Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1929, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1929. 'NIPPONESE SHOWS GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER 1928 Richards Now Believes He Will Be One of Leading ers of World in Another Season. Has Strokes Like Kumagae. BY VINCENT RICHARDS, Professional Tennis Champion of the World. American zone Davis Cup matches have been pretty thoroughly dispelled. TIIE idea that the United States was to have a set-up in the Following the vlct{)ry at Montreal, in which Canada came close to taking one five-set match and won a set in each of two others, the American team went up against*Japan at the Chevy Chase Club in Washington and before the play was over there was serious doubt for a while whether the American team would survive the round. This state of affairs was+brought about by the unexpected defeat of John Van Ryn by Yoshiro Ohta was played in two parts. This amazing feat of the one-all, for John Hennessey match, and it was not until in the second singles match, which Japanese captain tied up the series at had beaten Tamio Abe. in the opening Hennessey and Van Ryn had taken over Ohta and Abe in the doubles that the situation was eased for the United States. As it was, the the third day of the play, that the United States has by the second day. To any one who saw Ohta in 1928 it was unbelievable that he could beat vVan Ryn. I saw the Japanese captain in the tie with the United States at Chicago last June, and I little dreamed that he would turn out to be the player that he showed himself at Chevy Chase. During the past yegr, however, Ohta has worked on his game with the char- acteristic intensity of his race for im- provement, and he has really worked wonders in so short a time. Style Like Kumagae's T was struck at the time I saw Ohta in Chicego last year with the resem- blance of his strokes to Ichiya Kuma- gae's. Kumagae ranked in our first ten some ten years ago, and Ohta easily belongs in that group now. His fore- hand is made with the same “western” grip that Kumagae used and Shimizu after him. The face of the racket is parallel to the ground, and he uses the same side for both his forehand and backhand. A tremendous amount of top #pin is put on the ball with this stroke, and this spin bothered Van Ryn con- siderably. This spin usually slows up the stroke to a certain degree, but there was_nothing slow_about Ohta's shots. He hit with such hurricane speed that the ball fairly shot across the net, and his control was astonishing. But what was most unusual about the Japanese’s game of all was his lob- bing. I thought that the Kinsey Brothers had developed this stroke to the point of its greatest effectiveness some years 8gq, but the Kinseys never gave a greater exhibition of lobbing in doubles than Ohta did in this singles match. He broke Van Ryn’s heart with this shot, although against Hennessey in the final match it was not so good & defensive weapon. Van Ryn had to get to the met to win, for he couldn’t beat Ohta at long outcome of the tie was not decided until making the first time in the last two years failed to clinch a tie in the American zone range, and the Japanese would not let him get there. When he was not lob- bing over Van Ryn’s head with heart- breaking success, he was passing him on_the side with his slamming drives. The American took & terrible beating in his efforts to get in his volleys, and it was a_wondef that he did not col- lapse. The fect that he was able to come so close to victory as he did—he was at match point in the tenth game of the last set—was made possible only by the perfection of his condition and his great stamina. ‘The tennis that Ohta played in this match was not only first {en tennis, but it was close to as good tennis as is being played in the amateur ranks to- day. 1 doubt whether Tilden would have been able to do much better against him, and had Big Bill taken the punishment that Van Ryn did, I don't think he could have lasted five sets. Is Lacking in Stamnia. ‘Whether Ohta can play that kind of tennis for five sets is also a question. He was none too strong when play was