Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1930, Page 40

THURSDAY AUGUS 28, 1930. SPORT S. Numbers on Golf Clubs Mean Little : Tilden Picks Three Young Tennis Hopes SAME STICK USED FOR VARIED SHOTS Dangerous for One Player | to Follow Selection of Another. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM:” | “ HAT club did you| use?” “Was it a No. 2or a No. 3 iron, or was it a midiron or a mashie iron?” You've all heard these inquiries many times, as some golfing gent in a quandary as to what club to use to propel a golf ball a given distance wonders just what he| will play the shot with. It all re- | minds Monro Hunter of the yarn about the old caddie at St. An- drews, bewhiskered and gray, who picked up a golf bag dourly and stalked around the course behind the long-hitting American, who clouted them a mile from the tee and then forgot what to do with | the ball afterward. “Well,” the| Yankee said, “that looks like a | midiron shot to me.” “Youll no use your midiron" the | elderly caddie repted. And the Ameri- | can asked why not. Hadn't he been knocking midiron shots all over the landscape and hadn't he hit one on the last hole as far as the present shot | called for? “I think I can get there with a midiron, if I hit it well,” the American asserted “But you'll no hit it we answered, and, as St. An usually are, he was right. Which all leads up to one of Fred McLeod's main peeves about modern golf. Not a peeve, exactly, but rather & commentary on the modern method of slugging away at a ball with a club whose extreme length is needed to get home, when a longer club would do the work quite as effectively and with less chance of a miss. Courses Have Changed. Preddie realizes that golf courses of today are not trapped as they were in the old days when he was winning big championships, and that there is no such thing as rough any more, and, therefore, no real reason for worrying about getting off the line. But still he advocates the use of a club 20 yards longer than may be needed for a given shot, and an easy swing instead of playing the extreme length of a club with a wild swipe that is as likely as not to land the ball in the next county. “I used to play & good deal with Gil Nichols,” Fred says. “And in those days I had a favorite club which I called my light ifon. With the bigger and lighter ball the club had a better grip on the ball, and I could play long shots or short shots with that light fron. Well, I was playing with Gil one day and on a 190-yard hole Gil said, ‘Freddie, what did you use?’” I told him I had used my light iron, And we came to a 160-yard hole and I used the same club. Gil askéd me the same question and I gave him the same an- swer. Finally, after two or three of these questions and answers, he blurted out ‘For the love of Mike, PFreddie, haven't you got any other club than that light iron?’' " But Freddie asserted4hat the extreme length of that “light fron” was 200 yards and that by playing a 190-yard shot with it he believed he was stretch- ing the capacity of the club a little bit. But when he came fo.a 160-yard hole he simply took a shorter grip and a shorter back stroke and, therefore, had more control. no man who saw him play 10 or 15 years ago will deny that Freddie McLeod lacked knowledge of the “light iron” shot. Nor does he today, although he does not practice as much as formerly and, therefore, he has not the old-time mastery of the shot. “Take these modern rumbered clubs,” Preddie says. “They are all right, in & way, for they serve in a manner of speaking to tell the player the approxi~ mate distance he has to play the club. But I've seen some funny things hap- pen with these numbered clubs. Just the other day I was playing with an amateur at Columbia, and on the four- teenth hole I played a shot to the green. Freddie Old Master. ;'W'hl'. did you use, Freddie?” he [ d. “I told him I had used a No. 4 iron. 80 he took & No. 4. And he might have stood there all afternoon and never got that ball on the putting green with his No. 4. You know, the blade of a golf club can be twisted around and it can be played off either foot to give the ball elevation or a low flight with run. These numbers are all right, but they mean little enough to the man who can hit & golf ball any way he wants. But, then, most of the men I play with have gof ten over the habit of watching me play " the caddie ews caddies a shot and then playing it with the | NN same club.” Freddie 15 one of the old maste Any man will admit that who_ kno the little Scot and his . _He can FACTS Service Lane thirty feet wide, street to street, un- usual in garage construc- tion. Steuart Motor Co. 6th at K St. N.W. (Center of the Cify) Never Closed Nat'l 3000 full rouan RED TOP MALT SYRUP Rich-Deliciouvs treal) to be played here on November 5 | against Dean Academy. race Tome School on November 22. EMERSON IS EXPECTING first meeting last night when these 10 reported: X Montague, Dick