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center; r. Jones, side center; Rose
Mothershead and Margaret Faulkner,
guards.
Elizabeth Tew refereed.
Four new members were welcomed
into the Holton Arms School Athletic
Association at the annual banduet
held Saturday night. To become a
member Of the association, girl not
only must be skillful in athletics, but
must rate high in scholarship, sports
manship and character. 1t is the
highest honor that can be conferred
on an athlete at Holton Arms.
The four girls so honored this year
are Christine Ekengren. Virginia Van
Brecht, Ernestine van den Bosch and
Elaine Patterson.
Four games are on the basket ball
card for today, three tonight, in which
independent teams will figure. and one
which was scheduled for this after.
noon in the seminary series.
Holton Arms and Eastman Schools
We're slated to meet this afternoon in
the Epiphany gymnasium for their
annual tilt. The game is listed for
4 o'clock.
Tonight Washington Field Hockey
Club players will face the Jewish
Community Center sextet in the Hol
ton Arms gym, on Church street, al
$50.
Hyattsville Company r Auxiliary
passers will play the Jewish Com.
munity Center Juniors at the Center
at o'clock, and the Eaglets of Bust.
ness Night High School win oppose
the Washington Athletic Club re.
serves at Business Night High School,
also at o'clock.
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Leeds, while both were in England
in quest of the British open cham
pionship, he did better than ever be-
fore.
Both Gene and Walter went out in
SO, thrilling a large gallery. When
they finished the fourteenth hole they
were all even.
On the 390-yard fifteenth. Walter
was short on his drive, while Gene
got a good one down the right side of
the fairWay, to an advantageous po-
sition. Genes second was a mashie.
while Walter had to use a spoon.
= Uses Hillside to Win.
The left side of the fairway sloped
upward against q hill, which hill also
ran along the left side of the green
and curved around it at the rear.
Hagen noticed this in preparing to
play to the green, which sloped from
left to right, with a deep trap on the
right. If he played directly toward
the green there was every chance his
ball might slip off into the trap.
Hagen thought hard. When he
played he directed his ball so that
1t tore off to the left, struck the
hillside, and then, banked by the
slope. ran around to the right until
it curved down upon the green and
stopped near the cup.
Genes second carried past the cup,
leaving him a downhill putt Walter
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It will be remembered that at the
end Of the first 36 holes, Abe had
Walter 4 down. The British were
convinced the American was at last
going to be beaten.
Rumbling of disaster for Mitchell
sounded on the very first hole Of the
second SO holes, though. when Walter
nearly sank a chip-shot from rough
and reduced Abe's lead to 3 up.
Greatest Recovery.
At the second, Walter almost holed
a 30-foot putt; his ball sitting on the
edge of the cup, but had to take a
half. But on the third, he kept
Mitchell from advancing by a marvel
Gus play. Walter was so feet from
the pin on his second, while the
Britisher had a, short one for a g..
Hagen had to putt over a hogback.
but he trimmed the cup. His ball
stopped so near the edge that Mitchell
dared not try to hole his ball for fear
he'd sink Hagen's. He contented him.
self with a half.
Hagen left hifself but down
by sinking 20-foot putt for a birdie
at the fourth. He was / down after
the fifth. where he banged down a
55-foot putt. and he squared the
match on the sixth, where Mitchell
pulled his drive to rough.
To keep square with Abe on the
seventh, Walter had to jump a stymie
inches from the cup. but he did
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in A CLASS BY HIMSELF
in MAKING RECOVERIES
Walters Qualities of Mind and Heart Are Factors
Which Make Him Almost Unbeatable-Some
of His Great Feats Are Recalled

1t. Then at the tenth he took the
lead by sinking a 70-foot, down-hill
putt over billowy ground! Was there
ever another recovery like this? Con-
slider that series of dazzling plays at
the green. 1t is wonder that Mitchell
lasted as long as he did.
He stuck" though. And to win
cut In the afternoon Hagen was COM
PEELED to get down with a pitch and
one putt on four different holes in
order to protect himself with halves.
In 70 holes, Walter the Great. had
10 holes where he played a pitch and
one putt. There never was such a
run of recoveries before. and there
probably never will be again.
An example of Hagen's resource
fulness and brainy playing, on a par
with the playing described above,
came up once during a match with
Gene SaraZen.
Hagen never has had much success
against Sarazen. Gene being the vic
tor in nearly all their meetings. But
in this match, which was played at
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SAUNDERS ONE POINT
TO GOOD IN SCORING

