Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1926, Page 59

| ELEANOR COTTMAN WINS: % OVER FRANCES KRUCOFF . Defeats Washington Racketer, Twice Champion, in * Brilliant Two-set Match—District Doubles Team Downs Maryland Challengers. n F man of Baltimore yesterday in - ment.played on the Dumbarton courts. sets, 6—3, 6—3, but she was pressed RANCES KRUCOFF doffed her singles crown which she has ‘worn fof two seasons:as champion at the District nets to Eleanor Cott- the title match of the annual tourna- Miss Cottman won in straight for every point she earned from the local girl, who put up a splendid battle that kept the large gallery in doubt as to the outcome even when the score was pi'ing up against her. Louise Kelley and Marywill Wakeford, three times District doubles ehlmpions., successfully defended their "title against the vis from Baltimore composed of Heloise Beebe and Miss Cottman. ), followed a semifinal triumph over Mary straight-set victory at 6—2, 6—4, Hall and Frances Walker, Di “The ‘mixed doubles title was con- . ceded to Miss Waketord and Paul Harding, who defeated Elsie Jansen * and Joe Rutley, 6—1, 6—2, in the semi-finals and received a default in the finals from Corinne r and Bob Elliott of Baltimore, as Elliott was forced to leave town before the lower bfacket was completed. Singles Match Thrilling. The Cottman-Krucoff match, de- spite the intense heat, was full of snap, both girls exhibiting a brand of tennis rarely seen among local racket- ers of the fair sex. Miss Cottman’s forcetul chop drives, piaced well in the back of the eourt, and her skill- ful court gencralship were fine to witness. She covered court so easily that she scarcely seemed to be mak- ing an effort, and her remarkuble re- coveries when Miss Krucoff drew her completely off the court with well timed shots startled tho gallery re- peatedly. 3 The Washington girl, with less ex- perignce back of her, put up a coura- geous fight to defend her laurels. She showed complete mastery over her forehand drives, which she placed at difficult angles, cross-court and down the line, taking advantage of every opening that presented itself. But Miss Cottman was too wary to offer _openings except when forced to do so by a_particularly brilliant shot from Miss Krucoff's racket. Miss Cottman opening the match on Ber service, drew first blood when she captured the initial game. Miss Kru. coft retaliated by taking her own serv-. ice. Thraugh the seventh game each girk repeated her first perfarmance, winning on service. . In the eighth, with the game score standing 4—8 in ng team Their a istrict Tennis League champions,:whom they scored over in three sets, 6—4, 3—6, 6—1 PRO FOOT BALL LOOP ADMITS TWO CLUBS £ A PHILADELPHIA, July 10 ®.— Brooklyn, N. Y., and Hartford, Conn., today were granted membership in the National Foot Ball League at the an- nual meeting of the organization. The request of Pottsville, Pa., 'for rein- statement, and the requests of Los Angeles, Calif., and New Britain, Conn., representatives to be granted franchises will be taken up at meet- ings tomorrow. - Joseph F. Carr, president of thé league,” announced that-Ernie Nevers of Califorma, All-American fullback, had been signed to play with the Du- luth team next Fall and that Rob Lamb_had been purchased from the Rock Island Club by the Chicago Car- dinals. [ The Milwaukee Club was reinstated, but under a new owner. President Carr ordered the Milwaukee franchise sold last December after he learned that schoolboys were used in the team’s lineup. - A. L." McGurk, then owner of the club, was given 60 days in which to djspose of his franchise. John Bryan, who purchased it, is here for the meeting and upon his request the club was reinstated. After a'long discussion decision was reserved as to whether the new for- ward pass rule, formulated by the in- tercollegiate rules committee, “would be adopted by the professiopal —e Miss Cottman’s favor, she succeeded in breaking through the local stax’s serv- ce, for a 5—3 lead, following this by winning the next game and the set. District Girl Falters. The second set opened with Miss Krucoff serving. This gave her & slight advantage, which