Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1931, Page 11

. SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SHIELDS FALTERS - INGRITICAL MATCH British Davis Cup Victory Sidetracks Yanks First Time Since 1919, BY WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2d, ‘World's Professional Tennis Champion. HE stunning defeat of the United States by England in the inter- zone final round of the Davis Cup robs us for a year of our chance to lift the coveted trophy. The last-minute rally by which Bunny Austin and Fred Perry defeated Frank Shields and Sid- ney Wood in the final two matches for the tie, with the United States leading, 2 to 1, speaks volumes for the courage of the English pair, but also once more proves that asev- eral years of sea. soning are re- quired to make f§ Davis Cup win- ners. X that feel should cannot we have m{ sense of lactual failure by Wood and Shields. o Thelr work up to the interzone finai was more than we could hope for and |1t they weakened against England, it | was due to the pressure of conditions | which thase of us who ha: played | abroad understand only too well. Far from considering that Wood and Shields have not fulfilled their promise, I consider that they gave every indica- tion of becoming a world champion team within a few years. Two moie years of experience and seasoning in match play abroad and they should be in & position to challenge successfully Austin Always Dangerous. It is & fine thing for the game and a great tribute to England’s progress to see her young team challenging France, 1 cannot see them winnirz the Davis Cup this year if Cochet and Borotra are in top form, but it ccr- tainly means that England must be seriously considered in the future The first day had the Americans on Bill Tilden. | OST of the big professional golf jousts of the year are | over. Only one big tournament remains to be played, and if the tournaments which have been de- Connor (C time since 1919 the United | stars of other nations fight it out sters, Henry W. (Bunny) Austin Wood off the court in Roland finals yesterday. Britain won the in the challenge round starting into the final day, Great Britain Wood, 6—3. 8—10, 6—3, 6—3, and Shields started out with a bang to the next two and the match, 6—3, 7—5. entirely unexpected, but Austin’s straight stylist deservedly won. He was much cal moments where they hurt most. John Van Ryn gave the United States on_Saturday. son why he couldn't repeat. derdogs in the series with France. Most battle for the cup than the British. position to gain the cup for the fifth The United States, until its elimina- | 1920, when Big Bill Tilden and Little others defended it until 1927, when the one of the six nations that decided to | and Great Britain and Australasia 1914, before the war halted the com- straight challenge rounds for the United ! capture the 1-mile event in the bicycle The time was 2 minutes, 16 2-5 seconds. the 5-mile handicap, beating out Edgar | One-mle op=n__won by R..J 5G| Pive-mile_handicap—Won by J. B. By the Associated Press. ARIS, July 20.—For the first l States will be forced to| stand by while the tennis in the Davis Cup challenge round. Great Britain's brilliant young- and Frederick J. Perry swept Frank Shields and Sydney B. Garros Stadium in the final two singles matches of the interzone series, three matches to two, and gained the right to battle France here Friday. Trajling two matches to one going promptly tied the count when Perry blasted his to victory through left the whole issue up to Shields and Austin. lead 5—2 only to hit a streak of erratic tennis and lose the first set, 8—6, and Shields' Defeat a Blow. Wood's defeat by Perry had not been set_triumph over Shields left the crowd of 8.000 stunned. But the young British the steadier of the two, Shields falling into repeated errors, especially in criti- A British victory hardly had been believed possible after George Lott and a 2-1 lead by capturing the doubles from Perry and George Patrick Hughes Shields beat the slight Briton at Wim- bledon and there seemed to be no re Despite its fine showing against America, the British team will be un- tennis experts figured that America was equipped to give the French a_better The apparent return to form of Henri Cochet has left, France in an excellent successive year. Out First Time Since 1920. tion yesterday, had reached the Davis | Cup challenge round every year since | Bill Johnston captured it from Aus- tralasia. Tilden and Johnston and French began their reign. In 1919, the United States was not | play for the cup despite the upheavals | attending the end of the World War, | fought it out in the challenge round, | Australasia winning, But in 1913 and n entirely for four years, America reached the final round, making it 13 States with the exception of 1919. Coming through with a surprise win, Bob Connor_outpedaled Joe Reidy to meet held by the Century Road Club Association yesterday in Potomac Park. | Phil Dorsch of the Maryland Bicycle Club of Baltimore, was victorious in Bieber and Anthony Horner of this city. Summaries: S A Vsecond, Edgar * Bieber: Charles Zimmerman. 