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Title Playa In City
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Johnny Layton, former 11 thaw
-holder of the worlds three cushion
Lbilliards championship and g®ner
' ally recognized as the greatest
£ three-cushion expert of all time, will
s appear at Sullivans Recreatioa pap.
klor at 19 W. Congress street to
♦ morrow night at 8 o’clock under the
J auspices of the National Billiard
t Association of America in connec
tion wit* their third annual Na
. tifonal “Better Billiards” program-
During Ms two hour appearance
1 Layton will demonstrate the dia.
t mond system; play three-cushions
! against the best local stars; display
his repertoire of fancy shots; and
devote on full horr to instruction
j on the fundamentals ot the ivory
i eport to both women and men. The
' fair sex are especially invited to
< take advantage of this opportunity
I to learn how to play billiards cor
-1 rectly.
Layton, rugged-faced and red
haired, looks anything but a bil
liard player. He is known the
county over as "the down of bil
liards”; not only because he close
ly resembles in appearance the late
John Bunny of stage and early film
i fame, but mainly because he acts
1 like the late comedian. Layton is
' always jovial; noted for his great
' eense of humor.
f The red-haired angle expert has
| held the three-cushion title more
[ times than any other cue star. He
! also held the world’s pocket bil
: Hards crown in 1916; turning his
I attention to billiards the next see
j son when he found it more attract
• ive and lucrative held.
' Layton was apparently off form
J during the 1935 world’s champion
t ship tournament held on the new
j streamlined tab!/ with its new twi-
C light purple cloth and yellow ball
! instead of the traditional red ob
i ject in the Hotel Sherman in Chi
• cago last November. Defending bis
crown agal st nine ot the greatest
players in the world: Willie Hoppe,
Welker Cochran, Augie Kieckhefer,
Arthur Thurnblad, Otto Reiselt,
Kinrey Matsuyama. Jay Boseman.
; Allen Hall and Tiff Denton; Lay
ton finished seventh in the final
i standings, after a four-handed tie
1 for fourth place between Matsuy
ama. Hall Bozeman and himself
had been completed.
ARNOLD HIGH READY
FOR SOFTBALL PLAY
The Richard Arnold, Jr., High
has its softball league under way,
playing a series of six games with
two games going on every Monday.
So far the Green team is leading
with two wins in as many starts
while the Blacks and Red team are
tied for second place with one win
and one defeat. The Blue team with
no wins in two starts are holding
down last place.
The schedule of play as follows:
April 13—Blacks vs Green; Reds
vs Blues.
April 20—Blacks vs Reds; Blues
VS GrFCODS.
April 27 —Blacks vs Blues; Reds
vs Greens.
May 4—Blacks vs Greens; Reds
vs Blues.
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First you place your bands on
* the dub, then place your feet and
take your matter of
taking aim bothers many a player.
Seldom does he feel that he is in
position to ball in the
desired line.{
The best way to line .up for a
shot is as.followed
„, I—Stand behind the 1 ball and
! jook over it toward the hole.;
. 2—Place Hie clubhead on the
ground just behind the ball with.
; the * clubface? atlright angles to
> the desired line.^.While the club
head rests on the ground arrange
» .your feet so that the left heel is
'about opposite the bail. _
3—Waggle the club beck and
1 iorth slowly, feeling out your bal
ance, and point your chin and fix
'your attention on a spot just back
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These items ssw the
more ’important jfln, this routine
because they enable you' to land
on the ball at exactly the angle
you plan when you first place the
clubhead behind the ball./ Repeat
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LIVE NEWS IN THE Will O F SPORTS
Billy Evans Suspects “Old Fox” of April Fooling
When He Picks First Division Snot for Senators
By VOLT EVANS
Copyright, W 4, by Central
CLARK GRIfFIIH. owner of the
Washington club, has teen called the
“Old B»x” for more than 40 years
as a result of his pitching trickery.
It may surprise you to know that
Clark Qrfifith was the first pitcher
to “sail** a fast ball through the me
dium of a roughtened spot. Thia was
long before the emery tell and other
similar deliveries.
