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) SPORTS." ATHLETES GREETED, THEN * RUSH TO THEIR QUARTERS ‘Plans for Giving Americans Rousing Welcome Is Abandoned OQutof Consideration for Others. All Are in Fine Spirits. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. By Cable to The Star and/Chicago Daily News. afternoon, after a short, simple reception by a few of the leading PAR]S. Jure 25—The American Olympic team, which arrived this members of the Paris American colony, dispersed immediately-for their training quarters. It was planned at first to, give the athletes a rousing welcome that would make Paris sit up and take notice, but latér this idea was abam- doned through fear of T hurting the sensibilities o example in the case of other teams arriving this f others and setting an week. Aboat 200 of the American athletes will g0 to the country estate at Rocquencourt, four miles from Versailles, two-month lease from the same Murat famil President Wilson during the peace confere the French Olympic village of Colombes in t which has been rented on a ly which acted as host to ex- nce. Another 100 will go to he interest of good will to show the French that America is not boycotting the official village. At Rocquencourt the boys will live in a series of attractiwe green wood and cement oottages, erccted o a knoll in_ the midst of the park, with a magnificent Wlew out over Versailles and the valley of the Seine. Two ath- letes will Lives in cach room, ten rooms to a cottage. There are eleven cot- tages in all 5 A special water system has been in- stalled at considerable cxpense for drinking and bathing purposes. Col. Robert M. Thompson, president “of the Amerfcan Olympic committee, and a group of six or seven guests will be the only omes to live in the chateau, a beautiful white colonial mansion without pillars, situated at the entrance to the park. It is filled With priceless paintings, cngravings, etchings, antiques and rare pieces of furniture, mementos of Napoleon 1, “'from whom the ancestor of the pres- ent Murat recetved his original title. The girl athdetes are to be housed in lodges to the left of the entrance ®ate, while the Army officers who will compete in the polo games, which open day after tomorrow, will be quartered n _renovated buildings across the road. Greeted at Cherbourg. Br the Asmcixted Press. June 25.—The American athletes arrived in. Paris at :15 o'clock this afternoon. CHERBOUORG, France, June . 25— The steamship America, bearing the United States Olympic team of more than 300 athletes, arrived here today. The athletes were all in good condi- tion. The first demonstration from the French came as the athletes passed-a harbor tos, whose men sent up a cheer, which - was echoed by the in- vaders. landed, but the welcome was in. formal and mild. There were several American delegations present, in- cluding members of the American Olympic committee in Paris. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews welcomed the men on bebalf of the American naval staff. The Americans departed foriParis trains. ( on two spectal Athietes in Fine Spirits. ‘The athletes were in fine spirigs and according to Head Coach Rob- ertson, they are in excellent condi- tion. ‘Coach Robertson plans to ‘be- gin their real training at Rocquen- court, near Paris, tomorrow. Plans to seek an extension of time for fil- ing entries in order to give further time for trials have been abandoned. The entries are expected to be filed tomorrow. J. G. Kenmedy, Philadelphia, coxswain of the four-oared crew, was slightly ‘wounded in the neck by a glancing shot durme target practice for the modern pemtathlon aboard ship late yesterday. The wound was said to be su al. Duke Eahanamoku, the Hawaiian aquatic star, was elected captin of the swimming team by a big majority over Johmmie Wetsmuller and Rich- ards Howell. Commally Is Displaced. Head Coach Robertson has an- nounced deftritely that J. H. Walters will run in the $00-meter ovent, re- placing Bay Watson who has been assigned to the L500-meter race in. the place of James J. Connolly. Joie Ray’s final appeal to be per- mitted to run in the 1,500-meter con- test was rejected. Jole's endeavors will be confined to the 3,000-mreter events. In the case of Ray, Coach Robert- son feels that the program is such| that it would be too great a strain on Ray to run in_the two events, in- volving four straight days of hard racing, perticularly as the Chicagoan is not belleved at his best.right now. Connolly has been given a berth on the team race, in which Kirby, Lar- rivee, Tibbets and Cox are entered. Coach Robertson disclosed that. there has been no change in the in- dividuals slated to Tun in the 400 and 1,600 meter