Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 70

MUST BEAT CRACK FIELD IN DEFENDING OPEN TITLE Mike Brady and MacDonald Smith Loom as Most Dangerous Rivals for Champions—McLeod and Diegel May Prove Factors, Too. BY W. R. OBBEY JONES faces h B tlanta’s golfing marvel, United States nearly a year feland, where the breezes blow off next Thursday and Friday at Oaklar greatc McCALLUM. st test this week. crowned open golf champion of the ago, one warm day at Inwood, Long Jamaica Bay, comes to his Rubicon 1d Hills. near Detroit. Given an even break from every angle of the competitive game and Bobby of the splen- did medal as open champi Many worn with time. but remains as vied with ecach other in games of championship than to deiend one.” In other words, the getting the with skill and abandon when one kn hind, is a competitor of equal or ne the feet out fro q is just Ut will be strewn path tad the latter few more are the eighty who qualified at Worcester Park—the cream of of the United Stat tion. And another train, which comes with such a gan; that a putt missed by inch may wrest 1 Not the onside business plonship Tong and inz ment spirit may do the se n of the Ur pstaeles nship- suthern week. A odd mer and Oak talent excep- tal those Jones, tion the champl. groat this of in the of the part of ng hout that even obhy i of ast of def is th hard 1 agon golf cham ph the n which comes when wdge of w trap or 4 well hit putt slide edge of the Any Let-down Often To even 0 Is that x little let-down bs, for a wn in golf is the uresy w o and blow-up that dan be rae sbby will not 1ot down. h n vour hool Bobby grand medal player of them over the -ho route and if he St repeat it won't be his fault Bohby ence with this | one day on the moor fall T the Inw » atal, swher rec Fut th all do d 1 had a ratheg trying exper! tiing-down busi seventeenth at Floss- A few hours later he Max Marston on same hole the gambling ing odds of 13 to Jones. The gune ther h students tackle. They fair odas. for them will be about a & : lower betting open champion ever Bolfing world be- Last vear fraternity 1 against Bobb Bilng centarare nything Uhoughi thes md they wer This vear Bohby to-1 <hot vorite th 1t 0od were ot not h for th liaves Bobby Jon repeat. Qver the ¥ route any golfer who has him perform swouldn't bet ¥ against Bohby Jones hih at Toledo in 19 Numbia in 1 secon and_champ Iter Ha route sixteen championship: re the ficld that ompetitor is awar back in the ruck That is the record of the pr open _champion while 22 nation's finest w shoot their Deads off wt Worcester and Chicage last week Bobby had slipped th Detrolt do a little quiet leing on his own. Just the same ene Sarazen did before and « it helped. 72-hole medal o ing ¢ seore four strokes rd And to Skokle. my. he Trady Has Ch a bit hard Mike just in ce. o pick a dark any open championship. rod and any one is stride that almost pen. But there is u gent. who answers to Mike Brady, who will s horse They're all 50 4pt to find anvthing " Trisi of h certain the name 7 under the reigning s has a good chance | emingly impossible—retain his crown ted Stat cars ago a sporting sage let fall a quip which has become true. today when ancient sportsmen physical skill—"It’s casier to win a re comes a little easier than to play iows that somewhere, in front or be- arly equal skill who is ready to blast z champion. Le up in at Oukland was pro at ¥ and k | course. its every | Put Mike's name in your hat And from out in California there comes another, this time a Scot, long and lean, who swings with precision und ease, but who can make a golf {badl sit up and say “Daddy.” This person of skill and. power is Mac- Donald Smith, the comek who dropped out of golf for five and Wfter doing his bit in France came ack to the game. Last week Mae ith led a select field at Chicago. lhasn't done all his stuff by any -ans. He Las saved some for De for there is so m Kolf in tall Sea a little wasted ut cago doesn't mean anything. | This pair appears to be the outside of Jon Of course, one ¢ figure men Mke Hag Kirkwood, Hutehison, | Hampton and Cruickshank out of any golfing picture, But from the talk wmong those in the know the Brady- Smith combination is the one to | fearcd Washington Entrants Rea Fred Meleod and Leo two Washington entrants, will go out to Detrolt thoroughly satisfied with their showing ut Worcester, | where the diminutive Freddy staged snappy comeback by himself. Diegel will be the favorite to lead wmong the Washington contingent, but should by no meuns he an over- whelming favorite, for McLeod has struck a putting streak that may carre him anywhere and Is hitting the ball cuite far enouxh. thank you Word from Detrolt has it that Oak- and Hills, in common with most of r golf courses all over the has been well watered ti for ten men who tec shots. But the high in wet weather who can keep teem | have an equal break with the long hitters. The slow course and probably Slow putting greens will work no hardship on the players who this year must discard the punched fron clubs they used in ot of the struggle Bhis _same Mike Hills for two foot of the and corner. the thick Hills Oakland | class can Diegel. the id the man the fairway will s of the “stoppum’ irons cannot, sure, handle a golf ball the Saine way with @ smooth-faced club, but an stop a ball well enough on a slow green. Putting greens on the " side- will help Ired Meleod, Columbia pro likes to hil_ the y—somethilg he cannot do ot McLeod's whole gawe and should be well not too fast. ball fir | @ slippery green. 