Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1931, Page 57

SAYS THEY BLAME FAULTS ON PELLET U. S. G. A. and Manufzctur- ers Are Praised for Their Work on Sphere. BY W. R. McCALLUM. N the midst of all this bun- kum going the rounds about the new golf ball and the old ball and the possibility of get- ting back the old one, it is re- freshing to have an authoritative word or two from a man who is on the inside of the golf ball business, knows what he is talking about, and predicts that the new ball is here to stay. We can’t reveal his name, but he is closely connected with the manufacturing end of the golf ball industry, has been closely as- sociated with all the steps that have resulted in the adoption of the standard 1.68x1.55 pellet. ‘There is no doubt that a great many golfers are dissatisfled with the present type of ball. They claim it does not do the things the old ball does, and possibly it does not. To be sure, ther are lots of putts missed nowadays with | the new ball that might not have been missed with the old sphere. Out in the West there are several referen- dums going the rounds about the rela- tive merits of the two types. Dissatisfaction is rampant here and | there as putts are missed and iron shots find traps instead of going on| the green. But iron shots were missed and putts were blown with the old ball, too. Your golfer must have something to “squawk” about. Golf is a game that breeds a good deal of conversation, and | some golfers will not admit they are at| fault. So that for lack of some better excuse they blame the ball. The real dope on the situation is that the men | ‘who know how to hit golf shots as theyi should be hit are having no trouhble | with the ball, while the gents who used | to slop around a golf course with the old ball and by half-hitting a lot of shots and getting down a few lengthy putts score in the middle 70's, now | are the ones who are yelling because the new ball won't hop bunkers and Tun up to the pin from a half-topped iron shot. Hits From the Shoulder. But it isn't our intention to give our reaction to the business. Let's hear the words of the man of whom we spoke, and believe us, he knows what it is all about. He has been watching high-class golf for a good many years, is familiar with the alibis of all ‘types| of players, and there is a lot of meat in the words he speaks. Here is what he says about the new ball: # “One thing that has been pretty | generally overlooked with regard to | the new ball is that if you want to| today a lot of the boys are playing golf | with numbers and not with clubs—just pick a number out of the bag and hit a full shot with it and it goes as adver-| tised. That is not real golf. Unques- tionably by this ‘mechanical golf and; the old 1.62 ball a great many 90 shoot- ers have been scoring in the 70's. “It may be that these days the na- tional pastime of ‘bellyaching’ has made its inroads into golf. I know you will agree with me when I say that every national sport must have a governing body which makes the rules under which the game is played in fairness to all and with as little argument as possible. Appreciation Due. “I think you will also agres with me that men like Herbert H. Ramsay (pres- ident of the United States Golf Asso- ciation), Herbert Jacques (chajrman of the Committee on Implements and the Ball) and others who give up a consid- erable amount of their time to direct | the destinies of golf in this country are men of the very highest type. They have no financial intcrest in it one| way or the other, and I don't think they sit up nights thinking of what | they can do to make the golfers’ lives’| more disagreeable than some of them try to make it for themselves. These men have brains they use to think with and they deliberated long and carefully before they set a new weight and size for the standard ball. While they were doing this they had the full co-opera- tion of all the good golf ball manufac- turers in this country, and there isn't a size or weight of golf ball being talked of in the present jamboree that wasn't | carefully tested out. When they de- | cided upon the 1.68x1.55 ball they did g0 because they thought that was the best ball for the game of golf as & whole. “Quite true, any one can make a mis- take, and if it is proved to them they have done so I feel that they would be most ready to change, but certainly not enough golf has been played the coun- try over to have given this new ball the real test it should have. ‘been out in the ‘no man’s land’ of sport long enough to know that the squawker and the alibier make more noise than the other fellow, and it seems to me very unfair that a lot of sports writers take the kicks of a few snd try to stampede the U. S. G. A. in this mat- ter because somebody is looking for copy that will be sensational. “That's about all I can tell you, and if you weren't a friend of mine I shouldn’t even tell you that. Because I am tired of listening to the question: “How about this new ball?’ " Manufacturers Careful. ‘But there is mocre to it than that. Delving into old reccrds of the V. S. G. A._we find that the Imple- ments and Ball Committee had been testing golf balls for five years prior to January 1, 1931, the main idea be- ing to find a standard ball that would not make modern golf courses ridiculous when the par shooters got “hot.” They wanted mainly to avoid the expenditure occasioned by ‘copstant changes in golf | . courses to mcet the increasing length of the golf ball as manufacturers im- proved the sphere. So after careful tests they settled on the present ball. It goes even deeper than that. you know that a golf ball is a luct of precision manufacture, and that the . dies to make the covers alone cost many thousands of dollars? Do you know that the golf ball m2nufacturers of this ccuntry had to spend several millions of dollars in changing over their equipment to meet the specifications of the new ball, which they were ordered to make? And would it be reasonable to suppose that the United States Golf Association would break faith with these men who worked with them for s0 years, force them to scrap all that expensive equipment and go back to the manufacture of the old ball ‘without giving the new ball a thorough test? It dces not sound reasonable as a pure question in economics. McLeod Backs New One. Fred McLeod, the Columbia pro, who robably knows as much about golf ls and the hitting of them as any man in the wcrld, claims that the new ball will be with us for at least two ‘e-n. and probably for much longer, : o matter how much sqawking is done and how mary alibis ave laid at the door of the new ball Fred has it that - M You have |, trv, defeated Mrs, W. Fairfe D¢ | Eikridge Plays Fine Golf With One Arm LONDON, June 20 (®).—Great Britain has ome golf title Bobby Jones can't win—the one-armed tournament. verhampton, who T arm at Caml 1911, took ‘gl chal from 36 other World War veterans, winning the Sir Ian Edwards e Moorpark course in 143 strokes, which was par golf under 24 handicap. Drives of 200 yards were not un- common and the one-armed vet- erans appeared as good at the short game as the experts with two. Deep ‘bunkers, requiring explosive shots, caused them the most trouble. DUDLEY HAS A 280 IN WESTERN OPEN Gives New Ball Merry Ride in Winning Over Hagen by Four Strokes. BY PAUL R. MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. TAMI VALLEY CLUB, DAYTON, ©Ohio, June 20.—Big Ed Dudley of Wilmingtcn, Del,, captured the Western open golf cham- pionship by four strokes today, after giving the balloon bail four of the mer- | riest rides of its stormy career. Taming the larger pellet with an un- ’ulull and consistent brilliancy, Dudley toured the heavily-trapped Miami Val- ley Golf Club fairways with cards of 69—70—70—71, to pile up a 72-hole total of 280, four shots lower than Walter Hagen of Detroit, the runner- up. It was the fourth lowest total since the Western open began way back in 1899 and four strokes under par for the distance. Seventeen birdies rattled off the big fellow’s clubs and gave him mere than enough insurance for the 11 holes on which he extra strokes over perfect figures. He was the “big shot” of the three-day tournament almost all the way, landing one behind at the end cf the first 18-hole round and tak- ing the lead and stretching it the rest |, .- of the journey. Sarazen Finishes Third. Seven shots away from the new champion and three away from the “Haig” York, who lost his championship, and Jack Collins, Dayton's home town pride. Olin Dutra of Los Angeles ranked ffth with 289, while Julius Ackerbloom, Little Rock, Ark., pro, liked the oppressive heat that par the fairways and ianded in a sixth place tie with Bob MacDonald, Chicago golf teacher, with 290. Sixteen cthers shattered 300, including Mortie Dutra, Long Beach, Calif., 291, and George von Eim, Detroit, 292. Johnny Fischer, University of Michi- | gan freshman from Cincinnati, led the amateurs with a 294 total. Dudley started his final 36 holes to- day with a hard fight from hard fight- ers on his hands and came through’ like & champion. "As play opened today his 139 gave him the lead by two shots over Collins, who had jumped back into the picture by breaking the course rec- ord with a 67 on his second round. Von Elm was third with a 142, with Hagen, Dutra_and_Sarazen threatening with 143. But Dudley kept sailing along, for his thir successive par-cracking round in the , & 70, to run his margin to three shots over Hagen, who came back with & 69, and Collins, who stuck in the running with a perfect 71. Sarazen and Von moved definitely out of the picture, Gene taking a 73 for the third round and Von Eim falling apart with & 77 because of an epidemic of poor putting. Eased Up on Last Nine, It was the same thing in the final 18- hole stretch. Dudley toured the out- ward nine of the last trip in 34, one un- der par, and eased up with a 37, one| over par, coming back, and then watched the rest of the contenders shoot at his mark. Hagen had an outside chance to catch him, but his putter failed him repeatedly when he had fair chances to tear off birdies, and he gave up when his tee shot on the short seventeenth landed in a trap. He fin- ished with a 72. Collins slumped under pressure and posted a final 75, while ll.t“"n came back with a par 71, too ate, Four-round totals of the leaders and their cash prizes: Ed_Dudley. . Del. 69, X 71~2,o—u". Wilmington, Del. 69, 70, 70, __Walter Hagen, Detroit. 