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Evening star., 1923-03-04

This isn't because Leonard has any
doubt as to his ability as a fighter.
1t is because he Is afraid of the
system under which new champions
in this national boxing center. In
former times it was understood that
in order to take a fighters title away
from him, the contender had to beat
the champion with his fists. 1t was
the champions prerogative to put up
as stalling a bout as he wished. or at
least. make the challenger do the
forcing.
1t Is Different Now.
That doesn't go any more. Both
Harry Greb and Pancho Villa were
champions who carried the fight to
the contenders every minute and yet
lost the decisions. Any boxing fol-
lower knows that it is sight easier
with a straight lead. Take a con-
tender who knows a lot about the
boxing game and he can stand back
and make very good showing in the
way of defensive battle.
The idea that prevailed of old was
that contender had to do more than
that in order to capture a crown. He
had to show that he had initiative,
fight in the heart and the ability ma
terially to outpoint If not knock out
his opponent. No longer is this the
case. 1t is logical. therefore. to as
sumo that in view of the brand of
decisions that are being handed out
in New York these days, all cham
pions will eventually develop what
used to be termed ring shyness.
ardice. Most champions. particularly
heaVyweights. have had 1t. No. 1t is
not cowardice, merely an unwilling
moss to jeopardize the fat bank ball
ances they are building up. 1t would
seem that never in ring history have
ring shy than In New York at the
present time.
Godfrey Trailing Willis.
Every fighter develops a jinx sooner
or later in the course of his career.
For some time Harry Wills has
served in that capacity for Jack
Dempsey. Now. in turn, Wills Is SINH
!arly pestered by George Godfrey,
Jimmy Dougherty's big colored pro-
teEe. George Is bigger than Harry
that has been drawn as to the rela-
tive merits of the two thus far has
been their ability to stow away set
ups. So far as this goes there isn't
any doubt that Godfrey packs the
much greater celebrity and convincing
ness than Harry Wills has ever done.
The only thing that prevents God
frey from looming as a serious an
noyance to Wills Is the fact that,
both mon being colored, no promoter
will offer much money for the bout.
II some one should promise q purse
Of impressive dime nsions Wills would
probably be forced to fight. although
II looks as though ne doesn't es-
pecially care about the idea In the
meantime Godfrey Is eating Dough-
erty out OF house and home.
copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-03-04
WOMAN TRAPSHOOTERS
LED BY A CALIFORNIAN

Mrs. c. f. Groat of Long Beach.
Calf, once more heads the list of
woman trapshooters In North Amer
lea, her average for the season Of
1922 being even better than the one
she made when she led the ladies
in 1921.
Last year she shot at 1,475 regis
tered targets and broke 1884, which
gave her an average OF 1888. In
1921 her average was 1921 on 1925
targets. This is a great showing for
a woman at the traps and is one of
which California may be proud.
Next to Mrs. Groat comes Mrs. E. L..
King of Winona. Mimi, who gave the
crowd at the grand American tourna-
ment at Atlantic City, N. j.. last Sep
tember a real thrill by breaking 95
out of 100 in the preliminary handi-
cap. although placed on the 22-yard
mark. Her average for the year was
1856.
Mrs. Robert Shaw of Long Beach,
N. Y, gained the unusual distinction
OF having shot at more targets than
any other woman. Although 1t was
only the second year At the traps for
Mrs. Shaw, she shot at $3.50 targets
and broke 3,903 for an average Of
.ss93.
Evening star., 1923-03-04
CENTRAL HIGH TANKERS
TAKE s. A. TITLE MEET

