Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1923, Page 28

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28 SPORTS. THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHIN NGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 1923, BPORTS. American Golfers on, Way to England : California Is Quiet as to Te nnis Action PLAYERS GIVEN “ORDERS” | TO PERFORM TWO FEATS Must Defend Walker Cup | and Attempt to Capture | British Amateur Championship—Twelve in Party That Is Making Trip. EW YORK, Aprii 18—-1 N land tania yesterday. ering throng: United States Goltf A was gathered together and the expe Capt orders from the U. S. G. trophy at traditional St. Andrew’s the British amateur championsh mg the week of May 7 Byers of the U. S. G. A. can governing body a golidom. Tn the party, hesides ond Gardner. was the o atedr cha of Ar so_holds crown. Twao fo 180 on hand. ¥ ton. winner of the ope and the amateur in Vidson Herron of Chicago. winner of | the amateur title at Oakmont in 1919 when he defeated Bobb in the n Together with r, Who who will act 3 pres pion assrs, ent sy Amieri- the invaders four natio State, vectlonal and lolders 1 s brought the quota up to twelve, at loast ten of whom will comprise the Walker cup team. distriet title picuous Charles (“Chick 1f wizard, who elegraphed h per. All in a scintillating a Chicago at the last moment rets to Capt. Gard- “hound, ers, I by Ficld Marshal Robert A. Gardner, set sail on the Maure- | The departure 1o brass bands. only the hon voy ociation officia cup at Roya! Cinque Ponts, Deal The goliers were d the Royal and Ancient, which rules over oughly repres: golf. that marched Tania’s gangplank, utte: bring back the Walker Britlsh a1 but the & golt world It was a with three southerene four ‘w up. Fro went state = Paclfic ne Fred J. Wright, happens to be prairie section ron and Harr nesota stats champion. was represented by Geo Texan. who scrved five mpion of the L ar state. The Atlantic seabo presentatives Were Swectser, Ouimet, Max 1. Mars- ton of Philad ¢ Kevstone state 4 of W, £olf 1 mainl; faraway eville, the pion, 0. present rom_the iner, He . the N titleic e t the sidedness in the Drit- g the miss looking ar: v that embarked yesterday—an ar ; that, even should it fall to carry its missio 1l be sure to give Jonathan Bu worry be- iween now it was the golfing delega- tion t ever assembled for a similar undertaking. American 1921 Team Strong. occasion has ed a force that or approxi- ng in Pitts- prised of res. Wright, - Guilford and team was vic- team match approached mated it in 1921, when W burg headed Evane. Ou Dr._ Paul 1 3 J. ‘Wodd Platt. Th torious in an informal against the Br! lake, prior to t core being 9 to winning all of the foursomes and two out of the five singles events played. In the championship proper, however, with disaster, only one, Wright, surviving to the sixth round, whers he fell before Bernard Darwin, a od golfer but by no means a great car the British sent over its play for the Walker cup Tolley. Wethered. Imer, Tor- Playing at the at Southampton. L. I, $ points to 4, cap- turing five ¢ eight singles match- es and thre of five doubles. Noted Caddie at Pier. At the dock was also America’s moss | experfenced caddie, Joe Horgun, whe has caddled for all the great guns of golf and who hLas seen more ships laden with golfers come and go than any other siugle person on this side of the water. Joe sized up the bags of all the departing golfers, but failed to find any large enough to contain ! TimeMf and the clubs already in them. so that the team will be forced to rely upon such local talent as there is to be found on the otiier side to tote | their clubs. The golfers were all optimistic: over | their chances of retaining the Walker trophy, but refused to make any com- ments on the championship. “We'll do our best” said Capt. Gardner. “It onal Link Americans won EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. Men’s & Young Men’s Spring Suits Our 820 Suits are the best in town at this price. They are equal to those about town at $25 and $30. H | comes from thie ne Ipected to play: America’s Walker cup goli- as an unostentatious one—no ges of a handful of through whose labors the team n made possible, financ Garduer carried scaled orders’up the gangplank with A, dirccting a val i nt defense of the international May 18 and 19 and the capture of | dur- smpanicd by President J. I 1 officer betwezen the Ameri- bri s liais, is always an od visiting country t inst the host of never can tell B ys. T oXt British migiit Le in our party. aud then Le might not.” The n as Freddi vou uliiant Wright cngugeme tten of Bost re he took up busi sclo In crder to give the tunity to keep in swing during the trip, special Griv have been fixed fhe Muurete At the same time, um ng the equi hich went abeard the ship yester- were several putting devices of us kinds and patterns 2 e o ol b April 18.