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Evening star., 1924-01-13

1915, explaining the prodigious range
Bobby enjoyed from the tee.
1t Is pleasant to pick out these lit
tie details for golfers.
1t would be even more pleasant to
write of Bobby Jones, himself-if
that could be done as surely. But you
can't pick out the details of win
some personality or properly hold up
for inspection the. graces of modesty
and the strong heart. Besides, good
natured as Bobby Jones is, he would
be furious if any chronicler who knew
him should attempt anything like
that.
Goes Back to School Again.
. Bobby Jones, national open cham
pion, has gone back to school again,
just as Bobby Jones. who hadn't ar
rived, went back to school again,
pI eparing himself for the profession
of the law. understanding well that
golf isn't all of life for the amateur
golfer. And. winning, he is just the
same Bobby Jones as he was, losing.
Two years. ago-a year ago
George Duncan and others were call
ing him the golfer of the future.
At 1nwood he turned up the hands
of the clock and stepped out as the
golfer of the present. But past and
present and future he remains always
Bobby Jones.
THE END.
Evening star., 1924-01-13
CAPITAL YACHT CLUB
IRE.ELECTS OFFICERS

Capital Yacht Club. at its twenty
foerth annual meeting, reelected its
eIItire roster of officers, including Com
miSdore G. W. Forsberg, Vice Commo-
dAerJ. Maury Dove. jr;;: Secretary Ia
Tfaasurer' Richard S. Doyle and Meas
ur8r Lyman Il. Hewens. Two members
ofkthe board of directors, Henry Har-
riSon Lewis and Eugene F. Hartley
wSre reelected, and Daniel II. Fowler
added to the board.
Several important club improvements
were authorized. A permanent landing
wharf, to accommodate the many visit
ing yachts from eastern waters, VIII be
constructed at once, and extensive
FACILITIES will be added to the marine
railway, owned by the club.
hfhe new clubhouse at the foot OF
1Ith street southwest, recently received
stfong commentator from District
Official, who declared that it was viewed
bI the Commissioners as desirabie
arid permanent addition to the water
frSs4 and as a model for future water r.
,,ntIcr. consideration for beautifying
that part of the National Capital.
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WEEKLY TRAPSHO0T
HONORS TO EMMONS

Good shooting weather yesterday
brought out some of the Hot Stove
League members of Washington Gun
Club and they proceeded to get the
rust off their old muSkets in prepara-
tion for Saturdays match with Ori-
ole Gun Club of Baltimore. G. A.
Emmons walked away with the high
gun trophy with u score of As 80.
while 4. V. Parsons carried home the
handicap spoon after shoot-off with
four other contestants.
James Wynkoop won leg on the
Brownley trophy, but he also had to
prove his skill in a shoot-off of q tie
Capt. Harry NJ. Horton, who leads
in the contest for this trophy with
four wins, did not tarticipate In yes
terday's trapshooting. He was mar
ried Friday. and is reported to be
honeymooning in New York.
Saturdays shoot with the Orioles
will be the fourth of the intercity
series of seven. Washington has won
two of the three matches already
shot.
Scores of yesterdays 50-target
shoot at Benning follow:
Emmons. IS; Z. wynkoop. a; Reeves, a;
Parsons, As; J. wynkoop. Al: Williams 10;
Taylor, Al; Robertson, 20; Maroey. 3S;. J.
Green. 3s: o. S. Wilson, 35; Monroe, IS;
Franklin. 90; Floyd. 81; Mason, %; Lucas, 26;
I. German (prof.). A.
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WORK ON NAVY STADIUM
TO SEAT "a, 900 Is BEGUN

ANNAPOLIS. Md, January 12.-The
work of converting the present stands
at the Naval Academy foot ball field
into a stadium seating $4,000 persons
has begun. The foundation Is, being
prepared by the force of Naval Acad-
emy workmen.
The present stand, on the southwest
side of the field, will be raised twelve
rows of seats and a stand Of similar
size will be built on the other side.
A stand also will be built on the
water side and the other end will be
left open. -
All foot. ball games next year will
be played at Annapolis. except those
against the Military Academy. ard
|Prlnceton. - -
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G. w. MEN SHOOT 955
IN COLUMBIA MATCH

An aggregate scorer OF 955 in a pos
sible 900 was reported last night for
the George Washington University
rifle team in its telegraphic competi-
tion with Columbia University of
New York. No word was received from
the New York team.
The match was a four-position
shoot at 50-foot targets, the five
high scores of ten-man teams to
count. The Hatchetites' total in
cluded the following scores: w. r.
Stokes, 1876: j. NJ. Barry, 1874; II. Ev-
erett, jr., 1870; =. Smith, 1S9; F. Par
son. jr. 1SI.
Those not qualifying for the ag-
gregate score shot as follows: X. G.
Espey, 1856; G.. Anadale, 1856; G.. r.
Trfmbla 1884: L. Newcomb, 1872: w. S.
Detwiler, 1S0
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KENNEL AND FIELD
BY GEO. III. KERNODLE.

