Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1930, Page 52

D. C. Golfe CEORGE VOIGT HELD BES OF 5 ENTRES None Is Regarded as Likely to Finish in First Ten at Minneapolis. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. HAT will be the chances of the five Washingto- nians who are to compete in the national open golf championship at Minneapolis the last three days of this week? Have any of them a chance to win, or, if not to win, have any of them a look-in to finish in the first 10? The national open golf champlonship 4s the roughest, toughest golf scramble | known to the bunkered globe. The British open title chase is a tough tour- nament to win, but the American open is 20 per cent harder to cop. Out of the five Washingtonians—three of them professionals—who are i Minne%;;ggs oday practicing for the tourney, - :blyyn‘\;ne of ‘them will finish in_the money positions, although golf is such an odd game that the gent Who hazards | & prediction as to the winner in medal play (unless he guesses Bobby Jones) is putting himself far out on a limb. George Voigt, a Washington-bred smateur, who now is living in New York, is our personal dark horse cholce to show well in the national open. Not that George has packed a lot of open championship experience into the four ears he has been a_ topnotch golfer, t because he has that coomess and precision under fire that carries a good performer through where the more nevous golfers of as good stroking abil- ity are apt to falter and flop. 'A. L. Houghton, another Washington- bred lad, who has been the proféssional | at the Harper Country Club for nearly two years, should do well in his first attempt at the national open. Houghton is another lad who is able to control his game in the crucial spots, but he will be playing up in the big time for the first time in his career, and the im- | portance of the occasion may over- whelm him. Better at Match Play. A land R. MacKenzie, Columl ln‘x?uur star, may do well in the open, but medal play is not Roland’s strong- est point. He revels in the man-to- man, shot-for-shot contests at match lay, but with the single exception of Bis"\ctory in the qualifying round of the national amateur championship of 1925, Roland has not been at his best in the medal play tests. He will do well to qualify for the final day of play, where only the first 60 and ties will make the grade for the 36-hole home stretch, where Bobby Jones knocks 'em dead with mechanical accuracy and kill. P = B. Thorn and Mel Shorey of Woodmont and East Potomac Park, respactively, also will be playing in their first national open championship, al- though both are capable of fine golf | over their own bailiwicks. Thorn and Shorey qualified at Richmond a fow weeks ago in the sectional tests which | found Houghton leading the field. To | both it will be a trip worth taking, if only for the experience. I»Znughmn has been up in the big| time before. With Fred McLeod of| Columbia, he qualified for the Profes- | sional Golfers' Association champion- ghip at Los Angeles last Fall. Both he end McLeod failed to make the grade | in the later qualifying round held in California, in which the field of 64 was reduced to 32 for the match play younds. Houghton went down to Pine- hurst two Winters ago and shot a 68 in the North and South open, which convinced him that he might keep up & spurt of that kind and go somewhere in the big time. If we keep Roland Hancock’s 1928 stunt in mind, it is not outside the bounds of possibility that a lad like Houghton, who has the game and the nerve to go the route, might win. But it is a very remote probabil- ity, to say the least. Thorn and Shorey hardly have the scoring ability to remain up there for four rounds of golf under the pressure that the open championship exacts on those who play in it. They may shoot & good round or two, but neither has proven himself capable of a sustained spurt over 2 %2-hole route. Voigt Probably Best. ofgt, on the other hand, probably is thy bgét of the native Washingtonians who will play in the tourney, in so far as medal play is concerned. At match lay he and Roland MacKenzie would El\'e a merry tussel, with the margin going to the man who has his putting stroke in hand that day. But at medal play Voigt has accomplished some stunts the other Washingtonians have not done. For example, two years ago he outstripped a fine fleld of amateurs and professionals to win the Long Island open. That same year he won the qualifying round in the national ama- teur at Brae-Burn with a mark of 143, and he has won numerous medal play tests in the South. Three years ago at Oakmont Jimmie Johnston, the present amateur champion, led