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Evening star., 1925-07-31
RICHARDS OPPOSING
ANDERSON IN FINAL

SEABRIGHT, y. j., July 81 CP),-
The annual tennis tournament for
the Seabright bowl was down for the
final round today with a match be
tween Vincent Richards, Yonkers, n.
Y. and James Anderson of Australia.
Richards already has defeated Gerald
Patterson. another member of the
Australian team.
Richards advanced TO the final by
defeating r. Norris Williams, Is,
I'll
The captain of the Australian Davis
cup team was given a hard rub by
Cranston Holman, 19-year-old stu
dent at Leland Stanford. The score
was 70, 6-1, "a.
Holman's playing showed that he
must be considered as a serious con-
tender for the American Davis cup
team.
Other matches on today's program
are:
Final round of woman's doubles:
Helen Wills and Mary X. Browne VS..
Elizabeth Ryan and Eleanor Goss.
Exhibition singles between Big
Bill Tilden and Little Bin'' John
ston.
Tomorrow Miss Wills and Miss
Ryan will meet in the final of the
woman's singles.
In the semi-finals Miss Wills easily
defeated Mrs. Molla Mallory. 81,
60. and Miss Ryan won over Miss
Browne, 4-6, e., "a.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
WALKER SHADE BOUT
TO HAVE NO PRELIMS
BY FAIRPLAY.

NEW YORK, July 3f-FIumbert
Fugazy in announcing his promotion
schemes for Ehbetts Field says that he
intends to throw Mickey Walker aria
Dave Shade into the ring if Walker
signs for the bout-without any pre-.
liminaries.
This will throw light upon an ia-
terestinE question-h0w much tie
success Of a boxing show depends
upon the character Of the preliminary
bouts
In the writer's opinion. lot de-
pends upon this And with no bouts
at all ID would seem that the star
bout would have to he p cracker
Jack better bout certainly than q
Walker Shade Eo-to stand by Itself
Now the most successful show n
the year was the Italian Hospital fund
bouts, where in addition 10 the natr
20 between Greb and Walker. such
lustrOus bouts as Shade and SIattery.
Wills and Weiuert and Lynch apd
Sharkev were slated.
This show made about $500 o0N
| The milk fund bouts. i'm which Nc
Tigue and Ber,enbach figured as the
top liners, made S172, ,6655 The pre-
iiminaries amounted to little
The Gibhons-TUuner show At tho
Polo Grounds drew a gate Of S7G1.f 66.
Here. too. the preliminary bouts were
not especially attractive There is no
doubt that the added features 10 the
Italian fund exhibition were respousi
BILE for the large sum of money tha,
was realized and just WHY Fugszy
should depart from his plan in the
case Of a Shade-Walker bout is not a.
all clear.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
aging to Miss Edere Dempsey Changeable to Bouts
FRENCH GIRL TO TRY
CHANNEL TOMORROW
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOULOGNE, France, July Blaine
Sion, the French woman swimmer
who will attempt to negotiate the
English Channel tomorrow, starting
from Cape Girls NeZ at 3 a m, arrived
at Calais this morning. She will be
accompanied by the tug Champion.
which followed the Argentine. Tira-
boschi, on his successful channel swim
in 1923.
The French swimmer says if the
present weather holds for 18 hours
she is confident of success and of earn
ing the distinction of being the first
woman to swim the 20-mile waterway
between France and England.
Meanwhile the American and Anglo
Argentine entrants in this years
women's channel swimming derby are
hard at work training for their at
tempts, scheduled for the middle of
August Miss Gertrude Ederle, the
American champion, is practicing dai-
" in the waters off Cape Girls Nez,
and Miss Lillian Harrison of Buenos
Aires. who has made three unsuccess-
full assaults on the swirling channel
currents, has gone to Paris to com
pete in a marathon swim in the Seine
tomorrow.
Mile. Sion holds the woman ms chan
nel record, having stayed in the water
"a hours and a. minutes in 1928.
abandoning her swim owing to bad
weather when she was only four miles
from Dover.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
MAY AND CARROLL LEAD
IN PLAYGROUND GAMES

