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10 T SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1924, SPORT S. Hagen Demonstrates Golf Superiority : W. B.A.A. N ines to End Season in August GRIFFS OBTAIN TAYLOR; MEMPHIS GETS PROTHRO BY DENMAN THOMPSON. U. S. PRO MAKES STIRRING FINISH IN BRITISH EVENT Sinks a Difficult Putt to Beat Out Whitcombe, Eng- lish Star—Great Recoveries Made by American On Last Nine Holes. v the Associated Press. I IL)\'I..\K!{, England, June 28.—T driver produced in England and Scotland— ‘here were names to conjure W for the seventy-two-hole grind over Tolley, Mitchell, others, not to ment ) Smith, genial Gene Sarazen, Long Jim But when the thud and whack of club against ball had ceased and the last putt had clicked to the bottom of the cup, it was Hagen who was car- ried off on the shoulders of the gal- lery. He finished with a difficult downhill putt just one stroke in front of K. it Whitcombe, the voung Lritish pror fessional the putt staved out, i M At thirty-six holes would have ne today. More than h leaders follow 3¢ 4t Rd. Rd. Tot. 74 7is0i 77 18802 71304 71304 78307 81308 75309 n itated the Ist Rd. Walter Hagen® ... 77 E.R. Whitcombe. . Macdonald_Smith® Frapk Ball ... 3. H. Taslor George Duncan Jim “Barness .. *American, Tied at 54 Holex. The story of this thrilling day over the long, hard course of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club is the story of battle between Hagen and Whit- combe. They were tied at the end of fifty-four holes, at 224 each. Whit- combe took 41 for the first nine of his final round. but finished with a brilliant 35. Hagen took 41 on the first half of his final trip around, and needed even s to capture the crown. At the tenth tee Hagen was told of w he's score for the fin He steeled himself to his ta 0 well can do with his fighting heart and fine temperament Against the wind Hagen pushed his iron shot and took 3 to get on the green. The cup was twenty feet away from the ball. His first tap, er, nt it over the intervening of ndulating earth and into the cup it dropped for the first of his neces- Bary is. At the eleventh—a full iron drive against the wind—Hagen's tee shot plunged into the bunker guarding the Ereen, so that he got another 4. in- stead of par 3. After a good drive at the twelfth, Hagen pushed hix iron again and failed to drop his second shot on the xreen. But h first putt fell into the cup, and this was another 1 At the thirteenth—a short hole— one of the most terrible bunkers on the course trapped Hagen's drive. He got out magnificentl however, and _with one putt scored @ % Two fine shots with wood clubs and two good putts gave the American a 4 at_the long fourteenth At the fifteenth he played one of the finest wood shots made during the championship—a low-flying _brassie, straight for the pin from 225 yards down the fairway, with a strong wind to bore through.” Two putts here, and he had another 1 Then came the long sixteenth, with a following wind. But, wind or no wind, a par 5 hole. dog-legged and well over vards. Hagen's sec- ond shot here Stopped just off the edze of the green, but on the hard close-clipped grass and hole-high his approach putt was short and_he took two more putts. getting a 5 Thus he was even 4s, with two more 4< needed to win or a 4 and a 3 to tie. which weuld make a play-off at tHiriy-six holes necessary tomorrow. Going into the wind toward the sev- enteenth, with its long, narrow green well bunkered. Hagen' got his drive into the rough. From the tall grass he dropped a long iron shot close to the pin. He missed a six-foot putt, however, and had to take another 4 Makes Winning Putt. Now came the home hole. with the scurrying, excited crowd racing down both sides of the fairway and sur- rounding the green even before the plavers left the tee. Hagen got a &ood drive, but his iron shot was car- ricd by the wind across the green, where the ball nestled in the fringe of clover. A five seemed likely. His runing shot out of this position stop- ped at the top of an undulation in the green, leaving Hagen a downhill putt of two yards which had to be sunk in order to win the championship He sank i, and his wife dashed out from the crowd and embraced the new champion The other spectators cheered like good British sports and then Hagen was lifted to the shoulders of some of them and carried to the clubhouse. The hole-by-hole Hagen follows: 7 79 7 k) ste score made by FIRST ROUND. 4154344 50346 4 4 4 SECOND ROUND. 48 4435 6-38 13445 44 THIRD ROUND, 1°4 443 4 4 134464 43 FOURTH ROUND. 