Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1929, Page 67

BY LAWRENCE PERRY. Not cnly was the hospitality lavish and unceasing, but every condition for eation. In no meeting, says Daniel Ferris, days, compared favorably with attend- ance at past national meets save, of exercise under pressure in the mile high altitude, save a dryness in the Denver without any more physical tax than the game involves in lower alti- would bleed from the nose and the mouth, would be lucky forsooth if he his chest. Fellow athletes and officials joshed he had ever made before. If he had kept on to the mile, running as he was, blowing on July 4, was said to be un- precedented in _a Rocky Mountain The results of this meet are certain to be beneficial to the cause of track Competitors Say They Felt No Adverse Effect From Great Altitude. THLETES returning from the scnior track and field meet at Denver are enthusiastic about their experience in the Rocky Mountains. the meet as arranged by Director Bingham of Denver University and District A. A. U. officlals stamped it as outstanding in the annals of games un- der the auspices of the national organi- secretary of the A. A. U., has the track been so nearly perfect, the take- offs for jumps, vaults and the like in better condition. The crowd, which amounted to some 30,000 for the three course, when they have been held in some such enthusiastic track center as Boston. Participants in the games tell the writer they felt no adverse effects from throat, which was easily counteracted by the use of lozenges. They see no reason at all why foot ball elevens of the East, the South, the Middle West and the Pacific Coast could not play at tudes. The experience of Leo Lermond is typical. He came from New England filled with stories of well meaning friends that if he worked too hard he did not collapse upon the track. Ler- mond is an imaginative chap and was worried. So in a preliminary workout he ran a mile and a quarter and then stopped, saying he had a slight pain in him and so next day he let loose over three-quarters of a mile. Not knowing how fast he was going, he did the first quarter in 0:54, turning in 3:07 for the distance, which was faster time than he would have done 4:09. Pleased with his showing he prophe- sied that the next day in competition he would do the mile in 4:13, but a gale of wind prevented. That gale, Summer. Whether or not it was, the fact remains that the strength of the wind was sufficient to blow down many of the hurdles and in the sprints it was dead against the runners. and field in the Rocky Mountains. The achievement of the Denver Ath- letic Club in winning the junior cham- pionship was significant in more ways than one, chiefly so, one suspects in the lesson it taught concerning the ' Chicagoan, who for two decades has | ability of athletes of the section to hold pace and distance with track and field men of the country. 1t is certain, for instance, that if the next A. A. U. meet is held in Los Angeles, as seems likely, that many Rocky Mountain performers will par- ticipate and that in form as in con- fidence they will reflect the excellent effects of the Denver affair. Denver, say the returning athletes, gave them the keys to the city. They had courtesy cards to all the clubs and theaters and among the entertainment was a 250-mile ride to the Rockies, in- cluding giant Long Peak, which adven- turous Denverites climb and sometimes give their lives in so doing. LARKIN WILL PLAY IN CANADIAN OPEN| ‘Washington is to have at least one formidable entrant in the Canadian, open championship, which is to be | played at Montreal later in July. ‘The entrant is Gene Larkin, the fine- playing assistant professional at Chevy | Chase, who is one of the best of the younger crop of golfers about Washing- ton, and, according to Bob Barnett, has in him the making of a champion. Larkin has realized that the business | of getting somewhere in the competitive golf world is serious business, indeed. So_he has adopted a schedule which | will make him a potential champion, if practice will bring that about. Each | day Gene plays 18 holes, if