Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1933, Page 19

SPORTS. CAMPBELL STAKES 1S PUNCHY EVENT Six Years’ History Packed With Drama—Girls Roll for Dixie Title. BY R. D. THOMAS. ASHINGTON'S punchiest \ ;\ [ bowling tournament, the Howard Campbell Sweepstakes, will open tonight at the Lucky Strike at 7:30 o'clock. Next Saturday the show will shift to the Columbia and a week later to Convention .Hfill for the third and final skirm- 1s In the meantimg, the girl experts have important business afoot. The Dixie Sweepstakes, sponsored by the ‘Times, was to open this afternoon at the Lucky Strike at 1:30, continue at the Columbia at 5 and finish at the Rendezvous at 8 o'clock, a total of nine games to be rolled. Lorraine Gulli, defending champion in the Dixie Sweepstakes, modestly re- fused an invitation to compete in the Campbell event. Several alley man- agers were willing to pay her entry fee o Of $28, but this she would not permit. ST very likely would be a waste of money,” said she. “I know my limitations as a bowler. The Campbell Sweepstakes is a lot too hot for me.” It's worth a wager, though, that her average in the Dixie tournament is higher than many in the Campbell scramble. Entries for the men’s event will be accepted up to starting time by Arville Ebersole, secretary of the Washington City Duckpin Association, and Howard Campbell, jointly in charge. Tony Santini, who won last year by a one-pin margin over Ed Blakeney, will defend the title. Among prospec- | tive participants are Ben Hare, Whip | Litchfield, George Honey, Joe Priccl, Earl Magruder, Coat Lovett, Hugh | Crawley, Perce Wolfe, Louie Pantos, Oscar Swain, Bradley Mandley, Hokie Smith, Red Megaw, Ollie Pacini, Ed | Blakeney, Earl McPhilomy, Clem Weid- man, iHenry Hiser, Max Rosenberg, Astor Clarke, Dutch Newman, Joe Har- | rison, Ed Espey, Paul Harrison, Charley | Walson, Geotge L. Isemann, Chester | Bild, Red Morgan, Al Work, Bill Krauss, | Ray von Dreele, Jack Talbert, Johnny Anderson, Arlie Webb, Percy Lawhorne, Buck Miller, Al Woods, Bi% Clampitt, &.m Corcoran and Campbell himself. NLY Campbell and Isemann have rolled all the games of all the Campbell tournaments. Max Ro- senberg and Henry Hiser have started | all, but in one tournament Max scratched after 14 strings and Hiser, due to an accident, gave way to a substitute in one. Each of the six Campbell sweepstakes has produced & duckpin drama. Last year Santini made a 19-pin spare the last box of the final game to tri- umph by a single stick. In 1931 Astor Clarke announced he'd win the tourna- ment and did—with a record score of 1,878 In 1930, Max Rosenberg and Georgie | Friend, pals cn the Northeast Temple team, ran ore-two, Rosenberg winning | in spite of a sprained knee, or was it | a foot? .In 1929 Bradley Mandley proved his right beyond question to the throne of Washington bowlers by winning the Campbell classic. He already was a District League champion. N 1928 Campbell made a brave at-| tempt to win the tournament that bears his name. He came from far behind to finish second. Red Megaw | was the winner. He was so far in front at the end of the second set as to appear unbeatable. But Red ran into | 1 sorts of tough luck in the final block | and struggled painfully to get home & winner. The first sweepstakes, held in 1927, Tesulted in a never-to-be-forgotten victory for Glenn Wolstenholme, who “charged” in the last set to beat out Clem Weidman. A double-header-strike at the psycho'ogical moment put Wol- stenholme over. Miss Gulli goes to post a pronounced fvorite in the Dixie sweepstakes but with several dangerous rivals. Alice D'Lugo, Anna Cassazza and_Florence La Barr of Connecticut: Po'ly Dozier of Richmond, Ira Simmons, Katherine | Wall Bick and Dorothy Keel O'Brien of Norfolk, are the most formidable out-of-town entranis. All of these have won important tournaments or hung up records. Mrs. Bick shot 424 in a !eag;e set last season for a national mark. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. 'STERN HIGH'S base ball pros- pects are good. Dave White, star Georgetown U. pitcher, may coach the Western squad. Loss of Myers, first baseman, and Loomis, pitcher, will be felt. Western players back from last season's team include Lehman, Stearns, Bethel, Cook, Adams, Donovan and Buck Howard, captain. Richards is manager. Failure of the Georgetown and Catholic University basket ball teams to meet is deplored. Mordecai Brown, not so long ago one of the best pitchers in the major leagues, is like Jonn Henry, Wash- ington catcher, affected by a weak knee. Ed Walsh, the great Chicago White Sox pitcher, worked in 63 games last year. Besides the games he started he finished many for weakening hurlers. Miscellaneous Shop rollers_ won two of three games from the B. M. team in the Navy Yard Duckpin League. Making up the winning quint were Annerman, Haines, Fry- dell, Jeffries and Lazare and the losers were represented by Frame, McGee, Speider, Baker and Miller. Yale' will be represented in the Georgetown University track meet here March 1. IA 0.G. WOMEN’S LEAGUE I A utchery Co. 1% B Fraims g . Grouj Bom. Group.. P Mil. Police. 1 Averages. Hunter . .30 Porster ....25 43 8 BOMBARDMENT GROUP. Allen . 6 Dunlap SCOUTS. Cranston . .39 Leisner ...36 76-24 84-2 82-2) ve..39 0 .33 8 82-28 SQUAD. Anderson Brewton | Four Shadows of the Past BY I C. BRENNER. T is the object of this series of | Shadows of the Past to find out | what stars of other days are do- ing now, where they live. But in this case, it is hard to say where the man makes his home. He spends considerable time in his native Mil- waukee, and that is his voting resi- dence. But he is one of those base ball wanderers. Felsh was one of the White Sox of 1919—one of the men implicated in the world series scandal which resulted in the throwing of games to_the Cincinnati Reds. Felsh protested his innocence, but along with Jackson, Cicotte and others, was barred from base ball. ‘While thrown out of organized base ball, Felsh remained in the game, with independent teams. Lately he is said to have been play- ing with Hal Chase's Copper League in Arizona. ‘These men, these wandering base ball stars of the past, are among the tragedies of the game. (Copyright, 1933 BIRKIE SCORES WIN INSLUGGISH CLASH Battles Slowly, Carefully in Garden Go—Prelims Pro- vide Thrills. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 21.—Hans Birkie, German heavyweight from California, today held a place that might have belonged to Billy Petrolle or the Dutch wind- mill, Bep van Klaverei—that of the winner of last night's feature bout at Madison Square Garden—but it wasn'i the same at all. Where the Petrolle-van Klaveren lightweight scrap, canceled because of Bep's cracked hand, was expected to pack them in, Birkie and his opponent, singularly unacceptable substitutes to the fight faithful. Only about 4,000 turned out, and n#ny of them didn't remain for the fiinsh of the dull bout. Going slowly and carefully, forced what action there was and made himself some trouble in the eighth round when he walked into a couple of ponderous wallops from the right hand that Braddock kept cocked most of the time. He shook off the effects and disturbed Jimmy with a couple of hard socks in the tenth. Birkie weighed 200 pounds, dock, 18115, A couple of the five-round prelim- inaries furnished more excitement for the small crowd than the main event, Brad- | Charley Massera of Pittsburgh, promising _young heavyweights, | umphed. Feldman belted out a decision over Johnny Rousseau of Montreal and Massera was credited with a knockout over Arthur Huttick of New York in three rounds. RING PRELIMS LISTED Three-Rounders Added to Tuesday’s Card at Portner’s. two were added to next Tuesday’s fight card, scheduled