Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1923, Page 27

SP \Gambler’s Problem Confronts Sarazen : Firpo Threatens to Give Rickard Trouble ORTS. | | GENE FACES THE BIGGEST HAZARD OF LINKS CAREER Champion Must Decide Between Merely Defending Pro and Open Titles Here or Quitting Rich Job to Play in N defend titles? Or shall he also go abroad title at\Troon early in May? There i Briarcliff. decorative purposes, but for utility. EW YORK, March 21— Gene Sarazen today. Purely Shall he remain in the Unit his open championship a British Classic BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ‘he biggest hazard of his career conironts ad simply it is a gambler's problem. ed States and confine his efforts to nd Professional Goliers’ Association and take a shot at the British open nothing to prevent an overseas trip except a contract at The impression exists that arcliff engaged Sarazen not for This being the case the club may | have a logical objection to that deprivation of Sarazen's services which the English sojourn would entail. voiced, unofiicial There was a report today that Sa zen formally requested Briarcliff a thorities for permission to go to Eng- land. If the open champion has done this it would appear that he is count upon a favorable decision. Sarazen's situation briefly is as follows: Being a professional golfer, a title means @ great deal to him. Indeed. a title was never valuable as now As every one knows, championship titles are not easy to acquir In lawn tennis, for example, the margin hetween the topliner and those who would occupy his position is not too clos And with boxing w practi Il championship games. The champion ired of @ more or less lengthy tenure of his throne \ Golf Champs Seldom Repeat, In golf it is practically the rule that champions do Tt repeat. This applies alike to the nal, and the amateur. It follow herefore, that the more titles Sarazen goes after the better his cl of wear- ing some kind of a crown and thus holding his pl. in the public mind, Entering the British open, the United States open and the P. G. A, tourneys he has three chances for additional fame, whereas if he rem: in this country he has but two. It is doubt- ful, in view of this fact, whether he would not be strongly tempted to go to Troon even in the face of the most definite objections by the powers that be in Briarcliff Lodge. s right, PACIFIC COAST CREWS in fact, 1923.) ARE DECLARED STRONG, BY LAWRENCE From the Pacific coast comes wora that both the California and ‘Washington eight-oared s will demonstrate in their approaching rekatta that they are better outfits than they were last year. If this proves to he the ca far s the sweep swingers of Seattle are con- cerned they will be pretty much on a par with the unbeatable Navy eight, which captured the Poughkeeps regatta last June, with Washington a good second, Both universities have had boats on the water since the latter part of January, training hard for the honor of winning the championship of the west coast and then of coming on to Poughkeepsie to represent the prestige of Pacific aquatics In the past two years the west- ergers done mighty well. In 1921 California finished second to the Navy and last year Washington was the runner-up, leaving the members of the Intercollesiate Rowing Asso- ciation, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsyl vania and the lower p The showi on the Hudson inspi: Yale rowing au thorities to B the Seattle coac! and his assistants as coaches at New Haven and this was a sad loss to Washington. Rusty Callow, however, has proved himsell to be a worthy successor to the Yale mentor, and with a lot of husky material to draw upon he has, according to reports, made up_for the graduation of Murphy, the fine stroke: Ingram, who sat in the waist at No. 5, and Murphy, No. The new men 1 re M. Anderson, at stroke; Luft, at No. 2, and Dunn, No. 3 3 Rowing is g ington. Some nine men are now working at t s, divided among five varsity and seven freshman hoats, Wallis, the Cali¥ornia coach, sends word that he has not as yet decided upon his final seating, but that the material is better than in years. (Copyright, 1928.) INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil PERRY. cre have the hi Wash- { The player must mot stoop too much, und yet he muxt xtoop enough, if he would obtain rhythm. Not