Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1923, Page 23

’ Tilden Should Sh S | DEFEAT BY MATHEY OFFERS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, Probably Psychological, and When Champion Re- gains Old Confidence He Is Practically Sure to Be as Good as Ever. BY WALTER CAMP. LEW YORK. January 30.—Speculation still is rife as to the effect the operation ¢n his finger will have on Tilden's game. Dean Mathey's deicat of the tennis champion at the Brooklyn Heights Casino re- cently heightened the discussion. It is true that Mathey was at his ver: sound reason why Tilden should not play as well as ever so far as actual, n. according 1o reports. is de- Iited with the plans outlined by 1.ou Young, her new foot ball coach Andy Smith. who has made the Uni- | Tersity s team the most | red gridiron map of the | untry. i€ coming ¢ o aid in the s ing work of hi Young is ablishing quar = Young anuounces that | ed with Penn's system of | rot with her attack. He | proposes to go directly at this hase of his work manual dexterity is concerned. In fact, there is far less handicap than Wwould come to a golfer, for the tennis stroke, even at its best, is a far less delicate thing than a goli stroke. Ay |~:|(y| knee or u bad ankle \\'ould’ 3 =% 1eh more likely to lower Tilden's e {VERMEULEN SETS RECORD o e s idors overa- | IN PARIS-VERSAILLES RUN logical. and the champlon gathers ) the field of 100 Jean Ver- hiofdence, he should come back 0| meulen, the famous French run- | mer, won the meventeenth nunual . from Versailles to Paris for the Prix Lemonnier recen meulen completed the distance— about weven und three-quarter milex—in 41 minuten 203-5 sec- onds, thus beating the ofcial v ord of 41 minutes 44 2-3 seconds, made in by Jacques Keywer in his memornble struggle with while | gouin. school for | “The feat was the more remark- able hecnuxe Vermeulen finished #50 yards in front of E d nfter plowing his way through in- mernbhle vehicles in driving rain. The third wman home was one | minute twenty seconds behind the winner. Only 263 finished. Duo- quexne, who won last year, was the favorite, but gnave up after xoing three and three-quarter miles. ball enthusinnts the countrs deeply retful th it will | them to see both | aleHarvard and the Ar Navy me next fall. After next November, however, the schedules will provide a I'Plulv’n I:) a basls where it is possible | =7 to view both games. | Gietency in it. Frequent letters on the & of thesmsat i tereai = ur(_:" v(l“\;‘rm'm\r‘tl from down in Tennesse: 1 \ y vy contests h been f TECIES = p reunion of coaches and players of | ¥ CUP in a tournament played, toacther: for, tomiittons ung E=tlnnen wanit toibeia battesiplasior anc ohatige of Taes i i *7 1 would like" definite instructions.” An- hange of ideas. ‘Do you think to be a real realize the tremendous of the popularity of tennis. housands of men and women and and girls all over the count ro 3 playing the zame, but | are working hard to attain real pro- GEORGETOWN MEET OPEN TO ALL COLLEGE STARS FOWN UNIVERSITY'S indoo arranged for the appearance of athletes of Yale, Princeton, jotai e lotters give some idea of the feaven is working toward ter popularity und toward real improve- ment ini the playing of the game. (Copyright. 1023.) meet management already S a. Maryland and Jobns Hopkins at Convention Hall it of February 21, and is striving to have representatives of many other institutions here. The Hilltop athletic authorities have announced their willingness to co-operate with the local alumni of any college in the country in bringing here any performers of distinction whom the Washington grads are anxious to see in action. The officers of Wash- ington alumni associations are invited to communicate with Arthur B. Meah, manager of track athletics at the Hilltop, with respect to any rep- resentatives of thei ficld carnival. No collesc is too far om Wash- to cause tae Hilltoppers to 1o isste an invitation on the of cxpense Last year's Gicorgetown meet was @ greac