5 ey A B C.. Baltimore): second. Edgar Bieber: . Time, 13:50%s. - by An- . A.._Washington) third, Joseph Collins. Won by Billy Whiting william _Cauffman; third. Joseph Garner 24335 One-mile match race—Won by Reidv (C. R. A. Washington) Smoke Barnes A, 0., thony Horner ( : second, R. J. Time. 12:50. Junior “one mile. second, me. ¥ Joseph second, (Isherw Time, | International League. Baltimore, 10: Buffalo, 3. Rochester, 6-8; Jersey City, 2-3. Montreal, 9-7; Reading, 7-9. Others not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. Pet W. L Pet. | 5530 4948 808 53 40 |57 14383 448 30 43 526 Buffalo .’ 41 55 437 52 47 325 Jersey City 42 58 420 Pacific Coast League. ; San Prancisco, 5-8. Sacfamento, 4-2; Los Angeles, 1-7. Seattle, 8-3; Hollywood, 3-4 Oakland, 7-2; Portland, 5- STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. L. Pet W 84 .666 Portland 75 583 Hollywood 75 583 Mis 75 583 Sa American Association. Kansas City, Columbus, 11-2. Milwaukee. "Poledo, 10-10. Indianapolis, 14-5; St. Paul, 3-6. Minneapolis, 5-2; Loulisville, 3-12. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. w Mitwaukee 43 48 483 Ind'napolis 43 45 483 | 44 47 482 43 52 453 | ontreal Baltimore Beattle 5. Francisco Los Angeles Oakland. W. L Pet L, Pet 5436 581 48 46 511 47 46 505 Columbus. 45 45 500 Toledo. . Southern Association. Nashville, 7-3: Atlanta. 4-8. Memphis, 3-1; Birmingham. 2-9. New Orleans. 4-0: Mobile, 1-2. Little Rock, 7; Chattanooga, 3. BTANDING QF THE CLUBS W. L Pet WLre 34 648 Atlant 5 Bumnm 8585 585 8 Gritans 48 43 4ns Chatt'oogs 49 41 .544 Nashville.. 37 61 .37 Little Rock 50 43 (538 Mobile..... 28 Eastern League. Hartford, 2-2; Allentown, 1-4. New Haven, 3-1: Richmond, 2-0. Norfolk, 2-0; Albany, 0-1. Springfield, 6-4; Bridgeport, 0-3. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. Pet 11 421 Paul apolis Kans. City W. L. Pet. 134 763 Albany 1 758 Nortolk Altmond. 7 9 435 Springfeld New York-Pennsylvania League. Hazelton, 7; York, 2. Wilkes-Barre, 6: Elmira, 4. Binghampton, 2; Willlamsport. i Harriskurg, Scranton, 11-5. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ‘W. L. Pet W. L. Pet. wil ort 42 20 592 B'hamton 32 34 485 28 588 Scrantom.. 36 40 44| Bridgeport Hartford. . m ilkes-B . 40 ork...... 4 Harrisb's.. 41 Texas League. Shreveport, 2-5; San Antonio, 3- Begumont, 1: Wichita Falls, 0. Dailes, 3; Galveston, 2. . Houston, 3; Fort Worth, & | once more the uncertainty of the game. | To date no individual has been able to | rise along the bunkered horizon with éll’ly semblance of supremacy. And the | Yournaments played this year show once again how far Bobby Jones was in front of the pack. Where the great Atlantan won the first three big tournaments in | which he played last year, no golfer— professional or amateur—has been able to maintain & winning streak this vear. Away back during the late ‘Winter, Gene Sarazen loomed as the fair-haired lad, as the Itallan-American swept, through the Florida tournaments. win- ning them as they came to top off with a victory at La Gorce. But then the uncertainty of the game again showed itself, as Joe Kirkwood won the South- eastern open at Cox I‘onw'.he North and South Pinehurst. ’;"hema)urnlmenu in the north this year have shown no individual capable of leading the rest of the field with any degree of certainty. Ed Dudley won the Western open with a subpar score, and then went up to Toledo to watch Billy Burke annex the national open. Tommy Armour came back from Eng- land with the British open cup in his baggage and then went on to Toledo to blast himself right out of the champion- ship with a second round of 83, if if their was one pre-tourney favorite at Toledo it was this selfsame Armour. at | He ‘also held the Canadian open, but he watched Hagen and Allis play off for his championship at Mississauga after the opening four rounds of the tournament. EW ball or old ball, the habit of N winning -has not settled on one head this year, for just last weel we saw MacDonald Smith, the old mas- ter from Carnoustie, come back to win the metropolitan open championship, where “Mac” had been back in