Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1937, Page 35

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, - Snead Wild in Open Tune- AIMS AT CONTROL INLAST PRAGTICE * 8-1 Choice in Rough Most of Round—Manero Feels He Will Repeat. By the Associated Pross. IRMINGHAM., Mich, June 9.— The star-studded field of 143 sionals and 25 amateurs free ride” c day over the wind-swept, hay Oakland Hills golf course—one last chance to find the answers to a host of questions the 7,000-yard layout will ask tomorrow as the forty-first national open championship gets under way. None welcomed another gratis tour of the tilted terrain more than youth- ful “Slammin’ Sam" Snead, from down in West Virginia's knobs, who has been stalled as the No. 1 fa- vorite, althouzh it is his first crack at the country’s most coveted crown Snead, sensation of the Winter tournanfents and one of the longest drivers the game has ever couldn’t find the corre terday as he pra o Sarazen, Lawson Little and Tommy Armour. The West nian played t v most of the round in the deep rough, reminiscent of the “hay crop” at Scioto in 1926 and at Inverness in 1931, and although he did not post a &core, he said he totaled “somewhere around 76 or 7 Four Quoted at 10-1. 'THE long-driving lad from the hill country was quoted at 8 to 1 by the betting commissioners, despite the practice round results. Close behind Snead in the be were Henry Pic- ard, Harry Cooper, Byron Nelson and Ralph Guldahl, 10 to 1, and Tommy Armour and Ky Laffoon at 12 to 1 The veteran Armo who won thz title in 1927, and Laffoon, the Chicazn Cherokee, were originally quoted at 20 to 1. but the odds skidded as they ished second in turned in good Tony Manero. who shattered all recor at Baltusrol last y books at 15 to 1. but Tor odds are too lor *“even choice against defen On His Game, Manero Says. “ ALL I need is & few breaks around the green.” Manero said Iy Rame is better than ever, and I'm hi: ting all my shots well. Not only that but I've ‘smartened up quite a bit in the last year. When I get in that rough, T just pitch out and waste a shot, then try to get down in par if I can. If I go over it, just forget abol bid “I'm not worried abn f the championship. and T don't look at tournament as a defer cham- pion. I'm up here to t mental attitude and game are good and I think I have a fine chance to repeat.’ Gene Sarazen, who won the title in 1922 and 1 was quoted at 16 to 1: Al Watrous, the host professional, and Johnny Goodman. the Omaha amateur who grabbed the crown in 1933, each at 25 to 1. ixteenth Is Tough Spot. NIA.\'ERO summed up the reactions % of the rest of the field with a statement that once a shot is lost to par. there is little chance to got it back. The first h and eighteenth on the cot the only se. the champion said. The Eixteenth, with the en on the edge of a lake whi be carried by the second shot e regarded as the “killer of hopes.” Gondman admitied that he pitched five bal during pr: o The field slipped to 168 yesterd as Clarence Owen of Greenville, S. C Eddie Miller of Gadsden, Ala.; Johnn Morris of Birmingham, Ala Jack Munger of Dallas, Tex.. and Dick Metz of Lake Forest, Ill, withdrew. Three of the places were taken by Alternates | Arthur Ham of Charlotte, N. C.; Doyle Smith of Birmingham, Ala., and Dave Tinsley of Spartanburg, S. C. Lafoon’s 69, turned in Monday, was “tops” for the practice rounds, with Al Brosch of Farmingdale, N. Y., turn- ing in a 70 and “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn three subpar 7ls. v must into the I l LEARNS BOXING QUICKLY. | Dick May, University of Alabama lightweight boxer who was a finalist in the Southeastern Conference tour- ney, put on gloves for the first time efter matriculating at the universit; nles | SN s ALL. lean Bill Harvey has played golf balls from some queer places. Bill is a member of Manor member will tell you, you can find some queer spots down in those woods where golf balls go. But of all the funny ones that have befallen Bill in quite a few years of thumping a golf ball around, the queerest one came to him on the seventeenth hole at Indian Spring. Bill is a member of the Treasury | Department team in the Federal Golf | League. As a team member he had to try hard, for Treasury was