Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1924, Page 70

BURNING TREE AND ARGYLE | LINKS ARE READY FOR USE { T Annpal Spring Event of Chevy Chase Club, Starting Tuesday, Draws Record Field, Including All Players of Ability in This Section. HIS week end will see the official opening of two golf courses which have been under construction for many months. Nine holes of the new Burning Tree Club will be opened next Saturday, with the other nine holes to be opened later, while the entire new course of the Argyle Country Club at Four Corners, Md, is to be opened Sunday. Burning Tree, it is expected, will reveal a course of great promise and vast possibilities, for the aim of its sponsors has been to construct one second to none in this section and one destined to take rank with the best in the nation. { Argyle has gone ahead steadily with its development from a small beginning more than two years ago. Its new clubhouse has been practi- Rfllly completed and has all modern conveniences. A few weeks hence rgyle will stage its first club tournament for a cup offered by J. W. Carr, president. As usual where a club develops, one man is the moving factor. At Burn- ing Tree the man is Marshall Whit- latch, one of Washington's leading olfers and an authority on the game nd on course construction. At Argyle the man is P. W. Le Duc, an empioye of the Department of Ag- Ticulture, who has given unstintingly of his time and ability in the devel- opment of the course. Whitlatch has today a course which will stand as a monument to his work and knowledge, while Argyle, not quite so good a golf course from the championship angle, will provide &ood sport. Chevy Chase Club's annual spring frivitation tournament, for which en- tries closed last night, has drawn a record field of entrants, including every golfer of ability about the Capital. The qualifying round will Be played Tuesday and Wednesday With match play rounds Thursday and Friday. Roland MacKenzie, winner af the Washington and Indian Spring dvents, and his daddy, who staged & father and son final at Washington, are among the entrants. The golf committee of the club has fssued the following regulations for the qualifying rounds: “As the qualifying rounds will be divided into two days, the 13th and 14th, and as it 13 necessary to-divide | added by the U. S. the field as equally as possible, both as to number and ability of entrants, those having preference for qualify- ing on either of the days mentioned will be accommodated, as far as pos- sible, but the committee cannot give assurance that this will be done in all cases. The rule that players must start at the time assigned them will be strictly enforced, the committes having decided to disqualify any en- trant failing in this respect.” W. L. Elliott of 3757 McKinley strest, Chevy Chase, is the latest Washington golfer to join the hole- in-one club. Blliott holed his tee shot on the fifth hols of course B at East Potomac Park last Thursday. Roland MacKensle has improved 25 per cent in the last six months. Leo Diegel is authority for this statement, made while Roland was playing Chris Dunphy to & standstiil at Indian Spring. The yungster should do well at Merion in the national amateur next September and doubtless will be G. A. to the list of eligibles from Washington, which now includes only Dunphy and Standifer. Roland's game is sound in every particular and shows to par- ticular advantage on a long course. That it is also good on a fairly short course was shown at Washington last week when he won without trouble. . YOUTHS FORGING TO FRONT IN LOCAL GOLFING CIRCLES BY W. R. Mc€ALLUM. ) HEY'RE good, very good. These youngsters, coming along this year, figuring in the finals of tournaments and upsetting the old names that have been so familiar for the last half dozen years, are good indeed. Two years ago golfers of Washington knew there were such lads swinging clubs hereabouts as MacKenzie, Mackall, Davis, Kellerman, Brawner, Loftus, Hufty and a few others whose names don't figure so prominently as yet. They knew the boys played golf, but they couldn’t look into the future of this year of grace 1924, and sce these same lads winning tournaments and toppling over the old gents of thirty or more who have been in the habit of annexing golf tournaments about the Capital. Last June the handwriting on the wall was plainly visible when young Roland MacKenzie, seventeen-year- old son of Albert R. MacKenzie of Columbia. carried his dad 19 holes before the senior member of the family with the grand Scottish name Won. And last fall young Karl Kel- lerman, the same age as Roland, gave Dad MacKenzie a merry ride over the hills at Bannockburn in the final of that club’s fall tournament. Lads Are Winning Now. Now, lo and behold, these youn sters are winning tournaments. Where last year Roland lost to his father, this year he upset the elder MacKenzie, and that in no uncertain fashion. Another milestone on_the upward path of progress for the kids Wwas witnessed in the recent Wash- ington Golf and Country Club tourney, where young James Davis, jr., son of the director gen eral of railroads, whipped Chris J. Dunphy. Jimmie studies law by night, but when he plays golf he plays’ it with a vim. When he did lose, the next day, It was to his young pal, Roland MacKenzie. Charlie Mackall, son of that vet eran golfer, Dr. Mackall of Georgs town, hasn't been seen so much this spring—Charlic is away at school— but the rest of the lads know the ®ame he can play, as he showed them in winning the junior title at Colum- bia last fall, That familiar wheeze, "It won't be long now™ is significant when one watches the older generation plug- y&ing along against the screaming tee shots and general all-around fine game of these coming youths. Roland MacKenzie, Mackall and Davis have arrived. 