the field in the national open for the first two rounds of play. It might be that either Roland MacKenzie or George Voigt will find his game at Interlachen this week and do _as well, or better. In the long run of 72 holes, hnwcx;r. the gent with the soundest style dnd the best nerve control will win. And who, of all the men who will play in the tourpament this week, has demon- strated these two factors better than Bobby Jones? Where, in all the history of golf, has an entrant in a national open been rated as as a 1-to-4 shot against the fleld? Yet that is where Jones stands with the gamblers any time he starts. Sound style, fine nerve control and that Jones ability to chip and putt when taut nerves might lose a half dozen strokes around the putting greens, pull him through where the others falter, Getting back to the Washingtonians, any of them will do well to qualify for the final day of play, and if one of them finishes in the first 10 he will have done exceptionally well. ARMY-NAVY TENNIS LISTED FOR JULY 19 th competition - for the Leech tennis trophy will be held in Washington July 19. The Leech was_presented by A. Y. Leech Jr, through the United tates Lawn Tennis Association in 1924. ‘The match consists of four singles and three doubles matches, and the re- ‘The seven EX-CENTRAL ATHLETE IS FLYING, AT ANNAPOLIS HYATTSVILLE, Md, July 5.—Mid- ehipman G. Shearman (Buck) James, r. son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Shearman ames of this place, who is making a fine athletic record at the Naval Academy, is taking a course in aviation this Summer at Annapolis. James was a member of the foot ball £ad track teams at tral 4 £ hool, Washington. 16-YEAR-OLD YOUTH WINS STATE'GOLF TITLE HOT SPRINGS, Va., July 5 (#).— Chandler » 16, of Portsmouth, Va,, captured the Virginia -State ama- teur golf championship here this aft- ernoon defeating Billy Howell of Richmond, Va.,, who won the title two years ago when he was 16. Leadership in the final match was swapped back and forth a half dozen times or more, before Harper had'a one- hole advantage on the thirty-fourth, held Howell to a tie on the thirty-fifth and took the thirty-sixth with a’birdie three to win two up. Mrs. Thomas Priddy of Richmond won the State women's title by defeat- ing Mrs. A. E. McClure of Roanoke on the extra hole of their 19-hole match. . Title Tourney. MINNEAPOLIS. July 5.—Bobby on tactics Sunday when the study of tree-lined fairways and sand- pionship tournament, starting Thursday. fessional specialists toddy, including Mehlhorn and Willie Hunter. Don championship course for the first time, and trees lying out of view ahead, and Besides Jones, course debuts will be title winner, and Al Watrous, who ar- 1928 champion; MacDonald Smith, Interlachlen today, just to limber up. ish open and amateur crowns. In and friends of the latter, the open which brought him victories in the Veteran Scores 71. play Thursday will be on the ground, prelude to every tournament is looked Jock Hendry, veteran St. Paul profes- Hendry is the State open title holder, nosa, who was defeated for the open course during - the past week, with e Bobby Jones to Lead Class in Practice Round for By the Associated Press. Jones, defending champion, will be at the head of the class grizzled warriors of the niblick and mashie wars begin their penetrating lined greens at Inerlachen, preparatory to the thirty-fourth open golf cham- Green from recent rains, Interlachen ‘was examined closely by & group of pro- Horton Smith, Leo Diegel, just back from the British Isles; “Wild Bil Moe, the young Portland, Oreg., ama- teur, also made the rounds of the but, like the others, he shot “blind,” unaware of the traps, bunkers, lakes scoring was dispensed with. , Others to Make Debuts.. made Sunday by Walter Hagen, twice open champion; *Tommy Armour, 1927 rived by motor car today: “Long Jim" Barnes, 1921 victor; Johnny Farrell, George Von Elm and Densmore Shute. Jones shot 18 holes at Woodhill, near It was his second round since return- flg to this country after winning the Brit! company with Harrison (Jimmy) John- ston of St Paul, amateur champlon, title holder played what he called “sat- isfactory” golf. He used the same clubs British Isles and he sald he will stick to them next week. By Tuesday, practically ev the 150 golfers who will star and a few rounds of the sensational par-breaking golf which serves as a for. So far the outstanding round at Interlachen was scored this week by sional, who shot a 71. Par is 72 for the 6,672-yard course. defeating Johnston a year ago. Gene Sarazen, 1922 champion, and Al Espi- title in the play-off last year by Jones, both professionals, have