Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1928, Page 35

SPORTS.. HALLEY, KRAUSS, CARROLL, CHAPIN, LEWIS ON ALLEYS Gas League Bowlers, 63 Strong, Also Listed to Per- form, as Are Veterans’ Bureau and Internal Revenue ASHINGTON GAS LIGHT CO. LEAGUE bowlers will predominate in The Evening Star individual duckpin tournament at Lucky Strike tonight, but they share honors with many of the District's pioneer pinmen, including members of the old Royal team, which always is a major drawing card on any bowling program. ‘Washington Gas Light Co. League is represented by the largest group of bowlers entered in the tourney. Sixty- three pinmen from this loop will roll as a body tonight, taking over the first dozen alleys. Hall D. Williams, Mike Moran, T. J. Dusterhoff and other high scorers of that circuit will take a crack at the lofty scores hung up the past two nights. Among Oldtimers to Roll. Among the oldtimers listed to make & bid for honors are Pop Halley, Harry Krauss, Ray Chapin, Tom Harlow, Harry L Carroll, Earl Lewis and Jimmie Joliffe. The latter pair will perform with Clarence M. Charest, Leo Speer and H. R. Kasson, all of whom are among the topnotchers of General Counsel League. Veterans' Bureau and Internal Rev- enue Women's Leagues will be well rep- resented among the fair contenders. ‘Tillle Bloom, Margaret Sullivan and Ruth O'Neil of Riverdale are also list- ed. Mildred Magee of Ladies’ Federal League is the lone representative from that circuit to be seen in action. Perpetual Building Association team of Bankers’ League will roll intact with Wilfred and Harry Aiken, Edward Baltz, Jennings Brown and James C. Roy in the line-up. Another Interior Department League quint will seek to outdo their buddies who bowled last Women Entrants. night. Depue Falck, John Peterson, Arthur Hoover, John Black and John Elliott comprise this squad. Several of the best bowlers of Mount Rainier will see action. These include William Herberts and Raymond Votes. John Saundes of Silver Spring is among the suburban pinmen listed. Eugene Richards of Athletic Club | League, M. B. Lamar of Automotive | League, Arthur Council, Frank Schlos. | ser, Owen Swecker and S. B. Anderson | of General Counsel League; Joseph L. | Motyka, Harvey Lawrenceson and Sam- | uel Abelman of Masonic League, and H. Howard Johnson of Typothetae League are other outstanding bowlers to shoot at the big prizes tonight. Several changes have been made in tonight's schedule. Catherine Vieh- mann of Ladies Agriculture League has been booked for No. 21 alley. G. B. Giles of Masonic League has post- | poned his set. SEKYRA-BROWN WINNER" GET BOUT WITH RISKO CHICAGO, December 28 (#).—With |the winner promised a match with Johnny Risko, Cleveland, two up and coming heavyweights, Joe Sekyra, Day- ton, Ohio, and Cuban Bobby Browx, sensational Cuban puncher, clash in a 10-round feature bout at the Coliseum tonight. Both youngsters are heavy hitters and a knockdown battle is anticipated. The winner has been promised a bout with Risko next month. Jack McCarthy, Chicago welterweight, will meet Izzy Grove, New York, in the 10-round semi-windup. Star Duckpin Tourney Lists For Tonight, Tomorrow Night FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28. Alley No. Name. Charles Mountjoy. Astor H. Clarke. Hall D. Willlams... Robert Marshall Edward Stafford. Frank Holt.. Floyd Keller. Paul Kleine. . ‘Thomas B. Gardner. J. E. Taylor. Samuel Corcoran. F. K. Heupal... %. H. Hutchinson. Edward Meredith M. J. Moran. W. E. Larkin. 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5! 6 6 6 L] L] 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 Everett Peni Raymond Olive. H. G. Buckholtz. W. L. Gray W. Jennings Brown. Depue Falck. John Q. Petersol Arthur W. Hoover. John J. Black. John R. Elliott.... B. Weinberg. .. Harry L Carroll Earl Evans. Jack Stewart. John Saunders. Harvey Lawrenson. Samuel Abelman. N. D. Guevier G. C. Cooksey Joseph L. Moytka. William Herberts Maxine Fleming. ?