14 tirmness. itssif, apted to & cow At “Familiar with Oakland Hills predict the scores there will be even higher than at Inwood ; of course, higher than Skokie, which was fairly easy, and perhaps higher than Columbia. 1f the course {s tougher thin Inwood it must. indeed, be a whale of 4 =olf course, for | Inwood was the mest trying esperience u of the stars ever stacked up | against ROD AND STREAM By Perr; HIGH TIDE—7: LOW TIDE—1:3 Hi 6 AM.: y Miller 7:45 P.M. 6 AM.; 1:58 P.M ‘otomac River is a little stained today, but is fast clearing. The rock fish have not started biting yet, but the tide herring are in the river, small herring that precede the rock, and it is only a ques- before the latter will e anglers. There are bu ters, the big run having returned hg caught at present arc Mississi Now that the District bass season has opened and with only two weeks before tire bass ovpens in Virg this column is go- Ing to give a brief summary of the laws governing the catehing of bass. First of “all, Virginia state fishing licenses can be obtained af the At- Sporting Goods Compan, located oun D strect hetwe Sth and 10th, This license costs §2.50 and must be carried by those visiting Virginia waters. No cal waters and no license is requir by residents of the state of Virgin Some anglers who work in Wash- ington, but reside asked If they need to procure a li- Gense to fish in their state. As long as you are a resident of the state, no license is required, but if not, be sure 10 have one in your pocket when you fish. he Virginia law says it shall be unlawful for any person to retain any black bass, large or small mouth, or any brook, mountain or rainbow trout of less than five inches in length, and that all fish less than the #pecified size shall be returned to the water immediately with as little in- jury @ ible. The measurements of the fish shall be from end of nose to_center form of tail. N Penalty for violating any of the above provisions shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be-punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, or imprisonment in jail for not'more than thirty days or both, at the discretion of the justice or jury Jeving the case. o person shall be deemed a mnon- resident within the meaning of sec- tion 3212 of the Virginia law who actually has resided in the state iwelve months preceding the commis- sion of the offense,\and in any such proceeding against a person as a non-resident the burden of proof as 10 _his reeidence shall be upon him. The Virginia law also states that it shall be unlawful for any person to take in any one day more than twenty-fiye black bass or forty brook or mountain trout, or to have in his possession at any one time more than fAfty black bass or eighty brook or mountain trout. ervening scason ense is required to fish in lo- A FEW FISHING FACTS There are two kinds of bass fisher- men, those who use artificlal lures nd those who confine themselves trictly to Mve bait Each kind has big following. For the former it is well to have a number of differ- ent colored lures. If fish don't strike wour first selection of color try others. As soon as you find their favorite for he day, stick to It until they want inother. Casters have achieved won- ‘lerful success from using bass bugs and feather minnows with single and 1andem spinners of all patterns. They S 11l attract fish a long way off. Alwags glve your tackle the best in Virginia, have | make their presence known and felt t few perch still remaining in local drownstream. The majority of fish ppi cat. | care. Wipe the rod and ferrules clean | after fishing. Rubbing the latter through the hair or against the side of the nose will provide against the contingency of Its binging later on. Put a drop of oil in each reel bearing | every morning before you fish. leaders should be thoroughly ed in water before using. As the early bird catches the worm, |likewise the angler who goes after | them in the early morn will bring In the bronze beautles. It generaily is | known that bass, as well as other {game fish, strike best between the {hours of 5:30 and 9 in the morning, ulso late in the afternoon L.nd early evening. . Seek to acquire accur®cy and grace rather than distance when casting. A goad way to become proficient is to pick a spot within easy distance and practice dropping your bait right on it An oiled rag with which you can wipe hooks, spoons, spinners and other metal parts is a valuable ad- junet to any tackle box. Rust s the angler's enemy—avoid it. Be careful to avold getting sand on your reel. Keep it clean and well oiled. Rods should be put away at the end of each season in a medium cool place. Subjecting to heat may cause shrinkage or loosen the metal mount- ings. How long your line will last de- pends upon the care you give it.” A line should be strung out and care- fully dried in the shade after each fishing trip. ~ Never allow it to dry on the reel. It is also well to reverse your line occasionally, thus evening up the wear, - String your fish through both lips and not through the gills. This meth- od is less'injurious and is far more humane. The fish will live