Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1931, Page 57

Part 5—4 Pages SPORTS SECTION Che Swnday Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1931 * T ennis and Golf Griffs Bat Hard to Win by 8 to 2 : Robinson Takes Army Tennis Championship < ® o« LA LA 4 D2 & & American Golf Pros Smother British : Mrs. Harper Defeated by Betty Nuthall MAKE 13 SAFETES in Second Start March to Victory. BY JOHN B. KELLER. f‘\HICAGO. June 27.—Regain- | ing their batting eyes to- | b day, the Nationals turned | the tables on the White Sox and evened the series with an 8-to-2 victory. For seven innings | the game was a nip-and-tuck af- fair, but with a splurge in the eighth, Walter Johnson’s pennant | hopefuls put the affair beyond danger. With the Athletics also winning teday, Washington held on to its present status, one and a half games behind the leaders. i Two of the three hurlers used by the White Sox were hammered for 13 safeties. Jim Moore, who started, yield- ing six hits and three runs in five in-| nings, while Vic Frazier, who pitched | the last two rounds, was found for sevin hits and the remainder of the mark Mcore was the loser, although it wa off Frazier the Nationals tillied their four markers in the eighth to clinch the game. Red Faber had two hitless sessions between these slabmen. Marberry Hits Rough Grind. Fred Marberry opened fire for John- son's charges, and though he was pinked | for cnly three hits, he found the going | rough in the fifth and sixth frames, and | after walking the first batter up in the | seventh, was relieved by Carl Fischer. | The Sox had scored twice off Fred. | But all they got off Carl amounted to a pass and three safeties. It did not take the Nationals long to get to Moore. With a pair of hits and an error by Second Baseman Kerr, they collected two runs in the second inning. One was out when West lined over Fonseca in left for three bases, and Bluege with a single immediately got Sammy over the counting block. Kuhel fanned, but when Kerr muffed Spencer's pop. Bluege managed to leg it all the| way home from first bace. | The fourth was another scoring round | for Johnson's chargss. With one hand | retired, Bluege rifled the ball down the left fleld line for a double. Kuhel then | hoisted to right, and scored Bluegs with | what became % double as Reynolds | cuffed the ball about a bit. | Filled Bases in Vain. | In the fifth the Chisox filled the| bases, but did not get anywhere. Fon- | seca got the first hit off Marberry, a | single lined over Myer's head, only to| be forced out by Cissell after watwood‘ popped out. Bluege, though, made a| two-base wild chuck after scooping up | Jefleries' slow one, so Tate was pur-| posely passed to bring up Moore. But Bush crossed this strategy by sending | Fothergill instead of the pitcher to the | plate. Big Bob's best was a bounder| to Myer that forced out Tate. | The Six did better in the sixth. They | put over two runs, and only a great| catch by Manush kept them from tieing | Kerr opened the inning with a single| and Blue walked. Bluegz managed to| heave out Reynolds, who gave the ball | a solid whack, but Fonseca drove over two with a long one-baser. West| epeared Watwood's linen, then Cissell | hoisted the ball toward the left field | corner. Manush hustled across to leap against the gnndsund wall for a spec- tacular one-hand grab. Johnson Juggles Better. There was some juggling of players | iri by both managers in the seventh, when | aad Cainp the home side threatened, with Johnson doing the better. Jefferies walked and when Bush sent in the lefthand swing- ing Simons to bat for Tate out came Marberry and to the slab went Fischer. Here Bush lifted Simons and sent up Ap- pling, a right-hand batter. He drew a pass, but Grube, batting for Faber, grounded out. Kerr's hoist to Sam Rice was caught in too short right to give Jefferies a chance to get home and Sam then took good care of Blue's loft. Batting .famsc Frasier in the eighth the Nationals picked up 4 runs to clinch the argument. Sam Rice singled and ‘Manush beat out a