Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1925, Page 66

THE, SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D C FEBRUARY.. 8, 1925— SPORTS Hagen a Real Monarch in Pro Golf Classes : D. C. Racketers Head Two Sectional NO SERIOUS RIVAL LOOMS FOR THRONE EHE OCCUPIES Holder 'of British Open and American Professional Championships Seems Capable-of Staying at. the Top for Another Decade. BY W. R. OLDING two major champion best there is to be had in the tinents, Walter Hagen cont H McCALLUM. ships, both looked upon as about the field of professional golf of two con inues to surprise evéry follower of golf by the consistency of his game and his quite apparent ability to bring it up to a winning level when needed. Hagen holds the British open championship and the American professional title, the former a medal-play championship and the latter a match-play affair. Both re- quire goli skill of the highest order, an unfailing confidence and the ability to deliver the winning shot when needed. “How long is Hagen going to And Hagen, unperturbed by the tho the younger group it would be to beat him, golf, jumping from one hard match Walter Hagen is the most consist- ent performer American professional £olf ever has known, as must be ap- parent to any one who Las glanced over MHagen's record or seen the great Rochester ddie in action. He has been a consistent winner for more than 10 vears, during which time he has annexed every champion- ship with even the slightest sem- blance of importance, and has defeat- ed cvery professlonal of note in the world. Looking over Hagen's record, it is doubtful if even the great Harry Vardon, seven times winner of the Eritish open and once victor in the United States open, is the peer of Hagen in consistency of performance. Vardon at his best was unbeatable. That he won the British open seven times is a remarkable feat in itself, but in those days Vardon had a com- paratively small field to compete against. Look at the professional flelds of today, where the open championship calls forth every young pro who thinks he has a chance to pick up a few dollars and a name, and where the entry list sometimes totals more than 250 golfers, of whom probably 25 are potential winners. The wine er of the American open champlon- p has a rougher row to hoe than did Harry Vardon back in the late nineties, when he was winning cham- pionships almost every vear. Seldom Outside the Moncy. And that is evidence of Hagen's zreatness. True it is that Walter has not been successful in the American open since 1919, a lapse of five years. He won his first open titie in 1914 at Midlothian, skipped five years and then won again at Brae-Burn, after a tie with Mike Brady. But glance back over Hagen's rec- ord and see how many times he fin- ished outside the money. Just once, at Inwood in 1923, where a disastrous last round of 88 dropped him far No other professional has so tent a record, although Bobby the present amateur champion, has even a better record than Hagen or the five years he has been com- petng in open championships. But Bobby is an amateur and Hagen a professional, although Walter would dearly love to get back in the ama- teur ranks. Therein lies a story. About four year ago—maybe six months more— Hagen applied for reinstatement as an amateur golfer, submitting affi- davits that he intended to make his 1iving in business and to relinquish professional golf. Interésts outside of golf were said to be at the back of thi ambition. And the United States Golf Association, according to Bob Harlow, Hagen's energétic man- ager, drew up and passed a ruling whereby , no professional who had been a pro for flve years or more could be brought back into the ama- teur ranks. And that was that. So Hagen must remain a professional More recently Art Sweet of Chicago, who jumped into the pro ranks, was taken back by the U. S. G. A. and has played some fine amateur golf over the last year and a half. But Hagen still is a pro. Several Are Chalienging. And. having had his application for amateur status turned down, Walter proceeded to get right back into the old winning stride. He couldn't meet’ Bobby Jones and Chick Evans in am- ateur tournaments, but he could meet them in pro tournaments. And he ) 3 last?” ask the younger professiomals. ught of what a feather in the cap of ust goes on playing winning to another, consistently. victorious. did and beat them. too. In the pro- fessional fleld, however, Walter Hagen, notwithstanding the surpris- ing cdreer of Gene Sarazen, still stands supreme, even though Johnny Farrell and Bob Cruickshank, not to mention a half dozen others, are challenging the supremacy of the master and would appear each year to be closing the gap between them- sclves and Hagen. But each year Hagen steps out and beats them. He seems good for another decade at least, for Hagen is only 32 years old and is even better today than the hot day at Midlothian almost 11 years