No more favorable setting could
have been picked than the Scranton
show, at which Frsek p. Leach put
, over his great bull terrier bitch,
| Newcoin Tempest. to her champion
was Rev. F. j. Heaney, secretary Of
the Bull Terrier Club of America and
recognized as one of the greatest liv-
ing authorities on the breed, while
the competition could not possibly
have been keener. That the entrants
! were all of the highest quality Is
well illustrated by the fact that one
of the best known bitches of the
breed. Champion Cloudland Scrapper,
only drew a fourth place in the open
class, which was won by Tempest.
B. f. Lewis; who handled Leach's
dogs, stated that no finer collection
of bull terriers had ever before been
seen in the ring together than those
In the open class at Scranton, which
included, besides Tempest and Scrap
Markwood Susanne, from the much
touted litter by His Excellency out
of Champion Markwood Sonora; Vic
toria Patricia, owned by Mrs A. NJ.
Hyler of this city; Brendon Sodi Sal.
recently Imported at a long price, and
others of less note -aN
Tempest is the second of the New
coin bull terriers to gain her title,
the other being Champion Artesian
Ensign. who finished at the Noble,
Pa, show last fall, and Leach is to
,be congratulated as the first local
fancier to complete the champion
lships of two dogs in so short time.
The placing Of the Washington
Kennel Club show in the center of
the "slxip-a-day" circuit" which is
made up of the Lancaster, Washing
ton and Richmond shows, seems to
have boosted the local entries con-
siderably,- since the lists which
closed list night carry great many
more dogs than were seen at last
Years show, which broke all previous
records When a final listing is made
it is more than probable that as many
as 500 dogs will be seen entered for
competition in the local show on jan
uary 25 and 26 at the Coils ,u,n.
"WkitestOck Service Man." a young
bull terrier from the Whitestosk ken
mel in Birmingham, is the latest ad-
dition to Washington's list of noted
dogs. This youngster is the selec-
tion Of Woodrow Wilson, former
President of the United States, as a
. guardian for his S street home. Bruce
is the name by which this terrier is
intimately known, and he will be seen
In washington Immediately after the
big Birmingham show, which occurs
In the latter part of February.
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But this enormous wealth in
fresh-water pearls Is small, accord
ing to governmental "experfmenters.
compared with what may be expect
ed from scientific methods Of in
that will be adopted this year as the
result of long experiments by the
bureau of fishheries with 500 va
rieties of mussels found in, the
Mississippi valley. In from four to
pearls that will surpass in treasure
the richest strikes" made in the
gold fields Of California and Alaska.
Conducts Experiments.
The experiments of the bureau
were conducted at its station at
Fafrview, Iowa. OF the 500 varieties
Of musselS tested, forty were shown
to lend themselves to pearl culture.
Many of these. it was found: could
larger and finer pearls
The spawn OF the mussel is a
parasite. 1t attaches itself to the
gills and fms Of, certain fish. partic-
ularly catfish and! bass Unless it
can find this >lodgment and feed upon
In from nine to twenty-four days.
depending on the species. the mus
sci Is developed sufficiently to drop
away from the fish and sink to the
bed OF the river. There. after sew
eral years growth. the mussel pro-
duces it's valuable pearls ~se 80
The plan OF the. government Is to
produce the spawn under. favorable
conditions and to see that the spawn
has Its. opportunity to thrive by. at :
taching itsek to fish. This will be
done by inQculating fish that are
left stranded In shallow water when
rivers recede after spring foods
fSalyaging these fishes by placing
them back in the rivers lis a work
carried on extensively by the. bureau
of fisheries, millions Of fish being
rescued by government ment every
year. The method Of inoculAfinx the
stranded fish with mussel spawn will
be either to7place them in water con-
tainlng the spawn or to, pour. the
spawn-hlled water directly into the
gills.> ' 80
Spreads Mussel spawn.
The bureau OF. fisheries already has
miles of the Mississippi between
Iowa and Mississippi. 1t Is estimat ed
that the yield of this sowing will be
not less than 5000, goo mpsseis, many
of which,, in Ave years or so, will
contain pearls. The mussels. are
gathered by dragging the bed Of the
river with blunt hooks. Then they
are subjected to heat sufficient to
cause the shells To- opeE without
have been inspected. for pearls. but
tons and other ornaments are made
from the shells, or they are ground
up to yserye4as chicken, feed and fer
tillzer. G..s;'ts ;s i !,
The largest pearls found in; United
States rivers include weighing
10S grains. taken 4from the Black
Evening star., 1924-01-13

