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Evening star., 1924-04-06

II Is no news to state that coaches
of the past-and there are a few who,
unfortunately, still exist-have taken
youngsters with brilliant prospects
and burned them out" for the sup
posed greater glory of the coach The
fact that few such coaches are doing
business at the old stands these days
probably is due to the spreading
knowledge concerning track athletics
and the natural resentment of a fair
minded public against such practices
of exploitation.
Under the direction of Collins, Hus-
sey has come along just fast enough
since he first startled the athletic
world with world indoor record
for public school athletes His time
was 10 l-5 seconds, magic time for
his age and the conditions of COM
petition.
Attempts were made recently to ar
range a race between Hussey and
Loren Murchison, the big Four
champion ship" man of the A. A II.
Such a race would have packed any
New York hall, but Collins refused to
have Hussey drawn into any such
trap.
Hussey himself, with all the impuI-
sive eagerness of youth urging him
on, probably would have accepted the
Evening star., 1924-04-06
DAVIS IS H0NORED
BY TENNIS LEAGUE

Assistant Secretary of War Dwight
r. Davis was elected honorary presi-
dent of the Departmental Tennis
League at a meeting of the team rep
resentatives yesterday.
All of last years officers were re-
elected. Capt. F. w. Hoover was
named president, e. o. Leech vice
president and L. I. Doyle secretary
and treasurer. Play in the loop will
get under way Tuesday, June 9, and
continue each Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday until the round robin is COM
pleted.
Teams were represented as follows:
Col. Wait c. Johnson of the War Blue
and War Red team; r. F. Bessey of
Navy, c. K. Hodgson of the Shipping
Board, DR.. W. II. Davis of Commerce
Interior, w. A. Maidens of Interstate,
willard Z. Buell. of Treasury, II. A.
Suits of the Veterans Bureau and
A. E. Martin of the Post Office De-
partment, which is the only new team
to join the circuit this year.
Dates for the league matches viii
be announced by the schedule COM
mittee in the next several days.
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MARCY IS WINNER
OF HANDICAP SHOOT


Julius Marcy had a keen eye in
the Washington Gun Club shoot yes
terday when he led the field in the
sliding handicap event with "a
breaks out of 100. c. c. Fawsett was
second with %, while Williams con-
nected for 90 to. cop third place.
Emmons was next with SO.
Fawsett and Marcy were tied for
top place in the doubles event, each
breaking 30 targets out of "a.
Scores, 100 targets being shot at,
follow: "a
Marcy, 81, F'awsetf. 03; Williams,
81; Emmons. S9s Floyd, SIS, MeCarrOn,
S5s Slime IS; Monroe, SSy Wilson, 73;
Franllin, 69s Grimfh. "a; Taylor, SIS
Green. 81; Horton, 0S; Burrows, so,
Parsons S3, HURT. 75, Derringer, 73,
Wynkoop, 81; Smith, "a, Midyetts,
81; Lucas, 81; Butler, IS; Blundon, IS.
In the 50-tRrget event III. Marcy
topped 3s, wynkoop, rs. and Noon
ey, SO.
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tournaments in the north this year.
Distance, the one factor which pres
ent day professionals need to get to
the top of their profession. is the one
factor Fred Mcleod needs to remain
at the top of the heap. Over a course
baked hard by the sun, he gets ali
the distance he needs, but over
slow course he is at 4 disadvantage
compared with the mighty swatters
of the game. But Mcleod learned his
game back in the days when the full
iron shot and the three-quarter shot
meant something. He is equipped
with every shot q first-class golfer
needs and with Il bagful of shots
many of the topnOtchers of today
lack, on account OF the tremendous
distance OF the present day ball.
Around the greens from fifty yards
down is where the little Columbia pro
is at his best. Give him = day when
his putting touch is right and Fred
Mcleod is unbeatable. lie has every
thing but the great distance OF the
sluggers of today.
Diegel, on the other hand, has
heightened out his tee shot until to-
day he may properly take rank with
the great hitters OF the present gen
Grafton. An unorthodox method in
the matter of elbow position and
stance is welded into a swing that
produces the punch which the great
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not compare with the sport of land
ing one of our bass or musk ellunge.
He also described fishing for dace
and club with "gentles," which, ac-
cording to Hunsaker's letter, prove
to be ordinary maggots, bred in rot
ten meat"-surely a gentle Name for
them. First you ground bait an
English term for throwing bait into
the water around your boat to at
tract the fish. This is done by toss
ing out big rolls (about the size Of
a tennis baI) of clay with bran and
"gentles" mixes in. The water slow
~ works away the clay and allows
the tidbits to become exposed. II
there any fish near this is bound
to attract them, and the anglers
sport commences.
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Is TEAMS ASSURED
FOR COLLEGE MEET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 5.--A. G,
Bickford. Harvard track manager. to-
day received definite assurance from
thirteen of the thirty-eight members
of the intercollegiate A. A. a. A: that
they wcdld enter teams in the forty-
eighth annual championship track
meet at the Harvard stadium on May
80 and 81.
They are Colgate, New York Uni
versity, Massachusetts,. Institute OF
Technology. Amherst, Boston College,
Georgetown, University of Pennsyf-
vania. Princeton. Williams, Syracuse,
Yale, Bates and Columbia. Nearly all
the other colleges In the association
are expected to compete.
Notice has been issued that the an
hual meet under the auspices of the
National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton will be abandoned this year: be-
cause the dates originally planned
would conflict with the final Olympic
trials at the Harvard stadium on
June Is and LAX
Pigeon shooting became fashion
able sport in Eusrlaud about lS sc. = !.
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HAGEN TO TAKE PART
IN THE BRITISH OPEN