'The others are on the way. They haven't far to go. A little more polish, a bit of finish and care added by tournament ex- perience and just a bit more steadi- ness, and there they are. “It can't be long now.” ¢ Roland Displays Finish. Local golfers would go far to watch a more finished round than that shown by young MacKenzie against Miller B. Stevinson at Indian Spring last week. Stevinson played fine golf, but the youngster outhit Bim from the tee and put the game up to Stevinson all the time. Had the latter not becn putting exceptionally well he would not have carried the atch to the final hole, notwithstand- & his fine game. The Chevy Chase and Columbia fournaments coming along within a few days will determine to a major degree just what part these young- sters are going to play this year in local golf. More than fwo mcore Washington \fers, including the men who have Rzurea prominently in the tourna ments about the Capital this year, are planning to enter the spring event of the Baltimore Country Club. A score or more of Columbia men will go, hile eight or ten will go from Wash: on, and the rest will be from Chevy Chase, Bannockburn, Indian Spring and Congressional. The tour- Rament will start May 22 and entries glose on the 15th. Leo Diegel, Fred McLeod and Bob Barnett, Washington _professionals who will play in the qualifying founds for the national open cham- pionship at Detroit, plan to leave the Capital for Worcester, where the tests will be held, about May 24. The com- petition will start three days later, thus allowing the local men time to familiarize themselves ~with the gourse. All three should be among the eighty who will represent the sast in the championship proper, but olf is too uncertain to be sure of nything. CARPENTIER MAY FIGHT . CHAMPION OF GERMANY PARIS, May 10.—L'Auto says it un- gerstands negotiations are under way T a bout between Georges n- tier and Hans Breitenstraeter, Ger- man heavyweight champion, in Berlin ®n September 7, following Carpen- Eor's Teturn from the United States. e CARDS BUY INFIELDER. { MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 10.—Jim ‘ooney, infielder, has been sold by the twaukee ciub of the American As- clation to the St. Louis club of the ational League. Inside Golf ™ By Chester Horto! Another thing that destroys the oblique plane of the golf swing ix the tendency of many \players to hurry the club, so to speak, around back of them. A hard lesson for golfers to uns derstand, appar- ently, is that the club does mot have to be taken around back of the player. Tt goes there all by itxelf because of the simple law of motion which leaves it nowhere Siie. fo) goi " M pivot forces the club in back of you. The golfer who &ets in a hurry with it and takes the club back with his wrists simply ®ets the clubhead nhead of his body. Thus it is out of rhythm and has no force when it conmects with the ball. The golf swing takes just so much time—and the player must give it that much. It ean be made too slowly, but rarely indeed do we see a player so aficted. Take it slowly, :-r:: tl:e club clear up with the left ive me to turn—then The result will delight yon. e (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) PAIR OF STARS OF LINKS MAY NOT PLAY IN OPEN CHICAGO, May -0.—Robert A. Gard- ner, vice president of the United States. Golf Association, who under- went a slight operation recently, may be unable to eompete in the qualify- ing round of the national open cham- pionship in three weeks, his surgeons having advised against overexertion for several months. Bob McDonald, star Chicago pro- fessional, also may be unable to com- pete because of a recént operation. KENILWORTH CARDS 34 ROUNDS OF BOXING Thirty-four rounds of boxing, in- cluding a_twelve-round feature bout between Jack Renzo of Washington and Mike Schultz of Philadelphia, will be :{!er:dt:’ocn{vflsflc fans Tuesday night_at the Washingtod Spos Club, Kenilworth, Md. . P Renzo, who won over Al Ward of Fort Myer last summer at Sportland Heights, will meet a rugged two- fisted mauler in Schultz, who_pro- duced the sleeper over Charlie Baum of Baltimere in five rounds. The Philadelphia battler also knocked out Tex McEven in the third round, while it took Young Stribling seven to pull the same trick. Jack Ryan of Baltimore will ex- change swats with Billy Gannon of Philadelphia in the elght-round semi- final. The winner will be featured im a main attraction at Kenilworth later. There will be one six-round affair, involving Louis Guglimenni of Wash- ington and Charley Barber of Balti- more. The