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SPORTS G STAR, WASH D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 1 SPORTS. Fastman Is Facing Struggle to Qualify : Present Golf Ball Appears Best Ever COAST TRACK STAR PALED IN PRELIMS Theee Places Added in Each Ficld Event Because of Stiff Competition. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. ALO ALTO, Calif., July 16.— The American Olympic track and field tryouts to- day reached their final stage with another irtersectional controversy gathering headway and the defeat if not the actual elimination of Big Ben Eastman in prospect. Other California favorites were on the borderline. After a record-breaking day in which virtually all of the head- line performances were turned in by stars of the East and Middle West, the Olympic Track and Field Committee, under pressure, broke recedent by deciding to extend he qualifying limit in all field events from five to eight. The decision was made public as unanimous, but it was preceded by a n last night and immedi- ately stirred up an East-West contro- n the official family that dwarfed the recent debate cver the timing of Easterners at the intercollegiate A. A. A. A. championships. Josepn T. England of Baltimore, chairman of the committee, made this explanation “It was the general feeling, on the basis of the closeness of the perform- ances in nearly all of the fleld events, that we were justified in extending the qualifying limit in the interest not of any special secticn, but of the American Olympic team, which we want to make the strongest possible.” HE effect of the ruling was to put a total of 18 men back into the final competition today after they had apparently been eliminated. Of these, nine were Far Western athletes and in- cluded such conspicuous performers as Dick Barber of Southern California, in- tercollegiate bread jump champion; Ken Churchill and James De Mers, record holders in the javelin, and Bob Jones of Stanford. intercollegiate discus cham- pion. Only a matter of inches separated some of these stars from getting within the first five. Even with another chance. however, all of them faced the necessity cf mak- ing big_comebacks to gain one of the three places allotted to each event for the Olympic team. Meanwhile the East figured to con- solidate its advances, paced by the world record feats of John Anderson in throwing the discus 165.5¢ feet and Leo Sexton in hurling the 16-pound shot 52 feet 8 inches. These two stal- warts were among the main reasons 1 pecting the New York Athletic Club to capture easily the National A A U team championship, held in conjunction with the trials HE Middle West, coming through ly in_the track events. looked Eddie Tolan. dusky flyer from igan, as the best bet to sweep the t finals. The South, too, showed v, with Emmett Toppino of New s 'in the 100: Johnny Morriss. an tent school principal from Abbey- La.. the high hurdle sensation. and a chance to sweep all three places in the hop. step and jump. On one of its most famous battle- grounds. the Far Western brigade, by contrast, faced a_terrific battle to come back after the shocks to its track and field prestige. Outstanding were the prospects that speedsters such as East- man and Frank Wykoff. the Southern California sprint ace. would be hard- pressed even to make the team. let alone win their favorite events this afternoon, Eastman looked away off form in his 400-meter trial by comparison with the dazzling performance of his intercol- Jegiate conqueror. Bill Carr of Penn- sylvania. The blond Stanford star won his heat, beating James Gordon of Los Angeles, among others, in 48.8 seconds. but this was more than a second slower than Carr's time for the other heat, and Big Ben actually had to fight every step of the last 200 meters to do even that well. Lo E wasn't the runner we know,” said his coach, Dink Temple- ton. who witnessed the trials from a wheelchair on the sidelines. “I'm keenly disappointed, but I still think Ben will come through.” ‘To others it appeared Eastman’s ob- vious letdown was the natural result of “putting him on the spot” in an extraordinary athletic feud ‘The chance today appeared extremely remote that Eastman would get the “revenge” his admirers expected for his beating in the 440 at Berkeley. Carr stepped off his 400, “breezing” in 476 seconds, equaling the Olympic record as he took the measure of Karl ‘Warner of Yale by about 4 yards. This Eastern pair was favored to finish 1-2 this afternoon. with Eastman in the free-for-all struggle for third place. Wykoff bowed only to the best sprint- ing performance of the trials when he ran second in the 100 to Tolan, who raced against a brisk head wind in 10.4 seconds, equaling the world record he shares with Charley Paddock. Never- theless the Trojan flyer obviously was having trouble at the finish. He with- drew from the 200 meters, complained of a recurrence of trouble with his back muscles and subjected himself last night to a “baking out” under lamps. 