bunt. When Frasier booted Heine's tap, Rice reached third, but was nipped at the plate as he tried to count on Cronin’s grounder to Cissell. An infield hit by West filled the sacks and singles by Bluege and Kuhel ac- counted for 3 runs. Spencer’s hoist to deep center got Bluege across. Myer's single, Sam Rice's sacrifice, Manush's long fly and Cronin's bunted one-baser in the ninth put over the final tally of the day. . Notes. g With the Chisox starting a right-| handed hurler, old man Sam Rice| crashed the game. He showed plenty | of foot in the third frame, beating a | throw to the middle base to prevent a| double play when Manush grounded to | the pitcher. relay to first. A tiptop play by Cronin got Jef- fries in the Sox third. back to the grass for a grounder that was rifled by Jeffries and without com- ing up made a deadly long throw to first base. Manush had to cover a lot of terri- tory gettifig to Reynolds’ hoist in the fourth, but was equal to the task. He tere in so fast that after making the catch he could not put on the brakes antil he reached the short field. Tiuege was a busy person in attack. He socked two singles and a double, scored three times and drove over 3 runs. GAME TO BE BROADCAST Second Half of Griffs' Bill Today to Be Put on Air. lay-by-play account of the second ga:mp c’f‘ ] pdouble—helder today be- ‘tween Washington and Chicago in the Windy City will be sent over Station WJSV under the auspices cf Joe Tur- |\ . local wrestling promoter. Tomor- ;loe:r'u game also will be broadcast. The first gams will not be sent, as it would interfere with the regular Sunday church sery- ices. second game is expected to start at 3 or 3:15 o'clock. The play-by-play account will be given by Graham Louran, Heinle was caught by the v Joe jumped | H! e of today's twin bill | B Coasting Along CHICAGO. Kerre 2b....... PR 0000000000000m N 200000000 mnaonl R T e e:eae—aaaobnan-—. u *Batted for Moore in fifth. tBatted for Tate in seventh. iBatted for Frasier in ninth. WASHINGTON. AB. Myer, 2b........ E Rice il > L . Manush, Cronin, West. ‘cf... Bluege, 3b. Kuhel. 1b. Spencer, ¢ Marberry. D.. Fischer, p. Totals . Washington ... 0 2 0 1 0 hicago ........0 0 0 0 0 Runs batted in—Bluege (3), Fonseca Spencer. ” Cronih, hits— uhel. Blues: West, _, Stolen | cocouwmmmonD 81 contuwesd | omconoscons 2| mussncoman ® . - 18 wo 5| coomuwmmmn T I Kuhel (2). Two-base s berry. 5 innin out in se nings; of sier. 7 in 3 innings. ber: Losing _pitcher—Moore. Umpires— Messrs. Owens and Geisel. Time of game—1 hour and 50 minuts A'S SUBDUE TIGERS, 95, AFTER RECOL Grove Lets in 4 Runs in Two | Opening Innings, but Then Tightens. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, June 27.—Robert Moses D nings of the Philadelphia Ath- letics’ game with the Detroit Tigers here today, but tightened after the second and thé Athletics won, 9 to 5. It was Grove's fourteenth victory of the season. ‘The Tigers touched the Philadelphia ace for eight hits and four runs in the first two innings, but were held to four hits and one run in the remainder of | the game, the latter a homer by Marty McManus in the fifth. Arthur Herring went eight innings for the Tigers but was taken out for a relief pitcher and Sullivan and Hoy, his successors, .were touched for four hits and three runs in the rinth. ABHOA, AB: 18 4 0 ©| onormmaccsss®™ Phila g Bishop.2 Haas. Cochrai Simmon: Foxx.1b. Miller.rf Dykes.3b. .. Willidms.sg Grove.p. (OO c00000mHmmwI Totals ...39 132713 “Batted for Herring Phiiadelphia . Detroit 3| cooomo o in eighth. 02 —Hi ler. Dyk er. | McM: Simmons (2). Dokes, Williams, pese hits—Haas, Alexander, Simmons _Three-base hit. ‘McManus. tole run a Walker, Sacrifices—Miller, . Doubl plays—Bishop to Williams 'to Foxx: Br to McManus to Alexander: Grove to Bishop to Fox: t, 9: Phila- erring. §: Dineen, Moriarty e— 2 hours and GIRL SETS HURDLE MARK Babe Didrickson Runs 80 Meters in 12.5 at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La, June 27 (#).