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The Washington times., 1924-06-14
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TO HAGEN
ABROAD

A year ago Walter Hagen was
beaten in the British open by a
single stroke. That one.stroke mar
gin came when Hagen disregarded
the advice of his caddy in making
an iron shot into the wind on a
short hole. Arthur Havers had a
score of 295 and Hagen 296. Hagen
made a great finish. and the mem-
Dry OF this brave attempt for the
British. title has sent him over to
the other side again to play in the
British open at Hoylake.
In tournament play on this side
this year both Hagen and Sarazen
have not shown their usual putting
form. Besides Hagen and Sarazen,
Jim Barnes, Johnny Farrell, Mac
donald Smith, Gil Nichols and AL
Espinosa will also play in the event
at Hoylake. Barnes was out of
the open here because of his failure
to get his entry blank in on time.
He has been playing great golf and
has had a weeks practice in Eng
land already. ~
Golfers still look to Hagen to do
something in the British event.
Hagen always plays best for high
stakes. Tie British open title
would have a great commercial
value for Hagen, and he is determ-
ined to make a bold attempt at
the highest Of British golf honors.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
LEAGUE
STAR LOOMS
FOR PILLS
y=sH,4s
May Be Decorating First Base
Before Very Long,
Rumor Says

PHILADELPHIA, June II. -
While nothing has come out Of the
Phillies' offices relative to a change
at first base, nevertheless rumor
is prevalent that an American As
ISOLATION star will soon be guarding
the first sack for the Philies.
The player that is slated to come
to this city is none other than
Johnny Neun, who Is reputed to be
the fastest man in the American
Association, and is hitting the ball
at All clip at the present time.
Neun has been up in the big leagues
before. having had a trial with the
Detroit Tigers, but failed to Gust
Lew Blue, and returned to st. Paul,
where he is now playing.
In addition to Neun, another
newcomer is a young college star
named Willever, who has played
for four years on the Lafayette Col
lege team. Willever reported last
Tuesday and is trying for the third.
base job. If he can show better
form than Woehrs, the job should
be his for the asking, adding still
more youth to the new infield hat
Fletcher is building at the present
time.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
STATE At.
END Of SPORT
SEASON
Has Had Some ReVeTses, but
Altogether Athletics Have
Been Success

STATE COLLEGE. Pa, June IA.
With the windup Of the commence.
ment athletic contests with the
University of Pittsburgh. Penn
State teams have put away their
uniforms and concluded the athletic
year Of l923-24. Despite .reverses
In several lines of sport, the year
the history OF the institution.
Outstanding performances include
the winning OF the intercollegiate
wrestling and boxing championship
the first time that any institution
has ever held both titles the same
year; the completing of the fifth
consecutive season without defeat
in soccer, and the scoring Of q
points-the highest score ever made
by Penn State-in the intercollegiate
track and field championships.
Only two teams failed to run up
a high percentage Of victories. and
this is remarkable when 1t IL con
sidered that Penn State took part
in no less than eleven lines Of inter.
collegiate sports. The baseball team
closed its season with seven vic.
tories ana eleven defeats. while the
lacrosse team won one out Of five.
The football team won six, lost
two and tied one. The results; Of
the other teams were as follows:
Soccer, won four, lost none, tied
one; freshman cross.country, won
intercollegiate title; basketball, won
thirteen, lost two; wrestling, won
five, lost none, tied one, and won
intercollegiate championship; box.
ing, won five, lost one and won
intercollegiate championship; tennis,
won five. lost one; golf. won seven,
lost two; track, won three meets,
lost none. scored three first places
and II points in Intercollegiate.
In all varsity sports Penn State
teams won thirty-six contests and
lost twenty-three, for a grand per.
centage OF .7O9s
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
RESERVES PULL
AMERICANS
THROUGH

The pronounced superiority of the
United States athletes in track and
field at the last Olmpic' games at
Antwerp gave them q decided ad.
vantage over their nearest competi.
tor, Sweden. The scores were
2O1M for the United States and
121h for Sweden. 1t was the abil.
ity of the reserve athletes which
gave the Americans the edge. They
were then confronted with the leen.
est competition in winning first
places. Finland won eight first,
just as many as the United States
did.
The British took the three middle.
distance runs, while Italy was first
in the walking events. France cap
tured the 5000 meters. The United
States again faces the keenest kind
OF competition in these events. They
are not likely to score heavily in
the walks or the distance runs, al
though there Is a possibility that
they may take the marathon, with
De Mar and Zuna in shape.
The United States. however,
should score heavily in all the track
events and in several Of the field
events The high jump and broad
jump look safe, while the sprinters
and murders are much stronger
than they were four years ago.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
c OFF PROVING
COMMERCIAL
SUCCESS

