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B—10 s SNEAD BLOWS UP AS BACON NEARS Youngster Leads for Three Rounds—Girl Contestant Finishes Last. BY DILLON GRAHAM, Associated Press Sports Writer OT SPRINGS, September 21.— After setting the pace for three rounds, Sam Snead, youth- ful Hot Springs professional, broke under the final round pressure today and the veteran Bill Burke of Cleveland, always close on the young=- sters’ heels, slipped ahead to win the $2,500 Cascades open golf champion- ship with a score of 291. While the 23-year-old assistant profesional, who made his major com= petitive debut in this event and en- Joyed a three-shot lead over the field for 54 holes, started blowing as early as the second hole this afternoon and finally wound up with an 80 and a total of 295. The former national open champion added another consistent 73 to go with his previous rounds of %6—71—11. The victory was worth $500 to Burke, as well as the triumph of outscoring three members of the American Ryder Cup team, an honor that was not con- ferred upon Burke this season. Three shots behind the cigar-smok- ing Clevelander was Johnny Revolta of Milwaukee, with 294, while Bobby Cruickshank, wee Richmond ace, was tied with Snead another stroke back. Takes Seven on Second. AKING a 7 on the second hole, where he drqve into the woods, three-putting the sixth and finding traps with misdirected irons to lose strokes on two other holes, Snead was | out in 41 after having put together rounds of 68—76—71 previously. Poorly played approaches cost him heavily on the way home, where a good stretch run might have won, and he re- quired a 39 for an 80 total. After finishing the first nine in 37, two over par, Burke faced the last route one shot ahead and nursed his lead cautiously, although after losing four straight shots to par, starting with the thirteenth hole, Billy needed the eagle three he got with a 35-footer on the seventeenth to clinch his win. Burke's earlier round scores were 76- T1-71. Revolta and Cruickshank, each with & chance to win as they started the last nine holes, required 93s to fade out of the running. Revolta’s second place was worth $400, while Cruick- shank and Snead got $275 each. Babe Finishes Last. 'HE other leaders, with their scores and prizes, were: Ray Mangrum, Los Angeles, 299 and $200; Tony Manero, 300 and $175; Jimmy Thompson, Ridgewood, N. J., 302 and $150; Gene Kunes, Morris town, Pa., 303 and $112.50, and Benny Loving, Charlottesville, 304 and $100. Back of these were several promi- nent aces, including Johnny Farrell, with 305; Craig Wood, with 306, and Henry Picard, with 307, while the | Babe, Mildred Didrikson, brought up | the rear with a four-round score of | 86-88-86-93—353 to prove distinctly that, good as she may be among the | girls, she won't for some time be ready to take on the men at their own game. E. S. Livesay, southpaw from White | Sulphur Springs, was the low amateur, with 325. SIX ARMY REGULARS | FROM TWO STATES California and New York ?rovide[ Three Each—Cadets to Bank Heavily on Passing. W EST POINT, N. Y. September s 21—California and New York will provide more than half of the| Army’s first-string foot ball players this Fall as each State will have three representatives on the eleven as se- lected by Lieut. “Gar” Davidson after testing drill. Capt. Bill Shuler and Maurice Preston, & pair of ends, who are both over 6 foot 2, and Stanley Smith, right guard, are the trio from the West Coast, and Ralph King, veteran quarterback of Buffalo; Joe Nazzaro, triple threat halfback of Brooklyn, and Conrad Necrason, left guard, of | Cooperstown, are the Empire State’s| sons. In “Gar” Davidson's plan to resort | to the air for Army’s principal attack this year these cadets will form the spearhead, Nazzaro doing most of the passing and Shuler and Preston being on the receiving end. Remaining members of the tenta- tive first team are: Whitey Grove, right halfback John Eriksen, left tackle;, Hal Wclf, right tackle; Jock Clifford, center, and Tarzan True, full- back. All 11 players have won their letter in foot ball, but only King, Grove, Shuler and Clifford were on the first eleven last season. — PLAN NOVEL EVENT FOR TRAPSHOOTERS Two-Man Teams With High and Low Averages to Compete for Arlington Dairy Prizes. IGH and low averages of the Wash- ington Gun Club are going fo be united in a novel contest conceived by the Arlington County Dairy, which 1s offering