BALTIMORE, March 3.-For the
second time in as many years Cen
trail High School of Washington
showed the way to local tankers in
the twelfth annual inter- scholastic
swimming meet held at the Baltimore
Club pool tonight.
Five school boys teams competed
with the scores in points as follows:
Central, 80: Polytechnic institute. 2S:
Tome Institute. 8; City College. s;
Friends School. 8.
Three records were broken. two of
them being smashed by Central High
swimmers. The first of these, the
100-yard breast stroke event. was
broken by Satterfield. who hung up
a new record Of Lie in the prelimi-
naries The second. the 22O-yard
dash. was broken by stolley. also of
central. with mark of 23S Is The
tnird new mark was made by Loane
or Polytechnic in the 100-yard back
stroke. lettering the record of
Howenstine Of Central High by 42-5
seconds in hanging up mark of
LA 4-5
Summaries.
sle0.YARD RELAY-won by Central High
polytschnic (Bailey. Jelenko. Loane. woodsS !:
11ira' T I9ms fconover Atkinson, Ross. Coop.
FANCY DIvE-won by Hunter Central. .
second Woods. Polytechnic; third. Tapia.
5o-YARD DAsH-won by Raleigh. CITY:
second, Bailey, Polyteohnic: third, Jelenko,
Polytechnic. Time, OFT is.
1oo-YARD BREAST sTRoKE-won BY Sat.
terAed Central: second. Cams. Central; third,
skeene. City College. Time, lie 2.5.
220-YARD DA6H-Won BY stolley Central !:
second LARGO. Tome; third, Lee, Polytechnic.
PIuNGE FOR p1srANcE-won BY Miller.
Friends; second, Stansfeld. Central; third
Marks. Polytechnic. 90 feet. 80 2.b seconds,
loo-YARD BACK sTRoKE-Won by Loane,
Polytechnic; second. Wedge. Polytechnic ;
third. Walxniith, Central. Time, LA As.
loo.YARD pAsH-won by Bailey, Poly
technic; seeoad, Atkinson. Central; third, Par
sons, Central. Time, l.0l.
Evening star., 1923-03-04
GREAT PERSONALITIES IN SPORTDOM
Jesse Sweetser, King of
Amateur Golf, Be.
gan Early.

|THEY say that an athlete
should be at his best at the
= age of twenty-seven. At this
period. SO the experts i'll physical
development tell US, the mercurial
ardor of youth has settled into
fame unvaryingly brilliant. Judg
ment has ripened and solidifed;
endurance has attained its peak,
while muscle and nerve and sinew
have reached the incest relative ad-
justment OF which they are capable.
All this is based upon demonstrated
fact. However. perhaps, the best
reason the casual sport follower
might have for accepting the truth
ception which the amateur golf
tournament at Brookline last year
offered. 1t would seem that one of
the essential facts concerning rules
of life and living is that there shall
be brilliant exceptions; the more OBJ
vious or imperative the rule the more
signal the deviation.
Not Yet Of Voting Age.
So with Jesse Sweetser. the cham
junior In the Sheffield School of
Science at Yale. He was twenty years
old last April. Yet In steadiness. In
poise. in sheer nerve and In all the
elements Of heavy driving power, deft
touch and resourcefulness that mark
an exhibition OF almost perfect golf
he was the undoubted peer of as
luminous a galaxy of international
amateur golfing stars as was ever
assembled in this country.
Golf Is a curious game. So extraor-
dinary are its demands upon the
human machine and SO subtle are the
conditions that make or mar a mans
best play that only rash prophet
would attempt to forecast one sea-
sons play in terms of preceding
year in the case of whatever star.
None the less. with Jesse Sweetser's
form at Brookline fresh In mind, not
forgetting the rapid strides he has
made in the past few years. it Is diff
ficult to refrain from speculation
to what ensuing years hold for him.
Have we here the coming superman
of golf. star who will shine in our
annals supreme and alone as Tflden
swer and to time may be left the
answer.
Attracted Attention Early.
In the meantime 1t may be inter
esting TO note that at the age of
eleven Sweetser's game of golf had
attracted the attention of critics in
his home city. St Louis. Here
SWeetser was horn. April IL. 1907.
His aptitude for golf was made evil
dent almost as soon as he was suffi-
ciently strong to swing a golf club
and before he was eighteen he was
sufficiently qualified to enter events
in the Mound city with more than
fair prospects OF winning many of
them. In years alone was he lacking
With the idea of entering Yale he
sought an eastern preparatory school.
Exeter, and there he won the school
championship three years in success
sion and was captain of the school
team in his graduating year Besides.
he found time to play foot ball and
to run the quarter mile.
AS freshman at Yale he won the
intercollegiate golf title. 1920 and the
following year he was again a con-
testant. But he had not been playing
as much as he should. having been
tied up with the Yale track team.
Evening star., 1923-03-04
'T|LDEN BEATS MURRAY
IN INDOOR NET FINAL

