Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1930, Page 70

2 Carnera Getting Big Hand in New York : Winter Adds Stroke to 2-Shot Hole HUGE HEAVYWEIGHT IMPRESSES CROWD His Size, Not Record, Is Held Attraction for Gotham . Fight Followers. By SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, January 4.—The| glant Primo Carnera is the| most discussed fighter in the | country today. Not that his | feats in the ring have been anything out of the ordinary or that the big Italian has it in him to ascend the heights. The mere fact that Carnera is strong on quantity, weighing 287 pounds and stending 6 feet 10 inches in height, attracts the crowds. Carnera, arriving here this week, has taken the city by storm. As outlanders often remark, “Suckers do not come any bigger than those the big town produces.” That just about describes the crowds who have blocked streets and flocked to the gymnasium to get an eyeful of the biggest man in the ring today. According to his press agent, Car- nera has had 17 fights since he started in the ring game. Two of these re- sulted in losses, one to Young Stribling ‘on a foul, and the other to Franz Deiner. Primo won from Stribling on a foul in their first contest. held in London, and he also turned the tables on Deiner. Stribling Non-committal. Stribling is non-committal in regard to Carnera’s ability. Probably the Georgian is looking for another crack at Carnera over here, where the rules for fouls are a bit more stringent than in Europe. Deiner performed in this country and was called “the German ©Oak” on account of his ability to absorb punishment. Deiner's best showing was made against Monte Munn. Munn had the best of the German in the early rounds, but the ive Deiner kept right on piling in and drove back the Nebraskan. This was chalked up as a victory for Deiner. During the same period Harry Persson ‘was performing over here. Persson was just a rough-and-tumble scrapper, but the licking he gave Deiner caused the Tetirement of the latter from competi- tion in American rings. That was back in 1926, when Bud Gorman won & 10- round decision over Deiner. Since then the German has been rather inactive. Now if Carnera could not win over Deiner in their first engagement and could not even score a knockdown in a return fight, how good can the Italian really be? Putting the spotlight on Carnera’s record does not show the giant to such advantage. Size has, a.punch e has not and smartness in the ring is not his forte. On his record he does not figure to get anywhere in the boxing game. Carnera graced Madison Square Gar- den with his presence at the Leo Lom- £ki-Maxie Rosenbloom contest Friday evening. How the crowd did whoop it up when the expansive back and enor- mous pedal extremities of the Italian giant were placed on view. Field Rather Limited. ‘There is some talk of keeping away from the little fellows. to say, any one under 6 feef in height. Once upon a time a 6-footer was considered a rfi’nt of the ring. Now that is a thing of the past, with Primo Carnera on the scene. Of course, the Italian's managers subscribe to the idea that only big fellows should be tossed into the ring with Carnera. Why not? All fighters over 6 feet tall are slow and cumbersome. Most of them under that height are fast and for that reason would make Carnera appear slow in comparison. The field is rather limited. Six-feet- two giants are not plucked from trees. Hence, Carnera's managers want him to go through the restricted fleld and then grab off a big Wad of money by taking on the regular run of 6 footers. After glimpsing the hig fellow, one is prompted to remark. “He's big all Tight, but can he fight?” WOLTZ QUINT LEADS COMMUNITY LEAGUE| Woltz Photographers are stepping| out in front in the Community Cenur{ Basket Ball League with three wins in| as many starts. Potomac Boat Club, the only other team which has not lost, has engaged in only one game. ‘The Boatmen will make up later other contests which have beem postponed. Before this month is over much of | the league schedule will have been com- | pleted, as play will end during Febru- | ary to permit teams to get in shape for the District A. A. U. championship tournament. Only one series is being played in the loop this season. 1 During the past week the stalwart Mount Vernon Church five, Sunday School League champs, lost two bitterly | fought games, bowing to Woltz Photog- | raphers and Walter Whirlwinds. | Dixie Pigs spoiled the Petworth Mets by defeating that quint through a last- | half rally, 32 to 26. Team standing and this week’s sched- Primo THE SUNDAY STAR, GARDEN HOLDS BAG ON MIAMI BATTLE Campolo-Carnera Encounter Possibility as Sharkey Proves Balky. BY EDWARD J. NEIL Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 4.