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! he blasted the ball Is feet from the
cup and sank his putt for four to
halvs.
After this run, Francis rested bit,
but at the eleventh got in some more
dirty work by canning a 40-foot one.
His putter surely won that match
for him. The kind of game Storey
was playing is indicated by Oulmet's
, margin of victory, and 1.
His Most important Puts.
What was Ouimet's most important
putt? l always thought it was the 15-
foot one on the seventeenth hole at
Brookline which permitted him to
achieve a tie with Vardon and Ray.
But Francis says not. His most inn
portant putt, or puts, came in the
1914 national amateur championship
at Ekwanok, he thinks. This was the
year that Jerry Travers ended his
reign as monarch of amateur golf
Ouimet made his puts in the semi
finals against William G. Fownes. jr.,
the 1910 champion. The highly inter-
esting circumstances in connection
with them is that neither was long
putt. One was for feet, the other
for g.
Fownes was up when they played
off the 35th tee. Ouimet made the
the green in 2, but Fownes was short
on his second and pitched on with his
third.
Ouimet had long putt to make,
over q ridge. Everything for the
time being depended on this play. IL
he could lay his ball dead, he probably
would square the match.
He failed in his attempt, his ball
slipping feet past the cup. Fownes
Immediately played dead
TantaIizing Variety.
Francis had to sink his ball. But
what is so tantalizing as a a4-foot putt
in crisis like this? He had fiat
surface before him; there were no
obstacles. None-that is, physically.
But psychologically it was different.
The difficulty i'll the 4-foot putt is that
it ought to be made. There's no ap-
parent reason for missing one.
Ouimet showed his nerve and skill
by holding his ball and squaring the
match.
On the 18th green, Francis again
was on the green in and Fownes in
8. Fownes had 15-foot putt for 4.
Francis had a 20-foot putt for 5.
Francis gave his ball good chance,
but went past feet. Fownes stopped
on the lip. This was help to Fran
els, because the balls were opposite.
But everything that applied to the
4-foot putt Of the previous hole applied
to this one. Again Francis made good.
In the finals he beat Jerry Travers
handily, and 5, thus achieving the
record of holding the national open
and national amateur titles in sue
cessive years.
Yes" says Ouimet, "those two
short puts against Fownes were the
most important / ever made"
Next-The Wet Weather King Of
Golf.
Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1927-04-04
REISELT is STRIVING
TO REGAIN CUE TITLE

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 4-Otto Reiselt Of
Philadelphia. who lost his title as
national three-cushion billiard cham
pion to Augie Kieckhefer Of Chicago
in the round robin tournament here
two months ago. started today his ef-
fort to recapture the championship in
a challenge round of five 60.point
matches.
The Philadelphian was runner up to
kieckhefer, and Gus Copulos of De-
troit was third in the field of 10 play-
ers. Kieckhefer won by defeating
Reiselt in the closing game Of the
tournament. Each had previously lost
one game.
Since winning the title. Kieckhefer
has beaten Johnny Layton of st.
Louis, former titleholder, in an ex-
hibition series, while Reiselt has been
practicing for the matches which start
tonight.
Tuesday and Wednesday two games
will be played, morning and evening.
and Copulos is expected to challenge
the winner for a match early next
Fall.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

which his stroke is we'll adapted. His
putter is of medium weight.
Ouimet this Summer will be playing
his fifteenth season as a nationalist
and internationalist. 1t is not too
much to say that he is just as good
now as when he won the national
open and national amateur. We
must not forget that last year he did
two things that Bobby Jones failed
to do First, he beat Walter Hagen
handily in a 72-hole match. Second,
he beat George Won Elm, to whom
Bobby lost. Truly he has in him the
stuff that wears.
Hot Against Won Elm.
1t was Ouimet's putter that leyelled
Hagen-although his irons to the
green were marvellous, too-and it
was a sensational putting streak in
the final stages of their match that
enabled him to beat Won Elm. This
victory came in the second round OF
the British amateur championship.
He and George had a nip and tuck
struggle for IL holes. But at the
Evening star., 1927-04-04
TLDEN AND ALFONSO
PLAY HERE TONIGHT

