Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1926, Page 39

American League Yet May Witness Sensational Struggle for Titular Honors YANKEES NOW ARE FINDING | PATH TOUGHER TO TRAVEL Slump for Hugmen at This Stage Would Bring Them Back to Rest of the Fi One of the Western ( BY e 24, off anding cut to the quite he likely W YORK Yank Tu the N the mean they are to go into a q JOHN B. It fell to the Washington Senutors to kuock | 700 perch, eld and Might Enable “lubs to Catch Them. FOSTER. The Yanks toddy find their althy figure of 098, but that doesn't quick decline. 1t docs mean an end 1o a4 wonderiul run that the Yanks have been muking at high altitudes. The American League race has 4 fight amonz a group of well balane to step on coch others” heels and the latter th'.ks he is on the w. just now ¢ at each others’ in sccond place again, due to Wedn very tme this sort of thing hap- pens the Yunkees, if they are doing well in any way. are that much better off by the fall of a neighbor. This nice little battle among the Yanks' close rivals, who are so well matched that they constitute a division all 1heir own. has heen one of the reasons | Why the Yanks have been able tol drift alonz in a high percentage | ball team tter part_of sntage above 700, back in Mug. On| Yanks stood 769. | Washington's little fun in knocking the Yanks below the 700 mark was accomplished in the first zume of a | double header. and even though New | York wen the second game the per centage A2zmage could not he repaired. Yanks Facing a Fight. There romes a time in hase ball when, if a team playvs a double-header | and enlv hreaks aven. it really loses | in the pennant fizht which is waged ~n the percentage hasis. In the case of the Tanks, where there scems to be Yitle to worry abont with a nine-game Jead. there is mare prospect of a fight | caminz to New York than there has been in a long time. The problem now is whether the, Yankees, when they get back to their| own diamond. can draw away from the remainder of the league as they did when they fousht in Yankee stadium before. 1f they can repeat, then the problem of winninz a pen- nant is much easier for Miller Huzgins, As the Vanks will finish on their own field this vear, it is evident that when the third opportunity arises to accumulate victories at home the tenm may be able to gather 50 much honey that nothing in the league can take a Jook-in after the middle of September. | Slump May Hit Hugmen. On the other hand, if the Yanks have veached their peak and are now in a condition where thev will have to make a desperate fight te hold their grip at approximately .700, as likely as not a slump may set in and the first thing the fans will know, one of these Western clubs will be siving the Yanks a battle will take all they to head off.. is prettv obvious. after their trip to the West and after analyzing the team’s work since May 27. that the Yankees are finding the going harder than they did. They have nat heen able to put away S0 many = mes in succesgion. No matter by how much they lead ht now the Yanks since the lat- art of May have lost about’ 70 1tage points. Their Jead has ecombed down from .769—and the same sort of thing will the force meyhe v ' v I n S »en hetween the end of June and 1 i of July. If it does the Amer- i v Leugne race will begin to draw S0 close that the holes in the top pepper shaker will be yards by ‘comparison. (Copyright. 1926.) DIXIE PRO SHOOTS 133 FOR 36 HOLES Br the Ascociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn k ago Bobby Jones, pride of the hland. established a werld record 36 holes of zolf with a card of 134. Yesterday another Southerner by jence, hut a native of Scotland, George Livingstone, clipped one stroke off Robhy's record. gning the 36 holes in 133 at the Belle Meade Country b Rohhy's record was made when he analified in_the British open at Sun- ninzdale. Fnzland. Livingstone set the pace for Southeastern Professional Golfers’ Association tournament. { Livingstone went the first 18 holes | in A7 and finished the iast 18 with a 66, to set new vecord. Par for the course is 71, which stretches over £.354 yards, and is recognized of championshin ealiber. Jock Hutehi- son holds the racord for the course, a €5 made in 1923 while playing an hibition match with Bohby Livingstone led his nearest t strokes he new record holder is 45 ye age and has heen a professional at the | Relle Meade Club for 13 vears. He | came to this country with Grantland Rice, sports writer, 1413 years ago. MACKENZIE WINS AT TRAPS. I'A. June 21 (P).