Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1923, Page 72

IR I A PR T T Y B ENTHUSIASTS CAN IMPROVE PLAY BY STUDYING FAULTS Diagnosis of Methods of Execufing‘ Shots During Past Season Affords Opportunity for Profit- ing Through Retrospection. BY W. R. McCALLUM. now are tur "\ that of Juneiin Washingto. affluence may disport themselves under But to those who for a ITH winter coming or and afternoons getting short, goliers ing their thoughts to the south, where those of sun as bright any reason as cannot take a trip south winter means virtual relinquishment of the game, with perhaps a few scattered rounds here and there throughout the cold | season, when the ground conditions are such that the pleasure of the gane is not ruined by slidiag around in mud. To the st‘:«}on‘: play pas ) of a plain of mediocrity. stay a glance over the m on a snow bank the fundamental prin ball (or the still head), the stiff left arm, the unswa r-at-homes winter means a recapitulation of the past kes and glorious moments of the six months. with here and there a peak of promise And to these stand out as plainly ples of the game—the eye an the ing rising up out as a crow body, the firm stance and the unhurried swing without a semblance of jerk or chop in it. who will not 1 by this reeapitulation— who will g0 on next spring making the same mistakes they made this year, These ave the men who will not improve, cven though they might make consclous efforts fmprove. But to the great bulk of saring means 1 promise filled on the golf course of improvement in which being handieapped they handicaps. and fricnds w the improvement over the the winter. Mateh wa. Some there will be profit at instead will marve streteh promise of Medal Play. Many will dlagnose thelir play., and oth w!'l diagnos match play. ere appears to be a difference between the two but in reality there is ver except in the tem the player. re born match players, born medal players. or the latter Bobby Jones, the open champion, stands out. while of the former, the most scintillating light is the redoubtable Jerry Ti rs, his star not dimmed a whit by the fact that h has been In obscurity for ten years now. A harder fighter against odds never was seen on @ zolf course than Travers The man who thin back over his past mistakes will d that he lost (If he did lose) mostly by watching his opponent's shots and letting them influence him instead of playing his own game. It's the gent in match n who plays his own ame undis turbed by the other fellow’s gam who most often comes home with the bacon, while in medal play the who lays the card, who does take unnecessary chances and forgets a bad hole as soon as the ball is holdd out is the successful medal player. This bad hole hogey is an obstacle that hax caused the downfall of n a youthful star of the medal-pla game. One bad shot has led to an- other, with Increasing annoyanc until when the ball is finally holed out the piayer's mental state is such that he couldn’'t hit the ball right with a broom Luck Is Even in Long Run. Some men ure gifted with a d position which refuses to he d turbed. Th ke fine medal pl ers, but not s can up an_ eight u slight dis- ruption of the temper or without that bad hole having an influence on the next. The only way to beat, that bad hole Is to plug with the thought tha even themsclves in golf and long putt or two wiil come farther along in the round, which may heip to square the matter of the bad hole. Confidence Is the essential thing INTERNATIONAL UNION AWARDS RING TITLES By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 17. champlonships were awarded United Btates boxers by the International Boxing Union here toda ‘Battling Siki was deprived of his title of light heavyweight cham- plon of the world. the category be- ing left vacant. America made a clean sweep In all the other classes The National Boxing Association of Amerlca was requested by the Inter- national Union to slgnate an American light heav zht cham- plon_ or organize competition among the boxers of this c the finals to be held before July 3 The International Union will ganlze a similar competition in Tope-and the winners in these competitions will meet to decide S Kuccessor to the title. Georges Car- pentier, owing to his failure to re- spond to the French Boxing Federa- tion's request of August 25, is dis- barred from competing for the cham- pionship in Europe. The following hoxers were recog- nized as world champions by the unfon: Flyweight, Pancho Villa; bantam- weight, Joe Lynch; featherweigh Johnny Dundee; lightweight, Benny Leonard; welterweight, Mickey Wal- ker; middlewelght, Harry = Greb; heavywelght, Jack Dempsey. The Juro champions same order are Michael Belgium Bugler Lake, gene Criqui, France; England; Piet Hobin, jand Todd, England; 1taly medal their perament of Some m others are fi not that Seven world E wo Ki's in the Montreuil, ingland: Har a Bel Erminio Spalla, McTigue is recognized world light-heavyweight champion by the boxing organlzations of the United States, by virtue of his defeat of Battling Sikl in their match at Dublin last.St. Patrick’s day. The liuropean boxing bodies contended, however, that Siki had failed to Mike weigh in on that occasion and that on | this technic: stake. ne Tunney of New York is the rocognized American light-heavywelght champlon, FIRPO TO LAY BARE TRUTH OF U. S. TOUR BUENOS AIRES, November 17.