Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1931, Page 27

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1931 SPORTS. New Golf Ball Draws Fire of British : Slump in Home-Run Hilting Predicted W SLUGGERS OF 1930 SPHERE HANDICAP SAY FOREIGN PROS Claim It Will Hurt Ryder Cup Play—Ban on Stars Irks Britons. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. RITISH golf followers are|Whatan B not altogether satisfied with conditions under which the 1931 Ryder Cup matches— between professional teams rep- resenting Great Britain and the United States—will be played at the Scioto Country Club, Colum- bus, Ohio, in June. ‘They object to the use of the new|A American ball in the matches, and also to the barring of Percy Allis and Aubrey Boomer from the British team while Leo Diegel is permitted to com- pete for the United States. The British are convinced there is considerable difference in the perform- ance of the old and new golf balls. In commenting upop the question one prominent British writer declared: “The Americans will start with a huge advantage, since they will have been playing the ball for several| months, while our men will have to go o it with comparative suddenness. The | 2o American ball is definitely more diffi- cult to play, and it requires a more wvaried and highly perfected technique.” ‘With regard to Allis and Boomer, it seems that neither will be eligible, since there is some new arrangement whereby professionals attached to foreign clubs may not compete in the internationals. Boomer is at St. Cloud, Prance, while Allis is stationed at Berlin. Hence if the rule is enforced neither can com-|Kopp pete for Britain, and it loses two of its finest shot makers. So the British are s to the status of Leo Diegel wh: serves at the Agua Caliente Club, jus co. Veteran British Team. ‘The British will send out a veteran team, with Charles Whitcombe as cap- tain, but apparently have little hope of repeating the victory scored at Moor- town, . England, in the 1929 matches. ‘With' Boomer. and Allis missing, the 1831 team will not be so strong u'.g:e- vious British combinations, and are no young stars, with the exception of Henry Cotton, to replace the missing veterans. In addition to Charles Whitcombe, the British are almost certain to sclect George Duncan, Abe Mitchell, Ernest ‘Whitcombe, le Compston, Fred nanm and Henry Cotton, if they are make the journey, and pick ers from a group that includes , W. R. Davies, J. Donaldson, w!! Bert Hodson and Bert es Whitcombe is recognized the lud.lng British professional, nna holds both the professional champion-| ru ship of Great tain and the Irish title. He is a powerful hitter, is also keen around the but it was lrreed he deserved the Mitchell and Duncan are veterans of George Duncan was Boncr. many years, cam ing and rather over the peak of their best form, but Ameri Iacks some of the finish found in his brother’s game, but nevertheless u-m mmdmm& tremendously during Mmyun. Cotton Fast Improving. Henry Cotton undoubtedly will be|®' the finest professional player in all Britain before long. He still is quite young, and it is reported he has made over his game to comply with the American pattern. Cotton visited the United States several yeass ago, but oved greatly during the in- terim. Hodson and Jolly are rather ‘well known, although they never have ll::lpd with the top-notchers of - their Against this British team the United States will be able to present the strongest front it ever has offered in the internationals. Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Horton Smith, Gene Sarazen, Johnny Farrell and Al Espinosa are ompete the in a special tryout staged the matches. Des In virw of the fact that Hagen has ‘won nothing in more than a year and that Farrell also has been in a slump, it might have been better for the United States P. G. A. to have selected the entire team through a competitive tryout. But it is hard to break away from the old order, and the veterans it will be given the preference so long as there is a chan(‘e of them dehunng WAR GIRLS PICK UP Runners-up Gain Game on Leaders in Ladies’ Federal Loop. Economics took one game from Navy in the Ladies’ Federal League, while War swept its match with Census to get a firmer hold on second place and gain a game on the league leaders. ‘Treasury postponed its match with Commerce Comets, Interstate swept three from Commerce Juniors, G. A. O. took one from Labor, Veterans' Bureau | ; won a pair from Commerce, and Agri- culture took three from Census Stars. Alice McQuinn and Jennie Malcolm shot high sets in the Aggle-Stars’ battle | 5 ‘with 303 each. Team Standing. Cummerce Genis Com r Teutisce o Cv-n( us Sun Economics . SPRING GRID DRILL OUT Carnegie Tech to Drop Practice From Program This Year. PITTSBURGH, January 26 (#).—Car- negie Tech will drop S\)rmu foot ball practice from its athletic program, effective this year, Graduate Manager Clarence Overend has said. Abandonment of the practice, a re- form recommended during the Nation- wide controversy recently by those contending the gridiron sport was over- ‘emphasized, wfll&r P. Steffen, Chicago, Tech's foot ball couh. RDCKIE HEB.E THUESDAY Knute Rockne, the famed fom. blll eouh from Notre Dame, will ‘Thursday, at the Hokl myflom He is coming here to make |, ul an address before a dealers’ meeting of the Studebaker Corporation of Ameri- ca, which will be held at 6:30 o'clock. THURSDAY GAME SOUGHT. game for next Thursday is wanted umn vy‘sm Clothiers, who have the use Districy 3050 e over the California border in| ste ) has the approval of Judge | Lohn Lebowitz and Dixie Pig Five \HE Lebowitz and. Dixie teams, tied for first place, are so far out front that the pennnnt race in Section A of the Moun? Rainier Bolwing League has become a two-team affair. Miller of Lebowitz, ond McCall of Dixie Pig are setting the individual pace with 112 and tractions each. The figures: Team Sta Lebowitz Dixie Pig Recreation Riverdsle w = grenRers Mt. Rainier . Season Record: Hish same_-H. J. Crawley, 150 High set—H. J. Crawley, 407. High feam game—_Whatama, 636. High team set—Lebowitz, High strikes- Galeher. 30. High Spares—H. Aldridge, 128, Averages. LEBOWITZ. Miller McCall .. Snowden E. Wolte H; Wolfe. Waldrop RECREATION. H J. Crawley, 48 407 150 J. Nebel P10 368 Mutzabaugh Gaither Hueres' Sons 6 10 113 8 97 54 ‘atsos 1 Aldndu Weddin Surry . Smith 62 [ 82 2 COLUMBIA. 8 mm 148 360 143 t o 2 E. Negus Galleher 5! 238! Miller Moxley R B BURROUGHS A. C. e s 2 33 salEuSs § Ko 2 | 38823 NORTHWESTERN AT TOP Sure of Big Ten Basket Ball Lead at Least Two Weeks. CHICAGO, January 26 (#).—North- western held a lease of at least two weeks on first place in the Big Ten basket ball championship campaign to- day as the race slowed down to a walk, because of semester examinations. four victories in as many engagements, do nut set into action again until Feb- when they meet Chicagd. Men.nwh:’.lhe 1trhey x‘mtén‘llzr;un no risk of spoiling their perfect rec Only five games will be played in the ] e alon numzmmm His Zvnd! firing g next two weeks, two this week and '.hree next. ARL McPHILOMY, who a few years duckpin ‘Was! now, but he has an enviable verage in the Typothetae League. McPhilomy’s 116-pace by far tops the 22-team league, Hodges’ 110 rmhng second. Earl also holds the high individual set record for the season with 407. Team Standing. Judd & Det . su Brint Bhop. t. Cp. Press.d Ao T 4 25828288385 Morrison POTOMAG ELECTROTYPE CO. Dewhirst 134 142 363 Mutzbaugh 92 128 S 33 386 91 138 9 125 358 315 82 140 119 3 21 » 2 20 BIG PRINT Yischou You; suumn bty AMERICAN ELECTROTYPE CO. Dorsey . 