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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1935. SPORTS. *# A-13 Cubs’ Great Pitching Menaces Tigers : Manor Golf Team Has Easy First Match {OPENS TONORROW NEW N, L. CHAMPS STAFF 15 RED HOT Only Three Relieved in 21 |3% Streak, Topped by Twin Win Over Cards. BY ALAN GOULD, . Assoclated Press Sports Editor. \ EW YORK, September 78.—The N Chicago Cubs, having chased the gas house gang back across the tracks, now can turn their undivided attention to the forthcoming world serfes battle with the Detroit Tigers. Charley Grimm'’s Bruins have every reason to be confident, even though they start the serles on the enemy’s grounds next Wednesday and will bump into the toughest American League outfit since Ruth, Gehrig & Co. were “tops” in base ball. The Cubs won the pennant the hard way.y They whipped the Dean brothers in their own backyard and ended the championship reign of the gas house gang with one of the greatest win ning streaks on record. Pitching Telling Factor. THROUGHOUT their 21 -game march from third place to the Na- tional League pennant, the Cubs got superb pitching. Only three starters have been relieved. Their staff of front line flingers not only looks to be “hot” but better balanced than the Detroit sharpshooting corps. This may be offset by a more ferocious Tiger attack, but the Cub quartet composed of Lonnie Warneke, Larry French, Big Bill Lee and Charley Root should be a great match for Schoolboy Rowe, Eilden Auker, Tommy Bridges and Alvin (General) Crowder, the Tiger “big four.” All the starting assignments likely will go to these fingers. The strong probability is that Manager Mickey Cochrane, as he did last year, will{ gamble with his veteran right-hander, CGrowder, as an opening game opponent for Warneke, who is certain to be the No. 1 man for Chicago. This would defer until later in the series at least 2 duel between the right-handed rivals from Arkansas, Warneke from Mount Ida in the Ozarks and Rowe from El Dorado. How Slabbers Compare. THE rival pitching equipment offers good grounds for heated debate. ‘The Cubs have better southpaw re- sources, with the seasoned French for starting jobs and the brilliant little Roy Henshaw in reserve. They have a sensational sophomore right hander in Lee, a fugitive from the Cardinal chain gang. to match the Tiger sec- ond-year star, Auker, whose sub- marine ball may baffie the Bruins. ‘The comeback of Crowder for the ‘Tigers is rivaled by that of Root, en- joying his finest year for the Cubs since 1929. For the Tigers much depends on whether Rowe is “right.” The tall right-hander has had an erratic year. He has been either “hot” or “cold.” Warneke, too, suffered lapses, but he has been at his peak during the Cub . drive, capping the climax with a two- hit shutout of the Cardinals this week. For comparative purposes it is worth noting that Warneke has won his last seven successive starts, where- as Rowe has split even in his last six games. Bridges May Get Call. RIDGES, at his best under fire, may get the call over Rowe in Cochrane’s scheme of pitcher rotation. Tennessee Tommy stood the Cardinals on their ears last year at St. Louis. When he has control he is tough to touch. Southpaw Elon Hogsett, Vic Sorrell, veteran right-hander; Joe Sullivan, rookie portsider, and Roxie | Lawson, right-handed sensation who came up late this season, round out the Tiger staff. Hogsett is the “fire- man.” James (Tex) Carleton, former Car- dinal, and Henshaw, are likely to be Grimm’s choices for relief duty. Fa- bian Kowallkk, who came up from Buffalo, also is on the bullpen list. Here are the comparative pitching figures up to date: (3 iy ot canratusnd ooy srusSema) 5 66 24 07 49 3 3113 69 51 How Bruins Took 21 Games in Row N!.’W YORK, September 28 (#).— Here's the record of the 21-game winning streak that carried the Cubs from third place to the National League pennant: Winning Bi3i00210m i b + RS P et eret LR E PN ""l'ufn?\'r:a 7 Warneke in ninth. iRQ lfeved Root in seventh. ALL CUBS' TICKETS 10 GO AT WINDOW Set' Precedent by Banning Preferred List and All Mail Applications. BY CHARLES DUNKLEY, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, September 28.— With the celebration of the Cubs’ pennant triumph over, base ball fans today began wondering about their chances of pur- chasing tickets for the three world series games with the Tigers, to be played at Wrigley Field October 4. 