local boxer is apt to find the going rough, for, Barber has ac- complished something that no other scrapper has done and that was to stop Charley Holman in four rounds last winter at Baitimore. oe Rivers of the ington bar- racks and Kid Hogan of the Mohawk Athletic Club will supply the enter- tainment in the four-round curtain raiser. = Two District fighters, Jack Kauf- man and Jack Winsted, will meet in another four-round bout. Charlie Short of Baltimore will ref- eree. The first bout will start at 8:30 o'clock. CLUBHEAD AHEAD OF BoDY. INCORRECT / NEW COACH FOR TRINITY. HARTFORD, Conr’, May 10—Trin- ity College has elected to introduce a western coaching system for its foot ball team and has engaged Paul Becker, a graduate of the State Nor- mal and Teachers’ College of Wayne, Neb., to take charge next fall. Beck- or has had much experience. .THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 11, 1924—-SPORTS SECTION. FAIR SEX BOWLERS TO GET PRIZES SOON Washington Ladies' Duckpin League has reached the end of its schedule, but owing to a slight delay in rolling off several postponed matches announcement of prize win- ners cannot be made until about the middle of this week. 1t is planned to have a big rally of the league bowlers next Saturday .| night, when prizes are to be awarded. In order to make this feature an enjoyable one for the bowlers and their families, the P. O. Department girls ‘have made arrangements to hold a dance in connection with the event. It will all take place in the conference room of the Post Office Department, 11th street and Pennsyl- vania avenie. g Presentation of prizes will begin promptly at 8:30 o'clock, and after this ceremony is concluded the dance will start. With league matches out of the way the women bowlers can devote all” their attention to the annual championship tournament which will get under wey Tuesday, May 20, at the Grand Central alleys. They are working hard to make this a big success, and the bowlers can help the officials of the assoc tion greatly by getting their entries in without further deluy. Monday night, May 12, is the time set for the closing of entries, but it will prob- ably be extended fo the 15th in order to accommodate the usual number of “last minute” persons. - ROCK HAVEN LEADS NAUTICAL BOWLERS Rock Haven bowlers won the Nautical League honors for the sea- son just closed after a great race with Potomac Boat Club and Sunsets. The final standing and leaders ‘4 seNeRass LEAGUE RECORDS. Greatest number of strikes—Mallory, Sunset Canoe, 39. Greatest number of spares—V. Ott, Roek Haven, 187. et individual gume—Laufer, E1 Dorado, mu'un individual set—V. Ott, Rock Haven, High toam game—Sunset Canoe. 624, High team set—Sunset Cance, 1,765, THE “BIG SIX.” x Efn: Weshingion . King, Washington Moany, Sunset Canoe. Groff, Potomac Boat Club. Delan, Sunset Canoe.. Kluge, Potomac Boat Club. OLYMPIC TARGET SHOOT ATTRACTS FEW NATIONS PARIS, May 10.—Entries in the target shooting competition of the Olympic games closed this evening with twelve countries represented. They were South Africa, Finland, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Mexico, France, Poland, Argentina, Ru mania, Switzeriand and Czechoslovakia. Although they are not officially en- tered negotiations are going on with Spain, Italy, Norway, Holland, the United States, Belgium, England, Den- mark, Monaco, Brazil, Austria, Japan, Portugal and Sweden, 'and it is believed that most of them will eventually be in- cluded in the competition. AMERICAN SOCCER TEAM ON WAY TO OLYMPIAD NEW YORK, May 10.—The American Olympic soccer foot ball team, compris- ing a squad of seventeen players, sailed today on the America for Franca. They will play Esthonia in their first match on May 25. P Accompanying the team was Col. #A. G. Mills of New York, vice president of the American Olympic committee, who is going abroad in the interests of gen- eral arrangements connected with Amer- ica's Olympic participation. COMMERCIAL QUINT WINS DUCKPIN FLAG Commercial Bank Bowlers captured "the penant in the Financial League, which has just ended a most success- ful season. ‘While the Commercial team was in first place most all of the way, ib was given a great battle by the Merchants’ quint, which was only two games back. Crown of Commercial had high in- dividual game, 149, and high set, 370. John L. Edwards had high team set, 1,565, and Crane, Parris & Co. had high'team gamo, 547. The final standing: Oommercial . Merchants . John L. Edy Crane T. 5. Savings e D..C. GUARD RIFLEMEN LOSE TO NAVY TEAM ANNAPOLIS., Md., May 10.