835436 441 48 445 4 436 YARDAGE AND SCRATCHED, 3977 400 410 in, 3.460. Total—750. “Total—76. Distance—Out, 3 290; Serateh—Out. 33; in, 38, Walter Hagen, who yesterday won the British open championship at Hoylake, thereby completing the greatest record in tne history of the British event, is a New Yorker by birth. He was born in Rochester, N Y., in 1892, and learned the rudiments of his game while serving his ap- prentice as a caddie on the links of that cf'y. Hag n's achievement at Hoylake rounde ' out three years whica have never been duplicated. Others have won_the British title more times than has Hagen, but no one has ever equal- ed his feat of winning the British title in 1922, the first American home- bred to bring the famous cup across the water; second, a stroke behind Arthur Havers, at Troon last year and first this vear. 1 No golfer who ever lived has such a tournament record as Hagen, who is regarded as the greatest competi- tive players of the present age, if not of all times. British titleholder twice, American champion twice, north and South open champion twice, western open champion twice, metropolitan open champion twice, French open champlion once and P. G. A. champion once—that is his record. In addition to that, numerous minor titles have fallen to his unusual skill as a golfer. Hagen's record dates back to 1914, when he won his first notable tourna- ment, the national open at the Mid- lothian Club, Blue Island, I, ‘in which he finished a stroke ahead of Chick Evans with a total of 200. He duplicated that performance at Brae Burn, West Newton, Mass., in)1919. when, after he had tied with a score of 301 for the seventy-two holes ot Play, he defeated Brady in the sub- sequent play-off with a score of 77 Brady's 78. “H' was a contender for the title in the recent Oakland Hills event until ‘he, never-failing smile on the cheer. face of Walter Hagen was expanded into a broad grin today. the second time in three years the dapper American-born profes- sional is the open champion of Great Britain, having demonstrated with brassic, mashic and putter, his superiority over the best golfers Ray, Wethered, Duncan, Havers and a long string of n the other entrants from the United States. iron | For ome of the game. th in the list of those who teed off r the Royal Liverpool links—Taylor, fac” 1 Barnes and the veteran Gil Nicholls. the very finish, a shanked mashic shot at” the sixteenth hole putting \im out of the running, and in a tie with Macdonald Smith for fourth place. His two victories in the West- ern open were in 1916 and 1921 and 0 the metropolitan open in 1916 and 319, the first of these at the Garder ity Golf Club and the other ireenwich. In 1920 he won “rench cpen championship. Thi he was successful in the defgn nis title as north and south pion at Pinehurst. His first v in the P. G. A event was gained al 1wood in 1821, when he defeated | Long Jim Barncs of Pelham in the Last y Gene Sarazen dv ted him after a sensational thirty eight-hole final at the Pelham Coun- try Club. Hagen was for several years en- gaged as professional at the Oakland Hills Golf Club, scene of this year' open champior ship, but for the I few years has confined his activities to exhibition work, in which he ha teamed with Joe Kirkwood, the Aus- tralian triple-shot artist. the ——— PLAYING GOLF FINAL. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 28.—Jame: Manion and Lawson Watts of St. Louis fight it out over the St. Joseph Country Club links today for the title of transmississippi _golf champion. the semi-finals Manion defeated iddie Held of St. Louis, the present champion, 1 up, and Watts swamped J. K. Wetherby of Minneapolis, 12 and 11. WEST BATTLES EAST IN MUNY GOLF FINAL o S By the Assoriated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, June 28.— Henry Decker of Kansas City and Joe Coble of Philadelphia are battling today for the national public links champion- ship over thirty-six hole: Decker defeated R. Delury of Boston, 3 and 2. while Coble sent Frank Dolph, the Portland, Ore. voungster, to a 6-and-5 defeat in the semi-finals yesterday. In the third round Decker defeated Barl McAleer of Washington, D. C. but to accomplish this he shot birdie on the second, eighth and twelfth holes. Coble defeated Art Behm, Cleveland, 3 and 2. AURORA. TiL. June 28.—Pete Sar- miento, bantamweight champion of the Philippines, slightly shaded Irish Johnny Curtain in a fast ten-round bout last night. They weighted 119 pounds. -— TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, June 28.—The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both very, very muddy this morning. s R Mackenzie of Columbia. Although Albert R. Mackenzie just squeezed through yesterday in a close match with Tom Sasscer of Balti- more, he is still a favorite to retain his title, for he has found the knack of putting the Bermuda grass greens here and will be hard to stop. His semi-final round today will be in the nature of a grudge match, for he is playing R. Cliff McKimmie, who yes- terday beat Roland Mackenzie, “son of “the champion, on the eeighteenth green, the same green where, a few minutes later, Albert squeezed out a final hole win over Tom Sasscer of Baltimore. Tuckerman Playing Well. Walter R. Tuckerman, representing the Burning Tree Club, is the other Washington man in the semi-final. He should beat Carl Whitaker of Richmond in the