Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1929, Page 44

44 SP ORTS. THE EVENING . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER '8, 1929. SPORTS. Impressions That Leading Golf Players Are Dumb Is All Wrong Hagen Declares STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE HARDING AND JONES| NOTED EXAMPLES Sir Walter Finds That Most|& Club Champs Succeed in Game of Life. BY WALTER HAGEN, British Open Golf Champion. HE idea that all good golfers are | dumb is entirely wrong. I know a great many quite the opposite. A President of the United States, Warren Harding, was a golfer. I played with Mr. Harding ashington, and know. I recently heard about John Knittel, a Swiss, formerly amateur champion of Switzerland, who has written two novels, “Into the Abyss” and “Nile Gold.” These books are far from the work of a dumb person. 1 believe most good golfers are above the average in intelligence. Bobby Jones is an example. He is a lawyer and a good one. It would not surprise me if he became as good a lawyer as he is a golfer. Golf should increase a man's under- standing, for it presents many situa- tions teaching . things which must broaden the outlook on life, The game has decided educational advantages. It 1s inspiring yet humbling, and demands patience. It teaches above everything the lesson of courage in adversity, for no golfer can ride rough shod over all opposition as has been done by the leaders in other sports. There was a time when Suzanne Lenglen did not know what it was to be defeated, and for years Willie Hoppe basked in victory. But golf is different. Robby Jones can lose to .ohnny Goodman. Even the best of the professional taste de- feat far more often than victory. Most good golfers are successful in other undertakings. I travel a great deal, and meet and play with club champions in all parts of America. ‘They are for the most part successful in_business or professions. Many profesisonals have done well in their more limited fleld. Donald Ross, Pinehurst, an expert golf architect, has laid out hundreds of courses. Many club professionals make a success of their business. ‘Tournament-playing professionals have gained experience and knowledge in Europe. If they fail to absorb some- | ;?&:Ag in their travels they must be Golf is a game for intelligent people. It takes ntelligence to find the really good and worthwhile things of this life. (Copyright, 1020 by North American News- paper Alliance.) PICK LOS ANGELES CLUB FOR PRO GOLF TOURNEY CHICAGO, October 8 (#).—The Pro- fessional Golfers’ Association national championship tournament will be held at the Hillerest Club of Los Angeles, December 2 to 7, the executive com- mittee of the association announced last night through its president, Alex Pirie. ‘The national P. G. A. tournament originally slated to be held at the La Cumbre Golf and Country Club, Santa Barbara, Calif. M. TALCOTT is the winner of the September Morn cnp lnr members of the senlor . ation of the Chevy chue ub. Winning his way to the nml round by & nnen of five victories the hanflicap event, Talcott deluud {Gen. H. P. McCain by 2 and 1 in the | final round. only & few years sgo was one of the foremost figures in competitions for the President’s, Liberty and sStamese cups. He has not played in these events in recent years. ‘The first round of match play in the event for the Halloween cup is well under way and the members of the senior association are pointing for the second round. Here are the results so far in the first round: Dr, Willlam B. Talcott is one of the best g of the senior golfers of the club and | ap short of the ditch, which is supposed to_catch a bad second shot on this hole »nd reached the green with s mashil. niblick. Birdie u were seorad on the eighteenth by Mrs. Warren L. ‘Heap of Indian Spring and Mrs, S, F. Colladay. Here are the leadi scores of yester- Mrs. J AnnyN Harrison Bl’lnfl. 93—10—83; Columbia, 1oo—u—u. Scott, Indian S%P Susan Hacker, Chevy chuc Mrs. Hugh T. Nicolson, Wuhl.nmn 88—0—88; Mrs. R. L. Rou. Cot Mawn defeated Admiral Taylor, 2 and | ) in 27 holes; Gen. F. R. Keefer de- felud G. B. Christian, jr, by default; Maj. H. L Rice defeated C. V. Wheeler by default; E. M. Talcott defeated Gzn John A‘ Hull by default; Gen. D. C. Shanks defeated Ben,)t.min Miller by default; Gen, W. J. Nicholson defeated Fulton Lewis, 2 and 1; Col. Joseph Wheeler defeated F. M. Savage, 2 and 1; Gen. S. Minor defeated Whitman Cross by default; Admiral R. H. Jack- son defeated H. L. Rust, 5 and 4; Ad- miral R. H. Stanford defeated W. G. Brantley by default; C. Phillips Hill defeated Admiral W. H. Standley by de- fault; Col. C, B. Drake defeated