134 18 1 Heimer 4 129 50 Wheeler fio 13 338 Biddle 93 115 316 WASHINGTON TYPOGRAPHERS. seeenos 321601 120 101 123 e D34 e CHAS H. POTTER B 1 Homan Jenkins Noack Smith High Edelen Fioam Smith 153 1 15 110 NATIONAL PUBLISHING t:n“° eckewes . L % % 136 356 voha 5 Bl 3 L. | The wildcats, undisputed leaders with | Bell ago ranked as one of the foremost | Bt shooters of 0. may not be taking the little maples Hog Mount Rainier Pin Race In Section A of the Mount Rainler League the Woodridge team has a com- fortable lead, trailed by the Scoofers. H. Goebel is high individual with a 110 average and has the best game and set and high strikes. The figures: Team Standing. Woodridge ari Lakeman's Service Reichelts ... Sullivan & Helan " Burroughs A. C., Mount, Kaimier 1 ark Hors Bowte ‘Fire Department Aaron's Store Mayor and Couneil’ High game—H. Goel i - Wy High strikes—H. Goebel. © High tea e—Scoofers, ' 574 Hign team sei-—Lakeman's Service Station, "High spares—H. Goebel, 130. Individual Averages. Stanton H Lews 308 123 330 122 SCOOFERS. 324 328 Keefer LAKEMAN'S: SERVICE Burroughs 28 143 Grady ... F. McMahos 137 Grove ... 120 48 322 119 327 135 Booth McMahon. " REICHELTS. Backmeyer Brown . Reichelt Hagan Fabritz Taylor Mahoney . BURROUGHS A. C,, No. Beamer 1 279 98 26 316 133 AARON'S STORE. 5§ wavw 3 avabos! rer Keller McPhilomy’s 116 Average Nets Him Long Lead in Typo Loop 35 229eEl Heinzmann . e Beafm 10 NATIONAL Wood Singerhoff . g 'li IW GEO. A. SIMONDS CO. McClosky . Moreland \FULLER TEAM CUTS STANDARD PIN LEAD Tompkins Bowlers Also Gain in Building Contractors’ Race. Lee, Newcomer, Shines. Fuller Stone Plant No. 1 bowlers gradually are narrowing the gap between themselves and the Standard Art Marble crew in the Building Contrac- tors’ League. The Fullers won two from James Baird, while Art Marble was 23 |beaten in the odd game by Hudson- Dougherty. George Lee, a_newcomer to Hudson- Dougherty, was high with 337. Charles Tompkins, in third place, picked up a bit by whitwashing Ru- 3 | dolph & West: Lake Stone grabbed a pair_from Columbia Sand & Gravel; W. Les.’ cellar champs, surprised with & twki victory over 3. B Bvans: Fuller - Stone Plan: No. 2 won &' pals from P. T. McDermott, and Southern Asbestos, despite a dummy score, tri- umphed over D. C. Butcher in two other matches of the week. Team Standing. W. L b. 20 13 SBou. Asbestos 15 Columbia Band 19 2: James Baird. 7 Rudolph West. 18 Hudson-Dough. T, McDerm' 12 30 W. Le 12 30 TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F SALE! Y4 to V3 Off Eatire Steck of Suitings and lrn.u Custom Tailo! Mertz & Mertz Co. R 405 11th St. N.W. Pointers on Golf ‘The cut shot, the shot with the toe of the blade your iron club open so that the heel leads in meeting the ball, results, as Jones or any outstanding golfer will tell you, is a fade or slice and & quick stop at the finish. It is used in exploding and in pitching over a guarding hazard from near the green to & cup placed on the near edge of the green. It is also used to dig a ball out of thick, long grass, the heel of the club in this case, as in exploding, affording a better chance of getting the. club through to the ball. The other difference between the cut shot and the pitch is in the arc of the PLICH HoT ARC OF SWING ¥ swing. The pitch is an orthodox shot in so far as the arc of the swing is concerned. You bring the club to the ball from inside the line. In playing the cut your swing is just the opposite. You bring the club head to the ball from outside the line. In other words you pull the club in toward your left hip in going through. More spin’ is im- parted to the ball when this is done and quicker s thereby results. ’x!n‘hn! is Abe Mitchell's idea in play- g it. A fine printed leaflet cvnulnlns nine illustrations on_* Pitching” has been prepared by Sol Metzger. If you wish t6 have a copy send stamped, addressed en- velope to Sol Metzger, in care of this paper. SCOTT CAN HIT PINS 0ld Base Ball Star Leads Bowling Team to Record Score. AURORA, Il, January 26 (#).