relays. Thus, Burgess, Cochran, Helffrich and MacDonald will compete in this event. The sprint relay team has not/been finally dechded upon, but it was said that Francis Hussy and Louis Clark may be given a chance. as will prob- .ably George L. Hill and.Loren March- ison, who are emtered in one indi- wdiual sprint only. The omly other chamges in the slate were made by Coach Robertson several days ago, when it was decided that Glemn Hartranft would be def- imitely emtcred in the discus, replac- ing Waype Jommson, who has been added to the 10.000-meter event, in which Booth, Gray and Earl John- son hase already been assigned. With _few exceptions the _entries 4gill follow in the order of the final als, it is thought, with the ex- ception of the changes already noted. W. A. Comins has already replaced William Dowding of Georgetown as the fourthy man in the broad jump; Murchison has gained the 100-meter assignment over Hossey, and Paddock has Gispimeed Clark in the 306-meter Crowds Thved the wharf as the men.1 DISTRICT TITLE TENNIS WILL BEGIN SATURDAY Competition in the District of Columbia annual tennis champion- ship tournament will get under way Saturday at 1 o'clock on the Dumbarton courts. All of the city’s leading netmen are due to enter. Entries will close Friday at 12 o'clock with the Dumbarton tour- nament committee. Men's singles and doubles, wom- en’s singles and doubles and mix- ed doubles are listed. D. C. GOLFERS GOING STRONG AT DAYTON DAYTON, Ohio, June 25.—Rain early today failed to interfers with | the start of the second round of ®ualifying play in the national pub- lic links tournament here. One hundred and twenty-nine of the 132 who started play were scheduled to finish their qualifying play, the three others having dropped compezition. e The. field will be narrowed down to thirty-two men by dusk. It appears doubtful whether Dick Walsh, 1823 national champion, will be inctided in, the title flight. ‘Walish is suffering from an infected Aand, which he had lanced yesterday morning and which makes accurate Play almost impossible He finished ymfl;y's,mund with 85. : cAleer of Washington, D. C., Was medalist for the first eighteen holes, with a score of 70, breaking the course record by one stroke. Washington also led in the Harding ;I![plcomnetiurbn With a four-man otal score of 312. Pittsburgh second with 328, i wfim of other Washington players George J. Voight, 79; Willi McGuire, 79; Charles N. Agnew. j:‘ :(‘1, John P. Shorey, 81; Page Hufty, McAleer, who is one of two south- ;I;‘sshnllaylngh in the tourney, kept on the cours, som remarkable putting. adiad B ONLY EIGHT REMAIN IN COLLEGE SINGLES — PHILADELPHIA, June 25. — With ©only one of the eight placed plzyers /missing, the round before the semi- finals of the national intercollegtate tenais championships, will be played -at the Merion Cricket Club today. One of the feature contests was expected to be the match between Frank Anderson of Columbia, a lead- ing junior player of the east for the last few seasons, and L. N. White, the University of Texas star. Other matches in the fourth round will bring together Wallace Seott, University of Washington, and Jerry Lang of Columbia and Phil Bettens of California and Fritz Mercur of Lehigh. In the doubles Anderson and Lang Wwill meet Scott and Bruce Hesketh of Washington in a second-round match. Pairings for the third-round doubles follow: White and Thalheimer, Texas, .vs. Wilson and Valentine, Chicago; Bettens and Chandler, California, vs. Hicks and Holm-Smith, Princeton; Hubbell and Sheridan, Yale, vs. Win- ner of Columbia-Washington match; Ingraham and Pfaffman, Harvard, vs. Glaskin and Rogers, Kansas. Horace Orser of George Washing- ton High School, New York, and Jack Van Peyn of East Orange, N. J., will play this afternoon in the final roand for the national interscholastic title. _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 35, 1d4% FIVE YANKS QUALIFY IN BRITISH TOURNEY HOYLAKE, England, June 25— The fleld of eighty-seven golfers, who qualified yesterday for play in the British open championship, rested to- day in preparation for the two-day champlonship competition, which will open over the Royal Liverpool links here tomorrow morning It took superfine shooting to galn admission to the select circle, aver- ages of under 80 being necessary, as only cards of 158 and under qualified the’ entrants, but five out of the six American stars, who crossed in quest of the Eritish title honors, succeed- ing in joining the qualifying band. The Americans who fought their way through and will tee up with Britain’s best tomorrow for the grueling 72-hole test are Walter Hagen with 15 Gene Saragzen, 151; Jim Barnes, 15i: MacDonald Smith, 153, and Gil Nicholls, 157. Al Espinosa, with 164, was the only American to fail to come through. The field was Tead a veteran, H. Taylor, with J. remarkable 142 DEPARTMENTAL NETMEN WILL CLASH TOMORROW Commerce-Interior racketers will strive to take the measure of the Vet- erans’ Bureau team tomorrow after- noou on the municipal courts in one of the Departmental Lyeague matches. War Red netmen garncred their second oconsecutive shut-out victory yesterday by winning all five matches from the Post Office team. axd_Gablos (P. 0.). and Clapk (W. R.) and Hoffman (P. 0.). 