'OLAN afterward ran a close second to Hec Dyer of Los Angeles in the fastest 200-meter trial. Dver was timed at 21.6 seconds. equaling the Olympic record. The Michigan sprinter gave the impression, however, of having plenty in reserve, and convjnced coaches he was the best all-arounfl sprinter on the track Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette Negro sensation of the Midwestern tryouts, was slow in getting under way in. the 100 meters. qualifying third in the heat in which Emmett Toppino of New Or- leans beat George Simpson in only 10.9 seconds.” Metcalfe came back in the 200, however, to beat Simpson in 21.7. The third trial in the 200 went to Bob Kiesel, University of California “bullet,” in 21.8, with another Midwest Negro flyer, James Johnson. Tllinois State Normal, qualifying handily for the second time. With eight aualifiers in each race, minus upsets. the 800 and 1.500 meter runs offered little chance to gauge form. Fddie Genung. the national half-mile champion. impressed critics in the 800 with his finishing “kick.” while in the 1,500 Henry Brocksmith, “Pen" Hallowell and Glenn Cunningham, a trio of collegians, showed to better advantage than the two New York A. C. favorites, Gene Venzke and Leo Lermond. HE surprise entry in the hurdles proved to b2 Morriss. the South- erner, who whipped Percy Beard, national champion, in his first trial and then outraced George Saling of Iowa in the semi-finals of the 110-meter gallop over the high sticks. Saling, in an earlier test, equaled the Olympic record of 14.6 seconds, and Jack Keller of Ohio State duplicated the feat in the semi-finals. A The field events featured the biggest upsets as well as the most startling per- formances. Sexton in the shotput and ‘Anderson in the discus, on the basis of their record form, outclassed all rivals. Herman Brix of Los Angeles, who has This is the eleventh of a series of l articles by Paavo Nurmi in which | the great Finnish rinner in his own | | way tells the story of his life. i - { BY PAAVO NURMI. Written for the Associated Press. | E Olympic games at Los Angeles | will for Europeans be something they have never experienced be- fore. Up to now we have been able to get into perfect form at home; now | this will have to be done at the end of a long and tiring journey. The Ameri- | cans have had exactly the same experi- ence in all these matches hitherto—and that is the explanation why the States | have not been stronger up to now. I agree with Mr. Ferris that America will now pay back all her debts at once. In the same way as in the skating events at Lake Plaid. But all the medals will not remain on the other side of the Atlantic, just as they did not at Lake Placid. where the Euro- | peans won the skiing. | U. S. Will Win 400 Meters. | Others may express their opinions on | the chances for the short sprints; I| start with the 400 meters. | After the defeat in Paris, the States— almost by luck—won the gold medal for | the 400-meter event in Amsterdam. The Canadian, Ball. however, almost | managed to reach the ribbon before Barbuti. The former was too inexperi- enced, however, and he started his last spurt too late. | Now the Americans obviously are the stars, if we look at the results of last year. Eastman and Williams will cer- tainly run in 48.0 easily. ‘They will also be supported by the new arrival, Carr. It appears to me almost impossible that the Englishman, Rampling, can have any chance of breaking that front. Rampling is the only one who can threaten the Americans. Nor do I be- !lieve that the German, Meztner, the Hungarian, Barsi, or the Austrian, | Rinner, will manage better | 1t is difficult to prophesy so long be- | fore anything about the winner of the | 800 meters. Up to now England has al- | ways had at least one sure man, but