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Trick Scores on Congressional Links : Return to Double Umpire Plan Forecast | ;s COURSE IS FAMOUS FORBOLF OODTES All-Time Total of 36 for Par.| 73 Affair Is Among | Noted Figures. - | BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. | UPPOSE some golfer with a| penichant for collecting a| hatful of sub-par holes went | out and shot the course of Congressional Country Club in 36| strokes. When he came in to the | club house and told his yarn the tale probably would be greeted by the golfing equivalent of the Bronx cheer, not to mention a |knocked out Ted Sandwina, Germany | league president. | having been sold to Col. Jacob Ruppert, chorus of pooh-poohs and a Iew‘ ha-has. | (VENING §' FTAR, WASHING'TON, schedule about Washington cast an eye toward next Fall instead of bunch- ing together all the tournaments in the | Spring. The shift has been toward | the Spring—no doubt cf that—for such clubs as Manor, Columbia and Con- ‘} gressional used to hold their events in | the Fall and now have shifted to Spring tes, 5 But this grouping togethet of all lhel tournaments in the Sprihg ledves the | Fall without a major event. And you | will recall that we have had a stretch | of almcét two montns of weather, with | not more than two or three days which were not ideally fitted for golf of the most delightful kind. Even November has been kind to golf. Perhaps 1932, with its group of major | tournaments, might be the year to start the tcurhament movement back toward the Fall of the year, when the golf- hungry populace of Washington lacks a major event. Fistic Battles || By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK.—Primo Carnera, Italy, | Knocked out Victorio Campolo, Argen- tine (2); Walter Cobb, Baltimore, (2); Steve Hamas, Wallington, N. J., outpointed Hans Birkie, Germany (8); | KNAPP T0 REMAIN AS INT. PRESIDENT Canvass Will Keep Him Despite Oriole Connection. EW YORK. November will be retained as the presi- dent of the Interriational League in 1982, this correspondent has learned through a canvass of the league, which indicates a majority vote for him. The Newark club, under Paul Bloc, was desirous of a change on the ground that no man who was an official of a club in the league should also be the The Newark club, owner of the Yankees, has been removed Yet, if all the golfers who have |Stanley Poreda, Jersey City, stopped |9S the central figure of opposition to scored unusual holes on the Congres- | sional coursé could be rolied into & | single paragon of all the golfing virtues, | that mythical person would have played | the layout in 36 strokes, which is just | 37 strokes better than par and is, we | believe, the finest #li-time score for any | golf coiifse around Washington, based | on a par as high as that of Congres- | &ional. Now Congressional is not an old golf | course, as golf courses go. It was first | opened back in 1922 and, therefore is only nine years old. Yet, strange and wonderful ‘things have happened over that comparatively new course. Such things as holes scored in three better than par, for example, They call ‘em “dodes,” 'we believe, and tiere have | been ro fewer than three of them | scored over the Congressicnal Jayout Eagles have béen made on 13 of the other 18 holes and on the remaining 1wo nothifig better than birdies have been recorded. There are five short holes on the Congressional layout and sll of them have been done in one | stroke from thie tee. But the eighteenth hole, which is a par 4 affair, stretching 256 yards from 1ée fo green, also has been done in one stroké, msking it one of those queer “dodo” tl , or three under par. Great lers and duffers alike have confributed to this unique all-time scoté, from Tommy Armour, present holder of the British open champlon- sw down to one or two duffers who shall be nameless because thelr deeds spéak for themselves. Record All-Time Score. Here is that reeord all-time scoré: No. 1—535 yards, par 5; made in three yérsl times by Armour, Parker Nolan No. 2—465 yards, par 4; holed in two by Afchie Ciark, with a drive and a xuix N:. 2’ n. | 0. 3—197 yards, par 3; made in one streké by Sandy Armour, with & No. 2 iron. : :No. 4—360 yards, par 4: made in two | strokes - by Sandy Armour and Al Houghton, both of whom holéd short pitehes. No. 5—498 yards, par 5; made in two strokes by Luther Steward, jr., with a drive and a full No. 3 iron. No. 6—380 yards, par 4; made in two ommy and Sandy Armour, of whom holed short pitches, . 