Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1930, Page 77

STEVINSON IS ONLY VET T0 SCORE WIN Unpopularity of New Ball May Lead to Bootlegging of Old Sphere. > * BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. TING back a thought or two over the past tourna- ment season around Wash- ington, it appears that the youngsters had the matter of win- ning golf tournaments very much | their own way. Only one veteran of the game was able to crash through to a major victory, and that came early in the season. Miller B. Stevinson of Columbig | was the lone veteran who was able to win a major v.oumnmentl around the Capital during the| 1930 season. In all the other events the youngsters, ‘Who had indicated during 1929 their readiness to step in and succeed the older generation, cashed in on their early promise to win the other tourna- ments. Harry G. Pitt, a veteran of the game, although a youngster in years, won at Chevy Chase. John C. Shorey, a youngster of college age, won at Wood~ mont, Sherwood Forest and Bannock- burn. J. Munro Hunter, 19 years old, ‘WaS runner-up at Woodmont and won &t Maryland. The Congressional, Indian Spring and Manor tournaments ‘were canceled. The Columbia tourna- ment and the Middle Atlantic cham- hip were won by, Billy Howell, & ichmond youngster, is in his first year at college. ‘The victory of Stevinson in the Washington Golf and Country Club ent was the only win of major caliber hat appeared for the veterans—men who have been top liners in local golf for more than six or seven years. And Stevinson is a veteran. Although he took up golf only in 1918, he was run- ner-up in the District championship two years later and has been a con- sistent winner since that time. : 'HICH leads to the thought that the youngsters are moving along and it won't be long before they, 4p turn, become so-called veterans. And toythe further thought that if a team of " youngsters, say below 25, were put against & team of men over 25, the odds on the youngsters to win would be at- ve. For the youngsters would in- elude such fine players as Frank K- the District champion; John runner-up in that event; Eynon, Tommy Bones and John Owens and Jack Powell of Columbia, Jimmie Drain, Henry D. Nicolson and Tommy Webb of Washington; Robert ‘Bowen, District junior champ: Monro Hunter and Byrn Curtiss and ld Graves of Indian Spring; John of Congressional and a few others. Against a team like this the veterans could put Harry Pitt, Miller Stevinson, Albert R. MacKenzie, Page Hufty, Clarence B. Murphy, C. Ashmead Fuller, W. Carlton Evans, Leroy Sasscer, L. 8. Otell, M. Parker Nolan, George b ¥. Miller and Herbert Lacey.in the lists. Such a match would be close, but the odds would be on the kids to win. They have won almost everywhere else. Why lhmudthgnot'tnsmmmflfih like this one, if it could be arranged? United States Golf Association has decreed that after January 1 a standard golf ball, larger and lighter than the cld standard ball, shall be legal in the United States. British gl! authorities have made no change their standard ball, which conforms in size and weight to the standards of the ball which has been in use in this country for several seasons. The U. S. G. A has made a deal with one or $wo British ball manufacturers not to for American consumption golf | made to the old standard. But | what of those manufacturers with whom no terms have been reached? They are in a position to flood the American market with golf balls of the old size and weight. If they do so they are apt to find a large market for their prod- uet, for the new ball, whatever its agents say about it, is not as satisfactory a ball for the great major- ity of golfers as the old standard ball. For one thing, it does not respend | half-hit shots like the old ball | the carry of the old ball, and | not get as much distance. The hits the ball correctly will tle difference in the two golf to the duffer the difference immediately noticeable. It | it the British manufacturers | do not fall in line with the U. 8. have opened up for themselves .‘?