stopped on the first day, and I am in- clined to belleve that Van Ryn would have won had the match been finished that day. The 24 hours’ rest restored Ohta, and he was better even on the second day than he was on the first. In another year I look to see the Japanese ace rank among the world's greatest amateurs. He is young and he is game. He has wonderful speed off the ground and he has a great head on him, as he showed in ruining Van Ryn's net attack. Abe also showed improvement over last year, and if he makes as much progress during the next 12 months, Japan will have a_really formidable pair to put into the Davis Cup arena. ‘Watch Japan in 1930. (Copyright, 1929, by the North American Newspaper Alllance.) STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE the golf committee of the ‘Washington Golf and Country Club has solved the problein of the miniature tournaments of the club by a simple expedient which should do away with all the difficulties of minia- ture events of the past. The Wuhm toh course, be it known, does not le itself to splitting up into groups of six holes, es played in the miniature tour- Tnament matches because the ninth hole is far away from the clubhouse. A Veerhoff figured it out in this way: ‘There are so many flights composed of eight players each. That means three match play rounds in each flight, with three matches at six holes. Three times 6 is 18. Therefore why not start_the | players in the first round to conclude their match on the sixth hole, let the winners and losers play together, an\ Jet the finalists play the final six holes of the course, making 18 holes or three matches in all. This scheme will be put into opera- tion on Thursday and Veerhoff hopes it will solve the problem which has vexed the golf committee in other years, of how to play three minfature tourna- ment matches with the minimum of time. Heretofore the contestants have split the course into six-hole matches and sometimes have come back to the clubhouse before starting the next tound. The only possible drawback to Veerhoff's scheme is that there may be some confusion as to the next opponent of the winners and the losers. But that problem should take care of itself if each man understands how the tourna- ment is to be conducted. Veerhoff asks that all entrants in the miniature tournament at ‘Washington to be played on Thursday with handicaps of 13 or less report ready for play at the first tee at 9 o'clock. Those with handicaps from 13 to 16, inclusive, should be ready for play at 9:20; those with handicaps 17 to 19, be ready at 9:40, and those with 20 and 21 at 10 o'clock. The populous group handi- caped at 22 should be ready at 10:20 and those over 22 should report at 10:40. Consolation flights will be play- ed, so each contestant is sure of at Jeast 12 holes of golf in the tourney. Officials of the Interdepartmental Golf League, headed by R. S. Collins, the president, are going forward with preparations for the annual champion- ship tourney of the league to be held at the Manor Club next Monday and Tuesday, with assurance that the cvent will be the largest in the history of the organization. The tourney is a two-day event, with the fleld split into two parts, one to play Monday and the other op Tuesday. The main prize is the Mellon trophy, put up by the Sec- retary of the Treasury for the winning team, Other prizes have been put up by local merchants. Red Cunningham of Burning Tree and Brick Wood of Washingion, who caddied together over the Washington course in other years, were hopeful to- day of conquering Al Treder of Manor and Mel Shorey of East Potomac Park in & match at Burning Tree. Treder and Shorey whipped Cunningham and ‘Wood last week. Play in the tourney to be held at the Army, Navy and Marine Club to- morrow by the Women's District Golf Association will start at 9:30 o'clock. Indian Spring's golf team, probably one of the strongest teams of any Wash- ington club, triumphed yesterday over the team of the Beaver Dam Golf Club on the latter club’s course, winning by the score of 91 to 8'2. A summary of the match follows Roger Peacock (I 8) defeated Luther Florine (B. D), 2 and 1: C. Cole, Ir. 1108 aefeated John Miller (B. D). 