Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1931, Page 40

' p—2 RETURN OF NET ACE 1S PROBLENATICAL Without Him France Likely to Find Young American Team Troublesome. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, January 29 (CPA)—Reports from abroad that Rene Lacostc will shortly start practicing at lawn tennis, in order to deter- mine whether or not he can stand the rigors of tournament play, are significant in terms of interna- tional sport. At the 71st Regiment Armory in this city, where many of our best players are ‘spending the late afternoon hours at tennis, there is the feeling among players who go abroad every year and are familiar with foreign conditions that Lacoste's return to tourney play is highly problematical. He had a touch of lung trouble, and this was respon- sible for his retirement from the game in 1928, after he had won the French outdoor singles and, with Borotra, the French doubles title. Rene Does a Fadeout. He did not go to Wimbledon that year, Cochet winning there, and since then has not figured in important play. He was out of Davis Cup play bot 1929 and last year. It is known that he has recovered from his malady and is hard at work in his motor business. But whether he could stand the strain of hard tennis or, even if he could, whether his physicians would permit him thus to jeopardize his health, are both deubtful questions. If he did return to the game and were able to regain his best form, France would have no cause to worry of the Davis Cup for v to come. Otherwise, what with the steady advance of our Nunfi players, the Davis Cup holders will have plenty of cause for appre- hension. France has some young play- ers coming up. too, of whom the best seems to be Christian Boussus, who will be seen here in indoor play next March, but numerically and in point of quality American youth seems to be more promising. Cochet Stands Close. Cochet and Borotra certainly will have to be France's reliances next year if Lacoste does not return to the game. cuht is a5 far ahead of all other of the world as Bill Til- m was in his prime. Tilden says Rene is the greatest tennis player of all time. !eno will hold that the lanky Ameriean veteran is modest; others will with him, As for the other mainstay, Borotra, he is gel older, and there seemed llst year to some hints of slipping. 1f the season of 1931 finds him goin s back definitely, Lacoste certainly woul be a nhu\-r were he to return to tennis in pretty vhn e comes over here for an in- tournament on Davis Cup lines utlut an American ‘The French uan will consist of Bo- age is ning mbv. warrantably be :nwnnnod. HEAVIES WILL CLASH IN WRESTLING SHOW |3 Shikat and Bartush to Furnish|S: Main Attraction at Auditorium Next Thursday. Joe Turner, in staging next Thurs- day's wrestling show at the Washing-1 ton Auditerium, will bring several of the District’s favorite mat artists here, including _Paul Jones, Chief White Peather, Dick Shikat and Milo Stein- While the main bout between Shikat snd Bifly Bartush will hold most of the attention, two other lively scraps have been booked and a third is in the making. Paul Jones, the scissors e: wrill attempt to toss Chief White Feather in the semi-final. Dr. Ralph Wilson, formerly of the University of Indiana and who now is studying at Pennayl- vania, will clash with Nick Nester. a Greek from out West, in the other completed bout. Milo Steinborn will meet an opponent yet to be named. Seats may be obtained at the An- hapolis Hotel and 500 Ninth street. PARE TURNS TENNIS PRO. Former Georgetown Netman Be- comes Member of Curley Troup. Emmett Pare, Georgetown University net product, is the latest to join the professional tennis treup managed by Jack Curley, New York promoter, and including Bill Tilden, Karl Kozeluh and Francis Hunter. Pare was ranked sixteenth nationally Jast year. In 1826, 1927 and 1928 he played for Georgetown and was prom- inent in many tournaments in the Middle Atlantic section It was reported the troup was con- sidering making Washington the scene nent, of an outdoor exhibition some time in | May. GALLAGHER GETS BOUT. CHICAGO, January 20 (#).