— Tuis Firpo has_informed a corre- apondent of La Naclon that upen his arrival in Buenos Aires he will tell “the bare truth” as to what had hap- pened during his tour of the United States. Firpo, who now is in Laqulaca on his way to this city, said he had been able to prove that he was “an un substitutable contestant” for Jack Dempses’s title, despite the fact that he loat the fight at the Polo Grounds Iast September. ity the title was not at The boxer said he had bean dls-' agreeably surprised by the publica- tion in this city of reports censuring the conduct of his feconds at the champlonship battle. He praised his advisers and also commended the aparring partners who worked with him during his training campaign at Atlantie City. As for his seconds, Firpo sald he could not permit them to be blamed and that he would wish to have them again in his next bout with Dempsey. Firpo asserted that his right to a veturn match had been clearly dem- onstrated by the flattering offers he has recelved. These included, he sald, a motion picture offer of $10,000 weekly for twenty-one weeks. He added that Dempsey's best offer had only been $7,000 a weelk. « man | who | run i { | i | i i i of Mount Ve Inside ——By CHESTER Golf HOR~ 0! «OVERSPIN o A MUST BE pin mokes a MWHERE BALL HIT putt run true ne, and the sume action fm- parted to the ball from the tee w eause it to wkip, down the long fairw the full wood dixtan, dittons ~horten its fizh erspin ball 1 otherwise 1 kangaroo-like, ay and attain against con- wonld x accomplished In the xame way that the under- apin ball Ix xent on that you make th, itx way. except clubhead strike iow the ball's center, in- above. Sel back of the ball ai ndvance of cht there ix where hen think no mo mind doex it more th But you must munt ‘actually see ¢ ball where vou are The gaze must n. stare, for that throw senxe all out a free aud prope; will with a golf ball, concentra a fixed wpot I deter- the xwing that you will hit it. ore of it—the an the muscles. You he not on the xolng hit. be n hypnotic wa the delicate of gear. With Z, plux con- do what you —— ISUNDAY SCH00 L QUINTS PLAY PAIR OF CONTESTS Mount Vernon tossers swamped the Mount Pleasant team, Calvary M. E. five sh Ivary Baptist quin Sunday_School Baske the Y. M. C.A. Jast n Enwright of Calvar non eac court goals. E. (19). Ril ottwals. rumbaugh (6). " Sicklor drews. Reféree—Mr, Hass, Mt. Vernon (41) Positions. Macartee. New.. Hooke. Breddock. ... Dalgish. Center L & om A —W. 6. Coo (), Grigs 76). ‘Macartes, Hoeke (6], oais—L. N. Coe, New oonge. Foote. U.S.G.A.NO OFFICERS NEW Wynant N.J 1. Frederic Byers president of th Associati for 1924 the 17, S, A. nomj which tonight made slate for next vear sureg his election at t YOR D. has 1 Uni; ing of the association which probably | Positions. Left forware he forward. t g 2 ... Right guard... ... Substitutions—Wood for Edgington. for Brumbaugh, Sickler for Lank. | —Enwright | Gottwals (3), Edgington. Robinson (2). Aa- Foote. L Left guard... - Right guard. Substitutions—Weadon _for Bell, Mooage for Macartee, Referee—Mr. Hughes. November Vanderpool en nominated to succeed | of Pittsburgh_as 41 to 13, whils wed the way to 19 ta 4. in the Ball Leagte of ight. ¥ AL E. And New registered six Cal. Baptist (4). 4y ovinsan ing ton L. Andrews ~“Gallion Court goals 2. Free goals— Umpire—Mr. . Mt. Pleasant (13). | U Left tormantd e Bang Right forward . .Bangs W. 6. Coe “....Grigsby L. N. Cos . Weadon (2), New Dalgich (4). Free (2), Macartes (2). MINATES FOR 1924 1 of Newark. ted His ting commii pui virtually he annual me as- will be held in New York in January. Other nominees of for 1924 were: Vice presi Gardner of Chicago Fownes of Pittsburgh A o rnelius Y.: treasurer, Edw New York; counsel, A of New York. Mr. Vanderpool, who i§ a member | of the Morris County. the committes ents, Robert secretary, Lee of Tuxedo Park, ard S. Moore of drian H. Larkin N. T, Golf Club, is now ome of the vice presidents of the U. S. G. A. The ceed him is Mr- Fownes. ception of Mr. Larkin, succead James Francis Burke sel, the other officials for re-election. In addition. eight executive committee, cludes the officer: They are Roger D, Francisco, president o Golf Association; Denver, president of sissippi Golf Associat Paine, Atlanta, Prell, Memphis, Standish. Jr., Public Links Golfers; ter, New Orleans: er,” Brookline, New En adelphia. Mr. Pfeil and Mr. Stauffer are nom- | inated to take the place of A. D.