Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1923, Page 31

SPORTS. Three Sports Bid for Scientific Title : Business High Nine Handicapped at Start NET GAME IS CONTENDER WITH BILLIARDS AND GOLF! Cue Wielders Conceded to Hold the Honor, But Ten- nis Players Dispute Claim of Linksmen That They Deserve to Be Ranked Second. BY FAIR PLAY. game is one of the two most scientific sports in the world. They. GOL}- ERS today are loud in their claims that the reyal and ancient | concede the other post of scientific emincnce to billiards. claim is vigorously denied by the This tennis enthusiasts, who assert that skillful tennis players do practically everything with a tennis ball that a golfer does with a rubber-cored liardist accomplishes with the ivorie not when it is at rest, but while it is There is a decided aualogy in the action of the ball in all three sames, and this is the more marked since Joek Hutchizon besxame so adept in putting reverse English on some of his approach dreds of other golfers strove to equal him. The variety of golf shots un- doubtedly has increased in late yvears. Do not make the mistaie of thinking that Jock invented the reverse Eng- sh shot. begause it has been plaved for vears, but Hutchison hLolds a rul- ing power over a golf ball. and now and then he makes tha vellet per- form stunts that are uncauny Same Laws Govern Shotw. When golf was United States plavers wbout making “stop shots.” They were well pleased if they could puil off “keep-going” shots. Few attemp! ed then to deliberately pull or slice a shot. They had difficulty enough liceping straight down (he fairways With the development of these strokes 1he resemblanca of golf to billiards l:as increasel. The same laws that yermit the veering of a billlard ball from its normal course govern the hook and the slice. The draw is played in each case in similar fashion and the sureness of touch and smoothness ential to each game, he surface over which the two umes are plaved has a decided beal on whether golf may be consi ercd as selentific us billiards. In the nature of things. the sureness and nicety of execution attained in bil jiards never can be attained in golf, for the movement of a ball over turf cannot be s well controlled or gaug- ed as over u specially woven cloth stretched over the smoothest But on the other hand the golf r forms in the face billiardist never is called on to meet. Similar Alibis Are Used. knew In one thing the two games bear the closest resemblance—that is in ‘he alibis for failure to perform shots. in each case the table is not level or the greens are untrue, the cush- 1ons are slow or the fairway is SOgR. the billiard ball has a bump or tha oIf ball has picked up a pisce of mud. In this respect there is scarce- 1:_any difference in the truly scien- tific aspects of both gam (Copyrizht ots at golf. and hun- | t played in the| little | stroke s | of difficulties the | pellet” and many things that a bil. s, and at the same time strike the ball traveling at top speed. ) e ~ | INSIBE GOLT By George O'Neil | WHAT HAPPENS HERE? | We have heard of all manner of | wquenk plays by which champie: whips have been won, but if all the facts con:e out in the news [ of big gelf meetings ws would also lerrn of some strange occur- L. o8 which titles are lost. One of the strangely interesting predicaments in which a golfer | mny find Rimself fell to the lot of i - [well? HERE i GOES | A i TITLE Chiek Evana during the Brook- line championship last n caxe Evans was called upon net only to know a rule, but to obsorve it under trying elrcum- xtonees, when to do xo meant dis- axter to him. At a short hole, & moshie pitch shot. at which E Zus in at bix best. Chick reached for his mashie. but somehow pull- ed r mashie niblick. He teok his stance and then discovered that Re held n niblick, whick was tee short for the distance. | it Gike n driver, hut feit &reem and lot the ol Re stick to the niblickf REFEREE'S DECISION. | 1t Evans had changed hia club after taking his stance. in thin caxe, hin opponent would have had the right to call for the forfsit of the hole—nnd forteiting holen in nt gcod form, expecially in chams pionship play. (Cony Why did MANY NEW MASONIC PIN LEADERS AS EVENT ENDS/ tonight at the King Pin alle and it predicted that the present L I “HE curtain goes down on the Masonic League bowling tournament lcaders in the different events final ball smashes into the maples. will be given “cold chills” before the Several of the top bowlers in the singles and doubles are scheduled for tonight, including the Krauss boys and Earl Lewis, and, if they are fit, The feature of last night's bowling was the ousting of cvery one of the leaders in the all events. Hamner went into first place with 1.074. 