Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1926, Page 21

SPORTS. Professional Golfers’ Tournament This Year Should Be. Greatest Ever Staged PENTATHLON TITLE IS TAKEN BY DREWS B3 the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, August 23.—Ted | Drews, former Princeton foot ball and track star, yesterday won the national Amateur Athletic Unfon pentathlon champlonship, winning three events. It .was his first appearance in all- around competition. Harold Osborne of the i : Ry ?sc‘r‘:md. Tllinois Athletic Club finished V YORK, August 23—Success of practically all of the stars in the | Drews’ winning total was 10 points. metropolitan district qualifying round for the professional golfers’|He won the discus, javelin and 200- championship is a-good omen for this event. With Johnny Farrell, '1"1‘5;;" dash. He was second in the Gene Sarazen, Cyril Walker, Jim Barnes, Leo Diegi lioblr,\-u‘u”"m”"“‘" run and fifth in the broad Cruickshank, Mike Brady and others’in the list, and with the Ii ; clihood | O, ; i A A S s . Osborn and Antl y W ! that Jock Hutchison, Al Watrous, Bill Mehlhorn and ot of note in the | the Newark ‘_.\(hlsn‘\(:“:']ub "3533"u§a ‘West will be on hand, the field that will compete in the ¢ | \ merican pro- |in places for second place with 19| fessional championship at Salisbury, Long Island, next week will be the |points each, hut the pentathlon per- best that ever contested for this title. Walter Hagen will defend the honor |centage table, which gives full credit he holds. 5 for Xin.w and distance, proved that MacDonaid Smith and Willie MacFarlane will be the only notable ab- | JSPorn’s performances had been the sentees. Smith, however, has never participated in the P. G. A. tourna- | better. 5 ment, and it is doubtiul if he would do well at match play. MacFarlane | jummrn 1ol star, champion of high has not been in the best of health this scason. jumpers, ‘indicated before the event There is the prospect, too, that sev ; i ot vt | started that his presence meant only e : (o | trvout as Tie still suffered from the eral British professionals will be on | TNy e Pecetved | while (fdcin| ana tor s tonrmament. - avewe | O'LEARY NOTED HIKER | citisicy o Snd Fmeraon orton o Compston will return to the United | | Georeetown in a special “septathlon” States and probably will enter. It is | G ES s {at Madison Square Garden last Win- w!so reported that George Duncan and | W HEALTH H'NT {ter. The injury reappeared in the na- v\ubrey Boomer are planning to come | | tion decathion championship at Phil- MAJORITY OF PAID STARS _ WILL COMPETE IN EVENT| Smith and MacFarlane Are Only Likely Exceptions. Also Is Probable That Compston, Duncan and Boomer of Britain May Enter. E B e S tenles iy ot biih Dan O'Leary. who doubtless has | adelphta. In previous vears Iagen, Barnes|Walked farther than wny other living | Osborne entered the open high jump nnd Sarazen have monopolized the I, | PeiNE. s in Washington. ('Leary, | contest, but failed to do better than G. A. champlonship. The F has | wWho is in cighty-seventh vear. |5 feet 11 inches, with the jumping won it twice in the Jast two years and | can hike rate of 6 wiles ground fn poor condition from the three times In all. n also has | hour with wstic step that would | rain which fell throughout. won twice in succession, in 1 and | do_credit to a vouth of 20, | Ned Gourdin, old Harvard star, had 3023. Barnes has won twice, hut not | Dan says he has not taken any [second place assured when he drop- in succession. | medicine since he got rid f the ma- | ped out of the 1,500 meter run, In Undoubtedly these thres are likely | laria_ fever back in 1867, and that | the first four events he had 10 points ®gain to be the principal contenders | health is merely a question of proper [and last place in the Mistance race for the title. Hagen and Earnes have | eating. Tle advises cating plenty ar | would have given