-. American market for bootleg golf | | [VER at the Washington Golf and | Country Club the Winter league is well under way and already the | gents who say it with well hit putts | are becoming established cha the little putting course in Dave Thom- | son’s golf shop. Almost any afternoon, when the weather outside is not good | enough for golf, a group of players| may be found in the golf shop trying i e B cE8 %t | House Club 85. HAPPY FIVE WINS MATCH First Series Leac Gives Balti- moreans Team Edge on Bethesda. ‘Though downing Ray von Dreele's Happy Five from Baltimore last night in the second block of a home-and- home match by 3 pins, the Bethesda team, national champions, lost the match, due to the 64-pin lead piled up by the Oriole duckpinners the ing Saturday in the Monumental City. ‘The Bethesda crew, the game, shot a team set of 621. ‘The scores: | gg8ss fos Hl’l‘fil’ e 115 @21 571 380—3,829 € oot 'PHILLIPS’ BOWLING NOSES OUT CHAMPS Makes Three Straight Marks to Take Game From King Pins by Single Stick. Three straight spares by Capt. Charlie Phillips gave Convention Hall its lone decision over the ‘leading. champion King Pin team by one pin, which paved the way for Rendezvous and Northeast Temple to hold their relative runner-up positions in the District League. Petworth and the John Blicks, fght- ing to stay out of the cellar berth, bot! triumphed against their more fortunate opponents. Irving Billheimer's 360 led Petworth’s two-game win over Hyatts- ville. Pin in trimming Convention Hall. He seems to have struck his stride after’s slow start. Northeast Temple's odd game victory Mooney Capt. Howard Campbell, shooting | Eaulce set of 390, was the heavy scorer for King | Gei BOY HAS 346 SET IN TITLE ROLLING George Blakeslee, ‘Unknown,’ Gets Count on No. 13 at Queer Pin Drives. g Sam Del Vecchio last year rolled. to a world's record for high game, a phenomenal 240, Georgie Blakeslee, an unknown in the boys’ class of the United States junior tournament, last night shot the highest three-game set of the opening block of the tourney, a 346. His games were 117, 90 and 136. Blakesiee, 14 years old, is a student at the Hine Junior High School. Inci- dentally, not only he roll on the same alley on which De Vecchio bowled his 240 game, but he had for his foul line judge none other than Del Vecchio. PFrank Proctor, hustli manager at Siiver Spring, will have city elimi- nations rolled off on his alleys on No- vember 29, as he led in entries with 15 _in both classes. Eddie Espey, crack junior, turned in the highest set in his class, rolling a neat 350 set, with games of 125, 97 and 122. The complete results from alleys run- ning the opening blocks of the United States boys' and junior tournament follow: OWLING on the same “charmed” alley, No. 13, in the Queen Pin SILVER_SPRING. BOYS. bha W. Pitagerai T Fitagerald. Millikin over Hecht Co. was featured by Paul | Yl Harrison's big count of 405, the high in- dividual mark of the week. ‘Tony Santini goes along clouting the maples at & terrific pace, but his Cornell Lunch team just fails to win somehow. Rendezvous, with Phil Goodall smack- ing out a total of 365, took Cornell for " two tilts. Final week matches of the first series in the District League ‘brings r two strong rivals in Northeast Temple and King Pin. The result of the match MAEs. will have a direct bearing on first place. It's scheduled for Friday night at the ‘Temple drives. Standing of teams: King Pin Rendezvo Temple _. Cornell Liune Hyattsville . 14 7 Meyer Da: 12 12 12 13 Petworth son Records. Hish team set_Temple, 1.891. igh team ., 683. h individual set—Joe Harrison. 433. Hieh individual gameJ. Priccl. 188. BOYS CLUB PREPARES BOXERS AND QUINTS Cage Teams Open Season Next Month, While Ring Show Will Be Staged November 28. ‘Basket ball players and boxers are Graha busy at the Boys' Club. Devotees of the court game are preparing for the start of play early next month in the various leagues canducted by the club. Boxers are getting ready for the first ring show of the season at the club, November 28. Teams planning to enter the basket ball loops should get in touch with : | Physical Director Henry Wiegal, at the club, National 3899, at once and re- serve a practice night. Leagues will be formed in the 85, 100, 115, 130 and 145 round classes and among the un- limiteds. A meeting of members wishing to try for the 145-pound and unlimited quints, which will carry the organiza: tion’s colors, will be held tomorrow night. The candidates will start prac- tice without delay. Teams which so far have reserved practice nights are University Shop, Astecs, De Luxe, Spengler Post, Noel quints; Boys' Club Standards, Walter i | Pearson 100 and 115 pound |J 97337 96326 97—288 85252 Burroughs Thomas ith Garner Gianaris Hormiller GEORGETOWN RECREATION. BOYS, " % 85315 0230 0 90—235 sssSesass psal Adair ... Carleton Push . 