Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1927, Page 29

SPORTS HINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1927. SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WAS Giants Head West for Crucial Trip : Seesaw Race Likely to Continue in National FINISH AT HOME, WINNING TILDEN HAS BI6 J0B ' NONE OF FOUR LEADERS 17 OF LAST 20 CONTESTS s | OMLTEWS) LIKELY TO OPEN BIG GAP Hornsby in Charge of Club as McGraw Is Ill—Pirates DEMPSEY MAY NOT BE ERUDITE, BUT HE HAS “IT” [ SAY> WHAY 1S THIS 'WORD HERE 2 TS SPELLED P—S%c-u—o-xo-b—v By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 7.—"Big BUL* Tilden faces the prospect of tat- | MeGrawmen, Who Open Series in Chicago Friday, Retain First Place by Beating Reds—Cuyler ])hCllell(‘d—Cdl'd Beat Cubs. 'R winding up their final home stand, during which they won 17 out of 20 games, the ew York Giants were speed- ing West today for the first of several series that will have much 10 do with the pennant chances of the clui v 1gzing New Yorkers “had to hit long and often yesterday to beat the Boston Braves, 9 to 6. Larry Benton and Kent Greenfield started out in a pitching duel, but Kent lasted | only four innings and Benton w yanked in the ninth in favor of Bur: h Grimes. The Giants started fast and had a safe lead until the eighth, when Benton showed signs of weaken. and Hornsby each had b ints left New York without Mana John McGraw, who is suf- fering from erysipelas, Hornsby being | in charge of the club. Pittsburgh held on to first place | and a one-game margin over the Giants by beating Cincinnati, 5 to 0 Kremer flashed his old-time form in holding the Redlegs to three hits. Only 28 batters faced him and he &ave no ps got beyond first base. Bush Disciplines Cuyler. Donie Bush, the Pirate manager, » Cincinnati runner | with tl > Red Sox. More than 25,000 | fans saw the Bambino pound out his forty-Aith, forty-sixth and forty- | seventh home runs of the season. | Gehr = gelivered his forty-fifth in {the 1ifth inning of the first gan | Which the Yankees won by a score of 14-2. Ruth made two homers in this game and whacked the mext in he ninth inning of the second game, which went to Boston, 5- One of Ruth’s Longest. Ruth’s first circuit drive of the v cleared the 40-foot 1 in cen- er fleld. It was one of the longest drives ever made by the Babe. Barrett’s home run_brought in a 9-6 victory for the White Sox over Detroit. The bases were loaded when the Chicago left fielder clouted the ball out of the park in the seventh. Lu Blue, Detroit captain, was order- ed off the field for disputing a de- cision at first base. ton pitched the St. Louis s to a 7-4 win over Cleveland. Grant and Hudlin paraded to the pitching mound for the Indians and the Brownies nicked the trio for 15 safe hit A summary of yesterday's games: Boston. .. Pennock and Welzer, Crim- announced that Kiki Cuyler, star out- | mins and Hofmann. W. Moore. fielder, would be kept on the bench until he could isfy all concerned that he should return to his regular position, Barney Dreyfuss, president of the club, announced that Bush had signed a_contract to manage the Pirates néxt year. St. Louis and the Chicago Cubs were to h d a_double-header erda; rain halted the second game after the world champions had won the opener, 13-1. The St. Louis victory lowered the Cubs into fourth place.” AcCarthy’s ciub has won on Boe orliic Percy Jones was pounded out of the box in the second inning and Brill- effective. Bottomley and Lester Bell Second g New York 000000002—2 6 1 Boston. . 00022100x—5 8 0 Ruether and Collins: Russell and Hofmann. St. Louis........ 011111011—715 1 Cleveland ;222717 100010101412 1 Gaston. Crowder and O'Neill: Miller. Grant. Hudlin and L. Sewell. Chicago . 000121401—0 9 0 Detroit..".... [0 011020200—616 3 Jacobs. Thomas. Connally and Crouse: Bil- lings, Stover, Smith a NATIONA R.H.E | Cincinnati 0000000000 % last nine games played. | pittsburgh. .. 01000x May and Picinich: g | chicaro, 8 4 heart, who succeeded him, was in- | (U3 0029938253 St. Louis. 