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Evening star., 1924-08-30
VANCE MAINTAINING
STELLAR BOX PACE

CHICAGO, August 5o.-Many of the
seasons pitching records already
seem to be in the hands of Arthur
(Dazzy) Vance, Brooklyn twirler,
who ran his victories to 23 yester-
day, with four defeats. by defeating
the Giants, to 1. 1t also evened his
seasons score against New York.
three wins and three defeats, Boston
being the only other club to triumph
over him this season.
Two of his victories, against Chi
cago and Cincinnati, were shutouts,
and in a close game here last Satur-
day he ran his strikeout record for
the season to 10 in one game.
Vance led the National League last
year in StrikeoutS. with 197, and has
registered 202 SO far this year, with
possibly seven or eight more games
to pitch. One of the secrets of
Vance'S effectiveness is said to be
Manager Wilbert Robinson's discov-
cry that Vances great eXertions, be-
cause of his terrific speed, made it
necessary for him to have four days
rest instead of the usual three. Vance
is said to have the greatest speed in
the National League.
Jess Haines of st. Louis, the records
show, has given Vance his hardest
battle this season, a 13-inning strug-
gle on May II, which Brooklyn won
to 3. Only once has Vance failed
to go the route this year, being TAX
en- out against the Giants on June "a,
When New York won to s. That
stopped Vance'S early season winning
streak at six. but since the Boston
defeat on July 8 Vance has run his
consecutive wins to II.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
URGES SUNDAY GOTHAM
TRIP FOR LOCAL FANS

Sporting Editor, Evening Star:
May 1 suggest through the
cOlumns of your paper that one
of the railroad companies be re-
quested to run n special excursion
to New York city Saturday night
In order to accommodate the thou
sands OF local base ball fans de-
string to see the game Sunday
afternoon. There is no doubt but
that 1t would he well repaid for
it's enterprise.
i have just inquired of the Penn
sylvanla line and there is some
doubt, but the Baltimore and Ohio
may possibly do 1t If the fans
could in some way show them
selves in sufficient numbers.
therefore make the suggestion
that all those desiring to go meet
at The Star during the running of
your electric score board Satur-
day afternoon and that some one
nnd out approximately how many
will go. This will give the COM
pnny time enough to get together
the carr for Saturday night or
Sunday morning. OF course. the
fans should have the advantage of
the special excursion rates now
applying to other excursions.
Very truly yOurx,
IRVING NJ. GREY.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
OWNER OF EPINARD
ARRIVES FOR RACES

NEW YORK, August 3o.-Pierre
Wertheimer. owner of the French
four-year- Epinard, arrived yes
terday on the Berengaria from Paris
to witness the series of three inter-
national races, the first over six fur
longs at Belmont Park Monday, in
which his champion will meet Amer
ica's best thoroughbreds.
He did not predict a victory for his
colors, but was obviously optimistic.
Epinard, who placed 13 times and
second twice in Is starts, will run his
last race at Latonia in the third of
the international series and will then
be retired to the stud. his owner said.
Mr.. Wertheimer will remain in New
York until after the Latonia event,
which concludes the series.
Epinard in his first trial was caught
in / :42 is for the mile yesterday over
a good track. Jockey Everett Haines
did not push his mount. acting under
orders from Trainer Eugene Leigh.
Mr.. Wertheimer, when informed of
the workout. remarked:
Leigh will let him show his speed
on Monday"
Evening star., 1924-08-30