longer. In casting, don't be a “sideswiper. Cast overhead and take the precau- tion against injuring those who may be in_the boat with you. Test your line frequently by break- ing off six or eight inc| from the end. These frequent tests will save fish and lures later on. When a line breaks it 1s mostly the angler's fault in handling the fish— many & big fish has been‘landed on a twelve-pound line. Keep a taut line, but do not try pulling your fish by mere strength. Play your fish and get all the thrills of the angling sport. - A trle of Washington newspaper pressmen, John _ Callahan, Herb Bauers and Bob Casey, journeved to Benedict Thursday and were well re- warded for their trip. They landed fifty-eight hardhead, weighing from one to two pounds, using shrimp- for bait. This is only one of the many good reports that have come in from salt water fishing grounds. The hard- heads are now running at all the fav- orite grounds and the anglers are reaping rewards. Rock Polnt reports very good fish- ing end unusually big ones. It is more- or less difficult to obtain crabs at this place, so anglers are advised to take bait with them. Bleodworms and shrimp prove attractive lures. Farrell, | be 1 insist tha the way to ‘speak about golf in this country is always to refer to the great Sport as one hundred and ten golf. England and Scotland are golfing countries. Here we have a great golf following country. I prefer a mild term to dese it, for men and women take their golf serfously here. But we do not. as a nation, really play’ golf. No so-called golfer can claim that he plavs golf at all until he can make eighteen holes in what? 1 say 90, and I am allowing lots of margin. I think 1 shouid say 80, but we must consider that the average business man can play little because of the amount of time which, he insists, he can waste—though some day we arc all going to comec to the realization that time spent ut golf is not in any se wasted. We used to think, you that fa A few vears with the charm of golf ading among us und men and who 1 e passed forty will realizc what | have always main- tained, which is that the most im- portant thing in adult life is to learn to play—good EolL. B Game Ix Hypnotie. Those who think the average busi- ness man golfer does not care (o play good golf have no proper sense of the hypnotic spell this anclent | sport_casfs over its victims. The {do. The man who pretends to be satisfied with his score of 110 lives {with a great secret always with him. was healthful. To Me Golfers Shoot 0-0— Famous Instructor of Linksmen Tells Secret of His Greatest Simplifying Aid—Says All Tournament Players Use It. By Chester Horton: Now we are getting near the point. hy does the western world play 110 golf? I have heard the charge made that the teachers of the country do, not really try to teach the club members. That" instead they purposely confuse them with such terms as “keep your body out of it and "let your wrists flick into it as you hit." "Club mem- bers have told me these terms are meaningless to them. Perhaps they are. T can see how they could be. 1 have seen 70,000 learning golfers struggling and perspiring before me, and not one of these has ever been told by me to “keep his body out of it," though countless have been the eager novices who did their mightiest to clout the white plll with their body force. I do not belleve, how- ever, that any golf teacher has ever sought deliberately to confuse his pupil. Its a tough job to teach it when you do cverything possible to ald the pupil. Only those who have struggled with struggling golfers could get a laugh out of the theory that something is held back by the teacher. He's willing enough, I can assure you. Here's That “Pull Down." There are two reasons why this is a country of 110 golf. One of them is that learning plavers will persist in trying to hit the ball with body force, and the other is that they don't know what is meant by an exertjon that T call the “pull down.” The “pull down™ really solves the He would pawn his heart to be able |to click off the long. boring, float- |ing, arrow-like tee shot and to hear {from his own iron that ‘“chuck’ sound that choes across the hills and floats up toward the clybh when the expert player bites | the turf, into IX thousand. eight hundred of 72; with four par § S Friday, shapes up as the most diffic amateur and professional golf stars irways plentifully besprinkled Oakland Hills has just completed ] an exten: e grooming for the open champicnship in the course of which many thousands of dollars have been spent to bring the coutse up to its peik of conditgn for the S0-7id play- ers who will battle for the champion- ship now held by Robert T. Jones, ir., of Atlant Whtle Oukland Hills is only four vears old, it alfendy has been hon- by the holding of the western hampionship and this year draws the kreatest prize in the gift of American golf—the open cham- pionship. The course has been so constructed that the ninth hole brings the playes back to the clubhouse—a system of constru on that finds fa- vor with the plaver as well ax the #spectator and means much from the standpoint of general satisfaction. Ross Proud of His Conrse. Ross, one of the master course architects of the nation, claims Oak- land Hills is one of the finest courses he ever has built, and declares that holes 10 and 11 are