Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1931, Page 11

SPORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHI D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1931 SPORTS Weidman’s 645 High in Star’s Tourney : Great Decisive Shots Mark D. C. Golf. KING PINNER IS FAR INVAN OF BI FELD Bess Ackman Ties Leader in Defense of Title—Event Will End Tomorrow. BY R. D. THOMAS. N admirer offered to pay his éntry fee of $50 in the Na- tional Sweepstakes last week but Clem Weidman, whashington'’s No. 2 ranking . bowler, passed it up because, as he said, “I'm not hittin’ 'em these days.” Nevertheless the King Pin star stood first today among more than | a thousand who have taken their turns in The Evening Star’s Yule- tide tournament at the Coliseum. He shot a set of 645 last night that put him far in the van, his closest rival being W. L. Martin with 615. ring honors with Weidman last | night was Bess Ackman, defending | champion in the women'’s division, who | shot 336 to tie Billie Butler for first place. 1t is likely this mark will stand. | Weidman's is not safe, though the tournament has only two nights to run. | A group of bright uding Jack | Whalen, n: weepstakes _cham- | pion, will b e event to a cloge. LL bowlers who postponed their sets | and late entrants not on the reg- ular schedule are requested to be on hand for the 8 o'clock squad to- morrow night or for a special after- noon squad at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. To land a prize in the men's division | one must shoot better than 583, which | is now twentieth, and the girls have 309 | to beat. Following are the leaders: Clem Weidman. Al Fischer. H. Bromley Jack Talbert T. D. Davidson. CLEM WEIDMAN Of the King Pin team, who shot to the front in The Star's tournament with a five-game set of 645. Youmans to Miss Cleaver in Ring BY WILBUR WOOD. 'O sooner had George Youmans, Lakewood . butcher boy, an- nounced that he was the one who knocked down Mickey Walker and gave him a black eye in an altercation in a Red Bank, N. J., lunch room than an enterprising Jersey promoter telegraphed him an offer for a fight. It remains to be seen whether ‘Youmans will lay down his cleaver to put on the boxing gloves. Possibly he feels he is pretty good, having knocked over Walker, the middle- weight champion. But many young men eminently successful in these rough-and-tumble scraps have fared very badly in the ring. One of the few who achieved fistic success indi- rectly as the result of such an in- formal rumpus was Paul Berlenbach. Berlenbach never knew he could fight until he knocked out a fighter in a pool room squabble over a cue which both wanted to use. It was that victory which gave Paul the idea of using his punch to make a lot of money. MBERS of the Washington Ladies' League just won't give up the “ship” and as long as the Coliseum alleys are stand- |ing, theyl stick with ‘em. | was fully realized by the girls Lhnl; 325 | 324 322 | 321 | Doris _Goodall. 313 | Elsie Fischer Locey Owen. 310 Helena Kohier.. Jennie Egan........ 309 | If Billie Butler and Bess Ackman re- | main tied for the title they will arrange I‘ between themselves to divide first andk second money and roll off for the medal or stake the lot on a special match. ITH & bit more skill Mrs. Ackman would have gone into first plflce‘ with considerable to spare. She cut a deuce on a mark in the last game and in the final frame barely missed a | spare. With scores of 130 and 117, she | had 247 going into the third and the | ,fllery accounted her in with the title for the second year running. Like many another in the same position, however, she copldn't “get over the hill” and struggled for an 89. Seven was Mrs. Ackman's lucky num- | ber. She made a spare in the seventh ‘box of each game. ‘Weidman shot a set that was typical of him when in top trim. He hit up a | fast pace at the start and held it all the way, missing few opportunities. His best game was the fourth, in which he | collected 151 sticks. His other counts were 134, 120, 114 and 126, L. MARTIN of the Washington « Canoe Club came through with a su performance, his 615 put- ting him in second place. Like Weld- man, Martin wa$ hottest in the fourth string, in which he scored a 141. Jack Talbert got a mighty start with 147 and 141, which he backed up with 118, 99 and ‘100 for a set of 605. T. D. Davidson placed high with 598, his best string being 142. Eva Gude, who bowls after the man- ner of Lorraine Gulli, rolled 102, 97 and 125 for & 324 total that put her sixth. Doris Goodall, invariably good for a prize, was a dud for two games, but & wow at the windup. Her 148 in the final was the best game rolled by a woman in the tournament. It boosted her total to 321 and put her in the payoff. In the big game Mrs. Goodall made three strikes and four spares. Once she spared on a strike ancd in another instance reversed thas order. is becoming traditional that star bowlers fall down in the yuletide tournament. So far Weidman is the only member of the Washington City Duckpin Association’s “Big Ten” to place among the leading 20. Among the experts who failed to make the le last night were Howard Camp- 1l, 578; Glenn Wolstenhoime, 561; Bernle FPrye, 551 and Jack Wolsten- bolme, 542. Both of the Wolstenholmes were prize winners last year. ‘The sports writers will have it out tomorrow afternoon starting at 2 o'cloc ‘The newspaper champion, Phil Heffelfinger, rolled last night and was off form, his score being 481, EQUIPOISE FAVORITE Held Best 1931 Derby Prospect in ‘Winter Book. NEW YORK, January 6 (#.—C. V. Whitney'’s Equipoise, leading money- winning 2-year-old of 1930, has been established as the Winter book favorite for the Kentucky Derby at odds of 6 to 1 The Derby will be run at Churchill Downs May 186. Back_of Equipoise is ranked Mrs. Payne Whitney's Twenty Grand, at 8 to 1; D. Widener's Jamestown, 16 to 1, and the Tennessee Stable's gou:zll'pool and A. C. Bostwick’s Mate, ek hes GAME AT MOUNT RAINIER. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., January 6.— Mount Rainier and Hyattsville Southern Methodist busket ball teams will meet tonight in the junior high school gym- nastum here at 8 o'clock. vl 0TI CUE’ STARS AT RICHMOND. [CHMOND, Va., Jan t ).— "III&" and Welkerm -~ balkline billiard ex- ~cushion Emw@:wmmm ‘demonstrate their spe-, When the current season began, it they might have to vacate at the first ot the year. Did they look around for new accomodations, to replace the drives on which the league was born? Not a bit of it. Not even when 1931 made its entrance, the girls declined to look around for new alleys. Tonight finds the girls back at the | Coliseum, for despite The Evening Star Tournament, one side of the alleys will be left open for tre league. The girls may be without & bowling rendezvous ere long, but they're de- termined to stick by Harry L. Carroll's Coliseum until it goes. T'S rather unusual for a champion- ship team of 1930 and leader of the District and National Capital Leagues in 1931 to'be made an under , but that's the way the King Pin quint is now rated. ‘The strengthening of Northeast Tem- ple and Rendezvous is responsible. Jack Whalen's addition to Rendez- vous has boosted stock in that club, and Maxie Rosenberg’s return to form has done the same for Temple. It seems Temple has a penchant for starting off “red hot.” At the begin- ning of the season, Rosenberg's crew shot a team set of 1,891 for a new District League record. Last night, aft- er the holiday layoff, they started off with an 1866 set, and Rosenberg, one of the District’s outstanding g\nmen. led the way with & set of 404, his first “400” set of the campaign. Had the Temples made any marks after the eighth frame of their first game, they might have smashed Hecht's all-time record for high team game of 683. As it was, they failed to mark and finished with 672, which was high enough for the King Pinners and Rendezvous. TONIGHT. 