Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1931, Page 30

WRITER DISCOUNTS DEFEATS BY VINES Champion Is Seen as Slowly Advanoing to Form for National' Tourney. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ; EW_YORK, August 5—In view of John Doeg's defeat in the singles final at Sea- bright by Ellsworth Vines chance of doing just this. Never sinoe Doeg has been playing tennis has his form in the preliminary season reflected anything but deliberate progress. But always the progress has if slow. At Montclair a #go he was poor, indeed. Longwood, when beaten by beginning to show re- while last week at was good enough to get , wherein he gave the lest sort of a battle. 4] if : B £ - i " ; i —r—— Western Maryland Tournament to Start Next Monday. to Play in Public Parks Events at Detroit. ERSONNEL - of the group that will repressnt the District in the | nafiopal public parks’ tennis | er won ht of | be | SET AT ALEXANDRIA Ptart Play Tomorrow for Town | Horseshoe Championship—Mrs. start to- nd A August 5. ; sen, W, Hi Vi W. S i | I iy 0 W o, tn | land. Wi THE EVENING STAR, W Arthur Sato, 115-Lb. Japanese, Puts Frisco Team Into Lead For Harding Muny Golf Prize By the Associated Press. T. PAUL, Minn, August 5— Japanese fish salesman from the ferry district of San Francisco, Arthur Sato, led the sharp- shooters of America’s public courses to- day as the tussle for medalist and team honors in the annual national public links golf championship moved into its final ‘ll-llloleCIro:n;n &v;‘r the wind- t Kell ul . 5';:&0. :’:‘atlve of the land of the rising -sun, who has been playing golf for only six years, moved in fromt of the procession of 170 starters yesterday by touring the championship course with the only par 72 of the day. His performance gave him a two-shot lead in the race for medalist honors and it shoved his San Prancisco teammates 4 strokes ahead in the battle for the ‘Warren G. Harding Trophy, emblematic of the national public links team supremacy of the Nation. ‘Two .- shots beh.ln: the “;:hth:n; :1 Nippon, a 115-pound giant [air- ‘ways, came a trio of public course idols from three scattered cities in the East and South—Charles Albertus, a printer from Philadeiphia; David Mitchell of Indianapolis, who tossed away his chances to take the lead in the first round by slumping to a 40 on his back- ward trip after bagging & par-smashing 34 on his first nine holes, and Art Nutting ‘;:l Louisville, a dlrk!homv whose golfing prowess was not con- sidered quite good enough to win him 8 place on the Louisville Harding Cup team. Each had 7ds. Trailing that trio by a shot came Ed Greenway, Seattle, and Barney Lucas, Los Angeles. Pive others had 76s to keep within shooting distance of the prized medal—Charles Delsanter, Cleveland; Bob Gourlay, Seattle; Mike Surmiak, iphia; Charles Ferrera, San , and Fred Gordon of Santa Monica. Bob Wingate of Jacksonville, Fla., the defending title holder, found himself in a rather tight spot as the second 18- hole skirmish of the qualifying round opened. Wi ite needed even the ex- ceptional break of a startl the eighteenth hole, a , to wind up with a 78 on his Inif round. Fortunately for him and Carl Kauff- man, three times winner of the crown and a big favorite in this golf war, who required a 79, the heavy wind sent sccres soaring to such heights that a | pair of 78s appeared to be easily enough { to Jand ai the 32 qualifiers for the match-play xsht which will feature the rest of the fight for the title starting tomorrow and ending Saturday with a | 36-hole final. | A stirring fight was in prospect for {the Hai trophy. Trailing Sato and | his San ncisco teammates at the start of the final 18-hole round included | St. Paul, four shots away, with a four- | man total of 317, and Louisville and | Santa Monica, Gafir. right behind with ;‘ Other team scores were: Indianapolis, | 319; Philadelphia, 320; Detroit, 321; | Portland, Oreg., 321; Little Rock, Ark., | 322; Minneapolis, 333; Pittsburgh, 32¢; | Brooklyn, defending title holder, 326: | Chicago, '326; Long Beach, Calif., 328; | Baltimore, 330; Toledo and Cleveland, 1332 each; 336; Buffalo, 336; Wllhlnm%hi Da; , Ohlo, 345; 337. New York, 332; Akron, A H St. Louis, Mo., 340; Milwaukee, 342, and Jacksonville, Fla., 327. NET BERTH LIKELY | D. C. Men Trailing In Muny Toufrney 158 set as the probable deadline for qualification in the group of FOR NES__VAN RYN .o 32 men who will play off tomorrow Mrs. Jessup Gives Up Place| for the national public links cham- on Wightman Cup Team Due to OId lliness. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, August 5.—The withdrawal of Mrs. Marion pionship, all of the five Washington entrants in the tourney today had tter their scores of the opening medal round yesterday if they were to qualify for the match play rounds. Bradley K.:‘umn, ace of the Capital team ‘Washingotn public links title holder, needed a 74 today it he vurdul.d mlu. He ann 84 yeste: %‘"‘" y- | % 7, 'm.ng. and ing round. Harlan Zinderstein Jessup apparently | D% VR MO, 58 yesterday are has paved the way for the selection of Mrs. John Van Ryn as a member of the American Wightman and Saturday. Mrs. Jessup said her withdrawal was due in part to an old illness and in . Calif, Reports were that 3 would be a non-playing capt | that Sarah Pifrey, HE District putting championship tourney, sponsored by Al Farr, manager of East Potomac Park, has turned out to be & real af- been received from members of private | clubs about Washington. Ninety-five golfers, largely from the first round, which is scheduled today. | The matches may be played at the con- venience of the competitors. A 73-hole final is scheduled at 8 o'clock on the evening of August 24. All preliminary matches are at 36 holes. Here are the pah W. Byler, rings: P iy —1 A nm"hmi:.é. % "iu,"‘z? 3 J3in neily vs. n ¥, \user, k‘ in_ve. J. Murray, rsen 8. in vs. E I:l"h Bnson ve o Gullore: 3 1 Frorter ez d A. D. . |- tob DG Bfin’“}.. 8 '9’:""".1'} £ M- W. : R B a o cegle, Fomr P psttarson. L. 3. A c,blll‘hh‘» [, Mt v K. wl&lll“. r. o HIERLS A Mackie ve R A ; T- ofs ve. ©. K. Sives, R Thir i R E | rt Burton Creuse, R V. Cla A Vo S § it ~ i i d e :'zgfi s i % | E! 3 i o it 1 g £ i 0, ad o .l‘l‘:"‘hia vs. vis, Mri - {1 \‘:En"m-'&—-g '?N.‘E"i.m.. Vi, W E man, v, Harey gerpen- L ) virtually certain not to g John Connelly and We W. Bill- ings, with scores of 80 for the first round, were on the E The opent competition for the Harding Cup was 339, which placed them far be- hind the leaders. deuce on | + | champlon, was forced to FIVE HIGH RANKERS | —— SURVIVENETPLAY, |22sesmmse ONE To-DAY WiTh €ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY HICHER | Doeg and Vines Set Pace as Meadow Touiney Enters Quarter-Finald. / By the Associated Press. THAN R OUTHAMPTON, N. Y., August 5. —Five “first ten" players and | three ranked in the “second ten” | filled the quarter-final brackets in the Meadow Club's forty-eighth an- nual invitation tennis tournament to- | | day. YES, ANO HOW €% ~ Setting the pace for the resi of the CIT€D eveRYONE field were John Hope Doeg of Newark, | S \WHEN ITCAME AND SHOWED NO CASCADE EFFECT WHEN IT WAS FLASHED OVER player, and Ellsworth Vines, jr., of Pasadena, Calif., No. 8, and Doeg's con- queror in both the Longwood Bowl and | Seabright tournaments. Accompanying Vines and Doeg into the fourth round yesterday were CHfT Sutter, New Orleans, No. 5; Gregory S. Mangin, Newark, No. 6; George M. Lott, Philadelpbia, No. 7; Berkeley Bell, New York, No. 11; Keith Giedhill, Santa Barbara, Calif., No. 14, and Wil- bur F. Coen, Kansas City, No. 17. Today's pairings pitted Doeg against Mangin, Lott against Bell, Vines against Coen, and Gledhill against Sutter. Three “first ten” players fell by the wayside yesterday and another was forced to withdraw. Sidney B. Wood, jr., of New York, No. 4 ranking player and the defending fault on ac- count of a sprained wrist. Wilmer Allison of Austin, No. 3 in the national ranking, was beaten by Gledhill; John Van Ryn of Philadelpbia, No. 9, fell be- fore