Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1931, Page 33

SPORTS, DUNCAN AND HAGEN N FEATURE MATCH Charies Whitcombe, Captain of Invaders, Stays Out ‘of Foursomes. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Writer. OLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26.— On the crest of a heat wave that has baked the fair- ways of the Scioto Country Club the British and American professional golf forces adopted an old Scottish custom today— the two-ball foursomes—for the opening of competition for the Ryder Cup. Defending the trophy they won from their rivals at Moortown two years ago, the British entered the first day's golf- .ing joust with their captain, Charles ‘Whitcombe, withdrawn somewhat un- expectedly from the foursomes. The British match play champion will re- serve his efforts for the singles tomor- row, together with the baby of the in- vading team, 24-year-old Bert Hodson. This was today'’s line-up in the Bcotch foursomes: 10 am. and 2 pm. (E. 8. T.)— Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen vs. Archie Compston and W. H. (Billie) Davies. 10:10 a.m. and 2:10 p.m.—Walter Hagen and Densmore Shute vs. George Duncan+and Arthur Havers. 10:20 em. and 2:20 p.mn.—Leo Diegel and Al Espinosa vs. Abe Mitchell and Fred Robson. 10:30 a.m. nnd 2:30 p.m.—Billie * Burke and Wilfred H. (Whiffy) Cox vs. Syd Easterbrook and Ernest R. ‘Whitcombe, Old Rivals Clash. ‘The rivalry between Hagen, the American c. ptain, and George Duncan, dean of the British team, will get away to a well ballyhoosd start. It will be the first time since 1926, in the informal team matches, that this pair met in the Scotch foursomes. On that occa- sion Duncan paired with Abe Mitchell to wallop Hagen and Jim Barnes. Since then, Duncan has scored twice | thir over Hagen in the singles, and the gal- leryites hope to witness another duel between them in the singles tomorrow. Some question has existed as to Dun- can’s health being robust enough to enable him to withstand two 36-hole matches in heat close to the 100 mark, but the veteran is anxious to answer Hagen’s challenge again. . If the Americans gain an edge in the foursomes, where the British are sup- posed to be at their best, the two team alternates, Horton Smith and Craig ‘Wood, likely will go into the singles tomorrow. This would mean the with- drawal of Burke, Espinosa or Cox. Capt. Charles Whitcombe will replace Easterbrook for the singles, in addi- tion to which Duncan or Ernest Whit- cambe may be withdrawn to give the British youngster, Bert H m, a chance to play. One point will hinge on each of the four foursomes today and eight singles tomorrow. ‘The British won the last series by a mlrgin of 7 to 5. The fln‘t cup compétition in I927° resulte m an Americah victory, 9% to 2‘/:. Worcesk! TENNIS LEADERS S CLASH Potomacs and Montroses Feature League Play Tomorrow. A battle between the league-leading Potomac team and the second-place Montrose combination on the Potomac courts will feature play tomorrow aft- ernoon in the Public Parks Tennis League. In other encounters Monument and Rock Creek will face at Rock Creek and Henry and Taft at Henry. Team Standing. et his ability to push aside 'Armour Sets 294 to Win Open Tommy Tells Gallery at Exhibition How to Make Shots, Misses ’Em Himself. By the Assoclated Press, ANSAS CITY, June 26.—Qive Tommy Armour 294 strokes for the national open golf championship and he will sit in the club house content that that total will win, He said so here yesterday after turning in a 74, four over par, at the Indian Hills Country Club, in an exhibition match he and Harold Long, Denver pro, lost, 2 and 1, to Jimmy Thompson, Colorado Springs, and George Von Elm, Los Angeles business man golfer. After advising a gallery im the finer points of the , incidentally thdt shots should be played cleanly with possibly j\ul a mite of turf removed, the “Black Scot” dug divots in profusion. His 74 was the ALTER G. PETER is the win- ner of the Morven Thomp- son Memorial Cup, which has been- in ' competition ame senior golfers of the Chevy Ch::‘club since late in April. Peter the final round Roben ‘W. Baker in the final The compeuclnn for the Sheridan cup still is progress among the senior golfers of i club. Victor in a stern uphill struggle, Richard Poiter Davidson is the new golt champion of the Chevy Chase Club. Four strokes behind Frederick Hitz at the start of the final round of play yesterday in the 72-hole medal play tourney for the Horstmann Cup, emblematic of the club championship, Porter turned in & fine 76 to beat Hitz by three strokes when the latter took 83 for the final round. Hitz tled for second place with Reeve Lewis, jr. who shot a 75 yesterday Yg ‘; total of 318, the same as that of C. Ashmead, Fuller, the defending champlon, finished far behlnd the lead- ers with a 72-hole total of Hitz led the fi2ld from the nrst round through the t.hh‘d round, finishing the d rouhd with & total of 235 against 239 !or Davidson and 243 for Lewis. But on the first nine of the final round yesterday Hitz took 43 strokes, where Davidson scored 38 and Lewis scored Whoe’s Who h!qhutm;dn\ turned ‘n by the four- some. He blamed the excessive g&. o greates! iver, tuv & sub-par 69, including & birdie 3 at uu nintly, which might have been eagle duce if he had sunk a 10-!’00& tt. His drive on the 327-yard e - jumped a water fronting the green and was on for the sizable Von Elm, playing with an injury to‘one finger suffered in pulling his o.