Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1929, Page 43

SPORTS. THE EV NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929. SPORTS. 43 Richards Lauds Conqueror's Courage : He’'ll Land on Top Yet, Says Loughran KOZELUH’S DARING STROKE IN PINCH PROVES METTLE Both Players Nearly Exhausted After Two-Hour Struggle for Pro Title, in Which American Is Close to Victory Four Times. BY VINCENT RICHARDS, Professional International Tennis Star and Former Davis Cup Defender. AREL KOZELUH, Czechoslovakian marvel of the tennis courts, won the world professional championship from me last Satur- day on the courts of the West Side Tennis Stadium after two hours of play that left both Zozeluh and myself near the point K of exhaustion. It was the hardest five-set mal either as an amateur or a professional. Kozeluh's marvelous court co match, for no matter how decisive star seemed always to be in position for the return. There is no man in the lawn tennis game today more discouraging to play against than this uncanny “Czech.” He is steadiness personified and although not a hard hitter by any means he has just enough pace on his shots to pass a man as he is coming into the net. Perhaps one of his greatest as- sets is the fact that he can keep an even gait throughout a hard five-set encounter. He has none of the ups and downs which are the greatest enemies that most players have. Throughout the entire week of the professional champlonship Kozeluh played the same even tennis, no matter who opposed him. Against me on Sat- urday he never once had a let-down during the match. I started out very badly and lost the first two sets before I was able to find the range of the court. Not Quite Good Enough. However, at the start of the third set 1 began to get my drives and volleys working, and I really believe that dur- ing the last three sets I was playing the best tennis I have ever played in match competition. That it was not good enough to win the championship is ample proof of the great ability of the Czechoslovakian. It is hard to believe that you could have a player match point on four dif- ferent occasions and lose the match, but that is just what happened to me last Saturday. I think there are two reasons why this happened. First of all, on the first match point that I had I got a cramp in the left leg that both- ered me a bit; secondly, the great amount of running that Kozeluh forced me to do in the early stages of the match left me close to exhaustion in the fifth set. The first thing that happens when you get this way is that the eyes go off a bit, which probably was the reason I missed an easy volley and an over- head smash that would have given me the match and the championship. It must also be remembered that on one of the match points Kozeluh made a beautiful back-hand drive down the line as I came rushing into the net. I do not believe that another player in the game would have tried such a dar- ing shot at such a critical period of a match. It was a great test of nerve for a player to do this, and dispelled all doubt as to Kozeluh's match playing | ability. As T have previously written in my articles, I believe that there are only two players in the world today capable of extending Kozeluh in tournament competition. Henri Cochet is one, and if I am in good form I may be able to do it. The reason for this is simple enough. Both Cochet and myself are always working for the net, so as to be in position for the final kill. He'’s Baseline Proof. If Kozeluh is to be beaten at all, it will only be from the net. There is not a player living who can hope to defeat him from the baseline. Even Rene La- coste would find it impossible to cope with the Czech from the rear of the court. Only a player with a super-net game and an extremely good overhead can worry the world’s title holder in match play. tch that I ever have participated in vering ability really won him the my Kkills were the famous European For that reason it will indeed be in- teresting when ‘“‘open” tournaments ar- rive and Kozeluh is allowed to pit his marvelous skill against the leading ama- teurs of the game. What a treat it will be to see him in action against playe s like Tilden, Co- | chet, Lacoste, Borotra, Hunter, Van | Ryn, Doeg and the other well known | figures in the game! I believe these | players will receive the