Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1924, Page 26

SPORTS. ' T HE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY,- JUNE 16, 1924, . SPORTS. America’s Athletic Elite Sail for France : Brennan Was Credit to Ring Game' 253 MAKE UP THE ARRAY OF HEROES AND HEROINES 105 Track and Field Athletes Are in Party That ¢« Includes Swimmers, Wrestlers, Gymnasts, 7% Fencers, Cyclists, Boxers, Oarsmen. wike EW YORK., June 16—The elite of America's athletic heroes and heroines, 253 strong, are sailing irom Hoboken on the specially chartered steamer Amercia today at noon, standard time, to com- pete for the 1924 Olympic laurels in France next month. Track and field stars comprise 105 of the total aggregation which will wear the Yankee colors in eight branches of competition. will be 11 gymnasts, 26 boxers, 17 wrestlers, 36 man and 24 woman swim- mers;7 cyclists, 17 fencers and 10 oarsmen. . This main body of athletes will be followed next Saturday on the liner Homeric by the Yale eight, which won the right to represent the United States in the Olympics by a thrilling victory in the final trials at Philadelphia last Saturday. On next Friday the Blue will meet Harvard in their annual four-mile race at New London, Conn. « America's 1924 Olympic entries compare favorably with the galaxies of stars which have brought honor to Old Glory since the Olympics in 1896. The track and field squad, composed of athietes who smashed three world records and eclipsed fourteen Olympic marks in the two-day tests just concluded at Cambridge, is especially confident of rewriting history in Yankee terms. School and college bear the brunt of America’s fight for international supremacy. This vear's team is composed chiefly of new- comers to Olympic ranks. Only a score of the tot. membership are veterans of the 1920 games at Ant- werp hletes will a handsome margin, what- scoring system is employed, and that several Olympic records will be brok: interesting is the national istribution of this 1924 Olympic team. The Pacific coast furnished a majority of the weight men and pole vaulter: All the hurdles came from the Mississippi Valley, either from lilinois or Towa. With the exception of Paddock and Richardson all sprinters and middle distance men are easterners. What good distance men we have—the are few indeed— come from the middle west. Here is another interesting point— the only college athletes who gained a place on the team hail from the Pacific coast. Yet there were many fine eastern and middle western col- legians entered in the finals. The answer seems to be that these ath- letes shot their mental. if not their al bolt at the 1. C. A. A. A. A, an western conference meets and that, also, they wero suffering from the reaction of rigorous examina- tions. Colleges on the Pacific coast close earlier’ than this side of the Rockies, Paddock Is Handicapped. Even Californians will admit that Paddock did not do justice to himself at the Cambridge finals. He came into the meet with a bad right leg, | and after trying with Scholz for sec. ond place in_the 100 meter he was advised by Lawson Robertson, the iner and coach not to run another Scholz Leads Sprinters. The sprinters will_be led by Jack Scholz of the New York A. C. who broke the world record for the 200- meter dash on successive days. An- other short distance man of whom much is expected is Chester Bowman of Syracuse. to whom Scholz and Charley Paddock, Olympic champion. bowed 'in the 100-meter final. Hussey, the New York who earned a p his sensational with the world's will be watched Other stars upon whom America's hopes are centered are J. Coard Taylor of the New York A. C., Ray Robertson of the Boston A. A. Joie | Ray, veteran mile champion; George | Tayior of Grinnell College and Bill Richardson of Leland Stanfor. The following additions to the track team are announced: il Irwin of | the Newark A. C., who will compete in the 3.000-mater steeplechase; Ben Owen of the University of Pennsyl- vania, who will take part in the pole vault, and C. F. Gates of Princeton, who will throw the hammer. | Pat MacDonald, veteran shot put- ter, and former Olympic champion who failed to qualify for the team, has been invited to mmake the trip as the guest of Col. Robert M. Thomp- son. chairman of the Olympic com- mittee. in _competi greatest runners, ra tore the toe nail from his right big toe, a very painful and incapacitating njury. Murchison, who has not been well, was advised not to run and did not. The feature of the meet was the ex- traordinary open fleld running of Cord Taylor, the former Princetonian, in_the 400.meter. Going into the home stfetch he was a bad