—Marty Gallagher, 203-pound heavyweight of Washington, D. C., has signed to fight Larry Johnson in a 10-round bout at the Chicago Stadium, Pebruary 4. Gall replaces Lou Scomza of Buffal ki GIRLS SEEK COURT FOES. Howitzer Girls of Kensington are booking basket ball games for any night except Thursday. Call Miss Lewis at Kensington 36-W between 6 and 7 o'clock. | SFORTS. SEEK BASKET BALL FOES Marine Reserves of Rockville Challenge 135-Pounders. Basketers represent the 20th Ma- rine Reserves of Rockville, Md., who in their last game defeated Rockville High, 24 to 19, through a rally in the second half, are after games for Tuesday and ‘Thursday nights with 135-pound quints. They have the Rockville High School gymnasium. Manager Nick Nicholson is receiving challenges at Rockville 211 between 6 and 7 pm. Nicholson, with 12 points, was high scorer for the Marines in their win over Rockville High. Darby, W. Nicholson, Markland, Pickett, Gardne liams were others who the Marines. Perkins, 3 Howes, Aud and Reed represented the high school. YOUNGSTERS CLASH FOR CAROM CROWN Cash Estimated at $30,000 Awaiting Thurnblad or Hall, Finalists. BY PAUL MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, January 29.—Allen Hall and Arthur Thurnblad, mere youngsters as masters come in the most intricate field of billiards, cross cues tonight for lhe‘ three-cushion championship of the world and the pot of gold that goes with the crown. ‘The two 30-year-old Chicagoans, who brushed aside the defending champion and two former title holders in their swe:p to the finals of the 1931 toutna- ment, will match artistry and nerves over a 50-inning route. A salary of $6,000 a year, $1,200 in cash, a per- centage of the gate receipts and the tidy sum available to a champion for exhibitions will bring the winner ap- proximately $30,000. Hall Is Favorite. Hall, conqueror of the three-time champion and his former teacher, Johnny Layton of Sedalia, Mo., was & big favorite to win in the deciding match, but a hard, nerve-wracking duel was certain. Both play a great defen- sive game and both have that extra ounce of nerve that makes champions. Both have won five and lost one during the 10-day tournament. ‘The loser of the championship match will meet Layton in a play-off for sec- ond place tomorrow night. Layten, who finished his regulation tournament. play last night by crushing Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia, 50 to 32, in 32 innings, won five gl.mes and lost two. Runner- uj tion is worth an annual salary P ,000 and part of the gate receipts. Although Layton failed to retain the title he has held without interruption since 1928, he played the best billiards in the eight-player fleld. He had the three best games, running out once in the thirty-first inning, once in the nl;x:th?-uwnd. and again in the thirty- Reiselt Is Fourth. Reiselt. was fourth in the final stand- losses. veteran, ank 4 fifth. Denton turned in a high run of 11, worth a cash prize of $100, uni Hall or Thurnblad excels it wmm, Charles Jordan cf Los Angeles, Westera champion, and Jess Jacobs of St. Louis, Southern title holder, shared the cellar. ‘The standings: At ost High B W. L. run. game. pts. 3 7 BY R. D. THOMAS, MEMBER of The Evening Star League who has been shooting duckpins for 10 years turned in a game of 66 the other night that cost his team a victory by 6 sticks. “How can & guy be that bad!” he groaned. But he found no little consolation in a review of similar performances by some of the game's greatest exponents. Johnny Baum and Ray Chapin, in the heyday of brilliant careers, once lost a District League pennant with & couple of scores they might have rolled blind-folded. The Districts and the Rathskellers, two of the blue-ribbon teams of Dis- trict League history, entered the final week of a hectic race llmofit on even terms for first place. the Districts could win two gam {rnm the North- east Temple the fis was theirs. It looked almost a cine But Chapin, famed as the man who had rolled 434 for all-time record and tied it within a few days, dropped ame of 82 that tumbled the to defeat in the opener Baum, his pal, gave him & fancy bum‘h of razzberr! “How you gonna win a pennant with a load like that?” boomed Johnny, or something to that effect. But got even. Baum the ace of anchor men. In fact, his name today graces the bottom of the All-Time team se- lected by George L. Iscmann, secre- tary of the National Duckpin Bowl- ing Congress, after an exhaustive search of the game's archives. The Districts won the second skirmish and faced the pennant- clincher with confidence. No one was more confident than Johnny Baum—Baum, “the old reliable,” the man of steel in a pinch. Chapin’s 82 had been a shock. but what Johnny did left ‘em speschless Nine-Year-Old Boy Rolls 210, Using Regulation 3-Hole Ball Nebr,, January 29 (#.