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SPORTS. men Already Chosen Shows STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE By WALTER R. McCALLUM FOE OF WHITCOMBE “FAGES TOUGH TIME lnvaders’ Captain Reputed to Be Strongest Match Player in Empire. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HE abilities of the seven players definitely named for the British Ryder Cup team that will engage American professionals at Colum- bus, Ohio, in June, presages 2a hard battle for the homebreds when they attempt to regain the international trophy. Five of the seven selected, after a series of four trial matehes, are veterans, well on the far side of 30 years, and all have been thoroughly seasoned in hard competition. It is probable that Charles Whit- combe, captain of the British team, will be the most difficult invader to over- come. Whitcombe has the reputation of being the best match player among British professionals, and in_his two Ryder Cup engagements he has been winner in both the singles and four- somes. Whatever American draws the assignment of playing the British leader is in for some hard work. The Whitcombes are, perhaps, most famous golfing family in Eng! and Charles is second of thrée bro ers who follow the game of golf. T family hails from Burnham, in S0 set, and it was there that Ernest, e est of the brothers and a member of the Ryder Cup team, learned the game. Ernest took up golf for a livelihood as | the result of an argument with his schoolmaster, who chided him for spending so much time on the links and advised, “You will never make a ving at goll nsoi'm ‘after, Whitcombe entered the shop of Ernest Ford at Burnham and developed into one of the foremost pro- fessional players in his country. The elder Whitcombe has won the French and Irish open championships, the British professional match play cham- pionship and finished as mfi:‘ as second in the open. The schoolmaster was wrong in his case. Charles Whitcombe received his start n his brother’s shop at the Came Down Club in Dorset and after five years of apprenticeship started out for himself. During the past 10 vears he has won practically every tournament of note in Great Britain except the open cham- pionship. His list of victories includes the West of England, three times; the d, THE EVENING STAR ASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1931. JONES| Driver Putter Irish open, Northern open, Glen-Eagles tournament and the match play cham- pionship twice. He is the present holder of the professional championship and Jast season won some $7,000 in prize MAC SMITH]| [CRUICKS Spade Driving TURNESA~Spoon [ARMOU Brassie HANK Iron HAVE been asked a number of times to select the best shot- makers in golf; not purely from the standpoint of individual scoring ability, but on the basis of style and consistent results. It would be an ideal round, in my moneys. The two Whitcombes, Compston, Da- vies, Abe Mitchell, Jolly and Robson form the nucleus of a strong team, but at this distance it is hard to concede the invaders quite an even chance to defeat the brigade Walter Hagen will captain for the United States. Playing on an American course, the home- breds will have an advantage, particu- | larly since the British still are having | AY is a busy month for woman golfers of the Capital. In ad dition to the competition fi | The Star Trophy, slated to | today at the Manor Club, three other | events arc scheduled for the fair club swingers, only one of them an exclu- cively club affair. On May 21, while| the men are playing in the Indian| Spring tourney, a team of Washington | | woman golfers will play a team of B2 timore women in & team match over & | Washington coures, | week in May the fair pia | pete in the chase for the District Wt | an's championship over the course of | the Chevy Chase Club. This competi- | | tion originally was scheduled for Jun at the Conzressional Country Club, but the date was advanced to avold a con- flict with the Wemen's Southern