Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1925, Page 68

Two Golf Titleholders Loom as Repeaters : Davis Cup Pai JONES AND HAGEN LIKELY TO BALK CROWN-SEEKERS ‘Amateur and Pro Champions Appear Best in Their Classes—Walker’s P! Since Victory i r C The beginning of the golf sea BY W. R. the golfing gentry who now Atlanta reigning as king of the amateur: N.-J., York and points South, professional champion. st, Norf Outside of Walker there appears at the presen lay Not So Impressive n Open Tourney McCALLUM. HAMPIONSHIP prospects for 1925 appear particularly bright for hold the big titles or who have been knocking at the door of the national titles over the last two years. son of 1925 sees Robert T. Jones of Cyril Walker of Englewood, enthroned as national open champion, and Walter Hagen of New th and West, ensconced as national t moment to be no more worthy occupants of the championship throne than the other pair. Walker is a champion, to be sure, b he won the open last June at Detr pressive. In fact, Walker has been windy day he holed the putt that w In golt champions seldom’ repeat. That is axiomatic, and the history of amateur and open competitions more than bears out that statement. The competition is too keen; there are too many others today playing the same brand of golf as the champlon, and in an event where a missed putt may cost a man his title, no golfer, no matter how brilliant, can hope to have more than a long odds’ chance to repeat. Jones and Hagen Powerful, Yet, casting the mind’s eye back over the season of 1924 and fore- casting for 1925 (so far as it is possi- ble to forecast, the uncertaintities of golf competition) there seems con- siderable doubt that any present-day amateur can oust Bobby Jones from the amateur throne or that any pro- fessional has golf enough and brains enough to cast Walter Hagen out of the category of national champlons. Cast out the British open cham- pionship. That is Hagen's pet title, and it would not be at all surprising to see him repeat, for Hagen's won- derful putting touch carries him fur- ther on the keen and true British greens than do the wonder shots through the green of a Duncan or a Havers. ‘Walter makes more mistakes than any one of 20 great golfers of the present day, but he has the uncanny ability to come through with a good shot that more than compensates for a missed one. And he is the greatest golfer of the day 100 yards from the hole. Bobby Jones, according to the pro- fessionals who ~watched him perform in the one tournament he entered in the South this Winter, is combating & wicked hook, something to which Bobby is prone and which takes con- stant practice to keep out of his long =hots. But Bobby is entered seriously upon his life work in the real estate and bond house of Adair and Son in Atlanta and doubtless has not had the opportunity to practice he had in the vears he was in school. Any one who has seen the crushing power and accuracy of the Jonmes' golf game would not wish to be quoted as say- ut looking back over his record since oit discloses nothing particularly im- very much lacking in luster since the on him his first national title. ing there is a finer amateur golfer in_the United States. Robert T. Jones Is the amateur champion. ~ Eight vears of struggle and defeat ended”at Merion last year in victory over a great field. And Bobby, now that he has won, will be very, very hard to lick in the ama- teur classjc. He has the finest chance of any of the national champions to repeat, ‘Walker's Position insecure. Cyril Walker's path to another open championship is not so easy. He must stride to another champion- ship over the forms of Hagen, Sarazen, Diegel, Armour, Farrell, Hutchinson and others who should win, but have not for several years Walker is a long-odds player to re- peat, and. granted Bobby Jones is practicing before the open at Worcester in June, Bobby should be a better money shot than the present open_titleholder. Hagen, Diegel and Farrell, not to mention the great MacDonald Smith, should be even better placed to win the open than the champion. - Even though Cyril was said to be not In the best of physical condition, it is pretty hard to laugh off that 17-and- 15 defeat by Walter Hagen in Florida this past Winter for the un- official world championship. And, speaking about the open, it is surely about ripe time for one of the crop of youngsters to break through. MacDonald Smith will be one of the choices and a good one at that, but Leo Diegel, according to the pros themselves, played far and away the best golf of any of the professional performers in the South during the Winter. He is going abroad late in April and should be right for the American open, even if he does not win