the ruck in the previous tournaments in which he played. And there they are: ‘Burke, Sarazen, Armour, Dudley, Hegen and Smith. Not one of them has been able to say to his rivals, “This is my year. I deserve top ranking on my showing. The best way to get the leader would be to toss them all in & hat and reach in for the favored name. The -open tournaments held so far this year have Jeast. This is that there is only one Bobby Jones. With the Atlanta master out, the medal players are without a bell wether. They have split the tour- nament among themselves, but no man been able to romp out in front of the pack. One big event alone remains—the Professional Golfers’ Association cham- plonship at Providence in September. Tommy Armour holds this title, and if he retains it he will have gone fairly far toward being the acknowledged leader of the pros. He holds the Brit~ Pointers on Golf BY SOL METZGER. Barnes keeps the right h?nd out of the backswing gurposfl)t When it is applied at this part of the swing, the pivot causes a turning back and lifting up of the right shoulder. ‘Then if the right hand got into this part of the swing it would raise the clubhead too quickly. The purpose of the swing 5 gyvou know, is to compel the clulo~7#% to go forward through the pafl low BARNES KEEP RFl‘su'v ouT © BACKSWING ~ LEFT DOES ol MRy 124 - Coacess ( and as lr‘:farly paraltel to the ground as_possible. Let the straight left take the club back, as the down and around turn of the left shoulder forces the club- head to remain low, as it should, going back. Unless you understand the pivot you eannot hope to shoot good goif. Sol Metzger has an illustrated leaflet on “The Pivot,” which he will send to any reader requesting it. Send stamped, addressed enyplope. Ad- dreupes«fl Metzger, hl’gn of this aper. i (Copyright, 18812 Courage of Young Lauded by Tilden; Sees Great Future for Wood and Shields cided prove anything at all, they prove | Augusta and Whiffy | Kmved one thing at | Britishers the anxious seat from the time Austin started to overhaul Sidney Wood until Frank Shields fully subdued Fred Perry. Austin’s win over Wood bears out what I have contended for some | years, that Austin in Europe may beat | any one. I cannot feel that his victory | over Wood is an upset. | Austin has twice beaten Jean Borotra | and his whole style is such that at his best he may spiil the top flight. It is Austin’s ability to pass a net player who attacks, plus his own game if his opponent stays back. that makes Austin so dangerous. Personally, I think Austin will keep England very Cclose to the top of tennis actions for some years to come. Perry Blew Chance. 1t Perry had taken advantage of his 51 lead in the first set against Shields and won the set, anything might have happened. Shields was evidently affected by Wood's defeat. He deserves great credit for pulling himself together at so critical & mo- | ment in the match he won from Perry | Tt was lucky for him he faced as young | and inexperienced a plaver as Perry, | Who has even less match experience than Shields, for an old campalgner would have sensed the great value of {hat set and put on extra pressure to have won it, | failed to realize its extreme crucialness. Shields is a better tennis player than | Perry and once on even proved it conclusively. It was a very narrow squeak. “The expected victory of George Lott and John Van Ryan in the doubles yf | practically sewed up the tie for the | United Stal | the strain from Wood and Shields on | the last day. It is far easier to play | the final singles leading two matches to one than when you go on the court | knowing that a single error may cost ‘lhf tie and the right to challenge. | final day overconfident, but no matter what the reason, the collapse came and with it went our chance to challenge, | (Copyright. 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE ish open and he now holds the P. G. A. title. His chances to go through the professional match play tourney are as good as any man's, but he is a 1-10-6 shot to wir, what with the Hagens, the Diegels, the Burkes, Dudleys and Sara- ens and Farrells on his trail. AIRINGS for the qualifying round for the amateur champlonship next Tuesday at the Hermitage Country Club cf Richmond find eight Washing- fonians in the list. They will arrange their own starting times, with the fol- lowing pairings: Chandler Harper, Portsmouth, Walter R. McCallum, Washington. J. William Harvey, ir.. Indian Spring, and Tom Cole. Hillendale. Harry G. Pitt, Manor, and Harris | Jones, Rolling Road. Miller B. Stevinson. Columbia, and Edgar Lucas, Baltimore Country