5 and 6. The banker, the lawyer, the man about town, must take his chances along with the individual who just has the price of admission in his pockets, in the scramble for tickets. For Philip K. Wrigley, president-owner of the Cubs, throwing world series traditions to the winds, decided to sell the tickets at the box office only, with no preferred list and no mail orders accepted. Sale Starts Tuesday. STARTING promptly at 8 o'clock next Tuesday morning, the win- dows of the box uffice will be opened and the sale will be on. First come, first served. Each purchaser will be limited to six tickets fog the three games. Any minute new those who want choice locations will be grabbing & camp stool or a cot to take up their long vigil near the box office windows, or hire some one to do the job for them. Wrigley inaugurated the new sys- tem of distributing tickets chiefly be- cause of the short time left. Also he thought it would be more efficient, selling tickets over the counter, than distributing them by mail, because mail applicants often were bitterly disappointed to receive only their checks back with a note: “Sold out.” Bales of certified checks which have been coming through the mails daily were returned with an announcement as to the proper procedure of buying tickets. Adding 10,000 Seats. 'ARPENTERS worked feverishly erecting the 10,000 additional bleacher seats, which will be built outside the park, orn streets adjoining ‘Wrigley Field, increasing the seating capacity to 50,000. No tickets for individual games, ex- cept bleacher seats, will be sold. Neither will standing room be sold. Twenty-one games in a row and & pennant won has Jriven the fans pop- eyed over the Cubs. On street corners, in taverns, business offices and homes the subject of the Cubs’ amazing fin- ish, 21 consecutive victories in their charge to the pennant, was the big topic of conversation. And in the next breath they ask: “How sm I going to get & ducat?” —_— DIRECT TABLE TENNIS Bassford, Others Are Elected by District Association. Morris B. Bassford has been elected president of the District of Columbia Table Tennis Association and D. D. Lambert has been named first vice president. Both choices were made at the second annual meeting of the association. Other officers elected were Nathan Sameth, second vice president; W. SuSxom i [ SREIZHS TIE FOR COAST FLAG Los Angeles Evens Series With ’Frisco With 10-7 Win. LOS ANGELES, Calif September 28 (#)—Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco are tied at two games apiece for the championship of the Coast League, the result of the locals’ 10-7 victory over San Francisco yesterday in the fourth game of the post-season play-off series. The home team cap- ped an uphill fight in the eighth in- aing with a five-run rally, overcoming » lead of the Seals which at one time had stood at 6-1. Cameron Burton, legal counsel; Raph- ael Sherfy, secretary; Erskine E. Ham- ilton, treasurer, and Willard A. King, secretary. Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Berger, Braves, 1; Hack, Cubs, 1; Weintraub, Giants, 1. ‘The leaders—Greenberg, Tigers, 36; Foxx, Athletics, 34; Berger, Braves, !’;; Ott, Gisnts, 31; Gehrig, Yankees, League totals—National, 854; Amer- ican, 652. Total, 1,308. Pioneer Canoe-Sailing Pilot Is Enthused O ver Events Here ANY water sports fans wereg 1 convinced yesterday that sail- ing is here to stay, but prob- the Potomac and it was he who inter- ested- other local aquatic addicts to turn tc this phase of the sport. RUSH NIGHT BALL penet: [Eynon Views lllumination, Root Looking to Possibility of Nocturnal Tilts. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HILADELPHIA, September 28. ~—Night base ball may or may not be introduced in Washing- ton next season, or any time in the near future, but if President Clark Griffith does decide to take the step there’s just a bare possibility that & revolutionary system of lighting may be inaugurated with this step. The system is one which has been patented by George F. Cahill, a pio- neer in this type of light construction. Cahill's invention, which he recently patented, is not unlike carefully shaded stage lighting schemes. ‘While Griffith bas denied that he will seek night ball for his Nationals in the Capital next year, officials of the Washington ball club are not sit- ting back and closing their eyes to the possibilities to the nocturnal game. Quietly