Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1929, Page 15

'SPORTS. Forced to Play in Storm, He| Trails Sarazen, Espinosa by Two Strokes. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. AMARONECK, N. Y. June 29.—Bobby Jones faced an- that have been his lot in every United States open golf tour- aament when he teed off at Winged Foot competition today. | ln.pl:nd of leading the field as his | masterful display of shots on Thursday | Geol , with 144, was two shots behind | Gene Sarazen, the professional from | the Meadows Club of New York, and Al Jones is in the position preferred by ‘Walter Hagen and some other profes- mional stars—a few strokes behind the Bobby. A great uphill fighter, never- theless he likes to have a slight lead for the Jast stages of the battle and his ex- * LIKES T0 SET PACE other of the gruelling struggles for the final two rounds of the 1929 has presaged, the blond wizard from | Espinosa of Chicago. leaders—but uncomfortable one for pected advantage was washed away Fri- Y. Jones played his second round under weather conditions that would have broken the heart of a brass ox and his 78 does not represent bad golf. For many days prior to the championship disgruntled pros complained Jones al- ways given a preferred starting time by the United States Golf Association. There was nothing preferential about his starting time Priday. Rather it was tor- | rential. Conditions Hurt Bobby. A heavy gale blew in from the At- Jantic and changed the complexion of many holes and was accompanied by & he#vy rainfall. For 16 holes Jones bat- tled through the storm and dropped many shots along the route that nor- mally might have been saved. Theer were many others caught in the mid-afternoon rain and of them only George von Eim, the Detroit amateur, | ‘Was untroubled. Von Eim splashed through the puddies | of water and played on sodden greens | to score a 70—the low round of the | day. Von Elm had five birdies on his | round and only twice went over mr,‘, His sterling performance puilled him | within seven shots of the leaders and fasde him an outstanding possibility to win in the fleld laps. * | Jones at the start of the third round task of beating one of ‘the in golf—Sarazen. A8 been some years since Gene had such an opportunity to regain the cham- plionship he held in 1922, He is playing splendid golf, and his two rounds of 71-71 are the best the championship has produced. Sarazen is hitting a long, NG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, HOLE LIKE A FISH I'D HAVE USED gk A NUMBER Six 2L IRonN oM THAT 3 ShoT Lt HE AWN'T ~ WHAT HE USED T'BE, USED PooR [ S 5 Ve sonr , N8 ] 7o JUDGMENT | HAD A THREE ON THIS HOLE i, ONCE AND L THeEY _BOTH HE SHOULD HAVE USED A ‘ NUMBER fOUR ¥ ONLASTGOLF DAY Macknezie Barely Stays straight ball, making few mistakes and | putting like s wizard, ~Espinoss, who | 8 has been good for one great | round in & championship, also will be | difficult to drive from the top. Tied | With Jones for third place was Dens- more Shute of Columbus, Ohio, & pro- fessional only two years. Shute has| ;I‘AM fine golf in this championship. | 11 but slender, he has one of the smoothest swings in the game and is constantly straight from the tees. Armour Is Close Up. Right behind Jones and Shute was . Armour, the black '36-:: who won the apen champiopship at Oakmont in 1927. Armour, like yonu. cayght most_of the storm, but. blistered - the outside line in 34 strokes, the lowest score made there in the championship. Tommy started in well and had a! ,chance to tie for the lead until he| Teached the seventeenth, where he drove | lnw‘t‘rouble, took & 6 and a 71 for the | Johnny Farrell, defending champion, passed completely from the champion- ship arena when he tacked an 83 to ‘#,\?"'RN'"“ scored cn' hll; first und. rrell was among e un- able to qualify for the final 36 holes and is one of the first champions to meet that fate in many years. Walter Hagen was another to fail in the championship test. The four-times British champion had an 86 Friday for a total of 157 and was unable to battle his native breezes with the same skill that he masters British gales. Walter Was wild and. as predicted by the writer | before the tournament, could not score on_Winged Foot. Prospects for a tie at the end of the | 72 holes of play were excellent, with men of the staying qualities of Jones, | Sarazen, Espinosa and Armour in the battle. experts had revised their opinions as to the winning score at the | start of the final rounds. Before the el 296 had been selected for the low score. but it now appears that it will take better than 290 to capture the most coveted crown in golf. : Straight Off Tee L. VEERHOFF, chairman of the subcommitee -in charge of events of the Washington e Golf and Country Club golf committee, today announced s ringer competition for members of the club in three classes. Those with | handicaps below 18 will be in one class, | those with handicaps from 18 to 22, inclusive, in_another, and those with handicaps above 22 in still another. | The ringer scores must be made on “in With 157 Score. AMARONECK; N. Y., June 20.