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Evening star., 1922-03-26

The tournament season IN and near
lows.
May 4, and 6-Washineton Golf
and Country Club invitation event
May II, IL and 13-Biltimore Coun-
try Club spring tournament.
May is. 19 and 20-Chevy Chase
Club spring invitation tourney.
June l, 2 and 3-C0lumbia Country
Club annual tournament.
June Is, 16 and A7--Annual cham
pionship of the Middle Atlantic Golf
association at the Wilmington Coun-
The mems championship of the Dis
trict ts,s WI, VIII not be played in the spring
hold the event at Columbia, october
Is and 10. This lis the only tournament
for men abouE the District next fall
unless the Ba hnockburn decides to re-
sumo Its once annual event.
Capt. J. p Alison. designer of the
rearranged course at Chevy Chase, is
understood to have gone over plans
for the proposed new course several
miles west of Chevy Chase Club,
which Eill draw it's membership
organization. Plans for the organiza-
tion OF the club have not gone far
enough to give them publicity, but
tnere Is every prospect that the new
proJtsct will be successful and that
the outcome will be q real champion
snip course-one to compare favor
ably with Pine Valley, near Philadel-
p MIA, and the National Golf Links on
long Island.
Plans have been completed, officials
Of the new Indian Springs Golf Club
announced last night, for the holding
Of two golf tournaments over the new
course OF the club next year.
The events are to be called the in
i terstate open championship and the
! interstate amateur championship.
Members OF the club hope to induce
! amateurs and professionals who go
/: to Pinehurst for the annual spring
| events there to stop off in WASH
ington.
Practically all the entrants in the
Ptnehurst events have to pass
! through Washington on their way to
! and from the Carolina resort, and the
! local club plans to make the inter-
| state events SO attractive that they
! will attract most of them.
| An attractive local program Is. also
| being worked out by the Indian
Spring Club, although definite dates
have not yet been decided upon. Some
| of these events will be staged the
coming fall, while others will not get
under way until next season.
Annual events decided upon include
| club championships for both men and
| women, an invitation tournament for
women, an invitation Scotch four
| some event and closed ringer tour
| naments covering half the year.
| Holiday and special events, tnclud-
ing professional exhibition matches,
also will be listed.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
1000 HORSES TO RACE
At THE BOWIE TRACK

The Southern Maryland Agricul
tural Association will inaugurate at
Prince Georges Park. Bowie, next Sat
urday. the eastern racing season of
1922 with the running of a seven-race
program.
Two weeks of sport at Prince
Georges Park will be marked by the
distribution among the participating
horsemen Of about $4,000 a day. or
between $130.000 and $4,000 alto
gether.
One Thousand thoroughbreds Of va
rious ages. a considerable majority OF
them just up from New Orleans Mo-
bile. Mexico City. Tia Juana. Cuba.
will be available for Bowie racing.
More than 500 Of these animals are
quartered within the confines oc
Prince Georges Park. The others are
at Benning or In stables about Bowie.
within easy access of the course over
which they will race.
First off. the competition for Bowie
purses will be mostly between horses
that have come up from the south,
seasoned by a winters racing.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

