Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1929, Page 67

- T THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, DECEMBER 29, 1929—PART" FIVE. French Continue Reign in Tennis World and Bobby Jones Still Rules Golfdom COGHET GREATEST RACKETER IN 1929 Helen Wills Again Proves In- vincible—Sarah Palfrey Retains Girls’ Title. HE end of the vear 1929 finds France still at the top of the lawn tennis world in the men’s division, while the United States, by the grace of Miss Helen Wills' unbeatable play, rules in the women'’s realm. On the surface this would seem to be a fairly even division of the spoils, but actually it is not that. Not only did Henri Cochet defeat Willlam T. Tilden, 2d, and George M. Lott, jr., in | the Davis Cup challenge round singles, but Jean Borotra also conquered Lott, leaving the United States triumphant in one singles in which Tilden defeated Borotra and in the doubles, where Wil- mer Allison and John Van Ryn scored & notable victory over Cochet and Bo- Totra. Henry Cochet also won the all-Eng- land and championship singles title, eblematic of the world's championship, and Mrs. Maude Holcroft Watson and Mrs. L. R. C. Michel, in an all-England final, won the Wimbledon women's doubles honors. Van Ryn and Allison, in a desperate five-set match, won the Wimbledon men’s doubles, and Miss Wills and Francis T. Hunter won the ‘Wimbledon mixed doubles title. New Doubles Champions. None of the French aces competed in the men’s national singles championship at Forest Hills, and the title was re- | gained Tilden, although Cochet would have been a strong favorite had he competed. The men’s doubles hon- ors were taken by a new and powerful combination, George Lott and John Hope Doeg. Allison and Van Ryn, who had performed .o brilliantly abroad earlier in the seascn, were eliminated in & previous round. Miss Betty Nuthall of England, paired with Lott, won the national mixed doubles championship. All indications point to the fact that had Cochet, Boratra, Brugnon and La- coste campaigned the United States last year they would almost certainly have made a clean sweep. In the French championships Rene La- coste won the men's singles title by de- feating his countryman, Borotra, in the final, and Lacoste and Borotra con- quered Cochet and Brugnon in the men's double final. ‘To partially offset these Gallic tri- umphs American girls defeated England in the Wightman Cup matches by 4 to 3, and Miss Wills defeated Miss Helen Jacobs of Berkeley, Calif., in the final of the Wimbledon singles and won the United States championship by taking the measure of Mrs. Maude Holcroft ‘Watson of England 11 the final round match. ‘With Tilden and Hunter very plainly on the down grade last year, this coun- try’s younger generation showed that it Wwas not yet s enough to success- fully "compete with the “Three Mus- keteers” of France. Lott, Doeg, Alli- &on, Van Ryn, Frank Shields, aithough TENNIS TITLISTS Men’s singles—Willlam T. Til- den, 2d. Women's singles—Helen N. Men’s doubles—George M. Lott and John H. 3 ‘Women'’s doubles—Mrs. L. R. C. Mitchell and Mrs. M. Watson of England. { Engiand ana Geows Lotk o and an tt. Profe: singles — Karel Kozeluh of Czechoslovakia. College singles—Berkeley Bell, Texas. College doubles—Ben Gorcha- koff and Arthur Kussman, Occi- | | dental | Junior singles—Keith Gledhill. Junior girls’ singlés—Sarah Palfrey. Boys' singles—Ray Cohn. Veterans' singles—Clarence M. Charest. Iy indoor singles—Jean Borotra of France. Men's indoor doubles—Willlam Tilden and Francis T. Hunter. ‘Women's indoor singles—Mar- garet Blake. ‘Women's indoor doubles—Mrs. George Wrightman and Sarah Palfrey. they probably will come through within the next vear or two, still are consider- ably below the form of those old mas- ters of former years, Tilden, Willlam M. Johnston, R. Norris Williams, 2d, and Hunter. 