there is no one at present, although Hampson is very good. Last time Lowe won the gold medal by his tactics being the best. The best runner at the time was Hahn. He made the unpardonable blunder, however, of running the initial and the between stages too fast. In the last running he had no will or sap left in him. I knew, when I wished him luck before he started, that he would break down, and that happened also. It is impossible to run with top results 800 meters for three consecutive days. | 1 cannot say who will win the 800 meters at Los Angeles. The names Ge- nung. Cobb, Eastman, the Englishman Hampson and the Italian Tavernari are JONES AND TIDBALL IN LONGWOOD FINAL Marjorie Sachs and Mrs. Van Ryn Go to Title Stage in Play ‘ in Historic Tourney. By the Associated Pres ROOKLINE. Mass., July 16.—Smoth- | ering his higher-ranking opposition | with terrific service and accuracy, Dave Jones of New York qualified for the final in the fortieth renewal of the historic Longwood Bowl championship Jones swept through the first eight games against W. F. Coen,@r., and put that young but experienced Kansas City player out of the tourney in straight sets. 6—0. 6—4, 6—2. Jack Tidball of L°s Angeles gained the other place in the final by sub- duing* Berke'ey Bell, the New York Texan, for a 7—5, 6—3, 6—3 victory. The defeated semi-finalists teamed and gained the title round in the dou- bles from Eugene McCauliff of New York and Jake Hess of Fort Worth, Texas, 6—1, 75, 2—6, 5—1, 6—2. In the other semi-final Tidball and Elbert Lewis defeated Keith Gledhill gnd Joe Coughlin, the tcp-seeded team from Los Angeles, 6—1, 4—6, 6—4, 8—10, 6—4. Marjorie Sachs. unseeded Cambridge | southpaw, qualified for the final in the | women's event at the expense of the | top-ranked player, Mary Greef of Kan- sas City, 5—7, 6—4. 11-9. Mrs. John | van Ryn of Philadelphia became the other finalist by outbattling Mrs. Caro- | 1yn Hirsch of New Ycrk, 6—1, 4—6, 6—3. 'DIDRIKSON CYNOSURE "IN WOMEN'S TRIALS ‘200 Seek 18 Places on U. S. Olym- l pic Team at Chicago Today. | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 16.—America’s femi- nine track and field talent set out to- day to battle for 18 places on the 1932 | | Olvmpic team, and more than 200 | young ladies thought they had a chance of winning the coveted honor. Ten_events were on_the program of | the affair at Dyche Stadium, North- | western University, but only five of | them mattered much to the contestants, | The five were Olympic events—the 100- | meter dash, 80-meter hurdles. high jump, discus throw and javelin throw— | while the other five were for A. A. U. | championships only. |~ Twelve members of the 1928 Olympic | squad were entered, and another, Betty | Robinson o Chicago, winner of the | 100-meter title, was present as an offi- | | cial. but the big attraction was Mildre | (Babe) Didrikson of Dallas, Tex., who | expected to grab off three of the quali- | fying places for herself. DUCK HUNTING BANNED. | A bill prohibiting hunting of ducks | and other wild birds on the Potomac | or its tributaries within the District was signed yesterday by President | Hoover. surpassed world records with the shot, | struggled to finish fifth with a toss of | only 49 feet 2 inches. | Y)AUL JESSUP, who has filed a worls | record claim in the discus with his American mark of 169 feet 875 inches, qualified second to Anderson with only 156.37 feet. Bob Jones, an- other Coast favorite in the discus, was sixth with 150.53, more than 10 feet| short of his best mark. | Clam Friedman of the Olympic Club of San Francisco, upset the javelin| | dope by getting off the best throw of 1212.05 feet. Well back were such fa- | vorites as ‘Ken Churchill, sixth, with | barely 201 feet, and James De Mers, | eighth, with only 197 feet, as compared | with his American record of more than 222 feet In the broad jump, paced by Lam- bert Redd of Bradley Tech. Illinois, with the mark of 25 feet 215 inches: Dick Barber finished seventh with only | 24 feet 5'» inches. Barber fouled on his best leap, in which he cleared over 25 feet. | Eighteen finals were on tcdey's pro- gram. The fleld events started with | the hammer throw, at 10:30 am. (Pa- cific standard time), and the track Ievenu at 2 pm. with the 100-meter final. Nurmi Picks Thomas of Great Britain to Annex 1,500-Meter Race, Feeling Venzke Will Be Stale R. H. Thomas of England (top) is Paavo