she made the best of through the fifth game, lead- “ing at 2—1 and 3—2. But Miss Cott- man evened affairs at this point and again broke through for.a lead on the seventh. Miss Krueoff’s strokes lost some of their sting in the eighth and|’ ninth gemes, which Miss Cottman teaptured, to give her the match and le. Washington. was spared the loss of a third title to Baltimore racketers, who claimed both the men’s and wom:: en’s singles this season, by the de- selsive- victory - registered by~ Marywilt ‘Wakeford and Lulse Kelley over the Cottman-Beebe team in the final dou- “bles -encounter, which followed ‘the play for the singles championship. The D. C. team won the first set at 6—2, proving steadier in the long ral-{ Hies which featured jhe play. In the ‘second set the Baltimore pair tight- ened, and by virtue of Miss Beebe's lever backcourt placements and Miss Cottman's occasional smashes, evened the score at 4—4. It seemed that the visitors were on the point of turning defeat into vie- tory at this point, but Miss Wakeford succeeded in scoring on her own service In the ninth game, giving her team the edge once more. Miss Cottman, obviously tired after her ' singles match, was unable to place her: first service in_the court, and the local pair breezed through the fenth to win the match, 6—2, 6—4. SCOTT IS BRITISH CHAMP. SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 10 (P).~In a match here today for the boxing. championship of the British Empire Phil Scott defeated Tom Hee- mney, heavyweight champion of New 9 minutes 30 seconds. This is claimed @ record. The speed one lap equaled 63 miles an hour. TRIO OF ' fat 3 o'clock. . ealand, on points. Heeney replaced Joe Beckett, who strained a shoulder muscle and was unable to appear. 'OPENS Hubert the ‘Austra A ™ bl e g o st 3 Club. In the center paired with Hel CONTESTS TODAY SERIES IN VIRGINIA| TILTS ARE ONE-SIDED| FQR CLAY COURT HONORS TRIO of games on Arfington tnun!y diamonds opens the Northern Virginia sandlot base ball championship series today. Virginia White Sox and Hartford nines swing into action at 3 o'clock on Lyan Village field, and Gl Solier team’s lot at_the same:hour. - ~“The-Ballston -Eagles are stagi the The u Klux Klan nine goes ‘against RAIN CUTS ALTOONA MOTOR CYCLE RACES ALTOONA, Pa., July 10 (#).—Rain, and an accident marred the national championship motor cycle races on the Altoona Speedway today. ° A downpour stopped the- 25-mile race at the 20-mile mark and caused the 50-mile event to be cancelled. In the first race, John Bodnar, Pitts- burgh racer, lost control of his ma~ chine and crashed from the track. He was taken to the Altoona Hospital with a puncture wound in his side. He will recover. ’ events were finished. . The cubic_inch’ bore . for 21.35 “Davie. Columbus. ~ Ohio. ng their Jeague th er in-a double-header starting at 1:30 -on-the Ballston- € Carlyn tackles Fort Myer on the game wit the Eagles in the second Cherrydale, the other clubn the loop, plays at Annaj with the Eastport Semf-pros. Liberty tossers, who claim asforfeit over the Walter Reed Reserves, meet the St. Mary's Club at Alexandria, at 1 o'clock. Players and’ rooters gather at the District end of the Highway Bridge at noon. 3 ian Juniors, leaders in sec- tion A of their division of the Capi- tal City League, play two outside games today om South Ellipse dla- mond. The first match, at 11 o'clock, is with Earle Seniors. The second, at 2. is with the Linworths. _Clayton and Stein will twirl for the Corin- thians. % Bill McQuinn will pitch for the’|2n Washington Athletics ‘today - when the team plays at Mitchelville, Md.. Barney Nolan, Gonzaga star, has been added to the roster, and will be .|in action for the first time. event was stopped. ATHLETIC SEASON FAILURE, ' VIEW AT NAVAL ACADEMY Y HUGH A R, RILEY., B NAPOLIS, July 10.