the British open, which is not beyond the bounds of possibility. Hagen, winner last year for the second time of the professional match play championship, is easily the outstanding professional match player, now that Gene Sarazen seems to have slipped from the high pinnacle of 1922 and 1923. Hagen hould repeat in the pro match play vent. STRAIGHT OFF THE f'rEE\ D withstanding” the conversati ISTRICT golf clubs have decided, with one exception, to forego limitation of tournament entries for the events this Spring. Not- on at the annual meeting of the “#istrict Golf Association a few weeks ago, only one club—Chevy Chase— 4s actually taken steps looking to tournamnients about Washington. The matter was thoroughly dis- cussed at a meeting of the executive committee of the District Association last Wednesday night, but the clubs represented decided not to take any action. The Gibson Island tournament, scheduled for May 1, 2 and 3, has been postponed to the last week in May. This will leave Roland Mac- Kenzie, Albert MacKenzie and Donald Woodward, all of whom had been in- vited by Gibson Island. free to play in Indian Spring Club’s event, which is to be held April 29 and 30 and May 1. 2 Columbia’s new outdoor swimming pool is to be dedicated on May 30. ‘Washington’s new rule calling on all players to play in four ball matches on Saturdays and Sundays, except when the course is now crowded, be- came effective vesterday. The rule is expedted to result in relief from much congestion. The club professional has, been authorized to enforce the rule. Chevy Chase Club’s Senior Golf Association, formed a few vears ago to provide closed tournaments for the older men, plans an active tourna- ment se: The seniors will meet at the club on Wednesday, April to elect officers and to discuss the affairs of the association. Concurrent with the annual meet ing the seniors will hold a tournament on April 23 and 30 at 18 holes handi- cap medal play. Competitors may play 18 holes on either day or 9 holes each day. The senfors’ association will hold a ringer tournament begin- ning April 29 and ending October 31. On Saturday, May the seniors will compete in a putting tournament, while other events are planned. Sam Dalzell, crack southpaw golfer of the Chevy Chase Club, has been in California through the Winter, play- ing fine golf and strengthening an already good game. Three thousand miles away Dalzell is keeping in touch with developments around Washing- ton and has written Chairman Thompson of the golf committee at Chevy Chase, commending him on the Lunkering improvements at the club: “I am delighted to know that vou are still bunkering Chevy Chase,” Dalzell writes. - “That's ail it needs o make it a good course.” He adds that even though some may not like the stiffening up of the course they will soon come around and develop 2 pride in it. Dalzell was a favorite to win the southpaw tournament held at Los Angeles several weeks ago, but was beaten in the final by T. R. Palmer of Santa Barbara, whom he describes as “the best old good left-hander he ever saw.” o And while Dalzell was writing of the installation of new bunkers at Chevy Chase Chairman Thompson was stiffen- ing up the traps at the short tenth, laying plans to install an additional irap at the left of the twelfth green and fnstalling a small trap at the back & the thirteenth green. Chevy Chase, “ndeed, is stiffening up its golf course. Bcores won't be so low this year. Pushing ahead with a progressive plan for development, the Bannock- ‘burn Golf Club, one of the oldest or- ganizations about the city, has em- barked upon an ambitious course and clubhouse construction work that will be bound to result in added interest and vastly bettered facili- ties. Always enthusiastic, the Ban- nockburn membership put across a plan to spend a total of about $42,000 on the course and clubhouse. It now stands committed to construction of a new clubhouse at $35,608 amé con- scrwetion of theee new doles through ' o cutting down the entries in the golf | woods which will bring the course up | to a length of over 6,000 yards. The new numbers 10, 11 and 12 will be incorporated in the course, it is hoped, by next Spring. Some money also will be spent on reconstruction of greens, all the improvements being de- signed to bring the course up to the standard laid down several years ago when the 18 holes was put on paper by Donald Ross. Some of the holes on the present course are more or less temporary affairs, although many of the greens on the last nine, where most of the changes will come, will be used on the finished layout. Bannockburn’s new clubhouse will be a commodious structure with all modern conveniences. CLAIMS’ TEAM BEST IN VET DUCKPIN LOOP For the