| George G. Miller Hattie Wagner Mary Burke. Mable_ Norbecl Tillie Bloom. . Margaret Snllivan. Ruth O'Neill Harry Lickner. Charles S. Sievenson. Edward Cleary Eugene Richards William Cheek SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29. Alley No. Bill Keyser H. G. Haskins.... Frank Murray . George E. Bedell .... Charles Poulis . Louis Pantos Pete N. Metrakos N. T. Chaconas. Earl Dodge .. Clifton Wood Walter Lvnn. Stanley Dreifu J. M. Theimer. J. C. Ballard. E. L. Ballard William Duke .. Frank H. Pietila Joseph Wasserman . James A. Moody . Herbert S. Dern . Samuel Pons. PR AN e LI NIIINOIIS e b et et . Flood Melicio G. Acantilado. William W. Kirby . Osca V. Green 0. N. Kolquist. J. W. Thurston H. F. Bailey. James F. Dol G. H. Lane.. Gus Thomoros Jack H. Ulri-i Ken Scaroyer Edward Kessler Dermot Nee . G. W. McCaml A. W. Zanner C. Birdseye A. G. Hamilton. R. G. Hurdle J. C. Howard C. Betz ... Howard Stoughton John Hall . J. Leishear. Harry Bailey. % Emmett Tampagni. Lawrence Collins George Tanner.. Carroll Daly.... R. E. Farnan. R. A. Ryan Frank Kelsey C. E. Jenkins S. Rosenblatt Bernie Bontz Edward Voight Carroll Alber Ralph Miller Robert Shellin . Robert Montgomery August A. Erdmann Henry C. Miller Marion Ball . C. Hemrich . F. Hemrich .. Robert E. Rawlings . George R, Lindsay George H. Bakersmi H. ). Crawley.. Arthur Des Moy Francis Gross .. C. Evans Brooks E. W. Bodkin.. Ernie J. Kendrick . George Lovering . 19 . 19 eee 19 9 Ralph F. Andrew: | William W, Ward | Herbert Reichelt. | Neville H, Baker .. Frank Isaacs T. D. Hayes . H. E. Mason . W. W. Chase John Venssey John W. Harville . Lee Farl faees Paul L. Galleher T. S. Galleher. F. Moore .. Eddie Lucas . Richmond Reeley. William M. Grimes . Eugene H. Phifer . Kendall Odwyer T. P. Howard ...... George F. Henderson. T. L. Miller ...... Alfred Souder. Arthur Council. T. B. White... Frank Schiosser. John Hussey.. Owen Swecker. K. B. Anderson. . ‘L Howard Johnson.. L2 {28 Oscar E. Swain . . 28 Walter Milby ... Arthur Pepin.. | William P. Restorft | H. F. Crawley | Charies A. Sim: THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, . D.. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928. Pioneer Pinmen Rollin Star Tourney Tonight : Elizabeth Ackman Leads Women | ROLL TOP SCORES IN SECOND NIGHT OF STAR DUCKPIN TOURNEY ELLSWORTH MoYER-~ Moyer shot into a tie for sixth place in the men's section with a 593 count. ELIZABETH ACKMAN- Mrs. Ackman took the lead among the women with 298. STAMFORD PINMEN ROLL HERE TONIGHT Meet Convention Hall stars; Who Beat Brooklynites. Morgan Shoots 631. \ Stamford, Conn., bowling stars will be the attraction at Convention Hall tonight, opposing the crack District League team of that establishment ‘which last night downed Barney Spi- nella’s Brooklyn team, 2,825 to 2,624, on the local drives. A return five-game match is listed January 5. Glenn Wolstenholme, who bowed to Barney Spinella, 583 to 606, in a singles match last night, will face Jack White of Stamford tonight. Jack Wolsten- holme and Jack Whalen defeated Bar- ney Spinella and Kisch of Brooklyn in & doubles match last night, 1,210 to 1,139, Red Morgan hung up a 631 set to lead the championship flight of the King Pin elimination tournament last night. Parry McCurdy and E., G. Adams trailed with 625 and 602 sets. McDaniel led those in the consolation flight with 582. Nichols and Weidman, with 570 e{ué:. tied for the runner-up berth. ores: CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT. 122 137 138 WHALEN, VET FOUL LINE JUDGE, PROVIDES COLOR Mickey Whalen, veteran foul line Jjudge, furnished most of the color for the second night's program of The Evening Star tournament. Sensation providers were not to be found, so many of the fans centered their attention on Mickey. The oldtimer didn’t miss much. Ralph Little says he cost him three strikes and one spare in one game. Mickey revealed his uncanny sense of sighting fouls when he caught Helen Hiser just exceeding the black line on No. 1 alley while he was apparently concentrating his atten- tion on Henry Rodier and his matches on 13 and 14. YOUTH BOWLS 613 TO REACH THE TOP HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 28.— Rolli a 613 set, Atwood Bassford, 17- year-old Hyattsville High School senior, last night took the lead in Class A of the Prince Georges County champion- ship bowling tournament on the Arcade alleys here. Walker previously had the lead with a mark of 594. Hodges took the lead in Class B with a 516 set. Last night’s scores follow: CLASS A. 104 109 91 110 140 125 112 121 116 99 95—343 122 107 121 102 133 118 88 102 120 89 934 1109 87 92 CLASS B. a7 03 109 101 L. Kessler 109 121534 W. Kessler 115 97587 Reid . Wilcoxen Bassford Norris Compton Saunders Hodges 114 113 102 1: 121 104 111 ¢ 116 104 100 109—544 CONSOLATION FLIGHT. 