— The American record for women in the 80-meter hurdles was bettered here to- day in the Southern A. A. U. track meet | B by Babe Didrickson of Dallas, Tex., who ran the distance in 12.5 seconds. The American record is 12.6. Records of Griffs 2 e i Harris.. West. pr e Py SRS o! P SRR S e [rioteey S e Ne88ma. .-...-u.mq_.u e e [tstetvrey PR St L. P Bk St T ] . R dnasassesnonmiasusannl awu.ne—‘-n‘nuew.wefl—g Subessows st HEetumuil [P 28 aBranald =25 s wnsad G. H. BB.8O. piten . 30 104 238 54 1 18 68 21 24 68 y 17 _56 29 30 64%; g 28 a0 aen Blown. 1838 B 4§ 2 A 44 1379 Crowder 17 102 35 21 92% Saotas! aawummnt | scoonsccss Grove wobbled in the early in- | Boiton . | 8. Louts: . HEDEKIN FINALIST FOR SECOND YEAR New Champion Triumphs by 6-1, 6-2, 6-1—Doubles Get Under Way Today. | L yesterday swept to a smash- ing victory over Lieut. David | D. Hedekin of Fort Bennings,Ga., former Western High student, to | gain the singles championship in the annual Army tennis cham- pionships on the Columbia Coun- |try Club courts. The score was | 6—1, 6—2, 6—1. From the outset the racketer-aviator from the West Coast outclassed Lieut. Hedekin, who also was runner-up in last season's tournament. , His vastly superior placements were a_noteworthy factor in his triumph. He was the steadier player at virtually every stage. Lieut. Robinson unquestionably dis: played the greatest improvement in the s'ngles of any who competed last year. From the start he exhibited a game markedly steadier than that shown by him in 1930. Early in the competition observers predicted that he would win the title. Lieut. Robinson was put out in the singles semi-finals last year by Lieut. John W. Strahan, who won the crown. IEUT. STANLEY K, ROBIN- SON of RockwellField,Calif., Loses in Exhibition. liowing the match Henry C. Sheridan of this city, donor of the famed . Sheridan Cup, an nusually handsome trophy, congratulated Lieut. Robinson, who by virtue of his win, will_have his name inscribed on the big bowl. Immediately afterward Lieut. Robin- | son engaged in an exhibition set with New Army Tennis Champion Receives Cup Lieut. Dolf Muehleisen, crack West Coast player, and was beaten by 6 to 1. He then went on to perform in an | exhibition doubles tilt. ~Lieuts. Robin- | son and Muehleisen will team in the | doubles in the Leech Cup play, starting | July 18, at the Chevy Chase Club. Point ‘scores of the title match follow: | FIRST SET. Robinson Hedekin .. SECOND SET. Robinson 4 Hedekin [ THIRD SET. Robinson . S Hedekin . Doubles competition in the Army tournament will begin tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock on the Columbia courts, with four teams entered. Maj. J. H. Hills and Maj. Leland S. Hobbs, who will face Capt. J. H. Drake and Lieut. J. E. Poore, have been seedea No. 1, and Lieut. Hedekin and Lieut. Millard Lewis, who have been matched against Capt. M. Spangle and Col. K. Easton, are the No. 2 team. Others in the draw are Capt. E. J. House and Capt. Gene Eubanks, who will meet Capt. R. Z. Crane and Lieut. J. 8. Moran, and Lieut. Harold Brooks {and Lieut. Jimmy Helms, who will en- gage Maj. P. W. Newgarden and Lieut. P. K. Morrill. Lieut. Robinson, who, with Lieut. Hedekin, attained the final in the doubles in 1930, is not entered in the doubles this year. 14-INNING HOMER GIVES BROWNS GAME By | Bettencourt’s Drive Breaks Long Deadlock With Red Sox in Game Ending 5 to 4. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, June 27.—The St. Louls to six games when Larry Bettencourt's hogge run in the fourteenth inning gave Red Sox here today. A 3 by worwaoono? U - Bos. Rothrock)t. f.. Sweeney.ib. Melillo,2b. . Goslin.If - 8] omrrnoomuats! oanmaan EPUEITA - rry.c. Oliver.cf Russell,p. B) csmnnsnaund {seirimrey as 8| aeconamscnaal Totals...49 10°39 33 Total: *None out when winning run score {Batted for Levey in seventh. 0002003000000 1 e [ Runs _ batted in—Bettencourt, Schulte, Burns, Levey, Jenkins, Webb, Miller, Berry, Oliver. Runs —Rothrock. Webb, Miller, Pick- ering. Schulte. Bettencourt (2), Bi ). Errors—Russell, Schulte, Goslin. Storti, Blae- holder, Kress (2). Two-base hits—Blaehold- er. Rothrock, Webb (2). Three-base hit— Burns. Home runs—Schulte, Bettencourt. Sacrifices—_Ccffman, Sweeney. Miller. Double 2): Russell to Miller 24 yne to Miller to Sweeney: Miller to Rhyne to Sweeney; Pickering to Miller to Sweeney: Storti to Melillo to . Left on bases—Boston. 