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24 SPORTS. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, THE Browns Op RIFFS TO PLAY 2 en Final Set Here Tomorrow: They Landed Title in Federal League Race Recently Ended MORE HOME GAMES All League Rivals to Visit Local Lot—Have Chance BY JOHN B, KELLER vO he outfield > Goslin and spike-wounded They were d fourth ubs just untered gainst the West chance to soar the clubs of { jonals still hy of a 50-50 break orning the Harris below the stand- s too high a hurdle ALEXANDRIA LEAGUE STAGING BIG GAMES XANDRIA. Va.. August 13.—Three this week will deter- npionship of the second | the R F. & P. circuit and the! T meet Mechanical Depart- winner of the first half, for the to enter the series at Washington eck day leagues of this of winn Transfer is leading Mechanical by one game the Trainmen by a game| and a half. i nsfer and Mechanical play tomor- | T Mechanical and Trainmen Wed-| pesday and Trainmen and Transfer Thursday | The municipal swimming meet, post- ned last Baturday, will be held Sat- al pool at 3 o'clock. ing accepted. wo loving cups will he at stake Sat- le modified marathan | field ‘day of the | Clerks Association One of the breastir pe d with a cup. Gold The committee in charge of the <14 day of the Groventon Gun Club was postponed Baturday beeause - ect this week to set a new Hustier's Bible Class haz thre games iz week. Hayman's Clothing Store ne plaved today. Columbia Engine : tomorrow and Virginia Pub- jce Company Wednesday, all n Field at 5 piay Fred- irday at Fred- teams will Rain wrecked Tam eltics e Mary's ( obert Vogt, manager P STEVENS PLAYING GREAT GAME FOR HAGERSTOWN A totals grand wtal, 8 Navy team. winner of both first and second halves of season, which is to represent its organization in Bertrand Robbins, short stop: Frank Hudson, pitcher: John Quinn, outfield: Harry Russell, outfield: But Adelman. outfield: Henry Phipps, pitcher: George John Charles, catcher: Reynold Harnsherger, outfield, and Walter Bell, sccond base. starting August Fisher, manager, Fox, sccond base nd Arthur Hamilto ABBREVIATED BIG LEAGUE | 5 maaus sioncs | Left to right, front row on. Back row SEASON BRANDED FIZZLE BY JOHN B. FOSTER. it is the major league who are Kkicking wvig- nd viciously about the 1 schedule, not the ow it is an owner 'orms the poor joint committee where it should get me it players are on the verge of protest in the form of a bill rights against being compelled to play any major league championships in the future between the middle of April and the last day of September Furthermore, the players are right 1t is an outrage never to give them a al, honest to goodness day off, and g league base ball had better awaken to the fact that it has some right to hold its time and some self-respect of its own to maintain. The Boston Nationals upon their re: turn to their native heath after their present invasion of the West will be compelled to play double-headers prac- ticaliy all the remainder of the season. which will mean well nigh a month That isn't sport. athletics or a game. | It is bush league base ball. Emer. gencies of fate and weather, combined with bulldozing. made it so. It is like tackling a wood pile and splitting hickory knots instead of making a dis- play of skill. Twin Bills Sap Strength. No team of athletes can go through the practice and high pressure of double- headers, . one after another, without iosing all athletic edge. The whole scheme of the schedule this vear was to make its finish on y, September 30, so that the world series might follow immediately—start- ing on Wednesday. October 3, accord- ing to today's announcement—and base | ball can be hustied to the moth balls as quickly as possible in order that all attention can be given to foot ball. The schedule makers abbreviated the time 30 that they have knocked all the sports of a major league base ball race to smithereens. Double-headers mar competition be- vond popular conception. Not only is all | | the routine of the pitching staff tum- bled to the dogs, but the players are | exhausted during the torrid days when | they are forced to undergo the