115 153 123 93 98582 20 113 108 86370 99 110 122 109 130—570 120 109 103 103 96—531 121 92 94 101 94 106 1 88 105 8¢ 111—511 105 115 James 93 103 Kratzsch 101109 Selzer ... 107 124 8 SHARKEY IS OFFERED BOUT WITH LOUGHRAN CHICAGO, December 28 (#).—Paddy Harmon, matchmaker for the Chicago Stadium Corporation, has offered Jack Sharkey, Boston heavyweight, a bout with Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia, light heavyweight champion, who 3eeks the heavyweight title. Loughran has signed a contract with Harmon, calling for him to meet the best heavyweight obtainable for a match in Chicago before April 1. It Sharkey accepts, the match prob- ;fly will dedicate the new Chicago Sta- um. ARG S RNTEREBE Winifred Hiser .. Helen Hiser . Mary Walsh Garoline Hiser 0 Anna Kirby . Annie Anderson EstelleSeeley . ne Fox . Emily Nell Gladys’ Lowd Luciile Preble . Peggy Babcock Elizabeth Ackmi Jennie Malcclm, J. W. McKetricher . . F. Gersd L. R . E. Terry.. . mes Talbert Myers . orge H. Cooper.. 8. Donaldson. Terwis: B ..r. Ssettess3es Pt B25! Thomas Webb e 28 | William Wallace ' John 4._O'Connell 28 | James F. O'Connell J. sn 11 ;elling Rey 0 | Frank Perley R. E. Haycock. 5 | Kentieth Birsfield. ...-., Mg Oz SRR HOPPE NOT TO PLAY IN BALKLINE EVENT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—For the first time in more than 20 years Willie Hoppe, many times holder of the title, will not take part in the world 18.2 balkline billiards championship tourna- ment, starting here February 4. Officials of the National Billlard As- soclation, sponsors of the tournament, gave him his choice between playing in the 18.2 championship or the three- cushion tournament in which he won second place at Chicago. “Inasmuch as I had qualified for the three-cushion tournament, I saw no reason to withdraw in favor of balk- line,” Hoppe said. “This will be the first major - balkline tournament I have missed since 1906. I still think the playing of three-cushions has not been impaired by balkline game, but evi- dently the officials are of the impression that a player cannot be efficient at both styles.” 77 110 102 91115 107 130 114 108 103 104—55 103 116 95 101 81 9 y_L. Swenson . "C, Kendrick. noids. G. Rutherford K. F. Brooks F. Womersiey g yer Rothegeb. Morris =3 375 54 rig < 2255 0ee5ESEaE0 7 | pionship tournament. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn's speedball king, and Larry Benton of the New York Giants, were the pace setters among the Na- tional League pitchers for the 1928 sea- son. Vance led in holding down the score, allowing an average of only 2.09 earned runs for each nine-inning game, While Benton tops the won-and-lost column with 25 victories and 9 defeats. The Dazzler took part in 38 games and played through 24 of them. Pitch- ing 280 innings, equivalent to 31 games, Vance allowed only 65 earned runs. He also placed fourth in the won-and-lost standing with 22 victories and 10 losses. Second in effectiveness was Sheriff Blake of Chicago, with an earned run average of 2.46 per game. Art Nehf, another Cub, was third, with 2.64, and Watson Clark, a second Robin, fourth, with 2.68. Among the hurlers who did not pitch 10 complete games, grouped separately from the orres who bore the — Vance and Benton Top Boxmen Of Naticnal League for 1928 main burden, Harold Haid of St. Louis and Louis Koupal of Brooklyn broke in ahead of Blake, but Haid did not complete a game and Koupal pitched only one nine-inning contest. Second to Benton in the won-and-lost standing was Jess Haines of the Car- dinals, who had 20 wins and 8 losses for an average of .714. Pred Fitzsim- mons of the Giants, with 20 and 9, took third in this ranking. Burleigh Grimes of Pittsburgh was the iron man of the league, pitching in 48 games and 331 innings and facing 1,377 batsmen to lead in all three re- spects. For the seventh successive year Vance led in strikeouts, with 200 whiffs to his credit. Pat Malone of the Cubs came in a bad second with 155 and Charlie Root of Chicago was third with 122, Five pitchers tied for the shutout crown with' four each.. They were Vance, Blake, Grimes, Doug McWeeny of Broi)k!yn and Charley Lucas of