Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1930, Page 70

LACOSTE UNLIKELY (TOPLAY THIS YEAR Cochet, at Loggerheads With Net Body,Possibly May Not Be Available. BY WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2nd. ANNES, April 12.—France is facing a crisis in its de- fense of the Davis Cup this year. For the first time since the French lifted the cup in 1927, the odds are not in their favor to defend successfully. I cannot see that they have bet- tér than an even chance in view of the developments of the last twlny) n‘mnths. D to a comparatively few weel there was every lndlcl{lon tmtnl!.u‘lg Lacosis, the French champion, would be in condition to play this year. Un- fortunately, he is not so well as it was believed and the last word is that he is Dot expected to play any tennis daring This is a great loss to France and tc the game in general and his absence | will be regretted by all tennis followers, | but certainly it puts a new construction | on the outlook in the challenge round | Even without Lacoste, France with, ‘Boroln, Cochet, Brugnon and Boussus looks strong enough to successfully de- fend, but all is not serene even here. Relations Are Strained. There is a distinct possibility that | Cochet may not play much if any tennis this year. ~There have been sumors all Spring 1n France about dif- ferences between Cochet and the French | ‘Tennis Association. I cannot say how much truth there is In these rumors. Some say that Cochet resents his being bracketed in the ranking with Lacoste in view of Lacoste having only played one event last year and Cochet having starred all season. Personally I put no stock this report. Another story is that during his| Japanese trip Cochet wrote certain articles which did not please the pow: ers that be and that he was reprimand- ed. He is also supposed to have aroused the ire of the French press and certain in | will try their luck at repeating Francis | featuring the Sandwich layout. | COLONIAL TENNIS TEAM PLAYS EDGEMOOR TODAY George Washington University's ten- nis team will engage Edgemoor Club racketeers this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Edgemoor Club. The match ;-u originally scheduled for last Sun- ay. iMaking up the Colonial team will be Bob Considine, national public arks doubles champion, captain; Larry 'hillips, Bill Seidel, Allan Staubly, Don glckler. Harry Goldsmith and Richard ge. Comprising the Edgemoor team will be Capt. Gill, Jack Purinton, Owen Howenstein, Joe Rutley, Capt. Al Gore and Holmead Callan. - ENGLISH WALKER CUP TEAM FLLED Linksmen Who Will Oppose Americans Are Mainly Youngsters. . By the Associated Press. ONDON, April 12—With only one month in which to prépare for the Walker Cup matches at Sand- wich, May 15, 16, Rogér Weth- ered, captain of the British team, at last has his full team of 10 men. The last three, Robert Harris, liam Campbell and J. A. Lan Scotsmen, were announced today by the Royal and Ancient Club. A month is more than ample for all | the team practice planned by the British. The players will gather at Sandwich May 10 to play for the prized St. George's Challenge Vase, the annual amateur 36-hole medal event, and then play around the course daily until the international matches are played. The Americans will arrive in time for the St. George's Vase event and all e all Ouimet’s coup of 1923. The Americans will have as much steady practice over St. George's as Wethered's team, but the British players living in Southern England have been taking occasional week end turns over the big sand dunes elements of the association in the mat- ter of gate money during the trip 1 do not know what is the truth, but | this much I do know: Cochet did not play singles on the Riviera and he personally told me that he did not in- tend to play tennis this Spring and | might not play in the French cham- pionships or ‘Wimbledon. There is no doubt about Cochet being at loggerheads with tennis at the mo- | ment and what little tennis he played on the Riviera showed clearly his game | was affected. Even Cochet cannot ex- | pect fo play Davis Cup tennis at his| st if he gets no competition. Borotra Is Malnstay. Jean Borotra seems to be the main- stay of the French team this with his best, but will his best be good enough? His defeat in four sets at the hands of H. W. Austin of England would indicate that he is not plnylng‘l too well. Certainly neither Brugnon nor Bous- sus can be counted on as a point winner in the Davis Cup challenge round.| Brugnon, except for his one fine set at | Menton, when he beat Rogers and Coen and carried me five sets, has had a most disastrous Riviera season. Boussus’ crushing defeat at the hands of Dr. Prenn of Germany in the Monte Carlo tournament must place him out of serious consideration. It seems to me that the whole ques- ton of defeat or victory rests on Cochet. If he will get back in the game, play through all the big events, he will be | once more the Crochet of old and| Prance will successfully defend. If. on | the other hand, he decides to play only | in the Davis Cup tournament, it would not surprise me to see him fail and France go down to defeat. Gillou Is Worried. There is no question but what Pierre Gillou, guiding genius of the French|, team, s worried. He admits that Ln-i coste is out of the question and that| the Cochet problem i§ serious. He is| also quite at sea for a doubles team.