—Under conditions which on account of rain and fog were not at all favorable, the Navy rifle team won today from the guardsmen of the District of Co- lumbia by 2,305 to 2,251. . Shooting was over the match course of 200 to 600 vards st slow rifle fire and 200 and 300 at rapid. The Midshipmen led at all but the lesss _Elssas IN BERWYN FEATURE Joo (Kid) Peck. featherweight boxer from Atlanta, Ga., will ex- change swats with Toney Caponi of Rock Island in a twelve-round feature bout at the Sportland Heights box- ing arena, Berwyn, Md, Thursday night. The southern scrapper has won over Louls Guglimini of Washington ana Andy Bowen, the Tidal Basin fighter, besides knocking out George Leslie, the Army champion. Peck also gave Young Stribling a real fight over the twelNve-round route. aponi has made an impressive rec- ord, bolding his own with such bat- tlers as Kid Koster, Teddy Meyers, Artie Root, Mike ''Dundee, Andy Thomas, Freddy Jacke, Franke Rice, Dick Loadman, ~Chick Ward and Roddy McDonald. - Terry O'Day, the Mohawk Athletic Club battler, will face Reddy Tendler of Baltimore in the semi-final. Ed- die Leonard, who pointed the way to Jack Cafon, will tackle Frankie Neal. Charley Goodman and Charley Hol- man, who postponed their feature bout at Sportland on account of in- clement weather, will meet at Berwyn at a later date. In the meanwhile, Goodman will travel to Cleveland on May 23 for a match With Carl Ter- maine, - AMERICAN OLYMPIC ACES Close-Ups of Athletes Counted On - as Point Winners for the United States at Paris. * * No. VIII—Loren Murchison. near a dusky spectator. He D URING one of the. winter indoor track meets we were standing had been silent most of the evening, but when Loren Murchison jogged out on the track to warm up for an important sprint our dusky neighbor began to show signs of life. He followed the jogging Murchi ison about the floor and clucked his tongue appreciatively as the brilliant sprinter revealed the smooth and rippling muscles that have carried him to so many victories this year. Murchison, ¢s is his happy custom, was away with the speed of lightning when the starter’s gun spoke its message of release to the runners. He jumped out in front at the start, threw his head back, kicked his knees up near his chin and stepped away from the rest of the field to win breezing. His perfermance roused the dusky one to speech. The thick 1ips opened, a gold tooth gleam- ed against its bacakground of white teeth and enthusiastic sounds came from out the dusy throat. “Sweet papa, look at ‘at baby travel,” the sable spectator yowled. At baby ain't no hooman racing boy. 'At baby out there is a Liberty motah bred to a deer” Thus one non-professional estimate of the brilllant Murchison, an esti- mate couched in unprofessional lan- guage, but certainly one decked with picturesque and descriptive verbiage. On the cover of Spalding’s official athletic almanac Murchison is shown in his starting position and under- neath the picture is the caption, “Na- tioral A. A. U. Sprint Champion.” He is just that, and he proved his right to ‘hold the title throughout a stiff campaign of winter work when he was headed at the tape only once— that time by “Chet” Bowman of Syra- cuse. Bowman is one of the out- standing sprint stars of the east, and, given a break at the start, is liable to_beat anybody. Murchison belongs among the “reg- ular guy” class of athletes. He Is cocky enough to know his own abil- ity and té accurately measure his chances against any field opposed to him, but he is modest enough to re- gard himself simply as a young man trying to get along in the world when he is away from the track. The result of this combination of cocki- ness and modesty is that he is well liked by the fans who attend the track meets and by the men whom he 50 consistently defeats. Murchison, like Frank Hussey, re- veals sprinting form at its best. He is catlike at the barrier and doesn’t waste any time getting Into his full stride. Once definitely in the race he is as smooth running as a well tuned machine, running with his head thrown far back and with the hikh knee action that so delights the pro- fessional eye of the coach. He is “straight” from start to finish and finishes with plenty of power, even though he hasn’'t the spectacular “throw” at the tape of a Paddock. Murchison and Hussey and possibly Bowman will be the men Paddock will have to beat in the Olympic trials it the Californian’'s comeback is successful. All of Murchison's friends are confident that the east will beat the west. Murchison him- self—well, Murchison doesn't say much, but he indicates quite clearly that he thinks he can take care of himself In any sprinting company. The national sprint champion holds three A. A. U. sprint records. These include the 60-yard dash in 61-5 sec- onds, the 220 in 223-5 seconds, the 300, held jointly with Allen Wood- ring, in 3171-5. Murchigon should be one of the aces at Paris that will help Uncle Sam to successfully call any foreign bet. This is the eighth of a series of ar- ticles on the athlctes who are ezpected to score points for the United States at the Olympic games mext July. Nezt | Sunday—Charies Paddock. ROD AND STREAM By Perry Miller: TODAY'S TIDES. Hjgt i EAVY rains of the last few da H vicinity of the Aqueduct Bridg was so muddy that it had taken on a red appearance. 04 a.m.