—Jimmie Drexel knows more about strikes and spares than most children know about nursery rhymes. Jimmie, who is 9 at school, demonstrated his slme OMAHA Attendants at a local alley, where Knrs old and in the fourth grade nowledge by bowling 210 in one he bowls every unday with his father, sald he averages about 150, He rolled his first game last October. His hands are no bigger than the average boy's—but they're wiry and strong, He employs a regulation ball with a three- hole grip and a lhlde under 1& nlbqun. no brenn from t! g forward to a 300 score, the goal of e score keeper. He weighs NG THE EVENING MAX LOOKS AHEAD 10 SHARKEY BOUT Feels He Must Beat Tar to Get Full Recognition as World Champion. BY WILBUR WOOD. EW YORK, January 29.—Jack Sharkey comes under the head of unfinished business in Max Schmeling's program. He ad- mits that, even if he licks Stribling in June and Carnera in September, he must put Sharkey out of the way be- fore every one will accept him as a bona fide champion. “Because no elimination match was arranged between Sharkey and Strib- ling,” says the Teuton, “it happens that I will be busy with Stribling and Canera this year. Whether I retain the cham- plonship or not, I want to fight Sharkey again, just to prove to all the people who think that he had me beaten last Summer that they are wrong. “It is hardly fair to judge that fight on what happened in four rounds; to say that because Sharkey was ahead when he fouled me that I was a sure loser. Max a Slow Starter. “In horse races it is not the horse that gets & big lead at the start that ll\:l)‘ wins, In figiting it is the samc way. People said I g to Risko at the end of five rounds, but I knocied him out. They said I made a bad start with Paulino, but I b o far ahead | D at the flniah I start siowly, but after & while I get warmed up, like a ma- chine, “Lots of people said before the fight that if I did not get knocked out in the first four reunds I would have a chance. Everybody kncws that 5hnrkey is best at the beginning and that if ha does not get you quick he gets discouraged. “Jacobs and I decided before the fight that I would not open up until the sixth round. In the third round Sharkey hit me as hard as he could and did not knock me down. I did not even take the smelling salts when X went to my corner. You remember, I sat on the edge of my stool. I did not ll’ back like a fighter who was hurt. I up straight and I was the one who forc.g the fighting in the fourth round. It seemed to me Sharkey’s heart had grown small because he hit me as hard| g u he could and did not put me on the % T had not been hit low T would |, have won. The further it went the bet- ter for me. I am young and strong. He is older. He is married and has chil- dren. I am young and get stronger and better as I go along. He's a Wrestler, Too. “After Stribling and Carnera I want to fight Sharkey to prove that I ean STAR. WASHINGTON, Chicago in Favor Of Heavy Battle le YORK, January 20 (#).— Chicago is all in favor of hold- ing next Summer’s heavyweight championship battle between Max Schmeling and Young Bill Strib- ling, says George Gets, a member of the Illinois Athletic Commission, but not if the Milk Mund or any New York charity is to share in the roceeds. P Addressing his remarks to informal gathering that lneludsd Schmeling, his manager, Joe Ja- cobs, and Bill Carey, president of the Madison Square Garden Oer- poration, Gets added this compli- cation to the fight plans yesterday, explaining that “charity begins at home, and Chicago needs all the charity it can get.” The Milk Fund has been carrying on the negotia- tions for the fight. HOLLIS IS LEADER OF CHURCH ROLLERS Fifth Baptist Star Sets 111 Pace. James and Snellings Tied for Second With 109. C. Hollis, of Fifth Baptist, is the high average bowler of the East Wash- ington Church Duckpin League with 111-27 for 53 games. Close behind Hollis is M. Snellings, with 109-22 and James with 109-31. Snellings bowles with the league-leading Douglas No. 2 quint and James with United Brethren. Snellings also has made greatest number of spares, 133 in 60 games. TEAM STANDING. gassssasagsssagas resby .. Season Records. Hish individual age—C. Hollis, Eastern 1127, 408. res—M. smnmn 138 strikes—Ed Fur h team same—ingram No. . HIh i o neram No. 3: 1128, INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES. DOUGLAS NoO. *. M. Reisinger Raspberry M. Snelli Carter B € HURSDAY, Sun Beau Is Nearing For All-Time Earnings on BY ORLO ROBERTSON. Associated Press Sports Writer. OUR years ago he could have been purehased for $5,000. Today as & B.year-old, ‘Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Sun Beau stands at the head of turf's handicap division, winner of $264,- 819 and ready to grab all-time money-winning honors with ene