Club. M. Parker Nolan, Congressional, and Harry A. Parr, 3d, Baltimore C. C James G. Drain, Washington, | Alex M. Knapp. Baltimore C. C. | Thomas P. Bones, Columbia: John C Shorev, Kenwood, and Ernest L. Cald- well, Hillendale. and and LHow!ll. the Middle Atlantic champion is listed in the pairings. | Pollowing her exhibition this after- | noon at the Woodmont Country Club, | Mrs. Helen MacDonald, noted woman professional golfer, will_move over to | the Kenwood Country Club tomorrow, | where she will displa: play a round of golf with A. L. Hough- ton, the club pro. | CThr tombstone tourney at the Argyle | J. B. Robertson, who played his last volleying | where Perry evidently | tennis _he | tes and Ilfted the worst of | Possibly the Americans entered the | In addition to the local pairings, Billy | her shots and | Prince Georges County Teams Turn Back Diamond Invaders ountry Club yesterday was won by | D. . SHOE HURLERS WINTIGHT BATTLE Wilson and Henson Shine in Defeat of Westminster. Metro Event Nears. N a match replete with close games the Vic Sport Shop horseshoe pitching team of this city defeated the crack Westminster, Md., line- up, 1,117 to 1087, yesterday on the | Monument lot courts. The Viés also had the edge in games won, with 13 against 12 | Woodie Wilson led the Washington | pitchers with a ringer percentage of 36. He was closely followed by Clayton Henson and John Gourvenec, a 17-year- old pitchier, who finished second in Maryland last year in a State-wide tournament. . Fowler and Nicholas, each with a ringer percentage of 35, were high for | Westminster. Next Sunday the Vies will travel to | Westminster, where they will take on a team composed of the best players of Gambier, Md.; McSherrystown, Pa.; Gettysburg, Pa, and Westminster. i A summary of yesterday's match fol- ows: WASHINGTON (1.119). NSTER (LOWT). 3 2 3 2 H Total . .12 13 581 103 1.714 .33 The battle at Westminster Sunday will be the last for Washington's aces | before play starts in the third annual Metropolitan District championships sponsored by The Star, with prelimi- naries scheduled in towns and com- munities throughout the metropolitan |area. In most of these, competition will begin mext Monday. HE Eckington Horseshoe Club, with courts at 2006 Third street north- | east, will hold its own preliminary, WESTMI Campbell - Lambert Fowler 2 3 Nicholas . 3 Kolb ... 3 \T but all' the pitchers in_ Eckington | are invited to take part. Play will be | directed by John J. Winston and those | who desire to shoot with the clubmen | nter by phoning Winston at North J. - | liam Sullivan, who has taken arg seshoe affairs at Indian Head, is angling for a team match be- tween his best players and some from Washington. Sullivan hastens to ex- plain that it would be in_the nature of an exhibition. Indian Head has vet to develop any outstanding performers. Chairman Robert M. Williams of Boyds, Md., has his tournament prac- tically organized. Sixteen so far have entered the town championship event, but Willlams will accept aprlications | up to starting time Monday. Those al- ready in line are E. K. Prickell, Gene Wade, John Bowers, J. P. Kerr. Mack Ganley, Earl Hoyle, Roland Youngman, H G. Lewis, Washington Durdette, Harvey Small. Aubrey Hicks, J. M Kingsburg., Richard Reid, Frank Rubel, Charles Custer and the chairman. BYRD STILL BEST GOLFER. | Babe Ruth, big Yankee slugger, is improving as a_golfer, but he is not yet good enough td® trim Sam Byrd, utility outfielder of the American League club. In ® recent match Byrd | beat Ruth by three strokes in 18 holes. | Byrd's card was 73. THE TIMID SOUL. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1931. \ TELL You THAT'S MYy BALL! DONTCHA SPOSE | KNOW MY OWN BALL, WHEN | SEE \T? Yours iaag ney ) Nt HE HAS RIS INITIALS oN 1S IN T ROUGH RIGAT 1] 8Ack oF You! i Sy \ n/n -\\/),\\\]\:\\\( HIS BALL BUTDECIDES NOT TO ARGUE ABOUT THE MATTER ~ Records for Week In Major Leagues Following are the records of teams in the two major leagues during the past week, giving games won and lost runs, hits. errors, opponents’ runs and home runs: American. Teams. W. L H Philadelphia. § St. Louis .. 4 Washington. 4 Cleveland .. 4 New York 3 Detroit Cincinnati. . Brooklyn New York .. Pittsburgh. . Boston . Chicago . St. Louts Philadelphia. 