second time in succession Claims won the bowling title in the United States Veterans' Bureau League by a margin of nine games over Insurance. Shipley of Claims was the star, win- ning almost every individual prize and finishing with an average of 109-16. Rosenblatt of Disbursing was second highest average man with 107-36. At a banquet held in honor of the bowlers, prizes were awarded to the following: Highest individual average, Ship- ley, 109-16; highest number of strikes, Shipley, 29; highest number of spares, Shipley, 155; highest individual game, Howder, 157; highest individual set, Shipley, 382; highest team game, Dis- bursing, 610; highest team set, Claims, 1,631. STANDING OF TEAMS. Won Lost Claims ... .48 L Insurance sbursing upply .. Accounting Adj Comp Shipley . ase .. Girardi Tayior . Sheeban 3 INSURANCE. G. .60 63 a Howder Brall .. Meek ... Pritchard Craft .... Roberts .. MeSariny Britgn . Linatatatn GORGRE bbb 20055555 q Fl & T e S8R50 © SoRnsRsa Rosenblatt .. Sibley ... Bishon . Eichhorn Goodwin .. .. SEIT a22330 pEERES 2oe0000» DTISOH | Jenking Cotten Compton Westcott . Blue . Haneke . 1001 Simmons 1. . ACCOUNTI! Sipaang Pt @0 Saweaaoa@ 7 5l of Henderson Lindsey Amidon Hendley . Galliher Kelsey Sanford Webb SooD000m> a2 ._°<.. Pt ==-u-n:mw= 83358558 s gEggngas oo g ot o {=torinmeml I8N0 in g A eotasy tohds® A5 o isisbane o SegEsps Faaseey 2EREY 22 ) e == THE SUNDAY STAR GOLF BALL IS SPEEDY WHEN DRIVEN PROPERLY Tt is estimated that when a golf- er liks Mitchell or Duncan drives a ball it travels at the amazing speed of 250 feet asecond, and that, in his longest drive, it is less than four seconds in the air. How great this speed is can bet- ter be realized when it is consid- ered that a fast race horse, which takes a second to coyer 51 feet, travels only one-fifth as fast as a golf ball. D. C. GIRL BOWLERS BEAT BALTIMOREANS Rolling all three games over the 500 mark, the star quint of the Wash- ington Ladies’ Duckpin League de- feated the Baltimore ladies’ team by 216 pins last night on the Coliseum alleys, to take the six-game intercity match by 292 pins. The local team had an advantage of 76 pins carried over from the recent games in Baltimore when it took the drives last night. ‘Miss Frere was the bright star of the match, getting high game at 140 and best set at 354. She had 72 iIn the seventh box of the first game, then rolled two spares and two strikes in succession for “her 140. Miss Gulli, the consistent star of the local, bowling fleld, rolled her usual steady game, getting a set of 329, while Miss Niner was at “her heels with a set of 326. Mish Zorbach, Baltimore's generally good bowler, was off her game, but managed to lead her team with a set of 289. Before the match started Miss Zorbach rolled a game of 135 and later lamented the fact that she had not reserved that game for the match. Circus seats erected back of the two alleys on which the match was rolled were crowded to capacity. Flly 500 people witnessed the contest. Last night's scores in detail follow: BALTIMORE. 85 249 284 285 Hanneman Disney . Willenberry Erdman Zorbach Totals .. Niner Frere Brade Lowd Gulli Totals L3 The fish collected for the inaugural planting in the basin consisting of 60 adult big-mouth bass, ranging from 12 to 14 inches in length, strong, healthy fellows, who darted away to deep water like a ash as soon as they found their movements were not re- stricted. Besides the bass, 50 crap- ple and as many sunfish, also adult fish, were released. The main object of this early plant- ing, according to Commissioner O'Mal- ley, was to take advantage of this season's spawning. He stated that all these fish will spawn this year, and that, while perhaps some of them will make their escape to the waters of the Potomac before the wire screens are put in place, he thinks that only a very small percentage will leave the basin before laying their spawn. O’Malley says that as soon as other fish can be collected he will have them shipped to Washington to be planted in the basin. He is very anxious to have the wire screens put in place at the two floodgates, but does not intend to wait until this work is completed to continue the plahting of fish. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill has given orders to his engineers to start the work of construction of the screens for the gates in the basin. He was a little apprehensive to order work commenced owing to the slowness of the anglers of Washington to sub- scribe to the fund, but when assured again by this column that this fund would be subscribed, he readily capitu- lated. It is hoped that the anglers of Washington will send in their dollars this week, so that Col. Sherrill may be told that the fund has been fully subscribed. The rain of last Friday was not heavy enough to cause muddy water in the Potomac and the river is in splendid condition for fishing. While the water is perhaps still a little cold for the perch to bite freely, a good number of them have been caught. Last Sunday a large number of anj lers visited Fletcher's and the vicinity of Cabin Bridge. A great many of them had their baskets with them and when asked “what luck” sald, “only fair.”” Today, however, after a week of warmer weather, these fish should be_more eager {o take bait. Will Reynolds' says that perch are being caught around the Three Sis- ters and a little above at what is known to anglers as Hens and Chick- ens. He also says that some very nice ones are being landed below the point of the Analostan Island, opposite the brewery. The most encouraging reports come from salt water places. Capt. Andy Manifold of Herring Bay reports that the Bay is full of hardheads, but that majority of them so far have been caught only in the nets. The same re- port comes from Solomon’s Island and adds that they are larger this year than last. Last year at the start of the fishing season big hardheads were reported being caught from all salt pater points. Then, as the season ad- vanced, the catch began to be smaller, at least in regard to size, and toward the close of the season the big ones again made their appearance. Another week of warm weather will cause these fish to bite more freely. William C. Malord and Ernest Whisenant report a catch of 21 hard- heads last week at Benedict, Md. Their catchweighed nearly 40 pounds and was the result of three hours’ fishing. Reports from the lower river and bay state that shad and herring are not being caught in any great quanti- ties in the nets. So rar only a few of the herring have reached the vicinity | of Washington, and no shad, as far’ as is known, are in the waters O the Potomac around this city: A unique outing will be held by the Potomac Anglers' Association in the near future, when the hardhead$ com- mence to bite freely. It will be for the members of the association only, and each member will be required to use cotton thread to land his fish. Th& outing will be in the nature of a gon- test to see who can land the greatset number of hardheads in this manner. The thread must be no coarser than a No. 24 and no finer than a No. 60. Will H. Dilg, founder and president:s of the Izaak Waltem isegue of athep- ica, was re-clecte® at the annualcon- vention of the ieague held recently. WASHINGTON, | D. C. new mashie or driver with a The expert golfer never G the old saying that good golf shots One way to help a mashie for in- stance, is'shown, as nearly as it can be pictured, in Figure 1. Help this club by getting a correct understand- ing of its timing. The mashie—as with other irons—is swung about like this, in ‘counts: One—a “long two— then a quick three. The one corre gponds, of course, to the action of taking the club back. The two is for the turning and the quick three stands for the hitting blow. This immediately reveals the differ- ent timing required, since the wood club, being all swing, is_one—two— three in even order. Taking the mashie back more slowly, poising it an instant longer at the top, for the turn, and then the quick, decisive hit, will be helping that club a lot. While you are about it, you can give your midiron some help, too, by ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER. HE first of the fish to be placed in the Tidal Basin in the campaign to stock this body of water arrived by train last Thursday, and, under the personal supervision of Commissioner Henry O'Malley of the Bureau of Fisheries, were given their frecedom in the waters The site selected for their liberation was from the sandy shore of the old bathing beach, and as the contents of the containers were emptied in the shallow water there was a scramble of fish in all directions. Dilg has been re-elected every vear since the organization of the league three years ago. “An intensive program all over America to so guard, replenish and administer our outdoors and wild life that it may adequately serve the pur- poses of national outdoor recreation, which s no longer a pastime, but a distinct phase of American life,” Is the program of Dilg for the coming vear. The Izaak Walton League was or- ganized by a group of nationally kpown and famous outdoorsmen, headed by Dilg. Others prominent in the move were Emerson Hough, Zane Grey, James Oliver Curwood, Henry Van Dyke, Stewart Edward White, Dr. James A. Henshall, Frank L. Stick and many others. Today the Walotn League has 1,500 chapters in all parts and corners of America and a membership in excess of 100,000, with 150 new chapters be- ing formed every month 'K. C. DUCKPIN TITLE IS WON BY GENOAS Genoas clinched the championship of the Knights of Columbus Bowling League on the final matches of the series by defeating the Salvadors two games out of three. ‘Winning all three of their matches, the Ovandos went into second place at the finish, while the Salvadors dropped back to third. The Genoas turned in a 1,615 set and the Salva- dors registered 1,640. Standing of Teams. W. L. Avg. 2 500 496.34 49225 48517 o 4911 480-32 474-40 468-38 28 o : Salvador " . Santa Maria. 