semi-finals. Tuck- erman so far has shot the best golf in match play of any man in the tournament. Outside of the first flight but four of the twelve Capital players who were in the various sixteens are left in the semi-final rounds today. Albert Mackenzie did mighty well to come through against Sasscer, for, like Roland against McKimmie, he was down most of the way, and, unt like Roland, came through with a last-hole victory.” Albert squared the match at the sixteenth, and halved the seventeenth, with the honor. He only half hit his tee shot to the 165- yard eighteenth, while Sasscer, scent- ing victory over the champion, put ais ball on the green. Albert chipped up four feet from the hole and Sass- cer putttd over and mlssed)he return putt, while Albert holed~his four- footer to win. Roland had a rough road in_ the morning with J. D. Ewell of Her- mitage, whom he finally put away on the nineteenth hale. Going out against McKimmie in the afternoon, Roland was erratic off the tee and was down at the turn. He came to the sixteenth only one down, having won three of the four holes imme- diately preceding. He got a good half at the seventeenth where McKimmie, nearly home in two shots, took three to get down from the edge of the green, while Roland’s second shot from the rough was sliced. That left Roland dormie one down at the last hole and he hooked his mashie shot into a trap, while McKimmie was trapped at the other side of the green. Roland tried fo play the shot too fine, failed to get out and got only a half in 4. Makes Strong Finish. Tuckerman waded through Karl F. Kellerman of Columbia to the tune of a 6 and 4 victory in the morning, shooting the last eight holes in even 3 over a stretch of ‘the course that is regarded as most difficult, as there are two par 5 holes in 'the Tot. In the afternoon he beat the steady A. Lee Hawse of Richmond, a former champion, 3 and 2. Albert MacKenzie gave John Max- WILLS-FIRPO SCRAP IS APPROVED IN N. J. TRENTON, N. J., June 28.—Commis- sioner Newton A. K. Bugbee of the state athletic commission has ap- proved articles of agreement entered into between Firpo and Wills for their bout scheduled to be conducted at Boyles' Thirty Acres on August 30, It was announced that since the forthcoming match will lead to a championship fight _the promoters would be permit®d’ to charge the maximum fee of §25 for admission, plus tax. . The question long in doubt as to whether.the New Jersey commission would sanction mixed bouts was set- tled by the announcement. By the Associated P BUENOS AIRES, June 2% —Luis Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight fighter, and Juan Homs, representa- tive of ~ Tex Rickard, yesterday signed the preliminary contract for a_fizht between Firpo and Harry Wills, the American negro. The bout will take place in New York or New Jersey sometime around August 30, Under the contract Firpo is guar- anteed $100,000 with an option of 37 per cent of the gate receipts. s e HORNSBY MAY SET N. L. BATTING MARK | ciated Pross ). June 28.—Rogers Horns- by, batting champion of the National League and star second baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals, is out to establish a new National League rec- ord by leading the circuit in hitting for the fifth consecutive year, and, with the season approaching the half- way mark, is continuing the pace he set at the opening. He is slapping the ball at a .397 clip, according to averages released loday for games through Wednes- ay. Hornsby has equaled the famous record of Honus Wagner, who led the National League batsmen four consecutive vears, In 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909. The St. Louis player led in_1 21, 1922 and 1923. best mark was .380, and Hornshy bettered it with .401 in 1922 BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN Clubs. Washington Detroit LEAGUE. L. Pct. Win. Lose. 27 557 545 Cleveland Philadelphia . 381 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. st Washington. Boston at Washirgton. Detroit at Cleveland. Detroit at Cleveland. S+ Louis at Chicago. St.-Louis at Chicago. New York at Boston RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Washington-Philadelphia (rain). New York, 12—10; Boston, 7—3. Detroit, 13 Clevtland, 0. Chicago, 9; St. Louis, 3. NATIONAL Clubs* New York Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cineinnati Boston Philadelphia ... St; Louls . GAMES TODAY. Cincinnati at St. L. Brooklyn at Phila. Boston at New York. Chicago at Pittsb'gh. LEAGUE. 24 4 a8t GAMES TOMORROW. Pittsburgh_at St. L. Phila. at Brooklyn. Boston at New York. Chicago at Cincinnati. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Pittwburgh, 9; Chicaxo, 0. Cincinnati, 5—3; St. Louis, 3—: Philadelphia-Brooklyn (rain). New York-Boston (rain THREE CAPITAL GOLFERS IN THE M. A. SEMI-FINALS BY WALTER R. McCALLUM: ICHMOND, Va,, June 28—With three men out of four in the semi- final round of the Middle Atlantic golf championship, which con- cludes over the course of the Hermitage Golf Club here today, Washington bids fair to retain the title, now in the hands of Albert R. Numerically of the group of Washington players in the semi-final round should be able to bring the honor§ to Washington. rong, and also strong in skill, one from S. Q. Collins of Richmond. but was eliminated in the afternoon by H. G. Chickering of Wilmington, last year's medalist. John T. Harris of Bannockburn eked out a last-hole victory over Charles W. Kent of Richmond in the first round of the third flight, but lost to Henry W. Parr of Baltimore on the nineteenth hole in the after- noon. Gardiner P. Orme of Columbia won both his matches vesterday by 7 and €. while in the fifth flight J. T. Mc- Clenahan of Washington won twice, defeating George E. Truett, also of Washington, in the second round. E. C. Alvord of Bannockburn won both his_matches in the sixth flight, yeating Roger Hall of Baltimore on he nineteenth hole yesterday after- noon. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. When you get into the knack of striking straight down at the ball with the left arm and pressing on the whaft with the thumbs—which in my “pufl down¥ expressecdin another way — you may find the clubhead’ pull against your body, after it has pass- ed through the ball, wo great that you will show a tendency to let go of the shaft with the right hand. ‘Wateh out for that. Hold on with both hands and, instead of letting g0 with the right hand, %o through further with the right shoulder. Keep the head down—and fixed—and hit right through with both right shoulder and left hip, Re- ember also that the left hip moes raight rward, right into the bail, mot around to the left. You shoot this hip just as the clubhead gets to the ball, and the middle-body weight, thus th n into the ball, will give you some twenty-five yards more when you learn how to apply it with xood timing. Shooting this left hip into the ball, incidentally, is the only IOV place where you do apply any body prexsure in the xhot—and you should be on your guard mot to make this well, the Richmond city champion, a 6 and 5 beating in the morning. Dever® Burr of Columbia won his morning match in the second flight plication of body weight too vio- lent. Never exaggerate anything is the golf swing. (Copyright, John ¥. Dille Os.) A NNOUNCEMENT by the management of the Washington ball club that Doc Prothro had been released outright to Memphis in ex- change for Tommy Taylor, third baseman of the Southern Asso- ciation club, was received with considerable surprise by local fandom, which held the Tennessee tooth-jerker in high esteem because of his hitting ability. As explained at headquarters, the deal, which also in- cludes the relinquishing of Outfielder Carr Smith with a string attached, to be returned this fall, was made because of the superior fielding ability of Taylor, who is touted as much more capable on defense than Prothro, while equally effective in attack. The exchange, which was dictatea by Manager Harris after both Presi- dent Griffith and Scout Joe Engle had inspected and O. K.'d Taylor, was made because the youthful pilot had become convinced that Prothro, for all his undoubted prowess as a flail wielder, fell several notches short of par in a fielding way from a big league angle and could not hope to improve sufficiently in this respect. ‘Taylor, who has been ordered to re- port here immediately, and is ex- pected to put in an appearance by Monday at the latest, started out last season with the Birmingham club as an outfielder, later being shifted to third base with the Memphis club. In 138 games with the two teams during 19 Taylor was at bat 493 times and made 154 hits, including 19 doubles, 9 triples and 3 home runs. for an aver- age of .312. He is reported to have been clouting well above the mark for th this season. No Information on the report that Scout Engel has arranged for the ac- quisition from the Salt Lake Pacific Coast League club of Outfielder Johnny Frederick could be obtained from headquarters today, President Griffith declaring he knew nothing about it; that he had received a tele- gram from Engel this morning about another matter and that no mention was made of the Frederick deal. 300 The Nationals were to stack up against the Philadelphia Athletics in another double-header this afternoon, made necessary by thé postponement due to wet grounds yesterday, and had merely to split even to retain leadership in the flag race even if De- troit, now in second place, wins from Cleveland. Tomorrow the Griffmen will entertain the Boston Red Sox in a series of six games in five days, in- cluding a double-header on Monday. AMERICAN FOILS TEAM IS BEATEN BY DENMARK By the Associated Press Jupe 2N—The team from todny defeated the atex Olympic fencing follx team by 9 matchex to The Belgian team defeated Ar Rentina by 61 touches to 56. Each team won ecight matchex, o the decisxion was made on the number of touches, France defeated Denmark, 14 