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POPE CAPTURES FINAL
IN PUTTING TOURNEY

II. S. Pope Of the Indian Spring
Golf Club won the mems putting tour
nament for January at Miller's Golf
School yesterday, defeating T. :. Pitt
of the Manor Club by and in the
36-hOle final.
Summaries follow:
First round--E. ). Howard defeated G. J.
Hoirt. ! up: r. G. Kinl,,e defeated DR..
SSolhach.. and 3: T. {" Pitt defeated Ray
s saEE.r III" up fss sRep de nstss'd p
Harris and = L. S. Pfau,z defeated 4. T.
Wannan. 5 and 4 f. W spicer defeated Lee
StabIer. and /: H. :. Pope defeated P H
Wood. 3 and g.
Second round -.Kimben defeated Howard
Baker defeated Pfsutz 3 and . Pope de.
Semi -fnai-Pltt defeated Kin1ben. i up.
Pone defeated Baker. and 8
Finsl-Pope defeated Pitt, and 3
Golf honOrs are being heaped upon
the head of Roland r. Mackenzie, the
middle Atlantic champion. Close on
the heels Of his selection as a mem.
Der of the Walker cup team. Macken.
zie has been invited to play in the gold
mashie tourney held annually on the
private course Of r. Suffern Taller. AT
Newport, K. l. The youngster has ac-
cepted the invitation for the event on
September 4. and s. The tourney is
limited strictly to invitation, and in
cludes the leading amateur golfers of
the country.
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dddcI care.
ing in Boston and saved A man from
death.
This Willingness to risk his own life
led to his death lie was fishing near
Minneapolis A boy had been drowned
in the lake the previous evening and
Waddell heard about it. Also, he
heard that the boys parents We're
frantic because the body had not been
recovered Ruhe asked to he led to
the spot where the drowning occurred.
He took off his coat and shoes and
dived for the body. He was finally
forced up without finding it. Wad-
cell dived seven times more, until he
found til. body Of the boy. brought
it TO shore and delivered it to the
parents.
His exploit resulted in pneumonia
and tuberculosis developed. He was
sent to a sanitarium at Hot Wells.
near San Antonio Tex. About that
time Charlie Carr was establishing his
Inflated base ball college at Hot Wells.
DOME Bush. Oar StanaSe. Bill
Donovan. George Boehler and Otto
Williams We're instructors there. One
day they heard that Waddell was a
patient in the sanitarium. located
about 300 yards from their diamond.
" dSttu w ." buItuS
The players We're told that Waddell
could he seen. and So they went over
to visit him. They were brought into
the room where Weddell was sleeping
Theys did not recognize him. The
wasted form on the he'd could not
have weighed more than % pounds.
Waddell weighed 215 in his playing
days. The players looked at the sick
man. Finally Williams said: Its him.
all right. | can tell by that crease in
the nose"
On the table nearby was a faded
newspaper clipping. a picture of Wad-
dell and Ossie Schreckensost who
used to catch him for Philadelphia.
They were in citizens clothes and
each had grip. The heading was
Oft for the Balmy South"
A few days later a nurse from the
saflitarium came to the ball field and
told the players if they wanted a last
word with Waddell they had better
come over He had only an hour more
to live. Williams went with the
nurse. Waddell was lying in bed
smoking pipe. AS he saw Williams
he whispered: Hello. YOU Dutch
man"
The dying man Sasped a hit for
breath. Then he continued:
III he over there tomorrow and
show you buns how to run. And I'm
down to weight and got more speed
than any O. you tramps.' He closed
his eyes. exhausted He had spoken
for the last time.
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THUNBERG'S FAILURE
IS BOOST FOR NURMI
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 29.-Clas
Thunberc's defeat in every skating
start on this side of the Atlantic goes
far toward strengthening the oft-heard
assertion that the Firms are great am
letes, but that there Is only one PaaVo
Nurmi
Nurmi. marvel If runners N the
OlvmpcS. came TO America last Win
ter and was almost always victorious.
beating American veterans at thelr
own game.
Then came Alhin Stenroos. Olympic
marathon champion, but he failed by
far to gain the prestige that \urmi
had known. Stenroos is the olympic
marathon champion.
Thunberg lost two indoor races in
New York. Then he went to st. John,
where. in the title meet just closed, he
obtained third place in series OF
races. He is expected TO appear In the
United States championships at Bing-
hampton, y. Y. starting Sunday.
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(.
Were the choice left TO general
vote of The American golf public. K
IL proha bic that Waller Hagen would
he selected. In the first place, Hagen
mas defeated Mitchell in the only cCn-
test the pair ever p!aVed.
That was memorable sttu-Gl2
some three years ago .. the West
chester Biltmore club, in which Hagen
came from behind and pulled victory
ont after being down going into
the last nine holes Of 36-hole match
Rut Gene SHrazen, long Jim Barnes
and several other American players
have their hackers. who contend they
should have the privilege OF meeting
The British star.
There is no question that Mitchell
today is playing The greatest Iolf of
his brilliant Career. Ie * in better
health than he has been for some
time. and. employed by one # Ing
lands wealthy sportsmon a a private
professional he has more time than
ever before to Ievpt- to lliS zane.
In the writer's opinion. Iiaeen is
the logical man to defend American
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Yet after two years trial with Bos
ton, Foil has become convinced that
Boone will never make big lea que
outfielder. and mas shipped him TO the
new Mission cub. in San Francisco.
which is being bossed by Bill Hc-
Carthy.
ont there Boone is likely to hit the
hall into the Pacific ocean. He has
power enough. But whether he will
he able TO keep up with the hits that
other hatters send to his field is an
other question. He certainly could
not for Boston.
Boone Was Timid
Boone was with san Antonio in 1929
and that year reduced the batting
records of the Texas Lea que 10 pulp.
Fohl promptly na bbed him. Boone
was timid, and Foil. fearing that his
timidity would ruin him. showed him
especial kindness. The eatment was
sufficiently inspiring @ keep him hit
ting like house afre in 1924 and
1925 but il was not inspiring enough
20 make him improve in his fielding
Nache. whom Foil also has sent
back to the minors. is a former Texas
cowboy He batted .313 in 1925 and is
likely 10 bat $40 any old time in the
minors. Ndcne trouh!e. ike Boone s.
was his inability u distinguish base
ball from the blue sky when it came to
fielding
Prothro. who had a batting average
Of .313 last season. also has been
shipped to the Goa st. and F.zzell 2
third haseman with .2s5 10 his credit
in the hating column, was sent along
for good measure
OF course, Foil has taken on much
material in an effort TO replace that
which he has LEI go, and it remains
to be seen whether the Boston club
will profit by the changes
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laurels against Mitchell. Ncyt would
come SaraZen. and then Barnes. All
three have splendid .emperaments for
match play and in The past seven
years they have dominated me Amer.
lean professional championship tour.
nament. which is the acid test of
match play in this Country.
Mtchell's challenge calls for -
hole match. which r. real test and
one in which luck cannot play a very
great part. 1t Is expected the match
will take place some time in May. and
the majority Of British opinion is that
Hagen will be the opponent.
This doubtless would be as welcome
20 Mitchell as 10 the average An1eri-
can golf enthusiast for he surely
would like 4 chance to v:pa out the
memory of that defeat three years
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YOUTH AGAIN TAKES
THE PAS DOG DERBY