'W. Barry Wood, the star Har- vard foot ball quarterback, showed in the men's national championship last. | season that he is also destined to rank | at the top, or close to it. on the lawn tennis courts. With this nucleus, we should begin to dispute the supremacy of France by 1931. Our feminine players, as has been | said, did better than our men. Miss | Wills, of course, was the outstanding | figure and without her aid the United | States would probably have yielded | world supremacy to England. ~Great Britain is liable to make an even more | dangerous bid for world honors next year. Miss Betty Nuthall, the 18-yvear- old English star who carried Miss Wills to two 8—6, 8—6 deuce sets in the Wightman Cup matches at Forest Hills | 1ast” August, looks like the player who will succeed Miss Wills as world cham- pion. In both this country and Great Britain the women's game has ad- vanced considerably furthet than the men's. Miss Palfrey Keeps Title, In Miss Sarah Palfrey of Boston, na- tional girls' champlon "for the second year in succession and winner of sev- eral important senior tournaments, this country possesses & youngster (she is only 16 years old) who bears the stamp of real genius in her play. With two or three more seasons of campaigning be- hind her this little schoolgirl should take her place among the greatest players on the courts. She looks today like our greatest potential feminine player. . JEWISH GIRL BASKETERS SEEKING SUNDAY GAMES Jewish Community Center girls’ bas- ket ball team is seeking Sunday games. Miss Betty Kronman at Adams 4169 is receiving challenges before 8:30 a.m. and after 6 p.m. A. A. U. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, 1929 Outdoor Track and Field—Men 100-YARD DASH—Eddie Tolan, University of Michigan. 220-YARD DASH—Eddie Tolan, . University of Michigan. 440-YARD RUN—R. F. Bowen, University of Pittsburgh, 880-YARD RUN—Phil Edwards, New York UA\nlvumy. ONE-MILE RUN—Leo ond, Boston A. A. SIX-MILE RUN—Louis Gregorie, St. Joseph's C. C., Newark. 120-YARD HIGH HURDLES—S! teve Anderson, University of Washington, 220-YARD LOW HURDLES—Steve Anderson, University of Washington. 440-YARD LES—Gordon Allot, Denver A. C. 3-MILE WALK—Harry Hinkel, New York A. C. RUNNING HIGH JUMP—Henry Lassalette, Los Angeles A. C. RUNNING BROAD JUMP—Edward Gordon, University of Iowa. RUNNING HOP, STEP AND JUMP—Robert Kelley, Olympic Club, San Fr: POLE VAULT—Frederick Sturdy, Los Angeles A. C. 16-POUND SHOT PUT—Herman Brix, Los Angeles A. C. HAMMER—J 16-POUND ack Merchant, Olympic Club,csln Francisco. 56-POUND WEIGHT—P. J. McDonald, New York A. DISCUS THROW—Eric Krenz, Olympic Club, ’s-n !hnc cisco. les JAVELIN THROW-—Jess Mortensen, ., Angeles A. C. DECATHLON—Kenneth Doherty, Cadillac A. C., Detroit. 10-MILE RUN—James McDade, unattached, New York. 15-MILE RUN—William A. Agee, , Emerywood MARATHON—John C. Miles, Olympic Club, A. C., Baltimore. Hamilton, Ontario. 7-MILE WALK—W. Carlson, Finnish-American A. C., New York. Outdoor Track and Field—Women 50-YARD DASH——Elizabeth Robinson, Tlinois Women's A. C., Chi cago. 100-YARD DASH—Elizabeth Robinson, Illinois Women'’s A. C., Chicago. 220-YARD DASH—Maybelie Gilliland, Millrose A. A, New York. 80-METER HURDLES—Helen Filkey Wt RUNNING BROAD JUMP—Nellie Todd, RUNNING HIGH JUMP—Jean Shiley, BASE BALL THROW—Glora Russell, N SHOT PUT—Rena McDonald, Boston S JAVELIN THROW—Estele Hill, Prudent arren, Illinois Women's A. C., Chicago. .« Illinois Women's A. C., Chica Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia. orth California A. A., Eureka, Calif. wimming Club. ial A. C., Newark. DISCUS THROW—Rena McDonald, Boston Swimniing Association. Indoor Track and Field—Men 60-YARD DASH—James Daley, Holy Crcss College. 300-YARD RUN—Charles H. Engle, Yalt 600-YARD RUN—Philip Edwards, New 1,000-YARD RUN—Ray Conger, Iliinois 2-MILE RUN—Edvin Wide, Sweden. e University. York University, A C. 2-MILE STEEPLECHASE—Eino Purje, Finland. 1-MILE WALK—Harry Hinkle, New York A. C. 70-YARD HURDLES—E. M. Wells, Bost: on A. A. STANDING HIGH JUMP—Harold Csborn, Illinois A. C. DING BROAD JUMP—William Werner, Greenwood Track Club, New York. ST, RUNNING HIGH JUMP—Charles W. Major. Brooklyn Harriers' ;%ngND SHOT—Herbert Schwarze, Illinois A A A C. VAULT—Frederick Sturdy, Yale University. Indoor Track and Field—Women 40-YARD DASH—M: 220-YARD DASH—Catherine M. Donov: Carew, Medford (Mass.) Girls'+A. C. an, Prudential Insurance A. A, Newark. 