6:30 P.M. Altey 1. Alley 9. R B. Howlson. W, H Eddie Adams. Alley 2. H. Sonnebers. R. Reeley. Alley 8. Frank Disney, Mr. Mutzbaugh. Alley 10. Clyde 3P Gus Zahstoudis. Baul Rosenblatt. Alley_14. R H. Bodell. Eimer ‘McKay. L. Lekas. “Henry Corvelll. Alley 7. Nick Chaconss. Pete Metrakos. Alley 8. Lous Pantos. John Kistler. Alley 14. Sadie Crawling. Elizabeth Richard. Myrtle Lewis. Alley 15, May Sparks. Charlotte Wi 19. Alley Alley 20, ‘Webster Richards. ¥ Percy Lawhorne. Alley 17, Hokie Smith. Wiliiam Wiléon. Alley 14, c. . W. H, Wernta. Joe Bcagnelll. ¥ E st Alley_1 Hush Pe ar, 9 Carl Weha Roger Doyle. DT b N 2_‘:‘{"(-:353-.;1 Pritz Albert k Ulrich. . A. McNey. citester *Burke, Bob' Shaifonte. afi ince H Chips From the Mapleways 3 6rm Georze Beyer. Acton. O Connell. otk Teifiay. bert Harlow. ley 19, John McKnee. Albert McDonald. L. Alsor Robert Ra: Alley 21, James P. Eilett Bidney Lawhorne. n a. Piit. Blook Grubb. Alley 19, Roscoe_Reichard. vals. opkins. 1. 5 Hon Mulvey. TOMORROW NIGHT. 6:30 P.M. rrison. 2 G, POLO NOW HELPED BY VARSITY TEAMS Game Grows Remarkably in U. S. as West Produces Fine Players. (NOTE—This is_another of series of stories written especially for the Associate Press by sports leaders and executives o nationally prominent organizations, Te- viewing 1930 features as well as sizing up 1931 prospects.) BY F. S. O'REILLY, (Secretary United States Polo Association.) EW YORK, January 6.—Polo uncovered several interesting | features for its history during the year 1930. Of course, no one needs to be reminded at this date that we successfully defended the inter- national cup against England, but that it was our fourth success since 1914 and the tenth of the series which began in 1886, of which we have won seven and England three, may bear added testimony to the strength of our game. However, these are only statistics. The points of real interest are that our international team strength is begin- ning to be spread about the whole country. This year, for the first time, it had for its number one, Eric Pedley, |an_excellent player whose home is in | California. East-West Clash Near. It had two most promising candidates, Rube Williams and Cecil Smith, whose | homes are in Texas, and their play was 80 outstanding as to cause talk of an East-West championship which is cer- tainly coming in the not too distant future. The interest in polo during a year of depressed business was surprisingly great, so much so that several thou- sand standing room tickets were requir- ed to be printed on the day of the open- ing international match and they were completely sold out. The New Year will be featured by our open, junior, intercircuit and inter- collegiate tournaments. In the first named, we already have two excellent foreign teams entered, both from Ar-| gentina. One will represent Santa Paula, with the Reynal brothers, Har- ARKWAY FILLING STATION'S two-game victory over King's Pal- | ace last night in the National Cap- | ital League gives the Rinaldi Tailors a chance to step into the limelight tonight when they engage King Pin| | in the Nat-Cap loop. Should they take two or three, it| lwould be a blow to Howard Campbell's crew, rington and Andrada, as members; the other Hurlingham, with Lewis Lacey, the Miles brothers and Kearney in the line-up. Great Travelers. ‘The movement of polo teams over great distances is truly remarkable when one considers the fact that it is probably the most difficult of all to transport. We have just had one team return from Buenos Alres and another from Mexico City. International sport seems to grow stronger each year. There is some pos- sibility of a college polo team going to England to play in 1931 There is a wealth of good ro]o play- ers coming along from our colleges now that so many of them have taken up the game. In fact, they are in turn supported by some preparatory school polo. The skies seem very bright for the game looking into the near future years. BARTUSH AND MAX0S IN MAIN MAT TUSSLE| Match