and unofficially, Secretary Ed- ward B. Eynon, jr., has been studying lighting effects while accompanying the Griffs on the “road” this season and this current and final tour has witnessed & new interest by Eynon, due to Cahill’s invention. Eynon Views Light. TBI‘ lighting pioneer, who at 70-odd years old has just hit upon what he regards as his greatest step for- ward in perfecting lights for night ball, gave a demonstration to Eynon just before the Nationals left New York yesterday to wind up their sea- son against the Athletics here. The scene of the test was the Dyke- man Oval in the Bronx. A fleld which will accommodate about 6,000 specta- tors, the oval already was equipped with the conventional set of lights. Before launching his first demon- stration of the new invention, Cahill, who back in 1909 installed & set of lights for Clark Griffith, when the Old Fox was manager of the Cin- cinnati Reds, explained the purposes of his system. “The lighting should be & science,” declared the aged inventor. “Not only should it be as perfect as possible for the ball players, but for the spec- tators as well. “For instance, the majority of spec- tators face the outfield and stare into powerful lights installed along the left, center and right fleld fences. This is & constant glare in their eyes and, at the same time, an almost irresistible invitation to regard the lights from time to time. Then, when attention is dyawn to the diamond, it requires several seconds to get the adjusted. This is a strain on e eyes.” Turns "Em on Quickly. (CAHILL'S plan, roughly, is to have the lights in the outfield shut out while the pitcher is on the slab preparing to deliver the ball. This is done by means of a switch with a handle, similar to the power switch which a motorman operates on a street car. When the pitcher winds up and delivers the ball an expert switch operator turns on the outfield lights at the moment the ball strikes the bat. The purpose is twofold. First, the idea is to provide the batter with as dark s background as possible. Sec- ondly, it is to keep the glaring out- fleld lights from the spectators’ eyes as much as possible. ‘When the ball is hit, either to the infield or outfield, the switch move- ment not only turns on the outflield lights, but turns out the lights directly in back of the plate, thus providing the flelders with a dark background and throwing the light on their side of the ball. CAH!LL, whose close study of the , night ball problem has covered a period of more than a quarter of a century, also has devised a pair of suxiiary switches for the specific purpose of eliminating glare in the eyes of inflelders chasing pop flies, which 1s one of the most difficult plays at night. ' If for instance, a batter hits a pop over the firsi baseman’s head and the second baseman runs over to catch it, the lights over the first base section of the stands are doused, affording another dark background and throw- ing light on the proper side of the ball. The same is worked when the short stop chases & pop in back of third base. Eynon, who carefully studied the demonstration, branded ihe general idea as “one of considerable merit” and also became promptly interested in another angle—the economic aspect. “Cincinnati’s lighting system,” de- clared Cahill, “is not a product of scientific study. It is mass lighting. There is six times as much power used on the Cincinnati field as there is on this diamond at Dykeman Oval, and all the lights are on all of the time.” N HIS demonst-ation Cahill em- ployed a team of Cuban all-stars to test the merits of the system. Unanimously they declared it far easier to bat and fleld. Only one real difficulty arose and that was in tim- ing the switch controls. ‘This promises to be a real problem because a split-second lapse by the operator may cause fielder to mis- judge & ball, for instance, and cost anything from a run to a ball game or & pennant. This switch control, which may cause an instant roar of disapproval from players even before they have seen a demonstration, may be the one thing to delsy insuguration of Cahill’s invention on a big-time scale, but before the idea is ridiculed, it might be well to remember Fulton and his steamboat and Edison with his electric light. Cahill's invention makes the ball field & play house stage, to be sure, but that'’s what base ball at night borders upon anyway—a show, & cir- cus, a novelty to entice cash