63, 75, 69, 72284 znG:né"?nnen. New York. 71, 72, 73, T1— Jgsk Collins, Daston. Ohio. 4. 7. 71. 75 £21n 3“‘-'" Los Angeles, 70, 13, 73, 73— :."“;:'."n'fgfim Little Rock. Ark.. 72 o200 MacDonald,” Chicago, 72, 72. 12, T— _flk_"?m' Dutra. Lons Beach. Calif.. 73, 72, ”?zgl & Von Him, Detrolt, 72, 70, 71, 13— Joc Ezar, Hot Springs. Ark. 71, 73, 73. 71 —294—360. : How Dudley Shot His Great Score 2 7 DAYTON, Ohio, June 20 (P)&-Ed Dudley’s winning, par-breaking 72- hole card in the Western Open Golf championship 44 345 43435 . “out 4 in.. . 348 3411 Tound, 'in. 445 433 434—34—0 Second round. in 544 323 535—34—70—139 Third round, in. 446 324 533—36—70—209 ¥ourth round, in 545 444 434—37—71—280 MRS. MECKLEY WINNER BALTIMORE, Md, June 20.—Mrs, District of Columbia 5 rson, and defending champion, 3 and 1, to win the Gibson Island invita- tion golf tournament today. Mrs. Meckley played a better game than her opponent, outdriving her most :5 l{le J)lme. lrl:g'\'K her n‘i’bllg:d shots al- s perfection, an g o U g the def holder 3 down at the wm.en e —_———————— the new ball will be with long, long time i , long ; After all, what difference does make whether you loure!'s or 90. Yotlt nsnwthvelmnmmonmfl first tee with used to do. type of ball, and if ycu lose to a man i you used to beat it isn’t because of the | ball. Just like everything else, it is | ususlly because the other chap played better than you did. So after all what | difference does the ball make when all golfers start at scratch and both play the same golf ball. We still will miss shots and flub them into bunkers whether we have the old ball or the new, t, a8 came Gene Sarazen of New| ched | your opponen You both play ‘the same | 63 623 PERSISTENT HARRIS TAKES GOLF CROWN Wins Dixie Title, Defeating Toomer, After 11 Years of Failure. By the Associated Press. HATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 20. ~——After 11 years of unsuccessful campaigning in Southern.dma- teur golf championships, Chas- teen Harris of Memphis today traveled the victory path to win the 1931 title in a great finish from Jack Toomer of Jacksonville, Fla. Over the heavily trapped Riverview course here and under a burning sun, Harris and Toomer struggled for 31 holes before the Memphian could close the match for a 6-and-5 trh , Since 1921 Harris has ted in every Southern titular meet. Several years ago at Louisville he reached the semi-finals, only to loss to Nelson Gid- mug ml"t«h“" and slipped angles ol e green many difficulties with little penaltiss. For the first nine holes there was little to choose between ~their play, after sinking & 25-foot puit for a deuce on the ninth. Harris began his string |of uncanny putts on the second nine and went to lunch 3 up. Toomer had much trouble with his tee shots on this back nine, sending several into traps and one out of bounds. ‘Through the 31 holes of their contest Harris was only 3 over par. Toomer finished 10 strokes above standard fig- ures. Starting the afternoon round, Harris won two of the first three holes to go 5 up. Toomer answered with a deuce | on tbe short twenty-third to cut the lead down to 4, but Harris won the next two to become 6 up. They the twenty-seventh in this and ‘was ved, t gesture with a m on the eleventh to Harris' 4. r three-putted the next green, |and Harris' par 4 won to make him dormie 6. ‘Toomer wndon the short thirty-first given him another chance to pull a victory out of the fire. RYDER CUP PLAYERS START TUNE-UP TODAY Americans Battle Tomorrow and Tuesday for Two Vacant Places in Line-up. COLUMBUS,_ Ohio, June 20.