Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1924, Page 31

SEEM CERTAIN TO ANNEX EUROPEAN ZONE HONORS Youthful, Fiery Combination Is Picked to Battle Australians, as Latter Are Favorites to Score in American Section. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N EW YORK, July 31.—In view of the victory of the French team over England in the Davis cup match preliminaries no close follower of tennis has any doubt that France will be the winner in the European zone and will come to the United States for play against the ! American zone winner. Some even go so far as to predict that this year will see American defenders engaged against French challengers in the Davis cup finals at Germantown This presupposes the defeat of Australia by the Gallic racket wielders in the interzone match at Longwood in September. It might well happen fiery youngsters, all of whom tralians, as with the American: § American tennis enthusiasts who have been watching play in Europe this Summer say that Jean Borotra has made marked forward strides in all departments of the game, and they do not hesitate to name him as the most formidable player of the French team. He shing and brilllant and at the same time has good control of all_sorts of shots. He is picked as superior to Rene Lacoste inasmuch as he goes (o the net for finishing shots much more often than his young colleague does, but otherwise there scems little to choose between the two young Stars. It will be recalled that at Wimbledon Borotra put out Vincent Richards and acoste did the same for Norris Any playvers who can turn a trick of this sort are entitled to every con- sideration by those who love to pre- dict the outcome of tennis events Henri Cochet and Jean Brugnon are the other two members of the French Cochet lost his England-France match to Brian Gilbert, but, o less, is a first-class player, slightly below the level of Borotra and Lacoste, to be sure, a fact. how- ever, due more to the outstanding ability of the two stellar performers rather than to flaws in Cochet's game. Brugnon is about as good as Cochet, and, paired with Borotra, it makes up really formidable doubles outfit. SPOONER SETS PACE IN PISTOL SHOOTING FORT NIAGARA, July 31.—Capt. iL. S. Spooner, military instructor at ‘the University of Pennsylvania, shot the high score in the two opening rounds of the United States Infantry pistol tryouts for the national match team. He scored 261 and 268, for a total of out of a possible 600. Capt. W. A. Hedden, military in- structor of the Birmingham, Ala. high schools, placed second, with a total of 528 Lieut. R. jams, Me . Vermette of Fort Wil- was third, with 5 Lieut. S. R. Hines of Fort Snelling, Minn,, fourth, with 519, and Lieut. Edouardo Audino of Mayaguez, Porto Rico, fifth, with 518. Lieut. Hines, who was a member of the American Olympic team, shot two perfect scores in-timed fire. TWO0 GOLFERS CHOSEN. BOSTON, July 31.—Francis Ouimet and Jesse Guilford, former national amateur golf champions, have re- ceived telegrams notifying them of their selection as members of the American team in the international 4competition with Great Britain for the Walker cup at Garden City Sep- tember 12. FAMILY OF GOLFERS. SPOKANE, Wash., July 31.—Three ®enerations of golfers are entered in a father-and-son tournament at the Spokane Country Club today. Clyde A Graves will play as a partner of ! father, Jay Graves. sr., and will also play a member of a foursome, with Jay Graves, jr., as his partner. LINKS STARS IN EVENT. CHICAGO, July 31.—Champions and former title holders are entered for the Women's Western Golf Associa- tion championship tournament next week at Onwentsia, entries for which close tonight. Miss Edith Cummings of Onwentsia, national champion, has not filed an entry so far, but is ex- pected to do so before the list closes. TU. S. GOLF STARS PATRED. MONTREAL, July 31.—Among the pairings drawn tonight for the Ca- nadian open golf champlonship, which starts tomorrow at the Mount Bruno Country Club, were Gene Sar- azen and Johnny Farrell of New York. Entries for the 72-hole com- petition total 124. FIRPO GOES TO CAMP. NEW YORK, July 31.—Luis Angel Firpo has departed from Broadway for the seclusion of his training camp (2t White Sluphur Springs, Saratoga Springs. Firpo reiterated that his training will be entirely in the hands of his mative countrymen with the possibility of an American heavy- weight added to his sparring staff. — VINCENT IS RELEASED. TORONTO, July 3L—The Toronto club has released Mike Vincent, atcher. It is understood that Vin- bent will join either Jersey City or Newark. YANKS BUY OUTFIELDER. AUSTIN, Tex., July 31.