swift turn around the Agua Caliente track on March 22. Other thoroughbreds have risen to fame as two or three year olds and then retired. But not so with Sun Beau. As a 2-year-old, he was just a good stable mate for Sun Bdwin, the pet of the Kilmer stable. One day, however, he ran a great mile. Kilmer changed his mind about that $5,000 offer and since Sun Beau has been increasing the Kilmer bank roll at the rate of nearly $100,000 annually. As the result of his great finan- cial suecess in 1930, Sun Beau rose to fourth place in the money-win- ning list. Victory in the $100,000 Agua Callente handicap, for which he has been made the future book favorite, would boost the Kilmer ace far and beyond Gallant Fox, which retired last year after winning $328,165. Despite the sudden rise of The Fox, Zev, financial genjus of 1923, still ranks second with earnings of $313,369. E. R. Bradley's Blue Larkspur threatened to pass the for- mer Rancocas star at one time but was forced into retirement after accumulating $272.070. Even Man o' War has been passed in this era of big purses. The super horse once ranked near the wg. ut today he is sixth with $249 46! If Sun Beau falls to win the Caliente handicap and pass Glllml Fox, the big red horse from William ‘Woodward's barns still stands in a position to lose his financial title. At least three 2-year-olds went into Winter quarters with a good chance of surpassing the Fox. The ‘Woedward ace won only $20,000 a AMATEUR SETS PACE IN TEXAS OPEN GOLF Speer of San Antonio Gets a 73 on Muddy Course—Pros to Shoot for $6,500. 23 | BY the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., January 29.— 3 [Filled with energy after having been Purr beat him and would have won if he had Retd not fouled me.” Schmeling was told that the wrestlers were getting the money in New York these days; that Monday night's show in the Garden drew nearly $60.000; that Gus Sonnenberg had played to almost $2,000,000 worth of customers in less than two years. “S0,” he drawled. “I am wreu!er too. Maybe I wrestle. Yes? No? ‘was “elampion wrestler of Dululdorf once. But there was no money, 80 I became a boxer.” Schmeling takes all the fuss over the heavyweight situation philosoph- ically. He says he does not greatly mind the unkind things people may say about “Always it is that way, but always it dies out and is forgotten he said. “Everybody cheers Jack Dempsey now. I am told there was a time when he was booed. Most of the champions have had to go through all nut nut in the end it is forgotten. not care so long uuuylpcuv.mume right and come to see me fight.” Star Bowlers Also Are Dubs Pinman Who Loses Game for Team With 66 Finds Consolation in Other Flops. —-n except Chapin. You can im- ine that worthy's flow of oratory when Baum's sticks totaled up to 79! The Districts lost the game, the Rathskellers scored a shut-out in their final match and won the pen- nant on total pins. Jack Whalen, the National Sweep- stakes champion, once got & two-box in a tight spot. The Convention Hall team, fighting for the District League pennant, was nearing the end of its quest. In the ninth box of a vital game Whalen spared and Glenn Wolstenholme, at anchor, fol- lowed with a mark Came the tenth frame. Whalen up. If he can get another mark and Wolstenholme can repeat it's Convention Hall's game. Whalen shot plum through the middle for a deuce. He put his second ball through the hole. Also his third. But Wolstenholme saved the situ- ation. All he did was make a double-header strike. ——e SWISS MONARCH, 72, on Rivera Next Month—Also Is Hunter of Note. BTOCKHOLM (/). — Sweden's 72 year-old monarch will take active part in the tennis tournaments on the French Riviera next month. King Gus- tave, who probably will leave Stockholm a contestant in the Beaulieux tennis matches February 18. It will not be under his royal name that the King will compete, but under the modest title of “Mr. G.” This ap- peals more to his democratic nature, but it does not serve to hide his identity, because his fame as a tennis player is international. In spite of his advanced age plays a fast and skillful game and us\u no handicaps, although hu opponents often are only half age. Aside from playing tennis, the mon- arch delights in hunting, and each year brings down & number of moose, deer and e. He is also an ardent fisher- man and an accomplished horseback rider, The motor sport interests him greatly, and his garage boasts many spemli built, high-powered automo- biles, ¥il does not drive himself, but often takes his place next to the chauf- feur, and likes to ride as fast as traffio laws will pfl'mll DGSACTOHEEI A special meeting of 2 ¥ SRR the Stores Athletic flllb 0!’0“?! at the club %“. IN TENNIS TOURNEYS : King Gustave of Sweden to Play e February 4. has entered his name as |& Herseheld V. R Bosworth Cady . Sroun CENTENNIAL NO. 2. 