Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1931, Page 62

INANCHOR POSITION Lucky Strike Pilot Denies He’ll Alter Form—Bess Ackman Is Game. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. OR the first time. in years Howard Campbell, whose reputation as a bowler and leader of championship quints had reached a national scope, was not rolling in his ac- customed anchor post last week when Lucky Strike and Conven- tion Hall opposea in a District League match. The Lucky Strike captain shiftec himself to fourth place and moved Earl McPhilomy to anchor, and with this move, those bowling folk who had not voiced the opinion before. took it as an indication that Campbell, who i, his prime was the most consistent duckpin bowler in the East, was all “washed up.” Campbell's case is ulmost pathetic He wos riding on tbe crest less than two years ago when he established T record with an average of 121-17 for 81 games in the National Capital League. Many regarded him as the greatest duckpinner of all time Yet last year he almost completely Jost his touch. He struggled almost continuously throughout the season. His King Pin team was nosed out in the District League race. And this season he has been even worse, Recently persist- ent reports have been making the rounds that Camp- bell, in an effort to regain his old form, has been experi- menting with _the hook - ball. Howard denies. For years he has re- lied on a straight, cross-alley balls and e declares that it wilt be with the same | ball he will regain his stride. ‘That would be the worst thing bowler could do, change his balk Campbell dec'ares. “Every bowler will find himse’f or herself in a slump about every four years, Experimenting wita another delivery only makes matters worse. “I don't think I'm through. Maybe a ot of people are due for a surprise before this scason is over.” J Howard Campbell, 'OWARD'S first ball has been fail- ing to get him the breaks, “Tails” | on spare breaks have been much in evidence. And, once regarded as the most accurate of all pinmen, this season he has been missing_gven single pins by wide margine. Many contend that his confidence has | faded. They admired, but took his voluntary release from ‘the anchor post as a sure indicatioh that even in his heart he knows he's washed up. But, take it from Howard, he is not | through. His move was for the team's sake. McPhilomy has been hitting ‘em better. Campbell is fighting a cou geous battie that s even more to be ad- mired than his unselfish act last week. ESS ACKMAN has not boasted the average of many girl bowlers and this season probably again will not | establish new high-average records, but there are few who would be willing, if trades were made in bowling as in base ball, to swap Mrs. ‘Ackman for any girl star. Her ability to come through in pinches, whether in, leagues or tourna- ments, have earmed her the reputation of being a “meney bowler” in & class by | herself. This season the two-time winner of | The Evening Star Girls' Tournament has played the major part in the 18- game winning streak of the Ruth girls in the Eastern i Star League. Her ! average of 105-1 is the highest she has ever aftained. She holds the high set, 355, and high game, 135, but it is Mer ability to come through in & pinch that has helped chalk up those 18 games. Last week Ruth won three more, this time from Unity, and a typi- cal Bess Ackman performance was forth c om i n g Prances Dobson, anchor for Unity, spared box and counted five to put Unity ahead Mrs. Ackman however cleaned the alley to give Ruth the game by three sticks and p the streak intact Ruth needs only nine more victories in a row to equal the league record es- tablished by Unity in the second year of the Eastern Star loop. Bess Ackman, in the last AD HOWARD'S Rendezvous gls can thank Catherine Forteney for their_first-place position in the Wom- en’s District League. It was her spare and six count in the last box, and 124 score for the game, that gave the Rondys the secend game last week from King Pin, after downing Lor- raine Gulli's team in the opener by r sticks. King Pin won the lasi ever Convention Hall took by sweeping over Recre: Matthew leading with a Doubie-header strikes by Mary Cox and Sarah Updike in the last box gave Bill Wood's girls the final game with Georgetown _Recreation to sweep the set. John Blicks won two from Lucky Strike, Deal Service took a pair from Takoma and Columbia won the odd tilt from Meyer, Davis Team Standing. o [ Rendervous King ¥ by enabl Le im- at the top of the League. Miss Levy 330 i three