Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1931, Page 26

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. Uy MAY 3. 1931 Woodmont Tourney Draws Strong Field : Sandlotters Ready for Big Fireworks SECOND BIG EVENT £ LISTED THIS WEEK Most of Best D. C. Golfers Entered—Drain’s Putter | .+ 18 Magic Stick. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. TTH most of the star am- \;\/ ateurs of the city com-| peting in the annual in-| vitation tournament of | _the Woodmont Country Club, the crowded golf tournament season | starting ‘Tuesday. ton golfers will play are scheduled for the next six weeks. ‘Washington ned the season last week with its Spring invitation event traditionally happy fashion, tincover- s new star in the person of James , 20-year-old son of Ralph A. ‘the Washington Club. And if as lar and on ! good at Woodmont this week ‘at Washington, there will be of interest. Jimmy Drain has come fast last two weeks. For some rea- game had not been as effective the season as it was last year, struck his stride early in the , and, uncorking & burst of speed opening round to down Volney | ett of Beaver Dam. he sustain- | ast pace right through to the | putt in the final round. Indeed | putter, quite as much as the | his clubs, was the magic_blade | the elixir of ]\"Lctnficcl‘]n] the ind inst Walter um, o ey “"Al’ faltered with his put- 2883 23843905% il & ¥ i i 2 < BRITISH IN HUDDLE I:Iew Ball Makes It l"racticéi)le to Use Driver Through Fairway, Says Bobby Jones BY BOBBY JONES. American Open. British Open, American ‘Amateur and British Amateur Champlon. PERSON beginning golf is usual- ly advised to omit the driver from his first kit, for the reason that, until he gains some idea of what it is all about, he will find the brassle, with its greater loft, a far more satisfactory club, even from the tee. This is not bad advice, for like the number one iron, the driver is more difficult to play than its more lofted brothers, the brassle and spoon. It demands a more accurate and more powerful stroke to propel the ball along & proper line of flight. I have even heard the opinion ex- pressed that a properly designed driver was practically useless in the hands of 80 per cent of the people who play golf, and I have been told that Chick Evans played in at least one national cham- nkmshlr playing all his tee shots with a brassie, the only wood club he carried But I think it is going ve the poor old driver, the daddy of them all, entirely out in the cold. In the first place, I have seen a lot of fellows, finding themselves 1l through the fairway, who have tried to use it off the tee and discovered very soon that they had lost the feel of playing it from either place. What is good for the rank beginner, is not always the best thing for the man who has played a lot, however badly. ‘There is one very reason why |more people have trouble with a | straight-faced club like a driver than | with & similar club with mcre loft. A slight error in the alignment of the |face at impact can be partially ab- | sorbed by the pitch on the face, so, | obviously, the smaller this pitch be- | comes the smaller becomes the mar- ' gin for error in alignment. In the case ,of the driver which has practically no |loft, this margin becomes correspond- |ingly practically nothing. If the face | of the driver should be slightly hooded at impact, it would be found that as it pitch; in other words the face would be looking toward the ground. | golfer with whom I play—naturally, the | better players ‘more closely than’ the others. I have never yet séen one per- son who could drive “consistently well | addressing the ball off his right foot so | that he was standing in front of it, and | on numbers of occasions just the little Two “Probables” Defeated in Trials—Captain Beaten, but Not Eliminated. had the ter he might have been in a bad spot. For even though the rest of his game | Jery good, his putting was the de- ciding If Jimmy Drain elects to play in the Woodmont tourney and sustains the he set over at| he is going to be a hard | Seldom has & golf gallery i around Washington seen anything as| spectacular as the closing burst of | brilliancy the put on to win | final. One ':f w!