61, 3 Pettis aad Delaso won by default; Yount and Harmon (W. R.) defeated Davidson aad Hur- ley (P. 0.), 6—2, 6—2; Hester and Riley (W. R.) defeated Martin and Faustman (P.| 0.), 6=2, 6—4. . WAR DEPARTMENT TEAM CAPTURES POLO TROPHY { PHILADELPHIA. June 25.—The { War Department polo team of Wash- ington, D. G, defeated Bryn Mawr in the final match of the Wootton cup, 10_goals to 9 It required an extra period to de- cide the contest. Bryn Mawr had a handicap of one goal. Maj. Hess of the District scored the deciding_goal. Here's how the War_ Department team played: Maj. Montgomery, No. 1; Lieut. Jadwin. No. 2; Maj. Herr, No. 3; Maj. Higle: 5 YALE TEAM LEADING | IN COLLEGIATE GOLF GREENWICH, Conn., June Yale, led by the hard-hitting cham- pion, Dexter Cummings of Chicago, brother of the national women's champion, is ahead in the team play of the annual intercollegiate golf tournament. Yale's total for the first day was 624, or 11 less than Dart- mouth, which is in second place Four men representing each of the nine eastern colleges entered played thirty-six holes yesterday and will do the same today. Scores in team play determine gualifications for match play, beginning tomorrow. in which Cum- | mings will defend his title. Cummings was tied yesterday with Stephen Berrien of Montclair, N. J.. representing Wesleyan, for the low individual score, 151, although Ber- rien had the lowest score for eighteen holes, a 72. Cummings took a 75 and a 76. team While Cammings is defending his title, his sister, Miss Edith.Cummings, is seeking the champlonship of the Buffalo Country Club, with Miss Glenna Collett as a prospective op- ponent. Miss Cummings broke the course record yesterday, with 78. GOLF RECORD IS MADE BY EDITH CUMMINGS BUFFALO, N. Y., June 25.—Edith Cummings of Chicago, National wom- en’s champion, won her match in the first round of the annual invitation golf tournament in 78, a new mark for the Buffalo Country Club course. She defeated Miss Audrey Faust of t. Louis, 2 and 1. 2 Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, eliminated Mrs. Caleb Fox of Phila- delphia, 6 and 5. Mrs D. C. Hurd of Philadelphia defeated Mrs. Flaine Rosenthal Rein- hardt of Dallas, Tex., 2 and 1. Anita Lihme, Chicago defeated Priscilla Maxweil of Rockville, Conn., 6 and 5. S SETS TROTTING RECORD. CLEVELAND, June 25.—Coleman, four-year-old son of Belwin, set a world record for three quarters of a mile over a half mile track by winging the second heat of the 2:18 trot at Cranwood track here ves- terday in 1.33%. TIPS FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., June 25. —The Potomac River was _slightly cloudy and the Shenandoah River very muddy this morning. AN R Radiators and Fenders 10 DSTER BN RARES SADTATORS. ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 819 1%th. Fr. 6410. 1425 P. Fr. 8034 SRV { HELEN WILLS IMPROVING, _SPORITS.. i ar U. S. Olympic Team Reaches Paris : Cross-Country Running io Be. Revived in West . 18 DISTRICT GOLFERS INEW INTEREST AROUSED ° IN HILL-AND-DALE SPORT BRITISH EXPERTS AGREE| N RICHMONDIEVENT Lillian Scharman’s game was n L ONDON, June 25—Tennis critics this morning, while agreeing that ot strong enough to test Helen Wills very seriously, think the American champion showed greatly im- proved form in their match yesterday. They remark that she has learned something about the qualities of English balls and how to control them, which she did not know last week, and that yesterday she did not beat the international team matches. If she can continue this improve- ment, the experts believe, she will show some fine play during the pre ent tournament. Some of her strokes against Miss Scharman, says one writer, were ‘“astounding for the power behind them.” By the Asmociated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, June 25— Miss Helen Wills, the American woman lawn tennis champion, who came through the first round of sin- gles in the Wimbledon tournament yesterday with flying colors, was not included in today's program. but the other Americans were well to the fore. Mrs. Molla Mallory, former cham- pion, meets Kitty McKane, ranking British woman, on the center court, where