— - The 1929 open .golf champion- ship went into its final rounds today ‘ with Freddie McLeod, the Columbia Country Club, on the side lines. ‘A score of 159 or better was needed to qualify for the final 36 holes of the championship and Fred took 166.. He took two more shots ‘Friday than on the first round and his 82-84 was entirely too many shots. ‘The othef Washington favorites man- aged to keep within the qualifying score. Roland Maokengle had 157, rep- resenting a score’of 79 for the second . Tommy, Armour and Leo Diegel, both former Washington professionals, sre close to the leaders and have a-fine chance to win the the high spots ‘of the day and his 34 for the first nine is the best score made over that stretch. McLeod was one of those who bat- tled .the heavy wind and rain and he had a 42 on each side. Fred led off with & pair of 55 and then had two fine holes, after which 5s bobbed up ain. He took a 7 on the eighth, where he played badly and wildly. Coming home, McLeod had two 6s and a pair of 58 that prevented him making any sort of a score. So the old vet- eran. who has been a contender in nearly all ‘'of his 27 open champion- ships, retired to the side lines. Mackenzie could not better his 78 of the first day, due largely to the pres- ence of eight 5s on the card, and 5s are fatal at Winged Foot, where there is lttle chance to pick up lost strokes. Roland was only 2.over par going out and faltered badly in the heavy rain that overtook him on the second nine. He had little chance to make any sort of a showing in the field, since he was 15 strokes behind the leaders, but there Was some satisfaction in having quali- fied for the final rounds. TITLE COLLEGE GOLF By the Associated Pres: DEAL, N. J, June 39.—Tommy Ay- cock of Yale is the new intercollegiate golf champion. In eliminating the defending title holder, Maurice McCarthy:of George- town, and: Lester Bolstad, king of the Big Ten golfers, cne after another on Thursday, Aycock -looked every inch & champlon. In defeating Marshall For- Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, Veer- hofl holding that those members who ‘have the opportunity to play frequently | during the week would have an ad- vantage thereby over those who - can play only on ‘week ends. i ‘Middleton Beaman, who is president of the Bannockburn Golf Club, holed a tch ehot from a ditch at the left of | second hole at Congressional .yes- ay. ‘Washington Golf and Country Club golfers are cempeting today and tomor- | Tew in a special match play against par compstition for a set of matched golf clubs given to the golf committee. Roger Peacock of Indian Spring and | cnurg: F. Miller of Manor, who tled for the low qualification score in tne | Congresional tournament, will play off the tie at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon over the Congressional course. They both registered 755 in the medal round. | COLLEGE NET TITLES GO TO MARJORIE GLADMAN BROOKLINE, Mass., June 290 (®)— ‘Marjorie Gladman of the University of Southern California, became the first woman intercollegiate tennis champion by _defeating Marjorie Sachs of Rad- cilffe, 6—0, 6—3, in the title round at the Longwood Cricket Club. | Miss Gladman won her second inter- | collegiate title when she paired with Josephine Cruickshank of the Univer- | sity of California, and defeated a_Smith College team composed of Polly Palfrey wnd ny Curtis, 6—3, 6—1I, in the £inal doubles play. | SPRINTER IS TRAPSHOT. Dy the Associated Press. Percy Willama, - brilliant t -champion, has taken up trap ing, an ves promise of becom- A star-at the flying. tar- . In a recent shoot he tied for high in the tower sheoting contest, shi ing 21 of 25 targets, Olympic rest, the Yale captain, in the final.yc terday, the frail Eli star from Jackson- ville.. Fla,, played so -atyociously that he was 17. strokes over par in the 32 holes . necessary for. him to win the match, 5 up and 4, ... . Aycock, who holds the amateur cham- plonship .of his home State, Florida, weighs only about .130 pounds. Hs wears glasses. g OPEN TOURNEY LEADERS AS FINAL ROUNDS BEGAN Al Espinosa, Glencoe, Ill.. 70—72—142 Gene Sarazen, Fresh Meadow ST1=T1—142 13—71—144 Densmore _Shute, Worth- ington, Ohio Robert ' T. Atlanta S Tommy Armour, Detroit. . Leon B. Schmutte, Lima, Ohio 73 Leo Diegel, Agua Caliente. 74 George Von Elm, Detroit. . 