lessons per- mit the time. Each day he practices two hours or more, if time permits. And between times, whenever he has the opportunity, he practices some more. ‘The fact that he was one of the two successful qualifiers from Washington for the national open golf champion- ship may be attributed solely to this indefatigable practicing, according to Barnett, for Gene has succeeded in grooving his swing until it is the same motion each time he takes a cut at a golf ball, Gene is one of the longest hitters about Washington, and is an excellent putter. Barnett had intended also to go to the Canadian open championship, but has decided to forego the trip in favor of competing in the Philadelphia open championship, at Merion, early in August. CAMP REEDER BOYS - BUSY WITH SPORTS Plenty of athletic activity is in prog- ress at Camp Reeder, the camp of the Boys' Club of Washington. Today boxing championships were scheduled and yesterday there were swimming tests. 'A water carnival and swimming meet were held Thursday. A hike to Morgantown, Md., was enjoyed Wednesday. Mario Gregorio has won the horse- shoe pitching champlonship of the camp. Pl‘!’ty-lour athletes took part track and field meet, which was in charge of Carl Villari. Though only 16 years old, he handled the affair re were two classes of compe- the ’)unior clnasn nllor b«;}g un]:g years of and_the senior cl 1:: those mnr:‘elhln 12 and under 16. "hs events in each division were the 50-yard dash, standing broad jump, BT, o ana shotput ‘coun! an 3 In the jumo: class Ho}v';lrdl ‘schnm ‘was h“h—po.fl rer wi . _Pink- 'ood. “Se d with 11 and titlon, race, e il STARTED AS PITCHERS. Del Bissonette, Charlie Jamieson. Frank O'Doul and Babe Ruth started in base ball as pitche REGATTA FANS LOSE OUT. There were 30,000 spplications for seats on the observation train at th " regatta, but only 2,700 > eculd be ® cross |and 1928. "CoME ON You-BI A LITTLE PeP BIG BoY" THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 14, 1929—PART 5. (Returning Athletes Are Enthusiastic About Their Experiences in Denver Meet MOVIE OF A FAN AND A FOUL BALL IN THE STAND. 1 G BAmM " OH Yov BIG oN You BiG BoY.' COoME FAT- A LITTLE ACT(ON BIG Bov! A LTTLE HOOP-LA Come oN - —BY BRIGGS COME-s-¢ ON Now WIDDA BALL ©1929 wvm. Yean T 1 TorT So- | TorT™ So T T i o e EVANSISHLTED FROM GOLF PEAK All Time Fails in Two Big 1929 Events. i | _ NE of the more somber aspects of the current golf season is the realization that age holds | no magic alchemy to insure | that a tottering golf game will We refer to the case keep on forever. Evans, affable of Charles (Chick) been one of the outstanding amateurs of the world, and in the judgment of |two of America’s leading professionals | would have been the outstanding am: | teur of the world if he ever had e) | gifted with the deft touch of Bobby Jones on the putting green. Chick’'s swan song has not been sung because he failed to qualify in the ‘Western amateur championship. He will come back, but his failure to qual- ify certainly must be a weather vame pointing the way to the crumbling ef one of the finest golf games ever de- veloped. For Chick also failed thi year to qualify for the national opsm championship, and the two failures the peak. Comes to Front in 1909. Evans made his first notable ap- pearance in big time amateur golf in 1909, when he was a semi-finalist in the national championship at Chicago. He then was a youth of 19. From that time until this year he been a figure in national and international olf. Eight times a winner of the Western |amateur championship. Chick attained his first national title in 1916, winning the open championship at Minikhada, with a record score of 286, which still stands. He then proceeded to win the national amateur championship at Philadelphia in 1916, and held both titles during 1917 and 1918, when no f}l’;unpiomhlps were played, owing to e W Aftel won_the amateur championship in 1920 at Roslyn, N. Y., smothering Francis Ouimet under the power of a game that has been called the finest exhibition of match-play golf ever shown. In those days Bobby Jones was not the factor he is