Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 64

LN THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.,. DECEMBER 23, 1928—SPORTS SECTION. 2 Year MOST TOURNEY WINS GO TO STEVINSON AND PITT Winifred Faunce Is Pressin.g Dorothy White—Armour and Hunter-Diffen- baugh Rank High Among Pros. 3 OR several years golf about ‘Washington has been dominated by the skill of one individual whose links feats so far outshone those of his rivais that in reality there was little competition. Back in 1923 there was Chris J. Dunphy. Then came Roland R. Mac- Kenzie, and close on his heels came George J. Voigt. These men dominated the competitive golf picture around the Capital during their years of supremacy to the almost complete eclipse of other competitors. But during the year fast drawing to # close no such condition existed. No| single competitor stocd out head and shoulders above the balance of the pack, and at no time did it appear that an invincible golfer such as was George J. Voigt last year had risen to a com- plete dominance of the competitive pic- ture locally. For & time this year it appeared that Harry G. Pitt of Manor would rise to the post of undisputed leader of ama- teur golf about Washington. But Pitt failed in several tests, after winning the Chevy Chase tourney and the championship of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association. Then came Miller B. Stevinson of Columbia to win the Co- lumbia tourney and later to capture the District championship, as well' as the championship of his own club. And in the background, although he was not the winner of any important event, was the figure of A. L. Houghton, late of the Manor Club, who contrived to win one of the tournaments and annex the qualifying round at two more, later ty- ing with Stevinson for the District title, only to lose on the play-off. These three men won more big events than any others, but there was at no time this year the overshadowing per- formance which George Voigt contrib- uted last year and the year nefore and Roland MacKenzie showed in 1925. New Woman Luminary. In women's golf there came to the forefront a new luminary, to move up nearly on & par with the reigning em- press of golf, Dorothy White of the ‘Washington Golf .and Country Club. Miss White, it is true, won the women's championship of the District for the third consecutive year, but she was de- feated in her bid for a third victory in The Evening Star Cup event, which went to Winifred Faunce of Manor, a much-improved golfer and one who bids fair to press Miss White for leading laurels next year. Neither Miss White nor Miss Faunce attended the women’s Middle Atlantic title chase, so their prowess cannot be measured against Miss Virginia Holzderber of Baltimore, who won }t;hz tousney played at Vir- ach. Activity among the professionals around Washington was marked during the year by the setting of an unbeliev- ably low mark of 63 strokes for the course of the ©o Country Club and the advent of an undefeated best ball team at Indian Spring, where J. Monro Hunter and George Diffen- baugh have gone through a season of frequent matches without defeat at the combinat hands of a local tion. The amateur scason started with a victory for A. L. Houghton, who won the Town and Country Club event from Richard Wilson of Georgetown Univer- sity. In this event Harry Pitt won the medal with a mark of 71. The Wash- ington“Golf and Country Club tourney, which came, next, went to Maurice J. McCarthy of Georgetown, who later ‘won the natfonal intercollegiate tourney 2s a member of the Washington Club. ‘Then the amateurs went over to Indian Spring, where Page Hufty of Congres- sional went through to his first big local tournament win. a . Pitt triumphed over Miller Stevinson in the final b{ a one-i ‘Then came the Columbia event, in which Stevinson turned the tables on Pitt, downing him in the sixteenth green in the final round. Five men tied for the qualifying medal in this tourney at 76, with Houghton winning the play-off. Pitt Takes Midatlantic. Pitt ran down a 35-foot putt on the nineteenth green to defeat John C. Ehorey of Bannockburn for the Middle Atlantic champlonship at Congressional after a match in which the lead see- gawed between them. The medal went pionship, to which went Tommy Ar- mour of Congressional in defense of his title; his brother Alex, and J. Mon- ro Hunter of Indian Spring. Tommy Armour, putting very poorly, and in poor physical condition, finished 15th in this championship, while his brother and Hunter not qualify for the last day’s play. ‘The tourney went to John Farrell, who tied with Bob Jones and the qualifying round among the pro- fessionals of the mid-Atlantic sector for the Professional Golfers’ Associa- tion tourney. This was won by Tommy | Armour, with the