—1:17 p.m : 7:41 am—8:17 p.m. ys have again played havoc with the waters of the Potomac. The muddy water commenced to reach the e by Thursday, and Friday morning it Rivermen say that while the water is very muddy in appearance, there is not much real mud in it and should clear up rapidly. T the temperature of the water still is They say at this time of the year when too cold for a comfortable bath, the discoloration clears much quicker than it does when the water is warmer. If there is no more rain it should be all right for angling the early part of the week. During the past week some very nice perch were caught, many of them weigh- ing in the neighborhood of a pound. Of course, the muddy condition of the river will drive them back until it clears up, but according to those who know, this will not be for very long. Snagging herring is a favorite sport for many these days, and in this the condition of the water does not make much difference, as there is no bait used. Providing today is clear there should be a great number on the banks of the river. The larger of the perch landed last week were caught on minnows and crab. Of course, the bloodworm played an im- portant part in the catch of many of the perch, but those weighing from three-quarters of a pound to a pound were caught on the other baits. One of the largest catches reported was made off the black buoy opposite the Lincoln Memorial. .This proves the contention that the &wift waters of the upriver, while a favorite place for many fisher- men, are not the only good places for angling. Will Reynolds, known to all anglers along the Potomac, gives the encourag- ing news that when the present muddy condition of the water clears he ex- pects to see the rockfish in the river. In fact, one rock weighing a little over a pound was caught last weck off the island near the mouth of the Little River. When theso fish start running the best fishing of the year is to be had in this vicinity, and it is-to be hoped that this season the water will remain clear for a week or 80 to allow followers of the Tod and reel to engage in some 1 Tt T hese fish can be taken with a va- riety of bait. Bloodworms always prove to be attractive for the small rock, commonly called the pan rock, ranging from one to two pounds. Crabs, shrimp and live minnows come next as tempting lures, and the big ones, from five pounds up, are usu- ally landed on cut herring, a particu- larly tempting and attractive bait. Those desiring to obtain live bait can do S0 from two or three boat- houses along the river and from the “old man” at the Virginia end of the Highway bridge. Reynolds’ boat- house always has a good supply on hand to meet the demands of fisher- men and his charges are very reason- able. For bull and pike minnows the cost will be 50 cents a hundred and for smelt minnows the cost of $1 & hundred_is. charged. Rowboats all along the river are rented for a nominal of 50 cents on week days and $1 on Sundays. The law of supply and demand affects the price on Sundays. According to these fig- ures two or four persons can spend a Sunday on the river fishing for $1.50, which is a very cheap #ip, es- peciaily _considering the - fact that they may return with a big bunch o! perch, which would cost them three or four times as much If ther went to market to make the purchase. Just a word of warning for those who are mot. experienced boatmen and who pick the swift waters of the river near Chain bridge for their day's onting. First of all, let the man who knows how to row handle the oars. It is not so very dificult to capsize a boat in swift-running water, especially if those in the boat get excited if anything goes wrong. ‘When anchoring your boat upriver see that you have enough anchor rope and be sure to let out enough to allow the boat to ride without any undue strain on the rope. If two anchors are let overboard, one from the bow and Stern, as ls done by a great many, the best way is drop them one at a time—first from the stern when the boat is headed upstream and the other when the bow is turned around by the current and the boat is in a position to al- low lines to go downstream. It is also a good policy to have a knife handy in case the anchor gets caught in a rock and does not allow enough play for your boat to ride at ease. And be sure when taking up your-anchors not to drop them in the bottom of the boat. Lay them in gently. It takes a good rock or welght to keep a boat from drifting in swift-running water, and sometimes in your efforts to free yourself of a heavy load, especially after dragging it over the side of the boat, one i{s apt to drop it on the bottom boards. This has béen known to knock a Hole in the bottom of the boat with disastrous results. Caution should be used at all times when in a rowboat, unless you do not care whether you are thrown un- expeotedly into the water or not. A great many people who cannot swim seem to take a delight in doing all of foolish things in a rowboat. this is born of ignorance or whether they are just foolhardy nakes no difference. When they are in the water it is too late. of prevention is worth a pound of cure. : Reports from wsalt water flshing grounds speak well for the sport to be anticipated by the angler from now until fall. Chesapeake Hay is reported to have more hardheads running at this season of the.year than any time during the last twenty- five years. Chesapeake Beach is catering 'to large crowds of devotees of the rod and line. Although the amusement resort does not open until May 30, trains are being operated daily on a limited schedule for the convenience of fishermen, and week end fishing excursions, which