| Cochet and Borotra are not in the pic- ture this year. given up all idea of playing them to- gether. I believe he had about made up nis mind to use Lacoste-Borotra until Lacoste’s continued illness forced him to change his plans. The natural selection seems to be [Cochet-Brugnon, but their defeat by Austin and Kingsley in the Butler ‘Tro- phy at Monte Carlo coupled with Brug- Ton's lack of ability to find his game, makes it appear that they will not do. During the Monte Carlo tournament Brugnon and Boussus were tried out, but they were beaten in the first round by Rodgers and Abe, thus giving Gillou still more to think about. 1t seems to me that the most logical team would be Borotra-Brugnon. This combination will force Borotra to play three full days, thing_that neither he nor Gillou wants. There is one other combination that looks likely: Boussus and De Buzelet. However, their defeat by Junior Coen and my- self in the fifth set at Monte Carlo in the Butler Trophy shook the con- fidence of the French. All in all the doubles are a pretty jproblem and one not easy to solve. Will Lose Supremacy. The outstanding feature of the Riviera season and the early Spring 4s the definite signs of the passing of the French supremacy. It may not come this year or even next, but the Randwriting is on the wall just as clearly as it showed l& the “United Btates for several years before we suc gumbed to the French attack. There is no question but what it is coming. _The great team of Lacoste, Cochet, Borotra and Brugnon is break- ing up. It no longer presents the un- broken front of two years ago. The young French stars, good as they are, are not developing as fast as expected. Boussus and De Buzelet are not ready %o step in and fill the gaps that are opening. P‘eflh ! nation will take the position of champion is hard to say. Certainly gland, with Austin and Lee, is mak- g great strides toward the top. Japan Iboks definitely to be on the upgrade; r whole national style is improving the play of her youngsters. truly dangerous. Australia is the rk horse that may burst out a win- r. Her young team is as yet un- own, but there is no doubt about her tential sttength. i United States Hes Good Material. The United States has worlds of ma- to draw from and should ze%n; r position as champion nation. ucleus of a fine team is found in Lott, John Vap Ryn and Wil- er n, backed up by such players Coen, Mercur, Bell, Mangin prophesy, but one_can uess that France will lose the Davis ! George Voigt, Dr. O. F. Willing, Don {CAPITAL “Y” LOSES Gillou has dlflnluly(‘“ Completion of the British team today brought_one surprise. The naming of Campbell and Lang was expected, but nomination of the veteran Harris caught many close observers unpre- pared. | Campbell and Lang are sturdy young players from the west of Scotland, while Harris, long & Londoner, hails from Carnoustie. With the exception of Harris, the British team is a young one. Harris, Wethered, Holderness, Tolley and Tor- ronce are the only members who have played Walker Cup matches. ‘There are five Scots and five English- men on the team, the English being Roger Wethered, C.- J. H. Tolley, J. A. Stout, Sir E. W. E. Holderness, Rex Hartley, and the Scots Harris, Camp- bell, Lang, J. N. Smith and T. A. ‘Torrance. It is possible that Wethered will play all 10 of the team, dropping some four- some contestants for the singles ‘matches. The American team will have only eight players so all will play in sin- gles and foursomes. The team from the United States includes Robert T. Jones, jr., captain: Harrison R. John- ston, George Von Elm, Francis Ouimet, Moe and Roland C. MacKenzle. HAND BALL SERIES In a closely contested hand ball series yesterdsy the Baltimore Y. M. C. A. de- feated the Washington Y. M. C. A, five matches to four. Next Saturday a re- turn meet will be held in Baltimore. | The results of yesterday's matches fol- low: X SINGLES. [E Nelson, Baltimore, defeated P. McLean, 9. 21—11 M. Blum. Baltimore, defeated E. Wallace. | .“\;«"u)‘\!’nllnn. defested J. Ber- | .. Baltimore, defeated C. Groff, | 2115, House and and On the Sidelines (Continued From First Page.) cannot hope to crawl out of their basement berth this year, but the positions from third place to and including seventh should find five clubs in a live- ly scramble. Of this quintet the only one that might be conceded to have something of an edge on Washington . is Cleveland, but we fancy Walter Johnson’s chances better than those of Detroit, Chicago or St. Loyis, which we rate in that order. Cubs Should Win Again, In the National League the Cubs look to be as much of a standout to repeat as the A’s in their circuit now that Pitts- burgh is to be without the serv- * ices of Grimes. The Pirates, however, look to have some- thing on the remainder of the field and the Giants, who al- most invariably contrive to prove contenders, should land no worse than third. We have an idea the fero- cious hitting Phillles will suc- ceed in horning into the first division this year and that Dan Howley will boost the odd col- lection of youngsters and vet- erans he fell heir to at Cincin- nati to the top of the second division, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardin- als left to scrap for sixth place g;g with i e ud-look%nhg ves agaln occupying the cellar along with their Boston brethren, the Red Sox. Star.Flag Will Fly If Ball Game Is On ‘When vou see that white flag with the green ball in the center flying from the staff atop The Evening p within three f’tll‘l and either the nnfi! States, England or Australia will win it. (Copyright. 