7 Mrs Mallory also figured in the
| women's doubles final. lowering her
| colors yesterday in partnership with
| Mrs. l.. G. Morris Of New York 10
Mrs. J. Il. Jessup OF Wilmington,
Del, and Mrs. Godfrey.
Play True to Form.
Today's program brought TO close
the first national tournament under
the new arrangement of seeding"
the draw. Form ran exceedingly
| true, the only upset of the week hav-
| ing been furnished by Miss Bancroft.
who eliminated Mrs. Jessup in the
semi-fnal round of the singles yes
terday.
For time it appeared that Miss
Bancroft would further confound
| the critics by taking the measure of
Mrs. Mallory. but she faltered when
| within point of winning the Open
| ing set, and thereafter WAS complete
| ~ submerged. II WAS Miss Bancroft's
| first appearance in a national tennis
| final, and she played brilliant tennis.
| In the end. however. the dogged de-
termination and stead.ness of the de-
Tending champion forced the chal-
lenser into errors.
Miss Bancroft started confidently,
| hitting terrific pace. but her Wild
| ness enabled Mrs. Mallory to rally
| with the odds greatly against her a2d
! pull out the first set. The champion
played typical base-!ine game rely
| ing on speed and endurance to decide
| the issue.
Miss Bancroft earned I3 points in
| the opening set, as compared with :
| for Mrs. Mallory. The local COMPETE
| tor continued to hit the bali hard in
| the second set, again outpoint'ng her
: opponent in earned points. but piling
' up costly errors that did not leave the
I issue long in doubt.
| Tilden's Work Decides.
Williams. former national singles
| champion. continued to use his new
| steel-strung racquet throughout the
| mixed doubles tournament. and at
| times brought off shots for which he Is
| Eoted. The scintillatinC work in this
| contest, however. WAS furnished 10y
| Tilden. whose tremendous reach and
| agility enabled him to turfl the tide
! definitely in favor of his side when
| the Boston pair threatened. For the
! most part Mrs. Ma!lo-y's role was
! that of spectator. for Tiiden poach ed
| to his hearts content and pied up
| 80 earned points in the twenty games,
| only four of which Went to deuce"
After the match Tilden defeated
Williams, S-2. CO, In an exhibition
] singles contest.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
cad LIN District Ducn League Mrs. Mallory Wins 7o Tennis Titles
YALE URGES LIMITING
GAMES TO BIG THREE

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 25.-
The Yale News today prints the hrst
Of a series Of editorials on collegiate
athletics in connection with an agree
ment with Princeton and Harvard un-
dergraduate dailies to present such
a series. :
In noting the rapid spread Of foot
ball and the increasing number of
teams of high rating. with many lay
ing claim to mythical champions
ships" the News says that it lis now
impossible. to determine not only, to
what single institution the palm Of
leadership should be awarded. but to
what dozen. .-,
"On this basis, intersect!onal games
whereby Harvard goas out to Califor-
mia, or Iowa State comes to New
Haven. are of highly sensational
and spectacular order, but quite fu-
tile. Each team would have to make
a dozen such trips In order 10 de-
termine any championship.
THE present-day spirit o. over or
ganization has already begun TO In
wade the college curriculum and 1t
must be curbed. On the foot ball field
Yale. Harvard and Princeton have
found in the past, and should con-
tinue to find quite enough to o.:cupy
their interest and energy in defeat
ing one another Further big games
are only an added strain. a product
Of too highly developed system.
They should by all means be abolish
ed"
Evening star., 1922-03-26
CARPENTER 0, K. AGAIN
AND WILL FIGHT LEWIS
BY FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Word re-
ceived today from Paris states that
Carpenter has picked up lost weight
at his resting place at La Geurche.
He will begin training for his fight
with Ted Kid Lewis the last of this
week.
Carpenter was to have given ex-
hfbitions at Geneva and Lausanne last
Sunday and Monday, but his physi-
clan forbade his keeping these en-
gagements, which were for the
benefit of wounded soldiers. How
ever, he will carry out his intentions.
using Eugene Criqui as a sparring
partner. next Tuesday and Wednes-
day, and on April 2 will spar with
Cridui or Jimmy Wilde before the
governor OF the city Of Metz.
The fight with Lewis has been post
poned until May, because of Car
pentier's illness. This will please
Jack Dempsey, who will thus have
an opportunity to sit at the ringside
and see the combat.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

