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2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, JANUARY 12, 1930—PART FIVE. -Sandy Armour Proving Mighty Foe of Par : Sports Goods Sales Increase Greatly BURNING UP COURSE AT CONGRESSIONAL Twice Shoots 70 on Tough Home Layout, Despite Advancing Years. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. ERE is one for the book of those gents who think that because a man gets a sprinkling of gray hair in his thatch and gathers unto himself a little rotundity around the belt line, he can't hold his own in the little matter of knocking strokes from the par of any golf course. It refers to Sandy Armour, the pro at Congressional, who apparently has be- gun to take golf seriously, and shows it by the scores he has been turning in in recent weeks. 3 By way of showing just what Sandy can do, we hasten to remark that three days ago he played the last six holes at Congressional in 18 strokes—even 3s for the layout. Birdies came on the | fourteenth and fifteenth holes, on the | heels of a par at the thirteenth, and followed by another par at the seven- teenth, and Sandy ended this grand | splurge of golf by canning a lengthy | putt for an eagle 2 on the eighteenth. | And if you think this doesn't represent | a man-sized piece of golf over Congres- slonal, try it yourself some time. That score enabled the Armour gent to finish a round in 70 blows, which is 3 better than par and is strictly in line with what Sandy has been doing over his own course recently. Not every one knows that Sandy Armour was one of the ou'&!léldln[ amateur golfers of Britain and would be one of the out- standing American professionals if he worked at the game as some of the | younger pros do. But the fact is that! Sandy Armour has as much sound goif | as any professional in the world, and | when he really takes the game seriously, | he is a match for many men—even his brother Tommy, when the latter is at | his best. The day before this stunt, Armour came home over the same nine holes in 32 strokes, for another 70. ‘The Congressional board of directors will have before it next Friday at the | annual meeting the proposal, already indorsed by the golf committee, to elim- inate the present tenth and sixteenth holes and make in place of the elon- gated tenth two holes, which will both | be two-shotters. The proposal already | has been outlined in The Star, has the | backing of the golf committee, and, if passed by the board, probably will be a development of the next few months. Out of the meeting of the United | States Golf Association last Friday has come a really constructive idea—the raising of the age limit at which a youngster automatically becomes a pro- fessional because of his money-making activities in connection with the game. | The association raised the age limit for caddies from 16 to 18 years; said | that a boy who carries bags for hire | does nqt automatically become a pro- | fessional when he reaches 16 years of | age, but may carry for hire until his eighteenth birthday anniversary. ‘The ruling makes it possible for many lads who do not want to become pro- fessional golfers to pick up good money b]y‘i caddying until they become 18 years old. Everything comes to him who waits in golf, if he waits long enough and picks a day when everything breaks right for him—even against the District champion. So it must seem today to Carl J. Quentell of Columbia, as he contemplates his record-breaking per- formance of last Wednesday, when he upset a bucket full of dope, scattered preconceived ideas of handicaps far and wide and smothered Miller B. Stevinson and a couple of other ts under a fury of pars and birdies that enabled him to get around the course of the Columbia Country Club in 74 blows— many strokes better than he ever had done before. Even Stevinson—determined golfing gent that he is—with a knack of con- verting bad situations into good ones (for him), admitted that he had pulled a boner when he attempted to concede entell 5, 6 and 7 up. That's the way ey do it at Columbia. If the disparity between two plavers is quite marked they grade handicaps in that manner, £ 8s to give the less skillful gent a chance with the higher handicap even if he fails to make the grade with the lower handicap. So Quentell started out against Stevinson with a fair chence to break even with the District title holder. As he went on he got better and better, and at the end he had a 4 on the last hole for a 73, which is by long odds the best Quentell ever has done on the Columbia layout. He missed & wee putt on the last green for his 73, but the 74 was in the bag just the same. Which goes to show that if 8 golfer tries and kesps on trying and holes a few putts and hiss all his shots straight and a few more such matters he can get around even such a hard course as the Columbia layout in very respectable figures. That 74, however, robebly will cost Quentell quite a num- ger of matches, for his associates know all about it and naturally they will want to handicap him on a basis which has that 74 in mind. How a golfing guy can suddenly drop from an average gcore of 85 or 86 down to such a low mark as 74 is beside the point. The fact remains that the smiling Carl did it, even tl h it may cost him a few bets. For it isn't reasonable to assume that the men with whom he plays con- stantly are going to forget that 74 in a hurry. But even if it costs him a bet or two, Quentell considers it well worth while. For it does not fall to every man to shoot & 74 at Columbia, even With the advantages gained by Winter rules. . PHONE TEAM TAKES COMMERCIAL LEAD Jnited States Daily of th cinl Loagus, mate a clean sweep of their match with The Evening Star. Hamil- ton of the winners gathered high game and set with 138 and 367. While The Star was losing the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone won three from Carry Ice Cream to take undisputed lead in team standing. umped several notches P nehing Woodward & Lothrop. by whitewash Standard ou.”:fue to some good roliing wo games from Dia- by Phipps, copped t! mond Cab. Times-Herald won the odd game from Wilkins Coffee. Team Standing. ;‘i {.0 Carry Ice Cream 18 ;‘6 a5 arr 2 gvefiu’rl Tl’!]lr 129 13 Wilkins Coffee.. 