ago, when he nosed out Chick Evans for the open title. Walter has prospered, too, in the professional game, Always a big money maker and a great actor— for Hagen, like all really great fig- ures in the sport world, capitalizes his sense of the dramatic—undoubtedly is well fixed In the worldly goods. Affable, likable, a-good loser and the possessor of the finest of tem- peraments for first class golf, Hagen probably will' go along for another 10 years—a world leader is profes- slonal golf. Certainly there is no pro- fessional in the United States whose record approaches that of Hagen for consistency. . Roland R. MacKensie of Columbia, the District amateur champion, slip- ped and fell on the ice near Western High School a few days ago, badly bruising his left hand. For a time it was feared a small bone in the left wrist had been broken, but diagnosis showed there had been no serious injury. Breaking of a bone in the wrist of Washington's premier ama- teur golfer might have set his game back for several months this vear, but fortunately no serious injury was done, although the hurt was painful, Amalgamation into one organiza- tion of the City Club of Washing- ton and the Beaver Dam Country Club of Landover, Md., is viewed by some of the members of the latter club as a move which probably will come about soon. The City Club now extends to its members the use of the Beaver Dam Club on a gréen fee basis by an arrangement with the country club. Beaver Dam has a good S-hole course and is work- ing on an additional 9 to bring the total layout up to 18 holes of stand- ard length. John Monahan is the present professional in charge of the course, but it is understood Monahan is to Sever his connection with the club. Proceeding on lines that will bring the course to its probable finest stage of development - dfiring the latter part of 1925 and the early part of 1926, Dr. James T. McClenahan, chair- man of the greens committee at the shington Golf and Country Club, foresees a course for the holding of a big champlonship at Washington in 1926 that will be even better tnan the present very interesting layout at the Virginia club. Dr. McClen- ahan has outlined & program to be carried through the present year by which he hopes to bring the course up to top-notch condition late this year. Evidenres of the development pro- gram wil, be seen this Spring, when the plans of the green committee chairman get under way. They have been temporarily held' up by the bad weather of the past five weeks, but will soon take form if no more heavy . snows materialize. SOME 75 PROS MAY JOIN PROPOSED NEW GOLF BODY A will be one of the big develop: STRONG and numerically large professional golf association in the ll‘.rn!ory’wi!hin a radius of 150 miles of Washington probably ments of the Spring in golf organiza- tion about the city. The golf pros of the city are determined to organ- ize a large golf organization which body to act for mutual benefits, to h as the representative in this territory tion of America. The territory covered, according to present plans, will embrace south- eastern Pennsylvania, including all the country around Philadelphia; all of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia. It is the plan of the organization in process of formation to hold about four tourna- monts each year, one in each large city within the association territory. The pian of organization outlined at prasent calls for a president and four vice presidents, in addition ‘to the usual secretary and treasurer; one of the vice presidents to be located in Washington, another in Baltimore, another in Philadelphia, and still an- other in one of the Virginia clties. Fach of these men will be responsible for the territory immediately around his city. The sponsors of the new or- ganization have no complete record of the professionals in the territory outlined, but believe upward of 75 or $0 men would join the organization. Tom Moore was re-elected presi- dent of the Indian Spring Golf Club at the recent annual meeting. The num- ber of members of the board of gov- ernors was increased from 8 to 10, the following being elected for 1925: Tom Moore, William L. Moore, N. I. Moore, Witliam N. Grace, George wW. Wylis, John H. Swart, C. C. Way- wood, Dr. J. R. De Farges, Perry B. Hoover and John F. McCormack. The following committee chairmen were appointed: Greens, George W. Wylie; membership, . C. Caywood; golf, Dr. J. R. De Farges; entertainment, John ¥. MoCormack, and house, Col. H. A. Knox. The board has approved a recom- mendation calling for the engagement of a caddymaster, and for using the services of the club professional as a green keeper, such an amalgamation carrying an increas: in salary to the professional. The board also ap- proved a proposal of the associate members that the club suspend initla- tion fees, in order to permit them to submit applications that may raise the membership quota to its limit of 300.