today. Evans and Ouimet were the masters, one repre- senting the Middle West and the other the East. Chick’s last notable appearance in the national amateur was in 1922 at Brookline, when he was beaten in the final round by Jess Sweetser. But by that time Bobby Jones was coming along, still without a champlonship, but regarded as the uncrowned king of the amateurs. Chick's star was on the wane, but so was that of Francis Ouimet. The old order had passed, to give way to the new, Jones, Sweetser and Von Elm. Great Battle With Jones. We never will forget that great battle between Evans and Jones at Baltusrol in the amateur championship of 1926. Bobby beat him by 3 and 2 over the 36-hole route and entered the final, to lose to Von Elm. But Chick was the same glorious golfer from tee to green that he always had been, and the same sorry figure that had been unable for 15 years to face a 6-foot putt without a trembling. Had Evans been able to hole the 6-footers that day he would have beaten Jones. We remember how Chick played 72 holes to win the Western open title at Beverly in 1910, and never was off the fairway in four rounds. That is the way he played golf. But the short putt bafed him, and for a time he putted with a midiron to insure get- ting down in two putts. A more popular figure never has played the game than Evans. He suf- fered severe financial reverses in 1922 same Great as Jones undoubtedly is, he never has been able to do what Evans did in 1916; that is, win two American national titles in the same year. Jones won the open in 1923, 1926 29. He won the amateur in 1924, 1925, 1927 He now holds both titles, but he never has succeeded in both in the same year. He has the chance to tie Evans’ records this year. BOUT WINNER REVERSED; REFEREE MADE MISTAKE PHILADELPHIA, July 13 (#).—The Pennsylvania Boxing Commission has announced that Prankie Rapp, Camden, N. J., has been officially awarded the decision in his eight-round bout here last night with Midget Fox of Consho- hocken, Pa. It was explained that Referee Willie Rapp for Fox. }l{’guck visited '.hheu commissions of- One of Greatest Players of| must mean that he is slipping from | lapse of a year, he again | Houck, in marking his slip, mistook | weeks of crulsing on the Chesa- peake has left the old bean considerable of a turmoil—races | at Deal—the Gibson Island race | | —the new boats building at Davis' at Solomons—soft crabs in Breton Bay— | trout 1 Tangier—rough weather off No | Point—sunburn—and all the Test of it. | The Deal workboat races came off | | with a lot of eclat and & ton of en-| | thusiasm, the entire population of Deal | | and nelghboring islands turning out. | Races were sailed a little better than a calm, but the finishes were closely | | contested in all classes excepting the | large schoner class. | "In the bugeve class the Florence | Northam, Capt. Charley Chesser of St. Georges Island in command, won by a narrow margin, a matter of 50 feet be- | tween her and her nearest rival at the finish line. The schooners started things | | off with a minor collision at the start- | ing line—no damage occurred and no | fouls were allowed. The skipjacks sailed a hotly contested race, Myrtle of | 4, HREE weeks—not a book—three | | holding a precarious lead throughout | the race. The finish of the Marblehead—Gibson Island race—was far from inspiring, only two boats other than the Coast Guard cutter Apache being_at the finish line and the Sachem, Rowe B. Metcalf’s beautiful schooner, finished alone, far in advance of the rest of the | entries. Nina, winner of the ocean race | to Spain and the Fastnet Cup, placed first on time allowance, Teal, R. G. Biglow's boat, getting second. In all about 30 yachts finished and the rather smail anchorage at Gibson Island was filled to capacity. Dr. Greer's Hassee was observed at the finish line at the races, the sole other Washington representative being ourselves in Swan. Clarence Hall in his 91-footer K | trel, flying the Corinthian burgee, was | observed _fishing at Annapolis, and | |-Chester K. Snow's Madelon also was | seen. Mr, Buck's Diana was much in | | evidence