matches to 2. Italy defeated Aus- tria, 13 matches to 3. Hungary won from Switzerland, 9 to 7. YANKS TURN ON RED SOX AND REGAIN P the Bostonians. THIRD PLACE ENT-UP Yankee wrath, roused to the breaking point by six straight defeats, vented itself upon the Red Sox, and today the New Yorkers again occupy third place, from which they were recently ousted by The world champions’ comeback was registered in a double victory over Fohl's men by the decisive scores of 12'to 7 and 10 to 5. A grand total of twenty American League. vigorous onslaught. Base Ball AS BIG LEAGUERS PLAY IT HARDEST PLAY Seven Red Sox SLOW HIT BALL WITH AVERAGE RUNNER AT PLATE. S8 MusT COME IN AT FULL SPEED, FIELD BALL WITH BOTH HANDS-THEN TOSS TO FIRST WHILE STILL OFF BALANCE. What is the hardest thing a shortstop has to do? Answered by JOE SEWELL Shortatop, Cleveland Indians: The Aardest hitting whortstop in either league. Batted .353 laxt year. * X X X In my opinion, the hardest play for the shortstop is the slow-hit ball with an average runner at the plate. In order -to complete the play the shortstop must come in at full speed, field the ball with both hands and throw to a base while “off-balance.” This makes the throw very difficult, and results in causing this to be the hardest play for the shortstop to handle—and handle suc- cessfully. The next timé you go to a ball game watch the shortstop particularly, and watch him handle a play like this. If he does it well he is probably a pretty good fielding shortstop, because the play requires great skill. 12 LISTED T0 RACE IN LATONIA DERBY LATONIA, Ky, June 28—The su- preme test for speed and stamina was faced by twelve candidates nomi- nated overnight as starters in the forty-second renewal of the Latonia Derby, to be run this afternoon over a distance of one mile and one-half, for a purée of $25,000 added money. Of those named, ten are certain start- ers if the track is fast, and if it turns muddy or sloppy, about eight will_enter the contest. Following are the carded starters in the order of their post positions, with welghts and riders: Polo Ground, 114, : Modest, 118, B. Kennedy. Lord Martin, 118. H. Stutts. \Revenue Agent, 118, D. Hurn. Giblon, 118 E. Pool. Dazsler, 118, J. Corcoran. *King Gorin II. 118, M. Garner. Rlack Gold, 126, J. D. Moones. Reay Butler, 118, L. Lyke. Chilhowee, 118, I, McDermott. *Rourbon ‘Boy, 118, Lilley. Mr. Mutt, 118, J.' Merimee. *Hoard ‘and Cofne emtry. TAFT FACING CUMMINGS FOR COLLEGE GOLF TITLE GREENWICH, Conn., June 28— Dexter Cummings of Yaie, 1923 cham- pion, and W. H. Taft of Dartmouth are meeting today to decide the inter- collegiate golf championship. Taft upset the dope when he de- feated LaurensUpson, the rangy Cal- ifornia star, 2 and 1, in the semi- finals. Sterliné-l(night Six-Cylinder Car of Quality R. F. Riffee & Co~1020 Conn. Ave. o five hits, supplemented by si humiliated Hugmen to start their driv Boston errors, enabled the r back toward the top of the pitchers failed to stop the visitors' Chicago and Cleveland also changed positions, the White Sox beating St Louis, while the Indians bowed to Detroit. The Windy city crew now are tied with the Browns for fifth and Spewker's tribe trail both by & points, The Sox owe their upward climb as much to the ineffectiveness of Sis- ler's twirlers as to their own of- fensive power, scoring four ryns on four hits, three passes. a sacrifice, an error. two stolen bases and a wild pitch. The final count was 8 to 3. Manager Sisler did his best to stave off defeat with four hits Whitehill had a slight edge on Shaute in a battle of moundsmen, and Detroit chalked up a 1-to-0 victory over Cleveland. Rigney's double and Haney's single accounted for the lone run. The Washington-Philadelphia clash was prevented by rain. Pittsburgh continued its spurt to- ward the head of the National League procession at the expense of the Cubs. It was the Pirate's third straight win over Chicago and their fifth victory in a row. While Cooper let the Bruins down with two singles his mates hammered three opposing box- men for seventeen hits, which they converted into a 9-to-0 triumph. A one-handed catch by Cuyler featured. Cincinnati kept the Smoky city ag- gregation within hailing distance by taking two from the docile Cardinals, 5 to 3 and 5 to 2. Dickerman’s ex- cellent relief work did not offset Sherdel's poor start in the first game and neither Bell nor Stuart was able to counteract Dyer's wabbly take-off in the second. Roush garnered four bingles, including a homer, in the opener. Both the New York-Boston and Brooklyn-Philadelphia tilts werecall- ed off on account of rain. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louiaville, &: Toledo. 1. Bt. Paul,’s: Milwaukee, 3. Columbus, 9; Indiaapolis, 0. Eansas City, 11; Minneapolis, 10. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte, 1.3: Spartanburg. 0. Rugusta: 15 daton. 1 s O Greenville, 7-4; Asheviile, 6.17. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Little Rock, 2.5: Ohattancogs, 10. Atianta. : Birmingham, 1. Fow Orleans. 13; Mobite, 10. Memphis, 10; Nashville, 0. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. SR e 2, P Beiersbury. 1 . Distons, 6 Silander 40 00 APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Johnson City, 4-0; Bristol, 1-6, Knoxville, 9: Morristown, 4. Kingsport, §; Greenville, 1. VIRGINIA LEAGUE, PACING MARE SETS MARK. CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 28.—May garet Dillon, champion pacing mare, added to her laurels yesterday by winning _the champion free-for-all pace at New Cranwood. By pacing the second heat in 2:031%, she broke the state record for a mile over a half mile track and her own record or_thé distance. HEWITT TIRES 33x3 S. S. N. S. CORD—$34.25 NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. 1007 9th St. N.W.—F?. 4056 Match your odd coats with our All-wool Trousers, $465 and up; all colors, sizes and patterns. Eiseman's, Seventh at F Sts. NW. TODAY BASE BALL 3 AMERICAN LFAGUE PARK W, i vs. Philadelphia Tickets on &h' 1338 G Bt. ARGENTINES PICKED TO WIN POLO CROWN PARIS, June 28.—With the Olympic polo competition opening today at St. Cloud Park, where the United States plays France, L'Auto’s expert takes the occasion to canvass the chances of the five nations entered in the event. Argentina, he thinks, should finish first, followed by the United States, with Great Britaln third, Spain fourth and France last. He admits that he hesitated some- what in forecasting the winner, not having seen the Argentines in action, as they have only been playing in mixed matches, having, as he puts it, “wisely refused” to play the Americans last Sunday. He is par- ticularly enthusiastic concerning the merits of the thirty-five ponies brought over by the Argentines, be- lieving they are superior to the twenty-eight American mounts. The British, he writes, are not mak- ing the strongest effort in the Olympics, but are reserving them- selves for the Meadowbrook tourna- ment in October. The United States line-up in today's match was expected to Thomas Hitchcock, No. 1: Elmer J. Boeseke, No. 2; Rodman Wanamaker, No. 3, and Frederick Roe, back. The French. team consists of Count Pierre de Jumilhac, No. 1: Jacques MacAire, No. 2; Hubert de Montbrison, No. 3, and Count Charles de Folignac, back. SUZANNE DECLARED SUPERIOR TO HELEN LONDON, June 28.—As Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen successively dispose of each fresh opponent in the Wimbledon tournament the news- paper lawn tennis crites show in- tensified interest in the prospest of a meeting in the final between the American and world champlons. Reviewiam: vesterday's play, the experts in their articies this morn. ing again note improvement in Miss Wills. They say she played extrem. well against Mrs. Edgington, whe herself, is a fine player, and they are prepared to see her win through until she faces Mile. Lenglen. Their recognition of her skill, however, is not accompanied by prediction that | she is likely to defeat the redoubtable Suzanne. Never before, perhaps. have they been so impressed by the French girl's marvelous tennis, which is o perfect as to be regarded as almost un- canny. They pay tribute to the fine display mad by Mrs Wightman against ML lLenglen yesterday, stressing the vern with whicl she judged every stroke aside from the skill with which she del red | them, and say she must have beaten | anybods exeept Suzanne: yet . the latter seemed to defea. her without effort, plaving with an excellence Which they cannot conceive any Woman surpassing. Their view is that Lenglea has out- done herself in . this to irnament Noting that she has won thirty-six games thus far, losing none, some of the writers say that if she naintains this form she will be chanpion for the sixth time. terday’s results: Men's singles—Vincent ted D. M defeuted A. Dudley, 0. G—4: Jean Borotra, France. Lowe, England, 6—1, 6—4. Vomen's minglca—Miie one_Lenglen, Prance, | defeated | Mrs. George . Wightman. S 502 3tiss Helon Wills: Amer. fea, defeated Mrs. Edgington, England, 6 65 iiew Elizabeth Koan. Americu, defeated | Mrs. Phyilis Covell, England, 6—4, | Womea's - donbles—Mixs. ‘Eieanor Goss ~ and Mrs"Sarion Jessup. America. defeated Sat- terthwaite ‘mod Niss K. H. Harvey, England. defeuted 3 incent Richards and Mrs. | America. defeated . Watson Dranstieid, Eogland, 64, & s Lilian Sharman, and Miss Holcroft, England, 10—, 63 — COLLEGE NET TITLES ARE AT STAKE TODAY THILADELPHIA, June 28.