him only 16. Ton every major tournament here ans | tomatoes, 1l Courtois of the New York mbroad. he re experienced shot- A can of coffec, in which he drops Athletic Club defending the title he auakers who are at iheir hest when |# Guarter of a pound of butter. and [won a vear ago, was fourth with 21 1he pressure is heaviest. Sarazen. too, | of whole-wheat bread has been | points. is wonderfully aggressive 1 mosen reakfast menu for lic | Johnny Bell of Stfi Bonaventure's Piay. Nevertheless, these stare will | Savs it costs him only 15 @ day | College, captured the two-mile open t. despite the high cost of Hving. nted to join The FEve Club, but he was t Jace sterner opposition this time than it SRl R A s «ver before, Mehlhorn and Cruickshank are cellent match-play golfers who likely to break through at any ‘Mn h!ornt plaved the hest ax consistent golf of any competito, the P. G. A. championship at Cliease last year, only to lose out in the fi ¥ound to Hagen. The latter was strug. sling all week with his own ials of the play t will make another nd depart- | attempt to gam Well as that of his opponents. 1iis put. | bring the annual track and ticld meet oy Was not working well for him in | o its close tomorrow at Plaza track. | Chapter he early matches, but toward the lat-| The 1 event of the 12 remaining BY JACK ter of the tournament he got|on the m will be run off at back his touch on the greens. was Jeading with 141s HEN Bat points last Tuesday when rain inters | 3 rupted the scheduie VA Y; Farrell, a great golfer in medal or| The annual colored interplayground | Ktroke competition, has developed a | Mect Will be held on Y at &o0d match-play temperament in the | Cardoza. Jast couple of years and is cert | going to do with my.newl; Farrell Is Dangerous. “Hell, that wouldn't d h 1 said. “No, 1 “Hardly that, Bat FROM THE INSIDE Masterson and Tex Rickard asked me what T was we'd fight Georges Carpentier, the idol of France. vou'd want $50,000 to fight him, at that.” TfiE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, AUGUST 23. 1926. MISS RYAN FAVORITE . OVER MRS. MALLORY By the Assoclated Press. F T HILLS, N. Y.. August 23. The only American women to de- -at Helen Wills since she became champion were finalists in the Nation- al tournament in which the California girl could not compete. Elizabeth Ryan, like Miss Wills, a Californian, but long a resident of England, was & favorite fn many quar- ters to defeat Mrs. Molla B. Mallory. Only once had Miss Ryan appeared tn the National tournament and she was eliminated last year by an Eng- lish woman, Mrs. Kathleen McKane Godfree, before the finals were reach- ~f ed. Mrs. Mallory won the title for the first time in 1915 and five times there after. She has appeared in the Na- tional nine times. Miss Ryan has de- feated Mrs. Mallory in their last three match There are rumors that Charles Pyle, manager of Red Grange and Suzanne Lenglen, will offer a check for $100.- 000 to the winner of the title this vear if she will turn professional and #ccompany Mille. Lenglen on a gour of the country. Mrs. Mallory has decided defini inst professional tennis, but Miss Crawl Stroke GERTRUDE EDERLE’S ‘By L.DeB. Handley insructor of 0lympic Team. ARTICLE VIIL Body Balancing in Swimming the Crawl. CCURATE body balance is ecssential to effective use of the crawl stroke, and to maintain it properly the swimmer must not only assume the required position, but perform correctly the movements of arms, legs, shoulders and head. Miss Gwithra Shand, noted New nming ¢hampion, about to catch with under arm, showing how shoulders and head are held square and straight until start of drive of this arm. i‘TH, :~ hose n::u:mhnn: men ]_l;:::fi 2 ’ with stories regar e Fr The prescribed position i practical-) follow thelr movements back and | S O s e D 1y the same as that taken in standing tch w scheduled for 2:30 Upon the action of the shoulders