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SPORTS " THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929. SPORTS. 21 " Many D. C. Golfers Are Facing Each Other in Maryland Country Club Tourney 16.0F 37 OPPOSING BY FREAK OF DRAW Only Four of District Men in First Flight—73 by Tom Sasscer Best. BY WALTER E. McCALLUM. ALTIMORE, Md, July 26—By some queer quirk of the draw, entirely without the knowledge | of the golf committee of the Maryland Country Club, nearly halt of the qualifiers in the Maryland Country Club_tournament hailing from the National Capital were drawn against each other, in the match play rounds today. There was no juggling of the pair- | ings, nor any other utusual feature of the draw, but the fact remains that out of 37 qualifiers from Washingtos 16 of them were drawn against each | other in the first match play round. W. P. Hall, chairman of the golf com- mittee of the club, remarked that inas- much as there were so many Washing- tonians drawn against each other they should win in the flights and the de- | feated eights. The sixth and seventh flights are crowded with Capital golfers, no less than nineteen players from the Capital | being in these special flights for out- of-town golfers. ' Departing from usual custom, only four golfers from Washington are in the | first_flight of the tournament. Where the Maryland event usually has at least | halt the first flight made up of Wash- ington plavers, only one-fourth of the | flight is composed of Washingtonians this year, and none of the entrants from the Capital had a chance to win the qualifying round. although Roger Peacock and Leroy Sasscer of Indian Spring had cards of 75 in the medal | round, two shots behind the winning | 72 turned in by Tom Sasscer of Mary- | land, winner of the tourney last year, Peacock took three putts on the seven. teenth green or he might have beaten | his mark of 75. While Leroy Sasscer | had an equal story of hard luck to tell, | In all fairness to the Washingtonians who played the course for the first time, the putting greens were very poor, and | there were many tales of three putts | and more around the score board as the players finished their rounds. | The main example of the hard luck | of the draw came in the first flight, | Where the steady Leroy Sasscer, who | knows this course like a book, drew | Bryn Curtiss, fine southpaw goifer of | the Indian Springs Club. airings for the match-play s | today follow: i mundg.‘ , First fiizht—Lerov Sasscer (Indian Spring). | 75, vs. Byrn Curtiss (Indian 8 Harris Jones (Balto vs. (Lexingt, i Roger Sasscer | e J. B, Spicer (Indian phy (Columbia), 81. | Saum (Colnmbia), 84, 84: A S. Gardiner W. Gitt Indian Spring), icht—F vs. 1. A Cox (Ar «Columbia). 8 Pa.). 84 D F 8 Morman (W (Balto.). 87 . vs. R. L. Webb O'Hare (B, a: E. M , 8 86, vs. O. T. V 1. W (Balto.) Iare (Columbia annockburn). 88, . 87: D. L. Thom G. T. Campbell (Balto.) n (Washington). 88, 87: E. M. McClel- W. McCrea’ (Balto.), vs. H. Kemp (New Yo land (Manor), 83, vs. L Sixth i C. . Heitmuller (Indian Soring). 91 L. Carey (Kenwood), 99: J. T. Sherrier’ (Columbia). 89. vs. D. F. Cuth- bert (Balto.): R. F. Garrity_(Manor). 90. vs. hur Miller (Marsland): C. J. Doris (M: 98, vs. Herry Rodgers (Maryland). Seventh flight—C_B. Allen (Indian Spring), 91, vs. W. A. McPhail (Marvland): P. B. Homver (Indian Spring), 89, vs, E. (Columbla). 3; L. V. Thompson (Lexington) vS. W. F. Davis (Maryland); Hugh Mackenzie «Columbia). 91. vs. land): F. F. Schlennes ( dian Sprin R. W. M. Kochendorfer (Columbia), 91, vs. W. (Kenwood), 100. F. Carey, sr. REV. 0’BRIEN IS FACULTY ADVISER AT GEORGETOWN Rev. Joseph T. O'Brien, S. J., profes- ror of Latin, will serve as faculty ath- letic adviser at Georgetown University the coming school year. He will succeed Rev. John J. Murphy. Rev. O'Brien has returned to the Hill- top institution after a year spent at Bt. Andrews-on-the-Hudson. More Open Stance For Shorter Shot BY SOL METZGER. “Long Jim" Barnes, many times & champion, and somewhat supersti- tious, hence the search for a four- leaf clover to hold between his teeth in important battles, uses and rec- ommends an open stance for iron shots because it enables one to face the hole at the finish of a shot. Jim’s theory is—the shorter the STANCE. FOR APPROACH bHOTH S0 HE'LL FALE THE HOLE AT FIMIGH shot, the more open the stance. a sound one for most golfe: there is another reason for the open stance for irons. Little pivot is employed in playing them and the club is swung entirely with the arms. In wood shots the body weight is added by means of the pivot. m]’}‘o swing the :rfins tt‘.lrue lntd H‘iltlh power, especially the contro left, the body must not be pemltmg to get into the way. To avoid that _Jou open the