2 handicap of 135 helping him along. Groff landed in second place with & total of 1.040. Megaw reached the third position wi Urban was fourth, tying Me v Supplee grabbed the fifth place W Tn the doubles Watson and Megaw first_place with a total of 5L p v and Beck into second place, which they have held since the opening night with 720 double scores of the even- Tseman and Rodier, 619, handicap of 21 pins and ancaster, 671, with a in the sin- cord 18, 116, Suppice 5 Logan, . with a handicap of 4 cles. Isen when he smash. handicap, Svat.ed the maples with a vengeance. i _high single game of the tourney. There no change n the team stan Only four ni scores wer Solowon, 545, plus Fentalpha . 516, 1,875; Daws 474, 510, I 11548, and Takoma, 441, 132, 1.5 i ening's program carries team matches—Singleton ngton-Centennial, There twenty-nine entered in the sin- gles and thirteen pairs. WORLD RECORD IS SET IN TENPINS WITH 3,139 By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. March 30.—The 1son-Mitchells of Milwaukee head e team cvents in the tournament of the American Bowling Congress by virtue of the highest bowling score ever rolled in competition. The Ola- Launch team of Indian- apolis, Ind., held the same houor for thirty' seconds last night. Finishing an eye-wink ahead of the Nelson- Mitchells; the Olamane no more than saw their brilliant 3,115, & new world record, posted ut the top of the five- man events until it was dropped to second place by the Milwaukeeans' 39. The old_record 3.096, was set by tn.l Btuoks No. 1 of Chicago at Peorla, T, in 1920. CENTRAL NINE PLAYING. Central High School nine was to meet Rutgers Prep. starting at 2.30 todsy. in the Wilson stadium. Coach | Doc White planned to start Brink- man on the mound. " ADDS SQUASH COURTS. Pennsylvania will add six squash racquet courts to its mew Franklin | feld athletic equipment, bringing the i number of sports it Supports to It Won’t Be Long Now Before the Good Old BASE BALL Gets Under Way LET US OUTFIT YOUR TEAM Complete At Lowest Prices in Town score of | big scorcs assuredly will result Down the Alleys Terminal Ice retanied its lead in the District League by winning two of three games from the Colonials last night on the King Pin alleys, their scores being §68, 592 and 538. They lots the final game by two pins. Joe Toomey again occupied the spotlight with the high set and game, 383 and 151. Internal Revenue of the Washington Ladies’ League sprang a surprise or the Hilltoppers Jast night at the Re reation alleys by winning the odd game, with 'the scores 413, 469 and | 436. The Hilltoppers, who are lead- ing the league, woke up in the final round, when they smashed the maples for a score of 502. Lottie Knott of ;g; Hilltoppers had the best score, Carry Ice Cream won two out of three from the Goldenberg team of the Commercial League last night with the scores of 462, 499 and 491. Overeid of the losers had the best set, 314, and Polvinale of the win- ners the high game, 120. Machine No. 1 of the Bureau of En- graving League captured the odd game from Machine No. 2 on the Rec- reation alleys. their scores being 528, 495 and 456. Davis of the winners had the best set, 327, and shared honors with Blumenaur of the losers for the high game, 120. CREWS ROW MANY MILES IN PREPARING FOR RACE Members of a 'varsity crew, while they are preparing for the annual in- tercolleglate events which take place in_June, row between 500 and 1700 mites in practice. That takes time and encrgy. They may compete tor about twenty-three minutes, perhaps, {if they engage In a four-mile race. |And their 700 miles. it they rowed {that distance in practice—all want to try to make good in the twenty- three minutes—if they rowed straightaway in practice the distance |which_they cover would about take them from New York to Cleveland. OHIO STATE C0-ED FIRST IN U. S. ON VARSITY TEAM EMsabeth A. Falter of Ohio State University h: e unique divtinc- Hon of being the firwt women stu- deat in the conmtry to be selected for a pemition on a rewular varsity spert temm. Miss Falter, a sopho- more at Columb wi named recemtly an a mem| of the Buck- ere rifie le‘l: er very firat ppearance she turned in a per- fect score of 100, NORTH AND SOUTH TITLE SEEMS SURE FORHAGEN PINEHURST, N. €, March —Walter Hagen, American holder of the British open golf title, seemed before nightfall—North Open Champlonship. Having won various tournaments “nd broken sundry records in _his leisurely