strain and nervous fretting of two games on one day. Between loss of sleep from the heat and loss of their tempers in other ways, they become irascible and the team never is at the mental poise that it should be, especially if it is on the t week a violent objection was d by many players against what described as the utter uselessness of sacrificing them in order that the world series may be hustled away to the dark room before October 15. Late Finishes in Old Days. In the days of the greatest popu- larity of base ball, prior to the begin- ning of the World War, the schedules did not end until October 3, 4 or 5. or even 7. There were dates for decent travel by the teams. This year the travel of the base ball clubs has been a hardship during the hot weather. Often there has been better weather for base ball on October 15 than on September 15. But dismissing the weather entirely from the issue, the dis- bances of this season—including the ng up of double-headers, the long journeys imposed and such a perfectly farcical and unsportsmaniike thing as making the Yankees start a double- header at Detroit within 15 minutes of ir arrival from Boston—have made ball resemble a traveling circus kes quick jumps. to get enough o the next stop t abbreviated tu schedule has hology Proving a As B BY GEORGE MORIARTY er of the Detrolt Base Ball € ID-AUGUST finds a ba big league fronts in w psychol is playing a prominent part During the first four month seem to face ig League tle on of 1 a calm mood. But re susceptible to men- in the concluding 60 y are far mo disturbance days of the race n a close race at thi and become enthus i any little untoward incident upset them as anxiety rules the season players and the National races, the, players Leams itinize religiously during the actior games. It is & matter of rest rival lose the Players. )] cason players glance only casually af the boards {o learn th final scores. Now the boards lend diseouraging or encouraging influence, dependent upon the scores being hung Influence E Just now the most the morale of the Yankees, Athletics, Cardinals or Giants s to drop & close me while their rivals also go down defeat. This »d over the ch I game nervous player is likely to pass fretful night on this accoun!. and aken in the morning with the thought of the reverse still on his mind Miller Huggine, Yankee —manager didn't wait long before pressing his new southpaw, Pred Heimach, into service That four-hit performance Heimach turned in against the Red Box Thurs- dey should prv, a timely tonic for the in br ce they lost 1o gain | Goslin, Senators stic alternate- | | proved a complete fizzle. according plavers others agree. It d the sportsmanship of major Il into a cocked hat. Two tu gold into clay. WORLD SERIES SET T0 OPEN ON OCT. ated Press NEW YORK. August 13 series ibbon _classic of profes- sional base ball, will open on October 3, but just where remains in the hands of the gods. Under the existing circumstances however, the first game of series can open only at one of two cities—New York of Philadelphia Under the alternation rule, put into the books by the late Charles H. Ebbets. the series this year will open on the grounds of the club winning the Ameri- can, League championship. The New York Yankees and Connie Mack’s Philadeiphia Athletics, alone of the field in the American League. have a chance | of winning the 1928 title. The St. Louis Browns, in third place. are 19 games | distant from the league-leading Yan- | kees. and_thus are out of the running The schedule of dates, agreed upon | last week by officials of clubs concerned in the series, calls for games In the American League Park on Wednesday | has es a day By the Assor 2nd Thursday, October 3 and 4, with a | Chicago day for travel before the scene shifts to | the National League pennant winner | park if a Western team captures the | title in John Heydler's circuit. If the championship lies between two Eastern | clubs the series will continue through without a break, starting with Octo- ber 3 Officials of the Yankees and the Ath- | Brookivn st rnuh':h.amnll ew letics participated in the conferences that led to assigning of dates, and it was understood that five clubs of the National League were represented, only the Philadelphia Nationals, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers being considered out of the running in the older circuit | BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. Player—Club. G. AB. . 