Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1929, Page 35

S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C,” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1929, 5 SPORT S. 35 Army Deals Blow at Non-Scout System : Gridders Reap Profit of Spring Work GOOD FOR GAME IN EVERY RESPECT, ZUPPKE HOLDS CADETS GRANTED REQUEST TO REVIEW YALE'S STUFF Eli-Princeton Pact Disintegrating, Too—Critic Sees Trend Toward Permitting Officials to Inject Themselves Into Game Too Much. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, October 2—Here’s one more lusty blow at the non- scouting system. Acting upon the request of West Point, Yale has agreed to permit Army scouts to follow the course of the Eli eleven with reference to the Yale-Army game at New Haven on October 26, and Yale will scout Army. In fact, there were scouts from New Haven at the Army-Boston University game, also four scouts from Harvard and one from Illinois and other university N points. So far, It was an ill-advised reform in its very essence, and a sop to critics of the intercollegiate game which failed utterly of its purpose if only there are issues far more important than scouting which need handling in this modern ‘game of foot ball. The devising and administering of rules, for instance. An unmistakable trend these days is the thrust of offi- cals into the game. Organized into groups their position, self-constituted. as stewards of this game of foot ball is becoming ever more apparent. Tacit sanction as vice regents of the rules committee is theirs. Chance to Use Wisdom. Now the writer would be the last one to destroy the firm grip of officials upon any foot ball gamé. But indivi- dually they should be careful that the backing of an organization does not lead them to overstep themselves. Grid- iron blue laws are wisely handled when they are handled with discretion. The frequent pauses for the enforce- ment of penalties in the Army-Boston U. game made that contest assume quite clearly the complexion of a basket ball game. And this basket ball aspect is growing everywhere, There was a com- plete lack of flow; continuity was re- peatedly broken. For one thing, at Jeast 10 punts were called back for various reasons, as offside and for roughing the kicker. From the spectators’ standpoint this 15 disheartening. There aresminor rea- STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE ASHINGTON'S first golf tour- nament starter, who is & member of the Bannockburn Golf Club, and has had the “honor” of starting most of the invitation tournaments about the Capital for several years, is not daunted by the weather. Major H. Robb of Bannockburn, who has opened more golf tournaments about the Capital than ever have been won by a half dozen of the leading amateur golfers of the city, braved high wind and slashing rain shortly after 7 o'clock this morning to officially open the in- vitation tournament of the Manor Club. With him in his weather-defying round was C. C. Heath, also a member of Ban- nockburn, and Robb’s partner in several opening tournament rounds. Driving down a_ soggy fairway from an elevated tee which was as slippery as the muddy fairway, Robb and Heath officially opened the tournament long before most of Washington rolled over, cast a half-shut eye out toward the yard and turned over for another snooze be- fore getting up for the day. Others en- tered in the Manor Club tournament were not so brave as this pair of Ban- nockburn golf warriors, for before an hour of the tournament starting time had passed nearly a dozen scheduled starters had failed to show up and de- faulted their chance to play. Al Treder, the club professional, was on hand to get them all away in time, and kept the starters moving as rapidly as possible. Winter rules, permitting placing the ball anwywhere except in hazards, were in effect all over the course, while play- ers also were permitted to clean the ball on the putting green. Previously Winter rules were in effect only on the first nine holes. With nearly 200 players scheduled | to start in the qualifying round to- day, and almost as many listed to start tomorrow, the tournament committee, realizing there must be no delay if the qualifying round is to be completed on schedule time, kept the players moving from the first tee in orderly and reg- ular procession. The slowness of the course will slow up the field, and it is entirely possible that darkness may come late this afternoon before the