79 Peter O'Hare. Verona, Pa.. 74 W. H. Cox, Brooklyn Craig’ Wood, Forest Hill NATIONAL OPEN COURSE, _ITS YARDAGE AND PAR Par. Jones, o R 21 b g s s desuuan g 88 b i o e o A ,POLO TEAMS CLASHING. Polo teams repr- sonting the3d Cavalry of Port Myer and Wer Whitas were to clash this afternoon on the Potomac Park oval starting at 3:30 o'clock, 4 Freddy Goes Out With a 166. | chiamplonship. | Armour’s play on Friday was one .of | IS TAKEN BY AYCOCK |, GE and golfing experience gained through many hard-fought en- counters on links scattered all along the Atlantic seaboard were riding in the saddle today as Miller B. Stevinson of Columbia looked back over the final of the Con- gressional Country Club tourney yes- terday, which he won on the eighteenth hole to be the fourth man to get his name on the treasured cup, presented to the club by President Hoover. Stevinson knew, as he looked out over the sad sea waves at Atlantic City to- day, that he was in a rough, tough bat- tle’ with a rugged youngster who has a backbone. If Roger Peacock, the Indian Spring lad whom Stevinson beat on the final green only after the hardest kind of plugging, had lacked grit, the place | to show it was at the seventeenth hole | of yesterday’s match. For here the 18- year-old youngster, in his first big-time final, was 1 down to the veteran District amateur champlon. And Stevinson stuck up a high mashie shot which Peacock, even though he was 125 yards away and couldn’t see the hole, knew was right | up sgainst the pin. Did the lad wilt and | curl up? He certainly did not. Makes Great Shot. That sturdy kid, who only a year or 50 280 took unto himself the long trous- ers of budding manhood, stuck one up | which was almost as close as Stevinson's magnificent shot. Yes. Roger, facin | certain defeat if he failed to get the bal dead and secure a birdie 3, knocked it toward the flag so effectively that his | putt for the birdie was only 3 feet long. But Stevinson also has the stuff to win. He has shown it before, on count- | less occasions. Yesterday. in a situation that was crucial in the extreme, he | came through with a shot. that marked | the real turning point of the match. | Possibly not many in the small gallery that watched the play knew it wes the | turning point. It came on the fifteenth | hole, affer Peacock had just won the | fourteenth to square the match and | had knocked out a great tee shot 250 |yards down the middle of the fifteenth fairway. i When Stevinson pushed his drive into | the high grass at the right of the fair- i way. it appeared that he was to go 1 | down, for that shot to a tightly bunkered | green from deep rough is not the easfest shot in the world. But Stevinson did | not falter. He hit the ball to the near edge of the green. The youngster, in- deed, was lucky to get half in 4, for he left himself a tricky three-footer after a fine pitch to within 12 feet of the pin. Had Peacock won that hole he prob- ably would not have done what he did on the short sixteenth. For here he half topped his mashie shot and the ball skidded gayly over that pocket handkerchief green, while Stevinson, heartened by his opponent's mistake, crashed one to the exact middle of the putting surface. Stevinson won the hole with a par 3 to go 1 up. Then came that seventeenth and two of the finest golf shots we ever have Explains Iron Shots Off Line Many golfers have the oddest re- sults with what seems to them to be a well hit iron shot. They take the club back correctly and hit through, British fashion, with the left arm, only to see the ball go flying off far to the right of the intendsd line. FACE. IRON MusT AT RIGHT OIRECTION i “hINE Next they'll examine the divo It will be perfect, a cut th:oue! top of the sod straight for th» flag. Yet the shot went amiss by many degrees, What's the rub? Why such a frenk 1 > Gene Sarazen once told me the cause. The golfer who gets this unfortunate line to his iron <hots and has a perfect divot has not hit through with a straignt left arm. True, his left did the down swing work entirely. But as it was bent at the elbow when contact was made with the ball, the face of his club was not perpendicular to the line he wished to drive. Even though his club head followed this line at con- tact; its open face caused the ball to shoot far to the right. TEON MI N |Stevinson Wins Congressional MLEDD HERE AN Congrevional | seen anywhere, and the shot that showed the youngster's backbone was all that it should be. Fail to Reach Green. | _'The eighteenth was anti-climatic. | Both tried to reach the green from the |tee and both failed, Stevinson because he couldn't (as he said afterward) get | the right stance on the wet tee, and | Peacock because he failed to tee his | ball high enough to get the elevation necessary to get home on that big up- slope. Peacock had a 12-footer for a birdie 3, but he hit the ball weakly, and fafled to get up, and Stevinson, who tapped his ball to the side of the cup. picked up both balls and shook hands with his youthful rival. | We've seen many golf shots—great ones, too—but we've never seen two greater shots than that pair made on | the seventeenth green yesterday, under conditions that might have broken the spirit of Bob Jones. ‘The cards Qut—par . Stevinson acock In—par . Stevinton Pecock .ol1il1lL “Indicates picke | J. Monro Hunter, jr., son of the | Indian Spring_professional, won the | second flight. downing Maj.' J. E. Mc- Clure of Congressional, 3 and 2 in the final round. Summaries: First flight. semi-final—Roger Peacock (T S.) defeated Leroy Sasscer (1. 