Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1925, Page 17

SPIQRTS, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1925. SPORTS. b\ d Tests Today : Nurmi Spurns Big Offers to Remain Amateur FOUR CAPITAL LINKSMEN - ARE AMONG CONTESTANTS +Crabbe and Barnett Join McLeod and Horgan, Who Previously Got in Select—Thirty Qualify From Midwestern Section. By the Associated Press. N 18 holes, involving two days’ ify for the national open tou EW YORK, May 29.—\With the field pared to 143 by one round of play, Eastern golfers seeking to qual- roament had the task of playing an- other round on the difficult Lido course today. At least 58 pla golfers who qual ers from the E: d in the two-day play vesterday, and five from the Pacific coast who pas stern section will join 30 Midwestern ending at Onwentsia, Chicago, ed a test at San Fran- Cisca last week, in competing for the blue ribbon of American links in the annual tournament at Worcester, Mass., Seventy-five survived Wednesday's yreliminary test at Lido. Their score: today will be added to Wednesda and the 29 lowest, with ties, will t cligible for competition at Worcester. Sixty-eight survived 3 s play and when they have made the circuit egain today with 29 lowest, with ties, will qualify for the 72-hole competi- tion in the tournament proper. No outstanding Eastern golfer was out of the running this morning. but the conclusion of the Midwestern ualifying play found the great Chick Yvans, former open and amateur champion, and Bobby Cruickshank, Who once lost a play-off for the open 10 Bobby Jones, out in_the cold. 1ivans, just out of a hospital, failed Ly two strokes, taking a seven on the Jiext to the last hole of the test. Bill Mehlhorn, with a remarkable 71— 66 led ‘the Midwestern qualifie The highest score to qualify was 151, three being tied at that figure. The low at San Francisco last week was 147 and the high 15 Johnny Farrell, with a remarkable 86-—-34—70, despite a heavy wind, ve terday equaled the Lido competitive record, made on \Wednesday by Mac ‘Smith with a pair of 35s under better playing conditions. Bobby Jones of Atlanta, amateur champion, went avound in 35—36—71, having an excel- Jent chance to make a record, but slipping a bit at the finish. A list of the Midwest qualifiers: Bill Melhorn, Chicago. Dave Robertson. Detroit, Alex Cunningham. Toledo, Bob Shade, Cleveland. 7 mes Weager, Chicago, Hutchison, Chicago, arter, Chicago, i, Milwaukee, William Creavy, Oklahoma City —148 Harry Hampton. Memp) Wilfred Reid, Detroit, 74 . Louisviile, Cleveran: *Bob Gardner, Chicago, Willie Hunter, Chi . Chicago, . Ch " Fee, Chicago, Murphs, Chicago, Maroney Laurie_ Ayton, Chicago J. P. Rouse, Chicaz George Stark, Indianapo SAmateur. D. C. Linksmen Do Well. LONG BEACH, N. Y., May 29.— Washington's representatives in the gecond day’s qualification round for ad- | mission to the national open champion- ship at Worcester next week covered | themselves with glory at the Lido| Country Club yesterday. Two of the District representatives, J. L. Crabbe of the Congressional Club and Robert Barnett of Chevy Chase, finished well inside the limits with 77s, while a former Washingtonian, Leo Diegel, was up among the leaders with @ 74. Leo went out in 36 after missing | holable putts on, the fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth holes. After that his drive went back on him, and although he succeded in sticking close to par, it was only through remarkable re- coveries and good putting. His card: out 4545434236 in 4054430643874 Barrett went out in 38, losing strokes on the long fourth and the ninth, but was even 4s coming home until the seventeenth hole, where he annexed a 6 and then finished with a 5. The Chevy Chase professional ylayed his entire round when the wind was blowing fairly strong, mak- ing the course at least three strokes harder than it was in the morning. His card out Io 34 44 44454 54444 Crabbe would have equaled Diegel's 74 except for a series of mishaps, which started at the fourth hole and did not end until he had played two more. He was in trouble at the fourth and took a 6, got into a trap at the fifth and took a 5 and then mount- ed up another 6 at the sixth. His card out 44465643440 In .. 44442545537 'reddie McLeod, who was troubled Wy a recently vaccinated arm, has Leen paired with Walter Hagen for the final round today. Dan Horgan, another Washingtonian, was among ihose to survive for the final trials. | jie and McLeod played Wednesday. BERLENBACH INTENDS T0 KNOCKOUT M'TIGUE Er 52 3 5—38 6 5—39— NEW YORK, May 29 (#).