~In spite of the excellent performances of its teams in several lines, the athletic season at the Naval Academy which has just closed must be regarded as a failure chiefly because of the defeat of the Navy teams by those of the Military Academy in four of the five branches in which the teams of the servicé schools met each er. . The Military Academy won in field and track while the only victory at lacrosse. # No matter what interest is taken in other sports and-in particular con- tests, the result of the contests with the Soldiers is the final test of success or.faflure. There also was much disappoint- ment ‘over the defeat of the Naval ‘Academy crew at Poughkeepsie by the University of Washington, though the erew had a “splendid record for the whole season. This is the only sport In_which the Navy and Army do not meet, in which, however, an equal fmount of interest is taken by Navy People, " The work of the crew, however, was & of the important achievements of Ex‘e year: in athletics. It lost to an nusually powerful Washington crew by only 16 feet and defeated six oth- er-crews at Poughkeepsie, besides de. feating five crews in its preliminary races. It had, in fact, by far the best record of any crew. Honors ‘Gained in. Other Sports. In addition to the crew, the boxing, gymnastic, swimming, rifle shooting and lacrosse teams gained ~much honor -for the Naval- Academy. ~The | ‘boxers comipleted {! sevénth con- secutive “seasol wdut receiving a defeat in a,d winners of first place tournament, of the: Assoclation. - The otl which petitors were the annual Box: nnast tenth year 23 won X foot: ball, baskef ball, base ball and registeted by the Naval Academy was ors with Johns Hopkins for the sea- son just closed. They did not meet, but neither was defeated, each having @ record of about equal credit. The Naval Academy had a swim- ming_team which in ordinary years would have won intercollegiate honors, \with ease. and by a wide margin, Howeyer, ‘Yale also had ‘& remark- able team season, and defeated the Navy in a dual match. The Navy, however, won a larger number of points 'in the ‘thatch of the Intercol- legiate ; © Assoclation .and took first in the national collegiate championships, which, however, Yale did not enter. 4 the poor showing of the Naval Academy in its matches with the Military Academy, the former is most concerned on account of the poor foot ball which the academy team ex- hibited last year, not only being de- feated by the Military Academy, but losing to Michigan by ‘an overwhelm- score. .- : match and were the ;and ti The Elliots - will attermpt ‘to run their string of victories to 16 when they luckka m;l:;:mmon“ and. Cardl- nals in a double-header on Rpsedale field, starting at 11 o'clock. | - “The. Lafayettes are: meeting ' the Severn, Athletic Association today at &hl’&l!& ¥ PERRASES W a0 BANK LEAGUE TILT WON BY AMERICAN SECURITY American Security. and st de- ‘Teated (lommercial National, 9 to 8, yesterday in the only game played in the Bankers' Base League. Ha- ney and Barrett shared hurling duty “or the victors. . i ¢ The Riggs-Washington Loan and Metropolitan-Mount Vernon tilts were postponed, while F. H. Smith Com- pany forfeited to W. B. Hilibs Com- pany. - £ Vid o . JUNIOR AND MIDBET. TEAMS BUSY T0 .Clunlar ‘and midget. teams’ of th: apital City Base Ball ‘League cof- tinue their: campaigne tgdgy; ith. a schedule of six games . 3 In the midget divifion ‘the Auth’s, leaders of the section, play: the South- erns at 11 0'¢lock on “Bast Ellipse jamond. 'Corinthian and New Haven ‘clubs_clash off the same. field at 1 ©o'clock, while Celtics and Apoillod meet on West Ellipse fleld at 1, - Congressionals and Smithflelds have the only.tilt in section A of thé ] division, They face at™3 K Plaza diamond. - In isectlo Freers and Aztecs mingle on Hast Ellipse fleld at 3, and the Seutherns tackle the Chacohas at the same hour. ubs nOW. as Ndvy | " At_the left is Eleanor Cottman of is Luiso Kelly, who, Beebe. Baltimore, s cha e mpion by virtue of her victory over Frances Krucoff yes ‘akeford, on the right, successfully defended their Jflllfl” on the courts of the Dumbarton Miss Cottman, title by defeating SUBURBAN NETLOOP |TTLDEN TO-MEET NORTON Standards, Argyle and Montrose teams scored one:sided victories yes- terday in the Suburban Tennis League, Standards making a clean sweep of its matches with Burleith nd the other two teams winning from Lakeview and Capital, respectively, by_the scores of 6 to 1. Standing of the teams and results b 38 Singles—] 4 1, 5. P o B o g and Baum defeated Phil- 2B Cragoe, and Dot udd e Satian il feated 61, o ¥ % 2 e won by detauit: Wb e, Wl el uist defeated Maidens and Underwood, fie A % Argyle. 