Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1931, Page 14

CAMPAIGH ONLINKS 15 THRILL-STUDDED Pmt, Drain, Bones, Armour and Howell Figure in Local { High Lights of Season. BY W. R. McCALLUM. LENTY of thrills marked the | tempestuous course of com- | | petitive golf throughout |hev year which is drawing to a tlose, as some 5,000,000 golfers of Bl degrees of skill knocked the Vanishing “balloon” ball toward faraway pins on hundreds of golf Pourses scattered throughout the ‘andA To a traveling golf reporter who fol- Yowed the major championship trail as 4t started back in July at Inverness and continued through the dog-fight at Boverly near Chicago, two high spots stand out o the season. These were the two len, made by George Sits r a lapse of 17 years lenty of thrills in al but local golf supplied its share, for the year started off right here n the neighborhood of the Capi- tal with one of the biggest thrills any Bolf gallery ever saw Young Jimmy Drain, in the opening gournament of the season, supplied it When he obtained three birdies in a “¥ow, starting at the fourteenth hole, to nal round of the Washington the | itry Club tourney, wind- startling exhibition with r his third birdie on this ing ® 20-foot putt up the sixteent In man was the finest n throughout the plenty of other golf-wise galleries tournament trail the season that Pitt Figures in Two. For example, who ever will forget the and of Harry G. Pitt against Wood. when the Manorite with 6 to play and won und match in the Colum- the second extra efn to win the match. | the following dav how Harry Pitt and Billy Howell battled 18 holes nal. with Pitt 1 up and his mi rea settled the » shot was one of de any conditior It vards and left Pitt 7 from the green. He to win the match by Tommy Bones the Columba southpaw always es 1o stick in a thrill or two cach Tommy's biggest this came ‘on the ninth hole at Manor, enth of a match in which he llor B. Stevinson were playing Pitt and Al Treder of Manor. Bones' sccond shot on this par 5 only tiree feet Zrom 1y holed for a deuce. . 1 up. ot 1 Capital open furnished ton. What great-r thrill imagined than that of Tommy aying the first nine iwice in 1o cquare second time the Middle Atlantic vear will ever forgat shot on the first hole d at Princess Anne? two-headed kid from Richmond iron within two feet of the er an eagle 3 against his rdie 4 as the opening championghip Billy Howell's of the The final rou nd people ba hteenth areen at I Tness saw the blond-thatched Von Elm stroke the at cave him a birdi~ Bu for the nha- m stazger off the green and lie down under pressure too | great for cven his iron nerves to stand And 3 as many saw him hole a ten-footer the next day to tie again Those were the greatest golf thrills of a r of them ot <0 many saw what I regard as the shot of the made by Billy on the thirty-fifth hole of his &emi-final match in the national ama- teur against Francis Ouimet. One down with two to go against Ouimet, the Richmend vouth pushed his tee zhot k his into a bunker, while Ouimet but ball on the green twenty feet from hole. Then Howell waded into tk bunker and plaved so magnificent a thot that it hit the back of the cup and very holed out “Did_vou try to hole that one?" asked Billy. ‘Yes.” he said. “for T kn Francis would hole putt if I didn't. And that is exactly what Prancis did. Funniest Spot of Year. ‘The funniest spot of the year came in this same amateur championship. | where little Paul Jackson of Kansas Citv won from big Fred Wright of Boston in a tropical downpour. where both took three shots to get the ball in the hole from a distance of 10 feet. | and Jackson finally won the par 5 hole and the match with a 7 against| Wright's 8. The green was covered | with a moving shect of water and a h putt was a real problem will those who saw Arthur C. es plav the cighteenth hole against Chirlie Seavor forget Yates' approach shot to the green, which won him the match. In the middle of the fairway. 180 vards from the green, and behind a big bunker. the gigantic Yates played a mashie niblick shot to within 8 feet of the hole. Yes, a mashie niblick, and it won the match the old vear about to pass into history provided thrills all along the bunkered pathway. But have you noticed that no course records have been broken around Washington this year with the big ball? UDOLPH T. HARRELL, the shep- herd of th> flock of Washington Golf and Country Club members who make an annual trip to Virginia Beach over the Washington's birthday holiday, has started his campaigning early this Winter. Harrell has posted on the club bulletin rd a schedule for the proposed trip in February, 1932, and is soliciting candidates. Last year some 25 Washington members made the trip and enjoyed themselves hugely 'This year as large a party is hoped fo SEEKS AUTO SPEED MARK | T | Mustralian's Car Reported Secretly‘ Built by Government. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, December 25 (#) —Norman “Wizard” Smith, an Australian racing driver, will attempt to set a new automobile speed record on Ninety-Mile Beach tomorrow if con- ditions are favorable He will drive a machine designed and built by Don Harkness, a Sydney garage owner, with the engine a super- Marine Napier, which was built for the | Schneider Cup races. The engine was | eported loaned by the British govern- | Lmnt. with the designers and workers ‘sworn to secrecy. Ninety-Mile Beach is on the west leoast of New Zealand, about 100 miles porthwest of here, EAST-WEST GRIDMEN ‘ GET TURKEY AND TOIL Spend Christmas at Frisco Prac- ticing—Morton, Toscani Rated Rival Stars. By the Assoc SAN FRANCISCO, December 25 Christmas was just another day of prac- tice for foot ball players in training here for the annual East-West charity game New Year day. Both squads dis- approved of & prolonged rain. Although their dinner plates contained turkey and the trimmings there was no revelry in sight Thus far coaches have made little headway in the actual execution of their plays because of wet fields, but the minute the skies brighten up hours of hard drill will be in order Coaches have gained a fairly good idea of what combinations they will use, and tentative line-ups have been prog- nosticated by sport followers. The East's big gun. dope from the secret practices indicates, will be Bill Morton of Dart- mouth, while the West is ba heavily on Bud Toscani, St. Mary's Col- lege backfield ace. The West squad, boasting only a few backfield men of outstanding reputa- tion, apparently has decided to split its talent. Squad groupings yesterday had Toscani on one team, and Mason Southern Methodist University flash, on the other. Both men, incidentally, are adept at snagging passes. as demon- strated in the St. Mary's-S. M. U. game here early this month This move led followers to predict the West, outweighed on the line by many pounds, will not attempt to gain through the huge Eastern forwards, but will seek victory through an overhead game and around the ends Prospects for intricate plays were dull, coaches agreed, as the condition of the | fields make their development almost impossible. Pointers on Golf BY Some golfers have a bad fault in gripping. They get the right hand too much over the shaft and in con- sequence they are unable to control the position of the clubhead when SOL METZGER. swinging through. The right gains control and either tilts the club- head over or turns its toe in. with the result that the ball is smothered Too much attention cannot be paid to working with your grip dur- ing the long Winter months ahead Take the ideas outlined this week as a basis for your practice and test O HIT THROUGH HAVE MIDOLE OF RIGHT HAND BEHIND SHAFT AT CONTACT St sty 12-7-2 them out in the cellar or the ga- rage, or, on more pleasant days, out- doors. There is plenty of needed ex- ercise to be had in swinging a golf club for a half hour. And if you concentrate on your problem it will improve your game tremendously by next Summer. Next—Another Point About Grip- ping. Have you used up two or three strokes getting out of a sand trap? Sol Metzger's leaflet, “The Explosion Shot,” will aid you in cutting down your score. Write for it, in care of this paper, and inclose a stamped, addressed envelope. (Copyright, 1931.) THE EVENING THE CHAMPION’S ROUND. TAR, WA P = TEaH WHATS ThHE MATTER, CANT YoU TAKE ¢ 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. | CL:\RK GRIFFITH. manager o the Washington base bal J denies the report trade Catcher Eddie says that if there of the club with whic fied it is the c ing M Street High basketers defes Commercial High t Miller of the winners Other M et players were Holland, Greene, Rector and Hughes. Com- mercial tessers were Walker, Wal- lace, Stev Tatem, B and Dandridge Jack Johnson. world champion and Joe Jeanette are Yikely to be matched in the boxing r Mike Donlin will rem Boston Nationals and w be seen in a Giants' uniform, it has been announced CENTRAL BASKETERS WILL BATTLE ALUMNI Basket Ball to Reunion New Year Day. Other Contests Listed. Game Feature Featuring the annual Central High School Alumni Association reunion New Year will be the basket ball game between the school team and a combi- nation of grads led by Otts Dezendorf. The geme will be played