—Mike Mc- Tigue will go into the ring at the Yankee Stadium at 10 o'clock tonight to defend his world light-heavyweight grown against Paul Berlenbach, knock- out king. . Berlenbach is a favorite with many, but assurances by the champion that he is in excellent trim and that his right hand is working to order have given some fans a different view of the lattle. These figure McTigue will out- smart the challenger a Paul has punched himself out. McTigue has been much criticized since he won the title for purely defensive tactics in po-decision fights., There will be a de- Lision tonight. Berlenbach is confident of winning by a knockeut and intends to draw McTigue from his defensive shell and force him to swap blows during the 15 rounds. Tony Marullo, New Orleans, light- heavyweight, will find himself busy in the 10-round semi-final handling Jack Delaney, Bridgeport battler, who is a challenger for the title which Mc- Tigue is defending. Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo light- heavyweight, stacks up against Jack ‘Burke, Pittsburgh veteran, in a six- round prelimina g The judges gave Frankie Genaro, American flyweight king, a verdict over Harold Smith, Chicago bantam, in a 10-round go at Brooklyn last pight. PRINCETON COACHES SIGN. PRINCE' N, N. J., May 29.—Dr. Charles W. Kennedy, chairman of the Princeton Board of Athletic Control has announced that Bill Clarke, head base ball coach at Princeton for the last 15 years, has just signed a con- tract to continue as head coach for three more years. At the same time Jack Coombs, pitching coach, also sicned a three-year contract with the Ligers. next Wednesday and Thursday GOLF CLUBS TO HOLD EVENTS TOMORROW clubs about Washington golf events for to- | Al the have scheduled morrow olumbia will hold a match play against_par event, Chevy Chase will stage the annual 18-hole competition for the Victor Kauffmann Memorial Day cup, while Washington will hold {2 match play against par event for | the benefit of the greens section of the | United States Golf Association. |~ Congressional has announced a medal play handicap tournament for the benefit of the greens section, with a golfer's lunch at noon, at which prizes won in the recent closed tour- nament of the club will be presented. Indian Spring and Town and Coun- try Club are planning miniature tour- | naments, while at Beaver Dam there will be tournaments for men and women, the women holding a putting contest. | The club championship of the Ar- |zvle Golf Club will start tomorrow | with an 18-hole qualifying round, to be played tomorrow and Sunday. Match play rounds will continue through June 7 for the title now held by William P. di Este. D. C. NETMEN SCORE IN RICHMOND EVENT Tom Mangan, C. M. Charest and Robert Burwell survived the second round of singles play in_the Old Dominion tennis tourney at Richmond, vesterday and were to play in the ound matches today. Two Washington doubles teams, the Charest-Burwell combination and Ben- ton and Thompson, were victorious in the first round, while White and Hard- ing were eliminated by Major and Stocking of New York. Charest and Burwell defeated Chandler and Worth- ington of Richmond, 6—2, 6—2, and Benton and Thompson won from Gold- man and Cary of New York, 6—4, 4—6, 6—3. C.'S. Thompson survived the second round of singles, only to be defeated in the third round by Kynaston of New ork. IN THE ARYLAND co-eds are in the M for honors in the final. Miss Church is exhibiting an ex- ceptionally interesting brand of tennis and so far-has experienced little diffi- culty in capturing her matches. Miss Wolf, the tennis manager, hopes to have the tournament com- pleted within the next week. Prepara- tion for examinations has retarded play to a considerable extent. For the first time in their athletic history, the Maryland co-eds will par- ticipate in an interclass track meet exclusively for women, on June 8, in Byrd Stadium, at the university. The meet will be held in conjunction with the track and fleld events for the men, which have annually been a fea- ture of the class day program. Irene Meade is managing the girls’ meet, which will include relay races, dashes, potato and sack races as well as a rope-skipping “sprint” and wheel- barrow “‘dash.” Following the meet the usual class luncheons will be held. Junior class team . 