Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1923, Page 31

THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1923. SPORT I War in Golf Circles Is Due in Near Future : Muldoon Silent on F: ight Questions U. S. G. A. AND PROS SEEM * SURE TO COME TO GRIPS Paid Players Resent Fight Against Large Purses, Which Will Continue Despite Opposition.. One Club Plans $10,000 Event. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N clearer and clearer that the EW YORK, March 14—Every day in every way it becoming United States Golf Association and | the professional golfers are in for a real battle at no distant date. 1t is inevitable because the theory held by the U. S. G. A. concerning the pro i probably untenable. in terms of modern professional sport, illogical, unnatural and What the national organization wishes to do is to keep the earnings of the pro within reasonable bounds. In line with this desire exhibitions involving comparativel. large sums of money are dis- couraged, and to the end that the professional will spend a major portion of his time in club work—mending and so forth. The professional, on the other hand, has a perfectly normal desire to make all out of the game that can be ‘nade and as interest in the game xTows opportunities to_do this in- urease proportionally. In all sport there ix an overweening ambition on the part of the public to see profi- «lency carried to its very highest point. Naturally enough exponents who are in a position to gratify this demand are professionals, men who spend all hteir time perfecting themselves In their specialties. Having thus perfected themselves, their one aim, of course, Is to display their ability before the greatest num- |* ber of persons in return for financial consideration as high as can be ob- ained. In opposing this tendency the . 8. G. A. is attempting a task tanta- mount to making the Niagara rapids flow the wrong way. st at present there is every rea- to believe that a club not many miles from New York city will hold 4n _open tournev this summer with prizes aggregating $10,000—$5.000 to the winner. And the club expects to clean up financially on its venture. Probably it will, for the best pro =olfers in the country, perhaps in the world, will form an attraction which even ' adherents of the principles enugciated by the national association wijll find difficulty in resisting if, in- deed, they try to do so. ATHLETIC RULES BETTER OBSERVED THAN LAWS CHICAGO, March 14.—Athletic rules are far betier observed than the laws of the land, according to Ma). John 1. Oyiffith, mmi: »ner of athletics of the * g Ten" conference, who spoke before the meeting called by the Rotary Club to lay plans for bringing the Olympic games to Chicago. “If a college does not observe the conference rules, it is blacklisted said Maj. Griflith. “If an athlete tr to evade the rules he is # mucker and does not HOPPE NOW HOLDS EDGE | IN CUE TITLE STRUGGLE| March 14—When the road back had become the most and when he goes to the table tonight he will have travel Willie Hoppe found himself and picked his way EW YORK N cult to last night, clubs, instructing players and so on INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil. There are three kinds of spins which may be imparted to the ball with the wood club, and you will benefit by understanding these 1L POT A LITTLE FRONT SPIN ON FUH 'AND GET SOME DISTANCE =5 apins, how they are obtained and what they do. The hook spin makes the ball turn as it flies from right to left, ahd at a point in its flight which may be fairly well predetermined by the player, the ball breaks sharply to the left. A slice spin makes the ball whirl from left to right, and makes the ball break to the right. Underspin is the most v able, perhaps of all the spins which may be imparted to the ball. While there are places where books and slices are very definitely wanted, these plays do not occur with such frequency as the long, straight drive that you want un- - derspin. Underspin makes the ball turn from the bottom upward as it flies and gives the ball “wings,” %o to speak. Underspin enables the ball to stay longer in the nir because the spin exerts a constantly elevating influence upon tinued tomorrow.) “opsright John F. Dille Co.) the edge on Jake Schaefer, his challenger, in the-final 500-point block of their world title 18.2 balkline billiard match. Hoppe's victory gave him a lead of six in the 1,500-ball match through his scoring 723 points while the San Franciscan was totaling 494, Schaefer’s 994. HERE ARE FACTS ABOUT RJVALS FOR 18.2 HONORS Jake Schaefer hns been one