—Five matches are scheduled for the ional intercollegiate tennis cham- pionship tournament at the Merion Cricket Club today, rain yesterday having forced the postponement of three doubles matches. One third-round match and two semi-finals will be played in the doubles this morning, while the finals in both singles and doubles are scheduled for this afternoon. Wallace Scott and Bruce Hesketh of the University of Washington will meet C. C. Hubbell and A. Sheri- dan of Yale in the first match of the day, a third-round contest. Later the winning team in this match will face the Harvard players, W. W. In- graham and Karl S. Pfaffman, in a semi-final match. In the other bracket of the semi-finals Phil- Bettens and Ed Chandler of California meet Lewis N. White and Lewis Thalheimer, University of Texas, the Getending champions. Arnold W. Jones of Yale, former junior titleholder,.and Scott are the finalists in the singles and should Scott and Hesketh reach the finals in the doubles it will mean that Scott will have to play in four matches. AMERICAN HORSES WIN. LONDON, June 28.—Driving Knight Commander, Miss Jean Brown Scott of Port Kennedy, Pa., yesterday won two first prizes at the Olympic inter- national horse show. She took first honors in the class for harness horses and also in the class for carriage horses driven by amateurs. In the harness horse competition she took fourth prize with Newton Victor. She drove her own horses. EXPERIENCE— Yoars of practioal experience Teflected in every onecof our GARAGES DISTINOTIVE _improve- o A ST ontutive Tl you about ihom. Bt ss DOWN 37.50 MONTH BUNGALOWS GARAGES ASHINGT CONSTRUCTION CO. CONTINENTAL PHONE MAIN 7984 is SCHEDULE OF EAMS of the Washington Base tion are to be quite busy duri I Pop Cook, secretary of the or for the balance of the season, and be played by the senior nines thirty- Most of the sections of the three classes in the association are to start their new schedules July 4, with double-headers, but a couple of groups will get under way before Independ- ence day. Unless inclement weather interferes, all of the title races in the sections will be concluded the latter | part of August. The schedules follow: SENIOR CLASS—SECTION A. July 4—Epiphany vs. Argyle, East. 5. 4—Riverside vs. Northern, West. 5 5—Epiphany vs, Eastern, South. 5. 6—Riverside vs. Kanawha, West, 1. 12—Epiphany vs. Riverside. South, 5. 13—Argyle vs. Kanawha, West, 1 Eastern vs. Northern. East, 1. 20—Northern vs. Argyie, West, 1 Eiverside vs. Eastern, 15th and C, 21—Kanawha vs. Epiphany, No. 1, 6. 25—Epiphany vs, Northern. South, 5. 27—Argyle vs. Riverside, West, 1 Eastern vs. Kanawha, 15th and C, Aug. 2—Epiphany vs. Argyle, South, 5. 3—Argyle vs. Eastern. 15th and C, 1 Northern vs. Kanawha, West, 1. 9—Eastern vs. Epiphany, South, 5. 10—Riverside vs. Northern, West, 1. 11—Kanawha vs. Riverside, No. 1, 5. SECTION ». July 6—8hamrock vs. Apache, South. 1. Warwick vs. Chevy Chase, C. C., Linworth vs. Emblam, Wash, Ba; 13—Warwick v. Apache, Wash. Bu Linworth vs. Chevy Chase, C. C., Shamrock vs. Liberty, South, 1. 20—Chevy Chase vs. Apache, C. C., 3. Liberty vs. Emblem. East, 1. Warwick vs. Shamrock, South, 1. 27—Emblem vs. Apache. East, 1. Liberty vs. Chievy Chase. C. C., 3. Shamrock vs. Linw'th. Wash. Bar., Aug. 3—Liberty vs. Apache, East, 1. Emblem vs. Chevy Chase, C. C., Warwick vs. Linworth, Wash. Bar., 1. JUNIOR CLASS—SECTION A. July 2—Winton vs, Eastern. No. 1 4—St. Martin’s vs. Hoss. Piaza. 7—Hess vs. Eastérn. Plaza 8—Shamrock vs. St. Martin's, No 11 Kanawha vs. Eastern. Plaza. 14—Winton vs. St. Martin's. Plaza. 16—Kanawha vs. Hess. No. 1. 18—Winton vs. Shamrock. Plaza. 21—Eastern vs. St. Martin's. Plaza. 23—Hess vs. Shamrock. No. 1. 25—Kanawha vs. Winton, Plaze. 28—Shamrock vs. Easters, Plaza. 30—Winton Hess, No. 1. Aug. '1—St. Martin’s vs. Kanawha. Plaza. 4—Hees vs. St. Martin's. Plaza 6—Kanawha vs. Shamrock, 8—Eastern vs. Winton, Plaz 11—Kanawha vs. Eastern, Plaza 13—Shamrock vs. St. Martin’s, No. 1. 16—Eastern vs, Hess, Plaza. 18—Winton vs. Shamrock. Piaza. 20 Hess vs. Kanawba, No. 1. 22—St. Martin's vs. Winton, Plaza. All games start at 5 o'clock. SECTION B. July 4—Hilltop vs. Ballston, East. 11. Tremont vs._ Peerle: 1 6—Hilltop vs. Elliott. Wi Tremont vs. Paramou: 13—Ballston vs. Paramount. Bast Elliott vs. Peerless, West. 11. Hilltop vs. Tremont. Hilltop, 12. 20—Peerless vs. Baliston. West, 11. Tremont vs.” Elliott. East, 11 Paramount vs. Hilltop. Hilitop, 27—Ballston vs. Tremont, East, 11. Elliott vs. Paramount, West, 11. Hillton vs. Peerless, No. 4, 11, Aug. 2—Hilltop vs. Ballston, West, 5. 3—Ballstor. vs. Elliott. East. il Peerless vs. Paramount. West, 11. 9—Tremont vs. Peerless. West. 5. 10—Elliott vs. Hilltop, West. 11. Paramount vs. Tremont, East, SECTION C. July 4—Croscent vs. Argyle, South, 11 Mount Rainier vs. Clover. South. 1. 6—Crescent vs. Boys' Club, No. 1, 5. __ Warwick vs. Clover. South. 11. 10—Argyle vs. Clover. South, 1L, Boys' Club vs, Mt. Rainior, South, 3. Crescent vs. Warwick. No, 3. 1. 20—Mount_Rainier_vs. Argyle. No.'s 1. Warwick s, Boys' Clib. Souin, 11. Clover vs. Crescent. South, 3. 27—Argyle vs, Warwick, South, 3, Boys' Club vs, Clover. No. 1. 5. - e Warwich, No . 2—Crescent vs, Argy 3 Aevie ve. Bove Mount Bainier vs. Clover | 9—Warwick vs. Mt Rainier. North, 10—Boys' Club vs. Cresoent, No. 1. Clover vs. Warwick. South, 11. MIDGET CLASS—SECTION A. July 1—Southend vs. Northern, Plaza. 3—Winton vs. Eastern. Piaza, 5. 4—Pierce vs. Noel, No. 1, 5. 