1930, by North American News- Alliance.) o ! PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. | Sacramento, 3; Missidns, 1. Oakiand, 7; Hollywood, 2. San Prancisco, 1. Los Angeles; 4. Star Building you will know that the Nationals are scheduled to per- form that day in their bailiwick at Seventh and Florida avenue, In the event of a scheduled game being called off for any cause the flag will be removed. Fans in the business section to learn 1| of | two recruits, Ben Chapman and Allan | Grimes. | their opening game at Cincinnati, have THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, HOMANS BEATS PAR| TOWINN.S.CROWN Seven Birdies and an Eagle Help Ex-Princeton Man Down Somerville. By the Associated Press. INEHURST, N. C, April 12— Plashing subpar golf that left séven birdies and an eagle on his card, Eugene Homans, Engle- wood, N. J., linksman and one-time Princeton star, bested C. Ross Somer- ville ot London, Ontario, former Ca- nadian champlon, 3 and 1, today in the final match ot the North and South amateur golf tournament. ‘The brilliant Homans, who was 2 un- der par figures at the thirty-fifth hole, where he wound up the match, started out the morning round in a fair way to make the match a runaway, but lapsed after the first nine holes, and Somerville was 1 up at the end of the morning round. ‘Homans' medal score on the first nine was 34, 2 under par, and he had a lead of 4 up. His putter, which helped him no end on the first nine, played him false during the remainder of the} morning, however, and he turned in a 38 on the second nine. In comparison, Somerville shot his bast golf of the day on the second nine in the morning. He shot three birdies and went over perfect figures only once, chalking up & 33 against par figures 35. During the afternoon round Homans found h‘mull again. He squared the match on the twenty-fifth hole and then grabbed the twenty-sixth and| twenty-seventh holes to go 2 up. Scores Eagle Three. Somerville halted Homans' dash on the twenty-ninth after they halved the twenty-eighth, capturing the hole with a par 4. Fhey halved the thirtieth, but Homans won the thii'y-first with a par 4. The steady-s mfltlns Cana- dian came back with a par 3 on the thirty-third and cut the lead of the New Jersey star, who had a 4, to 1 up. It ‘was the thirty-fourth, a par 5, that proved the deciding hole. Both got long tee shots well down the fair- way, and Somerville appeared to have the advantage, when he sent his second shot onto the green. Homans was just off it. but he chlrped square into the | cup for an eagle 3, The Canadian got | an easy birdie 4. i | wmu"{h chanfi s%mer:;ge :1:‘6 l’;:: i to catch the flying Homs 7 When “his ‘tee shot.on, the thirty-Bith | went into a trap. That of Homans was 8 feet from the pin. — OPENING CONTEST MAY DRAW 309,000 (Continued From First Page.) nett's lost arm will prove a great asset. The Athletics are in even better shape than their National League rivals. Con- | nie Mack, naturally enough, is standing | pat on a team good enough to win the Jeague championship and the world series as well, but he has bolstered his reserves and probably has picked up a capable starting pitcher in Big Leroy Mahaffey from the Pacific Coast. The champion Cubs start the battle in enemy territory at St. Louis, but the Athletics will open the season's drive | on home ground against the club thnt% may be their foremost rival again— New York. ‘Yanks Use Recruits. The Yankees, in the midst of a re- organization pi am and led by a new manager, Bob wkey, are given only an outside chance to nose out the A’s, but the team with a ich led by the one and only Babe Ruth will be de- pended upon to carry the fight to the champions. The Yankees will start with Cooke, at_third base and in left field. Until their best pitcher was traded on the eve of the season’s opening, the Pirates had been generally favored o annoy the Cubs no little, but actual play will have to determine how far the Pittsburgh entry can go without the | services of the iron-hearted Burleigh The Buccaneers, who play been as hard hit by early injuries as| any club in either league. The Giants, admittedly weak at sec- ond base and in the outfleld, must get sensational pitching to offset the in- dicated defensive weaknesses, and with Brooklyn shouting deflance from across the bridge, may have a base ball civil war on their hands. Both metropolitan clubs open