Nurmi's choice to capture the Olympic 1,500 meters. Ben Eastman (below) is leader cf American 400-meter contenders. one of which the Finn picks to romp off with the gold medal. the best, and one of them will break the ribbon. Thomas Faverite. sir has been qualified, it 1 ilt to say anything about the prospective winner of the KOZAK AND GOLDE TIF FOR GOLF LEAD Ghezzi Third as 53 Start Final Two Rounds in Metropolitan Open. By the Associated Press. ONG BEACH. N. Y. July 16— Walter Kozak of the Engineer's Club and Johnny Golden of Weeburn were tied for the lead in the metropolitan open golf cham- pionship as the field of 53 survivors prepared to play the last two rounds of the 72-hole medal play competition today. Kozak, whose first-round 70 gained him a tie for the lead at that point added a 71 yesterday to deadlock Golden for the pace-setting position again at 141, Golden clipped four strokes off par with a brilliant 69 yesterday. Victor Ghezzi landed in third place with 143, while Wiffy Cox, Dick Metz and Joe Turnesa were a stroke bepnd Bobby Cruickshank, who also carded a 69 on his second round, started the last two rounds with 145. along with Willie MacFarlane and Willie Klein. Leo Diegel had 146, MacDonald Smith, defending champion. 148, and George Voigt, Phil Perkins, Olin Dutra and Johnny Farrell, 149. THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME.—By WEBSTER Y Ay R “®§N\3\ W AN S\ THE BOY WHO HAS JUST BEEN TURNED DOWN BY THE ONE AND DOES A LITTLE D 1500 meters. I consider the Prench- man as my favorite, although there are others in Finland of another opin- | ion. Here one does not believe in his| nerves. There is reason of course for | such doubts. In Amsterdam he ought to have won, out his fussiness tfi" everything. He made the mistake of competing with Purje for the gold dal. and the result was the usual | one deal between two means a box {on the ear for the third.” Well, Jules | is out of it. Other Good Milers. Europe has other good milers to put | |up against the Americans. The best| of them I consider the Englishman | | Thomas to be. Purje has certainly | run with better results last Summer, it is true, but he has not the qualifi- | cations by which big matches are won. He wins already on the track, not in the last straight. omas, on the o!her; | hand, always keeps cool and calculating, as Englishmen always do. He can accommodate himself to the most vio- lent speed, he can also lead—but he contents himself with remaining behind | and only puts his enormous power on | the table at the beginning of the last | | straight stretch. I consider it probable | that Thomas will win. The Finn Larva has the same quali- | | ties as Thomas. The gifference is, how- ever, that Larva’'s tension is not so | | sharp as the other man's. At the pres- | |ent moment the Amsterdam victor is |an enigma. If he manages to get into |form he will not come back from | America without a prize. With his long stride it will be easy for him to follow others. On the last rcund he hurries up, apparently without any exertion, to the leaders. His speed is not great. but the going is so easy and without | difficulty that his competitors lose their | faith. Quite a number of runners have | simply given him the victory. But the | fierce Lermond would not be diddled at | Stockholm a few years ago, and he won. Venzke May Be Stale. ‘ The newspapers here state that | Venzke and several others have run with tremendous results over there in| the Winter. I take it that the States | are placing their greatest faith in | Venzke. I have seen his photograph To judge by it, that man has all the bodily qualifications. I am afraid, however, that Venzke has made a very bad mistake in his reckon- ing by running now, just before the Olympic games, indoors. A runner must be tremendously energetic if he in eight months is twice to reach top form. I know that from my own experience and | therefore I fear on Venzke's behalf (Copyrioht. 1932. by the Associated Press Al rights reserved in all countries, includ- o Finland, Norway and Sweden. Repro- duction tn whole or part forbidden.) CANAT)IAN MERCURIES RAISE OLYMPIC HOPE Pearson and Wilson Heat Cinders | in Trials—World Record ‘ for Century Tied. | | | | By the Associated Press | AMILTON, Ontario, July 16.