17 2 tandard Oil.. 26 16 Diamond Cab.. 17 28 jmes-Herald .. 24 18 U. 8 Datly.... 18 26 eoples Drug.. 19 23 Wood. & Loth.. 12 30 Recos set 0. e Commer- pllien team eske & Potomac lepnone. 1, “High team game_The Star, 607, High {ndivi set—Ulrich. 423 High individs me—Uirich, 161. GORILLA JONES IS SICK, S0 BOUT IS POSTPONED HOLYOKE, Mass., January 11 (A).— A 10-round bout between Gorilla Jones of Akron, Ohio, and Floyd Hubert of ewark, N. J., scheduled Monday night re, has been postponed until Priday. Jones was reported suffering from Wptomaine poisoning. Chip Shots Call For Firm Wrists BY SOL METZGER. Glenna Collett brings out some interesting points in playing the chip shot that are of special interest | to_women golfers. She, of course, believes in the low follow through; in taking the club back with the left wrist; and in stroking forward with the right and then letting the arms and hands go out after the ball following contact. But Miss Collett stresses the need of firm wrists in playing this shot, both during backswing and follow SHE PLAYS CHIP FIRM through. What a fine tip this is for women to follow! Pros tell me that women Invariable grip too loose. And after being cautioned about this fault they are likely to go to the other extreme. Practice alone will teach each one just the amount of firmness to use in the grip. So much has been said and written about relaxation that many duffers get into the habit of gripping too loosely. Why waste the years trying to lower your score by disregarding in- structions? Sol Metzger has pre- pared a free leaflet on The Pivot which he will send to_any reader requesting it. Address Sol Metzger, in care of this paper, and inclose & stamped, addressed envelope. (Copyrighe, 1930.) FORT WAYEE ‘FARM’ SOLD BY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ST. LOUIS, January 11 (#).—Sale of the Fort Wayne, Ind., base ball club of the Central League, which the St. Louis Cardinals have operated for sev- eral years as & farm, was announced tonight by Branch Rickey, vice presi- dent and business manager of the Cardinals. The club was sold to Chester G. Schiefer of Fort Wayne." Rickey announced the sale was not a result of Commissioner Landis’ recent attack on “chain store” base ball, and said the Cardinals would add another team to their chain to take the place of the Fort Wayne team. M’LARNIN AND MANDELL WILL BATTLE ON FEB. 17 VANCOUVER, _British Columbia, January 11 (#)—Jimmie McLarnin of Voncouver, leading contender for the world welterweight title held by Jack Fields, will meet Sammy Mandell at Chicago, February 17, “Pop” Foster, McLarnin’s manager, announced to- day after a telephone conversation with Nate Lewis, match-maker for the Chi- | L0 ANGELES GOLF IS HALTED BY RAIN Agua Caliente Events Also Postponed—Delay Causes Protest by Stars. By the Associated Press. OS ANGELES, January 11.—The two major golf tournaments of the Pacific Coast Winter cam- paign—the Los Angeles $10,000 open and the Agua Caliente $25,000 event—were postponed today because of a heavy downpour of rain which left the courses unplayable. The setting up of the dates for the Agua Calients tourney, which was to have opened Tuesday, followed the de- cision of the committee in charge of the Los Angeles affair to discontinue play until tomorrow. The second round of the $10,000 event will be played Sunday, and the 50 low finishers and ties will take part in the 36-hole final competition Mon- day. The Riviera course, scene of the fifth annual tourney, which yesterday saw only one player, Johnny Rogers, Denver pro, finish under par, was in even worse condition today. This fact, coupled with forecast of more rain during the day, resulted in the post- ponement. A wet course also was given as the reason for the delay in the tourney across the Mexican border by officials of Agua Callente. This “big money event will now start a week from Mon- day, January 20, and will extend to January 23. The postponement of the Los An- geles tournament was condemned by Bobby Cruickshank and Johnny Far- rell, New York professionals, who con- tended that conditions today were no worse than yesterday. “The course and weather,” said Far- rell, a former champion, “were better today than they were yesterday. I be- lieve the committee made a mistake in postponing the event.” “This is California’s rainy season,” said Cruickshank. “We have no reason to belleve that the present storm will let up for tomorrow or Monday. The condition of the Riviera course today was better than yesterday.” Others of the contenders also voiced the opinion that the tourney should have gone ahead today as scheduled. MARY K. BROWNE LIKELY TO BE FACTOR IN GOLF CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 11 (®). —Miss Mary K. Browne, reinstated by the United States Golf Association, is expected to once more become & formidable competitor for the national golf champlonship this year. Although _suspended nearly three years ago, she is understoond to