on the court in the girls' gyvm to accommodate the crowd. Play will start at 2 o'clock Several other contests between under- graduate and graduate sports teams are listed, including bovs' and girls' rifle matches and a_swimming meet | Dr. Harvey Smith. Central principal, | will address the Alumni Association | late in the afternoon. The concluding | feature of the day will be presentation of “Happy Landings” by the George | Washington University Troubadours. ' RUBIN HEADS INVADERS ‘Kingpin of Philly Pros, Who Play at Silver Spring Sunday. { Outstanding on the Philly Pros basket ball team that is to appear in the Sil- ver Spring National Guard Armory Sun- day afternoon against the Vie Sport Shop quint is Mush Rubin, former Tren- |ton City League luminary, who plays |at forward and directs team play | Speedy Grinroad will start at the other | | forward, with Ted Whittle at center and | | Joe Armstrong and John Collins at the guards. It will be the Vics' opening | game. | A strong scoring punch has been shown by the Pros with Rubin, who is described as both hard-working and | spectacular. as its kingpin. | The game is scheduled for 3 o'clock |and will be preceded by an encounter between Census Bureau and Bureau of | Investigation quints that will open Government, League play, starting at 2 | o'clock | Vic Gauzza, who has gathered the Sport Shop team, has not decided upen the line-up that’ will take the floor at the beginning. but on the roster are Les McMenamin, Joe Sweeney, Dick Streeks, Jakie Goldblatt. Tubba Farrell, Bill | Banta. Walter Morris, Doc Hessler and | Shorty Harri DECEMBER 25 TO THEM Maryland Basketers Drill Today, Looking to Opening Game. University of Maryland's basketers | are not taking time out even lori Christmas. The Old Liners, who are preparing for their opening game Wed- | nesdav against Wisconsin at Madison, | re hustled through a drill this morn- ing by Coach Burton Shivley. Th will pra-tice again tomorrow and Mon- day ond leave for Madison Tuesday | morning. | Nine players will make the trip, but | just who they will be has not been | announced. Charlie May. regular guard on the Southern Conference team a campaign ago, however. will not be in the party. He is working as | a mailman during the holidays and has not practiced for more than a week. 1 Coach Ingram Worried by Prospect of Rain for Georgia Tech Clash at Atlanta. RAHAM, ports Writer BY ATLANTA. Ga.. December Ccali- a and Georgia Tech, riva to- il onal charity foot ball anged Christmas greet- the breakfast re starting a fall day of Double practices were in order both teams, but e 80-0dd pl breakfasted togeth, the Subur Hotel. where C; 12 is stopping Coaches “Navy Bill" Ingram of Cali- fornia and Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech, shared toastmaster’s duties It was g when the California special, with its 36 players. arrived yes- t and Coach Ingram called off morning practice. but ordered an after- noon signal drill in the rain. He was wa the prospe n Saturday My players 1idd he said haven't y Tain or on a v wet field I don't know what they’ll do if this kind of weather faces us Saturday California’s probable starting line-up, which will outweigh Tech by 15 pounds per man, shows Stone and Di Pesta at ends, Mallory and Tozer at tackles, Carlson and Sam Gill at guard: Medanich at center, Smith, quarterback. Rusty Gill and Schaldach at halves and | Health Castro at_fullbz Coach Bill Alexander sent his Yellow ckets through a long workout yester- day afternoon, despite the heavy rain Last night the Californians, some 3.000 miles from home, were entertained at a surprise Christmas party, when Ingram passed out the presents which had been sent by parents, friends and sweethearts. PAY CUT NO HARDSHIP Canadian Hockey Playebs Benefit method.) by Banking Exchange. MONTREAL. December 25 (#).—The 0 per cent cut in salaries forced on many players in the National Hockey League this season has worked no hard- ship on Canadfans playing on American teams. Most of the players do their banking in Canada. When they receive an Am- erican dollar they deposit it in a Cana- dian bank and it straightway grows to approximately $1.18. The prevailing rate of exchange today Thus instead of a 10 per cent cut in salaries, the vagaries of international finance have given the Canadian play- ers an 8 per cent hike. COX DRAWS HAGEN BACK Ex-Marine Wrestles Here Monday for First Time in Months. _George Hagan, former Marine, will be making his first appearance on the mat here since early Summer, when he fell before Jim Londos. in engaging Joe Cox in one of the feature matches on the wrestling card