In the lower half William NJ. John
ston, veteran champion of 1915 and
1919, and Tildens chief rival for the
past few years, will face La Coste.
while the remaining international
tussle brings together Patterson and
George NJ. Lott, jr., 17-year-old Chi
cagoan and national junior champion.
whose showing against more expe-
rienced rivals has stamped him as
one of the country's most promising.
young stars
La Coste, who upset predictions.
yesterday when he eliminated Brian
Norton, former South African, now a
resident of st. Louis, and Patterson
are the survivors of an original HIST
of 19 foreign entries. Through four
days of the. most startling sort of
tennis the II others, together with
many American ranking aces have
passed from the tournament in an
amazing series of upsets.
Most of these reversals have been
caused by young and unheralded
players. Lott was the hero of victo-
ries over r. Norris Williams, Ameri-
can Davis cup captain, and Willard
Crocker, Canadian Davis cup star.
John Hennessey of Indianapolis put
out three foreign contenders in a row.
including Jean Borotra, this years
Wimbledon champion, before he was
himself eliminated yesterday by Wal
lace Johnson, while another unrank
ed performer. Kirk Reid of Cleveland.
put out Pat O'Hara Wood. Australian
ace, before he bowed to Howard Kin
sey.
On form displayed so far, Tilden
and Richards are favored to gain the
semi-finals in the upper half as re-
suit of today's matches, while John
ston and Patterson are expected to
come through in the lower half. The
semi-finals will be played Labor day
and the finals on Tuesday. with the
consensus of expert opinion viewing
as probable another TildenJ ohnston
encounter. The two Bills" have
faced each other in the finals in four
of the last five championships. with
Tilden victorious in three of them.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
DECK, AT SIS, WINS
TRAPSHOOTING TITLE

DAYTON. August 30.-H. c. Deck,
an unpretentious little carpenter of
Plymouth, Ohio. won the grand
American handicap trophy at the A.
T. A. trapshoot yesterday. He is
65 years of age, the oldest man ever
known to win the diamond trophy
Decks victory was decided in a
shoot-off with three other contest
ants who had attained the score of
81 These men automatically went
into second, third and fourth places
each winning silver cups.
They were: DR.. G. c. Hickman.
Logansport, Ind, second; William A
Beers, New Britain, Conn. third. and
John Gheen, Jersey Shore. fourth.
On a shoot-off between six con-
testants who rang up scores of s6
targets, DR.. N. H. Noble of ST. Marys
Ohio, and r. /. Bell Of Gettysburg,
Pa. won fifth and sixth trophies re
spectively.
The handicap champion shot from
16-yard rise. Hickman shot from
20 yards and Beers and Gheen from
II and IS yards. respectively. Noble
and Bell each shot from an 1s-yard
rise.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
\ 7 EW YORK, August 2o.-In poin

Now polo is comparatively new
sport in the United States. so far, at
least as its acceptance on a wide ma
tional scale is concerned, but the
game, with characteristic American
energy and thoroughness, has been
carried to a plane of technical excel
lence which has set a standard for
the polo-playing nations of the
world
And while the approaching series
is nominally a contest for supremacy
as between England and the United
States. the championship at issue
really relates to the world.
Combining as it does all the more
thrilling aspects of a horse race
among highly trained thoroughbreds,
with not a few suggestions of the
basic principles Of ice hockey and in
tercollegiate foot ball combined, polo
stands out as the most spectacu-
lar of all games played with a ball.
With a sure hand it reaches back into
the days Of chivalry and brings to US
a vivid impression of things that
were-f1uttering pennons. jousting
knights, the fanfare of trumpets and
the glitter of social display and the
righteousness of official sanction.
Dates Back to 18th Century.
So far as history goes, polo appears
to have had it's genesis in Persia in
the 10th or 18th century. Thence 1t
drifted to India and it was here that
British army officers stationed in that
possession took up the game. Thence
it came to England and for many
years remained a sport which was al
most exclusively the property of the
British army. Civilians eventually
went in for it and at length, in the
for the sport.
A narrative Of the extraordinary
growth of polo in the United States
which in a comparatively few years
has attained status where we lead
the world in proficiency in the game
and stand a close second to England
and ponies who participate, involves
a story not without interest and one
that should stir national pride. But
in Difference to those who, for various
reasons, have hitherto taken scant, IT
any, interest in the game and thus
have little knowledge of it, the writer
proposes to give precedence in this
series of articles to a description OF
polo, what it is and how played
In general, then, the polo field Is
by $50 or $50 yards wide. 1t is
beautifully carpeted with turf and
throughout its area should be as level
as a billiard table. At each end of the
field are the goal posts, set "a feet
apart and centered on the back line.
In other words, polo field suggests
Evening star., 1924-08-30
CAUGHT ON THE FLY