|{n Ruffington of Fall R J. H. Ward of Kansas | executive committee. are renominated. The nominating which Findlay S, Douglas of 'New | York is chairma following nomin: 1924: Howard F./ WS A, Alexangder, in Ci 1 W. Brown, Boston; H. Portland, and cine, Wis. Oreg., were John representing | Southern Golf 'Associatio o. Henry Mass., nominee to suc- With the e: who is named to as coun- Tected are up members of the | which also in- nominated. Lapham. San of the California R. Lemist, Transmis- Thomas B. the fon; Charle: president of the Western Golf *Association: Detrolt, James D. representing William Stauf- H. Wild- iver, Mass, and ity on the The other six committee, of committee for Vhitney, New York; | hicago; Rodney Chandler Egan, John Reid, Ra- GLENCOE HARRIERS TAKE JUN PHILADELPHIA. The Glencoe A. C. of & clean sweep in the I0R TITLE November 17, New York made national junior cross-country championship over the old national course in Fairmont Park today by capturing the individual honors as well as team supremacy. _ The team finished first with a score of 35 points, while Fred Wachmuth, Glencoe, was the covering _the miles in 30 minutes Meadowbrook garnered first honors { northeast. leader at the end, six and one-quarter 20 seconds. among the Philadelphia teams by fin- shing second with a score of 60. University of Pennsylvania was third with 8 delphia, fourth, fifth, _with _ 95; 8 NewsYork, sixth, wi sylvania freshmen, se Shanahan Club, Phila- with 88; Nativity, edish-American, 104. and Penn- .- Grant | Greist | Bell | Buck for ' Court goals | Umpire—Mr. | lic its official | and William | the | represennng‘ gland; Alan D. Wilson, Phil- | con enth, with 160.” Al rights BY 0. B. reserved.) CHAPTER IV. Georgia State Champion at Fourteen—The First National Campaign. KEELER. OBBY JONES won his first tournament away from home in the spring of 1915 soon after reac He was by that time a chun {and ankles that caused him to affect { | { spindling any more; neither was he precisely fat. | husky, with the promise of what physique in goli—long-fibered musc hing his thirteenth birth anniversary. nky, chubby boy, equipped with legs long trousers. Certainly he was not He was chunky and this writer belicves to be the ideal ulature, well cushioned with adipose | | tissue to endure the burning-out process characteristic of a week of |tournament play, the severest test |In a single tournament I have known Bobby Jones to lose eighteen | ment golf. the strain of such competition, physically and mentall of nerve-endurance known to sport. o lose, the nerves eem to suffer. young men to the front in tourna- v, is not generally understood or appreciated. | pounds. If the weight is not there t With all the latter-day rush of ] Jones lost his eighteen pounds i ship at Oakmont in 1919, when he fi | young man, five feet sev {losiug a pound a day in any big golf It s sald that Robert A Gardner | famous track athlets and pole vaulter ut Yale, and a former national ami- teur golf champion. went fnto his first big tournament fresh from a season of track tralning-——and the week cost him eleven pounds, that. It is the sustaln nsion rather than the phy. srtion of playing thir| siX holes day after day that supplies the punishing element in championship golf. Two rounds a d . three hours to each round, and each of the seventy-odd shots of every round a separate problem with its own spe 1 ne str —champion- hip golf demands a peculiar type of ge and stamina. Bobby Jones has il His first v, a tos. ory away from his na- tive heath w t the Roebuck Coun- try Club of Eirming a good rse, having some in com mon wWith East tourna- ment was an invit with a good fleld on hand, but rafher | clined toward hiiity. Bobby scrious youth, did not bother about the social features. He went out to win, and win he did, with 2 decisive- | ness that rather staggered the vet- erans His son's victory of the elder Jones, promising Bobby tion affair. opened the e too. He had been that when he w T letic Mohawks at Union Park at 3 Association outfit will enter G aved ball as it should be p These two games ous other clevens éf lesser prowess tests. Should the Georgewto will be blasted. Mohawks are not looking on the Knicks as an easy foe. but as an eleven capable of upsetting the dope The Georgetown combination has de- veloped a well executed at- tack that probably will be pted today. Although Mercury with- tood the attack several really formidable team, expects a stern fray with Georgetown. ree- town’ Mohawks, its only chance fn the title running is a.victory over the wing- ed-foot outfit Having battled Interior Depart- ment to a scoreless tie, Anacostia Eagles expect to trounce Quincy eleven In the game openin, aelock on the Congress Helght Girounds.