— Benny Beford, outfielder for the Austin, Tex., Association Club, has been sold to the Yankees for a consideration said to be $6,000. TTICA CLUB QUITS. UTICA, N. Y., July 31.—Utica has wl'.hdsgwn from the New York-Penn- sylvania Base Ball League as the re- sult of heavy financial setbacks. Pro- fessional base ball was tried out here for the first time this season in éight ears, and proved a financial failure om the start. -— HARNESS MEET OPENS. The French team is made up of a quartet of re improving constantly, whereas the Aus- are, comparatively speaking, veterans. Inside Golf By Chester Horton: Golfers are always caationed to Keep the left arm stralght during the back swing. Generally If thix arm is straightened dur- ing the back swing it will keep straight doring the forward swing. There is a great difference be- tween the stiffen- ed left arm, in the back swing, and the loft arm that has been straight- ened. Golfers who deliberately stiff- en the arm are losing power _in the stroke. The should be REACH OUT WITH LEFT ARM. arm stretched out, and that fs accomplished by an outward reach, with the club, just after you stzrt the back swin: This causes the left arm to stretch out to itx full length, without at the same time cauxing it to become atill and rigid. \.:'lu l!‘t‘n}i the outward reach just at the point where idity im c arm begins, = ¥ (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) French Netmen Held Likely to Face U. S. T éam 7n Da;is. Cup Challenge Round BETLESS RACINGAIM |LONE EASTERNER IS LEFT |TILDEN AND HIS PALS IN SINGLES AT SEABRIGHT | SCORE IN CALIFORNIA RESULTS IN BIG SUIT SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.—En- deavors to keep the Tanforan race track, near here, free fromi betting have resulted in a sensational damage suit, which has involved outstanding figures in the financial and racing world here. Legal counsel for John Stelling, general manager of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, and J. W. Marchbank, wealthy San Francisco race follower, are engaged in the consideration of the suit, in whick Stelling asks for a judgment of $100,000 against March- bank for alleged slander. Rudolph Spreckels and his son Howard, leading officfals of the club, are brought into the action as the persons to whom the alleged slander was addressed. The supposedly ques- tionable remarks related to the re- ported collecting of $50 each from seven bookmakers by “a man named Kyne” to permit betting at the track. Stelling was wrongfully accused, ac- cording to the complaint of partici- pation_in this levy on the -book- makers. ST. PAUL YACHT WINS. KENORA, Ontario, July 3lL—Sail- ing in a light breese, the Canvas Back, entered by the White Hear Yacht Club of St. Paul, captured the firsg race of the Cameron cup series, winning by 45 seconds. Sir Augus- Nanton's Verve III, Lake of the Club, was second, with the White Bear entry, Bootlegger, third, and Quicksilver of the Lake of tne ‘Woods Club fourth. s T LIEB TO ASSIST ROCKNE. NOTRE DAME, Ind, July 31— Thomas J. Lieb, former Notre Dame foot ball and track star, has been signed as assistant foot ball coach at Notre Dame University, it has been announced by Knute Rockne, athletio director. 6b, who was a member of this years American Olympic team, also Will have charge of the track, wrestling, boxing and hockey squads. CRIQ_U:I REPORTED HURT. PARIS, July 3L—A report has reached Paris that Eugene Criqui, for- mer world featherweight champion, has been seriously injured in an automobile accident, near Ligneres, in the Department of Orne. —_— St. Mary’s Juniors and the Virginia Gray Juniors were to be opponents today at 5 o'clock, at Dreadnaught Park in one of the Alexandria Junior League matches. MIKE BRADY TELLS: Two Holes-in-One in a Single Round. l T has been my good luck to perform one stunt most unusual in golf— one that has perhaps not been duplicated. one else reporting the same feat and, in the absence of any other I have not heard of any data, judge that it stands as a record. On Labor day, 1917, I was one of a foursome playing an exhibition match at the Siasconset Country Club, Siasconset, Mass. I was paired with a local amateur against Willie Tellier, the Boston professional, whose partner also was a home player. We had quite a gallery, including a num- ber of the actors’ colony at Nantucket. Coming to the eighth hole, a 170- yard affair, in the morning round, when it was my turn to tee off I picked my midiron, dropped a beauti- ful shot on the green and, to my de- light and the gallery’s admiration, saw the ball take a little run and drop into the cup for a hole-in-one. That was enough