Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1928, Page 25

LANDS ASSISTANT AFTER PLANE TRP i | F | | Flies to South Dakota and Gets Colonel to Give Up Man He Wants. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. OW West Point brought about the return of an end coach whose services will be more greatly needed this year than time involves a story of Army athietic life which will prove fnteresting in and out of the servic It should be recorded that in all de- 3 of team organization t Ball eleven seems to be s with the exceptios ow the best «nd coach is Ma 0 { the wings the service head coach at ng heavily upon 1d of the raw wing develop- fied to hold Biff Jones, the Point. Was cow dierly manner Decides to Make Trip. ; A few weeks ago, when every one at | st Point was steaming in the hottest | ¥ that the Hudson valley hes pro- | duced in years, came a telegram . from | Fort Meade, S. Dak. a cavaliy post.| where Maj. Sassy is on duty, that he would be unable to leave his outfit m\d! come to West Point this year because of the attitude of his colonel. Letters and telegrams went back and | forth, all of them without effect, until | at length Capt. Jones decided that the | only thing to do was to hop over the| Bad Lands in an airplane and make a personal appeal to Sassy’s colonel. | he went over to Mitchel Field d there that an aviator licu-| ready for his first The coach was ac- cepted as a nger, and Fort Meade | was named as the destination. Through- | out the trip Biff was impressed chiefly | by two things—first, the splendid or-| ganization of the Army Air Service. its| unfailing attention to details. the char- acter of its personnel and the precau- tions observed. and. second, the extraordinary commercial airport serv: ice in the Middle West Pays Tribute to Service. As to the first, Biff Jones, who was in the air as an observer for Infantry and Artillery in the World War and | ould know what he is talking about, | ys that since the war Army aviation | in this country has made amazng| progress, and that if the public knew all that had been done it would be proud. As to the airports, practically every midland city has one, he says, and everywhere the reception and treatment of the Army aviztors were splendid. Well. the plane snorsd into South Dakota without untowzrd incident, and the post, never before visited by & piane, received the visitor from the clouds with enthusiasm. Maj. Sassy was the first officer to take Jones' hand, and the two at once went to the colonel's office. The colonel stormed and raged. Sassy, he said, was his most valuable officer, or at least one of the most valuable. He had organized polo at the post, had put on two successful horse shows, had injected an ardent sthletic spirit throughout the outfit, and. in & word, the colonel could not get | slong without him. Jones Gains His Point. The Army coach in reply must have | been very eloquent. even tearfully elo- quent. At any r=te, when he had con- cluded the colone! stalked to a window, Jocked out upon this arid rattlesnake ccuntry for a time, and then wheeled sbout. “Take him. captain” he said. “I| guess West Point's foot ball fortunes are of more importance than those of this Cavalry outfit.” They say that Biff's whoop of joy | aimost caused a stampede in the stables. There was general handshaking. Biff T aboard the plane, and Sassy will be at West Point next month. W da and f tentant €ross-country MIDDLE WEST “OUT” IN JUNIOR NET PLAY CHICAGO, August 7 (P).—Barring a series of almost unprecedented up- | sets, the Western junior and boys' ten- | nis championship will go to net stars from California, the East or the South. Stopping over while en route for the national junjor and boys' champion- ships at Culver, Ind., next week, these stars swept through the opening round with one exception. That was the victory of Johnny Wil- son of Chicago over Samuel P. Hayes | ( Hadley, Mass., in a hard t, 0—6, 6—1, 8—6 The other invaders, including Keith Gledhill, S8anta Barbara, Calif.; Walter Thomas, Elmora, N, J.; Harry Plymire, Palo Alto, Calif.: Joseph Coughling, #an Francisco, and Carl Dennission of Youngstown, Ohlo, won easily In the boys' events, the general fa- worite. M. Demestre, boy champion of Mexico, advanced to the second round by defeating Larry Hopkins, Chicago, 7—5, 6— Second and third rounds were to be played today v | | CAPT. LAWRENC Washingtonian and former Central High of