C. May and j. Carroll We're the in
dividual stars of the Johnson play
ground track and field meet held yes
terday afternoon. May took the broad
and high jumps and the 220-yard
dash. while Carroll placed second
in the high jump and the 22O and
took third honors in the 100-yard
sprint.
Summaries:
5o-yard dash 20 pound class-won by D.
Tslbert; second. f. Farhood third. j. Gro
6O-yard dash S5-pound class-won by G.
Lygch; second, W. Rodes; third, R; Admire.
Soyard dash. g5-pound class-Won sy {.
lo0yard dash. 1l5-pouad class-Won by
M Earbsod; second. G. Smith; third. r.
60-yard unlimitcd-won by G. Hart
second. B. Atchsou: third. J. Carroll.
Standing hop. step and Jump, S5-pound
rlass-Won by W Rodes; second. J. Lynch
Running broad lump. a5-pound class
Won, by G. Carrara: second, B. Carrara;
Running hop step and, Jump. 115-pound
class-Won by NJ. Farhood; second. G
smith: third d. LOTUS.
Running broad jump. unllmted-Won by
G. May; second, B. Atchison; third. D.
Running high Jump, unlimited class-Won
by c. May; second. j. Carroll; third, X.
22O,yard dash unlimited-Won by C.
.44O-yard relay-Won by Tigers IR. Cos
tello A Dezendorf J. Crawford B. John
SOM: second, Lions &c. May. J. Carroll, G
Hart. B. Atchisonl.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
LEGION TENNIS TITLE
is WON BY VAN VLIET

BALTIMORE. July 31.-Another
trophy was added TO Capt. Robert Van
Vliets string yesterday when he de-
feated John Magee of Baltimore
Country Club in the championship
match of the annual American Legion
tennis tournament on the courts of
Gilman Country School. Van Nliet
won in straight sets. "a. "a. 6-3.
The former District of Columbia
champion already numbers among his
titles the National American Legion
crown, which he won at st. Louis
last year. and the championship of
the Army. won in the elimination
tourney for the annual Leech Gun
event. He also held the laurels of
New Jersey at one time.
Capt. Van Vliet and Capt. I. D.
Finley have advanced TO the semi
final round in doubles and will meet
Felix RothsChild and Peyton Strobel.
jr., at Camp Meade tomorrow Nal
colin Oates and w. G. Wake will meet
the winning pair next Wednesday at
the Suburban Club.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
D. C.. C.LINkSMEN WILL
VISIT BELLE HAVEN

Flushed with victories in the Tri-
State Golf League, made up of clubs
in Virginia, Maryland and West Vir-
ginia. the Belle Haven Club of Alex
andria has issued an invitation to the
golfers of the Washington Golf and
Country Club to visit its course for
q match.
They don't quite want the speed of
the Washington clubs first team. but
have urged that the second combina-
ton come down. The Washington
club will get together a group of
golfers not on the club team and
go to Belle Haven next Sunday.
The Belle Haven course rs a new
nine-hole layout, constructed by Tom
Ryan, the club pro, and has great
possibilities. The course insofar as
the making of shots is concerned, is
splendid and only needs a carpet of
grass TO make it first class.
DR.. S. B. Moore will head the Belle
Haven team, while the Washington
team will he captained by S. l..
Mosby.
With a new handicap schedule con-
tanning completely revised handicaps,
the annual competition for the Tom
Moore cup began at the Bannockburn
Golf Club today. The event is a 72
hole medal play tourney, with the full
handicap deduction allowed. Glenn
E. McHugh won the trophy last year.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
DIEGEL SETS RECORD
TO LEAD WITH A SO

TORONTO. July 81 OP).-Having
smashed the course record with a 32-
37-69. Leo Diegel, professional from
the New York district. this morning
was out in front of the field of $50 or
more players seeking the Canadian
open golf title. now held by himself
Leo has a habit of starting tourna-
mentS well. but he is not such a good
finisher. He had a great lead at Wor-
cester for the American open title only
to crack at the end.
Two strokes behind Diegel after the
first, Is holes was Walter Hagen, with
a par Il.
Mike Brady of New York was next
with a -, while Willie MacFarlane
American open champion. had a IA
Several others also were in the run
ming.
The tournament is at 70 holes medal
play Another round of Is holes COM
bined with yesterdays will act as
qualifying round and scores for the
two days will be added to the scores
for 36 holes tomorrow, to determine
the champion.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
10 AMERICAN CREWS
QUALIFY IN CANADA

