Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1932, Page 33

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932 SPORT Si. District Pro Golfers to See Much Action : Man O’ War Winning Laurels as Sire TRID OF TOURNEYS CLAIM ATTENTION Al of Paid Brigade to Try to Qualify for P. G. A. in Test Next Week. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. OCAL golf professionals are to have a busy time in com- petition during the next 10 days. With the sectional qualifying round for the Profes- sional Golfers’ Association cham- pionship billed for one week from today at Columbia, quite a group of the paid brigade are planning to play in the Bedford Springs open championship, to be played at the picturesque course in near- by Pennsylvania on July 31 and August 1. A week later three of four of the Yocal pros will move to Philadelphia to | compete in the Philadelphia Open onship, which Bob Barnett of Chase has previously won. pro around the Capital in- tends to compete in the P. G. A. quali- fication rounds next Thursday and many of them will be at Columbia practicing for the tourney during the carly part of next week. Among those who have signified their intention of playing at Bedford Springs are: Al Houghton of Kenwood, Arthur Thorn of Woodmont, Mel Shorey of East Po- tomac Park, Al Treder of Manor, George Diffenbaugh of Indian Spring and Bob Barnett and Gene Larkin of | Clievy Chase. In addition a number of amateurs from Washington clubs plan to play in the tourney. HE P. G. A. qualification will be a -hole test, with only three men | lify from the Washington- area to qus altimore So the competition for the area is certain to be of the keenest| kind, over a course_which is in the of condition. Some twoscore of the paid players will take part in this test, the last big national event of the | year for American pros. | Both Barnett and Larkin plan to play in the Philadelphia Open, and | the Chevy Chase pair probably will be 3 d by several others from Wash- ington. The Chevy Chase professionals h hail from the Quaker city. LTHOUGH there hasn't been a great deal of real hot weather so far this year. your well dressed golfer of 1932 is taking more and more to leng jeans. known to the clothing trade as “slacks.” The older dress of knickers i dropping back in popularity | as long trousers come more and more | ints> vogue. And a good many players around Washington are going further in their quest for comfort on the golf courses by wearing what are known as “shorts,” or pants cut off just above the knee. These abbreviated panties do away with that bunching of heavy material below the knee when knickers are worn &nd are more comfortable than any other lower garment when the ther- mometer reaches for altitude records. A few of the golfers at Chevy Chase| play in them most of the time and the vogue has spread to several of the other clubs. There’s no doubt they are cool, but can't you picture the gents who used to play in red blazers. spats and coats holding up their hands in horror at the way the younger generation is pro- faning the ancient and tradition-bound game of golf? HAT forthcoming “uptown cham- pionship.” to be held at Rock Creek Park, is getting quite a play from the boys who play their golf over the fine Rock Creek lay-cut. Harry Graham, manager at Rock Creek Park, tells us that more than half a hundred entries already have been re ceived, with more coming in eve: The qualification round will start next | Monday and Harry expects 75 or more entries before the first ball is hit off the tee Monday morning | “It's going to be a real tournament,” says Hatry. “And we want all the golfers who use this course to play.” OME day Al Houghton will break that course record of 66 for the layout at the Kenwood Golf and Country Club, but the big par-and- | birdie man from Kenwood is a little discouraged about it today. Last Oc- | tcber Walter W. Cunningham of Burn- | ing Tree blazed his way around the Kenwood layout in 66 strokes to set a record for the course that still stands. Since that day Cunningham’s 66 has stood like a thorn in Houghton's side, for it isn't right, thinks Al when the pro from some other club comes over and sets a record for your own golf course. Al has had almost a year to bust that record, but he is a little discouraged about it now, for yesterday he came to the home hole needly only a par 4 to score a 65. He took a buzzard 5 and tied the record for the fourth time. “Seemrs as if I never will get that 65,” says Al Of course, 66 isn't indifferent golf by any stretch of the imagination. for the Kenwood par is 72, and it's tough enough when you have to go 7 under s three places allotted to this | Burrows Is Only D. C. Golfer Left OUISVILLE, Ky., July 21.