Rusty Saunders Of Washington holds
the lead in the individual scoring race
Of the American Basket Ball League
today by the slim margin of one point
over Chick Passon of Philadelphia.
The local star forward has a total Of
$50 points for 3S games. while the
Quaker City luminary has scored 359
points in 40 games. Saunders chance
Of finishing ahead of Passon is bright
as Washington plays four more games
and Philadelphia plays but one.
Benny Borgmann, Fort Wayne's
speedy little forward, is Saunders
most dangerous rival, it seems, for
the Hoosier, whose average is 11.07
points per game, has four more con-
tests to go through. Saunders aver
age Is 9.21.
Saunders is expected to put on
squirt In the final clashes of the sea-
son with Rochester and Cleveland.
He always has shown to advantage
in games with these teams. Two
games are scheduled with Rochester
Saturday night at Rochester, while
Cleveland will come here for two
games next Sunday and Monday
nights at the Arcadia.
Leading scorers.
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Y QUINT WILL PLAY
WARRENTON TOSSERS

Young Mems Christian Association
courtmen are to wind up a busy sea-
son tonight at Warrenton, Va. when
they engage the fast basket ball out
fit Of the Virginia town.
The ''Y" tossers have had a sue
cessful season. even though they are
not in a position to challenge the
leaders in the unlimited ranks.
The squad will assemble at the
main Y building at o'clock this
afternoon. Those to make the trip
are Nash, Woodward, Sumner, Joynes,
Krumm, Evans. Hoagland, Geisler
and Tallavera.
st. Martins juniors, who have run
up an impressive court record, struck
a snag yesterday in the Y. NJ. G.. A.
Juniors, who downed the st. Martins s
outfit, 48 to Z, In the Y gym. The
victors led by a. 15-to-2 margin at
half time. launching whirlwind at
tack to rush the Saints Off their feet
Mount Vernon cagemen are today
champions of the senior division of
the Community Center League. They
won the title last night, downing the
Independents, % to %, in an extra
period game. Morris, lengthy center
for Mount Vernon, tied the count at
81 all with but 80 seconds to go. In
the extra period the victors showed
superiority. =
Commercial National Bank tossers
scored an easy victory over Merchants
Bank and Trust Co., in a Bankers
League game yesterday at Central
High gym. Commercial tossers, led
by Nees and Sheckels won, % to 9.
Lightning A. G.. fi0Ormen downed
the True Blue Junior cagemen, As to
28. in game yesterday at Hine Junior
High gym.
AnacOstia Eagles have postponed
their scheduled game for tonight with
st. Mary'S Celtics of Alexandria. The
game will be played next week.
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ST. MARYS CELTICS
PLAY SOLDIER FIVE

ALEXANDRIA, Va. March as
ST Mary's Celtics are to play the Fort
Humphreys basket ball team hero to-
night at the Armory Hall at $40
o'clock. A preliminary will be staged
by the Five Jacks and the st. Mary's
Seniors at 7:30 pm.
On Saturday night the Celtics will
play the St. Andrews Shamrocks Of
Baltimore.
Episcopal High base ball and track
teams are inactive because OF the one
weeks Spring holiday which is
granted the students each year.
Dreadnaught Athletic Association
base ball club will practice Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the Dread
naught Park diamond. and all candi-
dates are requested TO report to Man
ager Jake Driver. Games are being
scheduled by Il. II. Allen at 726 North
Washington street.
Bill Langford will captain st. Mary
Athletic Club base ball team this Sum-
mer. while Louis Latham Is the newly
elected business manager. Langford.
although only youth. has helped
coach the saints" for several sea
sons. The team will practice Sunday
on Hayden field at pm.
Diamonders of Sarepta Lodge. Odd
| Fellows, will hold practice Sunday aft.
ernoon at 800 o'clock on the North
Alfred street field. The nine will play
the Alexandria Gazette team April 6,
at Dreadnaugh Park.
Alexandria Gazette team was to en-.
gage Alexandria Post ONCE nine.
champions of the local Commercial
| League two seasons ago. at Dread
naught Park this afternoon at $3.50
| o'clock. The Gazette nine has sched-
| uled games with McDonald's ALL
Stars for March 2S; Sarepta Lodge.
Odd Fellows. April 6, and Columbia
Engine Company, April 80.
A meeting Of the six teams interested
| in the formation of the Alexandra
| Amateur League will be held at 317
King street Friday night to make
plans for the season, which will open
| April "a or May ]. The teams are st.
Mary's, city champion last year; Car
dinal A. c., Sarepta Lodge, Columbia
Engine Co, Number Five Motor Co.
| and Virginia Grays. The schedule
calls for each team meeting the other
| twice.
| st. Mary's CeItics have game pend.
| ing with the Anacostia Eagle basket
ball team to be played here, April 80,
at $50 O'Clock, in the Armory Hall.
A meeting of the Belle Haven Coun-
| try Club will be held Friday night at
the clubhouse near this city, and all
members are urged to attend at s
O'Clock. improvements on the
grounds around the club and golf
course will be discussed in detail.
Mangus w. Bales, captain of the Old
Dominion Boat Club, has been named
a delegate to the Middle States Canoe
Racing Association, meeting at the
Penn Athletic Club, Philadelphia, on
April 9
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With the BO,UIers