8.). 1 up in 19 | holes: M. B. Stevinson (Col.) defeated G. F. nd 6. Final—Stevinson (B. D.)_de- | featea 1. 8. Stott (B. D.). 3 and 2. Bvrn Curtiss (I S.) defeated R. E. Lewis (B. D.) and 5. Final—Curtiss defeated McCarthy, up. Second flight—J. M. Hunter (I §) defeat- Orme (Col.), 5 and 4/ Ma). J. E ong.) defeated V. G. Final—Hunter defested McClure, 3 and 2. n Consolation—Dr. E._ R’ Tilley (1. 8) de- M. Kochendorfer (Col). 4 and 3 (Bann.) defeated B. V . Final—Tilley defeated nd 1 3. W. Harvey (I §) defeated H_ P. Cochran (Col). 1 up: C. B. Murphy (Chicago) defeated M. Hamby (Cong.). 6 and 5. Final—Murphy defeated Harvey, 4 and 3 — Robb (Bann | defeated | d 4: P. N. Rogn- 16y (B. D.)_defeated W. R, Wright (Col 2 and 1 Final—Robb defeated Rognley, 1 T. M. Belshe (Argvle) de- M. Scuthgate (Chevy Chase), Embry (I S) defeated J. L. and 3. Final—Beishe 4 Brantler. (Chevy H ed MeClure D). 1 up. ir. DL R. J Quigiey (Harper), & Final_Brantiey defeated Tavlor, 2 and 1 Fifth fiight—J. L. Richards (Cong.) defeat- A Gemmill (Cong.). by default: W. B. Jeffress (Cong. ) defeated C. M. Whitman (L'8). 4 and 3. Final--Jeffress defeated Richards. 1 up In 19 holes. Consolation—J. C. Johnson (Bann.) de- feated R. T. Edwards (Manor). 2 and 1: R | 8. Antrobus’ (Cong.) defeated WM. Collins (Con.). 1 Fiyal - Johnson defeated An- fight —F. G. Butler (Arg: |ed V. A Sisier (Cong.). 2 and 1 (Bann.) defeated W. St. John (Mai and 7. Final-Butler defeated O'H and 2. Consolation—A. 8. Mitchell (Cong.) defeat- ed C. R. Allen (Cong.). 3 and 2: C. A. Ben | nett”(Cone.) defeated L."A. Reeves (I 8. 2 Final-—Benuett (defeated Mitchell, i 'HUDKINS-BELANGER PURSE IS HELD UP | By the Associated Press. | BAN FRANCISCO, June 29.—Joe | Genshlea, secretary of the State Boxing ed A up. tr 6 and 5 SO Commission, held up the $20.000 purse | of Ace Hudkins, Nebraska Wildcat, and Charley Belanger, Fr-sch-Canadian ! light heavywelght, because | here last night “looked bad. | was given the darision. | Genshlea. who said he acted upon | orders of Willlam Hanlow, State bo: ing commissioner, announced an i | vestigation would be held probhbly next { Tuosday. | _ Fight fans hurled their programs and papers into the ring to show their dis- | approvel of th» brand of boxing ex- | hibited and most of the sport writers agreed the bout was unusually slow. More than 8000 fans pald around ,000 to see the fight. Hudkins $2 ' TREASURY NE.TMEN WIN MATCH WITH POST OFFICE ry_had little difficulty defeat- ing Post Office-Agriculture in & De- varimentel Tennis League match yes- terday. 4 to 1. Goldsmith and Royall hrough with the losers’ lone vie- and_ Lewis , 6—8, T—5. Tovall (P. O.-A) defezted Lewis, 63 6-8. 73 Gartner (T.) won by default. Coffroth Handicap i Dewd and | “Coeiana | The Tia Juana is the richest stake in this country, although one of the youngest. This year it was worth $123,000. run at | might have made a 3 had he needed it, | heir fight | CAPITAL PADDLERS INPHLLY REGATI Potomacs and Washingtons Will Seek Honors in July 4 Races. OTOMAC BOAT CLUB and Washington Canoe Club, time- honored foes, will clash for the first time this season Thursday | in the People’s Regatta at Phil- adelphia, in which both clubs have en- tered strong teams. Representing_Potomac will be Ernie and Charlie Millar in the tandem double blades, Baxter Smith and Ernie Millar in the tandem single blades, and Ernie Millar in the one-man double and one-man_single blade. Potomac also will be represented in the shell boat races, Granville Gude being listed to compete in the senior singles and Jack Brattan in the senior doubles. Washington Canoe Club plans to send its strongest squad to the Philly affair. Harry Knight, Ernest Shepard, c Fore, Paul Dilger and possibly Cariton Meyers will carry the club’s colors, which will be seen in all six canoeing events on the program. Following the regatta in Philadel- phia, the Potomac team's next appear- ance will be in the Washington Canoe Club Regatta, July 13. A junior eight is being trained for the regatta of the Southern Rowing Association, to be held at Richmond August 2 and 3, in which affair Potomac probably will be repre- sented In every event. In the Middle States Canoe Racing Association national champlonships, to { be held August 14 in conjunction with ! the sixtieth