Kelso, Bob Fauntleroy, Bill Albert, Rosey Rosenbaum, Bill and Jim Myers and Earl Perry. is expected to total 25 by Tuesday. Harlan hgnslnbom. director of athletics at will coach_the Curtin, formerly of Eastern. High, man- ager. day on the Plaza Fleld in city champlonship Municipal Playground Department. all da take any kind of golf club and play any kind of shot with it, from a big iron down. But most people can't do that and that is why it doesn’t pay always | to pay too much attention &‘I.he elub the other fellow has played a successtul shot with. His No. 2 iron may have the | loft of your No. 3, or it may have the | push of your No. 1. The numbers mean | little and the way the shot is played | means much. | Henry D. Nicholson, the Washington Club chunflm. ‘used to have a mongrel :lgubu.h: ? led ;thln‘m“m niblick, which for an: up to 175 yards. ‘When he was asked what club he played for a shot between 75 and 175 yards, the answer usually was ‘‘My mashie niblick.” One day . Howard looked at that “mashie niblick” and dis- covered that it had the loft of a mid- iron. And now no one pays any more attention to “Nick's” mashie niblish shots for they know them for what they are. Frank K. , former club title- holder, can make his “mashie niblick” perform in much the same way. Frank can make a 180-yard shot with the club he calls a “mashie nibliek,”” where an- other man would have trouble getting 100 yards with the same club, It's all a | matter of now the ball is hit and not the numbers, CADETS IN FOR BIG SEASON OF SPORTS ‘WEST POINT, N. Y., August 28— With a schedule listing 30 contests in foot ball, soccer and cross country, cadets at the United States Military Academy should witness excellent ath- letic competition this Fall. The varsity foot ball schedule is: September 27—Boston. Qctober 4—Furman Qctober 11—Swarthmore. October 18—Harvard (at Cambridge). October 25_Yale (at New Haven). November 1—North Dakota. November §_1llinois (at Néw York), November 15—Kentucky Wesleyan. November 22— Ursinus. November 25—Notre Dame (at Chicago). ‘The plebe foot ball schedule: Qctober 15—Perkiomen School. Qctober Mackenzie School November 5—Riverside Military Academy. November 12—Dean Academy. November 19—Kiskiminetas School. November 27—Cuban Cadet team. ‘The soccer schedule: October 4—McGill University (at Mon- October 8—Lafayette ¢ 5—Springfield College. Williams. high. November 12—Stevens Institute. November 19—Delaware November 26—Obio State. The plebe soccer team has one game The cross country schedule: Qetober 22—Alfred. November 1_Ne mpshire November 15—Springfield College. November 23—Lafayette, | ‘The plebe cross country team will TO HAVE SQUAD OF 25 Candidates for the Emerson Institute foot ball eleven, who will start train- ing Tuesday afternoon on the Monu- ment Grounds at 4:30 o'clock, held their Mike McCarthy, Charlie Millar, Jim ‘The squad s with Ernie Millar, Potomac Boat b ~oarsman, as tralner and Cac GIRLS IN TRACE. MEET. Some 2,000 girls were ting to- annual Tomorrow and Saturday STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE BY WALTER IVE golf events have been listed by the golf committee of the Chevy Chase Club for the season beginning September 1, opening Monday with an match play against par for the cup placed in competition by the secretary of the club, and closing on November 1 with the tourney for the Japanese cup. H. Prescott Gatley, secretary of the club, has presented a trophy to be played for on Labor day in an 18-hole tourney, in which seven-eighths of the | club handicap will apply in a match play against par. The cup will become the permanent possession of the mem- ber winning it twice, and the names of the winners will be inscribed on & plate to be placed in the club_house. ‘The tourney for the President's cup will start late in September, with the 16 low net scores to qualify in the period between September 13 and 27, for the first round of match play on September 29, 30 or October 1. The second round must be completed by October 4, the third by October 8 and the final must be played by October 11. Then will follow the competition for the Liberty cup, with the qualifying round to be played between September 27 and October 11. In this event the first round is to be concluded by Oc- tober 15, the second round by October 18, the third round by October 22 and the final round by October 25. ‘The competii"n for - the historic Siamese Trophy, p-esented to the club | two years ago to replace the original trophy, which was won outright by Wal- | ter R. Tuckerman, will start with an 18-hole qualifying round between Octo- ber 11 and 25, inclusive. The first round of match play will be played October 29, the second round by November 1, the third round by November 5 and the final round by November 8. Ambasador Matsudaira of Japan last vear presented to the club a trophy tc 18-hole handicap | R. McCALLUM. fl.