94 297 Athletics Braves. Gehriz. Yankees.. 112 412 P. Waner, Pirates 105 424 TRAILING STARS. | League yesterday were postponed until | | next Sunday. Pet. 84 .3 383 | schedule, Royals and Speakers will wage Ruth, Yankees Cobb, Athletics Frisch, Cardinals Heilmann, Tigers. 106 3 RUN SCORI Ruth, Yankees .. . Gehrig, Yankees P. Waner, Pirates..... Bottomley, Cardinals. .. Combs, Yankees, . BASE STEALE] Cuyler, Cubs . Mostil, White Sox.. Frisch, Cardinals. .. Cissell, White Sox Rice, Tigers RS, PITCHERS. Player—Club Won, Hoyt, Yankees 14 Benton, Giants 18 Quinn, Athletics 15 Crowder, Browns 13 Pennock, Yankees 17 Lost. s a Factor Races Near End | Montreal | Reading In that game they again dis- | Ir old, feroclous offensive by | n runs in the sixth frame They sent Big Ed Morris, a Yankee stumbling block, to the showers With tHe Yankees' sicge guns be fund him, I look for Heimach to estab- ish himself as a consistent winner over o remainder of the route golden vears of experience with Paul Yankees Need Lazreri. The months of August and Septem- ber decree that the spoils belong to the team (hat can recover from injuries and laugh at the reverses' which bur- dened them ecarly in the season. In this connection the return of Tony veri now fs the big hope of the ces. He was injured o month hile sliding back to first base a game at the stadium. Lazzery absence has hurt the Yankees almost as much pitching In a fashion tgpical of McGraw, the ts huve climbed valiantly to the the Cardinals, and it looks as were set to press McKechnie's home stretch. To date rdinals have shown the piling up s {1t they “mvn down th however, the | victories continued in the face of ordi- | nary pitching When a team can offset ineffectual avors of champlonship caliber, as it \ffords the tired hurlers the opportunity hack to true form Pittsbuzgh, Chicago and Cin 10 make plenty of trouble for ahend during the final gal jop. A month and a half 18 « long time in a pennant race. Look what | happened to the Yankees in less than two weeks! -j.n News | (Copyilgnt. 1028 by North Am b ‘ 10 con ible for cinng | the tean l} aper Alliance.) the ineffectiveness of their | Pi | Chicago ... Cleveland ‘The world | Detroit Washington Roston the Fail | Cleveland at Boston. 'ROSS NINE TO PLAY " AUTHS NEXT SUNDAY | game back | Priday in what promises o be the de- clding game | o'clock He has had | Milwaiiker | erious setback 10 | most consistent qualities, hecause their | | ves them time 10| pitching by a stiff batting punch it | It 18 pos- | I t winners of week-end circuits, series with other penna : Harold Smith, pitcher; Bud k Mattingly, third b ALL SANDLOT NINES i HELD IDLE BY FLOOD For the first Sunday this season not & sandlot base ball game was staged ves- ferday in this section. Suburban nin | which have suppiied action formerly when District nines ware forced to | abandon play because of bad weather. also were victims of the weather man vesterday:. Many of the contests will be plaved | later as several of them are considered AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Philadelohia_at Washincton (rain) New York, % Raston. 0 Cleveland, 3: Detrait. 2. St. Louis, 33 Chicaza. 0 STANDING OF THE CLUBS Detroit 1 class champions of the District T Clevelana 688 | TR 645 | Manager Clouser will take his Hern- 18 | don Fairlous to Fredericksburg. Va.. to- morrow to meet the nine representing that town. Fairlous players will gather at 1 o'clock at Rosslyn to make the trip. These who will not be able to go are asked to call Clouser, at Clarendon | 798-W2, between 6 and 7 o'clock tonight = > »'% S = 3 Washington New | = Phitader 81393 25161, 2 ol es | [New York 9148 61 81061 10 3t a1 Lost AMES TODAY. Detroit at Phila. Dux A. C.. one of the latest unlimited Bl ot 5 | title aspirants. is to battle District Title Cleveland at Boston. Chicago at New York.' No, s at Wash. at Phila 1 Monument diamond. Saturday games are being sought by Manager Holland of T. T. Keane | Seniors. Teams with or without dia- ‘mnnrk can book Keanes at | 1058. | Joe Judge Peewees are prepared to | meet the best teams in their class. ! call Lincoln 1058, D. C. PRINTERS ANNEX “FIRST TOURNEY FRAY BOSTON, -August 13.