Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1928, Page 26

e W SPORTS. THE EVENING o1," 1928, Veterans Star in Women’s Tennis : Richards at Last to Gain by Turning Pro THREE WIN EASILY AT NATIONAL NETS Would Be Among Favorites for Title With Helen Wiils Left Out. LLS. N. Y 1k August. 21 about Jeck Britton 5 and Old Jack Quinn in base ball, but tennis has produced three women who e athletes backed pretty well e boards for stamina that defles | were not for the presence of which makes the result of vomen's national cham tournament almost & . M May Sutton Molla Bjurstedt Mallory Hotchkiss Wightman rites for the 's since Mrs, Bundy this same while Mrs. Wight- ainad the championship back d Mrs. Mallory rose to the 1915 3 it the present Mrs. Hazel would be among the A Yet it is 24 yi th first-round al- mal though opposed by some of the young plavers of the country. Not con- playing singles, two of them amed doubles Bids for Two Titles. V. tman, who was instr veloping Miss Wills into a mpion, will team with her head the doubles seeded list. and come through Miss Wills may | was _hers | r which e before—in 193¢—that of the championship in both sin- ibles. She is a prohibitive he singles crown. In 1924 n in doubles triumph was 2 Bundy and_her bs, both of whom hail from California. are sceded second in the doubles draw and loom as the Jeading is of the Wightman-Wills htm; ) partner. Helen Ja order are seeded tte H. Chapin. Spring- Ma and Miss Penelope Ander- son. Richmond. Va Miss Edith Gross, San Francisco, and Mrs. L. A Harper, Los Angeles. Mrs. John D. Corbierre and Mrs. Wil- liam Endicott. both of Boston. Miss Clara Zinke and Ruth Oexman, both of Cincinnati. Miss Alice Francis, Orange, N. J. and Miss Marjorie Morrill. Dedham. Mass. Mrs. B. F. Stenz and Mrs. Lillian S. Hester, New York Veterans Win Easily. Mrs. Mallory. confining her activities to the singles. where she is sseded sec- ond to Miss Wilis with a chance to meet her in the final as of old. saved herself #s much as possible in winning from Miss Gone Bt Toronto, 6—1. 6—2, and Mrs Wightman did likewise in @posing of Miss Mavme MacDonald, New York. 6- 6—1. but Mrs. Bundy. winner of the Eastern rchampionsh® last week was all over tle court lixe the light-footed May Suston of more than two decades 250 ia downing Miss Charlott Miller of New York in love | oets On form it is likely to be Mrs. Bundy ‘who will Dattie Miss Wills in the semi- finais in the upper half of the draw. The champion, starting play today against Mrs. J. Saunders Taylor of New York is expected to Mave little more than 2 workout. She took on another male opwnez} yesterday for practice, besting the skillful Australian John B. Hawkes, 6—3, in the one set played. BERNICE JACKSON STAR ON WILLOW TREE TRACK High point honors in the Willow Tree track meet vesterdey went to Bernice Jackson with 10 points. All of the niace winners in the meet will bs tligible for the colored interplavground ¢! 1o be held on Thursday at Cordoza vground Result 0-POUND CLASE #9-vard dash-—Won by Bernice Jackson Blanche Washington: third. Ramie o7, Se7Rice Jacksen third. Ramie Long for distance—Won hy #5-POUND CLASS. rd dash-Won by Martha Brows;: see- e Betties Jump— W bigh by Martba Brown: second. Jennle Lewls: third. Nellie Throw for distance—Won by Jennie Green. 100-POUND CLASS. rd dash--Won by Psarl Werd. Jennle Won by Lotiie Brodus. Viels Ham- Bernice Nelwon and Elizabeth Preeland 115-POUND CLASS. jorie Baltimore Won by An- endleton on is orid speed record for a motor an hour, made by | | BY VINCENT RICHARDS, American Professional Tennis Champion. HE cool, deliberate playing of Rene Lacoste will be missed this year at Forest Hills, The Wim. bledon titleholder has twice won the United States national sin- gles championship. He needed only one more victory to have his name inscribed on the historic bowl, along with those of other immortals of the game who have been fortunate enough to gain three triumphs in this championship. Lacoste’'s reason for not coming to America this year is simply that he is going into his father's business, and so from now on will not be able to give | so much time to tennis. He wanted to {try just once more for the National title, but he felt that he should follow his father's wishes | However, the team selected by the | Prench Lawn Tennis Association to come to the United States is mighty strong. even without Lacoste. In a state- | ment the oher day Lacoste said that | he fully expected to see the