last pair finishes putting out on the eight- eenth green. The Weather Bureau, however, promises clearing weather for tomorrow, which is some cause for the tourney committee to feel elated. Two days ago Ray Garrity and Dave Thom- son, chairmen of the golf and greens committees, were congratulating them- selves that at last they had rain to slow up the course and put it in good shape for the tournament. But Jupiter Pluvius crossed them and provided en- tirely too much weather. ‘The first round of match play in the championship tournament of the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club was post- poned yesterday by action of O. L. Veer- hoff, chairman of the tournament committee. Unaware that the first round had ‘been postponed early in the day, four players in the tournament played their matches in the afternoon. In the first or championship flight, Henry D. Nich- olson, who is looked upon as one of the foremost contenders for the title now held by Frank K. Roesch, defeated P. W. Calfee 5 and 4, while Capt. N. E. Nichols defeated R. D. King in a third flight match, by 1 up. Veerhoff sald the result would stand, and the matches would not have to be played over. The first round now is scheduled to be played on Thursday in the cham- pionship, the special 12-17 handicap flight, and the Birney cup flight. The second round may be played Saturday or Sunday at the discretion of the com- petitors, with the semi-final round scheduled for next Tuesday and the Used Car Values Used Cadillacs, Used La Salles Many Other Splendid Makes Good Condition Throughout At Very Attractive Prices The uncommonly appealing prices are proof that your pocketbook will Princeton and Yale adhere to their pact against.scouting, but the gesture is growing rather faint and if Eli and the Tigers do not call it off this year they will probably let it slip into the limbo of forgotten things next season. And a good thing it will be. sons against applying penalty on a kicking play at the point of receipt, but the writer is convinced they do not bulk against the tactical, as well as the speculator, reasons in favor of let- ting the kick stand and applying a requisite penalty against offense or de- fense at the point where the ball is declared dead. Cadets Butter-Fingered. Whether or not the fumble rule was responsible, the writer cannot say, but certainly there is a lot of sloppy ball handling at West Point. With the pen- alty for a muff no longer great, it may be that one of the hitherto essential fundamentals of the game will lose caste through the subtlety of psychol- ogy. Certainly the Army on Saturday could not have been more butter-fin- gered had a mental condition of the sort already taken possession of the player. Stanford got by that always tough Olympic Athletic Club game nicely by the margin of one touchdown. But next Saturday the Palo Altonians will encounter a brand of opposition which is likely to be bitter. Oregon, headed by her stalwart coach, Capt. John Mc- Ewan, will leave the misty hills of Eugene filled with determination. Fruits of the former Army coach’s adminis- tration of foot ball at Oregan came in last year with a Northwest champion- ship.” Now, with even better material than last and a coaching system prac- tically sanctioned, the webfoots are apt to make a lot of trouble for Glenn War- ner and his merry men. final round carded for Thursday, Octo- ber 10. Members of the Round Table Club— a civic luncheon organization, which ‘meets in Washington—will hold a golf tournament at the Washington Golf and Country Club tomorrow. All play- ers are requested to report at the club ready for play by 1:30 p.m. President Aitchison has presented a prize for the best low score, and a “booby” prize will be given by Secretary Etchison for the highest score. Each player will donate a ball and these will be used for first and second prizes based on the net score. Prizes will be presented at | the regular luncheon on October 8. | Plans are moving forward rapidly for | the women's championship tournament of the Middle Atlantic Goif Association to be played over the course of the Co- | lumbia Country Club on Qctober 21-25, | inclusive. The Women's District Goif | Association, which has been partigularly | active this year in promoting local women’s golf affairs, has promised its support of the affair, and will act with the association in aiding to secure a large_entry list. Promise of support for the tournament already has been made by woman golfers of Baltimore, AS RING PROMOTER Assured a Capacity Crowd at Fields-Dundee Go in - Chicago Tonight. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, October 2.— Jack Dempsey will return to active participation in the boxing business tonight—not & scowl- ing, panther-like Dempsey throwing padded gloves, but a smiling, slightly heavier Dempsey offering his first boxing program as a promoter in his own right. The old Manassa mauler will make his premiere in the new role in the Chicago Coliseum, less than a mile from Soldier Field, wheré he fought his last battle with Gene Tunney two years and 10 _days ago. Dempsey, scarcely less of a drawing card than he was as a fighter, was as- sured of a capacity crowd in the re- modeled coliseum. New seating ar- rangements have increased the capa- city to 11,000, which would bring a gate of about $50,000. Jackie Fields, new world welterweight champion, will meet Vince Dundee of Baltimore, in the main 10-round bout, which has somewhat of a grudge com- plexion. Vince is a brother of Joe Dundee, from whom Fields won his title at Detroit two months ago, and Vince also hopes to wipe out a couple of decisions Fields took from him last year on the coast. Dave Shade, one of the outstanding contenders for the middleweight championship, will en- gage Joe Roche, San Francisco youngster, in another 10-rounder, and Haakon Hanson, Chicago middleweight, will o‘ppose Cowboy Dula of Oklahoma City in the third 10-rounder. Gecerge Getz, who was associated with the late Tex Rickard in‘the promotion of the Dempsey-Tunney championship bout at Soldier Field in 1927, wili be at the ringside, as a member of the Illinois State Athletic Commission, along with a host of other notables. gl DUCKPI N LEAGUE MARKS SMASHED BY KING PINS Two District Duckpin League records were established_last night when the King Pin team rolled a game of 854 and a set of 1,828. The Arcadia team was the victim. Columbians took three games from the new Nationals team as the Ladies’ District League campaign got under way last night. Rena Levy starred with a 145 game and a 335 set. Hips Slide Rather Than Turn on Axis BY SOL METZGER. Swing _your clubhead straight through the ball and on out after it toward the hole. That's the golf stroke. The points to smooth in your swing are those that will lead to this result. It stands to reason that if your hips slide back and forth on a line parallel to the line you wish to send the ball you have a much better chance of stroking it along thiss line than if your hl&s rotated or turned about on an axis. Tolley says that one of the great- est helps in insuring this result is the knee action he uses. On his backswing he lets the left knee bend in toward the right. On the swing through his right knee bends in to- ward the left. Neither knee bends outward toward the ball. The result of this knee action is where the champion, Virginia Holzder- ber, is a member of two clubs and is the most prominent woman player of | the city. | A number of woman golfers of the city will play Friday at Chevy Chase, in a tournament sponsored by the Wom- en's Distrift Association to secure prac- | tice over the course preparation for | The Evening Star cup tourney, to be | played at Chevy Chase October 7 and . This event was won last year by Winifred Faunce of the Manor Club. | SMALLWOOD FIGHTS BASS IN HEADLINER Joe Smallwood of this city will meet Nick Bass of Baltimore in a welter- weight bout scheduled for 10 rounds that will feature the boxing program to be staged tonight by the Silver Spring, Md., National Guard Company in the armory there. Arthur DeBeves, formerly of will engage Billy Ha of in the semi-final at eight rounds. first bout will start at 8:30 o'clock. There will be music by the Silver Spring Community Band. Charlie Gallagher, Fort Myer, vs. Humpty T rounds. Bilver Spring Service Co., . Rody Davie, Fort Myer. four rounds. Youns Finchom, Silver Spring. vs. Soldier Battiste, Fort Myer, four rounds. Soldier Bennet, Silver Spring, vs. Young Marinish, ~Distriét™ National - Guard, - four AFthur De Beve, Siiver Spring, 'vs. Billie Harris, Fort Myer, eight rounds. Joe 'Smallwood, Silver Spring. Nick Basciano. nce, Myer vs. _— One of the greatest rooters for the Chicago Cubs is Dr. L. R. Wilson. He has followed the team on every trip for the last five years and has not missed a game. AMIBAS H ©O T E SWIMMING POOL " Mixed Swimming ot All Times A STRAIGHT LEFT GOING BACK— A STRAIGHT RIGHT GOING THROUGH THAT'S YOUR GOLF =l Uelze to insure a straight back and forth slide of the hips. If he let his knees bend outward each in turn would prevent this lateral hip slide. Bobby Jones does another thing in his swing that further aids in this all- important matter of throwing the clubhead straight through and on out after the ball toward the hole. Add yardage and accuracy to your drive by writing Sol Metzger, care of this paper, for his free leaflet on driving. Inclose stamped addressed envelope. | (Copyright. 