- Harold Mackenzie. Atlanta. won the singles trapshooting championship of the South. breaking 197 out of 200 targets. Homer Clark. Alton. TIl,, was the high professional, with 198, . Jack Dempsey has ot only once—by Jim round in 1 RADIATORS, FENDERS RODIES MADE AND REP. TR R ADIATORS POR AUTA WITTSTATTS R. & F. WKS. . TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEAMAN'S, 7th & F MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 June heen knocked Flynn, in one resolved itself for the moment into Chicago and Cleveland the White Sox are hack ictory. FORMER CHAMPIONS somewhere. and_ toda CLASH IN GOLF PLAY By the Associated Press ST LOUILS, Jdune Narrowed of eight crack Middle players. the third round of match play in the twenty-sixth an- nual (ransmississippi 2olf tournament began here today ou the Algonq course, where many famous went down to bitter defeat in the first two rounds vesterday. Eddie Held. St. Louis favorit-y = first to tee off With his fellow 1o M. man, James Manion, of the Riverview Club. Both are former transmississippi title holders, and each came through the second round with an easy vie tory over his opponent. J. W. Pollard, 17-year-old Omaha vouth, was paired with Roger lord. Algonqui St. Louis, in the second twosome in the upper bracket. They finished their second rounds with nar- row margins. In the lower hrackat .. W. Dawson, ilen Oak, Chicago. met Jloe Pappin, Joplin, Mo., while David Carter, Ne- vada, Mo., opposed John Goodman. youthful Omaha city champion. With the elimination yesterday of Clarence Wolff, defendinz champion, by voung Pollard. interest in the tour: nament today centered on the per- formances of Held and Manion, who are expected to furnish the outstand- ing sensation of the day. The semi-finals will be played to- morrow. LAUFER SETS RECORD FOR EUROPE IN SWIM By the Asseciated Prees. HILDESSEIM, Prussia. June 24. ‘Walter Laufer of Cincinnati made a new Kuropean swimming record here in the 100-meter free stvle, which he covered in 59 1-5 second: Garbos Rudanest star, finished six slower. In the 100-meter Laufer's time 1 seconds, and Bartha. Budapest, ond. in 1 minute 22 4-5.seconds. Russell Webh, another American swimmer, won the 50. in 271.10 seconds Hildesseim. second. 31 seconds. The events were contested in a 50 meter tank. 24, as back minute 13 1-5 sec e . Creating & record for a catch with a rod and line, a swordfish caught oft the North Island, New Zealand, weizh- ed teams that are just good enough | bring a_rival tumbling down when | Tee cof® HAGENT= « | rFr R { PR rx x ! WHH\' Johnny Farrell came They testified to the birth of a new | Acknowledged ior years to he one of the best of American profes- Johnny did not capture his due share of [ sionals, a really great medalist | championships. Modest and kindly, which marks and makes the champion. it. which made friends of all he met, Johnny concealed a combativeness which But e only seemed to lack merely needed prodding to bring’ it hubbled up. It is still functioning, mtars | Mot dangerous contenders in the field of the national open at Colimbus o those golfing fans who have | thought Farvell too little the battler, the story of his struggle with Walter Hagen In the Central of Florida Open {at Sanford will be illuminating. |~ Johnny not only matched his cour age against Hagen's suceessfully, but lused his head as well, and at one point hix tacties weve of vital impor- tance to the result. Farrell Ties Diegel. At the end of the first day of play Hagen led the field with a score of 142, Farrell was in second place, tied with Leo Diegel at 144. Johnny's position w ahle one. hut when t play hezan a condition had heen im | posed upon him which might have heen disastrous had not he heen im bued with a new spirit. Fo be brief. the committee charge “paired” Hagen, Farrell a most d second dav's in and | 1im Barnes for the final 36 holes of | play, thus putting Johnny in direct competition with Walter. Now, to the average voung plaver, | direct competition with Hagen means | defeat. Walter’s unparalleled record are sufficient 1o turn the psychology of the less experlenced player in | side out. feliow i to watch the great veteran | every move and to model his own | game accordingly. |71 'had done {against Walter at 924" says Johnny, "beaten me. “This time 1 Walter completely Barnes, who always has good friend and friendly booster, T turned my back on him and didn’t | wateh a single one of hiz shots. 