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ORT S YOUTHS OF CAMPUS AR IN RARE FORW: Officials nghly Optimistic a They View Warm-ups for 1932 Olympics. CHOOL is out, but the stars of the college cinder paths and fields still in training. N Most of the youngsters who | won and placed n the great- est year of collegiate track and field will enter the National A. A. Rt ot pionships in Linceln cn July 4 And this yea 4s the best breake: There are club rank mighty hard sters out of the HE 1. C. 4-A summary at Phila- delphia read like a page out of the record books. Champions of 1931 bettered or equaled events we tion ances Records W the big relays ’ Lawson Robertson Penn, who #zain will be head coach of the United States Oympic field team, %and Joseph Town ‘timore, chairman of the t ‘committee, have been watching these brilliant youngsters with rapidly mount- ing optimism. “It is hard to restrain one's self eaid England, at the end of the col- legiate season, “and we're expecting more brilliance at the Lincoln meet. I believe we have the greatest material we've ever had eplendid in a majority of events.” Robertson tested events phasize the at but me first p of 1 Olympic losely con- to em- good men too,” he will be even gr aid, pho- them Spring. tryouts n 10t © tage of perfc give us a bet men along smoothly their best in the b 'ROM now on the tr of the East must loo starting the advan- which will to bring the get them at ck enthusiasts westward, for ncoln meet all 1til the end ged in the Even the T next year, Bl C. 4-A meet goes West bee: clubs of the coast There are d man or the Barber and Hall are a few of the celeb- rities who piled up polnts for the big coast schoo DD to that r and you h: ash across the horizon A lot of sopho- Baseren ot e 120 highs in knocked over a sophomore and m N nmer. He d 143, but unfortunately two hur Keller g the four ir in full, Je stan 6 feet 1158 _pounds There will be Lincoln, but the gof them. H teams alrcad ‘three. He's (raining nov L Jack. from ve, which is, de Keller. He weighs his nickr old-timers at be tough for year's sp Pittsburgh And tl Englan slownhearte BRITISH NO TO PLAY $ope Is Abandoned of Ryder Team Entering Wester CHICAGO, June 13 ment officials of the W sociation tod donec entries of Br fmembers in the Western ope ton. Ohio, n The Britors anticipated and in time for the Most of the America _have Johnny Farrel doubtful s ‘Thave entered are ly crowned Br former Western open Sarazen, defending Von Elm, Sal Concordville. Beach, Calif.; G les “Chic! Chicago i ald, Chi about won't thelr n Open. P). '] tern Ge hope f urna- As- the team weck sailed later than bee Gene aplon; George start out GORDON WINS ON MAT Scores Murray Brown Also Casino Wrestling Card. on In the best match that has been geen at the Murray Casino Roughhouse Gordon pinned George Adams to the floor in the main attraction last night. It took Gordon 21 minutes of wind action to win, from the effects of a It took Chief Brown dispose of Tiger Jim Glascoe. with a body sciss Other results fo George 1 ¢ an decision; Ted Adams ter, 20 minutes to no decisiol Armstrong defeated Young Harry Wills with & body slam in 19 minutes, and Young Jackson defeated Raymond Mills 4n 19 minutes. 18 minu He won 'd Gechie Hun- Bobby williams, 9: Dartmo Pennsylvania, 8; Col Boston College, 1 Pro\ldenco Cnll(‘fl( ln'\\\fl 3 ‘Harvard, Hosel U. of Japan, 1, Union, 9; Rorhmt r, 5. Lafayette, 2; Montclair, 1. Vermont, 4; St. Lawrence, 3. Providence, 2; Brown, 1. and our prospects are | ners this | a battle in the | okomo Kid, no | OLYMPIC TRYOUTS DUE TO BE MOVED Secm Sure to Be Held on Coast, but Not in Stadium at Los Angeies. EW YCRK, June 13.