7—447 yards, par 4; made in three strokes by a number of players. No. 8—462 yatds, paf 5; made in two strokes by Walter Hall, who holed & | Sine” full iron shot. No. 9—171 yards, par 3; meade in one stroke by C. M. Hester, with a midiron. | 0. 10—623 yards, par 6; made in | four strokes a number of times by the | Armours, Page Hufty, Nolan and others. | No. 11—300 yards, par 3; made in oné stroke by J. Raymond MeCarl. No. 12—510 yards, par 5; made in three many times by many players. ”Néo.tlsk—l:ys ards, par 3; made in stroke oseph D. Baylis, playing | 2 hashie: y playing No. 14—374 yards, par 4; made in two strokes by J. B. MeClure, with & drive and a mashie niblick. This is the hole Where Tommy Armour took seven in his reeord-breaking round of €3. Had he‘made a deuce on the hole his card Would have been 58. | No. 15—575 yards, par 4; made in | three strokes numerous times by many players. No. 16—146 yards, par 3; made in | oné stroke by John P. Gilmore, Sandy | Armour, Mrs. Harry A, Knox, Victor Cahill, Guy Mason and Jack Marquette. No. 17—385 yards, par 4: made in two strokes by Harry Wardman and John J. Tierney, both of whom holed lengthy piteh shots. No. 18—256 yards, par 4; made in one stroke by J. E. McClure, who holed | & full drive from the tee. Apt to Be Lowered. ! ‘That mark for alt time, of 18 strokes | for each nine holes and a total of 36 | for the full distance, constitutes, we | believe, the finest all-time score for any g0l course around Washington, | The Congressional layout stretches to & distance of more than 6,600 yards and | has a par of 73 strokes. And scme day | this score is going to be reduced, for | surely some one will knock in a deuce at the seventh, and some other player will hole a pitch shot for a deuce at | the fifteenth. On top of that one of | the long hitters may hole a brassie shot | for a deuce at the twelfth. | When better composite scores are | made Congtessional is likely to make | ‘em. ASHINGTON will truly be the golf center of the Middle Atlantic | area next year. That vast ter- ritory stretching throughout the States | of Maryland and Virginia will send all their finest golfers—both amateurs and professionals—to compete in three or more big events at clubs | Capital in the George Washington Bi- | centennial year, and the outstandirg amateur event of the year nationally | will be played only 45 miles from the Capital. | With the national amateur cham- | plonship billed for the Pive Farms| course of Baltimore Country Club in September, marking the first time an | amateur title event has been played south of the Mason 2nd Dixon line, the National Capital itself will put on a serlés of golf shows second only to the major affair itself. First in importance will come the | champlonship_tournament of the Mid- | dle Atlantic Golf Association, which is scheduled, under the association system | of rotation of tournaments, to g> to | Columbia Country Club. To Columbia | also probably will go the sectional quali- | fication rounds for the amateur cham- , held last year at Richmcnd for the first time, and another Wash- ington club probably will stage the sec- tional qualification rounds for the national open, with the big champion- ship itsell to be played at Flushing, 038 e "t three events, with the usual grist of Spring tournaments—seven or eight of them, all told—will furnish ough golf to keep the divot-digging population of the bunker-ridden Capital | -eyed with suspense throughout at mt a major portion of the golf year. And it promises {0 be a great year for Harry Pitt. The Manor Club star is on top of the local amateur list this by an outstanding margin and | 1d he maintain the same pace he st in 1931 he will win himself a lot | of golf tournaments in 1932. Based on the delightful golf weather the Capital has had this Fall, it might be well if some of those who make up' the major invitation tournament ” | | knocked out Tony Lucci, | equaled, and Hiser today has [ Jewelers Ralph Ficucello, New York (7). | WILMINGTON, Del—Jack Portney, | Baltimore, outpointed Frankie Rapp, | Camden, N. J. (8); Midget Fox, Con- shocken, Pa., and Buddy Bezenah, Oin- cinnati. drew (6). ERIE, Pa—Benny McArthur, Sagi- naw, Mich., outpointed Matty Oldach, | Erie (6). SAN FRANCISCO.