A_ I Behnke and Howery Sportlight Tough Underdogs Riggs and Ward Face In Tilts Tonight Hard Row as Champs Favorites in Evening By GRANTLAND RICE, Special Correspondent of The Star. Star Tourney Boost NEW YORK. Aug. 13 (N.A.N.A.). at Will — Two defending champions, the Percentages fame Bobby Riggs and Bud being By ROD THOMAS. Ward, soon will be walking the high C. Henson of de- rope of trouble Clayton Virginia, and Clair In a short while Riggs will have fending champion, Lacey to defend his tennis crown at Forest of Washington, outstanding in The Hills and Ward will be called on to Star's 12th annual horseshoe cham- repel all amateur golf assaulters at pionships, today were one jump Winged Foot. Both will be on trial from a showdown on which is to in two of the best matched fields rule the ringer roost of Metropoli- tennis and golf have known for tan Washington for the next year. many early autumns. Without a struggle the two Most tennis champions enter at reached the semifinals of the Metro- even money against the field. It politan District playoffs last night will be different this time at Forest on the Commerce Building public Hills, where the alert Riggs will parks courts and horseshoe addicts have right or ten earnest young men consider it a moral certainty that in hot pursuit. one or the other will prevail at the The domination of Tilden. Vines, finish tonight. Perry and Budge is over. Their long, Henson will meet Don Behnke of lean shadows no longer rule the Washington and Lacey will face grass courts of Forest Hills as they Charley Howery of Virginia in semi- did for two decades, or the greater finals starting at 7:30 o'clock. The part of dusty calendars. winners will clash after the girls Who has the better chance to de- have settled their Metropolitan title, fend his title—Bobby Riggs or Bud with Lucy Ross pitching Stella Ward? Baranowski. Riggs must finish in front of a Victims of Henson last night were field that will send a number of Bob Campbell of Maryland, van- aggressive tennis players into action, quished by scores of 50—3, 50—20, including Don McNeill. Frank Park- and Irwin Carlberg, dethroned er. Frank Kovacs, Welby Van Horn, earlier as Washington champion by Elwood Cooke, Gil Hunt, Bitsy Lacey, who fell, 50—28, 50—19. RING ACTION APLENTY—Crouched to toss leather at Abrams Grant and one or two others. Lacey defeated Prank Pleshman, UNIVERSAL APPEAL—Age and youth were equally Interested in the horseshoe pitching matches Georgie (right) is Cocoa Kid In Maryland, 50—12. 50—14, and Hoot last night. In foreground, leaning on umbrella, is George A. Symes, 911 Massachusetts avenue a typical snapshot of the fisticuffing feature at Griffith Stadium last night. The $6,000 crowd min- McNeill and Kovacs Loom 50—18. Dansberger, Virginia. 50—11, N. E., and 8-year-old Claire Evelyn Thiel, 1715 Capitol avenue N.E., stooping to aid his view. * gles hoots with cheers at the split decision for Abrams. —Star Staff Photos. As Riggs' Main Trouble Behnke Conquers Champ. •-- A-- to McNeill and Kovacs likely are Behnke. after erasing Elmer be two of the hardest challengers Swartz. Virginia, 50—24, 50—30, unload a to overthrow. Either can knocked off the Maryland cham- on Janazzo Next Is Labeled bale of trouble on who Trail of D. C. Doubles Riggs, hap- pion, Lee Fleshman, with surprising Anacostia, Picking Top Williams, Fight Hornsby to be a pens high-class competitor ease. 50—20. 50—22. Howery, Vir- are down. when the blue chips ginia title-winner, defeated Marvin Planned It will be a battle most of Public Golf Team Here as Abrams Earns of Year' tough Emerson, Maryland, 50—40. 50—19, Championship, Easy Here; 'Manager at least one or two (he wav, with and Ed Baranowski, Virginia, to bank on. upsets 50—10. 50—45. Verdict Over Cocoa Bud Ward is defending his title Rock Creek Split In the Minors In a gallery that nacked every Challenges Making Million In a game in which form is never vantage point about the big parks WALTER McCALLUM. off matches with us. but now we re By LEWIS F. ATCHISON. work against Williams’ worry-wart as it is Too By as consistent in tennis. Henson layout, all eyes were upon after them and we ll keep after them Janazzo will make at boring-in tactics—something to keep many baffling turns and twists can Anacostia Golf Club's 30-man Matters Are So Jammed Izzy passes Drives Oklahoma and last but neither a fans awake the City Lacey night, a bril- until they refuse to play, or set Holman Williams' dark