Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1924, Page 31

SP. —_ somts hs sveve ens wimmorow bt vnvmsmav, svsey w s ‘Uncle Sam May Boast of One or More Pugilistic Champions Before Year Ends ORTS EACH BRANCH OF MILITARY SERVICE HAS A CANDIDATE Army Possesses Two in Welterweight Eddie Burn-,| EFORE the year 1924 rolls ouf pion. B champion of the Army, and Young Navy. One of the three hdl, it is title before the year is don S Burnbrook and Gnrcu have bee soldiers and will remain soldiers for Burnbrook and Garcia are a pa the 3d Corps area, the leading ath assigned to recruiting duty and are khaki-clad. These two military champions, and challengers for the titles of Johnny Dundee and Mickey Walker, are cléan types of young manhood. The Army I8 proud of them and does not hesi- tate to use them in a recruiting campaign.” Whilo they are boosting Army re-1 2 Tuiting they also are boosting their wn bank rolls. Both lads have fought for good money and have saved up a few thousand dollars since being managed by Bronson. A plan now fs under way looking to the matching of (Garcla and Johany Dundee for a world titlé affair th February. The Army is said to be behind the move, seeing in it another big boost for recrulting. If the fight is staged it will mark the first time a soldler of the United States Army ever has contended for & wyrla fistic title.. G..clap in fact, would be fighting | for two titles, the featherwelght and | the junfor tightweight, inasmuch as Dundee holds both crowss, MORE LIVELY PERFECTED, HICAGO, January 10—While it it could be ‘driven fifty yard product without any more effort or skill, but the high moguls of gol(,have decided to ban the bail Such a ball might be well enough for the duffer, for even with the aid of this speed demon of the links he could not play so well as the experts do with the present ball. Inside Golf By CHESTER HORTON It is important that yem be square on your heels when you hit through a golf ball, and especially does this apply to the left heel. You may be on your right toe at the inatant of fmpact, but you ust be on your left heel. If you Snish with your weight on your left toe, or favoring the toe rather than the heel, you are losing your ®pportunity to smap a punch iato fhe ball that would perhaps xive you twenty-five more yards. The square left heel Ras much to do with the solf punch. ‘The left leg—and this really means the left heel more than spuything clst—must absoth the bod ht ax it welght shi actually is levered awa: swing center, the head, held in a fixed position. If the head moves the snap goes out of clubher at once. So come down hard and firmly on the left heel and make it nbsorb the welght. The leftqhip then movea forward with ‘the swing ond the right shoulder goes under and out after the ball. Your welght should rest solidly om the left heel at the finish of the Awlag. (Copyright. John F. Dille Co.) U. S. G. A TO INSIST STYMIES BE PLAYED ’ ° NEW YORK, January 10.—The United States Golf Assoclation {s op- posed to any change in the present rule which compels all stymies to be played. Howard'F. Whitney, chairman of the rules committee, in & letter re- Jected & proposal by E. Elsworth Giles, editor of the Pittsburgh Golfer, that the stymie be abolished. Y Under the proposed change thfll stymied player would have the Drlvl-] lege of asking his opponent to move his ball, the opponent nvmy the stymied player did not the removal of .his oppon all the option of Mfting or puttin; and struck it, he would be penulnd‘ 2 stroke. | A —_— ! AUSTRALIAN NET TEAM FILES DAVIS CUP ENTRY NEW YORK, January 10—, tralla, regarded as America’s l:‘ol gfMcial entry In the 1926 Davi tennis contest. Recent reports have indicated that it may be captalned by Norman B Brookes, veteran In tionalist, with the playing Nlrden Illl‘nofl 0 Gerald Patterson O'Hara 'Wuod. members of tln 1923 chfll.hh 4 weight champion of the Army; Dencio, flyweight champion of the ronson of New York, one of the cleverest of boxing handlers. When urnbrook and Gareia exhibited unusual class and outstepped everything in the Army the officia]s of the 3d Corps area sent for Bronson and turned the two battlers over to his management. golf ball manufacturer recently perfected a ball that was so lively .