Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1929, Page 26

FINALS SLATED AT 5 P.M. ' ON COURTS AT THE PLAZA Mayor of Culpeper Heads Welcoming Commmee for Virginia Play-off~—Chairman Albright Appoints Other Officials. Today, 5 p.m., Plaga Pla; Charles Fort vs. N. A. round Andrew Tallmadge vs. Hubbard Quantrille. Which is the dope in a nutshell on the Washington flnula of the metropolitan_ horseshee-pitching ‘Washington Star. tornament, B8ponsored’ by The The winners of the two matches will clash for the Capital crown and the distinction of representing this city in the metropolitan finale. In the meantime the folks at Culpeper are going forward with plans to put on the Virginia finals in style unknown heretofore to barnyard golf in this part of the world. Capt. J. C. Albright, county road engi- neer, will have general charge. Mayor S. R. Browning will head the welcom- ing committee, which will include also Harold_Brown, ¥renldenc of the Cul- peper Chamber of Commerce, and F. L. von Gemmingen, another leading citi- zen. ‘Referees Appointed. ‘The referees will be Capt. M. H. Cal- fee and Capt. T. W. Hooper and the officlai scores C. E. Reams, jr., and D. H. Salvage James W. Greene, ‘secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, heads the com- mittée in charge of banquet arrange- ments. The banquet will be given in honor of the county c¢hampions and runners-up engaged in the play-off. Others who attend will be paying guests. Among these are likely to be many visitors from out-of-town. It is expected that each county rep- resented will have rooters present. About 25 from Falls Church plan to accompany H. E. Darnes, Fairfax County champion, and his funner-up. Ed Henry. Another sizable group will go from Arlington County to cheer on Glenn Talbott, county champion, from Ballston, and A. A. Kirchner, his run- ner-up, from Barcroft. Strong for Peake. Some of the dyed-in-the-wool horse- shoe fans from Southern Maryland will be there, too. Incidentally, Montgomery County, ever loyal to its own, will be solidly behind M. E. Peake, Southern Maryland ehemplon and resident cham- pion of Montgomery, when he com- petes in the grand finale. His State triumph at Rockville was an extremely populat one. The games at Culpeper will start at 1 p.m. and will be played un two courts. One 50-point game will constitute a match until the final, which will be two out of three, the arrangement fol- lowed in the recent Southern Maryland play-off. Visitors who plan to attend the ban- quet should turn in their names to Capt. Albright not later than 1 o'clock Saturday. REWARD FOR NOVICE IN TEN-MILE JAUNT ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 11.— A trophy is to be awarded the first novice crossing the finish line in the 10-mile race to be held here Saturday by the Potomac Yard Athletic Asso- ciation. The'entry of James H. Smallwood, ‘Washington runner, was received by Potomac Yard yesterday for the 10-mile event and the 880-yard run. The speedy quartet that represented the Washington-Lee High of Ballston in scholastic circles last season has en- tered the mile relay for clubs and schools under the name of Clarendon Junior A. C. Crouch, and Mortimer compose the team. Ortes Bachman of the 3d Cavalry Band of Fort Myer, Va., has filed his entry for the base ball throw. Bach- man is said to possess the strongest «throwing arm of all the soldiers en- camped at Fort Myer. Figuring in the Ag fight for ',h! dia- mond title of Arlington County for the Airst time, Potomac will turn out en masse to support its Del Ray A. C. tossers Sunday in the game with Cherrydale A. C. on Edward Duncan Field at 3 o'clock. Having _shown that their bats are not so effective against the slants of “Doc” Dreifus, St. Mary's Celtics’ southpaw flinger, the Naval Hospital nine of Washington will be forced to face either Dreifus or “Lefty” Hamilton in Sunday's game at Baggett's Park |tee. when the teams meet for the fourth of their five‘game series. The Sallors have won two gnmes in the series. A meeting will_be_held ',onlzht at '7:30 at the Columbia Engine Co.’s house in an effort to reorganize the Alexan- .dria Fire Department Preps. Leo Dee- ton, manager of last year's team, has called the meeting. St. Mary's Midgets defeated the ‘White