impressive score of 140 for two rounds of the Indian Spring cours>, Glenn Spencer of Baltimore was the other qualifier. B Meahwhile the local junior amateurs played their championship at Indian Spring, which was won by John C. Shorey of Bannockburn with a score of 153. His victory was disputed, however, because he was said to have violated the medal play rules. But his win was upheld a few days ago in a formal rul- ing by the District Golf Association. Then six local amateurs went up to Brae-Burn, near Boston, for the na- tional amateur championship. None of them qualified, even Roland MacKen- zie failing, after making a fine show- ing in the Walker Cup matches 10 days Erevmusly. Pitt needed a 4 on the last ole to qualify but found an unplay- able lie. Houghton led the local aggre- gation with a card of 159, while 157 qualified. After the national amateur, the tour- nament scene shifted to Bannockburn, where Frank K. Roesch of Washington scored his first big tournament win. He beat Harry Pitt in the final, after Pitt had amassed what seemed to be a con- clusive lead. D. C. Title to Stevinson. The District championship at Co- lumbia attracted only a small field and after the third round Houghton had piled up an eight stroke lead on Ste- vinson, his nearest competitor. But Stevinson shot a 74 over the last round, while Houghton took 82 and they were tied. Stevinson won the playoff a week later $and became the champion. He later won the club title. - Roesch won the Washington club champlonship, while Walter R. Tuck- erman annexed the Chevy Chase title, and Page Hufty again won at gressional. W. J. Strobel won the Ban- nockburn title, while a newcomer to local golf—S. H. Buttz of South Da- kota—annexed the Indian Spring championship. The Manor Olub title went to H. L. Lacey. A development of the late season was the probability that Tom Armour will not be with Congressiongl’ next year. He is dlckerlng with a Detroit club for 1929, and h's place may be taken by his brother Alex. George Voigt did not come back to ‘Washington after wintering in the south,, but Jocated in New York, where he proceed: eeeded to cstablish himself as the top liner of the amateur game about the metropolis. After an impressive string of victories around New York, in- cluding one open championship, he won the qualifying round in the national amateur, and went to the semi-final before he was defeated by T. Phillip Perkins, the British amateur champion, By his feats this year Voigt established ‘himself as a ranking amateur. APTURE of the District of Co- lumbia title by an invading challenger; ‘the winning for the first time of The Evening Star challenge trophy for the Public Parks championship; play in the first boys’ junior Middle Atlantic championship to be held in the Dis-| trict and what possibly was the swan song appearance of #&n international champion on local courts—these are the high lights of tennis in Washington this year with the figures of, William T, Tilden, II, Rol C. Van Viiet, jr., Robert Comsidiné, Frances Krucofl, Marian Wells, Clarence Charest, Prank Shore and young, Jack Lynham stand- ing u:t as the central figures in Capital events. Big Bill Tilden, whose indoor appear- ances with Manuel Alonzo, Emmett Parl and Thomas Mangan provided the most intéresting features of the Win- ter net season in Washington when he played at the Arcadia in exhibition singles and doubles matches, is at least temporarily barred from amateur play by reason of the ruling of the U. 8. L. T. A. concerning his activities with the pen. Had Washington tennisdom realiz- ed that this might mark his last ap- pearance on local courts the crowds which clamored at the gates when he was on the cards no doubt would have been even larger and more clamorous. | Absence of the Davis Cup team from the country at the time of the Chevy | Chase Club invitation tournament in the Spring robbed that event of some of the color of former years, but in- teresting tennis was provided by Tomio Abe, Japanese ace; R. Norris Williams, ex-Davis cup star, who won the singles and paired with his veteran partner, won by one stroke in a 36-hole playoff. The next event of consequence was Tales of a Wayside Tee BY GRANTLAND RICE Golf for the majority is supposed to be a matter of blue skies, sunshine and at least fairly dry turf. But there is gomething more to the game than that. ‘Those who play in Scotland and Eng- land have had to find this out, because blue skies and sunny days at various seasons are none too thickly hung to- gother. Golf, when taken as it comes, can show a far wider range of competi- tive excitement. . 