‘.m nfi: | scored in & row in mi | an ace, for his ball es away from the perfect 210-yard fourteenth and for a 3 at the fifteenth ‘well have gone in the hole inch away. at Woodmont, this week will e convincing ¥kill of Miller B. Stevinson, for the Columbia ace, 1¢ to the Chevy Chase ext week. has decided to forego oodmont_event and check up on affairs. But most of the be over at Woodmont pete the fine tournament s staged annually by the mem- bers of the Bethesda organization. tournaments will be played about § tomorrow, while & number ! of club tournsments are on for today. At Chevy Chase a number of members Vo the Senior Golf Associstion will piay 1 partners in & pro- ‘Washington lad to beat. e e e 'ofess| 1a] M. H:ndlup: of the seniors By the Associated Press. ONDON, May 2.-After the final trials for the British Ryder Cup golf team today, the Belection Committee went into a huddle | tonight to study the results over the | week end. Announcement of the team | which will defend the international professional trophy against the United States team at the Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio, in June, is ex- pected Tuesday. Nine “probables” of the British squad were matched against as many “possi- bles” in today's trials, playing two- somes similar to the Ryder Cup ccn- tests. Only two of the probables lost, and one of them was Charles Whit- combe, captain of the team, who bowed to Tom Green of Copt Heath, 2 and 1. ‘Whitcombe's position was not consid- | ered in danger because of his defeat today. Green was holing putts from all corners and angles and was just about unbeatable. The other losigg probable was Art Duncan, ‘who was n in ope of his “inspired” mocds and fell a comparatively easy vietim of P. H. Rodgers of Stannes. The mar- gin also was 2 and 1. The Probable Team. The results of the trial matches ap- | rently brought the list down to these Dlayers, ~ Charles Whitcombe, _Abe Mitchell, Archie Compston, Art Dun- OVER RYDER TEAM vt Straight Off Tee EMBERS of the Chevy Chase Club yesterday concluded the second round of match play in the annual competition for the French High Commission Cup and are scheduled to begin the third round | today. Here are the results in the sec- ond match play round: C. V. Wheeler defeated Admiral M. M. Taylor, 5 and 4; L. B. Platt defeated Dwight Dick- inson, 1 up; F. W. Coleman defeated F. S. Carven, 2 up; J. B. Treat de- feated D. D. L. McGrew, 4. and 3; M. K. Metcalf defeated E. O. Wagenhorst, 3 and 1; P. S. Ridsdale defeated Worth- ington Frailey by default; Dr. R. C. Ransdell _defeated Henry Ravenel by default; R. P. Whiteley defeated R. O. Glover, 3 and 2. on that lengthy golf course where they make their birdies tough and their tee shots long. In the first place a mixed Scotch foursome is billed as the feature of the day and secondly the women are to choose their own part- ners, if they have not already done so. For several weeks the club's golfers have been choosing their partners for this affair, but the catch is that the women wiil be in complete charge ot the tourney and will choose their own partners, . Manor Club members played yester- later attended a dinner and entertain- | ment at the club. Mrs. Frank R. Keefer. president of the District Women's Goif Association, | urges all players in the tourney sat | Columbia_tomorrow to be ready for play at the first tee between 9 and 10 o'clock. The low handicap players will start at 9. with the higher handicap players listed to follow immediately. Walter G. Peter is the winner of the . | member of the Senior Golf Association | who made the best putting score dur- |ing April. Peter scored 49 for 27 con- hit the ball it would have a negative | I have made it a habit to watch | | more or less closely the method of each | EAVER DAM folk are looking for- | ward to & funfest today out there | day in a stag day golf tournament and | . V. Wheeler trophy, presented to the | suggestion to play the ball a bit farther |forward has put a man back to driv- ling