50 31 Pinta d hristoplie ‘olumbia, De s Individual Averages. @ Callan (Ov.) Langley McCarthy (S Nolan FRRTORE NI JEEEST Kiley Geier (Sal.) Weeks (Gen.j. McCann' (Gen! Kenealy (Bal.). Murtaugh (S. M Mawhinney (Pin.) . Barry (Sal).... Griffin *(Gen.) Morris (Chr. Betz_(Ov.).. Diegelman_ (P} Cannon (Col.) Doyle (Ov.) Kane (Bal.) ...l Gorton (Pin).; ' Filzgibbon (Col') BORIRRaaa RESHERE 2539500500000 R PR R Rt SRR ERRSESRNESE! BB BDBIIBDBITIEI DI 3 £ e 1 363 3 126 2 2 3 G219 6 S GO D IS M b 340 135 SO 0 (Sal.) - Draley (Saiy .. Sullivan (CoL.j. Zilliox (D.'S)) Werner (S, M.} Burke (Ov.).. Rodgers (Chr o, (G ‘ompkins (D, & Obold (Gen.). B e a 3 McDermdwt " (6+.) Doyle (Eal,). Cooper ~ (Chr) Casper (S, M Colbert ' (Col.) Connor (D. ¢ agee (F.G.). Mitchell (F. G} Cote (F. G.). 30 213 o e &y e 303 =ttt e-+4 BB DN 00 B L3000 e O 1S O D A I A AL 30000 S gazauoan) s E-BRENEE b ko ot o o SSSEEIEREREREERE! CENTRAL HIGH NETMEN LOSE TO NAVY PLEBES ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 18.—Navy plebes overwhelmed ~Central High School of Washington at tennis this afternoon, taking six straight singles and two of the three doubles. Singles—Howard, Navy, defeated Gaffee, Central, 61, 6—2: T. K. Hufl, Navy. de feated Bowen, Central, 3—46, 8—0 Young, Navy, defeated Birch, Central, 2—8. 6—0, 7—5: ' Stillman, Navy, defeated Jac quette, Central, 6—4 '11—0: Sayers, Navy, feated Duke,’Central, 6—1. 6—1: C.Huff! Navy, defeated-Rosaty, Central, 6—3. 6—4 Doubles—Howard and Youne, Navy. 3T TR Huraad & Hair, Nave deteatei erm'nifl“glkwu Central, L 3 Ly OLFERS expect their clubs to do wonders for them. det Central, “6—3, | OI il They buy a feeling of “Ah, now watch me!” expects his clubs to help him much; he is forever watchful to give his clubs a little help. This gets back to |39 cannot be purchased at the store. | stopping your back swing with it at the three-quarters distance. The iron should never be “wrapped around your neck.” Note in Figure 2 the cor- rect top position with the midiron. Note the position of the left knee. You keep fairly well on both feet, with the weight about 70 per cent on foot. Letting the left foot work too lose from the ground and too high off {the ground will upset your poise and also let the club go back too far. The farther back you take a golf club the harder you make it to attain tim- ing—always keep that in mind. Figures 3 and 4 show the path of the clubhead for a full mashie shot— 150 yards—which requires a half wing. (Copyright. JAPANESE CAPTURES U. S. TENNIS HONORS PINEHURST, N. Takeii day won the new united North and South men’s singles lawn tennis title by defeating S. Howard Voshell of Brooklyn, the playing-through title- holder, 6—4, 2—8, 7—5, 6—1. Miss Martha Bayard of Short Hills, N. J., successfully defended her title against Mrs. Benjamin E. Cole of Boston, wining, 6—3, 6—3, in the final round of the women's singles. Miss Anne B. Townsend and Miss Molly Thayer, both of Philadelphia, won the women's doubles after a three-set struggle with Mrs. Bronson Batchelor of New York and Mrs. M. Brooke Huff of Philadelphia, 3—6, 6—4, 9—1T. CARRY ROLLERS WIN COMMERCIAL HONORS Carry Ice Cream team of the Com- mercial League carried off the honors of the bowling season that closed recently, winning 49 games and los- ing 32, for a percentage of 605. The quint aiso rolled the highest game, 581, and also the best set, 1,717. Brewer of Carry’s was the star of the league, having the highest aver- age, 108.50, and also made the largest number of spares, 166. Walsh of People’s was the strike leader, having smashed them completely for 42 rocks. Crogham of the Raleigh Haberdas| ery had high game with 154 and Simp- son of Woodward & Lothrop grabbed the high set honors with 376. Standing’ of Teams. Pet. 1925.) C.. April HG. Carrys EERBERERGS] CARRYS. S5emo [oreremee. ) Fri et otz ATTE! BY CO. Cox . 367 Muse (1.0 Hennige .. Spinner Rose Kraft Thiel eetripiren 59 SEBIEE Bernstein . Ritchie primtotrivtrreieg S55a8ERANE GeneraoEs BREIR3REA3 Simpson Kennedy Grasso Nally . McCarthy " Preller Martin Wright Violland Conneily Morton” . ®aees3s il TIMES.