- Suspension of the initiation foe Will remain in effect until April 1, 1925. Bstablishment of a unit system of caring for the greens on the course, P will bind its members together in a old annual tournaments and to serve of the Professional Golfers’ Associa- by which one man is put in charge of a certaln number of greens, has resulted in a reductlon of the over- head costs of the course, while it was announced that improvements, such as draining of fairways, enrich- ing the surface of the soil on a few of the fairways and other de- tails in connection with course up- keep are to begin in-the Spring. The tournamemt schedule for the club will be drawn up after the meeting of the- District Golf Association, so that there will be no conflict with other tournament dates. Albert ‘R. MacKensfe of Columbia, Middle Atlantic golf champion two years ago, returned to Washington today after a stay of several days in Augusta, Ga. Columbia has begun operations in connection with: construction of the swimming pool, donated to the club last Fall by Donald Woodward. The pool will be located between the pres- ent grillroom and the caddie house, but probably will not involve destruc- tion of the practice putting green just west of the clubhouse. Around the pool will be built an additional and improved locker room to provide needed increased looker room facili- ties at the club.' The locker room and swimming pool will be connected with the present locker room by a covered passage way. CINCINNATI SIGNS HURLE RECOMMENDED BY PRIEST CINCINNATI, Ohlo, February 7.— Ambrose Eberwein, a pitcher of St. Paul, Kans., has signed a contract with the Cincinatti Nationals, He was signed on the recommenda- tion of the Rev. D. J. Callahan, a Cath- olic priest of this city, who, while visit~ ing in Kansas, saw Eberwein pitch a number of semi-professional games. —e- BRITONS WIN AT RUGBY. LONDON, February 6.—England triumphed over Wales, 27 to 22, in a northern union international rugby game at Workington today. T MRS. MALLORY WINS . TENNIS EVENT FINAL NEW YORK, February 7.—Mrs. Molla B. Mallory gained her first tournament victory of 1925 today when she won the singles’ final at the Height's Casino indoor tourna- ment, defeating Mrs. John D. Corbiere of Boston, 7—5, 6—2 P Mrs. Corbiere and Mrs. Willlam Endicott won the doubles’ final, de- feating Miss Martha Bayard of Short Hills, N."J., and Miss Marie Wagner of Yonkers, N. Y., 6—4 6— CURB CAFE ROLLERS TO VISIT BALTIMORE Bowling stars of the team are to try their luck-against the King Pin five of Baltimore in the Maryland - metropolis next Saturday night In the first half of a 10- game match. The final games will be rolled on the Washington King Pin drives. on February 21 For his Cafe team, which at present is leading the District League, John Papas has gathered the outstanding stars of the city. Red Morgan, who helped the Belmonts hang up a record Friday night when he rolled a set of 433 against the T. T. Keane pin- spillers, is lead-off man, Friend, Milier, Toomey, and Rosenburg complete the line-up, & Earl McPhilomey, winner 6f the in- dividual tournament staged recently by the Washington City Duckpin As- soclgtion, Perc Ellett and Al Work, who will go to Baltimore with the team, make a formidable array of substitutes. * Buck Earle, Eddie Rommel, Andy Zelier, Burt Kneller and Ollie Ruark are the Baltimore bowlers likely to perform in the match. On March 7 and 14 the Capital City Stars meet the Baltimore Kingpins in a return match of 10 games, total pins to count. The first half will be rolled in Washington. —————e— COPULOS BEATS HOPPE. - DETROIT, "Mich., February 7.—Gus Copulos, Detroit, defeated . Willie Hoppe, 200 to 171, in a special three- cushion match here. In the course of Curb Cafe |, E iftind, does more for good ABCDEF GH (T T T 1] VERY time a golfer prepares-to drive a golf ball, whether with wood | &, or iron, he should say to himself while addressing: Slow and low!!Genoa and Salvador This one term, with its meaning thoroughly implanted in the player’s golf than anything else I know of. J KLMNOPQRS { Observe Fig. 1, in which we Have entire back swing will flow evenly a player who has assumed a correct address position and Is at the moment of starting his back swing. Now what does he do? IL he is any one of thousands of players that you and T have seen, he jerks the clubhead backward and directly around to the right with a speed out of all propor- tion to similar movements that are made with rhythm and a sense of poise angd control. In Fig. 2 we see what the expert golfer dogs. In this plcture we ob- serve that the clubhead has been moved some 8 to 10 inches di- rectly back from the ball—on a straight line away from the ball. That Is the way to start it. The ex- ertion has been slow and easy, the the' match Copulos tied the record made by Augie Kiechkhefer in 1918 of 150 points in 132 innings. WASHINGTON LADIES' LEAGUE. Standing of Teams, Won. Lost. b oW 83 a1 26 23 + a7 504 Moupt Pleasa Conthere Columbians Buddies Billien 500000 Capltol " Hillers Interstate Comume: Daughters of Isabella Post. Office Department. 