well immediately. I think that | what I have just said is the reason for | this. With the more lofted clubs, spoon, '3, 4, 5, etc., irons, it is pessible to play |the ball relatively far back and get |away with it, because the loft of the | club provides a margin. But when the | Tace of the club is straight or nearly so the margin simply is not there. | ™I think that this is one or more re- spect in which the new ball is going to | make the game easier for the average |golfer. He won't have to force his Swing in order to hit hard enough with the fess lofted clubs to make the ball | [rise. As an example of the greater ease with which the new ball can be elevated, T might cite my own experi- ence. Using the smaller ball I hardly ever dared use my driver through the fairway—I never 80 used it without be- |ing conscious that I was taking & risk. Since I have been playing in Cali- fornia with the new ball, 1 have found that driver shots can be played quite safely from any moderately good lle. I make use of the club in almost every Tound, elther for a long shot into the | wind or when I think I may reach | some long hole in two by stretching out Krcv?ély'mhu 1931, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) HARRIDGE HELD DUE FOR BARNARD' JOB |Seems Certain to Be Elected ican League. BY PAUL MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, May 2.—William Har- ridge, a silent but powerful fig- | ( : ure in the world of organized | base ball for almost a quarter of a century, tonight appeared certain of succeeding the late Ernest Sargent Barnard as president of the American League. Although names of more than a score ‘ of base ball leaders have been men- tioned unofficially for the presidency, a position paying $40,000 a year in salary, reliable information has been obtained that Harridge will be named by the American League club owners when they finally get around to it, probably Harridge, private secretary to the late Byron Bancroft Johnson for 16 years and secretary of the league since 1927, has been handling the affairs of the league as president since President Barnard's death last March, although the title of acting head automatically reverted to Frank Navin, owner of the Detroit club and vice president of the | league. Affairs Running Smoothly. Affairs have run along so smoothly in the league that Navin and Harridge | have not been forced to confer on ques- tions of policy as yet. Not a single dis- pute has arisen even to the extent of a | protested game. | to Presidency of the Amer- | CAPITAL CITY L00P OPENS RACE TODAY |Industrial and Georgetown Leagues Start Tomorrow. Giants Play Cards. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ANDLOT fireworks, by tomor- row, will be popping and sputtering their merriest when two more. week dnyl circuits, the Industrial and| Georgetown Church, join thelr} contemporaries, the Government | and Departmental on the Ellipse. | Today unlimited sandlot base ball will be in full swing when the Capital City League opens, joining {the independent tossers, who | hitherto have held sway on the Sabbaths. A dozen crack nines will inaugurate play in the Capital City League this| Atternoon, battling in two sections. | HAT looms #s the feature, from a local standpoint, s the Con- gress Helights-St. ' Joseph {ray, | slated for 3 o'clock on the Heights bat- | tleground. | Last year Congress Heights won the District section while the St. Joes fin- ished third after setting the pace early in the campaign. Both have made new |and supposedly strengthening acquisi- | fions and have expressed the usual con- fidence of “going places” this season. Ciro's Italian_Villagers will be enter- tained by the Phoenix-Blue Coal toss- ers on the Phoenix field. Both are new clubs. These games, which are in Sec- | tion A, will be supplemented by the Dixie Pig-Columbia Heights clash at Berwyn, the third of the Section A | | games. | ECTION B is not at all backward in its presentations, either. ‘The Army Medicos and Majestic Radio nines are down for a scrap at 3 o'clock | on_the Walter Reed layout. The remaining two games will find | | three new Capital City League clubs among the quartet. Sal Clothiers will | tackle the only ‘“veteran” nine when | they clash with Foxall on the h"er!