surprise of their lives when they tackle Kozeluh in open competition. One cannot realize what a remarkable player Kozeluh really is from just| | watching him in action. His easy style | | of play and ability to cover court with | | apparently no effort whatsoever leads | many to believe that he is just an ordi- nary player. After once playing him in | a match that belief is immediately dis- | pelled, for I do not know of any one in the game today who is more of the super-player than this visitor from the other side. Incidentally, judging from the enthu- siastic demonstration of the 6,000 who witnessed Kozeluh and myself in the final match at the West Side Stadium last Saturday, professional tennis is at last coming into its own. The pro asso- | clation cleared a nice profit on the| | tournament, and are arranging some interesting events for next season. They Are the Best. One very important item that now | seems assured, due to the success of last | | week's tournament, is the bringing over | next season of such well known profes- | sionals as Kozeluh, the Burke brothers, Njuch, Ramillion, Plaa and Negro. ‘These players are the best of the European professionals, and should cre- ate a real sensation when they are seen in action in the United States. They will probably be over here next season | for the professional championship. and, | of course, would play in an “open” if | one is arranged. I understand that there will be a pro- | | fessional championship next season | both in Chicago and on the Pacific | Coast, which would mean that the hard- working pros will be kept pretty busy. Iam very glad that there will be more than one tournament held next season for the professionals, because one of the | greatest evils the professionals have to | contend with at the present time is lack of good, first-class competition. That| was clearly brought home to me in the | | match with Kuzeluh last Saturday, for I had not played one set before I real- ized how rusty I was from lack of match competition. It is almost an impossibility to teach tennis all Summer and then go right into a championship tournament. A player must have one or two tourna- ments in order to bring his game up to a fair standard. With three or four | professional tournaments on the sched- ule and perhaps an “open” to top it off, the professionals should be able to raise the standard of their games to a very | | high level. (Copyright, 1929. | | by North American News- er Alliance.) | Women’s Chief bolf Weakness BY H. G. SALSINGER. AKLAND HILLS COUNTRY. CLUB, Birmingham, Mich., October 1.—Oakland Hills is the sort of golf course where pitch shots are in high de- mand and where the run-up method of reaching the green is fairly well barred because of the numerous traps. Which ex?lnin.s why the games of a consider- able number of the 90-odd woman play- ers who competed in the qualifying round of the women's national golf championship suffered to some extent. ‘Women prefer the run-up to the pitch shots. Women are handicapped when in traps. There are more traps here than the ranking woman golfers have encountered in a number of tour- naments, and the traps are more skill- fully placed. It’s Not the Drive. ‘Walter Hagen recently was discussing ‘woman golfers. He does not think their scores will ever compare with those of man golfers. You may agree with him and you may think it is on account of the lack of distance the women get off the tees, but he says: “You don’t have to get long drives to play par golf.” So 1t is not that. i “Where women are weak in golf is where they should be strong,’ says Hagen, “They are weak in approach shots, and their putting is, as a rule, not good.’ On one occasion a leading golfer said: “We drive for pleasure, but we putt for # livelihood.” Some credit the remark as being orig- inal with Hagen; others attribute it to ‘Tommy Armour; others to Johnny Far- rell. But, regardless of who the author was, it has been found worth repeating on numerous occasions, and it is worth mentioning here in connection with women'’s golf. Hagen referred to it in discussing woman golfers. “You would expect women to excel in approach shots and in putting, where touch becomes such an important fac- tor. But you find few women who have good iron play, and I can think of only one whom I would call a first-class putter.” Mrs. Lifur