But 1t does not mean that the clubs
for which such a price has been paid
viii drive IA golf ball any further,
with greater accuracy. or more con-
perhaps cost him s5 apiece. A golf
club is not like a billiard cue or even
like tennis racket.
1T may feel fine on the sale floor
and may swing like winner in tests.
nut when II comes to hitting the bail
that function may become an entirely
different matter. The fine game
played by many caddies with decided
ly inferior clubs demonstrates that
the tool does not decide the game.
Costly Clubs Easily Sold.
Nevertheless the n-priced clubs
properly so. for golf is difficult
enough in itself, and the true golfer
feels that provided with the proper
tools, even If such properness is
judged alone on price basis, he
should better his score.
True standardization in the price
of golf clubs probably will not come
until the steel shaft is legalized into
existence by the United States Golf
Association. Hickory fine enough for
golf shaft purposes is getting more
and more scarce each year. and steel
seems the logical successor to the
time-honored wooden shaft, while in
the meantime professionals secure
not more InaH HNe really SOpu Sldi
from a lot of a hundred and have to
charge high prices for the good ones
to make up for the ones that are not
30 good.
Bah Prices Standardized.
Golf halls are fairly well stand
ArdiEed as to price, with IS cents the
prevailing price for most players
although the dollar ball has many
friends and users. But who remem-
bers few years back. when the.
finest ball made in this country could
be bought Ter so cents, and caddie
hire never exceeded co cents per
round of eighteen holes" Nowadays
csddies are not satisfied unless they
get dollar rouEd--soaetimes
more. Even the poorest sort OF boy.
who usually is nothing more than
bag carrier. expects this sum.
good caddie is worth his hire, while
poor boy is worse than useless, for
he is positive hindrance to the
player who has to wait for him to
catch up and hunt his own ball In
the rough.
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with him at Inwood this year. Wal
ter Is a very fine putter. and 1
watched him pretty closely. l de-
cided he was good pattern.
so l changed my stance. getting
the weight we'll forward on my left
foot. with the feet well apart. That
helped some, but ] still was off the
line "A good deal. Then Stewart
Maiden suggested that l swing my
hands 4 bit more and restrict the
pendulum motion of the wrists cor
respondingly.
!. My next round was a little exni-
billion match at Newman, Ga. ! shot
"a 4-33--67 on d par 72 course, and
used only 2S puts, taking only ~
on the last nine greens. actually
got down one 30-footer, something
that hadn't happened to me in so long
I-nearly tainted. OF course, l haven't
puttcd that well right along, but in
the next week the worst round 7 had
cost me only 81 puts. / think / will
stick to this system"
+ 1t is a most easy thing to write
about Bobby Jones. the leading stylist
In golf, and to explain that the rea-
son for his success at medal play is
because his method is SO sound and
his style so effective that when he
slips he does not slip as far as other
golfers. and that when he blows ND
he does not come all apart.
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1t is easy (now he has won) to
explain that while he never has gone
below 10 in a national open cham
pionship. he never has gone above IS.
due to his inherent soundness gained
while he was Stewart Maiden's shad-
ow In the old days at East Lake. 1t
is easy even-since he has won-to
say that he Is too good a golfer to
be a lucky golfer, which I honestly
believe to be the case.
1t is a pleasure to pick out and
depict the characteristic details of
his style: almost square stance. feet
very close together; hands held low
and close to his knickers; right hand
more on top tof the club than that
OF any other crack golfer-except
Kiltie Maidens; upright. compact
swing; the ball nearly opposite the
left heel for normal full shots and
nearly off the right heel for his ia
nous knockdown or push shot, which
| regard as his leading character
istic with the irons. 1t is impossi-
BILE. of course, orthe eye or the
camera lens to uncover the beautiful
timing of his shots, though both may
perceive something OF the rhythm of
his swing and the vast power flowing
smoothly through IL.
He gets his right side into his
big shots more than any other golfer
l ever saw" said Chick Evans I'm
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How Bobby Jones Became
Gre attest Genius Of Golf
CHAPTER XII.
Bobby Jones: The Boy-and the Golfer.
BY 0. B. keller.

