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N ' Nationals Losing Sight of Home Plate : Tilden Can Clinch Tennis Cup for U. S. SHUTOUT BY CHISOX THIRD IN SIX GAMES FOR GRIFFS Slump Record Now Shows But 7 W Harris’ Club in Last ins and 1 Tie for 31 Battles—Get Only Three Hits Off Lyons in 8-0 Defeat. BY JOHN B. KELLER. INCE August 5, when the Browns | were drubbed here for the third successive time, the Nationa have won but seven times tied once in 31 games. After t third successive victory over the St. Louis club, they were in second place with an advantage of six and a half games over the third-place Tiger .~ Their slump has dropped the Nation-| als to fourth position seven games behind the runner-up berth they for- merly occupied and just five game above the second division of the Amer- ican League. Any one sceking a reason for this skidding of a club that once promised o make a fine fight after a dis start need only consider the of games played by the Nationals since August 5. Runs by them have been remarkably few, for most of the 23 lickings they have suffered since that date, have been quite decisive. They simply have lost all idea of hit- ting the bail soundl. Once in a while, the Harris horde steps out and punishes some pitcher vigorously, but more often the sup- posedly good hitters of the club push their bats pitifully at the offerings of opposing slabmen and the generally weak hitters stand meekly at the plate wearing their warclubs on their shoul- | der. Six games in which the Nation: als tallied but once and five games in which they failed to dent the counting block at all during this slump, indicate fairly well just how helpless the club has been in attack. Third Shutout in Six Games. The fifth shutout of the slump came yesterday when the Nationals were overcome for the second gue- cessive time by the White Sox in the series here. Incidentally, the shutout was the third for the Nationals in thelr last six engagements. The count against the locals was 8 to 0, and they made but three safeties off the pitch- ing of Ted Lyons, righthand ace of the Chicago mound staff. Two of the hits were of the infleld variety. The only real hit made off Lyons ALL FOR NAUGHT CHICAGO. Flaskamper, .. Battle, 3b, e T PrSPHSE - 1 ® " omommposnmo9s3 &l miuluan whmuad 3 ss5252s2 | sssussscsas? cosmmmss09090% | muanssssomun Gessatsbosauoh o iany eo! Totals 22 3 *Batted for Marberry in Chieazo . ..013 00— Washington 0000000000 Two-base hit—Clancy. Three-base hit— | Clancy. Stolen base—Ba Crouse, mm. A ] . 1. Struck ont—Bv Marherry. 3 ?gfiamn;":. &, '}""";’F“ berry 16 i 2 in 3 inn By oitehiod balley Marberry (Flaskamyer). Postak pitcher—Marberry. Umpires—Mexsrs. MeGownn, Evans and Hillebrand. Time of Tame—1 hour and 44 minutes. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ) s; U e =3 o3 ° - t. Boston.. Clevel 1. STANDING OF THE CLUBS, z ® 2 g8t H 2 i H - I3 viyappeIYd -a3muaaa. New York/—[13/12111/12] 912011819540, Philad’'a .| 8—'11'12/11 9121437 .1 41 5 51 41 8115 31—/ 140157 162 63108 75 10 89 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash'ton. Chicago at Wash'ton. a"fi"‘. at N. Y. St Louls at N. X, Detroit at Phila. NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. uogy euuppu 43I0q9Ng vuapEIND GAMES TODAY. Brooklyn at St. Louis. Brookly Boston at Cineinnati. Boston Phila. nt Pittsburgh. N. York at Chicago. N. York at Chicago. BATTING. AB. 1 487 3. F » REXSERBERLELES mosuDiETeR s Pet, came from the bat of Minter Hayves, recruit given a chance at bat for the first time since he became a National The former University of Alabama boy, who came to the big lea way of Birmingham used as a pinch-runner in the game here on August 5, but vesterday he was sub stituted for Ossie Bluege at third base after the sixth inning. His one bat- | ting opportunity came in the eighth after one was out. Hayes lined the ball to left field for an honest hit, al- | though Carl Reynolds, rookie garden- er of the Chisox, narrowly missed making a circus catch of the driv Afield Haves had three chances and did well with each. Right off the reel in the seventh session Bud Clancy put down a bunt to d whipped it to Joe Judge for gainst the White Sox first In the eighth inning Hay scooped up Bill and easily flagged In the ninth the rec from Benny Tate nd