ST. GATHERINGS. Ontario. July
S1.-Oarsmen from Philadelphia and
Buffalo played a prominent part in
the start of the forty-third annual
Canadian Royal Henley regatta here
yesterday.
Philadelphia qualified six crews and
Buffalo four. The Don Rowing Club
of Toronto led the Canadians with six,
and the Argonauts, also of Toronto.
got two crews in. Lachine Rowing
Club of Montreal and Niagara district
(St Catherines) each qualified one
crew.
Joe Wright's Penn A. c. led the
Philadelphia delegation with three.
Malta Boat Club came next with two
and the Bachelor Barge Club got one.
More than 5000 persons saw the
start of the three-day regatta. The
weather was ideal and the course per-
feet. Hardly a ripple was seen on the
water.
Wright. coaching crews against
Canada for the first time in his long
career, saw his senior double, COM
posed of Sam Moorehead and J. j.
McNicholas, win from the Bachelor
Barge Club and Undine Barge Club
in the second heat by two and a half
lengths.
Malta Boat Club. with f. F. Ha.
seats, won the first heat in doubles
and will fight it out with Wright s
pair on Saturday for the Canadian
championship.
Joe (GhosO Barnhart, former Uni
versity of Pennsylvania 15O-pound
stroke. after being eliminated in one
of the early heats of the 140-pound
primary singles, came back an hour
later and won the second heat of the
140-pound special singles from E. Eng
lish of the Argonauts. Not more than
a foot separated the scullers at the
finish.
Sven Berg. a Dane, representing
Malta Boat Club, won the first heat
in the 140-pound singles by three
quarters of a length from G. Goerss
of the West Side Rowing Club of Buf-
falo.
F. y. Finnegan, Penn A. c., won
the second heat in association singles
beating Howard Dinsmore of the
Bachelors by a length. Others TO
qualify in the association singles are
Chester Turner of the Argonauts, who
won the first heat from Wehmeier OF
Detroit, and W. Durnan of the Argo.
nauts and r. Sherman of Buffalo, who
beat Lane of Detroit, and Charles Nc.
Illvane of the Penn A. c.
w. E. Johnson of the Penn A. c.
qualified in the 140-pound special sin
giles by taking second place. This
event was won by w. Burns of the
Dons of Toronto, who later also quail
fed in Junior singles.
The Senior fours were called off
owing to the absence of Jellinek
stroke of the Bachelor Barge Club OF
Philadelphia, and withdrawal of three
crews. The event will be rowed in g
| final on Saturday.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
D. C.. NETMEN PICKED
TO OPPOSE ORIOLES

Leading municipal courts tennis
players have been named To repre-
sent Washington in an intercity
match with Baltimore. to he played
here August %. and an elimination
tournament arranged TO decide the
remainder Of tho team.
il. c. Trigg, city champion; r. S.
Considine. runner-up for the title;
Maurice V. O'Nei:l. Dooley Mitchell,
Gwynn King and {. s. Cragoe al
ready have been chosen TO carry
District colors in singles, while the
doubles teams decided on are O'Neill
and Considine. King and Cragoe, and
Mitchell and Millard Lewis.
Four other singles players will he
decided in an elimination series in
volving A. w. Russett. d. y. Hede-
kin. Millard Lewis, Douglas Love,
Leroy Thurtell and &. f. Stam. G.
f. Stam and FIX. Slanker, A. w.
Russett and Douglas Love. Fred
Dodge and Herbert Shepard. and Ed
ward Beale and Hal Fowler are the
doubles teams scheduled TO meet in
a series. Two teams will play in
the intercity enga cement.
Evening star., 1925-07-31