Headliner of Four-Bout Card on Tap Thursday at Auditorium, Promoter Joe Turner’s offering to wrestling fandom this Thursday at the Auditorjum will be four bouts to a finish. ‘The headliner brings together Billy Bartush and John Maxos. Bartush is| the young Chicago grappler who man- handled champion Jim Londos last week only to fall victim to a bit of Londos’ strategy and all Londos’ weight when the champ landed on Bartush's anatomy to win. Maxos is a tough hombre, as evinced by his draw with Tiny Roebuck in his last appearance here. His last match resulted in a draw with Dick Shikat in Baltimore. Chief White Feather and Nick Nes- ter clash in the semi-windup. These two were matched last week, a draw resulting after 15 minutes. ‘Two other bouts that promise hot battling bring together Pat O'Shocker and QGeorge Hill and Paul Jones and Pete Leditzie. The first match will start promptly at 8:30 o'clock. Tickets are on sale at the Auditorium and at Goldie Ahearn’s, 500 Ninth street. BLADES IN HOSPITAL Card Outflelder-Coach Will Have Ankle Operated On. ST. LOUIS, January 6 (#).—Ray Blades, outfielder and coach of the Cardinals, will enter St. John's Hospital | here today to undergo an operation for an injury to his ankle. He suffered a displaced bone last Summer when struck by a ball. Blades hopes the operation will put the ankle in sound condition before the training season rolls around. HEAVYWEIGHTS MATCHED Retazlaff and Neron to Fight in Chicago Preliminary. Jack Whalen was all by himself in the Atlanta City League when it comes | to high average. Jack's average of 137, | the highest in the country, topped the next highest bowler's paces by some | 17 points. | Only about 10 pinmen in Atlanta ' | average 110. It's a new game there. MEN. em Weldman .... 134 120 114 . Anderson 108 113 93 1 |3 . Norris. 1 126—645 | 94511 | errick ... .. William Baldwin .. (%W P |E | W. Wartz ASSEWZ> > e P RO % OraKIn b 2 Sy wORT, g & Aley 18, Folfarth. =% . Constantini. y 25, Poulos. G. J. Dracopoulous. gedres dor fee Honey. P. Robertson. Alley . ‘Tom Bransford. George Skinner. Alley_24. P, r."A Palmer. witngs. O. H. P. Clark. Alle; s. H. Seyfarth. . L. Warfleld, y_25. follocfin il . P maell. imer. g"E 18, S X ore T Scores in Star Tournament CRALTRTY 5 B> OB O IS | Bernie Frye ! CHICAGO, January 6 (#).—Charlie Retzlaff, young Duluth, Minn., heavy- | weight with a long string of knockout victories, has been matched with George Neron, rugged Greek, for one of the supporting numbers on the Jimmy Slat- tery-King Levinsky card at the Chicago Stadium January 14. Bert Heil Jack “Talb W. Heider M. 115 107 109522 8 99 100—605 87 98 119—491 7 105 117543 Motley ... Balenger . i 108 1 Glenn Wolstenholme 35 Gienn Wols'nholm Howard Campbell, Esgetss =282 =2 F. Kersha Bob ' Miciotti G. Thom AR EOWaND = S5en sEgeatiisstntsttSeseetnengelt E) >0%5 g0 OROEIOTHE 0! = 33skes 90 99 8t 105 139 © 108 122 4|stamped him a great fighter. 4 |Of the fairw 5 13 | Trust REMARKABLE HITS IN LINKS CONTESTS Pitt’s Approach at Chevy Chase Tells, Bowen’s Putt Junior Factor. BY W. R. McCALLUM. T is always fun to look back over the past year of golf and recall the situations that de- manded great shots and who produced them. The - Winter league locally this year; judged by the way snow has fallen over the past fortnight, will be productive of reminiscence and little golf. 8o here goes, to recall a few of the shots that decided championships and major tournaments. One day in mid-May last year Harry G. Pitt_ of Menor Club, who seems to have a habit of winning the Chevy Chase Club invitation tournament, and in fact, is the only man who has won the Pres- | y ident’s trophy three years in succes- sion, had Miller B. Stevenson of Co- in a bad spot. Stevinson, you know, is his arch rival in friendly final jousts at Chevy Chase. Notwithstanding some bad putting on the part of both men over the first nine, Stevinson was three down after the tenth hole. He won the eleventh and logked to be