ended the| round by deftly tagging out Reynolds, | who was mpting a dual theft with | Clancy as Buck Crouse fanned. Haves | met the issuve squarely in getting Revnolds. appearing not in the least | spike shy. | Lyons Baffles Griffs | All told, but six Nationals got on the runw and ‘but one of them ad- vanced as far as second base. A fumble by Aaron Ward gave Goose | Goslin a life at the outset of the| <econd inning, but the Goose im mediately w forced out by Joe Judge, and Joe was red in a double play with Tate. Ossie Bluege got a very scratchy single at the ;hflmnmng of the third inning when his slow tap to short was juggled by | Ray ¥ amper before the latter | threw to the initial rk too late. | Ossie was caught with Bob Reeves in a two-ply killing. Reeves singled with one out in the sixth, the hit being a hard bounder that Ward knocked down. Then Eddie Onslow, batting for Fred Mar- berry, drew Lyons' lone pass of the game. But the next two National batters could not shove their team- mates along. Hayves was the last of his club to reach first safely. | ides employed reserves dur- Buddy Dear, lately re- turned to the Nationals from the minors, got a shot at second ba after the sixth session. He had no chance afield, and in his one batting opportunity just failed to reach first | safely after topping a ball in front of | the plate. Washington fans got their first_glimpse this season of Johnny Mostil, who went to center field for the Chisox in tha eighth inning. They also saw for the first time Bob Battle, an infielder the Chicago club has recalled from Little Rock. He took Willie Kamm's place at third base for the ninth inning. | Mzrberry No Puzzle. The White Sox again found it rather easy to topple the Nationals. slapped the offerings of Mar- 'y, who started on the hill for the club, for ten safeties. Fred gave up three free tickets to base and hit a batter. To make matters worse, Reeves kicked in with three errors during the six innings Marberry worked Clancy’s triple and Crouse’s sacri- fice started the visitors on their win- nig way in the second frame and in the third they got three more tallies with two hits, one of Reeves' errors and Barrett’s theft of home. They ended their scoring with a four-run sixth inning when the first five men up singled off Marbery and Reeves made two misplays. Garland Braxton did the hurling against the White Sox in the last three innings and all he allowed were two hits and one pass. He pitched four strikeouts, fanning Ward bail a | man at first. | it took a throw | hi: ue by | Junio ard third base, Hayes | came up like a flash, pounced on the | rett’s grounder | |ley, E: iNUMBER OF SANDLOT | NINES WITHOUT FOES | | | Several sandlot nines are without | games tomorrow. Hilitop A. C. seeks in unlimited foe, Call Lincoln 3953 |atter 6:30 o'clock. Lafayettes are without a foe for to- morrow, 11 Lincoln 3095 or com- municate with Ma Cheseldine at 1002 | Thirteenth street southeast. | Alexandria Fire Department, No. |nine wants an opponent tomorrow. Call “Tain 8474, branch 49, or Alexan dria 311. | — i Benning A. C. also faces 2 quiet da « Adams 2112 for | tomorrow. a ame. | Jewish C. Waverlys tomorrow |diamond No. 3. | Purchasing Department nine copped the fifth game of the Southern Rail- W series yesterday by defeating the 3tol C. Junior are booked with at 1 o'clock on Nationals defeated Colonys yester- | day, 9 to 7, to decide the second place finisher in French’s Insect League. Haley Insects ian Pee-Wees yesterd: mes. 1 Atlantic who defeated Achen. v, 9 to 0, wants CHAMBERSBURG WINS | BLUE RIDGE BUNTING, Kermit Smith, Alexandria boy, and Mickey Kelliher, Washington veteran amond, played major roles in burg’s championship series victory in the Blue Ridge League yes- Smith held Martinsburg to 3 hits, while Kelliher contributed two feties to give the Maroons a 4-to-0 win. Chambersburg, ged by Kelli- lost the sec- ond half by a half game, and won the play-off in” two straight games. Mickey's cluh will now play Parks- Shore League champions, for the Five-State pennant. LITTLE, G. U. COACH, PICKS FIRST ELEVEN WILDWOOD, N. I, September 10—While Georgetown University's 1927 foot ball team will not, perhaps, be so heavy as Blue and Gray combi- nations of recent years, it will by no means be a light outfit. The