Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1929, Page 35

SPORTS. . THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929.° SPORT S.” 3y Marion Turpie Aims to Avenge Golf Reversal of Glenna Collett in England DIXIE GOLF QUEEN PREPARESTOSAL Pro Sees Daughter as First | American to Win Brit- ish Title. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. EW ORLEANS, March 26.—For more than 20 years, America's woman golfers have been striv- ing to win the British women's championship, without success. A year ago it seemed the goal was in sight, when Miss Glenna Collett defeat- ed Mile. Simone Thion de la Chaume, the defending titalist. But in one of the later rounds and in a driving storm, the American star was beaten by an almost unknown player from Yorkshire. | When news of Miss Collett’s defeat was cabled back to America, George ‘Turpie, the veteran Scotch professional of the Audubon Country Club, New Or- | Jeans, said: “It's an act of Providence that Miss Collett was beaten. I tell you, Marian Turpie is destined to be g"? first American girl to win the | ritish_title. She is going to play at St. Andrews next year.” Going to Birthplace. And now Marion Turpie, the young daughter of the old professional, is preparing to sail for St. Andrews, the gray city in which she was born, to bid for the British championship. Miss Turpie is the South’s greatest woman * golfer of today, and second only to Alexa Stirling, who was three times winner of the United States women's championship when a young girl of At- Janta. The South is quite certain that Miss Turpie will do well at St. Andrews, if not exactly sharing the enthusiasm ©of a proud parent. Miss Turple has won the Southern women'’s title and has been winner of the Pan-American and Gulf States championships, but never has been able to show much in the national. Mis- fortune seems to attend her bids for the national championship, but her many friends believe she will get started in the British event, in May. ‘The New Orleans girl is a fine player, with no apparent weaknesses in her game, and rapidly is acquiring the ex- perience that will carry her to the top. She is an enthusiastic player and never seems to tire of the game of her father, who was a friend of Willie Smith, Willie Anderson, Dave Bell and other stal- wart Scotchmen who gave the sport its start in this country, more than a score of years ago. U. S. Entry Strong. ‘With Miss Turpie an entrant in the ‘British women's championship, Amer- dca will make its strongest of all bids for the one title to elude its stars. Glenna Collett will lead the invaders and will be assisted by Maureen Orcutt, Helen Hicks and several others. Since it is doubtful if Miss Joyce Wethered, the Great Britain star, can be enticed away from her Spring trout fishing, the preponderance of power will be American ranks. Miss Collett has been playing splen- did golf during the Winter season and has added many yards to her wooden shots and improved her putting. Un- less she encounters a streak of bad golf, she should be the favorite to win in the battle across the age-old fairways of St. Andrews. ¢ Before the woman stars sail from New York the American” Ryder Cup team will beufll its wn;;n;ahu:eenawn. American ers are go! keen- o in the play of Horton Smith, who seldom finds a_course to balk his splendid shots. Never has there been a more sensational {u\m:- ster than this Missouri proft ‘?‘ln‘\i‘?.—h not even Bobby Jones himself. ‘has smashed from California to Florida and soon will be ready to assault the best of the British courses. While go- ing P as a Ryder Cup player, Smith is gunning for the Brit- ish open, and there is no reason to suspect he will be disappointed. The youngster seems to improve each month and already is being picked as the com- ing professional leader of America. After the Winter season draws to a close, the laurel wreaths go to Smith in the professional field and to Helen Hicks among the women. It has been very quiet in the amateur ranks and nothing short of an announcement that Bobby _Jones will invade Britain to renew his quest of the open and ama- teur titles can arouse any activity in that class until the Spring is well along. | STUDY GOLF GRASS. In recognition of the growing im- portance of golf, Rutgers University now includes in its curriculum a course in the + DOWN THE LINE WITH W. 0. McGEEHAN. The Light Heavyweights. HERE will be a light heavyweight championship bout in Mr. Paddy Harmon’s new temple to Fistiana in Chicago this week. Mr. Harmon wires to this effect and advises that no attention be paid to rumors circulated by malicious persons to the effect that there will be no light heavyweight championship bout in Chicago whatsoever. Mr. Harmon says that Mr. Jack Kearns is guaranteeing the bout, but neglects to say who is guaran- teeing