finan- 5 L a bett t of in prosp this | t no apprehensions | i as to the finan- | of the affair. | With a sprint series involving Me- | Allister, Murchi Le Coney and Farrell 1 mile In which | v, Cornolly and Curtis will com- | h iy scheduled and other| 1 events being arranged. there | “very prospect of an unusuaily fine 10 of entertainment for. devotees of | he board And the suc- - wetown relays. in | a round New York., so far this winter sres some bril per- ne Lo event INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil Misw Ceell Leitch, the great Eng- lish woman star, revealed a scin- tillating example of how the Eng- lish understand golf rules in one of her matches with Mrs. W. A, NOU 1L0SE YHE HOLE] FOR FLARING N THE SAND nnotl n will compete to- ) the Millrose games Connolly is to go after < of a mile record in a| He will not encounter in' the event, as the latter for laureis in the mile The Hilltop mile re- composed of Herlihy, O'Byrne, ‘wster and Kinnaly, will meet ams of several northern colleges. tw <pecial Joie Ray is to strive and a half run. Gavin in the women’s natienal championship. Mrs. in fatled to 1ift her bail from a trap on the first try, after whick she smoothed down the sand where she had dis- turbed it. Miss Leitch immediate- 1y called & penalty on her because of the application of the rules to herself if she failed to do so. REFEREE’S DECISION. The penalty—forfeiture of the Georgetown athl % are enthused Ly the prospect of competing against «n Oxford two-mile relay team at the | I’enn games in April. The English- | men have announced that they will | Lie represented by a quartet of the Dest varsity half-milers on the tight | Yittle island. The Hilltoppers count | yon having one of the strongest | two-mile teams of the country at| nklin ¢ld #nd will be happy to mateh strides with the invaders. plicable fn this instance and Minn Leitch was required. under one of the niceat rule applications in golf, to call the penalty or be disquali- ficd hernelf. “ (Copyright by John F. Dille Company.) Princeton’s tennis achedule of four- | °n games includes a tentative en- | .gement - with Georgetown here pril As usual. the Tigers will eross rackets with Harvard and Yale “nd a match with the combined | Osford-Cambridge team being | planned. M’LEOD AMONG GOLFERS 1 IN TEXAS TOURNAMENT CORPUS CHRISTI Texas, January 30, —Fifty golfers, including some of the nationally known professionals, were entered in an amateur-profes- <ional contest today for $100 prize money preliminary to the Corpus} Cliristi Golf and Country Club open tournament. he entrants included Hall, Birmingham, Ala.; 1ell and Joa Sylvester, Hill Melhorn, Shreveport, La.; Jim Rarnes 4nd Fred McLeod. Today's event was classed as more of a prac- tice aWalr for the professionals pre- paratory to the open tournament to- morrow and Thursday. is EW YORK, January 30.—Now Country Club. The execcutive N Association has sanctioned th, the Professional Golfers’ Associatiof of the leading professionals in the east and west sections of the country, ten to a side. shall be matched and that a gate shall be charged. Pro- ceeds to go to the P. G. A. benevo- lent fund. The idea from a sporting | standpoint is alluring. The match. | Charles W. John Far- New York; urday week. They are going to award the varsi- preceding open champlonship el i 5 t h s at | best, but it is equally true that there was something missing in Tilden’s work. And yet there is no really i at the author had just won - YALE MEN ARE SHOKED schools they may want in the big indoor track and | hole in this match play—was ap- ; 'EAST-WEST PRO CONTEST | NOW UP TO INWOOD CLUB if all goes well, will be held the Sat- | ty letter at Northwestern to students | THE EVEN PLAY IN THE 80’S IS EASY ! | FOR THESE TWO GOLFERS ST, ALGUSTL Fla., Januury 30~To piny In the elghties means 10 the average golfer a rosy m 1o pa ise, but when the nu bers (o ages, rather than to the number of strokes, it calls for the unusunl attention of In a match over the loc P. Christy of Det aged clghty 1wo, defeated H. E. Egan of Buf- falo, aged clghty-one, 2 and 1. i ‘The match wan as hitterly con- | tested as if there had heen & Sarazen ond a Hagen on elther «nd of the contest, and the sho work of hoth players was wel worth watching. Egan comes from n golfing fam- Sy and annually enters the “old- | | timers” tournament nt Rye, V. V. He is the father of Walter former wenst times western champion. { 1 i NEW YORK, January 30.