1 15212002x—1314 0 Jones, Brillheart .md Gonzales: Alexander and Snyder. BY THORNTON FISHER. contender” for Jess Willard's title dispose of an ebony-haired, swarthy obstruction named Demps ’.I:he “logical contender” was Fred Ful- ton, blond, blue-eyed and gangling. lm\el(‘d 6 feet 41 inches, Jack CO\JLDNY PRONOUNECE THE WORD ~\ Ps\eHoLoev - ONEE \T wAS EXPLAINED HE NEVER. FORGOT AT — LETS poNT SHAKE HARDS WHEN THE GONG RINGS-LETS Coms OUY DEMPSEY DIDNT KNOW WHAT PSYCHOLOGY MEANT BOT WE KNEW HOW TO USE T oo FRED, Furronds h AT A — Saturday afternoon nine ars ago, a few hundred fans gathered in the Har- : all Park, Jersey | fleulty O T tated and stopped. I waited, but silent. Finally, in desperation he turned to me and what is this word spelled p-s-y-c-h-o-1- City, to witness a “logical said: 220 pounds and had been wallops with divers and | ‘he R trigued Dempsey to read to me as the second page without dif- he remained here? ed on Fred Fulton nocked him out the stuft you t day 3 ¥ ovponents for five years, O during which time he knocked out, L2 among others, Arthur Pelky, Terry Keller, Al Reich, Charlie Weinert “Gunboat” Smith and_“Pork Ll s the science of mental phe- WHEN WE LIVED N A NN, AGRHTHENT HE NeAR SOVE T NEIGHEOR'S Wi wiTH A PLAER HE LIKES O FooL” WITH MECHANICAL THINGS AND ONGE TRIED To DISSEET MY CAMERA . Jaek RUNS FROM THE TEE TO THE GREENS 10 THE HOUSE | SETS DEMPSE(S unknown reason the hook had in- hello!” shouted a and he began other end of the wire. Jack Dempsey. Hurry ‘up. waiting for you. Bring your clubs and come right up t Make it snappy, now." Our golf that day was, vernacular of base ball, a case of “hit and run.” After each stroke, instead of walking, Dempsey ran, followed by this scribe and two replied, that is small caddies. We literally ran the full length of the 18-hole course. Jack first met Georges Carpen- tier on a golf course, or, rather, in Shackamaxon No kidding, Country Club at Westfield, N. J. what does it mean Few members of the club were answered, “psychol- present when two large touring cars drew up before the entrance He got as far suddenly hesi- “I_thought it the locker room of NERVE ON EDGE.! T } voice at “This is the course. 1 did. in the tling the three French net stars on successive days in his attempt to win back the American singles champion- ship, now held by Rene Lacoste of France. This was indicated today when the draw of 64 players was made for the | title tournament, starting September 12, at Forest Hills. It showed Jean Borotra. Henri| Cochet and Lacoste “seeded” in such manner that they will block Tilden’s path in the quarter-finals, semi-finals | and finals, respectively, providing none of the four are previously elimi- nated. 1t form holds, “Little Bill" Johnston will be Lacoste's semi-final opponent. so that it is possible that the little Californian_may be the one to meet | by his other rival. The complete draw Upper Half. William T. Tilden. 2d. Philadelphia. vs. | Frederic Mercur Alléntown. Pa H. Holbrook Hyde, Conn.. vs. Berkeley Bell. Austin. Tex. Elmer Griffin. New Yofk Cits, ve. John w. Hubbell. Kansas City, Mo, Clarence 'J. Griffin, $an Francisco. vs Yoshiro Ohta. Ja John S Doeg. § Anpel. East Orange. N erome Lang., New York City. vs. Fred C Anderson. Brooklyn i B Gilpin. Philadelphia, vs. Louis Dallas. Monica. vs. Kenneth Toba. Japan vs. Jean nor.xzru.