-HRRALD, x 136 125 120 ° Lawrence 53 e 5 £ Ry Sges rieteicin ottty oo 33 1 1 1 1 1: . jeteirieiris [EI5388EY el £ ek 08 o7 4y b A S APRIL 19, 1925— the right foot and the rest on the left| swing, and a full midiron shot, 190| vards. which requires a three-quarter | 18.— | ‘hi Harada, Japanese star, to-| SPURIS SEUITON. - 1 TENNIS BALL TRAVELS 120 FEET PER SECOND A tennis ball leaves the rackefs of such experts as a Tilden or a Johnston at a speed of 120 feet a second. If this. could be maintained it would travel a mie in 44 second$ and nearly 82 miles an hour. BOWLERS TO START TOURNEY TOMORROW The Spring bowling tournament of the Capital City Associatfon opens to- morrow night at the King Pin alleys at Fourteenth and Monroe streets. Fourteen teams, 12 doubles and 24 singles are scheduled for the opener. The tournament will take up the en- tire week, and most of the first-class bowlers of the District will compete. TEAMS—8 P.M. Interburead) . . . . (Pub. Utilities) . . o/ 8 (Y. M. C. A" M. CTANLD Alley. 31 —BoMcitors (Agr. 22—C. & P, Tel. Co. 24—Y. M. G A. 25—Y. M. C, Al No. 8 (Y. 6—Files (Commerce) ... Herz] (Hebrew Interc 20—Review (Personal Audit) 30—P. A. No, 3 (Personal Audii] 31—Torpedo Tube (Navy Yard). 32—Drafting (Navy_Yard) ; 35—West Gun Car. Shop (Navy Yard). 36—Breech Mech. Shop (Navy Yard).. YW DOUBLES—10 P.M. Class. ley, —Homan and Rany 32—Coe and Marx. . ‘a BANO>PEEFEEEE HOWOEOROWERGHE som . Burton and_Bosley. 5—Sislen and Brisker. . 6—Douglas and Ferris. 39—Nuckols and Loges 40—Rouse and Barnes SINGLES—10:45 P.M. K] >EEEEEO> 0> 0>E > OROWs W OF | B. Harisbrough, ef. . B. Hansbrough. ir. F. Henderson B, Nell Holmead L. Giliehri A Butler. ... . L. Bernstein W. Ransom. B. Sullivan T Wax. 5 |2 .'D. Homan . Deuterman . AGRICULTURE INTERBUREAU LEAGUE. | Standing of Teams. 40,952 Bureau of Soils 40,109 | Economics Plant Buread. . Accounts . Property ... Solicitors Interbureais Public Roads Leading Performances. High team sete—Soils and 1.623: Accounuts. 1,608 High team games—Solicitors, 579: bureau, 578 Accounts, 569. High _individual sets—McCarthy, | Gowan, 579. Adams, 375. High ~individual = games—Kettler, Young, 148; McCarthy, 147 Sofls, with a sparkling set of 1,602 took the odd game from the Solicitors’ five and practically cinched the league championship for the present season, since but three more games are to be rolled and, the leaders now have a three-game margin over the Econom- ics outfit in second place. Gowan led the way for Soils with a set of 348. closely followed by C. Gersdorff, who ‘totaled 338 for his three games. Kettler and W. Gers- dorff also passed the 300 mark for their sets. Allen featured for Solici- tors, getting a set total of 342, with high game for the match, 125. Accounts dropped the first two games to Economics and finally man- aged to cop the third by a one-pin margin, when Evans toppled the last pin in his_tenth frame. Miller, with 351, and Barber with 337, were the big guns for Economics, which now has g clear title to second place in the team standings. Benner's 331 was the best count for the Accounts’ five. By a whale of a finish, in which every man went over 100, the Prop- erty five took the odd game from Intérbureau and remained in the fight for third place. Tucker and Tal- bert led the way for Property, while McCarthy was best man for Inter- bureau, with 330, the best set of the match. Ready also crossed the 300 mark. The Plant Bureau-Roads match comes under the head of “one of those things that lead up to a tragedy.” Capt. “‘Bill” Whelan of the Roads out- fit slipped away from his wife's birth- day party to help his team swamp the Plant Bureau outfit, and then only two of his men showed up, forcing him to forfeit the three games to Plant. Touched by the incident, Fer- rall, Plant Bureau captain, has offered to roll off the games later in case five Roads bowlers_are still alive after Bill has interviéwed them. F. Donaldson, working out for Plant for the first time, captured high game honors, totaling 127. The rest of the team rolled much below form. Interbureaus are finishing the sea- son claiming the national hard luck champlionship. They are tied for last place, 12 full games behind the Eco- nomics’ five, in second place, while outrolling the latter on the season by 40,171 pins to 40,109, O0DD FELLOWS' LEAGUE. Standing of Teams. Solicitors, Inter- 387 152; Mount Pleasant. ity mity Federal Eastern Harmony Columbia .. Washington Brightwood Friendship High individual average—Harville. 