sixth. As the field in front opened out in the dash for the tape, Tayl8r stepped on the gas and went in and out, and in and out again among the leaders, | passing them all, never touching a man and winning by a good five yards. Another dramatic incident was the way Devanney of Bellville, N. J., tried to work his fellow townsman. youns Irwin, along in the steeplechase, De- vanney, a record holder, held back coaching his young friend, and in the end when Irwin fell utterly all in Devanney put on speed and finished third, calling back over his shoulder “too bad, kid, but you gave all you had, and that's the real stuff.” The incident made a big hit. In the weights spectators saw the passing of the whales, McGrath being the only big fellow to survive. SPANISH HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTS FLOYD JOHNSON NEW _YORK, June 16—Andreas Balsa, who calls himself heavyweight champion of Spain, will make his debut in an _American ring tonight, when he meets Floyd Johnson of Jowa in a sched- uled ten-round bout Johnson's last appearance also was against an invading boxer, when he stopped Romero Rojas of Chile. Josa Lombardo, featherweight, of Pan- ama and Billy de Foe will meet in a ten-round. preliminary, - while another ten-round match will be between Benny Valgar and Harry Kabakoff of St Louis. LEA]E NAVY OARSMEN. ANNAPOLIS, Md. June 16.—Her- man E. Schieke of South Dakota has been elected to captain the Midship- men eight-oared crew next year. Schieke has rowed at bow on the varsity for the last two seasons. STARS IN TENNIS EVENT. BUFFALO, N. Y. June 16.—Na tional tennis figures, including Wil- liam Tilden, second world champino. and Charles Garland of Pittsburgh, Beals Wright and Sam Hardy of New York and S. Kashio of Japan. all former Davis cup men, are scheduled to compete in the Great Lakes cham- pionships this week on the Park Club courts. Play in the preliminaries is to start toda; Flag Argument Settled. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 16.—The Stars | Stripes will float above the flag of | the Philippine Islands on the staff | which the standard bearer of the far | rast islands carries in the procession of the athletes of the forty-two na- tions entered for the Olympic games as they file past the official tribune and te President Doumergue on 5 in the Colombes Stadium. Should the Filipino athletes, through a victory in the Olympic games, win the right for the flag of their coun- try to be run up the Olympic mast it ‘will be immediately surmounted by the American flag. This decision which is final. was reached by the French Olympic committee, thus en ing a controversy which at one time threatened the non-participation of the athletes of the Philippine Islands. The question of the flag to be car- ried by the Filipino athletes was raised “and the Olympic committee finally decided to refer the matter to | the American embassy. The embassy Informed the committee that what- ever procedure was adopted by France toward Moroceo would be ac- ceptable to the United States, The Moroccan flag in the Olympics will be surmounted by the French tricolor. The Filipinos had raised objections to this procedure and had referred the Olympic committee to Ireland | and Canada, which are permitted to | fly their own flags, unaccompanied by the British flag. 'They had insisted that the Philippine flag in case of a victory be flown alone, Ten days ago Nepomuceno and Catalon arrived in France to begin light trainiog. The former is a vet- eran of the Antwerp games, and will bs his country's flag bearer in 1924, The athletes " informed the French Olympic committee of their desires with regard to their flag. Nepo- muceno “objected to carrying the American flag above that of the Philippines. He declared that two flags were too heavy for him to carry. He added. however, that he would be guided by instructions from Manila, but that if he carried the American flag it must be a small one. The French executive committee met and decided that the Filipinos must obey the ruling to carry the American flag above their own stand- ard. TRACK TEAM GREATEST U. S. EVER ASSEMBLED BY LAWRENCE PERRY. NEW YORK, June 16.