tour northward toward New York, whence he sails in & month |or 80 to defend his British crown, he startled the big fleld in the seventy- two hole tournament here by doing Ithe first thirty-six holes yesterday in {70-68-138, four strokes under par and {seven ahcad of his nearest competi- tors. Tn a tie for second place at 145 {were Jock Hutchison. of Chicago; {CyTil_Walker of Englewoed, N. J., {and Marty O'Loughlin of Pluinficld. and South H.ogen's competitors conceded’ that he would win today unless he had a narkable reversal of form. Far from being overgolted, he seqms to improve the more he tours. His long, low-flight drive was straight down the fairway yesterday, and he gave a remarkable exh on the sand green. DUFFERSTOBE BARRED FROM BRITSH AMTE | LONDON. March 30.—Duffers’ need not apply for permission to try to win the British amateur golf crown this vear. Entries will be accepted only from pluyers with handicaps of five or {less. the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews has decreed. The amateur championship, in which a strong group of Americans will com- Pete. is to be played over the course of the Roval Cinque Ports Golf Club at Deal, beginning May 7. The entrance fee is 2 guineas, about 310 at the present exchange rates, and April 20 Is the last day entrios will be received. The Royal and Anclent Club | has ruled that no player shall be eli- gible to compete who because of his skill as a golfer received afier De- cember 31, 1922, a salary or remuner: tion, either directly or indirectly, from any firm dealing in goods rela: ing to the playing of the game. The accaptance without payment of golf balls, clubs or gold merchandise will render a player ineligible. The Royal and Ancient Club also has becn making regulations about the open championships to be played at Troon, Scotland, June 14 and 15. Only cighty players will particlpate. If more than eighty enter qualifying rounds will be played June 11 and 12. 13000 D.C.COURT TITLE EPPHANY'S GOAL Epiphany, court champions of the 130-pound class of the A. A. U., ex- pect to grab the District champion- ship honors in the junior contests to be played next week. The church lads will face the Stanton tossers Monday night to determine the team to meet the Mackins in the final next Tuesday. Handleapped by a frequently chang- ing personnel, the Engineer basket ball team of Fort Humphreys finished next to last in the series for the service championship of the District, but made a splendid showing against outside quints. registering nine straight victories against strong teams at the close of the season. Much credit for its good showing is accorded Lieut. Claterhos, captain of the team, who coached it. viees of Boteler, City to the Herzl Club basket ball team last night by the score of 36 to 31, Three teams are in the race for the District girls’ championship—Wilson Normal, the Capitals and the Hurri- canas. ‘A game between the Capitals and the Hurricanas iy expected to be booked Within the next few days. Wilson Normal School will meet the Hurricanas April 7. IOWA STADIUM IS MODEL FOR MANY OTHER PLANTS The all-steel stadium built by the University of Towa last fall is prov- ing so satisfactory that it is being used as a model for many of the stadiums to be constructed in Europe and South America. Prof. Lambert, who designed the stand, has found so many imitators that he has decided to patent his unigue innovatlons. Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAKES IATORS. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th F. 6410, 1485 P. M. T3, 0. certain today to have another title| vition of putting | | [ | | 1 ! ALL ABOARD ! | — AT FORMOSA - BY ROBERT L. RIPLEY. | Re o | Festong : spots on earth. The nnnual rain- fall averages over 200 inches. It in sure to rain two days out of three. We ived amid brilliant sunshize and congratul selves on ariving on the Wroag, as usual. Suddenly the rain came. A cloudburst! We tried to reach the hont which was anchored outside the harbor, but the wind and rain lashed the waves to fury, and NG, Formean, January 17. —I saw the hend Runter's today: The Japanese govermment i tempting to either civilise or de- atroy the wild tribes amd have more or leas xurrounded them with a barbed wire fence, which, some places. ix electrically ehars. ed. Thix barbed wire entang! ment tightens and grows smaller each day, while the obstinate na- tives within the giant mesh Aght, iy o A ) ing it a dangerous thing to ap- the small | Uizhters bounded like corks, mak- | proach the Laconia's ladder. The passengers clung perilously to lichter and jumped when