—Battling Dozer, | Wichita, Kans., defeated Jackie Brady, Syracuse, N. Y. (8) (stopped by referee, | ruling Brady not trying) ; Charley Her- | nandesz, San_Francisco, stopped Eddie | Klan, Great Falls (2). | CLEVELAND.—Jack December, Mar- | quette, Mich., outpointed Joe Schlund, | Cleveland (6); Lou Severo, Cleveland, | Massachu- | setts (3). | PHOBENIX, Ariz—Jack Dempsey, Salt | Lake City, khocked out Rufino Alvares, | El Paso, Tex. (1); knocked out Ernie Musick, Denver (1), and stopped Jimmy | Long, Detrolt (1). | HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Fidel La Barba, Los Angeles, stopped Santiago Zortilla, Panama (6). SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Bombo Chev- alier, Oakland, Calif,, outpointed Jack Van Noys, Los Angeles (10). STOOKTON, Calif —Pinto De Sa, Portugal, knocked out Curley Munez. | Los Angeles (2). SAN DIEGO, Calif.—David Velasco, | Mexico City, outpointed Charlie Cobb, | San Diego (10). | Univ, Park..... | Kentios ... Cardinals " 1110 Vet. Bureau.... Columbians Shamrocks ues ... Hilltoppérs " WL De Soto Ealvador Ovando San Dom 2 Reh B Genoa Champls it Marauette Trinidad . Nina .. nte ... Helboa fania Marid A Salle ... | g Géorretown . Trinity Incarnation 81. Johns High team gam: Ma High individusl set—Davis. 427 High individual game—Davis. 174. v ] 30 Conpress He'thts No. 1 g ® aus S Douglas No. 1. Ninth Ho. en. "l rathren | e 7081 | 3 6,885 | Sea 5 | High individual av 7 | Eastern No. Ingram No. 2 t_—Roeser, 3 strikes—English. 23. High individual spares—Hal. 87. igh team game -Ingram No. 1. No. 1 and Ninth No. 2. 588 High team set—Congress Heights, 1,678 Douglas | Chips From the Mapleway BY FRANCIS E. STAN. - O modern bowler has led t.he. | ning the championship with 114 in 1924, | Maxie Rosénberg made the same num- ber of strikes and two more spares. District League two consecutive seasons. Bradley Mandley twice has won the championship since 1924, but not in successive years. This season appears as though it will | be a repetition of previous years when the champs bowed to another. When | Henry Hiser won the tit'e last year with his record-breaking 121 average he automatically ascumed the tesk of trying to lead the league twice in a row. But it is a foregone conclusion, even year's mark will be broken, or at least a mark of only 115-22 in Washington's premier duckpin circuit. | HIBEH has 37 games to roll this sea- son to equal the same number, 61, | he shot last season and must, if he | means to tie his mark last season, rull; at a pace of 127 for the rest of the season. And even then he probably | won't win the title, for prospects of a new record are bright. HE 12110 average of the Hyatts- | ville star was a senseticnal re::rd; last year and was batter by 2 points | than any other individual record estab- | lished in the District in previous years. But here's an angle on that reccrd that | may be new t5> most bowling folk. | sh While the high averages in the Dis- trict League have risen since 1924 from | 114 to 121, Hiser made only 34 strikes | and 194 spares last year. And in win- | | base ball. | fornia, and Cowboy Jack Wagner, Prov- | 216, La Junta, Colo., | Marshall Knapp. There was no personal feeling in the agitation for a new president— simply a desire to dissociate individual club control and league executive con- trol. The Montreal club, which has gone under new management, was opposed | to all of the men who had been sug- gested as possible candidates for the | presidency ‘except one, and he is not identified in any way with organized Montreal will be willing to go on with Knapp. Like other clubs which would prefer to have a president entirely aloof from connection with any club of the organization, Montreal pre- | fers to have Knapp remain where he is, with the affairs of the league in their present conditior® of prosperity. The International circuit is one minor or- ganization which came through the sea- son of 1931 with flying colors, nllhuufh not all of its clubs were substantially successful. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA —Dick Shikat, Phil- adelphia, threw Rudy Dusek, Omaha, 1:00:33; Herb Freeman, New York, threw Floyd Marshall, California, 5:12 George Kotzonaros, Los Angeles,’ threw Mike Romano, Chicago, 13:33; Matros Kirilenko, Russia, defeated Joe Cox, Kansas City, 30:00; Sandor Szabo, Hungary, threw Ralph Wilson, Phila< delphia, '19:17°_ Dick Daviscourt, Cali- fornia, threw Frank Brun, New York, 14:27." (All heavyweights.) CINCINNATI.