2 shot to within a foot of the cup at the | eighteenth hole. M. A. Shipley finished | second, 15 feet from the cup on the last green. RS. J. O. RHYNE and Frank L Yates won the mixed Scotch four- some tourney at Congressional yesterday with a net card of 81'>. Run- ners-up were Mrs. Ralph Payne and L. H. Parker with a net of 83'., while Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Burks finished third with net 84, Mrs. H. A. Knox and Dr. | B. L. Taylor won the gross prize with | a card of 95. | Col. C. G. Storm won the blind bogey tourney at the Manor Club yesterday with & card of 90—17—73. "For the second lucky number—72—there was a tle between L. H. Simcoe, W. I. Green {and J. A. Cosgrove, all with 72, while the third number—78—found_ another tle between Gus Sachlis, W. A. Warthen, | E. A. Little and W. W. Talcott. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hahn won the mixed Scotch foursome tourney at | Woodmont with a card of 100—18—82. | Mrs. Jerome Meyer played with Leopold }n-»udxmg and tied for second place | with Miss Bertha Israe! and Dr. S | Gottleib with cards of 87. The Prince Georges Cup was won | yesterday at the Beaver Dam Country Club by C. H. Phipps, who shot a score {of 78. Martin F. McCarthy was second with 81, while D. G. Morris and L. T. Hopkins tled for third with 83. The Cheverly Cup, at 18 holes medal play handicap, was won by James H. Allen with a card of 91—23—68. ROLLINS GOLF VICTOR Retains Belle Haven Realty Bowl by Downing Jennings, 10 and 9. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20.—Charles Rollins defeated Lawrence Jennings,10 and 9, in the final round of the golf tournament for the Belle Haven Realty Corporation Bowl yesterday on the Belle Haven Country Club course. Rollins, captain of the local club's golf team, was 6 up on the first 18 holes of his match with Jennings who is also a member of Belle Haven's team and took four of the next nine holes to win the trophy for the second con- secutive year. D. YATTSVILLE, Md. July 20— Prince Georges County base ball teams proved anything but hospitable hosts yesterday. Visit- | ing nines were handed the short end of | the score in games at several points. At Riverdale, Hyattsville All-Stars | turned back Frederick, Md., A. C., 11 to | |6, putting on a four-run spree in the seventh inning that carried them to vic- |tory. Clever pinch-pitching by Dutch | Whalley checked Frederick after it had | tied the score at 6—6 in the Aifth with |a three-run rally featured by a homer by Angleberger. Whalley relieved Lefty | Waslbrs with two out in this inning and | held the visitors runless and gave th only two hits the remainder of the wi He was aided by three smart double plays, two of which were started by. George Brandt, Washington boy, who is attend- ing the University of North Carolina and the other by Nelson Colley, Moun! Eainier lad, who attends Duke Univer- sity. ’ Oscar Hiser with homer and & |single, Brandt with a triple and a | double, Ernie Hiser with & triple and a single and Colley, Harding and Julie Radice, each with two hits, led the | Hyattsville 15-hit attack. _Radice 1 handled 12 chances at second base with- out a slip-up. George Mosedale was the big gun in | the 9—6 win Mount Rainier unlimiteds | scored over Ciro's Italian Villagers at | Mount Rainjer. He took the mound in | the eighth with the bases full and one out and held the foe runless and score- less the remainder of the way. He also got & double and two singles in five fries. It was the Mount's eleventh straight, Doc Baker and Mahaney, visiting pitchecs, both were hit hard. |Bud Bellman with a double and two singles also was a big help to Mount Rainier which will engage Palisades of Washington on the Mount's field next | Sunday. . | " "Bladenburg’s nine won two games at East Riverdale, drubbing the Riverdale |A.°C., 15 to 0, in the six-inning opener | and defeating Stephen A. C., 7 to 2, in |the nightcap. Melvin Anderson, Blad- |ensburg pitcher in _the first contest, lallowed only four hits. Edgar Adair | | Big Bill, in Old OOSING his searing serve and a bewildering change of pace in the fifth and final set, Big Bill ‘Tilden, as colorful as ever, yes- terday smashed his way to victory over Karel Kozeluh, Czechoslovakian, in the feature match of the professional tennis exhibition on-fhe Wardman Park Hotel courts. The scor:s were 7—9, 6—4, 6—2, 1—6, 6—4. A capacity crowd of some 2.500 attended. It was the Dis- trict’s first pro tennis exhibition. Tilden, however, with Francis T. Hunter, bowed to Emmett Pare, former Georgetown University luminary, and Bobby Sellers, Pacific Coast product, in a doubles match that ended the pro- gram.’ The scores were 7—5, 6—4. Pare bested Hunter, 6 to 4, in & one- et curtain-ralses, 3 Kozeluh in Pro Net Exhibition .