Hill- toppers’ line will average 185 pounds and the backfield about 170, This has been revealed by Head Coach Lou Little in selecting his first- string outfit. Capt. Claude Grigsby will be at cen- ter Jerry Carroll and Sam Cordovano guards, Dud Saur and Jim Mooney tackles, Weldon Monson and John Tomaini ends, George McCabe quar- terback, Bucky O'Neil and Steve Barabas halfbacks and Bob Nork full- back In picking a_varsity combination Little changed his plans of keeping three elevens he had selected engaged in_scrimmaging. The first siringers, according to plans, will be kept intact in prepara- tion for Georgetown's opening game with the Lenoir-Rhyne in Clark Grif- fith Stadium, Washington, Septem- ber 24, Capt. Grigsby, Carroll and Saur are the 1326 regulars on the combination. Mongon and Tomaini both saw service on the wings at times last Fall. Cor- dovano and Mooney were newcomers, but_excepticnally promising. Mooney probably will do most of the kicking. George McCabe was sub quarter in 1926. Nork and O'Neil both showed their wares in the backfield with the varsity at times last Fall. Steve Bara- bas, a heavy performer who, however, is by no means slow, was a reserve back of the line last year. Jack Haggerty, captain of the 1926 Georgetown team, has been added to the Blue and Gray coaching staff. The Hilltoppers are scheduled to break camp today and head for Wash- ington, where_they will continue their mana twice. drills on the Hilltop gridiron. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 10.—In- ternational polo supremacy, with America’s defense of the famous challenge cup on Meadowbrook Field in West- -bury, Long Island, was a magnet for throngs today. Stars of the United States and Great Britain start play at 3 p.m. Eastern standard time. Today’s engagement had been originally scheduled for last Monday, but due to heavy rains which had mired the field the match was post- poned. The next match will take place on Wednesday, September 14, and in the event a third game is required, it will be announced after the second contest. The trophy has been in the compe- tition on nine previous occasions. Great Britain has held the cup four times against five for the United States. The Britishers won the first series in 1886 and again in 1900, al- though on the latter date the meet- inz was not considered official, Great Britain took the series in 1902, but lost the trophy in 1999. The Americans were victors in 1911 and 1913. In 1914 England recovered the supremacy. There were no matches during the war interval. When play was resumed in 1921 the American four triumphed and successfully guarded the cup again in 1 The American combination ecom- prites a list of veterans, headed by Devereux Milburn, the captain, who i 46 years old and one of the greatest of polo players. This will be his sev- enth international series. Most of the defending will_be in their last_serie J. W . who is 1. 1s 42 contingent | INTERNATIONAL POLOISTS IN SERIES OPENER TODAY will be at No. 2. Malcolm Stevenson, No. 3, is 39 years old. Milburn will be at back. Great Britain's four will be: No. 1, Capt. Claude E. Pert, 29; No. 2, Maj. Austin H. Williams, 37; No. 3, Capt. C. T. I. Roark, 32; back, Maj. Eric G. Atkingon, 40. Only Atkinson has ever played before in an international cup match. The average age of the American poloists is 3815, against 34% for the British. The average weight for the Americans is 172, against 156% for the opponents. The handicap totals are: America, 36; Britain, 33. The series will be decided by the team winning two out of three matches. TO MARJORIE GLADMAN PHILADELPHIA, September 10 (). —The Pacific Coast’s dominance in girls’ _tennis exemplified again \hen Marjorie Gladman, Santa Monica, Calif., won the national champlonship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. She defeated Sarah Palfrey of the Boston teanis-playing family,” 6—0, 6—3. The California pair of Miss Gladman and Josephine Cruickshank, Santa Ana, vanquished Clara Loulse Zinke, ! Cincinnati, and Lee Palfrey, sister of Sarah, at 6—2, 6—1, in the doubles. CHICAGO, September 10 (#).