— For- lett tacile on eleven, baske't 1 golfer in the lot ho announced O'Connell failed to get a hit in the opening On left is Jimmy O'Connell. outficl has ' and on the right is Jack Bentle; pitcher, the procecdings from the bench. HARTFORDS WOULD MEET ALL SENIOR NINES IN D. C. ARTFORD ATHLETIC CLUB, ing the entire senior Brown. The club is duc Sunday at 3:30 o'clock Minaha Bogorad or Powers, third and Laubach, right. Rib for the mound, while Scvert merly, Manager Simpson wants siring games in the s call him at Columbia 2847 Phil A. C. trimmed Marines yesterday in a tightly played ®ame, 3 to 1. Bombrest of the win- ners hurled invincible ball, while C.| Kuhnert garnered three hits. the X Arlington A. > nt. which was postponed ! nday due to the incle ther, will be staged this Sun &t 3 o'clock, on the Arlington grounds Judge Willlam C. Gloth wlill {oss out | the 1 i1, and music will be pro vided Fort Myer band lington playsrs are ted port on the field ernoon and tomo| o'clock Department of Justice organized and would like to s games with teams for April Telephone challenges to Mana Nicholas Valenza, L er 5:30 o'clock. edule 22 and | | Deanwood Athletic Club plans to | hold practice this cvening and Friday, | ration for its game with the | it A, C | Seaman Gunners will play the Union Printers on the south diamond of the ipse today at 5 o'cloc] McCormick probubly hurl for Waverly A. C. in its gam Sunday afternoon, at = o'clock th the Phil A. C., on the diamond at 5th and L streets southeast. Fee Collier will be his opponent. Nance Mohawk Preps will cpen tie sea- son mnext Sunday against the Aztec A. C. on the dlamond at 17th and D streets southeast. The ne will start at 3 o'clock. T Teps will play Hissey, Jorgensen, Eager, Rice Smith, Boyd, Brown, McCathran Mitchell. White, Webb, Cornell, Ciif- | ford, Durity and Guerriere ager Mitcheil of the Prens would like to arrange games with teams in the cenfor and unlimited He can be reached at Lincoln 4494-J be- tween 5 and 5:30 o'clock. Western A. C., one of the best nines last year, iil meet the Seat Pieas- ant Reserves on the diamond at th nd R streets northwest at 12 o'clock inday. Lefty Chamberlain pro Please Note That We Are Located Between F & G Sts. values shown The assortments are large—there are suits for men of all tastes. You can be pleased in every detail. A Sale of Good Shirts Good-looking shirts—good-wearing shirts —and every shirt is guaranteed to be fast color. Stock up on them Put in your summer supply and save money. 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Charles A L are ex- short; Pool pold. center on Griftith or Charles Brown is stated Shamrock nine will this week u will b held t wi reday. 1 Heitmuller will do the recei erform « srgetown lads, urda; els southe ro urged to repert with it< diamond n ing mound 1o hold practice the exeeption ot 17th | Ivania avenue at & | Practice for the Comforter ( on the Tommy Torrilia retire from the rank for. o Hutc! afternoon, Friday mond at 18th | All players | 1 m s for the next several weeks be- cause of a weak ankle und: Teleph Manhattans are secking one inson, Lincoln 6 Players of the King Pin nine requested 17th and to B report streets in_ umfor northwest Bouguet 20c strasght COSTLY MEMBERS OF NEW YORK GIANTS Ider, who for whom McGraw pai me yesterday. aphed 4 Petworth® 1 alout fo ave Miina clephone nuh s ¢ Teams in the thirieen suth e sert line Handall Junio; car as follow right Hearth, What promis st games of th 1 when Pierce Rainie! o on th Buth combinations ‘ar rivais and a “red hot” cipated. th Fark View Athietic Club will hol a dance Mav 4 Down the Alleys the be Columt the Inden 415, 453 and 445 the losers best game of 125 0dd game fror 1 s bein; If you like a mild ook ‘There is no milder than El Producto. 