around Solomons and Smiths | Creek, and Lester L. Hauser's Grey- hound was in at Chapel Point. | | The Sans Souci, Harry Bralove's | | new Elco, came to grief on the remains |of an old wharf above old Fort Hunt. | tearing a large hole in her bottom and | sinking in shallow water. She now is at Ragan's Rallway being repaired, no | great damage being sustained and is about ready to go overboard. Have you ever visited the Baltimore docks? If opportunity presents, take advantage of it. Ships from all over the world are loading and discharging here and & tour is unforgetable. And the smells. Fruit from the tropics and Florida, spices from Ceylon, hides and wool from the Argentine, nitrate from Chile, coffee from Rio, ore from Peru, furniture, staves, etc., for Bay ports, sugar from the islands,. oil from the Gulf, tobacco, potatoes. I and getting it fairly close to the below the surface of grooved sand, into the discard. Along the Water Front arrol Klotzback in | of cargo derricks, rumblings and puffs into an art. But the ridged furrow changed all this. With the It became a mere matter of slugging. A modern composer might find in- spiration for a symphony, the creaking from a thousand exhausts, hoarse com- mands, stevedores shouting, the sirens warning as a ship backs from the pier, | another hooting hoarsely and deeply for a tug, gogi-bys and greetings “Steamer for Boston, madam? to Pler 4.” Charles M. Blackford, whose stories frequently are seen in “Motor Boat,” is | SCHAAF DISPLAYS CALIBERAS HEAVY Recognized as Contender for Vacated Title—Schmeling | Is Dodging Him. back in town after a long stay in the | Orient—China, Japan and the Philip- | pines—and is hard at work fixing up his Skipjack Patches for an extended cruise of the Chesapeake. A fine collection of logs and trash ! drifts to and fro in the Washington | Channel, the same logs and trash being seen for week after week, the flushing effect of the Tidal Basin being insuffi- cient to combat the southerly winds usual through the Summer season. In | many cities it is one of the duties of the harbor police to locate and remove such menaces and much of the small Wenona, Deal, showing the way and |y, could be eliminated at the source | | —the fish wharf—much of it being | easily recognizable as originating there, rotting watermelons, fish refuse, crates, barrels and boxes. Up the Eastern Branch large quantities of fuel oil and waste products foul the boats and bulk- heads, the Navy Yard and gas works being the chief offenders. How about a clean-up week for our water front? Washington's harbor should be a model for the Nation, as planned it will be, but—how about some action? N. C. STATE GRID TEAM WILL PLAY TEN GAMES RALEIGH, N. C, July 13.—North Carolina State College foot ball varsity will play 10 games this Fall, including two with intersectional rivals and six with Southern Conference members. The Wolfpack will travel further than any other conference team when it re- turns again to Lansing, Mich. for the third annual scrap with Michigan State Spartans, and also journeys to Philadelphia to meet Villanova on Franklin Field. The Schedule. October 4—Washington and Lee st Raleigh October 11—Clemson at Florence. 8. C. October.17—Wake Forest at Ri October 26—Michigan State eh. giovember 2—North Carolins st Chapel November 9—Davidson at Raleigh. November i5_—Duke at Durhs November 23—Villanovs November 30—South Ci December ville, Miss. GREAT ATHLETIC TRIO. Ohio State this year had the greatest trio of track and fleld stars in its his- tory in Simpson, sprinter; Rasmuss, discus, and Rockaway, hurdler. gh. Lansing, Tales of a Wayside Tee By GRANTLAND RIC T WAS the ridged sand of Oakmont that first brought Bobby Jones his fear of bunker disaster. He had worked on bunker play for years, on every detail from the chip shot to the explosion, and there was no one else quite as sure of getting the ball out of sand pin. He had turned bunker lafi 2l all bunker art, or most of it, went The niblick was changed from rapier into a shovel. Jones hit two great shots to the 530- yard fourth hole at Oakmont during the championship of 