—Mr. Finnegan of mythical “On agin’, off agin’” fame, has the full sympathy of Willlam F. Carey and, in fact, the entire per- sonnel of Madison Square Garden. A year ago this time Tex Rickard, founder of the palace of clout, was dy- ing in Miami, Fla., and along with him the dream of an open-air heavyweight battle in the Summer sunshine of the South was pnlln{ away. The grea promoter died, but liberal application of the ballyhoo pulmotor, when plans were “off agin’, on agin’,” finally saved the show. Today Carey, Rickard's successor at the garden hehfi finds himself with the second annual battle of the palms threatening to expire at any moment on his hands. Instead of having two heavyweight contenders, eager to battle for title recognition in Miami February 27, Bill is certain only that he has a vacant arena down there, with 50,000 seats and small prospects of filling em. g ‘Wort Fight Griffiths. Carey returned from Boston today after seeing Jack Sharkey and his off for a Winter vacation in Miami with no assurance that the Boston heavyweight would combine business with pleasure as the chief figure in the big show. Sharkey will not fight Tuffy Griffiths, the garden nominee, despite the option Carey holds on_his services unti' March 15. Phil Scott, whom Sharkey would like to box, is in London without any in- tention himself of boxing in America again until next Summer. Camj from the Argentine is still de- en route to the States and he hasn't been approached on the subject. Sharkey insists that his days of elim- inating this and that heavyweight are over, that from now on he will fight only recognized title contenders. Scott, Campolo and Sharkey are the three men the New York Athletic Commis. sion says. must fight it out for Gene Tunney’s vacant throne. However, the garden doii(dly insists that there will be a major heavyweight ht in Miami February 27 and thal | Sharkey will have definite bearing on the title chase. The best tip is mn‘ Sharkey wiil box Campolo whether the garden likes it or not. Carnera Enters Picture. ‘The gigantic figure of Primo Carnera, the ambling Alp from Italy, loomed into the picture today as a possible opponent for Campolo on the Miami card, although his horde of managers frankly fail to warm to the prospect of | such stiff opposition so early in the giant's fistic career. | Carnera proved to the satisfaction of all today that he 1s in no danger of | deportation through passport difficulties. | A copyright story in the Daily News | indicated that “fiddle feet” came to the | United States on an Italian passport | after becoming a French citizen. The little one displayed documentary evi: dence to prove, however, that he be. came a French citizen unwittingly and ule follows: W. L. Pct | 2000 | 1.000 | 750 887 867 500 000 000 000 090 | Woitz Potomac Boat Ciul Petworth Mets Walter Whirlwinds Dixie Pigs Mount Vernon Naval Hospital . Tremonts ... astern Preps Drakes ..... Tomorrow—Drakes vs. cooommssmme W0 o! Ni clugfled his allegiance back to the land of birth shortly before sailing for New York. —_— INTERNATIONAL GOLF TOURNEY FEE IS $750 aval Hos- | T | pital, at Central, 8 p.m | A world record for size of a golf entry | Tuesday—Eastern Preps vs. Potomac Boat Club, at East Washington, 8 p.m. Woltz vs. Tremonts, at Central, 9 p.m. Wednesday—Tremonts _ vs. Eastern Preps, at Macfarland. 8 p.m b Thursday—Potomac Boat V8. Naval Hospital, at Central, 9 p.m. | FIERCE TAKES OPENER FROM DEL RAY, 22 T0 16 HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 4— Pierce A. C. won its opening basket ball game of the season here tonight, de- feating Del Ray, Va., A. C., 22 to 16, in the Hyattsville High School gym. It was & close contest all the way until the final quarter, when Jack Williams led the Plerce quint to a rather easy vic- tory. Del Ray. ;:'urrglzmy.'( Robe Totals .. Referee—M: HOCKEY PLAYER SOLD. CHICAGO, January 4 (#).—The Chi- cago Black Hawks of the National Hock- ey League made another move to strengthen their defense today by pur- chasing Edward “Teddy” Graham, de fense star, from the Tulsa Oflers of the +American Association. — ‘The 1030 women’s National Golf As- ‘goclation championship has been trans- ferred from Buffalo, N. Y., to Los An- "les. Calif. | fee has been set for the so-called “tour- | nament of the centuries” to be staged | America will hold their annual meet- ing Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the sports department of The Star. ‘The | BEANPOLE PIVOT'S ADVANTAGE IS CUT Center Can’t Catch His Own Tap-off Under New Rule. Changes Speed Game. BY FORREST C. (“PHOG") ALLEN. LOT of ginger has been injected into this great game of basket ball by the joint rules com- mittee. This significant work was ef- fected by changes in this year's playing code which are bound to produce un- precedented speed and action. Outstanding among the changes were minimizing the advantage of the tall