low enough will throw you oft ax culckly as being too low. Ehere o) n (kappy tecdiam | wiick the vlayer must find for himself, and this xhould he eany to do. Another thing the nlnyer must remember is that the stance powi- tion must be maintained throug! out the stroke. The old injunctio 1 GOT THIS SToOR FROM PRACTICING! about holding the head =till In Fthe xhot hax in reclity the purpose of keeping the whole body in a fixed position. It would do no harm to speak of to move the head if you didn’t move the body with it. You are cautioned to keep the head still solely because when you let the head go up or down during he stroke the bodv goes with It and that throws the club out of its true path. It ix enny to fall into the habit of letting the body come up just + as the club hits the ball—too eany to do w0, in fact. That is a bad practice and one the player should rid himself of If he hax been doing it. You might think that no effect would be obtained by letting the body come u» just ax the ball i hit, or & moment afterward. Nome would; the trouble is, you start to raise uy the body, both mental and physically, before you are con- scious of the actual exertion— and that's what does the damage. right, John le ¢ AUTO GLASS FOR WINDSHIELDS OR_BODIES, Iastalled While You Wait. ‘Taranto & Wasman B 17 NEW YORK AVE. N.W. [ g | to fight it out for| 1735 TENPIN SET ROLLED BY MILWAUKEE BOWLER In ifact, such objection has been ARGYLE CLUB COURSE BEING PUTIN SHAPE | in Duc of | of the Argyle Club up the! it g about April 1 y Prendable, the golf profes- | slonal. and his assistants are working hard to put the course in good condi- tion by the end of March. Last Sun- day about 250 members used the I links. The next eemi-monthly da of the club will be held at the clubhousd cturd ht. Good music and re- | are promised. Carr. chalrman of the tennis 8} started h& contrac- rk on the new courts. Four are being constructed and with the two | dready in shape six good courts will | | be ready to play on when the season | | opens. The club has on its roster| | fifty tennis play and expects this r to be represented in both the Suburban League and Washington Tennis Associatio A spring tournament probably will | held late in April. { LANDIS FORSAKES GOLF TO TAKE FISHING TR | | | BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, | Although use at the gr buntry temporary greens are present, Chairman ens committee hopes to open h Fla, March | urviving favorites in the Belle- | air amateur championship, led b, A. Stranahan of Toledo: Hugh Hal- | sell, ex-senior champion; George Morse of Rutland, Vt, and Armstrong of Shenecossett, | opened the second round of play. ranahan yesterday won ! fought battle ag: t C. G W of Detrcit on the seventeenth g K. M. Landis, base ball commi er. and former federal judge, was not in the running. He defaulted in the second flight and embarked upon what he termed a successful fishing | trip. | RECORD OF McALLISTER FOR 70 YARDS TO STAND HARTFORD, Conn., March 21.—The record made here urday night by Bob MeAllister, the “Flving Cop,” in which he broke the world indoor rec- ! ord for 70 yards and gqualed the out- door mark, the time being 713 sec- onds, will 'stand despite his suspen- sion by the New England A. A. U The record, with sworn affidavits of 21 Taylor | today match hard- | n | rolled off next Tue: | with scores of 437, 432 and 4 the timers, has been sent to the sec- retary of the ticut A. A By the Awsociated Press, M ILWAUKEE Wis., March 21 232, 258 and 245 for a total of 735. place in the all-events with a total THE HGH RATIVG FORJAMES N FLORDA BOLF VRN ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 21 Harold Weber of Toledo, former Ohlo state champion, and holder of many local titles, withdrew from the tour- nament play for the winger chanm- plonship of Florida, dfter vesterday afternoon winning the low qualify- ing medal with a 74. Weber has been called to Ashville and would not have been able to have finished the match- ing. The withdrawal of Weber leaves a more evenly matched tield to com- pete for honors in the fir George James of Club, Washington, holder on the W. H. Beardsley cup, Phillips of Atlantic City, runner up in the tirst local tournament, Dr. Willium Mofratt of Utica, N. Y. and | K. M. Recd of Scarsdale Club, New York. are fave ¢s in the top divis- fon. The first matching started this morning. of Down the Alleys United States Duckpin League cl. ht at the Re District quint Veterans' Bureau d its season last | ation alleys. Fourth dropped one game of | three to the United States Compensa- tion Commission and Division won all three from the Ac- counting Subdivision, result be- Ing a tie for first place between the two successful teams. The tie will be ay nizht the Accounting Insurance quint 491. Craft the ner had high set of and game of 113 Fourth District s 518, Farley of the lo: set of 324, ners the Insurance the In defeating division, the 479, 494 and Sub. rolled win- best s red . 