—Jack Reynolds, 147, Cineinnati, defeated Everett -Silent” Rattan, 146, Dallas, Tex., two out of three falls (Rattan first, 25:18; Reyn- | , | olds second, 4:38, and third, 5:38); Sammy_Cohen, 155, Newark, N. J., de- feated Floyd Byrd, 156, Louisville, 'Ky.; Joe Weggesser, 176, Cincinnati, defeated Freddy Kuppfer, 175, Toledo; Billy Ed- wards, 175, Kansas City, defeated Henr: Plers, 178, Detroit; George Gable, 158, Cincinnati, and Chief Lone Wolf, 157, Canada, drew. LOWELL, Mass.—Jack Sherry, 220, Minnesota, defeated Chief Red Cloud, 230, Oklahoma, two straight falls, 23:40 | and 13:17. SALEM, Mass.—Nick Lutz, 209, Cali- idence, R. I, drew, 30:00; Lutz threw. Frank Yusko, 205, Lithuania, 31:00 (two matches). WICHITA, Kans—Everelt Marshall, defeated Darna Ostopavich, 225, Lithuania, two out of three falls (Ostopavich first, 17:0; second, 26:00, and third, 2:00); Daula, 240, Hindu, threw “Chief” Allen, 205 Oklahoma City, 1:10; Daula threw Albjon Britt, 210, Luray, Kans., 8:00 (two matches). LAST BOWIE STAKE Thirteen Two-Year-Olds in Trim for Endurance Handicap. BOWIE, Md. November 28 () — Thiricen two-year-olds were ready to face the barrier todey in the $10,000 | stake race | the Maryland Fall racing season. | Encurance Handicep, The meet officlally closes today, but an extra day, Monday, has been added to raise funds for the unemployed. Oon_Post, Osculator, Overtime and | Mad Frump werc amcng those entered | in the race, a mile and a sixteenth event. Tcp weight, 119 pounds, was | assigned to Osculator, to be ridden by | J. Bejshak. High Proof was given only 98 pounds, the lightest burden of the starters. Clotho and Mad Trump was the C. V. Whitney entry, with Pompeius | and Osculator the W. R. Coe entry. However, Hiser rolled less games than any other winner, so this spare and strike making business must count for Indicates League | Charles H. Knapp of Baltimore tF. SLIPPING OVER A D. THE THRILL THAT COMES SATURDAY, NO 2z S " &z SOMEWHERES INTH' N 8LoCK GuEss Gee! WHERE'S T MUsie A corunt Freom 7 b FAST ONE ON THE PEASANTS 1931 Ny TRIBUNE, 1€ VEMBER 28, 1931 ONCE IN A LIFETIME.—By WEBSTER S | i i 7 EXT A [ X - SO SSEESS SN = SN NS al BY FRANK B. WALKER won the fifth game in his match with J. W. Byler for the match champion- ship of the District. When play | was resumed on this game, after four | hours of play in the first session, Walker was a piece ahead. He quickly brought | about a trade of one rook and then “bot- tled up” Byler's Ny / s other Took from . operating. Byler re- signed _after 50 moves. This leaves the match a tie at two games aplece, one game being drawn. The sixin game probably will be decisive of the match, which is to continue until one of the players wins & three games, 7 A to lead in the gen- eral tournament at the Capital City Chess Club, though by a reduced percentage. He encountered Roberts in the seventh round, and had a lively tilt with him. Roberts had a little the worst of it, and was satisfied to take a draw by perpetual check after 43 moves. Bettinger won from Simmons, and retains second place. Hickam won from Stark and is third, and Knapp won from Gleason and is fourth. Carl Hesse, who won from Patrsons, and Sul- livan, who won from Drysdale, are tied for fifth place. The present standing of the contestants: Otten continues Gleason . Roberts Simmons’ . Parsons ... A He Clark ... APHAEL TOUROVER of this city has received a communication from his brother, I. S. Turover of this city, at present in Europe, in which he meritions two consultation games played in Parls, the contestants being Alekhine, world champion; Dr. Tartakower, the well known master; Zuckermarn, champion of Paris, and Turover. 1he games were informal af- Otten ... Bettinger Hickam Knapp C. A He: Suilivan avi Stark Pointers on Golf Anyway, despite that he rolled 10 less games than Rosenberg, it would | la,pae:! that his mark total would be etter, CLFTTHE bowler with the hot hand will win” appeared to be the consen- | sus of opinion this mornibg as more than a score of the country's fore- most bowling stars lined up for the first | annual Dixie Sweepstakes at Conven- about _ the | t this stage of the campaign, that last | tion Hall With almost all of the entrants of equal skill and the uncertainty attached to the event, calling for three 5-game | blocks in the morning, afternoon_ and | | evening on three different sets of alleys, | it is almost suicidal to call a favorite. The order of the rolling has been | changed a couple of times since the event was announced. For the benefit of those who may not have it straight, | the first block was rolled at Convention | Hall this morning, the second was to have been rolled at the Lucky Strike this afternoon and the grand finale will be staged tonight at the Columbia. 