6: St. Base_on balls—Off Blaeholder, 1; Struck out—By Blaeholder, 4 . Hits—Off Blaeholder. 7 ih 7 oft Coffman. 3 in 7 innings. Wild issell. Winning pitcher—Coffman. 5—Messrs. McGowan, Ormsby and e of game—3 hours and 40 Louis. 7. off Russell, 5. by Russell 1 innine: GLASGOW WINS AT SOCCER. TORONTO, Ontario, June 27 (#).— With a brilliant display of dribbling, Glasgow Celtics, Scottish cup holders, today defeated Ulster United, 3 to 1, before a crowd of 9,000 soccer fans. Standings in Major Circuits SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1951 American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 8; Chicagg, 2. Shilsdeinbia. o Detroit, 8. o~ oit, 5. 5t 'Louls. 5; Boston. 4’ (4 innings) GAMES TOMORROW. 1c880. ' ‘Detroit. leveland. "Touis. o 5 GAMES TODAY. Tash. at Chicaso (. Wash. RP¥ork ‘at Cleveland. . York st Boston st 8t Louis. Bostan' at National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brooklyn, 7-4; 8t Loul Pittsburgh, 10-4; Chicago, 12; Boston, 3. Cincinnati, 6; New York, 4. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. Pet. 635 1590 585 521 kit ‘381 <98 364 GAMES TOMORROW. cago %“éfll ers nob Browns extended their winning streak | O them a 5-to-4 decision over the Boston ?' 1000202000000 1—5 | Ri, GETS AWARD AFTER VICTORY IN TOURNEY HERE. In the picture, left to right, are: H. C. Sheridan, donor of the trophy: Lieut. Stanley K. Robinson, the winner, and Lieut. David D. Hedekin, runner-up. | | LEADING CARDINALS TAKE DOUBLE SOCK Dodgers Win, 7-0 and 4-3, to Gain Fourth Place as Braves Lose. By the Associated Press climbed into fourth place in the National League standing today as they took both games of & double-header from the league-leading St. Louis Cardinals while Boston was losing to Chicago. The scores were 7 to 0 and 4 to 3. GAME. prtericn o Gilbert.3b; . ] o couasoone® > | s wonsn bt A f ot el L Cammpacs i 8 ! 43| sussssianaal Totals *Batted fo St. Louis .. Brooklyn .’ ups—Frederick, Bl Finm. Ibert onette (2), 55 -base , Phelp Dferman, Three-base hits—Bis- 'Doul. . Home run—Wright, fac- Double play—Wright to Bis- g 8t Louis. 3: Brook; ;1) , Pfirman and Clarke. Sour and 30 minutes. SECOND GAME. AB.H.O.A Bklyn. derick.cl Sifveriab, ] cocossumpmnmwd t. L. Adams,3b. 2 Roet'er.r{-1t Frisch.db. . conoonSum: Watkins.r1.. Martin.ct... | Mancuso. Gelbert.ss . Hallahan,p.. Soroammuwm ousossoman! | mmowasomwwas 5| cooonuacosomnc® ] Totals ...37 11438 11 o ‘hen winning rul 19erted ‘for Quinn in_ nint tRan for Lopez in th. s St. Louts 3 0001 Brookiv ns (2). Prisch. Prederick, Gil nort gt onette. “Fing. . Runs baited in Eriscn Bottomlel, ROSUAT:e Qivorrisch HeTMAR: adriek, Hei o Threc.bace hits—Adams. cuso, Adam: Le! fonr . “Bases ai ed. n sogr Oferman, > Pinn bases—St. Loiis, o; Brock; on ball . Struck out—By Clark. 3; by Hallaban: 3y Quinn, 1 sits—Of Clark, 10 in 6% innings; off Quinn, 1 in 2% in- 3 ild pitches—Hallahan (2). Win- ning __pitcher- ui —Quinn. mpires— Messt: an, Clarke and Rigler. Time of & =2 hours and 20 minutes. WINS MARYLAND TITLE Parr Defeats Cole in 36-Hole Final at Rolling Road Club. BALTIMORE, June 27 (#).—Harry A. Parr, 3d, of the Elk Ridge Hunt Club today won the State amateur golf cham- pionship, defeating Tom Cole, 7 and 6, in a 36-hole match at the Rolling Road Ccuntry Club. Parr replaces Alex Knapp of Balti- more, who was eliminated in the first round of match play. At the end of ‘the first 18 holes this Parr was seven up. ROOKLYN, June 27.—The Robins " | be expected ft | HICAGO, June 27.