§:llll>tht‘l' {it need have but a p T. Hunter, New Rochelle, vs. Julius Sehgson. New York City. Edward Chandler, San Francisco, vs. Wil- mer_ Allison. Fort Worth. T Weller B. Evans. Easi_Orange, N. J. ve Harris Coggeshall. Des _Moines. jof Junior Coen, Kansas City vs. Jean Washer. Belgium. ! R, Norris Williams,_ 2. Philadelphia. ve E.T. Herndon. New York City. Byron A. Baur. Pittsburgh. vs. John T. Hennessey. Indiananolis ve, Sadakazu Onda. New 'York Perey L. Kynaston. Rockville Henri Cochet. France. Lower Half. William Johnstor George King. New Yo B. Marsh. jr.. Buffalo.'N Lucian’ E.” Williams. Chicago. vs. C. W Lesiie. Montreal Jack Mooney. Atlanta. vs. Jack Wright. Montreal Lewis, N White, Austin. vs. Arnold W. |\ Jones. Pro Carl Plilladelphia. vs. Frank Shields, New Y Donald Strachan B. Wood. N | Gregory S, ) . Newark. vs. Jacaues Brugnon. Franc Manuél - Alonso. Philadelphia. vs. J. Git bert Hall South Orange. N, J Watson Washburn. Ne L. Wiener. ir.. Philadelphia. John Van Ryn. East Orange. Miiadelphia. vs. Sidney ( JOIIN B. FOSTER. unless one of the teams bolts away from the field. stubbed their The Cubs | winning ways and the end of this week |and the beginning of the next expense of New aders until they e {0 Tets | toes in the East in Tilden in the final, if “Big Bill" gets | 7% i1 the, Bist 1o | tween now merman once called was Heinie's condition when he i world series of pens to be in first place one on top the nest day sing thrill for that won pennants in the past w Edward "W, Feibleman, New h)rk City. |annihilate all four of The Giants play with the Cubs at Chicago on four games tands at 10 victories for Woseph H. Olhausen. Philadelphia, vs. . |the Giants and § for the r. the Cubs must with three vic 1t is_worth lost 1 game and so tzsimmons has won Benton haswon 2 and lost none. a winner against Chicago in 1 when he was with F not pitched against the Cubs i r prior to the time he was | Have Copped 10 of 18 Battles Thus Far. Ground Rules to Handicap Bruins. meat at the expense of Chicago in the coming series. Constderation also must be given to the fact that the populace will be al- lowed on the field at Chicago during the New York series, making ground les necessary. One of these days y will find it does not pay to haye round rules in a pennant ce. espe- cially when a team hasn't got the ers who 4 necessary to lift the all into the crowd. The Giants know | this by experience. When they built |stands and eliminated ground rules a the Polo Grounds, they began to win pennants. Crowds eon the field are archaic. don’t | 'ARMOUR WILL PLAY IN WESTERN EVENT By the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 7.—Dress re hearsals for the Western open golf championship today occupied many of | the world's leading linksmen in prepa ration for the first round of the title play tomorrow over courses 1 ind 4 of Olympia Fields Country Cliib. In this galaxy, hesides the defend ing champion, \Walter Hagen, were such first magnitude stars as Tommy Armour of Washington. American a 8 n open _titleholder, Jc on, once British open cha Gene Sarazen and MacDon Smith, formerly National and Weste open kings, respectively, and Chfel Fvans. the only man who ever wor the American open and amateur titles in one year. But in the field of nearly 300 en nts there were scores of golfers only regionally, many of then | convinced “that from the ranks of | Tesser lights might burst forth a_new | star capable of out-shining the pres Z- | ent ones . but he had | hit home runs. Most of these fights had their. claasifeation of the cl : y ssifica e clubhouse, where for the Renewed activity in the Ruth-Gehrig | o/ i 30021—a12 1 been short and sweet. Only Oree || Gng TUkiomie: in other’ Words f home run duel occupied the American | ROwY o207 913 had he collided with the floor for | {il FIRRCEE ) o O sics. League spotlight at Boston, where Greenfield. Goldsmith, Wertz and Gibson: | a 10-count, and that was when he Laugh that off. 3 New York Cit [ itchers the Yankees divided a double-header Benton. Grimes and Tayior. stopped the militant fist of the vet- St o iomeny exclaiied solicitous for the. comfort aNl'en: Bel_}:‘:.kfl:m I Yot G s :;g,.]::x‘.g‘}:q“n! i ;l‘u‘ :l’\l" 1”-‘;. pitchers eran, Al Palzer. the champion. “Why do you say joyment of another than Dempsey |Horace Orser. New York City. Dempsey, symmetrical, scowling 1 used, whatever this word is, on for the Frenchman. He helped Gilbert Nunns. Toronto. vs. Neil J. Sulli-| The only Chicago pitcher who has BY CORINNE FRAZIER Wallace F. Johnson. Philadelphia. o traded to New Yol Henry has won first time Dempsey met the man he | "rbert . Bownian. New York City. ve.