Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1924, Page 72

4 P STARS DO NOT NEED KEEN MINDS, ONE WRITER SAYS Asserts There Are No Mental Geniuses Among Rank- = ing Players—Another Scribe Takes Issue, Nam- i ing Some of Brainy Men Who Play. RY WALTER R. McCALLUM. "HE good golfer is in all likelihood a mental dwarf, while the chap he beats by 8 and 7 is more than likely his mental superior. This is the startling conclusion drawn by an anonymous author writing in a metropolitan daily recently in one of the most scathing in- | dictments of the mental stature of the fine golier sce = Here is what he says in part: “Brains are in nowise a requisite in golfing success. In fact, it i ¢ great goliers are almost without Tin many years. mow rather well established that man nerves and have brains quite dull beyond the links That's quite a statement to make, without capable and indisputable evidence to back it up. The writer in question then issued this challenge: Name one mental genius among the thousands who play the game who is really considered a great star. If brains were necessary for suc- cess in goli, how do you account ior the fact that the greatest players are youngsters, barely out of their teens Yes, we men- tal geniuses o (he nation have Bugene the Bethlehem Steel Company Pennsylvania, & giant in the world, a man of intellect and brains, and a golfer, who, if he plaved in pational competition, would make his | mark. He might not win najor | ohampionship, but he is & ecrack ®olfer. And he took up the game 2fter, long after, e became of age Rice Among Sta Grantland ¥ the keene LINKS LESSONS THE FIRST THitGS | IN LEARNING GOLF - & can name one or two among the fine golfers Two at least. We ace, nr nt ce, sport writers And we KNOW. agine that olf of & nati wind ble Rice played the U asp master. nal rank al B arProacHEs Question of Brains Rather, s an up the would do ver: And_our pre Max Marst of the rising Qualer city twice W meetings were he to observer. but seriously he npetitive ga well. t matenr ¢ lladelphia ampi ind win rhan back British since a business leader in Zo on down the leaders ¢ are gol abi any man y. nami finance who : first rank or ther We sure that th writer must have gotte with some of the mechanic ing professionals when I Dbrains are not essential to Baps not. Kee mental al Eame, and. also attrit .t s anonyme mixed 1y up think- slared srtne: o after all, these ar tes of the n True it is, without dou ehanical excellence in the 18 the result of carefully tra eular lination gaine of ant swinging nd that nomu crepancies and irr In swinging a zolf club tha fer does nut discern Makes Him Diseerning. Theretore, the man with the brain fan analy nd dissect a golf swing go that it will be fundamental- Iy correct. And the proper =olf awing i asis of every sound game of was ever played. More th tonymous writ reasoning is aiong this line “It becomes evident fman has a brain that knowleds: eommercy Fouch roon knowl the is filled here is not stord of therefo; more than Brain which yacuum, then there is plenty o stuff it with golf learnine therefore, the man who starts at zoli with a dull brain, or a nearly empty gne, is more or less certain to beeome at least a good player and perhag champion.” What a challenge to the fine gen- ilemen and men of learning and In- tellect, who by application and men- tal keenness have mastered the most difficult game at all! and. take | ntials of the | e TEE SHOTS ® 1f & man_who had never played galf at kil showld ask you how to go aboul tearning the game, what wouwld you him? Answered by BOB CRUICKSHANK | Runner-up in national | plonship, 1923, and the man who, in 1921, defeated Hutchison, Sarazen and Barnes in an invitation tournament at St Joseph, Mo. Runner-up in Pittsburgh tournament for profes- nal goifers, 1922, being defented only by Sarnzen would suggest that hc learn or read the of me, get familiar with clubs and then begin taking lessons. After he fearned what the var clubs in his bag were for hi lesson would hegin If T were to teach him 1 tart him on the putting green, There he would learn w touch™ in golf means and at the same time the value of be rol. After- 1 instruc in the first of s the t the ard 1 would him various shots up to the green, and finally the tee shots, where a fuller wing is required SCOTS SC LONDON, ORE AT SOCCER. nd match | Stadium e GOLF TITLE TO TAMPA, Fla., Ap; | Miami, defeated T. W defending champion, 2 up in ho'es for the 1924 Florida golf championship here today. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE ELAYED by unfavorable weat Club, near. Bethesda, Md., un Wilfred Thompson, the newly app her, the course of the Bugning Tree construction about a year and a expected to be opened May 10, nine holes of it, at least. d Scotch professional, one of the Jeading golf players in th¢ professional ranks, whose appointment was an- nounced a month ago, organizer of the club. = Burning Tree, a club made up al- Most wholly of wealthy Washington men, and devoted almost exclusively %0 golf, has in its golf course severa! unique features which have fried in but a limited way at other @olf courses. In the first place the entire fairway on all the holes Been built up. Instead- of taking the ordinary stand of grass and working 4t up to a point of perfection the club course architect has built up the soil by successive layers of dressing, se- Jected loamfand top dressing so that, an unusually fertile soil area has been produced. The course has been laid out with he intention of forcimg the pla place his every shot with relation to the next. TIn other words, a haphaz- ard drive off the line will leave a yery difficult shot for the second, while a drive on the line and In the Tight place will open up the hole o that a much easier shot is left. Burning Tree, on the whole, is ex- vected to be a revelation in golf dourses in this part of the country. Whitlatch frankly said at Its begin- aing that he hoped to develop a golf Tourse which would equal the best in This country. Looking forward to an extensive been | ! take over his new duties at Burning Tree ®n April 20, according to Marshall Whitlatch, a! istant treasurer and | built of blue stone, 110 feet long | with dining porch’ and wings | fifty-five feet deep. The men's locker and grill adjoining is to be of me construction. forty-five feet d 120 feet long, The profe building been completed and will he occupied by Professional Peter Jac week. This building also fetone, fireproof and mod pointments and compares with the best In the country. thing bespeaks industry at n Spring, with the entire golf course being revamped and put in shape for the forthcomifig tournament season and with the new clubhouse under i ern of blue in ap- possible. by two members. Chris J. Dunphy, the 1922 District amateur champion. touk out his trusty midiron at Co- lumbia last Wednesday and proceeded to hole out from the tee on the 185- yard eighth hole, while young John Shorey, one of the comers in munici- pal golf hereabtouts, did the same stunt on the fourth hole at East Po- tomac Park. It seems that holes in 1 are becoming much more eominon than they used to be. Ferhaps it is players is increasing. open cham- | on and his assistants this | Last week's hole-in-1 club grew | because the accuracy of the good TH DUMBARTON NETMEN ARE LISTED BY YALE S R NEW HAVEN, April 12—A south- ern trip opens the playing season of the Yale University tennis team, ac- jcording to the announcement of its { schedule tonight. The team will leave next Wednes- day playing the 17th at Baltimore. Other dates on the trip are: April 18, Country Club of Virginia at Richmond; 19," Norfolk Country Club at Norfolk; 21, Hampton Coun- try Club at Hampton; 23, Dumbarton Club at Washington. RIFLE TITLE TAKEN BY ST. JOHN’S TEAM Rifle shooters of St. John won the intercollegiate rifle match of the 3d Corps Area, it has b an- nounced by Adjt. Gen. J. N. Smith, jr. Capt. Arthur McKnew, Joseph Mc, John Dunn, Francis Hughes m Bo Ardie Maldonado, aus Fsunas, Svdney Trundle, Stephen Gatti and Edward Gorman of the St. John's team were awarded als, The team now is competing in_the intercollegiate match. * Col. Hollis Cheney Clark and Lieut. Marion Stone have charge of the mil- itary aectivitie t. John's. A tro- phy was presented to