the | favorite to cop the Mellon Trophy, and it finally did. But before the verdict was in Bill had a tough shot to play. He pushed his second shot to the right of the seventeenth green, where it came to rest on a napkin left out there in the grass. The wind blew and the napkin completely Bill's ball. They finally found fit, wrapped in the napkin, and Bill, like a true golfer, took a cut at it with a | niblick, knocked it on the green and nonchalantly holed the putt for par 3. Olmstead Shoots 69 7OUNG Jock Olmstead, Argyle Club champion, put on a stern chase after Volney Burnett’s 36-hole score of 139, shot on Monday, but even though Olmstead s a finishing 69 he couldn't overhaul the flying fire- man, and Volney today is the indi- vidual champ of Uncle Sam’s boys. Treasury won the Mellon trophy again. That's getting to be a habit. Members of the winning team, who scored 619, were John R. Miller, John J. Lynch, Bill Harvey and Bob O'Mal- ley. The net award in class A went to Paul Smith of the Navy, who had T6—80—2 J. B. Pennington of € was second with 159—24— r prizes were won as fol- Class A—Third net, W. W. Seay, 154—18—126; gross team prize, Treas- ury (619); net team prize, General Accounting Office (571). Cl. B—Gross prizes: C. P. Redick, E. C. 163; Redford Burney, S. E. ., 170; E. J. Holahan, Treasury, 171. Net prizes—Tom Oakley, P W D. N. Havenner, Aj u A Team prizes—igross) Govern- rinting Office, 718; (net) Gen- eral Accounting Office, 605 Class C—Gross prizes: Oliver Cas- 179; S. J. Manion, Post T, Townes, &. P. O, 5. Net prizes—D. J. Farrelly, P. W A, 132; Bob Walters, P. W. A, 143; arry Cox, P, W. A 145. Team prizes o0ss) G. P. O, 762; (net) P. W. A, lows 133; 140 J Office, 183: George Gist's total of ran third for the two day's play, but the golf of young Olmstead the final day. The Argyle champion started with a 75, but came home | with a last-round 69, to finish five the Manor Club and, as any | enfolded | stood out over | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1937. SPORTS b | shots in back of Burnett, with a total of 144. Local s May Meet. | ALL - WASHINGTON final | round loomed today as a possi- | bility in the Maryland State women's title tourney at Five Farms, where ‘He}en Dettweiler, Congressional girl, won the medal yesterday with an 86. Miss Dettweiler clashed in the open- ing round today with Mrs. C. C. Barr of Rodgers Forge, who got into the first flight via the playoff route, after a tie at 99. Elizabeth Houghton of Chevy Chase, with an 88 in the medal round, played Mrs. S. H. Palmer of Baltimore. Mrs. Betty P. Meckley of In- dian Spring, the defending champicn, who shot 88 yester- day, clashed in the first round with Mrs. Fred Lines of Balti- more. Marion Brown, Manor Club school- drew rugged opposition in Mrs. E. Schleuderberg of the Balti- ore Country’ Club. Marion scored in the medal round, against 90 | or Mrs. Schleuderberg. Meanwhile, the men golfers of | | Maryland were engaged today in the qualifying round at Manor for their State title, now held by Spencer Over- | ton Mrs. J. T. Powell of Manor and Mrs. George Goetzman of Congres- | sional were playing in the second | flight in the women's event. | é()NI.Y one more match series re- mains on the team schedule of the women golfers of the Capital this vear. Second and third team matches will wind up June 22 at Manor and | Beaver Dam. First-team matches | already have been won by Ch!’\‘Vi Chase, which also now has won the third-team contests. b Chevy Chase third team leads w total of 41'; points, foilowing yesterday's matches at Columbia, with Congre: sional second at 28 points Second-team ests are close however. Beaver Dam leads after matches vesterday at Woodmont, with a total of 40!, points, while Columbia has 39 points and Congressional has 37. Yesterday's results, second teams: Chevy Chase beat Beaver Dam, 5 to 4; Washington beat Army-Navy, 5 to 4; Congressional beat Kenwood, 6 to 3; Columbia beat Manor, 9 to 0 Third Teams—Chevy Chase beat Kenwood, 9 to 0; Congressional beat | Beaver Dam, 715 to 1!; Indian Spring beat Manor, 6 to 3. PAGE HUFTY, defending title- holder, entered the second round in the Chevy Chase Club championship { RYDER CUP BERTHS AT STAKE iN OPEN Nine Players Remain in Running | for Four Places to Be Filled on U. S. Team. By the Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Mich., June 9.