1927. His second shot crossed a corner of the green and slipped into one of the ridged traps. The hole cost him a 7. He took 3 to get out and keep the ball on the green, and he barely got out then. That wrecked his confidence in play up to the the ball e green. He began when a bunker hove in sight, and his play fell off badly. The same thing happened at Winged Foot. The bunk- and 1923, but was able to keep his|ers and traps here were not raked as head above water, and came- through | deeply as they were at Oakmont. But the storm the ffable Chick. they a sudden explosive quality that was hard to diagnose. Jones was chuck full of confidence until he came to the eighth hole of the final round. Here his second struck in front of the green and bounded off to the right in a trap. His first niblick shot seemed to be cor- e ball struck short cf bunker play. equivalent to six badly played . t bunker broke up my confl- lence,” he said. “I was afraid if I got in another I might never get out. I could no longer keep on cracking the ball for the green. I began to steer them again. There was a time when I never bothered about a bunker. I knew it meant only one more stroke, at the worst. But in a ridged trap anything can happen, and it doesn't have to hap- but once before your confidence is up. Xou either don't get ous or you get out too far and find another.” It was bunker play that cost Johnny Farrell his 8 at the same eighth hole and cracked his confidence. It was a bunker shot that led Bill Melhorn to his 10 on the sixth hole. This time he came out too far. It was bunker play that cost Al Espinosa his 8 on the final round where he tied with Jones. He played from one trap to another and then again into the sand once or twice more. and not have them cost more than two strokes. He might hit three bad iron shots and still get his par on one or two holes. But three bunker tell another mean panic. feel that he a; oon in an chance at one hole. After one sueh visit to sandy trouble it is almost im- possible to keep from s ball story. gt spend. pare.of the spenc of the a Mlng:r d kill his ten- swing and with it a lack of control. When a golfer’s confidence is shattered in the midst of an open championship he is nearly al ith | doomed. It was the dent in his ear] confidence after his bunker trouble at reighth hole that finally cost Jones know it. Nerves as a rule are so taut under the fire of champlonship y that it doesn't take much to tangle them A, golfer might hit three bad drives | da! strokes wasted in a | The And they | 4, BY JOHN J. ROMANO. EW YORK, July 13.—Ernie | and in so doing strengthens his claim to re tender for the vacant heavyweight title. Ernie’s latest feat was a one-round | knockout over Murray Gitlitz, former | amateur national star, and a thorn in | the side of heavies who have sought to | Haven battler. He scored a knockdown soon after the bell sounded and re- peated this feat twice before Gitlitz went out for good. Considering the showing _Schaaf made against Tommy Loughlin, the former must be reckoned as a serious threat for premier honors in his class. While it is true that Loughran was accorded the decision after 10 rounds of hectic milling, the writer was one of the many experts who sat in on the slugging duel and thought the Navy bnttle'r was on the short end of a raw deal. By the same token, if Loughlin is considered as having a chance to out- point Max Schmeling, Schaaf must also be given @ chance. Eddie Mack, promoter at the Hub garden, has a contract calling for a 10-round battle between Schaaf and Schmeling and is having a hard job trying to get the German to go through with the deal. Either Schmeling considers he has a better chance against Jack Sharkey or he does not want any part of Schaaf. | " Looking over the Navy battler's record one who has a good heavy would hesitate about fighting Schaaf. | The latter has scored victories over Johnny Risko, before the latter was | the floor twice, something no other American fighter has done. and other- wise maltreated every man he has faced in the past two years of battling. Paddy Harmon is now trying to get Otto