‘ | battleground. Capitol Heights and Federal Storage, | which are to oppose on the forme:’s field, round out the bill offered by Washington's premier Sunday circuit. | | THOSE fans who contrive to Witness either the Industrial or George- | town Church Loop openers tomor- | | row on the North and South Ellipse not until next December. | diamonds, respectively, will see many | new faces. The Industrial, which looms as one of best, 17 not. the strongest, of the quartet | of week day circuits due to operate this season, will have Washington Terminal and the Constructioneers as the open- | |ing day foes. A five-team loop, four of the teams this season are new ones to | the Industrial League, and represent some of the cream of jast year's inde- | dent. crop. | PO bable line-ups in the Industrial | League: ‘Washington Cran 1b.; _Colliere. Raines. an: Snyder. If. | rf.: Mages or Young. p. Constructioneers. W Jenkins. ¢.: nkins. 2b.: O'Connor. 3b. Barry, 1f.; Hemel, cf.; Curtis, rf.; 1—-Dofflemever, _¢€.. Te"nhu?b. Boucher. Brown, cf.; Cloud. Bowie. 58 weighed 190 pounds today and said he needed little more training than daily sparring to perfect his timing. Schmeling will give an exhibition at Youngstown Monday night. He also will box with his sparring partners be- fore Flint, Mich., fans May 7, and at Chicago the following night. Joe Jacobs, manager of Schmeling, sald he had four training camp sites | under consideration—at Conneaut Park. | Cedar Point, Chippewa Park and Geneva-on-the-Lake—all within easy distance of Cleveland Pa Stribling, the challenger's mana- ger, has selected Geauga Park, near Cleveland, and, according to Jacobs, wili start.his son’s training May 20. VICTORY POST TO MEET. Victory Post base ballers will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at 4508 Thirteenth street. when uniforms will be issued the following: Mintzell, Pep- per, long, Schnabel. Webb, Gosnell, Chumbris. Dunlap, Tait, Clubb, Bali- ford, Mitchell, Bowers, Raub and Mayo. The team will practice on the East Ellipse Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, or would like game with anoth- er team. Call Lincoln 3667-J. Brave Precedent In Boxing Suit GOLF HS NEDICNE MAK IS NEARLY I {Needs Little More Training for Bout With Stribling. Exhibits Tomorrow. YORK, May 2 (F).—The precedent is all against the plaintiff, but just the same Madison Square Garden of Tilinols will unHmber its legal batteries sometime during the coming week | in an effort to knock an imposing ' rival and his fght attraction Fight out of competition. Within & few days in Pederal Court a hearing is scheduled on the Ilinois Garden’s plea for an in- junction restraining Primo Cerime | R,Ew" OHVETC, I03, Miy'2 (8 ur‘o;m "'h;':'x':n""fik [;l‘hnkzy under | ax Schmeling, world heavy- proms of r Ji Johnston at Ebbets Field June 1o | Mo i | leave here tomorrow ¢ - o0 Garden clalms the elephant | town. Omio. Treparators io soie. o the: Tingts suhfi]}&]“n er contract to training for his title l‘)fl"‘. July 3, at 16 SoptemHer ag‘]n.s?' fl::rw‘ln::ru;.; Cl;:'hflfigd. with "VJ L. 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SUNDAYS « i fleld of wom- |can, Fred Robson, Ernest Whitcombe. | secutive holes, which is five better than| * 1t was way back in 1911 that Har- it Columbia lae-p'&‘m in a miniature . ‘will pia; the Women's s listed for May 11 and 12. Four clubs will hold tournaments to- | . Members of Woodmont are to | in a handicap medal play sweep- tourney at 18 holes. Over at Bannockburn, where so many improve- | ments are bel made in the golf | course, W. Fred Byrne, chairman of the Committee, has announced the formal of the season with the 4 e Inaugural Handicap.” This be an 18-hole medal play tourney with r handicaps, but will not be cut and dried kind. Players clusion o’ play on Saturday, all umbers will be placed in a hat and made. Players drawing num- the entries making the three way. | Bannockburn members | Springtime event s | must