- Bowers, Martin and Binke, a clever trio that has been nursing injuries, are back and may bolster Quincy's strength. Quincy players are to report at 1:30 o'clock at 46 (R strect. Lextngton Athletic Club has hook- ed a tough foe In the this afternoon on gridiron No. Potomac Park. Both elevens are b ter rivals for the 135-pound laurcls Nover Juniors will strive !their wins to five straight at the expense of Argyle Athletic Club at 3 o'clock, on Monument lot. Small, Bartleti, Lynch. McCathran, Pettit, Dulin, Gallahan. Ensor. Frege, M. Farran, Foley, Tait, Hamriok, King, Resinger and J. Farran of the Rovers are expected to report at 2 o'clock at 10th and D streets north- west. t to push t Clover Juniors will be opponents of Peerless Athletic Club at 3 o'clock, on the Monument lot. Peerless gridders are to practice at 10:30 ock, in preparation for the fray. o A stirring battle is anticipated in | the Perry Athletic Club-Argyle Prep Junior fray at 2 o'clock on Keserv Field. Perry players are to meet | at 1:30 o'clock. Two bitter rivalx in the 135-pound {class will clash ‘in the Southern Preps-Mercury Preps fray at 2:30 o'clock at Washington barracks. The Southerns have made an enviable record so far, defeating Alexandria | Rosebuds, Park Athletic Club, Roam- r Preps and Apache Preps. A bat- tle from start to finish is expected. Arlington has strengthened Its line-up for the game with Waverly Athletic Club on the former's ground at 3 o'clock. Waverly will be sent through Ks paces this morning at 11 o'c(]ock. in preparation for the test. Mackin Athletic Club has called off s game with the Langdon Mard- |feldts, as Manager Sam Orme claims {Langdon fleld is unfit for use. With most of its stars ready for battle, the Naval Air Station grid- ironers will invade Fort Humphreys also selected the!today for a tussle with the eleven | representing that post. 125-pound team is casting about for games, according to the manager, telephone Franklin 1031. —_ ~ Contests with the Rover, Columbia and Thistle teams are desired by the Hilltop Midget eleven. Get in tduch with the manager, Lincoln 8268-J. Virginia sandlot fans expect much ‘entertainment when Virginia Athletic | Club encounters the Reina Mercedes eleven of Annapolis this afternoon at Alexandria. The Annapolis combina- tion has one of the strongest -teams ereabout, one of its recent sc- complishments being a victory over the Mohawks. i Iroquots ldgets: swamped the Milan Midgets, 25 to 0, ypenurday. Teams averaging 105 pounds desir- ing games with the winwers are asked to communicate with the man- ager at 1309 East Capitol . street Emblem Reserves expect.s tough battle from the Eckington eleven at 12 o'clock on'the Mount Rainier Field. Shorty Farran, Bill Smith, Sturgis, E. Bauman, Dick Kennedy, Speed Wal- | ter, Skip Farran, Buddie Small, F, Bauman, Geety, Campbell, Reisinger, e the sandiot headliners today at 3. Yorke Preps | Colontal Juntora® newly organized |88, n s nished as runner-up. He is a stocky He counts on tournament; that is the minimum. sen he might play in the southern mpionship. But this year, was 10 be played ke, s home course, | and the had won his spurs at Roe- buck. The elder Jones simply could not withstand the chunky little boy's pleading eyes and he let slip the leash Here again, us in Bobby's first ef- fort io hit i golf ball, we cannot chronicle a triumph. , Bobby did not win the first big championship he played in. But he did qualify in eighty-three, a single stroke back of Nelson Whitney and Charlie Dexter, ultimate finall :nd without k ng it he pl as a member ¢ East Lik set thercon by astute Reynolds Tichenor over voluble protest of Bobby's own father, d he the low scorer on the team. “He's the best yer in this club right now,” wus opinfon voiced by Stewart Maiden, the pro at that time. So Hobb, qualified, and round he met that gra southern golf, ard of Texas. tme T re ¥ Jones p stocky be 1 the first 0ld ma Commodore Bryan all having no- aving golf was . his face crimson 'TWO GEORGETOWN TEAMS | AFTER SANDLOT LAURELS WO Georgetown sandlot clevens are gunning for big game today. The Knickerbockers' sturdy team will invade the wigwam of the | Felating o'clock, while the Georgetown Ath- ith Stadium at the same hour de- | termined to show the wily Mercury combination something about foot / although numer- will take the field in important con- teams met defeat today, their title hopes | ! Hudson, Burwick, Eddie Snrith, Mor- row and Don Béllman of the Em- blems_are to report at 11 o'clock tol Zet in a brief signal drill. man, at Hyattsville 379-R, ing games. Don Bell- is bouk- Seat Pleasant and Mount Rainfer teams are to meet on the former arounds this afternoon in what prom- ises to he a warm battle, Both elevens are rivals for the Prince Georges county championship. Should eat Pleasant” turn in a victory it will challenge Washington's leading combinations. Higdon of Episcopal Athletic Club | of Brookland booted a field goal that downed the Langdon boys, 3 to 0, in a hard fought game. The winners average around ninety-five pounds, and they are anxious to book ga through their manager at North 215 Another good game is hooked at th and L streets southeast at 11 lock between the Apache Preps nd the Winton eleven. Stanton Ju- i champions of the 125-pound will be challenged by the Win- tons {f they turn in a victory today. | In a_ preliminary match to the Knickerbocker-Mohawk fray at Union | Park, Stanton Juniors will strive to mow down Trinity Athletic Club. Mackin Athletic Club will face the Stantops Thanksgiving day. | __Betore the Navajos tackle the Park | View eleven this afternoon at sth and L streets southeast they will practice this morning at 10 o'clock. These teams are in the thick of the battle for the 135-pound laurels. | Dlazing Rags may find the going