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Evening star., 1927-11-27
y JACK WHlfE

Who is the best plttcr the game
ever knew? Hagen has his back
ers, but~an army will arise and pro-
claim Jones. Old-timers are equal.
ly divided between Travis and
Travers. IN England Jack White
putted his way to British open
title. ON fast, slippery green's
Barnes has had spells of magic.
And Bobby Jones has stated that
Arnaud Massey of France is the
worlds best.
If one were to study only the
putting methods of the few stars
named here he would be somewhat
confused. Stances, grips. methods
of strOking arc often radically diff.
ferent Jones keeps his weight on
both feet, Hagen throws it well on
his left. Massey stands far from
the ball. Barnes and White over it.
Evans uses n centcr-shafted con-
traption when at his best on the
green's. Armour uses one that is
reinforced at the bottom TO give
him balance on the green. Hagen's
is mere cleek.
The main idea is to keep tho
head and body still and to putt
with the wrists, with finger grip
entirely. Some try to bring the
putter blade straight back on line.
but most have to take it back as
for other strokes. opening III blade
as they do so in normal way
Putting is much matter OF bal.
ance, touch and practice. Mostly
the latter.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
SPEARS LEADING PLAYER
OF ALL.DIXIE GRID TEAM

choice for quarterback. receiving 81
vUtcs against for McDowaIl of North
Carolina State, who in regular posi-
ton is a halfback. Sixty-four votes IN
all were cast.
McCrarT ran next highest in votes
receiving J2 for fulback and for
halfback
Shivcr led in tho ballotinC for end
with AZ. Nash being second with 81
Crowley OF Georgia Tech was third
with IA.
For tackle Pickhard pollcd the
greatest ma iority witt AZ votes. Tins
ley was next with II. While Lautzen-
hescr ana McArthur had 6 each To
give them places on the second team
Earnhill led the guard, receiving -
votes Smith Of Georgia was second
with %. while Bowdoin had Il.
Tho center position found Butcher
in the lead with % votes to II for
Sharp of Vanderbilt. Schwartz OF
North Carolina received . votes
Thomson pollcd the greatest mum.
Der of halfbacil votes at 26. Dodson
was next with 1G, while McDowall and
Smith of Mercer had Ia each. but the
fact that McDowall was the only
player receiving quarterback votes eX
cept Spears. and his total being too
slim for the first team, gave him quar-
terback position on the second eleven.
Banker Of Tulane next, with 13 votes.
thereby cd for the other halfback
position on the second team.
Armistead. leading scorer Of the
South with 1872 points, won the sec
ond team fullback position. although
getting only two votes.
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STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

been consigned to oblivion before the.
p. G. a.. hut here again he won with
out p great struggle, although Joen
Turnesa should have beaten him tn
the final round. And in the Italian
lad, by the way. there is a coming ma
tional championship to be won ny one
of tho sweetest stylSts of them ali.
Evidence that Hagen is skddinc.
however. seems to he borne out by his
showing in the open and in the big
events in which he had competed over
the last two years. The Hagen of
other years could not have been in
better spot than the Hagen Of Oak
mont, in fourth place. three or four
shots back. Five years ago he would
have been quite likely to put a brace
of lis together to win the title, but
this year he faded completely out of
the picture. And it was that way in
other Journeys in which Sir Walter
had a chance up to the final round
1t seems the old Hagen punch has
gone-at least in medal pla-.
over the last round at Oakmont 1t
was Tommy Armour who came to the
fore to hole the 12-foot putt on the
eighteenth that put him in a tie with
Harry Cooper and enabled him to win
on the following day. So Hagen and
Armour are the outsta nding profess
sional golfers of the year, rated on
their showing in the big events. They
will probably go on for several years
more In just that fashion.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
HOW THE GOLF BUG BIT BRYAN HEARD
IN q. II. kEELER.