27 121 Margerat Mitehell Greenwood Campbell [S— Y | asatsa suusascd au ssew 88822353 528.a SWIMMERS TO CONTEST Eleven Events on Program at Am- bassador Pool Tomorrow. tonio, ] ;:Jexu amateur, survived the sticky cooped up by rain two days, profession- als of golfdom’s traveling eircus wel- comed the opportunity te team with their amateur cousins today in an 18- hole pro-amateur event, curtain raiser to the tenth annual Texas open, Brackenridge Park municipal course was in splendid condition for the event, despite the surplus moisture. Willow spfgag‘ '?.I emylloy:d b’y the amateurs Between. the ‘ad And the mashiee, the course received a thorough working over. Jaek Speer of San An & rank- tr“ & 73, two over par, and ohnny Dawson, stocky chle"?a star, turned in a 74. They far outdid most of the field, the scores averaging in The professional winning today's best ball :vent stood to Wklt $100 and his amateur helper a gold medal. Although the total purse far the has been chopped ham 37,300 o, 86,800, the prinei prises remain the same. First money for the 72-hole medal event will be $1,500 and second $800. —— FRENCH ATHLETES SAIL Martin and Keller on Way—Visit of Ladoumegue Delayed. PARIS, January 20 (#).—Sera Martin and Jean Keller, two of the bes |d distanee runners in Fran {::c -u campaign on the American sndeer Jules udo\unelul had conside: making the trip, but decided to post- Pflone his visit until the Olymplc games )ll.m.n is the 800-meter world record holder. Fistic Battles By the Assoclated Press, ‘WICHITA, Kans.—Arthur De Kuh, New York, knocked out Emmett Rocco, ‘Youngstown, Ohio (3). OAKLAND, Calif.—Wesl: Salt Lake Oity, awppeu Cow| Weslaco, Tex. (4) Ketehell, y Brooks, JANUARY 29, 1931 SPORTS. GALLANT & juvenile, but C. V. Whitney's Equi- poise and George D. Widener's Jamestown amassed in excess of $150,000. On the basis of his 1930 record, Mrs. Payne Whitney's Twenty Orand also may be among the leading money winners before the 1 e is run next Fall. Deep South Is Only Section To Suffer Decline on Links hig do anather of u series of the condition of golf et the d the prospects for 1031, BY FOSTER HAILEY, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 20.—Golf fared well during 1930 in the sunny SBouthwest, home of the first hig money tournaments in the United States, but across the Mis- sissippl, in the deep South, conditions were not so geod. Through Louisiana, Alabama, Missis- sippi, Tennessee, Western Florida and Western Georgia, the old game of the Scottish moors was in more or less of a decline during the year of depression, 1930. With business in the doldrums and drought playing havoc with the fair- ways there was little construetion dur- ing the year and little planned for 1931. Many clubs feel they will be well if they repair the ravages f the drought. It was the enly sec- tion of the country failing to show a big increase in courses and players dur- ing the year, Atlanta Is Haj There were bright spots in the pie- ture, Atlanta, Bobby Jones' home green, went along its golfing way rejoicing, with a large increase in play on the public courses, the addition of one new 9-hole course and work being &:uh-d on another municipal links. bby's home club, East Lake, completed a new 18-hole lay-out durml the year and opened it for In the bor er suce of Kentucky activity was in line with that in other seetions of the country, with around $150,000 spent on course development in 1930 and an estimated $75,000 con- tracted to be spent this year. Some Kentucky clubs reyorted they lost mem- bers on account of the business depres- d | sion, but expressed confident expecta- noru o( etting them back again. ree clubs at Lexington md tha 15 at Louisville reported busl as usual or better dufln& 1930, ll\‘.hou(h no costly 1 ements or additions are plumed e three-year-old Noble Park cou at Paducah, had its best year, financially, in 1930, and golf play throughout the Jackson purchase was large., Virginia Fares Il ‘The courses in Virginia were hard hit by the drought, the Associated Press survey disclosed, fairways being left almost bare in places. One of the few courses that did not suffer was the famous Cascades layout, at Hot Springs, where a half-million-dollar THE LISTENING POST BY WALTER TRUMBULL. HE Athletics and Yankees, Brook- lyn Robins and the St. Louis