—The three-day chase for United States open golf championship honors at| Oakland Hills, starting tomorrow, also will decide the remaining make-up of | the Ryder Cup team, which leaves a| week from tomorrow to play the Brit- ish professionals at Southport. | Nine players definitely remain in the | running for the four team berths as yet unfilled. Scores for the combined 36-hole qualifying competition of the P. G. A. championship, decided re- cently at Pittsburgh, and the regula- tion 72-hole open competition will de- cide the contest. Byron Nelson of Reading, Pa., with 139, now has a four-shot lead over his nearest Ryder Cup rivals, Paul Runyan and Harold McSpaden, each with 143. | Others and their scores: Ed Dudley and Vic Ghezzi, 145; Sam Snead and Jimmie Hines, 147; Ralph Guldahl, 148 Three eligibles have indicated they can’'t make the trip, regardless of the scoring outcome. They are Ky Laffoon, 143, and Olin Dutra and Craig Wood, 148 each. OUTRUNS STREET CARS | | SAN FRANCISCO (#). — Norman ! Bright, the Sunnyvale schoolmaster and distance runner, has a new record. | He has broken the mark set in 1914 in the annual cross-city run from the bay ferries to the ocean beach, covering the 7'; miles in 39 minutes 52 seconds. | Even the electric trolleys don't al- ways equal that time. | | | | | MISSOURI BOYS ACTIVE. Forty per cent of the men students enrolled at the University of Missouri participate in one or more of the 14 sports in which intramural competi- | low is playing the best tennis of his more tion is held 7 today tied with two others for the lead. Page shot a 75 in the opening | round yesterday, the same score as those turned in by Ralph D. Quinter, jr., and Reeve Lewis, jr. Mason, had 78. Ot Frank P. Reeside, jr.. and Kent Legg 83; C. Ashmead Fuller, 84 tourney is & i2-hole medal play affair | for the Hortsmann trophy. Wilson High School golfers hold a | 515-t0-312 victory over Western High | | School linksmen, achieved yesterday | i at the Army-Na D. C. WOMEN LEAD BALTIMORE TENNIS Four Playing in Quarter-Finals Today—Men From Capital Also Holding Upper Hand. Srecial Dispatch to Tae Star. BALT!MORE. Md., June 9.—Four Washington women were in the quarter-final round of the Maryland State tennis tournament, while the same number of men were left in the late round of their division. Marked by a return meeting between Margaret Robinson and Sara Moore, who met in the same round in the re- cent city of Washington tournament, the women’s competition was to send Edith Clarke against Mrs. Barry Wood and Anne Ellis against Frances Grimes. The only match not involv- ing Washington girls was the one be- tween Anne Harrison and Eugenia Carton. Barney Welsh and Hugh Lynch were furthest advanced of the man sin- glists. If Ricky Willis was able to de- feat Price Colvin, one of Baltimore's botter netmen, this morning, he and Welsh would clash this afternoon. BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. AUD SEWALIY, chairman of the District cham fonship for women, says that any feminine player may enter in the open-title tourney, which the second round will be played to- night at 8 o'clock at the Parkside Hotel. Eight women now are entered in the tournament and each plays the other one game under the official laws of the International Chess Federation. Present contestants include Mesdames Vivian Jeffers, E. R. Shepard, Chariotte Hallett, Dr. M. Fitzgerald, H. E. Kittredge and Anna Bran, and Misses Mary Owens and Maud Sewall. Other official title tournaments on the association’s annual agenda are: District team championship, individual interscholastic championship, cham- pion of champions tourney, interhigh quintet championship—naming a few of the more prominent events of the | year. It is the intent of the M. C. A. to have a trophy award for each event. Occasional Play at Lounge Tonight. ITH the possibilities of an intra- divan tournament in the offing, the Washington Social Chess Divan will meet this evening at 8 o'clock r | for over-the-board play amon; June members Interested fans may affiliate with the divan by attending the entertainment tonight and conferring with the divan