two prizes to be competed for this month and next. Two-man teams, composed of the best Washing- ton Gun Club shot and the one with the lowest average, the second best and the second lowest average, and 50 on, will fight for the trophy, wmch; will be given to the team winning| most of the regular Saturday shoots through October 28. ‘The second cup will be awarded to the shooter making the longest run without a miss on the same 50 16- yard targets within that period. Other club activities scheduled for September are the 16-yard 1935 club championship, the club doubles and all-around championships and two sports writers' contests. One of the latter will be for elub members, who will shoot for a trophy donated by the sports writers of the city. The other will find the scribes shooting for a cup placed in competition by the | evening at the hands of Joe Louis. | PORTS,. 3 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 929 SEPTEMBER 1935—PART ONE. [ 4 A Handsome Award Is Presented by a Winsome Girl BARNEY Winner of the title singles in WELSH, the playground tournament. Grace Davis of the playground staff is holding The Star Trophy Just before handing it over to Welsh. —Star Staff Photos. FIRSTBAD LICKING S SEEN FOR BAER Max Must Have One of His| Best Days to Conquer | Louis, Says Critic. BY SPARROW McG NEW YORK, September 21.—Max Baer will taste the first de- cisive defeat of his career at the Yankee Stadium Tuesday | The Californian is the kind of fighter who must have one of his best days in order to win. Judging from the manner in which he has tapered off in his training, when he should look his best, it seems he went over the peak in his anxiety to perfect himself for the Detroit Bomber. There is no getting away from the fact that Baer is the best slugger the game has known since Jack Dempsey hung up his gloves after the second Gene Tunney scrap. Max hits with the force of the hammer of Thor when he is so inclined and his phy- sical condition is right. CERTAI’NLY he has not shown that in the last week of his training camp work. He resorted to clowning when his sparmates hit him solidly, | his wind got bad or he was unable to land an arresting blow on his hirelings. | Max did what he is accustomed to doing in a tough spot—clown. He is at his best when the opposition is | poor, but against Louis, the finest | sharpshooter he ever has faced, he| will be unable to clown. Joe hits as fast as a machine gun fires. | Another thing in Louis’ favor is the | fact that he has not had to sweat off | alcoholic beverages, tone up his | wind after innumerable cigarettes or | strengthen his leg muscles after many nights on the dance floor. NINE GENERALS NATIVES More Virginians on Grid Squad Than in Many Years. | LEXINGTON, Va. September 21 (#).—Washington and Lee’s foot ball squad always presents a “cosmopoli- tan” roster, but there are more Vir- | ginians in uniform this year than | for a decade. Altogether nine aspirants who live | in the Old Dominion are seeking | berths. They are Duane Berry and Kerford Marchant, guards; Tubby | Owings, tackle; Frank Jones and Bob ‘ Spessard, ends; Will Rogers, Jim | ‘Watts, Preston Moore and Roger Wil- liams, backs. N Kentucky, however, has nine candi- | dates. | final, "LOBS~VOLLEYS: g\ OWEVER much we had desired seeing a Mitchell-Welsh match for the playground department champion: were glad to see Hugh Lynch There’s always a thrill to a new face in the final fadeout of a tournament, and while Hugh has been in semi-final and quarter-final matches all seascn, yesterday was the first time that he had the spotlight directly centered upon him But Lynch deserved his place in the championship round as a fitting climax to @ season of fine play by the ex- Princeton tennis captain. All Sum- mer Lynch has worked and sweated in each of the city’s four major tourna- ments, but not until yesterday had he reached a position of a finalist He's been kept out of ‘a previous final only by some of the best players the city could offer. Tom Markey beat him in City of Washington, after Lynch had knocked off Tony Latona, ranked the favorice in that tourney. In the public parks competition the former Tiger lost to Bill Preese, who had a *hot hand.” And in the District tourney Champion Welsh trimmed him So it hasn't been entirely an un- eventful year for the curly-haired, | dark-complexioned youth. Baring his teeth in the face of tantalizing lobs or bristling drives, it's sometimes