Big Bill 1ilden, %, and Manuel
Alfonso. No. / and ranking tennis
stars of the United States. arrived in
Washington yesterday for their match
at the Arcadia tonight. Both prac-
ticed yesterday on the Arcadia court
in order to get acquainted with the
floor.
Tilden arrived from Georgia and
after a session with young Emmett
Pare, Georgetown youth and one of
Big Bills .understudies, declared him
self to be in usual form for the sin
giles test with Alfonso.
Alfonso came down from Philadel-
phia. The former captain of the Span
ish Davis cup team worked out with
Tom Mangan, and announced himself
ready to avenge his two defeats at the
hands of Tilden in Florida recently.
These two stars will engage in
singles match. with doubles between
Tilden and Mangan and Alfonso and
Pare.
With additional practice in Southern
climes, Big Bill is expected to be in
even better form than he was several
months ago, when he appeared al the
Arcadia
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%OUR elementary school schlag
- ball leagues win open their
schedules this week and seven
will begin play on April II, ac-
4

schedules this week and seven
4 will begin play on April Il, ac-
cording to the plans outlined
by Maude Parker, director of girls
playground activities in the District.
Seven division leagues win be form
ed on white Fairgrounds and four col.
ored loops organized.
Rosedale and Virginia avenue play
grounds were to be the scenes of
opening conflicts in their respective
divisions this afternoon, but the damp
grounds probably will necessitate u
postponement of these games.
Pierce and Kenilworth are sched-
uled to meet on the Rosedale field
oppose Ketcham at Virginia avenue.
Section ! of the Georgetown di-
vision will open it's schedule on the
Georgetown playground tomorrow
afternoon, when Curtis-Hyde and Ad-
Olson teams come together, Should
rain prevent the game a double-head-
err will be arranged at a later date.
Section will open Thursday after
noon, also on the Georgetown field,
with Janney playing Grant.
Logan is the only colored division
which win get into action this week.
Logan and Payne School teams will
oppose each other Tuesday afternoon
on the Logan playground in the first
OF their series.
Next Monday April II, teams OF the
Columbia Heights, Bloomingdale and
Garfield divisions will open their sched-
ules at the same time that competitors
for the other three colored division
crowns take the field on the Howard,
Rose Park and CORDOBA Fairgrounds,
respectively.
All teams in the elementary school
leagues are recruited from the seventh
and eighth grades. Cups are awarded
tire champions Of each division at the
end OF the season. No inter-division
games are played in this series, as no
Evening star., 1927-04-04

A n all-day competition at IS
n holes medal play over the
"A course OF the Columbia Coun-
4 u try Club is the bill of fare
spread before professional
golfers OF the Middle Atlantic section
Today. They played in an 1S-hole
sweepstakes affair this morning ana
We're slated TO contest IN a four bali
best ball team match event this aft
ernoon. The tourney will be followed
tonight by a dinner at Columbia.
\ business meeting of importance
also viii be held, for the annual
championship of the association will
be awarded probably to a. Virginia
ciub. The tourney was held at Roll
ang Road, near Baltimore, last year
and at Burning Tree in 1925.
George j. VoIgt Of Bannockburn.
holder of the two major champion
snips around Washington, is the sole
capital entrant in the North and
South amateur championship, which
opened today at Pinehurst. y. c.
Page Hufty of Congressional, who
won the event last year, is not de-
Tending his title
This afternoon at o'clock a group
OF golfers from the Government de-
paFtments will gather at the Treas
MY 30 ratify a constitution and by
Evening star., 1927-04-04
ORANGES VS.. ROSES.

A gigantic festival, to include foot
ball contest between the winner in the
Southern Conference and an undefeat.
ed Eastern or Western team, is being
planned for Jacksonville, Fla, to rival
the celebrated tournament OF roses
held each New Year day at Pasadena,
Calf. The Southern celebration will
be called the Orange Blossom Fes-
tiVal"
Evening star., 1927-04-04
WOMEN in SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

city title is at stake. Fairgrounds sex
tets composed OF older girls play for
the city basket ball championship each
Fall on the municipal grounds, but
Miss Parker does not approve of hold.
ing city-wide tournaments among the
elementary school athletes, according
to a recent interview.
The complete schedule for both sec
tions Of the Georgetown division has
been announced by Miss Parker as
given below. Section l and Section 2
will run off their series independently,
the winners of each loop to meet in a
final game to decide the division title.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
BY BUNKER.