masterpleces. He built Oakland Hills with the idea that each hole should be laid out for individual club play rather than as tests) for the golfer—ranking shot making as the fdeal for the scoring game. On Oakland Hills he has con- structed two fine iron shot holes: a niblick hole and a full brassie hole— all par 3 affairs that require accur- acy and judgment of distance. | He has built four 5 holes, only one of which is a real par 5 in point of pure distance, but any one of which can cause ondless tro - can cause ond uble to the play The real diffifficulty at Oakland Hills, however, from the scoring tandpoint, lies in the nwwber of par 4 holes that demand two very long shots. - Eight of them are over 400 yards, and are well trapped around the greens. The golfing gent who is hitting his long iron or spoon shots well Is the man who will win the open championship of the United States this year. Description of the Holen. No. 1 is a drive downhlll from an elevated tee—436 yards. Probably a drive and a midiron. or a drive and spoon &hot to a well trapped green, where the second shot must carry ali the way up or find serlous trouble on_ecither side. The second hole is the first of a series of par 5 affairs, a-distance of 490 yards from the tee—not so far for the tremendous distances modern golfers get. But after the tee shot the gokfer who would reach the green in two must play uphill, and from the tee must carry a wide sand trap with a great, wide and deep bunker ready to catch @ hooked second shot just at the 16ft of the green. No. 3 is the first short hole—a 198 affair for the accurate midiron player, Wwith nothing but rough and bunkers between the tee and the green. Three traps guard the front of the mitten- shaped green, while traps guard to the left and right. A par 5 affair, and a tough one for the best player. The fourth. is a dog-leg Aaffalr, where the accurate long second shot agaln comes into use. It js 418 yards in length, with the second shot to sunken green. requiring ample back- spin_to hold the ball. The green is guarded on both sides by traps and high mounds. Long Tee Shot Needed at 5t The tee shot at the fifth should carry a high ridge 200 yards away to put the ball in a position to carry a ditch to the green for the par 4 on this 437- yard hole. A weakly hit drive will Necessitate play short of the ditoh, while deep bunkers guard the undu- lating putting green. The sixth may be called a resting hole—a 353-yard par 4 affair, where a drive and & mashie will do the work. It is one of three holes on the entire course where the short ?llynr ‘will not find too much to do with his second shot. But the fafrway is narrow and the green well trapped, as are all the sreens at Oakland Hills. The seventh finds the most irregula: layout of any hole at the Detroit course—a 384-yard affair, with a 200- yard carry from the tee over a creek, and another carry over the same creek for the seécond shot. The par 4 should be fairly easy, but the ball must be hit up all the way. “The efghth Is another punishing two- shotter of 450 yards with the creek to from the tee, and a second shot nto a saucer shaj greeh. The fair- way i uphill all ‘the way from the tee, and again the ball must be hit up all the way to the hole. Fronted by a chasm of sand end roughs from an elevated tee, the man who_would get a par 3 on.the ninth at Oakland Hills—a .237-yard hole— must hit a fine high brassie shot. The is very undulating and will be Feen enovgn to cause trouble. Tenth Is & Ross Classic. gnfl.‘t‘esr:'zh is one nlfn t&hc Ross c| cs, of 8, aga lemanding o shots the par 4. Six M‘m*fl from: the tee are just a few of hazards the player musti st while the unusual ground tem §s the important: consideration. wuu short of “the green spolls tro ) for X whole golf problem. so 1 shall reveal It here—and then we shall see if America can become, over-season, let us a nation of 90 golfers. 1 have Dever known a_goifer to come to an understanding of the “pull down" whose ds did not immediately improve from ten to twenty strokes. I have had tournament players turn to me Detroit ‘Has Toughest Course | _Yet Used for An.Open Event nd fifty-four yards Iqng, with a par |with the holes and four par 3 holes and the rest 4' the course of the Oakland Hills Country Club at Detroit, Mich., | the shooting-fo where the national open championship will be held next Thursday and ult test of the game the assembled have yet tackled for the big prize. course rolling and yet not decidedly hilly. with undulating greens and with course of the Oakland Hills club is a typical Dondld Ros | such will demand the best there is in any man to score well. bunkers and hazards, the coursc, and as water a_ridge extends to the foot of the gréen and the ball will Jump off in any direction. Four hundred and three yards in length, with a par of 4, the eleventh | demands green gems of the of the many teurs will The tw two fine The shots to a convex eleventh ix ome of the course and will be on the pros and star ama ave trouble with this week. th is the Jong hole of the course yards in length, and with a par c Tt shouldn’'t give much trouble-to the long hitter, who, how- ever. will find a xoft course this week. The par of 5 should be fairly casy. By way. of contrast the thirteenth —shortest hole on the course—comes next to the longest hole. It ix but 142 yards in