—Ath- letic directors of the Western Confer- ence and officials who will have charge of the Biz Ten foot ball games this Fall gathered today to discuss tho rule changes and agree upon in- vears of age. Tommy Hitchcock, the youngster on the team, is 27, and he terpretations, particularly the rapid “1.2-3-4” count over shift plays. By the Associated Pross. winners of ever: since May, tod: Gene Sarazen 72 holes for §5,000. 36 he Sunday, October Armour’s. the club had accepted the Smith and Sarazen. CHICAGO, September 10.—Tommy Armour and -lflhlmf open tournament that has been played in this ¢ accepted a challenge to play MacDonald Smith and The terms of the match call for 36 holes Country Club, Great Neck, Long Island, on Saturday, October 1, and at the Congressional Country Club, Washington, D. C., on Armour and Farrell to Play Smith and Sarazen for $5,000 Farrell, country the Lakeville Golf and Lakeville is Smith’s home course and the Congressional Club is Officials of the Congressional Country Club said today the match has been in the making for several weeks, and presumed a member of ager placed by the New York backers of The match here on October 2 will be a 36-hole affair over a course which MacDonald Smith never has played. played the course, and it is a familiar layout to Armour. The match is the first big money affair of the Fall season. Sarazen and Farrell have By the Associated Press ATIONAL LEA pennant lines buzzed with tension to- day. With the clubs in the thickest combat of years the Pirates had half a game shade over the Giant stalwarts. The bewildered Cubs, still dazed by the jolt that knocked them off the peak, fell before the Giants yesterday by 7 to 2, thereby sliding down to the fourth rung of the slippery ladder, while the Cards took third place. The Giants cached the game at Chicago in the second inning, when Travis Jack- son propelled a homer after Hornsby was given a pass, Then Harper lifted a three-bagger and scored on Taylor's single. Rab Cub rooters objected to the way Umpire Quigley gave Jackson a base on balls later on and sent a shower of pop bottles on to the diamond. Weinert, an ex-big leaguer, rushed from the coast to help the Cubs, was shelled off the slab. So was Jones. Grimes pitched well for the Giants in pinches. Vic Aldridge delivered the Pirates safely through a narrow pass against the Phils by 3 to 2. Pruett, the op- posing moundsman, had one bad In- ning, the fourth, but that was all Pittsburgh needed to bunch five of eight hits for three runs, Traynor's triple and four singles that followed figuring in the scoring The Cardinals had to overtake the Robins thrice before gaining an 8-to-6 decision in 10 innings, Lester Bell dra- matically ending the tussle with a home run with two on base and two out. Babe Herman hit two home runs, his second putting Breoklyn in front in the ninth. The champions evened the count again in their half. Petty was the victim in the box in the tenth, while Sherdel was credited with the victory. St. Louis tralls the Giants by two games and is half a game ahead of the Cubs. Behind the steady twirling of Eppa Rixey, the Reds easily disposed of the Braves by 8:to-1, a three-run as- sault on Greenfleld in the fourth put- ting the game on ice. BUCS AND GIANTS SCORE, KEEP PACE; CARDS CLIMB The Browns dutifully took another spanking from the Yanks, the twenti- eth this season, this time by 9 to 3. St. Louls has two more games to try against a blanket shutout at the hands of the Hugmen. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig didn't make any round trip swats leaving the Bambino still at 49, four in front of his shadow. Whitehill stopped the Athletics with four hits, as the Bengals made off with a 5-to-2 triumph, which all but crowded the Mackmen from the cur- rent pennant calendar. At the present time, New York needs but three vic- torles ont of 19 games to cinch_the championship in the event that Phil- adelphla Sweeps 20 remaining con- tests. The Red Sox bowled over the In- dians for the second time in the ser- fes by 6 to 1, Slim Harriss yielding only five hits.” Farrell, rookie pitcher from Guilford, N. C., made his debut with Cleveland in the eighth inning. A summary of yesterday's game: AMERICA LEAGUE. R.H.E 100112000512 1 Philadelphi: . 0200000002 4 0 ‘Whiteh and Bassler. Ehmke, Walberg and Cochrane, Perki Cleveland. 001000000—~1 5 2 Boston.. 00002103x—8 9 0 Hudhin, Ferrell and L. Seweli: Harriss and Hartley. St Louis . 000300000—3 3 3 w York. 00105300 x—! 