de- erect on tiptoe, except, as already | ..id"in very large measure proper E rd time. mentioned, that the ‘fept sh(‘luld]!urn balance of the entire body, as well as | ks = a trifle inward and the muscles be 5o |adequate application of arm power, OR CKET s free from tension that the legs -will [so it is all impo; t to pay especial | NEw Y K RA ER curve slightly at the knees. In ordet to take advantage of the hydroplaning principle the ¥ body should slant down easily from the head, and the wanted slant is obtained | by having the eyes approximately at attention to th rt of the stroke! and master it thoroughly 5| The shoulders should be square ant | covery of the und et TAKE TEAM HONORS n and until th cln- drive; they should he held at an angle, | ge (ue Associated Pre water level when face down and the | top.choulder of under.” through CHICAGO, Augfists 23.-*The Simp feet a few inches under water. 8o that. out the recovery and until after the | ¢oncup. emblematic-of the sectional at full opening of the legs the heels |catch of the upper team champlonship of the United will barely break the sunace. | Tn_ other words whole body | giotes iy en route to the New York ‘The swimmer should roll to one side | should be flat for a stroke and | [/ manis Assoctation. ed a lttle on its side for the other | . the changes of po only, just enough to raise the mouth |t ‘rashing through the above water for inhaling, and the | ha Crashing through th ition taking | gisrance of the title defending West- arms should work independently of | place immediately after cach arm has | o S¥E S0 00 B0 PE e Lott, the body, that the shoulders may not | catered and securcd leverage on the t S SSSGERGON (Gn O hicigo, water by downward pressure. | the Empire combination of Vincent Tf efther shoul allowed to fol- | 5 and Francis Hunter ran off van low the arm in recovery it will in-|\ith the trophy vesterday by evitably drop before the arm attains | quishing their oppenents in full re: the elbow will be | ingles and doubles of the final round. lower t nd as the drive is| Richards unleashed his terrific_vol- started and a good ¢ re of the ex on TLott at 6 , 6—2, 3 . erted effort will Lo wasted pd Hunter wore down Wil To keep the shoulders from follow at 2—6, 75, T—o, 6—1 hefore rms two things are fmpera- | combined an assortment of can- , 1o hend at the clbows as | Al strokes to take the doubles the arms emer afte the ! ght sets, 62, 61, forcarms will point | U S TILDEN AND arms in reaching for | XXXV, KEARNS. soort as dive, so that the "JOHNSTON ahead of recovery is crowned champion, T told them that | fully extend th before the catch, but make the entry with IN NEWPORT TOURNEY | 7 " . “ ar e el ed, elbows | e raw a dime,” said Bat. “I suppose|d'ms @ little cur g 5 e PPOSC | than hands. 5 } NEWPORT. R. 1. Augus (2] Head and feet should swing with the A1l but « few of America’s leading wouldn't ask for $30.000 for fighting oll of the shoulders, so that the en ot WeTeE IiEe fodty n tennis pl Le more dangerous than ever. tarre) | v | Carpentier. TI'd ask just what T think Dempsey is worth. We'll get $200000 | tive oy wil in unison; that is 2 : ol - or i Farrell : - - o i - for the annual Newport invitation Juas all tio shots plus remarkabie PIRATES HELD HITLESS !for fighting Carpentier.’ | il the head straightand the fect vertical | (1 0o With promises of the sea- teadiness and a fine puttihg touc “What?" howled ol at. “Are you smoking hop Auring recovery of under arm ° | con's second struggle between Wil- aDeset is another who ay come| BY KETCHUM OF AKRON | f'replied, with a grin: “Let me tell you this. Dempsey is the greatest |load —twisied toward the Sober | 505 ien Wt W iam. M., John. e paIEh onve this lud stifkes a mood | AKRON. Ohfo, August (). —| champion we ever had. The public wants him now. There never has, or [ shouider and the fect 4t the Sie 1 the clima jpcatable. e can shoot birdies | (harley Ketchuin, hurler for the | will there ever be, such a boxing attraction like his. I'm not smoking hop, | 451 s e FARHCEEs | 1T historfe Newport courts usu- ©on a golf course faster than any golfer Jiving. On the other hand, he also can blow the works quicker than most of | Akron General Tires team and P. League, pltched a the O.