11 High individual game—Harville, 161 High individual set—Harville, 403, Greatest number of strikes—P. Ellett, 42. Greatest number of spares—Harvilie, 151, Last week produced a good deal of one-sided opposition, five of the six sets being white wash affairs. Wash- ington started by taking three from Brightwood, Harmony did likewise to Fred D. Stuart, while Salem and Fed- eral City took all from Amity and Friendship, respectively. Cones of Columbia wad in excellent form, totaling 854 for his team ggainst Golden Rule. His bowling was mainly ~esponsible for his team apnexing two of the three games from Golden Rule. Cones’ total was the best of the week. Driver of Salem was in excellent form, getting a set of 333. The best team rolling of the week was shown in the match between Mount Pleasant and Eastern. Mount Pleasant took the first game, 569 to 547; won the second, 560 to 547, and easily romped in for the third win ‘with 516, totaling 1,645, the high team: set of the league. Hornig of the win- ners lead the attack with 351, follow- ed by C. F. Groff with 344, Steele with, 337 and Logan with 329., Mount Pleasant now enjoys a six- game lead over its nearest rivalsy and at the form they are showing should have little tzouble coming-out in front. The fight now seems center- ed around second with six | terzone final. rings Are Salisfying DRAW IN BOTH OF ZONES SHOUL]? BRING GOOD PLAY Experts Think Favorites Will Reach Finals, With France and Australia Due to Fight It Out for Rite to Oppose the United States. C season. OMPLETE satisfaction has been expressed by tennis followers with the working out of the draw made for the Davis cup play this In both zones the pairings are suited to bring the play along in elimactic order and the favorites will come together in the latter rounds. G the lower half. India looks to be th semi-finals, if the play ruffs true to { fand, on past performances. In the Americary zone, Spain an Australia is at the top of the lower division. echoslovakia, which was runner-up to final last yeat, is at the top of the European drav nce in_the European ith France heading nt of Czechoslovakia in_the France should meet Eng- e oppor orm, wh d Japan are in the upper half, while an_and, Spain are ex- pécted to come together in the upper semi-final and Australia and cither Canada or.New Zealand in the lower one. Australia and France are again the favorites to meet in the interzone match. With Spain competing in the American zone for the first time and England’s strength apparently no greater than that of 1924, France looks o be the decided favorite to win in the European zone play,” though o last year and is not to be left out of the reckoning. France again will have the services of Rene Lacoste and Henri Cochet and also of Jean Borotra, at least in America, should France reach the in- Borotra is in the United States and it is not known whether he intends returning to represent his country in the preliminary play. Both Cochet and Lacoste are rated on a par with Borotra in the French ranking, while France also has the services of Andre Gobert, famous vet eran who made a comeback recently in the French covered court cham- pionship, in which he defeated Ba ratra and lost to Lacoste in the final in five sets. Lacoste played the finest tennis of his career in this country last vear, defeating both Gerald Pat- terson and Pat O'Hara Wood in the interzone match. Had Boratra de- feated either of the Australians then France would have earned the right | to meet the United States in the chal- lenge round. Australia with Gerald Patterson and James Anderson on the team probably WASHINGTON LADIES' LEAGUE. Standing of Team Won. Lost Pet 13 33 Commercials Mount_Pleasant Buddies Columbian; Billies . Capitol ‘Hiliers H Interstate Commerce. . Post Office Department Daughters of Isabella Metropolitan A. C.. ... Hail to the Commercials, champions. Any lingering 58 95 043 the new doubt to their rightful claim to the honors | was swept aside Thursday night when | they clashed with the Mount Pleas- ants and captured the odd game after | a great battle before what was prob- ably the largest gallery of the season. This match ttled the issue beyond question, as the Commercial have only three more games to play, and they can lose all and still win. ‘While it can be said that their vic. tory was achieved mafnly through the good bowling of their “heavy artil- lery,” Niner, Bradt and Gulli, the fact must not be overlooked that there were two others who were in there all the time giving the team the best they had, and what they may have lacked in actual bowling skill was off- set by their absolute dependability. Irene Myers and “Bubbles” Watts are justly entitled to a great share of credit. Capt. Jessie Smith and her Inter- state Commerce bowlers have the dis- tinction of being the only team to complete the, season on schedule. In doing so they upheld their reputation as dependable bowlers. They are not only a credit to the game but an asset to the league. . U. OF M. VARSITY NETMEN BEAT FRESHMEN TEAM COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 18.