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The Washington times., 1927-07-11

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WASHINGTON

Totals. S5 Is II 81 Totals. rs 10 II IL
1Batted for Rarger in fifth.
2Batted for u rberry in seventh.
3Batted for Grant in seventh.
Washington .......... 2 SIC
Cleveland ........ % o o. 3
Runs--Rice (3), Harris Goslin. Judge
(2l. Tate, Burke, Rigney, Jameson ca,
spurgeon t2l, Burns j. Sewell, l.
sewell, Cullop. Levsen. Errors--Judge,
Reeves az. Two-base hits--Rigney,
Rice. J. Sewell. L. sewell. Three base
hits-Rice Bluege, Summa Stolen
hase-Rice. Sacrifice hits-Spnrgeon,
Summa, Burns Left on bases-Wash-
ington, 10: Cleveland. T. Bases on
bails--off Lisenbee, 8; off Levsen, 2:
off Grant. /. Hits--off Lisenbee. s in
innings, off Burke, 0 in Ia in
ings; off Marberry, in "a inning;
off Braxton, 0 in / inning; off Levsen,
7 in innings (nons out in fifth; off
Shaute. 4 in "a innings; off Smith. 3
in la inning (none out in seventh; off
Grant in / inning. Hit by pitcher
BY Lisenbee q. Sewell). Wild pitches
Burke, /; Grant. /. Passed ball
T. sewell. winning pitcher Marberry.
Losing ptcher-Smith. Umpires--Van
Graflan and Rowland Tine-2:Il
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Tomorrow a very important
sporting event is to take place
in Washington. Important to
whom" You ask? Important
to the sporting writer's of
Washington" we reply.
The sporting writer's are
really enthusiastic about the
Capt. ]. R. D. "Highpockets"
Cleland sports writer's golf
tournament. First because the
semi-annual play was conceived
for their amusement and edi-
fication by one of the finest
sportsmen who ever promoted
athletics in or around Washing
ton. For four long years Bob
Cleland has been the motive
power behind sports at the
Army War College and Wash
ington Barracks.
He has engineered all organ
lied recre, tion for officers and
men down there within that
span, and rank and file and line
alike agree that the program
has been filled to overlooking
and no pun intended.
Secondly, the tournament to-
morrow is the last one which
Capt. Cleland will personally
supervise for he is, like all
army officers arc in time, con-
fronted with the unpleasant
necessity of moving on from
Washington to another post.
Capt. Cleland has earned by
hard study and an efficient rec
ord, something in the way of a
promotion; if not in rank, GER
tainly in recognition, which will
take him soon to Fort Leaven-
worth for important duty.
AS the sports calendar swings
around through the various
months and seasons of the year,
the sporting writer's, by the
very nature of their profession,
betimes swing into rhapsodies
over impending events within
their field of activity.
Through modesty perhaps,
or through downright laziness,
they haven't ballyhooed the
semi-annual Capt. Cleland
tournaments nearly so much as
they deserve; but their enthusi-
asm for it has always been
present.
Possibly they haven't waxed
romantic about it as they might
hArnrnnnI rurnn.lI
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INDIAN SCOUT PRAISES
SH]RTSTOP REEVES
BY Louis A. Dougher

CLEVELAND, July 11"That kid Reeves has made your bali
sad Charles Hickman to the writer as he watched the rain
hermore he's only beginning He will be the greatest
shortstop IN the business before he through"
Hickman known as piano Legs" his greatest days with
old Washington club with which he played first
been scout for the Cleveland club He on brief visit
after grabbing Walter Brown big pitcher from New
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JACK DEMPSEY CASTS
ASIDE EASY SPIRIT
BY George Barry

SARATOGA SPRINGS, n " July 11-After day devoted
readied up for another stiff workout.
Every day that / work fight day for he
Tis Leo Flynn keeps throwing three new sparrne
partners every And all go with orders
to sock dizzy They try it and keeps hustng
Them of the
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SouTHPAW GOLFERS VIE