the bounding hillows rose to the Enngpl k. Two fell overboard into the seething water! Fourteen were rescued by a Japanese war- ship mearby. All were wet, frozen, frightened and scasick after the three-hour battle with the ele- men The Laconia now looks like a hoapital ship, and everybody who can alt up is frantically trying to tell the story of his experience— all at the same time! | their wretched huts and habits. {1 was certainly dixapgeinted in l the head hunters the Japanese severnment rounded wp for our | .tmspection. They looked more ltke ‘lounge-Uzards tham blood-thirsty cannibals. Strange. All the wild men I Rave ever seen. either at the cireus or Coney Ials: looked mighty tame. 1 could lck them all mvself. There are wilder O'Reilly's weuld run thewe blood- Runters off the island one of MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS CINCINNATI REDS. ts. Throws. Played with in 1932, W. L. 2 iesboro (Blue Ridge) 23 13 9 43 16 2 Ao record Pitehers. | Abrams, George . | Be (e 4 . D Daver Damel ¢ United States Army N Reds 33 18 9 Free agent No record ‘Winston-Salem (Piedmt.) 40 24 15 Redn 77 e Reds 39 13 23 Reds 40 25 13 Greenville (Cotton St.) 36 19 12 Free agent No record Reds 0 e o Red: Reds Rechester (Internatl.) Reds 316 1.008 282 284 278 253 1 239 334 361 Teds Reds Reds Reds Heda Knoxville (Appalach.) Maysville (Blue Grass) 1z 33 1us 138 81 4z 53 39 Fowler, Cheater Harding, Frank . Kimmiek, Walter Pinelli, Ral Rientenbers, Taylor, Joha F.... Outfielders, Burns, George J.. Duncan, Leuls B.. . Harpen G w.. Hock, Bd g Roush, E& J.. Scheminant, George . Shorten, Charles - 2aRA-EITENA mEIR ATZ 971 953 983 990 Atlnnta (8. A.) Reds o ‘Waynesboro (Blue Ridge) 96 981 St. Louis (American) 55 275 1.000 August G. Herrmana, President. Patrick J. Moras, Manager. Frank Behle, Dusiness Manager. Orlande, Fia., training camp. Games played at Redland Field. Capacity, 35,000. (Copyright, 1823.) FAFTRER HRARecEoEdA eRE3 ::aza===a=r§-= LELEFT H One of the best carly season games of the vear is expected to take place when the Washington Cubs and the Blue Sox (colared nines) face eacn other Sunday at the Monument grounds, at 3 p.m. Meinbers of the Molint A. C. will be coached this year by George Adamson, | former Eastern College st For | games call Irving Abramson, at Main We Please You in Fabric, Fit, Workmanship and Style Spring Suitings IN ALL THE SPRINGTIME COLORS AND PAT. TERNS AWAIT YOUR SELECTION HERE, PRICED TO PLEASE YOU AND TAILORED AS YOU WANT YOUR SUIT TAILORED TO PLEASE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS. OMOHUNDRO, 514 12th ST Your Tailor—Just Below F St. Men’s Full-fashioned Silk Sox, with fancy clocks . ! $ ]. 000 " 40¢ Lisle Sox, 3 Prs. for $1.00 UY your sox at The Sox Shop. Our Sox look better and wear | THE SOX SHOP | 203-205 Pa. Ave. S.E. Planty of Room 10 Park Your Auto COVERS A 6,000-YARD LINKS IN 47 MINUTES A golfer on the other side of the pond has estublivhed a recerd by playing areund a 6,000-yard course in_47 minutes. If there in ome ery heard more often on the links tham, “I can never piay when I'm held up and waiting on every tee,” it is “I can’t play when IPm hurried. The putt which has been stared at longest is by no means the one which goes the straightest way for the hole, and an sddress which takes as long as an election spcech to deliver is ravely the preliminary to a superiatively good drive. SOUTHS COLLERE 0L EVENT I ETFOR MY KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 20.— The first southern intercollegiate con- ference golf tournament will be held here MAy 10, 11 and 12 over the Cher- okee Country Club course and spon- sored by the University of Tennes- see, according to announcement today by Coach M. B. Banks. Entry blanks have not been sent out yet, but correspondence with ch schools as Vanderbilt, Sewanee, Wash. ington and Lee, North Carolina, (Georgla, Georgia Tech and other schools indicates a great deal of in- terest. Practically all of the larger schools of the conference will send teams, it was stated. The Cherokee course, par 71. will offer a great mark for the golfers to shoot at. Jimmy Dickson, profession- al at the club, holds the course record with a 72, also equaled by Bobby Jones. Such stars as Ted Ray, Harry Vardon, Abe Mitchell, Jim Barnes, Jock Hutchison and George Duncan have been unable to cover the course in par. (.U AND GEORGETOWN WIN: MARYLAND LOSES Maryland University’s invasion of the south takes the nine to North Carolina State today, while George- town and Catholic universities will hold stiff practices for their games tomorrow with Princeton and