THE PAS. Ma nitoha January %
Emil 81. Goddard. la.year.old French.
Canadian "musher." is the winner Of
The Pas dog derby for the second year
in succession.
St. Goddard. driving q team Of seven
staghound huskies won the aS.mile
three day derby in . hours - minutes
An average speed Of 10 Is miles an
hour.
The French Canadian won the first
two 32.mile laps and finished third
yesterday.
Only ~ minutes separated St. God,
dard and Earl Bridges, another 10.
year old musher, and winner of the
Quebec international derby in 1924.
Bridges, in finishing second. covered
the course in hours 27L. minutes.
Harry Olensky was third in q
hours and 54i2 minutes. and Ross
Monkey fourth. in 10 hours and o912
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DUNDEE "UNDERDOG"
IN BOUT WITH CLICK
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, January 29.--John-
ny Dundee, veteran Of 342 fistic en-
saEements, tonight will try another
start toward the pinnacle he once at
tained-the featherweight champion
ship.
He has pitted himself against Joe
Click of New York, rising youngster,
who has conquered Danny Kramer of
Philadelphia and Honeyboy Finnegan
of Boston. The bout will be 10 rounds
and the scene Madison Square Garden.
Dundee is expected to make a thrill.
ing fight. but opinion is against him
as to the outcome. He is entering his
first contest since a mediocre showing
against Allentown Johnny Leonard
last Summer
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Waddel started ont by telling Small
wood he would have Ia run every day.
The Enclishman guessed as much. but
he was somewhat confused when
Wadder ran him over cohblestone
walks Still. this was another coun-
try and Wadden was a great athlete
and must know what he was about
Sc Sma llwood let it go at that and ran
over the cobhlestone walk with the
Ruhe every day.
Liked the Spotlight.
The reason the Rube picked the cob.
blestone walks instead of the country
roads. as he should have done. was be-
cause no one could see him in the
country. Waddell always wanted to
he in the spotlight. and by picking
principal streets he was sure to have
an audience. RUDE made it n point
always 10 run beside Sna llwood and
greet all friends and acquaintances
along he route.
Well, the day Of the race finally
came Soon after the start Dorando
went into the lead and he kept in
creaSnc that lead. At the eleventh
mile Smallwood had to quit because
his legs gave way. Running over the
cobbleStoneS had ruined him Dora nd"
finished alone.
While Smallwood lasted Waddell
ran with him just outside tho track.
When SmallWuod broke down the
crowd demanded: Let Ruhe finish.
There was Il general call for this. but
Waddell refused tn run any farther
than SmalWopd. He compromised.
however. by going into the bandstand.
appropriatinG the handmaster's cap
and baton and pretending to lead the
musicians.
Saloonkeepers frequently paid Wad-
dell SIS TO tend bar one evening in
their saloons. II was a profitable in
vestment. When the RUDE tended
bar the saloon was crowded. The sa-
loonkeeper got his money all back
plus a handsome profit.
Crazy About Fishing.
Waddells chief passion was fishing.
re would frequently disappear, going
10 one of his select fishing spots.
After the season he used To go to
Minnesota and fish there as long as
weather permitted in the company Of
several friends. and he fiShed in Ken
lucky. too.
II was on one of Waddell's visits To
Hickman. Ky. that 4 heavy flood oc-
CURED and the RIbe was the hero Of
that disaster. He saved manv lives
md night until the suffering Of the
occasion he TIA into a burning build
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thumhinc the hall raises sails on
the horsehide that it doesn't take
microscope to detect. The argument
for resin was that it would take the
shine" off new base hall-it will.
Give pitcher ball like that.
said Moriarty. and he can do things
with it that will bring hack and equal
every thriCk delivery that has been
complained about and lecislated
against for years. Why. emery itself
has nothing on resin in strong hand;
dry or wet resin is something pitcher
cal use to his advantage
There is one thing that might hap
pen, Moriarty continued. It's hard
10 get the resin off. When il mixes
with parSpiration it hangs on like