6; Lakeview, 1. ited P 1) Gerenist ke .nm-“’"?mm et .‘t“&—g“: 6=-0: ‘and " ates (A do . igging (L.). G2, 6—1: irtell i (A ), aes ebkin ang_ Ryer %), Heloated M. May (A L e Prores and Cable (A.): 57, n’o!‘;’v. o—;"‘i-“d PATENT MEN GIVING ACCOUNTANTS FIGHT ‘Patent Office is furnishing the sur- of General Accounting. Office, is sharing first place with the Accountants, who ‘won the first series. Henry Neidfeldt of Friday’s game and qu win-in six starts to earn himself & ‘high place in the -league’s hurling . Wesley McDonald of the same club leads the circuit with five straight vietories. . 5 Eddie Carroll of the Accountants leads in batting, with Lucas of Treas ury Gartland _of Government Printing Office runners-up. The teams stand as d . WS eams. tent ice fehooss @ovt, Printihe Office. Interstate ymmerce . Pet. 786 O i St o twice mational ] ern, national bowling champijon. of- the United States and nationally known as a patron of -all sports, is dead here. . 3 i tite, G. A. O. pitched | p ered his fifth By the Associated Press. » DETROXT, July 10—William T. Tilden, jr, Philadelphia, will defend his honors as national clay court champion here tomorrow against Brian 1. C.\Nortom, San Antonio, Tex., whil¢ the doubles title winner will be picked from teams made up of Norton and Ai H. Chapin, jr. Springfield, Mass., and L. versity ‘doubles ‘team and holder of N. White and L. L. Thalheimer, ‘Texas Uni- the collegiste title for the ‘last two ears. ‘The holders of the doubles title, Walter Westbrook and Harvey nodgrass did not enter the tournament. ° Two titles were decided in the day's play, Berkeley Bell, Austin, Tex., win- ning the first junior clay court singles title and then continuing, paired with Emmet Pare, Chicago, to win . the junior doubles title, Tliden won the right to defend his title in @ hard five-set maTteh against ‘Chapin, a former pupil. The playing- through champion won the first two sets rather easily, aithough Chapin forced the first to deuce. Chapin won the third and Tilden failed to show form in_the fourth, but came back to win the fifth and deciding set. Chapin led in point total with 189 to 181, due to his wide margin in the fourth set. The set scores were 8—86, 6—4, 5—1T, 2—6, 6—4. Norton was at the top of his game against GeorBe M. Lott in the singles, wlnzmnx in straight sets, 7—3, 6—4, —2. 4 Some Revenge for Chapin. Chapin_received some measure of revenge for his defeat in the singles when with Norton he took thé court a few minutes later and defeated Til- den and Al “Sandy” Weiner in the doubles, 6—3, 7—5, 6—2. ‘White and’h Th:lheiflmer. ‘who I'z’a'vr: layed together for five years, :uiydy and at times brilliant against Lott and Paul Kunkel, Cincinnati, the colleglans leaving few' spots on the court uncovered for the brilliant Lott to drive through. The match score was 6—4, 6—4, 2—8, T—5. The junior players, in addition to deciding the added the longest set of thé resent tournament in the doubles in which Bell and Pare defeated & pait of brilliant California = youngsters, John Doeg, Santa Monica, and H. H. Bancroft, San Diego, 63, 13—11, 46, 62, Bell previously had at- tained .the rank of the first junior clay court champion by ing of Doeg, 5—1, 9—17, 6—2,.6—4. HENRY AND.POTOMAC TEAMS WIN AT-NETS Henry gnd’ Potomac teams ome through :l:l‘h fiying colors® in yester- day's Public Parks. Tennis fatches, the Henry racketers scoring 2 clean sweep in their encounter with Rock Creek and Potomac taking six out - of thits INSEGT LEAGUE LEAD KEPT BY KID KELLYS Kid Kellys and Libertys retained Qhellrn podth._tlonl ald llelde'r and ‘hi;unner- up " insect sion. of Capi- ‘tal City Base. Ball e by coming out on top in their games played yes- i The Kellys trimmed the Aces, 6 ‘4, while the Libertys, by scoring five runs in the ninth frame, registered a .win at the expense of the Boys’ Club, Elks, 6 to 5. .5 9 Only one game remains to be played in the series. test between the Kid Kellys and Lyon Village Insects. The teams are