—With the Athletics tussling with the Tigers in a double-header in | Detroft, the Nationals must | 1ook to their laurels in their two games with the White Sox here tomorrow. Even though they have narrowed the | g2p between themselves and the league | leaders since leaving home, Manager Walter Johnson’s charges can ill afford | series with the White Sox. From the manager down those of the Washington squad see great need of | copping four engagements during the i’stsy in Comisky Park. Despite their nearness to the A's, the Nationals | figure it 1s up to them to look after their own interests and not expect to gain mainly through the failures of the Mackmen in competition with other clubs. A double win for the A’s in the Sun- day battling with the Nationals scor- ing victory in only one of the tilts with Donie Bush’s club would all but blast the hopes of the latter to return to their home lot on July 5 in first place. Manager Johnson plans to send against the White Sox in the Sunday double-header two of his left-hand hurlers, Lloyd Brown and Bob Burke. Both are in excellent trim, even though Brown took a licking in his last start. Perhaps carelessness as much as any- , | thing else marred Brown's work against the Tigers, however. This time he may to “bear down"” every minute of his time on the hill. Manager Bush has not mentioned his choices for the Sunday twin sketch, but in all likelihood he will call upon Al Thomas and Harold McKain, right- handers both. Neither has been parti- cularly successful against the Nationals this season. T begins to look as though the Na- tionals “greatest handicap this sea- son is Al Crowder, veteran right- hand pitcher. The general has done imuch to hurt hsi club’s cause by fail- BY JAMES L. RENICK, Associated Press Sports Writer. OLUMBUS, Ohio, June 27— Billy Davies, the British star who beat Johnny Farrell today, won applause for his sports- manship on the thirty-second green. When Farrell sank his putt for a three, the referee called it a half, but D?vlu then went up to Johnny and et “It's your hole. I tapped my ball” Capt. Charles Whitcombe almost lost the twelfth by playing the wrong ball. He noticed his mistake and the ref- and won the hole with a Hagen a short pul ‘The 180-yard fourth was the scene of two sensational shots. On the morning round Sarazen's tee shot rolled in the door of a pop stand and came to rest in a crack in the concrete floor. After moving several pop cases, Gene pitched out through a window to within 15 feet of the pin, but missed the putt and lost the hole to Fred Robson. On the same hole, Farrell’ drove be- hind the stand, pitched over the build- ing so close to the pin that Davies knocked his ball in when he putted, giving Johnny a birdie. ‘The British team after the Ryder Cup par five itt. left immediate! play for Detroi 'Nats Need All They Can Get In Battles With White Sox| to drop any more cCecisions during this | Ryder Cup Play Sidelights ]ing to pitch in anything like the form | he displayed last year following his transfer from the Browns in mid-June. Then starting with a winning per- centage below 500 he splurged to fin- ish the campaign with one of 529 for | the Nationals, though he hurled 619 |base balls. He scored 13 victories | | against eight defeats and that in three | { months of toil. | This season Crowder has started a| dozen times for five wins and six de- feats. He is the one member of the| Washington mound corps. excepting | Walter Masters, who has not been in a |game, with a winning percentage for this season below the 500 mark. Crowder has not appeared to ad- vantage in any of his engagements. |Only five times has he gone the route, and in two of his full games he suf- fered defeat. From the outset of the campaign his hurling has pleased the batters of the opposition, and only sen- sational support afleld and super bat- ting by his club at times has kept him from a worse record. Early in the season Crowder com- plained that the weather prevented him revealing his best pitching form. It was too cold for him. He contended he needed the hot Summer days to appear at his best. Well, Al has been getiing these hot Summer days in recent starts, but no improvement has been seen in his work. His failure to make good as he did after becoming a National last season is a big reason why his club isn't lead- ing the American League procession right