Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1927, Page 33

Star Golfers Pressed in Pro Tourney : American League Electing Head To 'HOT BATTLES WON BY HAGEN, ARMOUR Walter’s Late Rally Tells, While Tommy Is Forced Throughout Tilt. By the Associated Press. ALLAS, Tex., November 2 With ‘the crowns of half a dozen links celebrities saved by sharpshooting in the final stages of the initial match play in the National Professional Golf Assoctation tournament here, the sec- ond round today found most of the favorites grouped in the upper bracket far the new onslaught. The attack of young professionals 3 velerans yesterday forced even Walter Hagen to the height of form in his quest for his fifth professional championship. Matched against Jack Farrell, assistant professional of the North Shore Club, Glenhead, N. Y., the defending champion found himself 4 down at the end of the first 18 holes. Hagen, however, then started to sink his putts, which had troubled him from the start. He sank a 30- footer to start the afternoon play, and this so flustered Farrell that the youngster missed a 5-foot putt and lost the hole. Hagen evened the match at the twenty-eighth hole and continued his consistent play to win, 3 and 2. Tommy Armour. national open title holder, also had plenty to do in con- quering Johnny Farrell of Mamaro- neck, N. Y., who applied the experi- ence gained in winning eight open championships this year to hold Ar- mour on even terms most of the way. The match was a friendly battle. the two having teamed together in exhi- bitions all season, and ended when Armour’s steadiness gave him the edge for a 4-and-3 win. Tlagen's victory left him facing Tony Manero of New York, who down- ed Bobby Cruickshank of Purchase, N. Y.. 4 and 2. Armour was matched today with Tom Harmon of Yonkers, victor over John Parelli, 20-year-old Californian, 4 and 3. The Cruickshank-Manero match and the defeat of Bill Mehlhorn of New York by William Klein, also of the metropolitan district, furnished the two upsets of the round. Klein won, 1 up, when Mehlhorn rimmed the hole to miss a long putt. Gene Sarazen of New York, who set a record for the new Cedar Crest course with a €8, three under par, finally eliminated J. G. Curley, Marl- borough, Mass., 1 up. Harry Cooper, Los Angeles, disposed of Eddie Murphy, Chicago, 7 and §, while Morte Dutra, Tacoma, beat Al- bert Alcroft, Youngstown, Ohio, 12 and 11, in the most decisive victory of the day. Charles Guest, Hollywood, Calif., had some difficulty in eliminat- ing Roland Hancock, Wilmington, N. C. 3 and 2. The veteran Al Espinosa of Chicago triumphed over Mel Smith, Portland, Oreg., 5 and 4. Joe Turnesa, New York, trimmed Charles Me- XKenna, Riouquiot, Wis., 5 up, while John Golden, New York, nosed out Charles Koontz, Lincoln, Nebr., 2 and 1. Today's pairings: UPPER BRACKET. Tommy Armour vs. Tom Harmon. Walter Hagen vs. Anthony Manero. Morte Dutra vs. Charles Guest. DUNDEE IS FAVORED TO DEFEAT HUDKINS By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, November 2.—The dollars and cents barometer of fight | forecasters indicated today a rising confidence in the ability of Joe Dun- dee to repulse tomorrow night the title challenger of the Nebraska “wildcat” Ace Hudkins. 0dds that in many quarters 10 day: ago favored Hudkins to take the wel terweight crown from the Baltithore Italian have disappeared and in their place even money reigned. It ap- peared likely that if the change in sentiment persisted, Dundee would o to the post a favorit Dundee’s impressive work in his conditioning and persistent reports that Hudkins, overtrained in his rigor- ous efforts to make the 147-pound- weight limit, are said to have caused the switch in odds from challenger to champion. . Both fighters marked time today. awaiting weighing in time tomorrow afternoon. Each put finishing touchas to his conditioning vesterday. Hud- kins discounted reports of staleness at the close of a brisk, but light work out. claiming that he is in the pink of condition. He weighed 146 pounds. Dundee scaled 144 pounds at the end of six rounds of fast boxing. TOUGH GAME FOR MARINES. CINCINNATI, Xavier's foot ball ing its seventh v the Marines here St. Xavier accounted for 3 in the first six games and has held its opponents to 19. Foot ball critics proclaim Coach Joe Meyer's aggregation as one of the most powertul teams in the Middle West., e el when it plays SPIDER KELLY DIES. ROCHESTER, Minn.,, November 2 (#).