1recall a certain round at Maidstone, Fasthampton, with Jess Spalding, a former Yzle foot ball captain and two others. The battle hour had been set for 2 o'clock, and at 2 o'clock a howling gale was sweeping in from the Atlantic with a deluge of cold rain that was two-thirds of a cloudburst. The four of us decided to add a war with the ele- ments to the war of a four-ball match. Drive and pitch holes became long three shotters. Mashie shot holes be- came full drives. No one would have cared for that round as a steady diet, but in many ways it became the most interesting and the most exciting any one of the four had played that season. It meant %0 much to hold even a few wallops on the line, or to hole a 3-foot putt. The Bowling wind seemed to swing in from ¢!l directions, driving the rain into one’s face with a lash, so that it be- came something more than a mere matter of hitting a golf ball. It had elements of foot ball and water polo snixed in. The battle with the storm ®ecame more interesting than the wctual match. A short while ago another match was arranged at Meadowbrook, now one of the finest courses in the country, with Devereaux Milburn and Maxwell Steven- son. The three of us reported at the first tee at the start of the season’s first snow storm. The wind was h'gh and it was snowing steadily at th2 gathering place. But all three wanted to play golf and no one had any idea of side-stepping conditions that did xot._happen to be ideal. ‘The first part of the match was as much fun as one can get om & sunny day—not as pleasant in some respects—- but at least different. It was easy to trace the yellow ball by its path through €he Mgt snow, There were certaln new 1 * Watson F. Washburn, captured the problems to be worked out, but this only added to the interest of the play. It was not until the turn came into the biting wind *where the snow became partially blinding and golf balls began to disap- pear from sight in the deeper drifts that we decided to call it a round. But there was proof again that the golfer doesn’t have to wait for another April for his fun if he is willing to overlook a few physical inconveniences, such as wind and rain and snow, to keep the game | going, ! Golf lends itself to rough weather | much more readily than foot ball, base | ball, polo or tennis. One of the great- est tributes ever paid any golfer was that handed out in the British open ' some years ago. Six or seven of the | leaders were all fairly well bunched as the final day came on. That day broke with a deluge of rain and a roaring wind.. And as they looked out at the conditions to be Yaced almost every professional in the group had just one prediction to make—"Taylor wins.” And J. H. won with something to spare. 'YOUTH RUNS 140 YARDS~ | | TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN Carl Tribsees, 10-year-old schoolboy | | of Fremont, Nebr., is believed to have made a record long-distance run for a | touchdown in a foot ball game during {a contest between two schools. He intercepted a pass and ran 40 yards," only to discover had crossed | the wrong goal line. He reversed his fleld and raced 100 yards over his op- potients’ goal without being tackled. Hlswn;n enabled his school to win, 12 2 |AFRICA HAS A LEAGUE | OF DOZEN BALL CLUBS, | Africa has a diemond league, known { s the “Ligue Tunislenne de Base Ball,” which was formed by an American, Dr. C. G. Kolly. Teams take American names and are mostly made up of Jews, Indians, Frenchmen and Arabs. It is said the men are excellent hit- ters, and that the Ar: even faster on the bases than American players, MANY WASHINGTONIANS SHINE IN TENNIS MEETS doubles also, and the youthful flashes, John Doeg and Frank Shields. Mrs, Clarcnce Norment, jr. won the closed Chevy Chase Club women's championship, which followed the in- vitation play, and Harrison Irwin re- tained the men’s crown. Clarence Charest, local racketer, lost the District championship to Capt. Robert C. Van Vliet, U. 8. Army star, who followed his brilliant performance in the Army Sheridan cup play at Columbia Club by breezing through the District event to win the champion- ship over a fleld of 93 contestants. Robert Considine, figured prominent- ly in the majority of local and nearby events this past year, winning the Dis- trict Public Parks title and the Penin- sula championship at Easton, Md., plac- ing in the final of the Virginia State event and, paired with Tom Mangan, capturing the Middle Atlantic doubles crown. Frank Shore captured the junior title of the District and was runner-up to Billy Jacobs for Middle Atlantic honors. Jack Lynham won the boys’ local title, but succumbed before the title round of the sectional event for his class. Prances Krucoff again was the out- standing player in women’s tennis, win- ning the District of Columbia cham- plonship and the Women's Tennis League titles. Marian Wells loomed as the foremost junior racketer, annexing the Disrtict junior title, the Holton Arms School crown and