now. NE of the Nationals who has done much to offset the ill effects of Crowder’s weak slabbing this sea- son is Sammy West. This young Texan, with his strong batting and remarkable flelding, has done more than his share to keep the Wi club in a fine contending position in the chase for the pennant. Before starting this Western swing, Sammy showed a season batting ave- rage around the 370 point. and out this (Continugd on Second Page.) where they play an exhibition match tomorrow against a picked team of Michigen professionals. The victorious American team plays an exhibition match in Cineinn: Al Espinosa finally won his battle with E. R. Whitcombe, but it took 71 holes to accomplish the act. In the last Ryder Cup match at Moortown these two tangled and halved their match after 36 holes. Today Espinosa gn‘nlly triumphed on the thirty-fifth ole History almost repeated itself during the matches. In 1927, at Worcester, Mass., the Americans won the two-ball foursome 3 to 1, as they did yesterday. They won the singles the next day 12 to ¥, for a total of 9% to 2%5. A flag carrler with the Whitcombe match moaned once when Hagen was six up and six American flags fluttered from his staff: “If Hagen wins another hole and perches another flag on this pole, I'm going to be blown right off this course.” ‘The wind was whipping it up and the carrier, a boy, was staggering. Bobby Jones proved a smart fnllery- ite. He followed the Hagen-Whitcombe match for two holes then spent the afternoon u(ndzr a shade tree around of the ninth{ and eighteenth greens. i Thousands "A'm shoved Bobby this way and WIN RYDER TROPHY BY SCORE OF 9703 Jones in Gallery of 12,000. Clincher Won' by Hagen. Burke Brilliant. BY ALLAN GQULD, Asscclated Press Sports Editor. CIOTO COUNTRY CLUB, CO- LUMBUS, Ohio, June 27— Walter Hagen's home-bred squad of professional golf sharpshooters, completed the rout of the gallant British forces today and restored the Ryder Cup‘ to American custody for the next two years. Under a scorching sun whose rays only partly were offset by a fresh breeze, the Americans blazed their way to victory in six of the eight singles matches and cap- tured the series by the final score of 9 to 3. The Homebreds had taken three of the four Scotch foursomes vesterday and they settled the issue quickly today «with as brilliant a display of golfing fireworks as the competition has ever witnessed. Hagen had the honor of bringing heme the seventh and decidirg victory when he vanauished the rival British captain, Charles Whitcombe, 4 and 3, in the feature match that attracted the interest of most of the gallery of 12,000, including Bobby Jones. It was _the climax of a series of quick goifing knockouts administered by Billie Burke, Gene Sarazen and Densmore Shute. Burke set the pace for the Americans by walloping Big Archie Compston, one of the prime British favorites, to the lopsided tune of 7 and 6. Sarazen fol- lowed this with a similarly overwhelm- | ing triumph over Fred Robson, 7 and 6, and Densmore Shute gave his home town gallery plenty to cheer about when he disposed of Young Bert Hodson, 8 and 6, for the biggest margin of the | day. Wifly Cox and Al Espinosa accounted for the remaining American victories. Cox pulled out a ding-dong battle with Abe Mitchell, 3 and 1, by holing a 30- foot putt on the thirty-fifth green. Espinosa, after having his advantags | wiped away entirely by Ernest Whit- combe, with three holes to go, rallied to win two in succession and decide the match by 2 and 1. Johnny Farrell's defeat by W. H. (Billy) Davies, the former Hoylake cad: die, was the biggest upset of the singles from the American viewpoint. Th handsome Irishman was away off his | game in the afternoon and succumbed 4 and 3, as he went 10 strokes over par for 15 holes. Havers Beats Wood. ‘The remaining British triumph was registered by Arthur Havers, former British open champion, who took ad-| vantage of the erratic work of Craig | Wood to post a 4 and 3 victory handily. | ‘The Yankee cleanup gave the United States two out of three in the