anniversary of the forma- tion of the Potomac Club, the organi- zation. of course. will be represented. | Winding up their season, Potomac | will take part in the Middle States Row- | ing Association Regatta at Baltimore | Labor day, and shortly afterward will | engage in its annual intraclub tests, in | which Old Dominion Boat Club also usually participages. Ernie Millar is captain of the Poto- mac Club, in charge of rowing, and Baxter Smith is captain in charge of canoeing. FPrancis Fahy is president of the club. P g : ARMY TITLE MATCH IS SET FOR MONDAY | | Title play in the Army singles cham- pionship is scheduled for Monday in- ad of Sunday, as originally planned, vle) defeat- | rain yesterday slowing up the play and call 4 | necessitating the postponement of an i entire round. Quarter-finals were card- | ed for this afternoop. | No doubles play is scheduled today, ibut there is a possibility that some | preliminary matches might follow play in the singles. A heavy doubles sched- ule is planned by the committe for tomorrow, in addition to the semi-finals of the singles. One preliminary singles match, ‘that between Lieuts. Baker and Matthews, was to have been played off this morn- ing prior to the start of quarter-finals play. The winner of this_encounter | was to meet Col. Wait C. Johnson of | Fort Sam Houston for position in the semi-finals. | Other survivors in the singles play iwho were to figure in the feature matches today are Maj. R. C. Van Vliet, defending champlon, opposing Lieut. J. R. Pitman; Lieut. J. W. Stra- | han, 1927 title holder, who was to face deut. S. K. Robinson. one of the youngsters” whose performance has | been noteworthy, and Maj. Thomas Finley, West Point, opposing Maj. J. Huntington Hills, one of the strongest of the local Army racketers. Maj. Hills the lone Washington survivor in the singles competition. Col. Johnson scored in the only singles match played yesterday, ad- vaneing at the expense of Capt. Hugh Rowan of Washington in a first round encounter, 6—2, 6—3. Subsequently, | Col. Johnson received a_ default from | Maj. P. C. Newgarden, who was forced to withdraw from play owing to a death in his family. Several doubles matches were played | oft Pftflcre the storm with the following results: DOUBLES, round—Lieut. J. Strahan, Reserve New _¥i ut. E. 3 Mi Tnfantry. [ G nat M. W raion. s phrevs, Va. | ard L 5.”'Upham, “Infantry, “Balti: maie, 61, 6 peEacond round-—Muj ensrel's offics. Pifin Cap ) 5 AL & "Hobbs, 7 HOH ore, and Lie S SR e L Mathews, 6 6-4. JUNE . 29, 1929 SPORTS. | | | | | Millionaire and Bond Sales- | man Meet for Title on Trans-Mississippi. BY PAUL R. MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. MAHA, Nebr.. June 29.—A mil O gling bond salesm: both hailing from Io matched today in the final 36- amateur golf championship. The mil- | | lionaire was Bud Maytag, the big wash- | | ing machine man from Newton, and McCrary of Des Moines, one of the | greatest pitch-shot artists in the royal | and ancient game. | golf throughout the long tournament | that there little to choose between them today. Both are steady players; siders in the championship calculations and both arrived at the championship round by defeating the best golfers in Maytag jumped into the final round yesterday by routing Larrg Moller, the “kid” golfer from Quincy, IIl., 8 and 7. champion by overmatching his feat, up- setting Nathan Grimes, the tournament medalist from Denver, by the lopsided | the little Scotchman from Des Moines startled the galleryites and scored the most stunning upset of the tournament the de(en:lnl champion, Arthur Bart- lett of Ottumwa, Towa, 2 up. In their victorious marches yester- than-perfect variety, Maytag was one under par for the 29 holes he was forced to travel in defeating Moller, figures for the 27 holes he took to tame the Denver favorite. FOR LINKS LAURELS lionaire and a young strug-| hole battle for the trans-Mississipp! | his rival for the crown was little Bob So identical has been their brand of both came to the tournament as out- the competition. and McCrary assured Iowa of the next margin of 10 and 9. The day previous by eliminating his former teacher and day each turned in golf of the better- while McCrary was one under perfect WITH W. O. HE concessions made to the l cannot understand why the more sensitive than those of an; who lives in Tuskahoe, where l{l deride the necessity for absolute sil putt. He says: “There is a subject that I wo the Herald Tribune their ‘movie’ came, Foot. “Why has must be had to insure a “Which. in your opinicn, would be the more difficult—for Babe Ruth to stand At the plate before 70,000 fans and watch one of Lefty Grove's fast shoots | tearing up on the inside, or Johnny | Farrell facing & 2-foot putt with a pos- | sible 1,000 standing from 25 to 100 feet away? ‘The ball that