in a fine way to win the twelth and be- come only one down with 6 to go. And that, friends, is a spot in which Stevin- son revels. The former District cham- glon is a fighter from the start, and a ole down with six to go means nothing to_him. So when he put his second shot on the carpet at the twelfth, while Pitt's hit to the lightn'ng fast green, ran over a bank at the right side, leaving an approach that must barely dribble over the bank, and even then stand a good chance of going in the bunker past the hole on that slippery green, it seemed that Ste- vinson would win that hole and go only one down. It appeared to be the spot— and it was—for Harry Pitt. Birdie Settled the Match, In some yet unexplained fashion, Pitt hit that ball so truly and with such judgment of speed and roll that it trickled in the hole for a birdie 3. In- stead of winning the hole Stevinson lost it, and instead of being one down, he again was three down. That shot was a miracle, and it turned the tide of that golf match definitely in Pitt's favor. The Manor star romped on to victory and the initial miracle of the year had been pulled. Tournaments came and went without any phenomenal stuff, until the District Junior title tourney over at Washington, where a big group of youngsters strug- gled and fought to overcome the perils of that tricky course for the junior champlonship of the city. And at the end Melvin B. Bennett of Congressional was in with a score of 149, and John Bowen of Argyle needed a 4 at the last hole to tie. Bowen's second shot failed to make the green, while a group of youngsters and oldsters alike held their breath as the ball rolled back down the incline. His third shot was 10 feet short of the cup with that putt between him and the tle. Just as Tommy Armour did at Oakmont in 1927, the Bowen lad stepped up to the ball and knocked it in the hole to tie Bennett. Play-Off to Bowen. Bowen won handily on the play-off when Bennett's game cracked under the strain, and his score went shooting up toward the 90 mark where previously he had been hovering around 75 or better. The next great shot came within a half inch of tying for another cham- plonship, but, under the circumstances, it was as great a shot as might have been expected of a Jones or a Hagen. It came in the final round of the gruel- ing 72-hole grind for the District ama- teur championship, and the man who made it was John C. Shorey of Ban- nockburn. Had his putt for a 3 gone 316 | down after his great wooden club shot to the eighteenth green at Burning Tree, he would have tied for the title, ‘The situation was this: Roesch went into the final round with a comfortable lead over Shorey and at the tenth hole had widened the lead to four strokes. No one thought that Shorey could pick up four shots on Roesch over the last nine holes on such an open course 2s Burning Tree, but the Bannockburn youngster, fighting with the doggedness that has made him a winner, lost an- other shot at the short fourteenth and then fought back harder. He picked up shot after shot until they stood on the eighteenth tee, sev- enty-second of tournament, with 94 | Roesch leading by two_strokes. 4 | thing can happen on that hole, but it did not happen off the tee, for both hit well. Roesch, whose drive was the shorter off the tee, hit an iron shot which skidded to the right off the cor- 2 | ner of the green and came to rest on the grassy slope of the bunker at the —447 right side of the falrway. Great Shot to Green. Then Shorey made the shot that Others might have blown that shot, for the green was more than 200 yards away 28 | and & big bunker cuts in from the left side, over which Shorey’s ball had to go, for his tee shot was at the left side . He put everything he had into the 1 and it carried to the edge of the green, stopping about 18 feet from the hole. Roesch chipped out of the bunker ON THE TOMOREOW. ARCADIA. —American Becurity & e Bistriet National Bank, jorth Capitol ‘Association, Lo Bankers' 0. 