Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1923, Page 57

“High Level Maintained for Sports in District During Year Now D ,carried with it the title ¥ course stretched out to its maximum - The Sundlay Star, Part 44 Pages SPORT SPECTACLES " DRAW BIG THRONGS Generous Recreative Year Marked by Many Attractive Events Results in Record Number SENEROUS recreative Columbia and a year A of Participants. has 1923 been for the District of have taken advantage of the many opportunities for recreation. The most notable event_of the twelve-month cycle about to end as the Marine 3d Corps foot ba ~tadium December 1. More than 1l game held in the Clark Griffith 35,000 persons—an athletic contest ttendance record for the District—were wonderfully entertained by a thrilling struggle that went the way iew minutes of the conflic Pressing this big gridiron spectacle of the Marines, 7 to 0, in the last for general interest was the tional public links go!f championship, held on the new course in East tomac Parl trict’s The Distr prominence otherwise. Sergt It was the Di World fame Morris Fisher of the local m only national event. however. was fortunate enough to achieve national with the rifie was won by Gunnery arine barracks and Lawrence Nues- WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1923. | i | More and greater sport spectacles have been offered | tly increased number of men and women, old and young. | | FLORENCE, cin, while expert markmanship carned titles for Ralph H. McGarity | nd Walter R. Stokes and teams of An international poloist was prc Association, Maj. J. K. Herr, playin colleges and schools here. wided by the War Department Polo | g for the United States Army team that defeated the British military four. At University of Maryland, included athletically in the District field, ¥ Washington boys were members of the team that was the sensa- i of the eastern college gridiron scason. Varied activities s e the District this year. While th *&6s and schools have been most in vlined to the major branch .thlstics—foot ball, t ball, and track found much time competitions. The manifested great ous branches and the vast army he unorganized seekers of recrea- tion has derived considerable pleasure { the water, at the nets .fl\‘l on the nki ndlot athlete s those aflitiatec with minor clubs playing about the 1-publ and private flelds of the ¥ are designated, have thrived wo: iarfully. But undoubtedly the greatest development in sports interests has heen among those playing the game for the game's sake—the general users of the municipal courts unu\’ the public golf courses. Banner Year for Golf. Golf in and about the District of Columbla witnessed its greatest year n 1923. Marked by one national tour- nament, a sectional event and the ‘pening of five golf courses about the Capital, the past twelve months in ocal golfdom stands out as the pin- e for a city in which golf has n & firm and lasting foothold, however, Washing- | many vears produced vither a man or woman player. able qualify in the national amateur nampionships. Three Washington ublic links golfers did qualify (:\AIhP sational public links event at East Potomaoc Pafk last July, but not a <olfer from the Capital qualified in the bigger national events, with the wxception of Leo Diegel a profes- jonal of the first rank, and the win- er of the first District open title. However, there is much cause for ptimism concerning _the future of o0lf in Washington. There are today A half dozen young players coming Jdong who have the game and ‘bility to go_bevond the record of heir elders. To ihem may Washing- tan look for fitting representation in ha national tourneys of the future. en today, lacking much of the ex- perienca of their elders, they are making a strong' bid to replace tho »lder generation as tournament win- ars about Washington, and next vear hay find the names of Tuckerman, Dunphy and MacKenzie, sr., replaced iy thoss of MacKenzle, jr.;. Mackall nd Kellerman as tournament victors. Hut probably more than a little ex- sariance will be needed before the ‘ounger generation can take the Jace of the older. No Really “Beat” Ammteur. As to individual superlority in local mateur . golf, the situation is o itterly jumbled that no man can put finger on a competitor and say: Here is the best amateur golfer in Washington.” Chris J. Dunphy won | wo tournamente—those of Columbia ind Chevy Chase—in the spring wrt R. MacKenzie won tie 3 \tlantic championship and the oekburn tournament and w er-up at Baltimore, while V uckerman waited until late ober to come through with his tou \ament victory of the year, which of District | hampion. In winning the local ama eur tifle Tuckerman gave Dunphy a | tinging defeat to