-—It has been learned, on good authority, that the 1932 American Olym- pic track and field tryol i 1 ‘mpic Stagium 15 and 16, 1932, ere are two cbj cient to cause a change First, games turned Internat fore the s in Los Angeles July T over 1o the of Federation two weeks be- rt of That the committee handling the games in Los Angeles next year feel that it is unsportsmanlike f | the American athletes to compete stadium prior to the Olymp! would give the American team cc able advantage in becoming accustomed to track and field Los Ange and _the Olympic Stadium we °d by the Ciympic mmitice at iis mi 15. It i e the so that the at in outs on the coa would be acclim: Therefore, i a change i it is likely the trycuts wi | to 'san Francisco, Palo Alto (h Stanford University) or Pasadena latter is nearest the Olymple site and. it would appear, has the best chance to | 1an WO COACHES LEAVE | BERTHS AT HILLTOP Colrick, Tutor of Basketers and Nine, and Murphy, Frosh Grid Mentor, Resign. | Resignation of John Colrick. head basket ball and base ball coach and as- n mentor, and T shman foot ball coach, mounced at Georgetown University. Colrick, hovever, it was stated serve as assistant to Head Mills throughout t before le has definitely severed with the school ick plans to er ss in New York Ci not_decided wt iness in Bridgeport law s ck and Mur ducts., having r of 1930 follow thletic direc while Mu igning Murphy within veteran DOWN THn LINE P BY Same Old Ballyhoo. HERE seems to have been some ra change in cpinion as to what constitutes s ing news You may or may not be aw that there is a heavyweight champlon- p fight, or what is standing in lieu thereof. scheduled to take place in the ew stadium at Cleveland on July 3. and that both of the principals slated are even now hard at work for this event. Siafried Adolf Otto the heavyweight champt west of the Hudson, Is t Pa. while Young Ga W 0 who is the contend 2ll of the of John uL I do Poits. Hall, who has been nd the' baliyhoo for battle of the century typist I would nct even know shat there was a heavyweight championship bout in prospect. But Sam is flittng pe- 1 the lak ight head- rters at Cleveland, and I receive full deta ing up” of the bout daily. g over the daily reports of Mr. m to me to be S resting as those t > prior to the Dempsey-Wil- Perhaps “this is because the formula for ballyhooing a prize fight does not change in the cssentials. The flerence is that weeks before the Dempsey-Willard fight all of the news- 2pers in the United States were print- € columns of the same sort of matter t Mr. €am Potts Hall is writing at but which i3 being Teta this partic is a two-handed s: of the “'smok- from Tole ont, printed now Same Old Ballyhoo. T cannot be that there is a consplracy of silence against the literary work of Mr. Sam Potts Hail. But for some or other these graphic accounts !of the doings in the t 1ing camps of Herr Schmeling and Master Stribling do not get in anywhere next to pure ng matter. It must be that t istomers do not care to hear about it. Mr. Hall, I see, i3 using some of the some characters that were used in the big ballyhoo of the Battle of Tole Dime is e other. liam McCarne: at Toledo, is s time, w re; I note | the most quoted man 1 wil | to be quoted | “The ba too. which has not been | be well along. cobs, one of the chmeling. already has 'm of the referee. You may or may not remember that the referee thing came at about the climax of the ballyhoo for the Dempsey-Wil- | lard bout. because ) holders according to Mr. all that Mr. am Potts Jacobs _wants made it ¢ b honest r ee. Then Corpora- and New is promoting the bout, also made it clear that all they wanted | was an honest referee. It seems that | this point has been settled unanimously and that all needed now is to find the | st referee. rding to Mr. Hall the fighters gone through the snecring period. | Mr. ped Willie | the | hus for sneered to the effect that if there were any clutching d-ne in this fight it would be done by Herr Schmeling and not by his offspring, who would not even clutch at a straw it he were drowning. On last word | from Mr. Hall the sneering honors| were even, . Clutch would not atte: way lhn;u"h his dav must be held elsewheré than in the| the | games, | s to be made, | The | o enter Joe | C0LORADO YOUTHS FAVORED IN MEET Fort Collins Team Appears as Winner of Chicago Interscholastics. BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Associated Bports Writer. HICAGO, June 13.