—Mem- bers of the American and British | Ryder Cup golf teams, who will con- test for the international trophy over the tricky Scioto Country Club links here late next week, were gathering in Columbus tonight. ‘The British professionals arrived from the East, and tomorrow they will inspect the championship course and play a practice % Six of the American pros who are to battle over 72 holes Monday and Tuesday to determine the two remain- ing players for the team, arrived at the club today. They will play sev- eral rounds Sunday to familiarize themselves with the difficult terrain. Those who will play in the qualifying round for the two places are Whifty Cox, William Burke, Al Watrous, Charles Hilgendorf, Frank Walsh and Cralg Wood. The other seven players are expected to arrive here early Sun- day. The British players were greeted by a reception committee, including Dr. J. G. Love, Scioto Country Club: George Sargent, Professional Golfers Association; George M. Trautman, tournament manager; T. B. Sellers, president of Scioto, and Fred D. Con- nolly, executive director of the Colum- bus Chamber of Commerce. The play- ers were furnished with automobiles for use during their stay here. ‘They will be entertained by various ‘members of the Scioto Club during the | weex. | " The British team is composed of | Charles Whitcombe, . Arthur Havers, Bert Hodson, Ernest Whitcombe, | Archie Compston, Abe Mitchell, Fred Robson, George Duncan and Sid Ester- brook. The American players who will | tangle with the British experts Friday and Saturday are Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Johnny Farrell, Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Al inosa and four others to be selected during the quali- fying round—two players and two al- tel rnates. Ed Dudley, winner of the Western open championship at Dayton today, will be paired in the qualifying round with Charles Hilgendorf. The pairings follow: Al Watrous vs. Joe Turnesa, 10 a.m. Olin Dutrea vs. Henry Cuici, 10:05 am. Denny Shute vs. Frank Walsh, 10:10 a. m. Ed Dudley vs. Charles Hilgendorf, 19:15 am. Billy Burke vs. Cralg Wood, 10:20 am. ‘Whiffey Cox vs. William Klein, 10:25 am. John Golden vs. Walter Hagen, 10:30 am. | | ADD TO NET MARGINS Standards and Argyle Win Matches in Suburban League. Standards le, standing first and A and second, nlpec;fvyely. in the Sub- urban League, each was victorious yes- terday. Standards walloped the last-place Wesley Heights combination, 6 to 1, but Argyle had to hustle to overcome Lakeview, 4 to 3. Team Standing. Standards Wes] Hei Standards, 6: Wesley Heights, Singles. .. 1 Ladd. 1—8, 6—1, 3—8; POl B Sl ated “Hubbard; 15, 58 Doubles. Feme® o83, -M'-__ng" Sovle al o nauer (ge.'»_ eated . i, e onest §%Garnett and Wabih, 3 Judd nett at ts les. PR AR VRS Doubles. ymas, 6—4. 6—3; 6—0. 6—3. McCal n, :—3- ‘Toomer finally going ahead at the turn | | | | to a Summer of somnolence as far as 'Battlefield for British and U. S. Pros SCIOTO COURSE. COLUMBUS, OH10, SCENE OF RYDER CUP MATCHES By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 20. When the annual Ryder Cup team matches are played,on Scioto Coun- try Club course here June 26-27 the leading professionals of England and the ited States will find a course which is simple, yet a true test of goif. Scioto, with additional tn&l. four new and improved ns, com- pleted since the mational open was played there in 1926, is_certain to prove a test for the Ryder Cup teams. It is a unique t; of golf course in the fact that it is not heavily burdened with sand traps. Natural rolls of the and rather se- vere rough tend to keep the player on his mettle to score well. The greens, while not overtrapped, will call for reasonably accurate second shots, nor are they especially troublesome, except in one or two cases, in the way of undulation, but they will be found fast'enough to require a true touch. Above all, Scioto demands long and well placed tee shots, with ac- curate seconds to the green. The shot requirements of the course: No. 1—410 yards. A straight drive of 250 yards leaves a comparatively easy approach shot. A par of 4 is not_qiffcult. No. 2—430 yards. Here the ball must be driven perfectly straight with a carry of close to 200 yards, or it will be bumped off the hog- backed fairway into rather severe rough. It is par 4. No. 3—375 yards. An elevated | putting green, angling to the right | and sloping to the left, demands a tee shot as far to the left as - sible, or the player will be faced by an extremely difficult approach. is g:r 4. No. 180 yards. ‘This putting E‘rnn angles slightly to the left and well guarded in front and on both ides, requiring a nice No. 2 iron & chance at par 3. No. 5—445 yards. Following the tee shot the second must be played onto an undulating double plateau style of green, as near as possible to the flag to avoid a dificult ap- pn;'n:h putt. Par is 4. d. wood shots may enable the player to beat par 5. No. 7—380 yards. 