placing in the semi- final or final rounds of several senior events, including the Chevy Chase Club championship, in which she bowed to Mrs. Norment in the semi-finals. Women Win Doubles. Corinne Frazier lost the Virginia State singles title to Marywill Wake- ford, but Phoebe Mcorhead and Caroline Jansen brought home the doubles crown. Mrs. Clarence Norment and Misses Kru- coff, Morhead and Frazier represented Washington on the first Middle At- lantic team to compete in the Sears cup matches at Germantown. George Washington University’s team, led by Frances Walker, won the District meen‘s Tennis League team champion- ship. Central High School racketers won the public high school title of the Dis- trict; St. Alban’s won the prep school srown, and George Washington, George- town and Gonzaga, Catholic U. and Maryland U., each had teams in the collegiate class, in which no champion- ship series was staged. Baltimore took the inter-city public parks title from Washington, but the | Washington junior players of the Dis- trict triumphed over the Baltimore juniors to even the count. This Fall in the inter-city indoor matches, the team representing Washington has scored over the American Legion squad and the Racquet Club netmen of Baltimore in the Baltimore Indoor League. Team competition in the local leagues for the champlonships of each loop was followed by an inter-league title series which resulted in victory for the Treasury team of the Departmental League, Recuming the District team cham- plonehips this year after a lapse of activities, the title-winning teams of each of the local leagues competed for the crown won by the Henry Park team of the Public Parks League, which de- feated Treasury of the Departrgental | League in the title match. Other League Winners. : League winners for 1928 were, in ad- dition to the two named above, Bureau of Standards in the Suburban League, Petworth of the Baptist Young People’s League and District National Bank of the Bankers’ Liague. Capital City leagife was organtyed but did not com- pebe'thls year in the District titular event. In the annual Diplomatic Corps-State Department team matches, the Divlo- mats scored heavily. epartmental racketers held a doubles championship within their ranks, which was won by Maj. L. S. Hobbs and Capt. Hunting- ton Hills. —_— Fox hunting and rowing are to be added to the athletic program of St. John's College, in Annapolls, Md, CHRISTINE EKENGREN- /AARGARE.T ITCHELL- #, LAWRENCE - % -, s C.M.CHAREST- ILLER B. TEVINSON - DISTRICT CUES HAVE BIG YEAR For billiard enthusiasts the past year was an active one. While no large tour- naments were held as in 1927, there was plenty going on to interest the cueists. Attractive features of the season were two visits here by Ralph Greenleaf, world pocket billiard champoin, who defeated Joe , Joe McCann and Ed Tindell. Early in the year Tindell won the District pocket billiard title. Washington’s team of 18.2-balkline stars again triumphed over the Balti- more tearh in the annual intercit; match. Frank Turton, Edward Powell, Prank Fouts and Charles Wolfe repre- sented Washington. In more than 10 years Washington has lost only one intercity. balkline match to Baltimore. Concannon participated in the na- tional tournament at Chicago but did not meet with much success. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE HAT are the prospects for a new star arising from the ranks of junior golfers about Washington next year? Since Roland R. MacKen- zle became a nationally known star four years ago there has been no golfer out of the ranks of youngsters about the Capital who seemed likely to match MacKenzie's record. Of course there was George J. Voigt, but he was not a ungster and he is not today a Wash- fianim, The fact that he is placed by most critics in the first half dozen American golfers reflects credit on Washington, > where he learned the game, but the world does not know that when he registers from a New York club. A junior is a boy who has not yet reached voting age, and most good golf- ers of today who go anywhere in the game show promise before they reach the age of 21. MacKenzie did, Jones did, Sweetser did, Ouimet did, and so on. The woods are full of mature golfers of today who won big cham- plo;f};lpo before they reached their maority. On this basis it would ‘seem that Washington has no such future star, for the young golfers about Washing- ton—the " juniors—do not by any means dominate the picture. There are Frank Roesch of Wash- 1ngtglxz and Page Hufty of Congressional and Karl Kellerman of Columbia, lads just out of the junior class who showed ample promise as youngsters, but have not yet reached the point where they could figure in a big championship. And_among the juniors there are John C. Shorey, who has not gone