center at tip-off and elsewhere; the ruling against the front pivot, hip- crash block when the dribbler is in motion; the approval of the double referee system of officlating and the elimination of the possible five points after ; foul when a field goal has been score UMPERS at center or elsewhere will be forbidden to touch the ball after it has been tapped one or more times until it has touched the floor' or one of the other eight players. It was agreed that the spirit of the rule included the basket and bank board as well as the floor and other eight P eretot 1l center could leretofore a tall center could tip the ball behind him and catch it, lb\lsD giv- ing his opponents a lesser advantage in playing the ball than they now have. CCORDING to a general agreement the rules committee has put its approval upon the following pivot or running with the ball rule: A player who is in motion when he receives the ball may not make a pivot on the front foot. He may take one step, but must pivot on the rear foct only. This nullifies the so-called pivot and block play that has caused so much discussion. The pivoter, by blocking the guard out with his hips and shoul- ders and then passing ball to a trailing team mate, contributes to a degx;‘lbe )c‘?nfuct foul. e chief argument against this play is that it is prlmunly’desuned .‘l ‘ “contact blocker.” However, it is - sible to make a front pivot and no f:l:l But the pivoter must use the same cau- tion as does a dribbler. He must go clearly around this opponent without contact. TN the double referee system of offi- | ciating, the umpire, whose dutes | o here!lolore Jere somewhat limited, now glven authqrity practically iden- tical to that of the referee. 4 HEN a player has been fouled in the act of shooting, the ball must g0 to center after the second free thiow, if the field goal is made. If the fiela goal is missed, the old rule holds, viz,, the ball is in play if the throw is missed. Gl TSy HYATTSVILLE FIVE HOST T0 PRINTERS Guard Team to Oppose D. C. Typos in First Game of Double-Header. YATTSVILLE, Md., January 4— Company F, National \Guard, passers will entertain Union Printer quint of Washington by two transatlantic steamship lines over | fomoITOW afternoon on the armory floor | five famous British courses from May 3 to June 1 of 1830. | ‘The entry fee for the tourney is $750, | but thi~ includes all expenses of trans- | portation and accommodations, with all details of travel and play to be arranged by the tournament committee. chief prize has been put up by one of | the shipping companies, and is said to | be valued at $1,000. It will be awarded to the player with the aggregate low net for all the courses. tourney will be run off on a medal play handi basis, individual handicaps to be ad- justed from day to day on the basis of the previous day's play. | One of the unusual features of the tourney, in addition to the size of the | entry fee is that it is open only to mem- | bers of registered golf clubs having handicaps of not less than 20. In the announcement of the event, its sponsors say that golf is made possible for the exvert only by the enthusiasm and co- operation of the higher handicap gl;y- ers. The tourney will, in fact, a “duffers’ " event, and it seems that Guy Mason's idea exemplified in a high dicap tqurney at Congressional last year, is to behr fruit in an international way this yes ‘The courses over which the tourney will be played are: Cruden Bay, Gleneagles, St. Andrews, Turnberry and North Berwick. BASE BALL WRITERS MEET. Members of the Wi Chapter of the Base Ball Writers' iation of | here in the main attraction of & double- | header. | _In the opening contest, starting at 2:30 o'clock, Dor-A five will face Mary- | land Collegians. It will be the last regu- larly scheduled game in the league's first-half series. ‘Two more leagues are ‘ded next week, both postponed affairs. Play in the :;cond half series will begin Janu- ary 13, Berwyn A. C. will take part in both the postponed games, meeting Hyatts- ville Southern Methodists Monday night and Dixie Pig A. C. Thursday night. Hyattsville Higl basket ball teams, both boy and girl, will resume competi- tion next week after a lay-off over the holidays. Both teams will go to Catonsville, Md., Wednesday to engage the boy and girl combinations representing the high school there, and the boys will enter- tain Devitt School's quint of Washin, on on the armory floor here Friday aft- eruoon. Both Hyattsville teams are particu- larly keen to make a good showing against Catonsville. This school usual- ly has fast basket ball teams and a strong showing by the Hyattsville com- binations would indicate that the latter should do well in the State champion- ship series to be staged at the end of the season. Experiments made by the faculty at Minnesote. tend to show .hat