at home, the Giants enter- taining Boston’s Braves, while the Robins meet the heavy-hitting Phillles. Uncle Robble Annoys "Em. The return to form of Glenn Wright and Jake Flowers in the infleld and Dazzy Vance and Jim Elliott of the pitching staff, with a wealth of reserve strength never before boasted by Brook- as caused the veteran Wilbert Robinson to be regarded with suspicien by_rival managers. The Phillies can hit and their chances will depend almost entirely on pitching. Off to a slow start, Burt Shotton’s sharpshooters seem to have approached closer to the range as the gero hour arrives. Dan Howley, an inspirational type of manager, will start with a team of hlt%m !nnd 1'1"}7" that his pitch« ers rove helpful. i " , little changed froi li:t but with _the pres m ear, new munyr. this time Gabby Street, will depend on veterans to see them through. lulluc!lchnle. lool o the future has added two good Berger and Randy irimes will win Indians’ Defense Frail. Cleveland, good enough to finish third last season, has the pitchers and a fair punch, but like some other clubs is afraid of a wobbly defense. The wiz- ardry of Donie Bush has been applied to the White Sox until the players be- lieve they are going somewhere. The Indians and Sox open at Chicago. Sk Louis Browns can fleld well enough to ‘hold their own behind tight pitching, but lack the power their new manager, Bill Killefer, would like to see. Detroit, on the other hand, was a sec- ond-division club last year because the could not ’Imch d these the hif ‘The ] £s b g » 2 E: §gats HH : Senal hitter, an essential ingredien last year. when the slugger was in all-season slump. Heine Wagner, new Red Sox man- an the | Whaley has had built uj 'Women’s Tennis League Play, With 8 Teams, LAY 1n the round robin tourna- ment of the Women's Tennis League of the District will be- gin April 22 Eight teams are entered in the tournament. They ‘are Bureau of Standards, George Washingtonians, Nationals, Rock Creek, Columbi; Mount Pleasant, Racqueters and Ware man. Results of matches should be re- ported to team leaders each Tuesdhy. Frances Krucoff, Duffy Gilford and Elsie Jansen, crack neétwomen ‘' who competed in lasi season’s tournament, will not take part in league play this season. Following is the time schedule for the tournament as well ‘as the names of the team leaders and the names, ad- dresses and tel?hone numbers of the girls on the various teams: The schedule: Avril 22—April 29. Standards vs. Colimbia ashingtonians vs. Mount Pleas- vs Racausters. Kk vs. Wardman. April 20—May dards vs. Georse Washing- ‘Wardman. nt, v Nation! 8. Rock Cree May 6—May 13. Bureau of Standrds vs. Mount Pleasant. Columbia vs. Rock Creek. Georgé Washingtonians vs. Nationals. Racqueters vs. Wardman. May 13—May 20. Bureau of Standards vs. ionals. Columbia vs. Racaueters. -George Washingtonians vs. Rock Creek. Mount Pleasant vs. Wardman. Bureeu of George W ant Nationals Rock Creel Bureau of Columbia v George' Washingtonians vs_ Wardman. Mount Pleasant vs. Rock Creek. May 27—June 3. Bureau of Standards vs M Pl ck Creek. ount t nt. . Racqueters. a; June 3—June 10. Bureau of Standards vs. Wardmi Columbia vs. George Washingtonians. Mount Pleasant vs. Racqueters. Nationals vs. Rock Creek. TEAMS. BUREAU OF STANDARDS. 1. Dorothy Kingsbury. leader. 1921 Kalo- fama road; North 5674-J." Office. Cleveland 2. Cecyle Taylor, 330 Rhode Island avenue, Potomac 6123-W. ‘Willle Harris. 1421 Massachusetts ave- nué, Decatur 1316, 4.Sally Redd. 1421 Massachusetts ave- nue, Deeatur 13i6. 3 Mattie Pinatte. 1421 Massachusetts ave- atur Burke, 1220 Sixteenth street. 7. Eli Zandonni, 3320 Nineteenth street. Columbia 9400. elen Aldrich. nue. Cleveland 3333-W. tutes—Mrs. Charles E. Merry, P street. West 1551. Extension Marion Hall, 1 Kendall Gréen northeast, Lincoln 8470. COLUMBIA TEAM 1_Phoebe Moorhead. the Ontario, Adams . Mrs, H. E. Knauss, 3434 Thirty-fourth street, Cleveland 3. Mrs, R K. Turner, 3316 Rowland place, Cleveland Ruth Laudick, 3711 Ingomar street, Cleveland 2485 5. Mrs. H. Clay Thompson, leader, 6 Aspen Wisconsin 3579 . Mariari Butler, 1419 Longfellow street, Georgia 1174, 7 Doris Heaton, 4861 Indian lane, Cleve- land 260. this afternoon over the fine course of the Belle Haven Country Club, near Alexandria. The match was arranged by C. C, Car- lin, president of the club, and the players will be J. Monro Hunter and George Diffenbaugh, undefeated Indian Spring professionals, against Miller B. Stevinson, holder of the District amateur championship. and W. R. McCallum, amateur of the Washington Golf and Country Club. A large gallery is expected to follow the match. The same four played a year and a half ago at Belle Haven, and the professionals were victorious The amateurs hope to reverse the ver- dict today. HE first exhibition match of the | Spring season is ‘to be played Hunter and Diffenbaugh have been | asked to play an exhibition match at Charlottsville, Va. some time during the Spring and probably will oppose another professional pair from Wash- | ington. They also have been challenged by Charles P, Betschler and Ralph Beach. Baltimore professionals, to