—The national rscholastic track and fleld headed in the same direction as all other national track and field titles estward, Southern California has taken 1 collegiate title clear to the prep champlonship ap- ly to travel westward only ort, Collins, t. rom Fort Collins yester- qualified six men in the twenty renewal of the meet—the same number as Ohio, and Oak Park of Chicago, ppeared to have enough power in middle-distance and mile runs to their opposition. Salem, also team strength, looked like the Ithough Oak Park and g High of Louis ington, W. Va, Gay | seventh Chicag Sale and s th were > enter 1924 v th g the meet for the first Port Collins has finished n third, and on three occa- and 1928, won the y Mountain lN\m was third In 1924 and second in 1927 Battles for individual honors, no low schools which could send no more than its most n(fl to be brilliant and every he cous | nrl‘ titl | section of try_appeared to have at least posstbility hoice individual exhibition yes- was staged by Amsden Oliver, a ro frem Roosevelt High, Dayton. who Ohio, ! in impressive fashion. vas nipped by inches in the es by Charles Casper of Har- Tex., last vear, and fell when ntly had the lows won, seemed himself today Herman of Oak Park, ng champion in the 100- qualified, but had his work him, with Jack Joorfetz of ock. TIl, and Crain Portman of ., 1lL, as the troublemakers. ibility of a world interscholastic n the 880-yard run disappeared 'im Quinn of Ludington, Mich., cats Hardin of Greenwood, Miss. » two sections in 1930, drew agzain toda: Quinn , while Mardin Fas been ppari TIGER CREW CO’ACI:{*QUITS. . N. J. June 13 (&)- n of Chuck Logg. varsi crew coach, has been ac- meeting of the board ceton University es, 1916, coach of was named acting coach. Logz had been crew coach at inceton since 1925, o McGEEHAN. | Very Much Like Toledo. HERE is just one dangerous note in the that is being sou by Hall. He y that Pa Stribl a block of $2 geide seats to be occupi Crackers from Georgi ates that this is only ¢ with the fight nearly M. something like this that gate receipts at Toledo. T is show that Mr. Tex Rickard made a profit out of that one, but I am ed that he did no better tha if he did that. A weel bout the press agents had many seats on paper that from the outlying distr e that there was no began to fig in going to Toledo, because the place ven the astute Mr. William Me- Carnev, who was aiding ihe ballyhoo at Toledo, became afected Uv his own s own stor- stores and number of cots 4 who could not be otels. On th before the fight Mr. McCa omer. He rented to himself and he was that he hired a total r to occupy lace with him so that he would not go goofy from solitude. A few days befcre the fight Mr. Rick- a (l came to the ndents in a Not only did v that the ce was anywhere near sold out, but bezged them to send the news that there were plenty of spare seats to ac- comy te any number of visitors And this turned out to be the truth There were plenty of vacant seats all through the bout. The Toledo gate re- ceipts suffered from ths overballyhoo The Baitle of Cleveland so far is not i menaced by anything of the sort. IT Leside the shores of lakes. It is customary for each principal in & Battle of the Century to rescue some girl from drowning some time before the baitle. The last rescue before & championship made, I believe, by Mr .“Jack Sharkey, in a fit of his beaten both Schmeling stribling to it. I hear that Mr. y only the other day ed a girl | from drown ing and Mr. Sharl is not even in traing. his proposed bout with | Primo Carnera having been enjoined by a Federal judge. Gene Tunney always had a lake handy when he was in training, but Tunney always refused steadfast to rescue anybody for publicity purposes, though Mr. Steve Hann2gan was at all times ready to provide him with Max | Sennett bathing beauties for purpeses. Mr. Tunney did make one scue from drowning while training at peculator, but it mever got Into the | a | Chances for Rescues. seems significant that both of the He saved his manager, Mr. Willlam | Gibson. It seems .that Mr. Gibson, ‘amr a very tiring day, went to sleep| in his bathtub. Mr. Tunney heard his gurgling and dashed into the bath room. Seeing that Mr. Gibson was in danger ]a( finding a watery grave in the tub, Mr. Tunney reached down and pulled | out the plug, letting the water run out.