—Ev- erett Scott, former “iron man” short- stop for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, throws a mean bowling ball. Bcott shot scores of 211, 238 and 232 Sunday to lead the Farnan five of Fort ‘Wayne, ., into first place in the five-man event of the sixteenth annual Interstate Bowling Tournament. The Farnans scored a team total of 3,267, a new record for the tournament. Leuue—flecm Co. vs. North- east Temple. Lucky Strike. National Capital League—Coliseums Specials vs. Packwood Typothetae League—CHas H. Potter Co. vs. Standard Engraving Co., Gibson Bros. vs. Lew Thayer, Center Printing Co. vs. Columbian Printing Co., Crafts- men vs. Potomac Electrotype Co., Amer- ican !luchvth w’s tfo. lvstnw-armfléu: Typographers, National Engraving Co. vs. Judd & Detweiler, Geo. A. Simonds Co. vs. National Capital Press, Maxwell Jones vs, H-K Advertisin Blmflv thetae vs. National Publi Fellowship Forum vs. On 'nme All ‘Time, Ransdell, Inc, vs. Big Print S| ‘Western Union Men's League—Repea! ers vs. Delivery, Equipment vs. T. and R, Accounting vs. Automatic. ‘Western Union Ladies’ League—Lucky Reds vs. Orange, Silver Six vs. Greens, Golds vs. Orchids. Arcadia. Federal League—City Post Office vs. Supervising Architects, Navy vs. In- ternal Revenue, Post Office vs. Mer- chants’ Fleet Corporation, G. P. O. vs. P. B. & P. P, Treasury vs. Veterans' Administration. Convention Hall. Merchants’ League—Penn. Electric Co. vs. Thompson Bros. Furniture, Na- tional Glass Shop vs. Uneeda Bakers, W. R. Winslow Co. vs. Coco-Cola Bot- tling Co., E. W. Minte Co. vs. Skinless Pranks, Thompson's Dairy vs. M. Kap- neck Electric, District Grocery Stores vs. Southern Dairies No. 1, Barber & Ross vs. Southern Dairies No 2. Sanico League—Mercer vs. Diehl, Bremerman vs. Leffler, Bradford vs. Roberts, an vs. Mortimer, Gartrell vs. King, Willis vs. Smith. Income Tax Unit League—T2 vs. B2, A3 vs. APC, C5 vs. M, R1 vs. T1, Tim vs. Al, Rec vs. D2, E2 vs. CL1, HO1 vs. Min, Bl vs. C6, R3 vs. D1, SA vs. 08, R2 vs. OG, Sec vs. CL2, DC vs. El, A2 vs. HO2. Hyattsville Arcade. Prince Georges County League, sec- tion 1—Chillum vs. Arcades. Prince Georges County League, sec- tion 2—Eagles vs. Huddleston's Garage. Prince Georges County Ladies’ League —Woodpeckers vs. Hillloppers. Rockville, Rockville League—Fire Department vs. Mechanics. Silver Spring. North of Washington e, section 1—Avignone Freres vs. Potter-Nash Motors. Commissioners vs. Geary-John- son, White Pig vs. Faulconer & Proctor, American Legion vs. Manhattan, Frank Deflmh'll.lmwa!ml Rendezvous. Praternity League—Sigma Delta vs. Sigma Lamba Nu, Pi Phi vs. Kappa Phi, Alpha Iota Kappa vs. Chi_Sigma Ch., Kappa Sigma Ch. vs. Sigma Phi Ch. Capitol Hill. Capitol Hill Business League—Stop Me Cab vs. Loeffler Motor Co., Capitol Hill Alley vs. Mahoney Wall Papee Co. Columbia. Ladies’ Agricultural operation vs. Cotton, Inter-Div. vs. & V., Information vs. Extension. Terminal “¥.” A. League—Post Office vs. shops Woodchflpperl vs. C. T. Co. P ot R, LOTT PLACED ON TOP Hennessey Ranked Second and Pare Third in Western Tennis. CHICAGO, January 26 (#).—George Lott of Chicago stands No. 1 in the rlnkl.ngu of the Western Lawn Tennis iation, with Johnny Hennessey of lndll.mpom second and Emmett Pare, Chicago, third. However, & new doubles team is found at the head of the rankings, Hennessey and Pare mapl-cmg George O'Connell and Fred Royer, Chicago. Miss Catherine Wolfe of Indianapolis also displaced Clara Louise Zinke of Cincinnati from first place in the wom- en’s singles rankings. Miss Zinke fell to second. AUGUSTUS GOLF VICTOR Clevelander Beats Hobard, Medgl- ist, in Final at Belleair. BELLEAIR, Fla, January 26 (#). Ellsworth Augustus of Cleveland de- feated Garret A. Hobart, Paterson, N. J. 6 and 5, in the 36-hole finals of the Beleair January Golf