PHILADELPHIA, March 3-Wil-
liam T. Tilden. I'd, national tennis
champion, won the middle states in
door singles championship here to-
night, winning three Of four sets
played with r. Lindiey Murray of
Buffalo, I'll, 6-4. If, 90.
Dean Mathey and Watson NJ Wash
burn of New York won the middle
states indoor tennis doubles cham
pionship by defeating Tilden and
Sandy Weiner. TO. 6-2. IS
Tilden defeated Washburn. 6-4,
Is. in the singles semi finals.
]. Lindley, Buffalo. defeated Harold
New York. 6-4, 81,
%. and Carl Fischer. Philadelphia.
St, 6-3, to reach the final.
Wash burn and Mathey defeated
Wallace +. Johnson, Philadelphia,
and Harold Throckmorton, New York,
in the doubles semi-finals, 6-4, 6-4.
Evening star., 1923-03-04
MOST OF SQUAD FEELING
EFFECT OF DAILY GRIND
Continued from First Page.)

Wallace Westinghouse Warmoth
gave an edifying exhibition of his
artistry in the matter Of control dur
ing the session today. With Gibson
receiving, the Southern Association
southpaw demonstrated the faculty
of accurately locating the big mitt.
no matter where it was held-high.
low, inside or outside; Ability TO
place his deliveries is one of War
moths greatest assets. Really good
control is rare trait for left
handler. and in this case is expected
to go a long way toward earning
berth for him on stan already Wei
stocked with southpaws.
II n loose. easy motion was all a
pitcher needed to make good in fast
company, Hezekiah Kronkheir Beach
already would be assured of a job in
Washington this summer. The young
righthander from Paducah. KY. is
the poetry of motion when heavinE a
base ball although an angular lad.
devoid of surplus ounce of hesh.
Beach impresses one as capable OF
generating a world of stuff. There
are many requisites as important for
a pitcher, but power ls- not the least
of them. and in that respect the in
dications are that Beach will meas
ure up He tinkered considerably
with a sptball in the Katy League.
from which he halls, but he Is not
dependent on it. and hopes to demon
strate his fitness for big league CON
sideration with entirely legal pitch
ing methods.
The three most ancient members
of the Washington contingent, in
point of diamond service. at least
Bush. Russell and Zachary-are bear
ing the rigors of training in fine
shape. Zach Is drilling along in his
staid. methodical way. apparently en-
joying himself. Russell is being
careful to make haste slowly and re-
ports that his arm feels fine. Bush.
although not sparing himself in the
matter of exercise, keeps Informed
of what is going on every minute
and is all over the field, buzzing first
this player and then that and giving
"the sign of the showers" when his
trained eye tells him a player has had
enough work
Evening star., 1923-03-04

Metropolitan championship at Lake
wood this year. defeating Ed Hale.
and later he was named as one of the
American golf squad which met the
British in play for the Walker cup.
In this contest, although defeated,
he carried c. V. l.. Hooman OF Eng
land to the 37th hole and the match
so far as sheer golf was concerned.
was held by many to have been the
best in the Walker cup affair.
The amateur title event found him
serene, geared true to the test which
involved the meeting and defeating
of Willie Hunter, Bobby Jones. Jesse
all probability. such as no previous
amateur champion ever had to face.
Copyright, 1923
Evening star., 1923-03-04