2 and 1. 55 SN B) deteated W. B Moore (B D). 3 and 2. Earl McAleer (I.'S.) de- fented R.T. Roche (B. D), 3 and 1 Forrest Thompson (B. D.)’ defeated G. C. Gist (1, 8). 2 and 1: W. J. Cox (B. D) defeated Thoras Cook (I'S.), 3 end 2 Jesse Baggeli (B D) defented Leroyd asscer (1. B.), 2 and 1; M. F. McCarthy B D) defeated Eiliott Spicer’ (I 8.). 2 1 804 L munter. st (L ) defeated W. L ®tott (B. Do), 3 and 2. Johin Wessels (B.'D.) defeated P, B. Hoover (I. 8. 1 up. W. P. Di Este (I 8) and D. G. Morris (8. D.) finished all square: M. H. Ma'er (8. D) defeated B. M. Manly (I 8., 1 up. HAIRMAN O. L. Veerhoff of the ‘ tournament subcommittee of Ralph Goldsmith and Morris Simon md& 7!or second place with net cards of M. A. Shipley led the field in the qualifying round of the miniature tournament yesterday at#Argyle, for the match play event which will be held on Thursday. Shipley registered a 76 for the double circuit of the nine-hole - F. W. Coleman was the winner of the 18-hole sweepstakes event at Chevy Chase, registering a card of 88—18—10. F{‘?. Ellis shot 80—8—12 to win second place. - Admiral C. B. McVay, with 87—14—13, and W. P. Meredith, with 91—18—73, tied for third place. John RBritton, one of the leading golfers of the club, shot the second nine holes in 33 in a friendly game ‘This score is ane under par. course. yesterday. BRACEY FLEETEST, ROCKNE BELIEVES “Is a Streak,” Noted Notre Dame Coach Says—Likes Starting Device. BY ALAN J. GOULD, (Associated Press Sports Editor.) EW YORK. May 27—Knute Rockne, who knows his sprint. ers about as well as he does his foot ball players, casts a ballot for Claude Bracey, the Texas Tornado, as the fastest man he has seen this season. This is no scant praise from the “Rock of Notre Dame,” for he has one of the fastest of them all under his own wing, Jack Elder, halfback and conqueror of Percy Williams, the Olympic sprint king last Winter in New York. “Bracey is a streak,” said Rockne, who officlated at two meets in which the Rice Institute star competed this Spring. “He is as good as any of them off the marks and runs the last 40 yards of the ‘100’ faster than any man I ever saw. “He had the wind with him when he did 9:4 at Dallas, but on both that oc- casion and the day before he beat George Simpson of Ohio State by about 4 yards. You all know how good Simp- son is.” Rockne puts his stamp of approval on the new starting blocks, the use of which in the East and West this Spring has aroused some comment as well as question as to thelr legality. “They are a practical improvement,” sald Rockne. “They give the runner no advantage, but they save wear and tear on the track, besides equalizing the actual starting conditions. Digging holes in the track for the getaway is old-fashioned and impractical.” ‘There's always good-spirited rivalry whenever representatives of Notre Dame and Army get together, as they did yes- terday with Rockne sitting across the luncheon board from Maj. Philip Fleming, the manager of athletics at West Point. & “We will have a better team this we,” echoed Ma). Fleming. “You know, Rock, it's our turn to win from you next season.” “Perhaps you had better worry first about going out to play Illinois” fe- torted Rockne, “They are all tough out our way.” The tragic loss of Ed Hill, New York University halfback, who was ac- cidentally shot and killed recently, has upset the Violet backfield combination for next Fall. “Hill not only was a fine interfering back, the real clean-out man, ‘but he directed our defense,” sald Chick Meehan, the N. Y. U. coach. “I am Chairman William G. Ilich of the Town and Country Club golf committee won the handicap tourney yesterday at bis club, with a card of. 84—18-66. having my troubles trylng to replace him.” Dave Myers, star Negro lineman, now { is being drilled by Meehan to fill the big gap left by Hill's deal YANK NETMEN PICKED TO ROUT CUBAN TEAM NEW YORK, May 27 (# —If all goes well, the United Sta'#; Davis Cup team this week will win the right to an ocean voyage to Europe in general and Paris is particular. Having eliminated Canada and Japan in