listed to clash on Wednesday at 2 o'clock e clear for Lyon Village will throw the cham- pionship into a tie and make & play-oft ;m“c:w.l-«ry . The teams now stand as ol first junior clay court| much wrist action and gets his club- top - before any- thing else hap- pens at gll.. This | incres the dit- ‘with - Monument, wu‘of‘thsmb default. . £ Results of t{n matches and md— ing of the teams follow: | head abou L€ the back | hands, ' soo! fingers to bick : Try m in_ the qr;t\ b ke half of the back It is a postponed_con-| ¢ :.FOR: LEAGUE’S INAUGURAL Six Singles Matches.and Three' Doubles Encounters + Carded for Openiag—District Public Parks " Championships Start Next Sunday. WASHINGTON‘S public parks netmen open their campaign in the - newly organized Intercity Tennis League today at 2 o'clock, when Philadelphia’s team is met on the Potomac Park courts, located southwest of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. H The encounter is the first of four. engagements which the locals will stage on their home grounds. Baltimore also plays today, 'nfeeting the Chester team on ‘the Pennsylvanians’ courts. The team representing Wiz mi fortimer Rathgeber, mana up the outstanding racketers of those Gwynn King, who performs at No. 1 for the Montrose Park team, will have the same position on the Wi ington team in the new league. Oth- trs who have been named to carry District colors are Bob Considine, C, E. Stebbins and C. C. Sperry of Henry Park; Maurice V. O'Nell, Hugh C. Trigg and John Kuwaskl of Poto- c; Douglas Love and A. J. Russett of Monument Park, and Dooley Mitch- ell of Montrose. The Quaker City lineup will in- clude Gus Amsterdam, a well known figure in municipal tennis circles for several seasons; Gabriel Labine, Eu- gene Smolens, Michael Gurbarg, Jo- seph Oser and Phillp Gealt. . Nine Matches on Today. 8ix singles matches and three dou- gles encounters will make up the pro- gram for. the day. ‘Washington, Philadelphia and Bal- timore stand out as the favorites in the race for the league title. Wilming- lmited fleld from which to draw their play- ers and can hardly hope to finish near the top the first year. of the remaining teams as_ fol- lows: Baltimore—Eddie Jacobs, Elmer Rudy, Eric Jacobson, Louis Kurland, Ralph HRobinson, fam Welmon and Henry Brink. Wilmington—Wil- llam Maughan, Paul Maughan, Alfred Young, Jim Hortz, Gayle Hoskins, James Mallory, Richard Irons, Ralph Glover and T. K. Franklin. Chester— N. Abrams, D. Abrams, C. Eppel- sheimer, J, Scatchard, C. Smedley, H. Woodring, W. Kahler, A. MacLach- lan, R. Clare, W. Humphrey, T. East- man and R. Fulton: Creek Parks. begin.at 4:45 daily to enable depart- mental players to participate without loss of annual leave. The ¢ommittee on eligibility. an- nounces that only bonafide public courts playérs may participate. A public park player is defined as “‘one who habitually plays on public courts or playgrounds and who is not affil- fated with any club maintaining ten- Suburban League play- barred, with the exception of those who play at Montrose. Depart- mental League players with no of- fending afiliations are eligible. The entry list closes on Friday at § o'clock. - Until that hour entry may be made at Hoover 'Bros. The on, the &fth city in the loop, will not see action until next Sunday. = r of the District players,shas rounded who make use of the municipal nets. tournament committee is as fol- lows: M. D. Rathgeber, Potomac, chairman; Robert Newby, Rock Creek; A. W. Russétt and A. Lang- sang, Monument: H. Baetzner and C. C. Sperry, Henry; Maurice V. O'Neill, Potomac. The next out-of-town event that will draw the District’s tennis ranks is the West Virginla State tournament at ‘White Sulphur Springs. Play starts on Monday of next week. The men's singles title is held by Francis T. Hunter, Metropolitan clay court champion. The Virginia Peninsula ehampion- ships are listed for the following week at the Kecoughton Tennis Club, Newport News, and on August 2 the Allegheny Mount, tourney opens at Cumberland, Md., on the courts of the Potomac Tennis Club. Tom Man- gan was a finallst in the Cumberiand event last season, but was nosed out in a five-set match by Fritz Mercur. The Western Maryland tournament takes place during the week of Au- gust 9 at Mountain Lake Park. Capt. Robert C. Van Vliet, recent winner of the first Army tournament, is expected to defend his title of East- ern Shore champion in the annual Delmarvia Peninsula event at Easton, Md., starting on September.3 and running through Labor day. Eddie Jacobs of Baltimore and Alphonso Smith, former national boys champlen, hold the doubles crown. - DISTRICT AUTO DBIVER WINS AT HAGERSTOWN HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 10 (Spe- clal).