hard to tell whether Hugh's laughing or scowling, but immediately after a match, it's easy to see the boy enjoyed himself. Quiet-spoken and easy-mannered, bearing on and off the court. Fij the whole time the match is on, Lynch feelings, no matter which way the match may be going. And it's in no kidding mood that we point to an athlete—and a gentleman. Tourney Tales, AN OLD-TIMER who happened to be on hand was asked to umpire the semi-final match between Welsh and Tom Markey. When he took the bench at the net it was apparent that Maj. Albert J. Gore. former president of the Middle Atlantic Ten- nis Association, was pleased extremely with his appointment. To say that the major was de- lighted with the exhibition which fol- lowed would not be telling the whole truth. “Why, you boys play dandy tennis,” the former official kept repeating as the boys would stop at the net to wipe their hands before changii courts, with an accent on the “dand, that bespoke the enthusiasm shining | in his eyes. Once the major saw himself slipping BY W. R. McCALLUM. OT SPRINGS, Va., ‘September 21.—Base ball has been called the sport where the athlete | must do as he is told, and | tennis is no lily-white game where | amateurism is concerned, but if the | plans of the P. G. A. work out for 1936 a tournament-playing group of golfers who must go where the P. G. A. tells them to go will be available | for all the big open tourneys next year. It comes about because of a com- promise deal between the manufac- turers and the P. G. A. and the boys | themselves will profit no little, which is putting professional golf on the high living and earning standard it should have enjoyed many years ago. The scheme, roughly, js this: The P. G. A. will select a group of about a dozen top-notch pros, who will pass up club connections and will be paid a minimum of $5,000 a year to play in all the open tournaments. Dough Will Roll in. ITH this guarantee and the prize dough they pick up the boys should do fairly well, for they will be strictly tournament golfers and do nothing else, subject to the call of the P. G. A. Call ’em golf slaves if you will, it still sounds like a fairly good way to make a living. It hasn't been an- nounced yet. and probably won't be until next Spring, but it is coming just the same. It means that | jhen a club or a Washington Gun Club. city stages & big » unament the men | P.G. A. Plans to Bind Touring Pros With Yearly $5,000 Wage chosen by the P. G. A. must appear. Inasmuch as they will be top-liners, chosen on their tournament records they will draw the crowds. They will be available for the Kenwood open next Spring if that club listens to Wiffly Cox and decides to stage a National Capital open in April. Just who they will be hasn't yet been de- termined, but it wouldn’t be a bad guess to pick the members of the Ryder Cup team and Jimmy Thomp- son and a few kids who get in the money on the Winter tour next year. All of them will want it for it means not only that five grand guarantee, but plenty of chance to pick up prize money without the worry of a club. The manufacturers have a number of men on their pay rolls whom they pay varying amounts to boost their equipment, ranging from $1,500 to $3,500 for the big shots. Relieves Manufacturers. UNDER the new scheme the P. G. A. will take over this guarantee bur- den and relieve the manufacturers of the load they are carrying. When you figure that one golf concern alone has more than 30 pros on its pay roll you can see what it will mean to the trade. the semi-finals of the | o when he erred on a base-line decision in Markey's favor. Immediately, Bud deliberately smashed Welsh's serve into the net. Whereupon Welsh drove the next one out of bounds with an | over-drive. “Here, boys—if serve——" the major exclaimed, ob- sly disappointed that his erring judgment should have been responsi- ble tor the.temporary stalling of the match. But it was unnecessary. From then on the boys accepted everything he called without questioning. And he called 'em well, too. That wasn't 8 ole” in Harry March's racket. It only looked that way, because black gut had been strung diamond-shaped in the middle of an otherwise white gut racket. But you knew there was no hole as soon as he started to play. obvious department of pl Sibyl Baker, Joining her ground colleagues supervisor of playgroun: evinced keen interest in her department- sponsored matches several days during the week. In