succession, the United States squad faces Cuba at Detroit Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the finals of American zone compe- titlon. A victory over the Cubans will entitle John Hennessey, John Van_ Ryn and their fellow team members to a trip Paris to meet the winners of the European zone elimi- mations. Triumph in that series would give the United States its sec- ond chance in two years to regain the Davis Cup from the defending French. - Although the Cubans, Gustavo Vollmer, Ricardo Morales and Ouco ‘Upmann easily eliminated Mexico in thelr only previous test, they are not expected to do more than push Van Ryn and Hennessey in the final round. In 10 matches against Japan and Canada the United States drop- ped only one, Van Ryn falling before Yoshiro Ohta of Japan in a five-set battle. FAVORITES SCORE IN CITY NET PLAY Matches Will Be Continued Today With Contests in Singles Only. ships, which got under way yes- terday, was to be continued to- day on the Sixteenth Street Reservolr courts. Men's and women's singles were carded. The feminine racketers were to start action early, with the men getting under way this afternoon. ‘The last men’s match was to begin at 5 o'clock and the last for women at 5:30. Men's doubles competition is listed to get under way tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, with mixed doubles starting Thursday and women's doubles Friday. Pairings in the last two competitions will be announced tomorrow. Except Bob Considine, Municipal singles champion, who was unexpectedly defeated by Bernard Welsh, captain and No. 1 of the Western High team, in the second round, all favorites came through yesterday in men's and wom- en’s singles. Welsh repulsed a gallant rally by Considine in the third set after taking the first two strings, and the schoolboy netman took the final set and the match, 5—7, 6—3, 7—5. Previously Welsh had defeated Randy Robinson and Considine had taken the measure of Joe Rutley in first-round play. - Favorites who survived the opening two rounds were Tom Mangan, Clar- ence Charest and Dooly Mitchell. An interesting figure in the women’s singles was Mrs. Charles E. Merry, Canadian national women's singles title holder and a newcomer to net circles here, who gained the second round by van- quishing Margaret Graham, 6—0, 6—2. Here are today's card and yesterday's results: MEN'S SINGLES, TODAY. BSecond round—2 p. ‘Third_round—2 p. Mangan vs. C. . Helskel vs. : . Deck_vs. Ch vs. Kaufman: 5 pm. O'Neil vs. Hermann vs. Doyle, Howenstein vs. Vlelsh vs. winner Judd-Yeomans match, Ladd vs. Thomas, Garnett vs. Haas. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. First round—Goubeau defeated White, 78, 7—-5; Howenstein defeated Blackburn by default; Lawrence defeated Danciger, 7—5, ;' Mitchell defeated Tomeldon by default; Considine defeated Rutley, 6—3, 6—4; Welsh defeated Robinson, 6—8, 6—4 6-2; Judd defeated Walsh, 7—5, 6—4: Del Rosario defeated Paxson, 6—4, 6—2; Haney defeated DuBose, 6—4, 8—6; Ladd defeated Rogl 6—0. Second round—Mangan _defeated Crews, 6—1, 6—1; Smith defeated Koster, 6—32, 6—0: Byrne defeated Schofield, 64 Martinez defeated Goldsmith, 7—b, 6—&: Stanton defeated Hoagland, 6—1, 6—0; Hills t , 60: C. Yeo- 6—0, 6-3; Bur- ell | defeated ~Bovd, 61, . 6—1: O'Neil defeated Latonia, 6—1, 6-—0; Moncure defeated Neale, 68, 6—4, 9—7; Hermann defeated Dyer, 64, Dosle defeated O'Neale py default; Heiskell defeated Foot, ), 6—1: Si 6—3; LAY in the first annual City of P Washington tennis champion- hepard defeated Phillips, 6—2, Howenstein defeated Goubeau, 4—8, 6—4, 6—1; Mitchell defeated Lawrence, 2, 62, ‘Welsh defeated Considine, 57, 6—3, 1—5: Staubly defeated Haney, 9—7, 5 : Seidel ‘defeated Buchanan, 60, 6—0: Ladd defeated Hoffman, 6—4, : Thomas de- feated Kranauer.' 62, 6—4: Garnett de- feated Sommerville by default: Haas defeated Zamora, 6—0. 6—1: Shore defeated Johnston by default; O'Brien defeated Gardes by de- i Silva defeated Billups, 60, 6—3: Dreachler defeated Hopfenmaier, 6—4, 6—3: Edge defeated Ritzenberg, 6—1, 6—2; Kauf- man defeated A. Yeomans, 46, 6—4, 6—2: Deck defeated Gore by default; Charest de- feated Attwood, 6—1, 6—1. ‘WOMEN'S SINGLES, TODAY. am. Mrs. Merry vs. ; 10:30 a.m. 