Cards, all regarded as pennant possibilities or probabilities, will do their training in Florida. Texas will entertain a flag contender in the Giants. The Washington team will train in Mississippi. Cleveland camps in Lou- isiana. The Chicago Cubs and Pitts- burgh will do their preliminary stuff in California. ‘These are the teams which appear to have the best chance for the bunting, and it doesn't matter a whole lot where they train. They all should come to the starting line in pretty good condition. It is what they do from that time on that will be printed in the record books. It Simmons, Foxx and Cochrane, 16 | Grove and Earnshaw keep their health and strength, it is hard to see where many teams are going to head the Mackmen, Washington might come close to it. Those Senators are a strong nulm You can’t tell much about the Yankees, You don't even know how they will look at the end of the train- ing season, beyond the fact that Gehrig will be on first lad Ruth in the out- fl-ld McCarthy will have to do a bit Cleveland is lood. la{ nmww‘woun One team which has bun l steady tment A George Washington University's pair | alone. |of 220-yard relay teams will debut to- |Mack morrow night when they stack up against two tank cre representi the Washington Swimming Club in the 3 mnthly indoor llvfimnlu meet at the n.m\nnum-cu-mamm M'lll under it l.llochnh i “'. at Fort Myer, h me the chances of & blc Detroit nlly Perhaps this will be Detroit’s year. N '.ha National uwun you can’t keep McGraw in the bum ound the team which looks strong is Brooklyn. It that second-base combination is as good on the field as on paper you are !‘cmg to hear the Robins do some pretty vely chirping. Unless the team is handicapped by dissension on the bench and in the office it should be hard to beat on the diamond. Still, the Cubs were the team Breoklyn ceuldn't beat, and Chicago should be no weaker, Pacts speak for the ability of Wilbert Robinson as a manager. up four teams in Brooklyn, and usually has done it with material about worn out. Under his leadership Brooklyn won the flag in 1916 and 1920, finished second in 1924, and was in last year's race IJP to the very end. For the first time it looks as if Robinson has a team which wouldn't fall to pieces on him. If Robinson had been working with Ruppert behind him, with plenty of money to spend and firm backing, there is no telling how many pennants he would have packed away. ‘With the cover of the baseball a trifle thicker this season, there may not be as many home runs. But there will be plenty. Wilson, Ruth and those other sluggers will rap many a ball out of the park. HIS should be a good season for ‘ ungsters, if theq have real ability. ‘here is scarcely a team not trying to strengthen some position or other, and there are several clubs which could stand a lot of new blood. The trouble is that some clubs have young- sters on the bench who might be ulars on other teams. I sometimes think it would be a fine thing if the squads were limited to 21 men. That could mean three catch- ers, six inflelders, five outfielders and seven ptuhm Another idea would be limit the , but let each & stated price. (Covyrisbty ‘III- .WW Ne He has bullt | sprinkling system was installed several years ago. The greenkeepers estimated it paid for itself last year alone. Im- provement work was rgely & matter of returfing in Virginia, with little money left over for construction of more holes or courses. Through Texas, Arizona and New Mexico %nlt had a good year, with the usual list of big money tournaments up for settlement this Winter and con- ;‘od:.l“w building activity proposed for New courses are either projected or under way at Houston, Corpus Ohristi and Borger, Tex., and Phoenix, Ariz, — . SOCCER GAMES CARDED Contests at Silver Spring and Rose- dale Fields Sunday. Washington Concords, District champs, and D, C. Kickers and Rose- dale and Army will play in soccer games Sunday. The Kicker-Concord game is slated for Silver Spring at 2:30 o'clock, while the Army-Rosedale fray, a Capital City League contest, is to be played on the Rosedale field at the same time. CUEISTS IN :l’ITLE MATCH Harper Is Defending Three-Cushion Honors Against Harris. CHICAGO, Junutrg 20 (#)—Dr. An- drew J. Harris of Chicago opened an- other fight today to dethrone Robert B. Harper of Denver as national amateur three-cushion billiard champion. Champion and challenger were paired to meet in a 150-point match, twice postponed because of Harper's iliness. It will be deeided in three hloek‘ of 50 points nch PHLIH GAME WANTED. ‘Two teams to play & preliminary