stance. LADIES’ DAY TODAY BASE BALL 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Cleveland TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM. It's But N {1t out with niblick and putter |shot on the eighteenth hole? POTOMAC OARSMEN WHO WILL COMPETE IN REGATTA AT RICHMOND TOMORROW Senior quad (left to right): G. Gude, A. Scannell, A. J. Naylor and J. Bratte | l STRAIGHT O OW comes the latest wrinkle in this constant whirl of golf | tournaments, this time in the form of a tournament with | great possibilities for consider- | able fun and action, even outside the routine of making golf shots. For Jim Preston, the ever-active public links impresario of Washington, has ar- ranged a husband and wife tourna- | ment, which is to start at once over the | Roc kCreek Park course, with 16 pairs placed together in match play Yo figh;f (an possibly the floor mop) for the husband and wife championship of the uptown municipal course. ‘The possibilities are tremendous, and | Jim, the irrepressible, senses them w0 | the utmost. It may be imagined, after taking a resounding defeat at the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, that Mr: Jones may awake in the middle of the | night and, casting her voice in the di- rection of her erring spouse, give vent to something like this: *“Hey, John, you caricature of Bobby Jones, Wl was the big idea of topping that brass! Didn't | you see that Smith had placed hic wife's shot down in the ditch at the left, and that all you had to do was knock your shot out in the middle of the fairway. What a fine golfer you | turned out to be. If golf cups grew on trees, you would break your arms. “Purthermore, John, I know we can trim those Smiths. If it hadn't been for your doggone foolishness we might have had a chance to win. But you spilled the beans when you knocked the ball into that ditch.” And so on, far into the night. Jim's idea has possi- bilities, and it is quite within the bounds of reason that all the battles that will be fought in this husband and wife tourney, which now is under way, will not be waged on the golf course. Anyhow, here are the pairings as an- nounced by Preston: Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hayden vs. Mr: and Mrs. W. 8. Gil- christ, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Powell vs. Mr. and_Mrs. Charles Olvey, Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Summy vs. Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Prime vs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrinkle, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Burger vs. Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Finney, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Snyder vs. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Oli- ver, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stleg vs. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Moyer, Mr. and Mrs. Z. F. Prince vs. Mr. and Mrs. Wimsatl. Jim is just full of ideas. Among the other good hunches he has is formation of a women’s public links golf associa- tion and the holding of a District jun- | jor championship to embrace all the | lads in Washington up to 17 years of age. For the latter tournament Jim intends to ask the sanction of the Dis- trict Golf Association, with the hope that the local golf governing body will put up a couple of medals for the win- ner and runner-up. Preston would not by any means have the proposed junior chempionship con- | 73 8~ N INT CLOSING OUT TO QUIT BUSINESS $30,000 Stock of Auto Accessories Tires and Tubes to Select From OUR LOSS IS SALE NOW ON All Fixtures for Sale 9th Near H St. N.W. | the Fall between th2 Army and Navy or | two other services. Representatives may FF THE TEE fiict with the present District junior title | event fo rthe MacKenzie Cup. This | event is open to lads up to 21 years of | age, while his plan would be to have 17 the maximum age limit and make it | strictly a junior affair. | Big doings in a golf way are being | planned by the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country Club next September, when it is proposed to hold an Army championship golf tournament over the picturesque course of the club in Vir- ginia. This event will be held Septem- ber 24 to 27, inclusive, under present plans, and in'it will be two representa- tives from each of the eight Army Corps Areas in the United States and from the Philippines and Panama. All con- testants will be housed in tents at the club during the tournament, and as far as possible without expense to the Gov- | ernment ali will come to Washington by airplane. In addition to this tourney, Ma). R. D. Newman is planning a match for between the Army and a team from the be from the services in general and | need not be members of the