Star Putter. Mrs. Gregg Lifur of California, run- ner-up in the Western women'’s cham- hot, Says Hagenj pionship, played recently, is considered the best putter among woman golfers. She does most of her scoring on the greens, ‘The Oakland Hills course has not a single flat green among the 18. They are difficult for putting. Two days’ rain slowed up the course, adding to the woes of the contestants. . Maureen Orcutt won medal honors in the women’s national at Hot Springs, | Va., last year with an 80. At the 1928\ tournament 91 qualified, but Oakland Hills is considered from three to four strokes harder than Hot Springs. On the Oakland Hills course Mrs. | Dorothy Campbell Hurd should have an | excellent chance. She probably is the most consistent of all woman golfers, and accuracy is one of the virtues of her play. Accuracy pays high dividends | on this course. Mrs. Hurd won the championship in 1909, 1910 and 1924, She was medalist in 1910 and 1916. She was runner-up in 1920, semi-finalist in 1911 and 1928, 'l:‘xd qualified in seven other champion- ships. WARDMAN PARK TENNIS DELAYED BY WEATHER ‘Wet courts necessitated the postpone- ment of all first and second round | matches of the men's singles in the Wardman Park first annual. tennis champlonships for the Secretary of State Stimson trophies. It was said late this morning that the courts were very wet and unless the weather cleared there was a possi- bility that they would not be ready for morning. FIRST ROUND—Wailes vs. . Fowler. Stam_vs. Tri . Burwell, Fred Martinez, Degnan, Deck Retl 3 Seay, i heeber, vs, Yeomans and Welsh vs,_ Gardiner. SECOND ROUND—Heiskell vs. Lynham and Ellva vs. Mangan, Players are expected to arrange their hour of play. Navy—Notre Dame FOOT BALL GAME" To Be Playéd in the Baltimore Stadium . Sat., Oct. 12 Tickets Now on Sale at A.G. Spalding & Bro., 1338 G St. N.W. TICKETS $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00 STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE OMPETITION for the Presi- dent’s Cup—first of the Fall golf fixtures at the Chevy Chase Club—started today through the rain over the Chevy Chase course. Most of the lead- ing players of the club have been paired for the match-play rounds of this event, which are to continue through the bal- ance of the week and well into next week with the following pairings: Gen. Harry Taylor (14) vs. P. S. Rids- dale (10), Fred Hitz (3) vs. Dr. John A. Talbott (14), Col. Harrison Brand, jr. (15) vs. Maj. E. A. Osterman (18); Dr. William B, Mason (12) vs. Maj. John H. Hinemon (13), Richard P. Whiteley (14) vs. C. Ashmead Fuller (3), Maj. Owen 8. Albright (18) vs. G. B. Chris- tian, jr. (18); Comdr. F. 8. Craven (12) vs. D. D. L. McGrew (13), Admiral W. H. Standley (16) vs. Lieut. Comdr. Gor- den B. Sherwood (6). ‘The competition for the President's Cup is the first of four big Fall events scheduled at Chevy Chase. Others on the list are the tournaments for the Lib- erty Cup, the Siamese Cup and the Japanese Cup, all for man players. But, in addition to these events, the woman. players have a busy fortnight ahead of them. A tourney of the Wom- en’s District Golf Association, scheduled to have been held at the Chevy Chase Club today, was postponed by the association until Friday. Next Monday starts the competition for The Evening Star trophy, which is a 36-hole medal- play event, with one 18-hole round scheduled for Monday and another for Tuesday. This tournament is open to all woman players about Washington, regardless of club affiliations. Two weeks hence the Chevy Chase woman golfers will start their event for the Sheridan trophy. emblematic of the club champion, playing for a handsome trophy put in competition by Harry C. Sheridan, an enthusiastic member of Chevy Chase and Columbia. Results in the fourth round of the tournament among senior golfers at Chevy Chase for the September Morn Cup follow: Gen. H. P. McCain defeated Gen. F. R. Keefer, 2 up; E. M. Talcott defeated Dr. G. B. Miller, 3 and 2; E. O. Wagenhorst defeated L. O. Cameron by default. The seniors have started play for the Halloween trophy, which is to continue throughout October. Several of the professionals at clubs about Washington are planning to com- pete in the Maryland State open cham- plonship, which will be held at the Elk- ridge Hunt Club on Friday, October 11 