| that would be prohibitive financially. brook and Featherweight Bob Garcia—Young Dencio, Flyweight, Represents Navy. t Uncle Sam may be a fistic cham- He has three good chances in Eddie Burnbrook, welter- Bob Garcia, featherweight predicted, will fight for and win a n brought along steadily by Jimmy But they still are a long time to: come. rt of a dandy-recruiting scheme¥of letic urea of the Army. They are allowed to fight around in various cities of the area and thus inspire young men to join Uncle Sam’s If thin bout takes place the Army also will try to have staged & bout between Eddle Burnbrook and Micke¥ Walker for the world welterwelght title. Burnbrook .has bowled over Some of the best boye in the welthr welght division. - He I8 flc puncher and seldom does an ope ponent last the distance with him. Young Dencle 1s a Fillpine and is stationed on the presidential Yacht Mayflower. He ls champlon of the Navy, having recently won the title trom Jose Javier, In Madison Square Garden He wants_Villa's crown. He was matched to fight Villa in Mantla, but the latter got a cable to hurry to the United States and the fight never took place. But it may take place over {out.” The bell THE .EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY - UARY 10, 1924. SPORTS. 31 CHAMPION OF CUBA HAVANA, Cuba, Janyary 10— “Chief” Matoquah, an American In- dlan from ’)k\-nqms. last night knocked out Antomn Flerro, the Cu- ban heavywel plon, In th second round, oq.-h welghed 136 pounds and Flerro RENAULT WHIPS WHITE. MONTREAL, January 10—Jack Re- nault, Canadlan heavywalght, won Iho decision last night over Joe ‘White of Alabama, nu‘r'a‘un munfl " ath, after he ua ven. knockout in the taken a count of CARPENTIER WOULD VISIT. NEW YORK, Jlnulr‘"o—-\uuer‘n Carpentier, colortul boxer probably ‘will essay an American come-back attémpt before the cloi L | W the indoor_ring unon Hia RS Francols Descamps, Bled Rickard that Car) nnlur was anxlous to come here In ‘ebruary or March McTigue or Géne Tun- nnewnlnunflA.n:':Iv n ight titles, res f succesatul .%eor:n would llke to fight Tom Gibbon WARFIELD GETS A DRAW IN BOUT AT BARRACKS, Curley Warfield, local boxer, fought & six-round draw bout With Wiliie Ptom-y in the feature Attradtion of the smoker held by the Eniisted Men's: Service Club at the Washing- ton barracks last night. Rivers of the Washington barracks and Morrison of Fort Myer displayed thelr wares in a six-round mateh. L‘-hml was given a slight edge over Jack Coulm. \nllu Daglewacs easily disposes Wi Allen threw Kid Day in twe minutes in the wrestling tit. Five-year-old Margaret Lavy mave a ‘lnou\g sxnlhnlon here. Vill4 is twelve pounds heavier than Denclo. The latter welghs only 100 pounds, but his handlers may let him build up a few pounds will be no objection on the critical boxing commissions. GOLF BALL BUT BANNED has not become generally known, a -n of s farther than the best present-day But, the rulers of golf assert, to allow the use of such a long-distance pellet in tournaments by star players would compel the rebuilding of all tm g2lf courses in the country, and During the last ten years, the oides links have been rebulit to keep pace with the Increasing sprightliness of golf balls. and the cost {s too much On the old links, bunkers that were made to punish poor second shots in the days of the solid gutta-percha ball be- came hazards for the drive with the rubber-cored globule, and other things were out of proportion in & similar 5 if ‘the balls with the “big Now, Bertha” range were to be allowed, STECHER EASY WINNER OVER RUSSIAN MATMAN Joe Stecher, former ReAV) 'ulrm wrestling_champion, easlly disposed of Ivan Wolkoff, the hefty Russian, in two straight falls last night in the Mlhlre attraction at . the Central 1iseum. gl.c!\er used a scissors and arm Nold to throw his opponent in the first tussle. Then he won on & half nalson. In another match Renalto Gardini doun:d Gus Kervaris in two stralght ladle Pope, former Washington ath- lete, earned $25 by staying fifteen minutes with Jos Turner. MACHINES GIVE LINE ON LINKS’ MATERIAL CHICAGO, January 10.