offi- | cers. | Central Battles George Washington. \ ILLIAM REYNOLDS, Antonio Higuera (the Porto Rican lad | who came to this country just to | learn the English tongue), and Rob- ert Hostler—the trio that vanquished the topnotchers in the Procurement Chess Club a fortnight ago and the leading players of the victorious Cen- tral quintet that captured the Inter- high Chess Association championship for the third consecutive time—will | fred Horn and either Sam Katg or Seymour Podnos, stellar players of the Omar Khayyam Chess Club of George Washington University Thurs- day evening promptly at 8 o'clock at the Social ‘Chess Lounge. Sunday, 7:30 p.m., the six club units of the Washington interhigh Chess Association will have a special conclave at the Social Chess Lounge. President Reynolds advises that several changes will be made in the present constitution of the association and plans formulated for Fall ac- tivity. WELDING EQUIPMENT—SUPPLIES OXYGEN—ACETYLENE L.S.JULLIEN. . 1443 P St.N.W. N0.8076 tackle Champion George Derr, Win- | |L_vnch meets Lindsay Franklin, Uni- | versity of Texas star, today. Franklin | eliminated one of two Washington | juniors to fall by the wayside yester= day, upsetting Harry Hefiner, 6—2, 6—3 | The other Capital youth to drop out was Ralph (Buddy) Adair, who | succumbed to Richard Bennett of the | | University of California, 6—2, 6—1. A | | third District junior, Billy Turner, still was in the running, however, having beaten Page Boyce, 6—2, 1—6, 6—2. Stan McCaskey and Lynch were paired for doubles play, starting today, as were Joe Baker and Fred Doyle. Welsh is playing with Modeste Alloo of California, whom he defeated at singles yesterday. NOTHING TO LOOK FOR. ‘W. A. Montgomery of Houston, Tex., ran over a full-grown panther with | his motor car. Since it was at night he did not linger to search for the body. TODAY'S SPORTS your old iriend ARCH McDONALD Bau ¥ | | | presented by the makers of TYDOL 250, easier on ¢ ;GASEFINE \VEEDOL MOTOR OIL all t tter 30 minutes, Ia\pve“‘“‘“"m‘he 4 MIGARS C thof WhiteO™! METZ OUT OF HOSPITAL Golf Pro, Hurt in Auto Accident, to Play in Chicago Open. CHICAGO, June 9 (#).—Dick Metz, young Chicago professional whose chance of playing in the national open golf championship tournament at Birmingham, Mich., this week was blasted by automobile accident in- juries, will return to action in the $10.000 Chicago open July 23- Metz, winner of the Thomas Ga., and Hollywood, Fla., tournaments, and an automatic quali- fier for the national open, has Just been released from the hospital, fol- lowing a six-weck tussle with a leg infection. The ailment was the result of an automobile accident at Safety Harbor, Fla., March 17, ille, ROSENBLOOM IS WINNER Aging Ringman Nearly Floored, but Outpoints Ramage. LOS ANGELES, June 9 (#).—Maxie | Rosenbloom, 188, New York, slapped and cuffed his way to a 10-round de- cision over Lee Ramage, 193, San Dicgo, at the Olympic Auditorium to- night. The aging Rosenbloom built up an early lead and managed to stave off a vicious closing rally. He started Ram- age’s nose bleeding in the second and split his lip in the eighth.” Ramage several times shook the New Yorker with punches to the head and body, but failed to follow up his advantage. In the ninth round Ramage drove home a volley of punches, nearly floor- ing his foe. FIRESTONES OUT TODAY. The Firestone A. C. will play Capi- tal Transit at 3 o'clock this after- noon at Forestville, Md. Either Lofty Bill Beck or Alvin Delaney will pitch for Firestone. BUDGE PRAISES MAKO. “Don't overlook Gene Mako year," says Don Budge. this “The big fel- career.” IKE TO SMOKE CIGARS? Then try a Vintage White Owl and enjoy real fragrance. Kisses? Don't worry . . . there's no prolonged “hangover” of tobacco breath after smoking this mild cigar. Newscientificdiscoveriesshow thatWhite Owl’s Vintage tobacco is very low in sub- stances that cause unpleasant tobacco breath. Tests with a delicate osnioscope prove that this tobacco leaves less odor. White Owl is a better cigar because it always has a Vintage-tobacco filler. Nature measure 1asting smokers. Winter | WRIST-BREAK CONE FROM CHIP SHOTS Pitches Also Are Played Like | Putts, Making the Game More Mechanical. BY W. R. McCALLUM. HE old game of golf