'ONIGHT 29 girl bowling stars will roll their second 3-game block in the Meyer Davis Sweepstakes at the King Pin. Margaret Leaman, who ot 351 last week, is out in front, | At the Arcadia’ tonight the 60-odd | inmen seeking the Greater Washing- on Handicap Gweepstakes coin will | shoot thelr second 5-game block. | Pin Honor Roll Last Night League. Arcade-Sunshine Build's Cortr'tors C.&P. Tel. Girls District iis Flood Drics Davis McDolrick . Russell Manning Baker . Eeldenberg National C Daly ... 0dd Pellow Viehnieyer Qu'rtermster Girls. Ross Lom Qu'rtermast't Men. Hamilton .. 152 ‘Wash. Gas Light..Corcorsn ,.. 144 *8eason Tecords. [ A .14 L181 . 120 133 142 141 . 139 . 151 . 145 At Flood Buell Davis Martin Nea Int, Daly Hamm High. Ind. Game. High Ind. Bet Johneon ... Shaefter .. Vienmeyer Hamilton . Dusterhoft sam Ga Dry Cleaners 528 Minte Paint. 520 Annex No. 1310 Kine Pin i High Team Set. 357 201 361 Annex No. 11,401 Hecht Co... 1581 Acc'ntants . 1.564 Gen. Coun.. 1.494 Trafie St'er & Bau. 1.5 Lucky Strike 1716 Phoenix ... 1,834 Personnel .. 19 Depot. . Lucky Strike 616 Phoenix ... 385 Personnel .. 453 Depot . 581 D:y Cle'ners 1494 | Minte Peint 1.620 | BY SOL METZGER. Billy Burke, the national open golf champlon, knows from his vears as an instructor that one of the main faults among average players is an incorrect stance. They lean over too far in addressing the ball and thus cannot pivot as their center of gravity is too far forward. Here is Burke at the top of the swing, Notice his position, It is almost erect. Just a slight tilt for- ward, from the waist. This ne erect’ position is necessary because without it one cannot pivot. Wila- out pivoling, distance is absolutely impossible. So look to your stance to correct lack of distance and failure to keep balanced. Sol Metzger offers an illustrated leaflet on riving” which will help every golfer having trouble off the tee. " Send stamped, addressed en- velope for it. Address Sol Metzger Fitting Dept,*588 in care of this paper. . (Copyright, 1981 IN CHESS CIRCLES B. WALKER fairs, playid with a_time limit of 40| | moves in 1ro and & half hours. White | | lost both jjames, due to his efforts to | foree matters. The score of one of the | games sho#s a win for Alekhine and | Zuckermann from Tartakower and Tur- over in a P—Q4 opefiing in 36 moves. Turover is a former champion of the District and donated a cup, now beiug competed for in the Disttiet champion- ship. B 'Furover reports that Dr. Alekhine re- request of the Danish government, and was decorated by the King with the Order of Knight of Icelandic Falcon in recognition of his efforts toward pro- moting culture in Iceland, He incloses i the score of a brilliant game played by Dr. Alekhine in a simultaneous éxhi- bition in Iceland. Turover further reports that Dr. Alekine is contemplating a visit to America in January next, at which time he will visit Turover in this eity. Washington chess enthusiasts may have an opportunity at that time to meet the world champlon in & simultaneous or blindfold exhibition, Kashdan, the New York City master, has accepted an invitation to partici- pate in the annual Christmas congress | of the Hastings and St. Leonards Chess | | Club of Hastings, England, Decémber | 28 to January 8. Others invited are | | Dr. Euwe of Holland, 8. Flohr of | | Czechoslavakia, G. Stoltz of Sweden, | Miss Vera Menchik, Mir Sultan Khan, | 8ir George A. Thomas, F. D. Yates, R. | P. Michell and E. M. Jackson. Dr. | Euwe won last yeat and Capablanca was second. N November 22 a tel.x‘n representing the Manhattan Chess Club, New York City, played a consultation | game by cable with the British Chess Club of Paris and, | after seven hours of play, won a game in which Paris opened with in 31 moves. erican cem; fred Schroeder, Robert Willman and Leonard B. Meyer, and the British team com- prised G. Cham- on, T. J. Collins, . Baliol Scott, H. W. Holmes and C. C. Curtis. C. M. Randolph, Room 2833, Navy Building, Eighteenth and B streets, has a set of ivory chessmen of unique Orfental pattern; also