team vic- torious in its American matches. Cochst and Borotra will, of course. arry the heaviest burden so far as the re concerned. But the younger | of the team, Landry, Brugnon. | Brossus and Debuzlet, must not be taken too lightly. Each pl an ex- cellently rounded game, and during the {last two vears all have become very good match players, POINT JUDITH TEAM | By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, August 21 —Tw0 Army polo teams, representing Fort Bliss, Tex.. and Fort Riley, Kans, will battle at the Kirtland County Club tomorrow for the right to meet Point Judith. R. 1 in the final of the national intercircuit tournament Saturday Point Judith became one of the final- ists yesterday when the New England circuit champions downed the San Mateo, Calif.. four, 7 to 5. The Easlern four handled their ponies better and played a faster game than the Cali- fornians, who had entered the contest with a one-point handicap. | The 18-year-old youth C. H. Bost- | wick and Willlam Post led the Point | Judith attack, Bostwick getting two | goals and Post three. J. C. Rathborne, {a 19-year-old star, got the other two |goals for the winners. Hugh Drury, | 88-year-old veteran, headed the Cali- fornians' offensive and scored two of their four goals. —— D. C. ENTRANTS TRAIL IN GRAND AMERICAN Br the Associated Press. | VANDALIA, Ohio. August 21.—Fol- {lowing the compietion of ths class | championship, the second day's me: |ing of the Grand American Handicap | Tuesday will find some 700 shooters en- | tered in the battle for the amateur clay | target championship of North America | The amateur clay target classic will bring to the fore the country's leading marksmen, with being awarded for the men's dit the ladies’ divi- sion, and the division. Steve Crothers, Chestnut Hill, Pa, yesterday entered the class champion- ship events by winning the class AA c;m with a score of 198 out o W. S. Honn, Jewell, Va., captured the class A crown with a tally of 196. The class B champlonship was won by A H. Remington, Cheyenne, Wyo., after a shoot-off with H. E. Smith of Vandalia, Ohio. They tied with a score of 195 | and in the shoot-off Remington broke 24, three more than Smith. A. H. Tyler, Birmingham, Iowa, made the best score for the class C title oy breaking 194 targets and O. P. Deal ! Canton, | D by finishing with 187. None of the four entries of the Wash- ! ington, D. C., Gun Club placed in their respective classes yesterday. | Capital City representatives scored as | follows: Dr. W, D. Monroe, ciass B. 183; Boyd Mayhew, class D, 181; Dr. J. C. Wynkoop, class C, 164; Dr. A. V. Par- sons, class D, 167. EARL CLARK RALLIES FOLLOWING OPERATION CINCINNATI, August 21.—Earl Clark. outfielder of the Boston Braves, and | former Washington, D. C., sandlotter, who was operated on for appendicitis al Bethesda Hospital here Sunday night, today was reported progressing satis- factorily. Dr. Stuart Hagen, Boston club phy- sician, sald that the young athlete would have to remain in the hospital for at least two weeks, and he doubted FRENCH NET TEAM S EVEN WITHOUT LACO " REACHES POLO FINAL Ohio, probably won the class TE The late tennis season in the United | States should be chock-full of activity | with so many foreign players taking | part in the various championships. In | addition to the French players there | {will bs Englsth ana Australian teams. | d Jack Hawkes are | of course well known to tennis follow- | | ers in the United States. But most of the members of the English team are making their first visit here Young Austin is considered the best of th is only one drawback heights, and t not stand a k unless I miss my ways hold him ba t Wimbledon he 4 ree sets. only {0 pitiful the last set. The French t ran him from side to side | it became a_question whether the ref- cree would have to make Austin stop playing The boy is only 21 and may overcome this condition during the next few | vears In addition to skill with a rack- et. one must be perfect physical easily understand tuation we consider that men like Tilden and Lacoste fr 1l year v d ~ to his I at is physical. He can- and | in vhen NINA, U. S. YACHT, WINS OCEAN RACE By the Asso ress | PLYMOUTH 2 Only fc fourth ht race from C Able to finisk s g wient | to the Uni 3 | The victe tn 4 yacht | Nina, the acht outh e were which late ¥ Ten hours American en! The 1 Moh: Xt two finis Neptune wk The Jolie Brise won the event several years ago. | The Fastnet Cup. the trophy at stake, | will be presented to the winner at the Ocean Racing Club's customary dinner to celebrate the race. |ENGLAND’S TENNIS TEAM HERE FOR TOUR OF U. S. | NEW YORK, August 21 (#.