is being turned all around by the boy who are winning nowadays. In swinging and other changes in the i swings of the top-notchers which have shots around the green. The latest wrinkle among the head- very short pitch shots should be played just like lengthy putts, with no hreak in the wrists as the club is brought back. And the same grip that is used on the putting green— the reverse overlap—is used by many of the stars. The old method of playing those stroke-saving chip and pitch shots was to play ‘em just like any other break. Plays Surer Game. UT the younger generation of par busters, seeing in the breaking of the wrists a possibility of getting off the line and not hitting the ball cor- rectly all the time, have gone to the | conception of a chip and short pitch | as an elongated putt, and are playing them just the same as a lengthy ap- proach putt. It all makes for ac- curacy around the greens, and it's one of those little things that will be on view at Detroit thic week: but a point that observers.will miss unless they watch closely, “These boys who score so low are changing the game all around.” says Bob Barnett. “They are making mechanical and they're doing to remove the possibility iron shot, with a wrist- | Up : New Golfers Revising Short Game of error. The straight-line swing l and now the idea that a chip or pitch | shot is played like & long putt all are | ntended to stop those little errors we | all fall into-sometimes. It's easier to play a chip shot like a long putt. As a matter of fact the chip from a level stance with mo intervening ob- | ject over which the ball must be pitched is only a long putt, in effect. | Little Room for Mistakes. JT the way the topnotchers play | ““'em they don't leave much room | | for mistakes. You won't find 'em hitting behind the ball or topping it ‘lf they play it with no wrist-break.” | Out there at Detroit there'll be half a dozen leading advocates of the | straight-line swing: such men as a few others. That swing also is ‘ aimed at the idea of swinging the club come about since the universal use | in a straight line from back-swing to [ Other “also rans” JOf e Chrire of steel shafts, the boys are getting | follow through, with limitations im- | POWns classic in the fifty-fifth run- | more mechanical-minded on the short | posed by the necessary body turn.|Ding of the Latonia feature for 3- | But even the body turn is greatly re- | stricted nowadays by the stars. They liners is that short chip shots and|use their arms more and their body | | less. Yep, the old game is changing. | It's becoming more mechanically per- | fect than it ever has been before. RIDER NETMEN AHEAD Living Up Expectations Title Tournament. to in As expected, Roosevelt is setting the | pace in the first interhigh singles | tennis tournament ever held, with David Johnsen and Doyle Royal, its No. 1 and 2 seeded entrants, both in the semi-finals. Emanuel Nunez of Western and Harry Durst of Central are the other survivors. Both semi-final matches will be played at the Monument courts to- morrow, starting at 3 o'clock. The championship round is scheduled to begin on the same hour Friday. John- | sen defeated a teammate, McNeil, 6—2. | | 6—2, yesterday, while Royal conquered | Dalby of Western, 2—6, 6—4, 6—1. | Durst defeated Burnside, 6—3, 3—6 6—4, and Nunez tipped Bonham 4—6, 6—2, 6—4. Both of the latter two losers were from Western (Yrose b wdK|SSES { and blue ribbon. Heelfly, Reaping Reward Appeal in 815,000 Latonia Derby. COVINGTON, Ky, June 9 (#).— Winner in a mile and one-sixteenth | “preparation” event, Heelfly was tablished alongside of Miky Way Farm's Reaping Reward toda }Mrlv favorite among 15 horses indi- cated to start Saturday’s $15,000 added Latonia Derby. Reaping Reward, show horse in the Kentucky Derby, won the Yacht C Purse at Washington Park Monda in 1:37.6 for the mile Dellor, another Kens ky Derby | starter, was second by a length in yes- as an addition to straight-line | Picard, Horton Smith, Wiffy Cox and | !erday’s preparation race as Heelfly {won in 1:45. J. W. Pa | performer is booked to jc s n star three 11 | year-olds. OPEN RICH HORSE SHOW | Equestrians in Chicago Event to Get 330,000 in Prizes. CHICAGO. 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