club. Al | the golfers in the three services are to | meet soon and choose their team cap- tains. The semi-final round in the annual | golf tournament of the Bureau of Engi- neering, Navy Department, has been reached. Those in the semi-finals are: R. W. Paine, T. E. Gassey, G. C. ‘Thompson and J. 8. Lunsford. The matches will be played next week. INTERNATIONAL FIGHT HITS TWO BALL CLUBS| A repetition of the troubles between the Cubs and_Reds happened in the International League between Buffalo and Newark. As Stephenson laid out Critz at sec- ond and started a general warfare be- tween the Cubs and Reds, so did Stahl- man of Newark lay out Thomas of Buf- falo on the same identical play. But the riot was worse than that between Cubs and Reds. As a result, Buffalo lost Thomas through injuries and Jim Cooney through suspension—the second base- man and the shortstop. That hurt Buf- falo's chances to climb. Newark lost a corking catcher in Stahlman, who was suspended, and its best pitcher, in Al Mamaux, seriously injured about the head in the general fight. SWIMMER SAME AS BOAT. Richard Halliburton swam the Pana- ma Canal, 46 miles, by easy stages in 1928. The Government forced him to pay a tonnage tax at Gatun lock. ST-N YOUR GAIN F 5 Gallens Mobil Arctic and E, $3.40 TWO-DAY REGATTA OPENS TOMORROW Cruisers First to' Compete at Herald Harbor—Twelve Events Sunday. INISHING touches are today | being put on arrangements for | the regatta to be held tomorrow and Sunday at Herald Harbor, Md., under the auspices of the citizens' committee of that place with the Chesapeake and Potomac Boat As- sociation in charge of the racing details. Tomorrow’s program, starting at 2 p.m., will be given over to cruiser races, and Sunday'’s card, beginning at 10 a.m., to outboard contests. Art Segren, who has entered three Chris Craft boats, and C. E. Moran, who will have tiree Gar Wood speed sters in competition, are among the | Washingtonians to be represented in tomorrow's program. The big feature | will be the race from Baltimore to | Herald Harbor. There also will be a ladies’ runabout race, the winner of | which will be awarded a trophy offered | by The Evening Star, and six other | events. | Twelve contests will make up Sun- | day’s list. Among the Washington | VEN if you want to spend only $3; don’t be satisfied with anything less than a Spalding racket. For proud as ‘Spalding is of its § fastest racket—it’s just the money can buy in the other Spalding rackets at $3 to $13.50. s s FEATHER-LITE SNEAKERS are | ounces lighter than any other. Rajah soles. $3.50. . | junior eight, junior gig, junior singles, No. 1; Lilly, No. 2; Scott, No. 3, and {quad, with Bratten and Gude in the | senior doubles and singles events and | | rounds under 70.” | Speed Fendall, proud to give you the best racket ) i 1. ! | | | | m | Junior eight, which is composed of (left to right) A. P. Shaw, R. Lilly, E. Swindell, C. Scott, E. Millar, N. Marden, V. McAdams and M. K. Donahue. J. Canavin, coxswain, is sitting. POTOMAG CREWS INEIGHT EVENTS Will Compete in More Than Half of Contests in Title Regatta. OTOMAC BOAT CLUB repre- sentatives will compete in eight of 15 events in the South- ern Rowing Assoclation regatta tomorrow in Richmond. In ad- dition to Potomac three clubs will take part, Old Dominion Boat Club of Alex- andria, Arundel Boat Club of Baltimore and Virginia Boat Club of Richmond. There will be competition in the unior, intermediate and senior classes. | The seniors will leave here tomorrow | and the juniors Saturday morning. Potomac's colors will be seen in the | | | senior gig, senior quad, senior doubles, senior singles and association senior singles. Making up the junior eight will be Pete Donohue, No. 1; John McAdams, No. 2; Norman Marden, No. 3; Erni Miller, No. 4; Charles Scott, No. 5; George Swindell, No. 6; Bob Lilly, No. 7; A. P. Shore, No. 8, and Joe Canavin, coxswain. In the junior gig Donohue will be | Shore, No. 4 Austin Naylor will represent Potomac in the junior singles and also will com- pete in the senior gig event, along with John Bratten, Joe Scannell and Gran- ville Gude. Naylor, Bratten, Scannell | and Gude will take part in the senior Scannell singles. in the association senior JONESWILL BREAK70 | ON COAST, EXPERTS SAY | Speaking of Bobby Jones, the gre: Georgian is already being conceded a few things in advance of the battle of Pebble Beach. Savs an advance shee:: “So far, par (72) has evaded any official attempts against it (in tourna- ment competition), but general opinion concedes Jones at least one or two entrants in the outboard races are | former motor _cycle | racer, in his Tiger Rose; J. C. McQueen, | in his Mack the Third, and Percy | ‘hilds. Frank Oswald of Norfolk, for- | merly of Washington, also is entered in | Sunday’s events. | W. A. Rogers, a leading figure in power boat circles hereabout, is chair- man of the racing committee in charge of the regatta. Other members of the committee are L. G. Leech, Conrad C. Smith, commander of the Chesapeake and Potomac Power Boat Association, and Edmund F. Jewell. George A. Emmons will act as starter. No matter what you want to spend— Yyou canowna 15 TOP-FLITE—the world’s ] ‘WHTE OXxrorD SHIRTS. Cor- rectly cut, sturdily made Collars attached. $2. 