Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1924, Page 76

THE_SUNDAY §TAE, WASHINGTON Difficult to Retain : Mrs. THE MAKING OF A GOLF CHAMPION BY WALTER HAGEN ‘Golf Championships MARSTON FACES BIG TASK | 'TQ KEEP AMATEUR TITLE Gene Sarazen’s Regime as Professional Match Play King, Threatened by Hagen—Jones Seems Most Firmly Intrenched as Open Champion. allory in Tennis Predicament | LINKS LESSON||[ELIGIBLE TU REPRESENT. TWO. COUNTRIES ABROAD Must Play for Norway in Olympics, If She Enters at All, But Has Right to Perform for U. S. in Matches With British. | CHAPTER V The Strategy of’ Success. N the spring of 1916 1 began to settle down to serious work on the links. A tournament player { must devote a lot of time to his golf ’|f hc‘is to succeed, and it was most tcertainly my ambition to win an- | otlfer big championship as quickly as possible, if for no-other reason FINE POINTS OF PUTTING. BY W. R. McCALLUM. ITH the opening of the spring golf season but a few. weeks |35 . 0 £ away. golfers are speculating these days of late winter on the :‘L:;’ lf:mfy myself I could do it. possibility—or probability—of the holders of the three big| e the averago amateur Who BY SAMUEL HARDY. HE latest reports are that Mrs. Mallory has definitely decided ta represent Norway, the land of her birth, at the coming Olymp:e tennis matches in Paris. T . 5 = babi i { wants to win a golfing trophy of some championships retaining their titles during 1924, W The first thought that comes to mind in any speculation, such as the winter golfing league in the snowbound north now is debating, is the record of championship winners in late years. It is a fact borne out by the record books that no man has succeeded himself in a major cham pionship’in the United States within the space of the last decade, excep black-haired Gene Sarazen, who clubbed himself to victory in the pro fessional match play titular event last vear at Pelham, overcoming Walter | { 0Tt just to prove to his friends that he is u golfer. After he has the sat- isfaction of winning a cup the mov- clty wears off, and he is then more anxious than ever to win another as proof positive that the first vietory Wwas not an accident. Makex Him Ambitious. he winning of the open in 1914 Mrs. Mallory’s position is a most difficult one. Under the Olympic rules no player may enter any contest as an individual, but only as a men- ber of a team sent by some country. Mrs. Mallory by her marriage has become an American citizen, and .as such has already represented the United States in the international matches held last summer against the English team at Forest Hills. Logically, therefore. it would seem that she should play for us in the Olympic matches. It is common knowledge that she greatly desires to do Hagen in the final and decisive tilt after thirty-seven holes of the finest | and the pan-American title in 1915 so, and it was expected that her status as a citizen of the United State, sort of golf. Bobby Jones, the national open champion, sits on his throne with his first major crown rakishly perched just north of his left ear. The dope has it that Bobby's crown is rather firmly. fixed; that the Atlanta lad has an excellent chance to repeat—possi- bly better than any open champion- ship winner in recent vears. Maxwell R, Marston of Philadelphia sports the amateur crown, but golf bugs generally have it—and this statement is borne out by close stu- dents of the game who have watched championships over considerable stretch of years—that Max's cham- pionship mantle rests but lightly on the broad shoulders of the Pennsyl- vanian. In other words, Max Mars- ton, although the amateur champion- ship will be played at Merion, his own stamping ground, is due to be bumped off late next September in defense of his first national title. Max displaved amazing consistency and some brilliance in winning at Wlossmoor last year. He needed every whit of each, for he waded through the toughest side of the draw. trim- ming Bobby Jones and Francis Oui- met on his way to the title. Any man who is capable of playing four holes in one under 3's is entitled to the greatest respect for his championship caliber, and that is what blond Max did against Bobby Jones, smothering the open titleholder under a whirl of birdies. But can any one be expected to repeat such a phenomenal feat? Sarazen Must Beat Hagen. Gene Sarazen appears to be fairly well intrenched as professional match play champion. The pride of Briar- ¢liff Lodge won his title last year and the year before in impressive style, although he did not do so well ih the bix medal play event at In- wood. Gene has added reams to his confidence by a victory out on the eoast over Arthur Havers, the British open champion, and confidence is one of Gene's greatest assets. Sarazen appears to be the ciass of the profes- sional mateh play field, although he will again vhis year have fo conquer his old-time rival, \Walter Hagen. The latter has been the underdog