follow victories in | ‘eam matches in one day a few weeks | warlier over both Dunphy and Mac- | fenzie. In their matches at Colum- fa Dunphy usually beat MacKenzie, sat in winnig the Middle Atlantic the ‘atter reversed the usual process, go- 7 ahead that afternoon last June to nineteen-hole victory over his son or the title. Women in Similar Situation. The situation is much the same omen's golf. Although Mrs, E. illey of Indian Spring won the Dis- iet” ehampionship over Mrs. L. O. ameron, the defending titleholder, was won over her home course, and fre. Tilley had not shown great rise in the year. Mrs. horne St . then attached to the vashington Golf and Country Club, von the women's event at Indian £pring. while the competition for The vening Star cup—a handicap event went_to Mrs. Carolyn Warner. Leo Diegel, as previously pointed | cut, is the king of the District pro- | esilonals. He spread-eagled a §0od 1d in the tournament held at Columbia_late in October, winning with the impressive total of 307 over have heen pur- | inclined in have | forms of clubs, too, have! interest in nume; - other 1 i ak Unfortunatel ton has not | | dle Ban- | | irngth, where Tuckerman the week revious had taken 313 to win the mateur over an easier Chevy Chase ourse. But then amateur golf, ot Washington at least, does not ‘tend to equal that of the profes- onals. Dwight Partridge can come for only incidental mention, al- jough he won the Indian Spring surnament in impressive fashion. He ailed to make the first flight at hevy Chase the following week and hen left the city, remaining away all ummer. He has now returned and vill undoubtedly be a big factor in the tournament next vear. MacKensie a Junfor Star. Roland MacKenzle is the outstand- ing star of the junior players, al- hough Charles M. Mackall won the unior title. At that these two are o nearly even in abllity that a break o way or another might decide the match. ~ James E. Davis, jr., won the «“slumbia junfor title, while other fine Jlaying voungsters of the year wer jcarl ¥, Wellerman, ir.; De Vere Burr, Iie sixteen-year-old lad who won the \dian Spring championship: Reginald ftus, winner of a cup at Chevy «‘hase, and Henry Nicholson_ and | favorable | tators. Columbia easily retained its title as team champion of the District, with Bannockburn nosing out Chevy Chase for second place the professionals, with an organiza- tion of their own, staged many in- teresting one-day tournaments with their amateur fellow golfers. They to be continued next year, and will add mueh to the golf season about Washington. In winning the District title, Walter R. Tuckerman also won the Chevy Chase championship, while Guy M Standifer annexed the Columbia championship. J. Holt Wright nosed out the defending titicholder, John H. Davidson. on the thirty-seventh hole in the final for the Washinton Golf and Country Club championship, while George T. Cunningham won the title at Bannockburn after a lapse of several years During the year new courses of the Congressional. Argyle, Manor, Beaver, Dam clubs and a new public course in Rock Creek Park were opened. SOCCER IS LEFT TO SCHOOLBOYS| occer in the District this year has been left almost entirely to the pub- | lic school teams, who oonduct their championship tournament under the ausplces of the municipal playground department, The fall championship competitions included teams from seventy schools, | with more than 1,600 boys in the fleld. Section titles were won by Curtls Hyde of Georgetown, Monroe of Co- lumbia Heights, Abbot of New York avenue and Brightwood Park of Bloomingdale, in the western divi- sion, and Peabody of Plaza, Plerce of Rosedale. Buchanan of Virginia avenue and Brent of Garfield, in the astern division. Divisional elmination tourneys have brought to the final the Monroe and Pierce elevens that battled for the title last vear. These teams are to play a three-game series for city laurels and are so evenly matched that the plavground authorities do not expect the contests to be com- pleted before the end of the year. Of tho clubs, the Harlems were the only devotees of the English game attempting to keep the sport going. They staged several intra- club matches and a couple of con- tests with Baltimore aggregations, then disbanded because of lack of local opposition. RING AND MAT SPORTS GAINING Better srades of boxing and wrest- ling have been offered District fol- lowers of the ring and mat sports this year than formerly. The earn- est efforts of Promoter Heinie Miller lifted from the mire Sportland Arena. at Berwyn Heights, Md.. whence un- statutes compel fans of ity to go for fistic entertain- while professional matmen of order were brought here for this cf ment, high bouts. A number