fact, all of the play- ground “powers that be” were in regu- lar attendarnce. On Friday. a rather warm day, Barney Welsh was the only one of the semi-finalists in shorts. The fact that the champ consistently rec- ognizes the advantages of air-condi- tioned underpinnings has something ;m do with his repeated successes. If Markey and Mitcheli are in the | sensation-seeking fan as much for his money as the former Notre Dame star. Markey runs wild on a double court | and smashes and volleys with a force which brings constant “phews!” from |the spectators and half-muttered | caths from his opponents. ;W‘HEN Dooley Mitchell continued | the errors which ccst him his semi-final match with Lynch over into his doubles match it became too funny to be any longer sad. Even |-Dooley was laughing at his ‘“nets” and “over-the-line-is-out” drives. The reason the tournament did not include Larry Phillips among its entrants is because Larry is out of town for a month on a business trip for the Government. And that Donald Reginald Sickler, who married Margaret Maxwell a week ago yesterday, is the same Don that used to play No. 2 on George Washington's team. The Embassy doubles championship, long since overdue, will be decided this morning. John Hatch and De- witt Bennett, you know, are playing Jack Latimer and Don Bent. CLARKE, HARRISON_ WIN Robey and Hamilton, Baltimor- , eans, Give Up Before Finish. refused to roll the fifth game, Balti- more’s two-man bowling team bowed again last night to Astor Clarke and Joe Harrison, representing Washing- ton, in a return match on the Claren- don alleys. Clarke and Harrison trounced the Monumental pair, Noah timore two weeks ago. The doubles match ended with Washington 90 pins ahead at the end of the fourth game while Clarke defeated Robey by 51 pins in the singles encounter. Joe Harrison's 150, rolled in his last game, was the high- est score of the evening. BALTIMORE. 105 04 128 137 Henry Picard and Jimmy Thompson, | Ro! two of the boys who may make this new set-up, will appear in an exhibi- tion match at Indian Spring tomor- row, against Al Houghton and George Diffenbaugh, Indian Spring pros. The match will start at_Z p.m. and the gate fee will be $1. " They played 18 holes to a tig of Labor day. RACE MAY GROSS $86,000. From 20 to 25 of the country’s rank- ing 2-year-olds are expected to face the barrier in the Futurity at Belmont Park Ocf 12. With 20 starters, the —Ajace willdross §26,000, you want me to| Trailing so far behind that they | Hamilton and Wilmer Robey, in Bal- | 21 much Terry's Giants Would Make Bigger ‘ y - ‘Take,” but Tigers Want BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK, September N than a interest in the outeor his Tigers will entry in the wor Giants as his Cochrane ha rocugh. tough boys from St. Louis kidded his lads to a frazzle and took | Want Revenge on Cards. spent to add seating capacity in Detroit for the series. There is no Revenge on Cards. Mickey has League penna would ' prefer than he had last year, when the | the starch out of them. MICKEY has in mind the $55.000 elub in the National League that can outdraw New York, especially during a | world series, and Mickey is counting the sheke's that would roll in, espe- cially if the series went to six or seven games The players share in only the first four games. but don't forget Mickey also must consider those who pay his salary. He is also thinking of the other three clubs in his league that | come in for a share of the receipts. | The Tiger manager says his charges are not afraid of any of their possible | he comports himself with the same | a1 this afternoon, you' can get one | rivals and, in a sense, would like to ghting | of the biggest thrills in local tennis play the Cards in order to get revenge. . D | by watching the former play doubles. | | never is the type to give vent to his | propaply no one in the city gives the 78 WOMEN TO PLAY IN COLUMBIA GOLF Start Competition Tomorrow in Tournament for Second Team Honors. SEVENT\' EIGHT women. teeing off in 26 threesomes, will begin bat- | tling at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morne | ing for the second team championship in the field day to be held at the Co- lumbia Country Club. Mrs. H. L. Simcoe. Mrs. Roy Miller and Mrs. C. H. Merillat will start ac- tivities and additional trios will crack the first ball at succeeding intervals of five minutes. ‘The pairings: 8:30—Mrs. H. L Simcoe (Manor). Mrs. Roy (Kenwood). Mrs. C. H. Merillat (Washington); §:ij s. H. A, Waldron ‘Beaver Dam). Mrs. A W. Tucker (Beaver Dam), Mrs. R. E. Keily (Indian Spring): #:40--Mrs. W_ B. Johnson (Beaver Dam ). Mrs, Russell Brown (Beaver Dam): Mrs. C E. Pugh (Manor): 8:45—Mrs. Louise Bates (Beaver Dam). Mrs_ Matile Perkins (Beaver Dam), Mrs. J. F. Collins (Indian Spring! 