—Beyond all question the greatest track and field team the world ever saw Is on its way to France, inspired by a send-off remarkable for its enthusiasm and for the number of those who par- ticipated in the farewell ceremony. The outstanding character of the | Olmpic outfit was demonstrated in the final tests in the Harvard Stadium at Cambridge on Friday and Satur- day, where, under adverse conditions of " inclement weather and heavy track, world records were broken or equaled. America is sending to Europe eleven sprinters who have equaled or surpassed former world record, middle-distance runners, who have equaled world figures, hurdlers who have beaten the world 400-meter | record, high hurdlers who are all in Earl Thomson's class, shot-putters who have approximated existing records, four pole vaulters who have | cleared thirteen feet, and a team of | broad jumpers who are all capable of twenty-four feet or better. | It is safe to predict that the United | States will win the international Dime forafresh | and GOI.l” EVENT TO EVANS. INDIANAPOLIS, June 16.—Chick Evans of Chicago won the amateur invitational golf tournament with a score of 200 for the seventy-two holes. MOTORCYCLES—BICYCLES Used Motorcycles Bought and Sold. Expert Motorcycle and Bicycle Repairing. PBest equipped repair shop. . Howard A. French & Co. 424 9th St. N.W. Franklin 6764 “Pay as You Ride” Cord Tires On Credit Small Payment Down, Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY CO. 2100 Pa/ Ave. N.W. Supplementing the track team | But he insisted upon going in | the 200-meter, and as a consequence | | Regular $35.00 Value BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Piiching for Chalfancoga nihe Eighties — AVERAGED 16 STRIKEOUTS AGAME for 2 YEARS MITE Re G. A. O. NINE WILL STRIVE | ENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE will strive to maintain its lead G in the Government League today in a match with the Govern- ment Printing Office nine. Play will start at 5:15 k on the 5 o'c & east diamond of the Ellipse and a red-hot scrap should be forthcoming. | A defeat for the General Accounting tossers, with four wins out of six | starts, would allow Naval Hospital athletes to take the lead. The latter | team has copped five games in eight. Adverse weather cogditions have Anderson and Currier of the winners | marred the Government series games | supplied the punch &t the stick v thi ar, but the scl | & | considerably this ye: that | Cardinals of Alexandrin had ‘ ule committee has announced will be played | easy time with the Palace Athletic e e adttion Ps'tilt. | Club, winning, 14 to 0. Mayle of the | th, in addition to toda “lub, w P hose matehes mave been acheduled: | Virginians ailowed but five safe | “Tomorrow, Naval Hospital Com- | drives, while his nine smacked six- missioners: Wednesday, Government | teen bingles. Printing Office vs. neral Account- ing Office; Friday, 1 Hospital vs. Commissioners v, General Ac- counting Office vs. Government Print- ing Office; June 23, City Post Office vs. General Accounting Office; 24, 1 val Hospital vs. Government Print- ing Office; 25, City Post omce‘ V8. | Gengral Accounting Office: 26, Com- | (). 418 iy an interesting game, the | missioners vs. Government Printing|gormer winning, 5 to 4, Office. | Dezendort of th Barrett Athletic Cl upset the [ fOrm on the mound dope by routing the Navy Yard Ma- rines in an 11-to-9 engagement. A | nd'SCUGTind plavers fell b Muschlitz and Gable of the winners | pgye led both teams at the stick. I ment. tico Marimes fell before the Naval Hospital nine, 10 to 3. Mal- lett, winning baxman, xielded but three safe drives. | Pepsi-Cola team of Richmond took | the measure of the Dreadnaughts in a 6-to-3 match. Lewls dished out a | clever brand of hurling for the Rich- mond club and held the losers down to seven wallops, St. Andrew's and St. Martin's took fore the — WINS FRENCH NET TITLE. | PARIS, June 16.—Mile. Emilienne - | Viasto yesterday won the women's sin- Rialtos easily disposed of the Herz] | V1250 yesterday won t sin- | tossers, winning, 13 to 1. Goodman and Oftenberg hurled for the win- Rers, who connected for twelve bin- Eles. Jafte and Wolf hit well for the Rialtos. Doc Farrell's All-stars took a 5-to- 3 beating at the hands of the Sons of Toil yesterday. Johnny Micro turned in some fine pitching for the winners. Mme. Vaussard, 6—2, 6—3. Mile, Vlasto, a slim Marseille girl, is being rated by | tennis devoteeg as second only to | Suzanne Lenglen. Lansburgh & Brother nine scored one lone tally in the ninth inning to nose out the Yellow Cab team, 6 to 5. i b el e Open Until e PoL Saturday 8 P.M. «Wonder What Merta Will Say Today At the Sign of the Moon Established 1893 SAVE On Tailoring —the tailoring service we offer measures up to every demand. Our prices are remarkably reasonable. Mohair, Palm Beach or Serge Suit at a Special Price $22.50 Extra Trousers $7.50 . Tailor-Made Means You Get the Suit as You Want It. Open Evenings. Come in and we'll con- vince that this spe- cial offers a clear saving MAIOR Ringlog, Grews WEIGHS 9185 -15 26 INcrES TALL ~AND 15 20 YeARS 0D Inside Golf '——By Chester Horton. Simplicity in the golf swing Is the | thing to strive fo | very minimum of body movement, not Keep your right elbow lightly eloxe | tennis cup elimination competitior to your side You want the the maximum. 