\‘Mn’, approaching and putting con- tests for men and women. Manor Club—36-hole medal play han- | dicap tourney for the President’s Tro- | phy. Man’s driving contest and putting cvents for women and men. Ballockburn—Round robin tourney to b2 played August 30, 31, and Septem- ber g Indian Spring—Miniature tourna- ment to be played on September 1, with qualifying round on August 31. Congressional—Best-ball tournament with competitors to play in foursomes, and the best ball of each pair—Iless' handicap—to count. Events not announced by the follow- ing clubs: Washington, Columbia, ‘Woodment and Argyle. That 385-yard eighth hole at the In- dian Spring Club is getting easier each day. it probably will remain little more than a one-shot hole for the big hitters. J. | Monroe Hunter, the club professional, | and his son, both have driven the green | recently, and the elder Hunter has se- | cured a brace of 2s on this par 4 hole. | George Diffenbaugh and J. William | Harvey also have driven the green. | From the top of a hill 140 yards in | front of the tee the ground all slopes | down hill. ‘The Maryland State Golf Association has taken steps to aid the professionals of the Midatlantic section to stage the comming Middle Atlantic open cham- plonship. The State organization tod announced an opén handicap tourna- ment, open to members of member clubs, |at which an entry fee of $2 will be | charged, with the’ proceeds to go to- | ward the purse to be put up for the | Midatlantic open tourney. ‘The handicap tourney will be played on September 7 over the course of the ‘Woodholme Club, near Baltimore, where the pro event will be played on Sep- tember 15 and 16. Players in the event | scheduled for September 7 will play in their own foursomes or matches will be made up for them. It will be neces- sary, however, for each entrant to have un| As long as the drought keeps up | ¥ BASTL UL dhroad and whom, though I have watched in the past, I have not study. among _this group. Sidney Wood and Ellsworth Vine. Their order of importance from the stand- point of future greatness is Wood, Sut- ter and Vines. make Wood so dangerous. clever tactician. game that he mixes according to his opponent’s weakness. match player. er could produce the sensational win- ners at match point or at the most critical moment of a match as Wood BILL LAUDS WOOD, SUTTER AND VINES Calls First Named a Genius and Also Sees.Promise in Other Two. BY WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2D. EW YORK, August 28.—I have been home over two weeks, during which time I have had & chance to see the group of ayers who have come to the had until now a chance to There are three outstanding figures Clifford _Sutter, I find in Sidney Wood, as he played at_Southampton, much of genius and practically all the attributes of a cham- . ‘There is no real weakness in stroke equipment. He has that in- tangible something called “touche” that marks Cochet, Lacoste, Borotra, John- ston and the others who were decidedly at. There is a certainty and au- gre: thority to Wood's stroking that all the other boys lack. Is Clever Tactician. Yet it is not his strokes alone that He is a He has a widely varied Wood is a born Only such a born play- be competed for annually in an 18-hole | & State handicap card. medal play handicap event. This tour- | year, The trophy is to remain the per- manent possession of the club, and win- ner each year receives a prize presented by the club and has his name inscribed on a plate in the club house. ‘The Golf Committee of Chevy Chase, consisting of Robert Stead, jr., chair- man; A. McCook Dunlep, and C. Ash- mead Fuller, has asked prospective players fa the coming tournaments to withhold their cards if they are not certain of playing through. Unnecessary defaults would thereby be eliminated and other players will be allowed to compbte. All'matches in the match pay events must start by 2 o'clock . Most of the professional golfers around Washington plan to c8mpete in the coming Middle Atiantic open cham- pionship, to be run off at the Wood- holme Club of Pikesville, Md., on Sep- tember 15 and 16. The tourney will be & 72-hole medal play affair for the title now held by Leo Diegel of Agua Caliente. Diegel won the championship in 1927, and no event has been held since. The Woodholme course is de- scribed by those who have played it as one of the hardest tests of the game in this section. The day after the close of the Mid- atlantic open most of the pros will journey over to the Rolling Road Club, where Gene Larkin, assistant pro at Ohevy Chase, will defend his Maryland State championship. This event is & 36- hole tourney. Most of the local clubs are planning events for Labor day, when many of the golfers who have been out of the city on vacation will have returned. A partial list follows: Chevy Chase—Competition at match play against par for the ltcl'eury'xi Cup. &-vzr Dam—Competition for the President’s Cup, 18 holes handicap play. Also an 18-hole medal handicap event for women, and Old-Fashioned