Sox, 8 to 2, yesterday on the South Royal street diamond. The win- :fiers will play the Jefferson Juniors at { Virginia hlands on Saturday. Rosebuds will opén their new grid eampaign September 22 playing the «Mardfelt A. C. of Washington. A prac- itice has been called by Coach Luclen ;fylt:n for Sunday at 10:30 on Haydon 1 Field. ! Joe Duncan, local ycmth, is expected ito prove a tower of strength at fullback ifor Mount St. Joseph's College in Bal- itimore this semn. } 'RIFLEMEN BA BACK ON RANGE { AFTER RAIN FORCES REST CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 11 : () —Two stages of the national in- dividual rifie eh.lmp mndnn of the five-course mateh interruptions due to bad weather late {esuflhy Lieut. Alvin D. Kfamer of he United States Navy wu first nmom 11,368 riflemen completi: courses with a score : possible 150 points. The stages completed yesterday were !the 200 and 300 yard rapid fire events “and the 200 yard slow fire coufse. { Rounds to be fited today were over the 1600 and 1,000 slow fire ranges i A feature of tomotrow's matches Will : be the Davy Crockett event fired with 3 A lock rlflu m;nélcr ‘weapons loaded i leaden pellets will ‘beuncunthaphfiolnn'u. {WORLD TROTTING MARK O che fret ke Dont z-u”l.’ o s COLORED PITCHERS INCOUNTY FINALS Expect Tilghman and James to Furnish Fireworks " for Prince Georges. LOSELY matched stars will shoot it cut today at Brent- wood for the colored horse- shoe pltch\n( championship of Prince Georges County, with Chairman Julius Wheeler directing play. Competition will start at 5 o’clock. Indications are that the big battle will be between the Hyattsville cham- glon, Jares, and Tilghman, the king of rentwood twirlers. A ding dong con- test with neither ever more than a ringer ahead is looked for if they meet. Both are consistent finger throwers. James, who cut short a vacation to be on hand today, has said from the begin- ning he'd win the metropolitan title in The 8tar's colored tournament. Tilgh- man has been quite as cocksure of his supremacy. ‘Two wins out of three 21-point games will decide all the contests except the final, in which two wins out of three 50-point es will decide. he ¢l jpion and runner-up will meet the colofed representatives of Montgomery and Chlr les Counties for Southern Maryland honors. The State finals will be played at Rockville. CHAREST AGAIN SCORES IN VETERANS’ NET PLAY YORK, September 10.—Clarence national veteran's singles piay yester- day, reaching the third round by virtue of a straight set victory over J. L. Vestraten, 6—4, 6—2, on the West Side Club courts at Forest Hills. Charest's performances _yesterday stréngthened the convictions that he has an_excellent chance for the title. Capt. A. J. Gore, Washington's other hope in the veteran's play, succumbed to J. B. Adoue, jr, seeded No. 2. in two hard-fought sets, , 6—4. It was a second round affair. GIRLS’ JUNIOR TENNIS TO START TOMORROW Entries close tonight for the fourth annual District of Columbia girls’ junior net championships, which open at 10:30 tomorrow morning on the Edgemcor Club courts. anl':n(mu p:fll bl:‘et nfino;xlnced in the Ts, all players aré Te- Guested to be on the courts at 10:30, or | as near that time as “msible whether theif mateh is lchad at that hout or not. Edgemoor use of the courts dufing the and éarly aftérnoon hours has tainéd, but all matches which rust be played late in thé afternoon will be scheduled elsewhere. For this reason it is necessary for players to be on hand to receive instructions as to the time and place of play. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Kepplinger of |P Battery Park have offered their court for the late matches, and mls probably will be the scene of action for the “overs flow.” Arrangements will be made h‘) permit any girls who are already in school or are otherwise occupied during the d:g rlny late in the afternoon on epplinger’s court. alls will be provided by the commit- trance fee for the singles is $1.50 and for the doubles 50 cents a person. Among the strongest contenders als mdy entered are nmer Jalley of llr» e{ School, who holds schoo title; Helen Phulpm of nethndl llllld Goldie Crist, also a Bethesda player. Mlmn Wells, present title hnlder. will not defend her crown, having uated this yeu from the junior class. WALKER IS BAILED ON LIQUOR CHARGE : — LOS ANGELES, September 11 Mickey Walker, middleweight mxmg chlmgl‘nn. was at liberty today $300 bail pending a jury trial oember 7 on charges of possession of 0T ‘The pugilist plelded not Q! In M\mlclnd yestérday. pnnkm-. ly Hallot and Arthur nmu actors, who were arrested with Wuker nt n Hollyvood Apartment llleleflly were (?).