swimmers from the Emery School
ground
Swimmers from the Washington
Recreation will take their weekly dip
in the Y. w. c. A. pool this evening
at $40. A volunteer lifesaver, who
has recently qualified at the Y. w. c.
A. School, will have charge of the
group.
\ new schedule for the Central
High School pool has been announced.
with a view to permitting a greater
use of the pool.
Children under Is will swim Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day afternoons. Mothers may accom-
pany them. Tickets costing 10 cents
wilik be on sale at l and o'clock
each afternoon specified.
Women may swim from 7:30 to
$50 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
nights. Tickets on sale at and s
o'clock. Admission. Is cents.
Wednesday evening from $50 to
$50 is designated as the family swim
ming period.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
WORLD SWIMMING MARK
is SMASHED BY LAUFER

LAKE WAS NGTON SHIP
CANAL. SEATTLE, Wash, July 81
tP.-With IS points, the Illinois Ath-
IetiC Club last right retained a lead
established Wednesday in the ma
tionaI championship swimming meet
Of the Amateur Athletic Union in this
channel.
Walter Laufer. Cincinnati Y. NJ
c. A., set Morld record in the 22O-
ward back stroke race, making the
distance in minutes so seconds.
Paul Wyatt of the Uniontown. Pa,
Swimming Club finished second in the
event.
Johnny Weissmuller. Chicago, won
the 8S0yard free style, but his time
was 16.4 seconds slower than the
world record of 1043.6. held by Arne
Borg. Harry CLANCY, Cincinnati, fin
iShed second.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
G. w. AND WARBMAN PARK
ARE ADMITTED TO A. A. u.

George Washington University,
Wardman Park and the Dolphin
Swimming Club Of Baltimore were
admitted to membership in the South
Atlantic branch of the A \. L. last
night at a meeting Of the board of
managers, held at Washington Canoe
Club.
Dr. Adolph IA. Picker. president,
was in the chair
-Four swimming meets at which sec
tional titles viii be decided were
sanctioned by the gathering They
are the Maryland Swimming Club
meet, TO be held at Dundalk tomor-
row; the Bay Shore meet. on August
5; Washington Canoe Clubs next
swim. on August %. and the Ward
man Park meet. on September ,
Evening star., 1925-07-31
| 5-YEAR-0LD LINKSMAN
is WESTERN FINALlST

CHICAGO, July 81 P).-Fred S.
Lyon, a 15-year-old golfing star of
Pontiac. H., is meeting Emerson CARR
of Hutchison, kans., in the deciding
contest of the Western junior cham
pionship tournament, at the Big Oaks
links today.
Lyon won his way to the final by
defeating Jack Lattimer of Chicago.
and ,. Carri won his semi-final
match by defeating John A. Bartlett
of Hammond. Ind, and l.
Lyons achievement in defeating
Donald Carrick of Toronto. Canadian
Junior champion. in the third round
was a startling upset.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
TILDEN'S STATUS TO BE
TAKEN UP BY OFFICIALS

NEW YORK, July 81 R.-The
amateur status of William T. Tilden,
complicated by charges that he has
violated the new amateur rule ny al
legged sale of interviews, will be
thrashed out by the executive commit
tee of the United States Lawn Tennis
Association here tomorrow.
The controversy over Tilden' s
status arises from interviews he gave
in connection with the recent national
clay court championships at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
The Water Nymph Club
BY MERZE MARVIN SEEBERGER.


in advance of the head and straight
ening out. The arm is then pulled
backward and downward toward the
hip with a rapid, powerful sweep.
The arms move more rapidly than
in the trudgeon and do not reach so
far out in advance of your head, this
being the one stroke in which you do
not allow for a long glide while the
body is in a resting position. Both
legs and arms are constantly in mo-
ton, the kick being exceedingly rapid.
Tomorrow Dive.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
SHADE WILL KEEP BUSY.

NEW YORK, July 81 R.-Dave
Shade of California, recognized here
as leading challenger for the welter-
weight title, has left for San Francisco
to engage in one and possibly two
ring contests prior to his proposed
fight with Mickey Walker.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
DEADLOCK AT TENNIS.