length and vet demands ®reat gecuracy an judgment, for it is enfirely surrounded by hazards, and is an all-carry proposition. The fourteenth fs another fairly easy par 5 affair of 461 yards, wh the long hitters will reach in two £hots, Both shots must bc’ straight as a string, however, to u green in hollow, well trapped. No. 14 a Tantallzing Hole. And ‘then comes another of those tantalizing par 4 affairs of 412 yard: demanding two perfect shots to g trapped green with a carry of 220 ards from the tee. The green is hog backed. and the ball must have plenty of bite to stick. The sixteenth is a hard par 4 hole of 38¢ yards, with the second shot over a lake to the green nestling on the water's edge. The drive must be long and straight to give the player ® shot into the mreen. All sorts of trouble await the in- accurate player at the seventeenth— a 191-vard affair demanding a fine midiron shot, with a big guarding bunker at the front. A shot that drops short or to either side is in trouble, for there is but a little strip of fairway leading up to the green. Something falrly easy awaits the player at the last hole—a par 5 hole of 476 yards down a dog-legged val- ley, lined with heavy rough and trees, The green can be reached tn two, but | not many will do it, for the approach fs abundantly trapped and bunkered. Here are the distances and par®Yor the course ouT hod Hole Distance Par Hole Distance Par 438 10 450 PERLLI Sl commmmn oo { owrsocorn! AMERICAN O Close-Ups of Athl when T was with them for coaching purposes, look the disgust that only a tournament player can both feel and look on the occasion of a dubs shot off his blade, and implore advice and guidance on the spot. 1 have never had to make but one sound to correct them instantly and send them on their way parring: “Wateh your pull down.” This “pull down” of mine takes the thing out of your golf that bothers you the most—though perhaps syou don't know it. That is, it enables you to forget the detail. Golfers who get all cluttered up_with detafl cannot make the swing. The swing is proper when you do not think of it. It becomes auto- matle. I searched through twenty-five years of golf teaching to find some- thing that would make the swing auto- matio for the average business-man player—and the “pull down” is it. The “pull down" keeps your body push out of the swing—without your knowledge you, are keeping it out, which Is as thinks should be. It gets the “click of the wrists” into your shot without your ever knowing that the wrists have a thing to do with the shot, and again that makes things as they should be, for I say you cannot think of these things at the time and make a swing. It is true that the wrists bend. As you stand at the address your left wrist —ah, there's - the trouble-maker—is stralght with the shaft. At the top of your back swing It is bent back- ward. somewhere in the forward swing that bend-back of the left arm must come out before the ball ix hit. But you can- not think about getting it out—your mind must be on the ball. But the bend must come out. When it dges come out you have g swing of the wood. Make 2 swing with this wrist-bend out be- | fore the clubhead gets to the ball, and Lyou will know you have swung a wood. The pull of it, if you are unused to it, Inside Golf By Chester Horton The punch ix put into the clubhead, pull down” mostly by the is | twint of the shoulders and partly by - ard action of left hip at the in- ctint the club- head meets the ball. That Is what fcols the average golfer—he thinks it is body force that hits the ball. The cerrectly hit bail leaves you he feeling your hody nothing to do At the the hack the player g the dow |derstand that there paune of the clubhend. to give it thme I§o reverse direction. From th | hause pull the elub down and diree toward the ball. The grip of hatt must at all times be xo Hght that you feel the pull of the clubhead |in, the sensitive finger muscles. The | inxtant the clubhend “gets away from | you" you will miss thix feel. You jawe the clubhend In the back swing, usually, by breaking back the left wrl wwhiel lets the clubhead get out of the fiugers, and the arm and |whoulder muscles are mot | enough to feel it. | finger museles and keep it there. Relaxation of the wrists ot the start keep you free from tightening, ual thing. By poising the top sou met the rted fthout Serk. Iy lenrn how hard you can | null without pressing, since the own" ususlly works out that way. makes & wonderful gauge with WHIch fo mark swinging and golfers never heen able really to get hold of. - - WARDMAN NET PLAY IS TO BE RESUMED Play in the singles matches of the ‘Wardman Park tennis tournament will be resumed tomorrow at 2:3 o'ciock. The _doubles events will get under way Tuesday Pairings for the singles follow: Gore vs. Holt. Kunkel vs. Giesking, Obarest vs. Purinton, Mangam vs. winner of Holtt Gore, Steliwagen vs. Cox. Ballinger vs. Haas, winner Oharest-Purtinton vs. winner Ballinger: Hass, Burwell vs. Maj. Robertson, white vs. Graves, Kunkel vs. winner of Burwell-Robert- son., The first-round double 16w Mangan and Kunkel vs. Becke? and Haa: Kilopsch and rtner vs. Hellen and Wilson, Cur and Elliott vs. Dowd and Howenstein, Robertson and Purinton vs. Miller and Hpit, Graves and Emerson vs. Price and partmer, o%aad Bursll vi. Harding and Thompeon. Ballinger and Doyle