( bag out of a car, shot a 172, the card of <Long, the colondo P. G. A. lon. Armour and Von 37. Hitz was back in 40, while th¢ new champion scored another 38 for nvemduvunuomdl“m a 75. Davidson's rounds in winning the 7cflh-.mplonnh1n were 84, U4, and 76. HE “snow bird” tournament started back in the Winter at the Army- Navy Country Club was won yes- terday by Col. B. T. Merchant, who beat Capt. H. G. Gflimor by 6 and 5 in the final. The players were even at the end of the first seven holes and ‘Washington Se've jewelers of Baltimore in a yed at the Baltimore aubumn clu the Baltimoreans winning by a score of 2034 to 18'/: A return match will be played soon Last year the Wuhln;um jewelers. 'on two_contests played at Woodmont and Rollifig Road. All the Washington entrants were gut of the mryllnd State golf champlon- ship tndly and only Baltimoreans were left to fight for the title. All. Capital players were beaten in the nnl round yesterday. ‘J. l(onxo Hunm,':r. lost to J. W. Cooper, 2 up; Sasscer was beaten by'l‘mnoolz,by: Ounln Savage, by 2 at Inverness BY GRANTLAND RIC Farrell and Diegel. Johnny Farrell has won his United States open. And he beat Bobby Jones at 36 holes in the play-off to get there. Leo Diegel has yet to arrive. It was at Inverness in 1920,.11 years ago, that Diegel almost won. I wonder whet his thoughts will be as he steps back again on Inverness turf, 11 years after his close bid in one of his first tournaments? He had ths championship won .untll he his drive at the fourteenth or fitteenth hole, when a simple 4 sud- denly turned into a 7. He lost another back. ‘They leave too many clinging and bitter memories. 75-hole, 3.day sireteh, R e ’é’.’n"” £ 5 Ave Mitchell, Fred Robson, Charies others-aré more likely mmm&d-a&mmfl.u cnp-bhu be over shorter chance later on. It was a heart-break- | march for one s0 near the top. Leo Diegel is a great fellow and a fine golfer, with a world of power. At his best he can burn up any course with that deadly approach to the pin he can call upon. But high-strung nerves and endless tension have held him back. T have often seen him hit the ball and run to see where it stopped. He has won the P. G. A. and the Canadian open. He has won any num- ber of tournaments. He has broken more than this share of course records. But he is still seeking the big crown. It all gets down to his chance for greater relaxation, for greater ease, and the shadows 5 | that follow him—shadows of impend- 4 hia best. NETMEN IN LEAGUE P Standards vs. Lakeview, Argyle vs. Wesley Heights Tomorrow. Standards, who appear to be headed for another pennant in the Suburban Tennis League, will meet Lakeview on the Standards courts and the second- place Argyle team will face Wesley Heights, cellar occupants, at Argyle, in league matches tomorrow afternoon, starting at 2 o'clock. Team Standing. - | he could throw off the Btandards Argyle C. Lakeview ' .. Wesley Heigh! Explains Scoring In Cup Golf Play 'OLUMBUS, Ohio, June 268 (#)— George Sargent, ‘pro at the Scioto Country Club and mem- ber of the committee of three to direct the Ryder Cup matches, has explained the scoring system used to determine the winner. The two-day matches will bring & total of 12 points. Four will be scored on_the two-ball fourscmes today and eight on tomorrow's singles.. In the event of a tie at the end of the two days, the Ryder Cup goes back with the British team and will not again be in competition until 1933, In the tcam matches two American , and two British players wi'l play two balls. Each of th: two players will play alternate strokes on the team mafches. Both the team and singles matzches b u be played over a thirty= TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F Panamas, Leg- horns and Milans Cleaned and Blocked By Modern and Scientific Factory Methods. Vienna Hat Co. 435 11th St » -onr-nu EVERY 8,000 MILRS LS. JULLIEN, Inc. 1443 P St. N.W. North 8078 ing disaster, even when he is going at I saw him go out in 33 at ‘Worcester and still brood over the twelfth hole that he couldn’t play. OHNNY FARRELL had his great yeer around 1928. Then a long ex- hibition tour did him no good at all. |* It was too much for tired nerves and a slender body. He is still a fine golfer and a young one. But since 1928 he hes had a hard time holding his stride for 72 holes. He had a killing 8 at Winged Foot in 1929. He had a wrecking 8 at the first hole at Interlachen in 1930—and still gct out in 36. But the blow had already done its damage. He could never quite get the grisly plcture of that 8 out of his mind. Johnny would hlve & good chance if feeling of “when will the bludgeon fall?” - He is 29 | & good finisher when he gets his chance. He has a beautiful putting stroke and ‘when it happens to be clicking he can do estohishing