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. April s.
Definite announcement that he would
participate in the American open
golf tournament this year was made
here today by Walter Hagen, whe re-
turned from Pinehurst, where he won
the annual north and south open title
Hagen will sail from New York
for Liverpool early in June to pre-
pare for the British tournament to be
held June 23
Evening star., 1924-04-06

The demand from the smaller
clubs for professionals is steadily
growing. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that small clubs have been un-
able to guarantee work except for
the tennis season, and teachers of the
net game, as Of everything else, can
not afford to follow an occupation
that offers work only for half the
year. The big clubs in the eastern
states provide employment for their
professionals during the winter
months by having them teach in
door tennis, squash or racuuets. and
usually grant them restringing priv
ileges, which sometimes amounts TO
considerable sum. Some profess
slonals teach ice skating during the
winter. while still others go south
for the Florida season.
Many Professionals Abroad.
The law of supply and demand is
bound in time to increase the num-
Der Of available teachers, but at pres
ent the really capable coaches are
Few and far between. 1t would be a
wise move if the National Tennis As
sociation would take up this problem
and provide teachers for those clubs
who desire them. This could be done
IN TWO ways: First, by bringing over
from Europe enough professionals
to supply the immediate demand: sec
ond' by encouraging young Ameri-
cans 20 take up professional tennis
as a business and securing employ
ment for them.
some or the overworked teachers
IN the east are themselves training
young assistants, and a few of these
iatter nave already obtained good
positions. They usually begin their
work by restringing rackets, and are
trained to play at odd moments when
tne courts are free. One such young
man who started in two years ago as
a professional has at the present time
ioo Pupils. while several others have
ABOUT half that number which shows
now tremendous is the demand.
IN London and Paris every good
ciuD mas one or more professionals
Eno the good form of their coming
biayers attests the value of the train
ing they have had.
The English pay particular at+en-
tlon 10 form and would be the lead
ers Of European tennis were IN not
that interscholastic competition is
banned, which means that the pIav-
ers get no tournament practice until
they enter college. France has some
OF the best professionals in the
world, and half q dozen on the Ri
yrera alone, At the Sporting Club OF
rams Is Darsonval, the famous pro-
fessional who has trained all the
young French Davis cup players
Amateurs Turn Pros.
Professional teaching is becoming
so popular abroad that il has Al.
ready taken a number of good play-
erS from the amateur ranks Rendail
a major IN the British army during
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LAkEVIEW NET TEAM
WOULD ENTER LEAGUE

Lakeview Tennis Club. newly organ
lied, hopes to make an impressive show
ing on the court this season.
Lesley Miltner is president Of the
club, W. +. Martin vice president and
Carl Il. Morris secretary and treasurer.
An effort to obtain a membership IN
the Suburban League will be made By
the club in the next few weeks Matches
can be arranged by calling MiItner at
Columbia 65S1. or Martin at Adams 1T.
The clubs courts are located at 5th
and Harvard streets. Former members
of the old Euclid Club are affiliated
with the Lakeyiew organization.
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USE
"0LYMPIC VILLAGE"