} hut you are if . mo- | than $200.000. vou think T'll start him run game against 1l sburgh | . . the other stars. In the national open | Pirates in an exhivition contest ear | “Well. of course, he heat Willard, champlionship he has had seve terda 1d enabled his t to shut | but this storm over Dempsey will blow chances for victory, but has them off through erratic pl year in the P. G. A. tour: 6 to 0, Wl no- | out the world champion: . Las It was Ketchum's ament he | no-run game in efght ¢ had Hagen licked fo a i nen | le: i i v ho got careless. Iagen caught him at | regular line-up and only tw the very last hole and in four extra | men succecded in reaching fi holes won out. both on passes, Another golfer who wi oy evioss Ntk s (FILIPINO NETMEN PLAN . If Le is playing well he will go TO START PLAY TODAY | ong distance. | ould see The fact that more money | wu o 11 con | over In 24 hoprs, and you'll be back it, | with your feet on the ground. You must be loco if you think you'll ever zot $200,000 for Dempsey fighting any body." sec ally their of the t base, | was of the old school. you see. never known Dbig money ichting, and he was around fem. Ours was a different | t never could see it. ter of fact Rickard never until 1 pounded it into = ino netmen « city were | him. T'll come to the story of the Car- ke in S Nt t stake in this tournamen ping to t thelr | penticr and Dempsey battle, and the ever before will make the cvent | fourth unnual « world ean declde g more attractive than ever. The larger | tourr nt on Mo | v really pro purse accounts for the better field, and | The dr ! posed it. got it to- i & indirectly will be the means of ing out better golf than cver bring- | n betore | e played in the P. G. A. championship. | de ton m mat financed it cuff and f | gether, v {on the rts eac 1:45 put it vight under - - {Tex Rickards | mose “ana“made SERIES TO START TODAY ¢ s £ | pointing_ right at Jack Kearns. I've | tle of the century. IN POTOMAC PARK LOOP i = oo - 1T put it right in W 3 AVY and Public Buildings and Public Parks teams. unable 10 gt | 1 e Pend |8 N | started last week on their three-game play-ofi the champ like a rambler rose AN | ship of the Potomac Park Base Ball League. plan to open their | bush. This isn't a - | series today on the leaguc's diamond at th ». The sccond | Pipe dream of N: Tt isn't Rickard of any glory. Tex re pals! Read the facts as I put_ them down—then drop a post card [ 1o Mr. Rickard. Ask him if I tell the | truth. Remember Dempsey and JKearns | eld the big title. That was that. Then came the rush. We were pay ore and third contests will be plaved on successive davs The Navy tossers, who captured the first hali title of pitchers in Sams and Griffin and a fast-ball rclict | fielding for the season was the best in the circuit, while \Wa stickwork, with Public Buildings and Public Parks clo-c hehind, ing batter is Robbins of the latter nine. The victors in the &econd half fur- | sirawser, 1 » SEE T e e o B son in ¥lamilton who has ihiffed | Johnson. Ciel & The lead- s ohnson. Ciui] and the booking agents s ¢ 129 opposing batters In 12 games. In- | Cormn iwar Jion ;;om (‘x?u!;:g \?)?r:‘r\::r::‘m;m: dividual flelding honors go to Ken. | Zmmeman, 5 & 10 nd that came so fast that T was dizzy nedy, Park’s first baseman. e h R to separate them, Which also «iled all his chances in 14 games with enly one error, (P ca S Final standing of the teams for the | ot N #econd half and averages computed | M Flroy on season performances follow: | nichay er. 1. 