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The Matchless Peerless Eight and the New Peerless Six WILLS-FIRPO SCRAP - PLANS ARE RENEWED BUENOS AIRES, June 16—It- has been learned that negotiations for a mateh with Harry Wills have been resumed between Louis Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight and Juan Homs, agent of Tex Rickard, on the basis of & new offer by Rickard showing = considerable _reduction trom the original offer of $250,000 Rickard is said to have lowered the sum because of the failure of Wills t oknock out Bartley Madden in their fight in New York this week. The new terms have not been dis- closed, but it is understood that the large reduction in the guarantee is balanced by the offer of a liberal percentage of the gate receipts. Firpo is asking for time to allow the local moving picture concern to finish the film in which he is featured as the hero. He does not want to leave for the United States before July 17, and has also- listed various conditions of his own which he wants put into the contract. He would make sugges- tions as to how the fight shall be conducted and obliging Rickard to assume financial responsibility ' for certain possible contingencies. U. S. RIFLEMEN LEAD IN RHEIMS TOURNEY RHEIMS, France, June 16.—The United States Olymplc rifie team led the field in the first day's competi- tion at Chalons with the Swiss and Argentine teams second and third. The contest was at 300 mete; standing. The scores were as follows: United States, 1,712 points: erland, 1,607; Argentina, 1.590; 1,661; F) 1,537; Italy, ; Hol. land,’ 1465; Belgium, 1,323, and Czechoslovakia, 1,235. The American team was made up of Fisher, Coulter, Stokes, Boles and Osborne. The day was cloudy and the visibil ity poor. Thers was no wind, how- ever. Switz- Den- BRITONS NAME TEAM TO PLAY AMERICANS LONDON, June 16.—The British woman's tennis team which will meet the Améericans at Wimbledon on Wed- nesday and Thursday has been com- pleted with the selection of Mrs. Shepherd-Barron and Miss Evelym Colyer. The other members are Miss Kath- leen McKane, Mrs. Geraldine Beamish and Mrs. Phyllis Covell. Mrs. Lam bert Chambers will be the non-play- | ing tcaptain of the team. | _ There is a possibility | McKane, the ran m withdraw that ng British p] owing to a strain which /was aggravated Saturday in her match against Miss Elizabath | Ryan at Beckenham, which the for- mer California_girl won 6—8, 6—1 6—1. Miss McKane said today, how- | ever, that she hoped to be able to | play’in both the singles and doubles | at Wimbledon. DENMARK LEADS ITALY "IN DAVIS CUP TENNIS By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, June 16 —Erik Teg- | ner and Einar Ulrich, the Danish dou- bles team, defeated Baron de Morpui | and Baron Colombo of Italy in the Dav ver, | 7—5. 4—6, 6—4. In consequence of to. day’s victory Denmark is now leading the Italians by two matches to one, both | | having won a match in the first round | of singles on Saturday. ; ALEXANDRIATHNE BEST. Washington Giants of the Colored Union League fell before the Alex- andria Stars, § to 7. Williams of| the local team was sent to the show- ers, but Bland, who relieved him, hurled creditably POTOMACS BEAT GIANTS. Washington Potomacs of the East- ern Colored League scored an impres- sive 9-10-5 victory over the Bach- arach Giants of Atlantic City. Four runs in the sixth paved the way for the local club. | over | forming on its own course, gave PUGILIST SHOT TO DEATH WAS A HIGH TYPE OF MAN “Big Bill,” Who Profited by Success in Arena, Had , Most Pleasing Manner, Genial Disposition and Possessed High Intelligence. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, June 16—Bill Brennan, who was shot to death—it is thought by hired assassins—in his uptown cabaret restaurant last night, was in every way a credit to the pugilistic profession, from which he retired last fall. Born in Ireland, Bill came to the middle west at an early age. He first showed a marked ability as a base ball player, and the bent nose he carried through life came not from a punch, but from being struck by a ball. He profited by his success in the prize ring to improve himself in many ways. No fighter had a more pleasing manner than Brennan, and his genial disposition and quiet demeanor were more suggestive of & ‘Wall street man than a pugilist. He was one of those fighters who improve all their opportunities, and at the time