rough against Herdic Athletic Club in the game beginning at 1 o'clock {on the Congress Heights ground: Manager Griflith of Blazing Rags is seeking a strong opponent for Thanksgiving. Columbia Athletie Club. weighing $5_pounds, showsd the way to the | 105-pound team of the Lamont Ath- letic Club, 6 to 0. Heinsler, Anderson and Cross played creditably for the winners. Southwest Community's newly or- ganized -~ eleven will battle the Georgetown _Athletic Club at 2 o'clock on the Monument grounds. In preparation for the fray, Com- munity players will practice this morning at 11 o'clock. MARLBORO RESULTS FIRST RACE, sbout fve furlongs; two- yearolds—Lady Abbott, 108 (Demayo), $79.40, | §20.40, $6.10, won: Kirk Dress, 112_(Nicho | son), i“')wu‘axép"}.mma nq“ l-ul- m..! 1 “ 72 X rd. Time, 1:05. }éhfl“..fltbllml. Bashdon, Spindale and B:;! | Away ‘slso ran! SECOND RACE, about five and ons-half fur- | longs; all Feodor, 110 (Hileman), $29.00, ! ~$3.30, i Elizabeth Jewel, ' 108 35 et 32 00" thiz.“SGFime, 11815, in Dok, Zoiviss, ountuatD, Mosk Orases usea also Tan. *“THIAD RACE, sbeut six and one-half fur- longs; ¢ Slds and " up—Sling, 123 ;x'f‘n.m.‘.“ o B gn::-'m iz Florenos Deen, 115 (Atkinson), $3.80, third. Time, 129, The Shelk, ~Fluff, Katherin | Rankin, Bens and Legal Te r also ra: FOURTIE RAGE, ono mile; all'ages~iimy Fases, 110 (Grace), 318,00, 3030, 3530, won Care free, 114 ( n), $4.70, $3.20, seo- ond: Albert, 118 (Smailwood), $3.50. $hird. o. 1:49. Listen Dearis, Jewsli V. D, and Capt. Costigan also ran. EIFTH RACE. mile and seventy yards three-yoar-olds and \lrflll Monarch, 108 (Milner). ~ §36.10, 31, .40, won; Old Timer, 112 (Grace), $4.50, second; $11 }oh,h. é}o (Woodstock), $8. third, T&lu" SIXTH Y three-yearolds and up; '(’i'!’:u“f.;n?: $4.10, 33.40, s u;’ :‘5:? os), $7.80. $4.10, $3.40, won; Evel Sawyer, 90 (Milner), $4.30, $8.80, second; Hickery, 113 (Hilemad), $5.10, "third. Time, §:00. On High, Jealous Woman and Rey Ennis_also one mile uad " seventy {Heimon), §7.50, §3.60, $3.00, won; Btralght ey L. 101 (Wostatsck)s 35,60 (hutd. " umé. 1:58 4.8, Neapolitan, Ailsio’ Vernor, ! Wovdthinsk and U s, x days in the amateur champion- | n and one-half inches in his golf hose, and | | weighs about 155 in the summer and 160 in the winter. | | | noted {and oddly | tinguished }at a later datc | port from Wi i lace), Here is Bobby Jones at the top of hi fectly straight left arm, the firm grip with the left hand and the delicate hold with the right, of which the little finger overlaps the forefinger of the left hand—the “Vardon grip.” s d determined, came last green with the di veteran, with a birdfe to square the match. He missed it— Just missed it—and was down in the second flight. But the gallant old up to the KENNEL AND FIELD BY GEO. H. KERNODLE___| At a speclal meeting of the Wash- ington Kennel Club held Friday night in Schmid's bird store mat- ters of fmportance were discusse to the coming January and George . Foley, superintendent of the show, pre ent and offered the suggestion that there should be a speelal effort to- ward boosting the special prize money. 1t was definitely decided that $2.009 will be offered as spectals. Charles A. Watson, secretary of the club, was elected to the office of alrman of the bench show com- mittee, replacing R. H. Atkinson, who announced ‘that he wiill be un- able to act in this capacity, since he will be in Florida during the winter months. A tentative lst of those se- lected as Judges was given to Fole: who will issue invitations. The list a3 finally accepted will Le given our s club show on A lively sanctioned €how is prom- ised by the Maryland Kennel Club next Saturday night in Baltimore at Richmond Market Armor: will be numerous awards cups and silver plates in the vari- ous breeds, it is supposed that the show will receive considerable sup- hington. It is under- g ral local fanciers will officiate in the judging ring. The Baltimore club has provided classes in all breeds and in each sex for puppy. novice and open dogs, also a winners' class. open to competition between the winners of each regular class. of Stood that se Dr. Willlam P. Colling recently has purchased a young Boston terrier stud dog sired by Ch. Peter's King. As this great sire is no longer vice, Dr. Collins is to be congratu- lated in getting one of his direct de- scendants. The youngster was one of the last litter to be sired b dog, to whom practically all of the present day winners can trace their breeding. At the recent field trials of the Na- | fourteen-vear-old boy in long trous- tional Beagle Club second honors in class went to Ima Frank. owned by George Goodacre of this city, at Aldie, Va, Hersland Kennels report the breed- ing of Alf d. Lindenluft to Mrs. R. C. Wilson's shepherd bitch, Laska, and to Clea v. Heidekamp, owned by Jullus Mannheimer of the German embassy. < €. W. Adnir reports the arrival of a litter of seven males and two fe- males to his shepherd bitch, Countess v. Stroheim. The sire of these puppies is B. H. Throop’s International Cham- plon Apollo v. Hunenstein PH. Churchill Downs Results FIRST RACE, three.year-olds and up. furlongs—Gordoa Shaw, 100 (Harrington), 11.40, $5.00, $3.40, won; Spats, 112 (Brothers), 30, $3.30, second; rantuls, 1 Burke), Wird, Time, 114, Lidy Liverpool: 3 a Bolt, Sandalwood, Hysteria, Foul Weather and Billy Brush also ran, SECOND RA( longs—Oomio Artist, 318, .30, won; oD $5:70, thica Timer 185 12 o0l), $3. .25 1.5, McChord, Miss Murdock, The Resper, Lady Burre Post Dispatch, Johm Blgr Mom's Boy, Tom Tells, Nogales, Big and Burley and The’ Runt also ran, THIRD RACE, mile and one sixteenth; three. 