WASHINGTON, Here are three views of Primo Car- nera, who is training in New York for his bout with an unnamed opponent, probably Maloney or Bertazolla, at Madison Square Garden the latter part of this month. sensation is 6 feet 9 inches tall. The 279-pound Italian | D. C, JANUARY 5, 1930—PART FIVE. BIGGEST OF ALL BOXERS IS GETTING IN SHAPE FOR U. S. RING DEBUT BY BOBBY CRUICKSHANK, Winner of Nearly Every Important Amer- ican’ Tournament. This is the third of a series of articles written by famous amateur and profesional golfers, telling how t overcame outstanding faults in theit play. F you expect to learn the best way to cure a slice or a hook or a tendency . to look up on your shots you can skip this contribution to the series on how to cure golfing weaknesses. This doesn't mean I haven't any faults. If I didn't, of course, I'd be superhuman and would win ev;ry:.hlnl in llglt‘. ut my greates trouble: in golf never did lie with any particular shot. It was with myself, I'm short and stocky and inclined to put on weight a little too easily. For several seasons I would play in and out golf, and after careful study I found that when I became too heavy | it gave me a tend- ency to hit from the outside in. The added weight im- peded free movement of the torso and arms, causing me to get my body around too_soon. There is no doubt excess weight hampers free swinging, and I can say from very definite personal experience that any one who wants to & good golfer should reduce his waistline, then watch the strokes drop off. I can cite an instance that proves how important this is, Harry Legg, & Bobby Crulckshank. ALONG THE : Y CARROL UST to start the new year off right the Washington Club held open house on New Year day and, of coursg, had its usual successful and enjoyable time. Oysters any style and the old rellable hot dogs were on the list of refreshments, and hot con- tests among the horseshoe pitching boatiacs insured appetites to match. We should, at this point, present a long list of names of those present, but there is a difficulty involved—the list would be too long to pass ye editor were I to tabulate all that were on hand. We did observe Commodore Bennett and Rear Commodore Snyder of the Corinthians as among the smiling guests, along with Capt. Frank Gian- noni of the ship Anna of Panama (the | captain is the Coast Guards’ best little playmate, it may be remembered). Com- modore Johnston, Fleet Captain Kidd, Capt. Waters (not nicknamed “Mud- dy”), several Baileys—well, there we g0, starting a long lst of names. A notable absentee was Paul Donley, though no reason has come to light. Paul usually can be found behind the ;’Ylslpr bar or in the galley at these af- airs, Of all places to ind a dyed-in-the- wool boatiac on New Year eve—a car salesroom! Doesn't seem reasonable or even probable, but with_our own eyes we saw Cap'n Horace Baxter of the Amycita lurking in .just one of those places. The cap'n is contemplating a trip to the motor boat show and ex- gllln!d that he did not think the old us would stand the trip. Well, if he buys the car we go to the show with him; if not, not. And speaking of the show, if we do g0 you shall have a first-hand eye- witness account of the thing from the keel on up to_the top deck. I hereby promise that I shall not then or ever describe as_‘“new and revolutionary” any old stuff seen there as is the cus- tom in most boating publications. Most of them, remember, ran “new anchor by ——" for just’ 11 months. When are things old, anyway? Car salesmen that think they discern a prospect in the third paragraph of this column may save themselves the trouble. It's all picked out. ‘The Corinthian has moved itself over onto the new site, the steward’s house is in place, and a crew is busy install- ing water and juice. The grounds are all dug up in trenches and resemble one of those miniature models of the West- ern front so popular some years ago. It is expected that dredging operations will soon begin. George Bright has his yawl Primrose, 3rd, wintering at the Capitol Club, a beautiful addition to the fleet. His craft usually are found around in the bay at Annapolis or West River. Bright is one of the real old-timers of the boating fraternity here along o' Dan Fowler and Sam Wiggin. Well, you won't hear much about barometers from me any more. Santy brought one from a friend that has been reading my gift suggestions for boatiacs, and a beauty it is. Wonder if it might do any good if I started r:lhn.