8:50—Mrs. Charles Grifin (Beaver Dam) Mrs. Walter Romer G. 1. James (Manor): X s Stabler (Columbia), Mrs. Krewson (Columbia), Mrs. ' D. McPherson (Manor). 9:00—Mrs. G. B. McGinty (Columbia), Mrs. C. 8. Stern (Army and Nav' Mrs. W. W.Woodward (Army and Navy): 9:05—Mrs. Florence Gammell (Manor). Mrs. W. A. Vogel (Indian Spring). Mrs. C. P. Clark (Army and Navy): 9:10-—Mrs. Ralph Payne (Congressional). Mrs. Charles T. Mrs. King Cornwell Miss s. Don Scott (Congres. . Mrs. Parker West (Chevy Chase) 9:20—Mrs, 'Max _Taylor ,(Beaver Dam) Mrs. Don_Hutchison (BeaVer Dam) Margaret Barnard (Indian Soring): Mrs. Oscar Collican (Chevy Ralph Hollet (Chevy Chase). McCarley (Army-Navy): M. Amick (Columbia). Mrs (Chevy ) Mrs. H. D. Rowder (Army. Navy): rs. Newman Little (Colum: bia). Mrs, F. J. Kennedy (Indian Spring) Mrs. F. S. Stone_(Indien Spring): 9:40— Mrs. F. Yager (Congressional). Mrs. V. A. Welie iCongressional). Mrs. W. C. Geleng ‘Columbia): 9:45—Mrs. Hugh MacKenzie (Columbia). Mrs. L C. Lonnguest (Ken- wood). Miss Mary Minnix (Columbia) 10:00—Mrs. J. Y. York (Army-Navy). irs. E. R. Henning (Army-Navy). M D. Bills (Columbia): 10:05—Mrs. Rice (Congressional). Mrs. O G. Elbe (Con- gressional). Mrs. J. H. Bullock (Indian Spring): 10:10—Mrs. Wilda Martin (Ken- wood), Mrs. R. E. Hotze (Kenwood), Mrs. F. 8. Lewis (Congressional): 10:15- S R. E. Burks (Congressional). Mrs. H. K. Beck (Manor) Mrs. F. B. Helan (Marior): 10:20—Mrs. Noah Brinson (Army-Navy). Mrs. A. C._Minnix (Columbia). Mrs E. A Swingle (Congressional): 10 Mrs. F. th (Manor). Mrs. R. Huff (Ken- Mrs. Lillian See (Manot):- & Rhod(: Manor). N 5 H. R, Mrs. M. Garber avy). Mrs. C. Meade (Kenwood). M. Hyier (Coneressional); 10:40— Mrs. Walfer Furlow (Kenwooa). Mrs. J. A. Taylor (Congressional). Mrs. Gus Ring (Woodmont); 10:45—Mrs, Lee Perley (Ken- wood). Mrs. Morris Jaffee (Woodmont), Mrs. Herbert Sauber (Woodmont). ALBANY SIGNS BAKER. LURAY, Va. September 21s—Ray Baker, former Luray High athlete, has signed a contract to play with the Albany Interantionals. He will go to Florida for Spring training. He was a s Smi wood), Mrs. Mih PLAYGROUND NET TITLE TO WELSH Condition Proves Deciding Factor as Lynch Falls in Long Battle. ARNEY WELSH needed the “silent partner” that not only helped him lick Hugh Lynch for the singles championship of the Mugicipal Playground Depart- ment’s first annual tennis tournament en the Potomac Park courts yesterday afternoon, but also gained him one year's possession of the unusual and beautiful Evening Star Trophy. Welsh's unseen and unheard side- kick yesterday was Old Man Condition, the difference between victory and defeat in a tennis marathon. The scores of 6—4, 4—6, 13—11 and 6—2 are mute testimony of the bitter struggle waged by a fighting, bul physically inferior, foe. It was Lynch's game Welsh was forced to play yesterday, kept as he was in the back court by the deep drives to the baseline which catapulat- ed from the former Princetonian’s racket. But in the end it was Lynch that tired from the exhaustive play and when he did, Welsh dealt the knockdut blow to the staggering fighter. { Call for Time to Rest. O EXHAUSTIVE did that third set | prove that both opponents had to call for “time” throughout to rest. It probably will go down in the annals ;88 the greatest championship set { played here this year. SPORTS. Burke Triumphs in Cascades Open Golf : Concentration Little’s Main Asset SPEEDSHPLAY Pros, Amateurs Here to Battle A GOLF event of more than pass- ing interest to quite a segment of Washington clubswingers will take place tomorrow at the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club, where a group of emateurs will clash with a team of professionals as a curtain raiser to the District amateur championship, which will start Wednesday. It will be the first time in many years that such a match has been staged about Washington. Both teams will number 20 players and the match will be played on a best ball basis. Entries for the District cham- plonship will close tomorrow night with Secretary William C. Barr of the District Golf Association. They