Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1931, Page 40

SPORTS. SCORE OF FAMOUS MASTERS IN FIELD England Prepared to Make Greatest Effort Since Ray Won in ’25. BY PAUL MICKELSON, ated Press Sports Writer, OLEDO, Ohlo, June 30.—In-| verness, scene of the most | stirring finish the national | open golf championship| ever produced, may duplicate its| dramatic show of 1920 this week,| when the world’s finest crafumen‘; of the links meet once more. More than a score of the game’s famous masters, all players of un- questioned ability and with golden | chances to win the coveted prize! of American golf, are sprinkled among the 146 stars who start out on the 72-hole medal struggle' Thursday. | It appears to be the most evenly | matched fleld in the big show's 37-year run. The competition promises to b> hotter than the blistering hot weather. It was at Inverness in 1920 that Harry Vardon made his last gallant fight for the title after 25 years of golf- ing greatness on both sides of the At- | lantic only to fall in the final 18-hole | round and watch Ted Ray take the | title back to England after a finish that left the gallery speechless with excite- ment. The fight ended with Ray the winner 1 stroke ahead of Vardon, Jack Burke, Jock Hutchinson and Leo Die- gel, who made his debut s a star of first Tank then along with Bobby Jones, Johnney Farrell, Gene Sarazen and ‘Wild Bill Mehlhorn. Fourteen Invaders. That was the last time the cherished trophy slipped from the possession of the Americans, but Inverness, with its purgatory of traps and narrow fairways, may again reward the foreign invaders. Fourteen are entered in the tussle this week, and several of them are granted big chances to win if they can endure the heat spell that looms as a more dis- turbing menace today than the course itself. England has perhaps its greatest field in modern open play entered. All 10 members of its Ryder Cup teams, now more accustomed to the current heat wave after the struggle at Scioto, are in the fray, and the standouts among them are Arthur Havers, Veteran Abe Mitchell, Young Billy Davies and the two Whitcombe brothers. The recal- citrant Henry Cotton, hailed as one of Briton's greatest golfers, is here, too, with Percy Alliss, another son of Eng- land, who registers from Germany, ‘where he is headquartered. Of the six Cotton and Alliss perhaps are consid- ered the greatest threats. Each is on his game after brilliant workouts over the champicnship course. | » Wizard on Greens. Except for a dark horse threat from the Philippines, in Larry Montes, the man with the magic putter, the rest. of the fleld for the promised close finish Saturday is comprised of Ameri- cans, any one of & score of whom can win without causing the experts to thumb record books o find out who they happen to be. ‘There are the unquestioned “Big Seven” professionals of American golf, ‘Tommy Armour, Gene Sarazen, Walter Hagen, Mac Smith, George Von Elm, Horton Smith and Johnny Farrell, all of whom are determined to win the prize. ‘Then there are such sharpshooters as Wifty Cox of Erooklyn, Denny Shute of Cleveland, Harry Cooper and Al Es- inosa of Chicago, Johnny Golden of few York and Billy Burke of Deal, N. J., whose brilllance and consistency ‘was & revelation to his followers in the Ryder Cup matches. Virtually all the actors of the big show were on hand today to tune up for the struggle. Only a few of them ac- complished much yesterday, because of | the sultry heat, but from now on it was | all work and no play, regardless of the deportment of the elements. Alexandria Notes ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30.—More than 100 aquatic stars are expected to take in the water carnival to be ere Saturday at the municipal pool under the direction of J. F. Wil- son, superintendent of public recrea- tion. Special events will be held for men, ‘women, boys and girls. Mechanical Department and_Trans- fer Agents will tie up in a Potomac Yard Base Ball League game at Hun- ton Field Thursday at 5:30. Ballston A. C. has booked two holi- day games with the S. & R. Co.’s nine to be played at Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, 10 o'clock, and the nightcap for 3 o'clock. Ballston will return home Sunday to entertain the Fort Humphreys Engineers. Nation-wide Grocers were to face ‘Transportation Department of the Po- tomac Yards League at Hunton Field today at 5 o'clock. Plans for the organization of a wom- en's golf team to oppose fair golfers from other country clubs in this sec- tion are being made at Belle Haven Club. Columbia Outlaws, all former mem- bers of the Columbia Engine Company nine, are after week-day games