— troung‘lwl mile cklin!efllflh'dmn‘mnnm New Wflnr pleaded to in- ‘tn,xohm charges and. mfllm’flm of PTG of 553 53 REDSKIN SHUNS SHOES, STEPS LIVELY ON GRID VILLANOVA, Pa, EuCEy Hamsiond, m""'x'r"xfléx'. & i on the team wnd nm teresting for the other candic 4 BY STALLlON HIGH NOON | < ;| GIANTS OBTAIN PRUITT, NEW Charest, District net champion, con-| tinued his successful march in. the | "”fi‘“ Armour Has 68.75 Average To Win One of Two Events How would you feel if you had played el{:z rounds of champion- shlgl golf in two major tournaments with an average per round of 68.75 strokes and won only one of the tournaments? ‘That is what Tommy Armour did in the Canadian and Western championships, where he finf second and first. Pr average is the best ever comp! any golfer in the world tor J:hy ln two major championshi aum‘ it would seem that with such goli Tommy should be sporting the double crown, But Diegel, who is particularly effective in Canada, nosed him out for the Canadian championship, Tommy was not to be denied at Mil- waukee, however, and, playing the same brand of golf, came through to win the Western. His average for the eight rounds is better than €9 strokes per round. JONES 1S MAGNET FOR GOLFING FANS Match on Coast Shows It Is Player, Not Tournament, That Counts. ed !.Ilil BY BEN G. KLINE. AN FRANCISCO, September 11.— In golf it is the players—perhaps more accurately, the “player’ rather than the event that draws the crowd. This was indicated yesterday when between eight and ten thousand men, women and children watched Bobby dJones, Cyril Tolley, George Von Eim and Dr. O. F. Willing play a friendly exhibition match over the fog-swept fairways of the San Pran- cisco Golf Club. The size of the gallery was & hint as to the trampling Pebble Beach would have gotten last week had the Atlanta wizard progressed to the final. As for- tunes broke, however, attendance at the national amateur championship fell down and the Islam Temple Shriners’ Hospital for crippled children, for the benefit of which the exhibition here was arranged, secured the gate receipts from California’s largest golf gallery to date. Crowds Presen{ Prpplerh. It galleries at faiPWay events grow much larger, some genius is going to have to invent a new method by which numbers than at present can t a close-up view of their favorites. wise observer, after scrambling for Imnkm and other vantage dium with 18 in the form of into three groups. themselves with seeing every other hole played, sktppin' the e between to obtain van! points advance, and the third gal oped after the players and nlflclul to fight for position after each Anothrr problem thu}bluer, but not necessarily “better,” galleries is going to be present was indicated “at the re- cent amateur tournament, when Dr. Willing, known in thé; Northwest for what Ene is, a fine type of sportsman, encounteud an_extra hazard in the form of a hostile crowd of &pectators. 'rhed combxnnucl;ln]cr mh rsv.r;gdlns and mol chology produce: this mmg:y indicated fous fol- lowers of the pastime here, that thuu;h golf may remain a “gentleman’s game,” the strictly courteous atmosphere of a private club can no longer be assured l! a big, popular evént, unpalatable as t fact may be to the old-time de vo s. Not a “Dour Persom. Here the husky doctor was cheered for his carefully and expertly executed shots and he nbowed all that he could nufi desire to take piomhlp to his home Btate, Ore'o as an exhibition golfer, the Pebole Beach nn- ist showed a pleasing personality and furnished some excél- lent pnmuts to the aspiring dubs in at- téendence. A {hrilled female fan was heard to that she actually h.ld Jones wlch her nngor; of hero-worship Boys around the Atlantan at ehd ol f.he match :nd keyt him busy for e minutes in .an bovlflq erm itialing score cards. , | talling snother & heart-fat dmwvtm.