the school for its’ showing. College POST OFFICE RACKETERS WILL PLAY IN LEAGUE Post Office racketers cefinitely have decided to join the Department Tenn's zue, according to Secrotary L I of the clreuit A. ¥ Martin_of post office servico captain. the division of sting S {BUELL IS CHOSEN HEAD OF TREASURY NET BODY Willard tuell was elected presi- Treasury Department ition at & meeting of cntatives Friday. John named vice president, secretary, and J. R - H. Bayli the exeeu of clever 4 s ary MASONIC BOWLERS END SUCCESSFUL TOURNEY The M 1 bowling tour- cloe night, after register- & one successes on cord None of (he | teum, + were chaned from pub 1 in The Star being the best S5 and Milan and bles with 64 Stocking _of the n working hard all the ng the details of the reanire a couple all list o ade public HAVERS.OCKENDEN WIN. | RICHMOND, Va. April 12— Arthur Havers, British onen goif champion, Jim_ Ocke 1 open 2. % taker, local {and Bill Skelly, club profes thirty-six Afternoby while Ocke assoc r the Thuredas the Spe ie has ber t week urney days befc ners can amaten nal, 2 up Ji mateh est-1 Havers den had strok took GUN CLUB MEMBERS | TO SHOOT APRIL 26 f the Washington Gun Club registercd shoot over the April Laur two-n championship tit well the ot doubles as fired at race, while fifty targets, ve pairs and thirteen pairs doubles eve Contestants in the handicap ho | fire at fitty shot In t twenty-five each Georze A, Emmons will award a Caliber Remington automatic rifle to the high gun on the total 200 targets. MIDSHIPMEN RACKETERS DEFEAT VIRGINIA TEAM ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 12.—In the | opening tennis match of the local season the Navy won Prom Virginia | today, taking four of the six s | and two of three in doubles Summaries: Singles — Lymon feated Flournoy (V.), 2—8, 6—4, 6—2: Man. ming (V.), defeated Young (N.). 6—1, 6—3; Hartwiz (N.), defeated Thurtell (V.), 63, 6—3; Kelly (N.), defeated Montagus (V.), €—0, 10—8: Patterson (N.), defeatsd Bryn (V.), E—1, 10—8; White (V.), defeated Win- slow’ (N.), 1—8, 7—8, €—3. Doubles—Flournoy_and Manning (V.), feated Iyman and Hartwig ¢N.). 64, Wins'ow and_Lourie (N.), defeated Th 10d White (V.), 4=6, €21, 6—2: Kelly ‘ana opiey "(N.). ‘defea ontague a: (V.), 57, 6—4, 63 e TRACK MEET TO AUBURN. ATLANTA.. Ga., April 12.—Auburn defeated Georgia Tech by the scant margin of two points in a dual track meet on Grant Field here today. The final score was, Auburn, 57; Tech, 55 DICK”I“NSON WDEMIET. CARLISLE, Pa, April 12.—Dickin- son College track team defeated Le- gh University here today, 71 to ot will 0 events of s urtell IN OLYMPIC TESTS Washington Canoe Club's crack wrestling trio—Clarence Bruce, W. D. Havens and C. W. Havens—wiil com- pete in the south Atlantic champion- ships and the district Olympic t outs to be held at the Baltimore Cen- tral Y. M. C. A. on April 29 to 30. These grapplers made an impres- sive showing in the south Atlantic events last year, and they hope to represent the Washington Canqe Club Paris this summer. E_ SUNDAY STAR, -WASHINGTON,. D. -C.; APR * “G The remark cannot be h Koppisch is as interesting a per- sonality as there is t, be found in | sport. He is a quiet chap, one given smore to deeds than wordy pronounce- ents. That he has the stuff of which ! popular heroes are made is evidenced |by the fact that he has been elected {captain of the Columbla foot ball | teams three years in a row. That, we believe, is in’itself a world record. The fine competitive heart that has |made him so gallant a figure in Co- {lumbla's discouraging foot ball wars | has also been his greatest asset In his {jousts with Father Time. There are | many runners who have more natural | speca than Koppisch. He has com- ipeted against a score of men who were more nimble at the getaway, but not muny of them have been able to tch the courage he shows at that portant stage of a race known as finish. Koppisch is goal in-sight. Time and time again s gotten away to only a fair . run back of the pack through th. | i | the then flashed out with g fighting finish when the final test had to be met. All great cham- ns have had such hearts, and al though Koppisch cannot be rated yet as one of the true immortals of the running game he has that vitally i ne ry characteristic of the game his best with the | Veginning strides of the race and | of the field to win | AMERICAN OLYMPIC ACES Close-Ups of Athletes Counted On as Point Winners for the United States at Paris. * . IV.