Von Porat to fight Ernie Schaaf in his Chicago stadium. Von Porat stands out after his knockout over Christner and a win over Schaaf would boost the Norwegian's stock to_the skies. At the present writing Ernie Schaaf, model of the Muldoon-Ten- ney trophy, looks like the best bet to keep the heavyweight title on this side of the big pond. 1 other American fighters seem to have hit the toboggan. Younger blood is needed in the big class and Schaaf seems to have it. PLAYGROUNDS BOOK 8 MEETS THIS WEEK Eight pre-conference track meets are scheduled for boy playground athletes of this city who are looking to the city championships to be held Wednesday, August 21, on Plaza Playground. ‘Tomorrow Maury, Edmonds and Lud- low athletes will meet on Ludlow Field and Tuesday Cooke will entertain John- son and Barcroft athletes in a triangu- ts will be held Stanton will clash at Wallach, Peabody and Hays are to battle at Hayes Thursday, while Brookland and John Burroughs will meet for the sec- ond time this season at Brookland, also on Thursday. Emery and Wheatley athletes will face at Wheatley, and Ketcham and Congress Heights will clash at Congress Heights in meets Fri- Schaat continues to give the | fans something to talk about | cognition as a con- | hurdle him over the ten-round route. | Schaaf needed little more than a minute | to show his superiority over the New | | punched out, belted Con O'Kelly to | WILLIAMS DEFEATS U..S. SPRINT STARS Olympic Champion Reported Hurt—Bowen of Pitt Wins Quarter. By the Assoclated Press. HASTINGS PARK, VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 13.—Percy Wil- llams of Vancouver, Olymphic sprint champion, was declared the winner of the feature 100-yard event of the British Columbia carnival today. lle Tolan of the University of Michigan was second, and Frank Wykoff, Glendale, Calif.,, third. Time, 9 4-5 seconds. Claude Bracey, Texas dash man, was fourth, and John Pitzpatrick of Hamil- ton, Ontario, was fifth. ' Shortly after the race reports were current that Willlams had strained & E’nln muscle in winning, but that his jury was not very serious. Approximately 20,000 people witnessed | 4: today’s events. The rangy Bowen of the University of Pittsburgh, who won_ the national champlonship at Denver July 4'in 48 4-5 seconds, ran a great race in the quarter-mile to defeat McGeagh of the Los Angeles Athletic Club by 12 yards in 482-5 seconds. His time tied the Canadian record. In the final 100 yards for women, Myrtle Cock raced past Lilllan Palmer and Mary Frizzell, Vancouver school- girl, to take the first place in 112-5 seconds. All members of the Canadian Olympic team ran in the final, but the two Vancouver sprinters slipped past Ethel Smith, Florence Bell and Jean Thompson just before they struck the tape. With a fina! burst of speed two feet from the finish mark, Eddle Tolan, Michigan’s “Midnight Express,” flew past Frank Wykofl of the Los Angeles A. C. to win the 220-yard event in 21 2-5 seconds, tying the Canadian record. ‘Wykoff led the field by a yard until the brilliant Negro youth slipped by him near the finish line. R. Bowen of the University of Maury, oty "Gonfarence, Plaza track —!mmlnfl:‘f; Wew “Fork " Avenue, Flaza: n . Hayes, Henry Polk, Lud: y. 35, South East Conference, Virginia avente " fracko-Garfeld. Ho Virginia venue, Va: , Buchani Heights, Fairbrother, Ketcham, Orf Stanton. 6, Nos nue ference, Iows oSt S G P g, TV, Cak, Sdmare, B g Weste: . George- o Bl e S S S T e CRtervalr “and. Tenier: Northwestern * Conterence, ; Gooke, Johnson, Happy Au o3 Cooke track—Adams. Hollow. Mitchell Park, Welghtman, croft and Oyster. ENDOWS ATHLETICS. An athletic endowment fund of $200,- 000 is to be raised at Swarthmore Col lege so that its teams will no longer be t upon the gate of two Long Filler. 0} Midsummer athletic | 5% Edd Pitts| h finishéd third and_John Fitzpal fourth. Wesley Foster, Ne‘rmo , who won his heat in the prel aries yesterday, was last. Summaries. Running broad jump won by E. Hamm, Georgia Tech; second, R. B. Bowen, University of Pittsburgh; third, C. H. Cummings, New York A. C.; ¢is- tance, 23 feet 15-8 inches. 