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Evening star., 1924-06-12
COACHES HOLD SWAY
IN U. S. TRACK TEAM
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

One of the most interesting de-
velopments of the Olympic trials now
in progress in this section is the fact
that affairs relating to track and field
are being left to the men who really
know something about them-the
coaches
This is unprecedented. Also it is
important. 1t means a great deal, so
far as our prestige in world athletics
Is concerned.
When Loren Murchison, the great
sprinter. showed signs of suffering
from recent over work, Lawson Rob-
ertson. the head coach, withdrew him
from the final heats.
Robertson knew what Murchison
could do and it wasn't necessary to
kill the man in order to get a new
demonstration.
Cord Taylor at the Yankee Stadium
failed even to qualify in his speciality,
but Robertson, who well knows the
capable when he is right, picked him
next Friday and Saturday, despite his
poor showing in the preliminaries.
Incidents such as these interested
followers of track affairs. who are
inclined to delve beneath the surface
of things, and investigation revealed
that the coaches upon the occasion
of the 1924 Olympics are the kings.
Nothing that gives greater war
rant for hope as regards the United
States in the coming Olympics as well
as future international meets has. in
the writer's opinion, ever happened.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
u, S. SAILORS EAGER
TOLEAD IN SPORTS
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN PEDRO. Cal, June 12.-The
value of an athletic personnel. al
ways recognized by military organiz-
ations, now is receiving more atten-
tion than ever in the Pacific battle
feet.
Each battleship of the fleet now
has. in the course of a year. more
than 500 men on various teams and
crews, and it is all part of, the official
routine. A schedule is carried out to
determine the fleet championship in
each event.
Boat racing is most popular with
the bluejacketS, and each ship is re-
quired to develop fifteen boat crews a
year. A strenuous training period of
several months Is necessary for boat
crews. Ten years ago boxing and
wrestling were by far the most pop
ular Navy sports but in late years
other sports have come to the front
The fleet is represented in at least
ten major sports-boxing, wrestling,
football, baseball, track, soccer row.
ing, rife, swimming and water polo.
Basket ball is not absent. Lacrosse
is just entering and making a strong
bid for popularity.
Many obstacles confront the sailor
athletes. They have no gymnasium
and lack equipment and their hours
are Irregular. Yet they manage to
make an excellent showing in every
sport.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
Great Olympic Track Field Team Vcenn Fight
CHAMPION IS BEATEN
IN DIXIE GOLF EVENT

LOUISVILLE, KY. June 12.--Play
in the southern amateur golf cham
pionship went into the second round
of the championship fight here to-
day with sixteen players, represent
ing Tennessee, Kentucky. Georgia
and Florida surviving out of the
original first fight of thirty-two
eligibles.
A recapitulation shows three ia
vorites eliminated in the opening
rcund-Perry Adair of Atlanta, 1928
champion. defeated by Jack Wenzler,
Memphis. 2 up; Chris Brinke, Louis
vile, former Kentucky champion,
eliminated by Charles Black, jr-, At
lanta. 1 up. and Bobby Baugh. jr.,
Birmingham, who went down under a
sensational game by John Bachman.
seventeen-year- Rome, Ga, strip
ling, who won, and 3.-Bachman
made the eighteen holes in 68, 3 un-
der par, equaling the amateur course
record made six years ago by Chick
Evans.
Pairings for the second of the
championship flights today are:
Wenzler and Dan Jarvis, Nashville;
Black and Louis Tachau, Louisville; !;
Frank Dyer, Memphis, and Frank
Fehr, jr.. Louisville; Alex Hepburn,
Louisville. and Lee Chase, Miami; !;
Nelson Giddens. Memphis. and c. w.
Palmer, Miami: Bachman and A. c.
Ulmer. Jacksonville; Chasteen Harris
kert, Louisville, and Tom Prescott
Atlanta
Evening star., 1924-06-12