complete the 18 holes. | AUGURALS seem to be all the| vogue, for over at Indian Spring | Harry H. Kidwell, chairman of the Committee, is staging an “inaugu- ration” blind bogey handicap tourney of the club. This event started yesterday and will end today. Members of the Electric League of Wi will play in the annual Spring golf event of the league Tues- day at the Manor Club. About 100 | men are expected to compete in two tourneys. One is for players with reg- ular handicaps and the other is a blind bogey affair. The league's Entertain- ment Committee. composed of R. P Harrington, chairman; J. C. McLaugh- lin, A. 8. Burns, A. C. Eastburn and W A. Rogers, is handling the party. INTER-CITY BICYCLE | RACE LISTED TODAY Washington, Baltimore Riders to R + Compete in Annual Event on by Marlboro Pike. Washington and Baltimore cyclists will compete today in the thirteenth annual 25-mile Marlboro pike handicap bieycle race under the auspices of the Century Road Club Association of the District. Riders wishing to take part are asked o meet at the District Line to recieve wumbers at 9:30 o'clock this morning. f.m than a score are listed to com- the entrants are Ed Bieber, | elose second last MMaryland State champion; Tony Mug- &io, Baltimore 100-mile road title hold- | ®r, and Bits Horner, last year's winner lamateur golf champion, today seored a | t vith v i et of the. oourse Tecord &t 1| 15, ene. undes par, over the GICUt | thes i enown & hour and 48 seconds. Liberal handicaps will be given new | vices. e race is the o!figlc annusl event held by the District | club. GYCLISTS TO GATHER | Bieber, Reidy, Horner, Barnes, Col- Peter and McDougall, District bi- | are asked to attend a meeting | the Century Road Club Association | The scheduled 8-round bout between | the District at the home of R. J.| , 208 M street, Tuesday night at | o'clock. Century Road Club Association will in a meet at Balt‘more next H. Davies, 8. A. Easterbrook, A. Easter- na‘mm and H. C. Jolly. brook could not take part in the trials because of an injured hand. |even 2's and is_considerable putting in | riq, | | ridge. a man who never played | any league. The Golf Committee of|of professional base mfl 1yn h’L“’;‘fi‘f‘ | the senior association announce jocu- | broke into base ball. At that time, the |larly that “whenever there is a World | stormy Johnson insisted that all Ameri- G mpire—Mr. Shoemaker. LDBROOKE M. E., which is com- posed mainly of former Western | High athletes, will play Metropoli- Mitchell defeated Gus Faulkner, 5|championship putting contest we ex-| can League players travel as much as and 4; Compston defeated Duncan Mc- W. J. Vranch, 8 and _7; E. R. Whit- combe defeated Tom Barber, 3 and 2: Davies defeated A. J. Lacey, 3 and 2, and Padgham defeated Jclly 6 and 5. In snother match, Bert Hodson defeat- ed H. Large, 8 and 7. WHEELER GOLF WINNER Takes Southern Conference Title in Extra Hole Match. ATHENS, Ga., May 2 (#).—Albert Wheeler of Vanderbilt University today won the Southern Conference individual olf championship, defeating George ush of Tulane on the nineteenth hole. 'PENN GOLFERS BEAT GEORGETOWN U. TEAM Merriam's Extra-Hole Victory Is Decisive in 5-to-4 Defeat of Hoya Linksmen. PHALADELPHIA, Pa, May 2. Jack Merriam's extra-hole victory over George Monoghan in the No. 3 singles enabled the Pennsylvania golf team to ! defeat, the Georgetown links squad by a 5-to-4 count today in an Eastern In- tercollegiate League contest. played over the course of the Manufacturers’ | Country Club. A par 4 on the nineteenth handed the Red and Rlue water polo star the verdict after his Georgetown opponent had waged a valliant battle down the back stretch to reach the end of the regulation distance all even Georgetown made a clean sweep in the last foursome when Fisher and Destefano not only came out on top in their singles engagements with Mc- Kean and Holbrook, but handed the Quaker plavers a_2-and-1 licking in the best-ball match Summaries. Pennsylvania (51 Georgetown (4 Wilson 1 Beger Best ball 1 Best ball . Total Merriam O Reilly Best ball Total . McKean Holbrook Best ball Total G Mo P Mo Best B Total Fisher Deatefans Best bail Total 0 Total Grand total s . STILL IS KEiEN GOLFER Johnston, Former Champion, Shoots Grand total Low Score at Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. May 2 (A Harrison R. (Jimmy) Johnston of St. Paul, Minn. the 1929 United States national golf links. Jimmy was here for the Spring meet- ing of the Executive Committee of the United States Golf Association. He | negotiated the outside nine in 35, two | | under par, but had to be content with a | 37 going home, one over par. POSTPONE FIGHT AGAIN DES MOINES. Jowa, May 2 (A).