the Babe would be expected to ride would be coming at high Joinny'l ball would be perfectly mo- tionless. Yet on Babe's ball there might hinge a championship and thousands of dollars in the pockets of 25 profes- sional players. On Farrell's ball would at best hang a champlonship with his own individual pocket at stake. “The fans at a ball game pay good money to see it, and should (as they do) be allowed to scream their heads off. The fan at a champion- ship golf match also pays plenty, so why must he be ostracized if he takes a deep breath? “What has caused the condition that demands silence in golf and not in any other sports, many of which are much more difficult? Don't you think it's about time that a movement is started to get over that ninny idea? “Nerves and temperament have no place in the professional player’s make- up. He should have to take his chances on noise or ing else that comes from the boys -pay the freight.” Noise seems to have been associ- ated with our national pastime and the manly art of modified murder since the beginning of things, just been assoclated with as silence has chess and golf. And when one is used to noise one must have his noise, just as one used to silence must have plenty of it. There was the case of Ort Wells, the hermit of Michigan boulevard. who dwells for the greater part of the time at the Chicago Athletic Club. All day long the noise of Chicago traffic soothes | his ears. At night he hears the petulant {pop of the machine guns of the rack- eteers, which starts as soon as the riveting machines check off for the day. Those accustomed sounds lure the spirit of Mr. Wells to the state of amiable ni.it::‘rvwv:ll:'h !‘l‘erll noted. nter . Wells repaired to Belleair, Fla., for a change. Friends noted that he kept his light burning for the first two nights. On the third night some of them entered his room to investigate. Mr. Wells, clad for slumber, was wide awake and haggard of countenance. |, "I cannot sleep,” he complained. “It's | | the confounded noise.” |, “What noise®>” demanded his friends, | :t:rékl:‘efir;tgm hlu_;a still as the crows When Tunney was dropped | |in the seventh round. At that moment | | & soft warbling from a mockingbird out- |slde the window was heard. ¥ |, Thats the noise,” said Mr, Wells. | “I'm golng to get a shotgun and shoot that damned crow in the morning. | Then maybe I will get a ehance to! sleep.” | i el { The Annoying Camera. IT may be that the clicking of the motion picture cameras has the same effect on the golfer about to make his crucial putt as the faint song of the mockingbird had upon Mr. Wells woo- ing slumber. Then. again, it may be | | | | i i | | ing on a putt and “loses his goat,” as they say, when he realizes that he is | | being photographed. The normal golfer is not so brazen or camera fearless as a | Jackie Coogan, steeled from birth to |face the lens, or a Pola Negri, who is as lost without the clicking of the |-camera as Mr. Wells without his rivet- ing machines, pineapples and Lewis guns. I cansympathize with Mr. Wellsafter enduring Mr. Tunney's cloistered Tetreat at Speculator. The silence ‘was 50 loud that it was hard to sleep. | And through the silence penetrated | the shrill, insistent call of a love- sick bullfrog making the night hide- ous. His amorous song was all the more emphatic because of the si- lence. There was only one way to achieve slumber, and that was for the tortured insomniac to argue with himself as to | which wi the more oppressive, the | silence itself or the breaking of the silence by the bullrog. One perspired and one's nerves ached. All through the night one longed for the sustained roar of the city, the blast- ing in the lot next door and the mid- day lullaby sung by the merry riveters. ’ opinion on from you—noise or silence, if during a golf mateh. Why is it necessary’ “I read with considerable interest and m an unsigned article asking ‘l& at home during the national open at Winged golf reached a point where the silence of the perfect tee shot or a two-foot putt? b speed, with a hook on it, while | sus BRACEY STEPS THE 100 IN 9 3-5 IN A TRYOUT DENVER, Colo.. June 29 (#).— With three watches clocking the seconds, Claude Bracey, Rice Insti- tute sprinter, yesterday equaled the world record for the century dash—. 