The event is a 36-hole medal play af: fair, open to amateurs and profession. als, and the association has put up a first-money prize of $200 for the win- ning pro and a total of $500 in prize money. Entries close October 8 and .sl;\ou"l)d be accompanied by the entry fee of $5. If ever a golf course should be in the pink of condition for a big golf tournament, it is the course of the Manor Club, over which the first an- nual invitation tournament of the Nor- beck institution starts tomorrow mor ing with the first half of the two-day | qualifying round. Dave Thomson, Ray | Garrity and their associates on the golf | and greens committees have worked | ceaselessly for the success of this tour- | Try Throwing Club Head Through Ball BY SOL METZGER. George Duncan, former British open champion and twice winner over Hagen in match play in Eng- land this Spring, states that in tak- ing back his club that his whole left side turns with it. Bobby Jones says the same thing. Others dis- agree. Mitchell slides his hips first before starting his back swing. Some stars start the club back first with a straight left arm. It is this sort of piffie that con- fuses the golf swing for the duffer. ‘Why worry about such a small and unimportant detail? The main thing is to develop a smooth arm swing THEY CLAIM THE. WHOLE " 7) LEFT [ SIOL. 14 GOES BACK WITH cve - DUNCAN R with the left taking the club back and with both body and limbs re- laxed, free and loose. Do a waggle and a clog dance on the tee before swinging to insure this relaxation. Then get the sense of throwing the club head through the ball. Concentrate on throwing it through and worry not about whether the left hand, left arm, left foot or left side begins the back swing. What matters it as long as you can swing through and hit far and straight? Concentrate on the points that compel you to hit straight through the ball for a mat- ter of a foot or so before and also after contact. Tolley has a tip here that may help. It will be explained next. Great golfers are great drivers. Improve your drive by sending stamped, addressed envelope to Sol Metzger, care of this paper, and re- questing his free leaflet on “Driv- ing.” (Copyright, 1929.) 7lay until tomorrow or Thursday - | medalist honors with sparkling 79s. and | nament, keeping at their task in the face of discouraging weather during the Summer and moving everything toward one end—the finest tournament event ever held about Washington. For a time last week it appeared that the course would be too fast and that the fairways, particularly on the first nine holes, would be almost as fast as they were during the Summer. That cannot happen now. The rain of the past two days has softened up the lay- out until today it is in good condition, although soft; and if the rain stops by tomorrow, the course should be in apple-pie shape. Last week Thomson's greens force scattered lime on the fair- ways to encourage the growth of grass, hoping that rain would come along and wash it into the ground. That rain was as a bright beam of sunlight to the greens committee, for before the rain the fairways on the first nine holes were coated with lime; and if the rain had not come along, playing conditions | would have been disagreeable. We sampled Thompsén's new traps yesterday, and can testify that they are placed in the right positions and will catch and stop shots off the line at both these holes But we hold that Dave Thompson should deepen the trap at the right of the sixteenth, for he hit one right through it yesterday. The trap at the left of the sixteenth fairway caught Ray Garrity's ball, but that did not deter him from getting a 4. He laid a niblick shot dead and got his par just the same, Winter rules will prevall during the tournament on the first nine holes, which is not matured as is the last nine, but over on the last nine the ball must be played where it lles. Elaborate preparations have been made by the entertainment com- mittee for the entertainment of a large number of visitors to the tournament, as to whether 90 will get in one of the five fights. Because of the short days, and the impossibility of playing golf after 6:15 p.m., the committee has de- cided to start the lower flight very early in the morning, which will make some golf enthusiasts get up with the robins, for the Manor Club is a long