'Miss Detwiler vs. Miss Dunham: 4 p.m., Miss Moore vs. Miss Martinez; 5:20 p.m., Miss Kingsbury vs. Miss Wilhelmsen. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. First round—Wilhelmsen defented Meyer, . 7—5: Det: d Mrs. Norment by defsult; Dunham defeated Joliey by de- fault; Moorhead defeated Mrs. Shepard, 6—1, Martinez defeated Mrs. Rowan by de- M Mrs, Shepard, 6—1, 6—0: Ryan defeated Duffy, 6-—0, 6—2; Mrs. Merry defeated Graham, 60, Irwin defeated Wooden, 8—8, 6—2. Second _round—Krucoft ' defeated Mrs. Gilford defeated Sinclair, 3 ,' 6—0; Frazier defeated King, 61, 6—1. Crews, 60, 6—1: MEN'S DOUBLES, TUESDAY. p.m.—Mangan-Oopsidine vs. Robins pagtner vs. Smith-Smith, Welsh-Goubeau vs. Hobbs-Hills 5 p.m.—Herman-Latona vs. Deck-Rich- ardson, Curran-Peter vs. Trigg-Goldsmith, Kaufman-Hopfenmaler vs. Hoflecker-Dresch- ler, Ritzenberg-O'Brien vs. Judd-Holt, Seidel- Staubly vs. losky, Bilva-Del Rosario vs, Mitchei-Buchanan. [} Haas vs. Edge-Bransford, P I Chares! Ladd-Ballenger vs. Hoagland-Stanton, Rut Doyle-Simon, Byrne- Vs, mons-Walsh, Dyer-Schofield vs. faui fault; Moorhead defeaed ‘The tabernacle used by Bllly Sunday in West Frankfort, Ill, in 1927 is to be converted into a boxing arena. WHITE DUCK TROUSERS $2.50 EISEMAN'S, 7th & F U.S. TIRES ONCREDIT No Waiting- Bring Your Auto Reg. Card ROYAL TIRE STORES 2250 Sherman Ave 624 P Ave SE. 1234 |4t NW BAN ON BARE LEGS STIRS TENNIS FANS 2 Reported Rebuff by Britons ~Holds Main Interest at French Tourney. By the Associated Press. ARIS, May 27—Wimbledon's re- ported ban on stockingless ten- nis players is attracting more attention at Roland Garros sta- than the French hard themselves, it dium court championships would seem. According_to word received here, officials at Wimbledon will permit no stockingless players in the center court at the British champlonships. That rule would either keep Helen Wills, American, French and English singles champion, off the center court or force her to don stockings. “Queen Helen” thus far has refused to discuss the matter with respondents, but to & friend she sald: “I relish playing without stockings. 1t gives one more freedom of action. am not discarding stockings for a fad, but to improve my speed. However, if ‘Wimbledon officials object I am sure I wouldn’t do anything to annoy them.” One Wimbledon official, who was in Paris for the finals of the men’s doubles yesterday, was inclined to take a good- natured view of the whole issue. He ex- pressed the opinion that the Wimbledon authorities would not show intolerance if the girls could explain any improve- ment in their game due to the absence of stockings. “You see,” he added, “5,000,000 more women are voting in England this year and they all are young ones betwen 20 and 30. We can’t afford to antagonize them. ‘With two of the three doubles cham- plonships already decided, interest in the French championships turns to singles this week. The third doubles title—the mixed doubls will be de- cided tomorrow. Miss Wi nd Frank Hunter already have advanced to the al round where they will meet the er of the match between Rene La- coste and Mme. Helen Lafaurie and Henri Cochet and Elleen Bennett. Lacoste and Jean Borotra won the men's doubles championship yesterday, defeating Cochet and Jacques Brugnon in a hard-fought five-set match. AMERICANS TO PLAY IN BRITISH AMATEUR By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 27.—Ten Americans will make a bid for the British ama- teur golf championship, starting at the St. George's course, Sandwich, on June 10, but only one of them, John Daw- son of Chicago, is especially threat- | ening. With the exception of Dawson, Britons are anticipating little trouble from the American contingent, which includes Joshua Crane of Boston, Silas Newton of New York, F. W. Stites, Philadelphia; Max Behr, San Francisco; Paul Azbill, New Jersey; Rowland Sanders, Miami; P. Erdman, Walter L. Richards and Stewart Sheftal, the American boy champlon, now living in Paris. Dawson, however, may give the British stalwarts, T. P. Perkins, the defending