While Jack is gone there is no
telling what will happen in this coun-
try. 1t will be recalled that when
Jim Corbett went abroad after beat
ing Charley Mitchell in Florida there
was hardly a heavyweight in the
United States who impressed the pub
lie with any claim to tackle the
champion. By the time he returned
the horizon was filled with ominous
possibilities. At the head stood Rob
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey to pieces.
had knocked out Peter Maher and
other heayies. Then there were Tom
Sharkey and kid" Mccoy. Gus Ruh-
lin and Jim Jeffries, set of heavy
weight stars such as the world never
before saw and has not seen since.
Firpo Appears Promising.
with the interest in pugilism
burning brighter, stranger things
crop of able contenders between now
and the time Dempsey returns from
! his European jaunt. Will Luis Firpo
of the Argentine Republic be one OF
them? He certainly appears promis-
ing. Firpo is being financed here by
who want boxing legalized in their
country. These wealthy men are not
only paying Firpo's way. but have a
movie man travelling with him to film
all his fights. These films will be
sent to Argentina. A Buenos Aires
newspaper receives cable dispatches
describing all his movements.
Firpo is a fine looking boy. He is
bigger than Jack Dempsey. In height
he stands six feet, three inches. and
weighs 210 pounds. His chest normal
| is forty-three inches, with four-inch
| EXPANSION. His reach is seventy-nine
f! inches. He is just twenty-four years
Ia ora fhA pQSA with which he
Knocked out Sailor Maxted recently
was Impressive. Maxted. who is nc
set-up, in. his three fights prior tc
the Firpo go, knocked out Eddie
! west in seven rounds. Tarzan Larkir
| in one and Wolf Larsen in five.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

England just now is bothered by a
strike of racket stringers. Most of
the workers have declined to accept
n cut in prices. AS the work Is of
a highly specialized type the number
capable Of performing it is limited.
Thirteen courts at Wimbledon,
England, where the tennis champion
ships will be played in June, are
being laid down with special turf.
Work on a grandstand that will seat
$4,000 also Is progressing rapidly.
Colors and badges will be awarded
the members of the British Davis Cup
team, 1t has been decided by the
Council of the Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation of England. Colors also will
world championships, international
be awarded for the Olympic games
for any notable achievement on the
courts.
University OF Pittsburgh goes in
strong for tennis. 1t has nineteen
ginning April % and ending June L.
An annual conference of an inter
national rules board at Wimbledon
has been suggested by British tennis
officials They would have represent
attend. to iron out the differences III
the code.
Roland Roberts. the California star
who did not come east last season
will Join the coast brigade in its in
vasion this year. Roberts was among
the first ten in 1920.
That Japan is making strides IN
tennis is shown by the fact that ~
is planning to have a tennis umpires
association modelled after the one that
has functioned so well in this country
Mkt Kiho, who has been prominent
in fnrthering Japanese Davis cul
team interests. is back OF the move,
ment. He is enrolled as a member o1
the United States Tennis Cmpires AS
sociation. being the first Japanese te
hold that distinction. He expects te
leave the United States soon for japan
with a national championship cup &c
be offered for competition for his
countrymen. a gift of the japanese
residents Of America. kiho is sale
to be an excellent critic of the game
wiuinn Herbert Collins. captain OF
the British Davis cup teams from lS0.
70 1906. died recently In London: He
was the author OF the "sixths sys-
tenn of handicapping. which gained
wide usage, and was noted as an Or
ganizer and lawmaker in the early days
OF the sport.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
SEEKS LOTS OF KlCKERS
FOR HARVARD GRID TEAM

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March 25.-
Kicking will be emphasized In Har-
year. Head Coach Fisher announces
a prize competition in drop-kicking.
kicking off and punting to extend
through the three weeks Of spring
practice, which starts Monday.
"The revised rules for action after
a touchdown make kicking proficten-
cy exceptionally important. the coacn
EXPLAINS. Ten to one we will drop
kick. want ten good men in each OF
the three kicking specfalties."
Evening star., 1922-03-26
ANNEXES INDOOR SINGLES
AND SHARES In DOUBLES
Defeats Miss Bancroft in Straight Sets and With Til
den Scores Over Mrs. Godfrey and Williams in
Like Manner.