distance from the heat of Washington. The first round of match play in the championship tournament of the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club was scheduled to be played today with Frank K. Roesch starting match play in de- fense of the title he has won for the last three years. The second round will be played Thursday, the semi-final Sat- urday and the final round on Sunday. on the fourteenth and sixteenth holes | D and already speculation has started § Over 350 Golfers to Compete In Tournament at Manor Club HREE hundred and fifty golfers— the best puim in Washington and many of the leadirg golfers from Baltimore —have entered ir names in the first annual | }7" thei golf affair of the Manor Club, which will start bright and early tomorrow morning over the picturesque course of | y % the Norbeck institution. The entry list is unusually large, and because of the | j shortness of the days, the committee has started the first pair at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Complete pairings for both the qual- ifying days follo 'WEDNESDAY. jor Robb (Bann. i . J. Walkers ( R. T, Edi Q. ©C. 1. 85, ‘ung C. B. Lynham (una 5 . veney (unat.), J. P.'V. Haltigan (unat. 20, K. J. Quigley (Harper), E. 8. Cassig {unat.); 7:25, Burdick '(unat.), Barber _(unat): 7:30, J. B. Dulin (uni t Ne 7:35, R. M. B (Manor): 7:40, or). G A. Pralle (I.'8): 7: s (unat.). ‘Eugene Moore (un: T.8._Pitt (Arg.), J. J. Lynch (AT&): Alec Baumgartnér’ (Avg.), J. T. Baldwin N. Baldwin (Manor). Daniel Dillon 05, E. P. ash.), T. M. Cox (Arg). A. T. 115, H. B. Gantt (Bann.). (Manon): 820, T. W Calfes 5 : t nor): 8:45. Ji Whitmann (1. 8.): 8:50, T. A. W. A. Rhodes (Bann.j: 8:55 (unat.), Kenneth Welton (unat.). 9. L.'L. Nicholson, jr. (Co) (Wash.) . Earl Carbaugh (Mani E_P. Ely (Manor): 9:15. G. F. (Manor), 8. D. Willis (Ma Landick (Manor). Beard (unat.): . G Brantlev' (C. C). E. C. Wortman (unat.): 9:25. E. M. McCleliand (Manor), George D. See (Manor): 9:30. R. J. Ahbatic: hio (Bann.). G. H. Foster (Bann.): 9:35. J. J. Babbington (Manor). C. C. Ci (Manor): 9:40, A. H. Waiter (Wash.), C . Crenshaw (Manor): 9:45, Ed Cashell (Manor), R. L. Schreiner (Maror): 950, E. (Col). G. Phillips (Manor): M. C. Torrey (Bann.), Jack McCarty W. Manning (Manor), H. T. Rodier 10:05, G. H. Warthen (Manor), nor): 10:10. Dr. 8 3 Hitchcock b iillean (Manor), ngr); 1020, nor). D; B 8 Landvolrt T 10:30, . L. Bar, or). Ma nor); 9:1 om ‘ash 50, ‘Manor): 11, C. Frances Owen (B. D). Viillings (unat) 1105, Comér. . Shoot 79s i BY PAUL MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. ETROIT, October 1.— Oakland Hills, the course once labelled invincible for “powder puff”| golf, has provided the scene of | the smartest qualifying round | in the 33 years’ history of the woman's | national championship. Headed by Helen Hicks, the sensa- tional shot producer from Hewlett, Long Island, and Virginia Van Wie of | Chicago, 32 contenders for the national | crown conquered the heavily trapped | course so completely in yesterday's test that an 88 or lower was required to | gain a place in the championship flight, which opens today over the 18-hole match play route, The qualifying mark was three strokes under the previous record, which was established in 1927 and re- peated at Hot Springs, Va. last year. So closely bunched were the qualifiers that only nine strokes separated Miss Hicks and Miss Van Wie, who tied for Helen Payson, Portland, Me.; Helen Meehan, Philadelphia, and Bernice | ‘Wall of Oshkosh, Wis., who just came under the wire. A month ago some criticism was | leveled at the tournament committee | for selecting a course with the rugged | reputation of Oakland Hills, even | | though it was whitt, to 6437 yards. | | With its rolling fairways, long dog legs, | water holes and undulating greens, it | was the concensus it was too much for | women’s golf. Miss Hicks, who has captured titles in the last two events she has com- peted—the medal play derby at Chicago | and the Canadian women's open— gave par a thorough drubbing on her first nine holes. She carded a 36, five under par, for that journey, but lost her chance for sole right to the medal by taking a 43 coming home, because | of several bad slice shots. Miss Van Wie shot more consistently, bagging |38 going out and 41 coming back. | Three putts greens blasted her hopes