- mient: “A woman went up to Bol me?henmuammp b\r{mlg‘ ball he had plnyed wlth. and he gave' it to her. Gee Wi ——a JONES HAS RECORD 69 IN CHARITY EXHIBITION SAN FRANCISCO, September 11 (#). uaolb) Jonn set a hew coutse record lm- h San Francisco Golf Club !wrdny when 'hé shot a 69, T, Jones lpn.d C’rfl 'mm. beat Dr. ing -nacmtg.vmlm.smdi.ln: ?"F"‘*:.,z.mmm f the Shriners’ ONCE WITH BROWNS,PHILS | 555t u:' i e m—m Pru mmfimummm Pruett e s On the left is Everets n-l.l::i who won the junior title by defeating Golbert Hunt Gerfield, 6—2, 6—2, while on the right is Anthony Latena, who downed David Legum in the. final, 6~ ALLISON REMOVES TILDEN OBSTACLE Defeat of Lott Smooths Way for Bill to Seventh National Title. By the Associated Press. OREST HILLS, N. Y., usmmber 11~—Form reversals resulting in the elimination of some of his leading antagonists are smooth- ing the path of Bill Tilden to his leventh national singles tennis championship. George Lott, the young Chlelgoln. whom Tilden was ex| d to have to beat to win the crown, is the latest im- portant casualty. While Wilmer Alli- son, the hard-hit impetuous Texan, ‘who upset Lott in third round m- kerdnfil played brilliant tennis to ac- h it, he is not considered such 4 nmnldnbln hurdle in Tilden's way as Lott would have been. was not even included ”m.mlm the ymml Allison .z“ Van llmef Griffin of 'v:‘l'y‘e:g n-yur-old New ‘?orm, in a lm-ut ter _yesterd: also earned Huuur, mwu xnn Culley of xu- m'nm'nmuuudnw,v-nm Allison’s_Davis Cup_doubles e Thvored o burt badh Tamio, Abs of BASE BALL,™$2AY , AMERICAN LEAGUE PA_ Washington vs. Cleveland DAVIS TO INVITE TENNIS STARS TO PHILIPPINES MANILA, September 11 (#) — Gov. Gen. Davis, donor of the Davis cup, to- day expressed his intention of nd- ing his personal invitation Henri e governor general's invitation would be in addition to one made by the Laong Laan Tennis Club t) n the Philippine Amateur Athletic eration, which has asked the French- men to assigh five playing dates to meet Philippine plnytn. accept the invitation the mm players are expected here late in vember, No- THOUSANDS AT FUNERAL OF OLD BOXING LEADER SAN FRANCISCO, September 11 (®). —Edward M. “Eddie” Graney, famed figure of the prize fight world whose connections with the game dated back to the blre-knuckle days, was buried here yesterda Thonundx ‘of friends from every walk of life attended the funeral of the noted referee, sportsman and political leader who dled after a long illness. PSR, ENS IS OFFERED JOB AS PIRATES’ MANAGER PITTSBURGH, September 11 (#)— Yy Dreymu, owner of the Pitts- has offered the job of Leaguers next the reins after resignation of Donie Bnla recently. Ens has not announced Under the management of Ens, former team coach, the tes have won 11 of their last 16 games. HELEN HICKS HAS 78 AGAIN TO LEAP AHEAD By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 11.<~The hole medal play derdy event of the Women's | 5 ‘Western Golf Association has beea fre- duced to & problem of how much of & lead Helen Hicks of Inwood, Long Is- hnd.wmaacumuhulnuuflnuu holes. Duplicating her par wreeking formance of Monday, Miss Hicks slugged | West P | her way over the Flossmoor Country Club course yesterday for another card ot 18, two under par. Her two spec- tacular rounds gave her a total score of 156 for 36 holes and a lead of 10 strokes over Mrs. Lee Mida of Chicago, who had & total of 166. Maureen Orcutt, New York star, was tllll\'l with 171, and Mrs. Austin Pardue, and Mrs. Melvin J¢ ot Chicago, were tied for fourth at 112. ‘Three others were tied lt l‘ls—Helen Nnmmn, chl‘nmw. nndfle‘fii tnr. wmne ones | ators defeated Georgetown, which is HORTON SMITH BREEZES IN WITH P. G. A. PLACE ST. JOSEPH, Mo, !eyhmber 11 (®). —Horton Stnith, young Joplin golf star, stroked out & 141 yesterday for 36 holes of medal play over uw St. Joseph Coun- t.ry Club course for the honof of répre- nting the wann aistrict in the na- tional P. G. A. tournement at Santa Barbarg, c-un néxt December. the class of ces ahead of Jess n of Kansas ‘Topeka, who ina deld heat for runners up. on!y ol nf‘"" is alloted to the Mid- DISTRICT INSECT TITLE CLAIMED BY SENATORS Senators claim the District insect class base ball title, following their 7-5 victory scored yesterday over Corin- thians, which