['l?u the praises of a certaln new After I've gotten onto the hang of the thing you may expect to have a few weather prognostications occasion- ally without agenmnl on the Weather Bureau for such. Right now she reads 30.2 if that means anything to you. A few polgnant, pointed, para hs about the condition of the pv’nu‘:t‘rgnt astic achievement. always are sure of a good hand and of getting by the editor. Trouble now is that we have used up all our stock of (in FI WATERFRONT KLOTZBACH disparaging words and unfortunately may not quote the average Boatiac on the subject, profanity being barred from these pages. ‘The park board is welcome to the following suggestion for nothing if they will but use it: Drive pilings along the | park wall within the present limits of the small boat anchorage, charge small fee for upkeep and to retire origi- nal cost, and improvement around the | boatyards on the other side will take care of itself. As it stands there is no competition and most of the boatyard owners merely lease frontage, drive an | occasional piling and collect the rental. No investment, little effort and a cus- tomer that can't help himself makes a sweet graft for the few having leases on water-front rofir!i&!, ‘The general attitude .seems Lo be that if you want service, a dock, parking space, a walk- way or a locker—why, just pay for it and we will install it. The lease situation is largely respon- sible for this condition, no firm caring to make any heavy investment on & property on which only a short-term | lease is available. And taking the con- dition of many of the properties into account the rentals thereon verge on the ridiculous. The District should make a money gift along with the lease in- stead of charging rent for these sites. The water front needs an association and a Grundy. ISITING around at the Maryland Club a week ago furnished a so- lution to the problem. There the club is located on land furnished by the city known as Broening Park. Clubs |in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, ‘Chnfleswn, 8. C.; Miami, etc., are per- mitted the same privilege and flourish under such conditions. These clubs | have large accommodations for boats and members, fees and rates are rea- sonable, and they have become the | most prominent recreational centers of these cities. It is observed, however, that these cities do not have such & multiplicity of small clubs as exists here. The boat- men have amalgamated into single or | large organizations that are capable of | big things without severely taxing the memberships. This 18 the day of the merger, how about a merger of the boatmen here in Washington? The | Corinthian Club has the plan and place | for the development of a similar insti- |tution to that at Baltimore. A large | membership would hasten its consum- mation. All that is needed is a little herding together for the common good. As it stands now, no club here is suf- ficiently powerful financially and nu- merically to accomplish a great deal. How about a pooling of cash and ability to the end of creating a real boating | center worthy of the name? ‘The Maryland Club numbers 600. A similar club here could pass that figure. ‘Why can't it be done? Now is the time! There is room on Buzzards Point for all, the location is the best available, the stage is set; how about some actors? And how about a little discussion of the above idea? If you have anything to say on the subject, for or against, make your observations short and snappy and we shall try to air them in this column. Mail them in. —— ST. PETERSBURG PICKED AS A. L. SPRING OFFICE By the Assoc: American gue h!ldg\llnfl'l during the Spring training grind will be in St. Petersburg, President E. 8. Barnard has announced. ‘The junior circuit executive will visit all of the six American League camps orida. Shed Excess W eight to Better Your Golf, Advises Cruickshank fine golfer in Minneapolis and many times State champion, was set on win- ning the national amateur when it was khada. He trained all Winter, getting off weight and putting himself in the best physical condition he could achieve. When the tournament started he was in splendid shape and went along, defeat- ing George Von Elm, among others, be- fore being put out. If Legg had been 20 pounds heavier I don't believe he would have made nearly so brilllant a showing. Throughout my career the same state of affairs has been eviderN. When I let myself<get thick around, the waist- line I simply can’t play the sort of golf I really am capable of. Bobby Jones has found the same thing is true. So has Cyril Tolley, who came over this past year thinner than he had been for many seasons and showed America some marvelous golf. There isn't any doubt I am right, and it isn't necessary to go on citing ex- amples. ‘Taking off weight has become one of America’s major pastimes. People are beginning to find that it really 't 80 difficult if one's desires are backed up with a little will power. Cutting down on starches and sweets can’t help but | have a beneficial effect. I'm serious ‘when I say that the Fat gets into the muscles. You don have the ease and smoothness of phys- ical action. There are exceptions, of course, but then there are exceptions to evervthing in the world. Look over the field in any first-class tournament. Doesn't the number of lean stars out- number the fat ones? So again I say: Fat is one of the major troubles of those who aspire to success on the links. Get rid of it. Copyright, 1090, by the North American ewepaper _Alliance.) (Next: Crald Wood.) DIXIE TITLE QUINT DEPENDS ON SOPHS N. C. State’s Recruits Must Deliver if Team Is to Suc- ceed This Year. By the Associated Pre ALEIGH, N. C, January 4.