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Cunningham to Run in Baxter The receipt of Olenn Cunningham's signed entry yesterday, assured the strongest of fields for the classic Baxter Mile, feature event on the program of the annual New York A. C. meet at the Garden. Feb. 18 p.

Hughes' SO THEY CALLED 'EM ALLIGATORS. As far back the oldest alumnus can remember of Florida athletic teams have been known as "Alligator" or, for headline purposes, "'Gators." The nickname was applied because of the treat number of saurians native to the State. Daily SPOMTS 22 NEW YORK CITY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1935 1 Leslie Munns' Signed Dodger Contract Arrives Warm Weather Coming! By Ed Hughes Cow-Puncher Kept In Shape Hewing And Sawing Trees By TOMMY HOLMES The signed contract of large Leslie Munns reposes In the RafP nf the Brooklyn Dodgers today after having been trans ported by carrier pigeon, the pony express or whatever they use to transport mail nowadays out In that well-known West. The lanky young right-handed pitcher has been spending the Winter far, far from civilization, up on the roof of the Rockies of northwest Montana, just below the Canadian border, with the snow-capped peaks of Glacier National r-aric rigm in nis backyard. Mr.

and Mrs. Munns have been living alone at Sunrise Ranch, owned by a good friend ofs- Leslie's, ever since last October, and elsewhere in this section you'll see a picture of the dashing cow-punch- er. Just a few days ago, Les dropped your agent a letter saying that he was preparing to move down to Minnesota on the first leg of his journey toward Florida. He was afraid of being snowed In and perhaps unable to dig himself out until the end of the training season. You might find his letter interesting.

"Sunrise Ranch," Munns writes, "is up in the mountains 13 miles from Kallspell and if I'm not in shape this Spring it won't be the fault of those steep trails right behind our cabin. Up until Winter reallv set in. I did a lot of riding but the program has been hiking for weeks now In a way, the riding was tougher. Every day I used take a bunch of saddle horses to Winter feeding grounds back In the mountains, a round-trip of 30 miles, which sometimes was pretty tough when one or more of the leaders would stray off the main trail. MOI NTAIN HIKING GETS TOO TOUGH nefnr the hiking became too tough.

Florence and I were taking at least one trip a week up the mountains. We'd usually start about nine in the morning, hike till noon and then cook a lunch up on some nriic irom which we couia se miles of the Rockies stretcnea out in every dire ci'on and. boy, if you don't think my lees are in great shape I'll run vou a small marathon at Orlando. Maybe I'll hit better too if swinging an axe keeps a fellow In shape to swing a bat. "Since it has been really cold here I think I've spent most of the day collecting firewood for the cook stove and heater and I'll nominate my wife as the world's best wood burner.

I have to fell the dead trees and haul them with a heavy rope to the woodshed, where I do all the neceary sawing. Incidentally, I saw left-handed I don't want to tie im in nrm "1 lik the evenings here, too, al- 1 tho in this air and after a day j. fu bed looks mightv roc.i ouiMl 8 30 or 9 o'clock. I 'wis' I could describe the song of the covoto loi vou and I wonder If i vou'ri h- reminded too of those quartet arrangements we used to try in the Pullman smoking rooms last Bummer. "Our cabin is on the side of a small draw and every night the coyotes gather on the other side and serenade us.

It's weird to listen to them the note goes way up high, then suddenly drops off. And until you get used to it, it seems more mysterious than ever in the mornings because there seem to be hundreds of them out in the night but you almost never catch sight of one. Coyotes are notorious cowards and a human with his eves open may actually sec about one a year. TRAIN' 'ViUSTLE IS IMG "Otherwise there isn't much noise COLUMN British Disaster JACK PETERSON has gone the way of all British heavyweight flesh. This is a sad, but also an old familiar story.

Jack Peterson was, and in solemn fact, still is the British heavyweight champion. But much of the doubtful pride and prestige invested In this once mighty title received an awful dent the other night. Peterson, who has been boomed (in England) as a possible future heavyweight champion of the world, suffered a technical knockout at the hands of Walter Neusel, the German. Herr Neusel, Just a "club fighter" over here, was stopped recently by Max Schmeling, himself a back number now. Peterson's defeat, which hai plunged London in a fog of pugilistic chagrin, serves to emphasize the woeful mediocrity of British heavyweights even in a day when the general run of heavyweights is none too redoubtable anywhere.

Although Peterson looked something like a world-beater to Britishers, It is fortunate. In a way, that he ran afoul of Neusel when he did. To hava flopped here would have been mora humiliating all around, considering the usual ballyhoo that would hava attended his coming. The Great Mitchell ONE of the insoluble puzzles of puglllsttca is. the amazing, continued inability of England to produce a decent heavyweight champion.