50-YARD HURDLES—Catherine M. Donovan, Prudential Insurance A. A. STANDING BROAD JUMP—Katherine R. Mearls, Boston 8. A. 8-POUND SHOT PUT—Rena MacDonald, Boston S. A. RUNNING HIGH JUMP—Jean Shiley, Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia. 440-YARD RELAY—Millrose A. A.. New York. BASKET BALL THROW-—Marietta Ceres, Prudential Insurance A. A., Newark, Outdoor Swis 100 METERS—Walter Spence, Penn A. imming—Men C., Philadelphi: ONE MILE—Clarence Crabbe, Outrigger Canoe Club, Ha 220-YARD BACK STROKE—Frank Walton, unattached, Hollywood, Calif. 440-YARD BREAST STROKE—Walter PLATFORM DIVE—John Galitzen, Los Spence, Penn A. C., Philadeiphis. Angeles A. C. EPRINGBOARD DIVE—Michael Riley Galizen. Los Angeles A. C. LONG DISTANCE—Raymond Ruddy, New York A. C. WATER POLO-—New York A. C. Outdoor Swim: 00 METERS—Eleanor Garratti, San R ming—Women afael, Calif. 1 ONE MILE—Josephine McKim, unattached, Canal Zone 220-YARD BACK §’ leanor H olm, Women' A, N Y. hty, Women'’s 8. A, N. Y. en's 8. A, N. Y. [ED] PLATFORM DIVE—Georgia Coleman, Los Angeles A. C. SPRINGBOARD DIVE—Georgia Coleman, Los Angeles A. C. LONG DISTANCE—Ethel McGary, Women's 5. A, N. Y. Indoor Swimming—Men 100 YARDS—Walter Laufer, Lake Shor e A. C., Chicago. 500-YARDS—Walter Spence, unattached, Philadelphia. 150-YARD BACK STROKE—George Ko, ' Club, New York. jac, Boy 220-YARD BREAST STROKE—Walter Spence, unattached, Philadelphia. LOW SPRINGBOARD DIVE—Michael Riley Galitzen, Los Angeles A. C. 10 FEET HIGH BOARD DIVE—Michael Riley Galitzen, Los Angeles METERS MEDLEY—Walter Spenée, unattached, Philadelphia, 300 ‘WATER POLO—New York A. C. Indoor Swimming—Women 100 YARDS—Albina Osipowich, Worcester (Mass.) Boys' Club Auxiliary. 500 YARDS—Ethel McGary, Women's S. A. N. Y. 100-YARD BACK STROKE —Joan McSheehy, Whitinville, Mass. 100-YARD BREAST STROKE—Jane Fauntz, Tillinols Women's A. C. METERS LEY—Eleanor Holm, 200 LOW BOARD DIVE—Jane Fauntz, Illinois Women's A, C , Women's 8. A, New York. HIGH BOARD DIVE—Georgia Coleman, Los Angeles A. C. Boxing 112-POUND CLASS, James Kerr, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 1.; 126-pound, Martin Zuniga, den, Providence A. R. ind, Alblon Hol- Angeles A. 3 135-pound, Steve Halaiko, Orioles, Buffalo, N. Y.; 147-pound, Leslie Baker, Watertown, Mass.; 160-pound, Ray Levandowski, Grand Rapids. HEAVYWEIGHT—Ralph Ficue! Lopez, Boston, Mass.; 175-pound, Martin , New Yorg. Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling 112-POUND CLASS, George R. Shoemaker, ‘Thomas McCrary, Cornell College, Towa; 126-ppound, Geory ; 136-pound, John Earckson, Baltimore, Md. Springs, Ok! ‘Tomlinson, Oklahoma A, Lehigh University; 118-pound, Campbell, San 47-pound, Artie m . x: M fol&ule; l??-wtumfii Ben Sherman, Portland, Oreg.; 175-pound, Kaare niversity of Chicago. VYWEL 2% ‘George, University of Michigan. PERFORMERS WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN SPORTS DUR| LAVERNE FATOR- GAR. WoobD- Foot Ball During Gains Over Preceding Season OOT BALL of 1929, speaking of its good points, found many teams playing better foot bail than the year before. This was not universally the case by a Pod deal, but was true of more teams han teams which had a poer year, an among those distinctly better in 1929 than in 1928 were: Harvard, Yale, Colgate, Cornell, Penn Btate, Fordham, Bucknell, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Tech, Notre Dame, Georgla, ‘Tulane, Chicago, Purdue, Georgetown, Dartmouth, Nebraska, North Carolina, Western Maryland, Vanderbilt, Utah, ‘Texas Aggies and Texas Christian. These were all teams of the upper grade. The best records were made by Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Purdue, taking into consideration class of op- ponents and that there were no ties or defeats on a hard schedule. If one were able to tell exactly just which| were the most formidable opponents | this whole question of superiority could | be decided much more satisfactorily, but with such records we have the top honors seem to go tc the three elevens named. Tennessee Does Well. ‘Tennessee also