y polling amateurs 10 ascertain
who among them was considered
the best putter, the voting was
4 found to be between Francis
Ouimet, Bobby Jones and Jesse
Guilford, with Quimet having as many
supporters as Jones and Guilford com
bined.
Ouimet undoubtedly is q great put
ter. He has been one from the start
of his career. At Brookline in 1913,
when he became an international
figure by beating Vardon and Ray in
the national open, he reached the list
hole needing stroke under par to
lie the Britishers. Francis holed a
l5-foot, side-hill putt for a birdie,
gaining his stroke, and achieved his
tie by sinking an awkward 5.footer
on the 72d hole. His putter carried
him nicely through the play-off and,
ever since, it has been one Of his big
gest assets.
He is as Good as Ever.
Francis is the easiest putter TO
watch in golf. He doesn't stretch
your nerves to the breaking point by
undue preparation. His keen eye
picks the line for his putt in an in
stant. He hits the bali quickly.
lie uses a dead wrist in putting.
He is at his best on fast greens, to
Evening star., 1927-04-04
CHAPLIN, TENNIS STAR,
NOW BANK MESSENGER

By the Associated Press
Alfred II. Chaplin, jr., nationally
known tennis star and tenth in
the United States ranking, has taken a
position with a Springfield bank as
messenger with the idea of learning
the banking business.
Last Summer Chaplin defeated Big
Bill Tilden in straight sets in one OF
the tennis upsets Of the season. win
ming the Connecticut state singles
title.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
SOCCERIsTs PLAN TRIP.

]. J. Eisler plans to take local
soccer team to New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and other Northern
cities to play several post-season
games now being arranged by the
Washington Athletic Club. Several
more players are needed.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
STRAIGHT OFF, THE TEE

laws for the Interdepartmental Golf
League, which will hold its first tour
ney at the Manor Club in June.
Woman golfers about the CAPITAL
will open the competitive season with
a miniature tournament at the Con-
gressional Country Club next Mon
H2W
Evening star., 1927-04-04

THERE was not 20 be a lot doing
today athletically in local
schoolboy circles so far as ac-
Il tual competition was concern
ed, but tomorrow will be a
busy day. A practice tilt between Jack
Collins Business tOssers and Area
dams on the Eastern soccer field at
$3.50 o'clock was the only diamond
game carded for q local field. st.
Adams. winner over Tech, . 20 s, in
its first Of the season, swas to engage
Forest Park High in Baltimofe.
Tomorrow base ball. track and rife
all will vie for the sportlight. Eastern
and Dewitt win pla ytheir postponed
contest. Tech will tackle st. Johns on
Marine Barracks field and Business
will hook up in another practice brush
with T. r. Keane FASTENERS at Eastern
soccer field in the ball games; Gordon
Raths Eastern High track and field
hopefuls will travel to College Park to
try conclusions with the University Of
Maryland Freshmen, and Eastern
rifemen will face Western on the lat
ter's range in a public high title match.
Three diamond trays and the open
ing tennis match of the season are
listed for Wednesday. Coach kimble
is to take his Central nine to College
Park to open its regular schedule with
University of Maryland Freshmen.
Tech diamonders will appear at Garrett
Park against Georgetown Prep and
Charley Guyon's Eastern base ballers
will entertain st. Johns. Coach Zear-
foss will lead his Tech High netmen
against Episcopal at Alexandria in the
tennis contest.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
CREWS ON EVEN TERMS.

Naval Academy and University OF
Washington stand on even terms in
the matter of crew races. each having
won two of the four meetings, all Of
them at Poughkeepsie. On each occa-
sion the other crew stood second.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

Gene Tunney, the world heavyweight
champion, was christened, not Gene
at all, but James Joseph. 4 younger
sister had trouble saying Jim and her
efforts sounded more like Gene.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

~
team makes its next foreign invasion
to strive for Olympic honors it will
include a former Central High boy.
lie is Arthur Baker, Swarthmore
College junior, q discus thrower who
has been hurting the plate more than
140 feet in working out at the Central
Stadium while home on recess. Bill
Foley, veteran Blue and White track
coach found" Baker. Foley believes
he ultimately will be able to throw
$50 feet, which will put him right
up among the top-notchers. Bud
Houser, regarded as the ace of the
college world at the discus, threw
only ISL feet, 3 inches in the 1926
at Harvard. 1t APP
pears that Baker, If he can maintain
his improvement, will be around the
top in heaving the dish before his col
lege career is over.
With Baker at Swarthmore are two
other former local high school boys.
They are Bert Adelman of Tech and
Ray CARRIER of Western. Adelman is
a member of the Garnet base ball
team and CARRIER has gained a place
both on the foot ball and track var
sity combinations.
HyattsvilIe High Schools clever
basket ball team, runner-up this sea-
son for the State public high title,
will be hard hit by graduations this
June. Four of the five regulars will
be lost, in addition to two of the three
most dependable reserves. First
stringers who will be missing next
Winter are Capt. Wilbur Wright,
guard, who is one OF the best all
around athletes that ever carried the
schools colors; Al Lewis. forward;
Bob Gaylor, center, and Stanley
ODonnell, guard. Leroy Bassford,
forward, and Bill Spicknall. guard, are
Evening star., 1927-04-04