1If the player carries a gully at the 200-yard mark with his tee shet, which probably will be into the wind, he has a chance at a birdie 3. No. 8—480 yards. One of the fea- ture holes of the course, the green is tightly guarded, and the smart player will play his second shot slightly short, and thep try for a birdie 4 with a chip shot. No. 9—140 yards. The green an- gles to the right and is well guarded upon all sides by sand traps. The length and angle of the hole can be varied by usirg different tces, of which there are three. Par is 3. No. 10—394 yards. If the prevail- ing wind is blowing, it will be with the player and the hole is a com- paratively easy par 4. No. 11—360 yards. A drive and WcuA RLES HITCOMBE - : pitch hole onto a green that is well guarded. Straight golf makes it easy to chalk up a par 4 with a chance at a birdie 3. No. 12—546 yards. A dogleg with @ decided swing to the left for the second shot and a diagonal sand trap immedjately in front of the green make it next to le to get on in twe. However, the player should not have a great deal of trou- ble in getting an average of par 5. No. 13—445 yards. The tee shot must be straight as the fairway is guarded on both sides up to 250 yardsutr‘on the tee by sand traps. r E No. 14—238 yards. shot hole. The green angles slightly to the right and is severely guarded by traps. Par is 3. No. 15—389 yards. Traps to the right of the dogleg fairway and di- rectly in front of the green make it god ‘rollcy to try short cuts to hole. r 4 No. 16—418 yards. Requires a good straight tee shot and approach onto the green that is well guarded in front and on the right. The play- er \\:ll be well satisfied to average x No. 17—135 yards. One of the most, difficult on the course, despite its shortness, the hole demands great aceuracy. It is downhiil to a postage stamp green surrounded with haz- ards. Par is 3. No. 18—480 yards. A nice two- shotter, Tequiring good _direction. This is the easiest par 5 hole on the course and a great many 4s will be registered here. The green is trapped on both sides. I STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE By WALTER R. McCALLUM: HE Spring invitation golf season is over around Washington, and the tournament players who have competed in the round of golf events at many of the clubs about the Capital can now settle down big-time golf activity is concerned. For the top-flight players there is one | big shot yet to come this week. The Maryland State amateur cham- plonship is to start over the Rolling Road course next Wednesday with a | 36-hole qualification round, and if the weather next week is as warm as it was last week at the Manor Club there 1s going to be a lot of sore feet after that 36-hole qualification Tound on ‘Wednesday. Not a lot of the boys are going over to Rolling Road to play that_hilly layout, but there will be a few Washingtonians in there struggling to unseat the crown from the brow of Alex Knapp. ‘The State title holder has not been playing any too well this year, and the dope from Baltimore indicates that the stage is all set for a new champion to mount the throne. Alex, however, is no set-up in any league, and the man that beats him will know he has been in a golf mateh. Thirty-two men will qualify on Wednesday, will play four 18-hole match-play rounds on Thurs- day and Friday, and the two winners will meet in_a 36-hole final round on Saturday. Entries will close tomor- row and must be accompanied by the $5 entry fee. WOMAN golfers of the Capital are to play tomorrow in a miniature tournament over the course of the Indian Spring Golf Club for a cup donated by Mrs. J. P. Gross, chalr- man of the Woman’s Golf Committee of the Indian Spring Club. The tourney will be run off under the auspices of the Women’s District Golf Association, w‘lllbl: ’l.“ llex&ho;e qualifying rtound, followe y three m‘ch-lfll! rounds. All contest- ants must start between 8:30 and 9:30 m., and those who report later than 9 will not be allowed to play in the miniature tourney. Mrs. Frank R. Keefer, president of the District Women's Golf Asscciation, announces that entries for.the tourna- m:nt for the Herald trophy will close with her at noon on Wednesday. The tournament is an 18-hole handicap medal play event open to all women golfers about Washington. There will be a handicap limit of 16 in the event, wrich will e played next Friday at Chevy Chase. Washington Golf and Country Club gosders today are to stage another of those family get together les with mombers of the Columbia ntry Club v“:'ex ‘t';he m‘"""‘: course. Last year e asl players to Columbia, and the went over to Wash: ictormal team match. same series of matches are to be and the Joust is sche today at acmething betwees 150 mnommmbh and no one is mwmdm ‘whole mu:‘cug devoted ‘to comradely rounds of . D. wh:'n&Z. I von the low gross prize Wesley Heights , pla; co:' ional Other prize & Johnson, Dr. Thomas D. Webb, Dr. Otto ‘Wendt, Dr. James L. Paul E. Shorb. Cecil F. nson acted as toastmaster at the dinner which followed the golf tourney. Barmhard and | B! tournament are coming in rapidly and the committe: ' charge of the touiney, to be played at Beaver Dam on June 29, expects a iarg> fleld. The main Tiize is the John Le Smith trephy. and in addiuon Maj. Wiliam Woit Smith has donated a prize for low gross score. Mrs. Warren J. Clear scored a gross 89 to win the ~ournay far women, played at the Army-tavy Club last Pricay. In the nine-hole comp.tition vs. L. L. hedrick was (he w'nner. witd a card of 43 A team of wom:n plavers from ike Service Club wil play nest Tuesday cver the Army-Navy Club course a team of golfers from the Washington Goll and Country Club. .