for Portner's Arena by Matchmaker Frankie Mann. Young Gentile, a terrific-punching featherweight, will tackle Calvin Calp of Baltimore; Eddie Compton will meet Joe Copera: Jack Britten will tackle Cary Wright, and Barefoot Green will square off with Babe Hollingsworth in the preliminaries to the Frankie Genaro-Joe Fino scrap, listed for eight rounds. ‘Young Van and Billy Vermillion will meet in a six-round semi-windup. Fistic Battles By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Hans Birkie, X outpointed James J. Braddock, Jersey City (10); Abe Feldman, New York, outpointed Johnny Rousseau, Montreal (5); Johnny Bonito, New York, out- pointed Paris Apice, Boston (5); Eddie Holmes, Providence, R. I, outpointed Charley Hudson, New York (5). BOSTON.—Jose Santa, Portugal, stopped Jxmmf Maloney, Boston (5); Maloney unable to continue after in- Jury. PHILADELPHIA—Wally Sears, Minersville, Pa., stopped Billy Roedere! Louisville, . 410); Johnny Dixon, Philadelphia, outpointed Jackie Shu- pack, Paterson, N. J. (8). WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.—Maxie Rosenbloom, light-heavyweight cham- plon, outpointed Chuck Burns, San An- tonio, Tex. (10). DENVER.—Tony La Rue, Springs, outpointed Willie Denver (10). PITTSBURGH.—Ross land, Colorado ‘Williams, Fields, Cleve- ited Mose Butch, Pitts- m.upol.nud Ray Kyle, Barberton, Ohio (8). HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Joe Ghnouly, St. Louls, outpointed Ci ville (10). Mat Matches By the Assoclated Press. MILITARY POLICE. .gg ”-G Frech ....30 : -28 Grifith’ .. +39 80-17 S » BUFFALO, N. Y.—Dick Shikat, 239, | Philadelphia, defeated Ledi®inetzki, 260, Four _three-round bouts _yesterday | Jimmy Braddock of Jersey City, proved | Birkie | | | | as Abe Feldman of New York and | 282 | | burgh (10); Billy Holt, Homewood, Pa., | McGran ecil Payne, Louis- | Elms. . Poland, 19:39. (Pinetski counted out while out of | Xanten. . We ITitle Claimant Meets Vassell in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1933. DOTTED LINE SCRAP SUDDENLY TAMES No New Holdouts Appear, but Many Diamond Leaders Sign Contracts. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 21.—News on the base ball front has sud- denly turned bullish. Not a single new holdout ap- peared anywhere on the horizon during the last 24 hours and such well known exponents of the art of arguing over salary matters as Floyd Caves Herman and Heine Meine meekly came to terms. While Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ver- non Gomez and others still are listed on the holdout list, base ball observers pointed out that many ranking stars of the game have been prompt in sign- ing conwacts for 1933. In addition to Herman and Meine, these include the Waner brothers, Bill Terry, Goose Gos- lin, Charley Gehringer, Freddie Lind- strom, George Davis, Al Simmons and Joe Vosmik. , one of the most deter- mined holdouts in the past, quickly came to terms yesterday after conferring at Los Angeles with his new boss, William L. Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs. Salary terms were not announced. Veeck took time out in a busy day to purchase Outfielder George Stainback from Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast League. In exchange, the Cubs will give cash, Pitcher Ed Baecht, Outflelder Marvin Gudat and a pitcher as yet unannounced. EINE paid a courtesy call on W.E. Benswanger, president of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and ended by accepting terms for next season. He was & persistent holdout last year and his late start, after he finally did come to terms, did his record no particular He won 12 and lost 9 games, as | compared with 19 victories and 13 de- | feats in 1931, when the Pirates were | not nearly so strong. Joe Vosmik. sensational outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, looked his con- tract over and decided that all was well. Although confirmation was lack- | ing. it was understood he was given an increase. 