of clear ssion of the medal. One ot behind the leaders was Kathleen Wright of Los Angeles, with Edith Puler of Reading, Pa., and Mrs. Alexa Stirling Fraser, now of Ottawa, Canada, completing the r breaking | group with 81's, which landed them |in “third position. _Glenna Collett of Los Angeles, the defending champion and favorite to win again, had to be content with a par 82 along with six other stars. Miss Collett was faced by a compara- tively easy opponent in today's initial match play round—Mrs. W. A. Johnson of Philadelphia, who qualified with an | 87. Glenna appears to be strictly on | her game and, although she is in the | upper and hardest bracket, she should | go_far in the competition, at least. The feature match today brouget | Miss Hicks and Maureen Orcutt of White Beeches, N. J., present metropol- itan champion, who qualified with an | 84, together. Miss Orcutt has been off | her usual game for several weeks and was expected to fall before the steady ' firing 18-year-old Long Island girl, ' SWIM FOR HEALTH The filtered water in the Ambassa- dor Pool is puri- fied by the Ultra- Violet Ray Sys- tem and heat- ed to the proper temperature. No chemicals used. *TAMBASSAIDOR> H O * E L SWIMMING POOL Mixed Swimming at All Times Life Guards . . . Swimming In: <tion Membership card, without charge, en crplication OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY 8AM FOURTEENTH TOonP.M ano K STREETS Helen H icks, Virg inia Van Wie A n Title Tourney however. Miss Van Wie, who was crushed by the champion in the 1928 finals, had Peggy Wattles, an off-and- on-again shotmaker from Buffalo as her first-round rival, and was ex- pected to win handily. The complete Helen Hicks. Hewlett, Long Island. 79, vs. Maureen Orcutt. White Beeeg nJ .II'O o Glenna Collett. Los Angele: Mrs. W_A. Johnson, Philadelphi Edith Quier. Reading. Pa. 81, vs. Mrs. John Arends. Chicago, 86. Mrs. Harley Higbie. Detroit, 83, vs. Helen Kathleen Wright, Pasadena. 80, vs. Louise Fordyce. Youngstown. Ohio. 85. O. S. Hill, Kansas City, 82, vs. Rosa- '.he’ 7. M R han, Philadelphia, 88. > St LOWER BRACKET. Virginie Van Wie, Chicago, 79, vs. attles, Buffalo. 85 = el Bewsy W Mrs. Federman. New York. 82, vs. Mrs. Henry Stetson. Philadelphia. 87. Mrs. Lairy Nelson. Daytona. Ohio. 82, vs. Mrs. Curtis Sohl. Columbus. Ohio. 86. Mrs' E. H. er. jr. Philadelphia, 83, vs, Bernice Walls, Oshkosh. Wis.. 88. Mrs. Alexa Stirling Frazer. Can- ada. 81, vs. A Hunter. Stanton Hei Mrs. Dorothy Campbell. Hurd. Philad phia. 82. vs. Ada McKenzie, Toronto, On- tario. 88 Mrs_Leona Pressler. Los Mrs. Gregg Lifur, Los Angel Marion Turpie. New Orlean: Melvin Jones, Chicago, 88. Angeles, 82. vs. es. vs. Mrs. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Jack Kid Berg, Eng- 'lllrad. outpointed Phil McGraw, Detroit 10). PHILADELPHIA —Matt Adgie, Phila- delphia, knocked out Tony Marullo, New Orleans (1). Andy Divodi, New York, outpointed Billy Alger, Phoenix, Ariz. (10). ‘WICHITA, Kans.—George Manley, Denver, outpointed Murray Gitlitz, New Haven, Conn. (10). BUFFALO, N. Y.—Jimmy Slattery, Buffalo, outpointed Len Dracy, Flint, Mich. (6). TORONTO.—Jack Purvis, Indian- apolls, stopped Red Bragan, Toronto (4). Carl Schmedel, Indianapolis, stopped George Fifield, Toronto (5). SAN FRANCISCO.—Joe Glick, Brook- lyn, outpointed Frankie Stetson, San Francisco (10). LANCASTER, Pa—Jack Salinger, Harrisburg, stopped Red Hancock, Co- lumbus, Ohio (4). OIL CITY, Pa.—Henry Young Firpo, fllevellaan)d, outpointed Tony Tozzo, Buf- falo (10). NEWCASTLE, Pa.—Fay Kosky, Chi- cago, outpointed Willie Michele, Belgium (10). Leo Mozdy, Erie, outpointed Mickis Farr, Cleveland (6). 86. | el- (Maner) Zellers, ol Epgfutnam (Manon): 1 (Manor): 11 is (M¢ c. (Manor), _ C. Greispauer :15, C. J. Dori or), B, P. . Comdr. W. Lindsey (Manor) Earl Krewson e ‘Antrobus (Cong. Frank Thyjson, ) 11:85. J."W. Handley (B.'D. i Beall (Manor); '12:00, F. W. Rad (Manor), E. M. R . R. (waihg: 1310 . Harney (I 8. nn), R. E. Weedo King_(Bann), E. B. English ( " Cassey g (Ba 5 ers (Manor):' 12:35, Ray Farrell (Manor), W. L. Pendergast (Bann.): 12:40, J. L. Quigley ' (Harper), William Jones 12:45. Clinton Dowling _(Bann.), . W. Moore (Bann.); 12:50, P. McCluskey (Bann), L. P. Full 35. 8. N. | McHugH (Ba T, ith (Bann.) 1 Capt. F. B Hane (War College), L. Nalden (War College); 1:08, C. Dr. F. Utz' (I B): 1:10 .