NEWPORT. r. L.. July 81 CP-The
tennis teams of Oxford and Cam
bridge for England and Harvard and
Yale for the United States were tied,
three all, after the doubles and sin
giles matches played Yesterday. The
Americans came through in two dou-
bles and A singles match, while their
rivals were victorious in two singles
and a doubles
Evening star., 1925-07-31
CHAMPION NOW WILLING
TO MEET WILLS IN JULY
Is Not Opposed TO Scrap With Creb in September.
and Harry and Madden Both Are Seeking
Chance at Jack at That Time.
BY the Associated Press.

EW YORK July 3The fstc weather today pointed three
" Dempsey heavyweight championship fight
caught alternately by OF pugIstic New York,
California and the Middle West
The championship himself Los Angeles after having been
opposed Greb,s
willing declared himself Harry Wills
be
Evening star., 1925-07-31
No. e5-More About the Crawl.

After the thrashing or propeller
movement of the legs is learned you
can try the arm movement with it.
This stroke is swum with the face
under water, like the trudgeon, but
instead of turning to breathe on each
stroke, as in the trudgeon, the face
is kept under water as long as ease
will permit, the head being turned on
every third, fourth or fifth stroke, as
the swimmer prefers. The breathing
must be done rhythmically, else you
have no endurance.
The arm movement resembles the
double overarm, the arms swinging
forward alternately above water, the
elbows high and the fingertips just
touching water, the hand and arm
entering the water like knife just
Evening star., 1925-07-31
PRACTICE SWIMS INDICATE
SUCCESS In CHANNEL FEAT
sDress Rehearsals'' Demonstrate Yankee Girl Is in
Top Form-French Swimmer, Volunteering to
Set Pace. Finds Himself Outdistanced.
BY CAPT. ALEC RUTHERFORD,
Famous British Expert the Cross-ChanneI Swim.


Alliance
NAPE July 3The have been
training where Miss
~ swimming champion preparing for
of
will the final
entirely the ordeal
Of her
the
takes darkness with the seahlght other which
will be on The channel during the edarkne
Evening star., 1925-07-31

Greb set forth from Tulsa, Okla,
with the declared intention of signing
articles for 10-round fight at Mich
igan City, Ind, with the champion on
September 10 or %.
Charley Rose, manager of BARLEY
Madden, was racing to Chicago from
New York to confer with Promoter
Floyd Fitzsimmons about a contest at
the same time between Dempsey and
Madden.
On A third train heading for New
York today comes Jack Kearns. the
champions manager. Conjecture as
TO the purpose Of his visit ran a
gamut of opinion ranging from pre-
diction that he would sign Dempsey
for a Wills fight. on the strength Of
his standing IS the champions man
ager. to belief that he would give up
trying to fathom Dempsey's changes
of mind and no longer stand in the
way of the New York Boxing Board $
intention 10 dethUone Dempsey be
cause Of his inactivity. Manager Jack
is not on the best terms with Cham
pion Jack, but he has a contract.
Observers here believe the Wills
fight certainty for next year. provid
ed a suitable purse is offered by pro
moter who will be able 10 guarantee
he can put over the fight.
Wants Definite Action.
By the Associated Press
Los ANGELES. July 3f.-Jack
Dempsey still is willing TO meet Harry
Greb at Michigan City next Septem-
Der providing Promoter Floyd Fitz-
simmons will make it interesting
enough for him financially.
The champion explained last night
that he had about given up hope OF a
September bout when week after
week passed and nothing definite
was done about it, 80
He. however. expressed his willing
ness TO go ahead with the bout IF
F'itZsimmons can sign Greb and we
can reach an agreement when he
! comes out here to sign me. as l sup
! pose he will. In order to be in shape
| for the fight. if it goes through. / am
| continuing my light training
Dempsey said he was planning to
| wire the New York Boxing Commis-
| sion that he could not possibly be in
New York within the two-week limit
| allowed him for signing for the bout
| with Harry Wills. but would be will
| ing TO meet the negro fighter July /
or any date thereafter.
Deforest Makes Offer
| The champion announced that
| Jimmy Deforest had visited him and
| offered me a substantial guarantee if
! would fight Wills for him next July
A. l told him Tex RiCkard had the
first call on my services, but that if
| for any reason Rickard dropped out,
then we might talk business"
| When asked about the possibility of
| other bouts besides the Greb and Wills
| fights, the champion said, Every
| thing depends.
Dempsey said the task of straight
ening out his business affairs with
Jack kearns. his former manager,
will keep him busy for weeks.
There is still lot of detail TO be
gone through in connection with the
division OF our property, he eX-
planned, none of which would inter
est the public. but which will keep me
| busy for weeks.
Roughly speaking, kearns takes
the Wiltshire apartments here and |
! take the Barbara Hotel, and / do my
own managing
The Wiltshire apartments is piece
of property valued at 100000 and is
unincumbered. The Barbara is said
to be worth more than half a million,
but there is a 100000 mortgage on it.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
FLOWERS CANCELS BOUTS.