| rallied to take his service and pulled Form, Trims Tilden, for years the storm petrel of tennisdom, who recently won the world pro title, was in good form, but was fur- nished a rousing fight by Kozeluh. Dis- playing a brilliant back-hand, Kozeluh loomed as the winner when he gained | a 2—1 lead in the final set after splitting the first four. In the critical seventh game, however, Big Bill came through | to win his opponent's service. Kozeluh lup to 5 to 4, but Tilden then evened the count and went on to win. | " capt. A. J. Gore, A. 0. White and Herb Shepard served as officials. Following the matches it was an- nounced that Tilden would appear on the Wardman Park courts again in Sep- tember, when he will meet Albert Burke, ident pro. Emmett o will with & homer and two singles, Bill MecIntosh with three-one-basers and Hunk Ruppert with a double and two singles led Bladensburg's 10-hit attack off two pitchers. Adair was the shining figure in the second game. Stephen lads into submission, allowing only 6 hits and fanning 13, but slammed & double and two singles. Tuck Rup- pert, his catcher, got three singles. Bladensburg will meet Landover A. C. next Sunday on the Kenilworth dia mond, the future scene of Bladensburg's home games. Landover walloped Woodmen of the World of Washington, 15 to 2, at Land- dver. It was Landover's sixth win in a row. Huck Beall, willing pitcher, gave up just four hits and fanned 11. He also drove out three bingles, one a triple. It was Landover's second lop- sided win over the Woodmen this sea- son. DIVING QUEEN GAINS TRIUMPH FOR TEAM Georgia Coleman Beats Katherine Rawls to Give Los Angeles Club Scant Margin. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 20.—Blond Georgia Coleman, the country's finest diving star, has enabled the Los Angeles A. C. to retain its national A. A. U. team swimming championship. Miss Coleman closed the 1931 out- door championships last night® with a close victory over 14-year-old Kath- erine Rawls of Hollywood, Fla. in the springboard diving event, scoring 146.75_points to 13 for Miss Rawls. The five points that went with that triumph gave the Los Angeles A. C. the team title by a margin of two points over the Women's Swimming Associa- tion of New York, 23 to 21. The Wash- ington A. C. of Seattle, represented only by Helene Madison, was third with 20. The outstanding performers of the four-day championship test were Miss g3 Madison, Miss Rawls and Miss Cole- man. of her free-style crown—100 meters, 440 yards, 880 yards and 1 mile. Miss Rawls dethroned Eleanor Holm as 300-meter medley champion and -conquered an- other champion, Margaret Hoffman of Scranton, Pa., in the 220-yard. breast stroke. Miss Coleman won both of the diving events, high platform and springboard. Miss Holm retained her 220-yard backstroke title and the Los Angeles A. C. again won the 880-yard relay. TWO FOR .FORESTVILLE FORESTVILLE, Va., July 20.—Forest- ville junior base ball team yesterday won its second game in as many days when 1t drubbed Spring Hill, 11 to 2. On Sat- urday the Forestville boys captured a cup in turning back McLean, 7 to 5, after the latter had beaten Colvin Run, 6 to 4. The competition was a feature of the Great Falls Grange fleld-day P¥Hly Burke and Reed Mitchell were Forestville piichers, i He not only pitched the | .| really prove attractive. Miss Madion retained all four | © 1931 N.Y.TRIBUNE, INC HYATTSVILLE HEAD TOHURL FIRST SHOE Hiser in Promotion of Big Tourney. YATTSVILLE, Md., July 20— | Mayor Lemuel L. Gray will toss the first shoe and formally | open the horseshoe pitching tournament under the auspices of The Evening Star in Magruder Park here | next Monday. The town chief is giv- ing Tournament Chairman Oscar Hiser his heartiest support in making the | event a big success. Dr. P. F. Brookens, chairman of the | Parks and Playgrounds Committee of | the Hyattsville Common Council, said today that he was glad Magruder Park, | which is the town’s community recrea- | | tion center, a gift of former Mayor | William P. Magruder, had again been selected as the scene of the tourna- | ment. He announced that he ‘would | see to it that everything possivle was done to put the park in tip top shape for the event. | Tourney Helped Park. | Dr. Brookens, who also was chairman | of the Parks and Playgrounds Com- mittee three years ago when the first | | Star tournament was held in Magruder | Park, said that the affair-did much to | establish the park as a real community | center. The towrnament was the first event of consequence to be held there. | For several years prior to the open- ing of Magruder Park Dr. Brookens along with other prominent citizens | realized that one of the town's biggest needs was a community recreation | center. After former Mayor Magruder | had presented