—Washington's 55 | Union Printer base ball team survived the first test in the eighteenth annual International Union Printer League dia- mond tournament vesterday when the first contests were staged. St. Paul’s GAMES TOMORROW. | nine was completely routed by the yn at Pittsh'sh. | Capital City team, 24 to 14 Yew York at Chiease. | “An 11-run spurt in the second inning Boston at St Louis. | practically clinched the verdict for Washington. Tom Heany and Charlie Jeffries, although touched for 13 safe- il\u. did not have to bear down after | that wild session. Other opening round results follow it, 9; Indianapolis, 2. New York, 2. Chicago, 21; Cincin- NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicago. 4: St. Louis. = ookivn. 3 Boston, ! Cineinnati, 6: Philadelphia Pittsburgh-New York. not STANDING OF THE 3 seheduled. CLUBS Brookiva Percentage 18 02 363 360 MES TODAY | | Detrof 8 St. Louis, nati, 7 ‘Washington-St. Paul box score: A A Games carded for the Capital City | Lo'gan.ib-ss Johnson. 1b. Jundl.c Pimeyer it Ross Councilmen, who will meet the final test in section B, unlimited class. against Auth’s nine next Sunday, will | drill tomorrow on Soldiers’ Home dia- | mond and gather Wednesday night at Pop Hessler's home 3004 Park place at 8 o'clock Goldsmith.c Halbrook.r{ Schn'der cf Dal { Coe.r Solfck.2b Hanson.p Pearson.o Am'a’ld.ib-¢ 3 E 2 4 5 [} s 5 1 i 1 cesomtunuenay O mmiaior a0 3-ou—nnam~ Jefiries p 3 ssso3055-00u' tals. . 4113241 Totals Washingtor St. Paul Runs. With only six more games left on the o a merry battle Wednesday and Friday. k] and the following Wednesday for_the Capital City Insect League title. Roy- als lead at present with Speakers a half Royals and Speakers clash | Lonegran. Jund m Tgichterling (4). ‘Schlick Amircould 21" ®Errars Achterling (4). Schiick, Kuntz. Wable (2. Jeffries. Two-base hits—Simons Holbrook. Braoks _Three-base hits—Achter- ling, Maiz. Portmeyer, Jundl, Des H, | hrook. Schnetder. Stolen s H | Knntz. ~Loneeran. Jundi Schl rifices—Homan First base on balls- Off Heenev. 7 o Wild piteh-—Han: Hit by | Ditched hail—By Heeney (Lonesran) pires—Messrs. Kelliher and Sheehan Participation in the Bostan tourney | may cost Union Printers their position in the second half race of Government | League. Unless Printers return in time | to complete their schedule with Navy Yard nine, the latter will be declared | winner of the second half race, league officials have announced. |RECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES The past week’s record in the major : leagues follow AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L Games to be played WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 15 Jewish C. C. vs. Tris Speakers. o'clock Brookland vs . 2 o'clock. FRIDAY. Brookland Jewish oclack Tris Speakers vs. Rovals. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22 Webcos vs, Jewish C. C. Plaza. 4 o'clock Brookland vs. Tris Speakers, Plaza Plaza, 4 Royals. Plaz AUGUST c. € Plaza. 2 o'clock Plaza. 4 ANDING INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. W, L. Pt 5756 .504 5039 500 59 80 496 4678 377 on Rochester 23 8 Newark 18 6257 521 Buffalo 5056 513 Jersey City Newark, 5.4 Buffalo, 1-5 Reading, 8-0; Montreal, 4-1 Jersey City. 11-2. Toronto. Beltimore-Rachester, rain AMERICAN ASSOCIATION w. L Pet A3 A1 508 61 84 483 5073 407 4072 405 Detrojt New Vork Philadeinhia at. Louls { Chicago washington Cleveland Boston Toronto Baltimore el I 1 28 i 33 A 9 1 i-1 NATIONAL 1 w . 1 2 2 3 h i H LEAGUE 1 | New York Boston | Pittsbureh Philadelphis Brooklvn aLouts Gincinnati | Chicaso [SHARKEY AND PETERSON | TO BATTLE AUGUST 23 BOSTON, August 13 (. —Jack Sharkey, local heavyweight contender, will make his first appearance in a Bos- 8t Paul Toledn 87 Columbus Knnsas City 63 61 508 Louiaville Indianapolis, 2. Louisville Milwaukee. 