vs. Stellwagen a Jobnson and Charest vs. Stepheas and Blixl':: LYMPIC ACES letes Counted On top of Awing pairings fol- as: Point Winners for the United States at Paris. * * No. X1—Glenn Hartranft, T is the. boast of all loyal Califor I and vitality. Although the smooth-tongu supposed to pass up a bet, the of such an omission’in advertising their earthy At the moment their greatest ad- vertisement for the power of the well ed known California climate is one Glenn Hartranft, and yet this bulky young glant hasn't found his way into a real estate circular. He has however, found his way into the list of Intercolleglate champions, and he- fore many more moons have waned he may be known as the victor in two Olympic champlonshlp events. This young . Hartranft, a six- foot-twb-inch “blond of the Viking type, specializes in the gentle art of putting the shot just whero It 1s sup- osed to be put and heaving the xllcll for unheard-of distances. Like all'artists, however, he pinessto star in other forms of effort. In spite of his héight and: the 190 pounds he has distributed over that huge frame, he has_ddfe the 100 yards in 10 sec~ onds. He ires also to try the high jump and the hurdles, but his skill as'a welght thrower has kept him off the cinder path, and probably always will. In 1921 Ralph Rose tossed the six- teen-pound shot 51 feet, and today that mark stands as a world. record. 1f Hartranft is right when the games start at Colombes, that. mark will undoubtadly go into the discard for, in un 1al trials, this western giant ‘has en that measurement by a R o s Hartranft as the only American good enough take down two firsts in Colombes, for he. 1% almost as good lifornia ground-| rnians and real estate men who are native sons by profession that the balmy climate of the Pacific Coast is guaranteed to fill the resident of that state with much vim, vigor lads who sell real estate are never grippers have been guilty wares. With the discus as he is with the shot. After winning both these events in the 1922 intercollegiate tests, he was out of competition last year, and a number of wild storfes were circu- lated, all of them Intimating that a physical breakdown meant the per- manent retirement of Hartranft from all first-class competition. The Finns, always watchful in athletics, were jubliant. ~With Hartranft ouf, they were certain that first place In both the . shot and the discus would be marked down to their credit when the final Olympic point score was com- puted. With victories assured In the shot and the. discus, they were cer- tain of victory. Early in April ef this year, how- ever, Hartranft dispelled all doubts as to his ability to come back. In his first appearance In two years he put the shot 50 feet 414 inches and threw the discus 154 feet, only 2 feet 1% inches back of the world record held by Jim Duncan. “His best official mark for the shot put is 50 feet 113 Inches, but he has proved that he can better that dis- tance, and under the urge of inter- natlonal competition he undoubtediy will set up a new world record. This ds 1the eloventh of a series of articles. on the athlstes ’a:n)'okln ez- BStates at the Olympic games nezt July, Hewt Sunday—Clarence De' Mar, The ull Down” nensitive | Balance it on your | will almost fork you forward off your eet. If this wrist-bend doesn't come out in the forward swing of the club there occurs @ sort of a crowding as the clubhead nears ‘the ball. You know it is something there, you don’t know just what. But the clubhead has attained a great velocity, so to-get through some- thing must give. Since you are not getting the bend out of your left wrist the natural place of give is what? The left elbow. And so we have the left elbow breaking on the down or for- ward swing. Golfers are always told to keep the left elbow straight going back. It fs of more consequence to keep the lpft arm stralght in the forward- hitting swing. You can bend it going back and then get It straight again, coming forward, and still hit the ball— but if you let it bend in the forward swing you are lost. You take the club up with a straight left arm, shifting the weight pretty well toward the right Reel. Now, when you get it up there, start it down with a left-arm pall down- ward. Forget the right arm. Forget the wrists. Forget everything ex- cept pulling the club down with your left arm. Just hang on with the right hand—it will ally at the right left leg to abwsorb the of your welght—an left arm. the fdea that *he for- ward swing b nothing but a pull for- ward with the entire left mostly | with the left arm. And above ail things keep the left arm straight. Keeping it straight—all the through—will make your wrists cnre of themuelves. They wi Beeause they will ot be able to CONDITIONS SHOULD HELP FRENCH GIRL TO VICTORY More Mature Than American Champion, Who Faces Handjcap in Change of Climate and Food. Tilden Due to Reign Indefinitely. —_—— BY SAMUEL HARDY. WO figures are outstanding in the tennis world today—William 1 Tilden and Suzanne Lenglen. No one questions their superiority and in so far as Tilden is concerned there are no players comir on whom he has to fear. It took Tilden a long time to reach the top, bu he accomplished it by the best method possible—a gradual buiiding up o a sound game in all departments of play, onc that offers no akness I am of the opinion that Tilden's fall will be due to time alone. And it is hard to predict at just what age his speed and stamina will desc him in sufficient quantities_to cause his defea But with Suzanne Lenglen a different situation exist W : is recognized as the greatest woman player of this time, her game i not so sound as Tilden's and there are flaws in her armor, which ca be pierced and which will cause her to topple when the right player faces her. It is because of this condition that thosc study tennia are inclined @o think that Helen Willis. our cightecn-year-old champion has an outside chance to defeat the French woman if they face each other abroad. Miss Wills faces a terrible test of strength if she meets Suzanne. 