Griffith produced the rough spot by
nonchalantly hitting toe ball against
the sole of *is shoe. Presumably it
was a mannerism but he made it a
point to see that the ball came into
contact with his sharo sotkee. pro
ducing a rough spot that caused the
ball to do acrobatics as it neared
the tetaman
Griffith richly deserves the title of
•Old Ifox.” He has carried into the
executive end of the game the tricks
of the trade that made him famous
ss a pitcher. He is the David Harum
of tessball When he makes a trade,
the rest of the league immediately
offers sympathy to his victim.
•waps Way to Flag
About ftw years ago, Griffith de
cided Washington should have an
other pMKwri. Major league dubs to
get anywhere financially must every
so often aria a pennant <w boa clcee
contender to the very test wook of
play. Not haring a lot of money at
his dtaposal, Griffith began the ex
periment of tradinr himself into a
pennate by taking veteran players of
ability, who seemed to have passed
their peak as well as usefulness else
where.
In two •ho* * ■’ears. through trades,
he had obtained Crowder and Heine
Manusk from Bt Louis for Outfielder
Goose Goslin. Then a year later he
got Goslin back, also Fred Schulte
and Pitcher Walter Stewart from
St. louis for Outfielders Weest and
Reynolds and Pitcher Lloyd Brown.
The veteran w, Earl Whitehill,
came to him from Detroit in exchange
for Pitchers Marberry and Fischer.
From Cleveland came Catcher Luke
Sewell and Pitcher Jrxk Russell for
Catcher Spencer and First Baseman
Boas
Thus, to two years Griffith, ac
cording to hie set pennant plans, had
corralled sight veteran players, four
pitchers in Crowder. Stewart. White
hill and Russell; a brainy backstop in
Luke Sewell* two great batsmen in
Goslin and Manush, and a better
than average bitter in Fred Schulte.
This combination of veteran experi
ence added to the more youthful
Myer, Cronin. Kuhel, Weaver and a
few others, did the very thing Grif
fith hoped it would do, won a pen
nant for Washington and thereby fat
tened his exchequer.
OM Club Fades
However, it was an old team that
lacked the resrve to repeat. It failed
In 1934, largely due to injuries that
visited practically every star on the
ball dub. Last year it had nothing
left of its 1933 championship form
and sank deep into the second di
vision. The only bright spot was tte
hitting of Buddy Myer, which won
for him the league batting crown.
One year ago, seeing his veteran
club fast fading, the “Old Fox’’ be-
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The Savannah High School golf
team is now complete. Final play co
determine the man for third place
gave the position to Clarence Smith.
He took John Jenkins by a 4-3 de
cision.
Members of the team are: Jack
Budreau, Heyward Lynah, Clarence
Smith and John Jenkins.
Sally's Sallies'
conscience trio to speak it gener
ally finds the Kneengegel
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gan a new line of resistance. If his
veteran, high-sab ried club couldn’t
win, why not eliminate the ancient
stuff and go in for youth? With the
exception of Whitehill, the eight vet
eran stars who made a pennant pos
sible in 1931 have passed out of the
picture after three years or less of
service.
The Washington club of 1936, ac
cording to the plans of the “Old
Fox ” aided and abetted by Manager
Bucky Harris, is going to be a young
ball club. Griffith says his team Is
going to finish fourth, which means
te has dropped Cleveland to the sec
ond division. He rates Detroit, first;
Boston, second, and New York, third
Reds To Make Foes See Red
COLUMBIA. S. C., April 7 (TP)
—Despite all reports to the con
trary, the days of red flannels ap
parently are not over. As a matter
ot fact, they’re just what the well
dressed young baseball player will
wear in the evenings this summer.
However, the flaming material
won’t be used as “underbritches”.
COCKY ALPERT, RECOVERED FROM FLU,
ENTERS TRAINING PERIOD AND LOOMS
AS THREAT TO ALLIANCE DOXERS .
By “BEE” BERNSTEIN
Blasting away, hammer and
tongs, the pupils of Coach Leon
ard’s Alliance boxing squad are
rapidly ironing out the rough spots
in their make-up as the date for
their annual ear.scrambling jousts
at the Auditorium draws near.
Only eight days away from the
eventful night that will see cham
pions crowned in eight divisions,
the Alliance pugsters are in the
pink and anxiously await the bell
that will send them into action.