—WALTER KOPPISCH. BY PATTERSON M'NUTT. IVE that man any kind of a line to hold for him and he would | of Linworth made a splendid show- be picked for every all-American team in the United States.” pinned on any one person, for scores have said it within the past three years as they watched Waler Koppisch do his courageous best with sometimes a fair Columbia team in front of him and sometimes a very bad Blue and White outfit. But now Koppisch is trying for another all-American team, this time the Olympic team that wiil represent the United States at Paris. | own abilities, and those who know him are betting that he will be {among those present when the American roll call is run off in Paris. He will stand or fall now upon At the beginning of the year Colum- bia men bemoaned the horrible luck that forced Koppisch to the sidelines this winter, but now they are taking a moro cheerful view of the matter and are inclined to lqok upon the breaking of that arm as a providen- tial act. It is true that the Blue and White team has been minus a stellar camp-igner throughout the winter months, but Koppisch himself may be tn better condition for the Olymplc trials as a result of his enforced rest. As he‘ends his career at Columbia his classmates are glad that he is going to have the chance to do himself full justice in one of the greatest tests of hie athletic career. Went Stale Last Year. A year ago Koppisch, working with the same desperate loyalty he has al- | ways given Columbia, burned himself |out with too strenuous indoor com- petition, and when the intercollegiate meet was heid he could not do himself | justice. ~Tis rest this winter should endow him with plenty of power to stand the rigorous campaign neces- to fitting himself for the Olympic | |sar: trials. | Koppisch first flashed into fame as a, |runner as a member of the Masten Park High School relay team of Buf- | falo, when that team won the high |school relay championship of the man | win- | 'CANOE CLUB MATMEN‘ construction being pushed as fast as! | United States at the Penn relay car- |nival in 1920. The following vear he | entered Columbla. He registered the Koppisch broke an afm in the foot |finest performance of his career in hall game against Dartmouth on|Buffalo when, with real home town Thanksgiving day and, although he |folks watching him and urging him is the captain of the (rack team, he |on to victory, he equaled the world has not been able to compete the past |indoor record for the 440 with a mark winter.” He might not have been able |of 48 3-5 seconds. He is also listed to compete under ordinary circum- |on Frederick Rublen's all-American stances, but the extraordinary necess- | track team for the 600-yard run. In ity of having the arm broken and reset | Paris, provided, of course, that he several weeks after the injury was |runs to his best form in the trials, he should be one of our heavy point scorers in the 400-meter run. | finisher. { Broke Arm on Gridiron. i NTEREST and enthusiasms are at high pitch among the membership oi the Knights of Pythias Bowling League, which ends its season’s | race on Friday of this week. The race for the pennant and honors are very close. and will not be lefinitely decided until the last game is played. Capital, which ha’s led the league for several weeks, ond place last week, and Webster went ahead. The game scheduled for Tuesday of | retary, practically won a place for this week between Calanthe and Cen- | his team in first division. Incident- irv-Decatur - teams is postponed |ally, he had high set, 319. Miller, until Wednesday. chor man for Farm, had high game, This week will sees the following |124. contests S vs.