Actually it has been almost a half century since John Bull furnished a heavyweight of unusual ability. And in this case the individual wasn't a heavyweight at all. Charlie Mitchell, a great fighter, was merely a dwarfish, overstuffed middleweight. Yet little Mitchell was an astounding ring-man. Although Mitchell never became a world champion, he achieved an even greater fame.

The pudgy, stout-hearted Mitchell became the nemesis of probably tha most celebrated of "American pugi-listsohn L. Sullivan. Mitchell, by the way, wan discovered by an American fight manager, Billy Madden. This Madden, once a warm friend of Sullivan, finally soured on the great slugger. A feud started between them.

Madden vowed he'd dig up a man to whip the lordly Sullivan if he had to scour the world a lifetime. Drops John L. MADDEN came upon Mitchell la England. He saw something In the boxing style and hitting proclivities of the "little" fellow that made him believe he had found Sul- Madden brought Mitchell back to New York. He challenged Sullivan to a three-round exhibition in the original Madison Square Garden, Sullivan took a look at the harmless-looking Mitchell man and decided was all right with him if the public would stand for it.

The bout provided an Incident in Sullivan's glorious career that he could never remember without lowering of spirit. Mitchell, whose rine couraRe was of the highest. I incirla a CilUtan ntch In the second round, shot a clean right to the chin and the great Sullivan went down for a count. A clean knockdown! Mr. Sullivan predominated before the night was done, though.

He manhandled the little man to such an extent that police broke into the ring and halted the frav before the third round ended. Still, although Sullivan won, there was no question but that Mitchell had achieved a "moral victory." Real Nemesis SIX YEARS LATER, however, Mitchell was to actually humble Sullivan in a real fight. The two met in a bare knuckle finish affair on the estate of Baron Rothschild In Chantilly, France, March. 1888. Sullivan, through dissipation, had gone down hill rapidly, though he was still a tremendous fighting man.

In addition, he underestimated Mitchell. The battleground conditions, it developed, were also against Sullivan. A driving rain set in. The mud in the ring became ankle deep. Added to which the lighter, faster-moving Mitchell made a shrewd fight.

Mitchell made a running combat of it, tired Sullivan to the point of Continued on Page 23 the Sande "He pointed to what he had on, and snid that was all," explained the cowpunchcr. "He didn't have another suit, or even any other underclothes. That made me feel so bad I decided to do something for the kid. When I offered him $20 a month, with board and room, to exercise my horses, he nearly cried with Joy. He loved horses." Pardee soon found that this boy had a way with horses could get them away from the barrier, could rate them.

They went to a race meet in a small town that Summer. Me won 24 match races and two purse races a total of 26-that day for me," Pardee said. The cowpuncher gave the youngster fare to New Orleans, eventually, and gratified the ambltioui kid ambition for a chance He rose rapidly, and Commander Ross, who owned the famous Sir Barton, bought his contract for $16,000. It was. up, up, up after that.

PARROTT. Les 9 Dreams Come True Nightmare Too Ranger Chief Foresaw Comeback of Keeling, Sei-lert and 'Flop' of Levinsky Which Featured 13-Game Win Streak But Can't Prophecy By HAROLD PARROTT The man's a seer, that's all, with the Garden's glassy pond for his crystal as he sits there gazing into it irom behind the dasher. Remember what he said about Butch Keeling, the fat and flaccid forward, when it seemed that the Rangers' veteran Spitz Forging Ahead in Play For Cue Title Boston Amateur Winner OverOdea Davenport's Run of 10 Ties Mark Edward E. Spitz loomed more brilliantly than evjr h. wrest away the national amateur three-cushion billiard championship from Edward Lee, defending titleholder.

The unassuming, middle-vged Spitz of Boston, making his initial bid in tournament play, accounted for his third consecutive victory last night at the New York A. C. In last night's competition Spitz defeated George M. Odea of Chicago by a 50 to 39 In a rather slow game which ran Into 92 innings. Even though things went black In the first round for Ed Lee It didn't deter him from winning his next two matches.

His latest victory over Albert Primea of Detroit was a distinct challenge to Spitz's leadership. The title holder accounted for the maten, 50 46 In 52 frames, the shortest of the tournament so far. Lee meets Leon Rad-ler of New York today and should not find him too difficult. Radler won his first match in three starts by defeating Arthur Horwitz of Minneapolis, 50 to 38, after 92 innings of play. Deardorff Wins When youthful Johnny Davenport of Philadelphia got off to a high run of ten in the early moments of hia match with Gene Deardorff of St.