THERE was not TO be lot doing
today athleticaIly in local
schoolboy circles so far as ac-
4 tual competition was concern
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us the mounted city police in their
quaint uniforms asleep on their
horses.
1t is announced that the enterpris-
ing directors of our Metropolitan
Museum may shortly be able to Sc
cure for us a perfect specimen of a
COW, including the peculiar apparatus
by which it produced gasoline.
(k'rom a Young Peoples Ency-
clopediG OF Useful knowledge AID.
1885,
The dog pronounced dog, or per-
haps dorg; some authorities prefer
dawg): An extinct carniverous man.
malian quadruped of the late Gram
moradial age. 1t lived partly on hui
man trousers and partly on refuse
such as beefsteak. lamb chops and
deviled kidneys.
Owing to it's savageness and feroc-
ity, the dog was in great demand
with our ancestors. In the DAYS
when the habit of living was In single
families in isolated houses, often
separated from all other dwellings by
iron ratings, the dog was of the
greatest value in keeping unsolicited
visitors at a distance. (See under
Book Agent and Convasser; see also
the article on Life insurance.
OF the various kinds or breeds of
dogs thus maintained, we may men,
ton the terrier. used for biting the
ankles; the hound, used for pursuing
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By Donald Ogden Stewart

looked at my wife.
Have you got the moth balls?" she
asked.
He hesitated for minute and then
began feeling through his pockets.
Finally he shook his head
But i ordered them" l said
Once more he searched.
And you said you would bring
them right up" / insisted.
At last. from an inside pocket, he
brought forth a dirty sheet of paper.
rs this room 1892" he asked. con
sulting the slip.
Yes | replied
I'm the radio expert" he sats
oh" l replied, Il beg your pardon"
1--WE want to use the RADIO az
planned my wife.
He looked around the room until ne
found the radio and then walked over
TO it. My wife and / watched hIni
with eager curiosity. Slowly he be-
gan to turn the little knobs. Moth
ing happened.
81 think that possibly there's Some
oscillation in the vario coupler Of
the grid circuit" l suggested, in an
effort to relieve the tension.
He did not reply Slowly, however,
he got down on his knees and began
peering around behind the instru-
ment.
eff you can" | said. I'D like To
have you get 1t started by S.15.
There's a lecture on hook worm /
think we all ought to hear"
His only answer was to take a
screw driver from his coat pocket
That was at about $50. AT 1O45
my wife began to yawn.
I'm dreadfully sorry. dear" she
said. but / really think / ought to go
to bed. You stay up if you want to-
looked over in the radio corner.
The expert was sitting there, sur
rounded by coils of wire and other
instruments.
NO" said. 81 think I'll turn in,
too. I've had pretty hard day"
walked over to the corner.
Would you mind asked him, 'ff
we went to bed?"
He looked up. Then he shook his
head.
Twill you turn out the lights"
asked, when you go?"
He nodded, and we left him
About 3 O'Clock in the morning we
were awakened by the sound of music
| In the next room. 1t was jazz music
Hello" l called, softly.
Hello, he replied. 1T works all
| right, now
There was certain note of triumph
| in his voice-a certain confidence that
| had been lacking
Good" / said. "And now would
| you mind turning 1t off?'
In a few seconds the music slowly
faded away.
Goodnight" he whispered.
Good might" L replied. land much
obliged"
Not at ALL he said.
l heard him slowly tiptoe to the
light and turn it out. Then 1 heard
him close the door
Just before going to sleep my wife
sat up and said, IN get after those
| moths In the morning."
Good" 1 replied. was very
Sleepy and when l woke up again #
was broad daylight.
tCOpyrixht 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