as far as he might—for various reasons; Munro Hunter, son of the Indian Spring professional and golf champion of Central High School; Byrn Curtiss of Indian Spring and Tom Bones of Columbia, Tom Webb and Charles Evans of Washington and Gordon Stone of the Virginia Club. Of the lot Shorey is far the best— or at least he is the best, judged solely by his competitive record. Stone prob- ably Is steadier than the others and has contributed some brilliant golf over his own course, one round of 71 stand- ipg out. paws, and as such would seem to be doomed to tournament obscurity, for there are few cases in golf where a southpaw really has become good. Bones went to the semi-final in the Columbia tourney, and Curtiss has done well in other events. It may be that cne of these lads will upset the usual south- paw tradition and prove that a port- sider can go somewhere in golf. Back in 1923 and 192¢ Roland Mac- Kenzie—then 17 and 18 years old—war the kingpin of golf around Washington, Today no youngster under 21 has any- where near the record the young Co- lumbia star piled up those years. It is not improbable that one of these lads will so improve his game next year that he may attain the posi- tion of prominence attained by Mac- Kenzie before hes dropped out of local competition. Harry G. Pitt did it this year, and one of the others might do the same thing. For several years Pitt was just a good golfer, a threat at all times, but seldom a er. Then sud- denly he started to come through, and he did come through with a vengeance, winning the cham&lonlh}f tourney of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association Bones and Curtiss are south- to the final In the Bannockburn tour- ney. Pitt and Miller B. Stevinson of Co- lumbia are the steadiest of the golfers about Washington today, but it may be that Roesch or Page Hufty will im- prove to the point where next season one or the ofher will move out in front of the rest of the pack in skill. Roesch is a_very effective scorer, and one of the finest putters to be found anywhere. Hufty has a fine long game and a good short game, but i not quite as good a putter as Roesch. Shorey has as much as efther of them, but for reasons out- side the making of shots has not gone as far as he might go. With A. L. Houghton out of the amateur picture it looks as if the same group that domi- nated the game here this year again will be the top Hners in 1929. The ballyhoo about Pebble Beach al- ready has started and publicity about the course where ths national amateur will be played in September, 1929, is well under way. California was not successtul in Bob Jones to move out to the coast for a bit of Winter golf, but _the publicity goes on just the same. 'I'h;>e b;gennblthof In'f:srmlt.lon regarding le Beach quot Papham, & member of the U. 8. G. A. executive committee as saying that Pebble Beach, in his opinion, is the equal of any of the fine Eastern courses. Lapham knows¥golf, and his opinion is thoroughly worth while, but an item worth_considering is that the amateur title chase will bring out the best of the amateurs from the Pacific Coast States, performing on familiar territory. John McHugh, who has done well in Eng- land and on. the played in a big Eastern tourney, will | be one of the starters, as well as Done i Moe, the Dolp brothers and such sec- j tional stars as Fay Coleman, Charles Seaver and Dave Martin, Several Washingtonians are planning to attend the annual meeting of the United States Golf Association and the gre it 4 and 5. R ia probably will be accompanied by the club greens super- visor, O. P. Fitts, and Dr. James T. ichnmn of Colul ’Mcclemhnn of Washington, plans to In addition several ex- make the trip. rtment of Agri- | berts from the Depa! t ; culture will attend the greens section | meeting. | MEYER RATED AS BEST OF 1928 AUTO DRIVERS Mwm: 1,596 Tutwmhu P‘lrccldfl“‘ é&uh eyer, a_product of the ic Coast |dlrl tracks, champion for 1928. , He was virtually an unknown race driver until he won the Indianapolis classic in May. He drove the entire distance of 500 miles without relief. {PLENTY OF WILD GAME | FOR HUNTERS IN CUBA Among the wild game food in Cuba are deer, rabbits, wild hogs, mountain cats and other species. There are many varieties of wild birds in the island, including ducks and and the Chevy Chase event and going quaile ist, but never hls! was A, A. A, speedway |} NOTABLE PERFORMERS LOCALLY IN MANY LINES OF SPORTS ENDEAVOR BIG YEAR ON Fails to Produce Outstanding Golfer Here : Independent Athletes Active SANDLOTS IN.ALL MAJOR SPORTS Base Ball, Basket Ball and Foot Ball * Prosper, While Revival of interest . Develops in Marathon Running. NDEPENDENT athletes of the Dis- trict put in an active year in 1928. Basket base ball and foot ball cam- usual,‘'attracted most