glue. \ pitcher might find his hands
so cummy with it that he would he
handicapped more than he would be
helped.
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match Of 10 games.
The bowling at the Coliseum is eX-
pected to get under way at oc.ock,
although the starting hour depends
upon the time of arrival here of the
Philadelphia team. II 1t makes the
trip by railroad, the match undnubt-
eddy will begin as scheduled. Ii the
team travels by automobile, there may
be some delay.
King Primers and 1cemen are TO
start their scrap at O'Clock. And
says
The picked team of girl bowlers
that will represent Washington is all
primed for the contest and anXiously
waiting for the Let's go" signal to
start the annual duckpin clash with
the QuakertoUn maids.
The Philadelphia girls will have
quite bunch OF rooters to pep them
up during the match.
Last year they brought about %
along, and at least that many will
accompany the team on this occasion.
Helen F. Corrigan, president of the
Girls Financial League, is captain
and manager of the Philadelphia
team Miss Corrigan is also a regu-
lar on the team, her average of 1871
placing her At the top OF the Quaker
lily girl DOWlerS.
Harry Lissner, manager of Costas
alleys in Philadelphia. where the re
turn match will be rolled. will be with
the team in the capacity of chief ad-
wiser to Miss Corrigan.
He takes a keen interest in the in
tercity matches and is anxious to ar
range a match between a team of
man bowlers from Philadelphia and a
Washington Ave. II Is very likely
chat he and Lonnie Krauss will con.
fer tomorrow night and make ar
ranSements for such match to he
rolled in the near future.
NomadS Of the Athletic Club League
are bowling much better this season
than they did in the last Then thew
won but s Of 81 games In this cam.
paign, however. they have triumphed
In IS OF IS games and appear 10 be
strong enough to put many more bat
ties on the right side of their book.
The Nomad quint is Young one.
the most aged member being only 81.
The regular OUTFIT includes PesteIl,
McCloskey. Rees. Sizer and Crosan.
Pestell is developing rapidly as a duck.
pinner Only an 81 roller last season.
he has an average this Winter Of 104
All Of the other regulars are of the
100 class. Schroen and ReckeveS oc.
casionally fill in for some Of the first
stringers
These boys are from the neighbor-
hood Of Eleventh and 3 streets north
east, and have been bowling with the
same team for several years II they
continue to improve in the game as
they have within the past u months.
after another season or two they will
be rated among the topnotchers of
the city.
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liz ilSt HNC-SdI1C DlOCk OF uo1llC-
Pin alleys John Blick's Terminal Ice
Pin All-Stars in the starting half OF
Coliseum, Convention Hall and King
Pin alleys, in the order named, are to
get the 15-game match being staged
by Max Rosenberg, Perez Elicit and
Glen Wolstenholme for the privilege
of meeting Earl McPhilomy in q
challenge contest next month. This
was decided yesterday at a meeting
of the heads of the tnree es.nblisL
ments.
Five-same blocks will be rolled on
successive Saturday afternoons at :
O'Clock, starting tomorrow. A purse
or $500 VIII go to the contestant top
ping the greatest number of pins
The winners gagement With Nc.
Philomy also will be 15.game affair
in three blocks. 1t will start ut Con.
vention Hall February 20. the second
block will be bowled at King Pin Feb.
ruary p and the final block at the
Coliseum February q. These blocks
are to be held in. the afternoon. be gin.
ming at o'clock
Property of the Agriculture Inter
bureau League was in A shooting mood
IN the first game of its set with In.
terbureau and slammed coun. of
o2l Defiant led the attack. with
total of 40. Nelson shot 127. Tuck
er l23. Myers 1l9 and Donaldson l07.
Harmony Lodge team on rampage
last night boWled game that was
just five pins shy Of the 627 record
held by Lafayette in the Masonic
Association. In am2ssinc the 622
total Harmony waS led by Anchor.
man Supplee. who hit for 1873 Price
scored 127. Morsell l23 Eisman l22
and Capt. Rodier IL. Supplee was in
hne form. his other games being as
and Isl for a set of 3S5.
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EPIPHANY BIG FIVE
REGAINS ITS STRIDE