in the skit entitled “Sarazen meats Ha- gen.” but Walter Is far from through. Tie may overcome the jinx and shake Sarazen down for an enduring string of successes. As to the open championship, we huve quizzed Freddy McLeod, Bob Harnett_and several first-class’ ama- teurs. They all agree that the golf- ing gent who shakes Jones loose from his open championship crown will have to show considerable golf. Daye Thomson, says Bobby, will be out there doing his stuff ' at De- troit the same as usual—the medal nlay peer of them all. Bobby, ac- cording to Thomson, is good for. four reunds under 75 over any course. How far under 75 is the question, but all the pros agree that Bobby's pace will be as good s that of any golfer in the world. ¢ Marston is more of an enigma than any of the others. Max set a hot pace at Flossmoor last year, but he had to pull a hat trick to beat Francis' Ouimet, holing a forty-foot putt down hill over a rolling green to finally take the lead at the thirty-first hole when Francis missed a wee one for a half. At that, Marston's tee shot might have hgen bunkered but for the stout knee of a Boy Scout, sitting on the edge of the green. yLef that take nothing away from the stout-hearted character of Mar- sto victory, however. _Marston showed his nerve and greatness in the final against Sweetser when time again he looked all ready to rack, but finally came through Wwith the burst of speed that was good cnough to win. He hung on like grim death and was awarded with the Sreatest victory in amateur golf. He Z&nnot be overlooked in any resume of the championship possibilities. Those in the know favor Jones and Sweetser for the title this year, but Marston can be expected to put up atwhale of a scrap on his own course i front of his home folks. [ STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE onal at the Chevy Chase Club, who has nthe District open championship last he hunch that the District open cham- OB, BARNETT, thep rofessi runner-up to Leo Diegel i year, has an idea.” He has t ot all that it shoul B pionship is n “fhe Chevy Chase pro thi championship, with entries t where, and should be played in t of the players traveling north from t ‘Barnett's idea is to pull off a big professional event this spring, a Tittle more than two weeks hence. when the pro stars, having finished their reaching for choice plums in 1he south, will pass through Wash- ington on their way tq equally choice aWairs in the north and east. —He idinks the District one;"s;\:;\sld be nlayed this spring. Columbla, just - before’ " the ~Indian Spring tournament or just before the Chevy Chase event, in time to corral the best of the paid brigade. A “To further this scheme Barnett in- vites suggestions and contributions from individuals or clubs about the District in the hope of securing a ialented entry list. Barnett believes he can obtain the best of the pro- faesional talent which has been per- forming in the south this winter to play here. arazan, Hagen, Havers, Ockenden, hihorn, Hutchison, Brady, Diesel, Leod, Farrell, Kirkwood, O'Hara, Walker and others are-in the group whom Barnett hopes to get here in case his idea is accepted. Every city but Washington, which he said really amounts to a state, has a real open championship. Washing- ton is far behind In this respect. Chatrman Thompnon of the golf 1d be in the way of first-class competil W hinks the event should be converted into a real thrown open to professionals from any- he spring so it would attract the cream he tourneys in the south. | | 1 ! cdmmittee ofsthe Chevy Chase Club| h: ordered pven carloads of Chesa- pdake Beach®sand to replace that ‘blown and ‘washéd out of traps dur- il the winter. Some of the sand wijll be used on, the putting greens 1o filter throug! he top soil and re- 1 h the top layers and grass roots. Marshall Whitlatch, supervisor of the Birning Tree course, has also order- al considerable amount 6T the sand use on the new links. Belection of Fred D.. Paxten .as { J { Inside Golf By Chester Horto! In coming up to a green you will find usually that you are better off with a short straight shot a little short of the green than with a longer, wncontrolled shot that in cither beyond the green or in the rough at one side. Which is an- other way of saying, never over- play a club. 1 venture that m lost to the average of overplaying ci any other cauxe. determination net to everplay one clab ring’ tl cellent chance run-up and get putt, but if you are or in n trap at the side of or yond the greem you are in for thowe extra strokes merved by you ax te cauxe run ¥ score n it need be. The proper itude ix this: Make your { of Chick Evans, a fine stylist and long { recognized as a champion in the mak- | that jthough he has always been rated as had given me a desire to set sall for erything in sight. My golf had im- proved and my experience in tourna- ment play had given me the confi- dence I needed. And one must have confidence to win any sort of