—Eng- land’s four-man tennis invasion arrived in the United States yesterday . The team No. 1 ranking English Austin, Cambridge s United States and C: entered in the nat pionships. SENATOR FORD WINNER. GOSHEN, N. Y. August 21 ()~ | to consisting of Edward Higes c. | All four are | al singles cham- | OLYMPIC REFORM Ny the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, August 21.—If America s fo make a better showing in future Olympic games, it must select its team only on the basis of past performances and not from special tryout events, R Tug” Wilson, athletic director of Northwestern University, believes. Wilson, who has just returned from the recent Olympic games at Amster- dam, said the American track and field athletes, especially, were tired and stale | from their strenuous efforts in the tey- | out in this country and couldn’t have done any better. | “I believe our boys would have done | twice ns well If it hadn't been for those trvouts.” he said. “Their energy was sapped by their eagerness to make the | team and get_that trip abroad, but they tried just as hard as any one could try Then, too, there were many good ath- | s left at home, who had off days at Harvard tryouts like any good | athlete does. In the future, I hope | America selects its Olympic team from past performances of the year and not | from special tryouts. It must do so if | s to make a better showing.” | yilson denied veports that several | members of the American track and field team -broke training rules. The | track at Amsterdam was poor, but all athletes were” handicapped in that re- | spect. he explained 1,000 BOYS TO COMPETE | IN COLORED TITLE MEET | Approximately 1000 boys represent- | ing 23 playgrounds will compete In the annual colored interplayground cham- plonship track meet at Cardoza Fleld tomorrow, starting at 10 a.m. This meet is said to be the la held for colored boys in the countr: Richard Tennyson, director of boys' activities of the playground department, andling arrangements. gest CROOME NINE TRIUMPHS. CROOME, Md., "August 18.—Croom s wercame Hyaitsville All-Stars, 5 (o 4, keen battle this afternoon on the diamond here. It was a sweet victory r the locals; who lost a close decision the Hyattsville team recently in Riverdale Park. John Garner hurled for the winners | Senator Ford, the favorite, won the | horse review futurity for 2-year-olds, the main event on the opening program of the grand circuit meeting here yes- terday, finishing second in thie first hieat, but coming in first fn_the remal two heats. Childs was’the driver. The “Boss” { Says— “Boys, h | opportunity Now | that the factory has announced a re d price list, * we are putting on a— Sa e of FIRESTONE TIRES lsa carry three ather lines of the s uta Therefore, It vou are in search a more modestly priced tire, ask us about— Oldfield Courier Airway ) 7 TheMootan Downown Stavioey » STAR SERYICE STATION A Block Below the Ral we tire turer. Tires | i | | | | | | | | 12th and ¢ | Bts. N.W, | if he would be able to play any more | | carry their rivalry | Higgs in particular. | Wimbledon KOZELUH MATCHES | MAYNET FAIR SUM {Czech’s Popularity Likely to\‘ enjoyed no advantage over any simon- | American | Make Job Good for U. S. Racketer. BY LAWRE : PERRY. EW YORK, August 21.—After a year or two as a pro_tennis player, in which time Vincent Richards has had no oppor- tunity of working at his adopt ed profession, & good job has opene up for him He and Karel Kozeluh of Czechoslo- vakia have just signed up for a series of matches, the first of which will be played in Prague, the second in Lon- don and third in Berlin. If the tour is well supported, no doubt the two will to other European centers of lawn tennis enthusiasm Kozeluh 1s very popular in England He it was who coached the leading voung British players this year, accom- plishing wonders with young Austin and At the end of the fortnight the Czech was called to the official marquee and there presented by the authorities of the Lawn Tennis Association with a diamond- studded gold medal. Kozeluh Strong Player. He plays a very nippy game of tenpis d | Tilden in his prime beat him by a nar- vow margin, and so did one or two of the French stars, but it was nip and tuck. It s reported from London that in a recent series of test matches o see how the two worked as rivals, Koze- Tuh