Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1926, Page 68

"2 IGHT ON SPHERE LIKELY - AT U. S. G. A, CONVENTION Ceneral Run of Players as Well as Manufacturers Satisfied With Present Pellet—Scheme for Tourney Qualification Wanted. BY W. R. McCALLUM. ] IVE days hence the grand moguls of the United States Golf Associa- ! all parts of the country jualities they believe pr tion and the club delegates who travel to the annual meeting from to make futile protests against certain in- il in golf as it is now exploited in this coun- s will get together in a Chicago hotel to thrash out the question of ccting officers and settle other sundry ques: The clections are not of great consequence. fis at large. William €. Fownes, jr., t Pittsburgh, an excellent man, and one with the interest of golf at heart all times, is slated to be presid ). Vanderpool of New Jersey. Chief ied upon by the association v the game. It has already put off for a year the| lopttion of the light and 1 hich committee rec: vee years ago. Will the aindefer action? Rumor out of York has it that the season of will gee the present ball retained, hile a committee of the governing If bedy goes to England to confer irther with the royal and ancient ‘ireat Britain to sound its views on he proposed golf ball. If that is true, it doubtless will be ood news to the great majority of olfers who favor the retention of the Id ball and equally good hews to the ourse architects.” But what of the olf clubs which must spend thou-| ~ands of dollars individually- each vear nd millions in the aggregate to keep| helr courses up to standard length| with the increasing length of the ball? | Makers Against Change. And on this line, it is interesting to note that the golf ball manufacturers rarely speak of the great yardage of ihelr product. They speak of every- thing else, its fine putting qualities, he number of champlonships it has| won, the number of champions who| vlay it and its wood or iron. No, not a word, Ingenuity and the press of competi- ion demand that each year sees a setter ball brought out than that used he year before. The manufacturers ire Not keen to see & check put upon their ingenuity, and so do not ad- vertise the most wanted thing of all, sweet' But about disgance. of the U. S. G. A, to succeed Wyant among the other problems to be de- is the matter of adoption of a standard ball And it is not certain that the limit has been reached by any means. Ex- periments with the core, with the ten- sion of the winding and with the cover may result in u ball which will travel half again as far as the present dis- tance annihilator. So, why stop prog- ress? This will be the most interesting phase of the annual meeting of the U. 8. G. A. The rest of the meeting is more or less cut and dried. New Tourney Plan Wanted. Just what the meeting will decide as to the form of qualification for the amateur championship is another most engrossing topic. father of the “16-to-qualify” which failed so miserably at Oakmont —is slated to be president, there seems little question that at least 32 will qualify in the 1 championship. Some even advocate 64 to give the men who travel great distances to the championship more than a Chinaman's chance to make the grade. Much of the protest that came to the assoclation last vear against the small number of qualifiers came from the West, whose representatives feeling of | traveled many hundreds of miles to vardage. | Pittsburgh to play in the titlg event. These are the two big matters of public Interest which Dr. James T. McClenahan of Washington, and G. H. Chasmar of Columbia will discuss, along with the several hundred other delegates to the annual meeting. Both plan to attend the meeting, which will be held Friday and Satur- day of this week. WEATHER HINDERS LINKS WORK AT CONGRESSIONAL REVENTED from inaugurating P first hole by cold weather and ground conditions, Country Club will begin building a new first green as soon as the work of reconstruction on the long Congressional ground thaws out, so that work may be carried on satisfactorily. About 100 yards will be lopped off the length of the present 620-yard hole, reduc- ing