- WOODMONT GOLFERS GAIN HEAVY MARGIN Lead Lakeside, 14 to 4, in Opening Skirmish of Annusl Match. Kaufman Good Loser. ‘. H Golf warriors of the Woodment Country Club yesterday ended the first day's joust of thelr two-day intercity match with the Lakeside Country Club of Richmond far in front of the Vir- ns. Playing under a brofling sun, | Beck inia g’re:ment Joseph D. Kaufman of the Woodmont Club was so affected by the heat and the joy of the occasion that he lost a pair of matches to President Irving Bendheim and ex-President Henry Gunst of the Lakeside Country Club. But Kaufman had the satisfac- tion of watching his team members eke out a 14-to-4 lead over the visitors in the opening matches of the two-day contest. Woodmont made the first- day’s contest almost a clean sweep by taking the women's match, 7i: to 4%:, while Arthur B, Thorn, professional at ‘Woodmont, ended the first 18 holes 2 up on Allan Brodle, pro at the Lake- side Club. All the traditional ceremony which is part of the matches between the two clubs was carried out at Woodmont. In keeping with annual custom, Kaufman, Bendheim and Gunst were accompanied by servitors bearing cracked ice, cool- ing drinks and towels to mop fevered Brows overheated by the keenness of truggle for supremacy and the ‘warmth ‘of the afternoon. Late this afternoon the winning team will re- ceive the big silver trophy which i the prize annually. The matches yes- terday were at foursome play, while singles. Mrs. Jerome Meyer (Woodmont) won 3 rom gar Kaufman; Mrs. an (Woodmont) and Mrs. M. L. keside), all even; Mrs. Irving keside) defeated Mrs. &Wmmn, 3 to 1; Mrs. Gil- ahn , (Woodment), ‘defeated Mrs. Ull- R LR e (tsotmg an n imont delerted Henty ,wgf-?mm W ‘Leon Hel- {nem ;o ex-Presid enry’ Guns! Benny Cohen, ll-yeu-oid Jewish lad, is a ntl::ll:‘c of the Glasgow Celtics Entries for the Aqpérican Legion golt socces MITCHELL HANDILY DEFEATS CONSIDINE | In Superior Trim to Rival—Henry, Potomac and Rock Creek Teams Winners. | | | | Dooly Mitchell, No. 2 District tennis player, conquered his old foe. Bob Con- | sidine, District champicn, 6—0, 6—2, day, but Considine's team, Henry Park, defeated Montrose, 6 to 3, in the public | parks match, that the contest between the ranking play:rs featured. Mitchell's better condition as the result of more play was the vital factor in his victory ‘While Montrose was bowing to Henry, the Potomac combination was drubbing Monument, 8 to 1, as the result of which it gained first place in the league race, with a five-match margin over Montrose. The teams had been tied for the lead. Henry still is third, but is just one match behind Montrose. Rock Creek bested Taft, 5 to 4. in the other league tilt. Kay Blanchard of Taft scored a win over Prank Shore {in the No. 1 singles that was rather a | surprise. The scores were 7—S5, 8—6. TEAM STANDING. defeated Considine, ated Seidel, 7 Buchanan, 6—: Hunt (H.) defeated Helskell, 86, 6—1 Ritzenbers _ (H.) ~ defeated ~Connell, 71—5. 6—2. N. Ritzenberg (H.) defeated Ruth, 3. 6—4, DOUBLES. Buch: sidine and Hunt, | and Setdel (H.) erehica Heiskell and Ruth. 6-3.°8."3: ‘Ritzenberx and Ritzenbers (H.) ed Connell and H. Buchanan, 6—i, MONUMENT, 1. INGLES. liot (P) defeated Stoubley, 6—2. 6—2: Welsh (M.) defeated n, 46, 6—4. (P.) defeated Goul 6—2; P.) 8—i: defeated Garnett, POTOMAC. Herman (P. O'Neill_ (P} : Trigg (P.) defeated Roberts, 6-2. Goubeau (P.) defeated Carr, 6—4, DOUBLES. O'Neill (P.)_d and Welsh. 6-3. 11—9: Trizg (P.) defeated Gould and Robert: Hill and Hobbs (P.) defeated Carr, 10—8, 6—4. eated Staubley and Herman s, 6—4. Eliot and ROCK CREEK. 5: TAFT, 4. ‘ SINGLES. d_Shore, 78, 8—8: Blanchard (T.) defeat: 3 efeated Philiips, 6—2. 6—2: Goldsmith (T.) Haney (R. C.) Gardes (T.) de: e N I, (R.°C) 'defented Moncure, 60, 6 (R. C.) defeated Parker, 6—1, 6—3. and Parker, 4—8 63, PSRl REGAINS LINKS TITLE Transmississippi Final. | in their first clash of th> season yester- | .| than even Shields. b} anan and Latons (M. defeated Con: | . 8—6: | this. Of late years they have been domi- Garneit and y | her best form, one of these would un- | 3 of Tilden's pupil, Cilly Aussem, ought | Mrs. Hill Swamps Mrs. Hynes in COLORFUL TOURNEY STARTS TOMORROW French and British Primed to Stop Yankees—Felen and Tilden Missed. ¥ BY SIR FRANCIS GORDON LOWE, (Bormer Davis Cup Plaver.) ONDON, June 20.—It is D‘M& ant, indeed, to think that the all-impertant Wimble- don championship play, to continue a fortnight, starts this Monday, and although we shall miss Mrs. Helen Wills Moody and the great Tilden in particular, there is otherwise an exception- ally fine entry list. Never before has thers been a meet- when the chief events were s0 open, or when there were 50 many stars of al- most equal ability. Thoss enthusiasts who come to see the fun on the first day will be well rewarded, because 1 do not remember a better opening am, in which several of the key men will be put through their paces. 