—Death tolled off the final count for Spider Kelly, once an outstanding contender for the lightweight boxing championship. Ending a fight of sev- eral years against disease, Spider died from a blood clot on the brain, after an operation for mastoid trouble. He was 55, . Joe Stecher, the Nebraska wrestler, is said to have garnered nearly half 2 million dollars in the mat game. VERY thing comes to him who waits. But it isn’'t very often a golfer can drive in the ditch at the fifteenth hole at the ‘Washington Golf and Country Club and still secure a birdie-4 on this most difficult hole of the course. Sandy Armour, brother of Tommy, and a former holder of the Scottish amateur championship, has in his golt bag a weird and wonderful putter, with which he does weird and wonder- ful tricks. Armour has carried “Spark Plug” all over the world, and if he has putted consistently with it as he putted vesterday at Washington there should be no doubt as to who is the best putter in the world. No less than seven putts over 20 feet in length rattled off the aluminum face of “Spark Plug” to find the bot- tom of the cup, and if Sandy had been playing his shots through the green with his usual impeccability he would have been around in nothing flat. As Al Bspinosa vs. Harry Cooper. . » . JOWER BRACKET. Ed Dudiey vs. Gene Sarazen. William Klein vs. Joe Turnesa. John Golden vs. Harold Long. Francis Gailet vs. Ralph Beach. Golden was favored in his match with Long, Raleigh, N. C., entry, while Gallet, who hails from Wauwasota, ‘Wis., faced a stiff fight against Beach, Bethesda, Md., professional. o OVANDO TEAM TOPS K.OF C. DUCKPINNERS Although both Christopher and it was he scored a 72, with three pen- alty strokes Trying for the long carry across the bend at the fifteenth he put his ball in the water hazard. ‘Then he took a full swipe with a bras- sie to the green and holed a 20-footer for the birdie-4. A lengthy one went in at the eighteenth for the par-4, with “Spark Plug” again playing the major rofe . Armour’s round yesterday was his first circuit of the Washington Golf and Country Club course. When those who were playing with him showed him the seventeenth and describad the shot his brother Tommy made last Summer when he drove the green, he called it one of the greatest golf shots ever made. Tommy himself has said it is cne of the finest shots he ever Genoa teams hoast a better pinfall average, Ovando bowlers are leading XKnights of Columbus League by a slight margin over Christopher. The latter team is showing the way in strikes and spares, as well as total pinfall. Balboa, resting in ninth place, hoasts the best team game, 547, while Christopher holds high team set at 1561, Sullivan of Ovando, has the best Individual average, 108-1. Mears of Christopher, is strike king, with 10 to his credit, while Betz of Genoa, leads in spares, with 34. Team Records. Team. waaaavaced 2 4 861 CHRISTOPHER 10310 1048 100-1 MeNickle Mears ... Geisler Coyle Doumai Kates McCarthy . Fauncs ¥ 11 2.4 D14 9l TRINIDAD. ney . 5 1 1 Caspar Mawhi executed, for the opening to the green - heavy tap sole - bellows tongue - blucher lacing - wide eyelets - Swanky fall tan - price ©'Brien Dovia . Colbert 'WITH THE LTHOUGH Prince Georges (ounty League bowlers have been in action but a few weeks, several fancy individual and team marks have been regis- tered and a lively battle for top honors in each division is being staged. st. Jeromes spillérs enjoy a slight lead over Ross All-Stars in No. 1 section. Collegiates, last season champs of the single league, are trail- ing in third place to date. Dixie Pig is leading Mount Rainier No. 2 by a sight margin in No. 2 division. A new leader is likely to shove to the front in either division at any time, so_closely are they bunched. Individual honors are heaped upon | Harry Wolfe of Stephen A. C.. who upset 176 pins in_a regular match game. His mark did not set a new record, as George G. Miller of Mount Rainier. rolled 176 in 1925. ODD FELLOWS' BOWLING LEAGUE. w ; - Golden Rule . nedon . . d D, M Amity Mount Nebo . Arlington .. int P g nant Washington Columbia tlne . e, Brightwood. No 1.1 Records to Date. ie ame—Mount Pleasant, 3 Hhen team SriSount Plesant; 1590, iien T came.