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.entrals eight. which had been de-
lated by the Episcopal Academy of
Philadelphia in the Henley regatta on
the Schuylllill. May %. lost a brilliant
y rowed race to the st. Johns Acade-
ny crew on the Potomac six days later.
i'he Wisconsin boys got away to ff-
,cen-foot lead, but won by 4 bare four
Get at the end of the mile. Capt.
Chisholm set a fast stroke in the fina !
quarter and had there been a few more
yards to the race Central undoubtedly
would have triumphed. Others in the
boat with Chisholm were Thurteu,
Watts. Gale. Crawford. Holm. Loeb,
Morgan and CoXswain Hoffman.
Guide Set n Record.
Potomac Boat Club upheld Washing
'Hal's rowing traditions during the
ear and had one of its members. Gran
States regatta, roWed in Baltimore
i-abor Gay. This husky youth won the
jutlior singles. intermediate singles and
'lte association senior singles. it was
the first time one oarSman ever had
Vnn three events in Il Middle States
"ofhpeiitivn. The Potomacs scored
GrSt ill another race and were second
'Wic" 10 carry off the honors of the
AHdalc States regatta.
Thcy were not 50 fortunate in the
seuple's regatta at Philadelphia July
ssand they did not compete in the
f6ud' meet CI tue Rowing
NS4ociation at Richmond. The locals
allure TO appear in the latter event
lid snot help to increase any friendly
aefing that might have existed be-
1een the Virginia Boat Club. host
t1the regatta. and the Potomacs.
As usual, Washington Canoe Club
h ad everything its own way in canoe
racing. 1t scored heavily in a re-
:;atta on the tidal basin in June, had
several of it's craft finish first in
meets at Philadelphia July 4 and
august S, pointed the. way to others
in regattas at Baltimore July 29 and
August IL. won at Sugar Island in
August, and all but swept the course
in the Delaware Chesapeake division
meet of the A. c. A. on Labor day.
Harry Knight, Lex Martin. Barney
Davis and Percy Walton were the
main point winners for the Washing
on Canoe Club during the season.
Camps Association Formed.
Other clubs took to the padding
same, and did we'll enough to indicate
hey will be heard from TO greater
Stcnt within 4 year or so. Colonial
'anoe Club. with such sterling pad
tHers as Bcrtev and Eaton cS;!ntcd
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the prize winning class These Balti.
moreans had been met and defeated
by Washington girls in team matches
carly in the season.
The woman bowlerS may well b.
proud Of the successful tournament
conducted by their new organization.
They are to have another next year
and 1t probably will be the most pre-
tentious ever attempted by womer
| here.
The Royals ended their five-year
series with the Palace quint oi
Roanoke by taking this years match
to gain a S-to-2 advantage IN th.
series. At Roanoke. on February is,
the Royals were outpo;nted by forty.
one pins, but bowling here March {
the ten-gane match. 2,769 70. c.651,
Wolstenholme, Goddard. Carroll. Sup
plee, Works and Krauss were in the
Royal squad.
Last winter there were forty leagues
in the District. which was then ,he
high mark. but now forty-fve ars
battling for supremacy in the diffeE
ent sections and classes.
The District League last season haI
one OF the closest finishes on record
Rathskellers and Districts being tied
for first place on games won. and
former team on total pins spilled. Al
Works Of the Rathskellers had the
highest percentage. Ill; Baum Of the
Districts. high game. l62. and Benson
Of the Colonfals. high set, 3Sa.
Last season the Masonic League wa
composed OF thirty teams, the largese
organization in the city. and this
year, with twenty-eight teams. still
Is the leader in numbers. Hiram won
the championship. the splendid BOWL
ing Of Lon Krauss being responsible
mainly for the team finishing in front.
Tho highest set last season waa
hung up by the Linworth team OF the
Athletic Club League, 1850. while
Johnny Baum's 162 carried the record
single game score for the city. Baum
also won the championship Of the News.
paper League. He spilled 2.3e9 pins
for The Star quint during its season.
The best individual game among the
woman bowlers was that of Mae Hart
OF the Nationals. who toppled 1lS
pins. Anna Mccormack OF the City
Post Once team had the best set. 34l-
The best team game. 5l1. was bowled
by the City Post Office quint, and the
same girls landed the high team seo
with l,iJ3.x
