. The medley relay lineup was complet as It stood, with five teams wanted for the quota and Just five teams entered. Nine of the 20 available Individ ual places, five to each event, went to N.

Y. A C. men, and two more to Don Sauvigne, technically unattached because he is still In his first year as a N. Y. A.

C. member. Sauvigne, formerly a prohnlsing swimmer in the Flushing Y. M. C.

won the first heat of the 440-yard free style with the best time made, 5:10 8, after qualifying down the line In the 100 free style. 13th Squadron Quintet To Play for State Title The 13th Squadron basketball team of Kings County defeated the 102d Engineers Squadron of Manhattan, 5940, last night for the city championship of the Sons of the American Legion tournament at the Bedford M. C. A. The victors earned the riRht to play In the State championships at Rochester tomorrow night.

SPORTS TODAY BH.MARD Pocket Billiard taue series. Willie Moscnnl vs. Andrew Pontl. a Julian's Academr. 138 Bast 14m 3 30 and 8 30 m.

BOXINO Amateur bouts at Bmsrlwsj Arena. Hal-tey St. near Broadway, 8 30 m. FENCING Women's lnterrolleaiete rhafflpiAnhtp. at N.

V. East Buildlni, Washlniton Square, 7:30 m. HORSE RACING Metropolitan JorkeT Cluh meetlnt at Jamaica. L. 1:16 m.

SWIMMING Metropolitan A. U. junior at New York A. 7th Ave and J9th St p.m. TENNIS EsFtern interschoiaMie rhmpionhio.

st Conrour.e T. River Ave. and 1624 Bronx. 10 a.m. Wide World photo J.

J. J. IS IN THERE YELLING FOR JUSTICE James Joy Johnston opened his Spring hollering campaign today, and it looks as though Abe Simon and Bob Pastor will spend the rest of their lives having return bouts with Joe Louis. Johnston, known as (he Boy Bandit In pugilistic circles, is the manager of both Simon and Pal-tor. He can out-holler any manager in the prize fight racket and 1 his present plan of campaign It to keep hollering until Louis has licked both his boyi three times.

Bedford, West Side 'Y' Wall Teams Split Series The Bedford four-wall handball team divided its series last night with visiting West Side as each branch tallied eight points. George Countis and Leo Manka scored straight-set victories for Bedford in singles. Countis brat Oscar Prescott, 2117, 2114, while Manka topped Harry Sauvalle, 21 20, 2111. West Side scored a double when Ben Siegel topped Johnny Robertson, 2118, 2110. Ben Perkins won, 218, from Big Kullck and lost, 2117.

West Side earned the deadlock on its doubles edge. Kullck and Jack Lehner beat Al Smoling and Dom Zinno, 218, 2118, while Sauvalle and Bill Heckman, after yielding their first tilt to Manka and Fred Kucklns, 2117, came back to annex the finale by the same score. Cook of Bayslde will oppose Cliff Weitzen of Perth Amboy. DeWltt Clinton leads for the point trophy with seven point while Bayslde and Perth Amtv are in the running with six. Boys High also has six but Us last remaining entrant, Quentln Vaughan, was eliminated yesterday by Peter Stone in the quarter-finals and Weitzen then disposed of Stone.

The opening senior tournameni of the new season in the metropolitan area will be run by the Knickerbocker Field Club of Brooklyn. It was announced yesterday by th Eastern Lawn Tennis Association. The Brooklyn championships in the men's singles will be run at -the Knickerbocker Club from May 10 to May 18. The tourney was formerly held by the Terrace Club but It has lost Its grounds. The Rockaway Hunting Club is tentatively scheduled to hold its two-day doubles tourney on Msy 21 and 28.

The other big tournaments come at approximately the same time as In previous years with the exception of the Eastern clay court championships for men and women which will be held at -the Jackson Heights Tennis Club starting June 28. The Nassau Country Club turf tourney gets under way July S. DUGGER TO COMPETE IN HURDLE SPECIAL Philadelphia, April 18 Edward Du(f er of Tufts, one of New Enc-land'a greatest timber toppers, headi the field In the 120-yard Invitation hurdle race, of the 47th annual University of Pennsyl-vania Relay Carnival on Franklin Field next weekend. Dugger, who won the N. C.