were so popular last summer, have been re- sumed. At _ present, fishing trains leave the District line daily at 9§ am, and 6:40 pm. returning from the resort at 6:35%.m. and 2:30 p.m. On Sundays, trains leave the Dis trict line at 10 am. and 6:45 p.m., re- turning at 8 am. and 5 p.m. A party of Washington anglers re- port they had excellent luck at Bene- dict, fishing for hardheads. They sald the river seemed to be full of these fish and they all got all they wanted and all they could carry. Last Sunday at Rock Point a num- ber of boats were out with fishipg parties. There was a strong no - west wind which kicked up quite a heavy sea, with the result that only a few hardheads were caught But they are in those waters and by the end of this week should be eager for some bloodworms or some crabs. As in past seasons, the boatman at this tavorite place will charge $1.50 a head for four or more persons, and any charge over this should be re- ported either to F. X Stonestreet at Rock Point or to this column. Better still, refuse to pay above the rate entioned. Fishing in the South River Fri- day_afternoon E. L. McAleer, James G. Lord and Edward McAleer, local anglers, landed twenty-four hard- heads ranging in weight from one to two pounds. The party left the city Friday morning and motored down, and fished on the river just below the bridge. It was the first party of fishermen ‘to try their luck this season and the natives were much surprised to learn that they had landed so many fish and of such good size. Twenty-four hearheads is a fairly good catch at any time of the year and especially so at the start of the season, This catch sub- stantiates the earlier reports that the hardheads are running true to form this season. John H. Ray of the Center Market last week was proudly displaying an eighteen pound rock fish, which' he brought home from Chesapeake Beach. He did not say that it was caught on a hook and line, but nevertheless he was just as proud of it as if it was his own catch. When asy -of his friends came around he immediately opened a big ice chest and said, “just feast your eyes on that one.” It certainly was a beauty and every one who saw it said so. Charlie Biondi, also of Center Mar- ket, decided that Ray was having too mueh fun with his fish so he decided to have‘a little sport himself. When Ray wasn't looking he scote the fish from the ice chest and put a little smelt about five inches long in its place. Shortly thereaftes along came some more of Ray's friends and he asked them to step up to the chest and see his big rockfish. ‘When he opened the door he was dumfounded. He looked all around and so did his friends. Suddenly one of them said, “is this your big fish,” inting to the smelt that had been ung in its place. After much kid- ding, Biondi produced the big rock. ASH, BRITISH FIGHTER, TO BECOME AMERICAN NEW YORK, May 10.—Frankie Ash, English flyweight champion, who came to America five months ago for a geries of bouts, has taken out first citizenshi| p papers. He said he was twenty-four years old, married, and a native of Ply- mouth, England. Ash has signed to meet Pancho Villa, world fiyweight champion, in a title bout here on May 27. ADOPTS AMERICAN BALL. PARIS, May 10.—An American ten- nis ball has been chosen for use in ahe Olympic games. The French Ten- nis Federation, which had opposed the use of the American ball, capitu- lated to the French Olymplc commit- tee after a seven-week conflict. An ounce | Two Golf Coursesto Open This Week End : Spain Picked to Reach Davis Cup Final - RACQUETERS AHEAD \SFEN AS LIKELY SURVIVOR - OF EUROPEAN ZONE TEAMS Should Be Combination to Battle Australia in This Country for Right to Meet United States in the Challenge Round. IN WOMEN’S TENNIS Racqueters’ team is making an im- pressive showing in the Women's Tennis League, having won six out of seven singles matches in the series thus far. The Wardman Park play- ers were trimmed, 3 to 1, while the Mount Pleasant team was beaten in all_three matches by the Racqueters. Results of the singles matches played in the series thus far follow: Alice Nichols of the ueters defeatsd Elizaboth Bryan of Wardman Park, 6—3, 6—4; Maycita de Souss of the Haoqueters defested Pegsy, Hoffman of Wardman Park, 63, 6—3; Mrs. T. Q. Donaldson of. the foated Mrs Botly Fyie of Hoxton of the A R e lid Mrs. T.' Q. Donaldson of the Racqusters dofeated Rathorine Love of Mount Fleamat, 6—3, : ita_de Souza of the o antontod " Eilsabogh Givéon, 6o-3; 3 6—4. ant defeatsd Kato Gibson of War Department, &3, 9-7; Mabel Jenkins of Mount Pleesant defeated Arline Dufour of War Department, 61, 6—4; Mrs. B. L. Gest of Mount Pless: ant defosted Florence Poston. 6—4, 6—3. Eathloen Johnson of Mid-Gity dfeated Mre. Lane of Columbia, 63, 6—4; Mrs. Thompson of Columbis defeated Mrs. Stambaagh O Puias ally ot Tiverty detestod Virginia ouk o eat Walthall of Alumsas, 64, 6—0; Virginia Brant of Alumnas defeated Honey Lou Owens, 75, 8—1; Edna Kelly of Liberty defoated Alice Drew of Alumnae, 6—1, 6—0. Helen Sinclair of Alumnas defeated Mrs, Bhanks of Government Hotels, 6—0, 6—2. TRIO OF D. C. SHOTS IN U. S. TEAM TRIALS NEW YORK, sMay 10.