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- ei'S D1stANt hCpI lAcul-
the greater part of 1922, there was
called minor sport folk. A number
comparatively few followers, asserted
the more popular pastimes. Cyclists,
S, squash racqueters, chess players
dog certainly had their innings.
! Baldwin's Nell's Ozark Lady, second.
Several shows were conducted by
! the National Capital Horse Show As
sociation at Arlington and a series of
impromatu shows by the American
Rempunt Association at the Riding
and Hunt Club: Maj. G. S. Patton's
A!lahmahde was the winner of more
ribbons snan any other 1ocal-owned
I hounds was revived with the organ
ization Of The Rock Creek Hunt Club
late in the fall. Several meets have
been conducted and it is planned to
hold them twice weekly whenever
weather permits.
good homing birds during the year.
Both gogvernment and private lofts
, had entries In numerous flights of
varying distances and some good
times were recorded. The high spot
of the year for those interested in
the birds was the annual convention
of the American Racing Pigeon Union,
an International organization, held
here in October.
Billiardists held sway all through
the year. Hoppe, Peterson and
Schaefer of balkline fame; Layton,
three-cushion expert. and. Greenleaf
and Concannou. pocket billiard mas
ters, appeared for exhibitions. Cues
of Washington and Baltimore met in
a series of 1872 balkline matches with
the former garnering the laurels
George Wheatley. by winning several
tournaments. strengthened his claim
to the District pocket billiard title.
Chess and rogue players were
active. Several tournaments were
held by the Capital City Chess Club
and Sammy Rzeschewski, Polish
prodigy. gave an exhibition here.
The Washington Rogue Association,
which used to flourish here about ten
years ago, was reorganized and will
take to the courts next spring.
Squash racquets was Introduced at
the Racquet Club and a tournament
conducted in February. G. Quincy
Peters defeated Horace Green in the
final.
Swordsmen of the Washington
Fencing Club took part in several |
matches. one Of their important VIC
tories being scored at the expense OF |
the Naval academy fencers
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/ SSlNSo DClVlC lilC
nothing shy about the so.
of activities. although favored by c
| themselves at times as strenuously a.
! motor cycle and automobile racer
and admirers OF the horse and the
! Polo, fostered by the War Depart
, ment, provided much entertainment.
All games held in Potomac Park at
tfacted many spectators and matches
generally were we'll contested. Teams
representing the War Department and
competed In tournaments, with one of
|, the War Department fours usually
being returned victor
One fatality occurred during the
season. On July l Maj. A. D. New
man, captain of the War Department
thrown from his mount and suffered
a concussion Of the brain, He died
at Naval Hospital a few hours later.
Maj. Newman was considered one of
the best poloists of the Washington
group.
An effort to promote lacrosse met
with scant success. The Washington
Lacrosse Club, organized in the carly
spring. managed to play couple Of
games. but was given little considera-
tion by the public and nothing was
done toward the scheduling of more
in the summer. expects to revive the
sport next spring.
Bicyclists. motor cylists and auto
mobile racers went through several
meets here, but conditions at Airing
ton track where they took place did
not permit the holding of any pre-
tentious affairs of this nature. No
championships really were at stake
and little interest was manifested. A
fatal accident marred the meet of
September 16. F. C. Norris being killed
when the car he was driving in a five
mile race swerved from the track and
plunged through a fence.
Several successful dog and horse
shows were held. A bencfling Of Bos-
ton terriers occurred in March. but
first honors went to an out-of-town
entry. Three District dogs were
recognized as champions at shows in
ether cities. They were DR.. d. E.
Buckingham's airedale. Valley Forge
Volcano; Mrs. Glenn Stewards Irish
wolf hound. Bally Shannon, and 9. J.
Held's Bostor TERROR, District Boss
At the meeting of the National Cap
ital Field Trial Club in November, |
W Washington-ownedd dogs scored in the
all-ages event. Frank Burrows
Master Ben was winner and Thomas
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TENNIS ACTIVITIES TAX
FACILITIES TO UTMOST