Golf has arrived at the stage
where 1t has become an important
commercial enterprise. The receipts
at the open in Detroit reached close
to the $1,000 mark, and this is
only suggestion of what the open
will produce when more suitable ar.
rangements are made for taking
care OF larger crowds. AS long as
the tournaments are played on pri-
vate courses the galleries will neces-
sarily have to- be limited in size, but
the interest in tournament play, both
amateur and professional, is grow.
ing so fast that additional provision
will have to be made for spectators.
THE only solution which many golf
of a course which can be used ex-
clusively for the big tournaments.
1t has been suggested that one
course be built In the East and an
other in the West. The gallery
problem has always been a draw
back to the important golf events,
and 1t was to limit the attendance
that the United States Golf Associa.
ton officials decided on the admis.
sion fee.
The enormous growth Of the re-
ceipts OF Davis Cup tennis furnishes
a new problem in amateur sport
Chose who raise cry against com
mercialism in the promotion OF
amateur sport blame much of the
present ills and. ailments on the
public demand for the game. The
public insists on seeing amateur
h"mpions as well as professional
and is willing to pay to do 1t. Al
SOON as lneae Is some practical way
of controlling and placing the gal
lery on golf courses the golf folks
will also have an important problem
on their hands.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
OLYMPIC SWIMMERS ARE
GIVING LAST EXHIBITION

NEW YORK, June IA last OPP
portunity to see Americas Olympic
swimming team win be given New
Yorkers today, when practically all
the girl and men stars Of tank and
springboard appear in the water
carnival to be held at Long Beach.
Two days after the meet the entire
team win sail for Paris to compete
In the swimming and diving COM
petitions July 1920.
Heading the list Of girl stars who
will compete are Miss Gertrude
Ederle, Svbil Bauer. Helen Vain
wright, Aileen Riggin, Mariechen
Wehselau and Elizabeth Becker.
Among the men who have won
their right to represent Uncle Sam
in the Paris classic are Johnny
Weissmuller, Duke Kahanamoku,
Sam KahanaInoku, Warren Kea.
loha, Dick Howell, Albert White and
Pete Des Jardiens.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
GANG
SOME FAMILY
Of GOLFERS
G Grandfather, Father and
Brothers All Play Big
Parts in Game

MIAMI BEACH. Fla. June IA
Walter Andrews, a professional at
the Miami Beach Golf course, has
a family tree he's going to have
carved on his old mashie niblick.
This is how it branches
K. Grandfather, Bryant James An
drews. first instructor, at Westward
Ho, England.
Father, same name, instructor,
Westward Ho, England
Uncle, Philip Andrews, steward at
Westward Ho, England
Brothers: Ambrose, golf instruc,
tor, Bombay. India, now at Postal
Institute, Chicago; Edgar, profess
sionaf at Mansfield, Ohio.
Arthur, two years State champion
OF Iowa. Now professional at Atchi-
con, Kans.
Andrews father is now at the
Hyperion Field and Motor Club, Des
Moines, Iowa. Andrews himself
spends his summer in Chicago.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
RAIN HALTS HoTCHKISS
TENNIS CUP MATCHES

NORFOLK, Va, June 14.--With
Washington on the long end Of q
S-to.2 count, rain stopped the
Hotchkies Tennis matches with one
singles match incomplete. Upon
that match rests the question Of
whether Washington or Norfolk
will meet Baltimore in the finals.
Baltimore easily disposed Of Rich.
mond and the Washington players
seemed on their fair way to taking
the measure Of Norfolk when the
rain came along. Mangan, HELEN,
and Graves won their matches for
Washington. L. A. Cox's match is
not complete and Cox was leading,
g., 6-S, when the game was
called off. ~
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
LOCAL BOYS LEAD ALL
COLLEGE PARK TEAMS

Announcement Of the selection of
men to lead the University Of Mary.
lands athletic teams was made, and
every one Of the five captains IS a
Washington boy. t.4
Ed Pugh was named to captain
both football and track; Jack Faber
was nominated captain OF the bias.
ketbalI team; Pete Schrider is the
new baseball captain; and Joe Bur.
ger will lead the 6estinies OF the
lacrosse team.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
DAYTON TIME LIMIT Is
EXTENDED TO JUNE II
Our Reason Why.