to make any one happy for a flock of days. But good fortune was not through with me. Coming to the short thirteenth, a 150- vard hole, calling for a mashie play from the tee, I filled my cup of joy to overflowing by taking only one stroke from tee to cup. Two holes-in-one in a single day! That sure was going some. Moreover they had come in the same round. The gallery nearly went wild, But that wasn't all. No, I didn't do the stunt again—not that day; but on the 250-yard seventeenth hole, with a smashing drive, I almost repeated. My ball passed the cup by exactly three inches. I was left with a sure two. Notwithstanding, I took a six on one hole and a seven on another that morning, 1 broke the course record 69. There's nothing like n-one and near holes-in-one for cutting down strokes. PLESTINA LOSES ON MAT. ST. LOUIS, July 31.—Marin Plestina, Jugoslav wrestler of Chicago, failed to throw Jimmy Londos, Greek heavy- weight in 90 minutes. Plestina had accepted a handicap match against Londos on the agreement he was to throw the Greek twice in 90 minutes. Londos weighed at 192 and Plestina at 230 pounds. LEDOUX QUITS RING. NEW _ YORK, July 31.—Charlle Le- doux, French bantamweight, and for ten years European bantamweight champion, returned to his native land yesterday. Ledoux said he had defi- nitely retired from the ring following his recent defeat by Abe Goldstein, world bantamweight champion. REDICK STQPS EDWARDS. OTTAWA, July 31-—Jack Redick of Moosejaw, Sasketchewan, successfully defended his Canadian light-heavy- weight title last night when he knocked out Joe Edwards of Cleve- land in the eighth of a 16-round match. GEERS AFTER RECORD. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 31L—Ed- ward F. (Pop) Geers, veteran light- harness reinsman, will attempt to set a new record for a half-mile track here Sa;urday Wwith Peter Manning and San- ardo. — s TENNIS REFEREE NAMED. MONTREAL, July 31.—Walter L. Pate of New York City, a member of the ex- ecutive committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, will referee the second.round match of the Davis cup competitions here between Canada and Japan August 7, 8 and 9, to be held at the Mount Royal Tennis Club. WINS LINKS HONORS. BEACONS FIELD, Quebec, July 31.— E. H. Murray of the Montreal County Club captured the professional goif champlonship of Canada over the Bea- consfield Club course with a score of 144 for 36 holes. WINDSOR, Ontarlo, July 31.—Three small, select fields are entered for the opening card of the Grand Circuit races at Devonshire track today. The card is featured by the Detroit Stake, a 2.12 trot, for a purse of $2,000, with Seven entries. The others are the 2.18 trot, with six entries, and the 2.10 pace, with five entries, for $1,000 each. —— AMERICANS TO COMPETE. ,_July 3L—Postmaster Gen- . J. Walsh, director of the Tail- e T aines, received a cable message from the Paris headquarters of the American Olympic athletic team stat- ing that a large contingent of the merican champion combination would Ome to Dublin for the competition xt month. — Ransdell tossers planned to tackle he Takoma Park Athletic Club today t § o’elock on the Walter Reed Hos- | Mital grounds. Ransdell athletes are . gather at 1815 C street. - Mount Rainfer unlimited players will entertain the Seat Pleasant team Sunday at 3 o'clock In one of the Washington-Maryland League games. Irving Batson, who has 87 strike- outs in six games to his credit, prob- ably will toil on the mound for Mount Rainier. OWL VENTILATORS ‘Wholesale and Retail RADIATORS FEMDERS, BODIZS, LaMPS MADE OR REPAIRED, Eatrance at 1431 P N.W. WITTSTATTS R. AND 319 13th N.W. STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That's All . WASEDA U. CANGELS CHICAGO NINE’S TRIP BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ‘Waseda University of Japan has cabled the University of Chicago to cancel the proposed tour of the Nip- pon island by the Maroon ball team next month. Evidently the earth- quake did more than merely shake buildings down in the land of cherry blossoms. At least economic reasons are given and accepted for the action of the Japanese college. There appears to be no thought that resentment con- cerning our immigration restrictions played any part in the decision. At any rate it is a real blow to Chicago, as the Midway nine has looked forward to its Orfental jaunt each year for quite a number of years. The Waseda-Chicago series is the oldest prolonged international col- lege base ball series in history. Since an American first introduced the game to the islands in the nineties the Japs have taken to it as easily as they (h vsl acquired the art of