com- | petition for the Ryder Cup, begun in 1927 with an American victory. The British won in 1929. They can claim an even break in the professional team competition, however, since they won | the informal series in England in 1926. In each case, victory has gone to the home forces, The most consistently brilliant golf today was exhibited by Billie Burke, youthful pro of the Blind Brook Club, near Greenwich, Conn. As the climax to a week in which he won the 72-hole test tournament, to complete the American ranks, Burke shot sub-par olf all day to dispose of the giant, lue-shirted Compston. Burke toured the rugged Scioto lay- out in 71 strokes, one under par, to lead Compston by two holes in the morning round, which the Briton cov- ered in a fine 73. The American was three under par for the 12 holes playad | in the afternoon, going five up at the twenty-seventh and then bagging two straight birdies to bring the issue to a quick close. Hagen's 70 Low for Day. Hagen had the best round of the day, a 70 in the morning that put him four up on Charles Whitcombe. but the “Haig” kept his figures down by the medium _of remarkable recoveries, whereas Burke was not off the fairway more than twice all day. Hagen's ex- plosion shots from the traps bordered the miraculous. At least a dozen times Walter came out so close to the pin that the putt was a mere formality. ‘Whitcombe, although apparently af- fected by the heat in -the afternoon, staged a game rally to win three straight holes, the twenty-ninth, thir- tieth and thirty-first, and cut Hagen' lead from six to three. There wasn't time enough left for the Briton to extend this rally, however, and he fal- tered to lose the match on, the thirty- third hole. Sarazen had Robson groggy with senzational starts on each round. The stocky New Yorker won the first three holes each time. Robson rallied in the morning to keep Sarazen from in- creasing this margin, but when Gene ran his lead to six holes at the twenty-first, the end was in sight. Sarazen's tally was even par for the 30_holes. Shute, only one over par for the day, did not shake off the youthful Hodson until the ¢lose of the morning round, but he increased his lead quickly thereafter. Cox and Mitchell waged a close fight, in which the vet- eran Briton took the lead four times, only to lose in a tussie of erratic golf over the home-coming route of the afternoon. As a contrast, Ernest ‘Whitcombe never led Al Espinosa, but the brother of the British captain twice squared the match, once at the eighteenth with a sensational 20-foot putt for an eagle, and again at the thirty-third ho]c#nly to lose the next two and the mal HELEN HICKS WINS AGAIN Adds New York State Golf Title to List of 1931 Victories. LONG BEACH, N. Y., June 27 (#).— Miss Helen Hicks today added the New York State Woman’s golf championship to her long list of 1931 titles, defeating Mrs, Leo G. Federman, 4 #fd 3, in the 36-hole final match over the Country Club course. VICTORY CHEERED BY KING AND QUEEN Shields-Wood Given a Scare in Wimbledon Doubles. Borotra Theatrical. BY FRANK H. KING, Associated Press Staff Writer. ONDON, June 27.—Before her King and Queen and with 10,600 fellow countrymen applauding. Betty Nuthall, ‘chubby darling of the British courts, today repeated in decisive fashion the victory she "scored | over Mrs. L. A. Harper in the finals of the American tennis cham- | pionship last year. | Playing with a fire that was not to be denied, Briton's ranking woman | player defeated the ranking woman | racquet wielder of the United States, |6—4, 6—3, and moved into the quar- | ter finals of singles play with two other British women, two Germans, one | French woman, one Swiss and Miss Helen Jacobs of Berkeley, Calif. The Nuthall-Harper match was the feature of the sixth day of Wimble- don play which saw five American vic- tories and two_defeats. Mrs. John Van Ryn also lost her fourth round match at singles to Mme. | Rene Mathieu, France's ranking player, | but Miss Jacobs disposed of Mrs. Kitty | McKane Godfree, twice a Wimbledan | champion, 6—2, 6—1, Frank