—A ‘ couple of tow-heads with flying i feet boosted Canada's Olympic stock as they outclassed brilliant fields at the Canadian Olympic track and field trials yesterday. Between them, Bert Pearson, 18-year- old schoolboy from Hamilton, and Alex Wilson, Montreal quarter-miler, took almost all the glory of the first day's trials. Pearson outclassed every sprinter he faced in two heats and the final of the 100 meters and tied the world record of 104 seconds. Buster Brown and Harold Wright finished second and third, respectively. in the final Wilson, former Notre Dame star. who is a threat to the world's best at 400 as well as 800 meters, won the final of the shorter distance, soundly trouncing Jimmy Ball of Winnipeg, breaking Ball's recognized Canadian record of 48 3-5 seconds and finishing in a trot. Wilson was clocked in 48 1-5 seconds. The only other trackman who made the comparatively small crowd of 6,000 think in terms of Olympic titles was CIiff Bricker of Galt. Alberta, who won the 10,000 meters in 31 minutes 42 seconds, & new Canadian record. C SIX PLAGES REMAIN ON . 5. TANK TEAM 400-Meter Freestyle and 100 Backstroke Trios to Fill Squad of 21. By the Associated Press. INCINNATI, Ohio, July 16— Only six men remained to be chosen in trials at Coney Island | pool today to round out the | United States Olympic team of 21. Of those already in, six qu the 200-meter free-st: b3 the relay team will be sel three each in the 100 and 1,500 meter free-style and 200-meter breast-stroke. Today timers and judges took their places to catch winners of the 400- meter free-style and the 100-meter | back-stroke. With the team trials completed by tonight, it will remain only for the American Olympic Committee to put & formal stamp of approval upon the con- testants before they shove off for Los Angeles and the Olympic games. ANY of the stars already in the lists by virtue of previous tri- umphs in other events were en- tered in the 400-meter, but there was doubt all would compete. Instead they were expected to fol- low the example of Clarence “Buster” Crabbe of Los Angeles, who, having qualified in the 1,500-meter, rested in- stead of following up his entry in the 200-meter, thus giving others a better opportunity to show. | George Kojac of the New York Athletic Club, considered an outstanding Olympic team prospect in the back | stroke, did not appear for the earlier | trials in which he was entered, but | officials expected him in time for his favorite race today. UALIFIERS for the team up to today follow: 100-meter free style—Al Schwartz. Illinois A. C.; Ray Thompson. Naval Academy, and Manuella Kalili, Los Angeles A. C. 1500-meter free style — Clarence Crabbe, Los Angeles, A. C.. Ralph Flanagan, Miami Beach, Fla., and James Cristy, University of Michigan. | 200-meter breast stroke—Ted Moles, New York A. C.; Thomas Blankenburg, Los Angeles A. C., and Basil H. Francis, Boston. 200-meter free style—George Fissler, | New York A. C.; Maiola Kalili Los Angeles A. C.; Ted Wiget, Athens, Calif.; Prank Booth, Los Angeles A.C.: James R. Gilhula, Detroit, and Jack Medica, Seattle, Wash. | GERMANS NEAR NET WIN Take First Two Davis Cup Tilts With Italian Racketers. ROME. Italy, July 16 (). —Germany | all but clinched the right yesterday to face the United States team in the challenge round for the historic Davis Cup in Paris next week end ‘With the loss of but one set. Daniel Prenn and Gottfried von Cramm swept to two easy victori over Italy in the opening singles play of the European zone final, leavipg the Italians with the all but impossible task of winning the | doubles today and the final pair of sin- | gles Sundayve Prenn beat George de Stefani. 6—1, 64, 16 6—2 and Von Cramm stroked his way to victory over Giov- anni Palmieri, 6—3, 6—4. 6—0. MORE OLYMPIANS ARRIVE Delegations From Argentina and ®switzerland Reach Gotham. | NEW YORK, July 16 (#.