1 believe this Wimbledon meeting will see the greatest tennis revival we have knxn. and that full bouses will be the crder. Are the members of the squad from the United States going to sweep the’ board as they did last year? I rather doubt it, even with their persuasive.| nen-playing Capt. Sam Hardy to lead | them, ezpecially as some of their chief actors will be absent. Americans’ Foes Strong. ‘The French will do their utmost to| stop the Americans. and the new-found tennis power in British players will put | | an added obstacle in ths way of these | Americans. | "In the fight for the blue ribbon Eng- land for the first time has two seeded 1 three, Borotra, Cochet and America has two, Wood and Shiclds, while Japan can boast one in Jiro Sato. To reach the last eight each of these chesen ones will have to win on his own a little tournament consis! of 16 players. In any case the path of the | mighty will be spiked with thorns from {the word “go." Such players, among others, as Lott, viar;b,nyn.d ‘Mangin, | Hyhu. Gregory, and Rogers | | will see to this. | _Now let us examine the actual draw. | | That enigma, Cochet, is in the top sec- tion of the top quarter in full ery. The | little man from Lyons is still the best | player in the world, but being very | short of match practice his Wimbledon | performance will be a little uncertain. | Bven with Allison. his surprise com- | querer of 1930, a non-starter, I fancy | Cochet this year probably looks on | Wimbledon more as a training ground !for the Davis Cup challenge round | | later on. though if he gets going his opponents must beware. i In his opening mateh Monday Cochet will have to deal with the immaculate retwms of Nigel Sharpe, which he may find trying. Then young Hughes, his recent conqueror at Milan, is not far away, and will give him a hand-to- { hand struggle should they mieet. : Sid Wood Admired. 1 like the chances of the studious young American, Sidney Wood. in the | section. Unless the much talked of | | Spaniard Maier does something unex- . | pected, Wood will probably gngage | | Cochet or Hughes at the gateway to | the semi-final. | _In the second quarter the English- man, Fred Perry, has his great chance. | | He has a nasty obstacle in Aoki, the | | Japanese. in the second round. But if | | he survives the rest of the section | should be plein sailing. Young Boussus | | 1s officially ufped to be Perry’s oppo- t'in the last eight, but Van Ryn Jooks a likely man to upset these cal- culations. If by any chance, therefore, Perry and Van Ryn do clash, it should be a touch and go affair. The fieet- footed American-won in state last Au- | tumn, but Perry has learned much ' | since then. | | In the lower half Borotra. ever the darling of the Wimbledon gods. heads the list. unless Miki ean intervene. The pobular Jean's real troubles may | not start until be encounters the win- | ner_of Jiro Sato's section. This is a | very stiff one, as it includes Lott, Kirby. Rogers, Mangin. Boyd and Lee. man who fights his way through will | be a little jaded, and my choice rests | | on the sturdy Lott. who before now has | given Borotra anxious moments. : | The forceful Frank Shields, who in | the absence of Johnny Doeg may fin- ish - the matinee idol of this year's: ‘Wimbledon, is in Austin's quarter. On | his American form I would back Shields to win the event, but as neither he nor | Wood has really had sufficient time to become acclimatized. we shall know | | more of Shields’ Wimbledon possibilities | after his match Monday with the South | African. Spence. ‘ In spite of a revived Brugnon, Austin seems to have a comfortable | section. After that Austin will prob- i | | I 359 | ably have a severe problem to face in| Frank Shields. The odds are against him, but should he come through Aus- tin is better equipped to play Borotra | Shuns Single Choice. From such a fleld of talent I would | not attempt to name the eventual win-| ner. My choice for the last four is| Wood, Perry, Borotra, Shields, or Aus-| tin, always remembering that Borotra becomes more dangerous each succes- | sive round, and to a lesser degree, 1 Besides those already mentioned. Margin _against Rogers and Sato against Kiurby will be star matches for Monday. As a side show many will want to see the acrobatic Zappa of Argentina, who had 20 falls at Queens this week before he could conquer Sato.