TENNIS Of the foremost sports in Washington io-
enjoyed full in 1922 Not only did the District raekete
home but they took the
the middle Atlantic section and few ambitious enough
their hand i'll the national singles
Play here taxed fully the facilities and the game would ave
available
the municipal which granted
- nci = .d le a. l.<;-<
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laurels by beating the Mohawks, 3 TO
Q, In a match at American League
Park. The winners outplayed the
erstwhile title holders to greater
extent than the score ,dicates.
Since the big fellows settled their
argument elevens Of lighter classes
have arranged for titular series and
these are to be completed next Sun
day. Mohawk Preps. kanawhas and
Stantons are seeking the 145-pound
honors. while the Havocs. Mackins,
Stanton Juniors, Mohawk Juniors and
fessioual foot balr failed even more
dismally than it did last year
In basket ball, no team arose strong
enough to wrest from the Yankees
the title they had held for two years.
Aloysius Club attempted the feat, but
was twice defeated and the score of
a. third game was disputed. In the
lighter classes the PeckS, kanawhaS
and Stantons put out good teams.
There were i number of clever mid
get organizations in the field, but no
real effort was made to determine Il
leader through an elimination tour
ney.
Aloysius Club continued to hold
sway in cross-country running here.
Its teams twice defeated Baltimore
aggregations and came through to
another south Atlantic championship.
Although one large outdoor meet.
that of the American Legion. and two
indoor carnivals, Georgetown'S and
the Johns Hopkins 5th Regiment at
fair in Baltimore. were conducted,
District men took little interest IN
track sports. Kflleen and Roosevelt
posts of the American Legion turned
out fair relay teams and the WASH
ington Canoe Club dabbled a bit il
this branch of sport. Other clubs ig-
nored track and field athletics.
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Several big Journeys were staged
here. most notable OF which was the
Chevy Chase Club invitation doubles
which brought many stars of nationa,
repute to the capital 1t was three
day event. With the honors going to
r. Norris Williams and Watson NJ.
Washburn, a pair Of internationalists
who have been factors in national
events for years.
Competition in the Hotchkiss cup
event, the annual four-city affair in
which Richmond, Baltimore. Norfolk
and Washington entered teams. also
was held here. Washington got to the
dnal, but succumbed to Baltimore
there after a great battle IN which
the Monumental city netmen barely
gained the edge.
Four leagues were in operation dur
ing the season. bringing many players
into action. They were the Women's
Washington Association, Suburban
and Departmental, with the title
winners in last three playing for the
mems team championship Of the Dis
trict. Dumbarton Club was the ult!-
mate victor.
Following the league competition
came the District tourney. in which
C. NJ. Charest, who claims both Balti-
more and Washington as his home,
was the winner in the singles. and
with Col. Wait Johnson, victor in the
standing figure in local tennisdom
during the season. He not only won
here, but he took the Old Dominion
title at Richmond. and the middle
Atlantic singles. at Norfolk. where he
also shared the sectional doubles tri-
umph With Eill Sweeney of Baltimore.
Mrs. Norment Surprises.
Mrs. Clarence NJ. Norment some
what upset the dope by winning the
District womar's title. in which she
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An outstanding feature Of the year
was inauguration Of series of inter-
ciub team matches in which four
CLUBS participated, and which was
won by the team representing the
columbia Country Club, defeating the
Chevy Chase Club team by a small
margin. The Washington Golf and
country Club team finished in third
place. with Bannockburn last.
Columbia also Won the middle At
lantic team championship played at
Columbia, defeating Chevy Chase, !.
points to 2. in the final.
Hutch Captured Pro Tourney.
Jock Hutchison won the Columbia
spring open professional tournament.
with a score of 295 for 72 holes. nos
ing out young Johnny Farrell of
Quaker Ridge. who led the field until
the final round. Farrell finished Sec
ond. with 2s9.
The Washington Golf and Country
Club spring invitation tourney went
to Donald Woodward Of Columbia.
who defeated Gerald Russell Of Lon
don, England. in the final by 2 and !.
George S Lyon. the sixty-f -fiveyear-
old Canadian veteran, annexed the
Chevy Chase spring event. winning in
the final from Marshall Whitlatch OF
Chevy Chase by and 4.
Miller B. STEVENSON Of Columbia, up
set the dope when he won the Co
lumbia spring event in June. defeat
ing {. J. Dunphy Of Columbia In the
final by and 3. The latter, however.
annexed the championship Of the
District played at Columbia in Octo-
Der, with a score of 321. leading Guy
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Miss Marywill wakeford. who ha'
been the outstanding players in II,
feminine division up to the time q
the titular event. Mrs. Ellis had woa
at Richmond and Norfolk. Only to los,
later to Miss Wakeford n the fns!
OF the Women's League tourney. Il
her victories at Richmond and No:
Miss Nakeford out Of her path.
Miss Wakeford and Miss Louiss
Kelly comprised the most successfrJ
fair sex doubles team. They woI
both the Woman's League and Die
trict tourney championships. de
Tennis also was we'll supported b..
the colleges and high schools. Georgs
Washington. Catholic University. Gal
laudet and Georgetown had teams
Maryland. through lack of courts. dii
not foster the game. but will get 4.
line during 1923. Georgetown had q
most successful season. Ray kun.e!
winning the middle Atlantic col
legiate honors, and, with Tom Manga,
as partner. capturing the doubles.
Winners Of the titles in the prir.-
cipal events and leagues here follow:
Chevy Chase invitation doubles-1. Hsr;:
wiilisns and w.t:on y: W..hSu.n. .,ln vy Tnsy d.
straight sets In the AnaL
District ehampionship-xsn' singles. Clar
Tsm'n nSs sS,,: Nc Ssea c.r
and Col. Watt c. johnson; romen's double
Miss Mayvill wakeford and Miss Leys'
Kelly.
Hotchkiss cup play-Baltmore defsatti
Washington. 70 8. with ono match IN Anal
In preliminary Washington boa: Norfolk. I.
2. and Baitimors won from Richmond. . TO o
District team ohampionship - DunbarteI
Club. which defeated Euclid In fnal, to o
Euclid Won ssmi-6nal from War Reds, to
Washington Observation-Disclosures
Suburban Lsa1us-Euclid.
Departmental LeaSue-war ASds.
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for Local Athletics Sho,un BY Remew Of Last Tuep Months
COLLEGE TEAMS HER9
FIGURE PROMINENTLY