| ‘Mr Gibson's life was saved, but the story never came out, and Mr. Tunney never reccived a Carnegie medal for the rescue. In few days there will be ultim: tums rent back and forth concerning the refcree @ to make the Schmeling-Siribling fight a grudge fight. But the way things are going ncbody will know or care, because the customers do not seem to care any mnrl‘ for the fight literature for which ey once clamored. Or did they ever n’a y want it? Having written reams of it myself, & wonder. W TON, D, €., SATURDAY, JUNE plonships today appeared | Colo., to make University of | even | { more important to the youngsters from | outstanding performers, prom- | 1 his heats in the high | He | $5 a cot from | principals in this fight are training | 1escue | d something will come up | N A ow HE - MADPE HIS STREA IN A VAR OF “SHOES HE BORROWEP FROM His Chi- CREW MEN RESTED; BEAR YARN STARTS - Report of Three Columbia Oarsmen Being Il Is |, Spiked by Coach. ‘ Assoctated Press. | OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 13— The first real crop of bear stories, & traditional part of the program when college oarsmen gather here to train for the intercollegi- championship, finally has S appearance. The river buzzed with a wild rumor yesterday that three members of Rich Glendon's crack Columbia varsity were suffering from food n Macrae_Sykes, stroke: Bob Ward, No. 3, and Bob Walters, bow, were the men named. Neither Sykes nor Ward rowed with the Lions, but Walters was in his accustomed seat ach Glendon said both Sykes and Ward were a trifle un- deriveight and that he was giving them a day’s rest Time trials were held yesterday by California, Washington, Wisconsin and Only 'Penn's time— 3 was announced, but it was ported the others all were a bit over or under 20 minutes for th 4 miles. Coach Bill Haines shifted his Massa- chusetts Tech v with Hapgood replacing Reagan at No. 6. Julian Curtis, the referee for the re- gatta, which will be held Tursday, toured the boathouses to warn co: vains against undue delays at the start under penalty of d1<qu'\lmmrlon BRITISH NETMEN LEAD Take First Two Mntchns in Cup Play Against Japanese. EASTBOURNE, England, June 13 P)—England took a commanding lead over Japan in the semi-final round of the European zone Davis Cup tennis play by sweeping through both of the opening singles matches yesterday with the loss of only two sets. ¢ defeated Jiro Satoh, 6—1, in the first match, and . (Bunny) Austin downed H. Satoh, 5 , 6—4, 6—1, in the second. England now needs only to win today’s doubles match or one of two remaining singles contests to assure itself a place ‘m the final round. 'DOUBLES TITLE AT 7STAKE Al Perkins and Mason De Land were | to face Gilbert Hunt and Nathan Rit- | zenberg early today in the final round | of the junior doubles in the annual | District junior boys' tennis champion- | ships on the Rock Creek courts. | Perkins and De Land gained the title round by victory yesterday over Charles Daly and Ricky Willls, sceded No. 1 doubles team. It was the biggest up- set to date in the junior competition. The scores were 6—2, 6-—2. Perkins and De Land exhibited an aggressive, heady game to vanquish Daly and Willis. YANKS BEAT GERMANS | BERLIN, June 13 (#).—The United States won both singles matches in the international team series with Germany to take a lead of two matches to none, but the walk-away predicted for the Americans did not materialize. | John Van Ryn won his match easily | | enough from Ferdinand Henkel, 6—1, ' | 6—3, 6—2, but George Lott, jr, his Philadelphia partner, had to go five | | sets to win from Dr. Heinz Landmann, | 3—6, 3v6 6—2, 6—4 6—2. BOXER IS EXONERATED PORTLAND, Oreg., June 13 (F)— Pete Meyers, San Francisco boxer, was exonerated by @ coroner’s jury yesterday of responsibility for the death Wednes- day of Stanley Sargent, 22, Vancouver, | Wash., who died from injuries received in a match with Megern RAMBLERS NEED GAME Because of a schedule mix-up, the Rambler A. C. is without a game - morrow, and Manager Brannon would |like to book an unlimited opponent. He may be reached at West 3114 be- tween 7 and 8 o'clock. N THE BOSTON BRAVES WON E|GHT