attention. Again the Capital gave evidence that it is by no means losing interest in sandlot base ball, despite that this may be_true in some cities. ‘Battling was keen in all the various leagues, and for the most part games attracted large attendances. Georgetown Athletic Club, Section A, victor in the unlimited division of Cap- ital City League, won the division title by defeating Auths, Section B cham- plon, in two straight games of a pro- posed series of three. Georgetown Ath- letic Club won both games handily, the first by 10 to 0 and .the second by 8to 2. Aztec Athletic Club won the senior class Capital City League champion- ship, defeating Auth seniors in two straight games of a proposed series of three, the scores being 5 to 3 and 9 to 3. Auths were victors in the’ first half series and Aztecs won the second half serles. Corinthians captured the junior league flag, winning nine games in as many starts. Title to Lincoln Post. In the midget, or American Legion division of Capital City League, Lin- coln Post team was the winner, defeat- ing Sam Rices, 6 to 0. The District champions, however, lost, 15 to 14, to the Maryland Guard Post team, Balti- more winner, at Baltimore in the open- uzgerm of the reglonal series, spon- 5o by the Legion. Brookland Boys’ Club won the flag in the Capital City e insect division. American Railway Express, Terminal Y League winner, defeated Government Printing Office, 5 to 2, to capture the week-day league’s District champlon- ship series. Express survived an elimi- nation which was carried on for more than a month. Other teams that were in the serles and the leagues they represented were Navy, ; _8t. Alban’s, QGeorge- - . Co., Industrial League, and Government Printing Office, Government League. No competition looki: the de- termining of a city class champion was arranged as Georgetown A. C. and American Railway Express had many of the same players. Bam Rice Juniors won the Sport Mart League crown and Brookland Boys’ gaxb took the French Insect League e. Printers Regain Crown. ‘Washington Printers got back in their winning stride In the annual tournament of the International Typographical Union Baseball Association held at Boston in August and won the title, CAPITAL RIFLEMEN WIN MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD champion, a national college champion team, a col- lege individual champion and National Guard individual and team champions in rifle shoot- ing were supplied by the District of Columbia during the year. Lawrence Nueselein went to the Olympics at Am- sterdam to register the most shining suécess by a W shot. He,| came home with the small-bore cham- pionship gained in international com- petition. To garner the title, Nuesslein hit for 198 out of & ble 200. It was the third consecutive year st the international championship for Neuss- lein and his second Olympic triumph. George Washington University men's rifle team enjoyed a most successful year, finishing with a national collegi- ate championship. and Massachusetts Tech were among the more important teams outshot by the {JoloniaLs. \f‘l,nh N:“ total of 1,:!!22 points, George Wasl ton won e Southeastern intercollegiate indoor title, University of Maryland riflemen finish- ing second. The Colonials then went on to win the national intercollegiate indoor small-bore championship. In this event the University of Maryland finished sixth and Georgetown eighteenth. In May the Colonials defeated the Naval Academy team in & match that earned them the national intercollegiate out- door title. George Washington hit for 1,375, against Navy’s 1,358. Girls of the University of Maryland finished first and third in the shoot e individual champion- Georgetown, Navy | grol ship. Margaret Mitchell won with a seore of 593 x 600. Mildred Hislop was third. Helen Taylor of George Wash- ington finished second. Washington and Maryland girls’ teams For the second successive season Western's team won the public high school championship. In the decisive match the Westerners defeated Cen- tral, 1596 to 1,574. David McDougal of the Western squad won the high school individual title with a score of 280. Shooting as a National Guardsman at Camp Perry, O. McDougal success- fully defended his national junior cham pionship with a score of 378 x 400 and ‘won in group G for juniors. A. Thomas, also of Washington, was second to Mec- Dougal in the group G match. Mc- Dougal scored another victory in the up A m—suunn junior division match at Perry. Sergt. Morris Fisher of the United States Marine Corps, stationed here, won the Navy match at Camp Perry, and at the same range Lieut. Hugh Everett, District of Columbia National Guard, was second in the Wimbledon Cup match. District Guardsmen did much high- class shooting. In the Palma team match of the seventh annual Eastern small-bore tournament on the New Jer- sey State rifle range they shot a world record score of 839x900. “At Camp Perry they won the interclub long range match. In company matches, District Guardsmen defeated teams of the Maryland National Guard. The District civilian team finished sixth in the na- tional shoot. 