— Gus Tebell, the foot ball and basket ball professor from Wis- consin, who is shooting at his second straight Southern Conference cage title at North Carolina State, hopes his sophomores are as hot as they were as freshmen. ‘They'll have to be hot, he reasons, because sophomores will make or break the Wolfpack title hopes. Last year they were good enough to snatch the State freshman championship from an array of promising contenders. ‘The Wolves will miss Frank Goodwin, high scoring ace of last season, and two other stars who finished their college caging when State breezed through the conference tournament, spanking Duke in the final tilt. So the sophs and three veterans will do the snarling for the pack. The vets are Capt. Maurice Johnson, a senior, who plays either guard or forward: Gus Wright, a husky guard, and Larry Haar, a forward. The most promising sophomores are Jimmy Brown, ace of the championship freshmen last Winter; Waring, a 6-foot 4-inch center, who is being groomed for Goodwin's place; Woodward and Gaylor, forwards, and Ellington and Morgan, centers. Other promising court fodder in- cludes Gammon, Brake and Patterson, hold-over reserves. 'PROBE MAY PAVE WAY FOR I0WA CLEAN BILL By the Associated Press. IOWA CITY, January 4—The third attempt of the University of Iowa to gain readmittance into the graces of the Big Ten Conference Will have its inception here next Thursday, when a special committee of Western Confer- ence representatives comes to Iowa City. While the committee will visit the Hawkeye campus primarily to investi- gate the status of 13 athletes suspended by Old Gold officials for participation in_the now-famous “trust fund,” Iowa officials hope their visit will open the way to the early presentation of & new pemtlun for the Hawkeyes' reinstate- m ent. The decision of the investigating com- mittee is expected to detefmine whether any of the 13 athletes may continue their athletic careers. Included in the group are Co-Capt.- elect Mike Farroh of the foot ball team: also a star guard on the basket ball Doyal Plunkitt, star basket ball forward; Irvin Nelson, star basket ball forward and foot ball drop-kicker: Boyd Liddle, National A. A. U. champlonship swimmer; Oran Pape, sensational foot ball halfback and track sprinter; Charles Stewart, swimmer; Laurence Benson and Floyd Mitchell, basket ball players; Homer Mlulflave.’buo pel plkyery F.L. , broad jumper, and Theron Boyer, pole vaulter, i played at his home course, Minne- | S} smaller the waistline the better the golf. | Carnera Still Holdl Italian Citizenship NEW YORK, January 4 (#).— With gestures and official-looking papers, the “board of managers” of Primo Carnera, newest heavyweight novelty, made it clear today that the glant Italian is a full-fledged citi- zen of his native land, in good standing and without complications because of a residence of several years in France. ‘The New York Daily News in a copyright story had said Carnera's status was under investigation by consular authorities on the ground that he forswore Italian citizenship for French. Carnera and his managers ex- hibited documentary evidence to show that, while the boxer actually had applied at one time for French citizenship papers, these were re- nounced last December 16. Two days later, the documents showed, he regained good standing as an Italian citizen and sailed for the United States December 23 with an Italian passport visa. GOLF GREENS BODY WILL MEET FRIDAY Congressional Club to Bid for 1932 Woman’s Title Play at Gathering. HE formal program of the United States Golf Association greens section meeting in New York on January 10 will be limited to one session rather than the two or three sessions which usually matk such meetings. The greens section gatherin, will be held at the Biltmore .;lotel n% 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, January 10. peakers will include Dr. Karl F. Kel- lerman of Washington, associate chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry and father of one of the best amateurs ever developed around the Capital; Prof. F. H. Hillman of the Department of Agriculture a recognized world author- ity on grass culture and seed identifi- cation; Corneltus 8. Lee of New York and Dr. T. P. Hinman of Atlanta. ‘The formal program can be limited to a single