Coen, and Bryan Grant. Atlanta, No. 10, was eliminated by Lott. “W” STREET TIGERS WIN. “W" Street Tigers defeated the Ma- rion A. C. yesterday on the Monument base ball diamond, 8 to 7. The Tigers got to Contee for 7 runs in the first and second innings, and were held to | a lone tally thereatter by Biddy. | Weaver and Martin were the hitting stars. Martin Lmled & homer for the longest hit of day. YANKEE !ET.IE! BEATEN. England, August 5| tennis | forces of Harvard and Yale, 6 to 1| to successfully defend the Prentice Cup and give it a margin of 16 matches to 8 in the three-day tourney. NEWTON-GAVUZZI LEAD. ‘THETFORD MINES, Quebec, Augu: |5 (P —Arthur Newton, South Afric: and Peter Gavussl, Southampton, Eng: and, held first pldce in the Montreal —_— to-Quebec and return 500-mile Telay| pere seems to be no way of stopping race by covering the distance from |, Ruth Martinez, District women's Sherbrooke to Thetford Mines in 7 it "toh e Chambion, from collect e |ing honors on_the courts. Today she YES, ESPECIALLY WIHEN You MusST USE BRASS COTTERS ON 80TH OF THEM Started at ORSESHOE pitchers; of . Capitol Heights, Md., tonight will start play in the largest fown cham- plonship event in the three- year history of the metropolitan district A committee of 11 members of the Capitol Heights Athletic Olub, with George Miles as chairman, will direct competition. the fleld of 170 having been divided into sixteens, with s play- off of flight winners to determine the town champion. Sixteen will each | more applications after tonig] 5 nmmm"‘:uu-Mmm " committee members taking turns di- | Ohotiey Smith will be #n eharge to- | Norman Howe, Friday; Ed Hutehinson, i | Priday follow: ‘Thursday—D. Rollins vs. F. Ruth, N. | of the Kenwood Golf and Couritry Club. | It will be an 18-hole medal play event. J. Munro Hunter, jr. scored s 79 more. In the professional class first score | went to Warner Mather of Baltimore lwith a card of 72. Bob Barnett of | Chevy Chase scored 79 and Gene Larkin of evy Chase scored 80. Gordon onth | Yeomans Presses & Tennis Champion | morrow night; Joe Lare, Thursday; | the Steele, Theodore Godfrey, Juan R. .| D. Riley, Joseph H. Parker, W. Bigelow sharcs with Freddy Sendel, former Mexican Davis Cup team member, Record Horseshoe Field Gets [caeiue 0 e e Capitol Heights One of the second-round matches scheduled togorrow night is ing more than usual interest, as it will bring together Councilman T. D. Jar- can take his measure. If Rolph shows e fom !he"g:! in'an informal mateh | ast n . Halstead, ordi- narily & good shot, he is likely to give his dad all the ition seeks. Jarrell lcked at least one ringer in each box. In matches last night Leonard (Fats) e g two years ago, showed old form Smith, 21-17, 21-5, and Hutch- inson defeated Leonard Dearstine, 21—7, 22—8. Robinton rang the peg nine times. Champion Raymond H. Brown on the sidelines, but ready to meet the winner for the community title, 21 pitchers will start action in the land Park tournament. John G. Palcho is the chairman. ‘The entrants—John G. and Ted Pal- cho, Robert Buzzard. H. P. Avery, Eldred Mahoney, George T. Heckert, Henry , P. J. Allen, Robert Steele, Walter Tannehill, Paul V. Trent, A. A. Doppel, Fred A. Christoff, William Hoppe, George Hall, V. B. Qua, Raymond H. Brown. | ‘Thirty matches were run off last night {at McLean, Va. in the duffers' tourna- ment of the McLean firemen's carnjval, and many more are expected ht. Tomorrow nflll the firemen may be called upon rd the countryside from the heat of that much-discussed battle, involving 16 of the - foremost players in the metropolitan district. { A DAY and EVENING MEN ONLY INSTRUCTOR—LIFE GUARD On Duty Constantly Class Instruction Free Special Membership Rate 21/ wowtus$:00 Open Until 10 P.M. THAN e €C wa EVER_SINCE WE national champion and No. 1 ranking OUT OF BIE SAGCER ||| THE EXTRA SCREEN TO WHE LAWNING SHORT BUT TRKY Built in Wooded Ground and Permits of Use of All of Iron Clubs. BY FRANCIS J. 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