have practiced consistently on the Kirkland course and to have retained the game which enabled her to go to the 1s in the 1924 woman's national tourna- ment. Miss Browne, accompanied by Miss Jeannette Kinney, sailed last cago Stadium. ‘Mandell and McLarnin, will fight st 145 pounds. night from New York on a seven-week tour of Europe. Timing Is Secret By AL CIUCI, Leading Younger (This is the sizth of a series of ar- ticles written by famous amateur and professional golfers, telling how they overcame outstanding faults in their play.) Y greatest weakness? ‘Well, I'd say it is no different from the weakness of 90 per cent of all the people who golf. It applies to every shot, but most par- ticularly that stroke saver, the niblick, and the mashie niblick approach. It is the fault of getting the body in before the clubhead. In practice I can go out and lay any number of balls dead for the pin. But in competition I try to help the ball along, with the re- sult that I get too much body and not enough arm and wrist action into the stroke. Slicing is the commonest fault. ‘You see instructors advocating new grips, new stances and what not, when the remedy lies in keeping the Balance and tim- Sujyew-j0us 0] epjuassa os are Suy that good shots can’t be made without them. And no one can have proper timing when the fault I have mentioned is in ce. Al Ciucl. " | championships of Good Golf; Practice Attains It, Says Ciuci stroke, bring his clubhead back slowly, and then :m«h the feeling that the wrists and club are not sufficient to send the ball the distance, he sways his body, believing that getting all his weight into the shot will be beneficial. As a matter of fact this causes tightening up of the muscles and is ruinous to timing. Bt eve oat of e > it in spite of most of us keep themselves. However, the fault must come off. ‘When I found I was getting my body in I set about to correct this by shift- ing the weight as I came into the ball. The smooth flow of weight right to left is the medium of power applied from the club to the ball. Swaying or jerk- ing ruins it completely. It takes prac- tice to get that shifting of weight done properly, but once you learn how to wait for thlen clubhead you eliminate lenty of golfing woes. G Timing 1s the secret of good golf, and the secret of timing lies in the swing. The only secret about the swing is proper_instruction and plenty of prac- tice. Practice! That's the answer to anybody's trouble. T used to hear when I was a kid about the hours Jack McDermott spent with his mashie. He would lay a newspaper on the center of the green, and he be- came so good at his approach shots that he could pitch 7 shots out of 10 on the paper at 100 yards. You can bet he didn’t have any body sway. He was the only fellow to win two open in succession, so I red he wasn't a bad chap to imitate T'm doing & lot of practicing—and T've gotten rid of my habit, just a3 you can, (Next: Phil Perkins). idence. You'll see a player concentrate on & IN CHESS BY FRANK HE regulations for the tourna- ment for the title of chess champion of the District of Columbia have been posted in the City Club. They follow the outline glven in The Star last Sunday. The tourney is to be played at the City Club, commencing Saturday, February 1, successive games to start on the follow- ing Saturdays. The entrance fee is $10, with which prizes will be provided. The time limit is 15 moves to the hour, with adjournment after 30 moves have been made. This is slow time, probably the slowest in any District champion- ship tourney. As most games go over 30 moves, it means that two evenings a week will be required of each con- testant. The question of who will take part is the all-important one. It is hoped and desired that all of the strong players will enter, including the so- called masters and near-masters. It would be interesting to see Fox, Sournin, Turover, Whitaker, Perkins, and others in a tournament, striving for champion- ship honors, but it probably is too much 0 for. None of these yet indicated his intention of participating. Sournin’s poor showing at St. Louis last Fall was attributed to a lack of ractice. This tournament would give B an opportunity to meet players who are right up with the game. Perkins undoubtedly is one of the headiest players here, and would give & good aecount of himself. Byler has given every indication of an intention to participate. He is play- ing at his best and will be near the top at the end. Carl Hesse . 1930, by North American News- (Copyrisht, 193017 Aifiance. CIRCLES B. WALKER. and will crowd any one who tries to pass him. Bettinger always is a dan- gerous man. 1t is hard to win a game from Bishop, and Knapp is one of the steadiest, most conservative players in the group. Carl Hesse defeated P. B. Walker in the fifth round in the championship tournament of the City Club. Walker tried his favorite center counter gam- bit, but Hesse had & defense. Hesse has won all five games played by him in the tournament and has exhib- ited superjor chess. He thus becomes tournament champion for the ensuing year. Bishop won his final game from Gleason, and achieved second prize. Gleason and Maj. Clark put up good fight and played excellent chess. They were pitted against more experi- | enced players. The final standing is as follows: . L, | e ¥ In a book of Paul Morphy's games, loaned to the City Club by Capt. W. 8. Peters, are some remarks by Frank J. Marshall, chess champion of the United States, which are instructive and will be appreciated by all players who wish to improve their game. Capt. Peters asked Marshall, “What is the best way for a middle-class ama- teur to study this book, and why?” To which Marshall made the follow- ing reply: “I can only answer your question by saying T would advise him to take one game (any gme), or more if possible, and play this game over till he could play it ‘without the aid of this k; then, when he wanted to, he could play over the game and then would under- nd this game, but much better chess | stand also is in splendid form,would be the result.” be corrected or the shots just won't - With NNAPOLIS, Md., January 11.