PARIS. April 5.-Japan is the first
nation entered in the Olympic games
officially to notify the French OlyIn-
pic committee that it would take ad-
vantage of the cheap but comfortable
hygienic housing accommodations in
the Olympic village" erected near
the Colombes stadium, where the
games are to be held
Reasons of economy, due to the re-
cent earthquake, also have. caused
the Japanese team to be reduced
from the one originally proposed OF
twenty.
The team will leave Japan about
the end of April and arrive in France
June 10 or II.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
25 SPEED BOATS IN RAGE.

ave of the largest and fastest motor
cruisers of the Southern Yacht Club
will race from Lake Pontchartrain to
Pensacola, Fla. beginning July 8.
The distance is 200 miles. The race
will be broken at Fort Morgan, Ala,
where the yachtsmen will spend the
first night and early the next day
will continue to their destination.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
De PALMA Is RULED OUT
OF 50O-MILE AUTO RACE

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April s.
Ralph de Palma will not drive in the
twelfth annual 500-mile automobile
race to be held at the Indianapolis
motor speedway May 30.
He has been disqualified by the
American Automobile Association,
governing body of the gasoline sport,
for participating in unrecognized race
meets on dirt tracks in California
during the winter.
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SYRACUSE TO ENTER 26
I'M PENN RELAY GAMES

SYRACUSE, ". Y. April 5.-Tofn
keane, track coach, today announced
ne would take a squad of twenty-six
men to represent Syracuse University
in the PENNSYLVANIA relays, April 25
and 26. "Chet" Bowman, sprint star.
will run anchor on the 440 and $50
yard relay teams. the 100-yard dash
IN a medley event and the 220-yard
invitation individual race.
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Inside Golf
-By Chester Horton.

Lest you forget, let us have a
look again ut the push-back and
the drag-back in starting the
wood club shot, for here we have
the heart of the golf swing.
In golf the swing In everything,
and in the swing the start can
make or mar everything. / teach
the drag-back To N few of my
pupils, but to the great majority
/ urge tire push-back. To accom-
Evening star., 1924-04-06

plish this you start the club back
directl along the ground and in
n straight line back from the ball.
You keep your hands even with
the Clubhcad. the whole priucipIe
Of the push-bnck being right
housekeeping the hands even
with the clubhead. As the club
goes back you shove your weight
over to your right leg. Practice
that movement. without taking the
club any farther hack, until you
master the push-back. You push
back about ten or twelve inches,
after which you pivot on around.
keeping the club shaft I'm
straight line with TIE left arm.
St.ffsn the right leg, hold the head
still-aHd take your time to swing.
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DIECEL AND Mcleod RANK
HIGH AMONG PAID PLAYERS
Leo. Now Tremendous Hitter, and Fred, Master of
All Shots, Should Bring the Open Cham
pionship Crown Here Some Day.
By w. r. McCALLUM.

NXTAsHNGToN golhng city of the first rank has profes
Wv
take rank the first professionals of the One
of them Leo Dge destined the ship
another championship
today still golfer OF first rank Just few days he big
Petersburg Fla fel of which
included vers Ocknden Hutchon Macdonald Smith,
Brady and all the other nationally known
the
with
Evening star., 1924-04-06
U. S. SOCCER ENTRY
PLEASES FRENCHMEN

PARIS, April 5.-OficiaI notice that
the United States would take part in
the association loot ball competition
in the Olympic games was received by
cable by the French Olympic commit
The action Of the Americans in
entering is worthy of this greatest
of the nations in athletics and Oly1n-
pic victories said the MARQUIS de
Polignac- America not only COM
petes in the events in which she is
supreme, but also in sports which do
not enjoy great vogue among its
youth"
Count Clary was another commit
teeman to express his qualification.
'"rhe 1924 Olympic games" he said
will owe the United States a heavy
debt of gratitude. The Americans are
certain to contribute much to their
success"
Evening star., 1924-04-06
ALL LOCAL GOLF COURSES
ARE IN OPERATION TO-DAY

d ECOFERED from the soaking and the
IN night all the local golf be today
East Potomac Park scheduled opened
morning the keen delight the municipal players who have been
kept idle weeks of bad weather.
Chevy Chase opened Yesterday, with all the regular
Columbia all
Nos and Indian Spring notwithstanding spots
doing while
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MENTORS FOR NET CAME
ARE VERY HARD TO FIND
Only Few of Large Clubs Have Them, Although All
Aspiring Young Players Now Are Anxious
to Have Professional Advice
BY SAMUEL HARDY.


standards OF has made the demands competent uc
= ton urgent than before
Not
the advantages OF good form clearly
few OF the better players Today
acquire form all anxious to have profesn
instruction
only OF the large
supply OF competent instructors limited
those which
Evening star., 1924-04-06
N. C. STATE WINS MEET.