1THE New York Yankees announced they had received signed contracts from two players but neither hap- pened to be Babe Ruth. They were from young players who will be identi- fled later for the benefit of a palpitating public. There were rumblings around | Yankee headquarters that the well- known Kentucky colcnel, Earle Combs, | was not exactly pleased with what he had been offered for next year. The New York Giants kept up the work as they succeeded in getting ‘Hughey Critz's signature to a contract. To cffset this, however, the grapevine telegraph had it that Freddy Fitzsim- mons’ contract, unsigned, had come bouncing back to the business office. {PESEK MAKES DEBUT ON WASHINGTON MAT One of Three Finish Bouts at Auditorium. ‘OHN PESEK, wrestling’s fourth “world heavyweight champion” who is recognized as the titleholder in | Ohio and parts of one or two other | States, will debut in Washington next Thursday when he tackles George Vas- sell, sterdy Greek, in one of three finish matches in the wuhingtonl Auditorium. Joe Savoldi, former Notre Dame grid | star who recently held Jim Londos to a draw on the Pacific Coast. will rassle | John Maxos and Frank Judson will meet Jim Clinkstock in the other feature. Pesek, lighter than most heavy- weights and on the general lines of Londos, held the Greek title claimant to a seven-hour draw about four years Two more bouts are in the making. | Women with_escorts will be admitted free while children under 16 will be taxed only 25 cents. Tickets are avail- able at the Annapolis Hotel. LA BARBA IS CHOSEN TO BATTLE WATSON ‘Will Substitute for Deported Choco- late Against Briton in Garden Next Friday. NEW YORK, January 21.—The de- portation of Kid Chocolate, Tecognized | 31 here as the world champion, cost him his chance to box Seaman Tom Watson, Great Britain’s titleholder, in Madison Square Garden next Friday. James J. Johnston, the Garden’s boxing direc- lans for 3 rarily af . lI,n its place :glz-roun%o bout between ‘Watson and Fidel La Barba, Coast challenger for the title, has ranged. ‘The weight for the Watson-La Barba battle will be 128 pounds. The reason for this .was not explained, although the announcement led to inquiry, in view of the fact that Watson and La Barba are reputedly bona fide feather- weights. Johnson plans to pair Chocolate with the winner of the struggle. l City Refuse Dept. League | High team game_—N.W. High team set—N.W. High individual igh individual trikes— Hish individual set_Xante g! SN h . 376, individual game—Wenzel, 148. Individual Averages. N.W. GARAGE. 18754 Brew.... & o 881 Gleasoi. 30 S8.E. OFFICE. . 36 100-5 Burdette. 30 42 195 ‘Baumbach gs 45 92-8 MACK GARAGE. No. 1. 30 95-8 Waple... 21 i 38 Vewer.w: 31 ‘Brien. . son . g s pmpied 33 1 3: 43 MACK GARAGE, No. 2. 87-19 Bryant. INSPECT! One-Pin Margin Brings Win, Loss Y & margin of one pin the Luth- erans and Independent Order of Odd Fellows won and lost & game each in their clash last night in the Fraternal League matches on the Clarendon, Va., alleys. It was the first time of the season in this . league that one pin figured so promi- nently in a team’s victory or loss. PUBLIC PARK GOLF CLUBS ELIMINATED Maryland Body Now Limits Membership to Minimum $20-a-Year Plants. By the Assoclated Press. ALTIMORE, January 21.