1 11229 Hioore %o 13 Pugh . Murphy 4 83 =~ | Blakeslee Gezinson Brown .. ‘Whirlwinds, Palace, Christ Child Soci- .c ki ety 85, 100 and 115 pound fives: Mer- cury, Boys' Club Whirlwinds and Boys' Club Wonders. Ten bouts from the 85-pound class ‘, the 145 are planned for the boxing show. Among the ringsters who are training nightly are Bill Vermillion, Vincent Ciccarelli, Raymond O'Neil and Ni last season: Anthony Ceferati, Jack Shaefer, Gregory Segreti and Gerald Clarke. The boxers plan to book com- | binations representing various other clubs in this section WOLSTENHOLME WINNER Frye and Campbell Lose in Match to put the ball into a little hole about half as large as the diameter of a golf | ball. Eeo C. Lloyd, well known golfer | of Arlington County, has established | hitnself as a champion in the small| syndicate game. But the other evel ;:S | D. €. Gruver broke up a perfectly g by coming in at the last minute | on & tied pot to come within a half | inch of scoring a 1 and winning all | the tied-up pots. A bonus is paid for | an sce, and aces are rare occurrences on this little putting strip. Dave | "Thompson himself is quite an expert | at this game, as he is on the outdoor | putting greens, and V. C. Dickey, the | man who discovered recently that a| golf ball can be hooked, is not so bad. But golf is not the only game those athington members play. A group of | them has gotten together and organized bowling league, known as "s ‘Thursday Nighters.” They meet each Thursday night at the Lucky Btrike alleys and go through the mo- jons of knocking down pins_with a | pr. jdudkpin ball. Dr. Thomas D. Webb [sports the biggest average of the “Thursday Nighters™ but he is closely by Gruver, W. R. Little and Dr. | . J. Rice. Other members are Rodier | and Dr. B. S. Taylor. 'O big toumaments which were held Jast year are not to be held ‘Washin, who Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase is the local the match play champion of ofessional golfers. Ni With Baltimore Rollers. BALTIMORE, Md., November 15.— Washington and Baltimore divided hon- ors tonight in two bowling matches on the Temple alleys. Enjoying a 43-pin margin, attained in Washington last Saturday night, Jack Wolstenholme from the Capital, tri- umphed over Wesley Askew, when the latter was able to knock only 6 pins off the lead. Before starting in tonight, George |80 Lang and Ed Blakeney, Bowling Cen- ters stars, were 14 pins ahead of the | Capital pair. Bernie Frye and Howard ( ampbell. The former team. by gaining i: n;k‘)re pins, brought their final margin Score: Lan Blakeney . 1581088 98 00 98 141 134 130 Totals . ye £ Campbell .. Totals ... Wolstenholme .... 94 103 102 121 17— " a1 Askew ............ 123 101 102 104 113~ u} 1,104 WASHINGTON DOG WINS Peggy Captures Fox Hunt Hon- ors—W. Johnson's Hound Shines. SUFFOLK, Va., November 15.~Peg- owned ‘William Carl 8y, either of these | D. % | Methodists drubbed ~Calvary 41 | In Sunday School 97 128350 109 114—316 109 122347 45 ay Palmer, who represented the club | Baer Frankli Silverman Julian Alvin GREEKS BEAT ITALIANS Pacini’s Set of 657 Is Big Factor in Deciding Match. ‘With Ollie Pacini paving the way with a brilliant 657 set for five games, the All-star Italian team last night won the first block of its match with the Ahepa | Greek quint at the Coliseum at 79 pins, The team scores were 2,837 to 2,758, in favor of the Italians. ‘The summ#ry: ALL-ITALIANS. 1117118 107 103 130— 561 100 103 112 105 76— 496 150 126 112 148 1 L 908 553 534 577 365 2.837 129 116 109 88 13 4 138 ricel . Pacini Chipouras . Metropis Placos Pantos a5 QUINTS IN CGSE TILTS Calvary M. E. squeezed out a 22-21 victory over Wallace Memorial, Mount Vernon Methodists triumphed over Cal- vary Drakes, 26 to 23, and Petworth Baptist Young People’s Union quin® 32 'np 21, Basket Ball League ‘.:InAkl last night at the Central Y. M. Line-ups: wal. Memori lancock. B & Calv. M. B Maxwell, 1. ady, 1. g | sonoomuad een. Morris, Totals ©Oal. Bapt. Parrott, Wongart idwin, rds, ns, 82230 | their best fishing in the canal. 86336 | undoubtedly is true, but the water is 7| vania December 1 and 2. 