session, the announcement of the greens section says, because of two successful meetings held during the past Summer—one at the Arlington Turf Garden and the other at Chicago. Of major interest to golfers about Washington will be the bid to be made by the Congressional Country Club for the woman's national champicaship in 1932. Congressional already has & bid in for the event, and will be active, it is understood, in the bidding for the woman's event for 1932, at the meeting, The tourney already is promised to the Pacific Coast for 1930 and to Buffalo for 1931. Ccngressional has been busy utting its course in shape so that if its bid is entertained and a committee vists the layout near Rockville during the coming season for inspection pur- poses it will present a favoriable ap- pearance. Announcement of the award of the woman's championship usually is made more than a year in advance, and the club is given a small sum cf money for work on the course. This money, however, seldom goes far to- ward defraying the expenses of the tournament. In past years it has been customary for several lccal clubs to send repre- sentatives to the meetings of the United States Golf Association, and it is likely that Columbia and Washington again will be represented this year by their greens committee chairmen and course supetvisors. MONTROSE QUINT BEATS FT. HUMPHREYS, 47 T0 8 Montrose A. C. basket ball team swamped Fort Humphreys Post quint, 47 to 8, last night at the fort. Games for Saturday nights are sought by the Montrose team through Manager Carrico at West 1005. Port Humphrey rien, ¢ g‘ Cox. .. wldanetancanen «lscne cacore ot 8T Totals ceus § eferes—Sergt. Smith. PAR 45 GET TOUGH N THIS WEATHER Elnh at Columbia and Last | at Indian Spring Among | Hardest Hereabout, BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. HICH are the hardest 2-shot holes around Washington in | these midwinter days, con- | sidering carry and lack of roll, difficulty of second shot, and the other factors that go to make a par 4 hole a really hard affair? In our judgment there are three | 2-shot holes about Washington that | stand out for difficulty in these days when the tecond shot must be all carry | after a drive which also must be all carry. By 2-shot holes is not meant the par affairs, like the seventh at In- dian Spring or the tenth at Burning Tree, which are par 5 holes, but which may be reached by two well hit shots. What is meant is those holes where terrain and lack of run on the ball make the mere distance to be covered an extremely important factor, not to mention the small circumstance that direction must also be considered. So in our opinion these three outstanding holes of difficulty in the par 4 range are the eighteenth at Washington, the eleventh at Columbia and the eight- eenth at Indian Spring. Holes Bothering All. Not a single individual among the golflnz gentry of the Capital is getting ome in two shots on these holes with any considerable regularity these mid- winter days when the ball sticks where it hits and gets not more than a yard or two of_roll. Even from the front tees the slugger of a golf ball has plenty of trouble knocking the bal! far enough to get home in 2 on these holes, which are supposed to be reached in two shots, according to that inflexible gentleman, Gen. Par. The old gent, you know, makes no concessions be- cause of bad weather. It may rain, or it may snow. A high wind may hold back a well hit golf ball and slow turt punish the roll of a fine drive, but the par remajns the same. Not far behind these three outstand- ing par 4 affairs we would pla holes as the fourth at Burning Tre: the second at Congressional, the fou teenth at Manor, the third at Ban nockburn, end, last, but no means least, the sixth at Chevy Chase. Even in Summer, when a_half-topped ball rolls 150 yards, such holes as these are no silver - plated cinch to reach in two shots, it only because of the distance that must be covered. But under Winter conditions the gent who would reach them in two mlgfiy blows has hit himself a pair of shots. And we don't mean perhaps. Making Holes Short. Oh, yes, in the old days of Summer we've seen Roland Mac! ie or Miller Stevinson knock the ball 8o 1ar on such holes as the sixth at Chevy Chase, the eighteenth at Washington or Indian Bmln&eor the eleventh at Columbia, that 'y got home with a medium iron, and not a long one at that. But their tee shots carried some- think like 225 yards and rolled another 75, and that makes a lon; o a short one, for all prac » Try knocking the ball up%t eighteenth green at Was! 0 in two shots some day when the turf is soft and a roistering wind comes out of the Wwest to fight the ball that carries high in the air. Or try to knock the ball up on the eighteenth at Indian Spring in the teeth of a southern gale when the