RALEIGH. N. c.. April 5.-North
Carolina state triunphed over v.P. 1.
here today, II to So, in the first col
legiate track meet to be held locally
this spring. Superiority in the weight
events gave Carolina the margin of
victory. Roberts of V. r. T., with
eleven points, was the high scorer.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
10 tho delay Of The perch In reach

ing this vicinity has been the late
ness Of the, season The water still
have water at a temperature be
tween so and 60 degrees for their
spring fish to reach the spawning
grounds, like even warmer water, or
between so and 20 degrees.
Unconfirmed rumors have reached
this column that a great many dead
fish have been seen along the banks
of the Potomac since the recent high
water. These fish in all probability
met their deaths by being struck by
the many pieces of driftwood and
other debris that was brought down
at almost express train speed by the
rushing waters and by being thrown
against the rocks.
1t should not be many days now
before the angler will be seen at
his favorite holes in the Potomac
from the acqueduct bridge to the
he has been successful in filing
his basket with these fine edible fish
Golf "nufs. have for years been
taking golf lessons from profession
ais. so have devotees of tennis, squash
and other games. Now fishing bugs"
are beginning to enjoy similar ad-
van tage, for there is in this country
now at least one professor of the
gentle. but delicate art of fly casting
OF course, many other kinds of fish
which can be taken with the artifi-
cial fly).
Fred c., Shaw of Brooklyn, n. Y.
who was winner of the amateur
championship in trout fly casting at
the international tournament of 1904,
has opened school of fly casting in
his home city. He also gives lessons
out of town, and, it is announced,
probably will give demonstration
of his skill in trout and salmon cast
ling both with the wet and dry fly,
together with an explanatory lee
ture3 here Washington later in the
spring.
Commander jerome c. Hunsaker.
United States Navy, a resident of
Washington, now in England where
he is serving as assistant naval at
tacheZ at the American embassy, is a
true follower of Izaak Walton. and
in letter to friend here told of
a recent excursion after some of the
Thames pike.
The saying. once a fisherman. al
ways a fisherman. applies to Hun
saker. When the first real touch of
spring was felt in London, the fish
ing fever took hold of Hunsaker
and he decided to try his luck.
This particular fishing trip was ar
ranged under peculiar conditions.
Having located his boatman, the next
step was to arrange terms. Instead
of agreeing to pay fat sum for the
trip, or SO much for each hour he had
the boat, the naval officer was sur
prised when his boatman offered TO
take him out, furnishing boat, bait
and tackle, for-no, not money. His
price was three quarts of English
beer.
Starting from Henley on the
Thames, his boatman soon had Hun
saker on the fishing grounds. The
bait obtained was a small river fish
called dace, about six inches long,
which he hooked through the back
fin and allowed to swim into a deep
hole. He soon had strike and
landed a pike weighing about ten or
twelve pounds. Describing his fish,
Commander HHnsaker said it pulled
like an old boat full of gravel, and
to use his landing net, but that, after
all. the pixies fighting qualities do
Evening star., 1924-04-06
ROD AND STREAM
BY Perry Miller

fishing weeks
tardiness the the fish been
and the high muddy Undoubtedly
OF vicinity
before the recent high water and these little fellows not
edds made their homes these places until the
Anndr
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MEET TO TARHEELs.