1In the first place, every one recognizes how difficult it is for a player to go abroad and then do justice to himself or herself. Even Lenklen herself is an outstanding example, as witnessed by her poor showing in this country against Molla Bjurstedt, whom she has had no dffficulty with in their meetings abroad n vears, for it will Lenglen Has Advantage. B e & And if she it will be gifl! Lenglen would tage, not only hec in her own countr friends, but because vears of internatio: | And &he would be more | this mateh, if T am than 4 khe 1 faces I for nglen what cightecn ave every be a anything elwe. The first time you do this you will be on your way to 90 golf, or better, for that is the “pull down” that every tournament player in the world knows of 'VOIGT THIS W HIS POTOMAC . S | ECRECY shrouds the efforts o qualify in the East Potomac several score cards have been in before the list closes tonight at 6 has been made by the managemer ings will be made as soon as the last card is in tonight, but no hint {will be given as to the scores made | of the players themselves. | The ‘tournament applars to be]| another party for George J. Voigt, king of the municipal links plaver: who won the city public links a: East Potomac Park titles lust year and repeated in the city tournament two weeks ago. Now he is defend- | ing his title as East Potomac Pirk | champ and no cloud appears on his| way to another title Four 18-hole match play rounds will ba plaved, beginning Wednesday morning, in four flights, with the! finals in all flights and defeated | eights scheduled for Thursday after- | noon. Tyva-score or more women golfers of Washington will compete tomor- | row snd Tuesday in the annual event for The Evening Star cup. open to all| women golfers about the eity. The mpetitien will be held at the Chev:. hase Club at 36-hole medal play, | one round to be played tomorrow | | morning and one round Tyesday morning. It is to be in charge of the Women's District Golf Assocla- |tion and is the first big event held under the auspices of ¢his organiza- tion But twents-five entries had been re- | | ceived up to last night by Mre. Charles L. Fralley, president of the women's golf organization, but others to come in today and tomorrow were expected to bring the list up to forty or more. Pair- | ings were not made by the committee, | but will be made tomorrow at the first | tee. “Entries will be received up to 10 o'clock for the tournamer. |~ The following already have entered the | event: Chevy Chase Club—Mrs. C. L. | Fralley (10), Mrs. L. O. Cameron (10), Mrs. W. J. Flather, jr. (16); Mrs. J. Farber (16), Miss Ruth Tanner (16). Mrs. G. Browne Miller (16), Mrs. J. F. Dryden (20), Miss Elizabeth Southgate (20). Mrs. Robert Dove (20). Indian Spring Golf Clgb—Mrs. J. R. De Farges (13), Mrs. E. R. Tilley (11), Mre. H. A. Knox (12), Mrs. C, A. Slater (22), Mrs. L« L. Steele (16), Mrs. R L. (18), Mrs. J. B. Tomlinson (23), E. Lewis (23), Mrs. Harper (24). olumbia—Mrs. H. King Cornwell (12), Mrs. J. V. Haynes (12). Bannockburn—Mrs. Carlyn H. Warner W. E az2). Washington—Mrs. Ballard (22), Miss_Phyliis Keeler (16). Manor Club—Mrs. Von Steiner (20). Mrs. Warner of Bannockburn fis the present holder of the cup, having won it last year at the Town and Country Club. €. Ashmead Fuller probably is not 1 the hole-in-one champion of the Chevy Chase Club, but the hole-in- ane champlon of- Washington as well. Fuller registered his third hole-in- one In six years Friday at Chevy Chase when he holed a full brassie shot at the ninth..He had previously scored 1s on the fourth and thir- teenth. Samuel Dalzell, crack left-handed | golfer of the Chevy Chase Club, has Toturned to Washington from Cali- fornia, where he spent the .winter and made a remarkably fine golf record. Dalzell sald the Bermuda grass fairways of the Pacific -coast are the finest examples of turf de- | velopment he has ever seen. “Th | course will be the same next week as it is tomorrow,"” Dalzell said. "Rain does mot change the course, for the ball gets no roll anyway, and when a shot is-hit right it will go in the right way. - A scheduled interclub team match between Washington and _Indian Spring at Washington for today has been postponed by agreement of the team captains at the two clubs. Leo Diegel, far-driving pro at Friendship, who has made Washing- ton his home for the past two years, apparently is anxious to win the open champlonship this year. Leo jumped aboard a train Friday and hied him- self out to Detroit, where the open champlonship of the United Stites will be played next Thursday and Friday, to get in a good many prac- tice rounds' and