80818 cxplains that T don't claim credit for good break. Opportunity and noney was dumped in our laps t any effort on my part. witho! e w Ts Given a Panning. IR seee 4 The newspaper hoys got an earful | Stk Boad S § of some of the offers, and especially Labmr o ) the hint that T was going to ask $200,- | 0 for Dempsey’s mext appearance. They panned the dickens out of me. ' old reaction was setting in. We were sitting pretty now and the rocks Degan to flv. We dldn’t have to crow. They were hurling brickbats at us simply on the theory that roosters will crow gooner or later, and they were trying to beat us to it. A booking_agent came on from Cincinnatl. He had a big park out in ¢ town and what would I take for a week's engagement, Twenty-five thousand dollars,” I told hi He tried his best to faint, “Why, you didn't get that much | for fighting Willard, did you?" he asked. “Well, that's what we're getting out in tHe Cincy ball park if you The Evening Star Boys | T e ont t0 i et wea aw fifteen thousand or more people Club Pledge [ over | every day and he couldn’t miss mak- be f Th E . ing money. WANT to be a mem| . r o ; vening | He took the tip and that's just if accepted to mem- | what we drew the first' day. We b St;r Bloyr glub, and" Fey P! | just threw a little act together. We ership 1 pledge myse 0: " had nothing prepared, but Dempsey Keep myself always in good physical con- | went over on his own. He was al- dition. | ways a good showman when he was Play fair. tld what to do. Be a modest winner and an uncomplain- Jack Wears Silk Hat. ing loser. PR &TE S8 1 TEAM BATTING AR Hits. Rur g ¢ Labor MeQuunn, U an, War T got him a silk hat and a swal- i coat and a cane and he just . low Abide by the rules of all sports I engage in walked out and knocked them off | their seats. It was worth the price | and respect officials. Follow the activities of the Club through The Evening Star. Never neglect either home duties or school classes. T am vears old; attend chool. 1 would like to have a Membership Certificate " e : By i t wanted to put Jack on tour with and The Evening Boys Club button, bl Syt e g which T will wear. price of $25,000 a _week. They| howled and we finally settled on 5.000 w week for fifteen weeks. of admission to see Jack strut under | those high-toned duds. He wound up his act boxing three | rounds with Bill Tate, the giant col- ored fighter. We did a great busi- ness for the week and I got my money and so did the othera. Next came a firm producers, Lel- nick, Jones and Schaeffer. They Shue BBy, i o Jac ;)enrx:ls;y's 3‘:‘:: RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AN Thp. This_Blank appication. ATt out and mail 1t today _W!fimfl%nfio%s o Mddressed: Citici. Dea s Club, Fvening Star, 2 . S19 15t NN, 1475 F. BEAK, ve found Johnston at his best e ts_in his initial Tilden beat Fast-West against Carpenticr for anything less i the arms’ | Jastern applied more | 1im t the | Lastly, to suppe I properly at the start of hand. They couldn’t make money | BIORCMY (0 EI0 AT | appearances. recently in the 5 with hands than entire forearms, as|matches at Forest Hills, N. Y. a big pay roll and they couldn't feed | jtperwise the elbows will have a ten-| R, Norrls Willlams, Davis Cup all the hands that were held out. dency to drop below 1ds and make | paptain, and Vincent Richards have We closed after seven weeks. I|tje carly part of the pull ineffective. not entered. had got all my money up to then.