with senior clubs. Manager Padgett may be reached ‘at Alexandria 1774. George McQuinn, former Cardinal A. C. and Dreadnought A. A. player, is performing at first base for the Scran- ton nine of the New York-Pennsyl- vania League. I Big League Ball I ‘The wind-up disappears with men gflnzornenndhumdpflfi- tching problem becomes compli- cated. A wind-up with & runner on first would, of course, be an invita- tion to steal. Runners on_first or second are frequent enough to worry a pitcher. With a man on first, the pi ition changes. Instead of stand- with both feet on the rubber, the thand pitcher usually stands with his left foot forward, perhaps 24 inches. His right foot is against the rubber and his whole position is such that he can watch first base and still be in position to pitch with the least possible shifting of position. When he throws the ball, putting all of his body behind it, he will finish his motion with his rigat foot forward. Leaning slightly toward the plate and then throwing to first will bother most baserunners. Vary this by leaning towards the plate and then throwing there. NETMEN IN SEMI-FINALS Play in the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A- tennis tournament advanced to the semi-finals yesterday with four favorites lined up to battle. In defeating M. Lancaster, 8. Brown earned the right to meet O. Murray for honors in the upper bracket. Brown's fast-driving game carrled him to a 6—0, 6—3 win. Perkins, the other player to advance, has met stiff opposition all along the line, and he found plenty of fight in L. Cook yesterday. The first set was a battle with Perkins winning 10—8. He took the next, 6—1. Tally Holmes, the third man in the semi-finals, defeated H. Jones, 6—I, 6—1. Holmes played a steady game. Oscar Murray is the fourth player. He advanced by virtue of his victory over | Roscoe Lewis Saturday. Doubles competition started yesterday with a victory for the Murray-Holmes combination over Hardy and Sewell. Play in doubles will continue today. The semi-finals will e played Wed- nesday evening on the Howard Univer- sity courts. 3 FIND TWO FAULTS IN GRIDIRON CODE| A Officials Want Hand Taping, Quarter Close Up Getting Pass, Clarified. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. NEW YORK, June 30.—The 35 offi- clals of the first foot ball district, who met at New Haven the past ‘week end, are all enthusiastic about the rules as they stand at present. They are especially pleased with the clarity of the code and their state of mind was made evident by the fact that they dis- covered only two rules which were in any way ambiguous. But both of these will have to be cleared up before the foot ball season starts. ‘The first ambiguity relates to the taping of the hands. In former years players appeared in games with hands and arms so taped they were nothing less than weapons. Foot ball in its sporting spirit has changed a lot since those days and cases are rare where coaches or trainers deliberately con- vert players' hands and forearms into | weapons. | . As the rule now stands, taping of the | hands is not allowed save for the pro- | tection of an injury, and then only by | special permission of the umpire. | What the officials at the New Haven meeting want to know is just how this | matter of taping shall be handled. Must | a coach or trainer bring a man with an | injured hand out on the field and have | the umpire inspect it before taping is permitted? And, if so, how much and what sort of tape shall be used? Or would an umpire be permitted to take the word of honor of a coach or trainer that a player has an injury that re- quires protection? ‘Whether or not a quarterback may receive a forward pass when at scrim- mage he has occupied a position close under center must also be officially an- swered. The rule concerning forward pass receipt is that a player who is more than a foot but less than a yard behind the line of scrimmage is not eligible to receive a forward. Yet the fact remains that when a quarterback 1is close under the center, he is in a perfectly eligible position. ‘The rules make this clear when they say that with a quarterback in such | meon he must handle the snapback | rom center; there may be no direct pass to & back in such case. This being 80, the officlals at New Haven feel the quarterback should be eligible as a pass receiver. He could figure valuably in such capacity and, as a matter of fact, has so figured in many important games despite the rule. HINES DEFENDING TITLE. ANNISTON, Ala., June 30 w"—l More than twoscore of the South’s lead- ing tennis players were entered in the Cotton States tournament as play started. Wilmer Hines, Columbia, 8. C., | holder of the singles championsh defending his title. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, West Va, June 30.—The Potomac River was very muddy and the Shenandoah was slightly muddy this morning. Cotton of Britain Is Threat Game of Young Playe Team Berth, Is Rated Among Best. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS, JLEDO, Ohio, June 30.—Al- though Great Britain will have 14 of its best profes- sionals entered In the United States open golf championship that starts over the Inverness Moors here ‘Thursday, there is only a slight prob- ability of the American title making an overseas journey. The American championship has found a safe harbor in its home- land since 1920, when Ted Ray scor- ed the last foreign victory, and the native and naturalized sons are too strongly intrenched for an outlander to win this year. In view of the performances of the British Ryder Cup players at Scioto last week, not a great deal may be expected of them when they go against such men as Tommy Armour, ‘Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen and others of the American brigade. Con- zequently, Britain will watch with in- terest the play of Henry Cotton, its brilliant young star, who refused a place on the Ryder Cup team. The writer watched Cotton in an exhibition match with Bobby Jones in Columbus Sunday and feels secure in saying Henry is one of the best players Great Britain has sent out in many years. There is n original to Cotton’s style. Rather, it is a composite of the best of many styles. 5 Cotton spent a Winter in America several years ago when a youngster of 18. Upon his return home, he took what he thought was the best of Bobby Jones’ swing and the play of Hagen, Mac Smith and others and adapted it to himself. He was inde- fatigable in practice and often spent as much as three hours on the tee, hitting several hundred balls. ‘Today he has a well grooved swing —_— Authorized Service Leece-Neville, Dyneto, Westinghouse, Starters & Generator Repairs MILLER-DUDLEY CO. 1716 14th St. N.W. North 1583-4 FREE PARKING WITH ANY SERVICE JTO LAUNDRIES INCORPORATED r, Who Refused Ryder that is nicely balanced and an iron game that is crisp and straight. His putting stroke may appear jerky to the overcritical observer, yet he goes 50 boldly for the hole that he gets many long putts down. REAL PENNA. MOTOR OIL ——— A.C. & Champion SPARK PLUGS 29x4.40 29x4.50 30x4.50 . 28x4.75 29x4.75 STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE By WALTER R. McCALL NEW women's municipal golf champion of Washington is going to be crowned Thursday some time around noon. At 9:30 Thursdsy momning Mrs. Mae Hill, who won the qualifying round in the women's public links championship 10 days ago, with a card of 86, will start out in the final round at Rock Creek Park against Virginia Willlams, a member of the Congressional and Ken- wood Country Clubs, who already holds the Kenwood club title. Both players have survived the good field of golfers who started almost a fortnight ago. Yesterday, Miss Willlams, a slip of a girl who still is in her 'teens, dethroned last year's title holder, going to the nineteenth green to beat Mrs. Evelyn Glavis, who has lorded it over the fair golfers of the public links for several years. Miss Willlams and Mrs. Glavis had quite a struggle, which ended on the nineteenth when Miss Williams stuck a second shot on the green at the first extra hole and won with a par 4. Mrs. Hill won her way to the final round by beating Mrs. J. T. Powell, who is a member of the Manor Club, by 4 and 3. The final round of the second flight, which will be played at the same time, is between Mrs. Nick Altrock, wife of the famous “Nick,” and: Miss Pansy Bieber. Harry Graham, manager of the Rock Creek Park course, expects a crowd of several score persons to be out Thurs- day morning to watch the final round for the title between Miss Williams and Mrs, Hill. Both finalists frequently lay in tournaments of ‘Women's istrict Golf Assoclation, although neither woman has figured as a winner in the larger events. Miss Willlams, ac- cording to Sandy Armour, the Con- gressional pro, is one of the coming young golfers among the fair players aboutsthe Capital. Three Washington youngsters were playing today in the 18-hole competi- tion for th: junior championship of Maryland, over the course of the Rodgers Forge Golf Club, near Baiti- more. They were Lloyd 8. Carey of Kenwood, A. 8. Gardiner, jr, of Co- lumbia, and S. M. Parks of Congres- slonal. The tournament is open to sons of members of member clubs of the Maryland State Golf Association. HEY still pay off on the sock. R. Cliff McKimmie, the