a copy of “Phil- idor,” 1740 editioh, which he wishes to dispose of. ‘The Chess Club of the University of | Maryland will have a treat on Tuesday evening, December 1, when J. W. Byler will give a talk on chess, to be followed by an exhibition of simultaneous chess against all comers by G. E. Bishop. Both are experts. Four players are tied for first place in the Marshall Chess Club tournament, New York City: viz, Fine, Santasiere, Smirks snd olsen, with the acore of 3-1. Columbia University defeated BSyra- | cuse University by the score of 4-0 on November 22. . Bolution to end game position No. 15: Yates (white) played Kt—Kt5 and Reti resigned, for it 1 . . . QXKt, 3 R—Réch and 3 RtXKBPch wins, and if P—KB3 KtXKtP wins. FmH game of the match between F. B. Walker and J. W, Byler, White's twenty-ninth move cost him a plece, and his game was hopeless there- after. Opening—Petroft Defense. | &7 QAT LLTRT - OHe R 13 R—R& B cently made a tour of Iceland at the | Judge Ends End’s Too Speedy Play By the Associated Press. ICHITA, Kans., November 28.— One of Henry Cronkite's feet, which have woh him fame as . an end with the Kansas State foot ball team, bore down a little too hard on the gas to suit a traffic officer vesterday. S In court the grid star faced Judge Enos Hook, a University of Kansas graduate, on a charge of speeding. ““Your school beat mine this Fall,” "‘;egoj“"d'e saild. “Your fine will be The court, however, called back .the play and paroled Cronkite with a penalty of $1.90 in costs. WINS ARGENTINE TITLE La llncunl;n Beats Lincoln, 16-8, for Polo Championship. BUENOS AIRES, November 28 (&) — La Rinconada won the Argentine open polo championship, defeating Lincoln, 16 to 6. The Rinconada line-up included Mar- &x;: d‘-nd Jocse Reynal and Manuel An- ‘ada. ACE HUDKINS CONVICTED Guilty of Drunken Driving, Will Beek Probation. LOS ANGELES, November 28 (P).— Ace Hudkins, Nebraska middleweight boxer, was convicted of driinken dtiv- | |ing by Superior Judge C. S. Tappaan yesterday, but tkte court gave him per- | mission to file an application for pro- gltlon. which will be heard next Fri- ay. Hudkins was arrested last July 30 after his automobile had collided with one driven by the Rev. A. A. Hunter. ONE SET OF RUBBER CHAINS \/ \/ A V A \/ 7\ V A A V’Y A A \/ A X A BREEEEEE N R RN S en amawion: 1 LASTS ALL WINTER Three Grid Tilts To Be Broadcast IREE big foot ball games will be broadcast today. N. B. C. will broadcast the Army-Notre Dame game in New York and the Dartmouth:Stanford battie at Boston, while C. B. 8. will give the Army-Notre Dame game and the Yale-Princeton game. ‘WOR will also broadcast the Yale- Princeton e. All of the broadcasts will start at 1:15. [T SERES SPRIT ADVANGES FONSEC Lew Made White Sox Pilot After Proving Worth as Cubs Are Beaten. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. T was the keen spirit of Lew Fon- seca in the city series between the Chicago clubs that brought about his appointment as manager of tne White Sox for 1932, succeeding Donie Bush. J This disclosure has been made by a base ball man closely associated with the affajrs of the Chicago Ameri- can League Club. Scarcely no atfen- tion had been paid to Fonseca's man- agerial qualifications until the Chicago city series was played, this observer said. “I believc he had most to do in- dividually with putting the Aghting spirit and the pep in the Waile Sox that was responsible for their splendid vietory in the city series,” he declarcd. ‘The management of the club attaches importance to that victory, believing that it emphasiz>d the fact that the White Sox, as a team, were betler in material throughout the Summer than they proved to be in actual competition. ‘That the team did not makz a better record in the race is thought to be due to mnbmtfi&m get the best out of its players collectively. PING PONGMEN BUSY Second Round Bobin Tournament Is Slated Next Friday. A second round-robin ping pong con- test will be held at the Columbia Courts, 3330 Fourteenth street, starting next Pri- | The day. It will be a class B tourney, and no player representing any organized team will be eligible. The object will be to give the average player a chance in_baliinced competition. Each entry will play two matches a week until every one has met the other. ‘The entry list will be limited to 20 players. Entrizs will be accept>d by mail or phone at the Columbia Courts. ‘These players