champion; Roger Wethered, Eric Holderness, Cyril Tolley and Robert Harris, considerable opposition. ‘The champlonship has drawn a rec- ord list of 253 entrants, one more than the previous record of 252 in 1922. RAH, RAH BOXER NOW PRO. CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 27 (#)— Graydon (Ox) Shuford, former North Carolina foot ball player and twice winner of the heavyweight division of the Southern Conference boxing tourna- ment, has joined the fight stable here of Crayton Rowe and has announced he intended to take a fling at a pro- fessional ring career. SPORTS. ST Ohta’s Fine Play Is Surprise of Japanese-American Davis Cup Tennis Here HAGEN WL PLAY COMPSTON TWIE Will Appear in Matches in England as Originally Scheduled. BY WALTER HAGEN, British Open Golf Champion. ERLIN, May 27.—In spite of all that has been sald to the col trary, I shall play Archie Comp- ston at Moor Park on May 31 The facts are that I never really withdrew from this match or that at Birmingham. I merely stated that I did not feel my best, owing to the hard schedule I had been going through and asked permission to with- draw. I offered Farrell or Turnesa as substitutes, but when the Birmingham Cxlub refused to acccept I decided to play. Moor Park first accepted the offer to let Farrell play there instead of me, but on hearing that I was playing Compston at Birmingham it urged me to recon- sider my decision and play gt Rick- mansworth myself. This I will now do. Our effort to clean up all the Euro- pean golf titles in sight was spoiled by Percy Alliss, the English player, who is | professional at the Berlin Golf Club, when he finished first in the German open with a score of 285. We were certainly on his trail, for four of our Ryder Cup players occupled the next places, Horton Smith being second with 287, Johnny Farrell third with 289, Hagen fourth with 290 and Ed Dudley fifth with 291. Joe Turnesa also was in the first 10, being in eighth place. Alliss gave a fine demonstration over his own course, playing 70—71—70—174, totaling 285. g (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) -much to his distance. BOBBY’S STANCE ALMOST SQUARE B808BY JONES DRIVES WITH HI5 FEET CLOSER AOGETHER THAN ~I_ANY OTHER S1AR| HE PLAYS THE. BALL OFF HIS LEFT INSTEP BY SOL METZGER. If you carefully note Bobby Jones' stance on the tee you will see that he stands almost erect, does not reach out far for the ball and that his feet are closer together than those of any other stars playing in the same event. I'd-say his feet are directly under the lines running straight from his shoulders to_the ground. You'll also note that there is a slight bend to his knees. He says that his weight at stance is on the balls of his feet. His stance is almost square. That is, the line through his toes is al- most parallel to the direction he wishes to drive the ball. There is a slight, very slight, withdrawal of the left foot, as noted in the diagram. But what one should notice in par- ticular is where he stands in ref- erence to the ball. Glenna Collett says she plays it off her left heel. Jones plays it off his left instep. He finds that this enables him to hit the ball with low trajectory and impart the run to it that adds so It took him many years to locate this spot. ..on the screen its MILD and yet © 1929, LicearT & Myms Tosacco Co. THEY SATISFY /N it's ED UP ONGOLE DECEL DECLARES American Player, Back From Europe, Also Says Hagen Also Is “All In.” | By the Associated Press. EW YORK, May 27—Leo Diegel, who finished thiid in the Brit- ish open-golf _championship after setting the early pace, is back home “fed up on goif,” but only temporarily. “Right now I'm dead tired of golf,” he said. “I'll be all right, though, in a week, when I will begin to get in shape for the open.” Two other members of the Ryder Cup team, Al Watrous and John Golden, re- turned with Diegal. Diegel spoke up in defense of his team captain, Walter Hagen, who has been subjected to some criticism in England for canceling arrangements for two matches with Archie Compston. “Walter is all in,” declared the P. G. 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