| They asked me to string with two new partners and we could get going as they planned the tour. They had again. I told them T didn't care who bankrolled the show just so I| got my money. There wera eight| weeks 10 he accounted for and S e e whether we played or not. T was BY CORINNE FRAZIER e e o AR st from the municipal playgrounds of the District will instructions to do his ext I gather tomorrow afternoon > Georgetown tank for the post booked with the Sel Cireus | Somed nidel ¢ d origi t Thursday, but postponed for five weeks and averaged from | § o acse of inclement weathee S $8.000 to £10.000 a week for our end, | 0L G IREMEE LT 001 meet, s an annual affair, in prep- working on a percentage basis. ligently for many weeks. | aration for w I the junior mermaids practive ) . nd or third place in pre- | Only those are cligible ®ho have won first, se Gets Paid in Full. In the meantime, I had gone after liminary mcets. oS s that money owed me by the Dempsey Keen rivalry is expected from the tour people. They fooled around and | o5 BT L the swimmers BIG TEE PARTY BEING e D I e o 510300, "3s | are divided—those from the Rosedale | STAGED IN THE WEST in full, elght weeks at $15,000. We gradually worked our way out West, |tank and those from Georgetown. CHICAGO, August 23 (#).—Olympla Ereat crowdy greeting the mew Sham: | The tatter ground has wow the nt jelds was host to the Middle West plon at every turn. Dempsey Was| ool titie twice In successlon. and | big ].’H\nr!lz\{n!‘m-'pil‘rilc '3"",“&1“'1‘.‘.’ up- s G ) S {ward of 15 ctics paire his clrcus dates had been cleaned up |unless Rosedale swimmers can wrest | 000 G0 S0 P it from them tome »w the ch man's Western ¢ cup will to the West he started for Salt T y and 1 came on to New York nplonship tourna- | ment. I had signed a five-vear contract | tonians peimianently .| More than 30 city and regional with him calling for 35 per cent of his! Accord to regulations governing }' champions entered the competition for earnings. The money was now rolling | all play 1 swhaming events, girls | 1,4 undefended title of Mrs, & L. in and he was tcikled to death. When | 12 year: ider will be allowed to | Refnhardt of Dallas, three-time cham and those over 12 | pion, who two races and Ir is kept out by fliness. Dave Gaut of Memphis, the 1922 champion, and Mrs. Hartley Rig bea of Detroit, 1925 runner-up, were among the tournament veterans fa cetown. | vored with Marion Turpie of New Rose: | Orleans and Virginia . Van Wie, Chi d ""“"‘“f(-,u:nlu-humyllon. to reach the last | rounds we 1 dough ade an fenter three events 50-50, | may compete in four: T was|two other events. he entry list lowing: the money got real big agreement to cut the after all expenses were paid. getting him thousands, where other managers had got him a lot of thin pennies. Dempséy and I never had a word over money matters. He took my word for everythimg, and I toolk his ‘ : o Check me up on this by referring to |zl wnd Gladss 'Balinger:” Rosedaic Heler the story about me that recently ap- | Stseks, Marzaret callison and Esthey, Fiowts. peared under Dempsey's signature. 1 and dreion Haris | never found him dishonest in the least e thaler. | degree and I know that he has never sald of his own accord that I had heen dishonest with him in any way up to the time of his marriage. We drifted part after that and many things and D have appeared in print t Dempsey never authorized. Hits on Movie Tdea. on So after his visit to Salt Lake T “stablished 1898 came back to New York, figuring all | iy the while on matching him with some- | jyi" Lody. The fleld was a poor on> for | heavyweights. There was no real money opposition just -then and my Room Needed -?m,— “What'll I do?” I hit on an |Balnser. R “ifazel Wota | for idea % a T 5 | ' Fall Woolens to Elmer Pearson of Pathe. and put| the idea up to him. Why not Demp- | Our Entire Stock at Two Prices includes the fol- . freo style—Geo! 31 Catherine Frei o Helen Strecls, Melen Ryan a Wood lde stroke—Georgetown, Catheri s Fren At the Sion of the Moon Tossin Nimnon Close Daily 6 P. M. and Jones: Rose hofl and Cathert Tone caret | Streeks, Gladss lunge—Georgetown. Frenzel and M Heles zotown, Tone Whaler, Helen ' Cooper: Ro s Spahr and Mar- Gla vetown. Clara Wren sey in the movies? He liked the | hunch. He was quick to see the possi bilitles and I sold him the idea.. { caret Sim: I got Dempsey a wonderful con-|jere ™ o