—India is| the first nation to submit its chal-| lenge for the Davis Cup for 1923, Re- eipts of the challenge was announced vesterday by the United States Lawn | Tennis Association. The communica- | tion is slgned by S. M. Jacob, honor- | ary secretary of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association. India clects to| | play in the Buropean zone of the com- | | petition. * In accordance with the de- | | eision of the recent international cor erence at London, the draw for the ! | competition will henceforth be divide into two zones. Amcrican and Jiu- | j ropean, with every nation challenging | j having the right to decide in which i | zone it will compete. \ i Accordingly. the entry of India will | be cast with those of other nations | | choosing the Iuropean division and | will be drawn in_that section on| March 16, the day following the for- mal closing of the entries. India’s ‘haNenge was mailed from Lahore on November 24 and thus required more | than two months to reach the offices | of the U. S. L: T. A. That Indla is so early in the field is taken as reficetion »f its eagerness to compete in the tournament which settles the tennis team champlonship of the world. In last scason’s tournament won its openinz round { Rumania, but was elim ccond round by Sy 4 matches to 1. s reached the final. to meet defeat there at the hands of the Australians Last year's Indian team w i Posed of A. Fyzee and A. I4. T | singles, and. in doubles. A. W, land ¢ Ramaswa Yor Rumania | Nicholas Mishu was the only player | ! able to give the Indians a real battle. | Against Spain the two Fyzees lost; their singles matches to Manuel Alonso and Count Manuel De Gomar. ! in won the doubles against e | Gomar and Fiauquer in a five-seti match, India | ries with | ted in the | in by score of in afterwards| | zee in Fyzec BY BRIGGS' STATEMENT. | NEW HAVEN, Conn.. January 30.— Yale undergraduates and alumni were |shocked Ly the statement of Dean | Briggs of the Harvard athle com- | | mittee. who asserted that the Prince- | |ton-Harvard-Yale uthletic agreement | whieh has just gone into effect fell| far short of meeting the eligibility | situation and was defective in other | way. ¥ Offictally Yale declined to comment | today on_the situation, President An- | gell, Prof. Clarence Mendell, chairman jof the athletic committee, and John Blossom, athletic director, stating that they are reserving their com- |ment for the presgnt. 1 All these athletic officials, however, | ve declined to be drawn into the scheme for an ecastern college confer- | ence en athletle matters like that b wideh ha proved successful i the | middic west, asserting that th wish ; to devote theif energy to making | the triangular agreement which took |effect January 1 strong and effective. Tad Jones. Yale's head foot lall | coach. has announced that he favors an eastern conference With Dean | Brigg® critizing the triangular | |agreement so caustical'r, its perma- |nence is regarded as threatened to |some degree, although it is believed at Yale that later explanations will dlear the air somewhat. Yale has consistently tried to con- serve its relations with Harvard and to keep Harvard and Princeton to- gether, and it Is felt here that some of the interpretations put on Dean Briggs' report wlill be denied as for- | cibly as were those of Withington be- fore the Harvard-Princeton foot ball | {game alleging that the relations be- ! tween thesc two universities were in | danger. Dean Briggs was given an honorary | degree by le several vears ago| !largely