Cin- cinnati. Crossing and Passing Puzzles Opponents BY SOL METZGER. The Ralph Jones attack, intro- duced at Purdue, is still followed in Western Conference basket ball circles. ‘The reason is apparent when you see the combination long- and-short pass attack develop fol- Jowing the long-hook pass described in the preceding article. We start today with the No. 1 man receiving the long-hook pass from his teammate, who secured the rebound from the backboard. The forwards, No. 2 and 3, have broken free of their opponent guards and have started down their respective sidelines. But instead of doing just that, they begin crossing. As No. 2 turns in and receives a pass from No. 1 he quickly shoots the ball to No. 3, who Is cutting toward him. No. 3 runs directly in front of No. 2, each at top speed. This crossing of each other causes their guards to become confused. Neither can follow his man at top speed, as collisions are likely to re- sult. Thus, No. 2 and No. 3 get a fine lead. They then pass back and forth or one of them dribbles to the basket for a shot, No. 1 following them down the center of the court. Sometimes they are blocked from a shot and driven to a corner. (Coyright, 1928.) e NET STAR IS BEATEN. BALTIMORE, December 28 (P)— C. Towner French, Baltimore, elimi- 5 o | nated Sidney Seligson, seecled player, in the first junior round of the national junior and boys’ indoor tennis cham- ‘The score was T—5, 4—86, 6—: FIELDS FIGHTS TONIGHT. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 28 % | P)—Jnck Flelds, Los Angeles speedster 15 | who has all but reached the champion- ship rung of the welterweight ladder 30 | against Tommy Elks, 3—463 | by Paul Prehn, 3 | Boxing Assoclatio this year, tonight steps into the ring aggressive Arizona Mexican., WOULD BAR RING UNFITS. CHICAGO, December 28.—Disbar- 2 | ment from professional rings of “punch drunk” fighters and young boxers who are not making any progress, will be urged of all State boxing commissions president of the National tion, Prehn is planning to visit every State commission. SUNDAY BALL SURE FOR BOSTON IN 1929 By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, December 28.—Boston Is to have hig-league base ball on Sundays next season. The City Council has vot- ed unanimously to accept the provisions of the State-wide referendum, ratified last November, to permit Sunday sports. Charges of bribe solicitation, made by Charles F. Adams, vice president of the Boston National League base ball club, are to be investigated. Adams, who had refused to testify before the Boston finance commission concerning statements that an un- named councilor had solicited a bribe for early action on the sports measure, is to appear next Wednesday and testify. His change of attitude came after his attorney had conferred with Judge Ed- ward P. Plerce of the Supreme Court. The finance commission had threatened to cite him before the Supreme Court for contempt for his refusal to recog- nize its jurisdiction. ‘The vote on the sports measure in council came only after a three-hour debate in which Adams and Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols were bitterly at- tacked. The assault on Adams was based on his alleged insinuations, while the mayor was under fire for his pur- ported attempt to “whip” the council into action by means of a special meet- itr}\,g lc;lllled last week to take action on e bill. GEORGETOWN PIN TEAM AT HYATTSVILLE TONIGHT HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 28— Hyattsville duckpinners will entertain Sam Benson's Georgetown team tonight in a match on the Arcade alleys here, The Hyattsville team will be picked from Francis Halloran, Whalley, Deputy, P. Wolfe, Snowden, McCall and Walker. Benson, Talbert, Hodges, Young, Ste- |K. vens and Heffelfinger will make up the vading squad. Regular basketers of Company F, Na- tion Guard, of Hyattsville, last night easily defeated Red Shields’ tossers of Washington, 38 to 13, in the Hyatts- ville armory. Rufus Vincent and Bob Shanklin were high scorers for the victors. In a preliminary Company F Reserve team No. 1 team defeated the Reserve team No. 2, 17 to 14, in a Prince Georges County League game. Brentwood Hawks still are setting the pace in the league with four victories in as many starts. Each of the other teams has lost at least one game. WORLD CRICKET RECORD IS MADE IN AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE, Australia, December 28 (#).