— The Naval Academy today an- nounced a schedule for its foot ball team for next season, in- cluding 10 games, 6 of which are against teams of high standing in the foot ball world, while some of the oth- ers cannot be regarded as easy contests. The task which the Academy foot ball team has taken upon itself will, in fact, require it to keep on edge during the whole of the season if it is to acquit itself creditably. Coincident with the announcement of the schedule came a statement from Comdr. Jonas H. ram, director of athletics, in which crucial points of the Naval Academy’s foot ball policy were indicated Of outstanding interest in this con- nection was the statement that the Naval Academy and the University of Pennsylvania had practically decided to regard themselves for an indefinite period as special foot ball rivals, the latter playing Cornell in a secondary position, and taking the place of the Military Academy so 10':" as relations between the service 0ols remain strained. It was understood that either could make a cl if it wished and that the renewal of athletic rela- tions between the service schools would cause their game to be placed in the final position on their schedules. Maryland, G. W. Listed. Georgetown does not appear on the Navy's schedule for next year, but the University of Maryland and Washington do. The former will give the Navy its big home e on Novem- ber 1, while the Hatchetites play the last game on the Navy grounds, the date being November 29. Also the oppose the Navy B squad at Annapolis on Thanksgiving day. ‘The Naval Academy Plebe team has also branched out, six games, all against teams of standing, having been sched- uled for it. Comdr. Ingram also stated that an understanding existed with the Prince- ton officials that the foot ball teams would meet regularly, the game to be played at about midseason. It was also stated that the naval team would play Ohio State at Columbus in 1931. On October 11 the Naval Academy ‘WEEK of brisk activity featured by several games of unusuai in- terest will be ushered in today by independent basket ball teams of the District group. Among the attractive contests carded is that bringing together Skinker Eagles and the Snyder Athletic Associa- tion of Baltimore in the National Guard Armory at Silver Spring, Md,, this aft- ernoon at 3 o'clock. A preliminary has been arranged between the Montrose and French quints starting at 2 o'clock. Jewish Community Center Regulars will entertain the recently organized Kennedy A. C. five tonight in the Center gym at 7:30 o'clock. A that is expected to uce spmmnumg is that which hpn?gm listed between Stewart Photographers and the Prench quint for the Silver Spring Armory Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. A recent contest between these quints broke up in a row with 25 seconds to go and the score 25-all, a technical foul was called on the French team and the game ended as the re- sult of a dispute which ensued. Stewart will take part in another game Wednesday night, which is ex- pected to be a battle royal, when it will meet another bunch of photographers, Woltz A. C., in the Silver Spring High gym at 8:30 o'clock. Stewarts so far this season have won 23 games in as many starts and Woltz just one. measure of the Woltz outfit and the Knight's team has been beaten by Stewarts. Lloyd 8. Stewart, leader of the Stew- art quint, and Louis P. Woltz, who | heads the team bearing his name, are brothers-in-law. Woltz, determined to “take” the Stewarts, will start its regular line-up, comprising Macdonald, Forney, Banta, Buscher and Walker. Manaj Fones of the Woltz team is seeking a game for January 21 with a strong foe. It has the Central Hltl: gym for this night. Fones may reached at National 6740, branch 937, gunng the day, or at Georgia 4716 after .m. use they have been warned that their amateur status might be impaired and as a result they might not be al- lowed to take part in the A. A. U. tour- ney, starting March 10, the Woltzmen have called off their game scheduled this afternoon with the Fort Humph- reys team. The Soldiers have played the Knight's Store quint, which has been declared a pro team by the A. A. U. In addition the game with Texas Works Out Clever Court Play BY SOL METZGER. Down in the great open space of Texas they are as keen for basket ball, which is played indoors, as for such outdoor pastimes as base ball and foot ball. And they are on to all the stunts that are known to the game. Take Coach Fred Walker's team at the University of Texas, & great organization that proved to be the best ever turned out by the Lone Star institution last season. They had a clever and quick working out- of-bounds play at the business end of the court. No. 1 had the ball. Nos. 2 and 3 were the men concerned. No. 2 made a quick start to beat it for the corner and circle around B. As he did so No. 3 cut immediately behind him for the basket. You see, as No. 2 cut, his opponent B moved with him. As both were gnlng Cas C attempted to get into the play to cover No. 3, C was simply crowded out of the picture. A quick pass in to No. 3 from No. 1, a short dribble and a shot and the boys from 'way down were * shouting loudly over another pair of points. (Copsright, 1930.) Navy Lists Ten Grid Batiles Penn as Final 1930 Foe | Independent Basketers Here Face Week of Brisk Activity team will go to South Bend to be the nt of the Notre Dame eleven in the game which will mark the dedica- tion of their new stadium. While the game with Southern Methodist is booked at nt for the Naval Acad- | emy, it is likely that it will be moved | to the Baltimore stadium. No Trip to Coast. Commenting further on the policy of | Naval Academy foot ball teams, Comdr. Ingram said that negotiations are being carried on with gumu. Georgia Tech and Harvard, and it was probable Lhutc l.