high-class ennls. Tours of professional big league teams have helped make the sport popular in Japan and Chicago has done much to further the national game there. In addition to the money shortage at Waseda, Prof. Ido Abee, _the father of Japanese college base ball, has been too ill to look after the details of conducting the Maroon series in his country. Abee and his Waseda team were last here in the Spring of 1921. They met several American college nines that year, traveling from coast to coast. If business conditions pick up in Japan, perhaps the 1925 Chicago team will have a chance to inhale the odors of cherry blossoms. But the 1924 outfit is out of luck. _— Legion Insects expected to mow down the St. Stephen’s youngsters to- day at 10 o'clock on diamond No. 4 of “the Monument grounds. Manager McGill of the Leglons has a clever battery in Ford and Jones. Games with the Legions can be arranged by g;._xll’ln‘ Capt. Ferguson at Franklin Fourteen bingles enabled the Quar- termaster nine to triumph over the District of Washington combination, 12 to 6, in the War Department series. N. Plugge and McLaughlin of the winners each connected for three Cor Tires On Credit “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T.0.ProbeyCo. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. S EABRIGHT, N. J., July 3L—Willia . will meet Nathaniel N. Niles of Boston and Howard Kinsey of Cali- fornia will engage Lucien Williams of Chicago in the semi-finals of M. Johnston of Sau Francisco the men’s singles division of the Seabright invitation tennis tournament today. Miss Mary K. Browne of Los Angeles and Miss May MacDonald of New York will clash in the finals of the women’s singles tomorrow. Johnston advanced to the semi- finals by defeating Alex Thayer of Philadelphia, 6—1, 6—3; Kinsey won from Walter Wesbrook of Los An- geles, 6—3, 6—3, and Niles downed Dean Mathey of Cranford, 6—2, 6—1. Misy Browne eliminated Miss Molly D. Thayer of Philadelphia by scores of 6—3, 6—2, and Miss MacDonald registered a hard-fought triumph over Miss Florence Ballin of New York at 7—9, 6—0, 6—3. In the men’s doubles Jjohnston and Clarenee J. Griffin and Karl Behr and Mathey were the first to reach the semi-finals. Yesterday's results: fourth round—Howard Kinses, ‘San Francisco, defeated Wuu}; V,v':lnbv\;mkr ;:: el 63, 6—-3; William M. hnston, Prancisco, defeated Alex D. Thayer. Phiiadel- phia, 6—1 6—3; thaniel W Bostol defeated Dean Mathey, Cranfor 3., 6—2, 6—1: Locien E. Willlams, Chicago, defeated Harvey Soodgrass, Los Angeles, 12—14, 6—2, Women's _singles, semi-final _round—Miss . Browne, Los Angeles, defeated Miss Philadeiphia, 2—8, 6—3, s MacDonald, New York, d feated Miss Florence Ballln, New York, i—9, Mén's doubles, second round—Harvey Snod- grass and Walter Wesbrook, California, defes ¢4 Willard Crocker and Jack Wright, Cana 6—1, 6-1: Lewis White and Louis Thal- heimer, University of Texas, defeated Jerome Be Convenient touring p-:ku:;‘ Fits the pocket of your car. Contains 3 cans of Boyce-ite. Price $1-00 Lang, Néw York, and Fritz Mercur, Lehigh, 4—6,"6—4, 6—3; Robert and Howard Kinvey. Francieco, defeated Samuel Hardy and Gerald Emerson, New York, 63, 6—3. Third round—William M. Johnston and Clar- ence J. Griffin, San Francisco, defeated Brian 1. C." Norton,' South Afric a4 Dr. George King, New York, 6—2, 6—4; Karl Bebr and Deun Mathey, New York, defeated G. P. Gard- ner, jr., and Henry Guild, Boston, 6— 3 6—4. Women's doubles, second round—Miss Flor- ence Ballin and Miss Ma York, defeated Mrs. New' York, and Miss Alice 84, 6—1; Miss Mary K. Horace Dudley, Los Angeles, Virginia Carpenter and Misk Porter, Philadelphis garet ‘Blake and defeated Miss Martha and Miss Katherino Garder, 6—1, 6-3. Mized ~doubles, first round—Miss Francis and L. 0. Bailey, jr.. defeated M; W. B Davie and E. H. Hooker, 7—5, 6- G. B Emerson dete 4 and Jerome Lang. ller and Craig Biddle di feated Mrs. Harrison Smith and Francesco Gerdes, " f— Miss Rosamond Newton and Samuel Hardy defeated Mrs. S. T. Tobey and Manual Liano, 6—2, 6. Fordham Athletic Club is on the lookout for games with teams aver- againg thirteen to fifteen years old Get in touch with Manager W. En- fante at 205 Pennsylvania avenue. defeated Miss Katherige B Boston, Alice ES, July 31.