the town the_ spacious | plot in West Hyattsville, Dr. Brookens, | with former City Planner Daniel Cox | Fahey, jr., and others began work on | plans designed to make the park a place | where young and old of the town would want to congregate. Dr. Brookens said The Star tourna- ment came just at the right time. It | drew many citizens to the park and | they saw what wonderful opportunities it had as a community gathering place and became enthusiastic in plang for its development. ! ‘There were some folk who doubted | whether the park, because of the fact | that it is located a considerable distance from the center of the town, would But as Dr. Brookens pointed out today, after the holding of the first Star tournament ‘people contracted the habit of coming | to the place and now the base ball | diamond " is regularly used and plans | are going forward for the installation of other attractions. | NET TITLE TO D. C. PAIR | Midatlantic Tourney. | RICHMOND, Va, July 20—Middle Atlantic tennis honors in doubles have again been gained by a* Washington pair. Eddie Yeomans and Bud Markey cf the National Capital, seeded No. 1, yesterday zet down Alex Keiles tand Elmer Rudy of Baltimore in the final, 5 , 9—17. They thereby gained the title won last year by Bob Consi- dine and Tom Mangan of Washington, who were not entered this Summer. To gain the final round Yoemans and Markey upset Jacobson and Hebner, also of Baltimore, 6—4, 7—5, 6—1. Most of the points in the final match were decided at the net, Markey doing the little back court mokln{“ that marked the encounter. Play was listless, the intense heat doubtless being & factor. After gaining the first two sets Yeo- mans and Markey faltered in the early going in the third only to put on & late raily to triumph. SCALZI IS RELEASED Johnny Scalzi, former Georgetown | University base ball and foot star, has been ainconditionally released- by the Hazleton clyb of the New York- Pennsylvania se Ball League, it has been announced. X signed by the Boston Braves u] graduating from George- town last June and ton for seasoning, | | Yeomans and Markey Victorious in | SPORTS. VR s 1 TR \ s 4 b7 N\ AN A \ | \ \ \ W b Salient Details of Shoe Tourney HIRD annual metropolitan dis- triet, horseshoe champlon: sponsored by The Wash Star. lay starts July 27. ntries close July 25. ‘Titles at stake: Neighborhood, di- visional, sectional and city cham- plonships of Washington, town. county and State championships of Maryland and Virginia. Tournaments in Washington un- der supervision of municipal pl ound 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. There is no entry fee. All prizes will be given by The ‘Washington Star. Town and neigh- borhood champions will receive bronze medals, suitably engraved. Divisional winners in Washington and county champions in the neigh- boring 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 finals for the metropoli- tan district title. Washington 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 information 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. NEWCOMER BILLED FOR RASSLIN’ SHOW Dick Stahl, Protege of Shikat, Will Tackle Pojello in Auditorium Feature. Back to the Washington Auditorium g0 the rasslers next Thursday night, |2—s. where another grunt and groan festival } will be held, the leading roles this time /" to ba taken by Carl Pojello and a new- |81 comer, Dick Stahl, protege of Dick Shikat. Ever a dependable grappler, Pojello is sure to do his part toward giving cash customers their thrills. Stahl, who will be making his debut in Washing- ton, also is said to be quite a pain dis- penser. For the semi-final Promoter Joe Tur- ner again has signed Sandor Szabo, the | Hungarian, and Mike Romano of Italy and Chicago. Szabo has assumed the post lately held by Rudy ‘Washington's “sonny boy.” ‘Women with escorts will be admitted ree. ‘Three miore bouts, time limit irs, will be booked to complete the card. LIST FIRST BIG TRIP. Dusek as ‘The first long intersectional trip ever made by & University of Minnesota | foot ball team will be the jaunt to Palo Mm& Callf,, next October to meet Stan- for A-11" Golf Play LAST TWO IN JULY HAVE BEEN TORRID U. S. G. A. Has Set Time to Accommodate An 3ans in British Event. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, July 20.