0 Metropolitan A. C......... 45 Commercials dropped two games to Billies, while the Mount Pleasants c‘opped two out of three from the Capitol Hillers. As a result Mount Pleasant 1s in front with a fairly comfortable margin, which is going to be hard to head off. In grabbing the odd game from the Commercials, Billies team put up the best brand of bowling it has shown this season. Bronson Quaites and Pauline Thomas especially did well, the former having a set of 307, and the latter a count of 302. But the individual honors went to the Com- mercials—Lorraine Gulili taking both high game and set with counts of 114 and 332, while her teammate, Billie Niner, came through with a neat total of 309 for the set. One ‘outstanding feature of the race is the great showing of the Cojum- blans in recent matches. May O'Brien has her quint going strongly, and it has made clean sweeps in its last four sets. If they had started their spurts a little sooner there is no doubt but that the race would have an entirely different aspect. Marked improvement in_the work of Bertha Loehl and Miss Klein has boosted the team up considerably. Monday night the team shot a game over 500, and nts, 062 the week previous spilled the maples for a set of 1,453, third high for the season. Caplitol Hillers caught Mount Pleas- ants off their stride Friday night in the first game, and before the leaders could get together had the game tucked away. Mount Pleasants came back strong, however, and annexed the other two. DISTRIOT LEAGUE. Standing ‘of the Teams. . Lost. Pet. 12765 ‘o6 K 588 T,Pins. Curb Cate & King Pi Meyer Davis. Stanford Paper. C: Mount Pleasants, Regulars Cornell's Lunch High team set—King Pins, 1,782 High team game—King Pins, 637. 40““" individual set—Rosenberg, Curb Cafe, High Piien i ar Cafe: 1 u Greatest number of el B AT of strikes—Pratt, Good. Kl\l;;e.)’l[g;]l, f:lhl?b!r of spares—Wolstenholme, Attacking the maples with a deluge | of strikes and spares, King Ping swamped Stanford Paper Co., taking every game and hanging up three Beason records for the Distriet League, despite the fact that the papermakers turned in games of 538, 560 and 566 for a 1,664 set, The match developed the best bowling in the league during the present sea- son. Highiteam set was boosted to 1,782, the King Pins flashing games of 556, 589 and 637, thus surpassing by 27 pins the previous high-team set of 1,766, which was made several weeks ago by this same team against Good- fellows. High-team game mark of 623, which Stanford Paper Co. established, was swept into the discard when King Bins concluded its efforts for the evening by hanging up the total of 637. Of the latter amount Megaw, Seltzer, Ott und’ Wolstenholme con- tributed 122, 112, 120 and 111, respec- tively, but their scores were eclipsed by the phenomenal one of 172 made by McGolrick. Early in the season Frank Miller ot Curb Cafe bowled a 170 game and it was thought by many this would be likely to stand as a league season record for high individual game. McGolrick, however, by means of a whirlwind finish, has_elevated that mark by two pins. In the eighth, ninth and tenth boxes he counted 20, 30 and 29, in the order named, a most noteworthy climax to a remark- _ individual game—McGolrick, King Individual , average—Rosenbers, able game and set. Max Rosenberg of Curb Cafe must have resented the idea that another was anxious to grab the individual high-set and dndividual high-average crowns to which he aspires, for, bowl- on the Y. M C. A. alleys, he started with 166, followed with 146 and finished with 109. This total of 421 increases by 16 pins the previous mark of 405 made by Frank Miller, & teammate of Rosenberg. pril- perfect &tart away from the ball. From this point the clubhead will naturally pick up speed, so that the NEWS AND GOSSIP ABOUT BOWLERS him the league vidual average. For the remainder of the season all District League games scheduled to be rolled on the Mount Pleasant alleys will be bowled at King Pin No. | alleys. Team captains are re- quested to advise members of their teams accordingl leadership in indi- Kuights ot Pythias League. Activities during the past week re- sulted in the displacement of Colum- bia Team, No. 1, from the lead, which it has held since the season opened. It remained for Capital team, which bas won its last 20 games, to turn the_trick. L. L. Rinaldl of Columbia Team, No. 1, is receiving congratdlations on his £00d showing in the individual cham- pionship tourney held at the Coliseum last week, when he finished twelfth This week’s schedule is as follows Temorrow, Webster, No. 1, vs. Rath- bone-Superior; Tuesday, Mount Ver- non vs. Calanthe; Wednesday, Web- ster, No. 2. vs. Amaranth; Thursday, Columbia, No. 1, vs. Hermione? Fri- day, Columbia, No. 2, vs. Capital. + BANKERS' LEAGUE. Standing of Teams. Won. Washington Loan, No. 1 38 ational Bank of W merican Security Washington Loan. No.. Lincoln Park Perpetual E Merchants . . 