played the scores ranging from 75 to 80 for every round. .Failing Legs Mean End of Career O BY AL DEMAREE, Former Plicher New York Giarits. “My legs are just as good as they used to be, but th!y'r§ throwing me out at first on balis Y used to beat out!” is a line you often hear vet- eran players use. The player will seldom admit it, but legs are usually THE MosT Famous Lees IN THE WORLD AT ApouT 32 AN ATHLETES FEET BEGIN the :nmnnz harbingers of the final crash, Every year a well known athlete s from the sports picture. A fighter, who heard the roar of the crowd and trod the path to fame, hangs up his gloves and retires. A balle player, whose name was a household word, fades from the E:en;:. hAcnd in, gnekmluomy ntlm ause “their legs no function. e Babe Ruth will continue t¢ hit home runs and bask in the lime- light just as long as his legs stand up under him and do not become heavy and brittle. Between 30 and 35, athletes' feet begin to feel heavy. When that time and he looks and feels like he is carrying & man on his back when he runs out a base hit.” ?re’:e%';h:rmfisfl i o a s ail, beginning of the end. Take Dempsey_for exugg:. His style 3 on the dynamite 'fl a8 much as on e s Tego went bad® e was en his legs “wenf the Dempsey of old. B R D B hrrant. st ——— A throw of 52 feet T (h)ylym‘pnlm Hirshfield e Borcl h the THESOUNUAYT SWAR, WASHIAGION,. D, 10 JUOE 6 Boud OH MAN! Golfer and Golf Ball Team Up W hen Hunt Goes Out on Course MYSTERIOUS writer, who styles nimself “L. M.,” has drawn a picture of the way Risley G. Hunt, well known ‘Washington Golf and Country Club player, coaxes and cajoles a golf ball to do his will. Writing for the Tee, the club publication, “L. M.” describes Hunt's o actions in the following manner: “Now, little ball,” he said, loosen- ing his brassie to give his arms greater freedom for those gestures which are so much a part of his oratorical technique, ‘“this is an understanding that calls for team play. Neither of us can win this fight alone. I don’t flagter myself that I can; I am sure that you don't. Sometime in the heat of the fray either of us is apt to forget that he isn't the whole team and try to do it all. We mustn't do that. That is destructive of team spirit. Our motto must be, ‘One for all and all for one!” Words can give little idea of the effect produced by this prodigious gether, prepared for the long leap off into the unknown. Risley had his team with him! Meanwhile “Brick,” in his little house by the side of the road, was quite overcome. He was later found ulmnq on the floor mumbling to himself. 2 Risley saw the time had come to strike. First, however, he stepped back of the ball and sighted along his club toward the distant green. The ball watched his every move- ment and caught the idea instantly. Pointing its nose in the exact direc- tion Eddie had indicated, lifting its left foot and straightening out its tall, it fairly quivered for the signal to be off. Risley swung his club. Starting slowly back, its momentum increas- ing imperceptibly in obedience to the cool will that controlled it, the club- head swept in a beautiful arc %o a point just northeast of his left shoulder blade. Pausing just the moment it required for Risley to *smile encouragingly at the ball and take one last look around to see that no detail had been overlooked, the clubhead started downward g:p talk on Risley's audience. The 11 stiffened up, gathered itself to- STRAIGHT O lnlin. The flight for the pole was on FF THE TEE BY W. R. McCALLUM UT at the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country Club the women golfers played in a unique tourney in which each foursome was equipped with four clubs and alternate shots were played. Mrs. Edward King, Mrs. John O'Rear, Mrs. Harvey Allen and Mrs. John Porter paired to win the event with a score of 58-19-39 for nine holes. The next tourney for women at the club will be another medal play event | on Thursday. D. R. Elmore and his committee as- sociates at the Washingtton Club have drawn up & schedule of events for the remaining Saturdays of July. On Jul 12 a “syndicate” tourney will be played, and on July 19 a “no alibl” contest is to be , in which the player may replay four shots in the round. On July 26 & blind bogey event is scheduled. Indian Spring members still are talking about the stag party last Wed- nesday at the club which a special en- tertainment committee put across with a bang. No formal links event was scheduled, but golf balls popped through the alr from dawn to dark as the more than 500 pler:onl who nv.:'gnderfl .';t’\; arty struggled to approach par, fater’ attended & barbecue and watched boxing exhibitions. The party