Shields and Sidney B. Wood, jr, won two | doubles matches; George Lott, jr., and— | Mrs. Harper won a first round match at mixed doubles, and Gregory Mangin of Newark, N. J.. paired with Pierre Landry of France to win a third round | encounter in men’s doubles. Have Close Call. Shields and Wood first played the British team of G. R. O. Crolerees and C. G. Eames, winning easily, 6—0, 6—1, | 6—2, but they aimost met a tartar in the South African paid of P. D. B. Spence and L. Raymond, finally break- ing_through after five dramatic sets, to win, 5—7, 1—6, 6—4, 6—2, 6—0. anc the American youngsters threw |aside caution and started playing the smashing game of which they are ca- pable, they ran over their veteran ad- versaries. Lott and Mrs. Harper had a real fight on their hands with H. W. Artens of Austria and Mme. Nicolopoulo of Greece, but won in two sets, 8—8, 6—3. | Mangin and Landry ran over O. G. N. Turnbull and J. B. Gilbert of Great Britain, 6—1, 7—5, 6—3. | The 'final eight of women's singles, in addition to Miss Nuthall and Miss acobs, includes Cilli Aussem and H. Krahwinkel, of Germany; Mme. Ma< thieu, of Prance; Miss Payot, of Swit- zerland, and Dorothy Round and M. C. Scriven, of Great Britain. United States, Britain, Strong. ‘The final eight of men's singles also was completed today, Satoh, Jean Bor- otra and H. W. (Bunny) Austin win- ning straight set victorles to join Shields, Wood, John Van Ryn, G. P. Hughes and Fred Perry in the final eight. This lineup gives the United States and Great Britain three repre- ;vnum'ts each; Japan one, and Prance ne. Borotra flew over from Paris on an early morning plane to defeat the Aus- trian, Artens, 6—4, 6—2, 6—3. With all his theatrical effects, includ- ing his blue heret and his acrobatics, Borotra remains the idol of Wimbledon. On one of his returns he went sprawl- ing to turf, but recovered in time to sit up and make a winning cross court volley of Arten’s return, the shot send- ing everybody from the King and Queen to the ball boys into roars of laughter and applause. Borotra joined in the laughter as he walked back to the base line brushing off his trousers. Austin, the main rellance of the British forces, won an easy straight set victory over Dian G. Collins, a fellow countryman, 6—3, 6—4, 6—3, while gat\;;l agnm}ztedrlfltt's conqueror, H, . N. , also of Great 0 % ) Britain, 8—6, onday’s center court program pi Austin against Shields, gndn Boro;;r': against Satoh. Wood will meet Hughes on the No. 1 court and Van Ryn will play Perry to decide the four semi- finalists. The first four are in the lower half of the draw and the last four in th;luppe;o lay also will continue in the men’ doubles and the mixed doubles Mcndgy.. but the women singles quarter finals will not go on until Tuesday. GALLANT KNIGHT AHEAD Takes Francis Peabody Stake in Washington Park Finale. WASHINGTON PARK, HOMEW( I, June 27 (#)—Gallant Knigm,oct)r?a' crack 4-year-old from the Audley Farm, continued his campaign for stake honors today, by winning the third running of the Francis Peabody Memorial Handicap, the closing feature of Washington Park’s meeting. Golf Great; Says Pilot of Britons BY FRED PIGNON. Man Soeclal Cotrespandent for Reren ShA 'OLUMBUS, Ohio, June 27 (#).— So the cup that I brought to America about a fortnight ago is to remain in the United States for at least two years—there was no need to have insured it for the round trip. This may sound like a note of regret. Quite frankly it is. ‘There is no doubt at all that the United States team won because of théir perfect play, which was just a little bit better than the good golf o= the Britishers. Luck did not enter lntl? it. It was just thoroughly good golf. I frankly have never seen better golf played in a match of this kind than both teams produced today. With most of }be players equaling or beating par dnd doing so without those lucky shots, which I always consider putts to be, is an achieve- ment probably unj lleled. The gmm team ly played no bet- golf when they won the trophy at Moortown, England, two years ago.