Golf | Association championship at Princess | Anne, and now the scene of the cham- | pionship has been changed to Chevy Chase. try Club is undergoing extensive repaire, | designed to repair the damage done to the putting greens last Fall, and will not be in sufficiently good condition to play a major championship tourney over until Jate in May. The board of | governors of the Chevy Chase Club yes- | | terday gave its sanction to the use of | the course for the District Woman's | championship for the five days begin- | ning May 25. | Woman players of Chevy Chase are | to compete in a tourney of their own, starting May 18, when thc annual com- | petition for’ the French High Com: | sion Cup for women is billed to start. A | qualifying round to be piayed on May |18 will be followed by match play | rounds on May 19, 20, 22 and 23, the one day hiatus on May 21 being due to the team match with Baltimore. Four Chevy Chase golfers are on the Wash- | ington team. | The finest golf on the opening day of The Star cup tourney yesterday vias produced by Mrs. Alma Ven Steinner, who led in the net competition over the first day with a card of 88—11—77, |and Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, who led in the gross event with a card of 84.| Out in an indifferent 52, Mrs. Von | Steinner played the short nine of the | | Manor Club, where the tourney is being staged, in 36 strokes, ich is only three strokes sbove men's par. 'This | included a 5 on the par 3 eighth hole. Mrs. Haynes played the rugged last nine of the regular Manor Club course in_41 strokes, which is considerable golf for a woman, and then procegded to taks 43 on the easiest ninc of the layout, where par is 33. She did not have a single 3 on the “inside” mine. | Her pitch shots, aimed at the pins far back on the putting greens, consistently slid over the back edges of ths greens, |and she could not get the return an-l | proach close enough for a single putt. At least eight players had a chance | “The course of the Congressional Coun-| , tourney started today, under lowering ckies and with more than an even p pect of rain. Added cntries broug complete starting list up to nearl he largest cver to enter in a n ¢ tourney. Every pleyer of note in ths city and mony vicliors who are capable mo'fers are cntered, although most of the sta: players will not start until tomorros Among thcse billed to ctart iomor are Max R. Marston of Philadeiphia former national champlon: B. Warren | 2n, creck player of the B: Club, and Miller B nd during the last o | i 3 < has been put in the finest of condition for the tourney. Harry G. Pitt, winner of the tourney for the past three years, played a prac- tice round yesterday thrcugh ihe rain | which feil intermittently and chot a card of 73. Pitt has been playing poorly this Spring and has been worried about But he is perfectly at home at Chevy Chase, and showed it by his ability to recover from the minor 200 players were to start t he first qualifying day, while | : number play tomorrow. e copesters have it that because | of the class of the field ccores below 80 | will be required to qualify in the first | flight ond that cards of 86 and better il be required to quallfy in any of tho ghts. With the competition for the Perkins Plate in its semi-final stage, senior golf- ers of the Chevy Chase Club have start- ed cn another tourney—the event for the Morven Thompson Memorial Trophy. | Here are the results of the first-round metehes in the Thompson Trophy tourney: J. A. Emery defeated Dr. L. B. T. Johnson by default; Edward Clifford defeated E. E. Lewis, 2 and 1: E. M. Talcott defeated B. F. Cheatham, 6 and 5; W. G. Brantley defeated G. H. Powell, 8 and 6; Admirnl H. P. Husc defeated C. V. Wheeler by default; Dr. W. R. Du Bose defeated W. C. Ravenel, 4 and 3; Gen. D. C. Shanks defeated A. E. Fowler by default; Admiral J. D. Beuret defeated G. H. Myers, 2 and H. C. Sheridan defeated Dr. G. B. Miller, 5 and 4; Capt. E. S. Kellogg de- | feated H. M. Southgate, 2 and 1; T. J. | D. Fuller defeated W. M. Morrow, 2and | 1; O. von Schrader defeated E. A. Hick- man by default; F. W. McReynolds de- feated W. M. Sprigg, 2 up. | WILL PLAY IN BRITAIN Maureen Orcutt Decides to Make Second Try for Title. NEW YORK, May 13 (#).