Tournament. Hobart, winner of the quad®fying medal, remained on even terms with the player through the morning round, but-Augustus steadily piled up a lead in the afternoon, taking only 53 strokes for the lzhnlas of the second round, 1 over even e — Co- P J. C. C. GIRLS WIN. Jewish Community Center fll‘l bllk eters opened their “season easily over the Baltimore & Ohlo I!M 32 to 9, last night at the Center Gym- nasium. Frances Teplitz's shooting and Pauline mnneu guarding were high spots of the winner's play. LIKELY T0 DECLINE Few Continue Speedy Pace After Pitchers Study Batting Styles. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. ABE RUTH and Hack Wilson afid the other kings of swat | soon will go to work on thelr walstlines in the Southern and far Western train- ing camps. Maybe some of the big bams even now are dreaming of making new home run records in 1931. Still and all, the predic- tion is hereby made, reading the base ball weather signs, that the| worst of the home-run cyclone is over. Of the home-run clouters of 1930 Wilson in the Natlonal League and| Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx in the American League were the men who improved over the previous season. Improvement Is Doubted. Can they improve in 1931 over tHeir records of 1930? Capable students of batting insist that they are more likely to fall off than to speed up in the man- ufacture of home runs. All four prob- ably have reached their peak as slug- gers, It is & fact that heavy hitters seldom continue to keep up the pace—Ruth be- mi an nce;mon in recent years. also fact that the major leme mwhm know more about batters than they have known for the last five years, and the smart ones have been making a special study of the home- run hitters’ weak spots. If the home-run records of 1929 and 1930 are compared, they show that the leading quartet in both major organi- zations retain their membership quite closely. In 1929 the four leading home- run batters in the National League were Klein, with 43; Ott, 42; Hornsby, 40, and Wilson, 39. . The four leaders in the American League were Ruth, 46; Gehrig, 35; Simmons, 34, and Foxx, Several Drop Out. In 1930 the leading home-run bat- ters in the National League were Wil- son, with 56; Klein, 40; ger, 38, and Basket Ball Tips BY SOL METZGER. One of Iowa’s pet basket ball tricks on & set play is worked around its center, the No. 3 man in the diagram. * He circles as shown in order to lose the oppoun' center, In !.hl.s play the No, 4 guard has the M No. 3 comes back along the = sideline on his cirdle, 4 passes him-/ the ball. No. 3 in turn relays it to the right forward, No. 2, breaking . across court. By this time 3 is swinging around No. 2. No, 2's guard is backing up to_ | 2, instead of pass-’ ing to No. 3, pivots and takes a shot at the basket from the foul line, following up the shot along with No. 3 in case it is a miss. (Copyright, 1931.) Hermann, 35. In the American Leagu the leaders were Ruth, 49; l)ehrlc 4 Goslin, 37, and Foxx, 37. Yrfl out of the home-run ttcuxy in and so did Hornaby. ‘The latter had no chance, as he war'" injured and was out of base ball most of the season. Their places were taken by Berger of the Boston Braves, whe' was a complete surprise, and Her- mann of Brooklyn, not so much of 4 : surprise. In the American League Simmon! failed to do as well in 1930 as he did h'l 1929, but at that he was only ont home run behind Goslin and Foxx. _ An inter study this year will Be" the record of Berger, the youngest maif 33.[to ventiire into major league home-ru * batting in 1930. The coming season - will prove whether he is a slugger olit and out or whether he made sucl¥ a bold * dash last year because pitchers of rlnl clubs did not know how to handl “I Am Gratified to See You Openly Using the Word ‘Spit Says DR. JAMES A. 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