—Thirty-five marksmen selected from Army, Navy, Marine Corps and civilian ranks will compete in the final try-outs for the international and Olymplc rifle teams on the United States marines’ range at Quantico, Va., May 14 to 17. Five members of last years in- ternational team are among those entered. They Inalude Sergt. Morris Fisher of Washington, D. C., present world and Olympic champion rifie shot; Maj. J. K. Boles, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Lieut. Commander C. T. Osborn, Rochester, N. Y., and Law- rence ' Nuesslein ' and _Walter R Stokes, both of Washington, D. C. After the selection of the twelve members of the team, the shooters will practice at Quantico until they gail for Paris on May 28. SCORE IN TUG-OF-WAR. Freshmen premedical athletes of the Biological Club of Georgetown University took the measure of the sophomore premedical class in base ball and a tug of war game yesterday. Joseph H. Gerdes was elected presi- dent of the club, Aloysius Welch, vice president; John Kennedy, secretary; Harold J. Discoll, treasurer, and Wil- liam Hancock, sargeant-at-arms. NAME FIELD FOR GOWDY. Gowdy Field will be the name of the base ball diamond at the Infan- try School, located at Fort Benning. , in honor of Hank Gowdy of the Giants, who was the first big league ball player to join the service during the world war. IMPOSTS ARE working newspaper men who H in determining handicaps. The near golfers of the fourth estate will go out to de battle, carry- ing the following imposts: R ANERE NS e I8 BE RN NS RN E S R RN B RS e T T T T TR r T T TR T oty GEN. TREAT WINNER OF GOLF CUP EVENT Gen. Charles G. Treat, a retired Army officer, yesterday won the an- nual golf competition for the French High Commission cup at the Chevy Chase Club, defeating Capt. Chester Wells by 2 and 1 in the final round. Treat gave his opponent seven strokes and led all the way. The winner * reached the final through a 7 and 6 victory over Wil- liam S. Reyburn, a former District amateur champion, while Wells_de- feated W. G. Brantley, jr., 5 and 3, in ON CREDIT “Pay as You Ride” Small Payment Down, Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY CO. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. BY SAMUEL HARDY. T in the American. first time since the war. Seventeen nations elected to play in the HE Davis cup draw_this year, made at Washington by President Coolidge, contained twenty-three challengers, among whom a Austria and Hungary, who thus enter international tennis for the European zone and fiv € . The matches to be played on this continent will b practically a repetition of last year’s contests. Canada must again mec Japan, provided she defeats Cuba, as is expected, while in the lower hali Australia, who has China and Mexico to play, will again meet Japan i the finals. It was hoped that some of the other the American zone this year, but because they preferred to play nearer home. Mrs. R C. Birney, Mrs. R. H. John- ston, Charles A, Watson, Frank P. Leach and George H. Kernodle con- stitute the committee appointed by Dr. William P. Collins, president of the Washington Kennel Club, to take charge of the proposed puppy match. A meeting of this committee will be called during the coming week, at which the date and place for hold- ing the match will be decided. It is understood that classes will be pro- vided for pupples in all the popular breeds and ranging in age from three to twelve months. Frank P. Loach reports the breed- ing of Haymarket Panzoretta to his noted bull terrier, Ch. Artesian En- sign. Panzoretta is the property of Mrs. Louise Gray of Grand Rapids, Mich.,, and is the dam of Newcoin Delight, one of Leach's brood ma- trons. Leach also reports the mating of Newcoin Comixit to a bitch be- longing to William Sterling of this city. Miss Cadet, one of the Boston ter- rier bitches at the Aspin Hill Ken- nels has just whelped a record lit- ter of five males and two females, and it is reported that all the pup- pies are uniform and correct in markings. Blinkintino, a son of Mrs. M. C. McGlone’s Ch. Mosholu Blink is the sire. Albert Hahn of Potomae, Md., an- nounces the mating of his shepherd bitch, Alice of Bradley Hills, to the Herziand Kennels' Alf v. d. Linden- luft. Alice was second in the Amer- ican-bred class at the recent Wash- ington show in very warm competi- tion, and comes from excelient stock, being a daughter of Ch. Ali-Altwurt- temburg, who has produced many winners, and who has been for two years reserve to the winner of the stud dog trophy offered by the Shep- herd Dog Club of America. Mrs. R. H. Johnston reports the return mating of her Scottish ter- rier bitch, Queenie, to the imported stud dog, Front Guard. An earlier mating of this pair failed to produce. ANNOUNCED FOR NEWSPAPER GOLFERS ERE'S the bad news for several score aspirants for the McLean cup, will traverse the links tomorrow at the Washington Golf and Country Club. The committee of the Washington Newspaper Golf Club worked long and assiduously yesterday TWO0 SHOOTERS QUIT U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM SPOKANE, Wash, May 10.