Louts, a run that equals the amateur record, many would have conceded the match to the young billiardist. But not so with Deardorff. Fighting an uphill battle all the way, Deardorff eked out a 50 to 46 victory over Davenport, aided considerably by his high run of seven. Irving Meltzer and Clifford Bash won their matches In the New York State amateur three-cushion tournament at the Capitol. Meltzer defeated Solomon Schlff.

30 to 20, in 56 innings, each turning In a high run of 3, while Bash clicked off 4 to the loser's 6. Edward Melzer vas twice victorious in the Class three -cushion play at the Strand Academy. He won over Maurel Bernardo, 20 to 12, In 38 frames, ano then conquered Harry Maurer, 20 to 5. Hilton Stone won over Arthur Johnson, 20 to 17, In 47 Innings. He Had Violet Drops, Afflicted With Too Much Blue After 27 Victories in Row, N.

Y. U. Bows to Yale in Overtime Game New Haven. Feb. 7 New York University's broken basketball forces prepared to move from this city on to Washington as though they were fleeing from a plague.

Their astounding overtime 33 to 29 setback at the hands of lowly Yale, which Is a mere second division club in the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic League, has left them unnerved, and it will be the supreme test of Coach Howard Cann's charges to overcome Georgetown tomorrow and Navy on Saturday. To the second-guessers, the defeat, which ruined the Violets' string of 27 straight victories over two years and now establishes doubt as to whether the Hall of Famers are really the best team in the East, was not entirely a shock. The Eli victory did not follow so much from ovcrconfidence on the part of the visitors but rather to the shrewd anc) able plans laid by Elmer Ripley. Yale coach. Ripley has not been heard of much in the shuffle of great coaches in the East, but he is undoubtedly one of the keenest students and most active coaches in the game.

New York Is a regular hang-out for him and he has seen all of the New York teams in action more than once. As a player he formerly starred for the Palace Diamonds and as a coach he knows the style of New York teams. Points for Gamp Hence unknown to all, he has been pointing to this game and the more Yale did battle with N. Y. U.

the stronger it grew. The visitors took the lead at the half. 17 to 11. but in tne SPron(1 n. benefiting by Ripley's exhortations In the locker IO, Yale began to show the re- su'Jf 01 atta: With Phil Klein and Capt.

Egbert Miles slowly whittling away the lead of 20 to 11. Yale crept up to take a 24 to 23 advantage and then the clash ended at 27-all. In the overtime Captain Miles scored, but Sid Gross tied the count. Miles and Ned Wilson then scored the winning baskets. Mrs.

Howe Loses Squash Crown Boston. Feb. 7 It was a day of stunning upsets In the national women's squash racquets championships yesterday. Mrs. William F.

Tie or shortstop of the Giants. Chagnnn Signs Across the street Jim Tierney remained in the contract race by an 1 Tn Cn7inn Goodwin, Cox Team Defeated In Squash Play Riehards ami Miller Favorites to Win Met. Doubles Championship J. H. Richards and Dantforth Miller of the Rockaway Hunting Club and E.

H. Bigelow and A. G. Thatcher of the Heights Casino today find themselves favored teams In the metropolitan doubles squash championships at the Casino. Richards and Miller ran through their match with R.

A. Goodwin and G. H. Cox 158, 1816, 15 10. Bigelow and Thatcher, however, encountered more opposition from R.

F. DeVoe and D. P. Kingsley Jr. of the University Club, and after five games won by 159, 14 15, 1714, 1215, 1511.

Columbia University Club had already won the Class A Metropolitan League squash racquets title, but had a narrow squeak in maintaining its unrlefeated record last night. The Princeton Club almost snapped the Lions' ten-game streak, but Bernard M. Shanlcy 3d defeated Louis B. Bailey, 17-18, 15-7, 15 12, to protect the streak, the final score being 3 to 2. New York A.

C. won from the Yale Club, 4 to 1, in the other match. City A. C. took a default victory over Harvard.

The Crescents, second-place holders, drew a bye. The 7th Regiment won the Class playoff for the season's championship in Group 2 by defeating the Squash Club, 3 to 2, at the Downtown A. C. With the score tied at 2-all, H. Lundgren won in five games over Peter Vischer, 1510, 1511, 17 15, 1417.

15-10, to give the victory' to the soldiers. HARVARD FIVE WINS Cambridge, Feb. 7 Harvard drew on even terms with Dartmouth in third place In the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League by conquering the Indians. 30 to 19, last night. Each team has now won two games and lost three.