|n game from the Cubs, and Clarkson was to Knock out a few short weeks | Ryuki Miki Japan i @ o AT ; Jater. Never was a mafmore George M, Tott. ir. Chicago. ve. Allen |has lost 2. McQuillan lost 1 anc and pugnacious, two years younger ; Geuriics ‘o ith| & ewaster ann| | IERl T eiaaty A antits o) rans Tas o B s S v ALL‘TREADS in the game of fisticuffs than his “The truth is, Jack, you did. Do was concerned that Carpentier’s |coste. France. it 0 T S s . e e ioa'mon | g, Fuduabec it W 04 | £t S il obe pppie s ot e iy Bk o i S| LEHMAN'S TIRE SHOP feet 113 inches and weighing bone fight started you told Fulton to M. Carpentier murmured continual- Wood sawing and chopping contests It Carls dn‘:ll Faice i g e 923 H St. N.W. Main 464 and sinew 190 pounds, had up to | Qispense with the handshaking Mercl, beaucoup. The game | 5 Wood sawing and chopping cont It Carlson can't brace up against the AA ain that moment attached his trade and come out fighting?’ that day was nothing to write g pop! alia. iants, they will be apt to eat raw AIR golfers competing for the first Army and Navy golf cham pionship in Washington sere scheduled to begin the initial round of match play this morn- ing over the War College course at hington Barracks. Medal play in the qualifying round witerday resuited in a victory for Mrs. L. H. Hedrick, Army; former champion of Fort Leavenworth, who won medal honors with an 88. Mrs. Everett Hughes, Mrs. H. B. Hird, Mrs. H. L. Steele, Mrs. Paul Streit, Mrs. Rodney Smith and Mrs. Victor Foster were the other seven who made the first flight. ¢ The two junior golfers entered, Madge Ely, daughter of Gen. Hanson Ely, commandant of the War College, and Ann Eloise Sweeney, daughter of Col. Walter C. Sweeney, made the second flight. Miss Ely was paired with Mrs. Condon McCornack. in the match play this morning, while Miss Sweeney drew a bye. Pairings for today were as follows: First flight—Mrs. L. H. Hedrick (88) vs. Mrs. J. C. Pegram (96), Mrs. Everett Hughes (95) vs. Mrs. H. L. Steele (101), Mrs. Paul Streit (91) vs. Mrs. Rodney Smith (97), Mrs. H. B. Hird, Navy (95), vs. Mrs. Victor Fos- ter (103). Second flight—Mrs. James Johnston (109) vs. Mrs. Evan Humphrey (120), Mrs. C. McCormack (109) vs. Miss Madge Ely (121), Mrs. George M. Halloran (116) vs. Mrs. Alfred May- back (123). Miss Ann Eloise Sweeney (120), bye. Mirian Faries, physical _training director of Holton Arms School, and Virgian Hopkins, in charge of the physical _ training department of George Washington University, are attending the hockey and lacrosse camp at Mount Pocono, Pa. Camp Tegawitha, as_the encamp- ment has been named, has become a national center for hockey and la- advanced courses in the technique of the two games which are gaining so rapidly in popularity both here and abroad. These instructors, it is understood, are volunteers obtained through the United States Field Hockey Association. The courses offered include field hockey, lacrosse, water polo and Eng- lish country dancin; October 3 to 7 are the dates set for the fourteenth annual recreation con- gress to be conducted by the Play- ground and Recreation Association of America at Memphis, Tenn. Local recreation and playground leaders are expected to attend. Bronze test buttons were awarded the following girls during the past week who had passed tests in goal throwing, balancing, 50-yard dash and potato racing: Kenilworth—Genevieve Flynn, Marie McClean, Helen Ginson, Helen Roloff, Lucille Conrad, Kitty Armstrong, Betty Sasley, Rita Waskom, Mildred ‘Waskom. Bowen—Naomi Fox, Jenny Griva- kos, Esther Baritz, Edna Sauer. Raymond—Elca Lort, Mary Pesce, Jane Brinkley, Edna Freeberg, Eleanor Jones, Rosalie Wolman, Ida Malick- son, Audrey Brinkley, Helen Cunning- ham, Dorothy Best. Mitchell Park—Alicia Stewart, Caro- lyn Myers, Virginia Smith, Lucille Ennes. Ludlow—Hazel Dronenburg, Olva May Teeple, Bertha Swartz, Alice Swank, Edith Chase, Hannah Hanlon, Sdith Russell, Catherine Russell, Ethel Hepburn, De Etta McGraph, Mildred Ruffner. Brookland—Anna Bourgondien, Mary Galbraith, Laura Aldrich, Beryl Weeks, Betty Galbraith, Mary Dufty, Catherine Davis, Anna Walsh. Smothers—Helen Brocon, Gladys Foster, Lucille Alexander, Ruth Sulli- van, Georgia Harris, Ruth Brown, crosse coaches each September. Some half a dozen instructors from Great Britain are on hand each year to give Sarah Compton, Mildred Folson, Flor- ence Ellis, Theresa Smoot, Grace Lewis, Urbanus Blackfoot. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE HE second annual woman's championship of the Middle Atiantic Golf Association will ved at the Congression- untry Club on October 4, 5. 6, 7 and 8. Although these dates were tentatively set several weeks ago, they were made final yesterday by officials of the club and the associa- tion, llrlnL’lnz to Washington the big- gest woman's golf tourney held here in many years, and one which will at- tract star players from Maryland .lnd' Virginia as well as the best about | the Capital. October 4 will -be given over to qualifying for the three flights to be arranged for the tourney, with one 18-hole match round to be played each ! of the four succeeding g X Boyd Morrow of the Baltimore Coun- | Club, who defeated Mrs. J. M. ynes of Congr jonal to win the last vear at Baltimore,. will d her titie. In addition, Virgini Holzderber, Effie Bowes, Mary Wolf, Mrs. Rita' King, Elizabeth Heuisler and other s from Maryland are expected to compete in the tourney. The Washington entry list will be headed by Dorothy White, woman’s champion of Washington; Mrs. 2 s. H. A. Knox and Mrs. is open only to mem- bers of clubs which are members of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association, tion tourney of the Bannockburn Golf Club close next Sunday at 8 o’clock with the tournament committee of the Glen Echo organization. Club privileges are extended to all tourney entrants next Friday and Monday in preparation for the event which starts one week from today. Tommy Armour of Congressional, holder of the United States and Cana- dian open golf championships, has his cl ce this week to clean up all the major medal play titles on the North American continent. Tommy is an entrant in the Western open golf championship, which started today | over the course of the Olympia Fields Club, 25 miles south of Chicago. Fred McLeod and Robert T. Barnett, { professionals at Columbia and Chevy “hase, defeated Roland R. MacKenzie and Watts Gunn, Walker Cup team stars, in a four-ball match at Columbia yesterday, 2 and 1. Medal scores of the players were not kept. RACERS BURN TO DEATH AND TWO MEN ARE HELD CHICAGO, September 7 (#).—Two thoroughbreds were burned to death and 10 stables destroyed by a fire at the Washington Park race track yes- terday. Two men, said to be drug mark to the chins of 30 victims, “Yea, T got his gos having knocked most of them into oblivion in one round. Like Ful- ton, he, too, had been K. O.'d but , once. Fireman Jim Flynn, whether by accident or design, who accom- plished the feat in a round, was in turn “knocked for a loop” in one round a year later by his erst- while prey. Fanfare and ballyhoo had failed to arouse the ‘‘wise uys,” and when Promoter Jack Curley gazed out upon his customers from the ring that afternoon he must have suffered in the region of his bank- roll. Ringside Seats Empty. The ringside boxes and seats were as empty as Pennsylvania avenue at 3 o'clock in the morning. Not a_well known name was pres- ent. The boxing scribes had given their working tickets to the office boys and were down at the rac The only familiar face was that of Dr. George Muth (now dead), a rabid fight fan and official time- keeper for many years in New York City. 1" was a mere happenstance that the writer attended. The referee no one remembers. Fulton was first to enter the ring—a docile enough looking con- tender for the heavyweight title. His limpid eyes, pale