of his death he wae gt well read man and altogether a fellow of high intelligence. Ring annals will certainly assign endowed with a natural ferocity. him to a high place In his profession. | This he did not have. Bill w a There never was a tougher opponent | natural gentleman. and whes than Brennan, and it was his misfor- | crucial test came against tune to come into his prime at a time | first rank he always fell short when Dempsey was at his zenith His two best fights were against Bill was not only a clever hnx’r"fhmpxey in 1920 and Firpo in the t a good hitter—what might be | winter of 1923. He caught Dempsey called & knocker out of second|at a time when Jack had been trv- raters. It was only the really first- |ing to train mainly at 42nd stre class men who could withstand | and Broadway, and for twelve rounds Brennan's attack, and the writer has | he gave Jack as good as he got and believed he would have hit [a little mor Finally he was stowed them had he been with a blow to his solar plex: THREE GOLFING TOURNEYS - ARE BEING STAGED TODAY T golf about Washington takes its usual summer siesta. With the Middle Atlantic championship at Richmond next week, golf events here- abouts will subside until fall, with the exception of club tournaments and holiday affairs. Fair sex golfers of clubs about theBannockburn, and_A. city are competing in the third the home-andhome contests held under the auspfces of the Women's District Golf Association. The event | peatigsion; defested Lyan Haiags, Bannock: today is being held at the Bannock- | burn: 1 up. burn and is being run off under the direction of Mrs. Hugo Hasselbach, chairman of the women's golf com-|Club of the Interstate Commer mittee of that club. T new course | Comm will hold a tournament of the Bannockburn Club is being | Thursd the Bannockburn Club used. s match play again Chevy Chase is the scene of a|Par. with handicaps. mixed foursome competition, the first | - X Sevirnl sunas) sRitey of this sort | . Manor Club had a big time Satur- at the club. The event is at eighteen |9aY, when it had a flag raising, tomb- holes, h handicap, and many of | Stone golf tourney and supper dance he leading players of the club have |More than seventy took part in the ntered. xu."{ (‘:rr.‘prvl;_nn!m \v{uch saw r]ur r Golfers of the Washington nd son in first and second places. motive Trade Association are plaving hall Morgan, sr., and Marshall today at the Congressional Country |- aan._:r.’hn:‘n.mcd onh_\c - Club to select a team to represent | Geven i ae o ole the District in the interci utithe;eldeciMorga st bl matches at Fox Hills, Stater was neacer thel cup.’ W.. H: Hae et Afondev: ARt Ter he greaves was third. Both of the Mor- notive golfers was held at Colurbia | Eans were allowed fifty-nine strokes. three weeks ago. |~ Prosecuting Attorney Tom Dawson = of Rockville made the address at the flag raising. He was introduced by ecretary of State of Ma; an Brooke Lee, president of the ub, More than 250 attended the supper dance. HREE events at different clubs are on the golfing calendar today. Boll Galt, Washing, g oy Ty “:’ | _E. J. Doyle. Bannockburn. defeated F. . Paxton, Washington. 4 and 3: W. E. Tisdale, Golfing members of the In-Com-Co Auto- | Bannockburn Golf Club's team, per- | the | Washington Golf and Country Club team something to think about terday, when they defeated the Vir-| The nine holes now in operation ginia_ team, 14 points to 2. Several | at the Manor Club are constantly of Washington's best players were | being improved and work is goin not in the line-up. on to enlarge the layout. Eventual- Ray Moorman, playing for Wash-|ly there will be twenty-seven holes ington, holed a pitch shot at the | last hole to square the four-ball = = match The result left Washington tied with Indian Spring for the lead | Kenilworth Arena v Honey Boy Finnegan-vs-Chick Ward in the, interclub series with 18 points, | againit 16 for Bannockburn and 14 | Kenilworth Cars to Arena Admission. 82 | for ColuAnbia. | Summaries: | B C. McKimmie, Baanockburn, defoated E. | W. Freeman, Washington, 3 and 2; Les Cran. | dall, jr., Bannockburn: defeated H. D. Nichol- son, Washington, 3 and 1. Best ball, won by Bannockburn, 3 and 1. H. F, Krauss, Bannockburn, defeated K, S. McHugh. Washington, 5 and 3; W. F. Turton, Bannockburn, defeated G. T. Howard. Wash- | — ington, 3 and 2. Best ball, won by Bannock. | Fait HEWITT TIRES J. _A. White, NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. i gy Ypie, dr. Bammockbum, defeated 1007 9th St. N.W.—Fr. 4056 Washington, 2 and 1; R Hayei Bunnockburm, defetted Dr."T. 3. 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