With a crop of newcomers showing
last year’s title-holders are none too
optimistic as to their laurels and
improvement in their daily labors,
the sceptre-bearers realize that it
will take plenty to repulse the eag
er and ambitious challengers to
their positions.
Showing the form that earned
him title of Southeastern AAU fly
weight champ, Cocky Alpert, one
of the Alliance’s outstanding ring
hopefuls, has recovered from a re
cent attack of the flu sufficiently
to make life miserable for any and
all who donned the mittens with
him. Several of 1935 squad have
HAL MCCOY LEAVES
ROSTER OF INDIANS
La Motte Awaits New First
Sacker Coming From
Birmingham
The Savannah Indians began their
work-outs this morning minus Hal
McCoy.
The first base southpaw, who came
down from St. Louis, was released
yesterday by Bob La Motte, vice pres
ident and general manager of the
Savannah ball club. A successor is
due Shortly from Birmingham.
The Indians play two games this
week. They are due to meet the Sa
vannah Sugar Refinery nine tomor-
I think the “Old Fox” is kidding t j
himself when he states his club can j
finish In the first division. The Wash- i
ington club hasn’t first division pitch- i
ing. One mi'-' rate Whitehill, Weav- i
er, Russell, Newsom and De Shong
as the veteran pitchers. Yet it would
be hard to get four starting pitchers ;
out of *hat gr , ''ip < |
Os the newer pitchers, Peter Ap
pleton was simply Pete Jablonowski i
before he changed his name. Pete 1
is one of those pitchers who Is great 1
in the minors but has a big league
complex. He lacks the competitive
urge. He isn’t going to help Wash- •
ington. j
Dick Lanahan is a fine looking
It will make It’s appearance In
night uniforms for the Cincinnati
Reds.
Manager Charlie Dressen says
his Athletes will cavort under the
lights in their seven night games,
attired in scarlet pants. He claims
the bright color will make it easier
for spectators to keep their eyes on
the boys.
been displaying their wares in the
boxing room, among them Punch
Aarons, Ray Schatz, Frankie Weil,
Petey Grossman, Dave Rubnitz,
Lou Cranman, Leo Center, and Nat
Nathan. Henry Kaplan, Jay Shoob,
Chubby Marcus. Dave Rosensweig,
Butch Kanziper, Kehath Mopper.
Al Hornstein, Walter Lowe, Babe
Alpert, Sammy Schatz, Joe Diner
man, Sam Dinerman, Jake Ginsberg,
and one or two others have been
going through their paces under the
watchful eyes of Coach* Leonard to
round the list of those who do their
chores for the Barnard street in
stitution.
Indications that a large crowd
will be on hand at the elimination
bouts April 16 is reported by Dave
Finn, of the boxing cominittee, who
also reports a brisk sale of paste
boards The event this year is
placed in the Auditorium as last
year’s crowd taxed the seating ac
comodations of the Alliance arena.
Prizes for the winners in each di
vision have been ordered and will
probably be in the city before the
early part of next week.
DETROIT TIGERS
LAYING PLANS FOR
1937 BALL SEASON
LAKELAND, Fla., April 7—(TP)—
The Detroit Tigers are already lay
ing their plans for the 1937 baseball
season. The management has signed
a contract with Lakeland’s chamber
of commerce to train in the Florida
city next spring.
The Tigers have every reason to
be sold on Lakeland as a condition
ing site. They copped two pennants
and one world series in the two
years thev’ve trained at Lakeland.
What’s more, betting odds rate them
the favorites in the 1936 race.
row at the Municipal Stadium and
will go to Columbia, S. C. the follow
ing day to play Columbia, S. C.
southpaw prospect but not quite
reaxly to help a big l*~~ue club with
consistent pitching. Henry Coppola,
a youngster with a great fast ball
tai?,™ i rea J chance - suffered an arm
injury last season that puts him In
the doubtful cl?:s. Ed Linke, the
fat boy of the squad, nrtsi keep in
C °in l A^ n P is h ,? L to have a chance.