GaMEs @i Tre A LA Victory at 'lmpe Hlm Pltt s F Harry Pitt, ace of the Manor Club, does take first rank in the ratings of local golfers at the close of the compet ¢ seacon this year t will only be because some other g ing fellow has done m! course between the present and next October. Manor Club star to- day stands shou any loc: winger, even though for a time early in the Spring it looked as if it were to have a bad year. Harry has come fast in the t month, ad- vancing quickly a mediocre game to one t has plowed relentlessly through all opposition to win three of the last fcur tournaments in which he and | has played his win of the the Columbia stamp links deeds this ting Man- r about the me of golf tourna- n his top po 0 many more year, and if place as lead- r about the to accomplish of a golfing Pitt's latest victory Wardman__ trophy Country Club ye: of supremacy on vear and orite 85 the standc Capital along ments to o tion, but there big tournaments left t any one does assume b ing amateur of the j Cepital he will have something in the wa marvel. Has Made G Pitt's record this year is far more m- e than that of any other local men. Starting at Washington, he in the second round. and he also at Chevy Chase, his favorite tonr- nament. But then he went over to In- dian Spring, where he beat Roy Sasscer in the final. Jumping over to B more he trounced A. F. Lynch of New York to win the final of the Baltimore Country Club event The following weck he went down to Princess Anne, where h~ had one of his rare bad rounds and fell in the first d before George F. Miller, a club- mate_at Manor. Yesterday he placed the final stamp of supremacy on his 1931 Spring links campaign by downing the youthful Billy Howell on the final green to win the Columbia Country Club tournament. Not since the days when George J. Voigt was rampaging up and down the bunkered land, win- eat Record. ning tournaments as they came along, | Pointers on Golf BY SOL METZGER. The golf career of the late Walter J. Travis is striking evidence that vouth alone does not control compe- tition. He started play when 36. Four years later he was national amateur champion. Three such titles and the British amateur eventually fell to his skill Travis was a small man with small hands and feet. He also lacked physical power. He bullt up his own game by practice and without ever® taking a lesson. He had to figure it out himself. There never was a bet- ter putter. ‘The “Old Man.” as he was known, perfected his Bt o & prne green at his home. The hol>s were o fravio PUTTING Sl gy~ - RLGULATION CUP 4v4 INCHES 2 inches in diameter. Those we play to during our rounds are 414 inches in diameter. When he mastered hol- ing out in these miniature cups, just larger than a ball, he felt, on view- ing the larger targats during a round, that it would bs impossible for him to miss them. So he built up putting on green’s confidence. Are you a victim of this slicing business? In an illustrated leaflet Sol Metzger analyzes “Slicing” and suggests a’‘cure. He will gladly send this leaflet to any one sending a stamped. addressed envelope. Address Sol Metzger, in care of this paper, (Copyright, 1031.) THis Y2ARS ~JuE BATTERS %su#sa EDS HEALTH waS <7 FOOR. LAST SEASCN Fign s Reserved Columbia Beflt D. C. Golfer regardless of the opposition. local golfer won so many ments in a le short Pitt Winning from Everett Eynon in the semi-final by the astounding margin of to the final round of the tourney yesterday. where he met Howelt, who had a harder match with M. Parker Nolan. even though the Richmond youngster was exactly par for the 184 HolEy 0T the sustcl.. Howel wor the match by 3 and 2. but he had been in a contest just the same Perhaps the strain of that battle tired him out, and his easy win helped Pitt, for the fact is that Howell's long shots. usually straight and true, were all over the lot yesterday. He hook shots on the second, third, sixth and . and lost the last two of these holes when his ball went out of bounds from the tce. All through the match the youngster was ragged. and Pitt himself, was not as good as have been. for the missed sh thirtecnth, holes in Pitt_went_into