did handsomely and was quite as strong, if not more so than last year, vet wound up with a tle with Kentucky. The Army and | Navy both made strong finishes, the | Army holding Notre Dame to a 7-t0-0 | score in one of the most stubborn | clashes of the year, and the Navy beat- ing Dartmouth, the latter a bigger feat than the Army was able to accomplish. The absence of an Army-Navy game from the year's turmoil still caused discussion and regret, but with no hope of being restored for a year or two. High-class teams which fell below their 1928 form were Pennsylvania, though Penn beat the Navy and Cor- | nell; N. Y. U, which came a cropper; the Army, whose season's performance was not up to par; Lafayette, Prince- | ton and Brown. | The season’s attendance was enor- | mous and must have exceeded any pre- vious year. Notre Dame, the Cali- fornfans, Harvard, Yale, N. Y. U, Dart- mouth and the Army, among others, all played to clinking business, and numerous others played to big busi- ness. Capacity crowds prevailed, and half a dozen attendances ran above 175,000. The interest in the game Ewd all existing marks. It was a anner year for the pigskin. The 1929 changes in playing rules created the usual lively discussion and their share of criticism. The principal change was the “fumble” rule—that is, the change which made a ball which was fumbled and struck the ground a dead ball when recovered by the defen- sive side. There were striking cases of recoveries of this description, and in some cases they deprived the team so recovering of a touchdown and possi- bly victory. Approval of that change was far from Nation-wide; disapproval of it was considerable. There still was comflulm. moreover, of how field goal kicking was “dying out” and a clamor that it be restored by putting the cross bar of the posts b-c:.over the goal line, instead of 10 d | of that proceeding was an earnest de- 1929 Shows rather post-season development, was the expulsion of Iowa by the Western | Conference. The conference convicted Iowa of making illegal arrangements with some of its best athletes, foot ball stars among them, and an aftermath sire by Towa to make a change for the better. The ethical standing of fopt ball and other sports at some colleges also cuffered a blow from the findings of the Carnegle Foundation's report. The trend was toward the ninning game in foct ball rather than toward the forward passing game. ning game improved and offense in general was better and more productive. Outstanding players of the season included Banker, Tulane, fullback; Booth, Yale, quarterback; Cagle, Arm; halfback; Carideo, Notre Dame, quarte: back: Donchess, Pittsburgh, end: Do ler, Colgate, halfback: Glassgow, Iowa, burgh, halfback; Welsh, Purdue, full- Hinkle, Bucknell, halfback; Lom, Cal fornia, back: Marsters, Dartmouth, half-| c A. He: back; McEver, Tennessee, back; Na- gurski, Minnesota, tackle; Saunders, | Southern California. back: Siano, Ford- ham, center; Smith, Georgia, end; Ticknor, Harvard, center; Uansa, Pitts- burgh, bacl i Wood, Harvard, quarterback. Marsters was severely injured in the Yale game| and was unable to play again. | At the close of the regular season | several changes in coaches took place. Lou Little left Georgetown for Columbia, succeeding Crowley; Phelan, Purdue's Successful coach, departed for Wash- | ington. Maj. Sasse, of the Army, suc- | ceeded Capt. Jones, who made a mili- tary change from West Point to Fort Sill. Vietor Hanseon became Lew An- drews' guccessor at Syracuse. Lou Young resigned at Pennsylvania, and | kfl Wray, his assistant there, succeeded HOLD BOUTS TOMORROW AT NEW NEHI CLUB HOUSE| Nehi Club boxers will meet in their :le!