In Al Powell, tjte American league
sensation of last year, Griffith has
tne start cm a great outfield. This
fleefc youngsters in Wilson
Miles, from Chattanooga, and Jesse
Hih- secured from New York, will
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holds lighting to keep in the picture
Next: The Bees.
JOHN TYRE CAPTURES
SHS TENNIS CROWN
FOUR YEARS IN ROW
John Tyre has gone and done
it again! For the fourth success
ive year he has corralled the Sa
vanah High School tennis cham
pionship.
John put away Leon Longwater
in three straight sets yesterday de
spite the heads-up net play of the
latter. The final tally stcod at
6-3, 6-0, 8-6.
Day after tomorrow the Savan
nah High team goes to Brunswick
to begin their out-of-town engage
ments. Lanier High is the next
squad the Northsiders will con
front.
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CITY GOLF TITLE
. AT STAKE SUNDAY
Summerlin And Robinson Meet
For Crown Play On
Local Course
Herb Summerlin meets Abro Rob
inson on Sunday to decide the
championship of the Municipal
Golf course.
Summerlin won his right to face
Robinson when he downed Henry
Linder in the semi-finals match
yesterday. They swung away for
four extra holes before Summer,
lin finally won on the twenty-sec
ond green.
C. H. Pittman. In the second
flight, has advanced to the last
round following his 2-1 victory over
A. H. Beery. Pittman will duel eith
er Fred Langford or Bob White.
In the third flight the final rounds
will see a meeting metween John
Simpson and either Bill Cunning
ham or J. T. Burkhalter. J. A. Dun
can turned back Lester Schuman
to reach the finals of the fourth
flight, while H. C. McKee outbat.
tled Frank Eady to reach the last
round. In the fifth flight John S.
Nixon defeated Dr. J. S. Bolton to
become finalist and C. M. Hale took
W. Zeigler,
KOLLEGIAN FIGHTERS
REFUSED ‘SWEET STUFFS’
BY TRAINER SABLE
Boxers of the Kollegians Athletic
Club who are working out in prepa
ration for their entrance in the city
wide amateur bouts to be held April
28-29 have had their training pro
gram tightened up another notch.
Meyer Sable, under whose leader
ship the boys have been holding
workouts, has decreed “no more
sweet stuff” in the fighters daily
diet. What’s more Sable has likewise
put his foot down on the sluggers’
private recreational program. Sable
has forbidden his charges any more
“dates" until the championship
events at the Municipal Auditorium
are over.
Carl Moss, one time local top
notch fighter, is coaching the Kolle
gians. Some old time reliables such
as Tony Kent, Herndon Pittman and
Tommy Keene were busy working out
yesterday. Other boys making a bid
for the team include: Morrisey,
Pleasants, Counihan, Pittman, Ho
e gan, Weil, Spillers, J. McKenna.
I Tucker Carrick, old time trainer, is
i, keeping the boys in good shape.
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i IN EXHIBIT TO RAISE
FUND FOR TRAVELING
® The SHS tanksters will put on an
exhibition of various methods of
* swimming at 8 o’clock Thursday night
r at the DeSoto pool. The purpose of
this exhibition is to raise funds for
the team so that they may attend
__ the annual G. I. A. A. swimming
meet. John McKenna G. I. A. A.
. breast swimming champion, and Son
ny Bragg G. I. a. A. diving cham
pion, will perform along with Capt.
IJ. Richards, C. Brushwood, E. Weeks
B. Neuberger, F. Durkin, P. Barnes’,
Bythewood. W. Ellis, T. Jesup, M.
Dillard, Joe Meades, a. J. Cohn
H °T W h? G^ lt . and James ' Whittington.
The exhioition will consist of such
as ’ , back and stroke,
arm m Style < swimmin ß- medley races,
s^ rimmln S. fancy diving and
KJph P °£ Coach Williams has nego-
Bov? Sh S^Atea^ ms 85 Tech Hi»h
anri S Lanier,
and Riverside, and is exnected tn
compete with them later. t 0
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fuSnfy ELAND ’ April 7 (TP)— Gas
[«mes from an unlighted burer cost
ent M a ° I 'J PA '™ rker X
nital in C T panions t 0 a h°B
- ' In critical condition The
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Keene’s standing as an amateur is
being probed by the local boxing
commission.