{l threeuo( these teams would meet at some time during seasor ofA‘l:kSld O{f 1932, ki o e the Naval Academy - templated a trip to the Pacific Coast, Comdr. Ingram answered with an em- phatic negative. The schedule of the Plebe eleven con- sists of six games, two more than has been the rule. All games will be played at Annapolis, ending with a con- ft ln;r_::t 'fl;‘ vl.tl;am ::hool of Prince- n on Than! A% Annapalis, g day, to be played The schedules of varsity and plebe teams, as announced, follow: On No- vember 27 ( ving day), the {lhlvll Academy "‘B" squad will meet e Freshmen of Geo: hing University at Al'Al'llpoIlAl.'ge e i October 4—William and Mary, at An- napolis. r, 1i—Notre Dame, at South nd. October 18—Duke, at Setover 38 Princetan® 2t Princoton. .‘Nx::nmbfl'u 1—University of Maryland, November §_Ohio State, at Baltimore. November 15—South 3 Anaapalls (may be. cha e Bl more). Nove: I mber 23—West Virginia Wesleyan, ovember Adoyember 29—George Washington, at 6—Universit 5 dadciphia.1? °f Pennes Plebe: Al G October 41 Kiskimine! ‘October 18—Geo December vania, at Phi ed_ At 7ed At Annapolis. rgla Military Academy. miovember 1—Western Marsiand Fresh: November 15—Mercersburg Academy. N = November 27—Hun Sensor T reenmen: Some misunderstanding exists the date of the H‘rfl::l-"-vy :m‘: The O'd Liners are under contract to meet Virginia at Charlottsville on No- nn;l’ilerul and the pmen appear on the Maryland list for a clash - napolis on November 22. i Stewarts, the Wolts team faces anot! stern test this week in its Commanl:!er ter contest with Petworflv! the Central at 9 o'clock. With four wins in as many starts the Woltz team is in front in the league. Petworth Mets, tied for third, are just one game behind the leader with three wins against one defeat. Potomac Boat Club is second, a half game behind Woltz, with three. wins in as many er e games are carded this week. A double-header will be played Tuesday at FEast Washington center. Walter Whirlwinds are to meet Naval Hospital at 7 o'clock and Eastern Preuo'm.'lll face Mount Vernons at 8 STARTS BALLYHOO FOR MIAMIBATTLE Bruen Handling Big Garden Ring Show—Will Prepare Attractive Card. Associated Press Sports Writer. picking up momentum for the land, February 27. fistic mansion today for the warmth | ond stand upder the palms, this time the actual machinery of fight prepara- opening January 16 at the Hialeah zation will depart in small groups from | themselves start training about the first | One of the battlers, it appeared to- sensational fashion last night to whip berth in the semi-final if only as an An effort is being made peared on the same card with the bid for heavyweight fame with a knock- also is slated to go on the same card in Loughran, whom Sharkey polished off definitely decided today that neither i “ambling alp” from Italy, will take any | eral situation are scheduled for this co-director with Jack Dempsey of the <600 Milli BY EDWARD J. NEIL, EW YORK, January 11.—Slowly, N but surely, the ballyhoo is second annual flesta of the trapped fizzes at Miami, in the South- Frank Bruen, general manager at Madison Square Garden, deserted the of Florida, where Jack Sharkey, the Boston sailorman, will make his sec- against Phil Scott, the lanky English- man. Bruen, in his spare time before | tion starts grinding about February 1, will manage the horse racing meet track, in Miami. The remainder of the garden organi- now until February 1, when the ticket, sellers are due in Florida. The fighters of next month. Paulino to Show. day, will be Paulino Uzcudun, the bat- tered Basque, who came from behind in Otto Von Porat in Madison Square Garden. Paulino seems certain of a | appeal to the Spanish vote of lorida and nearby Cuba. _—_— Paulino with Jimmy Maloney, one-time Boston rival of Sharkey, who has ap- sailorman only once in several years Thln: night S}l"llrkey ended Maloney's out. Grifiths, Carnera Out. The big Argentine, Victorio Campolo, another 10-round struggle. The most likely opponent for Campolo is Tommy in workmanlike fashion in the biggest outdoor bout of the past season. It was Tuffy Griffiths, the Sioux City young- ster, nor Primero Carnera, the| active part in the big Midwinter show. Two incidents of interest to the gen- week. Bill Carey, president of the gar- den since the death of Tex Richard and first battle under Miami's palms, will be tendered Meaumonlll banquet by the The following day Phil Scott is sched- uled to sail from England, arriving here | | January 22. He is e to leave immediately to start training in Florida. with Drakes Wednesd: ig] o'clock in the Macfarland Junior High | Team Standin, 1780 ‘867 500 iriwin Mount Vernon Eastern Breps o't Naval Hos !fill Tremonts PUTHISRA GIRL BASKETERS CAR FOUR GAMES IN WEEK Four games are scheduled this week in the Girls' Recreation Basket Ball League tournament,. Eaglets will meet Capital A. C. tomor- row night in the Business High gym at 7:30 o'clock. Strayer and Basketeers and Epiphany and Delta Phi Sigma are to face Tuesday night in the Central | High and Epiphany Church gyms, re- spectively, at 7 and 7:30, and the| Hockey Club _and St. Paul's will try| conclusions Thursday on the Holton Arms School floor at 8:30 o'clock. Two games were played during the past week, which marked the opening of the league schedule. Basketeers downed the Hockey Club, 30 to 16, and Epiphany took the measure of Capital A.C, 33 to 17. Scores of last week's games: Hockey Club (16) E. Jansen Field goals—R. Laudick. 