of Willle Hoppe's leading rivals since 1016, when the xua of the late “Wizard” made his first appear- mnee in_n champlonship tourna- ment. Hoppe played his first ex- hibition the year that Schaefer wits born, 1504. Hoppe then was seven years old. Hoppe now is thirty- five and Schaefer twenty-elght. The blographies of the players fol- low: WILLIAM F. HOPPE. Born, Cornwall-on-thelludsos, New York, October 11, 1887, Played first exhibition match in 1594, Won world 1.1 title from Vig- maux in Paris in 1906. Won world 18.2 title from Harry Cline fn New York in 1910 Successfully defended hoth titles until defeated by Jake Schacfer in international tournament in Chi- cago in 1021 Failed to regain 18.2 title in challenge match in Chicago in 1922 Regained 18.2 champlonship in tournament in New York in 1922, Lost 18.1 title to the late Jake Schaefer, “the Wizard,” in 1807 in Chicago, ©Old Jake Schaefer forfeited title to George Sutton because of ill- nexs. Hoppe regmined 18.1 title by defeating Sutton in Chicago in 1003, Ufdefeated for 15.1 title since 1009. JAKE SCHAEFER., Born, Chicago, October 18, 1894. Plnyed exhibitions with his father in 1900, Developed his game in private while attending boarding school. Played in his first champlonship tournament in 1016. Showed first real championship form by defeating Edouard Hore- mans in New York In 4,000 match, making high run of 456, Defeated Horemans in _ San Franciseo, when he averaged 51.1-7 in 4,000 point game. He made a high run of 304. ‘Won world 18.2 title in Chicago tournament, November, 1921, de- feating Willie Hoppe in play-off. His high run was 318, Defeated Willie Hoppe in chal- lenge match in Chicago in 1922 by 1500 to 1,468. His high run was 2y, Hont worta 182 titte to wWille Hoppe In tournament in New York last November. RECORDS FOR MATCH GAMES. High runs—Hoppe, 622, made in Paris _ngainst Cure in 19103 Schaefer, 430, made agninst- Hore- mans in New York, 1922. Best averages—Hoppe, 1331 made against Sutton in Chicago, 1910. Schaefer, 200, mnde against Cochran in Chicngo in 1921 Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $A4.65 Save the price of an entire new suit. All colors, sizes, pat- terns. “EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. N.W. The total score for the two nights’ play gave Hoppe 1,000 to Virtually beaten when he went to the table Tor his seventh inning last night, standing 325 to Schaefer's 714, the many times champion unexpectedly came to life. He showed the best billiards of the tournament up to then by resorting to his old delicate style and clicked off 80 points with- in a space six inches square. The run . totaled 98. Again on his tenth turn Hoppe went back to delicate stroking and ran 143, driving only six times, and making 100 points in fourteen min- utes. Schaefer was within striking dis- tance of his second consecutive vic- tory when he failed. He had run 61 ‘and needed only 11 more when the crowd began to leave. The com- motion unnerved him, Hoppe had run 66 he was able to get only 3 before missing. On his next turn, “with Hoppe points away from the necessary 1,000, Schaefer again faltered, scoring 2. Hoppe quickly ran the necessary 99 and left the balls in perfect posi- tion for resumption of his run to- night. Hoppe's average inethe 21 innings was 34 9-21, his grand average was 30 10-33. The level to which Schefer's game fell is shown by his average for last night of 23 11-21, compared to_his grand average of 81 2-32. The box score follow. Carom. Draw. Fol. 224 221 135 174 Bank. Mass. Kiss, Hoppe... . 84 5 Schaefer. 14 More than 800,000 fans witnessed the first round games in the English soccer cup race. EARL & WILSO CHIPWOOD A better collar with spacing at and after | KUMAGAE MAY NOT PLAY" IN DAVIS CUP MATCHES BY E. R. EGGER. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, TOKIO, March 14—Mitsubishl Bask announced today that Kumagae, Japanese tenais star, will not be permitted to return to America to participate in the play for the Davis cup this year because of business reasons. Tennls fans here are protesting, as the lows of Kumagne from the Japanese tennis team will be a serious biow. Local American pressure is being brought to bear on the bank to change its decision, and it is be- /leved that it may relent later. LEGIN FIVE VIGTORY WOULD TIE UP SERIES American Legion tossers, although defeated, 45 to 27, by the Yankees at Central Coliseum last night, are not yet out of the running for the District independent basket ball champlonship. The Legionnaires are to encounter the Aloysigns tomorrow | night at Central Coliseum in