—The in- flux of Olympic athletes continued as representatives of Argentina and Swit- zerland made port. There were 14 performers in the delegation from Argentina. They will leave today for Los Angeles to join 21 teammates who arrived here two weeks ago. Switzerland’s athletes came in on the Acquitania Five more European squads are due today from Germany, Austria, Czecho- slovakia, Latvia and Norway. s \\\\ 5 N ONLY R AY DREAMING Golf Analyzed BY JOE GLAS! T Presh Meadow Gene Sarazen hit one spoon shot that carried at least 225 yards. He has been known to get an even greater carry with thix club when under pressure. How does he do it? Of course, synchronized body and arm move- ment is the answer, but if you could measure the yardage due to each factor of his swing, you prob- ably would find efficient wrist action just before and at impact adds the extra 20 to 30 yards that makes Gene's woods so impressive. The average player brings the clubhead through too soon. In itself his arm action may be per- fect, but wrist action has brought the clubhead forward so that, at the moment it comes into the ball, the aforesald wrist action is com- pletely expended. Study the sketches of Sarazen and a duffer above. Their hands are relatively In the same position in the swing. But, while the duffer’s clubhead is meeting the ball, Sara- zen's is still well back of it. Gene has delayed whipping the clubhead through with the wrists. This wiil follow instantly. It will add many yards to the shot. (This is one of a series of articles in which Joe Glass analyzes Gene Sarazen's sound golf form.) If you are interested in improv- ing your game, Joe Glass has a new leflet on “How to Practice” which he will send to any reader request- ing it. Address Joe Glass in care of ‘The Star, inclosing a stamped, self- addressed envelope. (Copyright, 1932) 50 LIKELY T0 RUN N BETHESDA RACE Field for Contest Tonight Includes Best Distance Men in District. A jars, is slated to compete in the second annual eight-mile run tonight at Bethesda, starting at 7 o'clock, under the auspices of the volunteer fire department of that Maryland town. The race will be the closing event of the annual carnival of the Bethesda department. ‘The start and finich will be at Wis- consin and Bethesda avenues, the scene of the carnival. The runners will pro- ceed south on Wiscons venue to Willard avenue, at_the District line; right on. Willard to River road. right on River road to Wilson lane, on Wilson lane to old Georgetown road and right to Wisconsin avenue. District entrants include Mike Lynch, Washington's oldest distance runner; Jerry Looney, Haskell Clark, Erven Nicholson, Jim Montague, George Shorb and Mike Gerber. Richard S. Hennyson, assistant supervisor of the Municipal Plavground Department of the District, will be the referee_and other officials, named by John Lewis Imirie. director of the carnival and marathon, are: Clerk of the course. Harry Helme: starter, Charley Reynolds: judges, A Earle Weeks. Joe Mitchell and Chester Miles, and chief timer. Ralph E. Gould. The entrants already in line number 48, but several others are expected to be on the job by starting time. The list of entries follows: 1. Haskell F. Clark (District of Columbia °C &, Pereol (Fort_ Humphress L. “Harrison (Baltimore Cross- "Byl Ghlirky (Hopewell Athletic Club. Hovewell, Va.| 3. Joe_Morris (Hopewell A. C). . G. Richman (Hopewell i Cabiness «Hopewell FIELD of approximately 50, in- cluding a group of Washington- oL Rust (Hopewell A Mathews (Hopewell Wilkerson_(Hopewel Howlett (Hopewell A Scott (Hopewell A Marmol (Hopewell A. C.). Parker (Hcpewell A. C) harles W. Pindell. ir. (unattached) strict of Columbia > P s on A Jackaicki (Stonewall Demoeratic otub. Baltimore. Md 20. Nicholas_Schult Frank . Sperandeo 2 (unattached) (Baltimore Cross- Thompson (unattached). 23, Harrv Grav (unattached) 24, Pranklin Peter: {unatiached) 25" William Shanahan (unattached) 26, Edward Gildmacker (unattached) 27 Mike Lynch (District of ) 28 951y Looney (District of Columbia ) K, K, o 29, James H. Montague (District of Colum- i e B K tres Shorb (Potomac Boat Club) 31, Mike Gerver (unattached) 32, Edward Sholtes (unattached) . Eucene Tovior (unattached) 3 Rth E Wolf | (Baltimore. Md.. Chester_ Pleasure Club) o 35, Charles Urban (Raltimore. C. Herbert_Deacon (Raltimore. C 7. James Jordan (Baltimore. C Frank Sanda (Baltimore. C Charles Earles (Baltimore. J Sanda (Baltimore. C. P. C. Milton F_Bifford (Baltimore . Charles Kardian (Baltimore. W Wiabkine (nnattachad) . Edward Atkincon (unattached). PARKER GOING STRONG Favorite Mfkes Kentucky Tennis Tourney Final With Hines. LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 16 Playing true to the form that made him the pre-tournament favorite, Frankie Parker, 16-year-old Milwaukee tennis sensation, won his way into the final of the Kentucky tennis tournament by eliminating the defending champion, Lefty Bryan of Chattanooga, Tenn., in 6—2, 6—4, 6—2. ‘Wilmer Hines of Columbia, S. C. 1930 champion. won the other sem final match, eliminating Ted Burwell of Charlotte, N. C., 6—4, 6—2, 6—4. . e ST JANE WEILER IS VICTOR. MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 16 (®).