—Riley Cumberiand of Washing: ton, D. C., in & Rajo special won the 100ap auto race here today in one hour and one minute. A. F. Campbell of Baltimore was Jleading until the half-way mark, when he crashed through the fence while being crowded by Cumberland, but escaped injury. He later resumed the race. Harry Weighly of Meyersdale, Pa., finished second and Crandall of Ha- gerstown finished third. HUNTING COSTLY. Hunting elubs in Iilinois, organized or maintained for the purpose of shooting any kind of migratory birds, must pay a license fee of $10 and keep an accurate daily register of the number and kind of migratory birds Kkilled by each member, guest or em: ploye. - Such registers are to be open to inspection by same wardens. WOMEN IN SPORT Y CORINNE FRAZIER neyed to Washington to compete in the women's District net cham- THE Maryland girls, Eleanor Cottman and Heloisc Beebe, who jour: pionships, not only carried home the titles 2( runner-up in the doubles, but the Washington been privileged to p& more completely into the spirit of th ready to play and courteously refr: over the lack of dressi departure last nigh! tended a cordial invitation to a group ‘Washington's leading - feminine racketers to come to Baltimore the latter part of July to play & series of intercity matches. A return engage- is being planned for a later he local girls will enter- Oriole team. ng to the plans, which are outlined, the Baltimore tertain the Capital group he Baltimore Country Club. The lJocal players will leave here early the morning of the day which finally is decided upon end will play six matches with the Baltimoreans, four singles and three doubles. Luncheon Will be' served at the clubhouse. The party will retyrn to Washington that evening. "The gitls who have been invited to pate include Marywill Wake- 4 e , Luise. Kelley, Mary y and Miss bably will form one dou- v::i (l’l Krucoff and Miss De Soaza the -w& "“.‘}’.‘&'L'I‘x’.’ ve, - selec.ion is onx‘len of the won our he: y hostess to racketers who entere singles champion and rts as well. Never has occasion, holding themselves always g from expressing any discontent ties, which made it doubly difficult another hour would have been a physical impossibility, much less to play through another match. Defeal would have been certain, and in addi: tion she would have jeopardized her chances of making a showing in the title singles match yesterday. A most attractive opportunity is open to some local mermaid qualified a swimming instructor, should she desire to go to New York during the month of August as instructor in a large indoor pool. The salary is good and her duties would consumé about 5 hours daily. Any girl interested in the propo- sition may get in touch with Grace Keefe at Columbia 6443. Miss Keefd will discuss the position in detail and put any applicants in touch with the officlals in charge of the pool. Play in the Garfleld Playground singles net tournament for girls, Which got under way during the past ‘week, will continue this week, ac- cording to Evelyn Howard, director and official referee. In the two matches reported, Zelda Madeoy eliminated her sister Rocky; and subsequently fell before thfi su- perior play of Lovey Adkins, 'who fi{ed over her in straight sets, 6—2, Among the contestants still in the ‘running are Eleanor Quinn, Dorothy Kelso, Helen Breen, Lovey' Adkins, Teresa Breen, Helen Brown, Helen Welch, Elizabeth O'Rouke and Nevella Lilly. 4 Tuesday afterncon has been set as the time for the Park View play~ swimmers to ‘have their weekly practice period in the George- town Pool. The group will go to the