150, §10.40, $5.90. wen: Dosres. 98 (Fronky: .50, §15.40, $5.70, won: Donges. ronk)! 50," $2.80, 'seccnd; Belzoni, 98 (Wallace). -r third, Time, 1.47. Radio, Wild Life and Moss Fox II also ra; FOURTH RACE. all ages; six furlongs—Dr. Hickman, 114 (Martin). 3430, $2.80, $2.30, farvey), 3360, 38,70 p:Y 107 ) indar Peel 107 (MoAtee), A4, Audacious snd y (Sande), Chilhowee, 122 (Harvey). LeTes. Bov's Mary, sdsl, e a5, Matt ran sway and was with- arawn. ‘STTH RACE, matoh sweepstakes: three-year- ; one mile and one-quarter.—Zev, slw out, ont, won: In Me- (Barner), out, out, second, Time, 2,08 3.5 SEVENTH RACE. three-year-olds: six fur- long—MacBeth, 100 (Fator), $11.60, $4.80, 5. o Pardon, 112 Gruniesen, 3400, %, “second:” Littls k.r, 109 (Wal- .70, third, Time, 11335 'Ted’s Plum, Runzaf, Antonis and Arctio King also L1168 (Yorrats), Go_ La Flying Prince also . Joseph’s Midgets added another viotim To their list when thoy. took the measure ~of the Brookland Junfors, #8 to 0. Handiboe, Al Far- -rell and Jordou. of the winners dis- Played iheir wares to good cdcch How Bobby Jones Became Greatest Genius of Golf (Copyright, 1923, in U. 8. and Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance. | nership of Perry and Bob as boy won- ! ward, by a sort of tacit understand- { | | the first hole of the afternoon round this | on the last green. | the fifteen-inch | first qualifying round, blew up In the ! of stage fright he ever suffered, qual- | Adair settied—and began his match | | | Vardon himself. six | 1 a t 1 t ¢ It full driving swing. Note the per- 1 commodore, removing his helmet and mopping his face, said freei “That kid made me shoot a 73 to beat him. One of these days you're goirig to hear big things of that boy. He's got tha stuff.” In the next round himself went out at hole to Perry Adair. “Too many of these blamed kid won- ders,” he grunted good naturedly. the the commodore nineteenth i Loses to Nashville Crack. And Bobby, down in the second | flight, steamed through it to the final round and there lost a hard battle | with a Nashville crack named Clark, | who afterward said it was_the best [ round he ever had plaved. Thus was | a precedent established—it has be- come a tradition of the game that! “they all shoot their heads off agalnst | Bobby Jone; We will trace verity as we proceed. Bobby won his own club cham ship that year and the ghamplon- | ship of the Druid Hills Gelf Club, just organized. And the next August, When he won the first Georgia state amateur championship at the Brook- haven course of the Capital City Club of Atlanta, at the age of fourtcen. BIg Bob Jones could not find it in his heart to hold back the boy from Big Chase any longer, and he entered the 1916 na- tional amateur champlonship at Merion. The Georgla state event, by the way, served as a reversal to the | firm name of the now famous part- and Bob when After- | ders. It was Perry they started that tournament. ing, it was Bob and Perry. They! came together in the final round, at thirty-six holes, and at the end of the morning round Perry Adair had the junior member 3 down. 1 remember how Bobby spent most of his intermission practicing put- ting after two large glasses of milk and a chicken sandwich. 1 remem- ber how he mistimed his tee shot on and took an estimated 6 on a par 3 hole. And I never shall forget how his boyish face hardened and his eyes went back In his head, and with all the grimness of a veteran cam- paigner he sot out, 4 down, to close the gap. Bobby Jones shot a 70, starting with that rotten 6, and de- | &pite the beautiful golf and the | steady courage of Perry Adair, Bob | caught and passed him and won, 2 up, Hisx One Cane of Stage Fright. And what a sensation he made at Merion in 1916—this curiously stecky ers, who led the entire fleld in the second round with the only attack ified with a total of 163 for the 36 holes—4 under the limit where Perry play with Eben Byers a seasoned vet- eran of the old school. The youngster carried the fight to | the older man all the way, and it was | a merry combat, with an occasional club hurled after a missed shot— Mr, Byers throwing just as many clubs and just as far as Bobby. T suppose it was there Bobby's reputa- tion for club throwing began. to be vastly and unjustly elaborated upon later, until, three years ago the keen- tempered southerner schooled himself into a calm_and imperturbable de- mearior would match that of Harry Beo that as it may, Bobby defeated Byers, 3-1, and In the second round met Frank Dyer, and against him shot what the expérts later agreed was the