Tanning seven YankS in the sec
ond game of the big series, Johnson
raised his big league career strikeout
total to 1896.
Meuxel was strikeout victim
three times. Ruth. Pipp, Ward and
Bush also were whitfield by the master
moundsman.
Bustfn' Babe batted 500 for today.
He was struck out by three pitches
in the first inning, took two strikes
and singled to right in the third, was
hit by a pitched ball in the fifth and
walked after taking couple of
strikes in the seventh.
Goslin continued socking the ball.
getting half of the Nationals total of
six safeties. Goose slammed brace
of singles and a homer in four times
at bat. The circuit drive was made
off the first pitch to him in the sixth
session.
Ruel had to bunt a pitch-out to
execute his squeeze play with Judge
in the second round. the ball was
high and outside. but Joe had start
ed homeward with Bush'S swing, so
Muddy had to go through with the
play, the bunt hugged the first base
line, rolling just too far for Schang
to handle.
In the NTH frame with Ruth on
first, Meusel lifted high fly back of
the box. Judge tried a catch, but
fumbled. He save himself an error by
throwing to Peck for a force play
on the Bambino.
Ruel made a great catch Of Schangs 8
foul in the sixth inning, running to
the stand and leaning over a field box
wall to get to the ball.
Goslin, batting star of Thursday,
got a home run and two singles yes
terday. He scored three runs and
drove in fourth. During the two
games Goslin has driven out seven
hits for nineteen bases.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
WOMAN'S SINGLES NET
PLAY WILL OPEN TODAY

Washingtons leading woman racket
ers were to open the singles compe-
tition in the annual tournament of
the Women's Tennis League today
on the 10th street reservoir courts.
The first match was scheduled at
2 o'clock.
TodayS drawings follow:
Preliminary round-T. Raine VS..
Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Teal VS.. J. Ed
monston, f. Poston vs.. Helen John
son, Louise Kelley VS.. Maycita De
SouSa.
First round-E. Petrie VS.. V. Cline
dinst, D. Heyl VS.. Kathleen johnson,
f. krucoff VS.. Mrs. Stambaugh, H.
Sinclair VS.. L. Welchel, c. Frazier VS.
winner of Raine-Graham match, p
Morehead VS.. winner of Heyle-K.
johnson match, L. Pyle vs. Mrs. s.
Smith, F. Walker VS.. NJ Wooden
Evening star., 1924-08-30
Yankees for First Time Title Tennis Field Reduced to EIGHT
H0RNSBY AFTER 257-HIT
MARK HELD BY SlSLER

NEW YORK, August 3O.-The
batting squirt of Rogers HoFnsby
NOT only promises to make him
batting champion OF the National
League for the Afth consecutive
yenr, hut has also endangered
George Sisters major league rec
ord OF the EreateAs number Of hits
during one season, Isl, made In
1920.
HOrnxby yesterday cIubbed his
two hundredtk hit Of the year. In
1920, the SeaHOn In which he made
the present National League record
Of 80, he did not pass 200 until
September 4. The Cardinal slug
ger now has made 200 hits or more
for flve consecutive years and Is
approaching the major league rec
ord of eight years held by Willie
keeler and Ty Cobb.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
BUCKS TODAY SEEK THIRD
In A ROW OVER HUCMEN
Coslin Again Batting Star as Johnson Hurls Brilliant
ly to Get 5-to-1 Decision, Although Forced to
Quit by Injured Hand
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

EW YORK August an even break in their
VI red-ho with Yankees in
mood and another
that they will Washington night
their minds likely Higgins gang
able
That o yesterday the second for
here deve op complex Bucky Harris
to finish Nationals in Of
Manager Harris.
but he the in
under Harris direction
| that Hovvo
Evening star., 1924-08-30
G. A. O. EARNS RIGHT
TO PLAY MT. RAINIER