| “League matches, however, were | Mount Vernon; own_considerably in the background jans vs. Union: Calanthe vs. Century- | by the interest excited in a match game Decatur; Thursday, Capital vs. Mount | on adjoining alleys by ladies from the Vernon, and Friday, Web: - cretary’s Office and Iconomics. Bar- Cplumbia. er's Economic proteges started weil, with a 478 game, but lacked staying | power and the Secretary’s outfit took { the other two games. | Al together it was a tough evening Pot. | for Barber, since his Interbureau League -0 | team# also lost two out of three. The 188 | excitement did not appear to affect his | bowling, however, as he counted a 31l set. FHis team mates had to page him | each frame, of course. How he manages to remain a bachelor is some- thing of a mystery. dropped to sec- BANKERS' DUCKPIN LEAGUE. Standing of Teams. " Won. | | | Lost. Wash. Loan, No. American Sécurits. | National Saviags.. National Bank of Wasl Hdbs o Wish. Town. ¥o. Federal-Am-rioan Lincoln National... Second National. Riges, No. 2.......- District National. Perpetual . e Swartzell, Rhsem & Park Sevings National Metropo It is a good thing for | | the high average men in the league | | that Scharf of Second National has | not_rolied in enough games to figure | in the prize money. He has an aver- |aze of 110-22 in thirty games, twenty- one pins behind Doying, the leader. | He was a_big factor in his team’s | clean-up of Washington Loan, Ne. 1, s | i WASHINGTON LADIES' LEAGUE. Standing of, Teams. ‘Won. 7 HRBBREREESEERIUE) RYAFBLEERERRLVYY, A §ase EREPERA Independents ... Comforter Club | Post. Oficn | Daughters of Isabelis. Sales Tax ‘War Department ... { Bilie's team came through the week | the past week, rolling & set of 363. '|in fine style, garnering six_viotories Rigz-, No. 1, helped hold the lead- | out of as many starts, and chasing ing teams down by beating American | the Hilltoppers out of third position Security two out of three, putting|while the latter were being blanked the latter in a tie with National|by the leaders in a_ hard-fought Savings, who cleaned up with Riggs, | match Wednesday night. Capt. No. 2. for second place, threc games| Bronson Quaites seems to have in- behind the leaders. ed a little more pep than usual | Perpetual and Bank of Washing-|in her team in recent matches, as |ton won all three from their oD-|a result they have moved up several | ponents. Hibbs and Swartzell, Rheem | notches and are now in a position | & Hensey took the odd game in their | to challenge the Commercials for | matches. runner-up honors. SRt The big surprise was furnished by AGRICULTURE INTERBUREAU LEAGUE. | Comforter Cinb when it Rumbled Standing of Teams. Comumercials Thursday night, taking Won. the odd.game by a margin of thirty- 5 five pins. With the return of Agmes Fleishell to_the line-up, Comforter displayed a brand of pin spiling that was hard to beat. What was probubly the most note- worthy individual performance was the neat set turned in by Lucille Preble of the Independents Friday night rolling against the Columbians. She had counts of 106, 105 and 108, a total of 319, putting her in the lead for high set honors, at the same time being very much in evidence in help- ing her team to take the odd game from the Columbiana Others who had prize-winning games were Catherine Furey, Ruth Bitting, Miss Marquis, Bronson Quaites, Elizabeth Ackman and Lor- rame Gulli. BALTIMORE PHONE Property ... Farm Managemont . Agricul. Economics Searrtary's. Office Interbureas ... h_ team sets—So-Kems, 1,596; Property, 1.576. pillish team Kems, t. 567, High indlyidusl set—Gowan, 399; Nelson, 871; Miller, 362. High iadividoal games—Gowan, 164; De Glantz, 150; Miller. 