1 captured the interclass rifle match at Central High School vesterday afternoon with a total of 570 points. The team, composed of Kathren Ludlum, Ivah Shear, Virginia Shull and Virginia Riley, also claimed the highest individual scorer. Miss Lud- lum shot 98 prone and 47 standing and gained the first-place decision over Roberta Wright, a sophomore, . who tied her 145 total and made the only possible prone of the entire match. However, she shot 45 stand- ing to Miss Ludlum's 47, thus giving the decision to the junior, as the standing card outranks the prone. Roberta Wright, Arline Spencer, Mary Pile and Mary Kyle of the sophomore team, tied the seniors. Sva Murray, Mary Macatee, Marjorie Folsom and Derothy Heyl, for second place, with a total of 566. Junior teamn No. 2, composed of Virginla Keyser, Margaret Goodwin, Matilda Udoff and Eugene Cuvillier, totaled 561. Mary Kyle, a sophomore, and Mar- jorie Folson, a senlor, tied for third place in individnal honors with iden- tical scores. ch shot 45 offhand and 99 prone. Five sighting shots were allowed and ten shots in each position scored. Coaching was done by members of the school team. Virginia Wise was match official and Florence Van Vleck official scorer. The weekly putting tournament for the woman golfers of Columbia Coun- try Club, which was 1o have been held tomorrow afternocn, has been post- poned until June 6 because of the Memorial day program attending the opening of the new club pool. The putting greens will be open tomorrow for practice, however. . No_matches will_be played tomor- Nash Fine Cars ana ! 'R. 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Walker. The entrie: FOR MEN. yards—J. Estavez. C. U.; - 38 Hy I MeMullan,”W. 0z ~J, Shear, W. C. T Eam \ C. : J. K. Fitzgerald, C. U. Ahlenfeld. W R. O. Eliason, W. H ". Ig‘lley. W. C. C.: Manton M. Wyvell, xhibition fancy diving by Francis X. Cuisinier, Tilinois A. C.. of Georgetown and Washingion Canoe Club, and Arthur Lyman of George Washington, South Atlantic out- door champion am Milier. FOR GIRLS 50-yard back—Florence Skadding, Tone Whalar. Esther Taylor, Tillie Raine agd Bea- diving—Bench Bentum, Winifred adding, Ena_Pettingill, Tone ding and Gladys Bowen. 200-yard _ relay—Capitol = Athletic ~ Club, Maryland 4wimming Club and Citauqua Swimming Club. BRITISH GOLF TITLE IS TAKEN BY HARRIS WESTWARD HO, England, May 29 (P).—Robert Harris of Dundee, Scot- land, today won the British amateur olf ‘championship, defeating Kenneth Fradgley of Warren, 13 up and 12 to play By this unprecedented margain Har- ris, a veteran amateur, won his first champlonship after twice previously weaching the finals Fradgley was paipably off his game and did not produce anything like the form displaved through the earlier rounds of the tournament. After losing four of the first five holes, Fradgley suffered from nervous- ness, while Harris played steadily and completed the first 18 holes 9 up. Fradgley halved an ocasional hole, but seemed to lack the ability to take advantage of many opportunities given by his opponent. — . WRIGHT GETS A JOB. TORONTO, May 29 (®.—Joe Wright, veteran rowing coach, for- merly mentor of the University of Pennsylvania crews, who is visiting here, said that he had accepted a GIRLS’ ATHLETICS the university championship. The matches still are in the pre- liminary rounds, with Constance Church, winner of the Fall event; Mary Harbaugh, 1924 runner-up, and Patricia Wolf making strong bids position as coach of the Penn Athletic Club, Philadelphia. DISTRICT midst of the Spring tennis event for row in the weekly tennis series for girls from the various playgrounds; as all of the grounds will be closed for Memorial day. The matches sched- uled for this Saturday are postponed until June 6 and will be played on the courts at the Chevy Chase play- grounds, beginning at 10 o'clock. Members of the varsity rifle and basket ball teams of George Wash- ington University entertained the senior class members of all Washing- ton high school rifle and basket ball teams at a dinner in the Chi Omega house last night. Following the dinner a vaudeville entertainment was given by the Hatch- etites in the new gymnasium, to which were invited 300 additional senor class members from the high schools. Kanawha Club nine will meet the Liberty Athletic Club Seniors on the Union Station Plaza field tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. STRIBLING EN ROUTE HERE FOR RING BOUT Young Stribling is en route for ‘Washington for his 10-round boxing exhibition with Jack Stone, to be held at the Washington Auditorium