1 Vangilder. Nevers and Dixon: Bengough. Detroit. Shocker and NATIONAL LEAGUE. R.H.E . 030300010—712 0 000110000—2 6 0 Brill- New York.. Chicago, Grimes and Taylor: Weinert, Jones, heart and Hartnett. Philadelnhi 000010100—2 Pittsburgh. . . 00030000x—3 8 Pruett and Wilson: Aldridge and Gooch, Brooklyn....... 0040000011—610 1 St. Louis. 0100030013—813 1 McWeeny. W. Clurk. Potty and Henline: Haines, Kech. Sherdel and Schuite: . Boston.. . . 010000000—1 8 Cincinnati. . 00063001 4x—811 Greenfield. Genewich, Morri Irban: pureenficld, Gencwich, Morrison and Urban: 6 MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. W.L. Pct W.L. N, Orleans. 87 56 608 Atlanta... 0077 . Birm’ham. 8 607 Mobile. .. 65 80 Memphis.. B4 ¢ 5 Chat'nooga 57 89 Nashville. 80 64 556 Lit. Rock. 52 94 R H Birmingham . i % Mobile e 712 Woolfolk, Woodman, Morrell and Yaryan: Oldham and Palm. Atlanta o 3.3 New Orleans. et 5 10 0 Markle, Chilton and Kohlbacker: Danforth d Anderson Nashvill sl ol Memphis e l Glaser, Pipgras. Gould and Mackey: Brown and McKee. Chattanooga . . . Little Rock .. McEvoy, Burke Ainsmith. 5 2 i i Dumont and 14 8 and Turnes INTERNATIO! ik W. L. Pct uffalo. . Syracuse . | Rochester 7 404 ewark. | v C.. 62 93 400 Toronto. . 87117 240 R.H.E, L.400000000—4 § 3 1100000010—213 0 Moaore, Howard. Boney AL LEAGU L. Pct. 73 .510 Reading Newark Parks and Davis and Manion Buftalo Toronto Lev ochester Yracuse Thorm: and Mancuso Only clubs scheduled. 12010 Horne and Head: Hallahan AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W.L. Pt WL Milwaukee 90 59 604 Min‘apolts R0 7 Kansas C.. 89 60 507 Indian‘olis 66 K3 443 Toledo. .. 86 62 BRI Louisville. 5595 367 St.Paul.. 8069537 Columbus. 51 98 342 o (second (second game called en Indianapolis. 11 Toledo. 7: Loui: SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. St Augustine. 2. TIC LEAGUE. Columbus, 2: Macon. 0 Charlotte. 8" Augusta. 5 Knoxville, 4: Spartanbure. Greenville-Ashevil PACIFIC COAST L Portland, 6: Sacramento. Oakland. 48 Hollywood, 5.7 Los Angeies, 3 Missions, San Francisco, ONT LEAGUE. postponed (rain). GUE. PIE High Point. 11: Winsto: 2 VIRGINIA LES Kinston. 4: Wilson, Others raii. Shreveport, 3: Da Fort Worth.'5: Wici Waco. 10: Houston. 7. Beaumont-San Antonio, rain. Alsop’s hitting featured Hilltop's 17- to-8 win over McLean vesterday. A 9-run rally in the ninth won the fray. HAGEN WELL AHEAD IN WESTERN EVENT CHICAGO, September 10 (#).—The problem of 'stopping Walter Hagen from winning his fourth Western open golf championship was puzzling 69 other golfers at Olympla Fields today. For Hagen, by virtue of a record round of 67 on No. 1 course yesterday and a par score of 70 the first day on No. 4, had a lead of six strokes over tllxu; field at the half-way mark with The nearest chaser Hagen has in what scemed to be a tail-end pursuit rather than a contest was Eddie Held of St. Louis, with 143. Held had broken the record on No. 1 course with 69, just before Hagen took two more strokes off. Another amateur, Chick Evans, for- merly national amateur and open champion, had a chance to be only one stroke behind Hagen, but he missed four putts that a tyro could sink and through bad_kicks had two tee shots out of bounds over a bluff on the fif- teenth hole of No. 4. With these six wasted shots, he scored a 71 for a total of 144, tying for third place with Tommy Armour of Washington, National and Canadian open champion; Bill Mehihorn, for- merly Western title holder, and Frank Walsh of Appleton, Wis. MOOSE MUST WIN TODAY TO REMAIN IN RUNNING Moose Seniors were to meet Freers this afternoon on West Ellipse dia- mond at 3:30 o'clock in a Section B, Capital City League, series game. Victory for Moose will give them the right to play Nationah Circles, pacemakers, for the section title, and Auths, Section A winners, in the final for the league crown. If de- feated, Moose will be eliminated, and National. Circles will gain section honors. If a Moose-Circles game is neces- sary, it will be staged tomorrow aftel noon on Monument diamond No. at 3 o'clock. 9 FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Prese. CHICAGO—Ignacio Fernandez, Fili- pino, beat Johnny FKarr, Cleveland (10); Al Forman, Washington, defeated Armando Santiago, Havana (10); Blas Rodriguez, Mexico, won over Tommy Milton, Brooklyn (10). LONG BRANCH, N. J.