The hole is the seventeenth. 2s5-
yard affair, with par set at four
The distance is not great. but in
reality it is a very nasty hole, with
all sorts of possibilities for trouble.
To begin with. your drive must
clear ditch $50 yards away from
the tee Next. your tee shot must
be straight ahead, for this ditch.
winding stream. bends back like a
big letter across and along the
fairway, guarding the green not
only in front but at both sides. and
waiting greedily for either hook or
slice. Thirdly. after you have
ground inside the crooked arm of
the ditch. you find the green set
upon a hill fully forty feet above
your head. And finally. the green
is not punch bowl affair. but
merely surfaced in the ordinary way,
with nothing to help you get your
ball near the cup.
Because of this topography. it is
scarcely safe to try to reach the
green in one. A drive and a pitch
is the best course to take. A par
four should satisfy any one.
Long ago it became the fashion
for members of our club. when play
ing with me, to bet me even money
that l could not make the hole in
birdie three. Several times 1 have
won seven bets in row and once
collected eight consecutive wagers.
first placed my ball in the safe terri
tory between the ditch and the base
of the hill. Next ] pitched on the
green and dead to the pin with my
niblick. a putt did the rest.
Copyright. 1924 The Republic Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1924-06-12
OSBORNE SKATERS
DECATHLON RECORD

NEW YORK, June 12.-Harold M.
Osborne, crack all-around athlete OF
the Illinois A. c., created new
American record yesterday in re-
tanning his national decathlon title
and insuring himself a berth on the
United States team in the an
nual title test which served as the
final Olympic tryout He emerged
from the test which was held in
morning and afternoon sessions with
the victorious score of 1878 points,
shattering the previous American
record of 7,351Ss points. which he
made when he won the title last year.
The listed world record for the event
is 7,4S1.69 points, made by Alex hium :
berg, Esthonian athlete, two years
ago at Finland.
for the title, leading fourteen con-
tenders who survived the full test.
Emerson Norton, Georgetown Cni-
versity star, was runner-up ana an
other athlete to insure berth on the
Olympic team. Norton finished sec
ond with 7,025.94 points. Harry G'
Frieda, University of Chicago. was
third with 6,S42.5S points, and Otto
X. Anderson, University of southern
California, was fourth with 6,636o2
points.
In the ten-event test. of which five
events were. held in the morning and
a similar number in the afternoon
Osborne accounted for three victories.
finished third in two events. fourth
in two othters, and also earned Il
sixth and seventh place. In the 9TH
er event. the 100-meter dash, in which
the tricolor wearer was weakest,
Osborne finished in a tie for elev-
enth position.
Osborne won the broad jump when
he cleared 61 meters, or p feet 8
inches, in the pit. He cleared 1.Ss
meters, or feet inches, in the high
jump, was sixth in the 16pound shot
put and fourth in the 400 meters for
his efforts in the morning.
In the afternoon Osborne won the
110-meter hurdles in OILS As, finished
seventh in the discus, fourth IN the
pole vault, third in the javelin throw
and third in the 1.500-meter run,
which rounded out the program.
Norton won the shotput and the
discus throw, tied for victory in the
pole vault. finished eighth in the 100
meter dash, eleventh in the broad
jump. tied for sixth in the high jump,
tied for seventh in the 400-meter run,
finished fourth in the 1l0-meter hur-
dies, ninth in the javelin throw and
fifteenth and last in the 1.500-meter
run.
1t was announced by officials of
the American Olympic committee that
four competitors will be selected as
of America in this
event in the Olympic games on the
basis of yesterdays competition. The
selections, however, will not be Off
ciaIly announced until Saturday
night, when the Olympic team selec-
ton committee meets in the Boston
A. A. following the final track and
field try-out at Cambridge.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
BROAD-JUMP MARE,
IS,AIM OF HUBBARD
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANN HARBOR. Mich, june 12.-
De Hart Hubbard, prospective leader
Of the United States squad or broad
jumpers in the Olympic games, has as
his greatest ambition the breaking of
the worlds record of 25 feet 2; inches
held by7 E. o. Gourdin. former Har-
ward star.
Next to that. ne cherishes an ambd- :
tion to go through the season with a
record of "a feet or better q each of
the meei IS in which he takes part. He
has mai atained this pace sc, far.
The ftTty-four-year reco rds of the
A. A. u championship N Gets show
but three. jumps of more tn an twenty
four feet, two of them made by Hub
bard hiI nself The records of thse
Olympic games show but two jumps
over tive nty-four feet, one by Meyer
Prinstein and the other by Irons in
1908, when he made "a feet ~ inches.
The aco pied world record did not
reach the point Hubbard set for him
self as a weekly mark until Kraenz-
lein made "a feet Az inches in 1889.
Prinstein, OConor Of Ireland and
Gourdin h ave made successive new
marks.
Hubbard commenced his twenty
four-foot j, unps this year in the Illi-
nois indoor relays. when he made "a
feet 7 inch. s. Lack of authenth in
to claim tf3i as world indoor rec
ord In hi outdoor work he has
jumped from "a feet "a inches, his
record in ths Drake relays, to 25 feet
25s inches. In an exhibition jump at
the Ohio rela VS..
He leaped 4 feet 10A inches in the
Zig Ten outa Dor meet.
To better, ! ( possible, his jumping
ability, Coacll Farrell of Michigan
has been working Hubbard as
sprinter.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
BIG PRIZES OFFERED
IN PRO GOLF Event
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FRENCH LICK, Ind, June 12.-FTve
thousand dollars in prize money for
the winners Of the Professional Golf
ers' Association tournament at French
Lick, September IA to 81, have been
given by Thomas d. Taggart. He
also has donated $1,000 toward the
benevolent fund of the association.
The tournament is expected to bring
the best golf talent in the country to
the Indiana course. Gene Sarazen,
P. G. A. champion. will defend his
title, it is expected. Walter Hagen,
runner-up in 1928 for the professional
title; Jock Hutchinson. Jim Barnes,
Joe kirkwood. Macdonald Smith, Bill
Melhorn. Freddie Mcleod, Leo Diegel
and Clarence Hackney also have an
nounced their purpose to play.
Players in the championship will be
determined by two qualifying tour
naments, one to be held in the east
and the other in the west Only six
ty-four will participate on the French
Lick course. The play will be thirty
six holes medal. the 81 low-score
men starting match play to deter
mine the championship.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
OLYMPIC POINT PLAN
MAY CAUSE A CLASH