was put on by & committee composed of the {ollowtng: Fred Walen, chairman; Briggs Simpich, George Foley, Frank Elbows Even Level At Top for Balance BY SOL METZGER. The main idea in golf is to swing in the groove. In other words, swing the clubhead through 'on the same arc it took going back. To accom- ‘plish this much depends on starting the ¢lub down right. Lou Berrien, a California pro, who has the intercsting blems that a municipal course offers its instruc- tors, by reason of teAching at the one at Santa Monica, says that one's ition at the top must be correct, Slse the "downswing will not fune- tion properly. ds it at the top is to spread the right el- bow too r:-eh. an we are given to sliciag our drives. 8o look to elbow balance, to keeping them on the same level, at the top. Putting s half the game. putters score low. Sol Met WMM an_{llustral 1¢ indly sy reaer v of y sen of 5 Metager. in m and ineloss delf-addreased, envelope. (Copyrient, 1000 Good r has et on he will | Du Bols, G. W. McCarter and Harry | Kidwell. Four matches are scheduled today in the second round of the compet- tion for the Tribal Bowl at Indian Spring. Pairings for the second round are Tom M. Belshe vs. Bryn Curtiss, Dr. L. S. Otell vs. J. William Harvey, Jr.: P. E. Early vs. Dr. E. R. Tilley and Herbert L. Lacey vs. D. F. Mastbrook. ‘The final round in the two-man team event at the Manor Club is scheduled today, with G. F. Wesley and Fred W. T. Radd scheduled to meet E. M. McClelland and Winship 1. Green. The final was postponed from last Sun- dlny because Green was not able to play. Everett Eynon has been burning up the course of the Columbia Country Club in recent rounds. A few dl!: and finished nine for a card of 74., The first nine, too, usually is regarded as the hard- est nine to play. If Eynon scored as well on the last nine as he did on the first nine he would come very near the amateur record for the course. "under way next Thursday, believes the BILL - 1'™M TerRIBLY SORRY - DID AT HURY You 7 OH BILLY vm S0 SORRY - - SHORT HOLES LOOM AS JINXES IN OPEN Home Pro Predicts Lots of Trouble on Interlachen’s 178-Yard Fifth, BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, July 5.—Willie Kidd, professional at the Interlachen Country Club, where the na- tional open champlonship gets | little 178-yard fifth hole is going to| cause the marksmen as much, if not | more, trouble than any on the course. Kidd, wise in the ways of golfers, | knows that in an open cmmpmmhlp‘\ one-shot holes always are most danger- ous. A long and powerful hitter can flub a shot on a par four or five hole and still have a chance to score a par | with a good recovery. But on the one- shotters it's different. The fifth at Interiachen is the most severely trapped on the course, with one pit in the middle of the fairway, an- other fronting the green and extending around to the left and three guarding the right side. The green is set back in an aisi® of trees and the player must carefully study the lights and shadows Au; selecting the proper club for the tee ot. Kidd recommends a No. 3 iron for the task, but the ball must be hit full and high and made to stick to the green. Otherwise trouble will be no word for the result. e There are two more tough one- shotters on the championship course almost as severe as the fifth. No. 3 measures 180 yards and al:o must be played with a No. 3 {ron, but in this instance the shot should be faded to the right. The green is elevated on the back, front and right | side and it takes a perfect shot to hold the green, Heavy rough is about the only hazard bounding the green, but accuracy is demanded if a birdie is to be picked up. ‘The seventeenth, 262 yards, is a test of marksmanship with a wooden club. It requires a full drive or brassie to reach the carpet and one hit with un- erring aceuracy. HAS MINIATURE COURSE. HYATTSVILLE, Md,, July 5.—Hyatts- ville has succumbed to the lure of miniature golf and a_ course opened here a few days ago. It is the first of its kind to be opened here. 'OW much difference do you think there is between the front and back tees of the golf course you play? Probably if you are & good golfer used to playing from the back tees, the difference is only two or maybe four strokes. But if you are one of the great army of 100- shooters, the difference will be more, for you will not be used to driving from the rear tees, and some of the carries you will be called upon to make will put your ball in bunkers and in trouble you would carry blithely from the front es. ul. Monro Hunter, the big hitter of Indian Spring, has just found out that the course of his club is just about four strokes easier from the front tees than from the rear markers. And in finding out just what difference the markers make Hunter set what some may claim to be a new oourllin rueeord‘ ch.l‘w.