of shows were put on at Sportland by Miller, and although some were f creet matching of principals, most of them were really interesting a fairs and wholly satisfactory to epec- Soldier bouts conducted at Fort Myer early in the vear were not o attractive. An effort to establish a boxing club just across the District line at Seat Pleasant was unsuccess- 1 the plant being destroved by fire after the first show was held. Men who had done most of their boxing at Sportland distinguished themselves in the Navy scouting fleet ring championships at New York. Young ‘Denclo, mess boy of the U. § S. Mayflower, won the fiyweight title, while Billy Vincent and Jack Skin- ner, Washington products, gave their opponents hard battles before losing. « There was increased interest in wrestling among the amateurs. A Y. M. C. A. team, hastily organized, lost to a Baltimore-team, but repre- sentatives of Washington Canoe Club and Gallaudet College did well. The paddling organization qualified four men and Gallaudet two for the South Atlantic A. A. U champlonships. Three W. C. C. men won titles, Clar. ence Bruce, in the 118-pound class; William Havens, in the 175-pound class, and Charles W. Havens, in the heavyweight class. WASHINGTON U. GRIDMEN SHOWN NAVY’S OFFENSE SEATTLE, Wash., December 22. With but one more practice before Christmas, the University of Wash- ington foot ball team went through its workout here today with vim, preparation for its contest-with the United States Naval -Academy at Pasadena New Year day. Knowledge of some of the Navy's plays has been drifting into_ the husky camp for ten days, and Coach Bagshaw gave his gridders a special workout on the offensive against the Middy defense as personified by the Washington second team, Scrimmage was of the dummy va- riety, with more attention pald to the technicalities of the gvarious formations than to the roUgh-and- ready tactics that had been the rule ussell Jewell of. Washington. Richard Walsh of New York won ‘1o national public links title at East 'ntomac Park, with local golfers guring In the event not at all ‘-eorge G. Volght was thed kingpin of s publie ?ml‘u players, annexing the ¥ municipal title, for the preceding three practices. D. . FRIENDS BEATEN., B%MN 2 Baltimore ool basket ball quint romped away from the Wash- inglon Fricads” Sl teum, \ ures because of indis- | (RN | | | { | i | | ! | ferent from those of the i V particular. the Nationals on campaign eves, there business early last April, so the ge sive showing. ASHINGTON'S 1923 professional bée ball season was little dif: | Where formerly bright futures were predicted for pointed when the local American League club failed to make an impres- In other respects, the scason was similar to those of "21 and "2 ns of whom much was expected failed to.come up to the mark, S LARENC MAJOR-JK HERR. SHOWING OF GRIFFS IS NOT IMPRESSIVE | two preceding years, except in one e was a lull in the “brilliant prospect” neral public was not greatly disap- club considerably and, to make the e club’s manager was released. Three veterans performed remarkably well. ~ Walter Johnson in his ®even- teenth big league season led the Na- tionals’ mound staff in the won-and- lost statistics. He also led the Amer- ican League, enjoyed a brilllant season. passed the 3,000 mark in strikeouts during his big league career. Johnson also went by the century mark for shut- out games. Roger Peckinpaugh, who has been shortstopping for vears in the Amer- jcan Lague, enjoyed a brilliant season. He ‘accepted more chances than any other . shortstop in the circuit, batted in good form and Wwas out of but one of the 155 games played by his club. Joe Judge, “although out of action more than a month because of injuries. ranked Kigh as a first sacker and batted lustily. 2 An_ unprecedented feat accomplished by the club was that of sweeping a series in St. Louls. During the last trip Veter injuries to players handicapped the year more like the two preceding, th Donfe Bush, at the managerial helm | all season, was relleved of the office | shortly after the champlonship cam- paign ended, much to the surprise of fans in general. That the club nosed its way into fourth place in the league by victory on the last day of the season seemingly made the supporters of the | Nationals believe Bush a capable field general and worthy of another trial. However, much of the Nationals' | achievement was due to _startling slumps by the Browny and White Soxi rather than extraordinary effort by the home club. When Bush was flrst re- leased President Clark Griffith gave no reason for the dismissal other than that he had decided to make a_change. Pressed by public sentiment, the Na- tionals' leader later stated that his