1338 G Street N.W. M lafltn'u)(m at 3 o'clock on the Henry | the latter in the forecourt, where he | | birthday in September and all surviving | | bert Robinson, Steve Brodie, Jack Doyle, | {SHOTTON NOT | Fall it was intimated that if Burt Shot- FINAL IN DOUBLES SLATED TOMORROW Mitchell-Buchanan to Defend Muny Honors Against 0’Neil-Shoemaker. AURICE O'NEIL and George Shoemaker will challenge the right of Dolly Mitchell and Bill Buchanan to the Public Parks doubles crown tomorrow Park courts, each having battled their way to the final round of the event in hard-fought tilts yesterday. At the same hour and on the same courts Frank Shore will play the winner of the Staubley-Considine match for place in the singles title round, to be played Sunday afternoon. One quarter-final and one semi-final singles match in the Pullic Parks meet will feature the late-afternoon play to- day on the Monument Park courts. Mitchell will oppose O'Neal for place in the title round at 5 o'clock. Frank Shore, the other semi-finalist who has already “arrived,” will have a day's rest, while Bob Considine and Alan Staubley settle the argument of who is to meet the Junior champ. Staubley and Con- sidine are to play at 5 o'clock also. | Their match was held over vesterday | because of the heavy double program | involving Staubley and his partner, Love. ¥ Staubley and Love scored over Her- mann and Silva, 9—7, 6—0, in an early morning encounter yesterday, only to fall victim later to the superior steadi- ness of Bob Newby and Everett Simons | in the record marathon of the tourns- | ment, 7—9, 7—5, 7. Several times in | the critical set, the losers held the ad- vantage game, but were repulsed short | of match point on each occasion. Newby and Simons, after less than 10 minutes’ | rest, went into a semi-final match with O'Neil and Shoemeker, who bested them, 6—3, 6—3. Mitchell and Buchanan, defending | champions in the doubles class, scaled the last bar to the title round when | they downed Bob Considine and Her- | bert Shepard, 6—4, 6—4. Shepard proved the weak link in the challang- ing team, serving a number of costly double faults and proving less steady on | his drives than any of the remaining | trio. Be it said for Shepard, however, that the Montrose team was pounding him as hard as they could. knowing | that to feed the ball to Considine wes | little short of suicidal, especially with | camped throughout the greater part of | the match. | OLD ORIOLES INVITED | TO CITY’S CELEBRATION Baltimore will celebrate its 200th | members of the famous Orioles of the old days have been invited to be honor | guests of the city. Among these are John McGraw, Wil- | Joe Kelly and Kid Gleason. | e | AVAILABLE | AS MANAGER OF CARDS | When the Cards were looking about for a successor to Bill McKechnie last | ton hadn’t been signed to manage the Phils for 1929 the job would be his. But Burt isn't waiting for the chance. He has signed to manage the Phils until the curtain goes down in 1932. SCHENUIT For th Vacation H MANGIN PLAYING KING FOR MET NET HONORS NEW YORK, July 26.—Gregory Man- gin, Georgetown net ace, was to battle Dr. George King of New York for the Metropolitan turf singles tennis cham- plonship on the courts of the Crescent Athletic Club today. Each of the men | scored overwhelming victories in ad- vancing yesterday. Mangin breezed through Sadakazi Onda, Japanese Davis Cup player, losing but two games in the three sets, 6—1, Dr. King crushed Jerry Lang of 6—3. - Julius Seligson of Lehigh University, wearer of the Metropolitan crown, did not compete this season. BIRLS 0 COMPETE FOR TENNIS TITLE School Lassies Enter List for Woman’s District Championship. —1. | | IGH school co-ed net stars will | be among the contenders for | the women's District of Colum- | bia tennis championships when | they get under way next Mon- | day on the Columbia Country Club | courts, . i Among_the entries received by Mrs. H. Clay Thompson, chairman, are tvc | ‘rom Western High School and one from | a former Central High School star. Edith Clark, Western High champion, | and her sister, Eleanor Clark, have sig- nified their intention of competing, while from Silver Spring. Md., comes the entry of Edith McCuiloch, Central High ace, who was graduated in 1928, and | has figured prominently in junior ten- nis during the past three or four years. Goldie Crist of the Bethesda High School also is entered. Marian Wells, Holton Arms cham- | plon, is expected to enter, while Caroline f New York, 6—0, 6—1,| | those who pla | Ross BARNES SETS PACE IN GANADIAN GOLF Shoots 66 in First Round. Armour Tied for Third Place With 69. Somer’ had 73, the sa lia Lamb, the champlon, and including the Bi Walter Hagen. As the second round started the boys had not given up hope of throwing a wholeé flock of low scores into the golf- ing machinery, they insisted that it BY BRIAN BELL, ANAWAKI, Quebec, July 26 (& —The second round of the Canadian open golf champion- professional and amateur stars another opportunity to put the Kana- waki course in its place. expected to attend to this detail in the opening round, but the innocens-ap- pearing holes fought back, and Jjust and five from the United States, could get around in par figures or bester. In contrast to suggestions that doz- could sing that key going into the sec- ond test. Led by Jim Barnes, the sage of New Rochelle, N. Y., with 66, the to a 68 from Ernie Walkelam, English- born pro resident of Brockville, On- tario. These two brilliant scores gave for Barnes was born at Cornwall. Tommy Armour, Canadian open champion in 1927, was tied with Billy at 69. The par playe at 70 were Leo Diegel, the defending champion; the Elder, dark and slender Montreal pro. George von Elm showed the way for for fun with 71, and count needed by Wii- Canadian P. G. half a dozen other Associated Press Sports Writer. ship today gave a big field of The players, foreign and domestic, seven competitors, two from Canads ens would break 70, only a quarter Dominion was in second place, thanks Merrie England the honors of the day, Burke, New York State champion, perennial Emmett French, and George le, Canada’s amateur, tish open champio: Jensen, National Park Seminary star, will compete if her Summer school hours permit. At least one West Virginia State final- ist—perhaps the title winner—will be entered. Josephine Dunham reached | the semi-finals two days ago in the | White Sulphur Springs event and was to face the winner of a match in which Francis Walker was the favorite todav. If Miss Walker won, as was expected, then at least one Washingtonian will |1 figure in the title round. Whom she will meet there has not been reported. Entries for singles play close tomor- row evening with Mrs. Thompson and her committee. Drawings will be an- | nounced Sunday morning in the local papers. Play will begin Monday after- noon at 2 o'clock. | Mrs. Aliste Merry, the Midwestern | star who provided a serious threat in the City of Washington tourney this Spring until a wrenched arm forced her withdrawal, is reported fully recovered | from her injuries and expected to ar- rive in Washington this week end. It is thought by the committee that she will | compete, but no definite word has been | received from her to that effect. Other out-of-town _entries _include | Marywill Wakeford of Macon, Ga., and | Doris Feris of Chicago. Doubles entries are being received | with the singles, but the list in the dot bles event will not close until next week. GOLF BALL IS SPEEDY. A well hit golf ball travels about 80| miles an hour. Double Gri e Tour or Week-End Trip Put on Schenuit Heavy Duty tires—they are big- ger, better, tougher and take whatever t he high- ways offer . .. good roads, bad roads or rut-creased detours. They ar € uncon- ditionally guaranteed fer 18 months—on a basis—and they monthly 1l give you more trouble-free miles than you ever ex- m F. G, Schenuit Rubber 14th St. and Rhode North 932 3443 3015 £ 3538 Air Cooled could be done and laughed off the first day's failure with talk of overnight rains and other details. ‘The burden of proof will continue to rest on the p! ‘The leade! Ca . Det New Yor Getto to Coach at Kansas. LAWRENCE, Kans. July 26 (#.— Michael Getto, star tackle last year at the University of Pittsburgh, today was selected as first assistant coach of foot ball at the University of Kansas. Getto signed a year’s contract. The salary was not announced. GALLAGHER AT CAMP. Marty Gallagher. Washington heavy- | weight boxer, is at Gus Wilson's New York fight camp preparing for his bout Monday night with Walter Cobb of North Dakota in Carlin’s Park, Balti- more. HAS NO PRO BASE BALL, Virginia is one of the few States where 1o prof 1 base ball is played. TIRES p NN ) N >\ A small deposit on delivery — the balance on terms to Balloons W B0 UNN mADLm @ eom wuus 33x6.00 3¢ Island Ave. 5 Schenuit Toversize *Intere! Heavy Duty hangeable Standard Tires are un- conditionally guaranteed. for one basis. year on a monthly

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