at nights pondering happen in a golf match, especially links team, with strong and eyes cut loose. Henson fired an 80 per date and us." result. From 7th to Texas at 18 holes. liant aggregation of individual per- play Committee May Draw Griffith Stadium August 26 if the cent ringers against Campbell to Meanwhile, Menendez. Turner, Ward needed a putting blade that formers, are getting tired of taking Have Won 10 Matches. carefully-calculated plans of El start with, then deliberately sub- Names From Hat George King, Billy Mack, Dave Her- Loop Threat was smoking hot to beat off Art what they call the run-around from That Anacostia bunch may have Gabriel Menendez, maker of the box Flag sided. In the four games against i man and Mihitabel, the meandering of Stanford and Chicago a the outfit at Rock Creek Park. At something there after all. They've fight matches for Senor Joe Turner, Doering and he averaged District men's doubles where can By the Associated Press. Campbell Carlberg Racking can the to terms, kitty, are wondering they year ago. This time he will have least Clay Bragg, one of the Ana- played 11 matches this year and won bring boys | 66 per cent. Lacev coasted against teams for 1940 promises to be a dig up another opponent for George OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 13—If .’such as Doering. Willie Tur- costia club's star performers, thinks 10 of them, which adds up to some- Williams’ name is on the dotted people Dad Fleshman with a 54 per center task for a modern Solomon unless Abrams, the local boy who made there's a spot in next year's major nesa, Johnny Fischer. Dick Chap- so. thing more than mediocrity. Cur- line—almost, but Janazzo hasn't then struck up his usual pace of something wholly unexpected comes good against Louis Kid Cocoa in league baseball show for the man- man, Charley Yates and too many Confidently claiming that the An- rently, they are away out in front cast his ballot. El Gabriel waves a better than 70, jarring down a bit along to help straighten out the last night's 10-round feature at the ager who turns in the best per- others to mention at this spot. And acostia linksmen have the strongest in the city public links team cham- telegram assuring him of practically against Densberger. a dangerous op- tangle in which top-ranking com- ball park. formance in the minors in 1940, don't overlook big Jim Ferrier. the team on the municipal courses Bragg pionship series, having piled up 10112 nothing at all but that August 26 ponent. with 76 and 71. binations now find themselves. Abrams didn't win on our score- just wrap it up for Rogers Horns- Australian star. Keep him in mind. the of the club is for East Poto- falls on Monday on the Gregorian Fleshman’s Back Lame. says secretary points, against 83'2 Last Johnsen ahJad of Oklahoma City’s Indians. and year Davey and calendar when he of Wil- sheet, which showed Cocoa by Ward is a high-class golfer sending today to Rock Creek Park mac. Rock Creek Park pulls up at speaks the Behnke. tall and willowy with a Hugh Lynch were ranked No. 1 by a slim margin on points and all They're ciHling the Rajah also a high-class competitor. But a peremptory challenge to Cleve the end of the procession with 28 liams’ signature. But Menendez is reach that seems to extend from ahead of even in count “manager of the year" in the Texas Barney Welsh and Dooley not one rounds, but they didn't he. will be surrounded by young Miller's crowd to "put up or shut up." points. to be dissuaded bv such peg to peg. moved along steadily at Mitchell. Third were Jimmy Farrin our vote and George got it. We ll League for his trick of transform- stars, and older ones, from the In other wo*ds. the Anacostia for the Anacostia trifling items. The match, to hear a in the middle 60s. He aver- boys Top players he made a ing the Tribe from a seventh- pace and Bill Howard: fourth, C. Al- him tell is say this for him. good entire U S. map. say that Rock Creek Park must set linksmen are Wilbur Seay, the broth- it. all arranged. aged 63 per cent, firing 65 and 66 to phonso Smith and Dick Murphy. fight of it, made Cocoa extend him- place weakling into a dangerous The Far West and the South- a date and for a or ers Bill Well, half of it is arranged, ac- Fleshman. The appear match, Bragg, Jump Hazleton, Davis in contender. eliminate Maryland Trailing in order were Sam Hayes to self for the first time three pennant west—the Midwest and the South Anacostia will claim a forfeit.