customers. BOWIE GETS CAMPBELL ‘Will Serve as Secretary Prior to Going to Florida. Jack Campbell, who has done & creditable job in his first year as racing for the New York 1ty st Tropical Park. ; Before leaving for Florids he will have charge of the Bowie (Md) A BERGER RAINBOW FOR D BRAVES, Gets 34th Hamer, Drives in ;: 1:’ 127th Run as His Team Splits With Giants. By the Associated Press. ALLY BERGER of the lowly Boston Braves doesn't have W many fans watching him these days, but in view of | La: his performance it's quite likely either the amazing Cubs or the steady Tigers would be glad to have him arcund for the world series. While the Cubs were clinching the National League pennant and ex- | Priift- tending their great winning streak to 21 games with a double victory over the Cardinals, 6-2 and 5-3, the Braves were extending their record string of losses to 114 for the season by split- ting a bargain bill with the Giants. Berger, however, continued to cover himself with glory. He contributed a hit to the opening 6-to-4 victory, in which the cellar dwellers routed Carl Hubbell in two innings, then belted his thirty-fourth home run of the year in the last inning of the after- plece. ¥ Wally drove in two counters in that game, bringing his season's total to 127. That’s no mean feat, considering the Braves scored only 569 runs all season. His hitting, however, was not enough to keep the Giants from winning the battle 8 to 5 when a six- run burst in the seventh overcame Boston'’s early lead and Roy Parm- elee’s fine relief pitching maintained the advantage. The two bargain bills were the only major league games played yesterday as the Detroit-Chicago and 8t. Louis- Cleveland games in the American League were rained out and the other clubs had a day of scheduled idleness. Major Leaders American Batting—Vosmik, Myer, Senators, .345. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 124; Geh- ringer, Tigers, 120. Runs batted in—Greenberg, Tigers, 167; Gehrig, Yankees, 120. Hits—Vosmik, Indians, 214; Cramer, Athletics, 213. Doubles—Greenberg, Tigers, and Vosmik, Indians, 47. Triples—Vosmik, Indians, 20; Stone, Senators, 18. Home runs—Greenberg, Tigers, 36; Foxx, Athletics, 34. Stolen bases—Werber, Red Sox, and Lary, Browns, 26. Pitching—Auker, Tigers, Bridges, Tigers, 21—9. National League. Batting—Vaughan, Pirates, .386; Medwick, Cardinals, .350. Runs—Galan, Cubs, 132; Medwick, Cardinals, 129. Runs batted in—Berger, Braves, League. Indians, .352; 18—6; 127; Medwick and J. Collins, Car- !y dinals, 121¢ Hits—Herman, Cubs, 233; Medwick, Cardinals, 219. Doubles—Herman, Cubs, 56; Med- wick, Cardinals, 46. Triples—Goodman, Reds, 18; L. Waner, Pirates, 14. Home runs—Berger, Braves, 34; Ott, Giants, 31. Stolen bases—Galan, Cubs, 31; Martin, Cardinals, 20. Pitching—Lee, Cubs, 20—6; Hen- shaw, Cubs, 13—5. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Philadelphia, double- header, first game, 12:30. Foot Ball. St. John's College vs. Maryland University, College Park, Md., 3. Bridgewater vs. American Univer- sity, Central Stadium, 2:30. - ‘Wilson Teachers’ College at Ship- pensburg State Teachers’ College, Pa. Eastern High at Episcopal, 2:30. Motor Beat Raecing. President’s Cup Regatta, George- town Channel, 11. _ Archery. Finals, Department junior and senior tournsments, West Potomac Park, 10. Tennls, - Doubles final, Department of Play- grounds x, 2:30. S of Playgrounds, sailboats in the free-for-all event of opened on the Potomac yesterday off Hains Point. the annual aquatic program which —Star Staff Photo. 4 ¢ . soh LA omm Of COUMHOOTMIDNUHR DAIE DO SD BBADD 2 peacat A fotroai™ 4 2% =3 COO000TIIDOHCOINIORDD W) SR PSSt vt e o o rasaisre. 6a SISEREE R COOOHDRORHIIC BN DD DI BRI 322 130 10 o onr 3 ez d S IRe <3305 caonzial3 trarHE 33 - o & ¥ o aBaS RS B ' Bean won 1: Weaver won 1. Hayes won 2. lost 4: Burke won 8: Stewart iost 1: Hensiek lost 3 Tops N. L. With .386—Vos- mik, With .351, Appears Sure A. L. Champion. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 28.