—Maureen Orcutt has decided to try again for the Eritish women’s golf ~champlonship, which will be held this year at Port- marnock, Ireland. She will sail for Europe May 20. | Miss Orcutt, four time metropolitan Mashie niblick—Walter Hagen. Spade—Macdonald Smith. Chip shots—Horton Smith. Putter—Bobby Jones. Some of these selections are diffi- cult to make, the margin of differ- ence being very close, but I think you will find in each case I have good reasons for my choice. more or less trouble with the larger and lighter ball. | There was some surprise that the veteran George Duncan was left off the | British team. However, Duncan is at| the age when he no longer can be re- | garded as a first-class competitor, and at his best the Flying Scot always was inclined to be erratic. Duncan, in an inspired mood, is capable of great per-| formances, but this year the British evidently were willing to sacrifice prob- able brilliance for insured steadiness. WESTERN GIRLS VICTORS Bcore of Central in Starting De- fense of Rifle Title. Western’s girl rifle team, defending public high school champion, made a successful start in its quest for ancther | title when it downed Central yesterday by 18 points on the Central range. ‘Western totaled 872 points to 85% for Central. Thenen Ladies’ League Will Open 9-Week | Campaign Tonight. | The Washington Ladies' Doubles Bowling League tonight will open iis nine-week campaign at the Columbia alleys, Fourteenth and Monroe streets, at 8 o'clock. Ten duos, including most of the best | girl bowlers in the city, already are en- tered, while any other team with a com- | bined average of 200 or less is invited to enter by tonight. The following teams will roll tonight: Peggy Babcock and Lucille Preble, Bess Ackman and Jennie Malcolm, Polly | Shugrue and Mary Cox, Frances Heil and Reva Banks, Bronson Quaites and Bertha Greevy, Effie Moore and Hazel Jarrett, Loretto Leaman and Frances ‘Walker, Margaret Leaman and Rena Levy, Miss Leiberman and Miss Lauer, Mrs, Quigley and Mrs. Hayes. PIGEON RACES STAGED H. C. Hile's blrd( I‘uslgrst "l: Lh‘s' 200- mile pigeon race from Roanoke, Va, to this l::h.y, staged by the District of Columbia Racing Pigeon Club. It was th~> second of thz club’s old bird series. Washington Racing Pigeon Club also has just completed a race from Rcancke. A bird from the loft of Shriver and Worch triumphed in this/ event. Following is the order of finish in! the races showing the average speed made in yards per minute by the first return to each loft. D. C. Club. Bhriver & Werc 1588 W. P opinion, if each shot could be played from tee to green by the following line-up: Driver—Bobby Jones. Brassie—Tommy Armour. Spoon—Joe Turnesa. Driving iron—Bobby Cruickshank. No. 2 fron—Gene Sarazen. No. 3 or 4 fron—Leo Diegel. Mashie—Willie Macfarlane. GIRL RACKETERS PAIRED | Playground Championship !’our~} % Mat MatChes Hay DAt 1‘!ylhzumhud?n'= Pairings for the municipal playground | NEW YORK.—Ray Steele, 214, Cali- girls’ tennis championship tournament, | fornia, threw Jim McMillen, 215, ek 'w Chicago, 1:05:27; Sergel Kalmikoff, play in which was to open today, were | 545 "Rsia, ‘threw Jim Clinkstock, 235, announced yesterday along with the Oklahoma, 3:46: Gino Garibaldi, schedule for today. | Ttaly, dreva ;i’t!‘ni lfiolgh&wnrmm. Gflls. dne! elimination | Russia, and Richar at, 217, Ger- gt il et e s atlon | any,” drew with Sandor Szabo, 215, e held. The doubl will be run off during the Summer, | Hungary, in 30-minute time lmit Pairings and today's schedule follow: | matches. Zabeth _Miller, bye: Brooke, b BOSTON.