Having eked out a 4-to-3 triumph
over the Registers. the General Ac-
counting Office nine of the Govern
ment League is primed to tackle
Mount Rainier tomorrow at O'Clock
on the latterS grounds in the first of
three-game series that will decide
the unlimited championship of the
washington Base Ball and Athletic
Association
Buck Clatterbuck, who adorned the
slab for the Registers yesterday.
hurled in impressive style, except for
the third inning, when General Ac-
counting Office punched five bingles
to push across three runs Conover,
winning boxman, famed nine batters.
but he was combed for ten wallops.
Wright, Clark, Baldwin and Neidfeldt
of the victors each bagged a pair of
safeties.
Trojan Juniors claim a forfeit over
the Paramounts
In preparation for the match to-
morrow with the Virginia Gray Ath-
letic Club of Alexandria, the Hand
ley diamond athletes planned to prac-
tlce today at 5 o'clock on their field.
Plenty of base ball will be offered
IN the Montgomery County League
tomorrow and Monday. Rockville
will visit Boyds. Bethesda will enter
tain Glen Echo and Dickerson will
play host to Washington Grove to-
morrow. Mondays games follow:
Morning, Rockville at Bethesda. Dick
erson at Boyds and Washington Grove
at Glen Echo; afternoon, Boyds at
Rockville, Bethesda at Washington
Grove and Glen Echo at Dickerson.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
ONLY TWO FOREIGN STARS
NOW REMAIN In TOURNEY
Patterson and LaCoste Alone of Invaders Survive in
Event That Has Broken All Records for Upses
---:. and Form Reversals.

OREST HILLS N Y August 0Egt of the worlds premier
mis- survivors of field of than 80 players representing
eight nations, remained today
singles championship at the Westside Tennis Club
Led by William T. Tiden, I'd, of Philadelphia seeking
fifth straight Americans including three
from the Pacific and middle
defense
captain of the Australian Davis forces Rene
Davis
half of the draw. Tlden,
dispose OF Jack WT,gh OF Canada plays Howard Knsey San
while Richards Olympic
SON. Philadelphia star whose comeback has
Evening star., 1924-08-30
MUNY RACKETERS OPEN
TITLE TOURNEY TODAY

Municipal court tennis players
planned to start their annual cham
pionship games on four sets of
courst today. The initial matches
were to get under way at 2 o'clock.
Competition will be resumed to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The
matches will be played at the 18th
street reservoir, the Henry Polk.
Monument lot and the bathing beach
courts.
Evening star., 1924-08-30

looking for a wasted ball and was
completely fooled.
Schang ordered a pitchout in antic-
ipation of a steal by Harris in the
third. The program went through as
advertised, except that Buck slid
around the throw at second.
TIMES.
They (the Nationally looked more
like a championship club than any
other outfit that has yet appeared mt
the stadium. If the general opposi-
tion isn't any stronger than that Of
fcred by the Yanks the Capital club
will waltz through to its first Ameri.
can League pennant.
In the second inning the Yanks had
men on first and third and one out
They didn't score. In the third they
had the same situation. with two out.
They didn't score. In the fourth they
had the bases filled, with none out.
They didn't score. The complete an
swer is Walter Johnson.
After Pipp and Schang had walked
in the fourth and Ward had filled the
bases by beating out a bunt, Johnson
got Scott on a short fly, famed Bush
and killed off Whitley Witt on a fly
to right.
Twice johnson famed Bob Meusel
for the final out with two men on the
base path. He famed seven during
the afternoon, Meusel three times.
The masons, plasterers and plum
bers in an apartment building going
up on the hill above the Stadium ad-
journed to the upper. windows and
watched the whole performance. Put
ting up a building in the vicinity of
a. ball park must be rather axQepsiNe.
Evening star., 1924-08-30