tourna- ment where he is playing against an entire field of competitors, as in medal play. i The national open that year was held on the beautiful Minikahda course at Minneapolis, and I went out Wwith the full determination to win. I think I played a good deal more con- sistent golf there than 1 had the year before at Baltusrol, but fate had ar- ranged to spring a surprise on all of us. “This surprise came in the person ing, but hardly reckoned as a factor in that particular tournament. Chick had long been denied a big event and he took the oceasion to shine with a dazzling brilliance. The very first morning of play his astonishing steadiness drew com- ments from the gallery. It wasn't long before the rest of us realized we, were up against a tough Pproposition. Gil Nicholls was there, playing a fine brand of golf, as was Jock Hutchison, who flashed to the front for the first time. He has been a big factor in American golf ever since. Takés His Medicine. But Chick was in & class by him- self. His playing increased in ac- curacy and brilliance as che match went on, until he finally won with the very fine score of 286, thereby estab- lishing a record in open champion- ship on both sides of the Atlantic. Jock made a desperate bid for the honors, especially on the last nine holes. His remarkable score of €8 gave him a total of 285, just a couple of shots behind Evans. He got the prize money at that, as Chick took his reward in plate. Later on Chick Won the amateur crown at the Merion Cricket Club! the holder ! of both s, something that no other golfer has ever done in this country. 1 think Chick at that time was playing his very best golf, al- our leading star when it comes to style. Increases His Determination. Losing another chance to win the | i blue ribbon event was a bitter pill, | | but 1 took my medicine and went out | { that much more determined to grab off the next best thing in sight. I was rewarded by winning both eane, mot (Copyrignt, Joha F. Dille Co.) i VENABLE STADIUM - HAS GOOD GRIDIRON: i BY WALTER CAMP. | Venable stadium, Baltimore, which ! the Navy has picked up as the scene| of\the Army-Navy game next Novem- ber, is to be brought up to a seating capacity of 72,000. . The stadium is a fine structure, and when the additional seating capacity has been supplied, pill provide a good enclosure for the service classic. It has a flatter and more dish shaped character than any of the other stadiums, and on that account the run back from the field of play is greater. However, the writer has tested it from the back rows as they. are at present, and found that the added distance did not seriously impair vision. : The soil is underlain by a reddish clay, ‘and in case of continued wet weather would take a lot of attention, | but could be kept in shape by careful | treatment. | the American professionals who will take part in both events. To date Sarazen, Hagen and Burns are the three American professionals who have signified their intention to play in the.British opeg_although others will probably mal the trip. The British open is to be ph;ed at Hoy- lake, near Liverpool, on June 26 and 7, while the United States open will be held at Oakland Hills. near De- triot, June 5 and 6. Little time for practice_ will be given the Amer- ican professionals who go abroad. Local golf courses were closed for several days last week while the heavy snow of last Monday 'was clearing _away. . However. melting snow serves admirably to loosen up the ground and aids the &rowing of grass already started. But golf committees do not look favorably on play over & SoggY course, particularly one with Boft greens. Banneckbura Golf Club has lost one ot its leading golfers and local golf one of the finest characters in the death of Carl Hookstadt, who suc- cumber of pneumonia in St. Paul last Sunday night He-was in St. Paul on_business for the Department of Tabor. He was a nationally known specialist in workmen's compensation and industeial accident insurance. Although never a topliner in tour- nament piay, Hookstadt always was a | mbmber of the team that Bannoek. burn put_into the lists to play for! the interclyb trophy. He woh several club tournaments at Bannockburn, | to the national open and a good field {den City, Long Island, a course that has seen many a big tournament and | to lose it by a little unsteady piay or jor lquite satisfactory. Their re) the western and the metropolitan | open. These two events stand next | usually takes part in both affairs. | "We played the metropolitan at Gar- |is an excellent links. My total was| 307, the same as that of Jim Barnes {and Charles Hoffner, but in the play- loff 1 managed to pull out ahead. At Blue Mound, a Milwaukee links, 1 won the western open Wwith a score 285, equaling Chitk's record at Minneapolis, but as it was not the big championship of the season, my {less. | everlastingly at lalwa, CHICK ‘Winner of the National Open in 1916 achievement there was not so great as Chick's in