Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1930, Page 38

S PORTS. THE -EVENIN G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .C., TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1930. Horseshoe Pitchers Will Start Metropolitan Championship Play Tomorrow THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE PEAKE WILL MEET INELIGIBLE EXPERT Jim Chinn of Lyon Village, of Star’s Staff, Matched With Champion. NE-HALF of the Washing- ton field in the Metropoli- tan District horseshoe championships, sponsored The Star, will start action to- by 4 p.m. on about 40 morrow at 5:30 playgrounds. . The rest of the pitchers, num- bering many hundreds, will get under way a week from tomorrow. Tournament matches will be played tomorrow in most of the out-of-town reliminaries, too. The lists have been ept open in a number of these and it will be a week or more before some of them are started. HE Horseshoe Editor accounted it an excellent break when Brooke Grubb accepted the chairmanship of Silver Spring and Maj. F. H. Goff took over the management of the Clar- endon tournament. Both are experi- enced and enterprising sports pro- moters and the towns they represent are assured successful horseshoe tour- naments. ILLARD E. PEAKE, who will de- fend the metropolitan crown, is much in demand as an exhibition player and instructor. He has been gen- ‘erous handing out tips to pitchers who hope eventually to knock him off throne. Incidentally, Peake hasn’t lost many decisions and he has pitched many matches. The only tosser who has been able to extend him consistently is An- drew Tallmadge, runner-up last year for the Washington title. y Over in Lyon Village, where Forrest Stieg is chairman, they're looking for- ward to a battle between Peake and Jim Chinn, a definite date for which will be announced shortly. Chinn has been touted as the equal of any pitcher within the metropolitan area, Peake not excluded, but he's ineligible for the tournament because of being & mem- ber of The Star's reportorial staff. All Star employes are banned and some haven't taken kindly to this rule. Perkins, photographer, insists he could whip Peake or any other champion in these parts if given opportunity. He'll have & chance to prove his mettle next month when a special tournament will be put on for The Star's family. MENTION ‘horseshoe pitching to the average fellow and he'll come back with _this, or something like it: “Priend, I can really throw those things! He's been used to the old-fashioned horseshoes, tue chance is, and also an- tiquated rules. Try him the lern game, with 215-pound shoes chucked 40 feet, a ringer counting three and not five and a leaner only as & close shoe, with mothing scoring which 'is more than 6 inches from the peg, and his concelt is no more. ‘When & crack horseshoe pitcher last year observed that it required three years to become a first-class slipper slammer he got a horse laugh from even the horseshoe editor, who thought the game was easy, having played only the old style. In the sense that anybody can play 4t, after a fashion, it is an easy game. But we're convinced now. that the three-year dope was eorrect. Your horseshoe scrivener toiled like a beaver recéplly trying to throwing an open He not only failed to make a but seldom was close to' the by metropolitan title aspirants is ‘Wilson Jones, entered in the Truesdell preliminary. Jones, three times ama- teur champion of Kentucky, has thrown as many as 16 ringers in a 21-] it game, most of them, of course, covered by his opponent, “An_experienced pitcher," Jones, “can throw Tingers in the dark. Long ractice has made him know instinct- ively where peg is At Tallmadge's Potomac camp re- cently Champion Peake finished a game with a double-header ringer made in complete darkness. It was 9:30 o'clock and what little light could have come from the heavens was shut off by large trees. U. S. WINS, THEN LOSES IN CHESS TOURNAMENT By the Associated Press. HAMBURG, Germany, July 15.~The second round of the team tournament of the International Chess Federation and the unfinished matches of the first round were played yesterday. The United States team won from Iceland by 3—1, but lost its adjourned match with France by 2',—1';. France and Poland, with two victories each, are tled for the lead. Frank J. Marshall, United States champion, and I. Kashdan of New York won for the United States against Ice- land, while Phillips of New York and Anderson of St. Louis drew. In the match against France, drawn games were scored by Marshall, Kash- dan and Anderson. Phillips lost. Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris, world champion, played for France and defeated Baratz of Rumanis. The French team won by 2%—1%. CITY CLUB BOXERS NOW CARRY LEGION .COLORS Boxers under Coach Jack . Whitely who have been representing the City Club now are carrying the colors of Victory Post, No. 4, American Legion. Several engagements are planned for the Legion battlers. Doug Swel Harry Haas and Henry Irving are list for action at Carlin’s, Baltimore, Fri- day night. OUTING FOR BURROUGHS'. ‘Burroughs Athletic Association mem: Oy | Cubs ‘The Batule of the Smiths. ing that overtaking the Jones | boso is a risky proposition, Mac Smith has become quite worked up when it comes to a matter of Smith supremacy. For a year the Lakeville veteran sat back and watched | Horton Smith reap mest of the glory | in behalf of the Smith name, but it has | been a different story this Summer. | | The old-timer, who was around knocking at the open championship door back in 1910, has set Horton a pace this Summer that hasn't been too | easy to follow. Mac Smith led Horton | | by three strokes at Hoylake in the Brit- | | ish open, and he led him by two strokes | at Interlachen last week. In each case | it was the final-round finish of the vet- eran that turned the trick and even | crowded Bobby Jones to the limit. There has been a general belief that Mac Smith could not quite hold up through the full march, but a 71 at Hoylake on the last round and a 70 at Interlachen knocks this idea into a three-ply cocked hat. In each case | Mac Smith finished better than any one else in the field, which is further | roof of the smoothness and soundness of his free-swinging style. Mac Smith isn't & hitter in golf. He isn't a puncher. He is a true swinger, who takes little turf, even with a mashie. ‘The older Smith has now given the younger Smith something to think about. They seem to be crowding Jones in a general way better than any one | else, and they are still well bunched, | despite the fact that Horton was 2| | years old when Mac Smith tied for the | | open at Philadelphia 20 years ago. Hor- ton Smith at 22 still has most of the road ahead—most of the competitive | road, anyway—where the future offers | & great chance. But Mac Smith has proved that his future is far from being | & closed book and that if Bobby doesn't happen to be too hot, he will yet bag some major title that his game has deserved to win. The Pennant Races. 'HE prediction that neither the Athletics nor the Cubs would en- | joy the romp of last year is work- its way on through the season. figured Washington as the chal- lenging tesm, but Walter Johnson has | done a great job and he has shown that his club is no part of a flash, ready to | g0 up in smoke at & day's notice. The | Athletics still figure to win, but the are having tougher sledding. | ‘When a team around the top drops six | out of seven games to the Reds and Braves there are indications that some of the old stuff from last Summer has passed y. ‘The National League race should be a three-cornered affair on through September. The three clubs up there are good enough to stick around and hold at least a leading ro-l- tion, and none of the three looks strong enough to pull away and open any gap. i ITH the general understand- | | Singer and Mandell. UT around the Middle West they re Sammy Mandell almost a sure thing to beat Al Singer. Or+ reason is that they know little gbout Singer. The other is that they know Mandell to be a high-class competi- tor, who can be counted on to do his stuff in a pinch. Mandell is one of the prize weight makers of the game. He works off his flesh so gradually that he can meet the final weighing in by an ounce or so without having weakened himself. He isn't the Mandell of three years ago, but he is still a hard man for any light- welght to take. He is to and he isn't easy to hurt. n if Singer loses he should give champion & better fight than Jimmy %hmln gave him some time back when Jimmy found Bob Plays Slice When Demanded fers use the slice. this way help to cure icing troubles. ‘Take big Bob MacDonald. He plays the slice when demanded. And to secure it you'll notice a change in his stance. For a straight drive Bob uses a square stance. That is, his toes are parallel to the direction DIRRCTION LINR line. For a slice he opens his stance. ‘That is, his left foot is farther from the direction line than the right. ‘True, certain stars use an open stance for all shots. But the average player will find that it causes him to slice. The reason is that his nat- ural swing from this stance causes him to swing the club out beyond the ball and then pull it in and across it to make contact. A slice is bound to result. A new free illustrated leaflet on “The Art of Putting” has been pre- pared by Sol Metzger. Write for it. Address Sol Metzger, in care of this paper, and inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. 