—Sisien, - 150 len indiv ot o e, and C. F. —P. Ellett 49, Strikes—ehriich, J. Ellett Groft. 10 e; By administering a_coat of white- | wash to Brightwood No. 1, the bo; from Golden Rule Lodge crept suffered the loss of two games to Canton. Though tied, Golden Rule has quite an advantage over Langdon in_total pins. The Golden Rule quint rolled a steady game with no outstand- ing star, although Nichols knocked over the most maples. Langdon did not perform as well as usual against Canton, Stanton being the only mem- ber of the team to roll well, his total for the three games being 343. While the Brightwood No. 1 team was losing all three, Fred D. Stuart STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE from the tee Is not more than four yards wide and the ball must carry at least 260 yards to reach the green, 320 yards away. “Spark Plug,” by the way, is an oddly-shaped affair of aluminum, ab- normally long in_ the blade, if an aluminum putter has a blade, with a shallow face and an unerring knack of getting the ball in the hole. The water hazard at the eleventh hole at Washington is being drained to permit placing of new wire netting to prevent golf balls from sinking into the mud bottom. The wire netting plan has proved eminently successful in preventing loss of balls and the de- lay incident to hunting for them and getting them out of the hazard, ac- cording to Dr. J. T. McClenahan, chairman of the greens committee. Among the many golfers who en- Joyed the perfect weather of yester- day on lIncal courses was ex-governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania. Pinchot played at Washington with Lowell Mellett, well known writer. The long-awaited match between Walter Hagen, holder of the P. G. A. a tie for first place with Langdon, who | & title, and Tommy Armour, holder of the national open, will probably come tomorrow at Dallas, Tex., as both should win in their matches today. Ar- mour yesterday overcame the Farrell jinx, trouncing the debonair Johnny in the first round by 4 and 3, while Hagen downed Jack Farrell after trail- ing the youngster for the first round. If they meet tomorrow, the match be- tween Hagan and Armour should be a great struggle of golf and psychology for these two are past masters of “in- side golf.” for YOUNG MEN -add this up | THE 10 FEATURE SHOE I - solid leather roll edge heel - shield toe tip with perforations - quadruple stitching PTHT TVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, . BOWLERS was giving the same dose to Bright. wood No. 2. Harville was the indi- vidual star for Fred D. Stuart, having games of 100, 126 and 126 for a 352 total, Covenant started off poorly by drop- ping the first game to Amity for a huge margin, but finished strongly, taking the next two games easily. Ehrlich, their lead-off man, featured with a total of 343, after a poor start. P. Ellett was high for Amity with 332. After dropping two games to Cove- nant, Amity elected to take two games from the strong Mount Pleasant team, this set having been postponed from a former date. P. Ellett was high with a total of 361, with Steele, C. F. Groff and McFall all rolling in form for Mount Pleasant. Amity totaled 1,585, 5 pins less than high set held by Mount Pleasant. Harmony regained its winning gate when stacked against Arlington, win- ning the three games without extra effort. Harmony had a game of 544 in this contest and a set of 1,551, their best performance of the season. Moss- burg and Avery led the attack with sets of 326 and 325, respectively. Mount Pleasant was forced to use a dummy score against Central, but this did not prevent them from win- ning all three games. C. F. Groff, ably assisted by Werner and McFall, vut the Central boys to route. Eastern-Columbia match developed