2 IN GUN CLUB MATCH ROD AND STREAM - | |TI/LE GAMES BIDS CEORDING to an Associated Press dispatch from Norfolk, Virginia has closed the last ave- nue for the sale of bass in that State. Virginia fresh water bass are no longer sold on the open markets. The General Assembly of Virginia some years ago passed & law prohibiting the sale of fresh water bass, but left the Back Bay region open. An arrange- ment between Back Bay fishermen and the State Commission of Game and In- land Fisheries took from the markets the last Virginia bass that were allowed to be sold. Under the arrangement all bulc-ulhclnthcb.yuzwhemd in replenishing Virginia streams. The commission has coritracted to buy the entire Back Bay catch formerly sold on open market. All that have been re- ceived so far have been placed in public streams. HE annual seining of the holes in T the Chesapeake & Ohio Oanal, from the District of Columbia line 10 the mouth of the Monocacy River, distance of twenty-odd miles, will be started this week, Carroll Waters, chief deputy game wc-'?en for Montgomery ty, announced. oo;ll:nys for the work were discussed at a conference last week by officials of the United States Bureau of Fisherles, Waters and others. It was arranged for the work to be done under the direction of a representative of the Bureau of Fisherles. It will take several weeks to complete the work, it was stated. Last Fall about 6,000 black bass and crapple were rescued in this way and turned into the Potomac River, while thousands of catfish, eels and other non- game fish were dlsmbu',eflt mdn[mt:: le of Montgomery County and o ?;I("pentmx purposes. It is believed that rescued this year. ‘When '.h.eyulmng of the canal took place last year a number of anglers protested, saying that they had some of ‘This being drained from the canal, and if the fish are not rescued from the holes they will perish. A great many local anglers visit Tidewater, a well known place in the canal this side of Great Falls, and their protest last year was directed principally to this place. Officials of the bureau inform us that it is im- practicable to seine Tidewater; that the water is too deep, and that, owing to its depth, there is no reason to seine it. As a matter of fact, they are considering planting some of the rescued bass and cu&ple in this body of water. The final decision rests with Warden Waters of Montgomery County. Anyhow, the sein- ing will be done only in holes in the canal above and below Tidewater. |TT'HE Seventeenth American Game Conference will be held in New York City at the Hotel Pennsyl- Among the topics and projects of wild-life con- servation and management which will be discussed at this conference are the following: A national policy for wild-life ad- ministration and development. ‘American system cf shonting. Progress of the Federal Government's game development projects. Forests and game. Educational phases of conservation. Efforts interest universities, col- leges and otMer educational institutions in wild-life research. Co-operation between State and Fed- eral governments in game matters, Farmer- an relationships. ‘This conference was organi by the American Game Protective Association, and although held under its auspices, it is open to every one. ‘The demand for hunting and fishing is outstripping supply. If this recrea- tion is to continue, game and fish pro- duction must be increased. ~Where? How? By whom? For whom? These are the questions with which a game policy must deal. The public, not the sportsman, owns game. The public is, and the sportsman ought to be, just as much interested in conserving non- game species, forests, fish and other wild life as in conserving game. o ITH better equipment, wearing apparel, automobiles and boats, the fleld sports of hunting and fishing, boasting 25,000,000 devotees, more than any other sports in the world, have been making progress with- out failing to provide a thing—except the fish to catch and the game to hunt.” Thus William C. Adams, director of the Massachusetts Department of Con- servation, sized up the seriously on sided c¢ondition of fleld sports toda: He made the statement in stressing the importance of the establishment of a national game conservation and restor- ation policy, the object of the American Game Conference in New York next month. “Only within the last