play & match over two Baitimore courses, but the disposition of the Washington pros is to make this match a home and home affair, with half the match to be played over indian Spring and the other half over a Baltimore course. Congressional's board of _governors will vote tomorrow on the desirability of holding an invitation tournament this year. The club has reserved dates late in June for its event, but a poll of the dlub members revealed that most of them do not wish an invitation event. The matter will be settled tomorrow. After a lapse of two years the Middle Atlantic open championship is to be played this year, provided sufficient money can be raised by the professionals to stage it. The tourney is to be held in September, according to a decision reached by the Middle Atlantic Profes- sional Golfers’ Association, and is scheduled to go to a Baltimore club. The last time the event was held it was played at Indian Spring, which makes it the turn of Baltimore to stage it. Leo Diegel has won all three of the tournaments staged by the mid-Atlantic pros. Invitations for two of the first big golf tournaments to be held this year were received by invited guests of the Washington Golf and Country Club and the Woodmont Country Club last week. The Wash club tourney will be held April 29, 30, May 1 and 2, the Woodmont event will be held 8, 7, 8 and 9. Both tournaments on Tuesday and end on the Fri- week in which they are to be played, and in both two days will be given over to the qualifying play. Also in both events the customary four rounds of match play are to be held. Entries for the Washington tourney, which opens the Spring season here, will close with the golf committee of the club at 6 p.m. April 26. Entries for the Woodmont tourney close with the tournament committee at the club at 6 pm. May 4. The main prize in, the Washington tourney is the C. ' C. Carlin Trophy, although there will be flvani;uhh to qualify. Four flights will be day of the in the Woodmont event. Wash. has an entry list of be- 250 players, while Wood- has an entry of about Those golfing gents who are prone to hook wi I wil cheer W] find a way to keer the middle ot the fairway from bounc- ing merrily into the ditch, which makes the tee shot a terror. to most players. along the south edge of the ditch a low embank- bfe | ment about 2 feet high, which will d, speed merchants are assembled, able to ' in trio hold their own with any in the be permitted to grow up into rough grass. and will, he believes, be effective many balls from ‘whether a’gam ‘wishing e will be played can clear any doubts by this service provided by The Star. et Benstors and Red !oxm ashington one ahead season at on lolmtmudmmmulm- ton., L 1 open the | the ing going into the ditch. membnnkmenc'lfinnt stop & hard hit ball from going. into hazard, but will stop a ball which wly from bringing to :Elhnkltflu has been thesmiter. mm 3817 Connecticut ave- | 7. 2ms | Lt Opens April 22 8. Marie Didden. 139 Twelfth street south- east. Lincoln 1140, Substitutes—Mrs. Ford: Martha Myers. Cleveland 1649: Mary Moses, Cleveland 3246 Betty West, Wisconsin 3813, GEORGE WABHINGTONIANS. . Frances Walker, leader, 3023 street. Cleveland 4725 . Louise Omwake, 1854 Ontari Tl ntario place . Alys Ewers, 2124 T street. West 0932, : Mary Ewin. 3620 Tenth sireet. " Columbia Corrella Morris, 1427 Girard street. Adams . ".I'lld‘llh Pishburn, 2123 R street. North . Heélen Chafee. Connecticut avenue and Ox- ford street, Chevy Chase, Md. “Wisconsin 8. Elise 3 . lise, Coliins, 1620 Columbia road. ~Colum ubstitutes—Elizabeth Wright. 1801 La- treet; Columbia 039 izaneth Gar: er, 1480 Harvard street: Adams 3448 (Week MOUNT PLEASANT TEAM. . Josephine, Dunham. 1628 Columbia road Adams 1 1 G. P ‘Graham, the Cordova. North . Lr. Elizabeth Cll.lcknlnl. Children's Hos- :‘nfl :'3:‘-73'&20 leader, 1903 Piff g , 553% Cambr e. Po- tomac SWT«' i ke L . Mrs. Vi C. Livesay. Metropolitan 3935 Nariorie NE Dihiels. 305 Nineteenth street, - MAEdoele N 3 ineteenth street. . Maude Sewall. Adams 0449. NATIONAL TEAM. Adams 8017-J. 7 Esther Jolley, 1910 Lincoln road. North . C“I,l“rhl‘-AldHlan. 3827 Georgia avenue. Co- .‘"rrue AMlller. l!l‘deh 2918 Eichteenth antley, 520 Varnum street. Co- awley. Jefferson Junior High . Main 6000 or Hyattsville 71-M Morris. 1840 " Mintwood place Newark " Adams RACQUETERS TEAM. . Mary Rvan, leader, the Harrowgate. De- | Surs. Slampauen. 833 | rs. Stambaugh. tee Adams 0735 of Main Jes, Curieenth street et Ryan, the Harrowsate. Decatur | " 1480 . Helen Nordlinger, Beverley Courts. Colum- bia 468. | - Ma ‘Ward, 1608 Upshur street. . Mrs. Nicholsen, 3701 Massachusett: ve- | l|“u.!"-h.A";.é }vgl.lucltvelln‘d. 705, el Katherine Wasserman, 619 H sireet. Met Mrs. Herbert Shepherd. Broadmoor Apart- ments. Cleveland 6900. ROCK CREEK TEAM. . Helen Sinclair, Ham . o A mond Courts. Poto. . Xiflr n.u Irwin, leader. 1613 Allison street | a de Souza, 250( 3 Maycits 0 K street. West . Marion' King, Beverley Courts. Columbia | . Mary Sproul. Woodbine Apts.. Twenty-sev- | enth s nd Cathedral avenue. Co. Adams APRIL 13, 1930—PART | Springtime inaurural han- FIVE. OPENING TOURNEY STARTS APRIL 7 “Inaugural Handicap” Be-| gins Season Rich in Events | for Linksmen. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. VER working for the best interests of Bannockburn, Chairman W. Pred Byrne and his co-workers on the golf committee of the Glen Echo club have worked out a com- prehensive schedule of golf events start- ing with a tourney on April 27 and ZI‘ that sounds like the ballyhoo accom- panying a classic of the sport of kings. Bannockburn’s first tournament, as an- nounced today by Byrne and his com- mittee associates, will be the “Spring- time inaugural handicap” and will be 18 golf furlongs. or 3 9-25 miles as Bobby Jones walks the course.” for 94- year-olds and downward. In other words, an 18-hole tourney will be played, some to walk the regulation distance. and those who diversify their play by visits to woods and brooks to cover an_additional distance. Entries will be coupled after the con- testants have started and no player will know with whom he is paired until he reaches the final green. Palirings will be made from a hat and the total | score of the partners, minus handicaps. | will be the basis on which p | awards are to be made. An entrant | who fails to turn in his score for the | complete 18 holes not only disqualifies | himself, but his partner as well. The ourney will be run off in two days, April | 27 and 28, and Winter rules will prevail. All players must start not later than 2 pm, Sunday, A 27. Schedule of Many Events. But In addition to this inaugural event for Bannockburn members, the golf committee, which is composed of | Byrne, Willlam L. Pendergast, the club champion; and Norman J. Hall, has| worked out a schedule covering many events for the season. Here it is: | cap ... April 2627 Kickers® tournam May 3- Blind bogey ... The Lincoin tournament Mea ¢ Agatha V: 34 - Apatha ¥ 40 Thirty-fourth place. el 1448 Elizabeth Miles, 3007 Jocelyn street, Cleve- Cleveland 1 ms 0072, Substitute—Betty Whitfleld. Apartments. Park Lane | | The Pairway handicap i, Mikesell. 2630 Adams Mil road | Miniature tournament West 1160 or North 2845-J. | WARDMAN PARK TEAM. | P Mrs. Ruth Martinez. leader, 1801 Calvert street. Columbia 9586-J. | 2. Mary’ Detwiler, | . Georgin 3171 . Love ' coin 4852 | Marjorie Wooden, Hai 3 - Mariorie len, Harvard Hall. Colum . Alice Rose. 2618 Thirt . Co- ote, 2618 Thirteenth street. Co lumbia Dorothy_Kelso, Atlantic 3787-W. . 1328 Ingraham street. . Anita * Duniap. Adams 9142 Annie’ Stoler, 2913 M street. North 4263 |away at an alarming rate each year, is also being piped and filled up with dirt. ‘The Washington course, as a Whole, | is rapidly rounding into shape for the forthcoming invitation tournament and will be in the g{l‘lk of condition by the latter part of the month. Greens have | been i{op-dressed, rolled and cut during | the past week, fairways and rough have been cleaned up, and apple blossom time is just a few days away. The apple trees | in “the orchard” at the sixteenth hole | usually bloom during the Washington | event. | Chevy Chase Club golfers will qualify | | up to April 26 for the match play rounds for the French High Commis- | sion Cup for men. Match play starts | April 28. | “Although the scores made over the course of the Columbia course this year | would be good on any golf course, it is | a fact, nevertheiess, that the course is many 'yards shorter as it has been played this Spring, than it usually is during the Summer. Temporary tees are in use at the first, third, fourth, seventh and ninth holes, and the front of the regular tees are in use at the second, sixth and ninth. A short tee | is being used at the eleventh, while at the sixteenth a short tee is being used, and much of the play to the seven- teenth 1s from a tee which shortens the hole by about 40 yards. Notwithstanding these short tees, however, the cards of 69 and 68 turned in recently by Everett Eynon and Mil- ler B. Stevinson represent considerable golf. Had the regular tees been in use during these rounds, these scores prob- ably would not be more than a stroke or two higher and might have been just what they were. Columbia is being put through a course of Spring sprouts by Course Supervisor Fitts, and is coming along in good condition. No indication has been given as to when the new first green will' be put in use, but the im- pression is that it will be placed in play as soon as warm weather starts, with mt lhccomplnym[ possibility of brown patch. George Washington University is in the thick of a fight for the school golf chemplonship. with John C. Shorey and John Owens, members of the Bannock- burn and Columbia clubs, respectively, and Charles W. Cole of Indian Spring, the outstanding contestants in the event. John C. Thacker, also a member of Bannockburn, also is & ch-mm- ship possibility. The matches are 14 played at East Potomac Park. Sam Rice, fleet outfielder of the Na- tionals, tells & yarn of how he lost a $5 bill because there was no understand- ing as to the bet on aces. Last Feb- ruary, it will be recalled, a yarn came back from Hot Springs. Ark., telling how Rice, who is a member of the In- dian