146. By taking ail three games from Forest Service Wednesday the So- Kems have won the 1923-24 cham- pionship of the Interburean League. They cannot be overhauled in _the three games remaining to be rolled. The victory is a source of keen grat- ification of the- many friends of Capt. McKericher, one of the best- liked men in the circuit. This is his first championship. Plant Bureau took two of the three jgames from Property, and now has BOWLERS WIN HERE iplace. As usual, the team was out-! Smarting under the defeat by 14 {Tolled in total pins by its oppoments,, ning in ten games last year, the Bal- \but managed to put over marks when | timore bowling team of the Chesa- needed. The decided Same Was VEry|peake and Potomac Telephone Com- [ ‘competition season, the Indlan Spring Golf Club today invited” members of all clubs In the Middle Atlantic and { District Golf Associations to play in { the club's annual spring invitation [last wide open the exnibition golf tournament to be held May 7, 8 and 5. | saason about the Capital. It will pe Clubs are requested-to forward names i the first opportunity for 1924 for the of entrants to the golf committee of | golf bugs to wear down their corns Ihe club as soon as possible dn order {and loosen up their muscles following 4hat the qualifying schedule may be!a quartet of nationally and inter made up in.good. thme .and . notifica- imationally known goifers. = McLeod tion given as to the starting time. iand Hutch will plpy against Arthur A complete. golf .schedule for the | Havers, the British open champion, and Nine days hence Fred McLeod and s partner, Jock Hutchison, will step 3. K. Norton h member of the local | close, being won on successive strikes out on the first teo at Columbia and | club, who held the S. A. A. U. record for the 440-vard run last year, plans to enter the Olympic try-outs to be held in the Yankee stadium. When Norton was a member of the 1920 Olympic team he forced Joe Loomis to break the world record in the 400- meter hurdles. * Should Norton and the, wrestling team succeed In the try-outs, the Washington Canoe Club will be rep- resented in three sports at the Olym- | 1 by Ferrall and Rose in the final frames. Up to that time both men had found the going rough, the for- 281. Ferrall had bowled successive {sets of 355 and 395 earlier in the week. Moore and Newton rolled well for I Plapt, while Harris starred Property had high game, 123. | Plant’ Bureau presents the rather nusual spectacle of holding second mer counting but 294 and the latter| for| ! Property with a 333 set. Talbert of | 1 pany came here Jast night and smoth- | ered the quint representing the same ‘mmnuon in thig city under an ex- cess of 165 pins for five games. The Baltimore team won three of the five games rolled, the totals being 2,684 to 2,519, Peterson, anchorman of the Balti- moreans, was easily the star of the match, with a set of 568 and game of 1140. in the second game Baltimore chalked up four spares and a strike in o row, which heiped materially in EAGLES BOWL BEST IN'ATHLETIC GROUP The Athletic Club Bowling League has wound up its season with the Eagles In first place and the Hilltops a close gecond. Originally made up of ten teams, the Rosedales, Vogue, Stanley and Reo dropped by the way- side during the season. Mayhew of the Eagles leads in in- dividual averages with a 110-04. Cox ing, having the high game, of 168, high set of 394 and an average of 109-41. The statistics: vidual svorago—Mayhow (h’:“fu). cond, Lish individual aversgo—Oox (Lia- ird high’ = Turd Jgugh iadividual average — Prevost, Ber. 16 2 1 5 13 b1 5 1 17 110 ETLLTOPS, 4 42 43 3 28 121 19 93 137 118 125 %0 137 73 132 s 75 119 LINWORTH. ) EEEY HEEERRE BRUBEERS 718 72 13 H L] $ERE & 85 @ a HESES 3 5 | COLT BRINGS BIG SUM. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 12.—Check, a chestnut colt by Fairplay-Chit Chat, has been sold by J. E. Madden of Lex. ington. Ky., to William Fitch, Hamil- ton, Ont, tdrfman, for a considera- tion not divulged. The price is said here to have been high. [FLAG.TO HECHT BOWLERS "IN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE, T the interest was maintai high on set, strikes and spares. His Following are the averages for the season: Standing of Teams. High game—Wash. Baf Co., High ‘set—Times-Herald, el Frmo—Bernatein. PRt-i1:41 »E8E Cox ... Muse Heanige 488 EB¥S 328 SH3ERE HHH 8 see .0 - Proller 5! 