Mrs. Beatrice Smith has been chosen
with Miss Elizabeth as vice president
and Mrs. Winnifred Ellis as secre-
tary-treasurer. Miss Pyle filled the
last-mentioned positions last season
and established record that will
force Mrs. Ellis to keep strictly on
the job to match
Teams which SO far have been ad-
mitted to the league. with their lead
ers. are as follows:
War Observation-Disclosures Florence
POstOn.
Piney Branch-Mrs. Beatrice Smith.
Alumni-Miss Marjorie Wooden.
Mid-City-Mrs. Austin Stone.
Mount Pleasant-Miss NJ d e
SewalI.
Racqueaers-Miss MaciIa de Souxa.
War Department is the only new
conner. the other FIVE having been
members of the circuit a year ago.
Other teams in the league last year
were Columbia, which won the cham
pionship: Chevy Chase. Liberty, Ma
tionals and Marjorie Webster School.
Columbia or Chevy Chase will be in
the circuit this season. but 1t is prob
able that the other three will be.
However, it is definitely planned to
have ten teams, with each match of
the series consisting of eight singles.
as has been the case for the past
couple of seasons. Players are rank
ed and the racketers of like rating
on each team face. Each team will
meet the other one during the sched
ule. which will start the latter part
of April.
Another meeting. at which il is ex-
pected the circuit will be completed.
will be held in the near future.
Evening star., 1923-03-04
INSIDE GOLF
BY George O'NeiI.

The second fundamental in tim
ing the golf stroke In this, Keep
all eagerncxs out of 1t. The great
failing of golfers fs that they are
overcome with nm unmanaEeable
enKcrness to get at the ball and
hit 1t. This causes the stroke to
he rushed. When 1T II rushed the
stroke In started down with q
jerk and the clubhead. becauae Of
this. will be found upon analysis
to have cOme down inside the
path IT followed going up. 1t loses
it's sweep. The rushed stroke up
sets the whole detail and the shot
Is disaAtrOuH.
Take 1t easy. When Abe Mitch
ell hits q ball you are not con-
Evening star., 1923-03-04
HAGEN SETS LINKS MARK
WITH So AT new ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, March 3-Wal-
ter Hagen, British open golf cham
pion, broke the country club rec
ord here this afternoon I'm match
in o..
The previous record OF Is was
established by William Mehlhorn
of Shreveport in the southern open
tournament last year.
Hagen and Joe kirkwOOd Of
Australia defeated MehihOrn and
wEllie Nelson OF New Orleans, 8
and =, In the 30-hOle match.
Evening star., 1923-03-04

scious of any effort whatever IN
his part. II you have ever seen
Rudy Knepper make n drive you
also have beheld the perfectly
timed delivery of the clubheaA
Knepper lifts the club, snaps It
down quickly and has the whole
stroke over with almost before
you know 1t, and seemingly with
out effort.
Again. take it easy. As the
clubhead goes up and hack let the
body pivot. then hold 1T like q
spring wound up-easily-start
the clubhead down. let the body
slip in back of the stroke, don't
rush it--wait, wait, wait, "feel.
your body fairly "pushinG" On the
club shaft until 1T bends under the
pressure, keep your Gase On the
ball, and snap 1t away. Above all,
take It easy and in your home
practice do not try to apply too
much pressure at Arst. Take IL
very easy until you begin to feel
the ease of the whole thing.
Copyright, John r. Ollie Co..
Evening star., 1923-03-04
MACKS' 100000 lNFlELD
NOW is WELL SCATTERED

The big four of the Athletfcs'
$1OO,OOO fnfield now In well shumed.
Suny Moinnis has been let go by
Cleveland, Eddie Collins is with
the White Sox Frank Baker IL
ready for retirement and Jack
Barry will continue to teach Holy
Cross young men how to wear the
base ball uniform to advantage.
Evening star., 1923-03-04