— Bushy Graham, Utica, N. Y., and Hymie Wiseman, Des Moines, featherweights, was postponed today until May 11. ‘The fight originally was scheduled for May 4 and Was postponed because of Graham’s illness. | pect_to_enter him as our representa- | trophy was Dr. W. R. Du Base. NEARLY THIRTY PAIRS "IN PRO-SENIOR GOLF Middle Atlantio Association to | Stage Tournament Tomorrow at Chevy Chase Club. Nearly 30 pairs have been nominated to play in the pro-senior golf tourney to be staged at Chevy Chase tomorrow by the Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers' Association. They will start | alternately at the first and tenth tees. Here are {he pairings so far: 130 pm. —Pirst tee. Col. M. Morrow and g.\mn Spencer, Gen, H. P. McCain and Dan urton ¥P:lh tee—Admiral M. M. Taylor and ex Armour, Senator Thomas J. Walsh and Al Bill Seott 1:38 _Pirst tee: John C. Letts and Bihton, . ©. Wagenhorst abd Jack tee—Dr. W. B. Mason and Warner G. ¥. Worthington and Gene Lar- 740 p.m.— Pirst tee: Waiter G_Peter and Rill Hardy. Gen. C. G. Treat and Bill Mallor | “"Tenth. tee—H. D. Crampton and Archie Clark. C. V. Wheeler and Mel Shores. 1745 Pirst tee: Col. Hickman and Jimmy E. M. Talcott and Walter Cunning- "Fenth teeVictor Kauffmann and Willie Schyeiber, (Gen. D. C. Bhanks and Bill Car- 50 T col. H Morrow K. Campbell and Dave 5 Tenth Mather, 1:50 p.m —Pirst tee and CIff Spencer, E. Thempson. 'As more senior partners are signed the following pros will be paired: Tenth tee—Lawrence Wisner and All Treder, Douglas Brooks and Fred McLeod, Bob | Barnett and Charles Betschler, J. Monro Hunter and George Diffenbaugh, Irving Schloss and Ralph Beach, Tony Syl- | vester, W. H. Wood and D'Arcy Ban- agan. TEN COLORED NINES " AREREADY FOR PLAY | Departmental League Will Start Title Race Tomorrow on Monument Lot. With 10 teams lined up the Colored Departmental Base Bail League will |start play at 5:15 pm. tomorrow on the Monument Grounds' diamond. with Agriculture matched against Municipal | _Other teams in the league are Post | Office, Veterans' Bureau. Treasury, Government Printing Office, _Public | buildings and Public Grounds, Bureau of Engraving, Commerce and Special Delivery. The last four are newcomers | |in the league | 7 Agriculture won the title last season, | trimming the Municipal aggregation in | a final serfes. With the addition of the | four new teams and) the bolstering of alent, the road to year's crown should be rugged. | The schedule will include two series, | the first ending June 24 and the second | beginning June 29 and ending August 14. | " Schedule for this week follows: May 4—Agriculture vs. Municipal. | May 5—Treasury vs. Veterans’ Bu- | reau. | “May 6—G. P. O. vs. Post Office. | May 7—Public Bulldings and Grounds vs. Special Delivery. May 8—Commerce vs. Bureau of En-| | graving. LONDOS LISTS ROEBUCK. WILKESBARRE, Pa, May 2 (#). | Jim Londos, heavy-weight champion wrestler, will meet “Tiny" Roebuck Haskell Indian, here May 7. ible on a certain rallroad line no i | Cullough, 6 and 5: Robson defeated |tive.” The runner-up for the Wheeler | matter if they were forced to make mid- | night jumps and change trains three or | four times to get to their destinations. Harridge was assigned to handle the tough job and did it so capably that he won Johnson's admiration and later a position with him as private secretary. In Johnson's later years, when illness | forced him out of the office, Harridge | virtually ran the league. ! son finally was ousted in 1927 after his fight with several club