G. Y. Worthington, 2 and 1. The present competition is the last of the season for the senfor golfers. Another ace was scored on the four- teenth hole at Indian Spring yesterday when Frank Du Boise, in a match with Billy Smith, assistant secretary of the Washington base ball club, holed his shot from the tee on this 170-yard af- fair. Several aces have been made on this hole this year. Mrs. J. M. Hodges of the Army, Navy | and Marine Corps Country Club started | the final round of the competition for | The Evening Star Trophy at Chevy | Chase today with a two-stroke lead over | her nearest competitor in the 36-hole | medal-play event. Scoring a gross 82, and aided by a handicap of 4, Mrs. Hodges took the lead early in the event yesterday. Her net card of 78 was turned in early in the day and remained low over the first round. Mrs. J, Marvin Haynes of Columbia, who was runner- up in the District women's champion- ship this year, also turned in a gross 82, but was playing from scratch, and in | consequence started the second round | today four strokes behind Mrs. Hod, Mrs, Stephen F. Colladay, registering an 84, with a handicap of 4, for a net 80, was in second place as the final round of the event started today. The cup will go to the player with the lowest net score for the 36-hole event. In ad- dition to a replica of The Star Cup, the Women's District Golf Association has put up &rlzes for low gross each day and for the low net each day. A record fleld of 48 contestants started in the event, which is held an- nually by the Women's District Assocla- tion. The scores yesterday were un- usually low even though & wind swept over the course. The front tees were used by the contestants, which make a difference of about 400 yards in the length of the course as between front and back tee. But the layout of the Chevy Chase Club was not as easy for some of the competitors, as the leading scores would make it appear. For Mrs. Dorothy White Nicolson, the District title holder, took 88, and other leading golfers of the city, were above 90 in the first round. Dorothy Hunter of Indian Spring, who is noted as a long driver, hit a tee shot from the fifteenth tee that came to rest only & few yards W. Hi lob—ll—-fl. .Indl ”Spflnlm an rothy Hunter, Forget Hip Turn In Your Pivoting ‘The pivot of the golf swing is a hip turn, with which the golfer really has little concern, as it prae- tically takes care of itself when other details are correctly executed. Because this pivot is so noticeable in the swing of good golfers and in the motion picture prints of them playing the long shots, we gain the erroneous idea that we must com- pel our hips to turn. Therein we get into everlasting trouble. ‘The hip turn, or pivot, as we shall see ‘n this short series devoted to 1t, takes place only near the top and the finish of the swing. It is a nat- ural result of other movements. It MAJOR HEZLET £ USES WIDEST STANCE OF ANY STAR GOLFER HENCE. ms" 10-% rarely begins with the backswing and it certainly does not occur in the stroke itself until the ball is well on its way. ‘The length of the pivot depends upon the style of the golfer. Maj. C. O. Hezlet, British Walker Cup player, who is a tremendous man, has a limited pivot because he stands with his feet spread farther apart than any other star I know of. Naturally this wide stance pre- vents body turn. 'l'h. result is the major uses an gerated body sway, and hits llmnn entirely with his arms. Tomorrow—Jones' pivot. Great golfers are great drivers. Improve your drive by undlsn; stamped, addressed envelope to Metzger, care of this ?IDQP and _requesting his free leaflet on driving. (Copyright. 1929.) Rocky Ford cenfs Indian Spring, 93—201; Bell, Ool:m , 109—18—! Golfers of t.he co jonal Country Club tomorrow will start the qualifying rounds for the club champlonship, which will end on Saturday. with Page defending the title he has won e last three years. Another 18-hole medal play round essional to ip of the nu end ol the 84-hole competition yes- George G of Pittsburgh mdgr H.!' Olrm.y terson, N. J., gross scores of 240. Dr. Gm d lH’-—'lO—Z‘D and Dr. ty hld 80—79—81—240. Third ghne n by Dr. W. A. Hall, who ad IHI—ID—I“ In class B the competition phyed at Oalumhh resulted in Dr. W. C. Brown winning with a card of 86—19—66. Drs. Kar] P. Heintg, J. G. Sharp and R. H. Mason sll had net 72s to tie for second lace. % In class C the competition at Indiar Spring resulted in a for low net be- tween Dr. J. 8. Emerson, who had 93— 27—66, and Dr. O. H. Mason, who had 94—28—66. In the u-hou competition, Dr. D. P. Jones, p! with a handi- cap of 42, had & net of 133. In setond p!ue’:n Dr. J. 8. Emerson, who had 2 