—Brad- ley H. Burrows, sturdy par chaser from Washington, was the only Capital representative left in the national public links title chase today. Burrows, who plays at the Rock Creek Park course in the National Capital, was the only one of the five members of the ‘Washington team to qualify for the match play rounds which started over the Shawnee course today. He added a 75 yesterday to his 76 of the opening qualification round for a total of 151, which put him into the group of 32 qualifiers with two strokes to spare. The deadline of qualification was 153. Three strokes too high to qualify, despite a desperate last-round stand which earned him a 75, George Malloy, Washington public links champion, scored 156, with an 80 in the opening round and & 75 yes- terday. All the other Capital Tep- resentatives were far too high to get in the qualifying group. Volney G. Burnett, jr., who scored a 77 in the opening round, added an 82 yesterday for a total of 159. Harlan Will, who had 79 in the first round, scored 81 yesterday for 160, and Louis J. Fuchs continued the streak of erratic play which marked his first-round effort of 86 to score an 84 in the second round and finish ide. * nines were 38 and 37 for his consistent 75. The Washington entrant went to the third round in the 1930 championship at Jackson- ville, Fla., and is favored to go far in the current tourney. He finished only six shots behind Joe Nichols, who won the medal with 145. Golf Analyzed BY JOE GLASS ESPITE his ability to give the ball a ride for great distances Gene Sarazen is a master of the short pitches and delicate chip- shots, The sketch above gives a very fine idea of the action of Gene's hands in playing a short chip. Note the ‘cock” at the top He takes the hands oni ¢ back. In this posi- tion, the clubhead obviously is only about on a level with his hips. His body turn is very abbreviated. On the downswing. his hands carry. through. keeping the clubhead close to the ground after the ball is picked up. The swing does this, for. unless there are exceptional circumstances that demand an unorthodox attempt, he never “scoops” the ball. (This is one of a series of articles in which Joe Glass analyses Gene Sarazen's sound golf form.) The correct grip for holding a club means distance to your drive. Write Joe Glass in care of The Star and ask for his leaflet “Correct Grip for Driving.” Be sure to inclose a stamped, addressed env par to break a course record. But Houghton wants that record all to him- self. He doesn’t want to share it with his playmates, and so the relentless search after a 65 which goes on from day to day. He played yesterday with | Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Irwin and John C. Shorey, and, gatting out over the first nine in 32, he came to the last hole with a 4 for that coveted 65. But he played his second shot too fine. It found the trap at the right of the green and he was unable to hole the putt after the pitch shot. “I'll keep after it says Houghton, “and maybe some day Il get that 65 OLAND MACKENZIE and Tommy Bones are no bargains on the golf course, accordirg to “Set” Collins and Billy Malloy of the Columbia golf shop. Freddie McLeod's two aides es- sayed to take on MacKenzie and the southpaw Bones, and took a first-class shellacking at Columbia to the tune of a 3-and-2 licking. Bones was the star of the quartet wita a 71. MacKenzie scored a 72. A challenge match involving Arthur B. Thorn of Woodmont and Sandy Ar- mour of Congressional against Fred Mc- Leod of Columbia and Ralph Beach of Baltimore will b2 played tomorrow at | Congressional. GIRLS IN GOLF FINAL. CHICAGO, July 21 (#).—Two Chicago girls, Janet Humphrey and Eleanor Tobin, were finalists today in the women's Western junior golf champion- ship. Miss Humphrey, tournament medalist, was a slight favorite. Changed Grip, Revised Clubs Put Sarazen on Golf Throne; Duplicates Winning Weapons BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. ENE SARAZEN'S business is playing and teaching golf and his hobby is golf clubs. Few professionals experiment with and revamp their clubs so much as the little Sarazen. Give him a new set of irons from the makers and within a few weeks they will bear scant resemb- Jance to the shiny implements of sport that left the factory. A few scrouges of a heavy rasp will change the weight of some club to suit the delicate touch of the world's cham- pion or if another prove a bit too light the addition of a piece of lead will make it perfect. Sarazen frequently changes the grips on his clubs, for with his short, but powerful fingers, they must be of an exact thickness. ARAZEN for many years used the interlocking grip. but last Winter he devised a beveled grip on which the flattened part of the shaft fits firmly into the heel of the hand. This inno- vation plus the thickness of his ordinary grips enabled him to play with more of an overlap and maintain perfect con- | trol of the club at all