9.6 seconds—in a trial heat in the University of Denver Stadium in preparation for the National Ama- teur Athletic Union championships here next week. George Simpson, who ran the distance 9.4 at Chicago with starting blocks, will be among those to com- pete with Bracey in an attempt to shatter the mark. The A. A. U. has not accepted Simpson’s mark as yet, presumably because of the use of starting blocks. FOR TENNIS TITLE Georgetown Player Meeting Bell for Collegiate Honors Today. AVERFORD, Pa., June 20— QGregory Mangin of George- town University today was to face Berkeley Bell of the Uni- versity of Texas in the singles final in the intercollegiate tennis %l;n‘x’nplonshlpa at the Merion Cricket ub. Mangin yesterday achieved the title round by triumphing over Edward Jacobs of the University of Pittsburgh. The scores were 11—0, 6—4, . Bell gained the final when Julius Seligson of Lehigh, defending pion, was defaulted referee Charles N. Beard for not being on hand for his semi-final match with the Texan. Apparently belleving that rain which set in would not stop for several hours :elldlpon left the clubhouse. After it Beard waited some time for Seligson i defaulted him. wmr’ s HE LINE McGEEHAN Is Silence Golden, or What? sensitive nerves of the golfers in nerves of a gulfer should be ‘a; other athlete. Mr. G. A. Stewa is tranquillity to excess, writes to uld like to hear an expression of _?'ou will have it that way, uch for contempt in One prayed for a good, soothing anvil chorus to put one to sleep. And in the morning the heavy-weight champion ;;o“m"s:: to lh:‘ irritation by remark- ] “can sleep so soun ere. rgm woods are so 2\“&." . Tt All Depends. s2r o8 Tnl-tmmvhemmmmrn- tional pastime are justed to the tained roar of the ti gladiators are so accustomed to the screaming of the bloodthirsty custom- ,ers that they would not be able to fight or simulate fighting—wiheh is more usual—without the noise. But put one of these athletes on & ggecoun:hmd he M::“M object to' the Tas, the coug or anything that would break the funereal -flznu‘ that hangs while a golfer is his lwlll:fi Mathewson, impertur! in a crisis in the box, used to be just s tense as any golfer at a critical point in a golf match. It is a bit unfortunate that Mr. Stewart happened to pick Babe Ruth 25 one of the athletes who could not be moved by noises while he was at bat and concentrating on his work. Approving noises do not disturb Mr. Ruth, but there are noises that do. You may or may not remember that one disgruntled customer once drove Ruth into a mad frenzy with his shrill, insistent voice. It was some years ago zflge ')zl‘r n‘m '.u.hlt.,‘ A batting slump after a ni Spparently. As Mr. Ruth came to bat i cus- tomer shrilled, “Ya big bum, ya!” Sud- denly Mr. Ruth rushed to JII dugout, which he mounted with one léap. He executed a savage dance on it and then whirled up into the stands. His tor- mentor saw him coming and rushed out of the park so suddenly that he east both of his shoes as he fled, running all the way to his home in Albany, Aaccording to all accounts. Anybody can be annoyed by noise, :’r‘md not a few can be annoyed by ence. FooT !k LL “AFTER DINNER.” Students at Gustavus Adolphus Col- | lege, St. Peter, Minn., will take their | foot ball after dinner next Fall. The gridiron is being wired for flood lights. | Chase, The system will be portable and can be taken to other fields. ¥ B]azing the Y ALAN cham- | I8 that golf tiends leave | NH RACE “GVEN" TOBLUELARKSPUR Figured to Have Walkover in Dwyer Stakes at Aque- duct Today. BY ORLO ROBERTSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. | EW YORK, June 29.—If the forecasts of the turf “experts” were always true there would | b# no need of running the rich Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct to- | day. That is, there would be no use | unless it was for the exercise for the horses or to enrich or impoverish the public. For, look at the mile-and-one-half feature as one may, there appears to be nothing to it but Blue Larkspur, the only colt in the 3-year-old division to win two important stakes this season. With the possible exception of the , none of the o ition which has seriously -fought " claims to yearly honors will hand to prevent E. R. Bradley from ll;cnmnom g his fortune by more than ! Jack High, a whirlwind of equine { flesh: from the George D. Widener Sta- ble, will be among_those absent. The great son of John P, Grier II received # leg injury in the Shevlin States and has not recovered sufficiently to match strides with the Blue Grass State demon. There is Chestnut Oak, the flashiest sprinter to appear at Belmont Park, which led Blue Larkspur and Jack High in the Withers until the final strides. But the pride of the Oakridge Stable ily & short-distance runner and will not start in the Dwyer. Looking over the list of 94 eligibles, one can find very few that .could be considered’ under any circumstances to have a winning chance. There are Mei Foo, Soul of Honor, Begorra, Folking, Comstockery, Grey Coat, Ver- majo and Marine, but all that ¢an be said about this group is that’ they have an outside chance. “"As the result Blue Larkspur prob. ably will go to the post at the most prohibitivé odds since 1920, when forced to forego leelns the Bradley sce run in the Kentucky by because of {'an operation, will be on hand to | the great son of Black Servant—Blos- ' som Time. | i the national open are exciting some criticism. from those who | ence during the.course of a crucial | | By the Associated Press. : | CHICAGO, June 20.