—Frank Troeh, Portland, and Frank Hughes, Mobridge, S. D., have been withdra®n from the American Olympic trap shootMg team “on account of ob- jection of French and American Olympic committees,” says a telegram received here by Frank D. Stoop, Pa- cific states zone delegate of the Ama- teur Trap Shooting Association, from W. H. Fawcett, manager of the American team. In response, Stoop has wired Bus Becker of Ogden, Utah, asking him to take Troeh's place. In corre- spondence recently received by Stoop, it was said that protests had been made against Troeh because his photograph appeared in an ammuni- tion advertisement. THREE SYRACUSE CREWS | WILL ROW AT ANNAPOLIS SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 10.—Definite decision has’ been ‘reached to send three crews to the annual Naval Academy-Syracuse regatta at An- napolis May 24 and two crews to_the American Henly at Philadelphia May The Syracuse vafsity, junior var- sity and freshman eights will match blades against the midshipmen, and the varsity and_junior varsity will compete in the Henley. Tailored from your choice of our large stock of summer fabrics, every one guaranteed 1009, ALL WOOL, in all the latest designs and color- ings—including BLUE SERGE $ To Order nations would elect to ente of the distance and expens The draw in the Furopean offers many possibilities for esting confests. The British Isics and Belgiufn, 'who had a close mat last year, are again opposed 1o other, and, curiously enough, t winner must again play Spain. Last vear Spain won from kngland out the help of her most L s player, Manuel Alonso. This vear is to 'play for his country, wh should give Spain a sure victor Alonso Plays With Spain. Ireland and France should very close match, as Campbell and McCrea are both capable of giving the Frenchmen a hard fight. Fr: should, however, win and reac semi-finals by defeating the victo the Holland-India tie. South Afri will surely beat Argentina, judgi: from the latter's showing in 13 can hardly be expected to wi Spain, their next opponents. would bring together France Spain in the upper semi-finals = should produce the finest piay of of the European ties. Last year t French won by three matches to Flaguer losing both his singles. year Alonso will play in his and if de Gomar plays as well & 1923 the Spaniards ought to win In the lower half are grouped those nations that are just be ning Davis Cup play and none them can hope to do more than experience as either Spain o is certain of an easy victory in final. It is curious that all the players should have been dra the upper half. Austria and zone inter Hungas form enemy nations, are still barred b special rule of the federation, en- acted during the war, from compet ing in tournaments held under the federation's jurisdiction, but there no such rule governing Davis Cur ties, which explains the acce of their entries by the U. S. L. T. A Denmark has two players, Tegner and Larson, who should carry th through the first round against Hun- gary. Italy with Baron de Morp 0, Caesare Colombo and Count B has the most formidable team in the lower half and should easily dispos of both Rumania and Denmark. I believe that Switzerland will win the other quarter, as last year she cam through three rounds, playing Aesch liman, Martin, who a again available. She should have | tle difficulty against Austria ac Count Otto Salm is the latter's be player, and he is only mediocre. America Should Win. New Zealand is, for the first time, en tering as an independent nation, and she possesses no second Anthony ing at present she will probably but a round. The semi-finals would then be fo out between Italy and Switzerland, w the odds on the former. If the players are running true form T expect to see the Spanish te. coming to this country to meet Aus tralia in the interzone final. This wil be a splendid match, one that either side may win. In 1922 Australia was the victor, and it is interesting to not- that the same four men who then played singles may meet again Patterson O'Hara Wood, Alonso and de Gomar The Australians will undo the doubles, and Patterson s conquer de Gomar, who mer climate too exhaus best tennis. Alonso amazingly in the last tw believe he will surely wir Wood and have an even char Patterson. Either side may wi am inclined to favor Australia's chs as they are wonderful match players. If this tie is played it will be one of the events of the season, second only in_importance to the challenge rt Unless some unforeseen occurrence pre- vents Tilden or Johnston from plasing the United States should retain th whoever her challenger may be. SR WILLIAMS HIGH GUN AT BENNING TRAPS F. P. Williams garnered the laurels in the Washington Gun Club shoot yesterday, breaking 48 of 50 targets thrown, to nose out Joseph H. Hunter #ho hit 47. Willlams _registered 20 straight from 16 yards, broke 19 of 20 from 20 yards and hit 9 of 10 hurled fr ard line. R. D. Morgan was i ith 46 breaks. Horton and Stine each broke 45 to deadlock for fonrth place. Other 50-target scores Reamer. 44: Wilson, 44; Marcey, 44: Mon- roe. 44; Dr. Wynkoop. 44: Emmons, 43 Mid- 43; Pa ZB: Lane, 43; E. Eoberi- F. Burrows, 41; Britt 3. Burrows, 40; Floyd, 40; James Wro- koop, 39; Frauklin, 88; Porcher, 37: Groeo 35; H. Robertso N. 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