the Minikahda match. In the meantime I had learned a great deal about systematic golf play and was beginning to make use of my knowledge of the game. It is one thing to make shots and unother thing to apply them properly championships. This I foun my sorrow more than ence, profited by my mistakes,” neverthe- A lot of good shot makers score well in ordinary rounds, where there is nothing at stake, but when a big occasion arises they seem to fade out of the picture. This idea of Keeping it when everything looks drab and gloomy is ons of the hardest tricks in the game of golf— or anything else, for that matter. According to my reasoning a lead can be wiped out just as easily as it can be gained. There is no profit in quitting or becoming discourazed when a few strokes behind. The breaks in golf make the game uncer- tain at all times, as the best players will tell you. Many a golfer will ap- parently have a match ciached, only a streak of hard luck. As a rule, however, I am not a be- | lever In good and bad luck. I have §s found that the goud pl: usuaily makes his own breaks, and if your oppunent appears to have the best of the breaks in she early suppose the luck will that not be ROD AND STREAM By Perry Miller IRGINIA comes forward and i v license tax. This is actually so, It is that the fish to be caught are Those who wish to take advanta, with Commissioner W. McD. Lee at permits to carp fishermen. But, fishermen, beware! Don't try to smuggle out of the water and out of the state fish ofjher than carp for commercial or othér purpose. If you do the game wardens will sure have you in their clutches and in court for violations of the fishing laws. The last legislature enacted a law to aid in the eradication of the carp, the waters of the state being infested with them, and specimens have been takenm from the streams that weighed as high as forty pounds. Of course, we all know that the carp is not a fish we would from choice put on our tables, but there is a ready sale on the markets of many of the larger cities for this fish. In fact, some peo- ple say that if prepared properly they make good eating. There is one thing certain—if you hook a big carp it will give you a struggle before you land it in your boat or safely on the shore. The writer has landed several big ones from the seawall between Hains point and the railroad bridge and was all excited until the fish was near enough in shore for him to see what he had on hig line. it. There have been a good many edi- torials and other write-ups concern- ing the barbless hook which have been read with much interest both by those in fdvor of this method of fishing and by its opponents. There is no doubt that fishermen must take some measure to prevent the great loss in undersized fish, hooked and o injured in the dis- gorging that death is the sure result. Anglers generally admit the need of a change, but are quite unwilling to give up present-day practices and methods without the assurance of a substitute that will furnish the sport to which they are accustomed. The advocates of the barbless hook believe that the new style hook will go a long way towards solving the problem. There is no doubt but that the barb, in tearing the fish which must be put back in the water, is a aerious offender and ‘would be gladly relegated to the past If it can be proved an unnecessary adjunct to the angler’s equipment. y: Many noted - anglers have tried barbless hooks under various condi- tions and have reported them to be | Tis are, in fact, of such a nature that every angler should give the new hooks an honest trial. 2 How many people can erect a stove, iand many times scored below 80 over |clean a bird, rabbit or & fish and cook | 1 1 fably with its new clubhouse being sticks are needed, fou: that difficult course, Interment was fade yesterday at Harvard, 1il, his home, where his mother and brothers and sisters live. indian Spring Is progressing favor- it in half an hour? It is really very simple, says the Sportsman’'s Digest. First, you need four green sticks, about eighteen inches long. These are driven into the ground in the form of a square. Then mere green ir being placed ‘man_al\the golf committee for ! constructed on the site of the old between the crotches of the sticks in ihie Washington Golf and Country | farmhouse. The Club, brings to the committee & real | has alread; was | according gojfing _ enthusiast. . Paxten chosen to succeed Martin -R. West, who was forced to resign, because of D! of business. Paxton ‘will dirset. all the golf events or the ‘club dur- 1 the season, with Dr. J. T. Mc- nahan in charge of work on the ocaurse, as- chairman of the greens cammiiteer ~ Nearness of the dates for the. Brit- ish open d the United States open cl sqme . g 1 [ professional’s sho been constructed, and, ‘Tom Moore, president of the club, the new, structure will | be ready for occupancy within a few months. Indian Spring will entertain ! the cream of local golfers next fall when