I AM not likely to forget the first
= thing l heard Bobby say after he
became national open champion. He
was sitting on the steps of the In
wood clubhouse, waiting for the
u. S. G. A. officials and the camera
men and the vast assembly to get
set for the presentation. He was
solemn and he looked forty-five
years old, and his eyes were an inch
back in his head. But on his face
was a vast content.
"Well, Bobby7" said /, finding il
somehow hard to talk.
Well don't care what happens
now" said the open champion. And
he said lot i'll that short statement.
1t meant that the long hike was
over. 1t meant he had broken
through. 1t meant that no miracle
round now could take that medal
from him and that quaint old cup.
1t meant that Fortune had smiled
at last--that nobody ever would say
again, He's a great golfer-but he
can't win" The long lane had
turned
Going south in little compartment
of a Pullman car-going home with
the bacon at last-Bobby said an
other thing l love to think about.
asked to see the ball with which he
won the play-off. He f1shed it out
of hts old suit case. and with it, a
leather box containing the great gold
medal of championship. s..,
Bobby opened the box and looked
at the medal turning it this way
and that. perhaps thirty seconds.
Then he looked up and said:
do you know it's hard as the
devil to get one of these things"
i think | know now.
Cup Seven Years His Senior.
So Bobby came home with the big
cup, seven years older than he, and
the sold medal of championship, and
a placid soul. And his head. which
fitted III hat when he was seven
years old, was not the least bit big
ger-and 1t is not going to grow any
bigger
Great a golfer as Bobby Jones is
and they are all saying now what
George Duncan said two years ago.
that he's the greatest golfer in the
world--Bobby Jones is a greater boy.
His fellowtownsmen to the num-
Der of two thousand met him at the
train with a roaring welcome and a
brass band. His own club gave him
a tremendous dinner party at East
Lake and silver service. He was
dined and luncheoned and mads
speeches about and everything. He
did his best to reply, but If he Is an
Cpen champion at golf he surely is
closed champion at oratory. He
could just thank everybody, that was
all. 1t was easy to see he was won
dering why they were making so
much fuss over him.
1t wasn't all because he was an
open champion. Some OF thesspeeeh-
makers got 1t right--it was mostly
because he was Bobby Jones'.
He's not the sort of PLAYER who
ever reaches satisfaction.
After winning at Inwood In 1929
he went home and began experiment
ing with a new style of putting.
which department of his game is con-
coded to be the weakest-indeed his
only weakness.
Models Putting After Hagen.
Il have putted so badly the last
few years." said Bobby, that I have
been putting a different way about
every month-a1most every round, Il
seems to me somstimes. decided
that the only help for me was to'pick
out one style and stick to 1t. 1
played two rounds with Walter Hagen
at Skokie last year and two rounds
Evening star., 1924-01-13
DRASTIC ACTION NEEDED
TO DEVELOP NET TEAMS
Conditions Illustrated by Metropolitan District.
Where No Two Performed Together Often
Enough to Gain Ranking.
BY SAMUEL HARDY.

the last ten years writer tennis has emphasized
whhe has steadily
corresponding advance made doubles overwhelming
defeat OF our 1872 national champions by
and the dangerous by which
G AWAKEN the tennis players OF the realization
ton for the year ago &c Committee appointed by the national
ea mat up to this time has been able
the well
- ~No- tNNl"'
he TACT that this propaganda fell far was necessary
hanha
Evening star., 1924-01-13
WASHINGTON U. WILL ASK
EASTERN TEAM TO VISIT

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. January
1e.-University of Washington expects
to adopt a policy Of asking an east
ern foot balh> team to meet 1t IN
Seattle annually the latter part OF
November, Darwin Meisnert, gradu-
ate manager for Washington, en-
route today for Seattle, announced
before he left for the north.
The Huskies have an open date on
November 20, 1924, and hope to stage
an intsrsectional contest that after.
pnen in their stadium.
Evening star., 1924-01-13