3-7. Kansas O 9. 8 ] Indian'polis Minneapolis 1 i 4 EH 1 1 w. L. Pet 1 22 ARR 12 24 478 18 26 400 18 20 383 0 2 L, Pet 28 16 636 N Qulean 28 30306 Memphis 2322 511 Chat'nooza Mobile 2121 800 Nashville Atlanta, A-11; Chattanhoga. 1 Rirmingham. 12-3. Nashville Mobile, 8, Memphis, 5 SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE 4 Alb 1" Montgo Birm's Atlant e Rock ' Big Boy Peterson of Minneapolis Au- gust 23 It will be an open-air bout of rounds, staged by (he Arena A. A | Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox. | 0 Jacksonviile, 1O innings, 3 mery ) Only games played COTTON STATES LEAGUE Hattiesburg, 8, Gultport, 8 Vickshurg. 4, Laurel Monrae, 12-2; Meridian, 11-0 Only games scheduled WESTERN LEAGUE. 81 Molnes. hita, | WINNING MANAGER QUITS. HANOVER, Pa. August 13.—After leading his Hanover Ralders to a first- | half pennant and holding the lead throughout the second series to date, Jess Altenberg, manager of the local Blue Ridge League team, resigned Sat- urday. Continued “rapzing”’ by the home fans caused him to quit, he told {the club directors Des 0-3 126, Oklahoma Oity. Denver, 4. Am Pueblo,’ 15.7; Wi Tulsa, 6; Omaha PACIFIC COAST LEAGUF. CALLAHAN TO SEEK K. 0. CHICAGO, August 13 (#) —Shufe | Callahan, Chicago's hardest punching middleweight, will go gunning for knockout number three in his latest comeback campaign when he meets Johnny Sherrod, the West Side, in an an eight-round bout tonight, Oakland, 411 Fortland, 4-8. Sacramento, 212 TEXAS LEAGUE. Waco N Dallas, 11 on 14 Ehrevepo) Wichita " t Worth 11 e Antanio, 04 ouston, 3-3. | of importance in determining the sev- | | Co. tossors Wednesday at 5 o'clock on | Lincoln | P Yo 3| 4 Um- | ton ring in three years when he meets | at, | Around his meeting with Mangan, 'Two-Stroke Penalties in dolf ! Too Severe, Pro Player Thinks| played. In other words, he cannot leave the spot at which he played his shot and return to play a provisional all" That rule is broken every day b by many players BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. HAT it stroke golf? The missed two-foot putt causes the loss of a complete | stroke, while a ball topped | into a water hazard also causes the loss of a full stroke. Willie Scott, profes- sional at the Baltimore Country Club | claims he has the answer to the ques- | tion of the worst stroke Scott says the complete miss of any | shot, either a full swing. or a_short | fron shot. is the worst stroke in the game. And vet. under the rules of golf, the worst stroke is penalized only one stroke. while a stroke that is only fairly poor may be penalized two full strokes Under the United States Golf Asso- ciation rules the penalty for ball out of bounds and lost ball is stroke and istance. Scott believes that the penalty for lost ball and ball out of bounds, together with unplayable ball should be uniform and should not be| stroke and distance. but distance only which is equivalent to one stroke The present lost ball rule reads follows “If a ball be lost, or deemed by the player to be unplayable (except in water or casual water) the player shall | play his next stroke as nearly as pos-| sible at the spot from which the ball| which is lost or unplayable was plaved. | adding a penalty stroke to the score for_the hole.’ The out of bounds rule is as follows “If a ball lie out of bounds. the er shall play his next stroke as nearly as possible at the spot from which the ball which is out of bounds | was played, adding a penalty stroke fo| the score for the hole. If the stroke was played from the teeing ground a ball may be teed: in all other cases a ball shall be dropped.” Now under the Scott contention a player may make a wild swing on the tee. miss the ball completely, and still only be playing his second shot. While under the U. S. G. A. rules, if he loses his ball or puts it out of bounds, he will be playing 3 from the tee. Scott claims thereby that the worst stroke in golt is penalized thereby only one stroke, while a stroke that may not | be anywhere near as bad entails a pen- alty of two strokes. | Certainly there is merit in Lis con- tention. and