as Giants Take Command Ott's Critics Silenced 7 Club's Gun, Quick Lesnevich Kayo City Net Tourney Mize, Big Gets UnderWay Win, I Dre Erases Bettina as The strongest field in the long Hits 4-Run Homer; history of the City of Washing' * ton tennis tournament, sponsored by The Star, swung into action \ fitte with men Meet the Fighting Cards Revive Challenger today the and women th* Anocioted Pnn playing on the public courts at with a him wouldn’t ngi •y The fighter Sixteenth and Kennedy streets By Jock Hand. NEW to be much of a man in the ring. Washington, insi YORK, May 24.—Jimmy N.W. and the and Associated Press Sports Writer boys juniors his press agent, is quite a fighter and will prove it Monday night Orippo is a magician and a fight at Columbia Country Club. Mel Ott’s critics are Griffith Stadium by knocking out Smuggy Hursey. The press agent’; Manager manager, and on occasion he has Joe Jones is directing the as his New name is Georgle Abrams, one of the speechless these days combined the two to hypnotise Melio adults’ event and Ricky WUlls Giants careen at the the Juveniles’. middleweight* in the world. Turk along Bettina for some of his fights. But in town to beat the drums of the National on the Abrams, top League at his best, Jimmy never did a mes- town’s annual "big fight,” got off to a forthright booming home runs smashes of big merizing job on Melio like Ous Little start yesterday by casually mentioning Bee Bee’s Johnny Mize. Lesnevich did with a right hand Hoyas Murphys hand. last in Madison Gar- explosive right By and large the currtnt Giants night Square "You must be talking about Ray Robinson,” den. are the same fellows who finished Medal in at a Now, this Is no argument against Captures murmured a boxing writer sympathetically in the cellar last league Septem- the old look-me-in-tbe-eye routine luncheon at the Atlas Club. Abrams had just lost ber. Outside of Rookie Bob Thom- of hypnosis as opposed to the right- a decision to the welterweight son in center Clint Hartung, split Robinson, field, hand-sbot-on-the-whiskers system, Schoolboy Golf champion. Perhaps he was still a mite confused. now of the pitching staff, and but the fact remains the world Only one player in a field trained Larry Jansen, the same old names starting "I mean Washington,” said Abrams. “I champion applied 84 80 in show in the box scores. light-heavyweight of broke the qualifying with him for the Robinson fight I tell you he’s the on the ex-champ Mize continues to wear out the sleep-maker round of the 14th annual schoolboy with a hand.” in 59 seconds of the first dynamite right Boston Braves who have exactly golf championship yesterday at pitchers round of their scheduled 10-rounder “The Bee Bee we knew couldn’t knock your been victimized by five of his 11 Manor Club—but there was an indi- this time. And while rnfacii sunn hat off with a right hand,” retorted another writer. home run blasts. Si Johnson be- Roly-Poly cation that scholastic golf will b« Melio not have been hyp- to its former levels in “The Bee Bee you knew is changed,” retorted Abrams. “He’ll came the latest victim when he was may back a few notized in the accented sense, no punch with any of the middleweight*. I guarantee if he hits Hursey struck for a grand slam homer by years. one Is ever going to say he wasn t The course from the on Mize during a six-run Giants up- played long Monday that Smuggy will hit the floor.” no one in the rising in yesterday’s 8-1 Giant asleep. Particularly recent heavy rains and there was crowd of 10,225 who paid $51,143 to no John Wants Crack at Robinson Here romp. roll, yet 13-year-old (Skip- Georgie see the mesmerism applied by Gus py) Nash, a seventh-grader at St. jueonara s Bireu orwcn. Abrams is a stablemate of Bee Bee, or vice versa, because with three roof-caving-in knock- Michaels, posted an (9 and 12-year-* George (Red) Munger gave Man- Bo Bregman owns a piece of each But until trained for downs. old Jimmy Clark, a sixth-grader at boy. Georgie Eddie Dyer of the St. Louis Robinson he'd never seen Bee Bee action. It took a full half hour of treat- the same school, had a 42 on the • in egerardinals a pleasant evening when ment and a shot of adrenalin in his front nine. "We put on the gloves and this Bee Bee hits me on top of my he shut out Pittsburgh with six room for the flabby Bettina Clark, who positively is shorter headguard and I saw a million stars. ’Hey,’ I said, ‘I thought you hits, 2-0, bis first win since April dressing to learn (a) where he was and (b) than his driver, is the fifth in line was a boxer.’ Washington just grinned and I could see he was right 18. The big fellow as counted what he was doing there. At times of the golfing Clark brothers of of hand.” a 20-game winner In off-season proud that right on the lowest strand of the ropes as he he was to and at least one mem- calculations, but this was his first FIRST DOWN, TWO TO GO—Melio Bettina sprawls ring he thought getting ready Silver Spring "Well," somebody said, "he must have Just learned to use it. All attend the of the has been in efficient job after five straight goes down in the first of three knockdowns at the hands of Qus Lesnevich, light heavyweight weighing-in ceremony— ber family every he had before was a left jab." more than 10 Clark of Blair' knockouts. champion, at the outset of their scheduled 10-rounder last night in Madison Square Garden. which had taken place tournament. Dave said Abrams, "he doesn’t act as if he’s learned to hit hours before—and at other times he tied for second low with an 80 yes- "No,” just Brooklyn ease out a 5-4 night Referee Frank Fullam moves in to wave Lesnevich to a neutral corner. Bettina succumbed, after with his I the he's been it a time.” on a didn’t want a drink of water because terday, Tommy Clark of St. John’s' right. got impression using long game edge over Philadelphia more in 59 seconds of the first Wirephoto. two knockdowns, it would me over took 53 on the "What about your fight with Robinson?” asked another sports- streak of wildness by Ben Chap- round._—AP he was afraid “put had 94 and Jimmy the At one he back nine for 95. D. writer. “Think another shot at him?" man's pitchers. The Dodgers scored weight.” point Billy Wolfe, 13, you’ll get 93. twice in the seventh without a hit. couldn’t recognize Manager-Magi- of Montgomery Hills had “Chris Dundee—he’s my manager—thinks so," replied Georgie. on in the older Dutch Leonard, whose five-game Seen Threat Lewis' Seen cian Grippo standing directly Comparatively speaking, "I’d like to fight him here. That was an close we had Coolidge Loafing Pop Fly awfully scrap front of him. had more trouble on the course win streak was broken, walked one boys the other night.” When he out “what than the kids. Preston man and then threw late on two finally found Murphy. "The the on time it the in the trade who newspapers gave you fight, Georgie.” attempted sacrifice bunts to load the To Wilson's Defense As Tipoff Nats' Droopiness was," boys Georgetown Prep golf captain, he realized that his in Ham- "Yeah, so I read,” grinned Abrams, ruefully. "Some day I’m bases. Reliefers Ken Heintzelman Hawkins nings Washington’s only hit was put it, high Is a county junior champ By Burton of a shot at Joe Louis had a 78 for medal going to win a decision—I hope." and Tommy Hughes each walked a delivered by Vernon with one out in hopes getting mond, Ind., Star Staff this fall—a shot for which he had one stroke better than the man, forcing in the tying and win- Laurels Corrnpondant the seventh and over that span the honors, Of Track been mentioned prominently—were 80s of Dave Clark, Defending Cham-) Abrams' Best Years Spent in Navy ning runs. Rex Barney earned his PHILADELPHIA, May 34.—The Nats didn’t get a man to second Coolidge looms as a distinct threat base. as scrambled as his thoughts had plon Marvin Worsham of Bethesda Abrams not only is the best locally developed lighter today but first decision on relief. first distressing sign of defeatism to Wilson’s defending champions in The Nats obtained their run in been for the half hour it took his and District of Columbia Junior also the unluckiest. He all but had the crown on his Record Crowd Sees Tribe Bow. its middleweight the interhlgh track and field cham- wedging infectious way among the first inning when Vernon sin- handlers and Or. Vincent Nardiello Titlist Eddie Reagh of Coolidge. • to have it out of his hands. Cleveland turned out the largest bead, only slip pionships next Tuesday after plac- the Nats has appeared and unless across Lewis, who had doubled to put all the pieces back in the Scares of 87 played off for the crowd of the league season, gled Georgie was a contender back in 1938 but his stablemate, Ken m^jor ing 18 entries, plus a mile and half oft the fence.