— Jane Weiler of Chicago, a slender girl Just out of her teens, won the wom- en’s Western golf championship, tri- umphing over June Beebe, 19. Chicago, last year's champion, 5 and 4. TODAY BASE BALL ;ioem. AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. St. Louis TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK £ AT 9 | Columbta ) — | CARRIES FARTHER THANBALLOONPIL Experts Find It Putts Well. 230 Yards on the Fly Is Big Wallop. BY W. R. McCALLUM. UST how far can the modern golf ball be driven on the carry? Is it a longer ball than either of the golf balls d | seasons, or is it, as some of the boys claimed after the recent National Open championship, the | greatest scoring ball ever manu- {ractured? | It is as certain as death and taxes |that the boys who played at Fresh Meadow were knocking that ball fatrly far, much fagther than they could have | knocked the “balloon” ball of last year. | And they were putting better with it. | too. The very fact that Sarazen scored | 286 with the ball cver a tough course | | and that two others broke 290 is proof | enough that the present 1.62x1.68 pill |is just about what the doctor ordered | for your better golfer. |RUT the carry remains about the same as It did back in the old ante- | 7 dated days of the rabbit ball the 1.62x1.62 of memory beloved by millions | of duffers. A carry of 230 yards without | a following wind from the clubs of even | the longest hitters still is a big wallcp. | and don’t let any one kid you about | these long carries. A golf ball just isn't | being_carried much farther than that | unless wind conditions and the height | from which ‘ greater distance. The eighteenth hole at Congressional | is a good spot to watch the carry of the modern golf ball. From the back tee [m the edge of the putting green is just about 250 yards. The tee, if anything, | is slightly lower than the edge of the | green, possibly 10 or 12 feet., We | watched a lot of good professionals play that hole a few days ago and only one | of them reached the green and putted for a deuce. That man was Ralph Beach. the Maryland open champion from Baltimore. And only two others hit the ball far enough to carry to the edge of the green, even though they were off | the direct line to the pin. Al Houghton | the former amateur who now holds down the professional berth at Ken- wood, was one of them. OUGHTON hit a weighty wallop | that carried just off the edge of | the green at the right and bounced |and ran past the pin. His ball, with | carry and roll, traveled about 280 yards. but the carry itself was not much more than 245 vards. And the wind was slightly behind him. That day the boys were hitting them so far some of them got home at the par 5 eighth with a drive and mashie. And some of them got home on the 500-yard twelfth w a drive and iron, with the wind at their backs. But all these conditions were unusual. On_level ground. without a following wind. a carry of 230 yards is unusual. Ot course, & golf ball hit wita a hcok will run somewhere around 75 or 80 yards, and it may run 100 if the ground is hard and the grass burned down. That's where most of these 300- | yard tee shots come in. The carry itself not tremendous, but when you add 75 vards to a carry of 230 yards you've got quite a lengthy poke. The true fact about the improved scores with the present ball is its ease of handling around the green. It is better to chip and pitch with, and it is better to putt with than last year's ball. The pros proved that at Fresh Meadow for the scores over that tough layout | were lower than they have been in many, many years. N past years any score around 291 or 292 was good enough to win the open, but this year when Phil Per- kins finished with 289 every one con- ceded him a win. Yet Cruickshank tied him and Sarazen beat him. It may not have been the ball. But it is not rea- sonable to assume that the quality of golf has improved so much since the Jones era, and all the boys admitted that Fresh Meadow was as tough a lay- ship has been played in recent years. Yet that golf ball wasn't being driven enormous distances. Any tee shot that traveled 250 yards was a fine shot. It POPULAR SWIM legally in use during the last two | it is driven make for| out as any over which the champion- | MERMAID, 14 MUFFS GOOSE, HITS GANDER Katherine Rawls Loses Out in Swim, Makes Olympic Team as Diver. By the Associated Press EW YORK, July 16.