For the Associated Press.
~OMMODORE BRYAN HEARD
4 Of Houston. Tex, is 81 years
old and is easily the most IA
~ nous Of golf's grand old men
in the great and unabatcd
Southwest.
He learned to play golf when he
was nearing 80 and his exploits re-
sound in song and story. He was
runner-up in the Southern amateur
championship won by Reuben Bush
and he has given more tidy drubbings
to more cockY strangers who fancicd
he looked like n prime duffer than
any other sin men in these United
States. This is the commodore's own
story of how he started, told to me
recently.
Il joined all the clubs organized
in my home town Of Houston. Ten.
and when the San Felipe Golf Club
was started | Joined that. without
knowing which end of a caddy To take
hold Of. | knew nothing of golf and
cared less. ] was a member two years
and never visited san Felipe. Poker
was my game, with Il party of seven.
They drifted gradually away to play
golf. | decided to go out and break
up the fool game and get my little
poker friends back on the straight ard
wide.
Il hoppcd Il street oar for san
Felipe. ] had no motor car and never
had ridden in one of the fool things.
but / had had lot of powered
yachts. | met my friends ut the first
tee. 1t WAS the most idotic looking
game | ever saw. The idea seemed
obvious. / told them | could WALTON
that foolish little bah so far it would
never be found. / tried. You know
tho result. My ears got hot and /
sWore I'd learn the fool game. My
friends said ha -ha and to come again
II got on a street car and went
back to town to sporting goods
lshop ana told them to send me
canvas bag full of golf clubS-plenty
of them.
walking home I saw the first
Ford roadster that ever came to
Houston. 1t looked interesting. /
went over to the agency and bought
one. told the man to send the
thing to my home full Of whatever
it needed to make il go. | sent for
my engineer and next morning we
practiced with it. He ran the engine
ana ] steered. We did pretty Well
| put my new golf outfit into the car
and we went To the San Felipe Club
At the first tee | sent the engineer
back to wait at the clubhouse. | was
all alone. ] intended to practice two
things gs-playing golf and running Che
iiiVVcr
Il hit pretty good drive from
the first toe and climbed into the car
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ARMY BEATS NAVY
IN THRILLER, 14-9
Continued from First Pace)

frills. that while almost timeworn,
always are pleasing. One change to-
day, though, was the taking OF both
goal posts by the cadet corps instead
of Just one, although the writer is not
quite sure that was a change, BECAUSE
last year in Chicago the game was q
tie and neither eleven got II chance
to do that.
Sloane. who made Navy's touch
down, has to his credit one of the
most remarkable catches Of a forward
pass in the history of foot ball. Lloyd
threw the bah from the 40-yard line
and it WAS going direct for Sloane.
who was turning alone on the Army
one e-yard line to receive it. As he
turned. Sloane slipped and fell, but
as he struck the ground almost fiat on
his back he reached out his arms,
gathered in the ball and rolled over
the goal line for the score.
The k.ctonS were not very good.
although ArmyS return of one was
beautiful. 1t was perfectly placed by
the Navy kicker for the Army TO
gather its whole interference in front
of Wilson aud he dashed up the field
with four Army linesmen and three
Army backs around him. 1t was ef
feCtiVe rs well as beautiful too. be-
cause Navy did not down Wilson un-
til after the middle Of the field had
been passed.
The game was productive of some
good punting and some poor. which
usually is true of all foot ball games.
The charging and blocking also was
excellent. although that is a part of
the game that is more or less indef-
mite to the aVeraSe spectator
It was an Army Navy game in all
things. From the time the colorful
crowd began TO gather. while the reg
iments of Cadets and Midshipmen
marched on the field and took their
places in the stands, until the Army
hugle and drum corps finally stood
in front of the Navy side of the fed
to sound taps, it was an afternoon
of frillS and thrills.
No spectator. no matter how far he
or she may have come, unless it he
some intensely partisan Navy adher-
ent. should feel that the afternoon
was not we'll spent. y good game,
we'll played by machinelike teams,
with spots of" exceptional individual
brilliance. in colorful setting in Il
wonderful athletic plant. formed n
combination seldom found at n Foot
ball game or elsewhere. Probably
never found except at one of the an
nual Army Navy struggles.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
GERMANY WORRIED
OVER PELTZER TRIP
By tho Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
BERLIN, November 26.--Conccrned
over the announcement that DR.. Otto
PeItZcr, the noted German sprinter,
is going on "A visit to the United
States, DR.. Willy Meisl, leading sports
authority. writes a long editorial in
the newspaper Zcitung Ammittag, ask
ing: Are we going to lose Peltzer?
Suggestive subheads are printed
with the article, such as The United
States eats up competitors. The
dollar runs quickest"
DR.. Meisl calls attention to the win.
ming over of Mile. Suzanne Lenglen,
the French tennis star, by The Ameri-
cans to the professional field. where
by Europe's greatest female amateur
contender is out Of the running"
Another case in point is Charles
Hoff. the Norwegian champion pole
vaulter, who also became q profes.
sional.
"Peltzer is aging 4 mere dangerous
game than he believes " Dr. Mesl oh
serves; "nor does he fully realize what
is at stake"
lDr. peltzer himself is authority
for the statement that he is proceed
ing to the United States to study
physical training methods there, pre-
paratory TO entering the Olympic
games)
Evening star., 1927-11-27
TWO SELECTED BY ALL
FOR STAR GRID TEAM