Monday night at the Washington Auditorium. In the other big scrap of the evening Sandor Szabo and Paul Jones will grapple. Four other bouts are being arranged. Women with escorts will be admitted without charge. GRID BATTLE ON TODAY. Pleasant Plains All-Stars, who boast the District colored foot ball title; will face Mohawks of Alexandria this after- noon, at 1 o'clock, in Griffith Stadium. Proceeds of the game will go to the Bannecker Boys’ Club of this city. The club has the support of many promi- nent citizens of the city. PAYING MOUNT RAINIER. Manager Andrusia of Dixiana Bar- becue basket ball team wants the man- ager of the Mount Rainier unlimited class quint to call him at Adams 8781. A. Z. 0. BASKETBRS BOOKED. A. Z. O. Fraternity basket ball team of this city will engage the A. Z. O. quint of Trenton, N. J., Sunday night at the Jewish Community Center. Proceeds will go to charity, table this g veland Scout, Former National, Victim of Stomach Ailment. nd Indiar 4805 Fort of stomach _ailmc time had lived he > childhood Rapp wa with digging up Wesley Fu veland pitcher In ve- d ¢ carer Asso- ion clubs a 15 of the Southern Associat third baseman and outfi the last two season: CHARGES GRID HURTS TO “DIRTY” FOOT BALL in the wet field Storey, Health Board President, Stresses Five Major Causes for Fatal Injuries. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 25.—C: for changes in the rules to make the game less dangerous. Edward J. Storey, president of the New York and Physical Egucation As- sociation, places the blame for most foot- ball injuries on “dirty play In a letter to E. K. Hall. ctairman of the Foot Ball Rules Committee. Storey said there were five major causes of deaths from foot ball this past season Piling on after the man is downed |and its cause. crawling | ; Illegal use of the hands on head and ace. “Getting” the star player. Kick-off as now used (the wedge Poor condition of players from coach- | ing and training | rules,” “Piling on. illegal use of hands, getting the star, are all covered in the Storey wrote, “but the offenses must be penalized to a greater degree It must be made unprofitable to play dirty foot ball. Most injuries are the direct result of ‘dirty’ playing in some form. “I would suggest that the infringe- ments be penalized 25 yards. I would further suggest that the use of hands by the defense above the shoulders be discontinued. This in itself will prob- ably reduce injuries 40 to 50 per cent On kick-offs, Storey would have the ball put in play either by punt, place kick or drop kick, but would establish a restraining line for interference for the receiving side 20 vards from the ball. A ball kicked out of bounds on the kick-off Wnsd be given the receiv- ing side at the point where it crossed the sidelines, just as an out-of-bound punt is treated during the game. CLARK OUTPOINTS RUTH Decision in Ten-Rounder Is Close. Gordon Stops Jones. VINCENNES, Ind.. December 25 (#). Bert Clark, Vincennes featherweight, won a close decision over Babe Ruth, Louisville, in a 10-round bout here last night. ; In the semi-windup Ginger Gordon, Vincennes, scored a technical knockout in the fifth round of his fight with Howard Jones of Louisvill TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F S S s S SO S SOSXN R KRR v HEADQUARTERS FOR A ¢ 4 ¢ AUTO HEATERS L.S. JULLEEN,Inc. 1443 P St. NW. North 8076 5 7 3 ? 4 State | olf Year Provides Sensations Aplenty: Bess Ackmanin Tough -By TOM DERlil Spotas Pin Champ SHOOTS TOMORROMW IN STAR'S TOURNEY {Line-Up Tomorrow TULANE GRIDDERS ™3 <k oot INXMAS WORKOUT .., o == WOMEN-—-2:30 P.M Alley Alley 29 Georgia Hayes | F S MEN 2 30 PM A A o = Visit to Snowy Mountain to s prgaorion. s 5'"sien Only Winner to Repeat Has 32 B De Kowski. 37 J P Hill Reward Squad—Trojans |s §incienes a0 8 & S Record Score to Beat. g 3 § Borimic B Venesky, Disband for Day. R ! Other Stars Listed. - 29 H. B. Lovett. 33 L D Krakow | — — H. M. Long. A Pernin. BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, 5 4 B pulivan. 1 BY FRANCIS E. STAN. Associated Pr A Y iendley. o £ 5 B heil . v ESS ACKMAN, women's A§:D§:;\A. (i'.whr... December 3: L E’;::gm o champion for the last two Lr'Tk 'l“"z“”“ turn the .« % : T, years and the only Evening i 1oL Iw"’ ld'mf“"s of Tu-\ = K Wole, . 3 F Menush. |* Star title winrer to repeat, it an;?ss O;] EI\CEIUW Uni- WOMEN—17 30 P.M will be the center of attention to- versity of Southern Cal nfor‘ma a morrow night when The Star’s big full afternoon on the gridiron | % h S o 28 Yuletide bowling tourney is re- ere one el ence in tl e an- |sumed at the Lucky Strike nual Rose Tournament classic. 