the West Point eleven, proves diploma upon a post commander to give up his officer, Maj. Sassy, might help Jones with the Army gridders. Jones did it, too, after an airplane ride from New York to DISTRICT DOUBLES - WILL BEGIN TODAY JPlay in Singles of Title Tour- nament Also to Be Continued. Play in the District tennis doubles championship tournament was sched- uled to get under way today on Edge- moor Club courts with 40 pairs entered, | comprising one of the largest fields ever entered in the annual affair. Singles competition was also sched- uled to continue this afternoon, with Capt. R. C. Van Vliet, Tom Mangan, Gwynn King, Larry Phillips, Joe Rutley | and Carter Baum scheduled to face the quarter-final tests. Van Vliet and Mangan, outstanding | favorites, each advanced to the fourth round yesterday without serious trouble. | Rutley” carned the right to meet King by disposing of Lieut. R. B. Oxrieder, | and King, after a lengthy first set, re- | moved Thomas in straight sets. Shore Plays Strongly. Phillips and Baum each scored im- | pressive victories yesterday, and young | Frank Shore, District junior title hold- | er, was at his best in eliminating Maj. { P L. Paschal, probable Army Leech Cup player, in straight sets. Lieut. Morgan Watt, the Navy Leech star and dark horse of the singles tourney, was to meet Holt today in a third-round match. Bob Burwell, one of the seeded players, was to play Ladd in_a third-round affair also. Pairings for today follow: Singles—Van Viiet vs. Dudley. Richardson vs. O'Neil, Hass vs. winner of Watt-Holt match, Baum vs. Phillips, Mangan vs. Judd, Shore vs. winner of Burwell-Ladd mateh, King vs. Rutley, Wallenstein vs. Hills First round. doubles—J. Mitchell and Garneit vs Newgarden and Oxrieder, Fin- ley and Hedekin vs. Thomas and partner, Hass and F. Dovle vs. Varella and Jenkins, | Deck and Douglas vs.'Sickler and J. Brown Johnson ‘and Van_Viiet vs. Bradiey and Peck. Young and Youns ve. Rathgeber and Wallenstein. officer and Irvine vs. Judd and Ehillips, Néwby and Simon vs. Down and w Second round, doubles—8mith and Jacobs Richardson and Sperry, Parsons and Howenstein and Rutley, Fowler E_(BIFF) JONES, School athlete, who now is head mentor well as successful tutor. He prevailed ighthand” man in order that the said South Dakota. Navy Is Expecting to Present Powerful Backfield This Fall ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 7.—On ac- count ¢f 2n unusual number of promis- ing backs, the Naval Academy expects to develop a brilliant and successful team next Fall. ‘The line is likely to be of the nor- mal strength, but there is reason to be- lieve that the backfield will be one of | the best the academy ever has had. The academy has promise of out- standing stars in Lloyd, Clifton, Spring and Fox, and it is also plentifully sup- plied with good substitutes. When the Ingrams assumed charge of foot ball two years ago, they were fortunate enough to find an unusual number of seasoned players, and they devel a team which was generally classed as the best of the year. Nearly all of the stars of that team were in their final year, however, and the coaches were handicapped all last season by the inexperience of their players. Most of 1927 Men Back. Losses by graduation were mnot so great last year, and the Ingrams anc) their hclflen will begin the season with an excellent squad of players, most of whom have been drilled for two years under their system. Of the regular backfield of last year Ransford and Hannegan were the vet- erans, but the latter was handicapped all the season by a weak leg. Lloyd was playing his first yvear in the backfield, and Clifton was in his first season as a varsity player. With his unusual physical endow- ments for the position, weight, strength and speed, it is felt that Lloyd should have a fine season. Not only did Lioyd The “Boss” Says— “Mr. Tire Pur- did you know that we carry a tire for every purse and purpose, manufactured by the makers of Firestone Tires? irway ins . take Tires': we can auote you the follow- ing prices: ow prices at- | VICE evers fire | i | Paschal and Lewis, Drechs- |ler and Hoffecker vs. Dodge and Burwell, | Mangan and_King vs. Moncure and Byrne, | Hohbs and_Christenberry vs. L. Doyle and | Cragoe. Taylor and partner vs. C. Yeonians | and Baum. Ladd and Ballinger vs. Dudley and Dudley. Godfrey and Watt ¥s. Hills | and Pitman. Bireh and Birch vs. Gore and Harding, Hath and H. Callan vs. Bowen and K. C; pe and Clark vs. Shore and | Yesterday’s singles resuits: Second round—Judd defeated Fitzgerald. 