The big surprise of the bowling in
Washington Ladies League last night
was the three game pasting handed
Columbians by Climbers. Margaret
Boston led the victors attack with
a set of 321 including games of 101,
95 and 125. Billy Miner Of Frankies
turned in a set 328 made up of games
Of 118, liz and 98 aiding materially
in the game victory scored by her
team over Nationals that was some
what Of surprise. Consistent pin
spilling by Majorie Bradt of Com
mercials had considerable to do with
her teams two wins over Hilltoppers.
Miss Bradt had three games over the
century mark for a set OF 812 and
high game Of 109. Kumbacks downed
Daughters Of Isabella two of three.
A 1913 game by Anne Mccormack of
Kumbacks was the high spot OF the
match. She shot two other games
of SO to give her set Of 314 the
best of the engagement. Beeques,
league leaders, ran true to form by
sweeping their set with the tail-end
Bethany quint.
Crescent Bowling Club members will
gather tonight at s o'clock at the
Recreation alleys.
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Unduted Old League Hagen Voted Most ResomceI Golfer

had an uphill putt and he won the
hole.
THAT certainly was a lucky shot" ="
said George Duncan, referring to Ha-
gems spoon play.
How about it. Walter?" asked
Gene. did you purposely play the
ball that way?''
II surely did" rejoined Hagen. And
he had.
Hagen almost holed his second on
the sixteenth. making birdie and
becoming up. On the seventeenth.
short one. Walter put a mashie
niblick shot 10 inches from the hole.
Gene was almost as good. leaving
himself a 3-foot putt, but only q
hole-fn-one could have won. When
he had sunk his ball he reached up
and shook Hagens hand.
you've got too much for me to-
day." he said.
Maybe. If the match had been for
more than IS holes, the story would
have been different. But you have
to hand 1t to Hagen for his headwork
on that fifteenth hole.
tCopyriEht. 1927
CNext-"The Greatest Driver Among
the Amateurs.)
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Why Jones @1KnOws His Onions"
On Golf Course Is Discovered