--Vincent Dundee, Baltimore, knocked out Joe Marino, New York (5); Eddie O'Dowd, Columbus, Ohfo, Knocked out Sid Kaplan, Brooklyn (2). ROBINS BUY OUTFIELDER. WACO, Tex., September 10 (#).— Max West, Waco outfielder, standing third among Texas League batsmen, has been sold to the Brooklyn Na- tionals. 'DEMPSEY | CUT HEALED, TUNNEY | WILL RESUME BOXING | | | By the Associated Press. i LAKE VILLA, TIl., September 10.— A three-day rest from boxing ended | today for Gene Tunney and his spar- ring mates, though these latter were cautfoned by Manager Billy Gibson to shoot their punches only at the body and not direct any blows at the face. “The lay-off will not handicap me any in my training,” Tunney said. “I| think I am a better judge of my con- dition than anybody else. I also know | that a boxer must have plenty of glove work to prepare for a champion- ship fight. I will box at least two day: next week and wind up my ring work on September 19, three days before | the fight. “If this cut in my eyelid is not re- opened I feel as though I will get in all the boxing nccessary to prepare me for the big fight.” Five iniles on the road in the morn- ing and a round of golf each after- noon have comprised his training dur- ing_the enforced lay-off. Two new sparring mates were due to get their drubbing in the ring against the champion today—Jackie Williams and Jack Rudolph, both Chi- cago light heavyweights. Chuck Wiggins, Indianapolis light heavyweight, who opened the gash over Gene's right eye last Tuesday, | was due to return to camp today after | a match at Evansville. The cut has healed nicely, but Tun- ney and Trainer Lou Fink are taking the greatest precautions that it is not opened again. S AMUSED | OVER CONTRACT SUIT, By the Associated Press LINCOL 1ELDS, Crete, TIL, September 10.—The inevitable legal squabble preliminary to Jack Demp- sey’s championship battles was “just another day off” for the former title holder, who promised boxing sessions for both roday and tomorrow to make up for the lost time. Having spent all yesterday in the courtroom of Judge Otto Kerner, Jack stayed in the city last night. While he was not called to the witness stand, Jack enjoyed some of the legal repartee from a seat in the vacant Jury box. The plea of B. C. Clements, asking an injunction to stop the Tunney- Dempsey match, because of Demp- sey’s failure to carry out an alleged contract to box Harry Wills, was taken under advisement by Judge Kerner. He announced his decision would be ready Monday at 11 o'clock. When counsel for Clements inter- rupted to ert that the reason Dempsey didn't want to box Wills was because he was afraid of him, Dempsey led the courtroom in a hearty guffaw. When the lawyers settled down to their final pleas, Jack ducked the big words and waited in | an_adjoining witness room. Clements’ counsel cited cases of breach of contract, beginning with Mme. Tetrazzini, Lillian Russell and Napoleon Lajoie, and down the list to “Mme. Crosby, a beautiful corset model.” Of all those named in Clements’ petition, including virtually all the principals in the Soldier Field battle except Tunney and his retinue, Dempsey was the only one present in_the courtroom. The rumor of secret workouts which bobbed up at Saratoga, when Dempsey was training for the Sharkey match, was revived at Lin- coln Fields today, but Dave Shade, named as the secret sparring partner, smilingly denied it. Although he has been in the camp of the former cham- pion for three weeks, Shade has not yet drawn on the gloves with Demp- sey in the ring on the clubhouse lawn. He said he did not know if he was being saved for the last few days of sparring. ‘The bars are still up for the public at Dempsey’s camp, but may be lifted tomorrow by Manager Flynn. O ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS TO PLAY 0DD FELLOWS ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 10. | feated Mrs. | discouraged and lost the hole. On the Work of American, Who By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 10.