DENVER. Col, November &c Lp).-
Buck Smith. dashing halfback of
the University of Colorado, and
Dutch" Clark, Colorado College full.
back, are the only two Rocky Noun.
tain Conference players upon whom
sports writer's, coaches and officials
show unanimity in their choice for
1877 all-conference honors.
The aIl-conference team selected by
the Associated Press, with the aid of
prominent gridiron officials and the
oachcs. follows:
Ends--Rankin. Colorado ,ggies
ana Taufcr. Utah University.
Tackles--l. l.inford. Utah Aggics, and
Dykman, Utah University
Guards-pitcher, Colorado Agcics,
and saunders. Denver l..
tenter-Nickers, Colorado A"sies.
rtcrhack---Nandenber Colorado
College.
Halfba cks-"R Smith. Colorado
L.. and Caldwell, Colorado Ageies.
Fullback-Clark. Colorado College.
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son. Court players who were on the
eridiron team will be allowed TO tako
it easy for a while.
DependabIeS whom Coach Fred Rice
will have at hand are Johnny Long.
left forward: Capt. Jim Carney, cen
ter; Ray Foley. right guard. and Bill
Harvey, left guard. Johnny Noun
tain, forward and Bill Linskey. cen
ter. are members Of laast seasons
varsity squad at hand. \ group OF
promising tosSers will come APP from
the freshmen team. including Champ7.
guard; ogden. forward, and Raiche
and Amann. Centers.
The schedule:
December 1i-Uuiyrrsity of BaIti-
more.
December 16--Willlam and Mary.
December 20-Washington and Lee.
January BLUE Ridge College.
January ll-tialfaudPt.
January 13-American University
at American University.
January lf-Davis and Ell1ins at
Cumberland. Md
January 19-Duquesne.
January 21-GeOrae Washington.
January 38-Virginia.
February 1-American University.
February 4.-Vi;lanova.
February S-Navy at Annapolis.
February 1l-City College Of New
York ut New York.
February 1S--NIOunt st. Mary'S.
February 21-Crescent \. {. at
Brooklyn. y. y.
February 22-Fortl!iam at New
York.
February e9-George Washington
at George Washington.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
HOAX GETS ILLINOIS
PLENTY OF OFFERS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ERBANA, ILL.,, November Co.
Postal authorities and officials of the
University of Illinois today were in.
vestigating hoax believed to have
been perpetrated by ardent foot ball
fans, who used Coach Robert Zuppke's
name in soliciting intersectional foot
ba games for next year.
The university today was deluged
with letters. kilograms and long-dis-
lance calls from schools who said they
had received invitations signed with
the name of the Illinois coach asking
for foot ball dates for 1928. The mes
sages were turned over to postal au.
trorities after it was announced that
Iuppke's signature was Il forgery.
Replies to the letters came from
Washington and jefferson, Pittsburgh
md Columbia among others. Fans
have agitated recently for intersec.
tiOnal contests for Illinois and some
overzcaloua ones are believed by uni
vcrsity authorities to have attempted
to promote such games unofiic!ally.
Evening star., 1927-11-27