2 (2-point shots): H. Joliff, 7 it shots), 2-point 'shi Co ¢ row—D. Coggswell nham for R. Laudick, J. Gog- . Myers. Referee—Miss McNutt. Epiphany (33) Capital A. C. H. Dwight "8 % (A g an rwin Harrig Cormick Heil 6 1) QQ0; Sa 25 o t. 14 (2-point shots): not): Q. Erw 2), N. Guertler, 'G. Er- Substitutions—M. Alex- Wil!)l‘g‘ulh 1 2 H, ander for R or. a; . Wolf i85 Fi Punlap. O, O for E. Harbin. ENGINEERS SPARKLE IN C. & P. LEAGUE In shooting second high team set of 1,658 the Engineers’ team downed the scrappy last-place ‘Western-Nationals mgr: clean sweep victory in the C. & P. Telephone League. A feature of this match was the number of strikes, 14 by the Engineers and 8 by the Western- Nationals. Hasselbush led with a set of 379. The three-game win enabled the Engineers lBou break the first place tle with Coin X, Equipment gave Coin Box a hard battle, winning the first and losing the last by 2 pins when Breen, anchor man on Equipment, cut a deuce on a space in the ninth box. McKenny of Coin Box led both teams with 372. Hyattsville District made fourth place secure when they shut out Western Branch House. In an exciting match Western Divi- sion Office defeated the Western-Mets two out of three. Wire Chiefs defeated the strong Con- struction team two to one. Dutch or:l:r!:lt Construction lead both teams wi 4 Team Standing. eams. Engineer: Construction Hyatts. Dist Equipment . ‘The 1930 major lsague base ball sea- son will start April 16 and conclude % | posstble. 7| became disgusted wit] ALPH DRAIN and D. C. Gruver of Washington learned about dogs and golf balls and penal- | ties the other day from an inci- | dent which happened on the tenth |green at the Washington Golf and Country Club. The yarn concerns two dogs, which hover around the tenth green and show a predilection for golf balls. Gruver had played his shot onto the | putting surface and went up on top of il where he ld see the green. Playing around the greens were a pair of dogs, belonging at a nearby house. | Drain played a splendid second shot, | which carried to the green and stuck. But before the ball stopped rolling, right under Gruver’s astonished eyes, one of the animals grabbed Drain's ball in his mouth and made off quickly down the valley behind the green. No amount of whistling and coaxing would bring the | animal back with the new golf ball. Not having had such an experience before, | both Drain and Gruver were at a loss to know what to do. The rule was cleared up when they came into the club house. Obviously, the incident fell under one of two rules. If the ball had stopped, it was displaced by an agency outside the match, and Drain was entitled to drop a ball on the putting green, If it had not stopped, but had lodged in a moving object—to-wit, the dog's mouth —he still had the right to place a ball. In neither case could there be a penalty, under the rules of golf. If you like to listen to yarns of low | scores, cast an ear to the wails of those who played against Vivian C. Dickey last Thursday at Washington, when he " |turned in a neat 76 and gathered unto himself all the matches which he had made. That 76 represents the best score Dickey has made. But one day last Summer Dickey needed a 5 on the last hole at Washington for a 73, and took | a 9. Some of his playmates were ma- licious enough to aver that he took that 9 to run his score up, as a 73 might have cost him a considerable handicap the next time he played. Dickey says it is not so. Last Sunday E. M. Willis played his tee shot to the eleventh green at Wash- ington and the ball hit on the bank in front of the green, bouncing back onto the thin ice which covered the water hazard that day. It lay in such a position that Willls, who a left- hander, couldn't play it. But he bor- rowed a right-handed club from Paul V. Keyser and laid the ball within 3 feet of the hole. He missed the putt. Sandy Armour, the Congressional pro, has been getting around the lengthy Congressional layout in sub-par figures for the past two months. e genial mentor has averaged 71 or better for his last 20 rounds and has dropped be- low 70 on_ several occasions. ~Sandy has that elongated “Spark Plug,” his g:lefleer-looklng putter, working in great J. Munro Hunter, the tall professional at Indian Spring, will remain with the club for another year. The board of governors voted to retain Hunter fcr the i’l!lr 1930 and at the same time gave im what amounted to a_vote of con- fidence. Hunter now has been with the club for two years and is rated as one of the outstanding professional golfers about Washington. For obvious reasons the man's name 15 not mentioned, but the yarn of an trascible golfer who started out with one club and came back with none is going the rounds at Washington. It seems that this player wanted to get acquainted with a particular iron club that had been giving him trouble. So he started out alone, with this iron to learn its vagaries and master them, if Somewhere, far out on the course, after