COD bowling and Rena Lev to c-ntinue Washinglon Woemen's Leaman rolled 355 and Miss t help down Shamrocks games. Keenos, Baker, appear of the loop. according to Scorer Jim to be the “dark horse They climbed into fourth piace by virtue of a three-game win over Veterans Bureau. Beeques took the odd game from the Hilltoppers to tie them for second place, while Uni- versity Park easily downed the Car- dinals. Team Standing w1 ‘olumbians | 1 , © ues r Fark € Hilltoppers 1 Keenos ARROLL DALY'S five strikes in a row, 173 game, 400 set. and Lucky Strike’s two-game viclory over Con- vention Hall featured tie week's rolling #n the District League. Daly's per- formance aided the Lucky Strikers, re- 'ded as pennant contenders, to snap [ 1 | ‘This } THE SUNDAY ST. Campbell Demotes Self as Bowling Ace Southern California Scores Six Points in Nick of Time | By the Associated Press. ERKELEY, Calif, October 24— One flashing thrust, a 46-yard gain in five plays, and Southern California scored & 6-0 victory today over California in one the most thrilling foot ball batiles witnessed here in yeays. Two minutes were left to play in the second period. An under-rated Cali- fornia_eleven had outplayed the most formidable eleven of the Coast Con- ference for most of the first half, Fifty thousand fans could scarcely believe thelr eyes. g Then came the Trojan drive, Forty- six yards from the Bear goal line the Trojans gained possession of the bail Sparling, 5, Shaver, 6, and Mohler, 24 and 1, read the yardage count. Then Sparling raced around on an old- fashioned end-around play to carve his mark in California scoring ground By that scant margin of points, Southern California scored its fourth Conference victory and became undis- HANDLEY HIGH BEATS | ALLEGANY, 21 T0 12 Breaks Tie >Wifl|”i‘;e. for Leader- | ship of Cumberland Valley [ Foot Ball League. | ‘ Special Dispatch to The Star. { WINCHESTER, Va. October 24— | | romdtes High Schoos grid ers trcoped | off their home field today undisputed | | leaders in the Cumberland Valley | Athletic League by reason of defeating Allegany High School of Cumberland, Md., -12. The teams entered the contest tied for the league lead. Punting | was the order in the first quarter. the s | attack and Cumberland started | strong. As the game neared its close | Cumberland used & thrilling aerial at- tack. Forward passes put the ball on Handley's 20-yard line, and a forward | pass scored a touchdown. Allegany (12) Fui\lifin Handley 2D. | . Juckson | Fisher | Ring | Armel Duniap Stipe Garber Duval L Garb Lake Potls 0 0 1 o0 -2 0 € 6-i2 @, R. Duvall touchdown Hun Handley Allexany Touchdowns— L. Garber Koepel. Deal. Point after Garber ditie plunye). “First downs ley, 16: Allegany, 10." Yards gained Haue ley. Allegany, 117, Yarduge lost - Hundley, 26: Allegany, 8. Penalties “Hand- | ley, 15:" Allegany, 5. Forward passes al- | tempted— Handley, 5: completed. 4: Alle ©atiey.. uttempiec, 12: completed. 5. 8u Stitutions: Handiey— McCauley for Duniai Aliekany -Ambrose for Longavitch. Be et for Sullivan. Stern for Rosenmerkel. Gule for Kauffman. Ponton for Bealekes. | Rossi for Berry, Sullivan for Benpett. R mer!.el ‘ul.P Slh “Kuunll\mll (ul‘ :: Beatkey dor Ponton. Berry ior Kossi. for Kagfman, Danner for Peacock, Ben for St egel. Davis Benbr. PReterce My Arthur |48 Field judge Mr. Smith (Va.) Head Tuan - Mr. Breckenridee (S. Va.. SOCCER PLAY TODAY Four Contests Are Scheduled for Capital City League. | games are scheduled today in the Capital City Soccer League. Play | started last Sunday. ‘Here's today’s card together with the referees: Concord vs. Brandywine, Monument Field No. 1, J. Bennett; Rosedale vs.| cnlmenbnx“ Rosedale” Playground, | Jack Caldwell; Fort Myer, vs. Marlboro, | Fort Myer, A. Devlin, and Columbia Helghts vs, British United, Monument | Field No. 2, Ed Kruse. | All the games will start at 2:30 o'clock. ANOTHER RE'GATTA HERE ‘Potomncs Awarded Middle States Event for Next Year. | PHILADELPHIA, October 24.—The | Potomac Boat Club of Washington was | awarded the 1932 canoe championships by the Middle States Canoe Racing As- | soclation at its semi-annual meeting | held at the Philadelphia Canoe Club | | tonight. ‘The regatta will be held on |the Potomac River next August. No | exact date was set for the regatta. Aubrey_Bogley of the Potomac Boat Club of Washington was elected com- modore of the association to succeed Al Bower of the Bristol Young Men's As- sociation, who declined re-election. Transit Rollers Win. Washington Rapid Transit bowlers defeatod Capital Traction last night at the Rend:zvous in the second match of & home-and-home series. The Rapid Transits won two of the three games in_the first match and last night took all three. The team scores were: Rapid Transit. 