owners and Base Ball Commisisoner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Harridge was named secretary of the league in Barnard’s office. In that capacity. he has succeeded, and re- ceived the friendship and support of Commissioner Landis. Henry Edwards, public service secre- | tary of the league under Barnard's regime, probably will succeed Harridge as league secretary although he declined | | to discuss the question. However, he| did laud the club owners, umpires and | players for their spirit of “carry on.” “Every one in the league seems to have caught the spirit of good will as | never before,” Edwards sald. “We | haven't had a complaint on an umpire | or about a player 5o far this season.| | Everybody is working hard and I think | we're going to have one of the best sea- ‘wns in many years.” OLD DIAMOND RIVALS | { MEET AT ALEXANDRIA Celtics and Naval Hospital to Bat- | tle Today—French Nine Invades | Del Ray. | | Woodmen of the World vs. Marion | ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 32_Rivals | | of years' standing will meet. in Baggett's Park here tomorrow, with the St. Mary's | | Celtics battling the Naval Hospital toss- | ers of Washington, in a double-header, starting at 2:30 o'clock. *“Babe” Clapper, former George Wash- ington plaver, will appear on the slab for the Sailors. | ! Virginia White Sox, Fairfax County orides, will entertain the Washington Red Sox at 2:30 tomorrow, on the | Baileys Cross Roads diamond, H | . Howard A. French Co. nine will come | from Washington to meet the Del Ray | A. C. on Edward Duncan Field at 3| o'clock tomorrow. | | ‘The Nation-Wide Store nine will go| to Fort Myer, Va., tomorrow for a game with the Soldiers. | Virginia A. C.'s newly organized un-| | limited team and the Hlmtz:'s Station A. C. will meet on Guckert's Field at |3 o'clock tomorrow. | | Nation-Wide Grocers of Washington | | will furnish the opposition for the ‘Co- | lumbia Engine Company at Haydon | | Pleld tomorrow at 3 o'clock. | . Jack Hudson and Morris Haywood, Alexandria High players, and Francis | Gorman, who pitched for the local| | scl w0 years ago, have been signed | by the Virginia Juniors. = FRENCH NETWOMAN WINS| iMme. Mathieu Downs English Girl to Win British Title. BOURNEMOUTH, England, May ‘2 (#).—Mme. R. Mathieu, France's lead- ing woman tennis player, who eliminated Betty Nuthall yesterday, today won the British women's hard court champion- | ship, defeating Miss Mary Heeley in the | finals, 6—4, 6—4. | Miss Heeley Is a former English junior champlon, ‘When John- | Edwards May Be Secretary. ’ tan Baptist, 8 newcomer, in the Church League opener on the South Ellipse to- morTow. | Larry Schnelder probably will hurl for the Eldbrooke Club and in the fleld will be supplemented by Hank Duryee, Bob Fuchs, Mike Hunt, Ed Duryee, Bob Freeman, Duvall, Turvey and Edy. The Church Leaguers are looking for- ward to one of the best seasons in the history of their circuit. | Sandlot Base Ball ONE of the better attractions today is scheduled at Silver Spring where | Brooke Grubb will oppose his 1931 | edition of the Howitzer Giants against the’ Alexandria Cardinals, who are cele- brating their twenty-fifth year on the sandlots in a double-header, the opener . French team will debut today when it tackles the Del Ray | | A. C. at 3 o'clock on the Del Ray field. | | Bill Flester, Prench pilot, has a sweet Jooking aggregation, no one will deny, | and he expects to win back the city title lost last year. | The remainder of the independent sandlot schedule for today follows: | Ross Juniors vs. Virginia Juniors, 1| o'clock, Duncan field, Alexandria. | * Schwartz Juniors vs. Spengler Post, | 11 _o'clock, diamond No. 1. | Schwartz Juniors vs. Robinsons, 3 o'clock, Fairlawn No. 1 diamond. | Lindberg Seniors vs. Miller-Roamer A. | .. 2:30 o'clock, Lindy field. | State Department vs. Washington A. | C.. 1 o'clock, Pairiawn, | Linworths vs. Olmsted Grill, 3 o'clock | diamond No. 10. Piremen vs. Potomac Food Distribu- | tors, 3 o'clock, Cabin John. | Seabrook A. C. vs. Sherwood A. 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