490 and | rs had the best Karmel of the win- of 117. Disbursing won two three from the Supplics and ing team, with the scores of and 436. Bishop of the winners 1 the high game of 119 and also the best set ¢ 5. out 44 of | Hilltoppers, in leading the Washin ton Ladies’ League, are going ast gait and last night won all three games from the Independents, with the scores, 44%, 411 and 461 Miss Knott of the winners, had the high game of 103. 3 City Post Office also captured three games from the Internal Revenue. Miss Zeigler of best game of 107 the winers nad the Sales Xax of the Internal League won two the Solicitors, with and 476. Brown of the winners the top game, 116, and Allison Charest of the losers, were tied high set, each having 320 maples. 2ev out of three seores of 460, nue from 4 had and for Car Department team of the It road Y. M. C. A. League won out of cames f ail- two three chinists, with the scores 5 and 416. Henderson of the winners had high set of 323 and game of May 5 has been wet as the d. the tourney or the Ameri v. representing Boston Fhiladelphia. Baltimore a which will be rolled on tral alleys, wh the company reserved the entire floor for t casion. A banquet for the bowlers and their friends will be given by the ofli cers of the compar Regulars of the won &ll three games from th man’s at the King Pin Allevs | night with scores of 505, 88 and 508 McNickle of the Regulars had set of 337 and best game of 148. Dixtrict | ten-dollar Engineers of Fort Humphreys de- feated tho Alexandria team in a_ ten- | pin match, Schaffer of the Engineers made the high score of 504. Fort Humphrey is anxious to book games with tenpin quints in and around Washington Address the Athletic Officer, Fort Humphreys, 43 1. argt ~What is thought to be a world record for a three-game total was made last night by A. Atkin- son, shooting with the Claybourn alley five of Milwaukee in the American Bowling Congress tournament, when he turned in games of In his doubles Atkinson totaled 584, | and 587 in his singles, which, with h record score, put him in second of 1,897. The leaders in the five-man event were not threatened, the highest score being a 2,782 total, rolled by the Economy Restaurants of Chicago. | Almost bowlers rolled in the | singles event, but entered the first five—W. Zimmerman 350 only one of Chi- cago, who took fourth place when he swept the alleys for 668 G. Caibion of St. Louis treated the | fans to some excitement when he opened his first game of the doubles with eight plns and then struck all the way out for @ 278 total, high single game of the meet to date. | John Koster of New York, whb, twenty-one years ago, was the master bowler of the universe, rolled with the Intercity team of New York and garnered a total of 600. He shot 612 in his doubles xnd| came right back with 648 for his singles count, making his total for the nine games 1,860 and taking sec- ond place in the all events. _ Koster was the all-events champlon in 1902, taking the title with 1.841, at that time an enormous total Paired with P. Schultz of Newark. he won the doubles title in 1913 with a total of 1,201, Standing of the leaders FIVE-MAN TEAMS, Peternen Parkways, Chicago...2,961 Wagner's All Stars, Milwaukee. 2,894 | | Wiesner Petersen, Chicago. . 889 | ! DOUBLES. J. Pratt and W Detroft. ......... : J. Freer znd njac. Chicago. .12 J. Larson and 0. 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Burr (Tec (Western). _Time, 8.31 2 Plunge—Won Ly Milie Fair (Western); third, @. U. IS GETTING READY. Georgetown’s base ball players were (Western): | Stabler Robertson (Western) ; by Stephenson {due for a long session at the Hilltop this afternoon to prime for the games that will be plaved with the Marines at Quantico on Friday and Saturday. DAY OF high | | and EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O WEDNESDAY: BY ROBERT L. RIPL 'OR'T ARTHUR, January 9.