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Connolly, Marsters, Brewster, Plan- sky and Maroney, the best that the {Blue and Gray will present fn com- petition, are reported to be in ex- cellent condition. The performances f these men Will give Georgetown followers some Idea of what to ex- pect {n the Penn relays and the inter- | collegiates. + There fing u {yard dushe four 100-yard, 580 n events, includ- 00-yard and 440- vard, mile and two- runs; high’ and low hurdles, and bigh jump shot-put, discus aud pole vault i Much interest is being manifes }in the mile run. in which Capt ¢ nolly is ex to uphold the Blue and Gray Mursters, Skan, Brooks and Ganly also are listed in I this even {528 SET IS BOWLED | BY DETROIT WOMAN Javelin I sT. Lours, M. up creditanle April 18.—Rolling marks. bowlers from} Cleveland, Toledo, De. it into leading nen's here Mr. Baker of Detroit went into ! the lead 1n the eingles cvent, crashiug down 158, national d the lead & down . Chapman and Mrs. F. I Indianapolic rolled into a ti place in the singles with 505 ity was selected over De- oledo as the site for the today. ox. for MAT BOUTS TONIE‘:HI byszko, and fourteen t scazon is expected | A. C r o | e contest | al m 3 —it’s the best 054 | — e ¢ INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil. We have approximately 2,100 ®olf courses in the United Staten. There are 1534 full-fledged courses, with some 250 at summer and winter hotel remorts. There are scores of new courses butlding —Dbut the totals above are for 10Z Taking these figures, which ap- ply to all cities from 3,000 pop- ulation up, the average city of ! 200,000 10 300,000 population should have five private courses and at lenst one publ rae. In view of the many additional thou- aands who now wish to piny gol and who overtax the public links in tbe Iarger citien, the country in why ahout 1,000 cournes. On the basiy of mveruge which this census whows there should he | In the United States approsimately 3,230 private courses and about That would give 00 Dolng xo would give United States some 4.000 I wll the cities above 50000 catablished public coursen on thix basix of population we would have about twice 3,000 golf courses in the United States. Let's have ‘em? | right. Job ! N0 public ones. i n public links to cach city of l to 30,000, | ! | the courses. i F. Dille Compans. ) 1GOLFERS NOW THINK da duy began dayli allow them f the publc link rung time of th k build rsury ars in PR to woon wi anle offl« *otomad en of the player. that vor daylight d er-up in norning wit ¢ links profe NASHVILLE, Wallace Dugid to retir Home: ufters from hewdacke cigarette ever made!” ! OF DAYLIGHT SAVING s players to- a return of an th the working out Tommy CANCELING OF EAST-WEST SERIES IS NOT EXPLAINED It Is Believed, However, It Was Only for Purpose of Letting Jonhston Play Abroad—Tilden In- cident Is Not Held Factor. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. Aprl 18.—While Californi s expected action EW YOR no reason for their N Tilden's lack west tennis matches arranged have becn pl ng theory is that it was done in order to play in the glich tourney ere no warrant for the belief luster gainst Litt cast was responsible for break in an even had been growing portance. Insiders know how on was after his victory « t vear's matches 1ay be known this was personal an id not be re in the decision of the California a tion to let th the board this sea It is not, however, ges be found play: now were B In the have d to the to y and Je 1 not be to ma of a year and 1 course sloped new matche that e, LAST OFFER TO GEORGES st T0 BOX McTIGUE IS MADE Rickard, boxing promoter, has cabled what he said was his final offer to Georges Carpentier, former won the crown from Bat- tling Siki in Dublin, in a title mateh in thix country in June Rickard sald Carpentier had fs- nored previous offers. I th, idol does mot ac- cept, Rickard ‘10 promote a etween MeTigue a ey of New York, titicholder. veloped great 3 recent held to be cor litles of gre Vet nd Wi His ng Tnnis, par! dowed with ail - most hopef Hrookes pame 3 re Johnsto tennis fo tha remarked afte in Victoria the youngster ared. 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