golfer with- out the usual complement of fingers, who has held various jobs since the time back in 1925 that he turned professional after winning the Middle Atlantic amateur golf champlonship, showed the boys who played yesterday in the sweepstakes tourney of the Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers' Association that the big dough still hangs on the end of the long and straight wooden club shot. McKimmie demonstrated this fact to the satisfaction of customers and gal- lery alike in the joust played by the pros at Columbia, when he banged a full brassie shot to within inches of the pin at the lo'ng twelfth hole to score an eagle 3 and thereby set he and Sandy Armour of Congressional in the spot from which they proceeded to lead the field home. Prior to that wallop McKimmie and Armour had not been particularly bril- liant, although they had kept pace with the balance of the field of 16 pros who braved a scorching sun. But right after that they saw the light, for Mc- Kimmie ran down & putt for a birdle 2 at the short thirteenth, putting them 3 under par for two holes in & row, and they finished with a birdle 3 to clinch the decision with a 69. The names of the 16 entrants in the tourney were drawn from a hat and were paired as they came out, so there were no handpicked teams. The duo of Hunter and Diffenbaugh of Indian Spring was split up, and neither of them figured extensively in the dis- tribution of the prize money. Hunter was out there practicing shots in prepa- ration for his essay at the national open championship, while Diffenbaugh, notwithstanding the fact that he g:ct two birdies in a row at the fifth and sixth, could do mno better than 70, with Al Treder of Manor as s partner, to finish in second place. 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Titles at stake: Neighborhood, di- al, sectional and city cham- plonships of Washington; town, county and State champlionships of Maryland and Virginia. Tournaments in Washington un- der supervision of municipal play- ground department; those in Mary- land and Virginia under direction of local chairmen. Entry blanks to be issued shortly may be obtained from playground directors and chairmen. is no onu:.ye f;le, A All prizes will ven e Star. Town and neigh- borhood champions will receive bronze medals, suitably engraved. Divisional winners in Washington and county champions in the neigh- States will receive silver medals. Gold medals will go to ‘Washington, Maryland and Virginia champlons, trophies to East and ‘West section winners in Washington and silver plate will be awarded in the grand finale for the metropoli- tan district title. ‘Washinj will qualify four players for the grand finale and Maryland and Virginia two each, the eight to play a round robin. Detailed information may be ob- tained by phoning or writing the Horseshoe Editor, Washington Star sports department, phone National 5000, branch 335. For informaticn on the colored section of the tournament, com- municate with Arthur A. Greene, ‘Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A., 1816 Twelfth street northwest, phone North 1054 COLORED PITCHERS PREP FOR TOURNEY In addition to the 20 or more colored | | playgrounds preparing for The Wash- ' ington Star's horssshoe tournament, which starts July 27, & number of neighborhood and industrial groups have filed requests to hold their own preliminaries, among therh Coney Is- land, the Dupont Laundry, Elkwood Courts, Kann's Drivers and the Govern- ment Printing Office. Arrangements are under way for an extensive sched- ule for tune-up competition among the clubs and organizations. Not only are the District tossers showing unusual activity, but the pitchers from the nearby towns are ready to go. Reports from €olesville, Md., indicate that Edward Hill has been thinking about the tourney for | some time. He sent in five entries and a request for entry blanks. Hill w the Colesville chairman last year, Cat- bones Duffin reports every pitcher in Rockyille will be on line this Summer. Regulation courts have been laid out on the school grounds. East Arlington, Va., under the leadership of George Val- lin, expects a big tourney. Service on Liquid Gasoline Gauges LS. JULLIEN,Inc. 1443 P St. N.W. North 8076 ¥ * CELEBRATE ¥ % JULY 4+th Without Tire Trouble We Need Several Hundred Used Tires Quick! We're Bidding High for Your Old Rubber SPECIAL 29 x 4.40 322650 .......... 30x3% CL O. S. . 31xd ... 