6-1. 6—2; Burwell defeated Pitman, 61 Paschal defeated Godfrey, 57 6—2, |8 learn a lot about backfield playing last season, but the coaches are in a bettor position to arrange plays by which he can show to advantage. Clifton, who gained more than a | hundred yards against the Military | Academy last year, the greates: vard- age of any player in the game, is big- ger and stronger than ever, and should be one of the greatest driving backs | of the season. 1 Spring and Fox are backs of much | the same type, fast, active players with great speed and natural ball-car- rying ability. They weigh around 170 pounds each. Spring played brilliantly against Notre Dame and Pennsylvania, but | was injured in midseason. He also | played a great game of lacrosse. His | only drawback, seems to be a tendency | to get hurt, which may decrease as he | matures. Richardson defeated Howenstein, 6—4, default: Doyle defeated Birch, 6—1, 62 Watt defeated Klotz, 6—1. 6—-0: Dodge defeated Townsend. 6—2. 6—1: Baum de- i 63, 6—3: Phillips de- rry, 8. 62, an_Viiet defeated Newgar- §—0; Dudley defeated Ritter- s 6-0: Richardson defeated M 3.'6-—1: O'Neil defeated 2. Hans defeated Dodge, 6 61 6 . 6—-2: M o i Judd def, 8. . 8hore 'defeated Paschal, 6—4. 8 4. King defeated Thomas. 88 6_1: Rutley defeated Oxrieder, 6—0, 6—0: Hills defeated Underwood. . 6-0; Wallenstein defeated Drechsler by default. — DOEG, LUM DEFEATED IN TENNIS SURPRISES il Fox Is Fine Prospect. { Fox was the star of the strong plebe | By the Associated Press. eleven last year, and it is believed that | SOUTHAMPTON, Island, Au- he will be fully up to the varsity |EUSt T-John Doeg of Bante Monich standard. . He shows more ability as | eliminated in the first round of the an open-field runner than any back | forty-fifth annual invitation tennis tour- the Navy has had for a long time. nament of the Meadow Club by J. 1t is proposed to use Fox at quarter- | Gregory Mangin of Newark, 6-—0, 6—2. back, but some other player, possibly | Doeg, apparently over-tennised, had ‘Whelchel, may land that position, and | no chance against Mangin. Fox and Spring used in the same hall- | In another upset, Sidney Wood of back berth, alternating. the West Side Tennis Club _defeated Bauer, Miller and Cass are other | Gordon Lum, Chinese Davis Cup team good backs from last year's varsity |captain, 6—2, 6—4 squad, while the plebe eleven of la: Other seeded stars camie through in year will furnish a number in addition | good style, Dr. George King, 8. Onda | to Fox, several of whom promise much | of Japan and Dr. Carl Pischer all ad- usefulness. vancing without difficulty. HENRY GEORGE | You can get cigar quality for a nickel —Henry George proves it! Try it in the new foil wrapper. Consolidated Cigar Corps New York can have a Good Head |z of Hair TART NOW to restore your hair to a healthy condition. The Thomas’ scientifically combat all scalp disorders leading to baldness and positively re-grow hair. If you are already bald or possess thin, lifeless hair, call for an examination without charge. 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Miss Hall, after taking the first set, held a 5—3 lead on the second when a bolt of lightening, practically out of a clear sky, grounded so near the courts that both players received a slight shock which halted the match, When it was resumed later, Miss Omwake ral- lied to take the second set and con- tinued her winning streak until she had the match sewed up. Marian Wells, local junior champlon, and Dorothy Kingsbury figured as win- ners in two other interesting encount- ers of the initial round. Miss Wells scored over Mrs. Henry Prichard of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa, in a spec- tacular match, 7—5, 6—2. In the early stages it seemed that the visiting player was going to bave the long end of it stroking from Miss Wells racket, com- bined with neat net placements, turn- ed _the tide in her favor. Miss Kingsbury eliminated another visitor, E. Bouthron of Baltimore, after losing the first set. Marywill Wakeford, former District champlon who now lives in Mobile, Ala., was forced to default because of an_injury to her knee. Frances Krucoff, defending her title, breezed through 12 straight games to win her first match, eliminating Isa- bel Patterson. All players are advised