Jack Kearns. The interest in the light heavyweight division has been comparatively mild. The history of the class has been brief and somewhat checkered. When Tex Rickard was plotting his first Battle of the Century, the bout between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier, he was a bit desperate for means to baliyhoo the bout into the proportions 3’ which he had dreamed. He had a heavyweight Champion, which is one of the essentials to a Battle of the Century, and the match had the international flavor and all that sort of thing. But Carpentier apparently was too fragile to give Dempsey any trouble, and it was necessary to make him look more impressive. It was then that Rickard discovered that Battling Levinsky held the title of light heavyweight champion of the world. I think he had acquired it through the simple and safe process of having his manager, Dumb Dan Morgan, claim it for him. Nobody seemed to want it, anyhow. So the match was arranged between Carpentier and Levinsky, and Car- pentier won so easily that many of the boys were whispering about the manner of the knockout. Levinsky passed into the silencés and Carpentier was light heavyweight champion of the world, which was supposed to make him more impressive as an opponent for the Mauler. It did not with the critics. If I recall correctly, only two persons writing in advance of the first Battle of the Century gave Carpentier a chance. One was George Bernard Shaw, who was impressed by the fact that Carpentier knocked that “sturdy type of Briton,” Joe Beckett, for a row of Yorkshire pud- dings, and the oiLer was a lady writer, who said that Carpentier had genius, while Mr. Dempsey was lacking in that quality. Concerning the first Battle of the Century, the experts called the turn, and with a startling unanimity. Georges Carpentier was knocked out when Dempsey decided that it was the psychological moment, but he took back with him $200,000 and the light heavyweight title, which was a minor asset. Some time after the Battle of the Century Carpentier decided that it was about time to realize a little something on the light heavyweight title. He was in the midst of working on a motion picture at the time, and they decided that it would not do to have a serious opponent. So they picked on’ Battling Siki, the Singular Senegalese. The European experts tell me there was a gentleman's agreement in this one and that Carpentier did not bother to train. It was in the bag, as the boys say. But if there was a gentleman’s agreement, Battling Siki was no gentleman. He knocked Georges Carpentier loose from the title, to the aston- ishment of all France. It-seemed so certain that Carpentier would hold the title that there were no bets whatever made on the bout. Siki proceeded to train in the cafes for his future bouts. On St. Patrick’s Day. IKI'S first bout as light heavyweight champion was in the nature of a geo- graphical error. He permitted himself to be matched to defend the title against Michael Methuselah McTigue at Dublin on the seventeenth of March. Coming from the wilds of Senegal, Siki knew nothing of the topography of the Irish Free State. English authorities who saw the bout declare that Siki had no chance whatever. The bout was held in an exciting setting. There was still some guerrilla trouble between the Free Staters and the Republicans. Mr. Tom Webster, the English cartoonist, who was sent to see the battle, filled the master of ceremonies rose and in a quiet tone of voice said: “Gentle- man, there s & report around that the ring has been mined. But do Hot be nervous. I do not think that there is anything in it.” At the conclusion of the bout Mr. Webster swears that the very wvenerable father of Michael Methuselah McTigue, sitting.in a ringside seat with his hand on the butt of a revolver, demanded of the referee, “Did me boy win?” The referce assured him earnestly that McTigue was the victor. On the way to the hotel Mr. Webster and some of his friends were forced to duck into an areaway while some of the Free Staters and Republicans ex- changed machine gun salutes. “It was like being back in France,” declared Mr. Webster, who had been there. ' . i Mr. Webster, who is a good judge of prizefights, thought that Siki won by &.wide margin, but he did not voice his opinion aloud until he arrived back at Grosvenor Square. & Other Light Heavyweights. Michael Methuselah McTigue returned to the United States with the title he showed a marked aversion to risking it. It seems that Michael had reasoned that'if he did fight he might be beaten and that if he were beaten he would have no more title. : The various boxing commissions threatened to declare Michael null and void if he did mot fight somebody, but Michael remained obdurate. “Finally it dawned on’Michael that if he did not fight he would mdke no money out of the title and if he made no money he might not eat. So Michael fought and lost the title. It was handéd back to him later when Jack Delaney retired. The New York State Boxing Commission immediately re-elected Michael the light heavyweight champion. Among the others who have held the title were Géne Tunney, who after- ward became heavyweight champion; Paul. Berlenbach and Jack Delaney. Michael Methuselah was the only battler who held it twice. He might hold it again, if the current light heavyweight champion should retire. It seems that Michael Methuselah is the light heavyweight champion emeritus. Mr. Loughran’s Troubles. 