times. Gene gives this beveled grip much credit for his victories at Prince's and Fresh Meadows. And it has proved a stroke saver for many duffers When winning the British open at Prince’s, Sarazen’s bunker shots amazed the galleries. And when he played so hurriedly_from the trap on the home hole at Fresh Meadows to finish his record-breaking round of 66, many of *is friends gesced for fear he might a4 the shot. But the fact is that Gene was using a club which he claims permits little opportunity for error. OT satisfied with the performance of the ordinary trap iron, Sarazen went to work one Spring day with a rasp and pot of lead. The result was a club considerably different from the original and one that Gene claims wil get the ball out of bunkers with almost automatic precision. Sarazen, by the way, uses the regular wedge &s an approach club when in tall grass |or_off the fairways near the greens. The putter which helped Gene turn in his 286 at Fresh Meadows and rec- |ord 283 at Prince’s, is a combination | weapon. During the Winter tourna- | ments Sarazen happened on a putter | that for the moment caught his fancy. | He used it for a time, but then figured | where it might be improved. O the putter went into a vise and | Gene sawed off the blade. This |~ was welded to the hosel of another old putter, he had around the shop. and the result was a club that sulted | Mr. Sarazen perfectly. Soon after | winining the National Open. Gene sent | his homemade putter and wedge to his | favorite clubmakers to have perfect replicas turned out for his future use. Gene is having duplicates made of | the woods and irons he used in win- | ning the two major Open championships | of the world. The originals are as dear |to him as ever the first “Calamity | Jane” is to Bob Jones and will have an honored place in the Sarzen trophy hall. The new clubs have been built | according to the changes Gene made in_his victory set, but chances are he will submit some of the irons to the | teeth of a rasp before many days, be- cause he simply cannot avoid doing 8 ibit of tinkering with his weapons. B MUNY GOLF CHAP BARELY HANGS ON Ferrara Must Win Play-off to Qualify—Nichols, 16, Is Medalist With 145. By the Assoclated Press. Thirty-one survi ing play in the United States public links golf tournament, led by Joe Nichols, Long Beach, Calif., the medalist, were ready for the beginning of match play today after the thirty- second place was decided.by completion of a play-off halted by darkness yes- terday. Charles Ferrara, San Francisco, the defending champion, was one of the three forced into the play-off at the end of the qualifying round, others competing for the place were Joe Coria, St. Paul, and Al Priebe, St. Paul. Loulsville won the Harding Cup, sym- bolizing the team championship, with a total score of 606 for its four players in the qualifying round. Chicago_placed second_one stroke behind and Indian- apolis third with 614 was the defending city. Nichols, 1 The auge stays there exan AMOLCO! San Francisco ar-old high school stu dent, won medalist honors with a 36- hole total of 145, one above par, one stroke behind were Roy Wiggins, Oak- land, Calif.: Don O'Bryan, Louisville; William Jelliffe, Los Angeles, and Ralph Strafaci, Brookiyn. Today's program called for comple- tion of the play-off and the first round of match play this morning, with the second round this afternoon. All match play will be at 18 holes except the final | match Saturday, which will be 36. SARAZEN TO MEET OUIMET |Open and Amateur Play 36-Hole NEW YORK, July golf match between Gene Sarazen, American and British open champion, and Francis Ouimet, national amateur titieholder, will be played over two Boston district courses, August 23 and 24, it was announced last right. Details for the match, which call for 18 holes at match play to be contested each day, were formulated at a con- ference held at the offices of the Massa- chusetts Golf Association in Boston | between Fred J. Corcoran, secretary of the association, and Ray McCarthy, Sarazen's manager. SARAZEN EQUALS RECORD. SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 21 (P).— | Gene Sarazen, British and United States open champion, equaled the record for the Chain o' Lakes Country Club golf course Wednesday with a 69, 2 under par. He and Don Ransberger, local amateur, defeated Tommy Armour and Joh Woolverton, 1 u Champions to Match. 21.