"No. 10" was about to fall right 1 back to the minors in the Blueshirt housecleaning? "I can't explain him, but I'll never part with him," said Lester Patrick that's our seer). "He's the kind who'll suddenly start to dig, and come up with spectacular goals that will win games for you." That, mind you, was on Jan. 10 'Like Hauptmann's witnesses, I remember it because it was my and Monsieur le Butch hadn't scored a goal or an assist since Dee. 11.

Then on Jan. 12, Keeling rammed in the goal that started the Rangers on to a 3 to 1 Saturday-night win over the Americans, and the very next evening made a goal and an insist that just about beat the Eagles, 3 to 2, to further the Rangers' stream. Butch then went into comparative hibernation until Tuesday night, when he knocked home the first two goals in Montreal that pulled the Rangers up to two-all against the Maroons, from where they went on to win. Predicted Vets' Spurt In mid-December, with the Riiniicrs scraping bottom, listing badly to port and about to do down by the stern, where they were suf- nntinupd on Page 23 Pen Shots I Wins in First Indoor Title Tennis Match Fans See Junior Crown Going to William Wes-terfield of New Orleans The boys are struggling for the junior metropolitan indoor tennis championship this week at the 102d Engineers Armory, and the local area Is predominant among the sections represented in the play. Spectators are betting, however, that the title will go to New Orleans, the home of William Wester-field Jr.

Westerfield is the Louisipna State prep school champion and attends Scarborough Sehool. He is the top-seeded player In the draw and yesterday made his first appearance. It was an impressive one as he mowed down Henry Homes Jr. of Fleldston School, 61, 61, In the second round. The victory was the more striking as it was Wester-field's first try at indoor tennis and he had a little difficulty with the bounce of the ball.

Only one player reached the quarter-finals. Lawrence Schwartz-man of Columbia entered that bracket by topping Paul A. Spenn-rath of Fordham Prep. 60, 79, 6 2, in a two-hour tussle. Al Doyle of John Adams High.

Queens Junior titleholder, seeded sixth, engaged in his first match and turned back Frank Schlff of Horace Mann, 61, 63. Summaries: Flmt round Seymour Chalkpn. C. C. N.

dpfentpd SumuM Menehrr, N. V. fi 81; Aloynun Dojlc John Adams High School, defeated Frank Srhiff. Horace Mann. fi-3: I.

Mas- scna. Pplhani Memorial Hlah School defeated Peler HilFCher. Fordham Prep i 1 Mchm Schwurtyman. Polv Prep, defen'rd Alfred De Leo. De Will Clinton Hu'i School, fi 0.

fl 0 Frank latmirelll. fie Witt Clinton defeated Earl Levitt. Oeorne WahiliRton Huh School. i Second rntind William Westerfield Jr Scat sborotiah School defeated Henry Hemes Fields! un School, fi-1. 0-1 1 ewence Schuar: 7man.

Columbia, defeated I'a'il A Snennrath. Fordham Prep, 0 -0 7- 9. 6 2. NAVY FIVE WINS Annapolis, Feb. 7 After trailing at the half, 16 to 10, the Navy basketball team rallied to conquer the University of Virginia, 34 to 25, yesterday.

Daffy Can't Sign Till Dizzy Does Dean yesterday sent a telcL'tam whipp ng brother Paul Into line. Paul, he learned, had innocently denied he was a holdout, not having previous knowledge that Dizzy had intended to strike, so Dizzy sent Daffy a wire Informing him that "we are not satisfied and that we must stick together." Dizzy and Daffy would not sign until he did and that he (Dlz) would not sign until he (Daf) did. up here. There aren't any traffic Howp Jr. of Weston, the and when we hear a train fending titleholder and top-seeded whistle that's big news.

Amer.cun player, was eliminated In "I have missed the baseball news, the third round by Miss Eileen I get a Spokane paper once in a Bercsford nf Short Hills, N. while and try to find out what's 1 1 IS. 158, 1511, 158. going on, especially about the Dodg- Another surprise was furnished ers. I hope I'm still among those when Mrs.

Ary J. Lamme of Rye, present alter the season starts and i N- Y- defeated the Honorable Anne I do feel that I should have a good Lytton-Milbanke, captain of the season. Barring injuries, I think I English women's foi es and seeded our club should be able to give any second in the foreign group. The other outfit a real battle as I think score was 15-10. 1512, 1617, 18 15.