also R. Norris Williams, Amer- ican Davis cup star, plays the French- man, Ferat, in the singles, and Vin- ards pairs with Fraacis Inside Golf By Chester Horto The action with the left arm, in the forward swing, is more dows than eut. That is, you strike directly down at the ball with this arm, a» if you meant to slap the ball with the back body push in the stroke the temden- cy in to strike out from the body with this arm. Striking in th player must learn o hl mi that the elub in going to Rit the gromnd— and te preveat it doing ®e, 2= he thinks, he will let the left elbow break in toward his body. Thin will slice nearly every You let the left arm straighten out—or siretch eut—by merely the pull of the eclubhead The forearm -uelI-‘. ean speed up the clubhead oamly you xive them a chanee to work on it by letting them stretch the arm clear exerting their preswure. top, strike right down at the ball— and hold the head fixed. (Copyright, Jobn ¥. Dille Co.) HELD HAS 144 CARD TO TOP GOLF FIELD ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. June 25.—Match play in the transmississippi golf tournament will begin this morning with the stars about evenly divided between the upper and lower brackets. Eddie Held of St. Louis, present champion; Harry Legg of Minneapo- plis, five times winner of the tourna- ment; Waldo Crowder, Kansas cham- pion; Robert McKee of Des Moines, and Jimmy Manion, St. Louis, are in the upper half. In the other section are A. M. Bartlett, Ottumwa: Harri- son Johnston, St. Paul; Jimmie Ken- nedy, Tulsa, and Dick Bockenkamp, St. Louis. Held won the gold medal for low qualifying score yesterday with 144. The St. Joseph Country Club team won the Brock cup with a total score of 639. Des Moines Country Club was second Wwith 643, and Omaha Fieid Club, third, with 653. The Midland Country Club team from St. Louis won the cup for two- man teams. Jimmy Manion, with 147, and Dick Bockenkamp, with 151, had a total of 298. Algonquin Country Club of St. Louis was second, with 310, and Des Moines Country Club third, with 316. TROUSERS in the City $4:85 and up EISEMAN’S 7th at F without a pucker i herself-on easy shots as she did in Hunter against F. M. B. Fisher and Mr. Peacock of England, in the dou- bles. On eourt No. 1, Watson M Washburn faces F. R. Leighten Craw- ford and Miss Elizabeth Ryan, for- merly of the United States, plays Mra Parton in the woman's singles. Suzanne Lengien, woman champion of the world, appears on beth courts, playing with her countryman, Jean Borotra, agalnst Fletcher and Miss Walker, at mixed doubles, on the center court, and against Miss E. R. Clarke, in the singles, on court No. 1. Miss Wills’ victory came at the ex- pense of Lillian Scharman, another American, whom she beat, 6—1, 6—0. Edith Sigourney and Eleanor Sears, other Americans, lost their matches. All of the American man players won rather handily. An upset yesterday was the triumph of Rene Lacoste of France over Man- ual Alonso of Spain, 2—§, 6—2, 13—15, 6—3, 6—2. PLAY IS CONTINUED BY WOMAN GOLFERS Survivors of the first round In the annual Indian Spring woman's invi- tation tournament were to play in the second stage of the event today. Mrs. E. R. Tilley, last year's cham- fon, went down to defeat before Mrs’ 3. M, Haynes of Columbla on the twentieth hole in the feature yesterday. Mrs. Haynes sank @ long putt for a 5 on the twentieth to win. Today’s pairings. ight—Mrs. Phyllis Keeler, Washing- Ay o e g o a5 ‘ortvy, Congressional, 9145, Third fight—Mrs. L. L. Steele, Indian ring. vs. . Finckel, Indian Spring, 10:15; Miller, Indian Spring, 120, ‘ourth ht—Mrs. J. P. Harver, Indian v e, Tom_Moore, Indian oprize, s . Wood vs. Mss. C. W. White, Cotumbia, 10:30, Defeated Four. Krs. Charles Frailey, Indisa ::nl: = Enox, In- Mrs. Falor, Indian w‘ v",:'n-‘ e ™ 055, "My, Btephen Colloday, o arn Biansckbur, v Vag Sieinar. > Wre ven . =|‘!. Frank Tomlinsen, allard, Indian Bpriag, Mrs. B , In prns farges, Indian Con- 3%, Sowier Indian Isdian Chase, NOTED GOLFER DIES. OON, Scotland, June 25 (Hoy- Jakio) SoWiNlie ” Fernie, . seventy-three vears old, one of the oldest and best | known golf professionals in the Brit- \ish Isles, died yesterday. He won the XBritish open once and was the only man to tie for second place on five oc- casion: HEWITT TIRES 31x4 SS. N. S. Cord, $19.30 NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. 1007 9th St. N.W.—Fr. 4056 | by RICHMOND, Va., June 25.