would make . half swing, then stop
to look Mt it, the chances are he
would ind his club horizontal across
his shoulders-whfch is just where 1T
should be. From this point, and with
q firm finger grip on the shaft. let
the whole body start easily forward.
The pace with the clubhead then
gradually fs accelerated. The for
ward movement is arrested when all
the weight has been absorbed by the
left leg. Make this = forward sweep,
not q jerk.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-08-30
THREE-MILE SWIMMING
RACES ON CARD TODAY

ng-distance swimmers in this
section were to hold the stage on the
upper course Of the Potomac today,
competing in the mems and women's
3-mile races, from Chain Bridge to
the Washington Canoe Club.
The women's event, starting at 3
o'clock. was to be followed by mems
race 5 minutes later. George Jones,
swimming director at the Wardman
Park pool, will be one of the officials.
Evening star., 1924-08-30

itself.
There Is one
thing in the for
ward swing that
the player should
understand, even
a I t er h e h a =
pretty well per-
fected his back
swing. From the
top of the hack
swing, everything
moves gracefully
forward / often
think that success
I'm golf depends on
the players abiI-
fty to stop his
back swing short
enough. If the
averaDA nya ve r
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his list yesterday afternoon when
IN the eighth inning of the game wit
The Yanks hit Johnson in spots,
but when they needed runs the great
smoke artist from Kansas held them
down and prevented scoring. There
were three occasions of this sort. and
the Yankees cannot cry hard luck or
the breaks of the game" as they
might have after the game on Thurs
day They were simply outpitched
and outplayed, and there isn't any
alibi.
If johnson was a stone wall on the
defense, the Senators had a berserker
on the offense-Leon Goose" Goslin,
who cut such a SWath of terror on
Thursday. Goslin continued his Won
derfuI hitting streak and every one
of the three hits he made counted in
some kind of scoring. He topped off
all of his big doings with home run.
HERALD-TRIBUNE.
Yankee players, as we'll as Wash
ington athletes, gathered around the
stricken pitcher on the greensward.
It Is supposed that the Senators were
offering him sympathy. 1t is also
denied that Miller Higgins tried to
persuade johnson that the only way
to treat bruised thumb is to break
it off. The injury is not likely to
keep Johnson out for any length of
time.
Ruel caught Scott's foul in field
box in the sixth, and then almost
made a graceful dive into the laps of
the occupants. Muddy is still a fair
sort of catcher
Johnson's pitching to Ruth in the
first was work of art. Three
pitches and three strikes. The last
was q sharp and wide-breaking curve
that started for the outside and broke
4: cIeanly across the middle Ruth was
Evening star., 1924-08-30
TWO POLO MATCHES ON.

Washington polo enthusiasts ex-
pected to turn out for pair of prac-
tice games. involving the War De-
partment players and the 10th Field
Artillery four of Fort Myer, today at
Potomac Park. The first tilt was due
to start at o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-08-30

Two-base hit-Rice. Three-base ht-Judge.
Home run-Goslin. Stolen base-H.rris. Sac.
berry to Peck to Judge. Bluege to Harris to
Judge. Left on basesZEew York 10; Wash. Ii
nston Bases on baIsoa Sn., 5s:h H. = IoSa oh
son, Z. Hits-of johnson, in l-3 innings;
off Marterry, 2 in % innings. Hit by
pitcher-By Johnson (Ruth), by Bush (Judge)
winning pitcher-Johnson. Umpires-Messrs
Nallin Moriarty and Holmes. Time of game
hours and 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
POLO An ANCIENT SPORT:
IS HIGHLY SPECTACULAR
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

of of sir dispatches by Laurence Perry noted
played Aead
an! 49, Mr. Perry deals utth the his
Of the and the players of the srord The
W!cs high
the matches this them unusual interest SOCIAL eH
sporting, e7ent)
2o1n color and brave display thrill
all the of social the of will
have highest when representing the pick
the throw the Inter
national Field Meadowbrook Saturday.
1t will be the of of three matches for the famous inter
which England
1886 and then has crossed the several times
Evening star., 1924-08-30
InSideGOlf
BY Chester Horton.