NEW YORK, June IA clash he
tween American and French Olympic
authorities over the system of point
scoring for the track and field cham
pfonships at Paris in July Ioomed
when Frederick W. Ruben, secretary
of the American Olympic Committee,
issued a statement declaring this
country would not recognize the
French decision to score events on
the basis of ten points for first place,
with the next i've places graded from
five points to one point, in order.
The French committee. according to
Ruben. is not empowered to fix arbi-
trarily any point-scoring system at
all for the or ofyTpies He points out
International authorities in charge of
the games, but adds that so far as
this country Is concerned, the win
ners in each event will be credited
with FIVE points, with three points for
second, two for third and one for
fourth. which Is the recognized meth
cd of scoring track and field events in
the United States"
Ruben is chairman of the rules
committee of the International Anna :
teur Athletic Federation, which in
1921 decided there would he no official
point score in track and field events
each nation from scoring points ac-
cording to the system in vogue in
the respective country.
j. S. Edstrom of Sweden, president
of the /. A A F., confirmed this, he
asserted, in a recent stat ement char
actefizing as unofficial the point-scor
ing system employed by the French
for the Olympic winter sports. This
system was the same as that an
nounced for the track and field con-
tests.
Olympic officials here base their OBJ
lection to the French system on the
belief that it favors countries which
have a few outstanding stars, such as
Finland, instead of nations which
NAV have better balanced teams The
difference of five points between first
and second places is not in accord
ance with established methods of rat
ing athletic performances, they con-
tend.
Evening star., 1924-06-12

