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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15
Pare, Hilltop Netman,
In National Tourney

Emmett Pare. of Georgetown Uni
versity, has entered the national clay
courts tennis championships which
starts Monday at Detroit. Among
the national stars listed to compete
are Bill Tilden, Wallace r. johnson.
Clarence Griffin, Fritz Mercur. John
Hennessey, Hans Thinner and Sandy
Wiener.
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'IheBiQFiV
SMITHFIELDS GATHER

The smithfield Juniors will as.
semble tonight at the home of
Manager George Faina, s0s Four.
teenth st. n. W. A game Is sought
tomorrow Call Franklin 1884,
after o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15
TERMINAL ICE MEETS

The Terminal Ice Company tossers
will assemble tonight at 8 o'clock
at 905 Fifth st. N. w. The tong
men added another victim yester-
day, nosing out Holmes Bakery
nine, 9-S.
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SPIN IMPAIRED MAKES
SPHERE LIFT INTO
ELEMENTS
By Robert q. Jones. Jr.

An amazing number golfers including who have played for
several years. have difficulty in getting the ball the air In
deed find it impossible for that wood club
the faway them that matter how they
pick the ball they just can't it.
the trouble strangely enough simply that they do try to
lift the ball into the air Time and have
oned by close lying ball. try under he could hit it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

Under the local and State
laws of New York, every citizen
is entitled to an opinion. and it
just happens that the profess
s0r's unbiased and not wholly
unimportant opinion Is that
Dempsey can beat a bird named
Sharkey, and, what's more, will
beat him when they meet
Thursday night.
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That's the principal reason the
professor is out with a boost for
his old pupil. On top of that, he
figures Dempsey is in good shape
and ready to fight a hard fight if
he has to.
Ordinarily you can take these
blah.blahing, of the oldtimers, who
sit around the fight camps and
watch the boys do their stuff. with
spoonful of okra soup. In most
instances the old timers are just
talking to charm their acoustics.
have an idea, however, that the
professor :, leveling when he
strings with Dempsey. The two
aren't the great little pals they
used to be. If they were. De Forest
would be in there training him
now.
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SHOT
BY SH0REY

Mel shorey. fighting grinlly to
stave off an impending defeat,
executed a remarkable shot in his
eighteen-hole exhibition golf match
yesterday afternoon with George
,Voigt over the East Potomac Park
layout. It mattered little that the
East Potomac Park pro was dormie
four to Voigt when they reached
the fifteenth greer.
Shorey had reached the circle
with his second drive. His ball
rested on the edge that separates
the green and rough. He sighted
the lie and his aim was straight,
the ball rolling up the pin, but
refused to- drop. Voigt missed a
short putt, the ball hopping over
the cup. and Shorey easily dropped
the ball into the. cup for four,
giving him the hole and placing
him three down.
ShOrey, however, went into
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15
TAKING
DAY OFF

NEW YORK, July 15.-Following
Jack Sharkey's method of training
one day and taking it easy the next,
Jack Sharkey, who hopes to polish
off the ex-champion next Thursday
night, devoted his entire time to
meditation today.
At the conclusion of strenuous
days workout in his Madison
Square Garden training quarters,
Sharkey and his managerial staff
decided the championship contender
was due for day of ease. and the
unanimous decision was reached to
spend the ensuing twenty-four hours
in busily doing nothing. so far as
boxing goes.
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and that no lifting stroke is needed
only a good firm hit, We should all
have little difficulty with topping
and half-topping The surest way
to fail to lift the ball is to attempt
to do it with the arms and an up
ward stroke.
Copyright. 1927. by the Bell syndi-
cate, Inc.I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15
JIMMY De FOREST PICKS
. DEMPSEY AS WINNER
By Davis ]. Walsh

SARATOGA SPRINGS July 15No authority as author-
ties this unauthoave day. than Prof Forest the
celebrated cheoot nbbr has
it, professor insists on LAYING il
line he trained
channnion Tdo
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Voigt, thus giving the match 70
the latter. 4 up and 2 to play.

Voigt assumed the command at
the outset and was never over
hauled He was straighter with
his drives from the tee and
work around the green's
steadier.
Voigt went out in SO and IL.
turned in So. Shorey required q
40 on the first nine and 80 on the
home trip.
Mel Shorey will have a chance
to square matters next Thursday
afternoon at Rock Creek Park. He
will pair with his brother John In
a best-ball 1S-hole exhibition match
against George Voigt and Cliff
McKimmie. unattached pro.
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Lithuanian Is Quoted
6-5 Fayorite Over i
Ex-Chanpion

NEW YORK, July 15.-odds
favoring Jack Sharkey to beat
Jack Dempsey at the YANKEES
Stadium July have narrowed
from 8 to S to 6 to S. There.
has been squirt in wagering in
the past few days. Estimates
of the amount that has been
placed on the fight are mere
buesses but at least one follower
of betting believes that already
100000 has been plaaced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

The professor is not entirely alone
in his opinion either. Jack Renault,
the synthetic Canadian mounted
horseman who stoops to heavy
weight fighting from time to time,
has stepped out with cheer and
vote of confidence for the Holly
wood business man.
Renault offers the piquant theory
that Sharkey, being deficient In the
matter OF backing away from
punches, will stumble and founder
all oyer himself getting away from
Dempsey's initial rushes.
Having exchanged a series of
authentic lunches in the ring with
Sharkey himself, it may be conceded
that Renault knows what he is talk.
ing about.
Funny thing about Sharkey,"
he says, ''the fellow can't back
up. That's one of the little
tricks Of the game he hasn't
learned. He can force a fight
fine, but when ne has to back
away from an attack he is lost"
Dempsey was both good and bad
yesterday. He had the assembled
tourists in the foothills groaning
and cheering.
For a brief interval Dempsey
looked suspiciously like the man
that used to be; he was slamming
with his old-time savagery, hitting
with great power and seemingly
reveling in his chaste labors.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
YEsTERpAY,s HoME RUSS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Fiagstead, Red Sox. ....... 3
LEAGUE LEADERS
National League-Hornsby. Giants, 16;
Cy Williams, Phillies 16; l.. Wilson,
Cubs, Is; Webb Cubs. IL; Terry, Giants
American League-Ruth Yanks. 30:
Gehrig. Yanks. %: Lazzerl Yanks, IA:
simmons, Athletics 10: X. Williams
Browns, o.
LEAGUE TOTALS
American League. ,................ 2s6
National League ,..,.,, 273
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REDS SHOW
CLASS