544, 556, 515; Capital Traction, 494, 513, 5°3 i Cunningham_for Va). lines- for Stern, Four ried Sports SOCCER. Canadian Results. Argonauts, §: Ottawa, 5 Montreal, 9 Hamilton, 7. Intercollegiate. 6:_University of Toronto, 4. 9; Queens, 9 Ontarie Rugby Uniop. Balmy Beach, 10: Kitchener, Hamilton Cubs, 9; Windsor, Cross Country. Minnesota, 18 Western McGill Iowa, 41; 383 of pounded yalned possession winning two pames from Hyatisville Chick Heltmai 80 was high. Witn Erad 1 ey g tting M Ray Von Dreeie Fountain Jams ook 1c place by sweeping over King Pin wiile Rendezvous tripped Columbin twice 1 the other match Team Standing. out & set. Petworth second place by Temple Petwor(h Heeht Co King Pin Fountain Lucky St EITHER Farnan’s Bowling Shoes ror National Pale Drys were able to make & clean sweep in their matches last week with two of the weakest teams in the National Capital League, and, as & result, they remained dead- locked for first place 1 d to first game, two w T Rendezvous Hums 8 7 stop the Pa atiloug wall in the the ne managed nan’s. In other matches. Judd & Detweiler dropped two to Rinaldi, and Lucky Strike stopped Takoma Park in Team Standing. | the Huskers' lone touchdown. |15 for the Hugkers. ponton for Beaiekey.' Deal for | | man--Dr. To Avert Upset in Thrillerj | puted leader in the championship race uthern California piled up a total of 197 yards from scrimmage, only 49 | yards more than that made by a Bear eleven that had been described as one with “no offense.” ‘ The Trojans made 10 first downs to 4 for the Bears. But California totaled 139 yards in runbacks of punts. whereas the Southerners could do no better than a total of 30 yards. Line-up and Summary. Poci California | «© S Calif. (@) jon Sparling B Brown Biker 8. wil L. Ste E. Sy Arbeldbide Ransor Carlson Medanich MeArthur Tozer Kaufmann Kirwau R, Gil Castro o o8 0 00 Touchdown— Musick Scors by Southe. Califori.ia Southern California scoring Sparling Omciais: Referee—Mr. D Umpire Mr, Badenoch (Chicago). = Gillette (Chicako). Head e Mr. a- Mr. Fitzpatrick (Utah) NEBRASKA TROUNCES KANSAS IN 6-0 CLASH Drives to :l;o;c;ndo;; Second Period—Loss Puts Jayhawks Out of Big Six Race. Cali in By the Associated Press LINCOLN, Nebr., October 24— Sweeping the well upholstered Jayhavk line before it, the University of Ne- braska defeated the Upiversity of Kan- sas, 6 to 0, today fo eliminate the title holders from the 1931 Big Six Conference race. A home-coming crowd of nearly 25,000 spectators witnessed the contest, At no time were the Kansans dan- gerous and the major portion of the game was played well within their ter- Titory. A first-period offensive. with Sauer, Bauer, Masterson and Kreit- zinger in the forefront ef & vigorous plunging attack, was responsible for It came in the second quarter, when Sauer tore through the center of a mass of Jayhawks to carry the ball over from the 4-yard line. Kantas showed stubborn strength in breaking up several Nebraska offen- sives, but made only 3 first downs to In net yardage | the Nebraskans gained 237 to Kansas' 68 and carrying the ball Nebraska cov- ered 231 yards to 74 for Kansas. Line-up and Summary, Kansas (0) Nebraska (6). RO, Rhea KVateniik Koiiér (&) bl Justice Gilbert Durkee \... Beuer I Masterson Kreitzinger 5 Sauer Smith . Page (G Madison .. Schanke Score by periods: Kansas .. 2 Nebraska ' o 06 Touchdown Referce— E. C. Quigley (St. Umpire —Ira Carrithers (Tllinois ‘Wasle: H s- J.A. Rellly (Georgetown). Field L. MecCreary (Oklahoma). Judge B! AR, WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 1931—PART FIVE Golf Ball Situation Badly Muddled PLLSNOW N USE Monro Hunter Sees Ultimate Success for Needled 1.62x1.68 Sphere. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. This golf ball situation is getting funnier and funnier by the minute What with balloon balls, rabbit balls, regular-weight balls and needled golf balls jumping and running all over the bunkered landscape, you'll need a set of apothecary scales, an machine and a micrometer as standard equip- ment at the first tec of every well regu- lated golf course, unless something is done by way of really standardizing the golf ball. At the present moment we have no fewer than three standard golf balls being pushed, thumped and otherwise pummelled toward _elusive putting THREE “STANDARD” year or two years hence, he will bt a claimant for the