— Jean Rene Lacoste, 23-year-old French youth with the poker face, chess brain and machine-like game, stood alone today between Big Bill Tilden and the fcan's sensational tennis career. These two contrasting figures—one tha cool young invader, who succeeded .n Tilden's singles throne last year, and the other, an astonishing veteran of 34—were drawn together today for the match upon which hinged posses- on of the Davis Cup, historic em- lem of international team supremacy. Tilden, rampant and triumphant for two days, needed victory to clinch ever known. day’s Big Bill's brilliancy, needed the match to gain the third and deciding vie- tory, for there was only lingering hope that Little Bill John. ston would be able to add to this country's score in the final contest with Henri Cochet. Hopes Lie in Tilden. Thus, for the third and final day of this stirring Davis Cup battle, America placed its entire faith in Til- den, while France counted on its two vouthful stars to break down the bar- riers of age and carry the cup to Paris for the first time since it was put in play in 1900. Tilden and Lacoste have had five stirring battles within three years and the French youth has had slightly the better of the argument, winning three of them. Each has been victorious once in their only two previous clashes for the Davis Cup, but neither time was as much at stake or as much drama involved as there was today. Their three biggest battles all have been of the closest and hardest fought character. Two vears ago, Tilden was four times within a point of straight set defeat at Rene's hands in the Davis Cup challenge round before ral- America, entering to. ITH but two strokes’ differ- ence in the scores of the victor and vanquished in the ‘women's Army and Navy golf final yvesterday, Mrs. Lawrence H. Hedrick, Army, was crowned champion when she de- Harry B. Hird, Navy, 1 up, on the War College course. At the end of the first nine the match was “all even,” the contest- ants having tied five holes and won two apiece. Their stroke scores also were tied, each with a 43. Although Mrs. Hedrick carried -the Army into the lead early in the sec- ond round, she was not allowed to have things her own way until the last stroke was made. Going to the seventeenth tee, 2 up and 2 to go, Mrs. Hedrick found her opponent un- long eighteenth the champion was forced to battle to the limit in order to keep pace with her Navy rival, who outdrove her and came within a frac- tion of an inch of sinking a putt which would have evened the match. But Mrs. Hedrick putted out in two while har opponent took three. Maj. Gen. Hanson Ely, comman- dant of the War College, presented the prizes following the matches, which included, in addition to the title play, finals in the second flight and the consolations as well as a round of medal play for a handicap prize. Mrs. Hedrick was awarded a silver compote for the championship and an additional trophy for winning the low medil gcore in the qualifying round. Mrs. Hird received a silver cream and sugar set appropriately engraved anager Sam DeVaughan's Card- inals meet Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, Odd Fellows, in Pentagon Park tomorrow | afternoon at 3 o'clock. | Virginia Athletic Club gridders prac- tice tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock | on Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation | fleld. | STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE l OMPETITION in_ the Arsyle Club championship and a | match between two of Wash. | ington’s leading golf pro- fessionals and a pair of | archers at the Town and (:mmn-yl Club top the golf events around the Capital today. Lacking the entry of Leroy Sasscer, last year's title holder Argyle golfers will play today an: tomorrow for the title with the final round carded for tomorrow. John| C. Shorey, one of the stars of the| club. has' joined Bannockburn and | is not playing in the championship. Arthur B. Thorn of Town and Country and Robert T. Barnett of Chevy Chase, golf professionals, will engage J. G. Pratt and Norman Chase, archers. in an 18-hole match at Town and Country at 2:30 o'clock Instead of shooting their arrows | at the hole, they will direct their shafts at a disc placed on the putting greens. Page Hufty of Congressional, former holder of the North and South cham- pionship, yesterday added anogher title to his collection—that of junior golf champion of Washington. Huf- ty outclubbed a select field of young- sters in the tourney played vester- day over the course of the Town and