Tracy Dobson and Carl Judd.
both claimants for the Ieft.handed
professional golfing championship, .
win engage in a match at the
Chabot links, near Oakland. cal.
to decide supremacy.
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Gil AMP|ON
D|SPL LEASED
WITH PLAY
BY F. A. Wray
International News Service Staff
CoPrAanondant


ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July
lie. r. Whitcomb turned in the
best score today in the first quail
flying round of the British open golf
champions, with a card of 70.
Bobby Jones. American holder of
the title. was four strokes behind
Whitcomb with rs. He was not
at all satisfied with his card, even
though it was not a bad score con-
sidering the driving rain which ham.
pered all players.
Jones' game seemed to lack
snap and he continually left him.
self difficult puts, his pitch
shots falling short or running
wide. On the second hole, after
being bunkered from the tee, he
disappointed his gallery by TAX
ing five. On the third hole he
was on in two and down in par
four. At the fifth he was again
trapped with his drive and took
q six.
He was on in two at the seventh
and made a par four, narrowly
missing a birdie. He had a par
three at the eighth and par four
at the ninth. He drove the tenth
green and had a birdie three but
missed a putt at the eleventh and
had two puts on the thirteenth.
He had a. birdie on the fourteenth
and a par at the fifteenth. At the
sixteenth he was bunkered but
played the two holes in par figures.
Scores ran rather high. Ar.
maud Massey had an 81; w. b.
Torrance, ~; r. A. WhitcOmb,
81: Ted Ray, rs; James Braid,
rs; Arthur Haver, 81; Archie
Compston. rs.
Joshua Crane, of Brookline, turned
IN 90 and seems unlikely to qualify.
Jones turned in rs for his first
round, which was regarded as fair
golf under the playing conditions.
His card follows:
Out 4 5 4 As 4 4 3 -38
In ... Al 45 4 4 6 +33--76
Charles Gadd also turned in a 70;
Robert Harris, amateur star, had d
rs; C, A. Whitcomb had "a,
Other scores were:
Tom Fernie, IS; Herbert Jolly,
75: j. HI. Taylor, IS; Rex Hart
ley, "a; Percy Boomer, IS;
George Gadd, Is; DIR. TwaddelI,
amateur champion, rs.
-
John Anderson, of the Winged
Foot Club of New York, had 70.
Ice wildwood was around IN TX
His card follows:
out .,..... 4444 A 8 434
In .......... 43457 4 5 Al
Kirkwood was out in two under
par with brides at the fifth and
sixth holes, but he was ragged in
his putting at the fourteenth and
fifteenth and spoiled what might
have been the best round of the
morning.
Larry Nabholtz, another American
entrant, turned n. His card fol.
lows:
Out ..... 3 544 4 S 3-3S
In ......,. s a So 5 A 5-39
Nabholtz was away to a beautiful
drive which gave him birdie on
the first hole and he had another
birdie on the fifth, playing the
remainder Of the holes on the first
nine i'll par figures. On the home.
ward Journey he dropped strokes
at the 18th and 18th. where he
under played his pitch shots.
Partnered by r. A. Whitcomb.
Jones went to the first tee in the
qualifying rounds Of the tourna.
ment with a huge gallery behind
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HE SHOULD WORRY

Dudley Branom, millionaire
businessman" who has been sent
to the Portland, Ore, team by
Connie Mack, is making the long
overland trip in his high-priced auto.
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HE Can SPoT ,EM