the three-cornered struggle for titular laurels, and should the former win all the teams In the series would be deadlocked with two victories and as many losses each. The Aloy crew now leads the three- team champlonship tournament with two wins and one loss. The Yanks have broken even in four engage- ments, while the Legion quint has 10st two of three contests. Should the Legion triumph tomorrow night third games for each team with the others will be scheduled. Despite the absence of their star player, Armstrong, who is suffering with an ear abscess, the Legionnaires fought gamely against the Yanks and made the battle close until late in ] the second half. Then Tabor, another luminary in the Leglon line-up, was eliminated from the game for foul- ing and that ended any real chance his team had of winning. Harmon proved a good understudy for Arm- strong, while Ingley and Ford per- formed spectacularly for the Yanks. Capitul Athletic Club went into a tie with the Hurricanas in the series for the girls' champlonship of the District by beating the latter team, 36 to 20.° The Capitals excelled at sie Gully, one t players, was disqualfiefid, went on to an easy vic- tory. Each team now has won one match in the title campaign. Riggs Athletic Club went to Balti- more and beat the Crescents of that city, 48 to 32. Alexander and Phil- 1ips played well for the winners, the former ‘scoring 9 and the latter 8 goals from scrimmage. é Epiphany Midgets beat the Triangle Athletic Club quint, 39 to 22. Schloss and Shields played good basket ball. Kanawha basketers overcame the Yosemites, 29 to 16. Dennis and Johnston starred for the winners. KING OF SWEDEN ACED IN TENNIS TOURNEY By tlie Associated Prese. | NICE, March 14—King Gustave of Sweden. was eliminated in the first round of the men's doubles of the ice tennis tournament, just like any common, ordinary player. Gustave and his partner, A. C. Hunter of England, went down to defeat before M. Deshayes and Col. Duskerly, §—6, 6—32. Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, American woman champlon, had little !difculty in getting past’ the first iround of the women’s singles, dis- posing of Mile. Saint Omer Roy with the loss of only two games. The matoh was 6—1, 6—1. Mrs. Mallory again showed up well in the mixed doubles, when, paired with Wallis Myers, she won from the jDuchess of Sutherland and Franklin Roosevelt Scoville, 6—3, 6—0. Mrs. Mallory's game showed some improvement. There was more length and speed to hef drives, and she was keeping the ball inside the court, but she still netted quite frequently. Mile. Lenglen and Count Soumar- akoff, former champlon of Russia, won in the mixed doubles from Mrs. Ellison and Golding, 6—0, 6—2. Miss Kathleen McKane of Eng- land, finalist at Mentone against Suzanne Lenglen, and winner of the Monte Carlo tournament, has scratch- ed in the single: ’ your dealer’s, Today. you speak Englisht” “Darn mear,” he answered. 1 find that if ome spenks Eng- most anywhere and let the other worrying. Theye i little trouble in makihg yourself under- atood. All the importamt street signs in Japas are ‘also printed in English, and even the momey is in English on one side. tely that is true. to learn the Ji Innguage. This ianguage difficult that aps can't I 1t themselves., a most com- plicated aftafr. * cannot learn the alphabet uge there in no In place of it there are two sets of syllubles, and six ways of writ- iag the one most commonly used. In order to read a spaper it s necessary to memorize two or three thousind ideographs. These are written up and dowam nd backwards. To complicate mat- ters turth in two differemt ways, further varied in case of the well educated. strictly speaking, “you” in their language. The idea they produce is represented by a phrase. In referring to himself the Japanese uses a word or phrase implying selfishneas or im- modenty, and when referring to you, his guest, he says “most honorable side.” When a Jap wikhes to say “Sit lown,” he sayw, “Condesce: hon- rable rest to enjoy.” He alwa; politely deprecintes himself Bis belongings, and listener with homeyed phrases— and doesn’t mean either. Toe YOUNG \DEA IN JAPAN 4 ® BAsEBALL 1S Nows THE NAT(ONAL GAME™4 Tips on Playing Basket Ball; Correct Rule Interpretations BY ED THORP. BY ROBERT L. RIPLEY. ( ; ARDING. Guarding to some players means climb- ing all over an opponent. Then it looks like mortal com- bat. But a good guard approaches the task in a far different manner. He uses his head and meets shift with shift. He is never guilty of rushing madly at an opponent, for then his opponent could