the U. S. G. A. recognizes this contingency by declaring that local | rules mav be made which will add only | one pentlay stroke—distance only—in | man to play 36 holes in one day. but it the case of lost or unplayable ball or |is unusual for him to play a par 5 hole in ball out of bounds. The customary rule | a_total of 6 strokes for the two round around: Washington is the loss of dis-| That's what Sam Edmonston did & tance only rule. Indian Spring last week. Both time But the other rule is in the rule book. | during the double circuit of the course and while it is there may be invoked | he plaved the 450-yard seventh hole in at any time by any club. And by the | eagle 3s way, how many times have we seen | " a player go back and play a pro\'ismnal‘ More than twice as many players s ball after he hes lost & ball or has |submitted cards last year are turning in established that his first ball is out of | scores for handicap this year at Indian bounds? Spring. The list of properly ‘handi- Such procedure clearly violates the capped members is almost up to date and many additions are looked for be- rule which says that “a player must nlay a provisional ball before he leaves | fore September, when the big club handicap events start e 1140 WOMAN GOLFERS SEEK WESTERN TITLE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. August 13.—The an's Western golf championship was the goal of 140 feminine stars from scattered sections of the Nation at the neavily wooded Indian Hill course to- day < H2ading the entrants, who were to play the usual 18-hole qualifying round today, with 18-hole match play rounds deily until the 36-hole final on Satur- day, was Mrs. Harry Pressler of Angeles, the defending title holder. While Mrs. Fressler indicated she was in splendid form by shooting a 77, or four strokes under woman's par, yes- terday, she faced a jinx of a decade’s | standing, for not since 1917, when Mrs. F C. Letts of Chicago successfully de- | fended her title, has any champion | been able to retain the crown. | Among the stars who are expected lto” furnish Mrs. Pressler with her | warmest competition are Dorothy Klotz | Pardue, a member of Indian Hill: Mrs | Gregg Lifur. California champion: Kathleen Wright, Los Angeles; Mrs. O, S. Hill. Kansas City: Mrs. Melvin | Jones and Virginia Van Wie, | Marfon _Turpie. New Orleans: Mrs. Elaine Rosenthal Reinhardt of Dallas, | who won the title 10 vears ago at In- |dian Hill, and Bernice Wall of Osh- kosh, Wis., last year's runner-t | Dorothy Page of Madison Wis.. who | now and then plays almost unbeatable golf, also was a favorite. 'GERMANS BUILDING FINE GOLF LAYOUT By the Associated Press. FRANKFURT-ON-MAIN. August 13 —Shouts of “fore™ soon will ring out near Schwanheim, in the vicinity of | the polo grounds. for a new 18-hole | golf course is being laid out with the | aid_of English professionals. | This latest move toward popularizing ame which Germans. as vef, know little about, is headed by the Frankfurt Golf Club. whose president is Carl von Weinberg, sportsman and | owner of famous race horses. The new links, which are laid the worst in| | Leo Diegel, the new Canadian open title holder, formerly a Washington professional, has changed his mental attitude toward championship competi- tion and is a_completely altered golfer aceording to William Hardie, assistant professional at Chevy Chase, who went to Toronto with Bob Barnett to see the Canadian open From one fidgety individuals in the world, has become a care-free. rollicking ing golfer who goes about his bu of winning national championships a if they meant nothing more to him than just another round of golf—as they should T've never seen such a change in a player before,” Hardie says. “Leo re- minded me of Jock Hutchison in t manner in which he played in the Ca- nadian. He was jollying with the galler: and with his partner ail through the final round, although he knew he had a great chance to win the title. On one tee Mae Smith. his partner, suggested that perhaps Diegel had teed his ball in front of the markers. So Leo got dow on his stomach to line up the ball. jok ing about the meticulous manner