Hansel P. Wells, 1s-year.old son
OF Percy Wells, veteran marksman,
won first prize in the Texas state
tournament with a mark Of 90 ON
the 1,000-yard range.
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He announced with a hint Of tri-.
umph in his tones that Sharkey
was becoming a mixer. willing to
trade his for yours and all that sort
Of eyewash.
There you have it, that is the
ChinRin Sharkey's armor. He is
too vain. too confident. too cock.
sure for his own good with a fight
with man like Dempsey only a
bit more than week away. Off
hand, the writer would suggest that
Sharkey play safe by going out and
mixing with the first buzzsaw he
can find. Dempsey may be slow,
but the punch is there. as 1t was in
the beginning, is now and ever
shall be. world without end.
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are now beginning to show the strain.
Many believe they will crack al.
together before this very trip il
ended. Ruether and Hoyt have
lame arms. Pennock has ruptured
stomach muscles and Shocker a
weak ankle. Miller Higgins, In
signing Coveleskie, shows that he
is grabbing anybody in sight who
used to be pitcher OF any class.
relying on his sluggers to do the
rest.
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SANE FIGHT ADVISED
FOR JACK SHARKEY
BY Davis ]. Walsh

NEW YORK July 1Havng peered with
possible argument against Jack sharys chances the night
point it out john of course finding with his
John simply pointing with PRIDE every manager should
dvjllan does
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him. Up to the time of Jones' an
pearance the gallery had remained
under cover but when the cham
pion set forth, the Scots forgot the
rain, and it's discomforts and trailed
at the heels of the American, who
is 5to-1 favorite to win the cham.
pionship.
Jones appeared unworried by the
rain and was on the green at the
first hole in but was strong with
his putt and missed a birdie. He
sunk 2-yard putt for a par 4 as
his initial effort.
Jones played the first three
holes in 4-5-4, which was not
as good as the straight fOurs
scored by WhitcOmb.
Charles Mayo, an American en-.
trant, and Cyril Tolley had started
the tournament playing the first
qualifying round over the old course
while Bill Mehlhorn, of Chicago.
partnered by Gordon Brown, of the
Royal and Ancient, started the
qualifying rounds on the new
course.
Some 200 players are playing
36 qualifying holes today, 10
over the new course and I8
over the old course. The same
program will maintain tomorrow
and then the last half Of the
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TAUGHT BY LANGFORD

Frank Gilmer. the Chicago boy
who will captain Virginia's boxing
team next winter, gained some of
his early ring training under Sam
Langford.
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The lad. too, Is tougher than
q night in Jail, or at least, he
was. Anyhow, Sharkey has no
reason to believe that he is not
and If he bets his hand any
other way, he only will be try
ing to play another mans game,
which may he possible but has
not been done ret.
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IT guess if were in their places
I'd be trying to do the same thing.
But because ] am not in their place,
but l am in my own, well, I've just
got to watch these newcomers all
the time and spank them enthusi.
astically when they get bit rough.
"Since I've been training for this
fight I've done more varied battling
than at any time in my career. In
the old DAYS used to start off with
five or six fellows and I'd rarely
The Washington times., 1927-07-11

Iouowed reeves for three years
when he was playing with the Geor-
gia Tech team" continued Hickman.
He didn't amount to much for the
first two, but he began coming ahead
in his third and last year. / might
have tried to get him. in spite of the
fact that Joey Sewell il still a great
player, but Joe EngeI, the Washing.
ton scout, beat the country to the
kid shortstop. and the first thing l
knew Engel had signed him up.
II must give Engel credit for
seeing possibilities in q young
Ster. Even last year Reeves
wasn't the player he is today. To-
day he doesn't begin to he the
player he will yet prove to be be-
fore ending his major league
career.
The Washington times., 1927-07-11

Ordinary pitchers look fair with
the Yankee sluggers behind them,
but Covey's control disappears as
soon as he tires and he tires inside
of four innings. The Griffs are
pulling for the veteran to hang on
with the Yanks, but they don t
believe he will.
The Yanks' hurlers, who have
been sailing along in fine style
over the first half of the campaign,
The Washington times., 1927-07-11