easily side- step and avoid him. He comes up fast, but well balanced and ready to_shift with his opponent. If close in on an opponent hold- ing the ball who is near the side- lines he forces him out of bounds. If the opponent is well on the court he tries to make him shoot hastily, so that a bad pass results, or forces him into a held ball Guards keep betwcen opponents and the basket. They compel op- onents to shoot either over their fezds or into them and to pass away from the basket. . Q. If a player strikes his opponent outside boundary lines of court, has referee the right to call the foul? A. Yes. In fact both oficials have right to penalise for violation of rules committed either within or out- de boundary limes. In amateur games must players stand a given distance from centers? N But_they must be in sucl FOR LUMBER I. S. TUROVER 13th and Water Sts. S.W. 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CHAMPION CHICAGO FIVE FACES EASTERN FRIDAY Faculty athletic advisers of the high schools are to meet tomor- Tow afternoon to complets ar- rangements for the basket ball same to be played Friday between Eastern High School, District and South Atlantic scholastic cham- Pplon, and the Tilden High quint, Chicago sckool title wimner. The match is te take place in Central Coliseum, starting at 3 o’clock. The Tilden team will reach Washington tomorrow and will visit the new Eastern High School in the aftermoon. A drill at Central Ooliseum will be followed by = theater party tomorrow night. After Friday's gmme, the visitors will be guests of the Easterners ;t: ll-nco at the old Eastern High chool. BOUTS FULL OF ACTION PROMISED AT FT. MYER Five six-round boxing bouts chock full of action are promised at Fort Myer tomorrow night, when fist flingers of the Quantico marine sta- tlon invade the cavalry-field artillery Dost to battle against the home war- riors. The best talent of each estab- lishment from batamweight to mid- jdleweight classes will be sent into the | contests. All of the scrapping will take place in the riding hall ring, the first match getting under way promptly at 8 o'clock. | The best tilts of the evening are looked for in the bantam and middle weight divisions. In the former, Carbon will sport Fort Myer's colors against Taverella of Quantico, Car- bon, who holds the bantam champion- ship of the Army district of Wash- ington, is a lightning fast infighter, but the marine is highly touted as to_speed and ability. The middleweight class bout will be between Ward of Fort Myer, and McCarty of Quantico. Ward has been stepping along at a lively rate lately, having scored knockouts in his last four fights. Mcgarty, however, is said to have made quite a reputation for himself about New England and may prove a surpr On past performances, fighters in the three other bouts are well [ matched. The feather battle will be | between Piscitelli of Fort Myer, and | O'Rourke of Quantico. Morrison of ; Fort Myer, will hve Traverisky as his marine opponent in the light- weight division. The welter battle will bring_ together Ptomey of Fort Myer and_ Scholblock, considered Quantico’s best boxer. Tickets sold for the benefit of the athletic associations of the contend- ing posts may be procured at Spald- ing’s store, 613 14th street, or at the Fort Myer riding hall. TWO JOCKEYS WILL RIDE FOR WHITNEY AT BOWIE Young J. Thomas and tle more widely_experienced Penman will do the riding for the stable of Harry Payne Whitney at Bowie during the spring racing session of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association, April 2-14." Fred Hopkins, who is training at Benning the division of the Whitney string that will make the Bowie meeting, will have Penman ]and Thomas in charge. Chick Lang, who belongs to the Cosden stable, and J. Rowan of the stable of Edward F. Whitney will ride through the Bowle meeting as free lances. \ | l ! s I | without serious test. | ’ , BOXING BOARD CHAIRMAN HAS TURNED INTO SPHINX BY FAIR PLAY. N EW YORK, March 14— Time barred no opponent. But it is not was when the manager of William Muldoon was perfelthy willing for that worthy. old warrior to meet all comers. offithe m'ag"' The present boxing commissioner so today. Now it is as difficult to meet Muldoon on the ‘carpet of his office as it is to get Johnny Kile bane or Johnny Wilson state boxing commission, sires to make inquiries as to ipt o the ring, William Nagle, secretary of the refuses point blank to permit any one who de- e plans, opinions and pronunciamentos of the ccmmission to come :face to face with the chairman across the mahogany desk from whic! PERFECT RIFLE SCORE MADE BY YALE TEAM NEW HAVENY, CO! March 14. —Yale’s rifle team scored a perfect 500 in a telegraphic match with Princeton. Ten men were on the team, the five highest scores to count.. Six men had perfect scores, three 89 and one 97. Princeton' scove has not beea recelved. WLLARD-JORNSON B0UT WNNERTONEET P NEW YORK, March 14.