Manager Jack Hendricks is
threatening to pull his tail-end
Reds out of the National League
cellar. After being at the bottom
of the standing all season. Cincin-
natl, which last year was a con-
tender all the way, is closing in
on Boston and are now only IL
points behind the Braves
Hendricks Reds play the Giants
in New York again today and they
are looking forward to the clash
with gusto. The Reds have won
three in a row from McGraws men
and are picking up confidence rap
idly. They beat New York twice
yesterday, s to and to ). making
three home runs in the first and
two in the second.
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Dempsey is a good counter
hitter with his right hand,
expresses the professor. "and q
good right hand counter counts
with n left jabber like Jack
SharkeY."
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The professor admits Dempsey
has gone back farther than rubber
tired buggies and noustached ball
players. but he is positive he is
still good enough to whip a rapid
fire conYersationalist.
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upward. Inc mVarlaDle result has
posing roller down the fairway.
These futile attempts are un.
questionably due to a total failure
to understand what makes the ball
rise. OF course. If a tee is used,
and the lifting stroke is exact
enough. the ball will go into the
air. but even then it goes in a lob.
bing curve without power of con
troll.
A golf ball rises into the air
from a close lie not because the
direction of the blow is upward,
but because of the spin impaired
by the club face. In every stroke
except the full drive from a tee
the ball is struck downward, and
II dependence were put in the di-
rection of the blow, every iron
shot hit by an expert would bury
In the ground.
have watched Bill MehlhOrn
hit iron shots when he was
really letting Out-Bill can
smash thenl-and when he rip.
ped through the ball into the
turf he would dig up a livOt
about the size of a seven and a
half hat, and I could almost
feel the ground tremble. Golf
balls do not hop along the
ground when Bill hits them.
That reminds me of an amusing
and true story of an incident of
the Southern Open at Atlanta last
March. A galleryite, after watch
ing one of the more prominent con-
testants for few holes, was
beard to remark:
II don't see how that fellow hits
. ball so far when he digs UP all
NAT ground behind it. I tried it
and couldn't knock one any dis
lance"
That just goes to show what
queer ideas one may get in this
golf game.
do not advocate hitting
downward upon the ball i'm driv.
ing, for the spin so impaired
materially decreases the range
of the shot. Archie COmpstOn,
big and powerful and even now
p tremendous driver, could get
prOdigiOus length, / have no
doubt, If he would only hit the
ball in the back. His towering
drives now fly very far but
roll very little, because he
knocks them all down.
But the spin impaired by the
descending blow is invaluable in
every shot after the drive. 1t is
common knowledge that the spit
hall' of a first-class pitcher behaves
in such crazy fashion because it Is
not spinning. In like manner 1t Is
the spin of a golf ball which holds
It to it's course. A ball played from
q clover lie is extremely wobbly in
the air because the clover leaves
prevent a clean. dry contact with
the ball. and it goes up with prac-
tically no spin.
When am confronted by a close
lie from which / must use a brass
to get distance, there are two things
/ feel / must do. hit hard and hit
downward; of course. not as much
of the latter as l should do with
a lofted iron club; and probably J
should not take a divot, but ]
should at least take up the grass
for a few inches in front of the
ball.
! know always that, whether
or not the loft Of the club is
sufficient to gain the necessary
height. if / hit hard, the speed
Of the ball together with the
spin impaired by the downward
stroke will force the ball up
ward. The ball has simply got
to rise.
So il we could only remember that
the loft of the club and the spin
on the ball will make the latter rise,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

Previously, Johnny Buckley,
Sharkey's manager, came to the
conclusion that the weather was
too hot for rOadwork, and de-
cided 10 restrict the fighters
training to afternoon Sparring
only for the next few days.
In a loquacious mood, Sharkey
put the spikes on rumors that he
planned to rush Dempsey at the
start of the fight, and make left.
jab efforts to puncture the once
champions reinforced nose.
Whatever Dempsey does or tries
to do" Sharkey said, 81 am going
! to box him, until am satisfied that
can't get ally place doing that.
If you think I'm going to run out
there and let him take pokes at me
just to show how tough l am, you're
daffy."
The passing of Harry Wills
i'm the recent Spanish onslaught
Mt EbbettS Field also drew from
Sharkey number of state.
ments, to wit:
Dempsey will be as pathetic a
figure as Wills He will know
what he wants to do, but he will
be unable to do it. He'll get bumped
just the same"
Sharkey's exhibitions of sparring
still continue to draw the crowds.
There has been some criticism of
his decision to take his training
easy, but observers point out that
Dempsey is doing approximately the
same thing, and the general impress.
sion is that such is the latest style
for boxers in this advanced day and
age. Its particular advantages, or
drawbacks, will be exposed to public
view Thursday.
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| have watched Bill MehIhOrn
hit iron shots when he was
really letting Out-Bill can
smash them-and when he rip.
ped through the ball into the
turf he would dig up a divOt
about the size of a seven and a
half hat, and I could almost
feel the ground tremble. Golf
balls do not hop along the
ground when Bill hits them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

SllOrey, however, went into
a trap ON the sixteenth hole and
he made a bad pitch onto the
green, taking a 5 to a 4 for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

So IL we could only remember that
the loft of the club and the spin
on the ball will make the latter rise,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

The defeats were shock to
the Giants who had been play
ing good ball but who are again
slipping back toward the 500
mark. Their standing is 43
games won and III lost, for a
percentage of .512.
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know always that, whether
or not the loft Of the club is
sufficient to gain the necessary
height. if ! hit hard, the speed
Of the ball together with the ;
spin impaired by the. downward
stroke will force the ball up
ward. The ball has simply got
to rise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