itself down, as there is a chance that
he will draw strong competition on
the first two rounds in which he is
engaged.
Generally speaking. there is likely
to be plenty of good driving through
out the championship and some fair
putting. The college golfers are hard
hitters with fey exceptions. and their
desire to make a good show In their
driving leads them away from mucr
practice work on the putting green's.
May Hinge on Putting.
II Cummings puts well and accu-
rately, and he is likely to do so after
previous experience in golf cham
pionships. he may be able to retain
his grip on the Intercollegiate cham
pionship for the second year.
No college man yet has held the IT,
ties for two seasons. In 1922 A Pol
lack Boyd won for Dartmouth, to be
succeeded by Cummings in 1923.
Simpson Dean was champion in 1920,
and in 1919 the famous Sweetser won
the title on his way to greater hon
ors. In 1918 A. L. Walker, jr., was
champion, and in 1916 it was J. w.
Hubbell of Harvard. while the year
before the championship was won by
F. X. Blossom of Yale. and in 1914 f..
p. Allis, Sd. of Harvard was success
full
Evening star., 1924-06-12

Mndden's offer to fg5it dempsey.
this summer was a cheap crack in
view OF Dempsey's known flm obi
CATIONS None the less, it will be
good advertising for BARLEY when. ne
goes abroad, as at TFesen1 intended
to battle with Jack Bloomaeld,, the
British heavy.
But it may be that Ma wifi
hear SO many interesting tlhings from
promoters in this country that he
will deem it financially advisable TO
pass UP the British journey.
Renoult Godfrey, Carpenter, Glib
bons are all fighters wh u would prob
ably be willing to me at him IL the
purse were right But: Carpenter rs
about the only one that Madden
could meet with any real prospects of
victory.
Has Lost gHiYl pusrh.
Madden still is tough and can take
it as well as he ger did but age
seems to have dep sivea him of his
punch. A few yesps ago he was
knocking them outright and left He
put Jim Coffey Of Roecommon to sleep
and also Sergealit PenweTi. the cham
pion of Scotlsrsd He slowed Joe
JeanneLte away In four rounds Tom
Cowler in six ? nd Soldier Delaney iY
six.
He has foug ht two ten-round no
decision bouts with Gibbons and four
with Harry sreb. He and Battling
Levinsky thr ew gloves at each ether
in seven no. decision bouts. He and
Fred Fulton fought q tuelve-round
draw once Ind one no-decision bout
He and Bill Brennan fought five no
decision ba tiles and his last victory
was a tweGve-round decision over
Jack McAu'Tffe second.
Charlie Weinert gave him a fine
lacing at the Madison Square Gar
den the night Dempsey fought Rren-
nan, but in all probability he could
not re pc 1t
BarSle never has been Knocked
out. Perhaps his eagerness for ex-
pHrIeTfc r in that direction inspired his
chalherge TO Dempsey.
Evening star., 1924-06-12

why? Well. because preparations
have been carried on in a more Scien-
tifc manner. for one thing; secondly
because of the growth of athletic en-
thusiasm throughout the country and
finally because coaches were selected
carly and given real authority.
Otto Laakso. iS one Finnish athlete
who seems sincere in his desire te
become an American citizen He has
already taken out his second citizen-
ship papers and expects to remain
here for hfe. LaakSo has all the
qualifications of n great marathoner
and was expected to perform grea,
developed a sore foot before tbs
event and was unable to start The
chances are that at the Olympics OF
1928 he viii be quite a prospect for
the American team.
University of Illinois has had :
curious record this season in respect
to tie contests, to wit. Tie for west
rrn conference foot ball champion
ship; tie for confenence basket
ball title: ), tie for conference wrest-
ling championship. But IlIini did
win the indoor and outdoor track
honors
Gil Dobie's suEgestion that CornelI
athletes who slump in their studies
alter t1ey 1.-Two won varsity letters
have their letters taken from them
might do good IN cases such as Dobie
cites, where men have let down in
the classroom because Of big head
But majority of athletes who fail
Scholastically, fail because they can
not give adequate time both to cur
ricular and extra -curricular inter
cStS
Ever and ever the gospel of Notre
Dame foot ball is being spread over
the country. The latest eyaneels
of hnute Rockne's system are Harvey
Brown. 1928 Notre Dame leader. who
has signed as line coach at St. Louis
University: Bed Maher, one of
Rocknes star backs. who will coach
at Mount St Charles. Helena, Mont.
and Bob Reagan. who goes TO the
University of Utah.
Lone Star DietE keeps moving. In
turn he has been at the Mare island
navy yard. Washington State. Pur-
due. Louisiana Poly, and now he is
moving on to tie University of
Wyoming. Herbert Bunker. Missouri
fresh imam coach, has gone to Alabama
Poly (Auburn) to succeed Hugh VIII
son: who in turn goes to Louisiana
State.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
five MORE u. S. PROS
ON WAY TO ENGLAND