throne of champion picker of the rough fringed fairways. We have the old 162x1.62 balls, the so-called “rabbit” ball of past and pleasant memory. We have the ent standard ball weighing 1.55 oices and measuring 168 inches in size And we have the new standard ball weighing 1.62 ing 168 inches in size. And last, but not least, we have the “needled” golf ball with which Harry K. B. Davis, the cld-time West t amateur, has been raising o much fog around Washing- ton for the last week or two. HERE are plenty of old 1.62x1.62 golf balls flogting around through | hold-overs from of course, the market the the atmosphere, last year. And, is flooded with ba? While the new 1.62x1.68 baill is not yet present in any great gquantity. nearly every golfer has tried them out or has a couple tucked away in his bag waiting for the moment when he can get out and hit them. Not so many have been fortunate enough get the “needled” ball. Harry Davis has done the ‘needling” stunt only fcr a few of his friends. There are a few doctored balls at Columbia, Con- | gressional, Chevy Chase and Indian Spring, but outside of these clubs the doctored balls are rarities and, so far | as we know, there are none of them greens arcund Washington and, if any |in existence anywhere else, outside of | man can put a finger on the ball that | Baltimore, where one o the Balti- ¢ill be played as the standard ball a ' more newspaper men has planted & 'WASHINGTON SHOTS BEATEN BY ORIOLES Baltimore Gun Club Team Totals 210 Against 208 to Take Doubles and Singles. BALTIMORE, October 24.—Orlole Gun Club trapshots conquered Wash- ington Gun Club scatter-gunners in both singles and doubles at the for- mer’s traps here this afterncon. Balti- more totaled 210 points against 206 for Washington. It wes second of the Win- ter series of seven interclub matches. High scores were the rule. In the singles the Orioles broke 955 cut of a possible 1,000 to 937 for Wash- ington. G. B. Woelfel, Baltimore, was high gun of the afternoon with 99 out of 100. Comdr. F. P. Williams with 97 topped the Washingtonians. ‘Woelfel also was high in the 50 dou- bles, shattering 46, while Julius Mar- cey. Washington, was second with 44. The Washington club will travel to Annapolis next Saturday to meet the Spa Gun Club in a match of 100 sin- gles and 50 double: Yesterday's scor Singles. Baltimore. B. Woeifel.... 99 9 ¥ Zwpp i Brice . 98 D Morgan. . ] W. Dularr a3 € Fawse 9 Marcey 95 S Wilson 94 A. B. Stine.. 194 Parker Ciok 92 93 Dr. J. H. Lyois. 90 955 Tolal Doubles. 4 g 3 W aw .40 0 Washington. g iwms. .. W. F. Burrows . Tee Miac 0. Roseberiy. . Total G. B. Woefel W. W. Skinner Dr. O. B. Brice M. Bond ... F. U. Roseberiy.. Marcey . S Wilsoni. . F. Burrows Morgan Shelton D H Tetal 210 Total LAUREL, Md. October 24 () — Willie Brennan, former assistunt trainer | of Mrs. Payne Whitney's Greentree | racing stable, today was named chief | trainer to succeed James Rowe, who died in Baltimore on Tuesday. The appointment was announced by Maj. | Louis A. Beard, manager of the Green- tree stable For many years the new Greentree trainer was first assistant to the late Sam Hildreth. chief trainer for the Rancocas stable. Maj. Beard sald Brennan’s appointment was permanent, Mrs. ‘Whitney being satisfled with his work. EBENEZERS IN GAME. Ebcniezer A, C. claimant to the Dis- tricv colored independent fo championship, will engage the Plains ele en Lois aiternoon at v'clack on the Monument Grounds, A. Clarke Holds 130-Pin Average STOR CLARKE. winner and rec- ord holder of the Campbell Sweepstakes, is leading the Na- tional Capital League bowlers with an average of 130-4 for 15 games. It 13 Clarke's first year in the “big time."” Clarke, who rolls wi the Nation- al Pale Drys. has bowled set. 396. 410, 382 and 369. Drys are tied for the Farnan's Bowling Shoes ‘The Disirict League leader is Wal- ter “Red” Megaw, captain of the Northeast Temple team, who has an average of 125-13. Megaw's 125 is regarded about equal to Clarke's 130 in that the District League operates on & circult of alleys. Megaw's sets have been 389, 344, 420, 383, Temple is leading the . Pale lead with res- | in ounces and measur- | present standard | to | few of them to see how they act. The new standard ball, weighing 1.62 ounces and measuring 1.68 in inches, is the best golf ball we have had since the old 1.62x1.62 ball was legislated out of existence, in my opinion, but it is not as good a ball as it becomes when Harry Davis shcots a drop or two of water into its core through his hypo- dermic instrument. J. Monro Hunter, the big