OSTON, March 25Mrs Franklin Mallory of New York. who
Miss Mola Burstedt began United States lawn
championships back in 1915 today added indoor
titles her credit the Longwood Cricket Clubs covered
Chestnut Hill.
She defended her singles title winning the for the fifth time
Miss Leslie Bancroft
With William Tden I'd of Philadelphia world singles champion she
captured the mixed doubles
enp The nations singles players mastered Mrs Frank
Godfrey and R. Norris Williams, of 6-7
Evening star., 1922-03-26

The balls used were about the size
of base balls, made perfectly round
and elastic, covered with soft leather
and sewed with fine wire. The clubs
were from three to four feet long. with
stiff. shafts and heads. Of brass. re-
sembling very closely the modern put
ter. And the game was played on ice
in the winter and turf in the summer.
Scots Invented 10th Hole.
There Is nothing in the ancient an
nails to show, however. that the early
Dutch and Flemish golfers putted at
holes. The Scotch put the holes in
golf--including the nineteenth.
The game grew rapidly in Scotland
and became so popular in the fifteenth
century that parliament. on March Z.
1857, "'decreeted and ordained that
gblf be utterly cryit doune. and nocht
usit.'' The game persisted. however.
and about twenty years later the Eng
!ish parliament again ordained that
in ma place of the realme there be
usit golfe, fute-ball, or uther six un-
profitable sportis."
In 1908 the present Royal Black
health Golf Club was founded. The
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of ST.
Andrews, still the golfinS center of
the world, was founded in 1854. and
organized the first competition of any
size the same year.
The game was coming on.
The government at that time was
trying to popularize archery and legis-
lated against all rival sports
Ere long the king surrendered, and
IN 1903 we find him breaking his own
Evening star., 1922-03-26
w,uian Herbert Collins. captain OF
"SEEOED" PLAYERS WIN
IN INDOOR TITLE PLAY

NEW YORK, March 25.-Leading
players in the mems national indoor
tennis championship tournament won
their matches handily today in the
opening rounds of play.
Frank T. Anderson, the titleholder:
S. Howard voshell. the left-handed
player, champion in 1917 and 1918;
Francis T. Hunter and Percy L.
Kynaston, all of the seeded" group,
were victors in the feature matches.
Vincent Richards. another former
holder Of the indoor title. was COM
PEELED to default his place in the
tournament because Of illness
Evening star., 1922-03-26

was to hit the post.
law as though it were a modern
amendment. and purchasing 'golfe
clubbis and ballis to play at the golfe
with the Erie of Bothuile."
Royalty has played the game more
OF less ever since. Mary Queen of
Scots was one of the first woman
players. and she was beheaded.
Charles l was the games first en-
thusiass-and they cut off his head
also! And thousands have lost their
heads over the game since!
Feathers Used in Ball.
In 1S4s the gutta percha ball was
invented. Heretofore the ball had al
ways been made of feathers COM
pact;y stuffed within a feather cover.
1t had served well. and was more
lively than you would imagine. In
fact. the first gutta balls could not be
driven as far as the old 'featheries."
However, it was discovered by OBJ
servant golfers that the gutta balls
showed a remarkable tendency to fly
better after they had been subjected
From this observation resulted the
"nicking" process and the dimples
and brambles of the present day.
The first names to live through
their golfing achievements are those
old champions of tho fifties-Allan
Robertson. Willie Park and Tom Nor
ris, who has been called the father
OF golf"
Thirty years ago golf was prac-
ticaly unknown in the United States.
1t has grown rapidly since-more rap
idly than any other sport-unless 1t
is the possible exception Of base ball.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
TOM KERRlGAN "SHO0Ts"'
GREAT GOLF IN VICTORY