39 | | Mrs. Ackman, one of the great- |est girl “money bowlers” of all time, is in a tough spot if she Coach Bernie Bierman elected to put the Green Wave through a good work- 40 out this morning, but was to reward | the players in the afternoon by taking | HEmeTwOmE O them to Mount Lowe MEN—T:30 P.M |means to repeat her triumpns of With snow in the Sierra Madre range, | 47 § % Thomas. 83 11929 and 1930. the excursion up the steep mountain- H. A McElroy | e ittl ¢ ¢ side on cable car prol will give 48 L' M. Dupris 8 Conceded little chance at 4 some of the Souiher cmen their &0 ning of the tourney. witn 40 & 3 Kramer 55 feld of fem 50 A 55 laden w 51 W. G Ellwanger 57 Despite the weight advantage the ° G & Trojans will have on New Year day, it seems apparent that Coach Bierman ‘Zf\" - | will start his regular first team. with| C. W. Hughes $ 1 | the possible exception of Prancis Payne G | higher than any other registered at right half instead of Wop Warner. | b lh‘ a girl in any previou Star tourna- at right half instead of Wop Glover, He | : ment. is not regarded as big enough to i T e o e e b [leading Rollers | 2hti, ik, mmidd o8 big enough to with the exception of John Read, sub l g T \“;!h lM-'S As'kman;\ season record at center. py | the Lucky Strike, has led many pin & A n tar ourn() | experts to believe that the defend: HE Green Wave roll into the | T | champion has as good a ch: as last week of preparation tomorrow | anyone else to repeat providing she with another hard workout, to be Men, gets the breaks a secret affair Paul Harrison. 646 Mrs. Ackm as been the At Los Angeles versity of | Al Gleason. 639 champion, man Southern Califc team dis- | Clarence Kibby, 637 banded to celebrate Christmas. Most| George Stevens. 629 of the Trojans ned to be at home Alwin Woods, 621 with their kinf, ater share Arthur Doying. 615 of the squad hails fr by towns Mac Jones and Joe Callan, 608. Coach Howard Jones bel.r he rest Harry Leslie, 607 would be good for the a num- Chick Heltman. 604 ber of whom have bee g from R. Rhodes and C. F. O'Connell. 599 colds. He is worried possi- P. Jarman and S. O'Donnell. 598 bility of the men goi o after the W. Miltner and W. Roval hard schedule of 10 ga d4months I Billheimer and E. Baxter, 596 of work. An int e week of preparation awaits the team on retur rTOW Elaine Palmer and E 316 standouts : BE-ARS FEAR MUDD% g ElLLY R-APP DEAD A{ 50 Roanoke and Richmond Sending GRIDIRON TOMORROW c | FOR 200 PIN ENTRIES beck nie ces Gladys Malcolm, Walker v. 314 tthews, 310. 309 Arnctte Ma Anna Eaton L. R. Stampaugh and M Esten, 308 BOWL AT HYATTSVILLE Book of Washington Team to Face Delegations for Tourney Opening Saturday. de Eddie Tomorrow her, Dey HYATTSVILLE. Md.. December 25 — Suburban Juniors Eoston and L. Book of Washington bowlers w **(C/OAT" LOVETT. r both man and wom- the Arcade bowling allevs here tomor- LA LG row night to open a 10-game home-and- e and Richmond. hotbeds of home series with Hvattsville Juniors S i starting at 7:30 o'clocl i up the Boo be Eddie Kel of Washingtor Fats Morrison 4 hich e Harrison. Harry High and Ed Espey. i s s R iv have en- ' Hvattsville will have at Roanoke. Miss Pollv Dozier of Roanoke, Bob Temple, Pat Holst and Harwood n all women's events last Navlor. about it until yesterday y Lawson of - . = And that's why e's name 1t woman TQ SEEK BOUTS IN SOUTH. not on the schedul he'll roll wler in the United Sta get George into the tour James weight Harrison Smallwood, heavy- bexer of this city. soon will the Soth, where he plans to The tournament will be staged unde the auspices of the Alex Association and t et Bowling Congress. with n a series of fights. He is a xes of candy and mann. secretary of the latter organiza- of Joe Smallwood. well known awarded n. supervising the play ing circles hereabout. for the h ¥y fees have been set at $10 for . Arcadia five-man teams, $4 for doubles and for singles. and all entries should NAVAL RESERVES CASTING Strike be forwarded to the State Tournament Committec at the Health Center Bowl- ing Alleys. in this city. “at Ren- Temple, Naval Reserves are after basket ball games with limited division teams Call Lincoln 9129-W. wi dezvc also Tomorrow, a week or two earlier than ever before, we start our “Florsheim’’ Sale! It won’t last long, but now you can save and save safely. No greater- per-dollar value anywhere. Our complete assortment of top- notch Florsheims — most of which haven’t been here over 30 days—included in this semi-annual sale. 85 A Few $8.85 yles Men’s Shops 14th at G AKE advantage of tomorrow’s - 7th & K holiday to get in . 3212 14th ahead of the other *Open Nights men!