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE last
contingent of Americas golf forces
invading Great Britain this year left
yesterday when five professional
stars sailed on the Mauretania to
compete in the British open cham
pionship at Hoylake, June % to p.
The party was headed by Walter
Hagen, holder Of the premier Brit
ish crown in 1922 and runner-up to
Arthur Havers last year. Others
were Gene Sarazen, professional
champion, who was accompanied by
his bride; Johnny Farrell, young
Metropolitan district star; Al Es-
pinosa of Chicago and Gil Nichols OF
Providence, r. /.
In England this quintet will join
Jim Barnes OF New York. former
American open title holder. and Mac
Donald Smith of San Francisco 1T
quest of British honors.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
FATHER OF LUIS FIRPO
RELEASED FROM ASYLUM

BUENOS AIRES. June 12.-Luis
Firpo's father has been released from
the private insane asylum in which
he was held. being declared of sound
mind yesterday by medical officers in
court here. D..
Examination of the elder Firpo was
ordered by Judge Llavallol following
an appeal addressed to the court in
which the father of the pugilist said
he was being unjustifiably detained
| in the asylum at the instance of his
son.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
H0LMEAD BIRD FIRST
IN 400-MILE FLIGHT

The fourth event of the Washing
ton Racing Pigeon Association over the
southern course from Spartanburg, S. C.,
a distance Of 400 miles, was won by a
bird from the loft of John Holmead.
2S5 birds competing.
The average speed in yards per
minute of the first return to each
loft follows:
John Holmead. 1,26s yards, Il. J.
Voith. 1.249; E. RA1lin. 1,247 OF; HI. c.
Burke. 1-247.03; A. b. Mosre. 1,S4s;
Joseph Frnnk. Las; r. III. Crown,
1.242; Louis Hofer. 1,23S; Pm Kreus,
1896; J. L. Wolfe. 1.z1S, w. r. Dis-
meF, 1,217S Joseph Butler. loo, ID. r.
Matthews, 1,2o6 and n. J. Fitzgerald,
1.ll&.
Evening star., 1924-06-12


Princeton will send Shannon.
Nudge. Cresswell. Davis, Smith and
Fuller to the mctahes. Van Gerbig,
the foot ball man, is after golf hon.
ors, and there are three or four 9TH
ers who will try for something. Even
IL they can't make the team they are
SO good that the men who defeat
them should be able to uphold Prince
tons honor.
Harvard Has q Star,
Harvard will have Clough, Holder.
Mapes and Pierson. The latter once
was Junior metropolitan champion
and is a good golfer.
On the Yale team with Cummings
there will be Wattles. Glow and Ord
way. Bowies is another good golfer
Comstock of Williams is a fine
match player. and when the team is
chosen for the intercollegiate viii.
liams hopes to have men who are
fully up to the standard of some of
the good golfers who have been lost
during the year.
Individually, Cummings will have a
harder battle than many of his prede-
cessors, because there has been a
general improvement on the part of
the college golfers who will face
him.
1t is not a question of beating one
or two men, until the field has worn
Evening star., 1924-06-12