You Know, added the eX-cham'
pion, this stunt of having new
guys jumping in at you each day
isn't the softest job in the world.
l don't know who half of them are.
l don't know how good or how bad
they are. All / know is that they
are around for the known purpose
Of working out with me and the
sort of inner purpose Of trying to
drop me on my spinal column.
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Possibly they haven't waxed
romantic about it as they might
toward a world series or a
heavyweight championship or a
Preakness or a Derby, because
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IA youngster with his speed
superb throwing arm and general
baseball sense is not found in many
moons. wish him luck. Harris
has q wonderful prospect in that
kid"
Hickman hasn't been in Washing.
ton for several years. He sent his
best wishes to Roe Fulkerson. of
Almas Temple of the Shrine; Jim
Sprigman, former baseball coach at
Georgetown University, and Doc
White, director of high school ath.
letics, the old-time White Sox south
paw.
IF there are any more Of the old
gang" said Hickman" just tell 'em
I'm still alive and kicking hard and
long"
Hickman is still big and bulky,
but he IL not fat. His hair is
grazing a bit about the ears and
temples, but he appears in the best
of health. He was one Of the hard.
est hitters in the early days OF the
American League and he says he
can still pound the pellet whenever
he gets a chance.
The Yankee pitching staff must
be pretty shaky when Miller Hug
gins sees fit to sign up Stanley
Covelesl1ie. That's the conclusion
of such veterans as Bucky Harris.
iris Speaker and Joe Judge.
Coveleslxie will report to the Yam
KEGS here tomorrow morning after
a rest of some three weeks since
his unconditional release by the
Washington Club.
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When Covey was let 90 BY
the Griffs, BucI1y Harris had
given him all sorts Of chances
to show something in a pitching
way. All agreed that the vet
Grams arm had died entirely.
Now Miller Higgins agrees to
give him q chance to come
back, though the Griffmen
can't see any possible hope for
him.
The Washington times., 1927-07-11

I'm just an ex-champ these
days and j don't count so big
as / used to when l was wear.
ing crowns and all that truck,
but, just the same, it would
make a good newspaper story
if some big bird climbed into
the ring, plunked me on the
chin and dropped me, and it
would make great publicity for
whoever turned the job.
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Other scores were:
Tom Fernie, IS; Herbert Jolly,
IS: j. HI. Taylor, IS; Rex Hart
ley, 81; Percy Boomer, IS;
George Gadd, IS; DIR. Twaddell,
amateur champion, rs.
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Scores ran rather high. Ar.
maud Massey had an 81; w. b.
Torrance, "a; r. A. WhitcOmb,
81: Ted Ray, rs; James Braid,
76; Arthur Haver, 81; Archie
G0FnpstOn. rs.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
COBB NOT WORRIED
ABOUT HIS BATTING

A sailor may forget the sea and 4
bride her wedding dress. but a good
hitter never forgets to hit. So says
Tyrus Raymond Cobb and Ty should
know.
If a base ball player is fortunate
enough to be born with a hitting in.
stinct or acquires the ability, ] do not
think he ever forgets it.
II am not worrying about the hit
ting end Of my play. AS one grows
older, Of course, some of the spring
goes out of the legs and a lot Of close
ones are lost at first base. Hits that
YOU would have beaten out a few
years ago are outs now. but there is
compensation. too. for the older YOU
are in base ball the more you know.
A little sma rtness, now and then.
can be used at the bat just as in other
places i'm base ball Another thing
the young batter is sometimes awed
by the reputation of a pitcher. He's
thinking about what a big responsible
ity he has hitting against this or that
great pitcher The old-timer doesn't
think about who is out there. He
doesn't care. and certainly he doesn't
get the inferiority complex a young
ster suffers sometimes"
Evening star., 1927-04-11
BASKET BALL RULE
CHANGE IS SCORED