CHAPEL HILL N G, April s.
North Caroline defeated Clemson COL
lege of South Carolina here today in
the first track meet Of The season u
the local field Carolina scored 761s
points to 35 Z by Clemson CaroIiE17
took eleven drst places to CIenson-s
Evening star., 1924-04-06
AMERICAN OLYMPIC ACES
Close-Ups of Athletes Counted On
as Point Winners for the
United States at Paris.
No. W.-Frank Hussey.
BY PATTERSON McNUTT.
Copyright 1924

Charley Paddock
hero of kid who scus his shoes these along the
worn Railways of Suyvesant High School
Those who ought they talking predict
Hussey brilliant future if they foreteng the rise Of the
Others adding hope figures feel that that starry
suddenly become the immediate present.
ussey has everything rtcass sprinting needs the
Added speed
had the handling Al
judge
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The main body of perch, however.
have been halted in their advance
on the upwaters of the Potomac. The
muddy condition of the river rather
than the high water would cause
them to wait until the water cleared
before they continued on their way.
OF course, these little fellows do not
care particularly for the rushing tor
rents that have swept the Potomac
for the last ten days or so, and have
waited until the flood subsidized some
what. They will battle against swift
running water, in fact. like it, and
seem apparently tireless in their ef-
forts to get upstream. but the com
bination of mud and flood waters is
too much for them.
Than annther thinr cnntrihut ory
Evening star., 1924-04-06

The power that goes into the drive
is divided as follows :: Arms, about
so per cent; wrists, rs per cent;
body, Is per cent. But you have to
have all three in perfect timing with
each other or the results will not be
satisfactory. Arms first, body sec
ond, wrists third. If the body beats
the arms there will be no wrist &C
tion until you are past the line of
the ball. You have to get the arms
swinging first, body. following, and
the wrists will snap in at the right
place, just naturally taking care of
themselves.
Copyright, 1e24.)
Evening star., 1924-04-06
KENNEL AND FIELD
BY GEO. HI. KERNODLE

The berch show game in Washing
ton seems to be suffering from its
annual attack of spring fever. and
fanciers are beginning to call for
something in the nature of a puppy
match or a judging match 20 revive
interest The move to hold such an
affair is sponsored by members of
is probable that the proposed event
will take the form of a match show.
like the one held at the Ebbitt Hotel
early in May of last year. At this
show a great deal of promising ma
Evening star., 1924-04-06
terIal was uncOverel. and many nov.

ices came to know that their dogs
were possessed of real show quality
Despite the fact that distemper has
claimed a large number of good
puppies during the past winter, il is
understood that there still are a
kennels. Since there has been quite
an epidemic of distemper, il has been
suggested that any proposed puppy
match should be held in an open held.
Another suggestion is. that the
judges be asked to voice their criti-
cisns of each entrant, so that the
judging may be rendered instructive.
This is in line with the usual prac-
tice among the clubs in and around
the big cities of the north where
frequently are held. An objection 10
this plan has been that too few local
breeders are qualified to offer such
criticism, and the ready answer to
this objection is that there are many
well informed Baltimore fanciers. who
always have gladly co-operated with
the efforts of the local club and who
will gladly handle the bulk of the
judging, thus leaving Washington
breeders free to exhibit their yo1ng
stock
The high ciass of Washington bird
dogs was well demonstrated during
the past week at the spring trials of
the English Setter Club in Medford,
N. j., when Bell of Washington, own
ed and handled, by Frank Kidwell of
the National Capital Field Trial Club,
took second honors in an entry of
twenty-seven puppies. First place
was won by DR.. Otis D. Suckney of
Atlantic City, also a member of the
local club. There was little TO choose
between the performances of these
two, and the result was not decided
until the last minute of the final
heat
Even old dogs seldom are called
upon to perform under more trying
conditions than were met at Med
ford. The ground was covered with
water in places, and the horses rid
den by the judges and handlers sfre-
quently sank to their knees in mud
Both of these dogs will be seen at
the meet of the local club. which will
be held at Bradley Hills April Is.
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OF the po1rer that goes into drive
1rtdt PROPORTION should come from Cd
the arms, (2) the aOyist nto1'entert, (5)
the saving of the bodyi A.
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Answe cred by
JOHN BLACK

"The Carpenter of TrOon,- whose
great Rameness and mastery of golf
make him feared mt all tournaments
Particularly competent ON approach
shots.
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FIuIessIoHaI teachlng Is becoming
so popular abroad that L has Al.

ready taken a number of good play
erS from the amateur ranks. Kendall
a major in the British army during
Evening star., 1924-04-06

Pigeon shooting became fashion,
able sport in England about lS5s.
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tee to green. distance of about 200
yards. The hole. as it stands, is one
of the hardest short holes about the
city, demanding a long and straight
tee shot, with a guarding ditch on
either side waiting for an. inaccu-
rate1y hit ball.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

Copyright, 1e24.)