'OLD DOMINIONS FETE | THREE OF FOUNDERS a target too elusive to nail on & vital | B T spot, plus more speed than he could| ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 15.—Three | cope with. | of the thirty men who met 50 years ago | No Fluke. [today and formed the Old I{z:»;'mumon OHNNY GOODMAN ced | Boat Club wi present tonight when Shint\1iérwas dio Hitiks g;]'?:',“w}fi‘:‘fig the members of that organization hold tied with George Von Elm at 301 | sional Bobby Jones defeated in a | their “Founders' day” banquet and re- o lead all the amateurs except Jones. | Ccption at the club house, starting at Goodman opened a pace too fast to hold the first day when he stepped out | in 33 and had a 3 on the tenth. That fast dash burned him up for a while, but he came back stoutly. Outside of these two and Jones the amateur show- ing at Interlachen was nothing to cheer about. Such good golfers as Jimmy Johnston, Cyril Tolley, Don Moe, Chick Evans, George Voigt and others were well out of the running. Most of them got away badly and could never make up lost ground. Young Goodman played some fine golf and he proved again that he will be dangerous for any opponent to tackle in an 18-hole match. He is far above the average around the greens at chipping and putting and he can handle both wood and iron up to the carpet. He will be one of the most interesting entries at Merion when the next cham- pionship starts, dangerous enough for any one to fear. 1t you are looking for something hot, watch that race in the National League for batting honors. O'Doul, Klein, Her- man and Stephenson are bunched in between .404 and .394 and that clip is fast enough to make some of them dizzy if it is held much longer. Johi Golden, the producer, again wishes his golfing friends to know that he isn't John Golden, the pro who played such golf at Interlachen, crowd- ing Jones to the last few holes. The rst mentioned says that the Golden of the second part has seriously interfered with his old-time handicap and he can still use as many strokes as he can grab at the first tee, (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) “FLORSHE Sale The Great Semi-Annual is on the Boards! SALE- Summerweights Now's the time for a fresh pair of Florsheim lightweight oxfords. You'llwelcome the change—and the saving at this low Sale price Here's a sporting offerl Florsheim Alonzo Houch of Alexandria and| | George Y. Worthington of Washington | will be unable to attend, due to infirmi ties, while distance prevents J. E. Black: well of Seattle from coming. Richard | S. Windsor and C. H. Schaff, both of | Washington, and John H. Parrott of | Roanoke, Va., the other surviving char- | ter members, have signified their inten- tions of being on hand. | City Manager Wallace Lawrence, City | Councilman Edmund F. Ticer, Dan S. Hollenga, business manager of the Alex- |andria Chamber of Commerce; Capt. J. |sid Douglas, George D. Hopkins and | Harry R. Burke will make short ad-| | dresses and a short history of the club will be read by the secretary, J. T. Preston, jr. E. E. Carver, president of the club, will be toastmaster. ‘The committee in charge includes J. | ®arle Ross, chairman; Harry R. Burke, E. E. Carver and Robert G. Whitton. | ——— e — |GARNER QUITS RIDING [ FOR ZIEGLER STABLE| NEW YORK, July 15 (#)—Mack Garner, veteran jockey, has severed his connection with the stable of Willlam had been riding for \zxegler for three years at an estimated | wage of $15,000 annually. | One of the best jockeys in the busi~ | ness, Garner has had little success with | the Ziegler horses this season Several large racing establishments are understood to be dickering for the jockey's services. IM” Sale Florsheim 85 A Few Styles 198 '8 FAITH IN JONES NETS CRUICKSHANK BIG SUM| NEW YORK, July 15 (#).—Bobby Cruickshank, the wee Scotch profes- play- off at Inwood in 1923 to win his first open championship., won $10,500 through the Atlanta wizard's victories in three straight major tournaments this year. ! Cruickshank, who failed to qualify for the tournament Bobby Jones won at Interlachen, parlayed $50 last April on | Jones to win the British amateur crown, | the British open and the United States open. “I saw Bobby win the Savannah open, | new the shape he was in and made | the best bet of my lite” Crulckshank said. LYNE ON 17 WINNERS | IN RIDING FOR KING By the Associated Press. MADRID, Spain, July Lyne, American jockey, riding for King Alfonso, placed third in the number of | D. C. TEAMS APPEAR |FIEBLEMAN HEADS LIST | MAKING 135 POUNDS ON NAVY SCHEDULES IN LONGWOOD SINGLES BROOKLINE, Mass., July 15 (#).