gmu to the Benjamin Franklin.Y. M. game Saturday at Tech High School are wanted. Interested parties are requested to call Manager Lou Littman of the Bennies at Columbia 10207 after 12:30 o'elock. Pointers on Golf BY SOL METZGER. If one knows how to lay long ap- proach putts dead, and Varden al- ways did, he has mastered more than putting. It's a cinch fer such a golf- er to play a run-up appreach dead to the pin from off the green. The reasan—the run-up shot and the |rprouh putt are plaved exactly The sole differance is that one uses an iron with a sloping face for the run-up. Putters usually have straight faces. This sloping face lifts the ball off the ground when it is stroked, whereas a putter rolls it MERELY A PLAYED WITH THE HANDS AND along the ground. The run-up stroke then is a put- ting stroke. That means eyes are o\er the line to the pin, wrists are , right forearm rests on right zh and_the stroke is played with u'u left uklnl the club back low uui luu ma stamped, addres: velope to Sol lh'-'lr, in M of Wl paper, and ask for it. (Copyright. 1931) Hockey §cores Kemias City, 3; Min s, 1 [¢ clnh.‘ue), hpfl gfiw Lacoste Comeback Would Sew Up Davis Cup : Sewell Looms as Big Help to Yanks Record of Gallint Fox PLAYER CLEVELAND the Race Courses LET GO IS ONLY 33 Too Old for Indians’ Plans. Change of Scenery May Give Him New Life. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, January 29.— N Much speculation has arisen this week as to why the New York Yankees took on Joe Sewell. Joe had been with Cleveland for many years and when the Indians permitted him to depart unconditionally the impression was given that he had been found unsatisfactory and could no longer fill a role on a team that is being rebullt on LhE theory of youth. It may be true that he was through as as Oleveland is concerned, but there are times when & player who has served for many years with one team can go to another and do well. Sewell is 33 years old. That is not the deadline for age in a major league player. Some have gone four or five years beyond that period. Usually if a man is sound physically he can play well up to 35, and many go beyond e first failing of plavers, as & is in their legs, especiaily in the knee joints. When the latter fail to respond the player may still bat, but he will slow up in the field. If Cowell has a weakt arm it will quickly show itself, and in that c: he will not be of much use to th Yankees except as a pinch hitter. It his arm is good enough to carry him through this season the Yanks may count themselves lucky in getting him. The Yankees were fussed all last sea- son by their infield. There was & weak ness at shortstop, and Bob Shawkey, who was manager last year, though there was a weakness at third base. To“ overcome it he endeavored to make a second baseman out of Chapman and put Lazzeri on third. In doing that he spoiled, or took out of place, a }m‘leclly good second base- man, one of the best in the game, and tried to convert a young man who h been playing third base into a secon baseman. That is a very dfluu.ll ‘;“""“m ing in mtdleuorl\. Shawke! rougl in to play at horte- stop and LhaL?:{ur flldpbtmr. things ~considered, eritics thought he would. 1t Sewell can play shortstop wit with | alertness and assist his throwing arm by coming in_ fast for ground balls he. can hol&me Yankees much. They can return Lazseri to second, where he nat- urally belongs, and put Chapman back on third, for which ha is betur adapted than second. All of the experiment, *s far as Sewell is concerned, is based on his physical ability. If he ean show a reasonably sound arm and sound underpinning, the Yankees have made a wise venture, ANOTHER BIG LEAGUE VETERAN FADES OUT» Cy Williams Has Been Notified by Phils That He Will Not Be Needed This Year, q NEW YORK, January 20.—One by one the major league base bgll stars of former years are passing oul of ths big show. Some of them will try to carry on in the minors, while others will give up the old national game fors ever, mel:uu whu‘f\n ‘The latest to hang h services no longer leaguer is Fred ( :fin b‘nanmd that required by lnnller Shotton of the Phulla and is free to get -another lob wherever he can. 4 Williams finished his ninetesnth sea» son in the National League last Fall. He had not plaved regularly in-eenter fleld for the Phillies since Shotton took hold of them, but had heen used now and then as a pinch hitter, his spes clalty being_home-run drives over the short rl.ht -field wall in Baker Bowl. Williams ia in his xony—thu-d year. 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