things upon the green. But he must in some way hurdle those one or two blighting holes that make the rest of the going a trifle too tough. Such strokes are hard to get medal play test. Why should concentration be so im- Bechuse correct concentra- individual stroke have been John Ball, Walter Hagen, Jerry Travers and Wal- ur J. Travis. Cotton is and strong and keen, able to go full route at aw-lmhw speed. He will at least be an interest- ing contribution to the Inverness show. Archie . Compston, has threatened more than once, * This tall, powerfully ble. He is also a good competitor whose main trouble has been one bad round that happened to catch him off guard. He has been more effective at match play than at medal play, but he is not to bestaken lightly- at either test. 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Pairings for men’s doubles, women's pse first | singles and mixed doubles will be the Twelfth Street | today. y. In the men's singles tomorrow ©O. Murray will play R. xmflmmnmmw.xwm ' Duck Sees Golf Ball as Egg Siu on Pellet After Mrs. Knox’s Tee Shot at Congressional, Relucnntly 'Abdicates. BY W.,R. McCALLUM. HEY tell yarns of how all sorts of birds steal golf balls and make away with them under the delusion that they are eggs and that by sitting on “them they will hateh. -Down at Virginia Beach, at the course of the Princess E§§.§%g i EEE A Eag 5 wE by a-EE fe g [ one of those ducks tried to do the other Mrs. was phylnx at Con- gressional with Col. Harry A. Knox IM . and Mu mnk Yates. She hit a good tee shot at the eighteenth, which safely carried the Wll!l; and and one of thew, more, lnqumtlve than the rest, wad- dled over to the golf ball. First the duck made a few tentative pecks at the sphere with its beak, then it rolled the ball over and finally con- vinced that the ball was not edible, it decided it must be an egg. So the duck sat down on that golf and decided to warm it up a hoping perhlp that a litle lol! would hatch. It sat and sat Col. Knol had a hard time get- the bird off that golf ball, so . Knox could make her shot to the green. But as yet we have not encountered any golf 'ball stealing gophers, mch as t.hey have out in the mm DO!G N rotmmm'r. MONTCLAIR, N. J., June 26—John Hope Doeg, national tennis champlon, will compete for the New Jersey State men's tennis r.hlmpbn;hb in the an- nual tournament Girl Begins Golf By Making an Ace YORK, 'June 26.—Golfers who have devoted the better part of their lives to t.he links without iced the thrill of a will swear there “ain't when they hear the Steinweg of New the Associated & regulation in her life which will get under | la nymnmeuonwukAmm the COLLEGE UNKSMEN PLAY SEMI-FINALS Dunlap Mests Aycock, Florio Engages Fellow Student From Ohio State. By the Assoclated Press. HICAGO, June 26.— George T. Dunlap, jr, of Princeton, de- fending the title, and Tommy Aycock of Yale, winner of the championship in 1929, were paired in one semi-final match of the national intercollegiate golf tournament . today, while & pair of Ohio State youngsters, Johnny Florio and Bob Kepler, were opposed in the other. The four, survivors of the hazards of the Olympia Fields No. 4 course and the terrific heat, were all that remained of the starting field of 119 college stars, and each had earned his place in_the semi-finals. Dunlap, the 22-year-old baniam- weight from Princeton, ignored the blistering heat yesterday in defeating Bill Redmond of Notre Dame, 7 and 6, and was the gallery's favorite to take Aycock teday, and the survivor of the internecine lflu‘x}:l between Kepler and Florio in the 1 tomorrow. Dun- p took a three-hole advantage in morning round, added three more during the first nine after lunch, and finished the job when Redmond drove into the woods on the twelfth. Aycock Is Game. Aywckl victory over tall Jesse Rain- water of Tulane required a spectacular display of courage, but apparently didn't leave him much strength for Mdly'l ’ob He had the match all won at twenty-seventh, when he was 6 up, but Rainwater rallied so brilliantly that the Yale youth finished only 1 up. Kepler had little dimculby in elimi- Sidney Noyes of Yale, 5 and 4, rio had an all-day task in get- :lnc by Scotty Reston of Illinois, hig ellow nn airways, but himself by _accomplishing some fine putting when he needed to. Florio and Reston battled on even terms during the m , and the Buckeye player was 1 up at the turn of the afternon round in spite of wild spells that frequently had him in traps. His putting saved him, and & 3-putt green cost Reston the match on the sixteenth. Today’s semi-finals were 36-hole as- signments. NEWSPAPER WORKERS gmher and print the news of ihe wprld I "In" ‘!In‘ a faster worker ony- where! Or a smarter one! Regu- l'r follows, these sitizens! DIG OUT THE FACTS! The facts about CHESTERFIELD stand proved again and again. A MILDER cigarette: smoke as many as you like. A BETTER-TASTING cigarette: _you know ‘that the minute you‘ hght up. ester ing to CHESTERFIELD. Made of RIPER, MILDER tobaccos Every CHESTERFIELD is well- filled and BURNS EVENLY. 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