—Tiny Roebuck, 245, Okla- g:gmcew ‘l};:cah Ynyh- e'H;(’:l:nfl:"'n"u"{' b homa, d;leam? Hans Steinke, 255, (l}nel:' F s el many, by referee’s decision (Steinke Ed B Dodec e, Moy Boach bre L | alined "for strangie. hold):. Pat O'Shocker, 218, Salt Lake City, threw Wiadek Zbyszke, 224, New York, 14:00; Wee Willie Davis, 230, Virginia, threw Milo_ Steinbach, 220, Belgium, 15:00. Jones is long as well as accurate . off the tees. He is no long:r, if as long on the averag> as hitters such as Craig Wood, Ed Dudley, Gene Sarazen and Leo Diegel, but he can hit my tee shots.on this team. Bobby will do on the greens also, although I might like to take a few of the long putts myself, if Jones mhoLM to rest up for his next tee 5] yson, bye; Alicia Stew: Flor Margare Grad: | 1,568: C._A._Linthicum. | 1.554; P E. Schmidt, 1de | Wightman Cup, between picked woman s. Doro- yo, bye; Virginia i Grace Taylor. bye; Katheri Virgi; N Boyd, Kennedy, bye: Griges, bye; ison,_bye: vieve Giller, bye; lyn Gray, bye; Nellie Bartges, bye. TODAY'S SCHEDULE. At Chevy Chase—Ada Hickey vs. Eleanor Carroll, Virginia Jones vs. Prances Nellie ‘Robinson vs. Charlotte Rosedale—Margaret Simmel vs. Rena Burn- ham, Verna Early vs. Anna Ladd, Jane V non 'vs, Betty O'Toole FRENCH BATTLE ?ENKEESi Amateur Boxers Face New York and Chicago Mittmen Tonight. | | CHICAGO, May 12 (#).—France's | | amateur boxing champlons will meet | Chicago and New York golden glove | victors in friendly international warfare | tonight—probably in Soldier Field. | Weather permitting, thousands, any- where from 21,000 to 100,000, will watch | the youngsters from overseas pit their | | skill " against eight picked American | boys. If the weather is unfavorable, | | the bouts will be held in the Chlcngoi Stadium. | The program will be run off in the following order: 112_ pounds—Andre Perrier, Prance, France, vs. ] France, vs. Cleveland pounds’-Marcel Esnault, France, Scotty Sylvano, Chicago. 147 pounds—Jacques de Lahayes, France. vs, Phil Dardel, New York. | "160 pounds—Jean zigan, Prance, vs. Fred | 10, Chicago 175 _pounds—Alexandre Elyas, France, vs. 2, Gary. In ghts—Fernand Laudrin, Prance, rutis, New York. WIGHTMAN PLAY EARLY NEW YORK, May 12 (#).—The in-| ternational _tennis matches for the | pound: Don_Gonzales, 135 " pounds_- vs. | teams of the United States and Great | oy * | Britain, will be held a week earlier this r. | yoar than they usually have when | T ower P Ml ller, 1,12 ton 80 Lot idal A B. o ne, 1. . Johnstone, 1.428.80; . Chapey, 1,329.50; Authorized Service Leece-Nc-ille, Dyneto, Westinghouse, Starters & Generator Repairs MILLER-DUDLEY CO. 1716 1th 81N, North 1583-4 % staged in this country. | | Instead of being set for the Priday and | | Saturday preceding the women’s cham- || | plonships, the international matches glvc boen moved forward so that a full | week will intervene between the two | events. ‘The Wightman Cup matches will b2 played August 7 and 8 and the wom- | en’s champlonships will start August 17. | | TROUSERS 3 To Match Your Odd Coats |EISEMAN’S, 7th & F | George won the other in 0.20 and 16:15. | Philade! MINNEAPOLIS.—Jim Londos, New Des ,_in_straight falls. 'TREAL—Ed “Don” George, 220, | Buffalo, N. Y, defeated Pat McGil, 215, Omaha, Nebr., two falls to on McGill took the first fall in 22:20; Fistic Batiles By the Associated Press. ) PHILADELPHIA. — Harry Blitman, Iphia, outpointed Young Joe Firpo. Pennsgrove, N. J. (10). PITTSBURGH. — Dominick ~ Petrone, Pittsburgh, outpointed Babe _Ruth, Louisville, ' Ky. (6); Jimmy Thomas, Pittsburgh, knocked out Georgie Sotak, Warren, Ohio (4). g CHICAGO.—Buck Easterling, Wichita, , stopped Jud Judkins, Grand Haven, Mich. (3) MIAMI, Fla.—Chino Alvarez, Tampa, Fla., knocked out Frankie Gonzales, Mexico Cily (2). Dfil;:‘}:m;'rs.dh' C.—Jack Denning, . stopped Russ Rowsey, Hunt- inglon, W, Va. 7). 