Epiphany big five basket ball
tossers, who meet the Clarendon Rap
fist five in tcmorrows Sunday School
League double header at Central
Y. NJ. c. A. hit their stride gain Ia ST
night after dropping a game 70 the
Northwesterns and ran up 31-to-19
score on the Railroad Y. NJ. e. A.
uuint.
Every member of the winning com
bination had hand in the scoring
Scrugss and Boerner leading, with 8
points each.
Yankee tossers. winners over the
Washington Barracks five, 81 to 40.
play the Fort Humphreys quint to-
night in the Engineers gym.
Lions won from the RuffaIns. 10 to
S. and Tigers trimmed the Bears, I5
TO 10. last night in the Y. NJ. &. A
League.
Peck Memorial courtmen annexed
game with Company d, District
National Guard. IS 70 n.
Rover tossers won from the Wash
ington Athletic Club. - 10 IS. Engel's
basket bringing in the winning points
Alexandria Pirates defeated Bayliss
Cross Roads, 90 to -, and later won
from the Rosenbercs. 80 to -
fremont Juniors play the Terminal
Y. NJ. 6. A. Reserves tonight at Union
Station gym and tomorrow night meet
the Fort Myer Boy Scouts on the lat
ter's floor.
De MOiay courfmen ha nded 4 set
back 70 the Pullman auint, % 10 Is
Knights Of Columbus bowed to the
General Tire five 80 to %
Company F regulars were nosed out
by the s. J. Meeks quint. % 10 ~.
while the reserve team won from the
Atlantics. 30 10 Is.
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RED SOX SIGN DIETRICH.