— Play in the thirty-eighth Longwood Bowl tennis tournament, postponed TASK FOR MANDELL ANNAPOLIS, July 15.—Several Wash- | from opening yesterday by rain, began | By the Associated Press. ington schools have been booked by the Naval Academy for contests here the coming season in varsity boxing and ranking twentieth nationally, was top | cross-country and plebe foot ball and today with both first and second round matches scheduled in the men's singles. Edward W. Fiebleman, New York, seeded in the fleld of 64 entries. The cup was won last year by Johnny Doeg, basket ball, according to the schedules | yno is in Furope with the American i 15.—Lucien | | vember 1, 'Western Maryland Freshmen: announced yesterday. Georgetown will be met in varsity boxing February 21. Maryland will be engaged in varsity cross-country No- vember 1 at Annapolis. The Navy B squad will tackle George Washington University Freshmen in foot ball Tharks- giving day. In plebe basket ball Mary- land Freshmen, Emerson, Business, Western and Central have been listed. The schedules: Varsity boxing—January 31. Dartmouth: February 7. Massachusetts Tech: 14, Penn- 1. Georgetown: 28, Pennsivania tate: March 7. Syracuse at Syracuse: 14, Western Maryland. oiintry—October 18. Duke: U. of Maryland, 22, West Vir- afayette 1 ober 4, Kiskimenetas ; 18, Georgia Military Institute: No- Davis Cup team. The first round of the women's invi- tation singles and men's doubles | were scheduled for today, with 32 | bles teams entered. BATTALINO DEFENDS | RING TITLE TONIGHT | By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., July 15.—Bat Bat- talino of Hartford defends his feather- weight championship here tonight in a 15-round match with Ignacio Fernan- | dez. hard-hitting Filipino. NEW YORK, July 15.—The question of whether Sammy Mandell still can make 135 pounds without materially weakening himself will have to wait for answer until Thursday night when the lightweight king defends his title against Al Singer of the Bronx. At Orangeburg. N. Y. where the champion is training, they announced yesterday that Sammy was under the class limit, but skeptical critics took | leave to doubt it. They were of the opinion that the title holder would need two days of boiling out to make sure that he would tip the beam at no more thar: 135 pounds when the boxers weigh in at the Yankee Stadium Thursday afternoon. Two years ago before Mandell met Jimmy McLarnin reports were current that the champion was having all kinds of trouble making the weight, but he came in at the class limit and gave McLarnin an artistic trouncing in the bargain. Supporters of Singer base their hopes of victory on the signs they claim to Flofsheim Sport hoes victories scored during the Spanish racing season which ended Sunday. He was astride 17 winners. The King himself saddled 19 winners | *"eist PR which brought him more than 100,000 | 37 feddle, Scho e e 1t Desetas, about $11000, of the one mil- | 14 Han Auseel: o EToIind Freshman. o péoetas in prizes at the various gt i meets. The Spanish rider Carlos Belmonte, ADVANCE AT SOCCER. with 24 victories, was the leader of the| MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 15 (#), jockeys, while the stable Count Cimera, | —Rumania defeated Peru, 3 to 1, and for whom Belmonte rides, was the|Jugoslavia beat Brasil, 2 to 1, in heaviest money winner with a total of | maiches in the world's soccer champion= 250,000 pesetas, about $27.500. ship tournament here. 22. Western Mary: Hur. School eleven play Mercersburg _Academy; land ~Freshmen: 27, Academy B s freshmen of will the (Naval | A e Washington University | The bout, scheduled for last mxhc‘;;‘f,fr ralowlIERD (uity et aich A pIe was postponier because of a heavy rain- | b Speed is Mandell's stock in trade. and s e . 9 | if it t that he has slowed up At weighing-in ceremonies yesterday | 5 afternoon, Battalino tipped the beam at | SOnsideratfy then ' sSinger concelvably 12515 pounds, while Fernandez weighed | ¢21% %1 R | ster figures to make little better show- 126 pounds, the class limit. | ey Wi ‘mot e Toreed to weigh in | 8 against Mandell thai: did McLarnin. again. So that both probably will enter | the ring considerably over the title| Maj. A. J. Wheeler, aged 89, of poundage. | Raleigh, N. 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