—While mno two of the six billion strokes made annually by America’s 2,000,000 golf- ers are exactly alike, manufacturers of golf clubs and balls have made it possible to test the precise power of a club and the distance a ball will trave] from any given swing and machines are busy in proving the material of the linkes for 1984, When the subject of ste clubs came up a couple of years ago the Western Golf Associatibn, with President Albert R. Gates of Chicago hafted there would be no hole for two full shots in the country, for such long- shooters as Jesse Gullford and Bobby Jones would fetch a §00-yard green| with a drive and an iron. And courses were rébullt to accommodata this far-reaching sphere. they would be too long for comfort. forcing players to travel two or three miles further in an 18-hole round and mak. ing womeén and ordinary male golf- crsdumu themselves to nine holes in a_day. ited to a diameter of not less ti 1.62 inch, and to a welight ot fot more than 1.62 ounces. pened that the “wonder of golf assoclations have marely told the maker that the new creation would not be allowed, despite its ml- fillment of specification, and that an attempt should be made to mar- ket the pellet, the specifications would be changed in some way, powe! 2dding gne to the effact that the bail must not be more lively than travel 1.62 furlongs (3564 yards) under the best blow the best driver could delfver. HOCKEY RESULTS. At Doston—Boston Hockey chl. u Mapie Athietle Club, At Boston—Harvard, The size of a golt ball now is lim- | the supervising, had them tested man- ually by experts, but it was apparent to onlookers that the strokes wers not mathématically allke, for the bails ail landed at different spots. Since that time a driving machine has been perfected and a club fastened in its clutches swings just the same time after time. This mechanism, in addition to trying the elasticity of hickory in any . given shaft and the utlity of the head of the @river, has been used to determine relative metits of wood and steel shafts, and it shews that the human experiment was cofrect. ‘he. steel shafts do not drive the furt) but when the ball heel of the club the ball does not hook or slice so mueh as when the same stroke is made with & hickory shaft. But the golf automaton also shows that the slice varies with the stiff- ness of the hickory used, a soft graln hl'lnl' much more slice than a close Il has been hard to find enough hickory of even elasticity, while the steel can be made of the same timber for thousands of clubs. ©AB A result of this consideration the committee of the United States Golf Association, which has barred ateel shafts in tournament play, again is studying the subject with a view to revising its opinion, if it is shown lhlt the first decision was wrong. th 10.~~Th v ern amateur gbu cn.mvlenlm Rament will be held a¢ the Hin lub, e O cplebrate’ grenty-ffth anatv G A The westera open ‘champton: ghtp already has been awarded to the cnnm.t Counu-y of Chicago, but date place for the junior nhamylonhlp have not been made. BELLBAIR, ti.-“fi‘lw 10.—Wal- gur Hagen set aside all rumors about na oompeting agaln in the British championship witen he ane nounced that he would sall. for Bng- Jand June 10, one he'llsay — as many already have said — $Cinco is better than e average te cigar —and [ save 2§ pereent.” _ The Eisenlohr Proc- ess has put extra value into cigars for over 70 years. An investinent of 1§ W. H. WARNER 504 Eleventh St. N.W. Exolusive Washingten Distridbutse J. S. BLACKWELL & SON Alexandris, Va. Morthern Virginia Distributors PINEHURST TOURNAMENT PINEHURST, N. C., January 10—~W. G. Warren of Chicago won the class A division champlonship in the mid- winter 18-yard championship at the annual midwinter target matches here, breaking 157 targets out of 160. Mark Arfe of Champaign, I, and G. MoCarthy, Newfleld, N. J., tied for second place with 156 out of 160, but Arie won in the toss for the place. IROQUOIS BEAT ARROWS IN NIGHT SOCCER GAME Players of the Iroquois Athietic Club lhn'ul }no way to the Arrow ights from some thirty auto- mohllu supplied the light. Harrington, John Weight, fllurlm Allbaugh and Joe O'Brien re big factors in !rwquoli victory. Wllh’nd Grissom performed credit- bly for the losers. INDIAN BOXER WHIPS {CHICAGO TRAPSHOT WINS | HOME RUN SAVES HIS J0B. |KOPPISCH LEADS ELEVEN CINCINNATI, January 10.