—Katherine Rawls, tiny 14-year-old young- ster from Miami Beach, Fla. has clinched a place on the American women's swimming team, not in her specalty, the breast stroke, but {in the springboard dive. No better than fourth in the 200- | meter breast stroke final. Miss Rawls conquered Georgia Coleman of Los Angeles and Jane Fauntz of Chicago in the 10-foot springboard dive as the final American Olympio trials got under way !at Jones Beach yesterday. | Margaret Hoffman of Scranton, Pa. | won the breast stroke final and clipped | full second off Miss Rawls’ American mark to beat out Annie Govednik of | Chisholm, Minn,, in & close finish. Jane Caldwell of Detroit nosed out Miss Rawls for third place. Miss Hoffman's Time was 3:1235 The first three in these events auto- matically gained places on the Olympic team The 100-meter free style event pro- vided an expected victory for Helene Madison of Seattle, with Josephine Mc- Kim of Los Angeles second and Mrs. Eleanor Garratt! Sayville of San Fran- cisco third. These three qualified for the team and the next three finishers, Helen Johns, Brookline, Mass; Lenore Kight, Homestead, Pa., and Edna Meé- Kibben, Seattle, also probably will be picked to make up a 400-meter relay team The trials were to continue today with heats, semi-finals and finals in the 400- meter free style, 100-meter backstroke | and platform dive. TILDEN IS DOUBLE LOSER PHILADELPHIA, July 16 (@) Visibly off form, Big Bill Tilden, former international tennis champion, lost two matches here yesterday. Tilden dropped his singles in straight sets to Hans Neusslein, professional champion of Germany, 6-3. 6—1 vith Nusslein teamed with Romas Najuch. a former German net cham- pion, Big and Bruce Barnes were defeated, 6—3, 6—2. was around the putting greens that the boys were giving par the works. They were not hitting the ball any farther, but they were getting it in the hole in fewer strokes. No, even today. with the admitted best scoring ball in ma: vears, they don't pay off on the tee shot. No matter how far you hit ‘em, either with or against the wind, the short game is the master. And when you hit a 250-yard drive you can sweil out your chest, for you have driven that ball ‘about its limit OLF tournaments are scheduled at three clubs tomorrow Over at Washington the club Golf Commit- tee has arranged a par substitute com- petition. in Which the members will play with three-fourths of their club handicap. They also may substitute par for any three holes on the card on which they have exceeded par. An 18-hole handicap medal play tour- ney with low gross and low net prizes is scheduled at Kenwood, while over at Woodmont there will be quite a shindig when teams of married men and bache- lors clash in their annual links joust. These matches will be played at nine holes. RS. FRANK PURDON and Mrs. F. R. Keefer paired to win the two-ball foursome event at the Navy Club yesterday. with a card of 95 3. In second place were Mrs. A. E. Dedicke and Mrs. Phillip Cole, with a net of 74 A tournament is to be staged by the Army and Navy Relief Association, at the Army-Navy Club on July 22, for the benefit of the associat All women golfers of Washington are in- vited to play. An entry fee of 50 cents will be charged and two handsome trophies have been put up for low gross and low net ‘The Women's District Golf Associa- tion will stage an 18-hole medal play event at Chevy Chase, on July 25, at which time the presentation of the team prizes won in the annual team series will be made Army- REQUEST D. C A A U SANCTIONED MEET MON., JULY 18, 8:30 P. M. GLEN ECHO FREE ADMISSION Amusement Park CRYSTAL ' POOL EVENTS FOR MEN Championship Events OPEN TO REGISTERED ATHLETES EVENTS FOR WOMEN 60 Yard, Free Style[60 Yard, Free Style (Handicap) 120 Yard, Backstroke 60 Yd., Breaststroke (Handicap) 240 Yard Relay 240 Yard Relay JUNIOR 60 Yard, Free Style, for Boysl4 years of age and under FANCY DIVING—HIGH MEN | 5 Compulsory Dives 3 Optional Dives BOARD FOR MEN AND WOMEN—OLYMPIC RULES WOMEN 8 Compulsory Dives 3 Optional Dives Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals For First, Second and Third Places in Each Event Gold Medals Awarded Winners of Relays Grand Stand for This Event 28c Instead the Usaal 10e