nsational m play Prizss will be awarded for low gross d on November 1 this |And low net in the three classes—for B e e e, men with handicaps from 1 to 12, from 13 to 22, and 23 and above. will be furnished by the professionals. Most of the clubs about Washington have opened their doors to the visiting | international lawyers, and_many of the barristers from foreign countries have | | taken advantage of the opportunity of- | | fered them to play goif. CAPITI{L 7CITY NETMEN CONTINUE PLAY TODAY | City Tennls tournament, halted by rain yesterday, was to con- tinue this afternoon on the Potomac Park courts, starting at 4:30 o'clock. Play in the Capital League championship ‘The schedule: 4:30 o'clock—Yeomans vs. Silva; York vs. Zamora; Robbins vs. Yateman, 4:45 o'elock—Liu vs. Yateman. All prizes 5 o'clock—Liu and Sllver vs. Gardes and Thore; Considine and York vs. N, Ritzenberg and Zamora; Shore and Staubley vs. Deck and Seidell. did to beat Lott, Shields and Allison at Southampton on successive days. ‘There was no luck to these shots. It was simply that in the crisis Wood picked out the only winning opening and played for it and above all made it. I consider Sidney Wood the most improved young player in America and showing dil the earmarks of a coming champion. Clifford Sutter is a fine tennis player. He has an easy all- court style with excellent court-covering abilities. He lacks a great attack both in his strokes and temperament. He is & smooth working machine that will produce fine results for a long while. | * He should be a more consistent per- former than either Wood or Vines, but I cannot see him becoming quite the player Wood pramises to be. Sutter has excellent match temperament and good judgment, but he needs to gain more speed of shot. There is no real weakness in his stroke equipment, yet there is no great strength either. He does mot have any real killing punch in_his game. Ellsworth Vines is the opposite of 5:15 o'clock—Erana vs. York. DOLE AR d you know when we « + « one of tl dollar_does double duty. 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There is not the ease or certainty of stroke luction. On the other hand, he has far greater power than Sutter and possibly more than Wood. However, unless Vines adds a sounder defense to his attack, I cannot see him as a future champion. Defense in these days is of equal im- portance with attack, and Vines in his desire to hit every shot hard has sacri- ficed his defense. ysical . of this by his tremendous c nervous force, but the long d of international tennis may prove too much for even Sidney's fighting spirit to_overcome. Vines, like Wood, is inclined to frail- ness, but his greater height gives him less work to do. Sutter, physically, is the soundest of the three, but he lacks the nervous energy so vital to success that marks both Wood and Vines. ‘They are three very promising young- sters. Wood and Sutter are certain first 10 men this year, with Vines a most likely candidate. Immediately behind the three I have mentioned one must place Bryant Grant, jr, of Atlanta and Richard Murphy of Utica, N. Y. These boys are coming fast this year. Grant, as national clay court cham- pion, has a slight on Murphy. The Atlantan is a remarkable base line re- turner, featuring his ability to run more than he does his strokes, He must gain attack, if he is to go far, Murphy is a left-hander with a fine forehand and a clever match brain. He needs a better service and a sounder backhand before he can quite hit the top. All in all, I think 1930 has uncovered a fine group of promising young stars with Sidney Wood as the outstanding prospect for a really great player. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) ALL FAVORITES LEFT IN DOUBLES TOURNEY BROOKLINE, Mass., August 28 (#). —The first four seeded teams provide the action in the semi-final matches of the national tennis doubles today. The defending champions, George Lott and Johnny Doeg, clash with Bill Tilden and Frank Hunter, the 1927 titleists, in the upper half of the draw. Johnny Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison, Davis Cup doubles team, meet Berkeley l?el"f and Gregory Mangin in the lower alf. Lott and Doeg barely made the sec- ondplast bracket yesterday, when Keith Ciledhill and Ellsworth Vines, the Cali- fm;nln youngsters, cracked in the final| se Mixed doubles play has been featured by the steady advance of Betty Nuthall of England and Lott, the. defending champions. Today they meet Helen Harlowe of Los Angeles and Vines. VANKEE POLO FOU JPPEARSSETLE Pedley, Hopping, Guest and Hitchcock Seen Sure to Oppose Britons. By the Associsted Press. EW YORK, August 28.—If yesterday’s test match is any criterion, the American polo team that will line up against the British in September’s interna- tional matches, will''consist of Eric Pedley, Earle Hopping, Winston Guest and Capt. Tommy Hitcheock. 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