—Public parks golf clubs are out of the Maryland State Golf Association under an amendment to its by- laws which automatically eliminated their qualifications for membership. ‘The amendment, adopted at the an- nual meeting here last night, limits imembexshlp to those clubs owning or leasing their own courses and charging | minimum annual dues of $20. The assoclation made provisions for those clubs which were made ineligible for membership by deciding to form a committee to care for the golfers thus excluded. ‘The association pointed out the action excluded the municipal golfers from only the State handicap events, since with proper handicaps the public links- men are eligible for United States Golf Association tournament qualification. ‘The State group also promised that provision would be made to accept | entries of contenders for the Mary- | SPORTS. Duckpin Howitzers to Shoot Tonight : Houghton Offers Some Hints on Putting THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE : . A LIFETIME. —B WEBSTER SRR MONNE T E E E ESSSSSSSSSS land amateur and open championships, even though the clubs are not mem- bers of the body. ! Preston M. Pairo, president of the ‘P\)rcst Park Golf Club of Baltimore, { which was the only member of good | standing to be excluded under the | amendment, claimed a principle of legal | right was involved, but declined to say whether legal action would be | undertaken, | FFICERS elected for the coming years were: | President, William Parker Hall of Baltimore Country Club; first vice president. Robert Stead, jr, of Chevy | | Chase Club; vice president in charge | of tournaments, William D. Waxter, jr., of Green Spring Valley Hunt Club; | vice president in charge of Washing. ton district, George P. James of Colum- | bia Country Club; vice president in charge of Western Maryland district, | | M. W. Crane of Fountain Head Coun- | try Club; vice president and treasurer, | Nathan H. Kaufman of Suburban Club; Hunt Club. BOZEMAN IS LEADING | THREE-RAIL CUEISTS Win Over Hall Gives Vallejo Man Top Place—Jackson Second in World Meet. By the Assoclated Press. HICAGO, January 21.—J. N. Boze- | held the lead in the world three- cushion billiards championship tourna- | ment, but Clarence Jackson of Detroit had a chance of pulling up even. | Following the opening match of the | day between Otto Reiselt of Philadel- | ’phla and Frank Scoville of Buffalo, N. Y, Jackson, victorious in his two starts, was matched with Allen Hall of Chicago. Another victory for the vet- | eran from Detroit would put him in a tie with Bozeman, who last night de- | feated Hall for his third in a row. In the night match Johnny Layton of Bozeman easily defeated Hall, scoring | a 50-to-34 triumph in 43 innings. He | had two runs of six, with Hall collect- | ing four as his best, and led all the | way. Tiff Denton of Kansas City and Augie | Kieckhefer of Chicago, the delenmz\ champion, pulled up in the race. Denton | had surprisingly little trouble in de- | feating Layton, 50 to 39, in 56 innings, | getting a high run of six, to four for the Sedalia redhead. Kieckhefer was forced to make a sen- sationel finish to defeat Scoville, 50 to 49, in 55 innings. The standing: w. o PN=E Y sel Arthur _Thurnbiad Frank 8. Scoville. RSSO PLUCKY PLAY BURD_ENED. 17 (#)—Norman W. Church's Plucky Play, one stake horses, been allotted top weight of 126 pounds for the $50.000 Agua Caliente Handicap, to be run here March 26 at a mile and a quarter. Golf Analyzed BY JOE GLASS should the average player practice _those short run-up shots? Well, if he will figure out the percentage he will find that his second shots on par 4 holes reach the green only about 10 per cent of the time. ‘This means that 90 per cent of his pitches, long or short, miss the green. They may nct be far from the edge, but the only way in which MM \ ONLY |0 PER CENT OF SECOND SHOTS ON PAR 4 HOLES GET can achieve par is by one- enzel . Dooley... 5 107-8 oo ik B secretary, John E. Hurst of Elkridge B | ia man, jr, of Vallejo, Calif., today | g, AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, January |L of hfinerlu’n outstanding | Beta Fhi Pieh delle). 16 Mischou. a RIDING THE HARNESS -, SHOP'S DUMMY HORSE 00 o, 1933 .y TRE L e S / \ MASONIC LEAGUE. W. L. i 14 Anacostia . 