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, January
% Pp.-William A. Deitrick of Nor.
folk, Va, third-year student az Nir-
siria. has signed with the Boston Red
Sox Deitrick was signed by Washing
ton last Spring. but bad ankle inter
fered with his play and he ended the
season with Creenville OF the Sally
.ea cue
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POND. EX-YALE STAR,
ILL FROM MENINGITIS

TORRINGTON. Conn. January %
P).-Raymond Ducky Pond former
Yale foot hall star, is critically i'll at
his home here. He was taken sick
last Wednesday while engaged in his
duties nj Hotchkiss School, in Lake
Vile. and Is now suffering from men
nights.
Pond, who was graduated last June
was brilliant athletic star during
virtually his entire college course. He
had three years In varsity foot ball
and his outstanding achievement was
touchdown in the Harvard game in
1921. the first to he scored by a Yale
man in the Crimson Stadium since
1907.
In base ball he was pitching main
stay for the Blue in games with
Princeton and Harvard and in 1923
and 1924 his work contributed 10
Yale's victory over both rivals in their
series.
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McNALLY QUITS GAME.

SCRANTON. Pa. January % (p). -
Mike McEally, formerly of the Boston
Red SoN. Washington and New York
Yankees. has quit base ball rather
than go hack To the minors. McNalIy
was sold by the Yankees 10 Buffalo.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE FAVORS
USE OF DOCTORED SPHERE
Heydler Backs Measure Way to Reduce Expenses,
But American League Head Fears Freak
Hurting Would Be Revived.

2oReSn commodity
pucist whirng cloud
- dust n the o ball
subs
ball officials today
seeking the
heffe nfrnl The
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CHISOX FARM PITCHER.

CHICAGO. H.. January 20 P).-
Kenneth Ash, pitcher. recalled last
Fall by the White Sox from the
Rocky Mount Virginia League club.
has been sent back there under option.
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RED SOX SHIP SLUCCERS
WHO FAIL TO FIELD WELL
Boone, Vache and PrOthrO Bat Heavily, But Unable
to Keep Many Slams From RivaIs-Boston
Requirements Are Uncertain.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK of the
" IS the only league who
release the best
his fielding " =
The Nach
all OF whom had batting records O
o the 'ub. Of the
II the
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L. S. PROS MAY CONTEST
TO GET MITCHELL MATCH
BY THE SPORTSMAN.

IT. AUGUSTINE, January 29Abe Mchers challenge
American golfer $500
ege OF meeting him.
The the probably
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ARMY MEDICAL TOSSERS
BEAT FORT MYER TEAM

Army Medical Center basket ballers
from Walter Reed Hospital took
close game from Fort Myer last night
by the score Of 81 to IS. Tufskie
contributed the winning basket Just
prior TO the closing whistle
The first round of the Service Lea que
series ends tomorrow night with the
Army Medical Center. Fort Humphreys
game at Walter Reed
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ROUNDING THIRD
~~~~~~~~By Hugh A. Jennings
CHAPTER l..

HILE Waddcl Louis indoor marathon
NV Coliseum Dorando the Italian hero
and Percy Smalwood English
Sn1awood Louis but he lacked a
Sr1lwood
athletics
about
having however
ball he know all about
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Ball Starts Today Foil Sacrifices Attack Better Defense
the BOwlerS

OWNG have the choice of two matches their
night. AT the Coliseum anta Of
Washington girls will Girls
King Pin alleys John Blck
King starting
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BRoOkLINF.. Mass. la nlIary %
For the first time in history the an.
nual Loncwood tennis bowl singles
tournament this year will he an invi-
tation affair.
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Pal Reed, who has quite a reputa-
ton as a light heavyweight boxer is
Sunday school teacher as we'll as
hattler.
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He would have - bag Of resin
placed within reach of the hoXmen to
he dealt out at the discretion of the
umpireS. Under present conditions.
when a pitcher. throws two or three
wild ones IN q row a new ball Is called
for and the old one. t" all ntents and
purposes. goes out "f the major
leagues.
Would Aid Pitcher.
The proposal came forth during the
meetings Of the leagues here in De
Cemher. and there WAS an effort to
Gain the American Leagues interest
One manager formerly ma Tor
leac que performer. declared that the
use OF resin would bring back all the
tricks of pitching that had made the
game dangerous before foreign, SUD
stances were ruled out.
CHICAGO. January - Cf).-Presi-
dent Johnson Of the American
League has placed in the hands Of the
American League members OF the
rules committee = complete report on
:he use Of resin on 4 base hall by a
pitcher.
A recent meeting ri the ma or
leagues in New Yor,, the National cir
cult favored the use If resin. with
the American opposing. but later
President johnson IT the Junior circuit
instructed Umpire GEORGE NoriaTtN 7"
make q thorough investigation Of the
subject.
Johnson believes that tho demon
stration as given Ivy Moriarty sun
stimulates his claim that the use ol
resin will enable the pitchers T."
bring back many If the freak de.
lIveries which have been :" ohlec-
tionGhle.
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De MOlay courtmen handed A set
back TO the Pullman auint, % 10 Is.