PROBE CHARGES
KEEME IS PRO
City Tourney Commission
Looks Into Battler’s
Standing
Shall Tommy Keene fight under
the banner of th® Kollegiana* Athlet
ic Club in the city wide amateur
championship boxing tournament
April 28-29?
That is th® question now before
I the city tournament Boxing Commto
. sion which is to officiate. Rumors
• that the slugger has fought as a pro-
• fessional has reached the ears of
s the commission. They are now busy
sifting the reports to determin® if
there is any basis for them.
Tommy has been training haid in
preparation of his intention to enter
the bouts late this month. He has
put on several creditable performances
in the ring at Savannah and ha* al-
I- so been seen in action in Charleston.
Keene’s manager, Carl Moss, when
asked about the charges that his man
f had received money for fighting, said
t they were groundless. Mobs declared
. emphatically: “There’s nothing tc
these accusations.” - Hmmm” says
. the boxing commission.
r Interest mounts daily in th® aim.
’ teur championship boubs. B®sida® the
• Jewish Alliance and Kollegiana Club
representatives, it is expeced Benedic
tine and Savannah High School will
send battlers to the foray. Then too
1 there will probably be a number of
> boxers not connected with any school
or athletic association.
OMAHONEY-T0 MEET
YVON ROBERT ON MAT
1 BOSTON, April 7 (TP)—Wrestler
Danno O'Mahoney signed a contract
today to grapple- with the powerful
French-Canadian, Yvon Robert of
Montreal. The match is scheduled
for April 17.
It will be a return bout. Robert
lost a long, grueling bout to Danno
about three weeks ago
Promoters will bill the O’Mahon
ey.Robert match as a world ebam
pionship affair. O'Mahoney lost his
title to Dick Shikat, but Danno says
he’s still the world’s mat king.
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FULL SWAY FOR ’
LOCAL SPORTS
Girl Champ Finals And Proa
Perform Tomorrow
On City Course
Th* tennis ball holds absolute sw*y
tomorrow to the world of Ssvamaah
SP Anj*tch to determine the champion
girl racqueteer of the Savannah High
school wIU bring many out to Daffin
Park tomorrow afternoon. In the
final play of the anual elimination. ■
tournament Misses Margaret Dutton
and Evelyn Nathan will clash for i
the coveted honor.
The stands of Daffin Park doubt- j
Ism will he crammed tomorrow night J
when four of the greatest tennis 1
pro* step out for action. This last!
match is scheduled for 8 o’clock and
mark night play at the Daffin Park '
courts for the firrt time in the ctty’a (
history.
George M Lrtt, Jr. probably the
top-notch stellar double* player of aH
time; Lester Stoeffen. Pacific co***
i bright light; the noted Berkeley Beit
and Ellsworth Vines, Jr., most fam
on* of the quartet, compose the list
of the celebrities coming. Evelyn
Nathan is the winner of last year’s
8. X. 8. tournament and Is regard
ed as a slight favorite. The serve is
the top card of both players and
Margaret possibly has the inside track
in this section.
Miss Lucy Loflin is coach and train
er of the SHS girls* tennis team.
The members are: Mary Ellen George,
Catherine Woodruff. Edna Richard
son. Margaret Dutton and Evelyn
Nathan. The girl racqueteers are
planning to make a jaunt to Bruns
wick Thursday with the boys tennis
, team to play Glynn Academy.
KAGURSKI OF BBARS
PLANS TO QUIT GRID
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. April 7 (TP)
One of professional football’s most
famous players says 1936 will be his
last year on the gridiron.
Bronko Naguraki of the Chicago
Bears says the professional game is
I too strenuous for a player who hay
passed his peak.
Said the former Minnesota fullback
“Thia will! probably be the last year
r I can play in top form. Pm going to
5 quit before I get too old for the game.
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been able to do much about it. i
The first important thing about
starting theebackawing is co-ordi«‘
* nation between body and hands.!
The dub, hands, arm* and th* .
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t though all of one piece. When
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and everything about th* whole !
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wrong.
The speed of th*' backswing is' I
likewise determined by th* pre*J 1
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by the motion of your
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