~ King G nn.). M. n C. Burg: ‘Beaman E 8.: 1 Manor), W. P. Hall ¢ L. Bono (Col). L._G. Pray (Manor): 1:40, G. A. Krieger (Md. C.C). D. N. Burnham (Manor): b L “Simms ' (Md. C. 30 (Manor); 1:50, Carl C. Hy Wioat Taleott, (Md. C.C.), (Manor); 1:55, Edgar I C.). F. L. Hurd (Manor.) (Md. C. C). Dr. F. M. Mutray (Manor): 2:05, J. Eilis McPhail (Md. C. F. P. Wilcox ' (Manor): 2:10. Lieut. 1. A, D. Chaffin (War_College). Lieut. Col. T, L. Bherburne; 2:15, E._ Heltmilier (I. 8., William Di Este’ (I 8); 3:20, H. P. Newton (A N. ) and partner; 2:25, P. W. Duc (Argyle), Harry Krause (Bann): 32:30, (Argrie). William Beasiey (Ar- J. Rutter (Manor), C. V. F. J. Pickett n.); 'y’ (Bann.): ‘3:45, Ray Garrett ). C. B. Runswick ( )i 2:30, W. Presley” (Manor). F. A. Bpicer (I.'8.) 55. George W. Lee (Bann., B. T. Scott (Wash): 3. Dr.'J."A. Friedman (B. D.), P. N. Israel (Manor). THURSDAY. 55. A. M Portner (Manor), B. H. New. HSwelsh_(Bann), . 8. els ann.), C. R. H. Thrasher, J. J. Cullinane: 3 . M. son on (Argyle), Frank E. Voli (Manor), 28, B. C.Hartg (Mano; Carl Noetzel ;3105 ton’ 8:08, 10, .8, Re e IR Comdr. A Metzler SPORT }question. “Simmons has no weakness, xlgm:l: told me not long ago. “He a hen Al Simmons came up of this unorthodox stance. The American Association average of comflpany in 1924, but nobody has outfielder at any time since then. Simmons batted .386 in 1925, giving | Harry Heilmann a great race for the | league batting championhip. He has | been a contender for the hitting honors | ever since, hitting .343 in 1926, then | .392 as he again chased Heilmann down | the stretch in 1927 and .351 in 1928, finishing fourth in the clouting race. This year he is again around the top. “Foxx hits 'em farther but Simmons is more dangerous in a pinch, more consistent in coming through with men on bases,” say the ball players. The figures for ‘“runs " bear this out. It should be a great battle in the world series between the rival clean-up sluggers, Simmons and Hack son, strong man of the Chicago Cubs. Each club has an array of hard hitters, but | Simmons and Wilson, day in and out, | have been furnishing the big punch with greater, regularity than any of the others, inclfiding Foxx, Cochrane and Miller of the A's, or Hornsby, Cuyler and Stephenson of the Cubs. Each | leads his league in “runs batted in.” | YXJHEN you consider that Connie Mack was piloting the Athletics to their first American League pennant in 1902, before any one of his present-day “Big-Three"—Cochrane, Foxx and Sim- mons—was born, you have some idea of what it means to the old master to lead the big parade again, 15 years after he ripped apart one of the greatest base ball machines of all time. ‘When you also realize that Mack will guide his “boys” in the world series bat- tle that starts October 8 at Chicago. where the Athletics of 1910 put the skids under another great Cub team, you may also realize a few of the emo- tions that stir the competitive spirit of the 66-year-old dean of strategists. Generations of ball players, all- time stars, such as Cobb and Speak- er, have come and gone while Mack has stuck to the helm of the Phila- delphia craft, winning seven pen- nants over a period stretching from 1902 to 1929. Base ball men think of John Picus Quinn, dean of the Athletics’ pitching staff, is an old man. At 44 or there- abouts he is the oldest major leaguer in active service, but Quinn was a cal- low youth of 17, twirling in the coal re- glons of Pennsylvania, when Mack's famous score card ,was signaling to Radiators, Fenders also New Radiator: n Radiators and Cores in Stoek Wittstatts, 1809 14th. North 7177 Also 819 13th. 1% Block Below Ave. Auto Bodi Repaired; Always the favorite of smokers of Quality Cigars Mild- Rich-Tasteful . R. W. Westwood (Manor), W. y (Bann.): 8:40, J. W. Beller (Col.), . K. Cornwell (Col.); 8:45, E. v (Marior). Maj. C. A. Benneti T. E. Plaherty (Cong.). a1 8, J. H. Sheppard (Cong.), Eu- Ruark (1. 8.). W. W. Mann' (Bann), A. H. Perley Eiden McLand_ (Col.), G. Z. :10, Prank 8. Swayze (Ar- 9:15. D. 8. or), "B, P. Edmunds . A, Dyer (Manor), W. E. - (] F. Beyer (B. D), Popham (Naval Academy); 930, R. F. (Bann. . W. Ci llen (1. 8.). Mo; 8. Julien (Col.). N. D. ; 9:50. R. 