A. A. championship last June from such brilliant hurdlers as Fred Wolrott of Rice and Boyce Gate-wood of Texan, may equal or break the record of 14.3 seconds set hy Jack Keller of Ohio State, in 1933. Bushwicks to Use Walsh on Mound Against Roses John (Sonny) Walsh, newest pitching addition of the Bushwicks, will make his second appearance on the mound for the Woodhaven Club on Sunday in the clash with the Lancaster Red Roses at Dexter Park. This will be the second game of a double bill, the Penn A.

C. facing Long Inland University in the opener. Walsii hurled briefly in last Sunday's 52 victory over the Mount Vernon Scarlets, who beat out the Bushwicks for the Metropolitan Baseball Association title last year, and Manager Joe Press was highly pleased with his form. Walsh is a resident of Perth Am-boy, where he now has a weekday job in a defence manufacturing plant. Lai year he won 11 games for Albany in the Eastern League, Htavracos Parkway Fixture Impressed by the all-around play of Andy Stavracos in the 52 victory over Cecarhurst last Sunday, Manager Harry Hesse of the Bay Parkways today announced that the former Yankee farmhand will be his regular third baseman during the coming M.

B. A. championship race. Stavracos will be seen in action at Erasmus Field Sunday when the Bay Parkways meet the Mount Vernon Scarlets, M. B.

A. rulers, who bowed by 51 to the Bushwicks last week. Second baseman for the Springfield Greys the last three seasons, Stavracos hopes he can match his hitting of last Sunday when he poled out a game-winning three-bagger to score two mates and a single. Three other M. B.

A. nines are ready for games Sunday. Barton's Nighthawks meet the Union City Reds on the lattcr's diamond and the Queens Club opens with two tests against Long Lsland City at Queens Park, Woodside. A schacht will amuse the fans during the contests. Reshevsky-Horowitz Chess Dates Listed Dates for the first five games of the mateh between Samuel Reshev-sky and Israel A.

Horowitz for the chess championship of the United States have been set, according to an announcement yesterday. The first contest will be held May 4 at 2:30 p.m. at the residence of Maurice Wertheim. The next three engagements are listed for May 6 at the Manhattan Chess Club, May 8 at the Marshall Chess Club and May 10 at the Manhattan Chess Club, all at 8 p.m. The fifth game has been set for 2 p.m., My 11, at the Marshall club.

International League STANDING OF THE CLUBS w.l. rc. Nwark 1 0 1 000 Jersey Cltr 0 1 .000 Baltlmora 1 0 1 000 Mnmrral 0 1 nno Rochester 1 0 l.OOo Byrarusa I) 1 nno Bufleln 1 0 1 000 Toronto 0 1 .000 yehtbhdavb results NtwarK. 7 Montreal, S. Rochester.

3i Jersey City, 2. Buffalo, lis Syracuse, 1. Baltimore, 4: Toronto. J. OAMES TOMORROW Rochester at Jersey City Montreal at Buffalo at Syracuse Toronto at Baltimore.

Wolfe Captures Met. Handball Singles Crown By MAX LODAW The Met A. A. U. handball singles crown changed hands last night, but remained Trinity Club property as Artie Wolfe defeated Morris Rosen of the Bensonhurst J.

C. 218, 2116, in the final match at the National A. C. Rosen, who saw numerous aces whiz by in the opening game, put up a better battle in the second, but after pressing the issue succumbed in the end to Wolfe's service comeback. Starting the windup set Rosen leaped to a lead of 8 0, spiced by a pair of excellent retrieves.

One was a kill-shot after running into the sidewall in deep right and the other a scoop of a seemingly passing ball for a left-corner drop as he staggered to rise from the floor. Wolfe, serving to right and deep center, forced setups in knotting the count at 9-all and when his aces began to skip by was in command at 179. Rosen then varied his serves and in the fast close-court exchanges seemed to have the best of it as he tightened the gap to 1713 and then to 18 18. An ace, placement and Rosen out after a rally gave Wolfe the necessary points for victory. Artie ran wild in the opener on repeated acing acrass-court to right and compiled an overwhelming lead in his first few hands.