—A 36-hole TWELVE OFFSPRING VICTORS THIS YEAR Retired Turf King, Now 15, Leading Indolent Life Among Blue Grass. | By 2 Staff Correspondent of The Star. | EXINGTON, Ky, July 21— With his 15 years resting | L Jightly on his powerful shoulders, Man o’ War, “the horse of the century,” is spending a lackadaisical existence at Far- away Farm, deep in the midsum- mer bluegrass near this city, a few miles from the farm on which he was foaled on March 29, 1917. War still s one of the main attractions to visitors from over the world when they arrive at Lexington, and the ref ister at Faraway Farm contains the names of thousands of men and women 8- | great stallion lives the life of Riley, re- ceiving the best of care at his old Ken- tucky home, where the horse is king. S a sire, Man o’ War is making a | record as impressive, perhaps, as| he did on the turf, as is shown by | the fact that 12 of his colts already | have been marked up among the win- | ners this year, including Boatswain, which won the rich Withers Stake at | Belmont Park May 28. Boatswain | would have been a favorite to win the | American Derby, but broke down on | the eve of the big race, which was won | by Gusto, a grandson of Man o' War | and son of American Flag. Gusto also | later won the rich Arlington Cup race. | That the courage of the thorough- | bred as well as his fleetness is handed down to his sons and daughters was demonstrated when Flag Pole, son of | Man o' War, which had been favored to | win the Belmont Stakes, finished third in that race, although it was discovered after the running that he had run the race with bowed tendons in both Iront\ legs. | 'OT only are the offspring of Man o’ ‘War making good on the turf, in- | cluding Clyde Van Dusen, which | won the Kentucky Derby, premier American racing event, in 1929, but| they also are making good as sires, such | | as American Flag, the sire of Gusto. | His racing days are over, but Man 0’| American Flag, by the way, is described | (Copyright. | by Miss Elizabeth Daingerfield, man- | |ager of Faraway Farm, as the horse | “which came nearest to Man o' War in conformaiion and track performance.” Man o War was bred by the late In August, 1918, Man o' War was ship- ped to Saratoga Springs, N. Y, as one of the crop of colts consigned for sale. When this colt entered the ring there was spirited bidding, and he was finally knocked down to Samuel D. Riddle for $5,000. OUIS FEUSTEL, trainer for Mr. Riddle, previously had visited Ken- tucky and had seen the colt. Being impressed with Man o War, he no doubt influenced his employer to make the purchase. Mr. Feustel broke Man o’ War and trained him throughout his two racing years, during which he wen 20 races out of 21 starts, losing one Tace in his first year of racing to Upset by half a length in the Sanford Me- morial Stakes. His total earnings wes> $249,465 in two years. As a 3-year-oid Man o' War won all of his 11 starts and earned $166,140 All were stake races, including the Preakness, Withers, Belmont, Dwyer, Miller, Travers, Lawrence Realization, Jockey Club Stakes, Stuyvesant and Potomac Handicaps and Kenilworth Park Gold Cup, setting five new Amer- ican racing records. Up to the beginning of the present year Man o' War had been represented North American racing by 108 start- ers from 147 registered and named oal ‘They won 430 races from 2466 starts and had earned $1,627,068 1932. by North American News- paper Alliance. Inc.) HOCKEY PLAYER SOLD. MONTREAL, July 21 () —Montreal | Who have made the trip to catch a|Maj. August Belmont and was foaled | Maroons of the National Hockey League | the racing world ever leek, powerful and P s L I R L i % ,I.llll..l.‘.tt.. | glimpse of one of the greatest horses | at the Belmont nursery s'ud, near Lex- | have announced the sale of Babe has known. Still | ington, where his sire and dam. Fair bert, big left winger, to the New York magnificent, the | Play and Mahubah, also were foaled. ! Rangers. 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The AMERICAN OIL COMPANY @ Washington Office: South Washington, Va. Also maker of Amoco Motor Oils and Orange American Gas ¢ 'D. C. WOMEN NET VICTORS Reba Kirsnr.’;d Mrfi’Mnrtlnez in ‘White Sulphur Semi-Finals. SULPHUR _SPRINGS, W. 1.—Reba Kirson and Mrs. cof Washington, D. C. to- day were in the scmi-final round of the West Virginia State tennis tournament here. Miss Kirson yesterday wen over Miss Turner, 6—3. 6--2. while Mrs. Martirez conquered Mis Anderson, 6—2, 6—0, in cuzrter-final matches Miss Kirson also teamed wi es of Balti- more in the mixed doubles, reaching the s°mi-finals by defeating Bates and Bates, 6--0, 6—3. Ritzenberg, also of Washington, was_ eliminated by Keiles in the third round ci 1> mn’s tourncy. 6—3 6—0 but the loczl netmen and Pat Deck, an- other Capital City entrant, advanced in dounies by downir nolge and Fogleman, 6—0, 6—4. Margaret Graham and Scholz, another District mixed doubles team, were beaten. NETMEN TO PLAY AT FETE Doubles to Be Part of Reliet Affair at Army-Navy Club. Some of Washington's well known including Prank Shore, Bud Markey, Buchanan and Dooley Mitchell, will appear in doubles matche es tomerrow in the sports program list- ed for the Armv relief lawn fete at the Ar Navy Club. v is to start at 4 pm. D s R T T e on e vas