the District awateur shampion- ship will be held over the course at Four Corners, Md. The club will also hold an invitation event the sec- ond week in May, o 3 5 Broadcasting - niatiens have egun radioing golf lessons. Golf talks fast traveling on the part of week.in New York and Thicago. such a way as to connect all of the upright - pieces. Them more sticks are placed on these, close enougt to- gether to support the game or fish to be cooked. Now light a fire beneath this platform, put on your meal to be cooked, light your pipe and awai the feast. The water of the Potomac river fi‘ln is in a very muddy condition. e chance of letfl“l large num- ber of “Hickory Jacks” has been’ greatly diminished. It is to be hpped onship this year will cause were givon from three stations last'that between April and June 1.the ‘water of the river will be sufficiently nvites fishermen in other states to come into the Old Dominion and fish and do so without paying any , but, of course, there is a “joker” in carp. ge of this offer should communicate Richmond. He has charge of issuing | clear to permit of some real fishing before the closed season for bass and crappie. i FIELD TRIAL CLUB LISTS PUPPY TEST The National Capitol Field Trial Club will hold its annual members puppy trial for pointers and setters on April 10 at Bradley Hills. 1t is open for pupples born on or after January 1, 1923, and owned by club members, many of whom live in Washington. Cups will be award- ed to the winners of first, second and third places. The winner also is presented with the Fairy Story cup. donated by New- bold Noyes in homor of his famous puppy of that name, which won the stakes two vears ago. This cup must be won throe times by a club member before he gets title to it. Last year Nancy Jake, owned by Frank Kidwell, earned the right to have her name Insoribed on it The course chosen for this meet is at the old stone pillars of the Mont- gomery County Club, about a mile from the fleld trial clubhouse. The country there affords plenty of op- portunity for a real puppy to dem- onstrate his class in a twenty-five- minute run. It is slightly rolling and big enough, with good cover for young ones and plenty of birds, and also is So situated that those who do not care to ride with .the gallery can watch most of. the running from a hill near the starting point. The first brace will start promptly at ® T sua 11} b 1 o judges wi willlam G. Davis ahd F. ¥ Bradk, poth wei known field trial affclals, Wwho reside e. fi COLUMBIA TENNIS TEAM IN TWO MATCHES HERE NEW YORK, March 15—George ‘Washington and Dumbarton Club for matches in Washington on April 19 and ‘20 are on the tennis schedule Columbla University. of Six matohes in all will be played on the southern trip, the dates for which are as follows: April 17, Richmond Country Club at Richmond, Va.; 18, Norfolk Country Club at 'Norfolk,” Va; 19, George Washington University at Washing- ton; 20, Dumbarton Country Club at Washington; 21, United States Naval Academy at Annapolis; 22. Baltimore Country Club at Baltimore. - 440-YARD MARK BROKEN BY PRINCETON SWIMMER PRINCETON. N. J., March 15.—John Hawkins, of Syracuse, Princeton soph- omore, last night broke the intercol- legiate record for the 440-yard swim in a meet which the Tigers won from the College of the City of New York, 56 points to 6. Hawkins covered the dia- tance in.5 minutes 321-5 secands. part | of the match there is no reason to’ tbody perfectly still. EVANS, with a score of 286—a record in open championships on both sides of the Atlantic. 1 |averaged up in the round. For this ason no shot, however simple, ould be slighted or played with a reless hand. If one will play his ibest at all times, even in practice, |he will find that Dame Fortune is |always ready to deal out her rewards. Never Won TIll It's Wos. As I look back on my many cham- pionships, won and lost, I can see where the policy of mever conceding a victory to your opponent until he has won it 1s the only wise plan to pursue. In medal play there is al- ways considerable uncertainty, and a lead of six strokes, aven in the last round, is often not enough of a mar gin. Leaders always find a pace hard to keep. I have won most of my champlonships by coming up from be- | hind. | I never am much interested to |know the score others are making |in a tournament unless it is on the {last nine holes; then.1 can gauge |my play accordingly. One needs to | know then whether to go after the | long putts or to play safe. Safe piay, {any place but on the putting green, is often very unwise. This may sound rather unorthodox, but it is {true. T have seen many a match, ap- parently lost, pulled out of the fire {by a streak’ of audacious playing. Some unusual golf feats have been | performed through this willingness to | take a chance. 