\:hix: ring, but actually is not, 5’1.'".%.4. from the front of the tees and not from the rear, where all ac- cepted records are made. Even so, however, any man who shoots a 64 over that difficult Indian Spring If course, whether he plays his drive from' s point in front of the tees, has played considerable golf. Hunter was playing in a game with Willlam Smith and '?;hh:'llfifilt&r'- nuoe,m m& j;la:‘r flnlfl out erence t -} - plt his tee shots ggm was aflvln! Ereen—wme like olm‘g a four-foot putt for an eéagle 2. On the fifteenth he used the back tee, but on the sixteenth, from the front erosses |in 21 official timés at bat and has Front Tees Cut 2 to 4 Strokes From Card, Munro Hunter Finds et (WATKINS BATS FOR .429 Stover, first ference the front tees make,” Hunter said. “Not so very much on the long holes, or on the intermediate holes, where I would have an iron shot to the green, even from the back tees. But on the short holes it makes it possible to figure out that shot much better than from the back of the tees. The sixth and fourteenth, instead of being lengthy 'f'fl‘m holes, became little pitch shots.” At the tenth, from the front tee, Hunter’s ball was in the bunker guard- ing the green. That shot warned him of the difference in length, and he took Enl.ns thereafter to keep out of trouble is lengthy shots might get into. Inasmuch as the Indlan Spring course record is 66, from the back tees, made by Hunter, he judges that the front tees made a difference of at least two or three strokes, for he says he did not play 8o well on the first nine holes, and ml{ht have shaded that 33 by a stroke or two, SWEDISH SAILING BOAT EASILY WINS CUP RACE SANDHAMM, Sweden, July 5 (#Y— The Swedish sailing boat Bissbi easily won today's race for the 6ne-ton cup, with the Habanera of Finland second and Una III of Norway third. The American boat Ripples was fourth and the Petite Ail of France fifth. The entries of Dénmark and Eng- land trailed in that order. The wind was very light. TO LEAD CARDINAL A. C. ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 5—Earl Watkins, backstop of the Cardinal A. C., is leading his club in batting with mark of .420. ‘Watkins has cracked out nine hits scored seven runs. mummm-oeoflulrlml rs Have Remote Chance in Open : French NOW Ddu“r" You WORRY. =~ \T DIDN'T HURT ONE I'VE ToLd You TIME AND AGAIN NOT To SHOOT WHEN 'M IN_FRONT OF You~<* You NEARLY KILLED ME Major League Owners to Meet on Draft Plan By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, July 65.—A special Joint meeting of the National and American Ledgues base ball club owners will be held at Chicago Wed- nesday. It will mark the first such meeting of the majors in midseason. The conference will consider the report of a joint committee appoint- ed last December for the special purpose of deciding ways and means to remedy the present agreement for the draft of players, which is considered unsatisfactory. * Other relations between the minor leagues and the two major leagues have not been satisfactory to either group for several years, and some changes probably will be suggested. LOSES FINAL RACE lenging Yacht Just Be- fore Departure. By the Associated Press. . OTHESAY, England, July 5—In her last public race before leav- ing for America to challenge for the America's cup, the Bhamrock V lost out today to the Lulworth. The race was sailed over a course shaped like a figure eight, twice around to complete the 39 miles. The White Heather, finishing third, was first across the starting line, but the race thereafter was a tussle between the Lulworth and Sir Thomas Lipton's boat. Lulworth led to the first mark, finished the first round with a two- minute .advantage and maintained that lead on the second jaunt around the course, The race was staged in a crisp south- west breeze. THE SPO RTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. An Unexpected Change. R years the French have domin- ted” Wimbledon. Cochet, Lacoste and Borotra have had almost ex- clusive charge of the show. In turn they have carried the same form into their Davis Cup battles. When Wimbledon's program opened this year it was almost taken for grant- ed that Cochet would win and that Borotra would not be far away. The French accent was to be prevalent once more. But the change in scenery has been terrific. A mine blew up under the French forces and the glul is still re-echoing. Three American players reached the semi-final round. One of them, Wilmer Allison, of Texas, trimmed Cochet in straight