\m' acquired club house tomorrow | | A promising group of young fighters has been assembled by the club which is engaging in the ring game for the first time this season. So far the boys have done well and the club is look- ing to a successful campaign. SEASON'S HIGH LIGHTS ON FOOT BALL FIELDS World record attendance of 123,000 set up in Chicago when Notre Dune.gen Southern Cali- fornia, 13 to 12. High scoring back—Gene Me- Ever of Tennessee, with 130 points. High scoring team—Southern California with 373 potnts. Leading teams of Nation, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Purdue; Pacific Coast, St. Mary's; South, Tulane and Tennessee; Big Ten, Y“ back &s now. This plea sets forth that field goal kicking is GHT too difi- cult under the present rule. A development of the season, or Purdue; Big Six, Nebraska; East, Pittsburgh; Nea te and Fordham. e o . In Chess Circles HE third round in the tournament for the championship of the City Club furnished an upset in the defeat of Bishop by Carl Hesse. The two were paired, ichop having the move. Carl played a Caro-Kann defense to P to K4 and won after 37 moves. Walker was paired with Maj. Clark, who put up a stiff fight. By clever playing, he won pawn on his thirty-fourth turn, at the expense of doubled and isolated pawns. In trying to retain the pawn he lost the exchange on his forty-second turn and resigned after 45 moves. A. Y. Hesse won from Gleason. ‘These results placed Carl Hesse in first place with three straight victories. Bishop and Walker are tied for second place. The two closing rounds will be interesting. Carl Hesse has yet to play Walker and Maj. Clark. Bishop has yet to play A. Y. Hesse and Gleason, and Walker's competitors will be Gleason’ and Carl Hesse, There may be a tie for first place.” The present standing: W L 30 Gleason 21 Ay 3 1 Clark . 0 T . The class C and D tournament has moved nearer completion. Maj. Clark won from Prof. Clinton and finished his games. He is in first place, bu* may be passed by Mainhall, who has yet to play Gleason. ' Should Mainhall defedt Gleason, he will win first prize. Davis has vet to play Hervey. Should he win from Hervey, he will tie with Maj. Clark. ‘The scores to date: Clark FLIPY S ar] 2 oo is 5 immons Gleason' "\ 813 313 Rerardie Parsons ©' 8" 4° Britton Mr. Peters entered, but droppe and forfeited his games. Proceedings have begun for a tour- nament for the championship of the District. An entry list was posted in the City Club for such a tournament, oul pto start December 28, but only one name was aftached to it. It was pro- posed to play four rounds during the holiday season, the remaining rounds later. This program probably would deter two or three from participating. No rules and regulations to govern such A tournament have been formulated. A meeting of probable entrants has been called to discuss the matter. ‘The friends of young Martin C. Stark will be glad to know that he continues to be successful while playing with the Har.ard chess team. In a team match with the Bay State Club of Boston he played on board 2 and defeated his man, thus retaining a clean score of wins while playing for Har- vard. He was home for Christmas, but had to leave for New York, where he plays on a Harvard team of four against teams from Yale and Princeton. GREAT SCHOOL ELEVEN. Willlamstown, N. C., high school won 11 games the past season and no op- ponent scored. It made 60 touchdowns, which is more than the first downs all their opponents registered. Yale's sports program for the r ending June 30 cost $424,227.33. Seven- teen branches of athletics were sup- ported. PAST YEAR HARLOWE ROTHERT- KNIGHT FIVE FACING THREE HARD GAMES ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 28.-— Knight's Store five will get into action in a trio of contests next week, be- ginning with a game against the Jew- ish Community Center in Washington tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. On Thursday night the Knight cagers will again appear in the Capital City, facing the Pullman A. C, while on Saturday night they will make a trip to Quantico, Va, to encounter the Marine performers. Manager*Carroll Rush has a number of open dates. He may be reached at Alexandria 2053-J between 7 and 8 o'clock. Victorious in two of their first three games, the Del Ray A. C. is planning a campaign against the leading sentor and unlimited teams in Northern Vir- inia. s Del Ray has beaten Woodlawn A. C. of Fort Myer and the Fort Humphreys tossers, while its omly defeat was sustained at the hands of the Jewish Community