of the Scot. Thercafter on every tce he lined up the bail in the same manner teeing on the exact line of the markers. Diegel. as every golfer knows, prob- ably would have been the national open champion once at least., perhaps twice, if his nervous temperament hadn't come to the fore so often. At Toledo in 1920 he had a grand chance. but worried himself out of the championship. Again at Worcester in 1925 he needed par for the last seven holes to win and again worried himself out of the title. The twelfth hole is a fairly easy 4, but Leo thought he might slice to a grassy hill- side from where it was difficult to ge$ the green. And he did. taking a 6. and then took a 5 on the 195-vard thir- teenth At Scioto in 1926 he needed par from the thirteenth in to tie, misse on the fourtcenth and then worried himself out of the title. And now. ac- cording to Hardie, Diegel has changed his mental outlook. If that is the caze the “straightest driver in Amerfca” should come into his own of the most nervous Diegel jok- nes: as Of course it isn't a bit unsual for a Will Disappear | Clubhead Leads | | WHEN HANDS LEAD (LUB A (utfi. RESULTE BY SOL METZGER. MacDonald Smith concentrates upon just one point when he swings into a golf ball. Keep the body and hands back of the clubhead, accord- ing to Smith, and your troubles will be little ones. The line of demarcation between stars and all others Is slicing. The stars avoid this curse by making sure the clubhead leads when con- tact is made. They get all the power and weight into each tee shot that it is possible to pile into one, but they get it in behind the ball, not ahead of it, as the duffer does. I have sketched the latter on the right just before making contact with his wood. He is so keenly anxious to hit with all his power that his hands go through ahead of the clubhead. Just one result—a slice—can happen Mac Smith, on the left, hitting as hard, is pouring his weight into the ball back of the clubhead. His ball will carry straight down the fairway. 1If he drives 250 vards, and his over- anxious opponent, with hands ahead of clubhead, drives 300, Smith will have the advantage. He'll have a second shot from the fairway, whereas the duffer must play from either rough or traps, as such a swing slices the ball into such hazards = Ty o | | | | | | a out | | ways encircled by woods, are consid- ered to be the equal of the best tnland courses in England. | The official opening of the course is scheduled for Autumn during the South | | German golf week, with competition be~ tween German and Dutch te: | { now in the quarter- | follow singles play to- Why continue to slice when the fault can be absolutely cured by fol- lowing a few simple instructions? Write Sol Metzger, care of this paper, and request his illustrated leafiet on “Slicing.” In writing inclose stamped, addressed envelope. i ITITLE NET MATCHES Title matches n both the men's and | | woman's District tennis championships | [will be staged tomorrow afternoon !heavy rains having made the courts unplayable today at Edgmoor and Co- | lumbia, where the tournaments are in | progress | capt. R. C. Van Vliet, jr.. Army ace will meet Tom Mangan. former Dis- 'trll'l champion, in the title round of the men's_singles. Frances Krucoff { will face Dorothy Kingsbury for the | woman's title. Miss Krucoff is the | prasent holder of the crown Van Vliet, who recently won the Army | | singles title. once held the District title | himself and unusual interest centers who | iwon the championship here in 1023 and took the Virginia State title last season Men's double: fina! round, wi morrow In the woman's event the title sin- gles matches will be followed by quar- ter-finals play in the lower bracket of the doubles, with Miss Kingsbury and Mrs G. P. Graham facing Corinne | Frazier and Mary Hall. The winners of this match will subsequently play | Frances Krucoft and Elsie Jansen for | position in the final round onposite Phoebe Moorhead and Frances Walker. | | who won thetr way through last week | Men's singles are scheduled to begin at 3 oclock on the Edgemoor Club courts. Woman's singles start at 2 o'clock. the doubles