8—Noel vs. Eastern, Plaza, 5. 10—Southend vs. Pierce, Plaza, 5. 11—Northern vs. Eastern. No. 1. 5. 15—Winton vs. Pierce, Plaza, 5. 17—Northern vs. Noel. Plaza. 5. 18—Winton vs. Southend, No. I.'5. 22—Eastern vs. Pierce, Plaza, 5. 24—Noel vs. Southend. Plaza, 5. 25—Northern vs. Winton. No. 1, 28—Southend vs. Eastern. Plaza. 31—Winton vs, Noel, Plaza, 5. Aug. 1—Pierce vs. Northern, No. 1. 6. —Pierce vi. Northern. Xo. i, R0 12, 1. 5. 5. 5. 5 5. . No. 1. 5. 12—Northern vs. Eastern. Plaza. 5. 14—Southern vs. Pierce, Plaza. §. 15—Eastern vs. Noel, 1 8. 22—Pierce vs. Winton, No, 1, 5. Woodmwact Your Golf like new. Your auto bumpers, rious other parts of will look as well as bought the car. quality. Manufacturing Plant Office, Fifth after the June series are completed in the several classes. willghold sixty-one contests and the midgets seventy 172 GAMES MADE FOR SANDLOTTERS Bulk of Engagements Booked Are for Midget Teams, But Senior and Junior Clubs Will Be Busy. July 4 Double-Header Day Ball and Amateur Athletic Associa- ng the months of July and August. ganization, has arranged a schedule it calls for 172 games tp be played There are to four engagements, while the juniors y-seven. SECTION B. July 4—Stanley vs. Arrow, West. 1. Trinity vs. St. Joseph, East. 1. 6—Stanley vi. Corinthian, South, 5. Trinity vs. Mt. Rainier, East. 5. 13—Arrow vs. Mt. Rainier, East. 5 Corinthian vs. St. Joseph, South, 5. Stanley vs. ‘Trinify, West, 5. 20—St. Joseph vs. Arrow. West, 5. Trinity vs. Corinthian, East. 5 Mt. Rainier vs. Stanley. South, 5 27—Arrow vs. Trinity. Seuth. 5. Corinthian vs. Mt. Rainier, West, 5. Stagley vs. 5t. Joseph. East. 5. Aug. 2—Stanley vs. Arrow. No. 1. §. 3—Arrow vs. Corinthian. East, 5. Bt. Joseph vs. Mt. Rainier, South, 5. 9—Trinity vs. 8t. Joseph, No. 1, 5. 10—Corinthian vs. Stanley, South! 5 Mt. Rainier vs. Trinity, East, 5. SECTION C. July 4—Moeridian vs. Hanover. East Shamrock vi. Ozark., West. 3. 6—Meridian vs. Kacawha, Zast. 3 Shamrock vs. National, South 3. 13—Eanover vs. National.' East, 3. Kanawha vs. Ozark, No. 3.'5. . Shamrock, West 3 National vs, Meridian, West, 3. Hanover vs. Shamrock. East. 3, Eanawha vs, Nationai, South, 1L vs. Ozark, West, 3. ational. Soutl,, 5—Shamrock vs. Ozark, No. 1, S. 10—Kanawha vs. Meridian, Zait. 3. National vs. Shamrock, Fouth, 3. SECTION D. July 6—Premier vs. Aurora. No. 3, 1. Mohicans vs, Hyattsville, No. 7. & Peerless vs. Cong. Hgws, No. 7, 5. 13—Aurora vs. Mohicans, No. 3, 1. Peeriess vs. Hyattsville, No. 7, 3. Bremier vs. Cong. Hgts. No. 7, b. 20—Peerless vs. Mohicans, No. 3. 1. Cong. Hpts.'vs. Hyattsvills, No. 7, 3 Aurora_vs. Premier, No. T, 8. 21—Cong. Hgts. vs. Premier. No. 3, Hyattsvidle vs. Mohicans, No. 7, 3 Aurora_vs. Peerless, No. 7. 8. Aug. 3—Hyattsville vs. Cong. L No. 3, 1. Aurors, vs. Mobicazs, No. 1, 3. Premier vs. Pesrless, No. 7, Washington and Baltimore clul affiliated with the National Base Ball Federation will clash July 4. Frank A. Ruth, president of the Baltimore federation, is sending three teams | leaders in their respective classes, t this city to be pitted against local hopefuls’ on the Washington bar- racks diamond. The Warwick Juniors Will tackle Princeton Athletic Club | at 12 o'clock. the Linworths will meet the Champions in the second game and the United Printers will engage the Arlingtons in the final tilt. Cups will be given each winning club. Truxton Athletic Club was to play Commercial National Bank this eve- ning on the fleld at Catholic Uni- versity, starting at 5 o'clock. Charley Jeffries was expected to hurl for the Truxtons Knickerhocker Seniors and Herzls have an engagement LomMOTTOW morn- ing at 11 o'clock on Monument Lot, diamond No 3. Interior Department nine will go to Congress Heights tomorrow after- noon for a game with the Snyder- Farmer Amegican Legion Post team, starping at § oclock. Yankee Midgets overcame the Trux- ton Midgets vesterday, in a 8-to-4 serap. The Yanks accumulated eight- cen hits in the engagement ford Midgets are seeking games Telephone challenges to Franklin 9513 between 5 and 6 p.m. Barrett Athletic Club is casting about for a date tomorrow. The management may be telephoned at North 1089. Nine games are to be plaved in the Potomac League tomorrow. as fol- lows: St. Joseph's vs. Rialte, Com- forter vs. Georgetown, Milan v Union_Printers, O'Donnell's vs. Hili- tops, Eastern vs. White Haven (two games), Tenlevtown vs. Lehigh (two games) and Ransdell vs. St. Stephen’s Epiphany Athletic Association and Crescent nines were to be opponents in a game on the Zoo diamoni starting at 3 o'clock. Chevy Chase Rewerves want games with junior_teams. Telephone chai- lengeh to Manager Bill Fisher, Cleveland , between 6:30 and p.m FOUR LEFT IN FENCING. Dy the Associated Press. PARIS, June 28 —The United States Argentina, Hungary and France re- main in the running after the firs day’s Olympic fencing foils compet tion, while Spain and Holland hav been eliminated. 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