sets. Tilden stopped Borotra, presenting Wimbledon with an all-American final at the same time turning the next Davis Cup party into at least an even war. It isn't to be taken for granted that the French are already beaten. Cochet will get to work at once to reorganize his game and be ready for the big test at Paris later in July. He isn't through yet. He may recover his lost form or timing. Within two weeks he may be an entirely different Cochet from the one who fell before Allison. Borotra is stlll dangerous. It took all Tilden had to check him out in five sets. But, in place of being a forlorn hope, the next Davis Cup battle could be an even thing if Tilden should swing into action. Minus Tilden the United States hope is none too roseate. With Tilden on the job the coming cup war may be one of the most desperate in the history of the famous trophy. ‘Who'll Win at Interlachen® ITH all their list of stars, it may interest you to know that only one home-bred professional has won the e(gsen golf championship of the United States since 1922. That was Johnny Farrell, who reached the front at Olympia Fields in 1928. Only two home-breds have won in the last 10 years—Sarazen and Farrell. Only three have won since Jack McDefmott's day back in 1912—Hagen, BSarazen and Farrell. On this néxt occasion at Interlachen the home-bred professionals will make a terrific effort to break through again. Among their stars who will step into action are Walter Hagen, Johnny Far- rell, Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Leo Diegel, Al Espinosa, Ed Dudley, Whiffy Cox and a longer line of younger en- tries who came up as caddies and who in the last year or so have been improv- ing in spectacular fashion. What are their chances this time? Walter Hagen—Around 38 years of uge. who first won at Midlothian in 1914, to repeat in 1919 at Braeburn and miss the mark over here since that date with four British triumphs as a sooth- ing antidote. Hagen, always a great competitor, has just completed a tour of Australia and Japan. His play fell away last Winter, but. he is aiways o it Th orton Smith—The youngest of the stars, who has gained enough experi- ence to be accepted as a serious factor. One of the main features of Smith's play is his fine short game, his chip shots and his putts and his ability to recover. He is a first-class len-, club player, with a tendency to miss the green on his long irons through a slight hook or pull. He has a fine golfing head on his shoulders and is a hard fighter, not easily discouraged. He can go the Toute. Diegel—The home-bred, who almost caught Jones at Hoylake. As profes- sional match-play champion, he 1s now at the crest of his game. Diegel is one of the most spectacular players in golf where his chief weakness in the past has been high strung nervey. He has improved his control quite & little in the last year and is another who should hy chance. Diegel is the of golf, y %&rrfl—hmll is now only 27 years old and is again hitting the ball up to his best standard. He won at Olympia Fields in 1928 by beating Bobby Jones in the play-off with a bunch of birdies down the forenoon and afternoon stretches, He is a sound golfer and most of the time a brilliant putter. When his putting blade is working up to standard form he is al- ways dangerous. Now and then his tendency to hit with a shut face leads to & spell of pulling and trouble to the green’s left side. He seems to be due again to furnish the field a double handful of trouble. Gene Sarazen—It has been eight years since Sarazen won, but e has been extremely close more than once. If he could get back the confidence and determination of 1922 he would again have a great chance. He came close in 1927 and was in the thick of the battle last year. Sarazen is a fine competitive golfer who may hand you & 68 at any time. The Foreign Born. 'OREIGN-born golfers from England and Scotland have been much larger factors open play than might first they have churned . Jim Barnes Cruickshank tied lkét won in 1024. arrived 1o 1025, a ‘:’ofl in 1021, Jones 1933, Willie Mactar) Tommy Armour and Harry Cooper tied |in 1927 “with Armour winning. | The foreign-born delegation will be s strong as ever on this next occasion. Here are a few reasons. Tommy Armour — One_of the great | iron players of all time. In addition to that one of the best from the tee, a | high-grade wooden club master. | Armour has the greatest pair of hands | in golf. He can whip a long iron on a | straighter line than any one' I ever saw. At Winged Foot last Summer he |used a No. 1 iron coming to the 535- yard fifth green and from well over 200 yards away his furthest ball from the cup was only