14 246 Perpetual sprang a surprise when it beat Washington Loan, No. two out of three. Washington Loan had counted on cleaning and climbing a little. National Bank of Washington took the odd game from American Security in a closely contested match. Mag ‘Wood of the Bank of Washington was a big help to his team. Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey pushed Lincoln a. little further down the lad- der by taking all three. District National took two out of three from Riggs, No. 1, and National Savings won the odd from Merchants. EVENING STAR LEAGUE. Standing of Teams. Tost. 10 10 11 13 17 Pet. 826 629 502 18 Bucks . Reds Glants Dodgers . Pirates ‘370 Yanks 258 The match between the Bucks and Giants last week resulted in some good scoring. -The Bucks' set of 1,529 topped the Giants by 29 pins in the former's two-time victory. Reds are now tied with the Bucks for first place, the Giants by losing two slipping one game behind in the race. The “fiying” Dodgers, who have started a winning streak that is ad- vancing them rapidly, took all three from the tail-end Yanks. Charlie Holbrook's sensational roll- ing within the last month has just about kept the Bucks at the top of the heap, his last two sets of 344 and 365 bfinging him into second place in the fadividual standing with an aver- age of 101-31 Inside Golf By Chester Horto Now is the season when the winter Kolf school flourisheth. It ix hearfen- ing 1o nee %o very many of them com. mg into existence everywhere, Even the small towns have the iwdoor school thewe days. | Henceforth the in- door golt wehool Wwill be n perma- newt institution among us each winter becaune it offers the commu-~ nity so much Here the ‘gulfer not only learns te Improve his garae. out the Dbusiness man has the best device ever cre- sted by man, in into a sweeping back stroke. In Flg. 3 we see the path of the clubhead In the back swing when the slow and low Start is made, as shown in the heavy dotted line. Observe the difference between this and the clubhead path {ndicated by the light dotted line finside the heavy line. This light Iine indicates what hap- pens to the clubhead when you jerk it away from the ball and elevate it at too great speed. Practice starting the clubhead slowly away from the ball, at the same time keeping the clubhead low to the ground. Get this one factor of the back swing correct and all the rest of the back swing will likely take care of itself. It's the proof of the old saying that iIf you start a thing right you can make a lot of mistakes thereafter, but If you start wrong at the outset you are lost (Copyright, 1925.) In the Dodgers-Yanks match, Lit- tle’'s game of 115 and Dodd's set of 813 were the best rolled. Last week's winners were: Class A, K.C.DUCKPINTEAMS |CAPITAL MEN SET PACE IN SINGLES AND DOUBLES Charest Rated Best Middle Atlantic Player, While Mangan and Kunkel Top Pairs—Miss Wake- ford Is Third in Women’s Rankings. ARE TIED FOR LEAD A warm race is on in the Knights of ‘olumbus Duck Pin League, with tied for first place and Ovando in third place, only one game behind. The standing: Team Genoa Balvador Ovando Santa Maria Balboa Pinta . Christopher ** Columbia. De Sota Forest G X Averages of bowlers in 10 games: High High game. set. 132 Name and téam. Callan (OF.). McCartby (8al.). Langley (Gen.) (Pin.) G Ave. 10687 W Ruiltvan Murtaugh (8, Morris (Chr.) Mawhinney ( Doyle (OV.) McCana (G Barry (Sal) Betz (Ov.)... Gorton . (Pia.} Kane (Bal). Kiley (Ov.). Geler (8al). Cannon (Coli} Moriarity (8. 3 Sproesser_(Chr. Weide (D. 8. Grifio (Gen.). . Crowley ' (Col.) Saffeil (Sal.) Dudley (Gen. Fitagibbon (CoL.} Grady “(D. ‘8.) Calbert ' (Bal.). 0'Neal (Cbr.). McHale (8. M Lynagh (8. 0'Connell (Bal. Rodgers (Chr.) Zilliox (Pin.) Draley (Sal.). Otto (Sal). Wesner (8. M) Sullivan (Col.} Jergensen (Chr.} Obold (Gen.) Burke (Ov 143 £225338338 288ELE g 58 233282223 Brdais & Daidy (Bal.) McDermott (0v.) Doyle (Bal. Koestler (D, B.).. Hillyard _(Sal.) Casper (8. M.) Connor (D. B.) Colbert (Col.) Kates Coyle (Gen. Mages (F Mitchell (F. G.). Cote (F. G.).. i EUROPEANS LIKE TO KICK A BALL, SAYS HEINIE GROH By the Associated Press, Europeans prefer to kick a ball, says Heinie Groh of the New York Giants, giving his reason for the slow progress of base ball abroad. In most European countries, Groh cbserved, while on the Giants-White Sox tour, almost everybody is devoted to somé form of soccer foot ball, =2 55 Rodrick, 113 (tled); class C, Little, C. Holbrook, 136; class B, Quinn, 11 115; class D, Dodd, 114. Tuesday's schedule, February 10: Dodgers vs. Reds, Bucks vs. Yanks, Pirptes vs. Giants. ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER. EPRESENTATIVE HARRY B. HAWES ‘of M duced in the House a bill for the saving of black bass. the bill is a part of.a national movement to save from extermina- R tion this splendid game fish so highly prized by anglers and cpicureans. Hawes in explaining his bill said that it is not intended to supplant State enforcement, but merely to supplement it, and enable States to| more efficiently enforce their own laws relating to the same subject. He said it will not prevent the t ried by ‘individuals for their own use under the limitation made by the ‘State where procured, but will strengthen the laws of any State wherein the taking of bass commercially is p The bill is indorsed by the Depart- ment of Commeres and by Henry O'Mal- ley, commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries. Without vigorous action the bass, like the passenger pigeon and the wild' turkey, soon will become extinct. Hawes explained that the bass is & native American fish, but has been suc- cesstully introduced in England, . Scot- land and the continent of Europe. Cli- matic influences do not seem to affect it, and it'is found in all kinds of fresh waters. Scientists state that the yearly toil of black bass in this country is so. great compared with the hatch that this great- est of American game fishes is certain to become extinct within 10 years un- less extraordinary efforts are made to protect it. Protection Essential. The Bureau of Fieheries and other scientific bodies declare that black bass will become practically extinct if not protected wh.le on_their spawning beds. Scientific bodies - devoted to the study of fish conservation, such as the Ameri- can Fisheries Soclety, are so aroused over the danger of extinction of black bass that they have repeatedly within the past few years sent letters to various State governments setting forth the ab- solute need of protection. Scientists = have demonstrated that artificlal black bass hatcheries cannot be made profitable for State and Na- tional Government, the cost of operation being too great when compared with the output. The principal and natural home of the bass Is in the~ Mississippi River Basin. Agile and etrong, inch for inch and pound for pound he fs the greatest fighting fish .that swims. True to his mate, hard to catch, better to eat, the fresh-wator bass is the typical \Ameri- can fish. Pugnacious and aggréssive, they are nome the less companionable mates, for both bulld the nest, the fo- male lays the spawn, the.male performs his part, and as the family grows the male defends the nest. In 22 days the tiny eggs are hatched. In a few days little minnows swint guarded by the circling male. For three weeks they live in a little group, mov- ing together. In one year they weigh 1 pound and in two years 2 pounds, and are ready for the table, The fish hog, the dynamiter, the commerclal seiner, the pollution of streams and the careless building of dams without spillways are contrib- uting causes to the disappearance of the bass. but all these things can be remedied by legislation. Movement Is Gaining. The closed-season movement for small-mouth bass in the upper Po- tomac River, Inaugurated by this col- umn, is gaining headway. Tt is ap- parent to anglers that something must be done in order to save these gamesters In the Potomac. As stated in previous articles, the movement has the backing of the Governor of Marcyland, the State _conservation commissioner and. thg United States Bureau of Fisheries. 3 With the advance ef tvilization has come the depletion of bass in our streams. Where formerly to go fish- ing required sometimes a two and thrée day trip in a wagom, thessame destination fs quickly reached in a tew hours by automobile. Formerly the -man_who felt that he required a whole day for a fishing trip now runs out in his machine, has his morning fsh and returns before noon, or he takes @ few hours in the evening and does the same thing. . Last year there werc issued sg& 000 shing licenses, 'bringing to tes 2"}‘ $10,000,000 in feés, and “Where you see an American kid| trotting around With a base ball hunting for another kid to play catch, %ou'll see European youngsters carry- ing a foot ball, seeking a playmate to kick it around,” Groh says. has intro- He said ouri ransportation of bass caught or car- rohibited. of these licenses and 85 per cent of |the fishing paraphernalia—ipcluding the fiy rod. the bait caster and the cane pole—were used in the pursuit of bass. . 1f $10.000,000 in fees from fishing licenses was received by the States from persons ‘willing to gamble on catching a few bass from the de- pleted .streams "of the country last year, there is no telling just how high this ‘source of revenue would be if the streams were restocked and guarded {rom the evils of the present ay. Natural Home of Basa. The Mississippi Valley Basin is called the natural home of the bass, and rightly so. But sometimes there are two homes belonging to the same party, and the Potomac River is surely the second home of 1z ~mall- mouth bass. To Insure a com;lete restocking of this stream by t.e United States Bureau of Fisherles, it is necessary to have a closed season in order tb protect the young bass, and provect the bass we must, in spite of all obstacles. 