—De- spite the possible results of the last two days of play, there seems.to be no danger at all in awarding the major league batting titles to Floyd (Arky) Vaughan of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Joe Vos- mik of the Cleveland Indians before the final results are in. Vaughan was 3s safe as the pro- verbial church at the top of the Na- tional League when the unofficial rec- ords up through Priday showed a .386 average for him and .350 for his near- est rival, Joe Medwick of St. Louis. ‘There was & chance that Buddy Myer of Washington, trailing Vosmik’s 351 by six points, could capture the American League lead, but it was & slim one. ‘The third place men in both leagues, Gabby Hartnett of Chicago at 344 eand Jimmie Foxx of the Athletics at 338, were too far back to be con- sidered. The first 10 regulars in each major league follow: American Leasue. < STILERIVI REIANSIGEE ey gase Vosmik_ Cleveland yer. Weshington Foxx. Philadeiphia Cramer. Phila. ber, b . Detroit. few York P reat) SESnasENS SIITE RITR R National League. ighan, Pitts.__ 136 495 lv(.e'ailc:k:. Béh}gm 152 2'1.'3 . Cincin. ui 27 o 45 s 5 - P g e SERREREESR four blows in pennant-clinching first victory; Galan made six hits in two games. Baxter Jordan, Braves, and Roy Parmelee, Giants—Jordan Giant pitching for four hits in first game; Parmelee held Braves to four hits in six innings of second and started winning rally with single. 4 :doem‘t think he played fine golf to - | teenth, where Peacock’s ball lay on 3 | Peacock was 1 over par for the 16 HE young man today holds '.he‘ District amateur golf cham- | plonship, won in more con- vincing fashion than any golfer ever has won the blue ribbon classic of the local links world, but he thinks he should have been licked, and as a matter of fact, he believes had he gone another round he would have been whipped. Roger Peacock today sports the District amateur golf championship, which he won previously back in 1932, as a mere boy of 21, but even with his par-busting proclivities, and his undoubted superiority over the fleld | which opposed him in the tourney which ended yesterday at the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club, he| wip. “I did play fairly well in the medal | | round” (he scored a 68 to win it), he | admitted today. “But after that I| couldn't seem to get organized. I played only fairly well against Bob Al- bertus, but Levi Yoder should have whipped me in the semi-final, and Hickman Greene had some tough luck in that final round. The stymie on the fifteenth was sheer hard luck, for when it looked as if Hickman would square the match he lost the hole by a stymie.” But regardless of how Roger feels about it you couldn’t convince any one who tested the Peacock mettle or the gallery which folowed the final round between him and young Greene of Manor yesterday that the crown rests on anything but a worthy head. Roger didn't burn up the course. to be sure. He didn't bust forth with another 68, but he did have the shots when he needed them. You couldn’t find better golf shots than his pin-splitting No. 3 iron at |the ninth, which came within 3 inches of getting him a hole in one; nor his niblick shot from a tough spot at the fifteenth. In the first instance he was 1 down and needed to win that ninth hole. In the second, at the fifteenth, he was 1 up and fighting desperately to hold the lead. No kid who can make such shots when he needs them need feel ashamed of his performance. Hickman Greene, ihe drawling lad from Louisfhna, who works for one of the Government alphabetical agencies and thinks Huey Long was zent by God to rule the world, played well, but not well enough. He made a gallant stand over the first nine to win h:ee holes in & row and face the ninth 1 up, but he faded badly on the last tiree holes of the match, dropping the fourteenth, fif- teenth and sixteenth in a row to lose by 3 and 2 to Peacock’s steady pars. One of those losses came from a virtually unplayable stymie at the fif- the lip of the cup and Hickman simply couldn’t get past it. But he dropped the other two holes through bad shots. Peacock won his way to the final in & ding-dong battle with lanky Levi 28 | Yoder, which ended on the eighteenth green, while Greene had an easier time whipping Tommy Webb of ‘Washington by § and 3. At the end holes of the match. He was 4 over against Yoder. GILBIRT CUNNINGHAM, youth- ful assistant pro at Burning Tree, would like to wrap up that Manor g;b course and take it home with He won the Middle Atlantic assist- ant professional championship over the tree-fringed Manor layout yester- day with a 36-hole course score of 148, consisting of 2 76 and a 72. But Al Jamison, assistant to Wiffy Cox at Kenwood, also would like to touch off a stick of dynamite under the eighteenth hole. Al finished one shot back of Gilly at 