" RAINED observers, such as the
readers of this newspaper, who
notice anything that comes
Il under their eyes, even at a
distance of inches, cannot
have failed to realize that our house
hold animals are doomed to extinction
"I doubt" said an eminent social theo-
rist the other day, himself one of the
keenest of cotemporary observers,
whether there are as many horses on
Fifth avenue as there are motor cars.
Certainly there are none in the larger
hotels
1t is a subject of equally common
remark that the dog is vanishing. Hy-
drophobia on the one hand and the
motor truck on the other are break
ying up the long standing compact of
friendship between man and the dog.
''I doubt very much" says cotem-
porary writer on social science. III it
is possible henceforth to raise pups on
Fifth avenue"
In the same vein, brilliant writer
in a magazine of last month. in an
article on 1.-THE Passing of the Dog,
declares that in a half hours walk in
New York he did not pass single dog.
Nor are the horse and the dog all.
The decreasing numbers of the house
fy struck a first note of alarm last
Summer. The bat, once familiar
feature of the American home, is now
seldom found except in an aviary.
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Gross Exaggerations From Heestory:
So Den It Gradually Arrife Human Bings
BY MILF GROSS.
Chepter Tree-Human Bings.

IN o in de bend from Chepter
Two wheech 1t gave from de
Raptile hage witt de memmel
~ hage de insite fects; so hall
de lend witt property witt
poblic huffices witt so futt so it was
| in complitt contrull from de henimals.
So den 1t came Men.
OF cuss ii deednt arrifed hall from
| q sodden q fool-fiatched man wot he
| was hold enoff right away he should
vote. Was foist de human bings
bibiZz witt hinfants. den gradually
cheeldren's sizes. den boyiss witt yoots
witt yong mems, den conservatives
und den meedle-haged men. Was
ulso few hold sizes witt meesfeets.
SO de foist .beezness wot Men
stodded opp was from Sputting Goots,
wot de manufactured harTOws, witt
fieent witt spirrs, witt hopoons. witt
hall suits from tsimilar implements.
So de foist appearance from Men
was gritted witt considerable curl
osity on de pot from de bists wot it
evoked from dem rimocks so:
MAMMOT: Him, geeve a look,-
hall kind Immigrants dey latting In!
"A. frickm HA HA. Too
tuIl for feesh-und too shut for
monkey! Tree gasses vIQteeZ-
it, INA HA-Watch heem!!
Watch heem,--It wukks-it turks
it stends on de hind fit und climbs
opp triz-.i-Look heem over!!-
Bemboola de wan witt honly!!
Ho boy!L-Dees Is reech.! Dey1
wouldn't gonna lat oss on de trollicozz
witt dees.-Noo. trick, where is by
you de tail, ha??"
So it sad he Men SO: Him, a bonch
vice EuyS ha or
SO it reptile de Mammot: ''HA HA
HA! Geeve leesten a woice!!
Woops!-dirryi-N we got for de
quottat a sopreno!! Woops--Modjie!!i
Is a reeng arond de moon!!-You
must comm over, dry! HA HA HA
-geeve a look-Every odder hinch a
henimal!, WHOOYm! Sand me some
one a henkercheef / should wafe on
heem!t'
So it sad de Jeckess: "Boyiss,
boyiss-dees amt niZe you should max
ing fon from de poor critchure.
He couldn't halp it-he's born dees
way!, Is VERY seenful ting you
should left from heem. Is dees nize
you should making de poor ting a
togget for your vulgar jasts??"
So it gave de Mammot boisterous
rurr wot he sad: "HA HA HA! A
Seen,i HA HA HA- So I'll take
gradually a sween in de Genjiss
Reever 1t should geeve a wenish mine
seens.i HA Hat simms you gat-
ting brud-minded, Meester Jeckess??
Witt hintellactual maybe vat? HA--
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FIy-raising usually began in the
Spring. The careful housewife set out
large cans filled with what was called
at that epoch garbage (see under
Garbage in the Twentieth Century: see
also under Salad, Mixed Grill and
HASH placed in sunny corners and
literally coated with fly eggs. collect.
ed by sweeping up the accumulated
dust IN the~ corners and angles of the
room. A trained housekeeper thus
raised anywhere from one to 10000
flies in season.
As recently as 100 years ago. the
fly needed. it would seem, but little
sleep, and during the night would
sit beside his masters bed. ready TO
call him at the first light of dawn by
a playful buzzing in his ear. Surly.
indeed, was the sluggard who could
resist the little fellows winsome In
vitation to come out and chase him
on the lawn.
The care and raising OF the fly ocl
cup1ed large part of the time of the
womanfolk of our ancestors. A fly is
reported Sto have been seen alive, sit
ting on one of the piles of a pier in
the Hudson River. looking disconso.
lately at the water. Since that time
the fly is only found in the museum.
There is a good fly in the famous
Morgan collection and there are two
in the British Museum.
Copyright 1927