1f every angler will do his part toward fostering a closed season, the combined efforts will re- move every obstacle that blocks the path for better fishfng in the good old Potomac. Scientific census takers of Uncle Sam §ay the number of fish eggs lald varies widely in different species. A herring lays about 25.000, the stur- geon about 635,000, the halibut as many as 3.500,000, and the cod has been known to lay more than 9,000,000. The perlls through which the vari- ous species of fish pass from the egg state to maturity can be gauged.by the number of eggs they spawn. If all the eggs of a single female herring were to produce similarly productive generations, in ‘10 years the oceans would be overflowing with herring, and all the other creatures of the sea literally would be crowded out of ex- istence. These same Government experts have proved that if only three eggs from éach female of. each spectes should develop into adult fish simi- larly productive, fish life would mul- tiply so rapidly that the seas would soon become vastly overcrowded. What does happen s that less than one egg in two million in the cod Produces a reproducing cod, and even in the .herring less than one In ten thousand successfully runs the gamut of existence. It is interesting to note that na- ture's need for females in many spe- cles exceeds the requirement for males. In the case of the Conger eel, the ratio’is 19 females to every male, and in that‘of the herring; .three fe- males to every male. The perils fish have to face during their existence aré innumerable. One authority estimates that only 5 per cent of the herring’ destroyed 3- nually by all herring enemtes in the’ ‘world.find thelr-fate 4t the handk of man. The other 95 per cent are the victims of whales, the porpolse fam- ily, seals and other mammals, cod, haddock, ‘mackerel, sharks and other fishes; gulls and other birds, and the thousand-and-one other enemlies that lurk in their wi at every stage. irom the spawnedVegg to the adult fish. . How large this toll of the, other than man enemies of the herring actually is may be gathered from the statement ‘that man himself is credit- ed .with “an annual catch of reatly 11,000,000,000 herrin; over 200,000,000,000 fall victims to- thels enemies in BY W. H. HOTTEL A\ N ASHINGTON ‘tennis players top the list in both mwen’s singles and doubles in the Middle Atlantic rating that have just becn made public by the committee in charge. Charles M. Charest is No. 1, with Paul Mangan second in line in the men’s snigles, while the latter, with Paul Kunkel, is first in the doubles. John Temple Graves, jr., is No. 5 to give Washington three men in the first five in the singles. However, aiter having the leaders in the doubles Washington’s next best is sixth. Marywill Wakeford is the first player of the District in the womer ranking. She is third, with Penelope Anderson of Richmond at the top and Eleanor Cottman of Baltimore in second position. Out of the total of 50 rankings in the three classes, Washington has 17, Baltimore leading, with 23, and shar- ing In another rating in the doubles. This is the playing of J. E. Howard of the Monumental City and Alphonse Smith of Annapolis, the national boys’ champion, a 6ifth in the doubles. Richmond Poor Third. Richmond is a poor third in totals, having only 5, while Norfolk, that once was very prominent in the sec- tion, “presenting only 3. Annapolis, with what might be termed a half in Smith’s part in the doubles, is the tajlender. No player who does not reside in the section was ranked. This elimi- nated from consideration Fritz Mer- cur of Harrisburg, Pa.. who plaved in the District of Columbia and Mary land State title events, and Gerald B. Emérson of New York, who, with Graves won the Middle Atlantic dou- bles.,. Mercur afterward won the Longwood cup at Boston, and Emer- son did well in many big tourneys. Selections of the committee, which was composed of P. L. Goldsborough, jr. of Baltimore, chairman; L. W. Bates of Washington, J. W. Eggleston of Norfolk and H. E. Bickel of Rich- mond follow: Men's Singles. .M. Charest, Washington Mangan, Washington. Howard, Baltimore. 0 L. Goldsborough, jr., Baltimore. . Graves, jr., Washington. cl. Hobelmann, Baltimore ul A. A W J. E. i LT Tl ] Kunkel, Washington. Cox, Washington. Magee, Baltimore. W. Eggleston, Norfolk . K. Magruder, Baltimore . Malcolm Oates, Baltimore. v.J. Robertson, Washington . Bickel, Richmond. Pras 15. A. Art J. Gore, Washington ur Hellen, Washington S. J. Flournoy, Norfolk A. H. Harris, Richmond F. N. Turnbull, Baltimore Felix Rothschild, Baltimore Men's Doubles. J. Mangan and Paul Washington J. W. Eggleston and H. O. White head, Norfolk. J. A gee an Baltimore. . A. C. Hobelmann and P. L. Golds borough, Jr., Baltimore Howard and A. Smith, Balt more and Annapolis . A. J. Gore and R. C. ‘Washington. C. M. Charest and Col son, Washington . B. Harvey and C. more. . S. J. Flourno ® Norfolk. Bickel mond. Women's Singles. Penelope Anderson, Richmond Eleanor Cottman, Baltimore . Marywill Wakeford, Washingt . Elizabeth Warren, Richmond . Eduarda Gamble, Baltimore Baltimore 1 18. 