7 Stansbury I X t Gate 7 Petworth 8 Arminius game—Petworth, igh team set—St. John's. 1.73d. igh individual ‘averages—Dixon (King Dayid), 114-39; Miltner (Pentalpha), 114-1K. High individual set—Miltner (Pentalpha), High {ndividua] game—Collier (Hope). 1 High strikes—Miltner (Pentalpha). 3 High spares—Hare (La Miltner (Pentalpha). 130. SATURDAY NIGHT LEAGUE. W. L. Fayette), Prederick’s . 17 22 Wakefield D'y 12 24 eason Records. High team set—Minson's, High team game—Minso} High individual set—Minson (Minson). 440. al game—Behncke (Conven- Darling (Triangle Cafe), 28. High epares—Darling (Triangle Cafe), 98, High average—Darling, 117-7. COMMERCE WOMI W. L 13 Trnsportation N'S LEAGUE. Ww. Sedalia, Mo., and Arthur Thurnblad of | M | Chicago will meet. ! Standards Aeronautics Statistics Automotive Records. High individual average_—Meye: High individual game—Weinbery High individual set—Gartside. o 1a H High team set—Mines, 1,471. High average strikes—Rosenberger, .288. High average spares—Mever, 1. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER LEAGUE. W. L. 19 14 Athliso Club 17 16 Thew S. Gai 17 1 b Season Records. High team game—Owl: High team set Ow W, L 16 17 16 17 al game—Gildenhorn (Owls), :',x:iuh individual set—Gildenhorn (Owls), Greatest number strikes—Sean (Owls). 14. Greatest number spares—Gildenhorn ©Ritk fat came_Berman (Athliso), 9. HEBREW INTER-CLUB LEAGUE. w. W. Vista Club ‘Arora Club. Les Amis C] Phi Lamb. Nu. Jr. Arora Club 2: Phi Epsi. Tau 13 41 Season Records. igh team game—Iris Club, 610. Hieh toam Setvista Club, 17I1. High individual average—Gaist (Beta Phi ‘x'één'mun g2me—Schecter (Mar- High ndividual set—Schecter (Mardelle), Greatest number strikes—Bortnick (Vista), Greatest number spares—Bortnick (Vista), “Jilgh fiat game—Tenenbsum (Irls), 97. . L. 21 21 ] tsmen .. .17 22 Nat. Eng. Co..10 26 Season Records. High tesm game—Barton, Duer & Koch High team set—Big Print Shop, 1.725. THien individual same—Sullivan, 1 High individ kett. 401, Hign “individusl average—Beatts. 116; 16. test number strikes—Crockett, 26. Greatest number spares—Mischou, 126, NAUTICAL LEAGUE. rty. 20. ‘Greatest number res—King. 125, fieh % team game—Wash. Cance, No. 1, “fl\n team set—Wash. Cance, No, 1, 1,694. SANICO LEAGUE. % & oopermen 26 16 Readding | CHESAPEAKE & L. C 50 O | Ell Gees is0: | &8 W L| Cony'tion Hall J& 21 U. 8 P H. 8 1% 0. LEAGUE. = Cotn_Box. . Northern D Plant Office Construction . SSRGS Southern Dist. Season Records. High team game—Coin Box, 656. High team set— Northern District. igh individual game—Wolfe (Coin Box), individual set—Humphries 06 individual average—Wolfe (Coln “number _strike}—Groft (Enst- number spares—Jarman (Plant neers), 41, Greatest oftice), 133, WASHINGTON WOMEN'S LEAGUE. L. A 2 7 Colonials Columbiars 8 Bee | Hilitoppers 26 19 Vee Bees KING PIN LEAGUE. g Dist. Grocery. Season Records. High team set—Franklins. 1,749. High team game—Shoe Mart, 807 High indiviqual sei—Mosely, 409. High individual game—Mushinsk: High individual average—L. Chipoy High individual strikes—Frankln High individual spares—Staley, LUTHERAN LEAGUE. L. St. Paul's (1). High team set—St. Paul's No. 1, 1,710. High team game—St. Paul's No. 1, 616! High individual High individual wland, 16. FRATERNITY LEAGUE. W. L. Pht s Chi 31° 14 Alpha Kap. P. 31 14 Kappa Phi... 30 15 pha. 29 16 Phi Deifa Zeta 24 21 Season Records. High individual set—Geib, 395. High individual game—Geib, 172, High team game—A, L K., 624. High team set—A. I. K., 1,608, Hish individual average—Bell, 111-36. High individua] spares—Bell 1 High individual strikes—Beli, 2 ODD FELLOWS’ LEAGUE. 7 i @ @ 1 Amity (1) 0 Amity Mt. Pleasant Friendship. Phoenix. 