should be addressed to him care the Washington Golf and Country Club. ALLISON, VAN RYN - BEAT FRENCHMEN Reach Pacific Southwest; Net Final, Conquering Boussus, Brugnon. By the Associated Press, OS ANGELES, September 21— | In the most sensational match of the Pacific Southwest cham- | pionship, Wilmer Allison and John Van , national doubles title- holders, advanced to the final here ! Lynch had Welsh running yester- day, chasing from side to side and ! from backcourt to net in a puzzling ! + pursuit of as beautiful an assortment lof shots any " champion this year. | That third set was tied eight times in games and the longest run of | cames was taken by Welsh, who won | three in a row to lead at 5-4. Twice Lynch was within one game of the set which would have given him a lead in the match, but in each in- stance Barney tied it up Lynch Shows Courage. IDWAY of the eighth game, it had 1= looked as if the challenger had cracked, wien he was forced to rest after a thrice-deuced game, but he came back strong with a surprising display of courage. With the score at 11-11. however. Barney took his own service and then crashed through Lynch's for the all-important lead A 10-minute rest aided only Welsh, who romped to a 6-2 victory in the final set after being tied at 2-all. Yesterday's rivals may meet again today for the doubles title. When “Red” Mather and Ri forced to default. it left only three teams in the running and a semi- final affair at 10 o'clock this morning between Lynch and Tony Latona amd Tom Markey and Dooley Mitchell was to decide the opponents of Welsh and McElvenny in the finals this after- noon The title 2:30 pm. | match will start at CALDWELL IS BEST IN MARYLAND GOLF Caps Big Season With Victory in Hillendale Invitation. Overton Easy Victim. BALTIMORE. Md., September 21.— Victory in the championship match of the Hillendale Country Clud invitation today leaves Ernest L. Cald- well as the Alexander of local golf, wxgm no more worlds to conquer. aldwell’s triumph, 5 and 4, over Spencer S. Overton of Rolling Road. added the most important Autumn in- | vitation to laurels earned in the Bal- timore Country Club invitation and the Maryland State amateur tourna- ment in the Spring. I | The match was a romp for the ama- | teur champion. He played sub-par golf, finishing one under standard fig- ures for the 14 holes required, while Overton, weak in putting and erratic | in iron play, failed to match his bril- | liance. ! The Rolling Road player had done equally well in the morning round, | sheoting a 69 to beat Eddie Semmler, another Hillendaler. in the semi-final. Results of Washingtonians in the | other flights follow: SEC H Ciifton-) Pleasant, on Dudley, Argyle. 4 and 2 SIXTEEN Semi- Ben _Courtright si Al defeated D THIRD unt (consolations. final round Hill defeated C! FOURTH | George Jones. Manor. | Manuel “Baltimore. 2'an : FIFTH SIXTEEN (consolations, semi- final round)—Joe Archer. Rodgers Forge, defeated J. W. Burke. Congressional. 1 up. D. Lauterbach. Hillendale, defeated Dr. J. W. Dudley, Argvle, 1 up. MY-LER LOFT SCORES | Takes Opening Race of National Capital Concourse Club. Flying 3 yards more a minute than his fastest competitor, a pigeon from | race of the National Capital Racing Pigeon Concource, flown from Char- lottesville, Va. Thirty-two fanciers entered 322 birds. Following is the speed flown in ards per minute of the first return to | ¥ | each loft, the first seven being diploma winners: Miller, 5 527.65: G 4951 3 ams, Turomskl g Lnr o Woodside t Mundie. 448.95: Fairbanks. 447. 427.43: Seymour. - 3.00: Copenhaver. unker Hill Loft: 5; McCoy, 289.00. Five Net Loop Kings In Title Series A PLAY-OFF between the cham- pions of the three tennis leagues to determine the best net team in the city will start next Saturday. Winners in the Public Parks, Departmental and Suburban Leagues will compete in the title series. On Saturday, Monument, of the Public Parks League will meet De- partmental’s Public Works Admin- istration champions at Potomac Park at 2 o'clock. One week from today, the winner of thet match goes over to Arlington to tackle the Army and Navy Country Club, i one has handed the kv Willis were | the Miller Loft won the opening Fall | | today with a 6-4, 7-9, 6-4 triumph over Christian Boussus and Jacques Brugnon of France. A capacity crowd fof 4,000 persons attended. At the start it appeared that the American Davis cup players would sweep through their