20,000,000 Gate Total Looms for Baseball — Major Six Clubs Well Fifth Hole-in-One ose or Beyond Nelson Says He Won't Made by Briggs By BURTON HAWKINS Million Crowd Mark; Bill Briggs moved near the top as of the list of the District's hole- Win Field of 130 AAU Overreaches Itself in McCrea Case in-one makers with his fifth yes- terday at Kenwood The simplest method for a young lady to adopt in besmirching Cardinals Gain Country Club, one of two made here over Starts in PGA the family name by reaping reams of undesirable publicity and being Play Joe Reichler the week end. branded by inference a sinister character, is to (1) learn to swim, (2) By golfing Briggs, ly th» Asiociotxj Pr»t Associated Press Writer who has made two of his aces at join the Amateur Athletic Union, (3) sip something containing a mite Sports PORTLAND, 19.— his home Kenwood club, one at Oreg, Aug. ot alcohol, and (4) be caught at it by one of the The major leagues have already Indian Spring, one at East Po- There will be a new champion AAU’s glass sniffers. drawn 14,500,000 cash customers, tomac and one in Oklahoma, crowned this week. It might be The AAU, which might mean Alcohol Ain't with six weeks of the season still j scored his latest on the 170-yard Understood, is setting itself up as a chapter of the remaining. somebody who has won It before— 17th hole with a six-iron playing WCTU and as such seems to be missing fjhe point but Already 3V4 million past their with Nick Hollander, Jack Bubb it won’t be me.” in its reason for existence, which should be to previous record attendance, the and Noah Pomeroy. So declared weary Byron Nelson, weed the amateurs from the professionals, super- majors should have no trouble Capt. Theodore Dahl, U. S. N„ vise amateur athletics and retain a sense of bal- defending champion from Toledo. reaching 18 million, and with good made his first ace on the 167- ance while doing it. Ohio, and Enton, Tex., as a field of weather may yet approach their yard 12th hole at Army Navy, It might be advisable to point out to pompous 20 million goal. with a four iron. Admiral R. E. some 130 of the Nation s best pro- AAU officials that prohibition was repealed several Three teams—the Jennings and Capt. William T. fessional golfers teed off today In years ago, thus making it 100 per cent legal for Chicago Cubs, New York Giants and Red Sox— Rassieur, U. S. N., witnessed the of the 28th annual PGA 22-year-old Joyce McCrae to cool off with a glass quest title. soared past the million mark over shot. of beer. For that crime Miss McCrae of the San Nelson and Ben Hogan had just the week end to boost the million Francisco Crystal Plunge Club was withdrawn lost the "Texas against the world” membership club to six—another from further competition in the women’s outdoor dream match to United States Open record. The other three are the j swimming and diving championships at the re- All-American Juniors j Champion Lloyd Mangrum and Barton Hawkins. New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers quest of AAU officials at Shakamak State Park, I British Open Champ Sam Snead. and Brooklyn Dodgers. The Cleve- ma. 2 and 1, while 5,000 spectatora land Indians, with 912,832, are cer- By banning Miss McCrae, the AAU is meting out harsh discipline, looked on. tain to them and Tournament which should be left to the courts, the Army, Navy, Marines and join shortly, at Opening least three others—the Mangrum, Hogan Card 67. Coast Guard. By assuming that a glass of beer is justification for Chicago White Sox. Mangrum and Hogan shared scor- such ban, the AAU is delving into morals, which should be left to Washington Senators With honors. had a 32- and Phillies—stand an Full ing Mangrum one’s own conscience and the clergy. Philadelphia Ceremony outside chance to hit a million. ! 35—67 and Hogan also was five Four of the country's most promi- Association Official Issues Led ; under par with a 34-33—67. Nelson Foggy Statement by the New York Yankees, nent amateur baseball fans will was credited with a pair of 34's The AAU’s reason for the ban, which was discovered by reporters, who should reach 2,000,000 by Labor team up to throw out the first base- for a 68. and Snead took a pair of was hidden in a foggy statement by ,J. Lyman Bingham, assistant to Day, seven clubs have bettered their | best balls when the all-American 35's for a 70. the president of the AAU. “Let’s just say,” advised Bingham to re- previous years, with three oth- WHO’S GOING TO WIN, JOE?—Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis examines the mitts of Beau junior ] ers sure to follow suit. "That 68 was conceded, though" porters, “that the AAU suggested to Coach Sava that he withdraw Those al- Jack (left), former Georgia shoeshine boy, and Danny Kapilowof New York. The welterweights tournament gets under way this Miss McCrae and he did so." ready ahead of their best Nelson did. "Actually I figure I previous tangle tonight in Griffith Stadium over a scheduled 10-round route. afternoon at 4:30 on diamonds attendance are had around a 71." Let's just say, Mr. Bingham, that is a stupid statement which casts the Red Sox, Braves, throughout the city. Indians, He said his sore back was feel- unwarranted suspicion on Miss McCrae and that sports writers cover- Tigers, Phillies, Dodgers The noted tossers will be Fleet the event are to be and Yankees. ing better. ing congratulated for disclosing the petty reason Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Maj. | for it Fans to Be Limited Despite Nelson’s moans, there all. If drinking beer is cause for punishment, there are millions Bosox Divide Before 33,437. of Leonard Jack Is 9-5 Favorite Gen. Allen Hal Turnage, assistant of us Collapse ■were who still considered him who stand accused the AAU as many by adult delinquents. The Red Sox’s second commandant of the Marine largest Corps; the No. 1 If the AAU is nursing the opinion that a glass of beer is harmful To One Series Tilt threat and they regarded crowd of the season—33,437 pay- Guy Mason, acting president of the to athletic endeavor it must come as a shock to the Associated Press ihis complaints as a smokescreen to Harvey L. Miller, ing fans—saw the league leaders By District Board of Commissioners, who coaches of Wrecks Fine Record; To in switch the heat off of him and boxers. Several seasons University Maryland ago come from behind in the second BOSTON, Aug. 19.—The Red Whip Kapilow and Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore air- i center it on some one else. when the Terps’ boxing team was winning the Southern Conference Sox announced a three- maker and game to defeat the runnerup New today plane chairman of the we traveled with Mr. Miller’s and after board of the Mangrum, who carded a pair of championship boys invariably York Yankees, and earn a point program for World Series all-American. 4-3, split 67's over weighing in they were invited to hoist a brew with the coach. Nats With A's Fast Mount the week end, appeared in their double-header yesterday. Split games in Boston—should they Fight Tonight Pleasant, Washington's I Miller took that method of for ito be as sharp a prospect as any. encouraging appetites the steaks The Yankees, behind Floyd Bevens’ “Losing pitcher—Leonard” is be- win the pennant, they say. entry in a field of 14 teams drawn to follow. No was attached to a diet which By George E. Huber I “The greens are in fine shape stigma included beer and six-hit won the Two tickets for one game only from a half dozen Eastern States,1 pitching, opener, 5-0. coming a familiar and irksome line I’m Heinie may have been doing his a favor them to to each the ;and putting wtll and this tour- boys by introducing The applicant. Tonight’s Beau Jack-Danny Kapi- goes against defending champion I moderation. third-place Tigers disap- in the box score for the Nats’ stocky, nament will be decided on the Anyway, Maryland’s amateur athletes drank beer and Each application must be ac- low welterweight scrap at Griffith Amsterdam (N. Y.) nine on the pointed their largest cash crowd in greens. Everybody’s about a nobody was horrified about it. balding knuckle-bailer, who hasn’t a certified check or Stadium to be the best so South A was drawn just Detroit’s — companied by figures Ellipse. bye history 57,235 fans —by standoff on fairway and tee play,” won a game in a month and who money order. far this summer in Washington, by Johnstown, Pa., in the double- Case of Eleanor Holm Is Recalled losing both ends of a double-header the said. And the third which and the town has a number knockout while the Elmira Chicagoan with the seventh-place St. Louis has seen what once was a splendid point, enjoyed .tourney, Ten years ago the AAU set itself up as a morals monitor when General Eddie Collins of terriffic brawls Goldie (N. Y.) team was Anything Can Happen. 4-3 and 6-5.