4 MOINES. — Bushy Graham, Utica, N. Y., outpointed Hymie Wise- man, Des Moines (8); Louie Mays, Des Moines, outpointed Johnny Agrella, Los Angeles (8). OAKLAND, Calif —Jose Santa, Por- tugal, knocked out Johnny Grosso, Now York (2); Joe Vincha, Boston, knocled out_Sylvester Nolan, Santa Rosa (3)._ THE NEW COMPACT ATWATER KENT $69.50 Cq e $5.00 DELIVERS o 1817 Adams Mill Rd. N.W. 18th and B TR Cruickshank hit one of the great- est No. 1 iron shots I ever saw when he tied Jones for the open in 1923 at_Inwood. You hear more about Armour’s iron play, but he is better with the long wood. He gets more out of a brassie_shot than any other profes- sional I know. Hagen always has been a master with the mashie niblick. He has ex- treme confidence with this club. Hortcn Smith's best scoring last Winter was due to his fine chip shots. These saved him many a time when he was having trouble with other clubs. THE VAST INTERNATIONAL STANDARD OIN the largest gallery in the finals and you watch a champion. The majority always chooses an outstanding player or a superior product. This is the reason - for Gillette’s overwhelming leadership —and its world-wide acceptance as the standard of razor blade quality. In the seasoned judgment of more than a hundred million men here and abroad | to win The Star trophy as the tourney | champion, made her first start in the moved into its final phase today. The!‘ British classic last year at Formby, | main trophy goes to the player with | suffering elimination in the fifth round | | the lowest net score for 36 holes. Mrs.|at the hands of Enid Wilson, one of Von Steinner led by three strokes with | England’s foremost woman exponen'.s‘; | her net of 77, while only three strokes | of the game. 4 1 | behind her were Mrs. J. M. Shock of | The Englewood star may be Amer- | | the Army-Navy Country Club with a |ica's lone representative in the field at | card of 98-18-80: Mrs. J. M. Haynes | Portmarnock unless Marion Hollins de- | of Columbia, with 84-4-80, and Miss | cides to enter. Glenna Collett, Amer- | Florence Scott of Indian Spring, with |ican champion, has announced that | |a score of 93-13-80. One stroke be- |she will not compete this year. hind these three were Miss Virginia | e el e e CITY TENNIS PLAY TAGTS SATURCAY 3 i Men’s and Women’s Singles Listed on Opening Day, Saturday aftern Dcubles Tuesday. Po'omac and ch; Perk courts n men's end n's sin: competition will get under way. Men's doubles LAY in the City of Wasingior tnnis champie; 1 will stazt Tucsday. The champlonships will mark the for- mal start of tournament tennis in the District. Neither the 1930 champlons in the men's or women's singles will' defend | their honors. Bob Considine, men’s title holder, will no: play because of business ons. Josephine Dunham, women's ngies champion, now is married and living in New York. Clarence M. Charest, 47-year-old one- 2rmad veteran, four-time holder of the District champicnship and once winner of the national veterans' title, and Clara | Tabier, California product, are among the notable newcomers to the tourna- ment Dooly Mitchell, Tom Mangan, Comdr. | €. C. Gill, Bud Markey, Frank Shore, | Maurice O'Ncill, Colin ‘Stam and Jack | Purinton will be among the other lead- | ing_competitors in the men’s singles. Frances Walker, runner-up to Miss Dun- ham last year, will again play, as will Mrs. - Ruth Martinez, District public parks champion; Peggy Keyser, Margaret Graham and Edith McKelve Entries in the singles will close Thu: day at 6 pm. with John Ladd, 4422 21 street, and at Spalding’s and the Tenniz Shop. The draw will be made Thuisday night and published in Fri- idn 'S ncwspapers. | Tunney, Dempsey and Willard, former heavyweight champs, among them have | about ten millions of the world’s wealth, MAJORITY Willilams of Congressional, with 9!-10-i 81, and Mrs. G. D. See of Manor, with 99-18-81. In addition to these there | were several plavers with net scor> of €2, who might win the trophy today with a “hot” round. —_— | | With many of the star players of the | city entered, the qualifying round in the Chevy Chase Club's invitation of quality —Gillette is unequalled for shaving convenience. Every stroke with this blade is sleek and sweet—almost incredibly cool and pleasant. 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