gave them the French League championship. Previously Sen- wu six heading the insect section race in the Capital City League. Senators are willing to meet all chal- REPLACES AR ARMUUR AS LEADING STAR D. C. Pros Must Contend With Giant Youth in P. G. A. Qualifying Round. OLF professionals of Washing- ton and Baltimore will have their work cut out for them when the time comes to qualify for the national Pro- fessional Golfers’ Association chim- pionship some time this month. The struule between them always has been keen, and particularly so last year when the championship at match play for the national professional title was held at the Five Farms course, and Tommy Armuur of Congressional, and Glenn ncer of Blmmore a‘:he two prnc 0 qulm:‘-id from this D, Now ‘Tommy Armour is the latest dope is that a golfer very nearly as formidable as the k Scot will dmong those seeking the two places from the Midatlantic area in the ul.“?\ng tests which will pmhnhly IE -ye over the Five Farms layous laf this month. This golfer is Roland Bln- cock, who went to Lynchburg, Va., last Spring, and only recently demonstrated his class by showing a clean ir of heels to a fast fleld in the Virginia State open at Richmond. A Husky Youngster. Hancock's national record has only one bright spot, but the young golfer, who looks like a foot ball player and a lineman at that, has demonstrated that he ¥is in the very front rank of those lads who are knocking at the door of national recognition. His brilliant showing in the 1928 national open at Chicago never will be 101"0"&11 !n! there he needed two 5s to championship. That he took llo G! may be laid to youthful hurry and lack. of tournament experience. Undoubtedly Roland Hancock will by gone, and | one of the most formidable hurdles for the loeal pros to overcome as they play to see who the two men will be to represent this district in_the national pro match play event. That he will be cne of the qualifiers is by no rne-na certain, but undoubtedly he will be in the (orefrom of the event, as he in anxious to go to California, where the pmstthls year will hold their natiohal | even It i pmcuauy assured that the qualifying round will be pll}‘ed lt Flve Farms, near Timonium, the Baltimore professionals have vmd to | ask that it be played there and fil” | get about what they want. The daf | Is_uncertain, however. Since the m- tional tournament will not be played until December, the P. G. A. of Ameflfl is not pushing the matter of qualify. ing rounds. Last year the qualifying | round was played at Indian Spring. Question of Dough. Talk of 2 Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers' Association championship has | again been revived. and the disposition now is to make it a match play tourna- | ment. instead of the customary 72~ hole medal play event. The last affair was played at the Indian Spring Club in the Fall of 1927. and was won by Leo Diegel, who seems to be the per- petual Maryland and Midatlantic title holder. Leo never has lost a Mid- atlantic title, and is today the hold- over champion. Last year no chame plonship was held. Whether a tourna- ment is held this Fall depends largely on how much money the pros can raise for the event, since they cannot give up four or five days to play in a golf tournament without suffering consider- able financial loss. If they can res ceive money prizes for winning matches, with a fairly large prize going to the winner, they will feel they have been reimbursed TINKER SCOUTS MACKS FOR HIS OLD BALL CLUB PHILADELPHIA, September 11 (#).— Jos Tinker, brilliant shortstop of the Chicago Cubs in days of “Tinker-to- | Evers-to-Chance,” was a close follower of yesterday's game between the Athe letics and Cleveland. e is here scouting the Mackmen on behalf of the present-day Cubs, who ex- pect to enter the World Serles against the American Leaguers. He probably will remain here during the rest of the present at home games. He chatted with Connie Mack before the game. The GREAT MARLBORO FAIR & RACES Sept. 10, 11, 12. 13, 14 Admission, $1.00 Special tratn leaves District, Lige Station, l'eh%en Call Columbia 9758-J after | p.m. “CERTIFIED for your PROTECTION “No risk if you smoke Cremo—All leaves are scientifically treated.” Chesapeake R. R. FIRST i .