NEW YORK, July 81 (R.-Due to
an operation for removal of his ton
sils, Tiger Flowers. Atlanta negro mid
dleweight, has been forced to cancel
five ring engagements in August
Evening star., 1925-07-31
STRIBLING TO BOX LEE

LAKE CITY, July 81 CPD.-W. l..
YounEl Stribling of Macon, Ga. and
Johnny Lee, Chicago light heavy
weight, have been matched to box Is
rounds at Lagoon, near here, on
August 4.
Evening star., 1925-07-31

VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
July 81 [P).-Jack Reddick. Canadian
light heavyweight champion. has been
matched to meet Jimmy Slattery in
Buffalo early in September.
Evening star., 1925-07-31
WOMEN In SPORT
By CORINNE FRAZIER

ranking players Baltimore Richmond Philadelphia
Washington B. Y T. Tennis League will OF
matches the championship beginning Saturday
made by the
Evening star., 1925-07-31

Five girls will compose the Wash
ington team in the women's league.
five men will defend the mems lau-
rels, and a mixed team of two couples
will play.
According to the present plan. in
each series there will be five singles
and two doubles contests. The fifth
player on each team will act as sub
stitute in doubles.
The teams have not yet been Sc
lected. but il is probable that Eliza
beth Mcdowell. Mary Ruthven, Kath-
crime Everetts and Minnie Travis
will be among those chosen for the
District women's team. The final
decision depends upon the outcome
of the series Of tryouts now being
conducted by the league, as well as
the performance of the various play
ers in their weekly interchurch con-
tests.
Teaming in the doubles will be de-
termined by the same system. Mary
Ruthven and Katherine Everetts
were scheduled TO meet Elizabeth
Mcdowell and Minnie Travis this
afternoon on the Reservoir courts
which encounter was expected to de
eide at least one team for the inter
city series.
Miss Mcdowell, who plays with the
First Church team. was also sched-
uled to complete her unfinished match
with Miss Eiveretts of Bethany today
on the same courts.
Tomorrow morning a 7:45 Minnie
Travis and Elizabeth Mcdowell will
meet Inaz Tillotson and Hazel Lad
son for the doubles match in the
which is supposed to be completed
this week.
Sigma Delta Sorority of the Uni
versity of Maryland will open an
eight day encampment tomorrow at
Rocks of Deer Creek, near Forest
Hill, Hartford County, Md Laura
Amos and Miss Adele Stamp, dean
of women, will be in charge. Miss
Marie Mount, dean of the college Of
home economics, and Miss Rice, as
sistant dean of women, are expected
to attend.
The BIoomingdale tennis tourney,
now under way, boasts record
entry list and promises some exceed
ingly interesting play. Elizabeth
Clarey. who figured prominently in
the Spring event, triumphed over Hes
ter Reichart in her first-round en-
counter, 60, IS. Bessie Ritter de-
feated Helen Councillor, 6-1, 6-2.
Three pools will play host to play
ground swimmers this afternoon; the
Bowen School mermaids will visit the
Municipal Pool, accompanied by
Katherine Brown; Emery girls will
swim at Rosedale, and the Wallach
School lassies will take dip in the
Rosedale tank. Fay Meyers Will
have charge of the Wallach group
and Dorothy Beller will direct the