T HIS week will see the end of
tho lGCal Schoolboy foot ball
season. Three games arc
Il cardod.
While there is cons derahle
interest in the Central-WeStcrn con,
test Tuesday that will end the public
high school title series. tho high spot
of the week viii he the annual re.
rewal of the Devitt-GouzaEa battle At
Griffith Stadium Saturday. Tech will
wind up It's CampGlcn against New
port News in the Virginia city also
on Saturday
\ victory for Central over Western
will give the Columbia Heights team
a tie With Eastern and Tech for the
series title. The game was originally
scheduled for October is. as the series
opener. hat was postponed because of
rain and wet grounds.
Indications are that the Dewitt.
GonZaga clash will be bitterly fought.
Last Fan the Purple, led by the sensa-
tional Johnny BoZek, and with other.
cracks in its lineup. crushed the
Georgetown schoolboyS, 33 to 0. How
ever, Dewitt has a much improved
eleven this season and GonZaga has
lost Bo2ek and virtually all the stars
who carried it 10 the heights in 1926
The | Steeters, though. with Tom
Brew and Garvin as their best bets
have been improving right along and
doubtless will furnish Dewitt, which
may not have Cutler. stellar quarter
hack, available. the stoutest sort of
opposition. Cutler suffered a leg in
jury in the game with Massanutten
Military Academy Thanksgiving day.
II Newport News has a team as
a that pf Ia < L'all Tho Mammal
Trainers are not apt TO return with
the long end of the score. In 1927 the
Old Dominion team handily drubbed
the Manual Trainers at Griffith
Stadium.
Eastern High Schools stalwart foot
ball team. which. after a mediocre
start, came hack to earn a fife for the
public high crown. will be honored at
Evening star., 1927-11-27

with my clubs and balls and started
after it. | found | did not know how
to stop the fool engine. so l had TO
cruise around on the fairWay until
! found out what to turn. Then / got
after that. l played eight holes in
this way.
AT the eighth green n committee
halted me and told me- | could not
do. it. | pointed out that | had been
doing it-that ! was nearly halfway
around tho blamed course. They
then explained the restrictions govern
Evening star., 1927-11-27
N-SC0UTING PACTS
BANNED AT HARVARD

By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November
26.-No more non scouting foot ball
agreements for Harvard.
William J. Bingham. director of
athletics at the university, an
nounced today that he had been able
to discover no favorable features in
the scouting plan. On the other
hand. the director of athletics said.
the system had created many false
situations and MISUNDERSTANDING.
During the season just closed Har-
ward observed non scouting agree
ments with Yale and Pennsylvania.
The Crimson athletic authorities ac-
cepted the experiment somewhat re-
luctantly when it was proposed hy
Tad jones. Yale coach. Next year
Harvard will send out its trained
foot ball observers as in years past
to study the gridiron methods of the
opposition.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
SCORES GRID CROWD
By the Associated Prose-.