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 1t.-Criticism of
the action of the joint basket ball rules
committee in restricting the dribble In
the amateur game to a single bounce
came from many quarters today.
DIR. James NaisnUth. who invented
the game IS years ago. declared the
rule change is decidedly "a backward
step. The dribhle. he said. has boen
one of the most spectacular features
of the game.
The dribble in the game as played
I'm the West has not brought on ex
cessive roughness." he said when tol
the committee made the chance "to
eliminate roughness and to encoura &c
team play"
DR.. Naismith is professor Of physical
education at Kansas University and is
a life honorary member Of the commit
tee
DIR. Forrest c. Allen. coach OF has
ket ball ct the same university, said he
believed the committee had been un.
necessarily alarmed about contact in
the game and is wrong in trying TO
do away with il. Take away legiti.
mate contact and combat from any
game" he said "and you take away
much Of it's virility." o
Johnny Murphy basket ball coach At
the University of Rochester. himself
a veteran player. declared the change
would rob the game Of much of its
spectacular and individual play and
would give the tallest player distinct
advantage. Lew Andreas, coach at
Syracuse University. also felt the
change would slow UP the game.
The new rule was adopted unani-
mously by the committee in annual
session here Saturday.
Evening star., 1927-04-11

than the outfits commanded by Hen.
bricks and Mccarthy. The Pirate re-
serve strength should be much strong.
err than il. was last season. especially
since Bush can switch around such
players as Granthafn, Rhyme and Joe
Harris in emergencies.
Apparently the Cubs look stronger
to me than to most critics. as they are
my choice for second place. and l re.
gard them as a possible dark horse.
l like the Cubs because of that fine
Young pitching staff Every man on
il should show additional Improvement
this year. The Cubs are not fiashy
club, but Mccarthy has injected a
great team spirit into it. 1t also has
the added enthusiasm of youth.
Giants Overestimated.
The Giants will have an interesting
attractive club. but the New York Ma.
tionals have weaknesses to match
their strength. l already have ex.
pressed the opinion that there has
been general tendency to over
estimate the strength of the McGraw
entry. The Giants have gained Horns
by, Roush and Grimes. but they have
lost Friecil, Kelly, Young, Snyder,
Ring. SCOTT and Irish" Meusel Don't
forget that Scott wasin so games last
season. while Frisch. Kelly. Young
Snyder and Meusel were the frame.
work of the club which won the pen.
nants in 1921. 1922, 1923 and 1924 and
missed fifth in 1925.
Jacksons inability to start the sea.
son will hurt. Outside of Roush the
outfield is experimental. The catch
ing staff is entirely new and still must
prove itself. AIcGraw's pitchers have
ability. but in the past they have suf-
fered from brittleness.
The Cardinals have good, but not
a great club The four men of the in
field, Alexander, Shcrdel and O'Farrell
are the best parts of the club. Rhem
and Keen piled up a lot of victories
early last season which they are un.
likely TO duplicate this year. while
Southworth showed the Improvement
a veteran invariably shows on joining
a new club.
Cincinnati again has the most for.
midable pitching staff in the league
but the club will miss Critz, while the
left side Of the infield is none too
strong. Robby of Brooklyn will bob
up with another dangerous pitching
staff. but infield weakness will pull
him down. Bancroft of Boston has the
type of club which again can make
trouble without getting anywhere it.
self. while "Stuffy' McInnis of the
Phillies is doomed for the cellar be
fore a ball is pitched.
tCouyrisht. 1877
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Start Shot Right,
Win Like Diegel
C o L r.