This match was contested in Continued on Page 24 the quarter-final bracket. Early Southpaw Rush Out of Danger Special to The Eagle South Bend, Feb. 7 Joe Sullivan, Broo'-lyn youth who Is captain of the Notre Dame football team, was declared out of danger yesterday, following a successful mastoid operation performed at St. Joseph's Hospital. Sullivan had been seriously ill of pneumonia for a week before the operation.

Fox Eliminated In Palm Beach Golf Special to The Eagle Palm Beach, Feb. 7 Long Island members did not fare so well in the second round of the eighth annual Winter championship of the Artists and Writers Gblf Association at the Palm Beach Country Club, yesterday. Fontaine Fox of Manhasset, who won the title last year, was eliminated by Charles A. Huehes of Detroit. William Debeck and Gene Buck.

both of Great Neck, were put out in the second division. at Rookies 1908, Marvin failed to make much of an impression in his first flinn at organized baseball. He first attracted attention at Georgia Tech and his record there eight victories and two defeats was hmiressive enough to lead the Atlanta Club to give him a contract in 1929. He was promptly transferred to Jacksomille of the defunct Southeastern Leigiit and released after a short time. Led In Everything Duke went back to Georgia and pitched for an Industrial team at Thomaston.

He won 14 and lost 6. was scouted by the Yankees and placed in Chambersburg of the Blue Ridge League for 1930. He remained Continued on Page 31 At $20 a Month, Too and All Beeanse World's Best Jockey Fell Off a Horse 1 fur of 'Kill, All Yankee Hookies, ii Fiit Id Sijrn f'otitntrlx Murvin Duke, Yankee Rookie Hurler, One of Standby of Newark Staff Last Season By FRANK RI.II. A small avalanche of left-handed penmanship fell upon the Yankee baseball offices yesterday and out of It Ed Barrow emerged to state that three rookie pitchers, Vlto Tamulls, Cliff Melton and Marvin Duke, all southpaws, had signed their 1935 rontracts. Cousin Filbert could not account playing when he was the fiery for the rea-ion why three lefties should on one day and believed there wa.

no siinlir ance to it. The Yankees are well fortiliert numeric- Mainly because of a suit of clothes i i.ther, the lack of it Doc Pardee took a spindly-legged kid out of the hospital in 1916, and gave him a Job riding horses at $20 a month. Later, Earl Sande, as the world's greatest Jockey, commanded $10,000 for a single race. Pardee, now as then, is a dude rancher and horse fancier at Phoenix, Ariz. "Sande came down Into Arizona from his home at American Falls, Idaho, in 1916, to do some riding." explained Pardee.

"A fellow with a stable of horses brought him along. He weighed about 92 pounds then. But he fell off a horse and had to go to the hospital." "For some reason, I liked the youngster," Pardee said; "I went to see hlrh at the hospital when he was getting out. I asked him what the other fellow was paying him. said the kid.

'Come I said, 'Where are your Cubs Don't Want $25,000 Pitchers Chicago, Feb. 7 P. owner-president cf the Chicago Cubs, doesn't want any $25,000 pitchers on his payroll. After reading about Dizzy Dean's holdout claims, Wrlglcy declared that "We've discovered that sort of isn't worth while. There's no such thing as a one-man team.

Besides, we've found out you can't buy a pennant." He may have been referring to Chuck Klein, one of the highest paidi Cub stars, who is balking at a cut in pay. There will be a rare opportunity for young Yankee pitchers at St. Petersburg this Spring if Russ Van Atta and Johnny Allen cannot stage a comeback and if Charley i Hasty Pudding) Devens decides definitely to enhance the banking business Biston. One strong hurler who'll receive a lot of attentio from Manager Joe McCarthy is Marvin Webster Duke, last seasoi one of the standby of the str.n.? Newark staff Duke is a burly left hifndor. Just an inch short of six feet and displacing 180 pounds.

He had been connected with the farm organization of the Yankees for five years now and should be rounding Into the peak form of his life. Born In Brooks, on Oct. 22, ally with ii-tt -Landers, and lor that, nouncing the arrival of Chag-inatier in quality, too. Lefty non's autographed document. All Gnnicz tops die American League the Olant pitchers are In the fold pitcher no nutter how they throw, now, and only six pin vers have yet The oilier Yankee left-hander Is to sign.

They are Joe Moore. Dick Atta. Burtell, Hanic Leiher. Phil Wein- At the snme time Barrow an- irRub, Paul Richards and Harry noimced that Art Fletcher had Banning. signed lor another season of third Chagnon, who was obtained from base flinching.

Barrow made It Pittsburgh In the Jack Salveson plain that there was nothing left- Wiled about Art's thinking or bit I Continued on Page 24.