—A new world record in first class cricket for a last wicket partner- ship was set up here by A. Kippax and H. Hooker, playing for New South Wales, against Victoria, in a sheffleld shield match. The pair scored 307 runs. Kippax compiled 260, not out, and H. Hooker 62. GUGLIMINI IS WHIPPED. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 28.— Lou Guglimini, Washington boxer, was decmvel{.gduted by Kid Williams, former tamweight champlon, here last night in eight slashing rounds. Williams carried every round. KAER REPLACES MARCUS. SAN FRANCISCO, December 28 (#). S—43% | —Morton Kaer, former University of 17 | Southern California foot ball star and late of the San Francisco Olympic Club, has been added to the West team to take the place of “Brick” Marcus, Cali- ! fornia halfback, who was injured earlier in the week. 4 TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F SPORTS.’ LEADERS IN THE STAR BOWLING TOURNAMENT | . €34 .21 Oliver Pacini . J. Wolstenholme. Ernie Miller.. Ellsworth Moyer. J. Donald Nevius.. D. N. Hevener Gwynn_Coe.. = A. Kitchen J. H. Rothgel James Beach. Leo F. Rondez. Charles A. King. 0. A. Hornig. LeRoy Trott. John Joy... Elizabeth Ackma Annie Anderson. Emily Nell. PEC BASKETERS AREGOING STRONG Senior and Junior Fives Are in Limelight—Sandlot Tossers Busy. Peck Memorial basketers are setting a fast pace. Both the Peck senior class and junior teams hung up wins last night, the former over Yellowjacket Seniors, 51 to 13, and the latter over Falls Church Juniors, 33 to 23. Peck Insects were defeated, however, by Crescents in a 39-16 game. Defeating National Press Building Cardinals, 37 to 6, Jewish Community Center Whirlwinds won their seventh straight court victory of the season last night in the center gym. J. C. C. Ar- rows opened their season with a 24-23 win over Senators in another match. Woltz Photographers and Dixie Pig A. C. quints will be unable to meet to- morrow night, as the Eastern High floor on which their game was carded will not be available. The teams prob- ably will meet later in the season. Potomac Boat Club handily defeated Tivoli Whirlwinds, 33 to 11, last night in Central High gym. Y. M. C. A. basketers downed Quan- tico Marines, 39 to 18, last night on the “Y” floor. Y. M. C. A. Aztecs defeated Brookland Boys' Club, 26 to 14. Aztecs proved no match for Jewish Community Center Flashes as the latter won a 41-38 game last night at the center. Stanley tossers took the measure of Calvary Drakes, 46 to 22, last night. Peck Memorial juniors cannot meet St. Mary's Celtic juniors Saturday be- cause of a schedule mix-up. Manager Tucker of the Peck team wants to hear from the Celtic Pilot. Games with 130-140-pound class teams having gyms are sought by Boys' Club Standa; Call Manager Klein at Georgla 4214. De Luxe five which has a gym would like to arrange a game with a 130- pound class quint for tomorrow. Call Lincoln 8333-W. Noel House tossers have a gym to- night and want a game with an un- limited class team. Manager Panetta may be reached at Lincoln 2901. Brooke Grubb's Silver Spring, Md., National Guard tossers will meet a Washington team to be announced Sun- day afternoon in the Silver Spring Armory at 3 o'clock. The Silver Spring girls will engage the Princess Club team of Washington in a preliminary. ‘The armory floor at Silver Spring has been repainted and put in fine| shape for court play. It has a score- board and other improvements and there is a seating capacity of 600. On the Silver Spring Guard team are three members who played with the quint last season. They are Kreh, Saunders and Cissel. Games may be arranged by calling Brooke Grubb at/| Silver Spring 117-W. FIGHTING IN ILLINOIS NETS STATE BIG SUM CHICAGO, December 28 (#).—Boxing in Illinois netted $998,311.14 in receipts for the year ended December 1, Paul Prehn, chairman of the State Athletic Commission, has announced. Of this amount the State received $99.831.09 in taxes. The best month of the year from the tax standpoint was June, when 44 con- tests brought the State $16,252.61. PRO BASKET BALL. Fort Wayne, 25; New York, 18. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Georgetown, 38; Columbus Council, of C., 3: 1S | date of the tourney, which will con- 35 . LS A8 SET TOUNDATTOP Al Seven Girl Leaders of First Night Displaced. Moyer Highest Man. ENSATIONAL scores which marked the opening night's program of Evening Star individual duckpin tournament were not approached last night, the second tinue tonight and tomorrow night and run from January 2 to 6 of next week, ;lt Lucky Strike alleys. Ellsworth Moyer, who does most of | his league bowling with Central Pres- byterian team of North Washington Church League, was the high scorer of last night. He totaled 593 to tie with J. Donald Nevius for sixth place. Moyer shot consistent duckpins to top the sec- ond night's fleld. His high game mark was but 124. D. N. Hevener amassed 590 to gain eighth place, and J. A. Kitchen of Tay- lor Motor Co. team of Automotive League collected 577 to gain eighth place to date. J. H. Rothgeb was close behind with 575°%0 grab twelfth place. New Woman Leaders. None of the’ women contestants was able to crash the 300 circle last night, although Elizabeth Ackman totaled 298 to take the lead last night. Annie An- derson, Estelle Seeley and Emily Nell, all members of Convention Hall team of Ladies’ District League, trailed in order with 295, 291 and 290, respectively. Peggy Babcock and Caroline Hiser tied for fifth place with 283 each, and Lucille Preble took seventh place with a 281 set. Winifred Hiser, Jennie Mal- colm and Mary Eaton assumed the otler three prize contending berths. Not one of the seven women who rolled the opening night retained posi- tions among the 10 leading fair bowlers. 3 Among the high scores of men's di- vision last night were, James Beach of Silver Spring, with 570; Charles A. King, with 566; James Talbert, with 560; A. C. Ganna, with 559, and Le Roy Trott of Prince Georges County League, with 556. Beach stepped into, twelfth place. King gained fourteenth position and Ganna gained a tie for sixteenth position, while Trott trails the fleld of prize contenders. Others recording creditable scores last night were Otto Moeller, F. Don- aldson, George H. Cooper, M. S. Don- aldson, J. F. Marton, W. R. McC: s R. D. Conklin, K. F. Brooks, Bei ‘Womersley, Joseph A. Keene, C. H. Gurnie, N. A. Groff. Harry B. Dixon, Robert Griest, Frank Mischou, Harry Kamerow and H. H. Lurton. ARMOUR IS PLAYING IN $5,000 TOURNEY By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., December 28. —Leaders of American golfdom, in great and colorful array, paired off here today for the first skirmish of the $5,000 Long Beach open, one of a series of big money tournaments leading up to the $10,000 Los Angeles event in January. A fleld of more than 225 players, drawn from virtually every section -of the country by the call of golf and fame, had 18 holes of qualifying play on tap for today over-this city’s municipal course. A like number is programmed for Sat- urday over the same layout, and on Sunday the 64 low scorers and ties will move to the Virginia Country Club g;urlu to battle through the 36-hole al. Last year “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn of Pittsburgh, and Leo Diegel, national professional champion, tied for first place. The entry list includes many names which were outstanding in the 1927 event, but that of Walter Hagen, British open champion, is new to the tournament. Hagen, who until this year never had appeared in open competition on the West coast, will have a great fleld to battle, one that includes many out- standing figures of golfdom: ‘Thes include: Tommy Armour of Washington, D. ©., former national open champion; George von Elm of Detroit, the flaxon-haired former holder of the amateur crown; Bobby Cruickshank., Al Watrous of Grand Rapids, Mich.; MacDonald Smith, Canny Putter of New York; Al Espinosa of the famous golfing family of Chicago. and Horton Smith, 21-year- old Joplin, Mo., sensation, who recently won the $2,500 Santa Catalina d open. ‘The $200 amateur-professional event staged yesterday as a preliminary to the open, was won by a Minnesota combina- tion, Frank Brokl of St. Paul, public links champion of 1927, and Oscar Oman, Alexandria, Minn., professional. They had a best ball score of 64. Leo Diegel, paired with Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, turned in a 65, to tie with two other pairs. 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