10 OmOrTow: Freak Skots; A Hole in | CAPTAIN OF FISHING BOAT WRITES POEM The love of fish and fishing moves some of us in mysterious ways. One Miami fishing boat captain, H. E. Fine, felt the urge to immortalize the | many kinds of the finny tribe that await the angler in Florida waters in verse. The result was spotted by a friend of Fisherman's Luck, who asked us to pass it along. -Through Cap'n Fine's “specs” fish- ing in Florida appears about like this: We have dogfish asd catfsb, porpoise asd oad. Horsefish, cowfish. mullet by th : Marguctile and lady s % fow B ean fane: | i Mackerel and pompano we get with a sefne. ve tuma and barracuda (who's “tige BulTelle me). . : ut for eating give me dolphin, he's good enough for me. R e We have fiying fish and sailfish. porgies suckers and of ruomers we and spofs Blowing Tash, bave 1 and sandfish, teo, of all is the big Wehoo. ‘The bonefish is game, the amberjack stout -Angwn'rsy snappers—tame compared with The kingfish is dainty and real sporty, too— His favorite dish |l’l l.l'l'llbl.lpl:h’o" When the ‘marlin takes hold. you' need lots of lina Andfl angiers think angling for him is just ne. Tbe flounder, the tarbet, the Arc o1 apoy _awell e re all happy dwellers in Bi The ‘ribban feb Te mever” measared: b ibe He's weighed like the porpoise, whose etouth ik awlul hard, e have convict , sheriff fish, and ehad, P e Blge fsh and yellow fiab and red fish can We have black fsh and yeli s B 0 yeliowtail _and 'arpon anc h—three & rpon, & Ir sh—t] kinds of Sting_ray, eagle ray, devil ray and jack The whip' ray bas 4 o yiip ray alpbabet printed on WOMAN PLAYERS PLAN INTERCITY NET SERIES A picked team from the Women's Tennis League of the District has a series of matches pending with the Roland Park Country Club of Balti- more. to be played the latter part of pril. ‘Washington probably will be rep- resented by Frasier, Sinclair, Pyle, King and Krukcoff. Those to play for Baltimore will be Smith, Weaton, Coltman, Gamble, Cromwell and MacAvoy. WILL PLAY IN BRITAIN. BUENOS AIRES, March 15.—Ar- {gentina’s Olympic polo team will take part in the British spring polo tour- nament before golng .to Paris for the Olympic champlonships. WILL NOT GO TO PARIS. SYDNEY, N. S. W., March 15.—Andrew Chariton, Aystralian sensational . boy wimmer, who recently set a new world record for 830 yards, has declined an invitation from the Australian Olymrle Council to compete in the & ing events of the Olympic games at Parisi this year. ’ X e TUXEDOS TO GIVE PLAY. ‘Members of the Tuxedo Athletic Club will present a play entitled 1 “Untangling Toney” in the school house at_ Tuxedo-Cheverly, Md., to- night at 8 o’clock. —_— Jebn L. inches pounds, In putting, should there be any shift- ing of the weight on the feet? Should the weight be cvenly divided or more o« one foot than the other? Answered by JOHN BLACK “The Carpenter of Troon,” whose great gumeness and mastery of golf make him feared at all tournaments. Particularly competent on approach shotx. XK & In putting the weight should be kept on the left foot, keeping the The motion is made with the arms and wrists. If the weight is shifted from one foot to the other the putt will not go straight, nor can distance be gauged proverly during “weight shifting.” Many playvers move their koees when putting. If the weight is kept on the left foot it will stop this unsteadying motion of the knees. Putting with the weight on the right foot inclines the player to lift the ball, and the ball will jump instead of rolling smoothly. he weight is centered it is much fhore of a temptation to get that kne: motion, causing the body to move thereby destroying accurate putting (Copyright, 1424, Associated Editors.) l would be recognized by the Olympic committee. MANY STARS PAIRED IN MIXED DOUBLES BROOKLINE, Mass., March 15— Keen competition is assured for Wil- liam T. Tilden, 2d, of Philadelphia, national tennis champion, and Mrs. George W. Wightman of Brookline. the outstanding pair in the national indoor mixed doubles tennis tourna- ment which will begin on the Chest- nut Hill covered courts of the Long- wood Cricket Club next Wednesday. Entries will not close until Monday. Among those already entered are Tames, Davies of Los Angeles and Miss Villian Seharman of Brooklyn, N. Carl S. Pfaffman, Harvard tennis cap tain, and Mrs, Marion Zindersgein Jes- of Wilmington, Del, and Henry Juild, ranking left-handed player of Jew England and Miss Martha Bay- rd of Short Hills, N. J. Play will start on Monday in the national women's indoor singles ‘hampionship and on Tuesday in the iational women's doubles. Mrs. Wightman and Mrs. Jessup will seex o win the doubles title for the third ime. Mrs. Benjamin E. Cole of North ~dover will not defend her singles title. WANTS BIG GOLF EVENTS. CLEVELAND, March 15.—Westwood Country Club here will try for the na- tional amateur, open and women's golf tournaments in 1925. Reconstruction of Gty -six uoie course will be com- ted by July 4. FRED McLEOD LONESOME AS “OLD GUARD” OF GOLF BY RAY McCARTHY. T. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 15—Walter Hagen, Jim Barnes and Jock Hutchison now are spoken of as the “old guard” of American golf, but that is all wrong. These fellows are still in their prime and to be reckoned with in tournament play for some time to come. The “old guard” of the professional ranks really stands alone. He is Freddie McLeod of the Columbia Country Club of Washington, a wee Scot, who waqpn the open tournament here. McLeod's victory was a won- derful achiev€ment, as he had never seen the course before and pitted against him were the majority of the best professionals in the country— Hagen, Kirkwood, Farrell, Mehlhorn, MacDonald Smith, the Englishmen, Havers and Ockendon, and others. McLeod started the last round two strokes back of the hard-hitting Hehlhorn. and in spite of a gale of { wind, he romped In victorious by five strokes, with the fine score of 292, or an average of 73 strokes per round. Incidentally, the Washington profes- sional was the only player to break 70, Has Interesting Career. McLeod has had an extremely in- teresting career. He came into the game when Aleck Smith, Gil Nichols, ‘Willie Anderson and Tom McNamara were in the limelight. These players have faded out of the competitive pic- ture, although the well known Aleck has managed to keep his hand in the game as a professional and Mc- Namara as a golf salesman. Never a hard hitter, McLeod never- ! theless managed to reach a top posi- tion through unusual ability in play- ing his irons. There is a tip for all light hitters seeking the secret of success in golf. McLeod is still one of the greatest iron players in the game, and his skill in this respect has won him many honors. Tn 1908, over the very difficult Myopia course, which is still consid- ered as good @ test as there is in the country and which at that time was extremely hard to negotiate because of the kind of ball in use at the time, McLeod won the national open cham- nship. Pl die never repeated this victory, but he has managed to finish in the money in eleven out of twenty times e has participated in the event. This is a record which probably will stand ome time. for Somes, Huichison and Hagen con- cider that this little fellow. who is forty-three years old, weighing only 110 pounds and standing only a little over five feet, has had the best rec- ord to date of the pros in the United States. Times Have Changed. McLeod was well rewarded for his th a purse of $500. He hod T ;: was handed the money “Nothing like that in the 1ls a number of good those happy days when he was basking in the l‘lmelllht as mpion. QOne winter. in company ARSI Nichols, Aleck Smith, Mc- Namars and others, he trouped through the southland playing in va- rious one-day tournaments. At one resort Freddie said he finished third, for which he recelved nothing but a warm welcome. Gil Nichols, the win- ner, got $9, all of which he handed the waitress, while Alex Smith, as er-up, got $5. T marnament was. quite a con- trast to the north and South open champlonship at Pinehurst four years 2go which McLeod won. Freddie was an outside choice in the meeting, and in the pool his chances were pur- chased for a song by Tom Moore, a Washingtonian, and a close friend of the Columbia Club professional. Walter Hagen was the favorite in this particular tournament. He started badly but finished well on the last two rounds, and on the last green he had & four-foot putt to tie McLeod, who had led all the way. Freddie sat in an upper window of the clubhouse watching as en stepped up_ to his ball Sir Walter missed, and that miss not only en- abled McLeod to collect first prize of $300, but also the pool of $3,000 which, it is said, Moore generously turned over to him. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS 455 e —] Save the price of mew suit, All colors, sises, EREMANS 685-607 7th St. N.W. stories about | CORNELL ELIMINATES SPORT DISTINCTIONS BY LAWRENCE PERRY. Minor sports- as such no longer exist at Cornell. They have been merged with the major sports organ- Ization and hereafter there will be no distinctions between sports at the Ithaca university as to their being of major or minor importance. Investigation of this action, how- ever, brings to light the fact that it will not produce a change in the sports _themselves unless, indeed, some transformation in the relative status devejppes among the students. There is a great deal in a name, and in course of time the very absence of the minor designation may affect the undergraduate estimate of some of the sports formerly so classed. Nonetheless, the change at Corn is essentially a fiscal one. What will happen later remains to be seen. For that matter what assurance is there at any university that the four sports | now regarded as major, viz., foot ball, crew, track and base ball, will al- ways occupy chief place in the under- graduate esteem? As a matter of fact, basket ball, hockey, lacrosse, soccor are variously classed as of major importance at various insti: tutions. It would seem that interest on the part of students, alumni