—It is probable the United States Golf Association will give serious consideration to a June date for future national open championships, particularly when the venue is in the midlands. The last two opens have been played in July, and unfortunately under climatic conditions that completely exhausted both players and officials, and reduces the quality of golf. In scheduling the open for July the |U. 8. G. A. has been accommodating American players competing in the British open. The British open usually is scheduled for “early June on the | claim that English and Scottish courses {are not in their best condition before that time, although the British amateur | quite often is played late in May. But it is believed that it is possible to schedule the United States open for a late June date and still permit Amer- icans competing in Britain to return home in time for our championship, particularly when it is played along the Eastern seaboard or in the near Mid- |dle West. Such arrangements would oblige the invaders to make & hurried boat connection for the States and eut short any junketing on the continent. But there is the welfare of the ma- | Jority to be considered. Date No Guarantee. Of course, a June date for the open is no insurance of equitable weather. The 1925 championship at Worcester, Mass., was played June 3-5 and ran into one of the most terriffic heat waves to strike new England in many years. As late as 1920 the open was played in August. but a championship at the fag end of the season does not permit the winner much opportunity to cap- italize upon his victory and gallery in- terest always is more keen in June and July. So an early date is best for the championship, but the U. 8. G. A. can- not be expected to guarantee temperse | tures that will satisfy the contestants. The scheduling of the Western open, Ryder Cup and National open for con- | secutive weeks also was an unfortunate coincidence. The heat was broiling and blinding for each of the events, and such fellows as Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen and Densmore Shute, who campaigned through the three events, had little left when the final rounds of | the National begen, and they wanted to | put on extra burst or speed for the | climatic 36 holes. The Western particu-~ larly suffered from its close proximity to the National and drew one of its smallest fields in years, as many of the big stars preferred practicing for the National to competing in the big sec- | tional championship, East to Get Open. The 1932 National open is due to be played in the East, and likely in the metropolitan #&ctor. That would auto- matically bring the 1933 championship back to the Middle West, and since | Chicago will be staging its World Fair | at that time, the city will be a strong | bidder for the p The 1932 National { amateur also will be plaved in the | East, and several Ohio cities are bid- ding’ for the 1933 event. There seems little probability of any national cham- pionship going to the Pacific Coast for several vears, although California would | have liked to secure the 1932 open to | supplement the Olympic games that | will be staged in Los Angeles. | It is unlikely many British profes- | sionals will visit the States for the 1932 {open. The British have become rather | discouraged in their efforts to beat the | Americans on their home fairways, and atter the fraying they recelved at Scioto and Toledo. will have little desire to sacrifice their necks as well as reputa- stions in pursuit of a championship. But the Americans will be after the British open again in numbers, and | Tight now you can put Walter Hagen down as the No. 1 man in the pursuit. | The Haig's a champion again, and he still would like to win another British open. He needs two more to tie Harry | Vardon's record of six. And who will say he cannot get them? | ey ol WIN UPHILL NET MATCH Edgewoods Lose First Four Tilts, but Beat Commonwealths. Rallying to win the last five matches, | after dropping the first four, Edgewood | racketers nosed out Commonwealth, 5 |to 4, in a Capital City Tennis League match vesterday. Pan-American drubbed Veterans' Bu- reau. 8 to 1, in another league en- counter. Summaries: * EDGEWOOD. 5; COMMONWEALTH. 4. Shore (C.) defeated Herm: Latona (C.) ' Biepard (S defeared Roberts ' (C) “de Ry L AR | Zacharv. 6-0. -2 ot Doubles—Herman-0 Neill | Latona-Shore. 6-1. 9—1: | (E)deteated Roberts-8h Grant-Krause (E.) defeati 62, 7—5. | PAN-AMERICA VETERANS' BUREAU. 1. | | Smith | M Doubles—Doyle-Lee Iy-Hill. 8 63 defeated mit) na-Joh o1 = BASE BALL.35 AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Detroit TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM. POPULAR REQUEST D.C.A.A.U. SANCTIONED SWIM TONIGHT MEET AT 9 P.M. GLEN ECHO CRYSTAL PO GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZ 3RD WINNERS ALL EVENTS, WINNERS OF THE 240-YARD OL E MEDALS TO 1ST, 2ND AND AND TEAM TROPHIES TO RELAY RACE.