The new professional comes highly
recommended as player. teach er
and a club maker. He is ranked
fourth i'll the list of professional
golfers about Philadelphia among
such fine players as Charlie Hoffner.
Ben Sayers and many others who
are attached to clubs about the
Quaker City. He is president of the
Philadelphia Golf Association.
Barnett was selected to fill the
post at Chevy Chase from a list of
applicants numbering more than one
hundred. including several of tie
country. The club. according to
mem bers of the greens committee. in
selecting Barnett has picked a man
who will give his entire attention TO
his duties AT the club, and will not
travel about the country playing
golf.
The job of professional at Chevy
chase was left vacant by the resig
nation. last December. of Orrin 4.
Terry. who had been attached to the
club for three years. Barnett's ap-
pointment leaves but one vacancy in
the professional ranks about Wash
ington. the job at the new Burning
Tree Club
Yesterdays fine weather drew hun
dredS of golfers TO the country clubs
for a round of golf on the first real
ly fine day OF the season. More than
one hundred were on hand at Wash
ington. and probably twice that
number used the course at Chevy
Ihase. The latter course. opened
only last Thursday after being
closed on account of the wet condi-
tion of the turf. was crowded all
afternoon. Columbia also was
thronged with golfers.
F'w of the golf professionals in
Scotland are making more than
bare living. according 10 Dave
Evening star., 1923-03-04
WRESTLING IN COLLEGES
EFFEM|NATE, IS CHARGE


Wrestling in the western conference
has been put under fire. Elmer E.
Jones, director of the School of Educa-
tion at Northwestern, in a statement
has attacked the conference rules
governing wrestling bouts. asserted
that there is no chance now for a
display of skill' and charged col
lege wrestling has become effemi-
nate"
wrestling in the. conference is a
dead sport" he declared THE man
who rides the other fellow longer is
the winner, no matter how poor a
wrestler he is"
Prof. Jones, for three years wrest-
ling coach at the University of Indi-
ana and a former Intercollegiate
Wrestling Association champion. at
tackled rule s, section five, in partic-
ular. That rule provides contestant
to win a decision at the end of a
l2-minute bout must have an ad-
vantage of l minute in time behind
his opponent.
"All interest in wrestling is lost
by the adoption of that ridiculous
rule" Prof. Jones said. college
wrestling has become effeminate."
Evening star., 1923-03-04

At all events he struck ), Simpson
Dean Of Princeton. playing better
than par, and was defeated. Later
however. lie finished in the money
in the national open at Washington.
won the victory cup event and car
ried Chick Evans to close call in
the third round of the national at
St. Louis.
Enjoyed Banner Year.
Last year Sweetser opened up IN
great style. breaking several course
records. He was especially brilliant
at Sleepy Hollow and al Ardsley,
where his great game caused the
club to bestow upon him an honorary
membership. Theodore Roosevelt Is
the only other man so honored in the
history of this club. He won the
Evening star., 1923-03-04

Thompson. professional at the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club. who
made trip to Montrose, his home.
during the winter. The pros in this
the paid players in the home of the
game. Thompson says Very little
golf is being played and fees are
lower than they have been for many
manufacturers of golf clubheads
known the world over. would have
had to shut down indefinitely but for
American orders. Thompson vas in
formed
Washington tomorrow for a rest in
Florida. will meet several Washing
ton golfers in the south. among them
the District champion. c. J. Dunphy.
will play on few occasions. Dunphy
is in Florida with r. b. Mclean and
will not be back until after the north
and south amateur at Pinehurst.
Fred Mcleod will take in the north
and south open at Pinehurst. which
won two years ago.
Work ON the new holes at the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
which was discontinued because of
the severe weather. will begin again
shortly. The course at present Is
badly cut up. but by May should be
in shape for play. Some Of the new
green's will not be in condition by
that time but probably the greater
part of the course will be in use.
New tees are being constructed At
the nine-hole course in West Poto-
mac Park and the holes are being
heightened This course is perhaps
the only one in the country posses
Gil
Evening star., 1923-03-04