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Lynes (Wash.)," Walter McCalum (Wash): “12:55. ' Russell Hauser (Maror). J. H. Zabel (Col)) P. O Page Hufty 100, G. (Col)), (Cong); 1:05, H. L. Bisselle '(Manor), Sam Rice (I| 8); 1'i0, R. S. Walter (Harper) Br i 115, 3. E. M. | Gl | | e Wi 1 or). Green (Manor). R. L. Burgdorf 10, John Shorey (Bann.). Earl 8.); 2:15, Volney Burnett (B. D. Edwards (Manor): 2:20, A. C. Hull gan (Manor) and partn SLANTS By Alan J. Gould. Assoclated Press Sporta Editor. as a fielder or batsman,” Connie does tHe right thing instinctively inch. He thinks and acts quickly.” from Milwaukee of the American “‘A\issoctint,iunt l:n lmz:i the1 crl'fl;:shp;omptl);‘ lab;lt;sl‘sm{nh;‘\r’atgrbucket | | AlL,” from the fashion in whic] e anchore: rigl oot at the | y: thi ith d, | plate, and predicted he would come to no good as a hitter, because eies i1 o FoU A e et hat L critics had their laugh when Al's .398 in 1923 shrunk to .308 in big been finding fault with the great | such _great moundsmen as Eddie Plank i l;ld Rube Waddell, with the 1902 cham- pions. | ""At about the same_time, the left- handed tendencies of Robert M. Grove, aged 2, and George Walberg, aged 3, were being noted for the first time, al- though it would no doubt have been a severe shock to their parents to be ad- vised by some soothsayer they woul iater be compared with Piank and Wad- | WEST COMES EAST. Most of the intersectional games will | see teams from the Far West coming | East—California to Penn, Southern Cali- | fornia to Chicago for Notre Dame, Ore- gon State to Detroit, and Oregon to Florida. Carnegie and Army will mak ps West. 2I0TE ou gel in batter FOR SALES D) flG L. t 12:15, | &l INSISTS HE'S NOT BIT DOWNHEARTED Like a Horrible Nightmare, Was Tommy’s Reaction to K. 0. by Sharkey. BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN, Retired Undefeated Light Heavyweight Champlon of the World. IVEN a little time after the shock of being knocked out for « the first time in my life, I've begun to analyze that fight of mine with Jack Sharkey. ‘When 1 first came to myself, walking toward the dressing room, my heart went clear down into my shoes. It seemed impossible—a horrible sort of nightmare. Nobody had ever knocked me out. How was it possible for Jack D.)i [to keel me over for the long count? He | was not so hard a hitter as several men | 1 had met. Now I'm feeling better about it. This . zetback doesn't dent my confidence in myself one bit. Why should it? Pretty nearly every champion has gone through that experience. The fact that I waited 12 years before it happened to me n n | doesn’t change the situation in the least. Couldn’t Do It Again. ‘The ending was much the same as the one between Willie Jackson and Johnny Dundee, when John was knocked abso- lutely cold for the first and only time in his life. They fought half a dozen times thereafter, and Jackson never even came close to doing that trick _ again. T'll get a return bout with Sharkey. To get into the ring with him again I am quite willing to fight my way through any heavyweights the promoters and public want to pit against me. It doesn't matter who they are—Phil - Scott, Otto von Porat; anybody at all. My aim and direction is to go through the lot—if necessary, to try my luck - with Scott. | The unexpected result hasn‘t changed |my conviction that I had the proper |style and condition to beat Jack. I'm offering no_alibis, you understand. A lucky punch is one that should have been blocked and wasn't. Next time there won't be a lucky one, or an un- IMMY FOXX, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg and lucky one. either. George Earnshaw all have played no small part in the pennant | victory of the Athletics, but in all-around usefulness, Aloysius | Harry Simmons tops the Tribe of Mack without much, if any, |right hand of his, and there is lots of Admires Gob's Right. Sharkey is a smart smacker with that steam back of the left, too. but the first round showed that he could be kept off balance with a jab and made to miss. Some people have criticized my com- - ing in at 186!> pounds. They said it | was too heavy, that my speed would be cut down. That wasn't true. There there? If the bout had gone farther, it would have been more evident. I never felt better in my life nor more confi- cent. And T can say right now, as the Brit- i<h Tommies "did, “Are we down- hearted? 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