By the Associated Prnsa.
CLEMSON COLLEGE, S. G., No
vember 26.--The 'Furman- Clemson
Thanksgiving foot ball game at
Greenvillc this week was the last one
in which the Tigers will engage the
Purple Hurricane. uniesS the 1923
match is played on Riggs Field here,
declared ]. &. Gee, Clemson College
director OF athletics, today, who said
he was authorized to take this posi-
tion by DIR. l.. w. Skies, Clemson
president.
Gee asserted that the reception the
Clemson team and student body re-
ceived in Greenvil!e Tha nix sgiving
Day and the handling of the crowd
At the game were highly unsatis-
factory to him. and that he would
not take another Glenn son team to
Greenville to face the humiliation that
was heaped upon the -eom and cadets
this year
The Cat-calls ana joers from tho
Grandstand, players on the opposite
team and from the students in the
paaade after the game, directed es-
pecally at the c1ptain of our team,
were extremely embarrassing" de
clared Gee.
Il never dreamed that collegiate
foot ball could sinX TO such a plane"
Evening star., 1927-11-27
Navy to Lose Five Regulars
From 1927 Grid Combination

the Naval Academy team which
played the Army today. but the situa-
tion at the start of next season will
be far better than Mt the beginning
Of the season just closed.
These regular 0lavers will gradu'
ate: Captain Ham rran and Rams
ford, backs, and BaGdanovich, left
tackle. Cofrman and Millican, sub.
stitute backs, will also graduate.
On account of its eligibility rules,
the Navy also will lose Sloane, left
end, and Woerner, right guard. The
former played two years at Drake he
fore entering the Naval Academy. and
the latter had one year at SWarth-
more and has finished his second year
at the Naval Academy.
1t has been n hard year for Navy
foot ball. in view of the graduation
of almost all the regular players last
year. and Ingram and his assistants
have done well under the circum-
stances.
The regulars who will he first class
men next year and eligible to the
captaincN arc Burke, left guard; Har-
din. center; Giese, right tackle. and
Smith, right end. Bun Ike, who has
played great glmo this season, is
the most likely choice.
The squad will bo given warm
welcome when it returns tomorrow
afternoon.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
COAST GRID HONORS
WILL Be IN DISPUTE

When conference foot ball schedules
re not arranged with a view 10 de.
tetmlning an outstanding team in the
organization on the sheer basis of
games played. i'll feeling and contro.
!srsy are always the result. Some
times ridiculous situation results-as
now, for example.
ON the Pacifica Coast three teams are
p present tied for the lead They are
Stanford. Southern California and
ldliio. None of these eIevena has been
t9ieated by conference member. If
S,9ui hern California beats the power
iH Washington team on December z
tfoSn three colleges will remain tied
j. the Husllios win. Stanford and Ida no
win he tied
STANFORD, Washington and Southern
taiIiornla are rated as the strong
el"vHns nf the coast. irrespective of
sores. Washington has been beaten
only by stanford Stanford has defeat
ei California and Oregon, the Oregon
STATE eleven and tied Southern Cali
l"rnla. southern California has beat
en- orc2an state, California and Wash
inGton state.
iH"H" S'h@fnle called Tor no games
against California eievenS But with
t"o victories over Montana and Oregon
state and two ties--with Oregon and
" aShlngtonF State-her percentage is
900. Idaho might be counted out Of
the running, in spite of being llnde-
feated by conference teams, for the
conference teams she has defeated are
al tau-enders this year. But TO com
plicate what otherwise would be an
easy solution of Idahos case, she beat
the strong oregon State eleven, over
which L. S. &. was barely able to nose
out a victory.
SO the end Of the season will see
Idaho tied with whoever the leader is
But all argument aside. the Pacific
Coast Conference schedule has worked
out in a queer way and there is no get
ting around il.
Evening star., 1927-11-27

ing the performance of golf. After
that | practiced these diversions sCpa-
rately and at different locations. But
l. had formed a taste for golf. The
bacillus had got me. / have played
almost constantly since"
Incidentally. Commodore Heard de-
feated Bobby Jones in 1915 in Bobhy's
first start in a big championship
the Southern amateur title tournn-
ment at East Lake, Bobby's home
course. Perry Adair, the other At
lnnta "kid wonder" managed to beat
the commodore in the next round,
but it took him ~ holes to do ii.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
MARYLAND FIREMEN
ON ALEXANDRIA GRID