149, but the sad rapped | part of it is that he came to the home hole needing a par 4 to win and hit his tee shot out of bounds to finish with « 6 and lose by a single stroke. Gilly qualified for the national open ‘Griffs Defending Sixth Place Starts Three-Tilt Series With Athletics Just One Game in Front of Browns. By a Stadl Correspondent of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, September 28— With their sixth-place position at stake, the Nationals will close the American League season today and today, with Buck Newsom Linke on the siab. ton’s pitching. Linke was to seek his eighth straight victory today and Newsom was gunning for his Afth triumph in & row. by W.R.MECALLUM | well over the course which has thrust championship at Manor back in 1933, 80 he now feels that he does fairly back so many good golfers. Jamison scored rounds of 72 and 77. In third place at 150, with rounds of 75-75 was Claude Orndorff, assistant at Manor. Other leading scores: Prank Cunningham, Burning Tree, 81—73—154; Eddie Stevens, Manor, 78—77—155; Clagett Stevens, Con- gressional, 76—80—156; John Bass, Baltimore, 79—77—156. Bass was the defending champion. MESA LEO WALPER, long-smiting matron from Kenwood, today holds her club championship for the | second consecutive year. She won the ! title again yesterday, defeating Mrs. | ‘Wilda Martin, 3 and 2, in the final. Mrs. R. P. Hough won the second flight from Mrs. R. C. Miller, while the third flight went to Mrs. F. Gallo- | way, who beat Mrs. Tom Howse, More than 40 women turned out for the home;comln; tourney at Con- gressional yesterday to find Mrs. Betty MacKenzie, winsome wife of the club pro, walking off with the gross award. Mrs. MacKenzie scored an 83 for the lengthy layout. Pirst net prize went to Mrs. R. E. Burks with 87—20—77. Other prize winners included Mrs. J. F. Dowdell, Mrs. A. Bowden, Mrs. Otto Dettweiler, Mrs. H. H. Mofitt, and Mrs. William Leahy. SATION, KING SAXON | MAY RACE MONDAY | Both Entered in Feature Event | of Belmont Opening—Former Showing 0ld Form. By the Associated Press. George D. Widener’s Sation and C. H. (Pat) Knebelkamp's King Saxon, the two leading sprinters of the Eastern turf, if not of the coun- try, may match strides for the first time Monday in the $3,000 Highweight Handicap at the opening of Belmont Park's 12-day Fall meeting. Both have been assigned 140 pounds for the 6-furlong dash down the Widener straightaway. Sation, which carried 136 pounds to victory in New England and won the Interborough | Handicap at Jamaica in 1:1135 with | 133 in the saddle, is considered a sure | starter. Although the King has not been himself since being shoved into the! fence by Discovery in the Brooklyn Handicap in June, Knebelkamp is se- riously considering starting his ace. In a recent speed trial the King went the half in 472, the 6 furlongs in 1:11% and s nfile in 1:39 over the Jamaica oval. UMPIRES TURN PLAYERS District Association Will Play Hecht Team Tomorrow. “Kill the umpire!” can be used legitimately tomorrow morning by the Hecht Co.’s base ball team, which will clash with a nine composed of um- pires of the District of Columbia Um- pires’ Association. If a non-playing arbiter can be found, he will call for | play to begin at 11 a.m. Ten officials, who will be subject to taunts and jeers without the power to expel their tormenters from the game, already have been signed for the game. They include “Doc” White, IN'TITLE DEFENSE Plays We2k Sparrows Point Combination—0ther Clubs Will See Action. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. ANOR CLUB'S golf warriors will swing into action to- morrow in defense of their Maryland State team cham- plonship, meeting a weak team from the Sparrows Point Club at Manor. Other matches billed for the open- ing round in the State team title tour- ney find four Washington teams, among them two former title holders, swinging into action in the chase for the big bronze trophy which has rested in the trophy cases at Chevy Chase and Indian Spring. Beaver Dam will entertain the Mary- land Country Club team at Beaver Dam, while three .other Washington teams will go to Baltimore to play their matches. Chevy Chase meets Bill Waxter's warriors from Green Spring Valley in a match at Green Spring, Indian Spring's strong team will clash with the Baltimore Suburban Club at Baltimore, while Argyle will move over to Hillendale to meet Ernie Caldwell and his home