its par to 5 and making it a legitimate 3-shotter, instead of the dii- ficult 6-par it now is. A shorter hole with a new green will be much more satisfactory from every standpoint, actording to Chairman McCarl of the golf committee. Players who rolled up a high score on the 620-yard hole haye been discouraged, Chairman McCarl said, and a new and shorter hole will aid in relieving this condition. In addition, the present first green has been unsatisfactory, both en ac- count of its structure and its drain- age qualities. It is hog-backed and water draing off quickly. In the heat of Summer it has been found almost impossible to keep the green soft ‘enough =0 & pitohed ball will stick, and most shots to the green are pitched, s the green sits up on top of a hill. A new green will be bullt between the present bunker about 325 yards out and the present green, approxi- mately opposite the old barn, which now parallels the first fairway. Me- Car] hopes the constructors will be able to build & green with good drain- age, one that will remain fairly soft throughout the Summer months and hold a pitched ball. The length of the hole will be about 520 yards and will leave a long walk between the first green and the second tee. None of the members of the hoard of governors of Congressional know of a move to hire Walter Hagen as professional at the club to succeed James L. Crabb, whose resignation was effective December 31. A rumor started 10 days ago that Hagen was o get the protessional berth at Con- gressional, but, ltke most rumors of the kind, the proper authorities know nothing of it. The chairman of the golf committes does not believe the club could afford to meet Hagen's sal- ary demands, aithough he ‘“would be very glad to have Hagen as profes. sional.” In the meantime Crabb's as- sistant s holding down the profes- sional berth Crabb went to New York last week to talk over another post with officers of a club in the metropolitan district and will go to Florida_in a few days to spend most of the Winter in the South. A. F. Williams of the Indian Spring Golf Club shot a score of 7%, 1 under par, over the Day: iona, ¥la., course last Bunday. He was out in 37 and back in 35, against a par of 75. Williams plaved in a threesome with Walter Wiimot, the old Washington outfielder, and Frank Fenwick, the hotel proprietor. Annoyed by the golfing prominence of Vlorida and California as Winter golf resorts, Hawaii comes to bat to- day with a yarn quoting Seth Raynor of New York, a leading golf architect, 10 the effect that Hawail has & great opportunity to become one of the famous golf centers of the world. Raynor was In Hawall recently to lay out the course of the Kailua Country Club and another course under con. trol of a big hotel on Waikiki Beach. “There are possibilities of placing both courses among the famous cham- pionship es of the world,” Ray- nor said. don’t know of any place in the world where combinations of marine scenery, rolling and plain ter- rain, can be found which would sur- pass thoso here.” Raynor predicted that natiogal ehampionships will some day be play- ed on Uncle Sam’s most important Pacific Island holding. The annual meeting of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association has been set this year for the evening of March § at the New Willard Hotel. The Dis- trict Golf Association will meet the following Monday night, while the ‘Women's Golf Association of the Dis- trict will meet during the week of March 8. East Potomac Park and Rock Creek Park golf courses will remain open through the entire month of Janu- ary, but will close early in February for vepairs. The West Potomac Park course will remain open all Winter. TN T MILWAUKEE, W(l,. January 2 (P). ~Gene Tunney has been signed to box hmt mfi. thu month egalnst an epponent to to ulkern, matchmaker, may ukm 'the Canadian cham-| The | the A. system | V- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHIfiGTON D. O, JANUARY 3, 1926—SPORTS SECTION. Makers Do Not Favor Golf Ball Change : Tilden Near Record as Ranking Netman BIG BILL ONLY TWO YEARS SHORT OF LARNED’S MARK National Champion Gets Premier Rating for