net 134, Entries for the Ann:Polls Roads Club | tournament, which will be played next Saturday and Sunday, are to close to- morrow with the gol ‘committee of the club at Annapolis, Md. MASTRO AND TAYLOR Mrs, G. Y. 91, COLUMBIA TOURNEY DRAWS A BIg FIELD 5 2 192 Golfers Are Slated to)% Play in Event Which Opens Tomorrow. NE HUNDRED AND NINETY- TWO qualifying round of the Co- lumbia O{ub championship to- morrow and Thursday to at- tempt to qualify in six flights in the title chase, which will end next Satur- day. The field has been divided into two parts, with one section scheduled to qualify tomorrow and the other part to qualify on Thursday. Here gre the pairings for the medal round: WEDNESDAY. Ghesles L fhelton. 11 and Lee 8:50, n. 1‘ 8:55, Willlam BYE hi Bh ckies, 19: B OB IN FEATHER SCRAP %5 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 8.—Earl Mastro, Chicago contender for the featherwelght championship of the world, and Bud ‘Taylor, veteran Terre Haute, Ind. puncher, will meet tonight, in the 10. i round feature bout of the Chicago Sta- dium's program. Two other 10-rounders are on_the card. Salvatore Ruggirello, glant Ital- ian puncher, will meet Les Kennedy, young San Francisco heavyweight, and My Sullivan of St. Paul, will tackle Jackie Brady, Syracuse, N. Y., welter- weight. A ee, 2 50, and Thomas R, ship ainin Warren, 22, xomendnrrr 18 and D L 8. M olfers will start in the | 20; nd | M((,l(llan 24 2 15, and b Rfrnd . C. lll C 0, W. and Z5 l. Heaton, 13, ., D. Blerce, 33, rna - ‘Glilmore, nd ¥ N & Jnllefl.’”‘.“h 1ido. 9."R e Kre: 1 -n Ehaties Robinson, 15, and Burkiin: "58. and d M. J. H by (Jines. 13 . G. Gartner, 2 Net Star Starts Young. Like Suzanne Lenglen, Betty Nuthall, {!| the British tennis star, took up the game | at the age of 7, being trained by her father. She won the girls’ chtmmon- ship of England when she was 13. THE WIND TUNNEL and revolving roadbed, designed to produce, indoors, actual driving con- ditions as found on the road. On such devices, actual pre-user road tests are made in the “Standard” Proving Laboratorics. Only the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C,, is similarly equipped. Glenna Is Finding Tt Harder to Win Titles BY GLENNA COLLFETT, Nationsl Women's Golf Champlon 1923, 1935, 1028, 1929, Winning. gt champlonships 13 ni golf champio ps becoming more and more diffi- cul(.. ‘The number of good wom- an golfers is increasing nnnullly and better golf is pl d. made any courses are not hel.n easfer, I believe the hardest course that I ever played is the south course of the Oakland Hills Country Club, over which the 1929 championship was decided last week. I have been asked whether the handicaps for women's golf should be lowered. Candidly, I do not think they should. I be- lieve as they stand today they are low enough. Also, I have been asked whether the women’s tournament should not be played earlier in the year. I do not know. The tournament dates are not up to me. And I have not given the subject much thought. Fights Last Night By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK.—Pal Silvers, Brooklyn, olil‘;.pnmkd Arturo Scheckles, Bel‘lum 10) PITTSBURGH. — Herman Perlick, Kalamazoo, Mich., stopped Marty Sil- vers, Brooklyn (3). Joey Goodman, Cleveland, knocked out Henry Perlick, | Kalamazoo (6). COLUMBUS, Ohio.—Tracey Cox, In- dianapolis, outpointed Eddie O'Dowd,, Columbus (10). TORONTO.—Happy _ Atherton, In- | dianapolis, outpointed Dark Cloud Brad- ley. Holyoke. Mass. (10). SIOUX CITY, Iowa—Pep Jennings, Des Moines, outpointed Freddie Penn, Omaha (10). Henry Felegano, Des Moines, outpointed Eddie McLean, Kan- sas City (10). NEW CASTLE, Pa.—Harry Fuller, | Niagara Falls, N. Y., outpointed Henry Firpo, Cleveland (10). Joey Thomas, | ncutpoinud Eddie Conrad, (6). Cleveland, Cleveland 3 NETMEN FAVORED IN WARDMAN TILTS ‘With Clarence Charest forced out of the Wardman Park invitation title net play by an arm injury, Bob Considine, Dooly Mitchsll and Tom Mangan stand out as the three favored survivors for the Secretary of State Stimson g;:‘t mw competition for the first s Fall Considine is slated to meet Pat Deck late this afternoon in a quarter-final tilt, Mitchell will have lt out with |Markey, the “dark horse” who once iplayed No. 1 on the Notre Dame net |squad and Tom Mangan will oppose Heiskell, The latter is a third round match. In the women’s division, three of the seeded stars have reached the semi- finals—Frances Krucoff, Phoebe Moor- head and Mrs. Ruth Martines. Moorhead is scheduled to meet Mrs. Martinez at 4 o'clock today while Miss Krucoff will meet her next opponent tomorrow. 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