Getting the club started on its
downswing worries most golfers.
Beginners have little idea OF how
10 go about it. II the club has
been properly taken back with the
left arm straight the wrists are
next turned OF cooked in order to
give the player natural start for
his downswing. Leo Diegel, twice
Canadian open champion, is
good model to pattern after in this
matter of starting the downswing.
He does it entirely with the
hands. in fact. his left hand and
arm predominant, just as they 40
in the backswing. Notice now ne
cocks his wrists at the top. Then'
in the drawing to the lett. note
how he starts the club down. It's
a gradual downward pun of the
club with both hands, the left arm
being straight.
There Is no movement or uh'
winding of the body at the start.
If one follows this advice OF letting
the arms and wrists do the work
at the start of the doWnswing the
body will be held in check long
enough to prevent that grave fault
of hitting too soon; in other words,
of getting the body in ahead of the
hands. That always causes a slice,
the most common fault of golfers.
The point for the golfer to re-
member is to pull the club down
with the hands. Then the body
will naturally swing into the
stroke in time to count. Don't let
the body gain control at the start.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-04-11
Ahead of Athletics Best Club in Major Leagues This Year
TWO BIG REGATTAS
WILL BE HELD HERE

Two important regattas will be
staged on the Potomac this Summer.
Championships of the Delaware and
Chesapeake division of the American
Canoe Association will be held July %
and he annual event of the Middle
States Canoe Racing Association, Il
much more important affair, on Au'
gust 6.
Award of the regattas to Washing
ton was made at the meeting of the
Middle States Canoe Racing Associ-
alton. held Saturday at Philadelphia.
Clubs from Virginia, New Jersey
and Delaware, in addition to those of
the District, are expected to be repre-
sented in the Delaware and Chesa
peake regatta, and entries from many
sections Of the country likely will take
part in the Middle States event
July , was set for the annual Phila-
delphia Canoe Club regatta at Satur-
days meeting. Potomac, Washington
Canoe and Old Dominion viii have en-
tries in this affair.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
M'EWAN WOULD END
SPRING GRID WORK

EUGENE. Greg. April II (F).-
Capt. John J. McEwan. head foot ball
coach with the University of Oregon
and for three seasons head coach at
West Point and member of the foot
ball rules committee before coming
West a year ago, has made the reVolu.
tionary proposal that Spring foot ball
practice in the colleges be abolished.
Benefits of Spring foot ball practice
Capt. MCEwan thinks. are eXagger-
ated. it's principal value being to give
the coach a line on new material and
opportunity for drill in fundamentals,
AS against this he cited evils that out.
weigh the benefits.
Spring practice accomplished
foot ball in the colleges by extending
practice through what amounts to
two seasons" Capt. McEwan said, 1T
thus comes near making foot ball an
all-year activity for participants.
This virtually doubles danger of
injury to players by adding two or six
weeks of active practice to sport
strenuous enough in one season.
1T interferes with scholastic work
by requiring too much time and devo
tion to foot ball.
"It interferes a'so with participa-
tion in other sports better suited to
the Spring season, such as track,
base ball and lacrosse.
Abolishing Spring practice, Coach
McF;wan urges, will overcome many
valid objections to foot ball in the col
leges, especially on the ground of over
emphasis and interference with
studies. He suggests that foot ball
practice In the Fall he started one
week to 10 days earlier than Septem.
her Is. the customary opening day for
Fall practice.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
WIDE AGAIN TO TRY
FOR INDOOR MARKS

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 11.-Still con-
ident he can beat the indoor world
record for the mile and 1,500-meter
runs, Edwin Wide, the Swedish
schoolmaster. will make another at
tempt Saturday at the 102d Engi-
neers' Armory.
II hope to beat the record next
time" he said, when he failed in the
attempt last Saturday. The next
time" was offered. over the week end
by the Second Masonic District AS
sociation of Manhattan.
To beat the record of 4.t2 for the
mile held jointly by Nurmi and Ray,
Wide must run more than three sec
onds faster than he did last Satur-
day, while he must better his time
for the shorter span by more than
one and three-hfths seconds to erase
Nurmis 1.500-meter mark.
Likelihood that Wide will do some
outdoor training for records this
Summer in the West was seen today
in the announcement that he would
leave the middle of next month for
California. Thus far he has toppled
three indoor records this season, all
of them Nurmi marks.