'OMMY LOUGHRAN, the current holder of the title, does not seem to have realized any large income from it. He is in bad, as they say, in New York for an act of lese majeste. It seems that he criticized the New York State Boxing Commission for refusing to permit him to retain his title and fight the in turf management, which treats scien- tifically with grass, etc. AR N Additional Sports on Next Page. Accept this interesting booklet « « « with our compliments Dressing well IS an art! No doubt you've noticed how some men always look smarter than their friends who spend much more on clothes. 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When the house was about | GOLF TITLE MARION ONLY ONE STATE WOULD |ENGLAND PLANS TO ENTER CONTROL AMATEUR BOUTS‘ OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1932 Pennsylvania’s boxing commission is| England plans to send a team to the the only one in the country which seeks | Olympic games in 1932 at Los Angeles. to dominate and control amateur box-| According to a statement made by ing. Lord Rochdale, chairman of the Brit- i New York, New Jersey and Tilinois, | ish Olympic Assoclation: all of which have State boxing boards, | ‘It Will be one way of returning leave the amateurs severely alone in |the support that the Americans have thelr: conlust of abi given to all European games in the BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. - COMPLETELY new 18-hole course, of a maximum distance of 6,600 yards and possessing features that make the last nine one of the best stretches of golf anywhere around Washington, will be the tid-bit laid before golfers of the Beaver Dam Club on May 30. Nine new holes, on which the grass is just taking hold, have been laid out over rolling: terrain and are promised for play by Decoration day. When the new holes are ready the old first nine, the original links played at Beaver Dam will be removed from play and will be completely done over and modernized to bring them up to the standard of the new 18-hole course. Thus the Bea- ver Dam Club, by next Spring, will have 27 new holes, whose excellence will be matched only by their difficulty. This is the golf program that the members of the rejuvenated club look forward to, even while they are in the middle of a membership campaign, which has al- ready brought scores of new members. At both the District and Middle At- lantic Golf Association meetings there was some discussion as to whether or not Beaver Dam is a public course, in- asmuch as the constitutions of, both organizations bar public courses from joining the assosiations. Inquiry along these lines develops that Beaver Dam is not a public course, that an annual membership fee is charged, that the members pay nothing to play other than the annual membership fee and that guests cannot play unless introduced. This removes the club from the cate- gory of a public course, which was so broadly hinted at during both meetings. Beaver Dam is under the operation of S. G. Loeffler, the concessionnaire who operates the Rock Creek, East Po- tomac and West Potomac Park courses. ‘Ted Farr, brother of Al Farr, manager of Rock Creek, is the manager of Beaver Dam. Loeffler has been promised a share in the physical properties of the club provided he makes good on a cer- tain percentage of return to the club for two years. Those who think that Beaver Dam has not a good golf course are mistaken. Last year Loeffler constructed a new nine that resembles Burning Tree in its contours. The new nine was put in use last year. joining up with the original nine, and immediately the new part of the course was declared the equal of any of the other good golf courses around Washington. We played it yes- terday in company with Al Farr and Al Price of Rock Creek Park. And we believe it will match up in difficulty and general sporting charac- teristics with any golf course about the Capjtal. Modern, small, and well trapped putting greens combine with well designed fairways to make it a real test of the game. The thirteenth hole is a gem. a one-shotter of 160 yards in the making of which a ditch has been cleverly utilized to form a natural hazard, and the seventeenth