Holy Cross, respectively. In the first game of their south- ern trip yesterday, the College Park- ers lost to Richmond, 7 to 3. Mary- land used three pitchers, Nihiser, At- kinson and Nesbit, but failed to stop Dobson’s hitting aggregation. Ni- hiser was touched for twelve hits in six Innings. After fta defeat Wednesday by the Marines, Catholic University came back strong vesterday and swamped the Devil Dogs at Quantico, 14 to 4. Breslin and Roddy of the Brookland team each registered two hits. Georgetown University had an casy time defeating Syracuse yesterday, the score being 21 to 1. Displaying a team that promises to equal last year's aggregation, the Hilltoppers out-played the Orange in every de- partment. Only eight hits were made oft Jenkins, who was in rare form. The visitors made five errors, while the home boys came out of the fray with a -clean slat Superfor hitting on the part of Amherst falled to bring home the bacon in the game with Virginia yes- terday. The score was 14 to 5 in favor of the Old Dominipn team, which was the beneficiary of four- teen passes issued by Parker and Woodruff. —_— Games for the Corinthian A. C, are being booked by Rabbi Silverstone, at 410 X street nerthwest. Striking Twelve at the Eleventh Hour! wE dislike publishking this advertisemtent, because it encourages procrastina. tion, but we just want to say, in justice to our buying and sales stafls, that if you come | | | 1 will be compelled to plunge into in- THREE OF TEAM’S STARS FLUNK IN THEIR STUDIES Haas, Simpson and Bangs Ineligible for Opening Game With Western—Stenogs Retarded by Failure to Obtain Practice Grounds. ASE BALL nightmare hit Coach Mike Kelly of Business High School today, for scholastic marks have rendered three of his-star players ineligible, and they will be unable to perform against the 1922 champion Western team on April 24. Without the services of Haas, southpaw pitcher and first baseman; Simpson, another first sacker, and Bangs, catcher, the 9th street aggregation will have little chance for a win oyer the Georgetown team on that date. With only one day'’s practice this week, which showed an array of raw material, Coach Kelly has had little opportunity of appraising his youngsters. His new boxmen have been working in the gym for several days, but are in dire need of actual mound and infield practice. In Bas- table, Cruzan, McAuliffe, Brown, Mudd and Newman, Business expects eventually to develop a first-class hurling aggregation. c:;rg;\,:hlfilrly o_fuhl: new cnnfl%‘ldlles il " Cauted by Hass, Simpson | BOSTON TO FILE $15,000 CLAIM AGAINST DETROIT vacancies caused by Haas, Simpson BOSTON, March 30.—The Boston and Bange for the early games, at least. Either Moser or Chaconas will American League club will file a claim for 315,000 against the Detroit club substitute for Catcher Bangs in the for the failure of Pitcher Carl Holling Western game. The remaining_vet- erans of the squad include Capt. Watt, to report, according to advices from Hot Springs, Ark. second base; Connor, third base; Cliff Holling was traded to the Red Sox Clarridge, left field; Clarence Clar- with Howard Ehmke and Babe Her- ridge, shortstop, man in exchange for Derrill Pratt and Handicapped because of the in- ability to obtain a diamond permit Rip Collins. Holling has informed the Red 8ox that he prefers to stay in on the Monument grounds, the Stenogs California and play independent base- ball. tensive training next week. Each morning of Easter week Coach Kelly intends to drill his charges on dia- mond No. 4. Tomorrow will mark the first real practice of the season. Three Permanently Lowt. Three men were lost by Busineas | this year, Clark, shortstop; Donovan, left fleld, and Mensch, right field. The hope of trimming Western dwindled congiderably when these men were graduated, together with the Joss of Haas, Simpson and Bangs. Business boalted of a well balanced nine last year, losinggto the champlon Western nine by the score of 13 to 12. The ~ Steno schedule includes: Thursday, April 12, St. Alban’s; Fri- day, April 13, St. John's College; Mon- day, April 16, Devitt Prep: Tuesda. April 17, Gonzaga; Wednesday, Apr: 18, Catholic University Freshmen; Priday, April 20, Georgetown Univer- sity Freshmen; Tuesday, April 21 Western; Friday, April 27, Mount Joseph's; Tuesday, May 1, Technica Friday, ‘May 4, Georgetown Pre Tuesday, May §. Episcopal: Friday, May 11, Central: Tuesday, May 15, Gonzaga: Wednesday, May 15, Alex- | . andria High School; Thursday, May | 17, Emerson Institute, and Friday, May 18, Eastern. 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