— University of Maryland varsity rack- eters defeated the Old Line freshmen netmen in a tournament here this afternoon, capturing every match and losing but one set. Singles—Weber, varsity, defeated Shelton. 6—1. 6—2; Kimbrough defeated Goodstein, 6—2, 6—1: rsity, de- feated Spottswood. 6—0, 6—1. Greene, var- sity, defeated McEntee.' 6—4, 6—2: varsity, defeated Clauseil. 4—8. 6—0. Dola:lcp—l(lmbl’ofllh and Tingley, vi sity, feated Shelton and Goodstein, 6—3. 6—4: Weber and Burns, varsity, defeated McEntee and Spottewood. 6—0, 64 Green and Tan, varsity, defeated Wiley and Clau- sell, 63, 7—5. SEE oS HESS JUNIORS IN GAME. HYATTSVILLE, Md., April 18.— Comet Athletic Club base ballers of Hyattsville, a junior combination, will play host to the Hess Juniors of Washington on the high school dia- mond, here tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock. Either a Badg at small cost. Quality, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed JOS. A. WILNER & CO. CUSTOM Cor. 8th and G Sts. N.W. choslovakia showed great strength | A Well Dressed Appearance is a Stepping -Stone to Success. 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Last year Anderson was not on th team, declaring that he could not tak the time off from his business unless reimbursed by the A 1ssociation for his jos assoclation refused to me demands, and Patterson with O'Hara Wood mous Australian a together and both of them evidently are playing the best tennis of their career: Anderson defeated P: in the final of the Austra pionship this year and Patte: ed the tables on him, to the surprise of the tennis world, in the Davis cup trial matches held recently. te on's showing in the challenge round last year was not particularly zood, but the fact that he was able to d feat Anderson, who has come to looked upon as one of the best three or four players in the world s victory over Johnston he is capable of m than he put up in this country Anderson to Play in England. Anderson has received from the Australi s come to the United States by of England and will play i bledon champions tunity to meet manj best players in the E should help to bring his | game along y, so that when he | reaches this country he will be able {to strike his best f i | great delay. Patterson and the oth members of the A alian team will arrive dn the Pa Coast, unless | they should decide ) to Wimble { don also, and { training’ in Calif; | way eas rd, whi arriye in New York 2 once on tarf courts John B. Hawkes is to be a | ber of the Australian team | if the necessary sum of raised, Pat O'Hara Wood | sent. ' Hawkes played with Anderson in the 1923 doubles match, in which | they led Tilden and Williams, 2 to 1 |in ‘sets and threatened to win the match until Tilden braced and began {to play the most sensational sort of | tenn O'Hara Wood forms with | Patterson one of the leading com | binations of the tennis world. They | defeated Tilden and Richards in 1922 |in decisive fashion, but were beaten by Tilden and Johnson in_ almost | equally decisive hion last vear { after losing to the Kinsey brothers in | the national championship. Two Powerful Players. With Patterson, Anderson, O'Hara Wood &nd Ha tralia has two powerfyl singles players and strong ’doubles _combinations. strongest opposition to the An deans in the American zone probably will be furnished by Spain. With Manuel Alonso and Eduardo Flaquer | the Spanish would be able to make a | worthy fight, though Australia would {bé the favorite to win the match |should they meet. It is doubtful whether either’ Alonso or Flaquer could beat Anderson on grass unless Anderson has gone back since his match with Johnston. It is not yet certain that Flaquer will play for Spain. Should he be on the team his appearance would mark the debut of another foreign star be- fore American galleries. Japan prob- ably will be represented by Zenzo Shimizu, Sunao Okamoto, Masanosuke Fukuda and Takeiichi Harada New Zealand, which will pla first matches in the America along with Spain. is more or less dark horse, but it is not expected that it will be able to cope with Australia. A number of good players were dis- covered in the New Zealand plonships, among whom were (¢ Laurenson, Andrews nd Bartlett. Last year F. M. B. Fisher and J. C. Peacock represented New Zealand and were put out of the play in the second round by Czechoslovakia. It is ex pected that several of the younger players will be called on this vear. Canada will have two worthy repre. sentatives in Jack Wright Wil- lard Crocker. ian Tha his ne over he two f: & bac | of the world's 1glish classic ng their Anderson will d start play at mem also, and 500 can be o will be po- e of Success or Suits that 35 TAILORS