conception of the managerial standard was not reached by Bush, who, Grifith ¢claimed, had fafled repeatedly to avall himself of all the resources of the club. Bpeculation as to Bush's successor has been rife, but announcement of a Now manager has yet to come from sident Griffith. ~ During the joint meeting of the major leagues at Chi- cago this month efforts were made to procure Eddle_ Collins, veteran second sacker of the White Sox, for the posi- tion, but failed, Despite the Nationals' weakness at bat and !in the pitching box, several players distinguished themseives and the club established a new fielding rec- ord. It made 182 double plays, better- ing by fourteen the major league mark for these fielding feats it set last year. The catching and batting of Harold uel, obtained in trade from the Red jox prior to the start of the season, ‘were noteworthy. Muddy clouted hard guoush to tie with Sam Rice for club p with the flail. Leon Goslin, was expected to hit in high fig- ures, did not fulfill promises, but his wallops drove in nimety run€, fifteen " i uther Nativaal, it 1" through the west three successive games were taken ‘from the Browns and the Nationals were leading in a fourth englfement stopped by rain be- fore a decision could be reached. The Washington club during the year has made great improvements in its plant. Before the season opened a new entrance to the stands was constructed and an automobile park laid out Since the champlonship season a spaclous open stand along the 5th street wall of the outfield has been built, so that the THOMER park now has an estimated seating ca- pacity for basa ball of more than 30,- 000, giving Washington a real major league establishment. OAKLAND GETS BOEHLER. LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. December 27.—Qeorge W. Boehier has signed to pitch for Oakland, Calif, in the Coast League, for the coming season. Boeh- ler was with the Pittsburgh club last season. He will leave for California wn February L I pastime in the United States. of the facilities at hand. the thronged throughout the season One of the high spots of the paign came early in the season was the Chery Chase invitation bles that bronght some of the le pla; T Aiveri d foreign into action ter three days of liant nnis, Norr Wil Philadelphia’ a1 Waison Wasiburn of New York, iuer ers of the 1922 United States Dovis Cup team, were returned the vic They scored in the final over Viycent Richards, third ranking player in America, and M. Fukuda, the latest Japaness star t invade this countrf ~Among others to take part were Manuel and Jose Alonso, Spanish tennmis aces. D. C. Title to Outsider. An outsider, Fritz Mercur of Har- risburg, Pa., a student at Lehigh Uni- versity, carried off the District title. €. M, Charest, who is clalmed by both Washington and Baltimore, was the runner-up. Charest, who occupies a responsible government position here, plays most of his tennis in Washington, although a part-time residént of Baltimore. Charest flgured in more tennis vie- tories than any other local racketer, although he was given a close run by Col. Walit C. Johnson, his partner, in five triumphs in doubles here and in the South Atlantic section, Cha- rest and Johnson won in the District, the Dumbarton, the Old Dominion, the Peninsula and Middle Atlantic tourneys, victory in the last named entitling them to_compets in the na tional doubles. Charest, with Mary will Wakeford, won the mixed dou- bles in the District event, and he also captured the singles in the Peninsula tourney. Charest and John Temple Graves, jr. who won the singles in the Old Dominjfon and Dumbarton tourneys, were Washington's representatives in the national championship. Neither survived the first round. It was co- incidental that Charest should be drawn against Mercur (o whom he shortly before had succumbed in the final of the District tourney. Municipal teqnnis got its first real recognition during the year. A cham- pionship tourney was held for men, in which Maurice V. O'Neill won the singles and Dr. W. K, Davis and C. S. Cragoe captured the doubles. A serfes of three intercity matches, be- tween players of Baltimore 'and ‘Washington, also was held, the Capi- tal netmen losing out by a single point, ‘14 to .18. Each match con- sisted of six singles and threo dou- es. An example of the interest shown by the vouth of Washington in the net game was given in the Chevy Chase Club invitation junior tourney, which drew 120 entries. Robert B. Elliott survived the fleld, A moodly array of youngsters also competed in the junior event of the District tour- ney which was won by Gwynn King. All of the leagues that have been in operation during the past several measons again were in the