— » morning I rode on a railroad built by an Amcriean, sat in a Pullman coach, and was dragged by a Baldwin engine built in Phil- adeiphia to Port Arthur, The Iate war huw made = bum out of Port Arthur. The hills of Port Arthur mean much to the Japs, but the ruins of the Russo- nnesc wal longer e the Kicking hrill that they possessed before the late struggle, The bat- tletieldx dwarf thexe snt noted for it memorable xeges of 1804 and 1004, but ux this account ix & rumble and Dot a hintory, L won't bore you with the details. To sum things up, all T have seen ¢ this strange and denolate plnce xaetly what the Russinns ed. The Japs have added ®_ Shinto shrine 3,000 men—and a few grotesqu monuments after the Furopean fashion. The Impression that [ earry awny, aside from the fact that hu man life is the cheapest thing in Asin, ix that the fmperial Japa- nese government is one niost insidious corporations world., The Japanese government wns all commodities. It owns the hotels, all travel routes, xtenmxhips, newspapers, and even the travel burenu. The govern- ment owns all rallways, Including Transsiherinn. The Jupanese never fail to ki vk the Chinewe, whom they regard an inferior people. They axs ecredit for all that ix good and binme the Chinexe for all that is not. A “The Hill of the Topanese o0 HOOVER SHOULD REPEAT TRIUMPH OVER BRITONS BY WALTER CAMP. EW YORK. March 21.—E the announcem amond sculls title at Hoover's rowing was a mystery to the Britishers. the g actual racing came they method of the Americ 11 travel with him o con £ will inherit the enrt one said, and the latest the strenigth of that sport . n some pr was given an Judge wame th tch us anc when no Lo mave se | ri Marje the n Clear Here is the first hbomb throwy into » 1t worhl along b r Pittsfield uired an 85 ago. It now ty acres with a capi- ded £10 Pittsfield can give men L it Il be a great hese days of any one of i of spend- 1 Club 1 about @ year put Seve golf conrse proposes this into a i It shares, thing n wild extrav @ duzen clubs th ing $10.000 on Eddie Egan, the former Y tein of the boxing team. Rhodes scholar, proved the “God from the ear” who enabled Oxford to win th \petition “with Cambridee by t nors in bLoth the heavy- 1 the cruiser ¢l = Blue victory. 2 n are quite skill and_not that in both 15808, weight an D and A. E. F. fam with Egan's in the least surprised bouts the referee was obliged to stop th con to save Egan's victims from further punishment. Nd Yal lar Anuouncement that Maher, Pen captain ami backstop of the 1 nine, Is eligible for this vea gETe- will be hailed with delight. nt involved in this eligibiltiy nusual one. Maher took three years instead of is now in the law school. The decision rested upon this ques- tion and it was ruled that this was not o transfer from another univer- that he would be entitled h year of competition. degre ur, but in_too bnd that every college foot ball and base ball player in this country could not have seen the recent match between Willie Hoppe Jak rha for the billiard Dependable The Year Around ROSSLYN, VA. West 1012 SPRING EASTER LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OFF Select Your Spring Suiting —HERE TOMORROW AND HAVE FOR THE OCCASION. IT_READY BEAUTIFUL FABRICS IN ALL THE NEW COLORS AND PATTERNS; TAILORED TO YOUR ORDER YOU LIKE BEST. IN THE STYLE PRICED TO PLEASE YOU. 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That fight was made in the face of a physical handicap obviously led the present on t »id masse shots and bothered his stroke, yet his 1 determination in the final literally swamped his oppo- It was a grand mateh, for fu lacking in nerve, tion as his run of a an exhibition of the kind irit which every foot ball ¢oach in the country strives to instill his charges. For it is the ability to fight 2 losing fight undiscouraged, with determination undimmed yet Hoppe points nent. {With a coolness that avoids mistakes | and penalties, that wins foot games and makes champions line of athletic endeavor. ball every TO DEDICATE NEW TRACK. CLEVELAND, March day harness horse racing program will be held at the new track here on Decoration day, when the new plant will be dedicated, it announced by Secretary Frank Woodland today. Three races, each for $1,000, will make up the program. Over 25000 invitations will be sent out. 