ASHEvILLE, N. c.. March, 25.-
Tom Kerrigan of the SiwancS coun-
British open at st. Andrews last
wear, won the profession Al tourna-
ment here by turning bA cards of
69-70-139 for the days thirty-six
holes. giving him a 2sO., four under
par, for the seventy-two. holes medal
ulay,
Evening star., 1922-03-26
FIRE DAMAGES RACE TRACK,

BALTIMORE, Nd, March 25.-Fire
of undetermined origin early today
destroyed the clubhouse. a cottage,
fifteen box stalls and the water tank
at the Gentlemen's Driving Park,
near Pimlico race track, entailing an
estimated loss of $4,000.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
RACING PLUNGER DIES.

NEW YORK, March 25-"Jack" Nc
Guinnes. who amassed fortune by sonie
OF the mos: daring plunging known 10
the race track. is dead in his Brook
lyn home. McGuinnes, who was born
in Brooklyn fifty-three years ago,
was in the racing game for many
years before failing health caused
him to sell his horses.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
ROLLS TO THIRD PLACE.

TOLEDO, March 25.-The Charles
Weber five of Chicago bowled into
third place of the A. b. c. tourney
tonight. with 2.909. The SouthSide
Malleables of Milwaukee, with 1904,
tied with the Mineralites Of Chicago
for fourth place.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
EASY WIN At LACROSSE
| FOR MARYLAND j. TEAM

COLLEGE PARK. March 35.-FIasf,-
ing a generally superior game. Uni
versity of Maryland lacrosse team
iandily vanquished the Baltimore
City College stickmen, 9 to o. here
this afternoon in the first game OF
the season for both tweives. B. c. c.
showed well for the first portion OF
the opening half. but their defense
then weakened, and the Black and
Gold soon obtained substantial lead
Once his charges were well out in
front. Coach Truitt. the Maryland
mentor. sent in his reserves.
Heidlebach and Breach were Mary
lands outstanding performers, the
former gathering four goals and the
latter three.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
GEORGETOWN IlAS MATCH
WITH NAVY'S RACkETERS

ANNAPOLIS, Mfl., March ga
schedule Of eleven. contests, all to be
ranged for the Naval Academy tennis
team, as followss
April Il, Johns Aopkins: Is. swarthmore;
10. Georgetown; * Harvard; 20. Princeton; !;
My 8, Washingt 6n and Lee; Q. Rutgef9: 10,
Southern Califor nias 10. Lehigh; II. Lafay-
ette; 20. Penn.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
GOLF EVENTS
FOR PLAYERS OF DISTRICT
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

OCL golfers beginning realize that the opening
District Just little
more than month off, The Washington Golf and Country Club
open season win us tourney May and
one,
Evening star., 1922-03-26
DEMPSEY MAY FIND RIVAL
In FIRPO FROM ARGENTINA
BY SPARROW McGANN.

YORK, 25-Jack Kearns announcing his plans
Jack Dempseys European but significant
developed Prominent fight who close the
tipped that they would make
taking Europe with the champion and several already have
booked As the situation
close champion will be he
fight. AS Carpenter
heard aft the (kd) Lewis battle
Evening star., 1922-03-26
JACK MAY FIGHT ABROAD.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, March 25.-
Jack Dempsey. heavyweight champion,
Is here to begin few days visit with
his family prior to sailing from New
York on April II for Europe. Demp-
sey said he expected to engage In
several bouts abroad.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
Leads California Golfers.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 25.-John
]. McHugh of the Olympic Club. San
Francisco. led the field in the quail
flying round of the northern Cali
fornia amateur golf tournament at
the Lakeside course today with 154
for thirty-six holes.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

ury bowler, made the best fiat game at
50.
President Elizabeth Rawlings and
Scorer James Baker have been busy
for several days arranging the league
prize schedule. This week it will be
submitted for approval by the several
team captains.
Feminine bowlers will form their
own association this morning at a
meeting to be held at Recreation
Health Center. starting at 10 o'clock.
Officers will be elected and plans for
mulated for a championship tourna-
ment. Officers and directors of the
Washington City Duckpin Association
will be at hand to assist their sister
duckpinners in organization work.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
LEADS PENN NATMEN.