All the other great golfers of this
country and abroad use the so-called
Nardon grip. in which the little fing-
er of the right hand rides on top
of the first finger of the left hand.
The nterlocking grip promotes
strength and fullness of hitting by
making possible 4 full palm grip of
the club. while the other grip pro-
notes finger gripping and has the
tendency to better direction at the
same time cutting down the possibil-
ity of hitting with full strength. al
though possibly as hard a blow can
he struck with one grip as with the
other
what the Experts say.
Golf authorities contend that Gene
must keep i'm constant practice to
play first class golf with the inter-
locking grip The assertion is made
that by palming the club. the sense
of direction and timing is lost. Gene
has written that he grooved his
swing carefully before the national
open at Sokie last year and by
playing just enough to keep on edge
maintained that feeling of balance
and direction that is necessary.
Sarazen. however. is a youngster.
just past maturity. and notwithstand-
ing that he has a grip which may or
may not be bad. cannot be kept from
Evening star., 1923-03-04
'BARNES-FARRELL EASILY
CONQUER SARAZEN-HUTCH

MIAMI, Fla, March 3-Jim Barnes.
former national champion, and
Johnny Farrell of Quaker Ridge. pro.
administered a. severe drubbing to
Gene Sarazen, national open golf
champion. and Jock Hutchison. for
mer British open titleholder, today.
defeating them up and Z to play in
their s. 1000 match here today. The
winners took the whole purse.
Barnes and Farrell finished the first
eighteen holes up with Last-b2ll
score of 63 to Sarazen and Hutchi-
sons 90. Barnes had a. card of So
himself, which is under par.
Evening star., 1923-03-04

playing great golf. Gene may change
his grip at somee later date II he
is sure in his own mind that all Is
not working out as ii should. but for
the present he will stick to the in
terlocking
Golfers generally are inclined to
the view that the open champion
seeming lack of form is due more to
too much golf than to any fault Of
grip or style.
Campaigning Since July.
Gene has been campaigning pretty
steadily since he won the title last
July and has played probably more
golf in eight months than he played
in two years previously. This steady
play, no doubt more than any other
factor accounts for his apparent in
consistency.
Too much golf causes any player
to lose his sense of rythm and to be-
come careless. Lagging of the
wrists. swaying of the shoulders
and inaccuracy in hitting come about
as result of over-golf. To all of
these evils the champion has prob
ably fallen heir, but his comeback
cannot be denied. A player with the
natural ability of this Anne rican born
lad of Italian descent can't be kept
back
Evening star., 1923-03-04
MISS RYAN IN FINAL
IN FRENCH NET EVENT
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTE CARLO, March 3-Miss
Elizabeth Ryan. formerly of Cali
fornia. defeated Mrs. Satterthwaite of
England in the semi-finals today Of
the lawn tennis tournament here,
after hard struggle. The score was
As, rs, GO.
BY her victory. Miss Ryan qualified
to meet Miss Kathleen McKane of
England. who triumphed today over
Mrs Beamish of England, 81, 6-4.
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, who
was eliminated from the singles here
by Mrs. Satterthwaite, began prac-
tice before a large gallery today on
the courts at Mentone. where she is
entered for the tournament begin
ming next Monday.
Evening star., 1923-03-04
HOPE OF WINNING FLAG
BRINGS TIGERS In LINE
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

league team to get
all players under Good business
have had something do with obtaining
something
when the
Whenever team which has not been winner the
the fly when
made in early spring you may be sure the PLAYERS thinking they
and into the big the
Evening star., 1923-03-04
STARS FOR N0TRE DAME.

Stanley Cofall. former Notre Dame
Rridiron star. who coached the Cath
Ollie High School eleven of Philadel-
phia to its first title in recent years.
has announced that three of the
teams cleverest players will enter
the Hoosier institution in the fall.
They are Joe Boland, Vincent Nc
Eally and Joe Maxwell.