1 vs. eral Reserve Board vs. ings, Perpetual Building Uniop Trust C No. 2 vs. Hibbs & curity & ational & vs, Washington Loan & Trust VSeivie Club . League—Optimist s, *Kiwanis No. i, Round Table va., Cosmopolitan, Mon- arch vs. Kiwanis No. 3, Rotary 0] Clyvitan vs. Newcomers. fount. Vernon M. E. South No. YW entistian, ‘Calvary Baptist Kinnear Ve L;fih‘.lfi: South, Peck Chapel No. 1 vi. el No- 2. Tadies District League—John Blicks vs. Conventlon Hall, CONVENTION HALL. hts of Columbus League—La Salle vs. san Bominzo, GhAmpIAID. vs De Soto, Balboa. ‘Columbi nta, Ovando ve. Cortes vi. Marquett . Palos. ) | Ot Jrgiiuc Bl Ele Ci 3 2 Soitractors, Ceniral Armature Works oniiractots, Centr Ko Vs Bride Batters Co., National Electrical tric "Power. Co. <RIl lee: Pepco Benning, Stone & Webster house Electric'Supply Co., E. B. Russell Haves. Nautical Lea e—El Dorado vs. Washin, ton Canoe Potomac_W Washington 8¢ | Washington i | Candy va, about 8 feet short. Shorey then had that putt to tie for the championship if Roesch missed. The ball, it truly, barely slipped past the e of the cup, and Roesch did miss his 8-footer. On such trifiles as a half inch of grass do championships depend! ND don't forget as you go out to play your first round of golf in 1931 that even though you may have a ball pocket full of the old-size balls, the new la and lighter ball is the standard ball. Not that you will get shot or expelled from the club if you play the old ball, but the moral obligation is there to play the new, and certainly you would not take advani of your fellow golfers who have only the new size ball. With the Golfers Members of the Manor Club are to gather at the club house next Monday night at 8 o’clock to attend the annual meeting of the Norbeck organization. Announcement will be made of the re- cent election of members of the board of_governors, and annual reports of the officers of the club will be submitted. L. W. Laudick, one of the most promi- nent golfers of the club, has been named chairman of the Greens Committee of the Columbia Country Club, succeeding Clyde B. Asher in that post. Asher served as chairman of the Greens Com- mittee for a year prior to his election as president of the club last October. He had been vice president for two ears. Laudick has been s member of Co- lumbia for many years, and is known as one of the longest hitters of a golf | ball among the golfers who play the club course. He has been a member of most of Columbia’s golf teams and usually scores around 80 on the course. The Middle Atlantic Assoclation of Greenkeepers will meet next Monday night at the Hamilton Hotel at 6:30 o'clock. HARNESS RACING LISTED Thirteen Weeks of Sport on Card for Grand Circuit. CLEVELAND, January 6 (#).—Thir- teen weeks of big-line harness racing were scheduled for the Summer of 1931 at the annual meeting of the stewards| of the Grand Circuit here, Failure to include a Toledo meet was | the outstanding surprise. ‘The complete schedule: North Randall, June 29 to July 11. Kalamazoo, July 13-18. Toronto, Ontarlo, July 23-24-25 and 27-28-29. Hartford, Conn., August 3-8. Goshen, N. Y. August 10-15. North Randall, Cleveland (condi- tional), August 17-22. Springfleld, IIl, August 24-29. Indianapolis, September 7-. London, Ohio, September 14-19. ;xlngwn. Ky, September 21-Oc- By the Associated Press. PHILAD:! .—Benny Bass, junior lightweight champion, outpointed Lew Massey, Philadelphia (10), title; Tommy Grogan, Omahs, Firpo, Pennsgrove, Gross, Salem, N.-J., khocked out Roy “Ace” Clark, Philadelphia (6); Harry Blitman, Philadelphia, knocked out Al Gordon, Philadelphia (1). TORONTO.—Jackie Phillips, Toronto, outpointed Jack Gillespie, Detroit (8). CHICAGO.