| I never remember a women's cham | pionship at Wimbledon so very open a: nated by Helen Wills Moody and Mile. | Lenglen. The fair sex lately has been more perverse than ever, and not one of | the leading lights this season has shown reliability of form. If Helen Jacobs, Senorita de Alvarez or Mrs. Godfree could suddenly touch | doubtedly go near to winning the event. In the top quarter the thoughtful game 1, if ! has to prevail, though Mrs. Whittingstal she can overcome Mrs. Mitchell, In the second quarter I should be! inclined to back Miss Mumford to reach the last four, though her bete nojre, Miss Heeley, is nearby. depends upon how Mme. Mathie whom Miss Mumford may meet in the men, Perry and Austin. France bas| ., Boussus. the right strokes to upset the prophets. ' here Much 'Jones Is Double Vietor in Tennis tercollegiate tennis championshi) today and won the team trop” o 2 wide margin, Davey Jomes, Columbis -m defeated Hinkey Hendlin of Caroling, 6—1, 6—2, 6—1, in_the singles, and then paired with Ray- mond Stone, also of Columbia, to ge::ybm ot New 2 k Uni q:l' e 'w York Unive in the doubles, 2—8, 7—5, 6—3, th YEOMANS AND CROSS | "IN NET TITLE CLASH | Will Meet Tomorrow to Decide Championship Amoeng Navy Department Employes. Clifton Yeomans and Vincent Cross will face tomorrow afternoon on the Monument courts to decide the title in the annual tennis tournament among employes of the Navy Department. Play will begin at 3 o'clock. Yeomans, who }t!uued Cross last year, will be after |his_second Jeg on the cup offered by |Richard 8. Tennyson, direstor of boys’ activities of the Municipal Playground Department. Both Yeomans and Cross have won all seven of their starts in this year's tourney, which has bsen 1un off on a round-robin basis, with two divisions of seven players each. ‘Tennyson will award the cup tomor- row and there will be four additional prizes. Navy has accepted the challenge of the Internal Revenue Bureau to have its champion meet the latter's finalist and arrangements for the match will be made as soon as the victors are deter- mined. Standings in the Navy tournament: WINS SECOND TENNIS TITLE WITHIN WEEK Mrs. Jessup Defeats Charlotte Mil- in Delaware Final Allison Victer. ler ‘WILMINGTON, Del., June 20 (#).— Mrs. Marion Jessup, of Wilmington, to- day won her second tennis champion- ship within a week when she defeated Charlotte Miller. University of Cali- fornia student from Berkeley, 6-3, 6-3 in the final round of the Dela State Turf Court championships. ‘This is the third time she has wom the Delaware championship. Last week Mrs. Jessup captured the Pennsylvania and Eastern State title by defeating Virginia Hilleary, of the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Mrs. Jessup, former Wightman cup player and ranked second om the U. S. lists in 1920, is making s come-back this season after several years absence from tennis competition. The Jessup-Miller final was played under a broiling sun. Mrs. Jessup was slow in getting started, losing the fimst two games to her younger opponent after they had gone to deuce, but she played her usual heady game, foreing Miss Miller, who enjoys a hard driving game, to a softer brand. Both winner and loser stayed in back court most of the time. There were few earned points in the match and & many errors. Miss Miller played better than the score indicates and several times outguessed the Wilming- ton star. ‘Wilmer Allison, Austin, Tex., won the men's singles, defcating Berkeley Bell, a former Texan, now of New York, 2—6, 6—2, 6—3, 6—2. After his defeat in the singles, Bell with Edward Jacobs, a resident of Bal- timore and a graduate of the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh, won the doubles championship by defeating Bruce Barnes and Karl Kamrath of the Uni- versity of Texas in a torrid match. The scores were 6—4, 9—7, 13—11. The final for the singles title was played during a spell of terrific heat. COGGESHALL MEETS RAINVILLE IN FINAL American Victim in Semi-Final ;wl Western Tennis Near Collapse at Finish. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 20.—Harris Cog- geshall of Des Moines, Towa, will have a double purpose in the finals of the Western tennis championship singles | tomorrow at the River Forest Club. He will attempt to retain the title and keep Marcel Rainville from taking it te Canada. Coggeshall reached the final round after a terrific battle with George Jen- nings, jr. of Chicago, national publie parks champion, in which the heat helped beat the Chicagoan, T- 4—8, 3—6, 6—0, 6—0. Jennings was near collapse at the finish and was from the court. Rainville, Canada Davis Cup ace. had liitle trouble in eliminating Herbert Bowman, New York's holder of many Eastern titles, 6—1, 6—3, 6—4. Coggeshall and Richard Mason of Chicago also are doubles finalists, and will meet Louis Thalheimer and Luke ‘Willilams of Chicago. Mae Curvorst, Wichita, Kans., college student, accounted for a big upset in the women's singles in defea! Clara Louise Zinke of Cincinnati, 6—1, 6—1. Miss Cuervorst will meet Csatherine Wolf of Indianapolis, the defending champion. - —— GAME AT BLADENSBURG. BLADENSBURG, Md., June 20— Bladensburg A. C. and Fleshman Ice Co. nines will face tomorrow at 3 o'clock or Mme. Mathleu to general disappoint- ment. Miss Ryan has had to withdraw from all events owing to a spral leg. ‘The men's doubles seem rked