Because Of the incessant rains,
the committee in charge Of the en-
tries for the national public links
tournament at Dayton, has extend
ed the time for filing entry blanks
to June 81. The entries were origi.
nally due to close on the 9Th.
This action was taken because
the committee felt that the play.
.ers have been prevented from prac.
ticing and and were not in form
to compete in the tourney. BY
lengthening the time 1t is hoped to
double the number Of entries. Only
116 have sent in their papers.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
PANcHo VILLA TO QUIT
FLYWEICHT CLASS SOON

NEW YORK, June l4.--Pancho
Villa, Of Manila, p. l.. holder OF the
flyweight championship OF the world
by reason of his knockout victory.
over Jimmy Wilde, of England, is
planning to graduate into the han.
class. Though he made
the weight Tor Frankie Ahhe, of
England, he is convinced that he
Is growing out OF the midget class
and will have to meet bantams here.
after @sA Nh
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
WHEAT OWES SUCCESS TO
TRIO OF VETERANS
ON BENCH
By SID C. KEENER.

When at the tender
eighteen with Enterprise
had the plate and he choked He
satisfied himself Fort Worth
IN the Texas League then to Shreveport bought by Mobile
and in than in the Southern
major league job with the Brooklyn superbas
of his nders only an occasional drive ratified
against the oued boards And he his way about it he
would have become recognized leading suggers
Of the National League 800 $50
But recruit considered big league prospect through
to get his first base with his cheap singles him
the advice of three veterans three whose
dig the spikes around the plate
gpped handle
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
.OOBlHc 9fAcvER
Ay LOUIS ADoUGHER
YET THEY LAY OFF COLLEGERS

SURLY OGDEN, with Gffs the Philadelphia
Athletics fresh from SwamOre College but he almost alone
IN this The average college pitcher passed by the big
aguers though Carroll Holy said be slated
join the Tigers provided he will play professional baseball
ALL He said be also slated seminary He easily
the best of all the Eastern College pitchers considering his record
the three Hunznger who pitched ball
University Pennsylvania with the New Giants but
he about the only college the big hoped
right in without minor league training
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

he increases his mark probably to
$40. He slumps for three or four
days, drops q bit below 800 and
then says to himself that he'll have
to pick up flock of base hits. He
does, because he is out there trying
each time while he is in the
slump.
Now argue over this-why
shouldn't a batter try to get a base
hit always? I've just come 70 rea.
lie this. Little lack is doing that
thing nowadays-trying for his hits
whether there are three on and nGlle
down o. the bases empty and two
out.
you really don't know wfen a
base hit will start a rally. Many
unexpected things come up in base.
ball,
might say. too, that ball
players are taking their game
more seriously now than when, 1
broke In. Larger crowds attend,
salaries have increased and a fell
low can make a comfortable Iiv-
ing and save enough TO tide him
over when he steps down by hit.
ting around $50 each year.
While I'm on the subject I'd
ike to mention the name of one
player-a fellow who did not receive
the recognition he was entitled to.
Nap Rucker> is the boy. Gee, but
what a pitcher he was! During
Maps days our club didn't amount
70 much. 1t was a shame to see
the games kicked away for him.
There was one I haven't for
gotten-durinS RUDE Marquard' 5
great streak in 1912. With the
Rube winning IS games all of us
picked Rucker to oppose McGraw rs
left-hander in the game of July 3.
What a game Nap pitched! And
we lost it 70" him, 2 to 1, on two
errors. They didn't hit a SOLD
ball all afternoon.
Although winning 1S games and
losing 81 for a seventh place club
IN 1912, Rucker ranked third in the
league in effectiveness with an
earned run column of 2.20 Only
Tesreau and Mathewson finished
ahead OF him. Quite a record on a
seventh place ball club.
When they talk about great
left handers don't let them over
look Nap Rucker."
Wheat was born at Hamilton,
Mo-. May %, 1888. On his 36th
birthday this year he poled home
run at Pittsburgh against Johnny
Morrison Of the Pirates, proving
that he has not lost the punch
That was taught him fourteen years
ego.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Barretts Seek Game

The Barrett A. c. desires an un.
limited class opponent for tounor-
row. Alec Weinberg, manager, can
be reached by phone at Lincoln
1906 after 6 p. m.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
World Series Coin No
Novelty for Many
Yanks

Winning pennants is old
stuff to the Yanks, most of
whom shared in worlds series
spoils with the Red Sox or
Athletics before they came to
New York. Ruth, Schang and
Mentally have shared in six
series; Shawkey, Scott and
Bush have been in five; Sam
Jones in four, and most of the
other players in three. Per.
haps it is harder for such a
team to arouse itself than q
team which is getting the scent
Of worlds series money in its
nostrils for the first time.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