Merle E. Smith of Rockwell Springs.
Iowa, has been elected captain Of the
Pennsylvania wrestling team for
1923.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
cooGAN WHIPS HANL0N.

NEW YORK. March 25.-Mel Coo
gan, veteran Brooklyn lightweight
tonieht defeated Jimmy HAnlon OF
Denver, receiving the Judges decision
after A.welve-round contest.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

Phil Neer, intercollegiate singles
champion, has been elected to the LIE.
land Stanford University board Of ath.
letic control. 1t has charge of all ath-
leuc activities of the University stu
dents.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
FORT MONROE BASKETERS
BEAT QUANTICO MARINES

QUANTICO. Va. March 25.-Fort
Monroe's team. basket ball champion
Of the Sd Army Corps area. decisive
ly defeated the Marine station quint
here today. AZ to %. The Marines
gave the Artillerymen a good battle
in the first half that ended II TO Z
in favor of the Devil Dogs. In the
second half, however, Left Forward
Black Of the Artillerymen swung into
action and scored eight successive
goals Thereafter the Marines were
out of the running. More than 5000
persons attended the contest. Score:
FIT Monroe t42l Positions. Marines t23l.
Black Left forward ....... Levonis
Conway. ....... Right forward .Sothern
Cary. Left guard Donnelly
RUnts. Right guard Hamilton
Goals from floor - Black 1O}. Hendricks
t3), Ipoch f4l, Cary t2t. Lewonis t2) Sothern
,2J. Wejta, Donnelly. Goals from fouls -
Black, in 0: Lewonis. II in 20. Substitu-
tions-Fort Monroe: Hendricks for Conway,
Erdman for ROnts.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

Snbstitutions-PuEh for Broach, Elliott for
! Tobias, Zalzack for Duvall. Darkin for Bran
ner. Heugh for Marty. Rowe for McQuade.
! Price for Mcdonald. Beach for Brewer. Smith
for Wilhelm; Lewis for sleasman. Downing
for Elliott Marden for Heidlebaeh. Matthias
Kegan for Di PAUL.. Gillespie for Kendall. Goals
-Heidlebach a.. Broach t3). Wilhelm, Miller.
Smith, Maryland; Gillespie. City. Timekeep-
ers-Ciark Maryland; Colder, City. Time Of
halve-30 minutes.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
FIRST POSITION AT STAKE
in STRUGGLES THIS WEEK
Rathskellers and Colonials, at Top With Game
Records Even, Clash ursday-Dstricts, in
Third Place, Can Jump in Front.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

This week will bring trouble championship aspiring team in
the District Washngtons best organization of duck
pinners this engaged
in desperate hono and the schedule arranged for the
five will them from the fight temporarily
leaders,
tilt with Loans andC Currency aggregation.
Evening star., 1922-03-26
DUTCH ORIGINATED GOLF.
NOT SCOTS, AS BELIEVED

that golf the royal and
of the Scots Scotch ALL but Dutch The Highland ddies
of ud lang imported their national the owland
in
In Holland the called kof 1t differed from the present
of
The played
other and the object of the hit the
Evening star., 1922-03-26
OVER THE NET
by ". H. HOTEL

Play for the world hard cour,
championships will start at Brussels
May 13.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

Ichiyn Kumnxne, the Japanese rack.
cter who went home from the United
States some months ago to wed. now
Is in London. He may compete In
the championships at Wimbledon.
Evening star., 1922-03-26

England just now is bothered by a
strike of racket stringers. Most of
the workers have declined to accept
n cut in prices. AS the work Is of
highly specialized type the number
capable of performing it is limited.