small, resembling chives, but they are
rs strong as the national champions $
drive"
Incidentally. it is on this same
course that the Southern open starts
tomorrow, and Macdonald, who has
returned to Atlanta for the event.
may find himself playing again with
Bobby.
Turf is not as readily grown in the
South as in the Northern States, Mac
Donald learned from the greenkeeper
two sorts of grass being used on the
putting green's. which are divided in
half with one portion for Winter and
the other for Summer. On the fair
ways mixture gives fair turf all
year, but in the mixture there has
crept in large amount Of onions.
Il did not notice the onions at first"
said Macdonald, "for I was mighty
busy. having neuritis in my arm, try
ing to equal the tremendous drives Of
the sturdy Southern youngster. But,
standing near him when he whaled
out mighty brassie on the 590-yard
nth hole, where he scored a birdie
against a stiff breeze, I got a strong
odor Of onions.
II mentioned the queer smell to
Bobby, and he pointed out the tuft
of chives he had severed with his club
in making the stroke. No wonder you
play such a strong game said.
Well, replied Bobby, Il ought to
know my onions, for have been
whipping up this odoriferous turf for
long time At any rate, although
he had not played much during the
Winter, he scored a good "a and beat
me 2 and 1, although I got the same
medal score.
Zones is splendid with his wooden
clubs and long irons. but was having
some difficulty with the short ap-
proaches, so he said. He will show
whether he really knows his onions
when the Southern open champion
ship Is played over the East Lake
course for the largest purse ever Of
fered in golf, $12,500. predict that
Jones will win the title, although he
cannot take any Of the money"
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w YITH the amateur -profes-
siona1 best ball curtain
NV raiser to the Southern
open championship sched-
uled to get under way
over the Eastlake Country Club
course at Atlanta, Ga. today, talk
of big professional tournament at
the Congressional Country Club,
originally broached last Summer, has
been revived.
While Congressional officials have
done nothing definite on the tourney
and the plans are as yet only tenta-
tive, Washington may wake up some
day in the near future and find 1t
is to entertain for a few days the
group of professionals who have
been making golf history in the
West and South this Winter.
Tommy Armour, the Congressional
professional, is understood to be
doing some missionary work among
his brother pros in the hope of secur-
ing every one of the leading pro-
fessionals for the proposed Con-
gressional event, which may be billed
as the Central Eastern championship.
The Eastern pro title event is held
annually at the Wolf Hollow Club
of Delaware Water Gap, Pa. A sum
of money reaching into several
thousand dollars has been men,
toned as the prize to be hung up
for the pros who may compete in
the proposed Congressional event.
A date for the tourney has not been
picked and Congressional officials de.
clare the plans as yet are more or
less tentative. But even if the tourney
is not held. this Spring-and it seems
cprf a in II will NOT ho ha1d ca
may be arranged for next Fall, to
bring all the pros together in Wash.
ington before they start South or West
over the transforming circuit Armour,
one of the most popular professionals
in the game and one of the biggest
money makers Of them all, is certain
he can get Hagen. Sarazen. Far.
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YOUTHFUL, AMBITIOUSCUBS
FRST-DTVISION PROSPECTS
Aside From Pitching, McCarthy's Team Is Not So
Strong as Cards, Reds and Pirates, But Possesses
Winning Spirit-Ciants Overtouted.

Johnson means just as much to his
club today as ever. Clark Griffith
and "Bucky" Harris are trying to
build a young pitching staff around
the veterans, Johnson and Coveleskie,
and Johnson. starting his twenty-first
season, is the anchor man of the
staff. Johnson will be in service early
in the season, but Bob Shawkey of
the Yanks had a similar injury last
Spring and it was nearly two months
before he again was right.
fCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-03-23
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

rell, Cruickshank, Barnes, Hutchison,
Burke and all the other scintillating
performers in the professional ranks
and even hopes to- secure the entry
Of Bob Jones, open champion of two
golfing countries.
A big professional tourney has not
been held here since July, 1921, when
Columbia staged the national open
championship. Columbia had previous
ly held two invitation events for the
pros.
Chairman Paxton Of the golf COM
mittee of the Washington Golf and
Country Club has arranged a schedule
Of the more prominent events for the
club. The schedule will open with the
club invitation tourney, May 4, 5. 6
and Z, with tombstone event
scheduled for May 80. On July 4,
members of the virginia club will com
pete in a match play against par
tournament.
The competition for the mems and
women's championships Of the club
will be played in October. Frank K.
Roesch, the District junior champion,
now holds the club title, while Dorothy
White Is the women's club title.holder.
Miss White also holds the District
WOIIleH CIldHlplOLlSillp, anu Won Iic
Star cup last year.
Professional golfers of the Middle At
lantic section are pointing for the
first one-day tournament of the asso-
citation, to be played at the Columbia
Country Club April 4. The event Is
expected to attract an entry of up
ward of 40 players.
George p. James and Donald Wood
ward of Columbia are among the
qualifiers in the Florida championship,
whose first match play round is un-
der way today at st. Augustine. Wood
ward, with a card of 79, finished in a
tie for second place in the medal
round. James barely squeezed into
the first flight with a card Of ss.
Evening star., 1927-03-23
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
~HICAGO, March 23.-Why
Bobby Jones Of Atlanta
I knows his onions on a golf
~ course has been discovered by
Bob Macdonald, Chicago pro-
fessional, who played at match with
the American and British open cham
pion on his home course at the eGor-
gia capital while touring with train.
load Of Northern golfers.
THE reason" reported Macdonald,
sis onions"
II found that the East Lake links
at Atlanta is alive with wild onions,
which shoot up with the grass through
the fairways. The onion tops are
Evening star., 1927-03-23

MontellO A. G. will meet tonight at
915 l. street. at 1880 o'clock. The fol-
lowing players are expected to attend:
Rich, Rink. Wensall, Hisle, Cleary,
Lamp, Macillo, Keller. Lanahan, Mills,
Henderson. DAILY, Giayin. King, Krae-
mer, Edwards and Atchison. The club
wishes a practice game for Sunday.
Call Lincoln 6878 between $50 and Z
o'clock
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RELAY RECORD SET.