Sixth Time—Alonso, Spanish Racketer, Gets High Place Among American Players. BAN AGAINST LAMAR TO BE LIFTED SOON Henry Lamar, national senior 175- pound champion, was “found guilty” Dy the South Atiantle A. A. U® re tration committee of fighting on a card with professionals and taking part In an unsanctioned show, at a hearing held at the ¥. M. C. A, last night. = Charges had heen preferred against Lamar for appearing Decem- ber 3 against Jack McCormick at & | District AthleticClub boxing show in which professionals engaged. Lamar was suspended immediately afterward, and the committee last night ruled that the suspension should held until January 15. It was explained by the committes that leniency for Lamar's breach of A. U. rules was granted the local baxer because of his misunder- M.u\dh!gbol the rulings of the ama- teur body and in view of the fact that he had been misinformed as to his right to appear. Marty Galligher, local lightweight champion, was suspended indefinitely when he failed to appear before the body to answer charges llmlhr to those preferred against Lamas . Le Rue, boxing coach of th. Unl- versity of Virginia, where Lamar is a student, and D. C. Brewn, graduate manager of athletics at the university appeared before the committee to make an appeal for the local scrapper. Both informed the meeting that La- mar really desired to retain his/ama- teur standing and always conducted himself in & manner gbove reproach at the school. Sitting on the committee were: Mar- vin H. Markle, chairman of the South Wtlantic section of the A. A. U. regis- tratfon committee; Dan Hassett, local representative of the A. A. U. J. Harold Barron of the Maryland Swim: ming Club and Charles L. Ormstein, I houeh Fowneen | chairman of the South Atlantic A. A. U. boxing committee. Lamar's suspension will prevent hiy appearance in the intercity matches to be held in Boston Jlnuury 11 GREB-FLOWERS BOUT FOR TITLE ARRANGED NEW YORK, January 2 (#).—Ne- gotiations were completed today under which Harry Greb of Pitts- burgh wili defend his world middle- weight championship against Tiger Flowers, the Atlanta, in a 15-round decision match at son Square Garden, February 26. The titleholder said he had agreed to terms by which he expected to re- ceive at least $60,000 for his bout. Greb himself announced he had closed with Promoter Tex Rickard to meet the challenger selected by the State Athletic Commission as the most logical opponent in the middle- weight division. Flowers was consid- ered as having qualified for the match by his recent exhibition against Mike McTigue here, although judges awarded McTigue a decision. Newspaper men at ringside were al- most unanimous, however, in declar- ing that Flowers had o\nwlnud the former light-heavywel, king. Greb sald he woull lllrt training immediately for four matches by which he seeks to condition himself for the Flowers bout. “I am glad of the epportunity to meet Flowers,” Greb added, “but the boy I'd like to climb in the ring with is Paul Berlenbach. 1 be; Rick- ard to match me mith Baerlenbach, but T guess he couldn't get Paul to agree.” KING PIN STARS REPULSE CHALLENGING BELMONTS B ELMONT bowlers of the National Capital League, who had ques- tioned the supremacy of the King Pin All-Stars, a select combina- tion that several times has been called upon to defend Washington’s laurels in intercity duckpin matches, learned last night just how good is the picked team. Carrying the argument to the King Pin drives, the Belmonts were repulsed in a five-game set, 2909 to 2847, A capacity crowd saw the All-Stars sweep to victory. Despite the All-8tars’ winning mar- gin of 62 pins, the match was a hot fight all the way. The Belmonts got under way with, colors flying to as- sume & healthy lead in the first game. But the King Pin representatives plugged along and with the finish of the third game were 12 pins to the good. - The Belmonts fought stub- bornly in the fourth game, but saw their” opponents gain another two pins. In the last game the crack bowlers of Mount Pleasant made a glorious spurt near the close of hos- tilities to end the contest well in tront. That first game was the