Spring Club, holéd his tee shot for an ace on a 160-yard hole at the Arkansas resort. Rice was playing with J. E. Baines of Columbia at the time, previous games that a dollar would be paid for deuces and $5 for aces. Sam stepped up to his ball on this short hole with the remark: “Dollar twos, Pop?” 5 “Sure,” said Bajnes. Sam struck his ball, and it flew on 8 dead line to the pin. “Looks like a deuce, Pop,” He said. “Alright with me,” Baines And when they came up that the ball hldedlfi\lck Jjust_short of the , across the san Jeaving & track on the annd, i into the hole. “But we had no ment about aces,” Sam said, “and I didn’t collect, although Pop to pay me. He said an ace $5 anytime, but I didn’t want it we had not agreed on it.” TIGERS BUNCH BINGLES TO TRIM TORONTO LEAFS DETROIT, April 12 (#).—Taking ad- vantage of their opponents’ misplays, the Detroit Tigers bunched thelr hits to good purpose today and defeated the Toronto International League Mapl Leafs, 11 to 6, in an exhibition game at' Navin Field. Score: e g - §T2808 0t d Phillips; White 0114 by = eepstal 5704 Fourteenth street. |The Crabi Blind oxey . kins, 198 P street southeast. Lin- | §Tund Tobin’ tournamert en and they had an understanding in their | and rolled | 1.5, offered | the because | the le | flashy, Flag_tournament Match Dlay vs. DaF. weepstakes .. ... Mixed Scoteh foursome Toyrnament Monkey one-club event Irocoall tourscme L Aug 3 Aus. 30. 31. _rt . . .Beptember annockburn's invitation murnlmtrht e .. gvhmbfir 10-13 ‘The grand fina'e . ..8eptember 20-21 “You will note,” Byrne says in a post- | script, “that Normal J. Hall, a port- sider, who plays real golf. is on our | committee this year. Leo Pass, one of 1 Echo open | | the most popular members at the club. | | requested tc be relieved this year, since all of his spare time is taken up with other duties devolving upon him as a member of the board of governors.” | Several Cups in Play. | A letter sent out yesterday to Ban- | nockburn members, carries the follow- statement from the committee: ese events are run solely for the enjoyment of Bannockburn members. It i the aim of your golf committee in the preparation of our schedule to so arrange the events that the member with the highest handicap will have an equal chance of winni as the member with the lowest handicap. may a player be handicapped. | “Bannockburn prides itself, and justly ‘ 80, on the club spirit of its members. | Your golf committee asks your co- | operation by participating in _the Springtime inaugural handicap. Mem. bers may play in their own foursomes. New members will find that particular provision has been meade for them. | We will sincerely appreciate any suf gestions members may have to offer.” | Several cups donated to the club in | past vears are to be played for at Ban- nockburn, in addition to the events | | scheduled by the golf committee. Dates | for these events are to be set later. GAME TOMORROW WILL BE BIG PARTY (Continued From First Page.) | American League cam) . 7 of them spent in the uniform of the Washington club. Heinie Wagner, new pllot of the Red Sox, will counter with the spectacled Danny MacFayden, a capable young_right-hander, on the slab, and Jack Heving behind the bat. The Red Sox are reorganized this year with two newcomers to the line- u?. In center field they have Tom Oliver instead of Jack Rothrock, who performed there the greater part of last season. At first base Bill Sweeney, wh used to play for the Tigers, instead of Phil Todt, will start. Oliver is said to be a clever fielder and dangerous hitter, while Sweeney is regarded as much bet- ter at the initial sack than when he was with Detroit. Not given to boasting, Manager John- son makes no glowing liction as o where his Nationals will finish in the American League race, but he is pleased with them, nevertheless. and looks for them & brave showing. “I am pleased with the condition of my club,” Johnson said last night, “and satisfled that the players are ready to give their best. They have trained faithfully and 1 expect good results from their earnest endeavors. “In regard to Goslin, I think he is in great shape, shows.a wonderful spirit and will help the club. I predict a big year for him and I am going to recommend he be restored good standing that he may start the season in left fleld.” And Johnson's recommendation virtu- | ally restores to good standing the player who practically drew a suspension for not rr:gomn' for training at the time ordered, a salary controversy that was not ended until 11 d: ago being re- sponsible for his tardiness. Now that :‘l:ntlai:nc’:nd'luulon satisfactory to John- 3 on the z morrow with t.hgm Ni s or better, mnfir players seem to have improved,” continued. “Ruel ter than he been for Tate looks like his old self. The young- er pitchers of the team seel .be much improved and I look for added pe! n has_looked a we’l-hlneed club. Not but has well, flels ing. It looks a good run of it League. % g ‘Here's hoping it will. French Net Team May Be Disrupted : Bannockburn Club Has Big Golf Program Weight Is on Heels In Playing Low Lie BY SOL METZGER. Phil Perkins