flesh and nervous demeanor proclaimed him to be any one save an adversary for the giant Willard. Dempsey soon followed, accom- panied by Jack Kearns. Not a ripple of applause greeted the un- known as he climbed through the ropes. Jack wore a pair of blue trunks. A bath robe was conspicuously ab- sent. He possessed one thing, how- ever, known in cultured and other sets as “it.” His dusky, sun-tan- ned body, his menacing frown and generally savage appearance at least qualified him for the role he was essaying. He ignored his op- ponent sitting in the opposite cor- ner. Fulton, on the other hand, was_apparently hypnotized by the beady-eyed creature across the way with the tousled locks and ferocious mien. Somebody out in the bleacher seats shouted, “Who are those two bums?” A few minutes later the referee called the contestants to the center of the ring. The lanky Fulton ad- vanced slowly and extended his gloved hand to Dempsey. He might have saved this gesture, for Jack refused ‘to be sociable. On the contrary, he obviously intended 1o develop a hostility which would end only with the last blow. As the referee instructed the two men, Dempsey glared at a spot on the canvas, never once looking Fulton in the face. Fulton, though, was not missin ga trick. He scruti- nized the “Manassa Mauler” from head to foot. When the referee concluded, Dempsey unexpectedly lifted his head and blurted out, “Let’s don’t shake hands when the gong rings—let’s come out fightin'!” Sugestion Staggers Fulton. The gangling Fulton almost staggered at this suggestion. He was licked before the bell sound- ed. In fact, 183-5 seconds after the bout began the tall plasterer, under the impact of two blows to the body and a left hook to the jaw, slid against the ropes and fell unconscious to the floor. One year later Dempsey was to hammer the champlon ‘into in- sensibility. Another 12 months passed rapidly and Dempsey was preparing for his encounter with Bill Brennan. The champion had “There you are, then. That was psychology.” “Hm,” murmured the big fellow, stroking his chin. “The champion once again turned to his book and began reading. Two or three chapters on he came to the word “psychol- ogy” again. This time he pro- nounced it without difficulty and musingly observed, “That's what T used on Fulton.” Most Champs Temperamental. Of the scores of champions and near-champions [ have known very few, indeed, have lacked what is called temperament or nerves. Star base ball players possess it and so do all the mas- ters of sports. Dempsey’s apartment in New York, which he rented furhished, contained a player-piano and a victrola. Unable to remain sta- tionary for more than a few min- utes at a time, Jack would run off roll after roll of jazz on the player until the neighbors up- stairs and down and on each ' side pounded the walls and ceil- ings for peace. This was the sig- nal for a game of pinochle, and only those in training could out- stay the champ. Dempsey never walks if he can run. Paavo Nurmi, Joie Ray, Jackson Scholz and Dempsey would make an ideal golfing four- some. One morning at 6 o’clock my tele- Jphone rang violentl; “Hello-hello- * home about. Has Boyish Curiosity, During Dempsey's training days at Atlantic City when he was pre- paring for his contest with Car- pentier 1t was this writer’s custom to go out on the road with Jack while most of the world was asleep. Often on these jaunts Jack and I would compete in broad jumps and other athletic stunts familiar to schoolboys. One morning Dempsey seized my camera and started to dissect it. He had removed every- thing but the leather cover before I succeeded in snatching it from him. He had an irresistible desire to see what made the wheels go round. Dempsey has one of the most elastic memories I have ever ob- served. He can greet a man whom he has not seen for years, call him by his given name andrefer to incidents long since forgotten. He is not unlike the late President Roosevelt in this respect. The ex-champion