50-YARD WOMEN'S FINAL—Won by Myr tle Cook (Montreal); second, Ethel Hogarth, nee Smith (Toronto); third, Mary Frizzeli (Vancouver). seconds. 100-YARD ME; FINAL—Won _ by Myrtle Cook (Montreal): second, Lillian Palmer (Vancouver); third, Mary Frizzel (Vancouver), Time, 1135 seconds. 100-YARD DASH-—-Won by Williams (Van- couver); second, Tolan (University of Michi- )" 'third, Wykoft | (Glendell, " Calif.). seconds. 220-YARD DASH—Won by Eddie Tol Pittsburgh. Time, 2133 seconds (ties Cani Time, 0} TRRD mUN_w - —Won by R. P. Bowen (University of Pittsburgh): second, Mc- Geagh (Los An&ltl Athletic Club); third, K. Grumbles (Los Angeles A. C.). Time, 48 cond (tied Canadian record). ILE RUN—Won by T. Herd (Van second, C. Halstead (Los Al third, A. Ferrie (Los Angeles A. TR won by n 3 “_Won by Herma Angeles A. C.), 50 feet 3% ln‘:h!{;flx oo Ve ' (Washington State inches: third, Bob Gl sec R ce), 3B feet. (New Cenadian record, DI ISCUS—Won by Herman Brix (Los geles A, ., secon d, J. Boe fvertey ot Bilisbusens: ‘Uird urgh) i , Lauri Kero' (Vancouver A. G- Distancer 171" feet 6-POUND HAMMER—Won by A. McDiar- mid (Vancouver Fireman): second, Bob Gill (Vancouver Policeman); third, Herman Brix (Los Angeles A. C.). Distence, 143 feet 2 inghes. HA y_ W, McGeagh (Los second, C. Halstead (Los An- 3 G. Aldos (Victoris, B. Japiime ? minutes 4 seconds. i = hes. inches. 0-YARD RELAY. WOMEN—Won by Ca- Olympic team (Florence Bell, Ethel na Hogarth, second. Frizzell, lian Paimer). 56-POUND Jean Thompson, Myrtle ‘Cook): High School of Commerce (Mary Helen Reeves. Frances Davies, Lil- Time. 0:504s. WEIGHT—Won by A. McDiar- ; second. Bob Gill (Vanccuver Police); third, Herman Brix (Los Angeles A. C.. inch. HIGH JUMP—Won by Henry Lascellette (Los 'Angeles A. C.): second. Ben Herron (Washington State College); third, Duncan McNaughton (Vancouver). ' Height. 6 feet 6% inches. (New Canadian reco POLE VA n Herron (W. .):_third. Bob_Alpe: (University of British Columbia). Height, 12 feet 6 inches HALF-MILE BICYCLE RACE—Won by Leo Marchor (Vancouver): second. Jim Davies (Vancouver): third. Maurice Irving (Van- couver). Ti Distance, 338 feel 'z | FOOT BALL BUILDS HUGE DIXIE STADIA - - Georgia, Duke and Oglethorpe Constructing Big Bowls for Fall Sports. By the Associated Press. TLANTA, Ga., July 13.—While the hapless base ball barons split seasons and otherwise spur lagging attendance, the foot ball impresarios go merrily on with plans for a season which, in the par- lance of the big top, will be “bigger and - | better” than ever before. Fine new stadia are sprin; up all over the South. S University of Georgia, at Athens, has just completed a plant with a seating capacity of 35000 and the Yale Bull- dogs are coming all the way from New Haven to help dedicate this huge bowl October 12. Duke University at Durham, N. C,, is rushing work on a ({400,000 stadium, which will be formally opened October 5 with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh participating in the house warming festivities. Not to be outdone by its sister insti- tution, Oglethorpe University, here in Atlanta has started work on the first unit of a $650,000 stadium which, when completed, will take care of 40,000 peo- ple_without crowding. Foot ball is the daddy, of all college sports. In most schools it pays the freight for other forms of athletics. Annual deficits in base ball, track and basket ball are smilingly wiped out by the overflow in the foot ball coffers. College athletic officials realize this and from the way they are sinking | part of their profits in bigger and bet- | ter bowls, they intend to see that old | king foot ball has plenty of elbow room | to work in. N0. 1 FOOT BALL INJURY. Nate Barragar, Southern Califorria grid captain, got into the hospital before the season ‘was nesr, twisting a knee while making a foot ball picture on the Hollywood lot. M. PENN on July 1 totaled the largest, most phenomenal gain everscored by any cigar in one year...over 90,000,000. Here’s numerical confirmation that smok- ersknowThe Cigarwith theLong Ashisthe and big, GOOD 5-cent cigar. m. PPenn 5 cents a GOoD cigar FOIL PROTECTED ot