famillarize himselt with the course before the event starts. Fred McLeod of Columbia, who per- formed the sensational by leading the field at Worcester for the first day, only to finish second before the fine’ spurt of Johnny Farrell, will leave tomorrow morning, arriving in Detzoit Tuesday. This will give him practically two full days in Wwhich to become familiar with the course of the Oakland Hills Club, where the titular “tilt will be held. The chances of the Washington contingent should be as bright.as those of any other pair of entrants in-the tournament. With McLeod at the peak of a streak of brilliant put- ting and recovery work, the little Columbia pro should do well. Against him, howover, stand those eight holes at Oakland Hills of more than 400 yard;, where McLeod, not one of the Mongest hitters, needs two | ten | But_too Everything will be strange to Miss | champion, who. Wills. ~ Climate, food and all IVINg | co easily defested conditions will be utterly different to | 31} 0 3 what she has been accustgmed. Even | S the public will recetve hor differently | 1pa position o than that which has watched her play | y{jfe 1 in new sections of the United States. | ronnil ahroad over Mrs. EEK DEFENDS i PARK CROWN i i the men who have attempted to Park links championship. While turned in already and more will be o'clock, no intimation of the scores in charge of the tournament Pair- rs. Mallor think n we quite appreciate nglen in facing Mis nite a personality Ever since her r A arose, Lenglen? cause of And with her ren Mallory been rkable nd Miss 1 Miss Wills Aggressive. will defeat e even excepting look for ¥ on the y ber. Miss W to strengthen | fine result the = book quite pos Lenglen M w we_may penden In this r glen with has yet fa except possibly by the lamentations of the Diegel game. of the breaks and it would not be at all surprising to the dynamic Friendship pro bring home the bacon. Given his share = raro her strategi T to pla upon the speed of her drives epect she Local golf courses are covering from the heaviest siege of spring ralnfalls they have known in vears. Fairways never before in- undated now are soft and soggy from tha rain which fell eve day for consecutlve days. Columbla's eighteenth, which has been very sof all spring, i= getting better, 1 though new springs have develo; in the past fortnight, while the spot on the sixth at Chevy Chase is draining. Some of the fairways at the Washington Golf and Count Club hold watepr tos thing un precedented for this draining gourse. Indian Spring has been hard on- the first, fifth,” seventh, tenth and fifteenth, where water has =tood all spring. On soma of these holes new springs have made their appearance and Kept the ground soft and mushy. Two weeks of sun and wind wonld work local courses. The rains very good for the gras: seed has been washed aw edges of the putting gree: [ of the courscs. slowly re- and one that no mean to overcome. Then should outmateh those ¢ matured Suzanne t n of what effe Wills, T look for the n they meet. to bring to a most interesting problem. Will th aggressive game of the Californ £irl force Lenien on the defensive ai serve to break down her fightine qual Tty? That i3 the eventual questior when our champion fs more matur: It may the decistye factor t summer. At any rate. Miss Wills e tainiy will g0 in to win ill be well worthy of Amire most in sport (Copsright, 1924 SYRACUSIANS, PRESENT AND PAST, WILL CLASH YRACUSE, N. Y., May 3lL.—An nouncement has been made here that sosed, with one except plavers who have National Leagu seen in action b nst cuse Inter! The visit Louls Nationa i mentality the Outside the Miss questi onditic 1 wonders on the have been although from the Thirty-twe Bannockburn = goifers | are competing this week in the an- nual competition for the Henry.Wil. llams trophy, presented to the ciub seven years ago by the two former members of the Washington base ball club, -— HAITI TO HAVE TRIO IN OLYMPIC GAMES PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, May 31.— Haiti will be represented in the Olym- plc games by three track athletes, as the result of Haiti's first fleld meet, and one of the trfo turned in per- formances in two'events that should make him a sensatgonal figure. In the running broad jump Sylvio Cator, a clerk in the office of the pub- lic works department, did 23 feet 113 inches, and won the running high with a jump of 6 feet 1 inch. As his only training has been by the ma rines, it is presumed that with ex- pert coaching he would approach the world's record in this event. Andre Theard won the 100 meters sprint_in 10 4-5 seconds, while Em- manuel Armand won the 800 meters in 1 minute 58 seconds, and the 1,500 meters in 4 minutes 2 seconds. The Professional Association. first regularly organized base ball clubs, to 1875, is to be the St and with the excep- tion of Rogers Hornsby at second every player in the St. Louls lin will be a man who has advanced the Cardinals from S WOMAN BREAKS MARK. DELAWARE, Ohio, May f1.—Mis Beredine Krill of Edgarton, Ohio broke the American record for wom at Ohlo Wesleyan University here when In the 23(-yard dash she nego- tiated the distance in 29 7-10 sec- onds, lowering her own mark made on the same track last year by two- tenths of a second. to ‘WILL HANDLE WRESTLERS. 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