only one captured by the Belmonts, but to one of their members went the honor of being high scorer of the match. George Friend slammed a, five-game total of 639, the only set in the 600 class. High e laurels went to Red Megaw of the triumphant King Pinners, who shot 151 the second time out. It was Friend's opening game of VIRGINIA ATHLETES STAR IN BANNER C HARLOTTESVILLE, Va,, January 2—Unive: an excellent record in sports through the year 1925, winning ex- actly twice as many contests as were lost, and producing outstand- 147 that gave the Belmonts such a good start, but it was Megaw’s effort reduced their lead quickly. Howard Campbel] and Glenn Wolsten- holme rolled the All.-Stars to the front in the third game, while Earl Mec- Philomy in the fourth game prevented ‘Weidemun's 146 from being disastrous to_the King Pinners. Max Rosenberg, who did little until the last game, and Wolstenholme put the finishing touches to the defeat of the Belmonts. The Scores. King Pin All-Stars. SPORTS YEAR ity of Virginia made ing teams in foot ball, basket ball and boxing. ‘The records for the year show that Virginia was victorious in 50 cen- tests, was defeated in 25, and tied 3, The major sport record was better than that in 'minor sports, for, considering only. foot ball, base ball, basket ball and track, Virginia won 36 contests lost 15, and dea 2, while in the group including boxmg 14 engagements, lost 1 Virginia's eleven under Coach Earle Neale made the best record of any gridiron team in 10 years by defeat- ing Georgia, Maryland, Virginia Mili- tary Institute and Virginia Polytech- nic Institute. Virginia tied North Carolina and lost to Washington and In basket ball the Virginians were yndefeated within the State, but lost to Marylapd twice and North Caro- lina. At the Southern Conference tournament in Atlanta the Virginians won the first two rounds, only to be defeated "by Mississippi. Fourteen games were won. For the third season {n four years the boxing team was undefeated, but the record has one tie match with Vir ginia Military Institute. Penn State, the 1924 intercollegiate champlons, were_defeated as were Washington and Lee and North Carolina. Virginia’s nine scored 13 victories, but lost 9 games and was once tie Four outstanding games Wwithin on week were the defeats of Cornell, 1 to 0 and 9 to 4; of Pennsylvania, to 3, and o Princeton, 3 to 0. For the first time in many years Virginia three games with “M‘Nfi cross-country, wrestling and tennis, Virginia won and broke even in one. team was vletofimu in but ene of the four events entered. Two teams developed last season will probably become regular sports in 1926. These are the lacrosse and swimming teams, which probably will have regular schedules. ————————— MINOR LOOP OFFICIALS WILL MEET ON ISLAND ROCK ISLAND, m-.lw!w —The minor I ual conven- uonthhwlnhr-fl!hw.nm sland, Calif., Ji 3 to 14, lina Tsland, dth. uld axpected to leave for the Western tour from Chicago next M‘{ The National Board of Arbitration will hold business sessions en route in a special car. All officers of the na. tional association are up for obctlwn, including the arbitration board. The visitors at the convention will llqln dedicate “M. the new ball plant he Los Angeles League base ball olub, on Janu- .fl‘ A EEEE IIIIII '/ ?/ HII.IIII ] EREEREER7 IIIIIIII) 7 EERTR Y777 HE most valuagle lesson in all l or late in life, early or late in knowledge, largely, of this one thing, This one great lesson is: golf can be learned by players early this great game. The difference be- tween the good golfer and the poor player lies in the fact that the good shooter has learned this one lesson. Good playing radiates from a and from the practice of it. Practice the utmost economy of physical force while playing goli—with the emphasis in this being on the ‘word utmost. 