because of his splendid serv- ices on behalf of amateur sportsman- L ship. | BY LAWRENCE PERRY. | v the situation is up to the Inwood committee of the United States Golf ; e cast versus west team match which | U proposcs to arrange as a curtain: raiser to the national open championship at Inwood next summer. { The proposal is that some twenty | |NEW TANFORAN COURSE WOULD ELEVATE RACING [ H SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 30. ! i STAR, WASHINGTON, | second { competitors being climinated, leaving | the | Bessie Holden of New | Miss w Old Skill at Tennis NDEASY MATCH TODAY FOR MOLLA MALLORY NEW YORK. January 50.—Mrs. Molla RBjurstedt Mallery, national women's tennis champion, who start- ed on her 1923 court year yesterday, W45 an easy victor in love sets over Mrs. G. A. Adam of Brooklyn. will meet strongcr opposition today in the round of the invi noin- tournament of the Heights ¢ in Miss Ceres of Last Orange. N, J. All of the first ond was played door sino Baker d part of the sec- esterday, fouurteen fifteen to fight for the club title which Mrs. Mullory is defending. Miss Leslie Bancroft, runked No. 2 in national standing, drew « bye iu the opening round and then defeated s, Bernard F. Stentz of New York, 6—0, In the second. A feature of the opening play victory of Miss Ma cattle, woman's chumpion of the ic northwest, who defeated Miss Rochell 64, —9, 4. Miss MacDonald now Is a student «t Columbia University, It was her first indoor playing in a tournament. She meets Mre. this aftern was MacDonald | Benjamin 1. Cole BROCCO AND EGG TEAM. CHICAGO, January 30. Brocco and Oscar Egg, famous hike racers, will be teamed in the six-day races starting herc February 10, ~Maurice BY RADIO TODAY Schedule of Local ' Entertainment. Wireless NAA—Naval Hadio Station, Radio, Va. | 345 to 4 pon—Closing live stock warkets. 4 to 4.15 pm.—Ilay and feed mar- kets. P.m.—Weather report. 5:30 to 6 p.n.—Dailly marketgram. % v.m.—Weather forecast. 10 p.an—Time signals; weather re- ship orders (2,650 meters). :30 p.m.—Naval press news (2,650 meters). 11 p.m.—Weather forecast. (Except where noted, sending is CW 5,950 meteis.) Ry Radiophone on to T:40 p partment of Labor on Child Labor Law Administration 5 to S pan.—Survey of business and industrial conditions in the United States and foreign countries by the Department of Commere. R:05 to & Public health| service broadeast o. 115 n “The Composition of Milk.” This will be the first of a series of article on 'Safe Milk.™ 8:15 to 8:40 p.m.—Coa No. 7. + guard broad- | “Hunting for Derelicts at | | WWX—Post Office Department (1,100 | Metera). | 2:30 p.m.—Report on fruits and \'cl-l wtables. 5 p.m.-—Teport on dairy | and grain. l 7:30 p.m.—Live stock and grain re- ports. i 8 p.m.—Report on fruits and vege- | tables 5 p.m.—Weather forecast. ! products WIL—Continental Electric Company | (360 Meters). H 5:20 to 7 p.m.—Phonograph selec- | tions. 1 | WMU—Doubleday-Hill Electric Com- | pany (360 Meters). { 4:230 to 5:30 p.m.—Program of Music, | 1 WIAY—Woodward & Lot ! Meters). | 2 to 3 p.m.—Selections on the phono- | graph and reproducing plano. i WEAS—The Hecht Company Muste Store (360 Meters). 3 to 4 p.m—Selections on the Vie. trola and reproducing plano. WJIH—White & Boyer Com Meters). 4 0 4:30 p.m.—Music 3 § p.m.—Concert program by the lowing artists. Miss 1da_Cllman, vio nist; Miss Margaret Grant, piano; i Fay Moorman, soprano; Miss ! Audrey van Derook. Mise Gladys Ul piano duet: Miss J . Ward, s prano; Miss Josephine Bird, accom- panist; John D. Power, baritone; A. M. Howard, baritone. Program direct- ed and numbers announced as render- ed by William M. Doran, I I RADIO NEWS “ The necessity of sleep as a fac-| tor in the school child’s health and | its importance for the child’s pro- gress in studies, was explained by | the United States bureau of educa- | tion in its semi-weekly broadcast | Jast night through station NAA, in | Arlington, Va. i Most of the child’s growth is made | during sleep.” sald the radio lectu . 