—A field of eight horses, the pick of their class, was set '0 start in the first running of the Fran- cis 8. Peabody Memorial Handicap, fea- turing the closing program of racing at the Washington Park track today. The event, a mile and a quarter with $10,000. added money, for 3-year-olds and up, was offered by Stuyvesant Pea- body, vice president fo the Washington }’-t:‘ke Jockey Club, in menory of his father. Fred Grabner, owner of Windy City, winner of the Amerjcan Derby, had en- tered Chicago, while the Seagram Stable was to be represented by Gafisman and Sir Harry. Valentine Crane’s Wild Rose Farm Stable had entered Dowagiac and | Crossco, and Emil Denemark named Blackwood, winner of his last four starts at Wi gton Park. Canaan of the Lemar Stock Farm and Milton Deth- C 's Montanaro also were entered. go racing fans will shift their attention to Arlington Park Monday. MORGAN, D. C. GUNNER, 'WINS TITLE DOUBLES CUMBERLAND, Md., June 29.—Seat- ter gunners competing in the nineteenth annual Maryiand-District of Columbia championship trapshooting tournament, which opened here yesterday, were to shoot the remaining 100 targets in the singles today. The first half of the singles was completed yesterday. R. D. Morgan of the Washington Gun Club won the doubles championship yes- terday with 41 hits out of 50. Willlams topped the District of Columbia con- tingent in the singles with a string of 95 out of 100 and also is leading in the championship race over Maryland and District shots. Scores of other Washington competi- tors yesterday at 100 targets follow: Dr.A. V. 93; Dr. W. D. | roe. C. C. Fawsett and R. P. Livesey, each 92; J. H. Hunter and R. D. Mor- gan, each 91; W. H. Wilson, 90: J. Mar- | cey. 87; Parker Cook, 86: T. N. Buck- | ingham and Robert Welsh, each 85; (H. H. Sheldon, 78, and Dr. A. B. Stine | and J. H. Bartholomew, each 76. SWIMMERS COMPETING. | A crack fleld, including several | defending champions, was to compete in the annual South Atlantic A.-A. U. outdoor swimming and diving cham- plonships this afternoon in the Chevy ., Md., pool starting at 3 o'clock. oc_o{m.mnu were to be on hand by 2 clock. Sports Trail J. GOULD B’ (Associated ‘Press Sports Editor). l Robert Tyre Jones, jr. Nmfi\:h;furt r:me Eore great ”:ghi:\;emenz is added to the of er, there is a comparison the gol: the twin aces of the American E e Faaeotes nks—Walter Charles Hagen and Earlier this Spring not so much was heard of Hagen. The talk was mostly of the sensational Ho: this young Missouri professional would be | dispute the main path with Jones. Among the “pros” it is always a | case of doing something about Mr. Jones. | British gales, however, Hagen emerges once more with a vietery that rton Smith and the prospect that the man to step out and Against the backdrop of leavs no doubt of his right to a place alongside the eminent Georglan. There is a great deal of mutual admiration between Jones and Hagen, as that the self-conscious golfer feels that | Well as respect for each other's abilities. he looks a little silly while concentrat- | there is not much similarity in temperament tionably the more consistent medal player of the two. question there, so far as is given to spectacular scoring flights Except in the way they get results, or in style of play. Jones is unques- ‘The records leave no the last seven or eight years are concerned. Yet Hagen on occasion, while possessing unusual match-playing talent. In the one and only time these two have met in a long | match of 72 holes Hagen fairly slaughtered the Georgian on Florida links. '0 ‘Vllher the full picture of the amazing scoring record of Jones. it is only necessary to compare his marks with those of Hagen in big-time competition since 1922. No other amateur or pro is yet the genial Walter has led Jones only once on the eight occasions they for the same American or British That was at Oakmont In 1927, where Jones fini been rival even close to Bobby, outside of Hagen: have championship since 1932. eleventh in the American open open, his worst showing, two strokes in back of Hagen and eight behind the winner, Tommy Armour. Compare these figures: Year, 1922. United States open. British open ..... United States ope British open ..... United States open. British open .... . United States open. United States open British open United State: British open open . British of United St 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926. 1927, 1928. 19: (lost playoff) . first) . first) . (tie_for Hagen, (Afth). (first). (tie for 18th). (second). (tie for fourth). (first). (tie for fifth). (tie for seventh). (tle for third). (sixth). 8 (tie for fourth), (first), (first),