following after Miss Kingsbury has had a short rest The title match In the doubles i3 scheduled for 3 o'clock Wednesday, a putt | wom- | Chicago: | MecGrawmen Now Real Pennant Threat UBS HELP GIANTS BY BEATING GARDS St. Louis’ Lead Over New York in National League Now Only 2 1-2 Games. ( dark and menacin hangs over the St. Louts Cardi- Is and their hopes of anoth League pennant is cast by McGraw almost yearl P re piaying pennants resent gait on jest they should home stand eith ague or close enough to e top to make them the most danger- s of contenders thou ing a bat, the Giant shaved another half game off the Car dinals' slim lead yesterday, or rathe the Chicago Cubs performed that ser- for the clan McGraw. The C pounded Flint Rhem for three run the first inning of their game with § Louis and eventually emerged with 4-to-2 decision over the league leader who now have lost five of their last ight games Rhem was greeted by home runs bs Cuyler and Wilson, accounting for three runs in the first inning, was battered for another in the third and finall knocked out of the box with one out in the fourth. Arthur Reinhart took up | the burden and gave the Cubs onl {one hit the rest of the way, but the damage had been done Wilson's homer was his twentr- seventh of the season. Pat Malone gave the Cards seven hits, one of them Jim Bottomley's twenty-fifth home: the year. The defeat reduced Cardinals’ lead to two™ and one-haif games. ul | o Reds Win Easily. Cincinnati Reds clouted pitchers for 15 hits and romped off with an easy 6-to-3 victory over the Phillies. George Kelly got 4 hits, 2 of |them doubles Jess Petty slightly outpitched Johnny Cooney and Brooklyn defeated Bost 3 to 1. Petty blanked the Braves un- til the ninth, when Richbourg's single. Brown's double and Sisler's sacrifice sent 1 run across the plate. Taking advantage of the fact the Philadelphia Athletics were washed out at Washington, the New York Yankees added half a game to their American League 'sad by trimming the Boston Red Sox for the fourth time. 8 to 0. Herb Pennock granted only 3 hits and gained his fifth shut-out of the year. |the best mark in either major league. { The Yanks now lead the A's by 5 games. | Three runs in the ninth gave Cleve- Ja- ' a 3-to-2_ decision over the De- troit Tigers. Earl Whitehill was saved for 8 innings by sensational Tiger sup- port, but doubles by Morgan, Jamie- son and Lind and Luke Sewell's sin- gle broke the spell in the final frame. Alvin Crowder granted the Chicage \/hite Sox only 4 hits and the St Louis Browns won by the shut-out route, 7 to 0. Young Ed Walsh started for the Sox. but issued 5 bases on balil {and was touched for 2 hits in the tw~ and two-thirds inning: he worked. T+~ Lyons also was ineffective. WEST DEFEATS EAST IN TEAM NET EVENi CHICAGO. August 13 (#).—The ju- nior tennis representatives of the West far outclassed the Eastern Association delegation in the annual East-West junior team match played on the Hyde ;’a(rk 2R.acquu Club courts, winning, o Richard Murphy, Utica, N. Y., de- feated Harry Plymier, Palo Alto, Calif., in a southpaw battle, 5—7, 6—0, 6—4, |and Edwin Mendel, New York, out- | classed Earl Taylor of Austin, Tex. 6—2, 4—6, 6—2. to give the East their only victories. Keith Gledhill of Santa Barbara, Calif., winner of the Western junior singles title, defeated Walter Thomas, Elmora, N. J. 6--2, 2—§, 6—1. Other results Joe Coughlin Dayid, Jones | The three defeated 4. 81 . Ghicasg. defeated Ted Tk, e ‘an vior def or, defeated Murphy and . East Dennison’and_ Sheldo: v ) e T n won over Hotaling and Sones. Fast 62 Sra T In a special exhibition match Joe Bill Braily of Austin, Tex. winner of the bovs’ Western singles, defeated Ra Donovan, Brooklyn, 6—1, 7—9, 8—8. d Ta ) TRIBE RELEASES GERKEN, CLEVELAND. August 13 (#) —George G young outfielder from Milw relcased by the Cleveland | S e New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association. — TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F Auto Bodies, Radiators, Fenders Repaired; also New Radiators Harrison radiators and cores in stock Wittstatts, 1809 14th North 7177 Also 319 15th. 'x Rlock Below Ave