Last saturday Brown Unlver-
sity hooked up with Providence
College, Catholic institution. At
the end of nineteen innings neither
team had scored. In the TWEEN
tieth frame Providence College
managed to get a man across the
plate and won the game, 1 to o,
for what is probably a record for
college baseball.
Duggan, who pitched for Brown,
famed twenty-nine batsmen fac
ing him. He allowed five safe
hits, yet failed to win, showing
the tough side of baseball.
Duggan defeated both Yale and
Harvard this spring and is rightly
l:sted among the best college
pitchers in the country. His
twenty-inning defeat, with TWEEN
ty-nine strike-outs to his credit,
should start the scouts on his trail,
if they haven't begun already.
Here's Two Examples.
TTERE are two examples Of
plain, ordinary fish, Harry
Wills and frankie Genaro.
Harry Wills, for two years.
practically refused to enter the
ring. He had challenged Jack
Dempsey, and Jack Dempsey he
would have as an opponent, none
other. Then he was forced to
take on BARLEY Madden, tough
Irishman, and see what happened
20 his status as a challenger.
He now ranks with the lemons.
frankie Genaro, strictly a de-
fensive boxer of class, took the
American flyweight title away
from Pancho Villa on points.
Since then he has refused to meet
this same Villa unless guaranteed
al. equal share Of the gate re-
ceipts. In other words, rather
than risk his American title,
which gets him little or nothing,
Genaro refuses to take a shot at
the world title, which would bring
in the gold in bundles.
It's to laugh to see ring cham
rion guarding his title. He de-
c!ines to risk it unless guaranteed
a fortune. If he is a mere con-
tender, as in the case of Harry
Wills, the result is identical. 1t
all goes, toe, from Jack Dempsey
down to Pancho Villa. They're all
afraid Of losing what they have,
as little as that may be.
More About Matthews.
ERED TURBYvILLE, in the
Baltimore Evening Sun, gets
- his whack at "Spark Plug
Matthews, the newest outfielder
with the Griffs, as follows:
WILDLY Matthews, we'll known
to the fans of Baltimore, has
talked himself out Of good Jobs
into better ones.
"He was too loose of tongue at
Toronto and Larry Doyle let him
go to Milwaukee for $1,000. He
went so good out there that Con-
ME Mack spent $4,000 for his
release.
with the Athletics he did well
for a time, but sassed Connie
Mack and Connie waived him out
of the league and back to Mil
waukee he went.
S"This spring he was doing nice.
ly until he called Otto Borchett
president Of the Brewers, a "bi0
stiff" Borchett had him bencheC
and then was fortunate enough
to sell him a second time-Ahil
-.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
RENAULT READY TO SIGN
FOR WILLS MATCH
By SID MERCER.

NEW YORK, June H-Mr Leo P. Flynn, manager Of Jack
Renault, to the bar.
After being duly sworn Mr. Flynn testfies follows:
Eyes they have Jack Renaul for the with Harry
Wills PROVIDED they want to something for him. Any
noer this match by satisfying Wills agreeing give
Renault . Is
"Tu further. any New promoter this
match and thinks asking for much will take
percentage the chairman Of the New York Boxing Com
ipnafas
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Cubs Can Do More
Than Just Play
Baseball

The Chicago Cubs have the
most versatile ball club in the
game. They have a good giee
club, several banjo players and
lads who can sing songs of
tropical isles to the strtnnning
of the ukelele. They are. all
expert bridge players and Jig
ger STATE can play golf about
as well as many of the pros.
But, as AL Cozy Dolan puts It,
you can't win a pennant in a
banjo.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
PLAYS 2,7s5 Games

From 1897 to 1917, Honus wag.
ner played 2,7S5 major league
games, settinG a lifetime record.
Ty Cobb ranks second. At the ELL
of the 1923 season he had played
n 2.449 big league contests.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