the lead by the third hole, when Howe hooking his tee s overa the green. THe when Pitt encounter his journey to the fifth then” Howell poled two tee shots in & row out pf bounds at the sixth and seventh td go 2 down, only to gain & hole back at the eighth, when Pitt three- putted. They halved the ninth and tenth, and Howell squared by winning the eleventh with a par 4. They split the long twelfth in par 5s and al; halved the thirteenth in par 3s, both men playing fine recov after missing the green from the tee. Then. as & sort of anti-clim their fine work on the previo: both three-putted the fourteenth green for a half in 5s. Pitt really won the | match at the fifteenth. Here his hooked tee shot came to rest behind the trecs on the bank of the ditch, while Howell had & beauty to the top of the hill Pitt plaved out to the right of the green. pitched up 4 feet away and sank the putt for a winning 4. ween Howell again three-putted the green for a 5 has an: major tourna- campaign as inner and fifteent vinning They halved the next two in par fig-' ures, although Howell had a fine chance to win the seventeenth with a 6-foot putt which rimmed the cup. And Pitt won the eightecnth with a par 4, when Howell pushed his second shot into a trap. Howell's putter, usually his most dependable club, let him down badly in the pinches as the match came close to the finish, while Pitt’s heady play on the fifteenth and his steadiness at | the end won the match for him. At the close of the tourney the prizes were presented to the winners by Clyde | B. Asher, president of the Columbia Country Club, and George P. James, chairman of the Golf Commitice | _Here are, the results of the final day of play: FIRST FLIGHT. | Semi-final round—william R. Howell nuerxn‘u\r: defeated M. Parker Nolan (Con- sressional). 3 and 3: Harry G. Pitt (Man defeated Everett Evnon (Columbia). 7 and 6 Final round- Pitt defeated Howell. 2 \\D Defeated elght, semi-final roun J. Lynch (Argyle) defeated Frank K. Rcfu‘h (Washingtom. 5 ‘and 3, B. H. Burrows (un- attached) defeated J. l\iflnrn Hunter, Jr. (Indian Spring), 4 and 3 Final round-Burrows defeated Lynch, 6 | and's. SECOND FLIGHT. Semi-final round_John W. Owens (Colum- bin) defeated W B. Donhain (Glen Rid 2 "and 1" Magrice Nee (Manor) - defe Emmons’ 8. Smith, Jr. (Cnevy Chase)s "Final round-Nee defeated Owens. 1 up Defeated eight, semi-Anal round—R Gill_(Baitimore Country Club) W. Bowen (Argyle). 4 and 3: A. E. Rabbitt (unattached) defeated James G. (Washington. 3 and 2 Final round —Gill defeated Rabbitt. THIRD FLIGHT. Semi-final round—John J. Tierney, jr. Congressional)_defeated Louis Velasco (Ha- ana Country Club). on (Beaver Dam) defeated Charles W. Cole, r_(Indian Spring). 2 and 1 1 up Final round—Tieiney defeated Thompson, | 1 up. 19 holes. Defeated eizht. sem! Cook (unattached) defe: | tunattached). 1 up, 19 Comidr Hatch (Columbia) defe .0l (Washington). 1 up, 19 holes. Pinal round—Hatch defeated Cook, 1 up, 19 holes. FOURTH FLIGHT. Sem!-final round--John W. Merritt (Co- lumbia) defeated Walter B. Murphy (Colum- bis), 4 and 3. Thomas D. Webb, jr. (Wasl ington) defeated A. T. Wannan (unat- tached), 7and b Fiial’ round—Webb defeatéd Merritt, 4 an Defeated elght, semi-final round—W. N. Baldwin (Manor) defeated B. C. Brown (Washington). 3 and 2; R. Bennie (unat- tlc?l!f}) defeated A. 8. Gardiner (Colum- AR Final ‘found—Bennie defeated Baldwin, 2 up. nal ed les: round—R. N. M. FIFTH FLIGHT. Semi-final round--J. Marvin Havnes (Co- lumbia) defeated E. T. Rice (Washington), 1 up: J. H. Davidson (unattached) defeated Bruce L. Taylor. Jr. (Cong nal). 