The thUd-piace medallion was annexed by Bill Lauro, who recorded scores of 215, 2120 against Hal Hanft. Lauro was at his powerhouse best in the first tilt and in the second, abetted by service, rallied up from the short end of 1420 in notching his victory. Lacrosse Experiment The out or bounds rule will be interpreted by the referee entirely as in basketball when the Knickerbockers and the Grand Street Boys Club open the Metropolitan Ama- teur Lacrosse League season at Williamsbridge Oval In the Bronx, Sunday. Dave Freeman and Al Brisotti, the rival coaches have agreed to the experiment. even if we rarely hear of accord on any theory other than that one always should keep the putter moving low and straight back from the ball always.

Perhaps young Tommy McNamara has something in that new "Tommy Mac" putter he worked out. Old Tommy McNamara was a grand putter. Consistently. And like some of the greatest putters we've had, Jerry Travers. Walter Travis, Bob Jones, he had one putter and one putting style and he stuck to it.

When he got too old for competition, he gave the puller to Johnny Farrcll. And Farrell kept It and a record for consistently good putting. The putter itself is Ray Milh aluminum-headed, hickory -shafted affair wltii a head a bit on the smallish side. Where it differs from other putters is in that It has horizontal lines across the top of the putter. The line near the toe is marked "down," that in the middle "level" and the line near the heel "up." These lines, put in definite places, are there because Tommy Mac had a precise putting system.

Tommy MiNamara tried to hit every putt that wa on level turf directly in the middle of the face. Jackson Faces Test In School Net Play Young 'Tommy Mac' May Have Something in That New Putter Major League Standings Raymond Jackson of Erasmus Hall, an unseeded player, faxes the toughest task any schoolboy has been confronted with in the tournament when he takes on Irving Dorfman, top-seeded star from De-Witt Clinton High School, today in the semi-final round of the Eastern lnterscholastlc tennis tourna ment on the Concourse courts. In the other aeml-flnal contest, Jack American League STANDING OF THI CLUBS if lii Boston St. Louis Phlla. Clevel'd New York Chlcaio oi oi oi oi ooo 0 1.000 II II tl 21 .333 0 0 Oi 0 1 0' 0 01 31 01 0 01 Ol 01 01 si 0 A OI 1 0 0 0 0' 01 0 ll ol I 0 0 0) 01 01 01 0 1 0: of ty o' Detroit II .000 31 Wash i Lost Oi 01 11 II 31 3' II 311 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York, Phllsdelphla, 4.

Cleveland. 2: Chlcssn. 0. Wasrunaton-Bosion (wet arounfisi. Detroit-Bt.

Louis train). TOMORROW'S OAMES New York at Wathinfion. Cleveland at Detroit Boston at St. Louis st Cbloaio. By RALPH TROST Ben Hogan takes his putter up to his hotel room and practices putting on the carpet.

Gene Sara-zen, who seems to believe that a putter can remain hot for only one tournament, tucks putters away in golf shops, barns, etc. and then retrieves them for special occasions. Craig Wood swings from being one of the greatest holers of ten-footers to a point where he can't get a four-fooler down and can't figure why. Hor-ton Smith can putt consistently with anything. Dick Chapman thinks he can putt with one brand of ball but not with another.

And so it goes. There's more talk about putting than anything els? in golf and yet very few believe there's anything about it that can be taught. Almost as few believe thrre's anything that can be learned. Art Acquired Through Prartlre On the evidence available, it does appear that putting Ls an an acquired mostly through practice. Some people have a gift for it.

but that Isn't more than 25 percent of what it takes to make a good putter. Still, there should be some Hound rules for good putting- FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941 National League STANDING OF THE CLl'BS New Vera 0 0 01 01 fll 81 Al SI Oil.fMin Si. Louis 0 I 0 0, 01 0 0 3' 3i 011000 BnHon I 0 0 01 01 2' 0, 01 31 Clllciiao 0 0 0 1 0 0 01 1 I1 sn0 ptusb'h I o1 il .500 Phils 0 0 1 0 0 0' 0 II .333 Brooklyn I 0) 0 0 01 A I 01 SI Cinclntl 10 0 0 0 0 010 3 000 Lost. 0 0 II 11 II 3 3 3 1- YESTKRDAY'S RESULTS New York, It Brooklyn. Rl Louis, Cincinnati.

6. PUUburgh. 7: Chlcaao. 2 Fmton. 1.

Fhlladelphls. S. TOMORROWS OAMES Brooklyn at Boston AM, FU I Philadelphia at New York. Cincinnati at nmburgh, Chlcaao at St. Louis.

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