—Gary Leach, Gary, Ind, ngonped ‘Young Jack Dillon, Indl.lnl.ry polis ). POINTERS ON GOLF BY SOL METZGER. It's & happy 1931 for those golf- ers who get the idea in mind that 24 Jones or Bobby Farrell take their clubs back and you'll be convinced of this. ‘The swing back with the left in control from a stance with both feet equally carrying the weight pulls the left side around. THE RIGHT LEG|BRACES DURING BACKSWING YO/ RESIST, PULL OF Y N YARNS M . MNES weight shifts to the right leg. That leg is braced so the body cannot sway to the right. Swaying must be prevented if one is to swing in the grove. The arm swing, plus the braced right leg, takes care of it. The action of the knees, the hips, the arms on the backswing and at time of impact is well described in Sol Metzger's leaflet on the pivot. He will ;:ndAdié to ls'l;{ ereldcr Te- questing it. iress etzger, care of this paper, and inclose a stamped, addressed envelope. (Copyright, 1981.) DRIVES CITY POST OFFICE. Otty Post Office League—Local No. 140 vs. Central, Money Order vs. Topographers. CAPITOL HILL. Capitol Hill Business League—Suj East Washington Iron W tol Hill Alleys vs. Scott’s Cafeterl: r Bowl s, Capl- ROCKVILLE. Rockville League—Post office ve. Pire De- partment. HYATTSVILLE ARCADE. Leaguy, Section 1—Dixle e, Bection 3—Muddle- Siito: Georses je o League—Co-eds va. ston’'s Garage vs. Prince Georges La Gold Dissers. MOUNT RAINTER. Mount Rainter Leasue, Class A—Mount infer Lesie. Clars B_Pittsbureh League—Recreation Hfl' District League—Meyer Davis vs. rood. BOULEVARD. Ladiegt District League—Boulevard ve. Queen Pin, RENDBZVOUS. Ladies’ District League—Rendesvous vs. Luks ‘Btrike. JUMBIA. Ladies' District League—Columbia vs. Rec- reation. NORTHEAST TEMPLE. r B e gng‘n 'Bes Amis Cluib, Mosean Club v, ris ub. COLLEGE PARK. Maryland-Virsinia League—College Park va. Bilver Sprins. in West Coast sharp - eyed, shrewd - faced Gypsy caddies, who earn a precarious lying . carrying clubs traveling along goll's Wintry trail, already have made old Walt Hagen one of their favorites in the $10,000 Los Angeles open that starts at Wiltshire Country Club Friday. ‘Those caddies know a lot.of golf and it the Haig is shooting well enough to satisfy them, then hé must be back near his old-time skill, Hagen never hit his shots more cleanly and accurately than he is doing right now, and his Summer of comparative rest-seems to have re- habilitated his game. From the back tees at Wiltshire, the other day, the old duke rapped out a 67, which is two under par for the course, and in the Santa Monica best ball tour- nament he clicked off a 68; out in 33 and home in 35, with six 3s on the card. Hagen 1s putting weli again. Du ing the fag end of the Summer sei son he was getting the ball up to tl.e pin quite as well as any time in his career, but the putts were not fall- ing. Now, with every shot working, l OS ANGELES, January 6.—The he has a chance to start the 1931 BY WALTER Coach and professor met to save The youngsters of the nation; And each dived swiftly, bold and brave, In seas of conversation. The youngsters let them say their say, With but one thought of sorrow: They, doers of today, will be Reformers of tomorrow. SOMETIMES wonder whether there is such a thing as overemphasizing overemphasis, Some educators have ideas of foot ball reform which seem a bit dras- tic. Their plan for removing & wart on the finger appears to be to amputate the arm. Athletics should not be stressed to the | point of professional indigestion. Studies should not be stressed to the point of brain fever. There is & happy medium. When a boy is graduated from col- lege his education is not completed. That is just the practice session to pre- pare him mentally and physically for a tougher game, BELIEVE the boys are entitled to the highest. ed coach the ocollege can afford, if the coach is worth the money. I believe that the salaries of profes- sors should be raised to level of that of the foot ball coach, if the pro- fessors are worth the money. A man who can teach what he knows, either as professor or coach, is of more value to undergraduates than & man who knows more, but cannot impart his knowledge. I have seen a few professors who would make fine foot ball coaches. I have seen many foot ball coaches who would make good professors. 