—Hlght- een entrants from Washingion clubs, ‘the cream of the goifers about the capital with but one or two exeep- tions, todsy began familiarizing themselves with the Hermitage Country Club here where the Middie Atlantic championsifip will start tomorrow. All the Washington entrants except Walter R. Tucker- man of Burnimg Tree and M. B. Stevinson Hermitage today practicing for”the/ qualifying round: tomorrow. The course of the Hermitage Club where Albert R. MacKenzie will de- fend his title is»6,300 yards lomg and I:n shape demand: . Outstanding among the re. quirements for the man who would) do well at Hermitage are direction off the tee and the ability to judge the pitch and run shat. The putting: greens, normally fast, areé being cut and roiled today, and the ball pitchad to the pin_ will not hold. It must strike short and run up. Pairings for the qualifying round tomorrow piace the titleholder with Gordon F. Wood of Richmond, who frequently has played in tournaments about Washington. Roland R. Mac- Kenzie, son of the champlon and run- ner-up for the titla last year, is paired with E. D. Hotchkiss of Rieh- mond. All the Washington entrants are palred with men other than from their own clubs. In addition to these named, the entries inctude George P. James, G. P. Orme and H. L. West of Columbia; R. C. McKinnie, E. C. Alvord, jr.; J. T. Harris and Glenn | McHugh of Bannockburm; O. R Hough of Congresstopal; G. E. Tru- ett, J. T. McClenahan, R, M. Waldron and W. R. McCallum of Washingtons John H. Hudgins of Chevy Chase and K. F. Kellarman and De Vere Burr of Columbia. There will be 155 -players in all starting in the medal round tomor- row, of whom but 96 can qualify, for there will be six sixteens. Outstanding among the favorites: for the title jare the champion an his son, L M. Newton, Richmond: crack, who won the Columbia tour- ney three years ago, and Jack How ard of Hermitage, who holds thed course record. Stevinson and! Tuckerman, judged'| the form they have shown in previous Middhe Atlantic tournma- ments, must bo rated as dangerous The Washington delegation, although not so strong numerically as in past) years, should do well in the present event. —_— GOLF TITLE TO FREEMAN. TORONTO. June 25.—William Free- man of the York Downs Club aas won the Ontario open golf championship. In a play-off ydsterday he defeated George S. Lyon of the Lambton Club, 85 to 86. They had tied at 152 for thirty-six holes. L T T Headquarters for Good Looking | BATHING SUITS | All the New Colors— Prices Start at 10 30 per ceat off regular prices. WALFORD’S 909 Pa. Ave. NW. —the cigar 504 Eleventh and energy Exclusive Washington Distribator I AR of marvelous flavor. St. N. Alexandria, course of the of Columbia were at}y 2 Conference:Coaches Look for Big Things Another Season—3Blott of Michigan, Who Goes to Reds, + Is an Exceptional Catcher. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. back in the middle west this PEW YORK, June 25—Cross-country running is expected to come fall. The unusual revival of interest instrack and field athletics, which marked the season in this section this yeag, and the excellent feats accomplished are regarded by big ten coaches -as pointing definitely to a has been noted since the war. far better hill-and-dale season than By ‘the way, the fact should not be overlooked that in the cinder re- vival of 1924 the Missouri Valley Conference athletes were well up in front, and in almost every district non-conference western colleges kept pace with the big ten members. Jack Blott, the University of Mich- igan catcher, who has signed with the Cincinnati Reds, is said to have been able to make a wide choice of major and minor league clubs. Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Cardinals is said to bave angled for him and the Syracuse International League club also is reported to have made an offer. Jack Blott is as fine a catcher as has donned @ mitt in the middle west in a long time—a hitting catch- er. Blott certainly had the art of placing his bat against the hurtling horsehide. Amherst is looking to The middle west for base ball success, the New England college having signed Paul Stuart, third baseman of the Uni- versity of Illinois nine, as coach. John P. Wilson, who won fame as 4 trainer at Grinnel), Ames and Jowa, had been signed to go to Dartmouth as trainer, but succumbed to a heart attack before leaving for the east. Helen, Wills, in her play against Lillian Scharman at Wimbledon yes- terday, gave signs of reaching her top form. Miss Scharman is a fine player and any girl who beats her, &0, 6—1, is playing tennis. Any further brilliance on the part of the California girl will begin to set the Wimbledon enthusiasts on edge, as they look forward to a great battle between the two deadliest of the fe- male tennis species, Mile. Lenglen and Miss Wills. Our male stars continue MOTORCYCLES—BICYCLES Used Motorcycles Bought and Sold. Expert Motorcycle and Bicycle Repairing. 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