fleld—the Woman's Washington _Association, Suburban and Departmental. In addi: tion to having weekly matches among &' dosen ‘teams of the eight players each, the Woman's League held a championship iourney iu OUTSTANDING FIGURES IN ATHLETIC COMPETITION ABOUT WASHINGTON IN 1923 MR WINIFRED ELLIS i 'TENNIS RETAINS PLACE | AS A LEADING PASTIME ENNIS in the District during 1923 continued to maintain the pace that has placed Washington among the leading centers for the In fact, the game wa+ restricted by the lack of | | facilitics, the applicants for use of the municipal courts far exceeding number that could be accommadated | | I | | ers of the ci ' i i RALPH H MCGARITY 1PRIDGEON, | Play was fully up to the maximum Private courts also were plavers! her ind doubles. ominently and in the simead in the Wash- Suburban and v Distric gular ar cam paign War winners ington Danbr ) ti Duaibarton_won and | ned the right to meet Mar nd | | A. C. Baltimore champion. but the Monumental city titleholders falled to ®o through with the match An addition was made to Wash- | ington Tennis Association Argvie! Club joining forces with Chevy Chase Columbia. & Dumbarton, uit Washington did not fare very well in | the Hotchkiss cup matches that are played annually among teams of this city, Richmond, Norfolk and Belti- more. Washington was put out in the | first round by the Baltimore team, | which defeated Norfolk in the final Winners of Main Events. Winners of principal local during the season follow: DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS. Team—Dumbnarton Club. | Men's singles—Fritz. Merecur Harrisburg, Pa. ‘Women’s singles — Wrs, Winnifred Elifw. Men's doubles—(. Col. Walt C. Johuson. ‘Women’s doubles—Marywill Wake- ford and Mrs. Winnifred Ellis. Mixed doubles—Marywill Wakeford and C. M. Charest. Junior singles—Gwynn King. INVITATION TOURNAMENTS. Chevy Chase doubles—R. Norris Willlams, 2d, of Philadelphia, and Watson M. Washburn of New York. . Chevy Chase junior—Robert B. El- iott. Dumbarton — Men's singles, John Temple Graves, jr.; men’s doubles, C. M. Charest and Col. Wait C. Johnson. MUNICIPAL. CHAMPIONSHI Men's singlens—Mnurice V. 0’Nefll. Men’s doublex—Dr. W. K. Davis and ©. §. Cragoe. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. . Washington Association — Dumbar- on.- Departmental—War. Suburban—Holmead. ‘Women’s — Team, Piney Branch) singles, Elisabeth Pyle; doubles, Ma~ cita De Souza and Frances Krucoff. PLACES FOR OLYMPIC TRY-OUTS ARE CHOSEN NEW ° YORK, December 22—The schedule of the Olympic try-outs in seven branches of sport. all but row- ing. under the jurisdiction of 'the Amateur Athletic Lnion, has heen fixed as follows: Track and_fleid—Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, Mass. June 13 and_14. Rowing—sSchuylkill river, Phiia- delphie, June 13 and 1 wimming — (Men) — Indianapolls, early in June; (women), Metropolitan district, Week ending Juno 14. Baxing—Boston, May. -New York, Max New York., May. Wrestlin, atry— New York, June. events) { of M. Charest and A jwit! | vasion early [ ston, |ot rawing to Close YANKEES STILL RULE INTERNATIONAL FIELD {American Athletes Are Hard Pressed to Capture Major Share of Laurels in Colorful Season, However. MERICA once more ruled the years. America scored twent two in events where leading talent heights of international sports com- petition in 1923, but Upcle Sam was hard pressed to capture a major share of the laurels in one of the most colorful seaso in six victories, Great Britain twelve and France contested for honors, but this coun- try’s margin gras not so decisive as these figures might indicate. and con siderably less than in 1922, when the Eagle left small room for argument The United States gained clear-cut laurels in five branches of inter- national competition, Britain was tr through Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen's s country’s forces swept the fields in men's tennis, boxing, sional billiards and horse racing, w! iumphant in four and France in one upremacy in_women's tennis. This polo, profes hile the Lion growled vicioriously ir track athletics, court tennis, rowing and fencing. America also held an & tige lost in 1922, Most of the battles fought out abroad, and powerful opposition encountered by Amerlca is the fact that five of this country's invading aggregations met defeat in Britain. In three of these stances America forfeited titles, British six-meter yachts recap- turing the British-American cup by a decislve margin, Yankee fencers losing the Robert M. Thompson tro- phy in a series at Londom, while Walter Hoover lost the historic Dia- monds Sculls trophy when he broke an oar and was beaten in the first half of the Henley rowing event, ca tured by