1 up. Final round—Haynes defeated Davidson. and 1. Defeaied elght, semi-final round—F. L. Coman (unattachid) defeated E.J. © ched), mmwa'l(n C. | (farsiang Oountr! cxum “defeated L. Dosnes (Manor) 1 Elnal youn ) dorsh " defeated Ranswald, 1 up, knew he | fth, | defeated R’ | Drain | 1 up: Forrest Thomn- | Downey | c =5 | Griver | SPORTS NET TEAMS IN ACTION Two Matches Today in Suburban League—Standards Leads. Stancards and Argyle teams and Wesley Heights and Lakeview were to clash in_Suburban Tennis Leagie matches this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the former two on the Argyle courts and the latter on the Wesley Heights courts. | | | | urday. Team Standing. | standaras ... Argyle C. C.. Wesley Heights Lakeview Favorites Left in Singles of League Event—Card Heavy Today. RS. RUTH MARTINEZ and Mrs. Dorette Miller were to | meet at 3 o'clock this after- | noon, and Frances Walker |and Mary Ryan were to face at 4 in | the semi-finals of the singles in the an- nual Wemen's Disirict Tennis League tournament on the Rock Creck courts. Play in the doubles and the singles consolations also was to be continued. Favorites triumphed, as Mrs. Martinez and Misses Walker and Ryan advanced | in handy sfVle yesterday. Mrs. tienz, seeded No. 1, downed Sara Moore, 6—2, 6—0; Miss Walker put out Edith McKelvey, 6—2, 6—1, and Miss Ryan eliminated Mattie Pinet'e, 6—1, 6—0. Miss Ryan's victory was surprising, at least in its decisiveness. Mrs. Miller en- | tered the semi-finals as the result of a default victory over Mrs. Lee D, Butler, the latter having been called out of town. This aft day’s summ es follow SCHEDULE, Ryan vs, Franc CONSOLATIONS. Semi-finals. 4 pm. Marywade Moses vs. Grace Young. DOUBLES. First Round. Cochi Sraham va. Johnson- Second Round. SUMMARIES. Quarter-final Singles CONSOLATIONS Quarter-finals. DOUBLES. First Round. Helen Philpitt Callaghan, Srace Holmes de Reed. 64, 3 and Frances wade d his tee | oon's schedule and yester- | YEOMANS BOWS TO BELL | | a Play in the league started last Sat- | MRS. LAKE SEEN AS TITLE WINNER Playing in Her Last Dixie Tourney, She Aopears as Class of Field. | By the Assoctated Press | 2t | Tower Mar- | IRGINIA BEACH, Va., June 13 Mrs. Marion Turpie Lake, pla: ing in what probably will be her last Southern women's golf champlonship, today faced Mrs. Harry , the tournament’s chief trou maker for the favorites, in the semi- round over the Princess Anne v Club course here Robert Lake, who as Marion Turpie of New Orleans won Dixie laure's in 1926 and 1928, now lives in New York. Through special invitation this twentieth annual tournament Mrs. Lake is representing her golf club, the Audubon Country Club in New Orleans, in the event for the last time Her consistent play thus far has stamped her as the class of the field, but in Mrs. Dodge of Jacksonville, Florida champion, she will meet a sturdy competitor, who ‘Thursday | whipped Mrs. David Gaut, Memph yesterda J. Marion Haynes, a er frem Washington Dodge’s gameness was shown ck after being h the sixth to c-nqu Mirs. Hayes, 3 and 1. Mrs. Lake had little culty downing Mrs. B Morrow of Baitimore, 5 and 3. In the bracket, Mrs. Ruth Reymond, another New Orleans entrant and the 1927 champion, engages Mrs. Leon Solomen of Memphis. Yesterday Mrs Reymond beat Mrs. Jean Jones of Richmond, 3 and 2, and Mrs. Solomon 3 down thro | bested Mrs. Carl Hess of Birmingham, ! 1 up. The previous champions, Mrs. Lake and Mrs. Reymond, have been estab- lished as favorites, but the upsets of the first two cays of this tournament indicate that anything may happen today. He and Markey Gain Semi-Finals in Maryland Tennis. BALTIMORE, June 13 —Eddie Yeo- mans, Washington racketer, bowed Berkeley Bell, former Davis Cup al- ternate, in the semi-final round of the singles in the Maryland State tennis champi p tournament on the Bal more Country Ciub courts yesterda Yeomans put up a stout struggle before succumbing. The scores were 10—, Bell was furnished the keenest so ttling in the first set, as Yeom: d his backhand and rushed the henever poscible. The Texan's ag- gression and power. however. proved t00 much for the young District Play Bell held & decided advantage in the second se _Eddie Jacobs, defendin; also entered the final by Easton, 6—3, 6—3 Yeomans and Bud Markey of Wask ington gained the semi-finals in tk doubles by defeating F. B. Harvey and R. G, Vaughan, 6—3, 7—5, in the third round and L. Stewart and J, Ramsey, 6—0, 6—2, in the fourth. champlon owning Ted IN CHESS CIRCLES | (NEVEN games alrcady have been plaved in the match between Bettinger and Knapp to dete mine who shall contest a mat with Byler for the privilege of pla: Walker for the match championship of the District, and the leadership has switched from Knapp to Bettinger. The latter needs but one more victory to win out. these two I as follows: Bettinger. 