hole stands out among the two-shotters by reason of its absolute requirement that the tce shot be properly placed to play the second shot correctly. The thirteenth and sixteenth are three- shotters, although the latter can be reached with two big wooden club shots. One feature of the new nine is the fact that rubber tape was not used in measuring the layout. All the yardages as stated on the card are correct, and the holes play as long as the ya 'New 18-Hole Course Ready At Beaver Dam by May 30 Farr took us over to the new part of the course, where workmen are clean- ing up the new nine holes, making ready for the formal opening on May 30. He showed us a new hole stretching far back in the woods more than 500 yards—a real three-shotter—and a new one-shotter of 170 yards to a green shaped like a kidney bean with a big trap stuck down along the left side of the putting surface to catch a pulled ball. The balance of the nine, ac- cording to Farr, is fully as difficult as the two holes we saw, and from the looks of the layout all is not going to be roses for the men and women who play Beaver Dam when the new lay- out is placed in use. But there is not the slightest doubt in our mind that when the new nine is put into play Beaver Dam will rank with any other course about Washington as a fine test of golf. Yes, the courses might stand a little more stiffening in the way of bunkers and traps, but they resemble Burning Tree in the manner in which natural undulations of the ground have been utilized to afford the maximum of difficulty without the obtrusion of man-made hazards. ‘The new nine which is now in play measures 3,347 yards. Farr says the nine to be put in use on May 30 will measure something more than 3,300 yards, bringing the layout up to about 6,600 yards. —_— 2 ‘Woman golfers of the Capital will not lack competition this year. A com- prehensive schedule of golf events for the golfers of the fair sex was ratified at the annual meeting of the Women's District Golf Association yesterday aft- ernoon at the New Willard Hotel. The association accepted the gift of a per- manent championship trophy to be played for in the District championship, which was presented to the association ! by Herbert T. Shannon, president of ! the Columbia Country Club. A medal will go to the winner of the Shannon Trophy each year, while the trophy— a silver vase—will become the property of the club of the winning player for | one year. The gift of the Shannon | Trophy was a complete surprise to most | of the 38 women present at the meet- | ing, and was greeted with :mhususm.i while a rising vote of fhanks was ten- dered to the donor. Shannon is now in Florida, where he recently scored a | hole in one. Two of the four major tournaments : conducted by the women's association | wlil be held in the Spring and two in ! the Fall. The medal play handicap | competition for the Phyllis Keeler Me- ! morial Trophy will be played at Wash- ington April 23, at 18 holes, while the District women’s championship will be held at Columbia on June 17-21, in-! clusive. Events in the Fall are the competition for The Evening Star Tro- phy, to be played at the Chevy Chasc Club oln a d?’fe k()hbe cze%}ng‘: and the annual event for the Corl p—an 18- hole medal play handicap event—at Co- lul'lxl_!;lll on September 25. | e season of women’s golf about ‘Washington will be opened with a min- | iature tournament at Bannockburn on: April 16, and will be . concluded on| October 15 at the same club. A com-| plete schedule of the smaller tourna- ! ments follows: | April 16—Bannockburn, miniature | tournament. 1 April 30—Columbia, Scotch foursome. ' May 14—Washington Barracks, min- ge. | lature tournament. May 28—Indian Spring, ministure tournament. Club, miniature 11--Manor tournament. June 25—Army, Navy and Marine Club, miniature tournament. July 9—Town and County Club, min- fature tournament. July 23—Miniature tournament, at & club to be named later. September 10.—Congressional, minia~ ture tournament. September 17—Indlan Spring, minia= ture tournament. October 8 —Washington, miniature tournament. October 15—Bannockburn, miniature tournament. 0 Mrs. William S. Corby of Columbia and Congressional was re-elected presi- dent of the association. Miss Susan Hacker was chosen first vice president, while Mrs. L. L. Steele was chosen sec- ond vice president. Mrs. Y. E. Brooker was elected secretary-treasurer. The membership of the association was aug- mented by the election of the following clubs: Town and Country, Manor, Congressional, Army, Navy and Marine, and War College. Mrs. J. M. Haynes was again named chairman of the committee on inter-city matches and announced that a - ments are under way for a match with women players from tidewater Virginia. Mrs. H. A. 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