—A home run by Chester Fowler, which won a me from New York last fall, assured s retention as utility infielder of the Cincinnat! Reds for 1024. The resuited in Fowler replacing Klmmlck. who recently was sent to Vernon as gll’l of the deal which bmllht Pllcher jakie May to Cincinnati. [ —— RIXEY T0 TALK CONTRACT. CINCINNATI, January 10.—Eppa Rixey, the Cinclanati National League pitcher, is suffering from an attack of indigestion, but has announced that weason. TESTIMONIAL TO MISKE. ST. PAUL. Minn. January testimonia) fo the iate Billy Ml heavywelght pugilist of St Pau, wili be presented here January 18 in the, shape .of a fistic entertainment, sponsored by sports writers of Min- neapolis and St. Paul. Proceeds will be used to purchase a monument for the late boxer's grave and as a purse for the widow. (including even our other fine makes ) 125 °35 ’45 Save from ten to twenty dollars on the Nation’s fmest ready- or-sermce . Suits. AT COLUMBIA THIRD TIME |cony ot tne arsiens Toaoutioonimg are NEW YORK, Janmary 10~Wal- |clation will be established at Dayton, ter . Keoppisch of Buftale will cap- | Ohlo, and the grand Angerican handicap tatn Columbia Universtty’s feot | Will be shot there for the next fifteen ball team next fall for the thfrd |years, it a fund of $20,000 needed to suceessive weason. His re-election |finance the enterprise is raised among by the varsity squad was unani- mous aud is believed to set a vec- ord for continmoma captaincy of a major college eleven In the east, Benides hin gridiron honors, pinck alse is captain of the varsity track team. Canada. NINE UMPIRES FOR A. A, CHICAGO, January ‘10.—President Hickey of the American Assoclation has added Ted MoGrew to the list of umpires signed for the 4 _season, increasing the staff to nine. McGrew was in the Western League last sea- son, but for five xelrl previous offi- clated in the Pacific Const League. RALEIGH FRANCHISE SOLD. RALEIGH, N. C., January 10.—The Rlle((h franchise in the Pledmont Ball League has been purchased Trom ol Almare Tn Cox tnd” basas clates by a corporation h-u.d by W. L. Brogden, local business man, it is announced by Col. Cox. TOLEDO MAKES A TRADE. TOLEDO, Ohlo, January 10.—Short- stop Charles Pechous and Outfielder Joe Shannon of the Toledo American Association ball club have béen siraded to the Des Moines club of 18 Western League for Catcher Bernard Hungling, who was with the Brooklyn club last year. accordin to anpouncement made by Roger Bres- nahan, president of the local club. Hungling was sold by Brooklyn to Des Moines. MARKSMEN FAVOR DAYTON. | N trapshooters in ‘the United States and | by 0 DECISIONS, EQUAL PAY. FOR BOXERS URGED IN N.Y. ALBANY, N. Y., January 10.—A bill designed to prohibit decisions in Boxing matches and to proyide participants in a bout with egual shares of the money, Das been Incroduced in the aturs Assemblyman Henry O. The bill is aimed espectaily at “‘gam! lers who have gained oontrol nl Boxing in New York state,” o Kahan, HORSES BURN TO DEATH: POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., January 10. | —Six horses, including Bva Guy, by Axworthy, and one of her oolts, were burned to death last night In = fire which destroyed the main barn of the Hudson River Driviag Park, own- d by the Jacob Ruppert estate here. wnmmn BOY STARS. LAWRENCEVILLE, N. J., January 1o—rmand. a Wuhlnflou boy, played & great game for Law. nnmvfllo quint that won lll (Mrl straight ynutdu by defeating Princeton High, 1 ,(including even our other fine makes) ¢ °35 45 Save from dollars on iy =y C e . o I B ] W W V2 Y 154/7,/ W 7 ten to thirty the Nation's finest ready-for-service Overcoats. HE usual thing in a clothing clearance sale is to have exceptions. But here we do the unusual. Yes, there are no exceptions. included. Likewise dinner suits. Which means that blue suits are And full dress clothes. As well as every over- coat, whether of British or American origin. Is it this broad policy — this desire to make it worth your while to buy here — the reason why this year’s clearance has been the largest in'units and in volume that we have ever held? The Hecht Co.