have won places on the Washinglon ping pong team: G. A. Brodie, T. McMahon, Clay Coss, Robert Lee, Edward Black, Chiarles Groff, Dan Hunter and Jack Lee. TAKSIL BASKETERS OUT Season Prospec¢ts Bright at School in Montgomery County. ‘With all last season’s regulars at hand along with reserves, Takoma-Silver Spring High School is looking to a bright basket ball season. The squad is now hard at work, under direction of Coach Bride. Five games will be played before the Christmas holidays. ‘oodward, Friends, Georgetown Charlotte Hall and the Alumni are among Takoma-Silver - Spring’s early opponents. BARRY TO FIGHT KNIGHT. Reds Barry, District heavyweight boxer, will meet Joe Knight, Southern light-heavy, December 3, at Miami, a., and ‘will leave for that city to- morrow, it has been anfounced. NORTHGRIFT WINS STAKE. MANCHESTER, England, November 28 (#).—Northgrift won the $10,000 Manchester handicap today. Signifier was second and Pard third. Forty-three horses ran. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., November 28—The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers were clear this morning. TIRE ASK FOR FILLI ALL MADE FOR CAR OWNERS WHO WANT THE WORLD'S BEST"| New and better prodwets— made by The McKay Com- pany, Pittsburgh, Pa. SEE YOUR DEALER Pot. 01 BAME IS BEST RUN *BY TWO OFFICALS |Majors Seen as Ready to Go Back to Old System in 1932 Season. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW 'YORK, November 28.— The major leagues will re- turn to the double-umpire | | 1N system in 1932, according | to reliable information obtained | by this correspondent. Last year | three umpires were appointed for |most games and sometimes four. | Many players and managers have |been opposed to the presence ol s0 many officials on the field. There has been an occasional sug- gestion om the part of fhe fans that the umpires got in the way of the players. | Close observation this Summer led to the opinion that the third umpire is unnecessary and the fourth just & spectator. Sometimes the third goes through a game without making a de- cision, merely standing near third base s one of those present. His best work has been in judging smashing ground hits that travel within inches of third base, requiring a base running deci- sion at third, and one on an occasionay foul into a stand. » In the world series four umpires are (used. . Bach of the bases is gusrded |and even then there is doubt on the | part of the fans in regard to some of he decisions. There was one at third base on the last world series that was questioned by everybody but the um- pire. “If an umpire stands over a play and then can't get it right, wrat's the use of cluitering up the field” said a | prominent base ball man after the game. There was objection to the double re system when it was first in- stalled. Old-time managers said it was bound to slow up the daring of the layers, because they would cease to ke bold chanees if they ran into an - e e double umpire ‘worked well. It gve the umpiré in cl an opportunity to devote his time solely to the judging of pitchinig, which had bécome more complicated with new methods employed by pitchers. ‘The addition of a third and fourth umpire ties runners to the bases, in the opinion of many base ball men. ey also believe that base running has been dis¢ouraged by the presence of so many officials on the fleld. They say that the art of running began to decrease with added umpires, as play- ers were overawed by some ial ady to run alongside whenever they attempted to do something brilliant. LABROT’S TRAINER AGAIN Irvine, Formerly With E. F. Whit- ney, Signs for Another Year. BALTIMORE, Md., November 28 (P) —william (Bill) Irvire, who trained horses for the late E. F. Whitney for 17 years, aiid who in more recent years develeped Sun Beau, has signed a con- tract to train the horses of Sylvester W. Labrot for next year. , is 41 and a native of Gelphia. took over the Lal crses last May 15 and is eredited by turf writers with making a most credi- table record. TO HOLD SPORT NIGHT. ing_exhibitions will ather and 's Club of St. tion Episcopai y SRR S -115-POUND CHALLENGE. _ Georgetown 115-pound foot ball team" is after games. Call Manager Kerins at West 2147, Nov. 16th to 30th Inc. BOWIE RACES First Race, 1:00 P.M. Special trains leave White House Sta- tion, W. B. & A, every 15 minutes after 11:15. 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