1 put all my experience with golfers and all the study I have made of them back of the statement that near- ly all the troubles that golf players struggle with are traceable to the vio- lation of this simple statement of fact —keep your exploding force out of it. When you force a golf swing 3uu veritably explode your energy, and if any worth-while result comes of it you have won something only through an accident of the game. The most the simplest and yet appar- he toughest lesson of all for to learn s that the club must 't to do its own swing. You just let it swing—that's &ll there is to it. It is adding your explosive, violent force of energy to it that causes all the damage. Figure 1 reveals what happens in the forward swing when, adding force, you lunge at the ball with lhl body. You get exactly the same effect with such a lunge as would result if vou tied the end of the shaft to your chest, then swung at the ball with your body. This Junging at the ball causes, among other things, the following: 1. Body moves forward, out of line with the ball. 2. Right side of body droops. Head is forced uppard. 4. Clubhead is thrown out of its right groove. 5. ¥aee of clubhead is turned forward through rolling of forearms—result of pressing, 6. Timing {s late through body pushing instead of wrists throw- ing clubhead. 7, Action of body is too much in hips instead of in arms and shoulders, where it belongs. 8. Lung- arms and shoulders, producing “dead” ball. 9. And the very @ct of lunging body at ball invariably causes the player to look up. If throwing in all the force you have causes the above, and a lot of other things too numerous te mention, you might as well make up your mind to elther quit striving to hit the ball so \blooming hard or give up the game. 'But before making any decision to quit, just try my medicine once. Next time you go out, make up your mind that you will just let the club swing or bust. Don't force it. Let it take its time. Hold back that urge to wham {t, especially ‘in the forward swing. Remember—not the least ap- plication of force. Just let the blade swing, and take the ball. If you do that just one day it'll pop your eyes wide ‘open on what's been the m 1f. With your gol ricut. 1025 WOMEN IN SPOR'T BY CORINNE FRAZIE, OSHIHIKO MORITA, secretar Tokio and ex-secretary of the T y of the Shoyukai Sporting Club of Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic As- sociation of Japan, visited playground headquarters at Washington yesterday on behalf of the Japanese Department of Physical Education. He is visiting play centers in the larger cities of America in order to study the organization and management of our playgrounds with a view to establishing similar systems in his Maude Parker, supervisor of girls® playground work in the District, ac- companied him on a tour of the city playgrounds. He was particularly in- terested in the apparatus used, the games played and in the fact that most of our grounds are in charge of feminine directors. In Japan, Morita said, practically all playground work is carried ol’l\ by nr11en and b;- Gii rticipate in various spoi Dlared. but almost entirvly under the direction of male instructors. The visitor suggested that the day was not so very far off, in all prubablluy. when woman directors would handle girl activities just as they do in Amarlu It is one of the things Ja- pan is working toward. Basket ball, tennls, soccer, voll ball, ndmmm‘, base ball and tracl and fi vents are the chief sports of the Orllnl he said. Foot ball, one of America' ll‘t\ol(. popular pastimes, 18 not on the list. Although the playgrounds closed of- ficially on Thursday, the warm sun- shine had brought out many little folk in search of sports, and games of bas- ket ball and voliey ball were in progress when Morita visited the vari- ous ground: Officially, the local grounds will be closed for two months, opening March 1 for the Spring and Summer. The first thing on the Spring program will be the schlag ball urln, which will get under way April Teams will icked in ev lchcol and practice n in March in prepara- fion for the opening of the official schedule. This series, like the elementary school basket ball series, will be played off in divisions. Title winners in each division will be declared at the completion of the round robin schedules. The teams who won titles last year and will defend their laurels this Spring are Langdon of Bloomingdale division, Van Ness of Garfield, Curtis-Hyde of