the night of June 4, unless legal difficul- ties prevent. Stribling defeated Chief Metoquah of Hutchinson, Kans., last Monday night. Prior to this bout he had decisively defeated Hughie ‘Walker, the “Iron Man” of the heavy- weight division. Jack Stone, Stribling’s prospective opponent here, is training daily in Stillman’s gym, New York, for the engagement. Stone is a boxer of the rushing aggressive type and is said to be a great audience pleaser. Many Washingtonians who never have witnessed a boxing exhibition are expected to take advantage of the chance to see Stribling, one of the most colorful youngsters in the game today. The famous “Ma’” and “Pa’” Strib- ling are due to be right at the ring- side at the Auditorium to advise the support of the family during the bout. “Ma” Stribling has made quite an impression on fans wherever her son_has_appeared. “Our Saturday Special” Attention, - Fishermen! Shrimp, 25¢1b. EACHO & CO., INC. 21.22-23 Municipal Fish Market Phone Main 6176-9510. G. U. HOPES TO QUALIFY TEN FOR FINALS AT PENN W ITH a score of athletes competing today in the trial events of the annual intercollegiate track and field championships on Franklin Field, in Philadelphia, Georgetown University was hoping to have 10 or more representatives in the finals to be held tomorrow. Before Emerson Norton and Jimmy Burgess, nationgl stars, sustained injuries, Georgetown was conceded the best chance to win the title in the games on the University of Pennsylvania course, but with its team crippled to such an extent, California, repeated victor, and Yale, that triumphed last year, rule even favorites to take the meet. However, the Hilltoppers are w expected to provide plenty of high-c The team that left last night for Philadelphla included Bill Dowding, John Haas, Ray Haas, Gene Cash- man, Bill Thompson, Frank McHugh, Dynamite Melton, Vernon Ascher, Paul Herlihy, Andy Kinally, Ed Mec- Clain, George Marsters, Wiilie Sulli- van, John Holden, Gus Swinburne, Ed Brooks, Walter Gegan, Harry Helme, Esmond Kearney and Tony Plansky. Dowding, John Haas, Cashman, Thompson, McHugh and Melton were to enter ‘the 100-yard trials today. Ascher, Herlihy, Kinally and McClai were entered for the quarter lle; Marsters, Sullivan, Holden, Swinburne and Brooks for the half-mile; Gegan and Sullivan for the mile, Helme for the two-mile, RayHaas and Kearney for the hurdles, Dowding for the broad jump and Plansky for the discus shotput and javelin. Norton, because of an ankle injury, was not ‘expected to compete in the discus throw or high jump, the latter an event in which he excels, but, in all likelihood, the hurt will not’ keep him out of the pole vault, in which he also is a clever: per- former. Maryland and Johins ~ Hopkins twelves meet tomorrow in the most {mportant lacrosse game of the season in the East. They are to clash on Homewood Fleld in Baltimore with the champlonship of the Southern division_of the Intercolleglate La- crosse League at stake. The Old Liners have disposed of the teams of Lehigh, Pennsylvania and Swarth- more and tied with Stevens, while Hopkins has defeated all of these. So who's who in the Southern division will be decided in the engage- ment getting under way at 3 o'clock tomorrow. Maryland is conceded an even chance with Hopkins in the contest. Another lacrosse game expected to prove unusually attractive is that scheduled between Navy and Army at Annapolis tomorrow. Both teams have enjoved successful seasons and the winner tomorrow will regard its campaign as altogether fine, for the same spirit prevails in lacrosse meet- ings as in other athletic contests be- tween the country’s big service insti- AUTO DRIVER ell fortified for the contests, and are lass competition. tutions. Play at Annapolis is to be- gin at 4 o'clock. ‘While the Midshipmen and Cadets are battling at lacrosse at Annapolis, nines of the institutions will be en- gaged in their annual base ball conflict at West Point. Georgetown's nine ended its season yesterday by losing a 6-to-2 game to New York Athletic Club at Travers Island. The issue was decided in 4he first inning, when the New Yorkers fell upon Pitcher Goddard for five sin- gles and two passes that netted five runs.. Thereafter, Bragg pitched good ball for the Hilltoppers. Tierney of the clubmen held Georgetown to three hits and permitted no scoring in the first six innings. The game closed a successful campaign for Georgetown. It triumphed in more than two-thirds of its engagements, but six losses be- ing suffered. 29 Colleges Entered. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 29.—Col- lege athletes from coast to coast meet at Franklin Field today in quest of America’s premier college track honor—the intercollegiate track and field champlonships. Twenty-nine colleges have entered. California, winner of the title in 1921, 1922 and 1923, comes to the Atlantic Seaboard with a well-bal- anced team, while its neighbor, the University of Southern California, is expected to be a potent factor in the field events. Yale, victor last year; Pennsylvania, Harvard and Princeton and George- town also are primed for battle. Trials events will be held today, and finals tomorrow. The complete list of colleges which will compete follows: Ambherst, Boston College, Bowdoin, Brown, California, Colby, Columbla, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fordham, Georgetown, Harvard, Haverford, Holy Cross, Johns Hopkins, La fayette, Maine, Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology, New York Uni versity, Penn State, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Rutgers, Southern _ California, _Swarthmore, yracuse, Williams and Yale. S ARE READY FOR 500-MILE STRUGGLE By the Associated Press [ NDIANAPOLIS, May aside their tools today confident at the IndMnapolis Motor Speedway 29, ~America’s greatest automobile drivers laid they were ready to defend the coun- try's speed reputation against foreign invasion in the 500-mile race Saturday. Aside from a final tinkering the cars of drivers of national prominence are ready for the start at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. Pletro Bordino, Italian, and Antoine Mourre, Frenchman, upon whom rest Europe’s chances for victory in the classic also are prepared. Upon Bordi- no rests most of the responsibility for he alone will drive a car made in the old country. Three questions are uppermost in the minds of the drivers and fans alike. They are: Will the balloon tires used for the first time in an automo- bile race withstand the terrific punish- ment of the rough brick track? Wil Jast year's record of 98 miles an hour be bettered? Will the front-drive mounts of Benny Hill and Dave, Lewis do what they are expected to ac- complish—revolutionize not only the building of race cars but pleasure cars as well? All records for the local track from 21 miles to 10 miles have been shattered by half a dozen drivers in cfficial trials. Pete de Paolo holds the new mark for one lap, turning it at an average of 114 miles an hour. Leon Duray established the 10-mile record doing slightly better than 113 miles an hour. Both records are several miles an_hour better than the old marks. Phil Shaffer and one or two new- comers in the sport hoped today to be able to add their cars to the list of 23 already eligible for the race. Shaffer, who will drive the car that won last year's event, met with bad luck yes- terday, necessitating hours of work in rebuilding his speedster. An opportunity to show the mini- mum required speed of 85 miles an hour for 10 miles will be given the men this afternoon. A meeting of drivers, at which they will receive instructions which wiil govern the contest for approximately $100,000 in cash prizes, also was on the program. CANADIAN FIGHTERS SLATED TO BOX HERE In addition to the South Atlantic championship bouts on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week another big boxing attraction is being planned for the Washington Barracks by Capt. J. D. Cleland, athletic officer, and the committee in charge. Arrangements are under way to bring the amateur champions of Cana- da to Washington to meet the winners of the South Atlantic tourney within the next three weeks. Having received a favordble decision from the office of the Attorney Gen- eral in regard to the legality of the coming tournament, the barracks au- thorities are pushing the work of re- modeling the arena. Special boxes are being installed and a generous number of bleacher seats are being constructed. $100,000 IN PRIZES IN SPEED CLASSIC INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 29 (). —Salient facts concerning the thir- teenth annual 500-mile _automobile race tomorrow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are: Starting time—10 a.m. Probable number of starters—24. ze of track—21 miles, brick surfaced. Favorites—Tommy Milton, Earl Cooper, Pete de Paolo, Ralph de Palma, L. L. Corum, Harry Hartz, Leon Duray. Eligibility—Open to cars of not more than 122 cubic inches piston displacement. Winner in 1924—L. L. Corum and Joe Boyer, co-drivers of winning mount. Winner in 1923—Tommy Milton. Record for distance—5:05:23.51— an average of 98.24 miles an hour established in 1924 by Corum- Boyer. Prlzel—:\mnflmluly $100,000. Of this $50, goes to first 10 to finish, with winner _recelving $20,000. In addition $100 will be awarded the driver leading at the end of each lap; $10,000 consola- tion prizes will be divided among the cars which finish, but are not among the first 10. Prizes by auto- mobile accessories concerns and silver and bronze trophies also will be given. GENARO WHIPS SMITH. NEW YORK, May 29 (#).—Frankie Genaro, American flyweight cham- pion, was awarded the judges' deci- sion over Harold Smith, Chicago bantamweight, in a 10-round match at Brooklyn last night. Genaro proved too fast for Smith and never was in difficulty. The weights were, Genaro, 113 pounds; Smith, 118. TR KAPLAN INJURES THUMB. MERIDEN, Conn, May 29 (®.— Louis (“Kid”) Kaplan, featherwelght champion, will not be able to box “Red” Chapman of Chelsea, Mass., for the title at the Queensboro Stadium, Long Island City, June 8. An ex- amination of Kaplan's right hand by a bone speclalist revealed that he had chipped a bone in_ his thumb. RADIATOR, FENDERS ES AND REPAII WITRTAIPO RS 1 WKS. 1423 P. REAR Balance Monthly [ 30x3} Tire, 51100 | Equip your car with new tires PROBEY TI Six Months to Pay! RE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. Sth & P Sts. N.W. 1200 H St. N.E. COLLEGIATE GAMES EVENTS WILL STAND Bs the Associated Prees. PHILADELPHIA, May 29.—The executlve committee of the Inter- collegiate Assoclation of Amateur Athletics of America rejected three proposed amendments to increase the number of track events at its annual champlonships and voted unanimous- 1y to continue the present program without alteration. One amendment provided for the addition of a 2-mile relay, another for the addition of a 2-mile steepls- chase and the third proposed the elimination of the discus throw. The members of the committee sought to increase the number of track events to balance up the pro- gram, but the controversy over what should be added grew to such propor- tions that the delegates voted to dis- continue the discussion. Unlon College of Schenectady, N. Y., was admitted BELGIAN IS ELECTED HEAD OF OLYMPICS By the Associated Press. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May 29. ~—Count Henrl de Balliet-Latour, Belglum’s leading sportsman, has taken over the presidency of Interna- tional Olympic Committes from Baron Plerre de Coubertin, founder of the revived Olympic games. He was elected on the second ballot. Baron de Coubertin, head of the organization for 30 years, had per- sisted in his decision to retire. Gen. Charles H. Sherrill, speaking for the United States, promised the new president that Los Angeles would give him a reception he never would forget when he went there for the Olympic games in 1832. Desirious of recognizing the serv- ices of Baron de Coubertin, the con- gress named him “perpetual president of the Olympic games,” a title which never can be conferred again. The congress decided to accord spe- cial patronage to the sports feature of the sesquicentennial celebration in Philadelphia next year. Count Baillet-Latour, the new presi- dent, has a big racing stable, is a gei tleman rider of note, and recently was elected president of the Jockey Club of Brussels. In a measure read before the voting started, Willlam M. Garland of Los Angeles, member of the International Olympic Committee, gave his vote for the first ballot to Marquis de Polignac of France, and the second ballot to Count Clary, president of the French Olympic committee. WAR BLUES WIN FROM ARTILLERY POLOISTS War Department Blues defeated the 16th Field Artillery poloists, 1 to 0, In an exciting match yesterday it the Potomac Park Field. Capt. Tate contributed the winning goal. In a practice game staged in con- junction with the main contest the War Reds trlumphed over the Whites, 7 to 4. GIRLS ARE PRIMING FOR CHANNEL SWIM BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France, May 29 (#).—Gertrude Ederle, champion ‘American woman swymmer and holder of several world records, and Miss Lil- lian Harrison, English swimmer from Argentina, are preparing for the at- tempts they will make at separate times this Summer to swim the Eng- iish Channel from Cap Grisnez, near here. to Dover. Jabez Wolfe, well known English swimmer, who is said to have few equals in knowledge of the English Channel, is at Cap Grisnez to arrange for Miss Ederle’s training, which he will supervise. He thinks she should be ready to attempt the channel swim about the end of July if the weather is good. Miss Harrison, who already has started her training, seems to be in good form. When she attempts to swim the channel she will be convoyed by the tug Alsace, that crossed with the American., Charles Toth. who swam the channel in September, 1923. The distance from Boulogne-Sur- Mer to Dover is about 28 miles, but the shortest line from Cape Grisnez to the English shore is about 20 miles. Miss Lillian Harrison attempted twice to swim the English Channel last year. The first time she injured her leg by slipping on a sharp rock as she entered the water and was forced to abandon the attempt. The second time she was in the water 5 hours, but gave up because of adverse currents. In 1923 she swam for 21 hours down the Parana River in Brazil and during the same year swam the Plata River in Argentina. Charles Toth of Boston, Mass.. swam the English Channel September 9, 1928, in 16 hours and 40 minues, from Cape Grisnez. Henry Sullivan of Lowell, Mass., and Enrique Tirabocchi of Argentina also swam the channel that Summer. PRSI, NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 29 (®).—Charles Watson, 3d, 1927, of Philadelphia, has been elected cap- tain of the Yale tennis team for next year. EXPERIENCE One must unde:m ma- chinery to buy inery, edpecially used cars. Our experience enables us to COULD HAVE BECOME RICH QUICKLY, RUBIEN ASSERTS Secretary of A. A. U. Says Finnish Running Marvel Had Chance to Make $2 50,000—Approached - by Circus and Breakfast Food Firms. By the Associated Press. nounce his amateur status w N runner from Finland, during h: ick Rubien, secretary-treasurer of the ly after Nurmi sailed for his home in All offers were refused, however, larly happy over the fact that his am: EW YORK, May 29.—Offers totaling approximately $250,000 to re- erc made to Paavo Nurmi, wonder is visit to the United States, Freder- Amateur Athletic Union, said short- Abo, Finland. Rubien said, and Nurmi is particu- ateur standing remained undamaged. According to Rubien, a circus offered Nurmi $60.000 to travel with it for 20 weeks. Numerous other offer. severadl from breakfast food companie. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. At the finish of the golf swing the hands should be about shoulder high. | Also the general direction of the arms extending away from the body should be - straight out | into the line of | flight. The arms | should be extend- | ed out fairly| straight. Thi's picture ~ of the finish Is contrary to what many under- | of y at the finish of the swing. It is true that some good rlnyers have the club wrngned away around back of them at ghe finsh, but that is because they can, with thelr complete confidence, make a slashing swing. These same play- ers, in shots where extreme accuracy is 8 necessity, will invariably finish the shot as I have described. (Copyright, 1926.) THUNDERHEAD FIRST IN 400-MILE FLIGHT| Thunderhead, & 2-year-old black check cock of the Greenyard loft, owned by Harold E. Thomas, won the fourth old bird race flown over the Western course from Deshler, Ohio, by the Aero Racing Pigeon Club. The winner made the distance of 400 miles in 27 hours 1 minute and 50 seconds. He homed the second day after liberation, after encountering thunderstorms all along the route, Out of 10 lofts entered in the race | only 2 birds in a total of 60 made the flight. An average speed of 431.58 yards per minute was made by the winning | bird, while the other, from the loft 0!; Riley T. Huntt, averaged 430.49 yards per minute. The winning birds were awarded diplomas. DARLINGTO! May Earle Talley, 2 e shortstop of the Clayton (N. C.) High School team, dropped dead In the eighth inning of a game here between the Clayton s were made, Rubien said, including 5. Rubien reiterated previous denlals that Nurmi made lurge sums of money for running in this country, stating the Finn received only $7 a day as expenses. Profits made by clubs at which Nurmi appeared, he said, prob- ably will average about $3,000. A crowd of sevetal hundred persons were at the pler yesterday to wish Nurml bon voyage. One was Willie Ritola, Nurml’s track rival What might have been a serious accident to the famous runner was averted when a fellow passenger on the steamship Stockholm grasped urini’s arm as he tripped over a cable on the deck and nearly fell into the Hudson River. The crowd cheered as Nurmi regained his footing and the runner doffed his cap and smiled. After visiting his mother and sisters at Abo, Nurmi, it was learned, will go to Helsingfors to work as a me chanical draftsman at a salary of 2,500 marks, or about $62.50, a month Before sailing Nurmi, through an interpreter, said he hoped to return to the United States next January but if he does not, to return in 1927. MARSHALL NOW SECOND IN CHESS TOURNAMENT MARIENBAD, May 29 (P).—The winners in the seventh round of the international chess tournament were Marshall and Torre of the United States, Rubinstein of Poland, Reti of Czechoslovakia, Spielmann of Austria and Nienewitch of Denmark. Only one game was drawn and one ad Jjourned. Rubinstein, holds the second place. JACK TO BOX GEORGES. PARIS, May 29 () —Jack Demp- sey and Georges Carpentier will fight again in an exhibition bout in Paris on Sunday, July 12. Both ac- cepted terms for the match this eve- ning. The receipts will be given to the war veterans' organizations. SAUCY SUE WINS RACE. EPSOM DOWNS, England, May 29 with 6 straight wins lead, with Marshall in Torre is fifth. won the Oak sterling. Saucy Sue won by lengths. The same distance separated Miss Gadabout and Riding Light, second and third horses. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., May 29 P).—Ed (Strangler) Lewis expects to enter the ring weighing 218 pounds for his match with Wayne (Big) Munn at Floyd Fitzsimmons' sky-blue arena School and the McColl (S. C.) High School. tomorrow afternoon. Munn probably will scale about 260 pounds. \THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL President, Izaak Walto to get in bed with you? H Dr. Chase had made a camp be- side a tributary of the Yukon River. It was late Fall and rather cold., so he rolled up In a big coonskin robe. Just as he was going .to sleep he heard a blowing sotind a short dis- tance away. He became wide awake and lstened. Now he heard a low growl. It came from directly behind him. A moment later he felt a heavy poke on the shoulder. He says: “When that bear pressed his nose against my shoulder, believe me, I thought It was all off, and a cold, clammy perspiration Soon covered | my entire body. By this time I was simply paralyzed with fear and I could not have made a move had my life depended upon it. Had the an mal been in front of me where I could have seen it, perhaps it would have made a difference, but to feel that bear pressing his nose against me from behind was quite enough to try the nerve of any man. My heart was not in my mouth, but the un- mistakable sound of its pulsation was in my ears, and my breathing sounded to me like the noise pro- duced by one of those old-time black- smith bellows. “I guess that old bear's sense of hearing was not quite as acute as mine about that time. At any rate, he was not scared away by .the noise and just kept nosing around my shoulder, using a little more | digging H. DILG, n League of America. OW would you like to have a bear—a big Alaskan brown bear—try One tried to get in bed with Dr. Will Chase—or, at least, the physician thought he was trying to. The incident was related in the M v issue of Outdoor Life. force with each poke, so it seemed to me. He would bury his nose in the soft fur on the robe and make a peculiar snorting noise, such as 1 have heard a dog make when he was after ground squirrels or woodchucks. Finally he began to root along further down my body. sometimes only smelling, and then again giving me an extra hard poke azainst my back or legs.” The bear gradually moved away. however, and when Dr. Chase sprang | from his blankets the big animal ran into the woods But that Dr. in great contusion Chase had good cause to be alarmed is evident when you consider that the Alaskan brown bear is the largest of all bears, even larger than the grizzly, and that their tracks often measure 18 inches long and a foot wide. But, of course, the bear ran away, and I believe that any bear, regard- less of size, would prefer retreat to “FIT” FOR. A KING Is the Famous Fit of “BV.D Enjoy a plentiful su of the worlds most comfortable underwear o~ buy used cars at the right prices. Our reputation is your warranty that you will buy at the right price. SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY Used Car Dept. 1707 14th 8¢t. N. W. 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