few years” Adams said, “have we realized that pro- viding an adequate supply of fish and game is the most important part of the business administration of sports. Sportsmen, manufacturers, owners of fully as many of the bass family will be | I BY PERRY MILLER land and water, Organ! that State will go in force before the State Legislature to obtain an increase of 50 cents in hunting and fishing license fees. Enthusiasm for a higher cost of license has become practically unanimous in New Jersey, the game officials say, due to the highly favor- able results obtained through a similar move of sportsmen a few years ago, when they added 50 cents to the license fees. The new license returns to the commission will not only provide for more game and fish, but for the pur- chase of long-term leases by the State of cheap lands for public hunting grounds. 'HE Washington, D. C., Chapter of the I. W. L. A, will go before the Maryland Legislature next year and ask that a license fee be put into effect in fresh water on the Maryland side of the Lower Potomac in the creeks and coves to protect the big-mouth bass, Vl;g:nl already has such & law. anglers are willing to pay to pro- tect their sport. They are strong in their protests against the hauling of seines for the bass in the Lower Potomac. On the Maryland side this is permis- sible under the present law in the tributaries of the Potomac; that is, in the many creeks, no matter how small, that empty into the Potomac. One man operating a net within a distance of 12 or 14 miles of Wash- openly boasts of the number of bass he catches and sends to the Baltimore markets, and recently told & party of local fishermen not to return as he was going to operate his nets. No wonder the anglers are protest 5 And Maryland and anglers together with those of the District of Columbia are putting up the battle of their lives to sf purse netting in Chesapeake Bay. is beautiful body of water, which in past years was one of the best, if not the best, fishing grounds in the country, is fast being depleted of its game fish by the purse netters. It is understood from reliable sources that even the netters, them- selves, have made very little money this year from their operations and have commenced to see the handwrit- ing on the wall. The Maryland law, fortunately, pro- hibited them working in_ tributaries of the bay.- This act of the Maryland Leg- islature was the only ht spot in the salt-water anglers’ lives during the past season, because it was in these restrict- ed zones that they caught the big ma- jority of their fish. This was especially noticeable in the Potomac River, where all-Summer and right up to the present time large quantities fish were and are being caught. OD AND STREAM Teceived a letter last week from a resident of Mary- land, William , in which he said: “I am hoping very much that the game fish in the lower Potomac and the bay be saved so that anglers with rod and line can enjoy fair fishing. It would seem that any one could read the finish if the purse netters keep up their big catches. K after them and stop such methods.” R those anglers who have decided to give their fishing tackle a rest until next Spring the following may prove helpful: Hang your rod all n::mbledl gl: ul’ hook by the top guide; a weig] the butt and all kinks and bends will be straightened and ready for the next season’s fishing. All wooden and cane rods should be given a coat of varnish. The varnish is the rod’s armor plate. Be sure your reel is well oiled before placing away for the Winter. A thin coat of oll on the outside of the reel will prevent rust. Never use a reel, old or new, fitt-lrlmt first oiling and greasing it thoroughly. Never twist your rod in putting it together or taking it apart and in doing either keep all pull and pressure off the ides. .