Georgetown, Park View of Columbia Heights, Gales-Blake of New York avenue, Blow of Rosedale, !Anox of_Virginia avenue, Carbery of Plaza, Logan of Logan and Phuun of Rose Park, Washington Athletlo Club sextets plan two games this week. The ‘Women'’s Athletic Council team will ing of body causes stiffening in wrists, | _ MANY D. C. NETMEN IN SECTIONAL RATING Seven men's singles players and three doubles teams from Washington were ranked in the Middle. Atlantic section in the tennis ratings given out by the U. 8. T. A. yesterday in conjunction ‘with the national list. Thomas Mangan gained the honors for Washington by being ranked sec- ond to Al Hobelman of Baltimore in the singles and with Fred Haas being placed third in the doubles. Two Bal- timore pairs outranked the Washing- ton duo. Baltimore was the leader for the section, with Washington being next in line. - ¥irginia was third with West Virginia tn_um‘ with a lone team in the doubles, “INS IINOLEE flhm Ho . Thomas . Capt. 3 2 4. g john % g o 0. R T areat. Waght PR oward, ngton. Wk inked o7 u-'flun o 10, ! “'"‘ e lhur xmf' lanr\on MEN'S DOUBLES. 1. A, Jobelman and L. ¥. Turnbull, Baiti- g, f;.-.-;om and P. L. Goldsborough Bal- . T, J. Mankan and ¥red Haas, Washing- . Edward Jacobs and Robert Elliott. Bal- . Jolit Wiken and Warien Magruder. Bal- . c. chmn and" J. T. Graves, Wash- Bart :‘.“, 'uum and Curran Harvey, Bal- 5. Owen Howenstein and Stanley Carr, - Wrehe Mux\t':t and . Fredericks, Wheel- Washin W, . 1. Biekel ‘and A, Harris, Richmond. TIA JUANA RESULTS inguficient dats | 5 hington, and Ar- Tisuana. 3 Betty’ \(nr hy, Sweep shats Grafion. Master Mad and Miss $3.60 ock Bomb. ~Poll Al;}t} Lué. ‘Auntic also . z d uy s g.nb. o) 3, ‘ e Bkie ilfipe Luso b d ‘"”’E'&"" “:lilbu sun‘ 0w, cnl 80. third 'fl tm\..“ Hackafre *4% n.mu. Torsida and Hal Wright YIrTH BACE. about 1 mile: Gye e S s Lamb. 1127 (xea 240" won Baily N v:c 0% (ohey). V\'u.umk ina” Oolas “Eieht 3-yearolde; © % furlonge-- {Peterneli). $10. $4.80 Neal) gfin l:lm ‘Time. 1 (7{! . :3:‘;‘4 7“ inicue alko ra ACE. §-vear. oldl and up; 1 |Ln and ards—leaman. 115 (Bumns), 20 o 542, 30 Bevit Girk, 10 o Love: Mg niel” s l“”“‘h iobraska L Gllnll Ao rulo Star aud arfos ales ran: own country. missible for some would be fatal for others. For instance, a group of trained athletes such as the Irish hockey squad, who spend hours dally on the fleld, can easily play 35-minute halves without ill effects, for they have been trained up to it (r-dunlly. But a team composed of girls who have homes to care for or positions to oc cupy the majority of their time, and who play once or twice a week—some- times less—would doubtless find 35- minute halves too strenuous. The majority of the players, even in this group, could no doubt *“‘get by,” but there would be little doubt that some member of the team would suffer real injury from the unaccustomed strain placed upon her heart in a contest of lation length, ould not some plan be evolved where time of periods would be modi- fled according to existing conditions as it is done in basket ball circles? Senior basket ball teams play 10-min- ute quarters. Younger squads are lim. ited to eight minutes, while those in the graded schools are often allowed to play but six minutes at a stretch. Why shopld not the hockey, pmblem be settled on much the same basis? Inside Golf By Chester Horton ‘When to use the niblick—and how —is an ability at golf that often dis- tinguishes the expert player from the olfer who finds the ball is in a trap at the green, unless one con- dition obtains. But meet the Calvary Baptist Basketers' at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the latter's gymnasium, according to an announcement made by Betty Kron- man, reporter for the club. Recreation League squad of the W. A. C. will play the Business High night school tossers at 8:30 Wednes- day evening in the Business High gymnasium. Players are requested by their managers to report promptly for each of these contests. The 1926-27 rules committee for the. United States Field Hockey Associa- tion has responded in & measure to pressure brought to bear from out- g&: :;ml:-yfin u-nd.