13 Central High team game—Amity No. 1, 597. High team ty No. 1, 1,711, —It happened on the diamond BY CHARLIE WHI' IX one-base hits in six times at bat in a game have been made by nine players, 1885 to 1920. Roger Cramer, Philadel, Ameri- I vencar 1907 1535, years, 1907-1928. Hans Wagner holds National record of , 21 years, 1897-1917. Ruth, dur- ing his career to date (1915-1932) has batted in 2,009 in successive years, 1926-1932) from 1919 to 1932. POTOMAC TELEPHONE 1.750. (Cotn K. 0. FOR PINETZKI Ringside Crowd Floors Wrestler, in Match With Shikat. BUFFALO, N. Y, January 21 (®)— | A brawl in which a spectator took & % | punch at Leo Pinetzki and knocked i him to the floor after he had fallen 1) from the ring, cost him his match with Dick Shikat here last night. Leo was counted out as he was toss- ing punches and battling with a sec- tion of the crowd at the ringside. ‘Won. Lost. » un ) irowers’ Express Blue Ribbons Takoma Journai Youngblood Hardwsre . Colorado Service Station Southern Building Supply”. Takoma Tailors 1 1 ACCURALY 1S VITAL ON BUMPY GREENS Narrow-Bladed, Wooden- Shafted Stick Part of Ken- wood Pro’s Secret. BY W. R. McCALLUM. F there iIs one thing that is important for low scoring these Midwinter days, it is - 1‘ accurate putting. You have to be far more accurate on the bumpy, rough greens of Winter than on the smooth greens of Summer to score well, according to Al Houghton, top-liner of the local pros so far as scoring is con-’ cerned and a man who is destined to carve a niche for himself in national golf if he moves forward as fast in the next half-dozen years as he has gone since he turned professional four years back. For several years Al thought himself an indifferent putter. Watching the smooth stroking of George Voigt and Miller Stevinson, two of the finest put- ters who ever lived, Houghton, as an amateur, was usually shaded around the ‘c‘u;;k by these two masters of the putting roke, But Al has broken out in a rash of fine putting over the last year and to- day he is as good & stroker of short putts as you could find in a day's travel. From an ordinary putter who had days of missing 'em as well as holding ‘em Houghton, by dint of careful study and attention to details, has converted him- self into a stroker of short putts far better than your ordinary professional. Part of his secret, he says, is his use 2 narrow-bladed, wooden-shafted putter, which, by the way, is the same? implement which helped Tommy Armour win the 1931 British Open | championship. ’WINTER putting greens with their | stubby grass and their unevem surfaces demand far more acs | curate stroking than the greens of Sume" | mer, when the grass is clipped at uni- | form length and greens have been rolled until they are as smooth as your grandmother's ~ cake—Houghton finds that even the slightest cut or pull on a putt is fatal in the Winter, for the rough grass and the bumps over which the ball must travel tend to exaggerate the inaccuracy of the putt. “You will usualy find the edge of the cup broken” down in Winter, too,” Houghton says. “While you may wobble in a few from the edges, you will find that the ball |can jump over the back edge of thesg. brozen-down cups. So it pays to hft the ball right into the middie of the tin, nowadays. You can't depend on anything but your own accuracy and it’s tough these days to achieve that accuracy. The bell bobs around, the" greem nred no:dot finywhere near unis orm speed and, all in all, puttin, Midwinter is almost a nmepln 1&2? **()F course, fine putters like, Char- ley Betschler, Glenn Spencer and a few of the pros, and amateurs like Miller Stevinson and Clyde Asher,’ have no trouble in the Winter, but for most golfers Winter put is plenty hard. The main reason, of course, is | that they do not stroke the ball accu~ S not go through the o | ball on direct line with the hole or | the line of putt if a slope must be | negotiated. I try these days in par- | ticular to keep that blade moving' | through the ball in direct line with the- | hole, or with the correct line of putty | and moving from the inside out, too,~ | for that will help you to. prevent cute tmgI the pu‘t!t. “I noticed the other day tha | friend Dave Thomson of V%a.shmtg'z‘n! who is usually a very fine putter, was ts—Appel and Lave, 400. | i 8up) WL | ateem ..o & Platt, also High High Growers® Express), 167, o i igh _individual = sei—Harrison (Young- blood Hdw.). 