3 very mont he sleep.” If a child is under weight it will benefit him to go to sicep at p.m., and rise at 7 am.. and have a | rest during the time bestdes. In | fact, the rest during the day is as| recessary as cleven or twelve hours | night. A child’s body is an en-| gine of small capacity. It cannot be expected to run ten or twelve hou without being refreshed by sleep. ! Prediction that the business out- ! look for 1923 is more favorable to! manufacturers and consumers th.v\i this perlod in 1922 was made by Roger Babson, statistical expert, in a| radlo address yesterday afternoon from station WMU of the Doubleda Hill Eleetric Company. Five factors on which a forecast of business con- ditlons can be made Mr. Babson des- cribed as: Crops, monetary condi- tions, mercantile conditions, the stat- us of the fundamental {ndustries and the general attitude of the people. All factors may be considered un- fol D C., TUESDAY. JAXUARY Life Insurance Compan Bonds and Mortgage Loans on Real Estate. .. . . - Railroad and Street Railway Bonds. ... ....... s b United States Liberty Bonds and W. Municipal Bonds ... .. ! : ; Miscellaneous Bonds . Real Estate. . . . Bank'Stoeksis. . ... .- : ..o Loans on Collateral. .. ............. Loans on Company’s Policies. . . . . ......... .. Cash in Banks and Trust Companies on Interest Cash in Offices and in Banks not on Interest.. . . . Interest and Rents Due and Accrued... . .. ; ° e o of Virginia HOME OFFICE: RICHMOND, VIRGINIA i Incorporated in 1871 Financial Condition December 31, 1922 ASSETS: .....$25,962,365.95 907,665.15 1,125,696.63 5,170.50 25,493.75 249,081.25 862,164.34 30,375.00 136,000.00 1,473,920.75 614,182.33 i 44,223.61 i 673,380.81 Net Uncollected and Deferred Premiums and Premium Notes and all othér Assets. . ............... 524,212.98 ..$32,633,933.05 Total Admitted Assets. . .................... LIABILITIES: Reserve on Policies in force as computed by the Actuary of the Capital Stock ......... Surplus . ... .... Surplus of Assets Over Liabilities . Company . All Other Liabilities. . ... . ......$26,573,601.00 1,939,220.50 Total Liabilities . . . . 4,121,111.55 0 U T ....$32,633,933.05 We have examined the books and records of the LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA for the year ending December 31, 1922, and have verified therefrom the above Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the close of business at the Home Office as of that date. ’ g We have examined and verified the Bonds and Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Collateral and Policy Loans, and Railroad, United States, State, Municipal and other Bonds, Stocks and all other investments owned by the Company or held as Collat- eral, and have proved that all of the Bonds and Stocks are carried at their market value on December 31, 1922, and we have also proved that the loans on Collateral are fully secured. We have counted the Cash on hand, and have verified the balances deposited with Banks and Trust Companies. WAl LA The reserve on Policies in Force and other Actuarial Liabilities are certified by the Actuary of the Company. We have satisfied ourselves that all other Liabilities are duly provided for, and we certify that the above Statement of Assets and Liabili- ties correct’ Richmond, INCREASE IN PREMIUM INCOME. . . .. INTEREST, RENTS, ETC. ......... ... INCREASE IN INTEREST, RENTS, ETC GROSSINCOME .........c.c.oomnnnn INCREASE IN GROSS INCOME....... INCREASE IN ASSETS..... INSURANCEINFORCE..................... INCREASE IN INSURANCE INFORCE. . ... .. TOTAL NUMBER OF POLICIES IN FORCE .. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF POLICIES IN FORCE DEATH CLAIMS, ETC., PAID TO POLICYHOLDERS . sets forth the true financial condition of the Company on December 31, 1922. H. B. BOUDAR & SON. Certified Public Accountants. 1922 7,690,371.88 567,916.54 1,811,537.65 296,398.70 9,501,909.53 864,315.24 4,325,483.92 .$230,322,163.00 .$ 16,133,702.00 ; 1,015,937 : 59,886 ..