flubbing a few z;hnta. he the performance of the club and decided it wasn't any good anyway. He came back to the club house carrying the shattered shaft and head. September 28. Carl Quentell pfind a wooden club aires Club” here Tuesday. | ALEXANDRIA HIGH BEATS WOODWARD BASKETERS ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 11— Alexandria High basketers vanquished | Woodward School “x’:m of Washington | in Armory Hall t. Wwdnrdpmugn irited tussle for the first half, which en with Alexan- dria ahead by only 6 to 4, but the home five gained a comfortable lead in the final_half. J. Williams with eight points and with five, led Alexandria and Woodward, respectively, in scoring. G.F.Pts, Woodward, 3904 Wiiomms, 1 0 Referee—Mr. Pettit. AGGIES’ HIGH GAME HUNG UP BY SHOPS Plant Bureau retained first place on total pin fall in the Agricultural Inter- bureau League after a hectic battle with Shops, winning the first two, but drop- ping the third when Shops registered 607 for a new league record for the sea- son. Rose and Ferrall, with sets of 369 and 339, led the winners, while Mec- Connville's 351 was best for Shops. The set totals were 1,644 for Plant, 1,636 for Shops. Led by Hevener, who had a 153-game and 394 set, Economics took all three games from Blister Rust and tied for first place in games won and lost. Central Stores pulled something of & | surprise by taking three games Accounts, shooting a 1,662 set to ac- complish this. Ray Harris had games of 124, 135 and 138 for the best set of the match. but had fine sup) from his teammates, especially Nelson, with a 340 count. Tony Terwisse was the only Accounts bowler topping 325. Joe McKericher's So-Kems took the first two games from Interbureaus and lost the third by a narrow margin when McClure of the Ints rolled 128. New- ton's 135 game and 325 set was best for ;h:! So-Kems, while McClure led the nts. Conway's 340 set proved the deciding factor in giving Extension a two-game win over the Public Roads quint, though Ackerman’s 329 was of considerable as- sistance. Bill Whelan and Vernon Gingell, with sets of 323 and 322, topped the Roads shooters. Team Standins. W, 0 30 6 i3 25 24 SRR High ames—Shops. 607; Central stores. and s, 589 eac “g(lh IHIG sl sets—Lyons. 411: Palmer, iigh individual sames—Lyons, 103; Hev- 'Bo- He High ener.‘\u:: Palmer and Rose, 149. NAISMITH STILL AT IT. Dr. James Naismith, who invented the game of basket ball in 1891 at the | Springfield (Mass.) Y. M. C. A. College, | is at present professor of physical edu- cation at the University of Kansas, where he still shoots enough baskets to keep in good physical trim. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE shot onto the seventeenth green at Co- lumbia, from the lower tee, and turned to Miller Stevinson with the remark: “Match that one, Steve.” Steve tool en iron club from his bag ‘and knocked his ball onto the back edge of the green. | Then Quentell stole the play away by holing his putt for an eagle 2. The annual meeting of the Manor Club will be held tomorrow night at the | club house at 8 o'clock. ~Reports of committees will be submitted and re- | sults of the recent election of officers will be made known. |TIGERS FARM SHUBLE TO CLUB IN BEAUMONT DETROIT, January 11 (#).—Heinle | Schuble, shortstop, has been sent down to the Beaumont club of the Texas League by the Detroit Tigers. Charles F. Navin, secretary of the Detroit club, said that the release was on an option. Ts bought Schuble from the H is one of America’s most popular HEAVIEST DEMAND 1S FOR GOLF STUFF Foot Ball, Basket Ball Buys Large—Base Ball Fifth Best Seller. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. ANUFACTURERS of sports goods, inventorying thelr 1929 1 production, report a tremen- dous increase in the sales of equipment used in amateur athletics. ‘The sale of golf supplies is greater than in any other branch of sport, and the supply barely satisfies the demand, even with overtime production. Foot ball and basket ball rank second to golf, with tennis next in order and base ball no better than fifth. The sale of base ball equipment has been falling off steadily for the past decade, but through the efforts of the American Legion to stimulate the e among m;num-a there was a slight increase year. ‘The sale of soft balls and bats, how- ever, is increasing rapidly. Where much equipment and a large plot of ground was necessary for the regular game of base ball, the soft ball may be played on a small corner lot with only one bail and a bat necessary. With growing con- gestion in metropolitan areas the soit ball game is increasing in popularity. Manufacturers are furthering the game of foot ball in the small towns of the country by producing a medium priced line of equipment that permits high schools of the more rural centers to completely outfit an eleven at a mod- erate cost, and each year the game growing in new spots. Basket Ball Thrives. Basket ball, which is almost the na- tional game of the Middle West, also is making many new converts. There are numerous towns in the corn belt that have high school gymnasiums capabie of seating crowds several times in excess of the population of the hamlet. In such places basket ball also is played out of doors in the Spring and Autumn. The growth of the _game in amateur circles also is heavy and manufacturers believe that the production of basket 31! eltflulpment soon will be second only golf. Tennis, according to ths production barometer, also will continue to grow. A few years back manufacturers be- lieved tennis was cn the down grade, but it has enjoyed a revival and now Squash