411, High strikes—Sherbahn (Pruit Growers' Express High team set—Youngblood Hds team indi TJY gh blood HAw.), Season Records. w., game—Youngblood Hdw. 0. vidual game—Sherbahn ~(Fruit res—Rothgeb (Southern Building ndivid 1 average—Kaith (Youns- Individual Averages. ‘WALKER-BUSCHLING. McQuilkin 14 1 Wilkerson 29 il.. 47 39 11117 110-41 109-16 Lin GOODE TINNING CO. 45 110-13 Buck’ham 51 104 B0 109-27 Bill Park. 33 1 45 104-18 Jno. Lewis 12 ~ 98- 45 42 OLD COLONY LAUNDRY. 110-3 Davis. 108-19 Beller... BLUE RIBBONS. B0 111-10 Baker... 9 108-30 Chaney.: 30 10720 Mayhew.. ‘TAKOMA JOURNAL. 51 110-7 Herman.. 48 107-39 Royle... 51 51 105-5 YOUNGBLOOD HARDWARE CO. b 3 Harrison. 39 1 18 128-9 VanSant. 39 114 2 119-11 Kleisath.” 39 111 16-6 Heine... -19 -31 36 106-10 COLORADO SERVICE STATION. L.Rothgeb 51 115 aufiman . Rothgeb 4 11153 Micto. 18 0 104-38 Ooursen.. 40 4 102-17 8-4 18 108-3 41 104-28 ASchulze 4 TAKOMA POST OFFICE. Sty .| too, that Davie was stopping 24 | the hole, missing the short ones, blowin, that he never would miss. I gog::l:';. the blade of his putter as it went through the ball. and that his putts curled away | to the right at the hole. He missed a * couple in a round that Davie of a year ago never would have missed. I :a%ugm a theh tll;ne pihat he wasn't stroking throy 1 v th(e) g ug! e ball in line with me of Houghton's main theories re- garding putting is that the body must be kept absolutely still. So he braces I elf carefully, with the bulk of the | weight on his left leg, to prevent any body sway or swerve and rolls ‘em in, . Prevent body sway, concentrate on | keeping that blade moving in line with get the ball as far as the le, and you'll find your putting im- Proved,” says the Kenwood pro. “Keep | after it, an e ‘d hy.l'):li Wil find your putting Golf Gossip | USINESS will be conducted at the old golf stand in Rock Creek Park as usual, notwithe standing the fire which yester~ day virtually wiped out the old farm house which has served as a club house ever since the golf course was opened a | half dozen years ago. Damage of about 5 | $10,000 to the house was caused by the fire, which originated in the boiler room, according to B. Harry Graham, man- | ager of the course for S. G. Loeffler, the concessionnaire, H The main area involved in the fire. was that which contained Al Price’s golf shop, the business office and the lunch room. The locker rooms were not badly demaged. As soon as the blaze was di g | covered all the golfers end the sta united to move out the stock of valuable clubs and other equipment and as the result of their efforts there was little real damage to moveable property. . But for many days to come repairs.- Will go on. A fire, no matter how smal is nothing to joke about. Quite a crow | Bathered at the fire, attracted by t! | smoke and flames. Firemen had a hare 32| job getting water, but by the addition.: of several booster engines, finally pumped, | in water from Sixteenth street with sufe 1 | control. 33 106-22 8 1019 " SHIRES IS REINSTATED mcmcmo, January zl' !@.—hu ming. has granted the of Baseman Boston Braves and Pitcher Henry John- it petitions Arthur Shires of the the Boston Red Sox, who had of &wlxmhrnynflnd. 10, whio was on the meligiie. ek, ¢ reinstated, ficient pressure to get the flames under LL the officers of the Congressional Country Club were re-elected at the annual meeting held last night a$. the club house. Those re-elected were: John C. Koons, president; William: Montgomery, first vice president; Wil-, liam 8. Corby, second vice president; Raymond McCarl, third vice president;,. Albert W. Walker, secretary, and M. F.: treasure;