developed his own golf, thought out the methods for overcoming its many difficulties. Relative to the shot played from a lie below him he has reached the same conclusions as did old Sandy Herd, former British open champion, who still rolls 'em around in the low 70s. Both their he a lie. 1:! their weight back on eels when encountering such ‘The idea is to brace against WEICKT oW HERLS~ O OVER AL~ BEND KNEES B e S “4-2 the tendency to fall into the ball as they swing through. Thelr other commox point on this difficult shot is to slightly bend the knees at address. That gives them enough relaxation to offset t tendency to rigidly brace thems a tendency that autom: occurs when you bend over a ball. (o putt well. Sol Metzger has red ‘s “new illustrated leafiet on free to any s 8ol Metr- lose & Lea prepa “Putting” which he will send reader requesting it. Addres: in care of this paper, wnd inc idressed stamped envelope. (Copyright. 1930.) VET BUREAU CLUB 3 self-a SELECTS OFFICERS, Veterans' Bureau golfers are getting Interdivisional | events will be held throughout the w Summer and a tournament will be put | e Tub | rurover (Washi ready for a big season. on by the Veterans' Bureau Golf Cl early in May. At a recent meeting R. A. Bishop | p was named president of the club, )t;ar- | climed;" 2 ar- | man G. Hall, vice president, end garet H. Waish, secretary-treasurer. Prances McDonald, G. Upp and Jack | Downin were appointed members of the with McDonald as West, Miami golf committee, ¢ hairman The Veterans' Bureau tournament is xpected to draw a fleld of 300 men and women. It will be held at one of the e country clubs. | LONDONCHESSEN | LEAD WASHINGTON Norman Whitaker Defeated | in Only Decisive Game of Cabled Match. NLY two games were completed yesterday in the cable chess match between teams repre-’ senting Washingten and Lon-; don. *In one of these the Washingtoni captain, Norman T. Whitaker, was de- feated by Sir George Thomas, resign-' ing after 24 moves. The other was. drawn by F. D. Yates of London and., G. E. Bishop in 24 moves. The four other games of the match, - which was adjourned at 7 p.m., will bg, adjudicated and it appears the result will be favorable to Lendon. e Among those who followed the mcves of the Washington players, in the cabi- net rcom at the Willard Hotel were Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and Jacob Frerh, octogenarians, and O. L. Torsch of the Baltimore Chess Association. Diplomat Takes Notice. ‘The British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, in a message to the players of both teams expressed hope that the | match would be a marked success. | 'Dr. N. L. Lederer of New York was the London representative here and |'s. Tinsley, chess editor of the London Times, represented Washington at the | other end. Following are the results, including | the opening moves, the player named {nm having the first move: BOARD 1—F. D. Yates (London) vs. G, ¥ Waskington). irregular; drawn after BOARD 2} ot ) BARD, ol TRk oashingian, bif declined: Whitaker resigned on his Michell (London) vs. N. " aueen's gambit de< judicated weki (Washington) va. Sicilian * def £ uerger_(London) vs. 1. 8. ington). P {0 Q4; 25 moves be' adindicated BOARD 6—F. B. Walker (Washington) vs G. Sergeant (Londen). ques moves made: to By i B ; s, Perkins (W, clined- 29 mo; BOA S8\ Winter (Lond :oves made: fo ense | made-"tn WINS FIFTH GOLF TITLE. MIAMI, Fla. April 12 (£ —Jimmy golfer, added the fifth title to his 1929-30 seasonal galaxy to- day, when he came from behind to de- feat Lawrence Sherrill. Tampa, for the championship of the Sixteenth Annual State Amateur Tournament, 2 and 1. Do You Want to Know How to Play Base Ball Real Tips as to Form and Batting Lessons Easy to F ollow Secrets of Great Stars Revealed IN BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL By Al Demaree Starting Tomorrow in HERE’S A SAMPLE Big League BASE BALL Pitching to Hitter i(us:mms) | ol St iwm do little damage. By AL DEMAREE (Former Pitcher, New York Giants) Thers are four distinct pitching areas to throw the ball when pitch- ing to a hitter. They are, High Outside, High Inside, Low Outside and Low Inside. A. Keep thgball out of here al- ltogether, except’ when the catcher “Jcalls for a waste ball and then be ure to get it well outside and high. . Use only fast balls in this de when you havem striL¥ or two on the batter, you on straight- len him up and preven: him from tting & “toe hold.” C. This area is ever batter's ‘weakness, especially on & surve ball gfrom a right-handed pitchy. Keep Iyour curve or fast ball braking at , lor near this corner and tie hitter D. Keep all curve bals away from this spot. Pitch few fat balls ” |nere and if you do, put eveything {you've got on the ball. Al Demaree has prepared af illus- irated leaflet on “The Art of ®itch- ing,” which he will gladly sed to any reader requesting it. Addves Al Demaree in care of The Star arl in- close a stamped, addressed envdope. (Copyright. 1830.) AL DEMAREE, Care The Star : Inclosed stamped, self-addressed o velope for your free leaflet on “The Ast of Pitching.” A i essvsnevivessadasiival) Address