racquets, squash tennis and other varieties of the game also are wing. There are now 10 major manufac- turers of golf equipment in the country and an innumerable number of smaller ones. The big plants are kept on the alert all the time to supply the demand for clubs and balls, and since the game | has become an all-year sport, manufac- turers have little time in which to ac- quire a surplus of material. As a side issue, many of the larger knitting concerns of the country are devoting much time to the manufacture of sweaters and hose; the making of golf shoes has become quite an item and there are other by-products that con- tribute quite a revenue to their makers. The reports of the sports goods manufacturers would indicate that Americans have come to the realization that ’:d is better to become active rather be getf munmg open for some form ol“recu- lon. Manufacturers are looking forward to an even greater year in 1930 than they have enjoyed in the past, for sports are one phase of American life that seem untouched by financtal crashes or any- thing else that may oceur. CHICAGO BOY BREAKS 100-YARD SWIM MARK CHICAGO, January 11 (#).—Arthur Highland of the Carl Schurz High School, Chicago, established a new na- tional interscholastic record in the 100~ yard free style swim today, swimmin, the distance in 54.2 seconds. The ol mark was held by Al Schwartz, captain of Northwestern's team, who made it in bsfi%lltflln 1926. ighland set his record during ths University of Chicago’s local inter- scholastic meet in Bartlett gymnasium T! Tige! Houston club for $35,000. EXT Wednesday night at 8, at the Raleigh Hotel, the District Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America will hold its monthly meeting. On this occasion nomination of officers for 1930 and the change of name of the organi- zation from the Potomac Anglers’ As- sociation, local chapter of the Izaak ‘Walton League of America, to the Dis- trict of Columbia Chapter will be discussed. The president of the chapter, Dr. M. D'Arcy Magee, is pafticularly anxious to have every member of the organization present at meeting Wednesday night. Several well known anglers in Congress have been invited to tell the local members what can be expected of the bills now before Congress, proposed by the parent body. A report has reached us of a catch of 55 bass weighing approximately 110 unds, or about 2 pounds each, al- eged to have been caught in fish nets at Occoquan recently. Warden W. H. Johnston of Arlingtén County appeared on the scene at the right time and con- fiscated the fish. These fish, which undoubtedly were intended for market use, were divided between the Alexandria Hospital and the Alexandria Day Nursery and Chil- dren's Home, It is the wish of local anglers that authorities make an ex- ample of this offender. obert L. Pyle, well known local angler and hunter, returned recently from a trip to the Chickahominy Coun- try Club, Providence Forge, Va. with his annual deer. Each Winter Bob | goes to this club, about 25 miles below | Richmond, Va. and brings home his trophy. Pyle left Washington on the 26th of December. Before daybreak the next morning the party got under way for the hunt. Three deer were bagged and the next day two more were added. Those in the party were: Marion Chapman, Allison and Rich- ard Mouncastle, Berry and Barton Haxhall, Grover McCann, Zoxa and Wilmer Atchinson and Pyle. In past years the anglers for the bi catfish have waited until the ice left the river. This year being what is known as an ‘“open Winter” and free from ice, so far, these anglers already have commenced bait their lines for these fish and the reports indicate they have been successful, catfish weighing up to 10 pounds being landed. One Wachaprsague, Va., asking his boatman to try his luck and see if any fish are biting down there. Scientists have repeatedly said that the majority of the eams in the of these sf at one time angler reports that he has written to |§ pool. ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER were full of fish, are now barren. The Izaak Walton League is working hard to remedy pollution of streams. The local chapter has outlined a program dealing with local conditions, namely, the Potomac River and Rock Creek. Local anglers fortunate enough to be able to spend any time in the South between the 10th of this month and March 10, can go to Leesburg, Fla., enter the third yearly national fresh- water bass tournament and, besides landing a good size fish, can also land a handsome prize. This contest is open only to non- residents of Florida. Registration must be made, accompanied by fee of $1, at the offices of the Leesburg Chamber of Commerce, prior to entry of fish. The contest tl year is divided into six classes, with six prizes to each class. They are: Class A, for largest bass caught casting with artificial bait and 1 und or lighter line. Class B, for largest bass caught casting, with arti- ficial bait, any weight line. Class C, for largest bass caught with fly rod and tackle, with artificial bugs or files only. Class D, for iargest bass caught by a lady. Class E, for largest bass trolling, with artificial bait. Class F, for largest bass caught on live bait. The prizes include a folding boat, different kinds of fishing tackle, rods, reels, etc., vanity case and lady's purse, grapefruit, silk hose and candy. Does Cold Weather Find You Needing ANTI-FREEZE? SKID CHAINS? NEW SPARK PLUGS? ALCOHOL? AUTO POLISH? DRIVING LIGHTS? Downtown 12th and C Sts. N.W. A Block Below the Avenue at Twelfth e OUT OF THE CONGESTED TRAFFIC AREA country are polluted and that some