by the com- mittee that promptness in reporting but the steady |h BY CORINNE FRAZIER. WO sectional champions in the in- ter-playground _doubles round robin series were cros ¥ terday. Lovely Adkins champion _of the playg nets, paired with Dorothy Kelso, ¢ o, | Garficld playgrounds colors to victory | for the 'Section 4 title when. they E. | wound up their loop by defeating Kath- 7 | erine Griggs and Grace Taylor of Hoo- : | ver playground, 4—6, 6—1, 6—3. The | winners did not lose a match during the preliminary series Another clean slate was turned in by the Phillips playground representatives, Vernice Torney ‘and Mary Shechey, who clinched the Section 2 championship M. Ryan defeated J Edmondson, 801 | yosterday by scoring over Lucy van 0. 6L M. Wooden efeated I | Ness and Doris Ermantraut of Takoma 62, 6-4: P. Moorhead defeated | Park playground, 6—1, 9—7 Fflrdb 6 —1* h‘—fl' r‘:" .fi;’.”k ;‘1" In Scetion 4, Hoover players had been . 1. 81 J. punha | running Garfield a close race for hon- c | ors, having lost but one encounter be- fore yesterday’s mecting. A win for | the Hooverites vesterday would have tied up the loop and forced an extra match. Garfield's victory, by only a | slight ' cdga. showed how evenly the teams were matched Section 1 is the only loop remaining the off due to for matches is necessary running limited time allotted for the tournament Results: FIRST ROUND. B. Smith defeated M L O Bouve, 6 mwake defeated M. Hall. D. Kingsbury i Ruop Wells defeated Mrs, Henr; 2; E. Jansen defeate default. SECOND ROUND. F. Walker defeated S. Braunstein by de- fauit; M. R: 8 augh, Southgate Ashburn, s, J.'H. feated” W. Hu teated Mrs G & 3 f1. oMartinez” defeated Maccoun, Pairings for today SINGLES. First round--M. Duffy vs. E. Garber. G. Crist vs. M. De Souza Second round—M. Ogden vs. Miss Le R. Kirsin vs. Mrs. Smith. L Omwake Vs. D. Kinsbury. M. Didden vs. 1 J. Wemorr. | F. Krucoff vi. winner Duffy-Garber match. H._Rupp vs. M. Wells, Third round Walker vs. J. Edmond- Frazie M. Wooden. P. Mnor- | D, 3. Dunham vs. Mrs r Vs s, Cook. Martinez. DOUBLES First round—Moorhead and Walker vs Wymore and Garber, McCoun and Prichard vs. Omwake and Martinez, Schultz and Bouve vs. De Souza and partner, Garber and Kingsbury vs, Wooden and partuer. round—Totten and partner *vs vs. Dunham_and Ryan. Doyle and Ford. Kirsin and Braunstein vs Rupp and Bouthron CONSOLATION MATCHES. -Mrs. Ford vs. B. McMorris. Braunsteln - Prichard M vs. M, Bouve, Totten, I Patterson vs. s v Graham. v Bouthron_ v# Mrs. M. Haugen. BILL TILDEN’S “TRIAL” SET FOR AUGUST 24 NEW YORK, August 7 (#).—Whether “Big Bill" Tilden is to play his tennis in the future as an amateur, a pro- fessional or not at all, rests in the hands of the executive committee of flb\oe United States Lawn Tennis Associa- tion. Charged with violating the amateur rule of the U. 8. L. T. A. through news- paper articles he wrote during the Wimbledon championship, Tilden will come to “trial” before the executive committee at New York, August 24. The meeting was called yesterday by liom, president of the U. 8. L. T. A. in a radiogram from the S. S. Parls on which he is returning from France with Tilden and the rest of America’s defeated Davis Cup chal- lengers. The charges against the lanky Phil- adelphian were made by the advisory and finance committee of the United States was to meet France in the chal- lenge round at Paris. Tilden eventu- ally was allowed to play only after the French had appealed to Myron T. Herrick, American Ambassador to | | | | | Franoe, to bring about his reinstate- ment. Until Tilden's status is definitely de- cided one way or the other, he will be eligible to play in any amateur tournaments he wants to enter. The Meadow Brook Club, now holding its annua! invitation tournament at South- hampton, asked specifically for a ruling EN we sign our name to a statement in an advertisement, we mean just that. ‘To us, signing an advertisement is in no way different from signing a contract. on this question and reccived the fol- | lowing reply from Holcome Ward, chairmen of the amateur rule com- mittee: “Tilden is eligible to play in all tour- naments, pending action on the charges by the executive committee. He must himself determine the propriety of play- | ing in tournaments in the meantime WARDMAN PARK SWIMMING CLUB Announces Night Bathing Night _ Exeent .8 to 10 P. M. 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