finest stretch of golf produced in the tournament. ‘Warned by the fate of Byers, Frank Dyer started hard after the chubby youngster and at the sixth hole had | him 5 down. “Well, the kld's blown, word in’ the big gallery. Upon which Bobby proceeded was the | to | | shoot the next 28 holes in four strokes under 4s, deféating Dyer, 42, on the | thirty-fourth green—the finest and | steadiest run of the entire meet. He Comes Out Whistling. He lost to Robert A. Gardner, then | champlon, next day, 5—3, the match | practically turning on long putts | that the champion got down after the boy had held him level most of the wav. And a clipping is at hand from the New York Times as to how the Georgla boy took his defeat: “His short-sleeved white shirt soak- ed with perspiration, his dusty gray trousers and well worn shoes. singling him out from the gayly caparisoned onlookers, he trudges his way along to the ciubhouse, his dreams of a national champidnship vanished. “Crying? Not a bit of it Whis- tling! Whistling a scrap from a comic song, twirling a golf club in his hand and meeling sympathetic { words with a broad smile, he strode off the links where in the last few days he made for himself a repu- tation tnat will endure in the history 1. ©f. & hen such a boy takes a beating | in such a manner he will come back for another and another until finally victory is his.” Seven years ago, that prediction. For it was a long, long lane that turned at Inwood—a hard and straight lane that seemed to have no turning, even for & time at Inwood. Next Sunday: “Southern Champion ul 187, > Gi T to Mexico City. dents in Mexico City had been anx- known players from the United States | enter their tournament. when Claud Butlin, the best known jfor some cf our events, he spoke so convincingly would take number of us to make the jaunt. made wer Alonzo, Howard and Bob Kins and Detrick. friends in one might supposed to infest the sleeping cars. Bat was perfectly appolnted, modern and Butlin and Signor Ignaclo de la Bar- ballo, the latter & cultured and inter- esting Mexican, whose love of tennls with an entry that would have done credit to one naments. tennis and the play of our men won enthusiastic applause, but it must be confessed that it was difficult for the | men to cooncentrate on match play. turesque and novel surroundings. The glimate, too, was against the visitors. “The air is like that of all very high altitudes—clear, hint dazzling in its midday brilllance find no difficulty in moving strenu- ously Butlin, who were not acclimated, found our-‘ selves winded after a few games. The younger fellows seemed to mind “pumped” as soon as we started to play. T in the opinion of Fred McLeod, captain of the professional team, as weather conditions are far too problematical. a chance that the match may be held with a dinner as the stakes. week: Diegel gone, there is no assurance the pros would defeat the amateurs. amateur champion, & | D PLAYERS JOIN IN PRAISE OF COURTEOUS RECEPTION ven Such a Royal Time That It Is Difficult for Them to Play Their Best Tennis—Matches, However, Attract Much Attention. BY SAMUEL HARDY. HE truth of the statemént that sport is one of the best possible means of establishing friendly relations between two countries has been borne in upon me again in the visit of our tennis plavers We Americans have grown to believe that the popularity of our citizens in Mexico is about equal to that of a hawk in a chicken yard 1f that is true, there certainly was no indication of it among the ho pitable and courteous Mexicans who welcomed us there, nor in the at tude of the spectators who attended the tournament and applauded our players. , For some vears the American resi-| The women played in the after- noons. There are some good players among them, the best being Mrs. Hitchens, Butlin's sister. Her gams is much ltke that of Mrs. Hillyard, the famous Anglish champion. She has rather a masculine style, power ful strokes and aggressive tactics. She, as well as her brother, is deepl Interested in the growth of fennis here and is the leader and developer of th younger players, Lavishly Entertained. Signor de la Borballo and the other prominent Mexicans, as well as tI American residents did their utm to make our visit a success. Indee it was almost impossible to do all tk things that were planned for us. Dii ners, dancing, motor trips to famous points of interest and & trip around the city took up our time before an after the matches. The Country Club. where we are frequently taken, is, [ think, the most beautiful I have ever seen, ‘and the hospitality was lavish. The city itself is both picturesqus |and beautiful. Broad streets paved with a light stone, white stone and plaster buildings with gay awnings. and the southern vegetation all com- bined to make a picture that !s unf getable. Everywhere there wus warmth and color and gayety. It {s a combination of Spain and the troplcs All very Interesting and alluring. Play Thrills Mexicans. I realize that I have not described In detail the tournament play, but [ have been anxifous to give some idea of the charm of a trip, so that mor of our American players may went to_compete next year. The outstandin figures were Ric ards, Alonzo and Norto hards was playing extremely well and | the final against Alonzo and th semi-finals against Norton b showed splendid form. The final was a five- set match and Alonzo pulled it up to seven all before Richards finally won at Both Kinseys were beaten by Alonzo, who was playing especially we against Howard. 