and the pub- lic are chiefly, if not solely, influen- tial in defining in a sport as of major or_minor importance. Cornell would take another step forward now were she to hold that the student who wins a position upon a team in any sport whatever is en- titled to the varsity letter. Thus at 1| There is no hard and fast ruie governing the Olympic tennis matches that is applicable to Mrs. Mallory's case, which was one that the co mittee could decide upon as it saw fit It elected to apply the rule governing Davis cup contests, which states that a player, who has once represented one country can never afterward play for any other nation. Some ten o twelve years ago, Mrs. Mallory (ther Miss Bjurstedt) played for Norway in a team match against England, and \because of this the Olmpic committes has declared her ineligible to play for the United States. Mrs. Mallory has tried in every way possible to galn a place on our Olym- Ipic tennis team, as she rightly con- siders that she should represent this coyntry. When this right was refused her and the Olympic committee stated that she could play only for Nor the Norwegian Tennis Association mediately offered her a place on |team. It then became a question her playing for Norway or mot &t ail, A great deal of discussion arisen as to whether or not |should accept, and she has jstrongly urged in both directions She has finally decided to represent Norway. She feels that she has do = {her utmost to represent us, and rather than give up her chance the Olympic contest invitation. the support of tenn e #hor playing in will accept Norway' this decision she has a_number of our prominent officials, Were it a question merely of her Iplaying in the Olympic games, I thin ithat the American public would s¥n pathize with Mrs. Mallory and upho'c her in her decision, but, unfortunate the matter is not so simple. For ex emple, if she plays for Norway again America, should she then represent America on the team that is to pla he British women a return match {Wimbledon a few weeks before t {Olympic games? Should Choose America. Technically, {right to represent n there is a question of sentimen good taste involved which would. | think, make her position very unpo |ular with the public i she play both for and against our country. she is on the American team she be playing side by side with Americax |girls in England, sharing with then !the desire for an American victory |Soon afterward, she would be pla ying against these same teammates { France for the purpose of defeating lAmerica. ; Ta international contests pride of country looms very large and is thic one thing that lifts such meetings far above ordinary tournaments. Every one has felt the thrill that comes in a Davis cup contest when the urrzp[ e announces some such score as, “Fiv three, America.leads” The players themselves say that scoring in this way spurs them on as nothing else can. Should the situation arise in Which Mrs. Mallory plays for both Countries, thte contest would, for her, become purely a personal one in which patriotism was eliminated. O | cannot fight both for and against t |same country. Has Done Much for Game. Mrs, Mallory has done a great deal for American tennis. No one cau forget how unsparingly she gave her- self during the war to make the Red Cross matches a success, nor how she. together with Tilden, raised $10.000 for the devastated France committee when Mlle. Lenglen failed to play her advertitsed matches. Mrs. Mallory marriage seemed to complete he lidenttification as an American, and {her inclusion in last year's United States team was proof of her new icitizenship. While we all sympathize with her in her predicament, I think the entire country would deem it a very fine thing were she willing to forego the personal triumph that would be hers {it she won the Olympic contest, and | played only on America’s side in the English team matches. Afterward she could enter the British championships |at Wimbledon. The same players will be there that she would meet in the Olympic games, and if she can win at Wimbledon she will gain far greater personal glory than a victory in France can bring her. 1 believe that the rule which bars Mrs, Mallory from plaving this year for the United States eventually will be changed. Should she play for Nor- way now, it will make it difficult for her to represent the United States in the next Olympic contest. WOULD BAR HUNGARY. SYDNEY, N. §. W., March 15.—The \ i one stroke would be done away a!Australasian Lawn Tennis Association lot of hocus pocus and unjust andis urging the non-acceptance of Hun- indefensible standards. gary's entry for the Davis cup matches. Fine, all-wool materials, which will stand sun and shower, use and abuse. Tailored to Your Individual Measure 33O Order your spring suit made NOW— and get a full sea- son’s wear out of it! Accurate measurements, according to each in- dividual’s stature and posture. 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