reacts quickly to the disposition of the spectators, For example, after winning the title he was subjected to many in- troductions from the ring. A great shout was his usual welcome and then perhaps from the gallery a raucous voice would exclaim above the roar, “Boo-00-0!" This was always sufficient to drive the champion headlong from the ring and sometimes out into the street. A strange, Interesting personal- ity is this man Dempsey. FRENCH NETMEN PRIMED FOR DAVIS CUP MATCHES PHILADELPHIA, September 7 (#). —More strongly equipped than ever before, Trance was ready today to make another bid for the historic Davis Cup, emblematic of the world team supremacy in lawn tennis. The challenge round starts tomorrow on the courts of the Germantown Cricket Club. Bringing the challenge to the United States for the third successive year, the Frenchmen, Rene Lacoste, holder of the American singles title; Henri Cochet, Wimbledon champion; Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon, are in excellent form. They are younger than the Ameri- can defenders, “Big Bill” Tilden, “Little Bill” Johnston, R. N. Williams and Francis T. Hunter, but whether vouth and enthusiasm would triumph over greater experience and determina- tion was a question on which few ex- | perts cared to speculate. “Every member of the French team is in fine form,” said the manager, Pierre Gillou, today, “and if our boys are beaten they will have no excuses. They have been in America two weeks longer than at any other time before Fights Last Night | By the Associated P BOSTON.—Dick “Honeyboy” Finne- ! gan, Boston, defeated Babe Herman, California (10). NEW YORK.—Johnny Grosso, Mount Vernon, N. Y., won from Jack de Mave, Hoboken (10). Pete Zivic, Pitts- burgh, and Kid Francis, Italy, drew { (10). a critical match, and they have become acclimated. The men are ready and we are satisfied that they will be able to give the best that is in them.” Members of the American team also were in good condition. Both teams practiced on the Germantown courts vesterday. Johnston's form was par- ticularly encouraging to friends of the defending team. He hit the ball hard and accurately and his forehand ap- || peared as speedy as ever. One of the greatest crowds that ever witnessed a Davis Cup challenge round is expected to attend the matches. Reqtuests for press reservations were greater than ever before. They came from representatives of newspapers in all parts of this_country, England, Japan, Australia, France, Mexico and Canada. Wonder what Merts will say today? At the Sign of the Moon "BIG SAVING TO Established 1893 YOU A Choice Lot of Light and Medium Weight Fabrics Suitable for Fall Wear to Close Out! FINE AS ANY IMPORTED Capitols foil wrapped 2 for 25¢ / Master Perfectos They must have what smokers want, Otherwise theywould not be so successful. Suits % more than 25 golf clubs in {addicts, were under arrest for starting | leased an apartment in uptown zvsoiqé}:;\fel_)er ‘("E‘U"wsl‘r‘!::)"]og)h?e?‘l"s?' Virginia and the District | the firé while cooking drugs, New York and it was there that D . 0 content 0 of Colur Entries close at 2 p.m.{ The victims were Eternal Magicana | Jack and 1 sat one afternoon | JERSEY CITY.—Bobby Garcia, Bal- October 1 and should be sent o the | Trydor, 3-year-olds of the stables of | 100king over the many gifts he timore, won from Jimmy Britt, Cali- sccretary of the association, W. R.|\ose Lowenstein, Chicago turfman.| Was constantly receiving. Among | fornia (12). McCallum, care’ the Congressional | Track employes saved several other Country Club, A score and more junior golfers are practicing these late Summer days at the Town and Country Club in prep- tion for the District junior hampionship to be played Friday at the Town and Country Club for the title now held by Frank K. Roesch of the Washington Golf and Country Club. The tourney will be a 36-hole medal play for the Albert R. Mac- Kenzie trophy. 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