112001151 Knapp... 0121101, 0—2 win: Newell Banks, an unusually strong chess player and one of the two b world checker players, may substitute for United States Champic renk J. Marshall at the Divan, Atlantic City, while Marshall is absent in Europe this Summer. If so, checker lovers will have an opportunity to indulge their favorite sport, in addition to-play- ing chess there. 1 3 wins. 2 draws 2 dratvs ps of New York, formerly has been agreed upon &s both Dr. Alekhine and Capablanca, and there is much more prospect of a match. Capablanca's match with Dr. Euwe is scheduled for nest month. Phillips last year had charge of arrangements for the United States team at the international team tournament at Hamburg. Woonsocket, Mass., Chess Club re- cently defeated Brown University, 3 to 2 ERE Is an end-game played in the recent New H. M. Phil Chicago, by position York The score, by games, between | tournament between Horowitz and | Kevitz. Kevitz, black, has just played R—K, when Horowitz offered a queen 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. OC WHITE yesterday pitched Chicago to a 4-0 victory over Washington, and J. E. Grillo, Star sports editor, had this to say of the game: “Dixie Walker pitched a fairly good game of ball, but did not have the luck that follows Doc White in all his games against the Nationals. Not that Doc did not pitch bril- liantly, but he also got all the breaks. There is no pitcher more difficult. to score on that White when he is in form. He is pitching his twelfth season angd always has been | a star” ‘White allowed only seven hits and got two himself. Clark Griffith is about to lose his Job as manager of the Cincinnati Reds unless the team, now in sixth place, begins to do_better, according to advices from Cincinnati. Some say Griffith has until July 1 to make a showing, and unless the team perks up by that time Capt. Mitchell will be placed in charge until & suc- cessor is appointed. Joe Engel, Mount 8t. Mary's pitcher, yesterday hurled a no-hit game against Mount Washington in Baltimore. Harry W. Mitchell was killed and Roscoe Castor and William Hillary were seriously injured when these pitchers of the Park View team, leader in the Suburban League race, were in an accident at Rosslyn, Va., in which their automobile and a trolley collided. Webster School defeated Thom- * son School in a basket ball game, 15 to 5. Ebaugh, Cosimano, Wilson, Hueter and Remick played {or Web- ster and Eisinger, Atchison, Taylor, Ridgeway, Brumbaugh and Waters were in Thomson's line-up. Dr. W. B. Hudson ferereed and Thatcher was timekeeper, i | compete | champior i BY FRANK B. WALKER might | sacrifice; then a knight, and followed with a rook, effecting mate in seven moves. The position: White (Horowitz) on KKt. Q on @B, R on K4, Bs on Q3 and QKt2, Kt on KB4, PS on KR2, KK12, KB2, Q4, QR3—11 pieces. Blac —K on KKt. Qon Q. R on K, B on QR. Kts on Q4 and QK!3, PS on KR KKt2, KB2, QKtd, QR3—I1 picces. How would you play it? Send solution to Chess, 1486 Meridian place mnorth- west. The fifth Cresple tournament, which is an all-Italian affair held at Milan four years, was won by Reselli. s contest the moves are broadcast day from a Milan station. This siniking cc to conditior which prevailed at the recent New York tournament, where it u: ¢ w 24 hours before information sults was obtainable The following game, between the sec- ond and third prize winners at the recent New York international tourn: ment, was & lively session from start to finish, Reti Opening Kevitz COLLEGE FOUR BEATEN. CEDARHURST. N. Y.. June 13 (A).— University of Oklahoma's four, here to n the _intercollegiate polo nips. suffered a 6-to-2 beat- he hands of the Rockaway TODAY BASE BALL 3:00 P, AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Cleveland TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 A Better Used Cars 8-cylinder, 5= 1928 model, $395.00 Hupmobile Century 6 Sedan, 1 model ........$695.00 Hupmobile Century 8 Sedan, 1929 model . 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