The general carpet.bagger or box
ing was rather choleric in his com.
ments ON the heavyweight situation
yesterday. Ye interviewer caught
him in Madison Square Garden
Just after he had agreed to let
Renault top next Wednesday nights
card at the Velodrome.
Renault will meet gent named
Andy Schmader, who IL reputed to
be from Omaha, but who il said to
inhabit the wilds Of New Jersey.
"Wilds" Is right, for Schmader is
unknown around here. He prob
battle right up to the opening Of
the first round.
"The wise crackers think ! am
bluffing about Renault going on
Leo, beIligcrentIy. "WeII, I'm
me into taking this match for
exercise and getting the old run.
around afterward.
Wills showed himself up as a
bad fighter last Monday night. /
think Renault would either stop
him or outpoint him so far in
fifteen rounds that 1t would be
the last Of Harry.
"NoY, just because those are my
beliefs, 1t doesn't follow that I am
going to let Renault fight for a
quarter and permit wins and the
promoter to clean up at his ex.
pense. nave come to believe that
the only way to make money Is to
refuse all offers. ask for a quarter
Of million dollars and wait until
get 1t. Maybe TIL wait, but in the
meantime Your Uncle Leo ism I
starving and neither IL Renault.
''Renault doesn't get much boost.
ing because his manager isn't an
outdoor club promoter and doesn't
know how to churck q bally-hoo.
But he's licked every prominent
heavyweight who would fight him
Only two have gone the distance
with him in the last year.
HE stopped Floyd johnson,
Fred Fulton, George Godfrey and
al the other paIulas who are
given the good shots with the
foreign boxers here.
81 think he can beat Wills or
wouldn't take the match. Nov
let Mr.. Richard or any other pro
moter step up and make me de
cent offer. If any one of them
can guarantee me a match with
F,irpo or Dempsey after Renauli
lickS Wills. / will agree to take 9
! smaller cut than rs per cent. But
I'm through being. good-timt
Charley. The promoters can take
me or leave me. Renault can gel
plenty of work outside Of New
York.
And while ! am on the subject
l want to say that my colored bat
tier. Kid Norfolk, will box Tunney
| McTigue, Carpenter or any of thu
false alarms in the light heavy
| weight division. Norfolk can make
the weight If Tunney win agree
to meet him I'll underwrite thu
show for Billy Gibson and the pro
noter and give Norfolk's end to thu
Milk Fund II Tunney goes thu
route"
And then your Uncle Leo, his col
lar smoking and his face flushed {
deep red, went out to cool off.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

time to Washington, where he
may be a star. Z
"Borchett may have suffered
insults from Matthews, but he
has added small fortune to his
bank account as result. Twice
selling a fresh ball player is
something to think about"
Our Reason Why.
THE Griffs, after a brilliant
start in the East, continuing
in Detroit, went to pieces in
Cleveland and completely killed
whatever hopes we had of their
ultimate finish. No winning team
ever failed before the tailenders.
On the other hand, winning teams,
pennant-winners, have always
feasted and fattened on the weak
est teams.
Bucky Harris is, to our mind,
a capable young man. He has,
generally speaking, a capable col
lection of players But those
same players have not within
themselves the real spirit of VIC
tory. If they had, they would
clean up all their weaker oppo-
nents and give battle to every
body above them.
It's a mere waste of time for
q team to play around the 800
mark. No team has ever won .
pennant with mark of 500. The
pennant is supposed to be the
target for the major league ball
clubs, or tie minor leaguers, for
that matter.
Whenever the Griffs hit upon
a winning streak Of more than ten
games against at least ordinary
foes, then well give them credit
for being possible contenders.
Until then, we're waiting to be
shown.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Senior Teams Clash

The Chevy Chase and Epiphany
Seniors are down for a game today
on the Chevy Chase diamond start.
ing at $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Signs Three Players

Pop Kremb, boss OF the Liberty
club. has signed Eddie Creney,
Massachusetts high school player,
first baseman; Virgil Gilotta, second.
sacker, and Dave Keppel. utility.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Al Simmons Climbs

AL Simmons, of the Mackmen,
climbed thirty points in his batting
average last week. He IL now
clouting for 1893, and Is Comics
lone 800 hitter.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Unbeaten foam PLAYS

The St. Joseph's club. unbeaten
in Section A Of the Potomac League,
will take on the Rosslyn team to-
morrow at . p. m. on the Union
Station Plaza field.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Midgets Want Foes

Midget teams are challenged by
the South Brooklands. Wallace Nc.
CURE. phone North 1871 Is the
manager.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

You might say that 1 did not
wake up until living thirteen years
in the National League. SE decided
that I could improve myself with a
little more care by taking my time
at the plate and trying for & rase
hit every time / faced pitcher.
Ball players generally keep pret.
ty close tab on their own batting
averages. There is a squirt where
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

Humlnel grabbed dozen balls
and became the pitcher during
the batting practice to develop
young Wheat from a crouch hitter
to q fence buster.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

For years, you know" ex.
planned Wheat, "a player who hit
800 was established as a star. i
always moved around that line
and did not worry much about
any thing better. But couple
81 years ago / saw some Of the
boys moving up. Averages leap.
ed to $50, up to 1915, while ROg
Hornsby gave us .4O1 figure in
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

"Tlle wise crackers think ! am
bluffing about RenauIt going on
with Wills, are they?" inquired
Leo, beIligerehtIy. ''Well, I'm
too smart to let anybody bluff
me into taking this match for
exercise and getting the old run.
around afterward.