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Johnxon Is Confident, SPRIX Ark., ch 2 [ return to Hot Springs next winter, T think there will be but one man standing between myself and the heavyweight championship of the world,” “said Floyd Johnson he boarded a train for Philadelphin after more than ¢ training here. Joknson the best of condi- tion now schedule of minor butties through the northeast, and then will be in fine shape for the Willard mat McTIGUE IS UNDECIDED AS TO RETURN TO U. S. | By the Assoctated Press. reh 21 —The plans of the conqueror of Bat- indefinite for the pres- Me ‘has fono to visit his wife in his native home county, Kerry, and it s not likely he will return to the United States for some time: TREMAINE IS MATCHED. | _TOLEDO, Ohio, March 21 Tremaine, Clevel title contender. and Joe Nelson P'hiladeiphia have been matched to fight twelve rounds here March 27, {it_was announced today by the To- ledo buxing commission FAVORITE IS SCRATCHED. LONDON. March 21—Maj. E. J. Seott Gerald which a we favorite to win the steeplechase at Afn- has been seratched HOT “Before tling Siki, ar ent. e arl of was th National | N AR \\ %) | of his bantamweight | {loper and may jar Mickey out of his | 37 o SAYS OPTION ON SERVICES HOLDS FOR DEMPSEY ONLY| Argentinian and His Manager Assert He Can Fight Any One Else Any Time and May Do It, But Promoter Has Different View. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, March 21.—War and rumors of war in the neighbor- hood of Madison Square Garden today. Luis Firpo says that his arrangement with Tex Rickard relates only to Jack Dempsey, and that he can fight any one else any time and anywhere he pleases. What's more, he and his manager declared to the writer today that they may do this thing. Tex opines not, and he opines in his calm, collected and self- assured wi The suggestion is that since Firpo doesn't spiggoty Eng- {lish, he says and probably will continue to say things that are of no more importance than hot air in Yuma. 0ld Bert Williams used to sing the| more time over the teacups than in well known roundelay about “most | the €¥ym and we all know where that troubles being with his wife | leads. and the rest of 'em—her mother. Not so with Mickey Walker, new welterwelght champlon. Mickey and | his new bride are getting along | famou: but Mickey and Muldoon | are nd urther details came today of Mickey's fight in Buffalo March 14| with Charley Fitzsimmons. =~ These | details today are being laid before the boxing commission, and whether | (Copyright, 1923.) PROSPECTOF CARP-S ) enatonab that Miokss: can oand| BUUT ENTHUSES I]UB“N Pete Latzo in Newark tOmorrow | po 40 Assoclated Press night remains to be seen, . ST ; s It is said that in the interests of | DUBLIN, March 21—Boxing is an those fans who have aiready bought | absorbing topic of conversation in tickets t New York state boxing | Dublin where the prospect of an carly officials wil! hold oft any final actioh | engagement between Carpentier and until after that go, in view of the | o i5ieer 1 Bleceiasal TH act that Jersey boxing mentors are | Siki I8 being eagerly discussed. Thae inclined to do that very thing. But|Project has been fully investigated if it is shown that Mickey and Fitz- | DY both promoters and principals and simmons put on a dancing act in-|considerable headway 1s sald to have stead of u fight up in Buffalo, it is|P¢en made. to Le hoped that both of them wm‘lg;gg 3"1;21‘}3"!”?" gy 1;:( :‘r;d!e;; ket what they cull in the Army sum- | G000 S8 ANE PO " Uombeted th mary Justices . | match will be held within a few Ierhaps it won't be necessary t0/months in a well-known foot ball purish Walker very severely after|enclosure convenient to the city. that Latzo scrap, for Pete Is a wal-| Both Carpentier and Siki agree that they can hold thelr eagerly awalited return bout in Ireland if sufficlent finan- sPending | cial inducement s forthcomin, present state of champlonship. Wal-| they say, has been The reason for White Owl value at White Owl price is this— you cigar smokers have made it America’s most pular cigar. Enormous production means better quality at lower price. 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