Center of Washington. A return game with that combination will be played in the Armory Hall Janu- ary 15. Manager Ted Miller has arranged a second game with Fort Humphreys next Friday night in the post gymnasium, while a contest has also been booked with the Washington Union Printers in the Langley Junior High gymnasium on January 7. Miller may be phoned at Alexandria 726 for other games. St. Mary's Celtics basket ball team at Hagerstown, Md, New Year night. The Celtics will play the Tank Corps of Fort George Meade, Md, at the Armory the_following night. Manager Robert McDonald is seeking galmes with Washington and Maryland at Alexandria 516, branch 4, between 8 am. and 4 pm. St. Mary's Celtics will celebrate the 1920 base ball season Monday night at at 8 oclock. Jack Tulloch, sports editor of the Gazette, will preside as toastmaster, while Alexandria and ‘Washington sports writers will be guests. ‘The base ball players who will at. tend are Capt. Bill Langford, ‘“‘Doc Dreifus, Leon Riley, Joe Hamilton, Bussy _Brenner, Buddy Zimmerman, Buck Freeman, Ralph Hamilton, Art Ludlow, Russel Kidwell, Vincent Cur- tiss, Rip Hicks, Ellett Cabell, Charles Horne, Dave Bayliss, Kermit Smith, Douglas Hewitt, Buck Struder, Walter | Beall, Gerard Edwards and Player- | Coach Brownie Lemeris. “Alta Delta Omega fraternity Is | anxious to book senior court teams. | Manager William Farr, Alexandria 940, may be called between 6 and 7 p.m. Whitestone Store cagers have listed the St. Martin's A. C.. of Washington, for a game here at the Armory Hall | January 8. Manager Bob Foote of the Clover A. C, is after es with junior quints. Phone Alsxnnérh 2027-J, between 5:30 and 7 p.m, i R I S The Jack F. Rissman national inter- collegiate foot ball trophy for 1929 has been awarded to Notre Dame. will encounter the strong Alsatia Club | unlimited teams. He may be telephoned | a banquet to be held at Hurshy's Salon | GOLF CHAMPIONS National Open — Robert Tyre Jones, jr., East Lake Club, At- lanta, Ga. National Amateur — Harrison Johnston, Minikahda Club, St. Paul, Minn. National Women's — Glenna Collett, Providence Country Club, Providence, R. 1. National P. G. A.—Leo Diegel, Agua Caliente Club, Tia Juana, Mexico. Metropolitan Open — Willilam Mehlhorn, Fennimore Country Club, Rye, N. Y. Metropolitan Amateur — Maur- ice McCarthy, jr., Green Meadow Country Club, Rye, N. Y. Metropolitan Women's — Mau- reen Orcutt, White Beeches Country Club, Hackensack, N. J. Metropolitan P. G. A.—Walter Kozak, North Hills Country Club, Bayside, Long Island. Western Amateur — Don Moe, Leland Stanford University, Palo Alta, Calif. National Intercollegiate—Tom- my Aycock, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Canadian Open—Leo Diegel, Agua Caliente Country Club, Tia Juana, Mexico. Western Open—Tommy Armour, Tam-O-Shanter Country Club, Detroit, Mich. British Open—Walter Hagen, Rochester, N. Y., U. 8. A. British Amateur — Cyril J. H. Tolley, Troon Golf Club, Troon, British Isles. British Women's—Joyce Weth- ered, Sandwich Golf Club. BIFF JONES PLANS 10 STAY IN ARMY Not Likely to Accept Any Coaching Job After He Leaves West Point. 1 [ t coach at the University of Oregon may be true. If it true, one thing may be stated definitely T will not accept it. ‘The fact is he has received more than one offer since the Army-Notre Dame game, one or two of them quite flattering. But primarily “Biff” is a sols deeply interested in his pro- ind_desirous of perfecting him- S0 he will go to the Artillery Fort sill, Okla., after his assignment at West Point—where, by the way, he gives courses in artillery technicque—i8 completed next June. With respect to a coach who has been reared under the Army foot ball system taking a one-man coaching job, such as that at Oregon, all the chances are against his success in the first two years at least. This because cadet teams are developed under what may be termed a staft system, in which every branch of foot ball operation is taught by a specialist, the head coach's function being very largely supervisory. All the arnnd strategy is his, of course, and he decides upon matters relating