15! Egtege =3 oEZEURER BeaS % 3 Hawas Walsh . Windsor MoConell ... Hilton ..ocvvnne S18EREER o STANDARD MAKE TIRES CASH OR CREDIT CONVENIENT TIRE SHOPS 327 13tk Street N.W. HE Commercial Duckpin League has wound up a most season. Hecht's team won the pennant by on's Times-Herald quint. Ten teams rolled throughout the season and ed all the way. Lawrence, of the Times-Herald, was the chief prize winner, IL. 13, .1924—SPORTS .SECTION. in Golf Debated : Johnston Is Still Great Tennis Player [LITTLE BILL IS DECLARED TO BE AS GOOD AS EVER His Let-Down Late Last Season Is Held to Be Due to Worry Over Constant Reminder That Hi Physical Powers Were Limited. BY SAMUEL HARDY. Ta recent tennis dinner the statement was made by one ominent players that in his opinion Billy Johnston was no longer . @ positive factor in international tennis, the speaker basing hi: opinion upon Johnston’s poor showing last year against Anderson ar Tilden. Much to my surprise, this opinion was coneurred in those present, and as I had already heard the same other cities and know this idea to be widespread, own confidence in_ Johnston's ability to sons,for so believing, = In the first place of our by a number of iiew expressed I wish. to record come back and present m , it must be realized that in all Johnston's match last year, except those against Anderson and ‘rxy.;c.;_Jn;- sy bl 1o overwhelming, as convincing as at any time in his career. Take his matc! against Williams at Seabright for instance. Never has the latter plos more brilliantly than during that week, but against the speed aic gressiveness of Johnston's game he was helpless and the Californi superiority was unquestioned. = 6 France. By By Chester Horton—— th 0 LE rla under which a pl a foreign country are nized by this time to be commer upon. He won the last world | court championship then, and ward the grass championshi bledon, where, from feated Richards matches ev and, afterward crushing overwhelming Worried by Comments. When Johnston retur Unled States he was, still playing splenaidly article 1 pointed out lik great p appea; susceptil: Golfers who Lave trouble with mashie ekip shots should be able to free their golf of this annoy- ance in five minutes—if they will start the cure in the right way. You find out how a mashle chip shot ix accomplished by starting in with little chips, where you ean SHORT MASHIE PITCH SHOT score. In a previc Johnston all calr ibarded ng friends conserving his streng: players alike continual him the picture of his pl tions, always camparing his slig I ton took ad some reference fohnston” and his slig always being ud I newspaper tttle Billy sigu d to go int the ordeal of mmittee, piay | bles, added to his co | was generally considered t jder plant that needed cherishing. | What could be more detrimental to any one's morale than this deadening atmosphere of discouragement? John ston himself thoroughly realized tha inhibiting qualities of all this frien Iy solicitude, and said to me one da “If any ome e me how mv is, Il yell!” In my opinion, Johnston's defeat by Anderson was attributed to menta fatizue due to const worrying condition, and hi strength fail him e predicted it might Tilden fully recognized and openly | commented wpon the danger of Job ston’s worrying about himself, and in thelr mateh at Germantown obvi- Iy based his attack upon shaking ston’s confidence. He's Better Than Ever. Proot that Johnston’s handicap wad [mental rather than physical lies in the comeback that he made in the east-west matches at For Hills soon after his defeat in the cham- pionship. At these matches there was {no great issue a and Johnston | immediatel lessened | tension by playing magnificently with o hint of physical fMciency 1 am perfectly convinced that Johnston can come’ back and wi come back if his friends will discor tinue their constant reiteration his physical limitation. Let Johnstox be freed from the fear of defeat and e will be greater than ever. Only recently I heard Tilden say |a man who spoke of Johnston as 8854 | has-been: “Don’t fool yourself. Joh {ston today is a greater player th he has ever heen, and I would bet five 10071 [to one on him were he to play An- 95.44 | derson_again 41| Let Johnston be given 7 and confidence that his ao 82 | GoServe, with no dampe 398 ,ments. Let him he played in the Davis cup double match with Tilden instead of being relegated 1o the sidelines and he will prove Levond all doubt that he is ¢ task imposed hirm o plainly observe the action of thix lofted club, Move your mashie blade back Mix or sevem inches from the bail and keep the left wrist firm while you do wo. Then swing the blade forward and straight through the b: Observe what happens. The ball will hop right up into the and travel three or four feet. Ex actly the same thing happens in a full maskie shot.. The little chip it & full mashie in miniature. 