opponents, but in | | the third set after trailing most of the way, Boussus and Brugnon staged an exciting rally after the thirteenth game and went on from there to win the set. The score was 7-6 in fayor of the Americans at this juncture and the game count was 40-love when | the foreign combination came back with a rush to break Allison’s service in the fourteenth to tie the score’ | Brugnon held his service and they | crashed through Van Ryn's service to win the set in the sixteenth game. | The Frenchmen won the first two games of the fourth set as they broke through Allison, but the American representatives held their ground after that, cut down the Europeans' lead and went ahead in the ninth gam: | Even at this Allison had difficulty holding his service to win the match game. Allison Not so Hot. LLISON, the national singles title- holder. was the weaker member of America’s combination while Brug- non was responsible for the major share of the errors that eventuall; lost the Frenchmen the match. Quarter-finals play in the women's singles resulted in the advancement of two of England’s Wightman cup players to the semi-finals. The most | spectacular of these was the victory of Miss Freda James over Miss Gracy { Wheeler of Santa Monica, 9 | 7-5. Miss Wheeler passed up numerous opportunities to win the match as she took the lead in the first set and again in the deciding set, only to fritter away her advantage on errors at the baseline. In the other match, Miss Kath- erine Stammers encountered littlé dif- ficulty in sweeping through Mrs. John Van Ryn of Philadelphia, 6-4, 6-2. | Miss Stammers will meet Carolin Babcock of Los Angeles, in the semi- finals, while Miss James goes out against Mrs. Ethel Arnold of Los An- | geles, the defending titleholder. IN CHESS HE championship of the Capital City Chess Club is announced to start September 28. An en- trance sheet has been posted in the club rooms and already con- tains the names of Martin C. Stark, Vincent L. Eaton and D. H. Mugridge. In the tcurney all players will con- test in the first round. A second round will be contested by all players who in | the first round make a score of 50 | per cent. This is a new feature and gives the top men two chances to meet the prize winners. The time limit is 20 moves per hour. Entries will close on Tuesday. After the first round games will be played on successive .‘Salurdays at 2:30 or 7:30. | A minor tournament also is to start | about the same date. An entry list has also been posted in the club and entries may be made by mon-members. No clocks will be used. D H. MUGRIDGE, the new director | * of the Chess Club, promises to | be a live wire. Fred Flynn, former | director, resigned because of other ac- tivities, William H. Steckel, chess editor of the Allentown, Pa., Morning Call. won | the championship of the Central Penn- | sylvania Chess Association, the second time in four years. Illinois State Chess Association has published “The Laws of Chess” mng} the adaption, revision and amendment | of the official code compiled by the | Federation Internationale des Echecs, | as translated by the British Chess | Federation. It covers all branches of | the game—over the board, corre$pond- | ence, etc—and costs 35 cents. All clubs and players should possess & copy of this booklet. FTER only two days for refresh- ment, following the team tourna- ment at Warsaw, a tournament started at Lodz, Poland, on September 2, and is participated in by Reuben Fine of the United States team, William Winter, champion of Great Britain; Lajos Steiner of Hungary, K. Opocen- sky of Czechoslovakia, V. Mikenas of Lithuania, Dr. S. Tartakower, A. Fryd- man, T. Regedzinski, H. Appel and S. | Kolski of Poland. Dr. Tartakower | won first prize, with the score of 6'2- 2%,; PFine and Kolski tied for secand and third, Opocensky, fourth. Fine did not lose a game, but he had five draws, 1 Chess as a pastime for the blind has received added impetus in the British Chess Magazine. One of the leading schools for the blind in Eng- land has fostered chess for years, one of its best products being Ruper} Cross, now at Oxford, Cross played UNDER PRESSURE - Golf Champion Makes Most of Every Opportunity, Jones Observes. BY BOBBY JONES, Former Emperor of Golf. Despite the confusion of the first few days when the procession of 18« hole matches seemed endless, the ama« teur championship at Cleveland now stands out as one of the most inter esting of recent years. Certainly the display of golf the last two days was worth going a long way to see The tournament was dominated by one man, Johnny Goodman, in the semi-final, and Walter Emery, in the final, pushed Lawson Little closely enough to make these matches exe tremely interesting. Had Little allowed his game to slip even ever so sl against either he must inevitably been heaten That he did not suffer any such lapse, and because he has been able consistently to answer every challenge with something a little better than has been flung at him are the chief rea- sons for his winning 31 consecutive matches. Impressive as his scoring was, for five days Emery had matched it. But on the sixth day it was Emery and not Little who fell away. When Goodman hauled Little back on Friday afternoon, the latter ree sponded by playing the last eight holes of the match in 5 under par. When Emery held him even through the first 18, he found himself forced to match a 5-under-par score in the afternoon. One can hardly be blamed for wondering how such a player can be beaten. Length Off Tee Counts. ITTLE'S driving has been more glowingly publicized than any other part of his game. Although Emery said that it was his opponent’s putting rather than his tee shots that broke his heart, it is still difficult to over-value such length with control. For Little the 5-par holes were only big two-shotters, and on the others he rarely more than a long pitch te true, as Emery said, No. 4 But When this relation continues through an entire match, the cumulae tive effect is important. The differe ence may be so small as to be negli- gible in one or two instances, but re, some time it is likely to oke and a hole, and this h. se, Little's length would mean little if he were not straight, or if the rest of his game was not good enough to enzble him to capitalize his driving. That he must also be a fine iron player and a great putter is evie dent. Why Little Wins. , as I said before the tournae ment and see no reason now to take it back. his greatest asset is his abil to hcld his e ntration upon shot after shot through a tournament week. Em can play or any one d a few others ot that Little se can play. But Little can keep them just a bit longer than any amateur in the game today. And this is why be wins Every time one allows his concene tration to slip he loses back what a birdie has gained. When Goodman hit his tee shot off the course on the twenty-eighth hole he did so because his concentration had been shaken by Little’s 2 at the ninth. And this was the break in the match. It is a plain fact that Little, better than any one else, is able to resist these influences. CIRCLES Goodman every type of s BY FRANK B. WALKER in the British championship and fin- ished with a score of 3!z 'HE score of A. W. Drake of the United States team at Warsaw was the highest made in the tourna- ment. He was presented with an object of art at the farewell banquet. The United States team is due home on the S. S. Pilsudski on the 24th inst. Samuel Reshevsky is expected home also this week from Europe. Miss Vera Menchik retained her title of woman's world champion with a score of 9. Regina Gerlecha of Po- land was second with 6': points. The tournament was played at Warsaw, BRILLIANCY played by the late Richard Reti in a match with Dr. Max Euwe, who is to play a match for the championship of the world with Dr#A. Alekhine: DUTCH DEFENSE M. Euwe. L] L] "U0I % 00RO 0T TR £ 5 5 g MORE than 75 members of the Na« tional Press Club will commit their fourth annual travesty on golf tomorrow at Kenwood Country Club. The divot-digging parade will be led by Paul Wooton, correspondent of the New Orleans Times - Picayune, who will tee off at dawn in quest of the Lydia Pinkham trophy, symbolic of the worst golfer in the club. William Donaldson, superintendent of the House press gallery, is defends ing champion, having taken 148 strokes last year before reaching the | nineteenth Lole. Donaldson is expect- ing the stiffest sort of competition, however, and will be forced to the limit of his enduramce by such duffers as Stephen Early of the White House secretariat, Warren Wheeton of the publicity staff of the Republican Na- tional Congressional Committee and William C. Murphy, jr., clerk and bailiff of the Supreme Court of the American Liberty League. Post entries, when accompanied by documentary evidence as to handicaps and past performances, will be ac~ * cepteds ,