some good bowling, both teams going well. Columbia won the odd game, h Stranley being high with 317. Kelly knocked over 338 pins for East- ern. Columbia’s second game of 542 was their highest to date. Harmony and Washington rolled oft their postponed set with Tucker set- ting the pace for the winners. Magenenu added two more wins to their credit, Loyalty being the victim. Stewart continued his consistent roll- ing for Magenenu. his spare in the last frame giving his team the odd ame. Washington offered stubborn resis- tance to Mount Nebo, but the latter eventually landed on top. The former was unfortunate in losing the first third games by a single pin. The sec- ond game went to Mount Nebo by a large margin. Howard Ryon, a member of Naval Lodge team of Masonic League, set a new high game record for District bowlers last night and put his name on the list of candidates for W. C. D. A. first-ten honors, when he felled 190 pins in his second game of a league match at Convention Hall This mark was 6 pins better than the record set last season by Newman. rolling in the District League. Ryon made 8 marks in his 10 boxes, getting 9 and 10 pins in the other two. He had four strikes and as many spares. He made successive strikes in the fifth, sixth and seventh boxes. ‘The new record holder preceded his remarkable game with a 93 score in the first, and followed with a 106 score, giving him only 389 for the set. CORINTHIAN QUINT WINS. Corinthian Midgets opened their basket ball season yesterday with a 27-to-14 win over S. D. Emery tossers. Corinthians want games. Call Lincoln 7192 between 6 and 7 o'clock. TWO PILOTS CLAIM INVADING SCRAPPER By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, November 2.—Willie Smith, sensational South African ban- tamweight, hasn't reached the United States, but his difficulties in New York boxing affairs already have begun. Two managers already are claim- ing control of Willie, who jumped into prominence by beating Teddy Baldock for the British bantamweight crown and shortly afterward jumped at offers to come to New York. The boxer sails November 12 to settle whether Walk Miller, manager of Young Stribling and Tiger Flowers, or Bill Duffy of New York, associated with Jack Dempsey last Summer, is to handle his American affairs, Miller has a sheaf of cablegrams es- tablishing him as Smith's American representative, but Duffy has one naming him ‘as the manager. The State Athletic Commission has with- held decision on the manager’s claims. WOMAN GOLFERS TIED IN WAR COLLEGE PLAY Mrs. Lawrence Hedrick and Mrs. Crean tied for top honors in the first flight of tha weekly golf tournament at the Army War College yesterday, each with a_net score of 41 and a handicap of 3. Mrs. George Bell fin- ished third. Heading the second flight Mrs. C. E. T. Lull had a net 38, s, McClin- tic was second with 42 and Mrs. A. W. Glass third with 44. Twenty-seven competed vesterday. All of the entries with a handicap of 10 or less were grouped in the first flight, and those with larger handi- cans in the second. Summary: Mrs. L. Hedrick 415 My Huehes i e PR smith Joniwton (8]~ 48:" ) Mis, V. Foster (7). 82, 1 L (117, "42: M, A. T. B. Catron (13 45 50 Mra. H, Gregn (12} (3) flight—] MeClintic ). 44: M Mre 0 Mrs, a8 Glass (1 G ch (13, . O'Brian (15). Miss C. Frazier - WHITE.SOX STAR DIES IN AN ALMSHOUSE NORRISTOWN, Pa., November (®).—Roy C. Patterson, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox during the period of 1900 to 1906 when that team was known as the “Hitless Wonders,” died in the Montgomery County Home at Black Rock_here. Found wandering the streets of Bridgeport, near here, about 10 days ago, very ill, he was sent to the alms- house. Patterson for several seasons was one of the leading pitchers on the Chicago American League team. Rec- ords credit him with winning 29 games in 1900 and leading the American League in the first year of its exist- ence, €. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1957 BARNARD APPEARS LIKELY PRESIDENT Cleveland Club Sale Would Leave Him Free to Get Higher Office. By the Associated Press, HICAGO, November 2—The second president in the 27 years of the American League's existence was to be named today by club owners meeting here. A second object of to- day’s session was agreement upon a memorial to Byron Bancroft Johnson, founder of the league and its only president E. S. Barnard, president of the Cleveland American League club, has been named in apparently well sub- stantiated unofficial reports as the club owners’ choice to succeed John- son, whose resignation already has been accepted. Barnard, if the reports are true, already has arranged his affairs in Cleveland so that he is pre- pared to take charge of league head- quarters at once. Transfer of Cleveland club stock to a syndicate of wealthy Cleveland men, headed by Alva Bradley, picked as Barnard’s successor in the presidency, remains to be effected. Some shares are as yet undelivered to the new owners, but Barnard expected these to be turned over today. The form of the Johnson memorial has not yet heen discussed by the club owners. The league profited by $320,000 when Johnson refused to ac- cept the balance of hiz $40,000 salary for the eight years his contract had to run. He did not need the money, he told the club owners, and would not take what he had not earned. Among suggestions put forward by base ball writers are included a foun- dation fund for an annual check to the American League’s most valuable player, who now gets nothing but the title; an annual “Ban Johnson day” at each league ball park: a “Ban John- son Home" for aged ball players, and awards to best players in specific fields as_pitchers, and so on. Like Johnson, Barnard was not a professional player himself, but gradu- ated into the major league office rou- tine from the sports desk of a news- paper. Johnson from Cincinnati, and Barnard from Columbus. Barnard has been connected with the Cleveland club for 24 years, since 1922, as presi- dent. e KNOCKOUTS AT SMOKER. Two knockouts marked the boxing card that featured the weekly smoker of the Triangle Village Club of the Y. M. C. A. held last night in the Y gym. Irving Travers of Boston, known in amateur ring circles as Mickey Connors, scored over Bill Gib- son of Providence, R. I, and J. Mec- "Ginnis floored Tommy Hines. John Stevens was awarded the decision over Johnny Campbell in the other encounter. SPORTS. ] Walker Quickly Stops McTigue, Fight Ending in First Round By the Associated Press. HICAGO, November 2.—Dave Barry, the referee, who made a name for himself as he counted over Gene Tunney last September. could bave counted 300 over the ancient Mike McTigue last night, for all Mike cared. Barry, appearing for the first time since the Tunney-Dempsey fight, was the third man in the ring as McTigue, looking frail and drawn, faced Mickey Walker, the middleweight champion, for what was supposed to be 10 rounds of fighting. Actually the fight lasted 2 minutes and 15 seconds—not includ- inz the 5 minutes McTigue was uncon- scious. Three times Mike went down before a smart, championlike attack. The first time he was up at nine, but groggy. Walker, avoiding Dempsey's error, went to the far corner of the ring. 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In his corner his seconds labored long before Mike, principal in many a great fight and a 'former light heavyweight champion himself, was able to under- stand who threw the brick. Walker, who won his title in Chicago, beating Tiger Flowers, was not the only one jubilant over the way last night's fight ended. His manager, Jack Kearns, said that Walker now is ready for Jack Demp- » sey. whom Kearns piloted to the’ heavyweight championship., Mickey, according to Kearns, aspires to hold the middleweight light heavywelght and the heavyweight championships all at the same time, just as Robert Fitzsimmons did. Referee Barry was as much a cen- ter of incerest last night as either of the principals. When Barry appeared to referee one of the preliminaries, the crowd swung into a “slow count™ which went to 14—the number of sec- . onds Dempsey supporters have insis- ted Tunney remained on the floor in the much _discussed seventh round at Soldier Field. 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