1 all in keeping the left wrist out of it. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) successful !y @ne game over the being o team also had top set. to e couraze fevements 04 Ho | 48| upon Biel with ¢t 9518 | 8301 | tirement n 8009 | that Johnsto | as the burden §58% | cup will rest ct Match Your 0dd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS 34fi up Save the price of eadre ew smit. All colors, sizes, patterns. 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Ockenden, holder of the synthetic ,Pi¢ games, for it already has planned 'l scoring the nice total of 619. ws: April 27—Selective tears match Yy, to be played by all members of #lub (men' ahd women), captains to #elect teams on day. of mateh. May 7, § arid 9—Men’s annual invi- fation tournament. _ Ringer sweepstakes for men and women in May. ' -~ June 23, 24 and 2%5—Women's iavi- tation tournament. Ringer sweepstakes for men and “women in June. July $—Miniature tournament. Labor day—Minjature tournament. Classes A and B—Men and women's selub championship. Qualification to Degin week September 15 to 21, in- ve. October $ and 10—District cham- Ground was broken ten days \for ‘the mew fireproof clubhouse to ot | French open title, in an exhibition \ match for.pelf and fame. Leo Diegel was to be McLeod’s part- ner in the exhibition, but Leo's ap. pendix kicked up a fuss, and he i now in the hospital reco: an operation. letins at his bedside at Emcrgency Hospital as to the progress of the match. Columbia, according to the ew York golfing scribes, is- sched- uled to_entertain Gene Sarazen, one of our budding and ambitious young golfers, and the same Arthur Havers on April 26 but Columbia knows nothing of the affair. Perhaps the details will be forthcoming later. i longest distance for which is a recognized world’s runnin; is 500 mils shortest is vering from there record rards. He will get hourly bul- | to send a paddling crew across the “big pond. # GOLFER GETS DUCKING L] < 1‘:; taking. tw place in team standing, second high feam set and tying for mecond high team game, and ye aving a total = s X, pin spil for the season lower than|agublerheaderin his last bow. getting Rive other teams In the league. The, wwoite alse supstituted for Fraber in team hasn't lost a “crucial” set this! no st tares Eames and d1d wen. season, however, and has acquired| “mpere {s a possibility of a return Something of a reputation for ~mon- | oo or 8 B Do i o *“bowling. night, as the locals are not satisfied Much interest was centered on the | wiin "jast mights (rimming and ber {match between Kconomics and the i = Tnterbureaus, teams practically tied | 1oro,theY can regiater a “come-back: for second division prize money. The & 547 619 505 507 506—3,684 Interbureaus took two games out of 31 508 044 405 192819 three, much to Capt. Holmes' grat- UNT WASHINGTON WINS. ification—gratification that was quite audible all over the alleys. “Bill” MecCarthy occupied the spotlight with lly - winning| STATE COLLEGE,: Pa.; April 12— Penn lost the opening Lacrosse game of the season here o the Mount Bo his team. t. Nairn staged a comeback . g‘.‘_’fl!‘“” Club .of Baltimore, 7 | | TRYING TO.SAVE CLUB HAMILTON, i+ Y., Aprll 12— Golf proved a hasardous time to Donald G. Carberry of Westfleld, N. J., n Colgate wenior, today. ‘When driving from a tee nesr Tay- lor lnke Carberry's driver flew from his hands out inte the lake. Taking a boat, ke attempted to re- trieve his club with n pole, but the { In the third game Smith, who sub- | stituted for Hughes, registered a! th his Farm Management five and, 0.out.of five from Sec- "+ Food Attractively Priced Charles Cafeteria 1712 14th'St. N.W. Open Daily— 6 AM. to 9P.M. TOPCOATS Made to Your Measure ER & CO. 35 JOS. A.CYX NE ~ Corner 8th a 4d G Streets N. W.