a distance of 3 yards and two of them were almost stone dead. That sounds more like rifle firing. With Armour it will be a case of putting his putter to work. If he can do that he will be tough for any one to take. Armour has the golf to be a vital factor. MacDonald Smith—Here is a veteran who tied for the United States open | just 20 years ago and only two weeks ago finished just two strokes back of | Bobby Jones at Hoylake. That is how well the silent Scot has held his game together. - Mac Smith has won enough big tournaments to stock a barn, but | the major titles have just missed him. He is one of the old-fashioned swingers | with every club, not a slugger or hitter |in any sense. He uses a driver that | weighs 15!, ounces and simply swings | it throughi, letting the clubhead carry a big part of the job. If Mac Smith can last out this may be his time, but it gets just a little harder every year. Jim Barnes—Long Jim won nine | vears ago and only two weeks ago was still among the leaders at Hoylake. He is a fine golfer with a seund style and |1 he can lay gfl]d of his putting touch as he did at Columbia in 1921 he will be something to watch. Barnes carries a good head on top of his tall shoulders |and this is no light help in an open test. Barnes' play at Hoylake should bring him encouragement at Inter- lachen. Harry Cooper—A slashing | player who made his best bid at Oak- mont _three {enrs ago. He has gained his share of experience since and is one of those golfers who can travel in @ hurry when he happens tc get away to a good start. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paber Alliance.) HARVARD GOLF TEAM SWAMPS CAMBRIDGE ~ Associated Press. BELMONT, Mass., July 5.—The Har- | vard golf team, even without the serv- | ices of Capt. Phil Finlay, semi-finalist in the recent intercollegiate tourn: ment, defeated the Cambridge Univer- sity players, 81, matches to 315, here | today on the Belmont Spring course, | The American collegians were far superior to their British rivals in the singles matches, winning six out of | elght. The Crimson®players also took two of the four foursomes and squared a third. The most decisive match of the day was won by Charles H. Hill of Cam- | bridge, who overwhelmed S. G. Sleeper, {ir, by a 6 and 5 margin. The other | British victory in singles went to H. C. | Longhurst, captaln of the Cambridge forces, over Henri Bourneuf, 2 and 1. Finlay was unable to play because of Summer ®chool work. 'BELLE HAVE EN GOLF TEAM NEARS TITLE ALEXANDRIA, Va,, July 5.—Holding an 8';-point advantage over the Win- chester QGolf Club, the Belle Haven Club of this city will go into the final tournament of the Tri-State Golf As- |eociation at Martinsburg, W. Va., next Saturday with a fine opportunity to win_the_title. ‘The Winchester Golf Club is second. T. E. Sebrell, jr.; W. Cameron Rob- erts, William Herring, C. C. Carlin, jr.; Briley Clem, C. L. Rollins, Beudrice L. Howell, Andrew Clark, Windsor De- maine, Nelson Snyder,” Hubert Moore, C. C. Brown and Louis Kane will rep- resent Belle Haven, The State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has resumed active patrol of the Potomac River and its tributaries with the placing of its high- powered motor boat back in service after a breakdown nearly & month ago. ‘The annual fleld day of the munici- pal playgrounds has been set for Au- gust 28. ‘The second round of the Belle Haven bowl tournament, which opened yester- day, will be run off Monday and Tues- day with the semi-finals Wednesday and Thursday and the final July 13. MARTINSBURG NINE WINS. FRONT ROYAL, Va, Jul Martinsbury e defeated the All-Bta: of Front here today, 8 to 4. Bradshaw, pitching for Martinsburg, al- lowed only 4 hits, while 13 were made off of All-Stars. Lprons shammock YW Lulworth s Victor Over Chal- | young | to DEFEAT OF COCHET LAID T0 ATTITUDE Star Is Said to Be Playing Against His Wishes and Under Protest. BY WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2D. IMBLEDON, ENGLAND, July 5—The last word on the French situation for its de- fense of the Davis cup bears out clearly that the champion nation | taces a serious problem. There are signs | of the passing of the Prench supremacy, not necessarily this year, but certainly within a short period of time. I have gained a pretty definite pic- ture of the conditions during my stay in Paris during the French champlon- ship and more recently in the Wimble- don tournaments. The French asso- ciation is not at all pleased with its sit- uation. Henr{ Cochet is once more playing tennis, playing it rather under protest and against his wishes. Great pressure was brought to bear on him and he | finally consented