without throwing back your weight
Thus, in order to get your weight
into the golf ball when you hit. 1t is
nrst necessary to take your weight
hack, since obviously you cannot
throw your weight forward Afrom n
standing start" This shifting over of
the weight causes the clubhead 10
draE along the ground straight hack
OF the ball for n few fnches-efrht
Inches to perhaps twelve. Then you
keep going, by turning the whole
right side to the right. The whole
movement Is easy. graceful. rhyth-
mic.
Copyright, John r. Ollie CO..
Evening star., 1924-06-12
BARNES HAS 148 CARD;
NEAR TOP IN TOURNEY

GLENEAGLES, Scotland, June 12-
Thirty-six players qualified for the
Gleneagles Thousand Guineas profess
sionai tournament, with Jim Barnes
of New York, former American open
champion, with a total of 14S for the
two days play, landing among the
leaders.
Barnes. who turned in 70 Tues
day, had hard going yesterday and
was forced to take rs.
w. G. Oke of .Fulwell turned in
brilliant So. Angel Delatorre, the
Spa nish champion, had a card Of 70.
while Edward Ray and H. c. Jolly,
British professionals. turned in cards
of 70 and II, respectively.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
LOCAL RING SHOW AGAIN
K. 0.'D BY BAD WEATHER

Rain forced a cancellation of the
Kenilworth boxing show last night,
and there is every possibility that the
elements will interfere again tonight
at the Sportland Heights boxing
arena Berwyn, Nd, where Frankie
Genaro. the American fiyweight
champion. is scheduled to tackle Joe
Clifford in the twelve-round feature
bout.
Honey Boy Finnegan and Chick
Ward. who were to meet last night at
Kenilworth, have postponed their
bout until next Monday night, and
the Dencio-Burke match has been
moved back to June %.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
120 MILES AN HOUR
is MADE BY AUTOIST

ALTOONA. Pa. June 12.--Tommy
Milton. Jerry Wonderlich, Antoine
Mourre and Ira Vail qualified yester-
day in the tests at the speedway here
preliminary to the 25o-mile automo-
bile race to be held here Saturday.
In spite Of a wet track and murky
heavy weather, Milton turned in the
remarkable average of 1908 miles an
hour.
Wonderlich averaged 1876; Mourre
113, and Vail 1861.
Murphy, Cooper and Corum, all OF
whom qualified previously, averaged
lis to 119 miles an hour today.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
BATTLE OF LIGHTWEICHTS 4
SHOULD BE A REAL SCRAP
Sign for Contest on June 3O-Madden's> Offer to
Meet Dempsey This Summer Is Only Cheap
Way of Obtaining Advertising. ,>
BY FAIR PLAY.

YORK 12-E6ere
" Rocky Kansas the
the Greensboro Stad ium June 50
Rocky has been fighting of
working a Leonard
br the hnv
Evening star., 1924-06-12
FAGIN STOPS DIAMOND.

Irish Johnny F'agin of the Army
knocked out Jack Diamond in the
sixth round Of their scheduled eight
round bout last night at Camp
Meade De Donna was awarded the de-
cision over Jimmy Kolieas in the six
round semi-final, while Smith took
the measure of Hunkle in the four
round preliminary.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
ONLY TWO 1914 INDIANS
LEFT In BIG LEAGUE

CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 12.-with
the release of Guy Morton, dean of
the Cleveland pitching STAFF. to the
Kansas City American Association
team, only two players who wore In
dian uniforms when Morton Joined
in 1914. remain active in the major
leagues. They are catchers Steve
O'Neill of the Boston Red Sox, and
Johnny BassRer, Detroit.
Evening star., 1924-06-12

10 the right leg ut
the beginning OF
the hack swing.
Il h is weight
shifting in not n
mysterious move
ment that applies
alone to the golf
. w | n r \ o u
w o u I d n 4 try to
throw n stone
without q rst shift
ing your weight.
You W O u I d n I
swing an axe, nor
try to strike n
p n n G h ! n z b a z