Indian Spring professional, claims the ultimate golf ball will be the 1.62x1.68, “needled” enough to put about 1,500 pounds pressure on the | windings around the core. He thinks | the new standard ball is a better ball than the balloon ball, which is the present standard, but he also believes ihat your ordinary golfer will find the new standard ball when pumped up is the best of them all, for long hitter and short hitter alike. OLF BALL manufacturers have sev- eral tests for golf balls, among them the bounce test in which two balls are diopped together from an equal distance to see which bounces the highest. The idea is that this test will show which ball will go furthest from the driver of a weak hitter. | Strangely enough the “needled” ball bounces ~ highest in this' test, which Davis claims shows it will benefit the weak hitter as well as the strong hitter. The new standard golf ball is very much better than the old balloon ball, and the new standard ball when the | pressure is put up by hypodermi¢ in- Jection, is the best of them all, but it is very confusing to know just which of the World i Search the world’s map over and you will find no comer of / the earth where Cuban tobacco has not written its fame. Robt. Burns cigars, Panatela, Perfecto Grande, or Staple, are made with clear Havana fille: and its world famous flavor. Men buying the spell of Cuba at high cost, may well turn an eye of economy towards the modest price of a Robt. Burns. Imported TASTE Imporied AROMA ,b‘]l to play, In case “needling” of golf | balls becames the thing to do. | Davis claims his process does not af- | fect the weight of a golf ball, since the manufacturers, in order not to exceed the weight limitations put on them by | the United States Golf Association. make the ball a shade under the legal weight. His process, he claims, only | brings the ball up to normal weight | while at the same time it adds yards to | its length. Davis left Washington today for Providence, R. I, where he is to | demonstrate to officials of one of the largest golf ball manufacturing estab- lishments in the United States his méthod of doctoring golf balls. It may | well be that Gene Sarazen's idea of building golf balls to fit the individual requirements of the player will be the | ultimate outcome of all this uncertainty about the golf ball. Gene said, wher | the new standard ball was announced, that the player should be able to choose | his ball according to his own knowledge of his hitting limitations, and it may be that we shall be able to go to the{ professional’s shop end ask for a ball ! with as much tension as we want. But | meanwhile, your ordinary golfer will go along playing the ball he can get, and like it RANK CUNNINGHAM, assistant to his brother Walter at Burning Tree, | is the new champion of the assistant | professionals _of the Middle Atlantic | Professional Golfers’ Association. Cun- | ningham put on a blistering opening round of 72 in/the assistants’ tourney | held Friday at Columbia, tal open |'a Fe up the day with » last round of 76 to win the tourney by eight strokes. Far to the rear were Gene Larkin of Chevy Chase and Andy Gibson of the Balti- more Country Ciub, tied for second piace with cards of 156. Gibson blew a little putt on the eighteenth green to win sec- ond place outright. Archie Clark of Congressional was fourth with 157, While the match has not definitel} been arranged, an exhibition will we put on next Thursday at the National Women’s Country Club to mark the official opening of the new nine-hole course of the club. Mrs. J. M. Haynes, the new Middle Atlantic champion, and Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, the District women’s champion, will be two of the participants. The other two have not yet been decided upon, although efforts are being made to secure two nationally known fair players to round out the foursome. The opening day will also be marked by an 18-hole haidicap medal play eontest, in which all woman golfers in the city are invited to play. A fortnight hence the National Capi- tourney will be in full swing Kenwood Golf and Country Club, with many of the leading pro- fessional stars of the country out there trying to grab off a slice of the $2.550 prize money. A few of the pros plan to come to Washington about November 4 to practice at Kenwood and play in exhibition matches, if any can be ar- ranged. The tourney starts on Satur- day, November 7, and will end on Sun- November 8. —10 o'clock —WMAL ~fo the Ace Orchesira of the Air —Guy Lombardo’s Royal Ca- nadions on the Robt. Bums