1 played my own game.” Poliey Is Wise, The wisdom of this policy was ap parent by the' time the third round was done. Farrell had shot a 71 tn | Hagen's 14 and was leadinz the field { by 2 single stroke Naturally the rest of the cmirse was deserted while a huge gallery fol that very thing French Lick. in cand it decided to Advised by Jim lowed Hagen and Farrell through the | I final 18 holes Golf Strategies That Won Some Important Strliggles “By Bunker” . YWHERE FARRELLS PLAY HELD LEAD OVER HAGEN] * | x %K g ! TREES—, % » % X | ~* 1771 LS » e N - Fr TREES LENGTHOF HOLE - 380 YARDS campaign in the South he had three championships tucked away in his bag—the Cuban, Florida and central of Florida opens. These championships were emblematic of more than meret victory. and his resulting supreme confidence . The tendency of the young | had | iznore | been my | g 1 g North this Spring from his Winter's Johnny Farrell. he seemed to lack that fighting spirit | occasion he selected a. driving iron to | was Under the good-natured exterior, in evidence. Down South it at last | and it will make Johuny one of the experts that will contest for Deeply absorbed, it saw voung: John- ny play 36 against Hagen's 37 on the outgoing nine and so start the in- | | cominz nine with a two-stroke lead. On the next six holes Farrell was | subjected 1o the acid test. After he | had picked np another stroke on | Walter at the eleventh, Hagen sud- | denly staged one of his famous hom: siretch rallies, tore off three hirdi on four holes and squared the match on the fifteenth green. “Johnny's last his lead-—Walter will | et him now.” was the whisper that an through the gallery. The liberal | | sprinkling of professionals that by | this time was following the struggle | shook heads commiseratingly. Hagen. confident fn just such situations as thix, would be sure now to apply the | serews | And that was just what Walter did ing first at the sixteenth hole. a | h one-shotter, with a small ele- vated green and traps all around. he stopped a wonderful shot & feet from the pin on the right. Becomes Putting Battle. Walter walked off the tee calmly confident. The gallery watched Far- rell anxiously. Would he reach the green or one of the traps that yvawned about it? answered the question e played his ball about 9 the left of the pin. was now a putting battle, with the odds n Tlagen because of his known ability with the putter. And as they approached the green Walter ventured to kid Farrell a bif. I'm going to hole this one on you, Johnny.” he said. “I'm going to hoje mine, too," | torted Farrell. ¢ Johnny putted first and brought a | {remendons salva of applause by sink- | hi= 9-footer for a" birdle 2. He 13 dmet the acid test without flinch. | ing and he had triumphed. For Hagen missed his patt and stroke. re | shown econrage of the highest order. Johnny tuned in with good headwork on the next hole, the seventeenth. 1t was now merely a | | question of helding his precious on THE “SPORTSTER.” A sturdy athletic-trim Keds model=built for hardest wear. Comes in lace-to- toe style — white with black trim or brown with gray trim—both with gray corrugated soles. 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The seventeenth was a dog leg of about 380 _yards, bending to the right, with tall trees on hoth sides and in the crook. Johnny had experi- enced trouble at this hole on previ ous rounds because the falrway was very narrow on the tee-shot and his drive had found the woods. On this be left wonld the he dow that aved row fair make certain straight and side of the na ing distgnce. “1 figured that although leave myself a full miditon to the green, I could make It just us easily us a pitch shot.” he explains. What's'the matter, Johuny of driving into thé woods?" Hagen. ‘o need pf taking a chance.” sald Johnny, contentedly, viewing ball, which lay in the exact positon he had sought for his second shot. Hagen drove over the edge of the trees to the ‘center of the fairway, leaving himselt a mashie niblick play for his second. However. this proved to be no advantage. for Farrell's mid. iron shot ended up eight feet from the pin. As Hagen did not do quite so well they halved in 4. 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