—William T. Tilden, national tennis champion, and his youtbful protege, Sandy Weiner, and Donald Strachan, all of Philadel- phia, marched toward the semi-finals in the third round of play in the southern California tennis champion- ship contests here. The champlon wound up day's play by defeating Alfred Chapin In an exhibition match, 6—4, 6—2. Tilden and Weiner easily outplayed T. H. Roberts, Pas\dena, and A. Ber- goiner, Los Angeles, In the doubles, 6—2, '6—3. Weiner also defeated Robert Deshields, Los Angeles, 6—1, —0, in the junior singles. Strachan and Weiner defeated A Kimbler and Art Wilcox, Los Angeles players, in the junior doubles, 6—1, 6—2. LOS A vester- . Singer of $t. Louis failed to arrive, and lost by default to A. Blackstone in the junior singles, and R. W. Scherelk, also of St. Louis, was 0. 6—0, in_the ju . Bledsoe, Los Angeles. JAP NETMEN PAROLED. NEW YORK, July 31.—Two mem- bers of the Japanese Davis cup. ten- nls team—Takeo Harada and Masano- suke Fukuda—who were detained by immigration officials at Ellis Island upon their arrival from England on the Olympic, were paroled by an order from the Department of Labor. It is alleged by immigration officials that Harada and Fukuda failed to have their passports vised by the American consul at Paris. TREATED GAS Boyce-ite treated Motor Gasoline is BLU- GREEN in color. It is sold through visible pumps only—thus you can always be sure that you are getting the genuine. Look for the Boyce-ite pumps. They are red, yellow and black. In each of them you can see the clear, pure, BLU-GREEN car- bonless fuel rise in the glass tank. There is one in your neighborhood. Once you have located it and used the BLU-GREEN car- bonless fuel, you will never again have to pay for cleaning carbon or grinding valves and you will add years to the life of your LOCATION OF Boyceite PUMPS SPORTS. LEAGUE GAME CALLED OFF * TO SEE GOLF STARS PLAY' C HICAGO, July 31.—Adrian C. Anson, a base ball leader in the old days, 30 years or so ago, was held by some diamond followers to be guilty of heresy when he declared that he would rather see a game of base ball than a round of golf, but that he would rather play on the links than to watch the hits and runs. But the non-orthodoxy of the now déceased base ball manager was cast into the discard yesterday when a base ball game between Terre Haute and Peoria was called off so that the players and fans might see a golf match in w h Cyril Walker, national open champion, Bobby Cruick- shank, runner-up to Bobby Jonés last year; Chick tional amateur and open title holder, and E vans, formerly na- F. Carter, formerly Irish champion, played at the Country Club of Peoria. AUSSIES AND CHINESE OPEN CUP TENNIS PLAY NEW YORK, Jaly 31.—Australian and Chinese Davis cup teams will meet on the courts of the Crescent A. C. in Brooklyn today in the first round matches of the American zone play. W. Lock Wei, captain of the Chinese team and a student at the M. ichu- setts Institute of Technolo; 1= to meet Gerald Patterson, lian veteran, and Paul Kong hinese tudent at Cornell, was to oppose Pat O'Hara Wood of Australia. Tomorrow the Australiun doubles team of Fred Kaln and Robert E. hlesinger will meet the Chinese pair, to be selected at the conclusion of today’s play. On Saturday Wei will meet Wood and Kong will op- pose Patterson. o v & .;.'.:»:o:o X] OO0 Y XX AR08 03 " O b g Edwards Motors Service Co. 1503 R. I. Ave. N.E.—North 1637 Automotive Penna. Ave. and 21st St. NN\W.—West 594 Supply Co. Connecticut Ave, Accessories Co. Conn. Ave. and Ordway St. N.W. Washingto n Accessories Co. 17th and L Sts. N.W.—Main 1394 e LOUGHBOROUGH AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY, INc. _OFFICE PHONE. MAIN 467 Room 701 SouTHERN BuUILDING Instead of sitting on the bleachers in a blazing sun and yelling their " loudest for spectacular batting and ° base running, the base ball enthusi- asts sojourned several miles out of town to the beautifully grassed and forested golf links and traveled over the hilly course some five or six miles to watch with the quietude demanded at golf contests the long drives and startling approach shots of four ex- pert golfers. The golf was good, Cruickshank and Evans getting low scoring hon- ors, while the former with Walker won the contest from Evans and Car- ter. According to Evans on his re- turn to Chicago, the spectators ap- parently relished the trip around the links so much that they had no re- gret for the canceled base ball game. “Base ball is a fine game,” said Evans, “but, as I have predicted many times before, golf is better, and is to be the national game hereafter.” Blu~Green Carbonless Fue Automotive Accessories Co. > 9> 10th and E Sts.-N.W.—Main 413 American Accessories Co, Ga. Ave. and Upshur St. N.W.—Col. 10234 Linworth Auto Supply Co. Linworth and C Sts. S.W. Virginia Auto Supply Co. Rosslyn, Va. PLANT PHONE, CLEVELAND AE9 - Allan E. Walker, President — W. T. & C. E. Galliher,Vice Presidents — L. S. Scott, Secretary and Treasurer — E, E. Lipphard, General Manager: