Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1925, Page 56

N\ / ] THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, JULY 26, 1925—SPORTS SECTION. BEATS O'NEILL, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5, IN MUNICIPAL NET EVENT Veteran Succumbs to Lightning-Like Net Attack Hugh Trigg Today in Final Round of Tourney at Potomac Park. the jur of Youth Who Meeis possible” B at O'Neill, m bracket of the municipal tennis ch Potomac Park courts. It werd after dropping the first set o It was evident that O'Ne 1S ‘had he been, it is doubtful he co met ack ‘bettering his best. After dri a chop game in the back court and change o tics he forged ahead, e judgment an experienced player. them were forced on him by favorite. In the opening e “king of the municipal co *’supreme. He kept his o ways the defensive numerous_ decisive poin cou nd line placeme dine’s attempts at ba were for the most part futile. The tide turned in the second brace of games, and the junior romped through it with his chop drive and consistent advancement to the net position, losing only one game in the set. OB CONSIDINE T hed the * Maurice comp! was a fter the »onent al nd scored on cross. Con on Third Set a Real Battle. . The third set proved to be a real battle. O'Nelll opened up with a two- game lead. Considine, covering court superbly, making ‘“impossible” g on a dead run, managed to capture the Irishman’s service and followed this with a brilliant delivery of his own, tylng the score 1. O'Neill took the fifth game. Considine came iback with two in rapid succession, giving him a one-game lead, which O'Neill promptly tied up at 4-all, and followed through with a love ga e on his own service, giving him the advantage at 5-4—just one game from match After losing the first two points in the critical tenth game, Considine by means of two cross-court slice p e ments at the net, evened up the and subsequently took the game, next two games went to Considine, won largely through his uncanny judgment in placing his deadly chops and volleys at the net. The three Z&raight tallles thus gained by the Couth gave him the match Tods 2 o'clock Considine meets Hugh Trigg, the Rock Creek champion, in the final round on the Potomac Park courts. Trigs furnished the gallery with an other surprise yesterday by trimming Arthur W. Russett, Monument Park star, in straight sets, 6—0, 6 was a triumph of steadiness over bril- Mance. Russett interspersed his flash- - &8 of brilliant play with erratic shots ‘which gave his opponent a long lead, which he pressed to victory. Four doubles ma were play €d off vesterd O'Neill and Consi dine defeated Abrams and Taylor in the semi-finals, 6—4, 6—3. In the third round Trice and Kelley defeated Sickler and Andrews, 3 6—2, 6—2, and then succumbed to .~the Stebbins-Russett combina in the fourth round, 6—2, 6—2. The former pair previously had eliminated Rathgeber and Trigg, 6—1, 6—4. The latter couple had been onme of the favored teams in the doubles tourney’ This afternoon, Shepard and Dodge will complete their unfinished match with the Japense stars, Yoshikawa and Kitahari, which now stands at = set-all, r which the winners will play the Stebbins-Russett team in the semi-finals \ The final will follow the semi-finals after the players have had a brief rest, the ©'Neill-Considine combina- tion facing the winners in the matches scheduled above. : BOWEN HAS HARD FOE “" IN FIGHT WITH CARP In signing up Nate Carp of Balti- more to be the opponent of Eddie Bowen in a 10-round scrap at Wash sngton Barracks Thursday night, Pro- moter Frankie Mann did every one a.favor but Bowen. The popular bantam has shown real since he began fighting here, but ecord does not disclose a vietory over so capable an opponent as the Baltimorean. Carp's record of never been knocked out gives the hter something to shoot at. The main scrap is supported by a card of three bouts hetween service men from nearby posts of the Army and Navy. The semifinal of six rounds brings together Al Ward, Fort Myer cavalryman, and_ Sailor Ken- dricks of the nmavy yard. Pep Albee, naval reservist, and Joe Piscatelli of Fort Myer, two pounder: open the show with a 6- round mill starting at 8:30 o'clock Nick Brown of Camp _Holabird is slated to go the same distance with Sammy Hogan of the Naval Reserve: Col. Ericson and Kid Sullivan will referee and the barracks band will #be on hand to entertain the crowd between bouts. SHAMROCKS TO TACKLE FORT HUMPHREYS' NINE Having an open date today in the wunlimited andlot base 1 series schedule, Willie Glascoe, manager of the champion Shamrocks, lost no time 1n booking the crack Fort Humphreys nine for a game at Washington bar- racks diamond. The District champs have won all three of their series games, but will not find the going easy when they strike the soldiers. The Alexandria Dreadnaughts is the only combin: Hon to stop the Engineers this®sea- #on, according to Glascoe. Fans who wish to see the champs in action while the ¢hampions are on the road, drop in at the War College v'clock. local world should at 1:30 OUIMET WINS TOURNEY. BROOKLINE, Mass, July 2 Francis Ouimet of Woodland became amateur golf champion of Massachu- setts today for the sixth time by de- feating Winthrop Herzy of Well y, 4 up and 3 to play, in the 36-hole final ©f the championship tournament. MACKIE WT'INS ON LINKS. LONG BEACH, N. Y., July 25 (#).— Jack Mackie, jr., of the Inwood Coun- captured the New teur _golf championship by defeating Steve Croghegan of Huntington, L. L, 7 and 4, in the final 86-hole match over the Yido links. MISS COLLETT VICTOR. * NEW LONDON, Conn., July 25 (&). —Glenna Collett of the Meta Comet Club, just returning from her Euro- «~gean trip where she won the women's 'fiamplonshtp of France, playing to- day with G. W. Carroll, fi., won the score, first prize, with 77 in the eighth annual mixed two-ball fouf: momes over the Shenecossett cour: unerring placement of his youth g himsc feline It ‘land just this defect ms net star, upset all dope and ac- afternoon when he elimin- in the semi-final \mpionships now in progress on the iree-set affair, Considine taking the 26 61, s, vesterday icipal titleholder, not at the tap of his game, but even | uld have withstood the lightning-like opponent. “Bob” was first set, he resorted to ashing net placement With this xhibiting the steadiness, accuracy and His errors were few and most of cements from the racket of the out of EDDIE SEMLER TO COACH BALTIMORE POLY ELEVEN Eddie Semler, former foot ball and base ball star at the University of Maryland, and last year in charge of athletics at Emerson In- stitute here, has been named grid- | iron coach at Baltimore Poly. | Semler was graduated from Mary- land in the class of His home is in Hagerstown, Md. BOYS’ DAY IS LISTED AT NATIONALS' PARK the lead of American gue base ball clubs in Cleveland, | New York and St. Louls, the Wash: | ington NationaJs will open their gates | to the youngsters of the city on Boys’ day, July 31 At the suggestion of Ban Johnson, president of the American circuit, who is attempting to interest the youth of the country in the national pastime and beljeves that if the supply of big | league players is not to run short, the boys must be taught the game from the ground up, the local team will | | Following Le: | of the season with bands and stunts and other doings designed to interest the kids. | As a preliminary to the big game between the *Vorld Champions and the Chicago White ox, two of the out- standing midget teams of the Wash ington Base Ball and Athletic Associa- tion will meet on the Nationals' dia- mond. Bucky Harris has consented to man- age one of the nines, and Eddie Col- lins, Chisox manager, is expected to direct the campaign of the other. BLUNDON’S NEW WEAPON PROVES VERY EFFECTIVE Shooting a new gun, Bill Blundon yesterday showed the contestants in the Washington Gun Club's added handicap how to break the clays when | he cracked 46 in 50 to take first hon- ors, Dr. Monroe ran second with 38 hits. Other scores were: Gillette, 37; Wyn. koop, 36; Freeman, 25; McCarthy, 19; Hiller, 18. N reached its successful concl high lights in the event and One thing was brought out very clearly by the junior net play. There are number of rising stars in the District who give promise of devel- oping that new type of feminine game which includes not merely steadiness and perhaps one or two good strokes, but skill in all branches of the game. No_better example of this can be found than in the game of Florence Seward, the slip of a girl who cap- tured the junior singles title. Miss a natural tennis player. are easy and graceful and she follows through, not only on her forehand, but on her backhand, which is all too rare among players of the Miss Seward and Katherine Berrall figured in a most unusual contest in the final of the singles. It was ex- traordinary in that neither vouthful racketers served a double fault. This v not sound remark- e, but just try it yourself some- | time if you pen to be a tennis en- |thusiast. It is an especially note- | worthy feat, coming as it did in the title match, when the nerves of the players are always at a high tension. | Helen Wills accomplished this diffi- |cult feat in a semi-final match re- ivr—mh" and it was the subject of press comment from one end of the country to the other. ‘ Now for the “do’s and dont’ least one player in the junior clas has learned a lesson about new rack- | ets. She entered a match with a | racket she had never tried out—and she was as “wild as a March hare” so far as stroking was concerned. Never enter a tournament match with an | unfamiliar racket. It is almost always | fatal to championship aspirations. It | is not even wise to play in clothes that re new. They may prove to be un- | comfortable—too long too tight, ; throw the Some Advice. | player off her game. Here's another lesson for juniors to learn. Never consider a play com- pleted until you have heard the referee’s decision called. Play the ball whether it is in or out and take your position for the next return, even though you are sure in your own mind that the ball 5 ‘dead. The referee might not see it as you did and his decision is the one that counts. Play every ball that comes your way until an error has been called and you won't find yourselef out of position when an unexpected return is made. A referee often makes mistakes as it is impossible for him to see every- thing. But the experienced player learns to abdie by his decision without giving it a second thought. When girls are participating in a tournament, especially juniors, they should remember one thing—that rest is going to carry them farther than feverish practice. - Always take it easy on the day you have a match scheduled—don’t go out in the hot sun just before your match is sched- uled and try to get in all the prac- tice you have missed during the sea- son. * You need every bit of strength {vou have to put you through that match. We had one very-near cas- ualty during the initial junior cham- pionship because one young enthusi- ast tried to play 11 sets before entering her second round encounter. The B. Y. P. U. tennis team from First Church met and conquered the fair racketers. from Bethany in their stage one of its biggest celebrations | WOMEN IN SPORT By CORINNE FRAZIER OW that the first local junior tennis championship for girls has young players which our brief expereince has led us to believe will be helpful to them in future tournaments. of the| RACKETERS WHO HAVE REACHED FINALS IN MUNICIPAL SINGLES Bob Considine of Henry BROOKLYN ADMITTED TO BASKET BALL LOOP NEW YORK, July 25.—With the admission of the Brooklyn club, the American Basket Ball League is now complete, according to an announce- ment made tonight by George Ma shall, owner of the Palace Laundry five of Washington. Other cities on their circuit are: Washington, Rochester, East Liver- pool, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Boston and Buffalo. Garry Schmeelk, who captained the Palace Laundry five in Washington last Winter, will be in charge of the Brooklyn team. Harry Heilmann, Detroit_outflelder, is said to be as- sociated with Schmeelk. Each team will play 36 games on the road and the same number home. The schedule will be drafted at | a meeting to be held in Cleveland on | August 22. The 18 home games in Washington will be played on Sundays at the Arcade, according to Marshall. He is| also booking independent teams for exhibition dates on off days. usion, we might well pick out the point out a few “do’s and don'ts” for first series of matches. They three out of four contests. In the singles Elizabeth McDowell irst Church Mary 3 t sets, Minnie Travis of First de- feated Marguerite Potts of Bethany, 6—3, 6—4, while Katherine Everett of Bethany turned the tables and de- feated Mary Ruthven of First Church, 6—1, . scoring the only win for her team. In the doubles match, Elizabeth | McDowell and Mary Ruthvin of First Church defeated Martha Lavisson and Katherine Everett of Bethany,| , 6—0. won In the preliminary rounds of the Happy Hollow quoits tournament |now in ‘progress on the playground Emily Mackey came forth victorious in her match with Helen Hartman, and Priscilla Woodley triumphed over Helen Fallonsbee. Play in the event will be continued tomorrow. Katherine Pagan and Dorothy Cor- bett have won their silver test but- |tons for efficiency and sportsmanship in playground activities. Mrs. Ella Foulois, director of the Happy Hol- low Playgrounds, presented the badges to the girl Tennis tournaments on the How- ard, Rose Park, Logan, Cordova and Willow Tree playgrounds will begin | tomorrow morning. Singles only will be played. Winners in these events will p v each other later in the sea- son for the city championship in the colored division. Ruby Riley won her first match in the Montrose Playground singles ten- nis tourney yesterday, defeating Ma- rie Briggs in’ straight sets, 6—2, 6—3. | Girls from Happy Hollow Pla iground will swim in the Georgetown pool Tuesday afternoon, leaving their ground at 2:30, accompanied by Mrs. Ella Foulois, director. Mildred Boyd, director of the Cleve- land School Playground, will take her girls on a hike Tuesday, leaving the grounds at 1 p.m. They will hike through Soldiers' Home grounds. LOVEJOY TEAM ANNEXES TRACK AND FIELD MEET Lovejoy track and field athietes de- feated the team from the Slater- Langston playground, 56 to 15, in a dual meet. The summaries: 85-POUND CLASS. 50-YARD DASH—Won by Swales. Love- Joz; ecgnd, L, Brown. Lovejoy: third, L. (Turnin, Slaier Lanzston: RUNNING HOP, STEP AND JUMP—Won ‘urpin. ‘Slater-Langston: second, Brown, by Loyejoy: third. Swales, Lo : RS U Lovejoy: A SA‘;I vejoy: second. Brown, NP "rurpin. Siater Langston. " 100-POUND CLASS. 70-YARD DASH—Won by Brown, Love- joy: second. Jackson, Lovejoy: third, Burke, etor B\‘»JNING BROAD JUMP — Won b; Loveioy: second. Davis, Slater-Lang. ird, Jackson, Lovejoy. NG HOP. STEP D JUMP—Won B d, Jackson, Love- 1P, Kikens: Slater Langeton. " UNLIMITED CLASS. . 100-YARD DASH—Won by Brown. Love- nd, Jackson, Lo : third, Gerald, avog by Park. OLF teams of the Bannockb and Co G C that order. The Washington-Bannockburn teams will be meeting in their first contest this vear, and it is sure both will be composed of the strongest players in the club Bannoc! George J. burn will have as its ace Voigt, already the holder of a notable record of victories in the interclub series, while Washing- ton will put into the lists its usual well-rounded team, headed by George P. Lynde. Professionals from Maryland clubs will compete tomorrow in a 36-hole medal play tournament on the pic- turesque erwood Forest course on the Severn River. The pros from lubs about Washington will not take part in the affair. Word comes from Florida of the determination of Charles S. Douglas, a prominent player of the Washing- ton Golf and Country Club for many years, to go into business in that State. Douglas is associated with a real estate firm in Hollywood, Fla., and will make his home there. Youthful Hagens, Sarazens and Joneses will do their stuff far from the watchful eye of the caddy master to- morrow at the Indian Spring Club. The oceasion is the first annual caddy tournament of the club, to be staged under the direction of John F. Me- Cormack, chairman of the entertain- ment committee. Differing from most golf events, where players spend hectic hours of play and oodles of money playing for a chance to win a little silver cup, the youngsters in the caddy tourney—each and every one—are sure of a prize. For the committee announces 45 entrles and 45 prizes. Not a boy can lose, no matter how many shots he forgets or how high he scores. The entry of Roland R. MacKenzie for the national amateur champion- ship at Pittsburgh in late August, which is already in the handsof the United States Golf Association, is likely to be the only one from this city to the premier golf event of the year. Chris J. Dunphy of Columbia, who_qualified at Merion last vear, as did_MacKenzie, is not playing much golf and may not enter, while it is by no means sure that Guy M. Standifer, an entrant in many ama- teur titular events, will compete this vear. Standifer has been traveling a kood deal and has not played very much golf. The junior MacKenzie will go to Oakmont with a 25 per cent stronger game than he had last year, when he proved the surprise of the cham- pionship at Merion. His record in tournaments about the Capital this year is amazing, and he now holds the two big championships of this section. He will arrive in the Bast about August 20 to get ready for the tournament. He is now in Colorado, Spending a few weeks on_a ranch owned by a friend of his father. C. U. AND OLD LINE FROSH WILL PLAY NAVY PLEBES ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 25—Uni- versity of Maryland and Catholic Uni- versity freshmen appear on the 1925 gridiron schedule announced today for the Naval Academy plebes. All of the five games listed will be played here. The schedule: October 10, Virginia Military ~ Academy freshmen; 24, Princeton freshmen; November 17, University of Maryland freshmen; 14, Catholic University freshmen; 21, New York Military Academy. 3 TENNIS DATES NAMED. The sixth annual tennis champion- ships of Western Maryland will be decided on the Mountain Lake Park courts, August 10 to 15. Men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles are carded. The tournament is under the auspices of the Women’s Civic Clu TUESDAY BASE B 130 P fll.mAN LEAGUE PA'IK Washington vs. Chicago DOUBLE-HEADER Tickets on sale Base Ball Park at 9:00 AM. Dplly North 2707—North 2708 H. C. Trigg of Rock Creek Park. GOLF LEAD IS AT STAKE AS TEAMS CLASH TODAY try Club are to meet this afternoon over the course of the latter, with the leadership in the five-league luge at stake. Bannockburn with three matches played, has garnered 36 points, while Washington, which has played a like number has 32 points. hase next with 25 points and Columbia and Indian Spring following in urn Club and the Washington Golf Chevy Inside Golf By Chester Horto The utmost in reach in the back swing is accomplished not by reaching |far back with the arms, so that the —=~——1 club dips down be- yond the horizon- tal, but by twist- ing the shoulders to the right after the club has at- tained the hori. zontal position across the shoul- ders. The long driver regulates his distance with this shoulder twist. Also, when the club is dipped down, at the top of the back swing, the grip must be loosen since it is hardly possible to go so far back with the club and at the same time maintain the grip, which should be firm at the top. The golfer should never have to pull the club back nr to a horizontal position before starting it downward. That is usually fatal to timing. Stop it at the MATCHES ON‘E-SIDED IN SUBURBAN TENNIS Montrose netmen scored another clean sweep in the Suburban Tennis League series yesterday when they shut out the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. racketers, 7 to 0. But for the work of Hall and Allen in defeating Cross and Rutley, 6—3, 6—2, the Capital team also would have taken a whitewashing. Bureau of Standards triumphed in five out of six matches. MONTRO§E. 7: C. & P.. 0. ngles—King ~ defeated Philler, 1, chell defeated Bogert. 3 - inn_and Richey defeated Phil. . 6—1. 6—0; Mitchell an ed’ Burton and Phillips, 6—1. 2; Jones and hing _defeated ' Boj and Dickson, 6—4, 6-—2 Donald ~deféated Florence 6—0. 3—8, 6—3: Watson gnd Flanery feated Hahn and Bunce, 6—2, 6-—3. TANDARD CAPITAL. 1. Doubles—Doyle and Klopseh. Standards, defonted Thooeas and Mccare: Capgal, boag: o agoe and H . 'Standards. de’ n and Cap . Standards. de- and Brown. 'Capital, 3—8. Hall and Allen. Capital, de- and Rutley, Standards. $—3. —_— SEABRIGHT TOURNEY IS INTERNATIONAL SEABRIGHT, N. J., July 25 (®—. The thirty-second annual invitation tennis tournament of the Seabright Tennis and Cricket Club, opening Mon- day, assumed an international aspect with announcement of an .entry of well known racketers from Europe, Canada, Australia and the Orfent in addition to leading American players of the East, the South and the Pacific coast. Vincent Richards, Olympic cham- pion, and Willlam M. Johnston of California, former national singles tilte holder, top the American list, although the field also includes Ray Casey and the Kinsey brothers of California and Lewis White and Louis Thalheimer of Texas, twice intercollegiate doubles champions, and R. Norris Wil liams, 2d. Gerald Patterson, J. B. Hawkes and James O. Anderson of Australia, Jean Washer of Belgium, Jack Wright and Willard Crocker of Canada, Shimizu, Harada and Fukuda of Japan and members of the Oxford-Cambridge team now if this country are also entered. Helen Wills, national champion; in the na- Mary K. Browne, No. 2 tional ranking; Mrs. Molla Mallory, Mrs. Marion Z, Jessup, Eleanor Goss and Elizabeth Ryan, who recently re- turned to America after impressive triumphs abroad, will play in the women'’s singles. GRADUATE MAY TUTOR CREWS AT ANNAPOLIS { ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 25.—There |is every indication of a change from professional to graduate crew coach at the Naval Academy following the receipt of the resignation of Richard J._Glendon. No effort is apparent to secure another professional for the position. Crew coaching is now under the direc- tion of Lieut. William G. Greenman, a former Academy crew captain and now rowing representative of the Navy Athletic Association. He is be- ing assisted by Ensign Elliott Shank- lin, captain of the 1924 Navy crew. Among those mentioned for the coaching position are Clyde King and Alden Sanborn of the Naval Academy champion crews of 1920, 1921 and 1922, and “Bfll" Ingram and “Doc’” Harris, both captains of former mid- shipmen eights. Ingram and King both have left the Navy. — ORIOLE GUN CLUB TITLE | IS TAKEN BY CROTHERS BALTIMORE, Md., July 25.—S. M. Crothers and I. E. Eyler sr., held the spotlight in the second da eighth annual Oriole Gun Club trap- shooting tournament at Baltimore Highlands. The two scatter-gun ar- tists broke a like number of ‘birds,” 98 out of 100, to tie for the champion- ship. Crothers won on the sheot-off. horizental, then go on around with the shoulders. . (Copyright John F. Dille Co.) | BY WILL R theories that would never work in the real outdoors. Those who feel that way significance of the whole thing—they boy movement in the world. And it If any Boy Scouts happen to be reading this, or if the fathers of any Boy Scouts happen to, they will be in- terested in the following letter from a friend of mine out in Arizona: “I was on a trip a couple of weeks ago through the hills in northern Ari- zona and happened to stop at a forest ranger cabin where there were three or four rangers on a game survey. One of them got up from his seat on a bunk and as he rose he groaned and rubbed his back. till sore, Ben?' asked one of the others. “ “You bet,’ said Ben good naturedly, ‘and I bet you are, t0o. “The other ranger. a big, strapping fellow, six feet two inches high and a cowboy for many vears, admitted that he was quite ‘done in.’ As it was un- usual to see these big ex-cowboys, now forest rangers, suffering from any- thing physical, I asked what it was all about. They told me. It seems a scoutmaster of the Boy Scouts had come to the town nearby and had given a short course of imstructions and drills to the schoolboys, in which In the professional class, Lester German of Virginia, a veteran trap- shooter, took first place with 97. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS ) H. DILG, President Izaak Walton League of America. EAL, hard-boiled, seasoned outdoors men are sometimes inclined to to take the Boy Scout movement somewhat lightly. Many of them feel that it is impractical, consisting largely of parlor tricks and about the Boy Scouts have missed the have missed the meaning of the finest isn’t “baby stuff.” Not a bit of it. The older men had joined in the drills In a spirit of fun, and had been sore and stiff now for more than a week, although any one of them could have broken a mustang or ridden a bucking horse until he dropped. ““They were some drills, the big ranger said to me, ‘and the drills weren't the half of jt. There’s noth- ing they don't teach them kids. It's the best thing I ever saw In my life. “ ‘Ditto,” observed the ranger who had groaned first, ‘and believe me I'm for it from now on. This Boy Scout movement is the real stuff, and it's | making a lot of real men." My friend, knowing that I am in- terested deeply in Boy Scouts, thought I would want to read about the way the forest rangers and cowboys took to the Scout work, and I thought it might interest my readers. sl e NEW YORK, July 26—Gwynn F. Schoonmaker of Cambria, Wyo., has ' been elected captain of the 1926 track ! team at New York University. He is | metropolitan intercollegiate 100-vard the older men had been invited to join. dash champion. Balance Monthly Equip your car with new tires == || = Six Months to Pay! TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. 9th & P Sts. N.W. Ave. N.W. \Bob Considine Upsets Court Dope : George Von Elm Earns High Rating as Golfer LOOMS AS-COMING KING OF AMATEURS ON LINKS Los Angeles Star, Playing 25 Per Cent Better Game Than Year Ago, Will Make Strong Bid for Title at Oakmont Next Month. BY W. R. McCALLUM. EATEN in his supreme effort to challenge the supremacy of the East in national amateur golf last year, George Von Elm of Los Angeles, runner-up to Robert T. Jones for the amateur title at Merion, will come East late in August with a 25 per cent stronger game than he showed in getting to the final 10 months ago, a game that w carry him much further on the title trail than he went against Atlante Bob. This is the story Von Elm’s friends bri them, by virtue of their constant repetition, has bolstered up his already strong game, 1 meet the present amateur title holder o Last year at Merion Jones won of 10 up and 9 to play, demonstrating his supe leaving no doubt in the minds of the final as to his abikity to beat Von The Water Nymph Club By Merze Marvin Seeberger. (Copyright. 1925.) No. 20—Now a Back Dive. The back dive is not dangerous It is really very simple and ea Stand on the balls of your feet on the end of the spring board, put your hands in position over your head and lean backwards as far as you can, then spring, throwing vour feet up and tryifg to straighten your legs. Do not jerk your head up when vou feel yourself falling or even at the time of your striking the water, else ou will go on your shoulders with an awkward splash. In the back dive you should turn clear over under water, coming up facing the spring- board. This sensation of turning un- der water is peculiar at first, but it is perfectly natural and need not alarm you. Tomorrow—Starting the Trudgeon. L. T T CLARENDON RACKETERS TAKE LEAGUE MATCHES Shifting their line-up to bring Perry Mitchell and H. R. Dancy into a dou- bles engagement with Edward Jef- fries and Robert Woods, Clarendon Baptist netmen outguessed the West Washington tennis team and gained the advantage in a Baptist Young People’s Union encounter, 3 to 1. The Clarendon pair took the match in straight sets, 6—2, 6—I1. In s gles Mitchell defeated Jeffries, 6—0; Dancy won from Woods, 4—8, 6—2, and Alton Darne of West Washington defeated Bob Detwiler of Clarendon, 6—2, 6—0. —_— COMEDY REGATTA TO BE STAGED BY CANOEISTS A comedy regatta is the weekly stunt to be pulled by “Demon” Rup- pert and the rest of the Washington Canoe Club this afternoon in the upper Potomac just above Key Bridge. According to Ruppert, a comedy re- gatta includes every kind of aquatic event except the usual ones, there- fore those who plan to attend are ex- pecting almost anything. The fun starts at 3 o'clock. PUTS FIVE BOATS IN RACE. DETROIT, July 25—Horace E. Dodge has entered five boats in the third annual 105-mile sweepstakes, the longest speed boat event in the world, which will be a feature of the Harmsworth regatta, on the Detroit River, September 6. HERE Something you've been looking for Unexcelled ‘Wonderful Lather, Delightful Odor—Harmless Humans and Animals. Half-Pint Tins, 35¢ At Drug Stores and Pet Shops Take No Substitute | carried him to the thi | I. | g East—tales that carry with the conviction t Von Elm ti} today he is prepared to level term from Von Elm by the obese margin riority at every shot and rushing thousands who followed the ) This year, friends, according to von Elm's , it's going to be quite different George' has 1 ed his drive, im proved his putt and generally strengthened his game until the Bobby Jones of the East is not the superior of the George von Elm of the West All this von Elm’s friends assert. To back up their theory they point to von Elm’s recent stunt of shooting a 64 on the Ran course near Los Angeles, a par layout} breaking the previous course record by two shots. And where, in years past, von Eim and Willle Hunter had nip and tuck battles, now von Elm has gone ahead of his professional preceptor in skill until he stands head and shou ders above the rest of Pacific co: golfers Ranks at Top of Amateurs. Possessed of probably the finest cut iron shot the amateur con tingent of th d States, with & tee shot nea in length to that of Jones, vor should be paired with th ampion_and Jess Sweetser at the verytrest of the ama t golfers of the Nation. That he didn’t win last year was only because he met Jones on a day when his ow game was a little off color, and Jones was very much on his game. Reason does not permit challenging the statement that, given his very best game through a championship Jones cannot be beaten by any golfer in the world, for there never has been a player, professional or amateur who stuck so close to par. The 36 hole matches in the amateur cham plonship favor Jones also, for even though he may go against an unbeat able 18-hole round by any golfer, his adherence to par usually will win out in the end. Von Eim plays very much the same natch play golf. He will get eq Elm esent cl Jones’ ave; will over any beyond 36 holes. For that reason Jones will beat Von Elm or any other golfer over an extended route. Yet the statements of Von Elm’s friends, who also know the Jones game, cannot be discounted They say unqualifiedly that Von E will come very close to beating Jones. if he does not win. Von Elm first qualified in the ama. teur championship at Flossmoor in 1923, succumbing in the third round to the steady brand of golf shot by Fran cis Ouimet. Last vear he came down to Merion, and after a close shave at the hands of Roland MacKenzie, who seventh hole, went through to the final, defeating Max rough title hold rough the champions] showed the type of game that is bound tc win, only slip coming in the Mac Kenzie match, where he valued Ro land too «lightly, after having the youngster 7 down at the end of the first 18 holes. Lucky to Beat Roland. ZIm actually was lucky to win nd had not Roland tried too hard for a birdie 3 at the extra hole he might have won from the Pacific coast star. But he missed a short putt for a half and by that mar gin Von Elm went into the second round. Von Elm, his fr duced that wonderfu a positive science, going far beyond the skill of Willie Hunter, his teacher and standing out today as the most brilliant exponent of the cut iron in this country. This shot should stand him in good stead on the heavily trapped course at Oakmont, near Pitts burgh, where the title chase will start at the end of August nds say, has re? cut-iron shot to 'l For good personal appearance—fc | hair that's smart - Tlooking, well combed and well-kept—use Valen tino. A new combing cream tha will save /your hair and keep i combeds 1It's different. All drug and dept. sfgres—50 T f 1014 4 "3 Keeps Combed