19. 20, T Kunke J. A. C. Colston, i Van Viie W. C. Johr Harvey, Balt and R. S. Voigh! . H and A. Har: rashington A Whitman, Baltimore Lillian Jelenko, Baltimore. Mrs. Milton Halle, Baltimore . Loutse Kelley, Washington Corrine Frazier, Washingtor . Mrs, R. Merrick, Baltimore Mrs. H. Stump, Baltimore. . Lillian_Rixey, Washington . Mary F. Cromwell, Baltimore 19. Alice Deford, Baltimore . Mrs. C. F. Boyce, Baltimore THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President, Izaak Walton League of America. H proval thinking. AL EVERTS' suggestion that Jackson Hole, Wyo, be set aside as a national monument to the old West has met with wide aj It seems that that was just what a lot of people were Eyarts, who is widely known as outdoor writer for the Saturda: Evening Post, has suggested that “each year we spend tens of mi o in monuments or memorials, erecting piles of gray stone and iron, ded: catin, “No village so small but that it| proudly erects a memorial, even. if | only a single-lettered stone, to some | local or national personage or event “Would it not be fitting to set up & monument to the American pioneers, the greatest breed of men the world has even-known. Not some edifice of stone or bronze, but by preserving some few last areas of wilderness so that future generations of Americans may come to know and love the coun- try ag it was when the first Amers cans penetrated the untrodden fast- ness of mountain and forest. “If this is to be done—and it must be done—I know of no more suitable | spot than thie Jackson Hole region of ‘Wyoming.” Largely a Wilderness. Evarts points out that this region still is largely a wilderness, its lakes and streams are unpolluted, and that is the last real stand of big game in this country, as well as containing a wider variety of wild life and out- door pursuits than 4ny other one area in the world. Here Is what he says in regard to wild life: “The bighorn of the peaks still ex- ist in goodly numbers—bears, black, brown and griszly, are falrly abun- dant. There are mule deer, perhaps | a few white-tail too, moose stilt hold their own. and the giant The coy- ote crosses tracks with foxes—red, | cross and silver—that follow the high | bald ridges; elk in great droves, mink, muskrat and otter follow the Atreams and play upon tha houses ereoted by the beawer, of whigh there are thou- sands in Jackson's Hole. _“The wolverine, giutton of the North, feasts on kills left by the cou- gar, slayer of the South; marten, er- 2 Were $45.00 Now ....... Were $47.50 Were $50.00 Were $52.50 Now .. Were $55.00 Now .. " Were $57.50 Were $60.00 Now . e $30.00 $31.67 $33.33 $35.00 $36.67 $38.33 $40.00 $43.33 e > g 8 N them to our warriors, our statesm captains of finance, great leaders of labor, en, our inveators and great storical events and what-not mine, gray wolf. Canada lynx and bobeat mingle with their trails with those of the badger and the biz striped prairie skunk. Ducks of man: varieties, Canada geese, sandhi cranes and even swans nest there and find refuge. “These are rookeries of great biue herons and at least one of the cor morants in the swamp above M These, with mergansers, pelican. fishers, osprevs and other feathere fisherfolk, congregate daily at favorite fishing grounds. The sage hens of Western foothills raise their young or the sage-clad benches, the ruffled grouse in willow thickets or adjacent stands o spruce_or pine, the big grouse abounds. “A man who could find nothing to trigue his interest in this region would be difficult to piease, indeed.” Shouid Please All and Yes, as Evarts says, he wouid be hard to please. In the most beautiful bit of America, flanked by the Gros Ventre Mountains and the Continental Div on the east, the mighty Tetons, pride of the Rockies, on the west; the Hoback Mountains on the south and Yellowstone National Park on the north, there must be something to please every lover of the outdoors. Jackson Hole undoubtedly should be- come a great pational recreation ares, SCT USIde wo pre. o x plofters are hovering over Jackson He and if this is to be dome it must done at once. just as the elk of tha great region, now remnants of once v herds, will die off shortly from starva tion unless they are saved The plight of the elk is that of Jackson Hole, and the plight ¢ the famops hole is “significant of th: of the remnants of qutdcor America nificant and at 13 Off chulgr Prices ,/'M-, Right now you can have your Suit custom tailored to order by our skilled union tailors in fashion’s lat est 1925 styles at one-third off. Quality, fit and work- manship guaranteed. =SV~ CUSTOM TAILORS Corner 8th and G Sts. N.W.