1929) 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. SAIDOR-» L DEMPSEY INDEBUT M | New Orleans. So BY PAUL R. MICKELSON, Associted Press Sports Writer. ETROIT, October 2.—Glenna Collett’s path to agfourth na- tional women'’s golf champion- ship “was obstructed today by the possessor of one of the prettiest rounds ever carded in the royal and ancient game, Maureen Or- cutt of White Beeches, N. J. The two were paired against each other in the second 18-hole round of match play and the champion had any- thing but a picnic ‘confronting her. Miss Orcutt, whose skill has brought her the Eastern champlonship several times in addition to others, dazzled the first round of competition yesterday when she halted the march of Helen Hicks, 21-year-old golfing marvel from Hewlett, Long Island, N. Y., 3 and 2. She streaked around the first nine holes in 35 strokes, even men’s par, and then clipped seven strokes from women's par and had six birdies and an eagle. The card was the best ever turned in during the national event, now in its thirty- third edition. Spectacular putting and pitching, her favorite shots, netted Miss Orcutt her brilliant card. On the 16 holes she was forced to play, she wielded her putter but 24 times, or an average of 3 every two holes. Miss Hicks, whose 79 in the qualifying round tied her with Virginia Van Wie of Chicago for medalist hon- ors, was four under par herself for the 16 holes, but even that was not enough to stop Maureen's rush, which was 50 overwhelming on_the first nine holes that she gained a 3 up margin. Miss Collett, apparently on her great game as much as ever, simply left her first-round rival, Mrs. W. A. Jol n of Philadelphia, at the post yesterday. Shooting even par, she snatched the first four holes and never was threat- ened. The Philadelphian failed to win a single hole during the match. Two former champions, Mrs. Alex- astirling Fraser of Ottawa, Canada, and Mrs. Helen B. Stetson of Philadelphia, were missing in the second round. Mrs. Fraser, who has held the crown three times and who was the last of six Cana- dian invaders to drop out, was elim! nated yesterday by a comparative un- known to national tournament player, Anjeanette Hunter of Pittsburgh, 2 up. Mrs. Stetson was eliminated only after the longest struggle in the tournament’s history, losing to Mrs. Leo Federman of New York on the twenty-fourth green. Close matches were in prospect all the way down the upper and lower brackets today. In the. upper tier this was the battle front, in addition to the Collett-Orcutt duel: Edith Quier, Phil- adelphia, and Mrs. Harley Higbie, De- troit; Kathleen Wright, Pasadena, Calif.,, and Mrs. O. S. Hill, Kansas City, present Western titleholder, and Mrs. Stewart Hanley, Detroit, against Mrs. Lee Mida, Chicago veteran. In the lower bracket, Miss Van Wie was paired against Mrs. Federman; Mrs, Larry Nel- son, a rising star of Dayton, Ohio, meets Bernice Wall, Oshkosh, Wis.; Miss Hun- ter tackles Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Philadelphia, three times champion and Mrs. Leona Pressler of Los Angeles, was paired against Marion Turple of classic has been Price 23c 2c Road Tax Included ureen Orcutt Has Chance. - To Dethrore Glenna Collett g.r?_d:cuuflve ol“:xunem golf. l;allnr m’xe ng e qualifying while ee cracked it yesterday. il PROCTOR AND LESSER BATTLE IN BALTIMORE Joe Proctor, heavyweight boxer, and Joe Lesser, lightweight, of this city, will show their wares tomorrow night in a card at the Embassy Theater, Baltimore. Proctor will face Herman Weiner of Baltimore in the main bout of eight rounds and Lesser will engage Harry Groves, also of the Monumental City, in a six-round preliminary. LOMSKI WINS BOUT . THAT LAW FORBIDS By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, October 2.