tract, $50,000 in ‘hand and an agree- | Roteila ment which said he was to get 65 per | il cent of the gross take. The pictures| Thirty-eight Girl Scouts, proving were taken and they grossed better| their faith in the return of the c than $1,000,000, so I dldn’t do badly | “prodigal” sun. leaden skles to the Sults to Measure for Dempsey. He didn't know what it | contrar was all about when I went back to|cheerily for Camp Bradle rday California to tell him of the deal. He | morning, accompanied by zabeth | As You Want Them was ready to do anything I told him Griffiith, a member of headquarters’| and making pictures was the next|staff, as chaperon and all the para- | Were $45. Now notwithstandi rted out plece of business. Then the fun he-| phenalia necessary for<sunny days | gan. Every moving picture star, mar out-of-doors, which they confi- | or woman, that came in contact with - expect to materialize this week. | him on the lots told him his nose was Miss Willie Gireen Day. director of | I wrong. his hair was all wrong. !the camp, s that tk num- | B s eyebrows were all wrong bér of ho had ng at C he was all wrong. He'd hav Bradley thix Suame mounted to 950 with the a long |Eroun ¢ re of the entire waitin 1t of the last made over again. h will take 1 fought this gang off for | ! L . time. Dempsey looked good enough ! ¢ ist of 150 4 for men as a champion and when it | = —— Were $50 to $60. Now came to any changes I made up my | - ; mind that I'd leave that to the great- wa“ace_-rflor CO. $3 7. 50 est make-up artist who ever lived, means A number of medium weight Lon Chaney, He made Jack up for fabrics suitable for Early Fall his first pictures. He built up the pug Sales and Service | wear. nose and turned out quite a hero, but 1709 L Street N.W. Mertz & Mertz Co., Inc. that didn’t satisfy them, so they made Just East of Conn. Ave. | 11342 a (Coprright 1996 ) TODAY BASE BALL ;335 AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. St. Louis TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM. him over. * Main 7612 both | bulldog_re- | | | round of the wo-| G Street N.WL SPORTS. 21 mb-e @fie;u’ng Star BOYS CLUB VERY now and then you'll read in some sport column or in a maga zine that.base running is a lost art. That is a bit of exaggeration but there is no doubt but that neglect. it has suffered in late years through When this_year’s Star Boys Club has grown up let us show them some base running. Start now by stressing—and not neglecting—the run- ning of bases. Let's have a field day and then we can run the bases all we choose The events will be: Fastest time from home to first. Fastest time from home to second. Fastest time from home to third. Fastest time around all four. Tastest time from third to home, including a slide at the plate. The longest throw. The longest fungo Lit—fly ball from hand. Best control in pitching-—using the plate, with umpire caliing them, and a batter in the box. Fach boy to have 12 throws, CR In running the bases the batter must stand on the side of the plate he bats from, with bat on shoulder, as if waiting for the ball. Then at word “go” he lets bat slide hands behind him and speeds to first. The best way to learn to slide is by practicing it and then watching older hoys slide and try 10 “copy thelr style. The first slide vou prob. | ably will learn is a straightaway slide with both feet to the base. Next will come the hook slid 1- ing a bit away from the man with the ball waiting fo tag you and hooking | a foot to the bag as you seem about to slide past. Next—Eddie Collins, famous star nd manager of the White Sox, wili ne base ball questions. —— . 2 SACRAMENTO, 23 (®).—Don Graff, loc Swer s Augns: 1 sportsman s wired an offer of §3,000 to Ger- trude Ederle, American champlon. for a 30-mile swim in the Saocra- mento River, to start and end in this city. AL “Half and Half’; is great for cigarettes—smooth, fragrant,androlls easily.