to play, but his heart is not in the game as it was. ‘True, he is playing well at times, but | he is not the Cochet of last year. So ‘hr this year he has been defeated by | both his“team mate Borotra and the | American Davis cup player Wilmer Alli- |son. The old will to win no longer burns as brightly as it did. He is play- | ing more trick shots than ever before |and signs of a lack of interest in | straight-forward winning terms can be | seen all through his game. Doubts Comeback. Of course, Cochet is such & great player that he may be able to throw | off this attitude and be himself again, {but somehow I really doubt it. Jean Borotha is playing more tennis than in the past few years, and though he was not playing at his best during the start of the season, he seems now to have struck his stride. His play against Lott and mysell in the Wimble- don tournament was really superb. Cochet's loss seemed to inspire Borotra to great heights, and he went to defeat fighting hard. His improvement in his ground game was especially noticeable. Rene Lacoste will play no tennis this |year. I have seen him and talked with |him. He is pronounced cured of his illness and has just been married, but, | while able to play tennis now, he pre- | fers to take no chances with his health and will not start until next year. I be- | lieve only an extreme emergency, such |as the loss of either Borotha or Cochet to the Davis Cup team, would bring | Lacoste back this year, Brugnon Is Slipping. Christian Boussus has been a very | sick boy this Spring and may not play any more tennis this year. He had an infected gland that caused him a long, | severe illness that has run his condition down until he needs a long rest. | “Toto's Brugnon is defiitely showing signs of slipping. He plays well at times, but in the main_his game and | his stamina have gone off. His legs | showing signs of age. He no longer can cover court with the speed he did, and over a long stretch his old enemy, cramps, come on him. De Buzelet has played more erratic tennis all Spring and Summer. It is easy to see that the |Situation is not too bright for the French. If Cothet and Borotra are in condition,. the French are still in a posi- tion of power, but if anything should happen to either one, the French will lose the cup. Boussus and Lacoste are | practically eliminated, while Brugnon | could not stand the strain of Dayis Cup | singles. 2 (Apparently the French team is defi- nitely picked now. The singles will be Cochet and Borotra, and the doubles | team is definitely decided upon—Cochet- | Brugnon. The French fear the loss of | the “doubles, for Cochet-Brugnon are not quite the team they were a few years ago, but the French will any other now. Ty Team of Tried Ability. Capt. Gillon does not want to use Borotra three days, since his singles may prove the pivotal points of the challenge round. He had once planned try ‘out Boussus—de Buzelet, sus’ illness and de Buzelet's tennis have eliminated that team. Cochete | Brugnon are the only combination left | and. at least, they are a team of tried ability. Even then, defeats at the hands | of Austin-Kingsley, Austin and myself and Gregory-Collins cannot change this 5!(#:!10‘;14 b e doubles match may prove to be the vital point in the Davis %up tle. It is quite possible to suppose that the | challenging nation might win two singles against Borotra and Cochet in the singles in view of results at Wimble- don. Should this occur, it would be up to the doubles team of either nation. Given Borotra, Cochet and Brugnon in real good condition and France is likely to hold the cup. Let any one of the mx;ee.r e;peciullydc«;‘rhn or Borotra, be of shape and the cup w y T e up will probably Where it will go, T will not say. It we come through, as I hope we will, T can see no winning the doubles from Cochet-Brugnon, but I am very skepti- cal about the singles of Borotra and Cochet are playing. Somehow, I sce Wilmer Allison having a better chance against either Boratra or Cochet than either Van Ryn or Doeg would, Allison has the speed and attack that' is sbsolutely necessary to against '62; French. He proved this at Wimble- One, however, cannot give any nation | Better’ than an outside ‘ehance to. ain | the cup this vear, but I certainly see signs of the cup leaving the shores of France in a few years. (Copyright, 1930 by Notth Amer ce.) TODAY BASE BALL, /2 AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. New York TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 A.M. MOTOR CO. Sales Service Always Open 1109-15 18th N.W. Dec. 0216 HAWKINS | MOTORS | 1529 Fourteenth St. N.W. Decatur 3320 Conventently Located on Fourteenth Street