—A vir(ual! agreement has been reached for Luis Firpo, conqueror of Bill Brennan, to meet the winner of the Floyd John- son-Jess Willard fight, which will take place here May 12. It is planned to stage the affair at the Yankees' new ball park in June or July. After that, if Firpo wins, the Argen- tinian probably will take on Jack Dempsey in Buenos Aires. All of the South American's en- tanglements are not taking place in the ring. He must face another civil suit. He won the first last week when a court ruled against the claim of the Pioneer Athletic Club that it had first call upon the Argentinian's fighting ability through an agree- ment last summer. The second suit was for $2,467, filed by Andrew D. Scott of Nutleri, N. J. He sald Firpo retained him as h business manager when here last yea and that he had not been compen- sated. The court granted an attachment on money Firpo may have in bank or what may be due him from Promoter Rickard. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. March 14— iSuite me fine,” was the comment of loyd Johnson when told that Tex ickard planned to have the winner of his bout with Jess Willard meet Luis Firpo, the South American. LOS ANGELES, March 14.—Jack Dempsey, heavywelght champion, is ready to meet Luls Firpo at any time, he said here. TENNIS FAVORITES WIN. BROOKLINE, Ma March 14.— The national women's doubles tennis championship, under way on the cov- ered courts of the Longwood Cricket Club, has advanced through the sec- ond round, with the exception of one match. Seeded teams came through cigar smokers have made White Owl value possible. " You made it the ~ largest selling cigar in America. Bentrak CGen Col, _ Wm. NATIONAL BRANDS Deiches & Co., Inc. Distributors 414 Tenth St. N.W., Washington. ryou go have a issues-his decrees, . “This way out” fis the sign hung in front of every inquirer about the status of the charges, alleged and denied, that Harry Greb was com- pelled to pay $3,000 to New York sport writers in order to have inter- est built up for a Greb-Dempsey fight. In the meantime the following Guestions are unanswered by the commission: Did Greb, as eharged by a Pitts- burgh sport writer, actually say he had to bribe New' York newspaper men to the extent of $3,000? Has the commission taken any steps to investigate such charges? Does the commission consider con- ditions which might sustain such charges, even for a moment, worthy of attention? No one, 50 far as can be learned, has Botten sufficiently close to the com- mission or commissioners to discover what that body and its members think of the Firpo-Brennan bout. Nobody cares much what the commission thinks of a Firpo-Dempsey battle, for such a_match probably would be staged in Buenos Alres. The trip to that olty will cost enthustasts from $600 up, and any fight fan who is lucky enough to be able to spend from $600 up to view such a battle is :Rznl“lcfkythlo need any sympathy v e men ar. - matched. o tsatynty (Copyright, 1923 TUNNEY OFFERED $25,000 FOR BATTLE WITH BRITON LEWISTON, Maine, March 14.—Gene Tunney, light-heavyweight boxing champion, has received an offer of $25,000 from an English promoter to meet the British champion, Jack Bloomfleld, in England. Tunney is at Poland Spring recover- ing from an attack of influenza. ART FLETCHER ESSAYING _ BIG TASK AS MANAGER Artie Fletcher, new manager of the Philly Quakers, says that he will play “McGraw base ball” with the Phils this coming season. It is all right to tell about dictating every move to players, but it is quite another proposition when you have inferior men out there trying to catch and apply all that signaled in- formation. McGraw can do it because he has better than average men. Fletch- er may discover that his Phils will not be able to carry any signals in their heads, much less apply them. MISS COLLETT VICTOR. BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla., March 14.—Mies Glenna Coliett, national women's golf champion, won the sharks title here when she played over the short course in $4 and the long course in §5. —_— WINTER PARK, Fla, March 13— Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood de- feated George Dowe and Otis George, 5 and 4, in an exhibition golf match. Hagen tied the course record with