LOS ANGELES, March % P).-
Glendale High Schools four-man team
ran the quarter-mile in 42.S seconds To
win the race at the Southern Cali.
fornia A. A. L. interscholastic carni-
val here. The time was said to set
a new national interscholastic record
for the quarter.mile relay.
Evening star., 1927-03-23
CAF0NE VS.. GOULD.

Jack Cafone, who claims the fly
weight title of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps. Is booked to meet Marty
Gould, who is reputed to be the best
fighter in that class in Pennsylvania,
in a preliminary to the GillMcCorgary
bout next Tuesday night at the Ar
cadia
Evening star., 1927-03-23
WARD LEADS YALE FIVE.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March % OP).
.Gilfrey Ward, 1928, of Baltimore,
has been elected captain of next years
Yale basket ball team. He has played
forward on the varsity team for two
years.
Evening star., 1927-03-23
% CUNTS IN TOURNEY.

CHICAGO, March 20 N9.-Twenty-
three teams have accepted invitations
to participate in the national inter
scholastic basket ball tournament ut
the University Of Chicago here, March
20 to April s.
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U. s. RACKETER SCORES.

LONDON, March % Up.-C. G. Pell,
amateur racquet champion of the
United States, survived the second
round of the British championship
tournament. He defeated T. A. Pill
kington, 15-3, 15--5, 10.
Evening star., 1927-03-23
BY BUNKER.

n1 DCNhLh.
~ nee more-but for the last
time--in this series dealing
with the premier practitioners
~ of golf, we are compelled to
consider Walter Hagen.
In addition to ascribing the best
temperament in golf to Sir Walter.
his rivals also vote him the most
resourceful and the best at recovery.
Apparently Hagen is the greatest of
living professionals. because Of his
qualities of mind and heart. These
articles have shown that in mechan-
ical skill the only way in which he
stands head and shoulders above all
others is in his manipulation of the
putter.
The vital difference between Hagen
and most Of his competitors is that
he doesn't permit his clubs to play
him false in q pinch.
Probably there never has been a
better instance of Hagen's ability to
recover than in his match with Abe
Mitchell in England, last Summer.
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Three Clubs Outrank Tribe.

Jack McCsllister, new manager OF
she Indians, seems little surprised
at the attitude Of the dopesters. He
claims he has the best pitching STAFF
in his league and club which finished
only a few games out of the lead
last season, yet few are giving the
Indians a tumble. While recognize
the strength Of the Indian pitchers.
! believe Detroit, New York and pos
kibly Washington will beat them out.
The training camp injury to Wal.
ter Johnson is rather unfortunate, for
Evening star., 1927-03-23
WOMEN In SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

~KTH SEMESTER basketers of
Business High School captured
the school title for 1927, playing
- through the 15-game series with
Evening star., 1927-03-23
BY FREDERICK G. LIEB

OT. PETERSBURG, Florida, March
23.-pown in the Florida citrus
belt iixtle attention is given to
~ the Chicago Cubs training In
Ctofalina Island A
Evening star., 1927-03-23

w YITH the amateur profess
sional best ball curtain
wv raiser to the Southern
Y open championship sched-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-10
finals TOMORROW
FOR MICS TITLE
City Championship II Be De
Cided at Willow Brook

The final games to determine the
I city champion in the Herald Junior
Achievement marble shooting tour
nament will take place at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning at Willow Brook
park.
All boys who have won school
championships are asked to be on
hand to be presented with the medals
which the Herald is donating to the
champion of each school in the city
Very rainy weather will postpone
the event one week, otherwise the
city champ will be known tomor-
row.
The champion marble shooter for
1921 will he sent 70 Atlantic City for
one week by the Herald and live like
d king while participating in the
national tournament. New Britain
can be assured this year that it will
he we'll represented in the national
event because the standard of abil-
ity on the part of local players has
been materially increased within the
last three years and Of the boys sur
viving in the city contest to date,
whoever becomes city champion,
the municipality can feel assured
that he will represent the city Well
on the famous boardv ak marble
arena.