$ 2,331,155.50 yirginia, January 15, 1923. e Statement of Operations During vy, T O T T R T A R e eceec oo csean Total Payments te Policyholders Since Organization $30,051,860.92 YEAR Growth in Five-Year Periods | No. of Poli- | Outstanding In- cies in Force surance at at End of Year | End of Year Surplus (including Capital Stock) at End of Year Assets at Gross Income . End of Year for the Year 1907 | 1912 1917 1922 | $ 60,492,101.00 85,963,852.00 131,790,562.00 230,322,163.00 $ 3,555,772.41 | 8,470,628.5¢ | w 5,300,939.61 16,560,439.04 2,216,812.76 | 766,700 | 9,501,900.53 32,633,933.05 | 4,121,111.55 | 1,015,937 $ 525,463.91 1,478,002.19 $2,484,746.47 3,536,652.48 481,100 600,566 JOHN G. WALKER, President usually favorable this year, he poln(-i Who make the golf team and play In) —With the object of placing horse |ed out, with the exception of the at- NKTINAL ROWING NEET SOUGHT FORBALTIORE Rowing Club of Balti- ggressive cam- ational regatta The Ariel anore has begun an paign to obtain th this summer. The board of governors have au- thorized President Miller to, formall present the White and Blue's invit tion to the national ommittec. let- ters showing Baltmore's advantages | nvill also be written to each member | of_the committec. i pt. Howard of the Ariels has all the members who rowed last year ready to go into action as soon as the season gets under way. Notwith standing the fact that the Blue and White had no home last year the Ariels. nevertheless, had avery suc- cesstul season and laid the founda- 1ion for greater honors. The zic crew, while averaging less than 140 pounds. showed splendid surim and ol the important matches. The game has Just been Installed as a varsity sport and a competent instructor added to the staff of coaches. Golf is an es- tablished adjunct to the athletic s: tem of most of the big eastern uni- versities and a great many of the smaller colleges. But as vet varsily insignia are not given for prowess in the sport. They are much more pro- gressive out west. Varsity letters in the castern u ver either. This. because tennis and golf. while they eall into action more play- ers than any other three sports coi Dbined. are not “major sports” Rather curious, isn't it’ SEEKS ™ NEW HA Members STATEMENT. N. Conn., January 30.— he Westminster Hockey Club of 3 & Havén, barred from the United “States Amateur T.eague because of their failure to ap- pear for a scheduled game with the Boston Athletic Association last week, have voted to seve ations with their former sponsor. Francis J. Sul Tivan of Koston, and to apply for re- instatement. Itics arc not awarded for tennis., Hockey | |racing on a nigher plane, John D. | Stelling. manager of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, announced in connec- tion with the opening’of the Tanfaran track on Uovember 3 that amateur races would be encouraged, especially for Army and polo horses. Stelling sail entries would be open to every one and the ruies modeled after those of the New York Jockey Club. with modifications as necessars for western racing. There will be six races a da ing sald, the minimum §800. The ‘announcement of the formal opeping of Tanforan was made after a directors’ meeting of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. The schedula calls for twenty-five days of racing, twenty-two of which will be held be fore the Tia Juana season opens Thanksgiving day. The Tanforan season will close Saturday. Decemier '1. No Sunday racing will be held. Stell- purse being | | titude ‘of the people, which he said, | {did not merit optimism. t i - | WJH of the White & Boyer Com- jpany will give its regular weekly | concert program this evening, begin- | ning at 5 o'clock. 1= — - . | Westing 6 volt 65 amp. hr. | Radio Battery, $16.75 i 22Y; volt 1.2 amp. hr. Radio B Battery, $7.00 Rectigon Battery Charger Simple—Efficient— Noiseless—$18.0Q | Maryland - Battery Service, Inc. { 1019 17th St. N.W. 1 Thone M. 97 || Wwotesale Retall L. L. CHANDLER, Dist. Mgr. 204-206 National Savings & Trust Co. Bldg. Washington, D. C.