turf is soft, or the fourteenth at Manor when the wind comes out of the north, or the seventh and eighth at Beaver Dam under similar conditions. Then these normal two-shot holes, which require two good shots under favorable conditions, stretch out to two wallops with the wood and a short pitch. Then the sixth at the Town and Country Club, from the front tee, is no weak man's sinecure, nor the eighth at Washington nor the eighteenth at Burning Tree. Remember, we are speaking of mere golfing alone, grant- ing that the golfing gent who can hit ‘em that far also can steer 'em in the general direction of the green. No, brother, there isn't any doubt there are a considerable flock of two- shot holes at clubs near Washington that are rated by that stiff-backed old Par gent at 4, but become doggone good 5s under Winter conditions. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE ROFESSIONAL golfers of Wash- ington clubs report that there has been considerable misinfor- mation spread concerning the effective date of use of the stand- ard golf ball, the larger and lighter ball which will supplant the present ball by edict of the United States Golf Association. The new ball will officially become the standard ball on January 1, 1931, and has not yet become the offi- cial ball for tournament play, although many golfers are under the delusion that it ha@@-ready become the standard ball for Play. Manufacturers have made the new ziandard-ball available in quan= tity and it may be purchased and played now. It is slightly shorter from the tee than the “jack rabbit” ball now in use, but more than makes up for the slightly lessened distance by its quality of better control through the fairway and improved putting. ‘Yesterday we watched J. Munro Hunter, the siege gun of Indian Spring, knock a few balls out in practice. Among the lot were two or threée of the new stand- ard-sized balls, and it was noticeable that they did not carry as far as the smaller and heavier ball. Nor was there any question that when any kind of spin was put on the ball, either of the slice or pull variety, the new ball show- ed an exaggerated effect that was not so_noticeable with the ball now in use. Hunter, by the way, administered a dose of birdie poison to J. V. Brownell and another member of Indian Spring a few days ago. He started the best ball of the amateurs four up, and at the fourteenth tee he was four down. But he scored three consecutive birdies on the fourteenth, fifteenth and six- teenth and won the match on the eighteenth. Arthur B. Thorn, the Woodmont Country Club professional, now is es- conced in his reconstructed golf shop, which has been entirely done over dur- ing the past month and now is roomy and better suited for its purpose. The fine golfing weather of the past week has brought out golfers in great numbers to play the soggy courses of Midwinter. All the * lars” have been playing at the I courses, al- though that much-heralded match be- tween Herbert T. Shannon, president, and Clyde B. Asher, vice president of the Columbia Country Club, has not yet materialized. r has been con- fined to his home for several days and has inot been able to play golf. D'Arcy Banagan, Columbia’s assistant pro, took Shannon on a practice spin around the celve a handicap from Asher under the terms of the match, as arranged at present, but Banagan claims the golf warriors are waiting for warmer weather before attempting to play the match. E. J. Swift, the genial editor of “The Tee,” official publication of the Wash- 1 Golf and Country Club, bursts into print with the announcement that good If 15 easy. As soon as some of is golfing associates read what he had to say about good golf, an endless bar- rage of questions arose, the main tenor of whose observations = were, ‘“‘How should Bunny know?"” But with "customary suavity Swift went on to explain that bad golf 18 hard work. “Have you ever noticed,” he said, “how tired you are when you come in from a bad and nerve-wrack- Last Sunday on this fact ing day on the course? Charley Doing remarked after he had a tough day. And Bwift continued with this ob- servation: “When we are having a bad time with our shots we are apt to be working too hard. Everything we do is tense and unnatural. grip is u%m. the body stiffens, there is little flexibllity in our wrists. Too much eftort — too much_tension — too much anxiety. The good golfer forgets him- self, uw\nmlt\lflll! and lets the club- head do ‘worl Which is advice it d as concentrated as as good any_professional might giv COLD SPELL And Bad Weather Coming! Prepare for It Now! PRESTONE Anti-Freeze Liquid G-P-A Glycerine WHIZ Anti-Freeze ALCOHOL Tire Chains PINES Winter Fronts and N Star Service Station course a couple of days ago and said the club president was eve: for the first seven homf!hnngnpw‘lll' re- HMORLC Al