to fleld policy, as well as the selection of ‘Dllyer!. But in the last analysis, the | making of a foot ball team at West | Point is a synthetic process. | A coach who has worked under this ! system goes to a place where he has two or not more than three assistants and finds himself not at home. It is | doubtful if the average Army coach, | or. in fact, any coach of a major foot | ball university who has been accustomed to work with a large staff of assistants would do very well in a one-man coach- ing job, at least not until he had gone through a process of developmeng covering more than one season—by . Which time he has dissatisfied alumni on_his neck. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EPORTS that “Biff” Jones, the Army foot ball coach, will be asked to accept a contract to One-man coaches such as Andy Kerr, Dick Harlow, “Curley” Byrd, “Slip" Madigan, Adam Walsh, “Pop” Lacey, Chick” Meehan, Harry Robertson are rare birds not found in every tree, MONTGOMERY BASKET LEAGUE IS ORGANIZING Organization of a Montgomery County, Md., Basket Ball League is planned and a meeting of representa- tives of teams interested is to be held tomorrow qight at the Rockville fire house at 8 o'clock. An eight-team league has been pro- posed. At a freummnry meeting rep- resentatives of quints at Silver Spring, Takoma, Gaithersburg, Rockville and Sandy Spring were present. It is hoped to round out the circuit with teams from Poolesville, Damascus and Kensington. John Johnstone of Rockville is acting | as_ secretary-treasurer. 15 CONTESTS LISTED BY NAVY BALL TEAM ANNAPOLIS, Md, December 28—A | base ball schedule with 15 games and | 4 open dates has been announced at the Naval Academy. is May 31, reserved for the final game of the schedule, and there is some hope | that by that time it may be practicable | to meet the Military Academy as in | former years. The other open dates are | April 26 and May 3 and 28. All games will be played at the Naval Academy except the first one, with Duke, at Durham, N. C. j The schedule: March 29, Franklin and Marshall. April 2, University of Vermont; 5§ Duke (at Durham, N. C.); 9 Pennsyl- vania; 12, Fordham; 16, Bucknell; 19, | Lehigh; 23. Villanova; 30, Virginia. May 3, Duke; 10, Wake Forest; 14, | William and Mary: 17, Georgetown; 21, Maryland; 24, Mount St. Mary's. is | into their own. Wallace Wade and Charley Caldweli | Mr: One of the open dates | LOSES IN AMATEUR BUT ANNEXES OPEN | Women’s Title to Glenna Col- lett—Diegel Captures Pro Crown. HE season of 1929 in one to be remember nothing more than the playing of the amateur champi hip on the Pacific Coast for the first time in history. Over and above this, | however, the title tournaments were of themselves outstanding, each | open, | G. A.—containing some feature or fea- | tures calculated to stamp them deep in memory. Bobby Jones came very close to hav- ing one of his greatest years. The fact | that he didn't was probably due to | the surprise tory marked up by Johnny Goodman of Omaha, who de- feated the pride of Georgia at Pebble Beach, Calif, in one of the two 18-hole rounds of the amateur champi- onship. Had Jones got_past 3 or had the play been 38 holes for all of the matches instead of having part | of these at 18 holes, the Atlantan prob- | ably would have gone through as im- pressively in this tournament as he did in the open held earlier in the season on the links of the Winged Foot Club, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Amateur a Big Success. Although it probably was not without misgivings that the United States Golf Association decided to send this fls amateur champlonship to Pebble h on the Monterey Peninsula, the tourna- ment proved to be an outstanding suc- cess in every way, except from the standpoint of those Californians who were waiting until Jones had advanced to the 36-hole matches before visiting the battle ground. Jones showed a characteristic flash in the medal play, tying for the honors with Eugene Homans, of Englewood, N.J. However, the practically unknown Johnny Goodman upset the applecart by defeating Jones before the match g:y phase