“ lal modmofl the 3 5 the new_ruling, the u mtnuu h)v‘t have besn reduced to 30 utes in (Mll'n.‘m'!'-l where tum- play on successive days. '%o concession is so llll‘ht that it is _scarcely noticeable at as the rule does not u!.et the phalnx time in ordinary cont This matter o( smtnw halves in fleld hookey has been a bone of con- tonuon among followers of the game and women'’s welfare organizations for some time. Some declare that no feminine athlete, young or old, should dash up and down a fleld tot 35 min- utes at a stretch without a breathing study whether he can with the niblick, It hi !h!l m.nnnt be done, the explosion shot be resorted to, but the explosion ahot should always be the last means of lifting the ball out, because thu' shot is a hard one, always. (Copyright, 1025.) GERMAN BIKE STAR 'DECIDES TO RETIRE BERLIN, Junnry 2 UP)~Walter Rutt. one 's _groatest Ji 10, hlvlu:" m’h&d tull -nln:? 3 25 years of racing, wh!:h wnk hlm all over !:urow. Australia an merica. Hlu first big race was in the Grand Prix de Paris in 1901, where he fin- ished second to , the Danish champion. Paired with Johann Stol of Holland he won the six-day race at the old Madison Square Garden in 1907, - Rutt had neglected to report in Ger- mn.ny for mluu.ry duty and hn had been listed a8 bordinate,” but to|his vlctcry h‘fin York caused kaiser to him and he was BASKET BALL SECRETS l | By Sol Metzger y When Closely Guarded. 3 DO THIS NOT THIS \ i sty When a player has the ball in his possession and is about to pass to a teammate when an ofponent comu In to llnrd him, the only him to prevent the lull belng hlnrked by this opponent is to make a bounce pass under the Kownell!l arm u! the floor, as vm in tln illustration. makes l pass effective md accurate. A player when so guarded should never attempt & t pass, fs bound to ause the rluwc it do'nw-hm in the lower illustration. —Sale St you may make high and low s Registered Great January Sale of the Famous - Hess Shoes Starts Monday, Jan. 4 More than 2,500 pairs from which Pl‘:lcctwn in both ILLIAM 7. TILDE] pion, is again ranked No. 1 \\% States Lawn Tennis Association. , 2d, of Philadelphia, national singles cham- in the annual ranking of the United William M. Johnston is placed in the No. 2 position, with Vincent Richards of New York, third; R. Norris Williams, 2d, of Philadelphia, fourth and Howard O. Kinse ; Manuel Alonso, Fullerton, Pa,, fifth of San Francisco, sixth. Three of these players also earned recognition in the doubles rank ing. Vincent Richards and R. Norris Williams, 2d, as national Lhan\pxmh and victors in the Davis Cup challenge round against France, are accorded Wi the No. 1 position in doubles, with W fin, former national champions, No. 2. of Harvey Snodgrass and Walter W liam T. Tilden, 2d, and A. L. Wiener and Robert Kinsey of San Francisc u’a T RACE. 4}'uar‘uld- and up [} FII furlonge—Brown Rock, 108 (Gevin, ol fo 8 wo it Wi ® en: hitd 1 federaey, " Quot Pokey Juxe Steils aaris and Jedy George alsg ran mrlnnn—un e” Abe. n) . won; Lydia Drew . even. second; Ja rd. "Gatlicy* Lace” Lady ran RM'{ J nr old- and up; 6 fur- & Tod (ateBonald) won': Eve Fox. 107 m B second 3 o 5. third. Time. PL'('RTH RACE. 4-year-olds fihd ur\ 8 Xu(‘o“(r—“l ax. 110 “(Gordon) o 5 won: Miss Foriue: the)s & hx? ll Lml 15y ‘( ul M o B ")‘ HACEY Pyear 1u1|uurp—cunmr 113 (McCani 4 |u 10, : Barracks. 105 lb‘l-hqu ¥, “socond . Brother Bounce Canen) noa third. Time, 1:084. Boost- ing apd M mnn—-v.vuo Hag* 1450 Ihert] 12 3, Jim nmu ot Bkl TP e Vet CRink Ubbles. Harry M. Stevens ran. 1:44 Thred suu-m F140n ROyaL Mars Kenee and Bounce also ran. 33en -olds and up: 6 fur- (Cualmers). St =3 80. aol08, (Grox! o and Mahe 50 Tan RACE. 3year-olds ‘a ipsy rmr May n On’ n. Fleeting and Rock Sait Fou RACE. 1l d 5‘. ,.,,,MZ':_M B Tsiricite aud g $3.40. second Alleen \hlrd. Time, 1 0!:1 o anl‘u(»d Blllr o0 TLad. Rock- FTH RAGE. 3-vear-olas and up: 6 fur- Tester, 106 (Harver). $8.00., %3, worr: “hrcady. N 1bwn.. nd: The Vil 118 ' (EIl & S S rime, 15 Boltan Beue: ik \nw Banter, Stirrup Cup and President also i RACE, 4-vear- olds and up: 116 Lone- 1 mile Beagesa Hiesr e mtr.