—The club membership plan of selling tickets to prize fights, forbidden by law in ‘Washington, proved a successful legal loophole here last night as Leo Lomski, Aberdeen, - Wash,, light-heavyweight, whipped “Cowboy” Jack Willis of Texas in six rounds while county and city officials were restrained by an injunc- tion from interfering with the bout. Despite the fact that the two boxers nt the whole day in a courtroom, they put on a torrid battle. Lomski won the second and sixth rounds, with the others even. State law permits only private clubs to sponsor boxing exhibitions, and then only “for exercise.” Bishop and Austin sold memberships in a “club” and Justice Willlam Hoar ruled they were not staging a prize fight. Cubs One of Strongest Teams Ever to Represent Old League BY GEORGE MORIARTY, Big League Umpire. ° George Moriarty, American League umpire and former Detroit mana- ger, has written three preliminary world series stories, sizing up the contenders. His first story, on the Chicago Cubs, appears below. To- morrow he will discuss the Ath- letics. During the series Moriarty pu;ige:'v‘rfle a daily dispatch for this HE feat of sweeping through the National League in a blaze of unquestioned power entitles the Chicago Cubs to all considera- tion in the world series. ‘The Cubs left their sturdiest competi- tors limping and lagging so many laps behind that the question arises: Has the National League ever been repre- sented by &’ more powerful and accom- plished team? At least, the manager, Joe McCarthy, has molded one of the most colorful and spirited machines of recent years. ‘They are a club that will give their ut- most to win games. The pitching staff, Malone, Bush, Blake, Root, Carlson, Nehf and Cvengros, are ready to toss their teasers and terrors at the Ath- letics. Of the lot I think Malone is the real busy bee and has the quality of stuff that may prove puzzling to the apple- assaulting Athletics. Malone is a first- baller, and that type must be crafty to get by. Bush, who jumped into the star class the middle of the season, has be- come a problem by failure to be con- sistent toward the close of the cam- | paign. Blake is a .500 pitcher, with plenty of stuff, but he is erratic at times and dependent upon a thunder- ing offensive to win for him. Carlson may land a spot-light assign- ment in the series, through his wonder- ful control. He has a chance to sur- prise the Athletics by catching them off stride. Root is a worthy worker and may be tossed at the A's because of his fast and well-rounded benders. McCarthy undoubtedly figures to hold Nehf and Cvengros in the background till the status of his right handers is apparent. And while on the vital sub- Ject of pitching it is well to remember that even an ordinary pitcher may de- liver an inspiring brand of ball in a world series. The likely absence of Gabby Hartnett, due to a lame arm, strikes the lament- able note of the series. Hartnett, in tip top form, would be reason enough for Chicago supporters to place hgn on a pedestal with the famed Mickey Cochrane of the Athletics. With Grimm back on the job after an injury, the Cubs have a first baseman of extraor- dinary skill. Tolson, too, has proved his worth, 50 the Cubs are nicely forti-+from the coach. Again they may have fied at the first sack. & Hornsby and English have been doing a clean-cut job around the keystone area. McMillan has come through splendidly at third, but gives no prom- ise of being a demon with the bat in the series. Wilson and Stephenson pull down flies in satisfactory style, but Cuyler is far more artistic than his two mates in the ball-hawking industry. Their nasty punch at the plate makes the flelding value of these men sec- ondary. Hornsby leads them in sheer power at bat, and if these four masters of the mauling art are unable to bunch hits off the Mack hurlers the Cubs’ chances to win will be cut 75 per cent. I like this Gonzales immensely as a catcher. He is a Cuban and plays to win or die. He is a crafty worker by reason of lengthy experience. Taylor also helps greatly to put the punch into the Cubs’ backstop department. After all, asking for the right pitch is half Dugléhe battle behind the bat, and I am all the subterfuges. However, to be able to cut the big- gest slice from the world series melon the Cubs’ pitchers must be able to hoid | the destroying Mack sluggers to a mini- mum of power at the plate. McCarthy, the wise and resourceful manager of the dashing Chicago crew, faces the task of a lifetime—picking the winning pitchers out of the bag. (Copyrisht, 1923, by North American News- r ‘tell you what ESSO is..Your carwilltellyou | e . what it does. . .. that Gonzales and Taylor know | Ilinois Coach Says Some Mentors Don’t Favor It Because They’re Lazy and Some Veterans of Team Fear Discovery of New Stars. BY BOB ZUPPKE, Head Coach at University of Illinois. i in every way. I speak from OOT BALL teams are profiting now by the practice they had last Spring, if it was the right kind. = ¥ Spring practice, in my opinion, is a good thing for the game long experience, for we have had it ever since my first season at Illinois, 1913-14. I hesitate to say that when our boys assembled on old Illinois Field in 1914 it was the first practice of the kind, but I am sure we were one of the first universities to hold one of real importance. Of course, there are opponents of Spring practice. Those_who believe foot hall is “overemphasized” naturally oppose it, but I am not concerned with them, as their opposition is against the whole system of intercollegiate sport. Another group, probably small, friends of foot ball and college sports, object to a fancied stress and strain of practice, but, in my opinion, they are misinformed. Some veterans, probably seniors, may be passive resistants, for they dislike the competition for their places which may come from hitherto unknown sophomores developed by the plan.| They would prefer to rest on their laurels. Coaches Lazy. And there are even a few coaches who say that they do not favor it. Some, of course, are entirely honest in | their attitude, but I cannot help but feel that others are just a trifle lazy | and would welcome freedom from the | time and energy this practice requires outside interests to which they would | prefer to give them time. | Spring practice in reality is an intra- mural project. No games are played with outside opponents. There is no general campus interest in the practice and it proceeds quietly. At Iliinols, in the Spring, we prac- tice four times a week and the sessions | are only an hour each. The physical | exertion required is moderate and the | program in no way interferes with| scholastic work. Usually we start late | in February and use one of the big| halls of the stadium until we can go outside. With this early start practice | ends before Easter and the boys have the rest of the school year with the | fine weather for themselves. This plan has encouraged many men to try for the varsity who otherwise would never have attempted it. Some- times a player for some reason did not report for the freshman squad. Per- haps he preferred to devote his first semester entirely to getting _a good start in his scholastic work. The plan | gives him a chance to receive individ- ual training which would not be pos- | sible in the busier Fall season. | Class numeral jerseys for the player: who make the best showing are the re: ward of effort in Spring practice a Ilinois, and not only freshmen, sophomores and juniors, who did not win emblems on the freshman squad | afe stimulated by these prizes. | about Esso . . . |in September. Every year, it is safe to say, 8ol player who wins a varsity letter at 1ili- nois was first noticed during extra- season practice, and I have no doubt the same is true at many other univer- sities. Pritz Humbert, fullback, is.a shining example of a fine player dis- covered by this means. The coach and his assistants are not under pressure and are able to give more time and patience i green mate- rial. Another point is that the exercise is helpful in keeping the nlayers in good health throughout the year. _ By teaching the fundamental forma- tions which will be the backbone cf his system the coming season the coach does not have to start at ihe beginning t There is time also to break in the squad on changes in tre rules. New wrinkles can pe tried out in actual play. Without meaning to decry the time spent in other sports, it is only fair to point out that track athletes usually train nearly all the school year and that coliege base ball squads have iong sea- sons. Basket ball work usually starts in October, and most fives have a pe- | riod of practice after the season ends. Investigation, I am sure, will show that, even including a reasonable time for Spring practice, foot ball squads do not train any longer, and in some cases not so long, as those in other sports. You will find the full-time foot ball coach who is worth his salt is strong for Spring practice. 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