'OU cannot lay down any hard and fast rule which will' it conditions at all colleges. “Each should work out-its particular problem. Applied to his type of institution, I believe Mr. Kennedy of Princeton is right about cutting down the schedule, but not be- low seven games. The Western Con- ference once tried cutting down the schedule. It returned to the eight- game system. The scheduling of games between col- Once again, Satisfied sh . new “Recruits” FLORSHEIM “Army” of Hagen on Game for Pay Golf: 0ld Master, in Fine Form, Again Major Contender Tournaments. season by cashing heavily in the Los Angeles tournament. Hagen will not be, without keen azfin ition from many of his old ri- vals. Not one of the dozens of big stars gathered here is playing better than Leo Diegel, the eagle-maker, who ended Hagen's reign as P. G. A, champion three Summers ago. Diegel 1s the big money winner of the Win- ter season to date. Others who are . ying fine golf are Al Espinosa, 'om Armour and Gene Sarazen. When the fleld moves down to Agua Caliente next week it will find two Mexico peons—Manuel Barrera and Francisco Perez—in the tourna- ment. Francisco and Manuel are the best caddles in all Mexico and the Mexico City Country Club is sending them to Agua Caliente to get some playing experfence. They play with- out shoes and the fancy toggery" of the American professional, but they hit their shots rather well and are learning. The Mexican government again has refused American caddies permission to work in the Agua Caliente tour- nament, and Leo Diegel's staff has been busy for days organizing a troupe of Mexican boys in the knack of carTying clubs. Consequently a number of the Liofessionals are learning how to say, in Mexican: ‘Boy, my number four iron.” THE LISTENING POST TRUMBULL leges of similar standacds, ideals, size and traditions is sound sense. A bout between a heavyweight and a welter isn’'t a goot match, and it is more fun to play any game with friends. I cer- tainly believe that Dr. Kennedy is right when he says that the under- graduates should be represented at athletic councils. But they should be represented by an athlete. The opinion of an undergraduate non-athlete on athletic matters s even of less impor- tance than the opinion of a disgruntled old grad. schedule should be made up over two year ahead. ‘ ARKE DAVIS tells a story of the old days. Hollister of Harvard was coaching Northwestern. Phil King of Princeton was coaching Wisconsin. There was great rivalry. When the game began, Northwestern had the ball. Hollister went out on the field behind his team and called the signals. This was & challenge to King. When Wis- consin got the ball, he, tog, went out on the fleld to call signals. it was raining and he had on a new suit, he took a substitute to hold an umbrella over him. If foot ball has developed dangerous growths which should be removed, it may be well enough to operate. But operate gently and skillfully. Don't use an ax. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- puper Alliance.) ) BASS STILL CHAMPION PHILADELPHIA, Janu: Benny Bass, junior n,ht,'e plon, remained boss of his division day after a title tilt with Lew Mas- sey, Philadelphia Italian. Bass met the shifty Massey in a re- turn bout at the arena last night and ‘was voted the winner by a wide margain after 10 rounds. He scaled 12815, a half pound more than his opponent. The scorers gave Bass T of 10 rounds, Massey 2 and called 1 even. Massey showed best in the early rounds, but before the bout was half over Bass slowed him up with a body attack that at times caused the challenger to wab- ble and hold on. 8 P ht cham- we’re after for the great ! oe wearers SALE| FLORSHEIM few styles, $9.85 A million men think Florsh Shoes are a smartbuyatregularprices. But at reduced Sale prices they offer such great ad- ditional value that econ- omy in this case becomes a pleasure. . . . Buy nowl I believe that no athletic