1 was repeatedly told that the play of our men was something that ico City never will forget. y the crbwd showed itz appreciation | and the kindness and hospitality we received more than fulfilled our pectations. ous to have a group of the well | This year, layer in Mexico, was in New York of the charm of hi: dopted land, and the pleasure and in erest that he was sure our players in a trip here, that he persuaded, without much trouble, a Travel in Comfort. Norton, Richards, Merrihew and 1 the trip from New York, and joined at San Antonio. Tex.. by Griffin We had been warned by pessimistic ew York of the discom- orts we would have to endure while raveling in Mexlco. especi: what call the “wild life” that is happily no such conditions ex- sted and our train from San Antonio ean. We were met and taken care of by s very keen. The tournament began October 27, of our invitation tour- Enthusiastically Recelved. From the very first day we had fine ng with the distractions of our pic- very dry, with and a ‘sun that no | of molsture, is The American residents seemed to all_over the court, especlally | who is very active, but we, it ess, but Griffin and I were practically ex- (Copyeight, 1923.) { STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE [ HE proposed match between a selected team of twelve amateur golfers and twelve professionals from courses about Washington apparently has gone by the board. It is too late to play the match, However, there is still Leo Diegel, Washington's king pin professional, will be here but two more . when he will sever his connection with his present club. With Maxwell R. Marston, the national uld have a de- cided edge on the other contestants in the 1924 classic for the amateur title. Playing over his own course, the Merion Club, near Philadelphia. Marston_will be shooting over thor- oughly familiar ground, and will be in a good position to emulate Jerry Traver's feat back In 1913, when he won the champlonship for the second successive year. However, it is of golf record that champlons’ most often fail to repeat on thelr own courses. In fact, this | matter of knowiedge of the course is not nearly 8o Important as it s thought to be. Every one of the cracks can go around a course two or three times and know' every kink in the links. Incidentally, the Merfon battle will mark the return of Bobby Jones to the course on which he first broke into_national competition. Golf bugs would be pleased were the popular southern youngster to annex his first amateur title over the course where he surprised the world as a fifteen- vear-old kid seven years ago. Judging from the Showing made by Clarke Corkran in a match at Huntingdon Valley a week ago the former middle Atlantic champion should give any competitor & merry time next vear at Merlon. Corkran has not had much time for golf thie | year, but in the few tournaments in |1 which_he has competed he has done | ice. Inspector Henry G. Pratt of the well, losing only to Marston in the A Washington police force and Col. Ed final of the Pennsylvania state ama- | Starling, one of the secret servic teur tilt. operatives assigned to the White [ ( hieaded by responsible men, with the |1dea of afliating with, the Distric and middle Atlantic associations iu order that they may compete in_th tourneys under the auspices of i organizations. Probably shortly af- ter the first of the yvear the pul links golfers will get together and established a District municipal golf association, an :organization pat- terned after the New York Municipal Golf League. Such a move would find great favor both with the public links golfers and those belonging to pri- vate clubs. Gil Nichols of New York, ten years ago one of the most prominent con- tenders for the open champlonship. is in Washington as the guest of Guy M. Standifer of Columbia, and will play at Columbia today with his host and Fred McLeod, the Columbia p: George Fotheringham of New York who played with Miller B. Stevinso of Columbia in the amateur-pro best ball event at Pinehurst last week also will probably play at Columbi today. Play In the two-man pionship of the Ba Club has narrowed do: final round, which ma day _The golf bug now hax bitten the po lice department and the secret serv- Corkran came down to the family | House, have taken up golf witha ven party at Baltimore last spring and | geance, and play regularly on_their slugged his way through a fine fleld, | off-days at the course of the Wash winning the qualifying round and the | ington Golf and Country Club. Doubt- tournament over his old stamping | less Col. Starling wants to beat ground. 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