took three out of five sets from Ricpards, whose game, according to for- eigm.Teports, has been better this Sum- mer than he has ever shown abroad vineent. as will be recalled, turned professtoial at the instance of *C. C Pyle and toured the country with Suzanne Lenglen, Mary K. Browne and one of the Kins He did not reap a fortuns as a result of his plunge into the mercenary side of the game, but he did not do so badly either Since that time he has been ltke a ROGRRS HORNSBY hunter with a gun in a gameless country. . Pyle did not make enough money fo encourage him to promote another tour and none of the other star players would consider the idea of turning professional. What with newspaper writing and other pursuits In which their plans were furthered by | their tennis reputations, there was no | | good reason why they should. Richards Leaped at Chance. So Vincent's activities were confined o writing for the papers, wherein he |pure amateur. When the Davis cup team went abroad Richards left this barren field and went with | them in his capacity as a writer. And | when the opportunity of barnstorming | with Kozeluh opened up, he remained | | on_the other side. There is “ather a pathetic side to Richards' abandonment of amateurism. | Today, without any question, he would |be the leading tennis player in the United States with all the honors and | emoluments that accrue to an athletic | figure so prominent. In the opinion of | Mr. Wight:man of Boston it is possible {for’ an oulstandin= amateur, such as, for instance, Tilden, to earn between $15,000 and $20,000 a year as an ama- | teur, whereas a professional in this | country is lucky if he earns $5,000. | <80 In listening to the siren voice of | Brother Pyle it would appear that Vin- | cent was shortsighted. Dazzled by pros- | pects of quick money he neglected to consider the demonstrated economic {fact that cash of the sort very rarely |comes from any enduring source. At any rate those who admired his technical prowess on the courts will wish him well In his European venture, | (Copyright FIREMAN IN GRID SERIES. A two-year agreement has been made 1928.) between firemen of New York City and | Los Angeles, Calif, to meet on the | gridiron for the foot ball championship | of the firefighting world. The first | game will be played in New York Oc- tober 21 this year. ANOTHER BOUT FOR RISKO. OMAHA, Nebr, August 21 (P).— Johnny Risko of Cleveland and “Bear- * Wright been matched September T to box 10 rounds here | . . | England has a women's hockey team that has never been beaten or tied in the last 20 years of competition. Omaha negro boxer, have | GERMAN GIRL TENNIS 1 | STARS IN SQUABBLE — | | By the Assoclated Press BERLIN, August 21.—German ten- nis interest has been transferred for the moment from the playing courts to | the law courts, where Frau Aussem, | mother of the German woman tennis | | champion, Cecile Aussem, and Frau von Reznicek. couqueror of Fraulein Aussem in recent matches, are in litigation. ‘The legal actions grew out of Frau Aussem’s charge that Frau von Rezni- cek employed hypnotic Influence to de- | feat her daughter. Frau von Reznicek | demanded a retraction of the charge and when this was refused she soundly boxed Frau Aussem’s ears. Frau Aus- sem thereupon entered suit for “insult- | ing assault” and Frau von Reznicek re- | taliated with action for “defamation of character.” i | Frau Aussem made the original | | charge in a letter to the president of |the German Tennis Federation after her daughter's defeat in games on the | Riviera and at. Breslau. Prior to these | matehes no German player had been | able to conquer Cecile, | The tennis federation has disquali- | ified Prau von Reznicek for six weeks, | pending investigation of the affair. She | has appealed from this penalty on the ground that her pugilistic activity did not conatitute a violation of the tennis | rules, but was an act of self-defense, | necessary to restore her honor. TURF VETERAN DEAD. } JANESVILLE, Wis., August 21— | Alexander G. Galbraith, internatjonally | known horse breeder and race judge, is | dead. at_Edmonton, Albert s | FOR ALIL mxo&' | There is Only “One Best” | Satisfied Users—Say and Prove It. | You Will Too—If Once Used | an® L] 1] MANY IN TRACK MEET. Approximately 2,000 athletes were to compete in the annual eity interplay- ground boys’ championship track meet which was to get under way early today on Plaza Field. 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