ENERALLY speaking athletics Washing
during 1922 higher OF development than
anywhere else the SOUTH In sports other places
obaby but considering things
hr
local colleges beyond
,uch small
Strongest base ball
OF
states the capable the south and
capable the whole championship
clay basket ball which straight
truly brilliant individual athletes
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INDEPENDENT OUTFITS
HAYAN ACTIVE PART

clubs
~ permanent character enjoyed banner
ships fought for by The Independents
ball and foot ball and the
ana held sports The operations
ball
establish undputed leaders in classes and impress
the public
such
lot base ball
through in
the affairs that they
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AQUATIC EVENTS HELD
INTEREST IN DISTRICT

aquatic repete with interesting attracted Wash
~ ingons padders unor
tunate Of the foreign waters OF ne
score OF events OF this generously women
boys ana girls OF the District only three
hese the match between High School and St
ohn OF Delahd Wis. June annual South Atlantic
y A. L
the Delaware Chesapeake division
lanne llub N"H0e
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DISTRICT GOLF RANKS
BOOSTED DURING YEAR

HE gof OF 1922 in this vicinity BY addition
to the ranks Of devoees OF the
had realized the health and
OF the Much of the
golfers here be public Potomac Pa
dark with
and ~ e' N~e-
The quality Of golf the District
snow betterment The District
quay IN the national amateur championship failed
local golfers unofhcialy advised that all probability
Evening star., 1922-12-24

NJ. Standifer OF Columbia. the 1871
titleholder, by fourteen shots. Geo-s.
q. Voigt of Potomac Park, was i.
second place, with a score OF 33I.
Mrs. l.. o. Cameron OF Chevy Cha 50
won the District women's chempioE.
ship in the event played at Chey,
Chase in October. defeating her club
mate, Mrs Franck Hyatt, jr., by a,.t
s. in the final round.
Agnew Won Public Title.
Charles Agnew, jr., annexed ;h-
championship Of the public cours,
defeating William T. Prendable. I VI
in 20 holes, in the final match playees
in July.
punphy. the District champions i,
welcome addition to the ranks q
local e offers. He game from ti.s
Woodland Club near Boston, and ha-
sound game. His failure, and thai
OF Standifer and Whitlach, to Quaiif.
in the national amateur probably wa
as much the fault of the weather a.
any other factor. but the assistar;
secretary of the United States Col
Association declared that section3
associations must scan their nomins
tions for eligibles carefully. indicat
ing that the list Of ei.g!blcs might y,
cut down to men with hanoicaps a
three or under
Donald Woodward of Columbia. Va,
runner-up In the middle Atlantic ir
dividual championship TO Thomas &
Sasscer Of Baltimore. who won froi
him on the eighteenth hole Of the!H
final match. after Woodward has
made a game uphill fight for victor:
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DUCKPLW BOWLING ONE =
OF LEADING PAS7ZzMES

to
NV duckpin bowling and advance made dur
The annual championship of the Wash
May
in more 500 taking
tourney establishing
the
enthusiasm was high throughout the competition.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
MINOR SPORTS CLAIM
WEALTH OF DEVO7EES

/HlLE devoees of major District kept them
Wv selves before the public the
nothing shy about the so-ca1ed folk number
Evening star., 1922-12-24

Other clubs took to the padding
same, and did we'll enough to indicate
they will be heard from to a greater
'Stcnt within year or so. Colonial
'anoe Club. with such sterling pad
tiscrs- as Bc,r'ey and Eaton. cSfnted
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