Morris, an Englishman Yankee invaders aiso went dow defeat wh Walter Kinseila American challeng sv, wis beaten by George Covey in seri for the world professions while the combined track team lost meet with Oxford Balm for These Setback There was balm for thes: 3 however, in the fact that England's invading hosts m chiefly with dis- aster in this country America’s in- door poloists repelled an English in- in the of matches, while game the Yauke, Quished the Bri team for the military ch and the Meadow Brook outfit rode to victory in the American championship, in which three British aggregation tuok part. Oxford’s ru three contest starts in carnival; Ze English Derb. international £ 1923 were proof of the Harvard-Yale closely contested *ambridge. in the outdoor four van- two out of ith American College Pennsylvania relay conauersd Papyrus, the Winner, in the $100,000 race ©t Belmont Park an Oxford-Camibridge team was beaten in the imtercollegiate cham- plonships and also in & match with Harvard-Yais, while British women met defeat in both tennis and golf invasions Keen Tennis aud Golf. Tennis and golf witnessed prob: ably the Keenest rivalry of all. America’s team forces were victori- us in both, Yankee golf amateurs retaining the Walker cup on British ited fight, while the and Wightman cups. leading trophics. veposed on Uncle Sam’s trophy shelves st the end of the season. The Davis cup was suc essfuily defend inst a record field of seventoen challenging na- tions, with A making a gal- ant 'fight in 1 contest and losing by a four to one The Wightman trophy, women's tro- phy in competition for the first time, went to America’s met stars, who made a clean sweep of a series of matches with England s best at For- est H Except for Mile. Lenglen's tri- umphs over woman plavers abroad during the vear, including Mrs. Molla, rs lost s tennis dge in goli, though Britain regained some of the roy court tennis title, | il 1and ancient pres- Mallory, the former American cham- { pion, this country’s individual stars |nnmur~d a major share of golf and tennis events. Wil Johnston Iwon both the world and gras court championships on foreign soll while Willlam T. Tilden stood head and shoulders above an {nternational field in the American singles cham pionships. | Satistaction for Britain. ! Britain found satiefaction in re- covering its open golt trophy, which had been kept in the United States for two years by Jock Hutchiso and “’aY_{e. Hagen. Arthur Have glishman. won this bl ent by a margin of a si stroke over Hagen. Other leading | golf titles were won by native talent on both sides, but Frances Ouimet | Boston veteran, added glory to Amer ica’s record Ly capturing the historir | St. George's challenge cup in Eng |land and o _reaching the sem inals of the British amateur tourna ment before being put out by Roger Wethered. who went on to win the championship. Gene Sarazen, former American open champion, bagged & minor British golf crown when he won the Northern professional tour- nament. | vear in a series| | Spectacular elements were added ir | the vears record by several notable | international boxing matches Chief among these was the menace of the giant Argentine, Luis Angel Firno, 1o the world heavyweight champlonsh defended successfully by Jack Demp | sex only after a thrilling encounte: | Eugene Criqui, French war hero, 1ift | ed the tricolor to glory by dethron | ing Johnny Kilbane, as world feat] erweight champlon. but two month I}';K('T the gallant ex-poilu succumbed {to the battering fists of Johnny Dun dee. JTMmy Wilde, game littla Brit isher, came across to stake his woril fiyweight crown in a match wit Pancho Villa of the Phillppines, bu e was quickly beaten. In “other international contests Charley Paddock, California sprint- star, won laurels in an intercol legiate ‘track meet at Paris; Jau Gould of Philadelphia lost to E. 1 {Baerlein of England in the fi |round of an international tourns ment at Paris. while American bi iard star demonstrated their su | periority over experts of Francs Belgium and Germany in an inter ional play. { An American model quished its Canadian of races held at | International | | yacht van val in a serie Montreal, but Fishermen's Schoone: rer medium of Canadiar competition, remained u awarded when the Canadian defender RBluenose, refused to race its Amer: an rival, Columbia, after the second ace wak awarded to the Yanke: chooner because the Canadlan boa {passed the wrong side of a buo: Bluenose had won the first race an also finished first in the disputec | heat | T } WORLD FAME GAINED BY D. C. N the greatest year in the history t of Columbia has pravided national champions. Two titles latter earned by expert National Capital as their