had little more than begun. r a time it seemed that the young- sters would overrun the fleld, but after a series of flashes by the ans and sundry members of the mel Cali- fornia school, the veterans finally came This, in fact, was perhaps the most sensational phase of the tournament, the semi-finalists, Harrison R. (Jimmy) Johnston of St. Paul; Dr. O. F. Willin, of Portland, Oreg.; Francis Ouimet Boston, and H. Chandler Egan of Med- ford Ore., comprising the oldest p ever surviving for that stage of the championship. Johnston was the even- tual winner, defeating Dr. Willing in the final after Egan and Ouimet had beenddupsud of in the penultimate round. Jones Again Open Champ. Although losing his amateur crown, Jones was equal to the task of regain- 11;13 his honors in the open champion- ship. Over the testing Winged Foot course Jones played the first 38 holes so_brilliantly t the outlook was for & runaway vlcwrz. A heavy thunder- storm which broke about the ears of the fleld had much to do with what later transpired. That runaway victory actually did materialize but not quite in the manner popularly expected. After a bad final round Jones had to hole a 12-foot putt to tie with Al Espinosa. The followiny hole P feated the professional by the lfifilfl' ing and unprecedented margin strokes. In the women's championship and in the P. G. A, last year's winners were successful. Miss Glenna Collett cap- tured the women't title after lund.lni on the threshold of defeat in one of her earlier matches, that inst Mrs. Harley G. Higble, who had the title- holder 4 down with as many holes to play. Failing to hole a putt which would have given her victory by 5 and 4, Mrs. Higble lost the remaining holes of the round and was beaten on the 19th. After that Miss Oollett‘P]lyOfl brilliantly and won a great final from 's. Leona Pressler of Los les, by 5 and 4. The tournament ti year was played at Oakland Hills, Detroft. Diegel Again Beats Hagen. By his successful defense of the P. G. A. championship at Los Angeles, Leo Diegel had the distinction of de- feating Walter Hagen in the event for the second successive year. Hagen, five times winner of the professional honors, was beaten in the semi-final. Johnny Farrell, former open champion, was runner-up to Diegel. o ELDER TO COMPETE IN BROOKYLN MEET By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—Jack Elder, Notre Dame's foot ball star, whose sensational run on the gridiron defeated Army, has accepted an invi- tation to compete in the Olympic sprint series at the Brooklyn College meet in the 13th Regiment Armory, January 18. It will be Eldec's first appearance of the 1930 track seawwn. Elder is as famows on the running track as on the foot ball fleld. He is the world record holder for 60 yards in- doors, and defeated Percy Williams, the a’ ympic champion from Canada, last ter. The Olympie sprint series consists of races at 100 meters, 75 yards and 100 yards. Willlams has been invited to compete against Elder, but his partici- pation is doubtful. Others in in- clude Jim Daley of Holy Cross, national A. A U. and intercollegiate indoor sprint champion; Karl Wildermuth of Georgetown, intercollegiate outdoor ti- tleholder, who won this series in 1928; Eddie Tolan of Michigan, American out- door sprint champion, and Bob McAl- lister, the veteran flying cop. 3 Golfing Get Rid Every ‘You may have no ambition to greatest golfers of the day have players. A crisp series written for you Will MacFarlane, MacDonald Smit) the list. - Faults And How We May of Them 501!:! has his particular weakness, whether he be Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones or even (pardon) yourself. But the crack golfer has risen to the heights because he knows this wellkness, controls it, eradicates it. conquer the world on the links, but probably you would be glad to improve your game. And in that case you will be interested in learning how the overcome faults common to most 23k such ters as Johnny f.l,yAl hnlnu;.m" Gene Sarazen, Mehlhorn, Leo Diegel, Bobby Oruickshank—there are many others in Three Times a Week—Starting Tuesday, Dee. 31 IN THE STAR