1t is largely true that the successful
golf swing is governed by the back
swing. Get it right. is the rule. and
the forward action will take care of
Evening star., 1924-08-30
TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. August
30.-The Potomac River was clear and
the Shenandoah muddy this morning.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
WASHINGTON, 8; New York, 1.
Boston, 5, Philadelphia. 1.
Cleveland, 8, Chicago, 4 90 in'gs).
st. Louis, 81; Detroit. 06.
CANES TODAY. CANES TOMORROW.
Wash. at n. York. Wash, at n York
Chicago at Cleveland. Chicago st Cleveland.
Detroit At st. Louis. Detroit at St, Louis.
4hilS. 1t Boston.
Evening star., 1924-08-30
MATS EARN MORE PRAISE
FROM NEW YORK WRITERS

FULL credit accorded by Gotham bes to
~ Nationals their bid for Washmgons first pnnant
peusa of the New York morning of today
Men co. writes Monitor the World but
Walter Johnson Eighteen the pitching
his yesterday afternoon when he badly injured by baed ball
In the eighth inning of the with the Ynakee
Evening star., 1924-08-30
BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Brooklyn, 8, New York, 1.
Pittsburgh, 8; Cincinnati, 4.
Boston, 6; Philadelphia, 4.
st. Louis, II, Chicago, 5.
GAMES TODAY. CANES TOMORROW.
N. 7. at Brooklyn. N. 7. at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati At PittSbgh Pittsburgh At Chicago.
St. Louis At Chicago. St. Louis At Cincin.
Boston at phila,
Evening star., 1924-08-30

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Atlanta, 10; Nashville, 4.
Memphis, 10; New Orleans, 5.
Birmingham. z; Little Rock, 8.
Only three games scheduled.
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TO p OF BACK
SU,N0 FiNOS
C1O6 HoelzANaL
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Indianapolis. 6; Columbus, 8.
Toledo, 8; Louisville, 5.
No other games scheduled.
Evening star., 1924-02-13

cleared Of Its encumbrances, the
sepulchral hall seemed as we looked
down from the antechamber to have
lost the aspect of a carpenters shop.
which 1t lately assumed, and to have
recaptured the romantic atmosphere
1t possessed in1the early days Of the
discovery. IN
There was, a short wait after we
had assembled within, during which
we gave full rein to our thoughts
glorious past We Were about to set
eyes on. How would the king be
found lying? How much would 1t be
possible, to see without disturbing
crowns be there with him.? How
much of the regalia, and would. 1t be
as rioh and exquisite in execution as
t'-a gold and silver sticks and fans
Iound within the shrihes?
These We're some of the anticipatory
speculatiops that passed through our
minds. and as we waited it seemed to
US as If the life-size figure of King Al,
the kings vizier, and the courtiers on
the painted walls Joined US in watch
ing the operations at the sacophagus
in which reposed the mummy OF the
king before whose Osirde form they
were standing. -, sa
Word In Given to Lift.
At length Mr. Carter gave the word
ana tHc HltiHS apparatus was set III
motion Amid tense silence the huge
lid rose from its bed. 1t, was a most
draE~c moment. and as If by COM
mon .,cord we all Teamed forward to
catch the first possible glimpse of
what lay Immediately beneath. 1t
revealed sight none of US will ever
forget.
The following. are the terms of a
communique issued by the Egyptian
government, under the heading Tut
ankh-Amen's. Tomb Opening of Sar-
cophagus and Visits to View IT,:
The following arrangements have.
been decided upon by the ministry of
public works: The opening of the sar-
cophagus of Tut-ankh-Amen is to be
carried out on February II, 1924, at
pm. in presence of the undersecre-
tary of state for public works, the
museum of the province. the director
gene raj of antiquities, the chief in