l.. u. GyuOll. SeSTcldTy OF the "dSf
Every winter for several years
business men has gathered for the I
where. they left off before cold we;
star golfer OF the group, although
usually plays with the members Of II
of the base ball club has developed
Indeed. Griff is player to be
reckoned on his good days by any
member of the Columbia Club. A
couple of years ago he was a rather
mediocre performer on the links. but
Ed Eynon took him in hand and his
Improvement has been rapid.
CoIumbin's woman golfers next
spring will putt on a practice green
In front of the clubhouse, which they
hope will be the equal of any Of
the greens on the regular course.
Putting contests for the. wives of
members have been regular weekly
affairs at Columbia, and have de-
eral members have put up prizes for
the women to compete for, and the
competition usually is keen.
The old putting green near Con-
and reseeded, and next spring q new
green will be in use.
The three warm days Of the past
week saw all the local courses
thronged with golfers privileged to
the middle of winter. So far the
winter has been unusually fine for
golf and the courses have been in
excellent shape. Golfers hope it will
continue like the winter Qf five years
ago, when there was very little snow.
Out of New. York come reports of
a new wonder golf ball, reputed to
be SO lively that it may be driven
fifty yards farther than the best of
the present crop of balls. While the
U. S. G. A. did not take action limit
ing the length of the ball at It's meet
ing a week ago, thereby falling to
follow the prediction Of it's former
president made at F1ossmoor, some
thing will have to be done II reports
of the new ball are true If 1t Is as
lively as represented present golf
courses will be out Of date, for every
one will seek to buy this new product
which will go distances hitherto un-
reached. Expenditures reaching Into
seven figures would not cover the ex-
pense golf clubs would be put. to to
adapt their courses to new standard
of distances.
Fred Mcleod. pro at Columbia. who
now is engaged teaching golf at an
indoor school in Washington. will
play with Leo Diegel in a round
robin tournament at Miami. Fla
Choice cash prizes have been hung
up. The tourney will be held the
first week in March, and the Colum-
bia pro will remain In the south
until April I, when he will go to
Pinehurst for the North and South
open, which he won three winters
ago.
McBe0d WIN be eligible TO play In
a tournament for. professional golf
Evening star., 1924-01-13

ia crowd" with only a few excep-
tomorrow for the southland, there
rroundings, for few weeks at least.
ugusta include former District Com
]. De MoH, Ralph P. Barnard and
ington Base Ball Club.
past the same group of Washington
rip to Augusta. there to take up golf
ther set in. Ed Eynon is easily. the
he is pushed by Clark Griffith, who
e Augusta" crowd, for the president
nto quite golfer.
in prospect for New. York next sum-
mer. With such past masters Of the
game as Alex Smith OF Kykagyl,
George Low of Baltusrol, Jim FOULS
OF Chicago and many other profess
slonalS forty or over, the little CO.
lumbta pro. who won the open cham
pionship in 1908, would have no
Walk-away, though he would have at
least an even chance.
The event, now is being arranged.
1t should provide a very interesting
meeting by way of comparison with
scores made by the youngsters in
the big title events. The youngsters
With such brilliant performers as
Sarazen. Hagen. Farrell. Burke.
Diegel and company showing their
wares. The vets, with the single ex-
ception OF John Black land he didn't
show much at Inwood), are very much
In the background.
Employees OF sporting goods houses
identified with the sale Of golf equip
ment. would be permitted to become
associate members of the Professional
Golfers Association under a proposal
sent out in circular letter to MEM
bers.
Followers Of amateur golf in the
north who have watched Bobby Jones
perform in informal events around
Boston, where he is attending Har-
ward Law School. are predicting a
victory for him in the amateur cham
pionship at Marion next year. The
same prediction has been made SO
many times that well wishers of the
Gators will forget their predictions
and let Bob go ahead.
Eight years ago Bobby, then a lad.
came up to Merton. He surprised the
critics first by qualifying and then
by defeating Eben M. Byers. former
champion, and Frank Dyer, the pres
ent metropolitan titleholder, only to
fall in the third round before the
game of Robert A. Gardner, who be-
came runner-up to Chick Evans, then
winning his first national amateur
title.
Within two years Jones name be-
came byword for all that was best
in golf style and execution. Last
year he won the open championship
from the finest field OF American pro-
and this year he goes back to the
scene of his first national event hop
Ing to win on ground made familiar
to him as a mere kid.
Evening star., 1924-01-13
MARYLAND INSTITUTIONS
BURY ATHLETIC HATCHET

WESTMINSTER, Nd, January 12.-
ington College have renewed athletic
relations, which had been severed
due, to q foot ball disagreement two
years ago. !. They are slated to play
two basket ball games, one at Ches-
tertown on january 1S and the other
here February 21.f A foot ball game
for tho 1894 season, to be. played In
Chestertown ION. November 15. also
has been arranged. -.
Evening star., 1924-01-13
SPORTS PRIZE TO NETMAN.'

PARIS. Jsn3ary 12.-The Academy
of Sports has awarded it's annual
grand prize of 10000 francs to Allan
j. Gerbault, the tennis player.
Gerbault last year made hazar
dous journey from France to New
York alone in thirty-foot boat He
was made a member of the Legion of
Honor for his feat.