39,722 ON PLAYGROUNDS IN CONTESTS THIS YEAR District spread to broader fields this year, both in games and competition for children and adults, with considerable organ- ization work for the latter. The amazing number of 39,722 chil- dren and youths took part in special competitions on the playgrounds in the| year 1928, and this number does not Iinclude the many thousands who en- | gaged in low organized games dally on the playfields. At best figures are cold and unusual- ly uninteresting, but the itemized list submitted by Mrs. Suste Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounas, showing the number of participants in the various championship events promoted by her department is worth noting, as an in- dication as to what the most favored sports on playgrounds are. Track leads with schlag, and soccer following closely. The actual figures running from Spring to through Win- ter follow. It is mentioned as a mat- iter of information that the Playground Department sponsors all elementary school competitions. Here are the ures: Elementary and interschool), 4,000 girls; elemen- tary school base ball (interclass and interschool, 5,500 boys; elementary school track, 2,800 boys; %pm tennis, 3,100 boys; interplayground track, white, 3500 girls; colored, 1,400 girls; interplayground track finals, white, 2,300 boys, 920 girls; colored, 960 boys, 480 girls; preliminary swimming meets, 300 boys, 280 girls; final swimming meets, 60 boys, 82 girls. Preliminary tennis tournaments white, 1,040 boys, 980 girls; colored, 430 hoys, 180 girls; elementary school soc- cer, 3,000 boys; elementary school i lldoda 3::%:1.{“]1'2;:;}3”"“" school e, ; in basket ball, 280 boys; Recreation , 240 boys. ‘The above figures show that 26310 Boys and men and 13513 giris and school schlag (interclass } Bre LAYGROUND activities in the,women took part in special playground jactivitles during the past 12 months. The number of lassies indulging in playground sports is particularly inter- esting and shews that the Washington recreation department ranks favorably with any in the United States in the promotion of girls’ athletics. Great Sports Promoter. went through fine competitive seasons. | first gaining six straight victorles. Wash- ington trimmed Chicago, 3 to 2, to cap- ture the crown, a clout by Tommy Dalg- lish with the winning run on third in the ninth turning the trick. Other teams beaten by Washington fn the tourney were St. Paul, Detroit, New York, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. By their victory the Washington Typos virtually clinched the Garry Hermann trophy, which goes to the team winning the most years during the series of twelve. season’s win was the fifth for Washington in the six years the second Hermann trophy has been at s Fine Seasons for Basketers. Basket ball had a fine season. There were several leagues in which fine bat- tles for first honors were waged and a host of quints of worth played out- side of inizations. Anacostia Eagles again generally werc regarded as the class of the unlimited fives. In a three-game serles with the Knights of Columbus quint, the Birds won the first and lost the second but came back to win the third, 40 tc 23, to get a firm hold on unlimited ‘honors. District teams again took part in e tournament here to decide which should represent this city in competition fo: South Atlantic honors with ranking Baltimore fives. Woodlothians tri- umphed in the unlimited series herc anfthan went on to defeat Y. M. H. A tossers of Baltimore, but other winners here lost to Baltimore rivals. Thes: other District winners were. Woltz A. C in the 140-pound class, Jewish Com- munity Center in the 130-pound clase. Boys' Club Standards in the 110-pound class and St. John's Victots in the 100- pound class. Calvary Methodist won the Sunda: Sechool League pennant for the thirc straight season. ‘Washington City Basket Ball Leaguc, an unlimited class loop in its first sea- son, proved a decided success. The - nant was won by Company F, Nationa Guard team, of Hyattsville. ‘Woitz A. C. beat Woodlothians, South Atlantic champs, to win the Community Center unlimited class title. Woltz was the champion of Columbia Heights Cen- ter and Woodlothians of Central Center. Unlimited champs at other centers were Sioux A. C. at Southeast Center and Clover A. C. at East Washington Center. In the senior division of the Com- munity Center League the winner was the Mount Vernon quint, victor at the Columbia Heights Center. Central