club boys at Hillendale. Columbia and Congressional are not represented in the opening matches. ‘Washington teams have been uni- formly victorious over the past few years in these Maryland State team contests. Club Tourneys Slated. CLUB championships at two of Washington's older golf clubs will get under way within a day or two. Over at Washington the club golfers will qualify over the week end, start- ing today in the chase for the club title, the Birney Cup and the 12-17 class trophy, with match-play rounds to follow over the next two weeks. Columbia’s club championship affair will start Monday, with medal rounds listed for Monday and Tuesday. A change in the Columbia cham- plonship provides for one match round each day beginning Wednesday, with the tourney to wind up Saturday after- noon. In previous years the cham- pionship has been held over three days, starting on Thursday. Miller B. Stevinson, who has won the title six times, again is a favorite to repeat. Up at Rock Creek Park Ed Burns, course manager, is planning another public links tourney, to be run off dur- ing late October. It will be a match play affair and instead of being run off in a single week the contestants will be allowed several days to play their matches. COLUMBIA PINMEN LEAD Only Team to Score Sweep as 0dd Fellows’ Loop Starts. Columbia’s pinmen are out in front in the Odd Fellows Bowling League, having swept their first match of the season last night with Amity No. 1. Columbia was the only team to win three games. Fred Ehlers led the leaders’ attack with a 350 set, fea- tured by a 137 game. Last year's champions, Fred D. Stuart, fell before Amity No. 2, who took two games. Mount Pleasant and Covenant were the only other teams to win their matches. DOUBLES ACES CLASHING Leading D. C. Pairs Battling in Playground Final. Two great doubles teams were to take the Potomac Park courts at 2:30 o'clock today in a quest for the first annual tennis championship of the Department of Playgrounds. Dooley Mitchell and Tom Markey will be out for the scalps of Barney Welsh and Ralph McElvenny in the match that writes finis to the tennis season in Washington. The match will be a complete re- play of the struggle between the rivals that ended in a deadlock in the fifth set last Sunday. BEANE'S 421 GIVES BOWLERS INCENTIVE Gets Best Set of Early Season at Bethesda—Linkins Has Total of 404. OWLERS at the Bethesda alleys have a new :easonul record to shoot at today, for Sammy Beane's 4321 set, rolled with the Seens Con- fectionery last night, was the highest three-game total of the early Fall. Beane rolled 138, 140 and 143 for his high set. George Linkins of Friendship was 17 pins sort of Beane’s mark, games of 134, 140 and 130 giving him a total of 404. Tinners, Plumbers, Painters and Landscapers were winners in the Dis- trict Repair Shop League on the koma drives, Office, Electricians, Car- penters No. 1 and Carpenters No. 2 falling before that quartet in order. Guethler's 151 game for the Tin- ners was high for the night and Car- penters No. 1's Brewer recorded the best set with 373. “Bottle” Cox, “Ping” Purdy, “Dike” Desper, “Whitey” Gentle, “Monk” Fra- ser, “Shoe” Shoemaker, “Shorty” Hughes and the Watt brothers, Billy and Frank. 20 YEARS AGO HIGH'S foot ball team is likely to make a much and the squad is heavier and more experienced. Bryan Morse, who has coached there successfully for séveral years, still is in charge. After the first inning yesterday, when Washington was ahead, 4-0, Donnie Bush offered to bet Nick Altrock & new hat that. Detroit —gy WINS NAVY GOLF TITLE ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 28.— The Medical Corps still holds the golf championship of the Navy. Capt. John B. Pollard smacked subpar golf down the fairways of the Naval Academy course to whip Lieut. F. T. Ward, 9 and 8. Capt. Pollard won the open title last season. The champ was in the semi-finals in which he defeated Lieut. Jesse B. Lackwell, the medalist, 3 and 2. ‘The woman's title fell to Mrs. George D. Dickey as she defeated Mre. C. L. Freeman. 3 and 2. Both are wives of Navy lleutenants. e ATLANTA IN BIG SERIES NEW ORLEANS, September 28 (). —With the All-Southern Assdciation honors tucked under their belts, the Atlanta Crackers turned their atten- tion today to the Dixie series opening pennan Atlanta demonstrated its superiority in the Southern Association yesterday by winning the third straight game the play-