82x4 , 32x4Y; SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR TWO OR MORE TIRES HURLS 75 PER CENT Rival for Metro Title in Joe Merryman. ILLARD E. PEAKE of Be- M thesda, dethroned last year as king of horseshoe pitchers in the Metropoli- tan District of Washington, has Harry Fraser Saunders. Saunders, now in Missouri, is undetermined whether to return for the defense of his title. Peake had only a few worthy op- championship two years ago in The Star’s first annual tournament, and the number was not greatly increased last season. But this time the tall ex- mounted sherift of Montgomery’ County | Is surrounded with formidable rivals, NE of the latest to gain rank as a star i Joe Merryman of Bladens- burg, who only a few months ago was a hit-or-miss pitcher. By assiduous daily practice, Merryman mastered the one-and-three-quarter turn and, al- though he has never taken part in a | champlonship tournament, is regarded by leading pitchers hereabout as one of the most skilled exponents among them of that hold. Merryman has set as his initial goal the championship of Bladensburg, where his own perfectly kept courts will be used for the town tournameni that will be a unit in The Star's event to open July 27. In the event of victory | at Bladensburg, Merryman will carry on in quest of the Prince Gecrges County title, and it would be no mean distinc- tion this year to gather that twig of laurel. Practically every community in the county is preparing to send a capa- ble performer or two after it. LADENSBURG is one of five towns | which so far have announced in- tention to take part in The Star's tournament for the first time. The | others are Forestville, where Alfred R. Schmidt, a leader in the newly organ- |ized fire department, will have charge; Greater Capitol Heights, with Chief | Willlam J. Tlerney of the fire de - ment as chairman; Boulevard Heights, with E. T. Edwards in charge, and Capitol Heights, where Constable Earl R. Blackwell, American Legion com- mander, will direct play. The Bladens- burg tournament will be managed by Jim Osterman, Washington policeman, town horseshoe conscious. ETTING back to Merryman, this worthy recently averaged nearly 40 ringers out of 100 shoes in tak- ing the measure of Clayton C. Henson, champion of Northern Virginia. But |young Henson later outshone his con- queror when both figured in a victory |of the Vic Sport Shop team over teams |of Westminster, Md., and Gettysburg, lPl.. in a tri-city match at Westmin- ster. Henson shot 39 per cent ringers and RINGERS IN RALLY(E Bladensburg Produces New Mo gone into training for what prom- | gu ises to be & hot campaign to re- Weas y gain the crown now worn by ponents when he won the metropciitan | | and Jim is out to make the historic old | Andy Casper, ptain, was on the point of for him when the big fel- points, otherwise the victory would have ne to Westminster, which won the hest total of iidividual games. Here's & summary of the Vic Sport Shop team’s performance: 2RESN Hensen Wilson antrei ) 8] cnacenap B i 6 126 3316 5. W, 5 Gettysbure F 'N the’ 'meantime preparations are going forward throughout Washing- ton, Southern Maryland and North- ern Virginia for the metropolitan cham- plonships. The community events here will be staged under the supervision of municipal playground directors. Within the next week or so all of the grounds will be equipped with regulation courts and the public is urged to use them. driviat Bl Washinston . % Westminster 7‘ kK ONE U. 8. YACHT SCORES. LARGS, Scotland, June 30 (#).—The American 6-meter yacht Lucle won again in her class on the Clyde yester- day, but Johnston De Forest's Priscilla III finished second behind the British | yacht Saskia in the g8-meter class. Caryl was third behind Priscilla. | PLAY. SEMI-FINALS ] Title Will Be Decided Tomorrow! at Columbia—Exhibitions Also Scheduled. The Army doubles tennis tournament; which had its fleld of nine teams re- duced to five yesterdsy, was to swing into the semi-finals today and end to- morTow at th: Columbia Country Club. ‘Three matches were to be played to- day, one of them being a second-round match. At 10 o'clock, Lieuts. 8. K. Rob- inson and J. N. Stone, post entries, were to play Maj. Newgarden and Lieut. Mor- gn, X‘;ho md Jell;n averH li.::m. Harold rooks an my Hel yesterday, 2—6, 6—0, 6—3. The winner of fllll match was to play the duo of Lieuts. Dave Hedekin and Millard Lewis, which swept over Capt. M. Spangler and Col. K. Easton yesterday, 6—3, 6—3, in one of the zemi-finals today at 2 o'clock. The other semi-final was to bring to- gether the duos of Majs. J. Huntington Hills and Leland Hobbs and Capt. Crane and Lieut. Moran at 10 o'clock. The Hills-H-bbs combine, ranking team, defeated Capt. J. H. Drake and Lieut. J. H. Poore yesterday, 6—1, 6—4. Crane and Moran downed Capt. E. J. House and Capt. 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