home Rifie shooting was fostered by trict of were she Guard terest in the sport. The District i and regular military establishments here, all manifes MARKSMEN g. the Dis an exceptional number of world and of six of the the oi iized rifle shooti former class and women, who claim the men and the colleges, schools, clubs, National ng great in scored heavily at the annual Camp the found- | perry, Ohio, championships, where most of its titles were gained. Just this month, the George Washington girls in mail competition with St. Anne’s Diocesan College o world record with a possible 500. Th Edna Kilpatrick, Eleanor Ba Waldman Greatest of the world titles, the ree rifie championship, was earned by Guunery Sergt. Morris Fisher of the Marine barracks after a desperate duel with Walter R. Stokes, Wash- ingtonian, who was world champion in 1921 and 1822, at the Camp Perry range. In winning the title Fisher set a record for the indlvidual cham- pionship of the world with a score 1,090, just the previous mark made by Staheli of Switzerland. In capturing the title Fisher also won world cham- pionships from kneeling and prone positions. Lawrence Nuesslein, who won the world championship at the Olympics in Antwerp in 1920, at Camp Perry took the world free rifle champion- ship in standing position with a score of Fisher, Nuesslein and Stokes rep- resented the District on the five-man international free rifle team that scored 5,801, bettering by 128 points the world record made at Blarritz in 1912, Ralph H. McGarity of this city was proclaimed the most consistent small bore rifieman at the natlonal matches. In addition to winning the national small bore title with the re- markable score of 248x250, he made the international small bore team of twenty, in company with three other District shots: Col. C. E. Stodter, Stokes end Gunnery Sergt. Schriver. McGarity also was a member of the District team that won the na- tlonal shoot for the Caswell trophy. Other members were Col. Stodter, Stokes, Capt. H. H. Lizear, J. W. Crockelt, Schriver and Katherine Ed- monston Miss Edmonston was captain of t! George Washington University girls’ team, which, with the Central High School team, coustituted the first women's organizations to be repre- sented at the national rifle matche: At Camp Perry these teams gave an exhibition of rifle shooting and sportemanship that has been a tr mendous incentive to the populari- zatlon of the sport among the women of the country. . At Camp Perry the Distriot Na- tional Guard team finished eighth in a fleld of sixty-five teams In the national rifle team mateh open to 12 points better than | i Natal, British South Africa, set a ose shooting were Katherine Edmon rroll, Mae Huntzberger and Sophia military and ecivilian _organizations {and was the second highest Nationa Guard team. In the individual Palma teh for the world long range mil itary rifle title Private N. W. Din widdie of the District National Guard finis] nineteenth. Capt 1 D: Loos of the District was among the medal winners at Camyp Perry in the 200-rapid-fire champion =hip and the National Rifle Associatior members' match with service rifie 600 vards. The Winchester Junior Rifle Corps match also was held at Camp Pern and District girls took the first thre. places, Adelaide Cotter, Helen Stoke and Katherine Edmonsion finishing the order mentioned. College teams here wers unusualj: successful. The Georgetown Univers team, composed of S. E. McCann, W C. Saffarran, J. E. Russell, C. E. Gui foyle and J. N. Doran, won the nation: intercollegiate indoor champions) George Washington University's teas was third in this event ana second the eastern intercollegiate outdoor m University of Maryland's team won & majority of its matches. A Central High School team, includ ing H. M. Milwit, W. B. Dean, L. It Schreiner, T. E. Smith, E. R True H. W. Wells, W. B. Reed, M. J. Mc- Inerney, J. W. Crockett and N. W. Din widdie, 'won the national {nterscholastic indoor title, and another, including Schreiner, True, Reed, MclInerney and Crockett, won the Astor cup matcl the latter team scoring a possible 1,000. In the national interscholustic cham pionship Central High's second team ished second; Western High, fourtl Central High third team, fifth, and Business High, seventh. A Centra team won the girle' national scholastis title. Stokes remained in the championsi v class by taking the indoor individua. intercollegiate title with a scote of 596x600. Georse Washington University gir! took two of three matches frem ii University of Maryland girls, althougi the latter had a successful season. ¥ ———— NEW ORLEANS, December Ivan Parke, leading jockey at fh Jefforson Park mest,” will rids on Westarn tracks again during the 1924