——G’l'ldlh IOR ”)Hllil ‘ 0 von jeorge Demar, s h Time. 5 Sur F‘lknm Bupee Martingale and hllfl also ran, DANVILLE CLUB BOUGHT BY NICKLIN AND HIGGINS | CHATTANOQOGA, Tenn., January 2 (P).~Announcement was. made here today that Strang Nicklin, presideat of the Chattancoga Southern Asso- elation club, and Bob Higgins, former Southern Association player, have purchased the Danville franchise of the Piedmont %League. The club will be operated as & “farm” for the Chattanooga club, with Higgins\as manager. Higgins managed the Asheville team of the South Atlantic League for the past two vears. Henry V was the first English mon- arch to enjoy himself at tennis, Henry VII and Henry VIII were both players of the game, and the latter wdded a tennis court to the palace at White- hall. Queen Elizabeth, though not an active enthusiast, enjoyed watching the game. Don’t Miss Those Big Values $6.50 and $7.00 Shoes at. $7.50 and $8.00 Shoes at. $9.00 Shoes at . $10.00 and $11.00 Shoes at. wevsso e . |average of 3, lliam M. Johnston and Clarence Gri A second California team, composed estbrook, is ranked third, with W: ?g }rl'mladelphu fourth, and Howard 1t Tilden's ranking as No. 1 is the sixth consecutive year in which he has been placed at the top of Amer- ica’s lawn tennis players by the renk ing committee of the national asso- ! clation, which, including his ranking as No. 2 man in 1918 and 1919, gives him an average of one and a small fraction over a period of eight years listing. Tilden, however, must mantain this No. 1 placing for several years yet to equal the ranking record of Willfam A Larned, who was named eight times as leading singles player of the United States between the years 1301 and 1911, This is the record ranking in U. & L. T. A. annals, although the late Robert D. Wrenn was four times placed at the head of the list during the years from 1893 to 1897, which record Tilden has tied this season Other famous tennis stars to head the | list at least three times include R. D. Sears, 1885-7; Onie Campbell, 1800-2 Maleolm D, Whitman, 1898-1900, and Maurice E. McLoughlin, in 1912:14. Johnston’s Record Good. Bill Johnston, No. 2 man, and R. N Williams, 2d, 4, also have impres- sive ranking records. Johnston's be. ing the more consistent of the two. Between the years 1913 and 1925 { Johnston has been ranked among the leaders 11 times, being high with No. 1 in 1915 and 1919 and low with No. 6 in 1914, for an average Of approxi mately Williar topnotch times between No. 1 in 1916 and > | two years' absence from the ranking | in 1918 and 1. giving him an avi lage position of 3 and a small frac- tion for 11. Richards has been ranked for five vears with No. 2 as high last season, and No. 4 low in 1923, giving him an while' Howard Kin- sey, No. 6 man, has been ranked among thd first 6, four times since 1822, for an average position of 6. Manual Alonso, placed No. 5 and captain of the Spanish Davis Cup team, is for record purposes now con sidered a resident of the United States and in according him this position i1 national ranking the committee rec ognizes his ability as one of the lead ing racket wielders of the Nation. The national ranking in men’s sin- gles and doubles was announced by the ranking committee, consisting of William Fischer, chairman, New York G. Peabody Gardner, jr., Boston Harry §. Knox, Chicago; Coleman S. Mills, Philadelphia; John G. McKay Miami, and Dr. Phillp B. Hawk, New York. has been listed with the players of the Nation 11 1912 and 1925, beins 6 in 1919, with How They Rank. The leaders: SINGLES, ‘*{ P Sanuer R1onso. Fuiterior Howard 0. Kinsey. Sun Harada, Boston, Alfred Chapin_ S rmrneld Georee m:g New York CIty.s. L W ones, Prin{\n‘i‘umfie é\} arcy L. Kynaion, Bockville Cen F-rnme Lnnr ew York City . . A. Maj W!w York Cll Prlu Mercur, Harrisburg, Pa 8‘ Fischer, Phu:del‘ihu Pa raid Straitord o, am. Ogkland, . 1. ranked S account of insufficien R-.v ases, E; G, Chandier. C,J. Griffin, Tomn R RO, Starver Sncdirass, W Jeon % ey Snodira atson 3 Washburn ‘and w.f frer Weshrook. DOUBLE: "Chapin, jr., and S Vo .. Hill and H. L. Jol hnson i 10 ranked on accon of newfitient data . 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