Country Club, scoring 76 and 78 for a 36-hole total of 154, to finish two shots in front of Karl F. Kellerman, jr., of Columbia, who was second in the junior title' chase for the fifth consecutive time. Frank K. Roesch |second flight defeating Mrs. for the runner-up. Mrs. James F. Johnston won the George Halloran for the honor. Mrs. Paul reit won the first flight consolation final in the only extra-hole match of the entire tourney. She defeated Mrs. J. C. Pegram 1 up on the nineteenth¢ of Washington, who won the title last year at Columbia, finished in sixth place with a brace of 82s for a total of 164. y tent victor in around Washington this vear, having been runner-up to George Voigt in the Baltimore Country b and Indian Spring tourneys. He took Voigt to the seventeenth hole in the Indian Spring event, the closest margin to which the Bannock- burn star has been held in any local tourney this . Only one shot back of Hufty begin- ning the final 18 holes of the tourney, Kelletman took 40 for the first nine to 38 for Hurty. He picked up two shots at the sixteenth, where Hufty took 6, but was unable to reduce the com- manding lead the Congressional roungster had piled up. Hufty played consistently fine zolf to win and de- served his victory. Cards of the competitors follow: Hulty Con; K. F. Kellerman, John' €. Shorey. onal... . Colimiia, sckbur most dramatic triumph of the Amer-| as great a comeback as tennis has | ,vh» spell of his stroking sorcery on play with a 2to-1 lead, due to| a slim, | . | singles | WIN FOR BIG BILL OVER LACOSTE WOULD DECIDE Has Staged Great Come- back, Gains Edge in Series, When He and Hunter Are Victors in Doubles. lying to take the match in five Last year Big Bill twisted his and went down fighting in four sets. This year, at Cloud, Lac emerged victorious in another five-set thriller after being several times within a point of defeat. With Lacoste playing the best sin- gles of his career now, in the opinion of the French captain, Plerre Gillou, and Tilden at top stride himself, there was every prospect today for another epic duel. Three of France's four aces already have found Tilden too big an obstacle to hurdle in two previous days of this Davis Cup strusgle. Big Bill, domi- nating America’s defense. has been a magician of tennis. Cochet fell under seti knee the opening day while Little Bill Johnston's guns were being spiked by Lacoste. Yesterday Tilden had able support in the doubles match from his stocky partner, Francis T. Hunter, but again he was dynamic as the American team vanquished Jacques Brugnon and Jean Borotro in five sets and forged to the front. Last Set Is Deci With Tilden apparently pendable in the singles, America needed that doubles victory badly. It took five sets to gain it, the scores going at 3—6, 6—3, 6—3. 4—6. 6—0, but it was decisive enough at the finish, even though a sporting but costly gesture by Borotro in throwing a point to his opponents speeded the downfall of the French. Whatever dwindling hopes of the French pair remained as they trailed at 0—3 in the final set, they were dissipated when Borotra, to offset a line decision In his favor with which he disagreed, doubled-faulted deliberately and paved the way for the Americans to continue their decisive winning streak. On service Tilden scored 12 aces; his forcing tactics. generalship and allaround stroking wizardry from any part of the court were the deciding factors. W ive. alone de- WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER Second flight consolation honors went to Mrs. Evan Humphrey, who defeated Madge Ely 1-up. Appropriate prizes were presented by Gen. Ely to the winner and runner- up in each of these flights also, and in addition, Mrs. Victor Foster, was presented with a golf club as the win- ner of the handicap round. Local merchants were generous in the donation of prizes for the affair, their offerings including golf clubs, a bag, a lamp and a silver basket. Hockey rules for 1927-28 have been announced in the new rule book which is on the market in record time. In addition, enthusiasts of the game will be able this year to obtain a coaching handbook which has been prepared by the committees of rules and um- pires of the United States Field Hockey Association. 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