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, November &c.
Seat Pleasant (Md) Fire Depart
ment cridders will march back into
the Dreadnaught, Park tomorrow aft
ernoon with the intention of following
up a Turkey Gay victory over the
Alexandria Fire Department Props
with triumph over the Virginia Ath-
letic Club eleven The contest will
start promptly at 3 o'clock.
Alexandria Fire Department Props
will oppose the Renroc A. G.. Of Wash
ineton tomorrow afternoon on Hayden
Field at o'clock
st. Mary's Celtic caGers will play
their second game of the court sea
son Tuesday night in the Armory
Hall at 9 o'clock, facing the Wood.
side A. G. of Silver Spring, Md.
Manager Leo Deeton of the Colum.
bia Engine Company unlimited basket
ball team, and Manager Billy Padgett
of the Columbia Engine Company
senior basket ball team, are anxious
to arrange games and teams of those
two classes. They can be reached by
phone at Alexandria 1174.
Old Dominion Boat Club basket
ball team is anxious to arrange a
game with some unlimited qunt in
New York. Philadelphia or Baltimore
10 be played in either of those cities
Friday or Saturday nights next week.
Manager Jack Allen, post office box
4l6, Alexandria, Va, is handling the
Old Dominion schedule.
\ large party OF Old Dominion Boat
Club members will go to Fort Foote.
Md, tomorrow afternoon for the
oyster roast which the club is giving.
a foot ball game between "Notre
Dame" and the "Ku klux Khan" will
feature the entertainment program.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
FIGURES SHOW HOOSIERS
DESERVE THEIR VICTORY

CHICAGO. November 26 {Pl.-
Statistics of the Southern California
Notre Dame game:
First dOwns-Notre Dame, II; U.
S. g., 8.
Yards gained from scrimmage--
Notre Dame. 2l1: L. :. G.. ll3.
Forward passes--\otre Dame, com.
pleted ., missed =. 81 yards gained;
l.. s. C.. completed 3. missed 3, infer
ccpted /. Is yards gained.
Individual yar,lagr-FIanagan, 139
yards IN - attempts. 5.5 average:
Drury, I0j yards in 2S attempts, 81
average.
Punts averaee-Dahnan, AS yards:
Drury-Hibbs. 36.5.
Penaltips-Notre Dame. four. total
20 yards: L. 5. C.. two. total 20 yards.
Evening star., 1927-11-27

~ ANSAS CITY, November 26.-
II Nebraska drew the lions share
n of the places on the all.Mls.
i ~ souri, Valley Conference foot
@ ball team for 1927, selected to-
dav by the Associated Press after a
tabulation of votes from conference
coaches. athletic directors, officials
and sports writers. Nine of the ten
valley coaches joined in the, selection.
and most of the athletic directors
named their choice.
The Scarlet Nebraska Cornhusker
team. which lost only to Missouri in
the conference, placed four men on
the first eleven and two on the second
team. Missouri drew second place
with three men on the first team and
two on the second. Iowa State was
close behind with two on the list. three
on the second Oklahoma placed two
men on the first team, one on the
second.
The Kansas Aggies narrowly missed
first team Representations, placing two
men on the second team. Kansas
placed one man on the second team.
Six of ten valley schools attained
representation
Glenn Presnell. Cornhusker back
field star, leading individual valley
scorer and the conferences only
candidate for an all-American berth,
was the unanimous choice of every
one for a backfield berth.
Not in recent years has Nebraska
presented such a versatile backfield
F;ar as Presnell Cornhusker authori-
ties claim he eclipsed Red Oranges
best record for total yardage gained
in one season. He scored IL touch
downs and sdid most of Nebraska's
p1ntin2 and passing. He has finished
his collegiate foot bali career.
Edward blue" Howell Nebraska's
l9ttering ram. who teamed for touch
downs with Presnell was virtually
unanimous choice for the fullback