Reds was the victor at Macfarland Center and Pontlacs at East Washington Cen- ter. There was no senior.play at Cen- tral Center. In the Boys’ Club League, Pirates won senfor A class honors, with Optimistic taking the senlor B class title. . Mar- mmok the intermediate class gon- West Washington tossers won the Baptist Young People's Unian title. In the Terminal Y Junior League South- ;;n Raflway Juniors won the pennant, Both George | Cross women was held February 22 at cadia, the feature of which was a 1 mile run, won by Willam Wilson of Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia. A fine two-day track meet was by the Boys' Club. It is hold the meet annually. Bill Agee race hereabout when he finisho front in a 10-mile run that w: feature of an Independence day cele- bration at Clinton in nearby Maryland all F. Clark of this city won th lexandridé Labor day, with Mike Lynch third. Clark also fin- ished nineteenth in the New York-Port- chester gun, held October 19, in which James Mcntague of Aloysius Club we thirty-eighth. In the annual ¥. M. I A. 10-mile run in Baltimore October 2 Haskell was tenth and in other jaun he showed to advantage for a newcom to the sport. Mohawks Again Champions. Mohawks regained ' their unlimit. class foot ball title, lost to Apaches i 1927, by drubbing the latter, 21 to U. The game was played December 9 al Clark Griffith Stadium before a crowd Abboticchio, Brune . 3 conquered Irvington champions, 12 to 6, at Stadium. Championship laurels also were set- tled in the Capital City League 150- pound class, in which Mohawk Preps was the winner, beating St. Stephen's A C, 13 to 0. The title in 135- pound division of the Capital City League was to be determined today, when Northern Prep and Palace A. C. teams were to meet. The elevens clash- ed last Sunday, but the game'was pro- CYCLING CROWN WON BY D.C.BOY A Washington man won the national senior class cycling championship in ‘The playgrounds have made note- worthy strides in assisting adult ath- letics through advice and assistance in the formation of leagues and associa- tions. In fact, room 2, District Build- ing, playground headquarters, is gen- erally re organizations here. Among the more important leagues and associations.that originated in the playground office are: Wi r League, Wash- ington and Southeastern District Soc- cer Association, Capital City Soccer League, Recreation League, District Soccer Referees’ Association and Cap- ital City League, all of which are adult ol tions. The city champlons crowned by the playgrounds during 1928 were: Elementary school base ball, Park View; elementary school track, E. V. own. Interplayground tennis, girls' sin- gles, Loveye Adkins, Garfield play- ground; girls’ doubles, Loveye Adkins and Dorof K thy Kelso. Interplayground track, girls, Rosedale playground; boys, Iowa avenue play- ground. In 1 swimming meets: Boys, Rosedale playground; girls, Rosedale playground. Interplayground tennis, for boys, white, ~ Anthony Latonia, Corcoran; colored, Walter Caldwell, Cardoza. Interplayground basket ball, girls (undecided), one game to be played; bt:iyt, undecided; boys, colored, unde- cided. Elementary school soccer senior champlons, Park View; junior cham- plons, Blow. 5 Recreation Socger League, finals be- tween Park View and Plaza still to be played, ¢ 1928. Robert Connor, after gaining the District champlonship for the ffth straight year, won the national crown September 9 at the champlonships held at Kenosha, Wis. Joe Cullinane won the District junior as the cradle of sport | title. Both Connor and Culllnane are mem- bers of the Century Road Club Associa- tion of this city, and they, with other members of the club, took many other honors during the year. Connor won the 10-mile handicap event in a meet held here May 27 and also starred in the annual Cen: Road Club Association meet here. Ct captured the 1-mile junior dash in t Century Club’s invitation races here. mo%nm won the 100-mile un- ced land Bicycle Club race at timore and was fifth in the 92-mile Olympic tryout race in Paterson, N. J. Anthony Horner took first prize in a meet held here by the Century Club May 6. R. Conklin captured the 1-mile novice race and the Century team took the pm" uit race in Century tests here Century Club took most honors in the tenth annual Maryland bicycle meet in Baltimore and took three of four events from the Maryland Bicycle Club in a meet here. Later Century Club also downed the Marylanders at Baltimore. Joe Reidy won the 10-mile handicap in th2 Century Club’s invitation races here September 23, in which New York riders took first honors. R. Cameron of the Century Club won a 25-mile race from this city to Upper Marlboro, Hoover, the next President the United States, never misses & foot ball game. of chance to see a