“M your line, breaking it back as far as weakness shows—many a “biggest” fish has been lost through the want of doing it. It is also a good thing to re- verse the line on the reel at the end of season and ready for your next fishingrip. NE of the best ways to have better fishing in 1931 and future years is to jojn the Washington, D. C., Chapter of the I. W. L. A. The next meeting of this chapter will be held at the Raleigh Hotel, Wednesday, at 8 pm, in the oak room. All members are urgently requested to attend, as im- portant business is to be discussed and voted on. Every member of the chapter is urged by its president to bring in at least one new member before the close of the year. 4 |HOFMANN IS VICTOR Wins All-Around Championship Over Marcey at Benning. Turkey Shoot Listed. Casper Hofmann, 3d, yesterday won | the Washington Gun Club annual all- | around trapshooting championship in interesting compctition over the Ben- ning traps. Hofmann, former Ameri- can junior champion, is now a student at the University of Virginia and an associate member of the Washington club. He won out in a shoot-off over | Comdr. F. P. Willlams and Julius | Marcey in & program comprising 20 | targets each from distances of 16, 18, | 20 and 22 yards and 10 pairs of doubles, | a total of 100. Willlams was first to drop out in the shoot-off. Hofmann | finally nosed out Marcey by two targets, H. H. Shelton scored wins in two events in the first competition on the Singer Trophy, with E. L. Culver and Comdr. Williams chalking up a victory apiece In the second stage. A mixed program will mark the an- nual pre-Thanksgiving turkey shoof next Saturday-at the Benning traps, Yesterday's scores follow: 100-target all-around championship: Hofmann, 94; Marcey, 94; Williams, 94; Pawsett, 87; Lane, ‘Wilson, 87 Cook, 80; Strowger, 76; Shelton, Parsons, 74; Culver, 74; Rush, 72; ar::;l 70; Wynkoop, 66x80; Morgan, Singer Trophy scores: Shelton, 23-20; Wynkoop, 22-17; Fawsett, 22-21: Par- sons, 18-20; Strowger. 15-17; Williams, 22-22; Stine, 18-16; Culver, 18-32; Wil- son, 20-19; Morgan, 20-17. PIN LEADERS CLEAN UP One-sided matches, in which the four leading quints scored sweeps, were in order the last week in the Washington Ladies’ League. Columbians took the string from University Pr:lk' and Hilltoppers won three from yannas dike hitting for & 316 set. Beeques were victorious over Agoes Catherine Quigley winning b weskl e ley wi Harry Carroll . 4 with a 119 med the Cardinal | cated until with. Sarah Up- to VIRGINIA WILL BID TO “SAVE” SEASON | Victory Over North Carolina Would Atone for What Has Gone Before. NIVERSITY, Va., November 15. —Virginia and North Carolina will both take time to catch their breath this week before settling down to prepare for their thirty-fourth annual gridiron meeting. ‘This year the Thanksgiving day game is scheduled for Lambeth Field. ‘The Carolinians have won the last three games and are doped to take the one this season. If Virginia is to have it otherwise they’ll have to keep busy through all the nine practice periods | that remain before the holiday. Virginia had hoped to have her new stadium ready for this contest. The Cavaliers dedicated the Keenan Stadium down in Chapel Hill in 1927 when they were defeated by the Tar Heels for the first time since 1922 ‘They wanted to return the compliment. But the stadium can't be completed until next Spring and it won't be dedi- n the Fall of 1931. That lets North Carolina out as far as the dedication is concerned. But it does not mean that the game here won't be just as interesting as if it took place on the new fleld. Virginia will be out to redeem a r than average season by downing he North Carolinians. Most of the side line exg:m will say it can't be done. But the Cavaller players them- selves think differently. They'll be fighting their heads off te prove that they are right. North Carolina, on the other hand, hasn't had all the success that was this and then go e they'll have “‘mfll 322 and| % T0BE CONSIDERED Convention Proper Starts Tomorrew With Many Delegates Present. i ITH more than 200 dele- gates from all parts of the United States, in- cluding far - off Hawali, here, the forty-second annual Convention of the Amateur Ath- letic Union of the United States soon will be in full swl"ng" The convention proper open to- morrow morning at the Hamilton Hotel and continue through Tuesday, but meetings of the various sport governing committees will convene this afte and evening to consider the applications e i i ?aig i T g7 2 g5 ¢ iy the union as well ligibilit for the privilege of conducting national | individuals to urv:. o‘z‘l‘“'.h.a bolr‘dy E 3 o : ! ; ! BEg il "gga Olympic games at Los in which all of the ners will be invited to compete. The Florida delegation applied this year's convention, but stepped in favor of Washington. 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