The Giants won't catch the lead
ers az this pace. Chicago is breez.
ing right along and Pittsburgh is
doing pretty well. too. The league
leading Cubs easily beat the Braves
s to l. and the Pirates won a nip
and-tIck battle from Brooklyn. 6 to
5, four errors beating the Dodgers.
The Phillies ended the st. Louis
Cardinals winning streak of four
in a row, hitting Rhem hard and
beating the champions, to 8.
In the American League, the New
York Yankees fielded raggedly, max.
ing five errors. and lost to Cleve-
land. to /. In the only other
game the Boston Red Sox lost ais
usual this time to the Browns. 4
to 2. Sisler of St. Louis. who had
eight times consecutively failed, on
his ninth attempt connected for a
double. which scored pair of runs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-15

Strong wood frame, with
canvas covering. You'll need
one II you're going motor
camping.
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TODAY'S SCRATCHES
Az Marlboro

FIRST RACE-stsr Cudeel.
FOURTH RAcE-sheiton and Have
FIFTH RAcE-rsjanas and Rubin
weather, fair; track, fast.
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abandoned and the large roadster
was nowhere in sight.
Policemen Walt In Hiding
Thinking that the men might re-
turn, the policemen secreted them.
selves and waited. "A short time
later Gallagher and Gayer, accom-
panied by third man. whose name
has not been learned BY police, re-
turned with q rope and started to
attach It to the small car.
Al this juncture the policemen
put in their appearance and the
men all ran. Connors shouted for
them to stop, but they only in.
creased their speed. 20 he drew hts
revolver and fired one shot at Gayer,
striking him in the back and near
the kidney. While Connors ran to
the injured man, Mazursky caught
Gallagher.
Gallagher said today that he
knew nothing Of the car that they
were taking away. except that
Gayer had approached him in 4
lunch room and said that he had 4
car on Four-and-a Half Street that
he wanted to move. The machine
was on the street and not in front
OF the station house when he first
saw 1t, Gallagher said.
Admits Being in Car
Police records show, however,
that Gallagher was driving the car
at the time it was seized with a
load of 216 quarts of alleged liquor
and was arrested by police OF the
same precinct for liquor transpor-
tation and possession. He was out
on bond at the time of his arrest
today. He admitted that he was
with Gayer. but denied that they
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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MAN, FLEEING RUM AUTO, IS
SHOT By D. c. POLICEMAN

Shot IN the back BY 4 policeman
while he was assisting to move i
confiscated automobile from In front
Of the Fourth precinct station house
early today. Lawrence Gayer, 1iol
Third st. n. r., is fighting for hts
life today In Emergency Hospital
Despite the vital spot Ia which the
bullet lodged, hospital authorities
said that he has an even chance for
recovery.
Was with Cars Driver
AT the time he was shot, Gayer
was in company with Hugh Gala.
CHER, jr., q, who gave mis- address as
1923 Florida Ave. N. E. the home Of
his father. Gallagher Is alleged to
have been the man VINO drove the
car when 1t was originally seized.
Shot bs j. w. Connors
Carer was shot by Policeman j.
W. Connors pc the Fourth precinct,
after careful investigation which
revealed that the car had been
taken from in front of the station
house.
Connors and Policemen Henry
Mazursky ind Oscar Fisher were
standing at Four-and-a-Half and c.
Streets Southwest. when they saw
large roadster pushing small auto
mobile that had been parked for the
last seversl days IN front of the
station house.
Running to the box, Connors
called thu station house and In
quired whether the confiscated car
was still there He was informed
that It was not. SO he comman-
deered Al passing car. and with his
companitns started after the two
cars.
When they reached the confis.
Gated sar, however, it had been
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u. S. Gets '.An's Well"
Report From Nicaragua

An optimistic report on conditions
In Nicaragua was cabled to the
State Department today by Brig.
Gen. Frank B. Mccoy, special
United States commissioner, who
was sent there to supervise the
next general elections.
After an inspection Of the Pacific
side Of the country. Mccoy reported
that conditions Of peace ana order
are better than expected. Marines
and the native constabulary have
the situation well in hand. but
there are still depredations in the
countryside by General SANDING
and other bandit chiefs.
he said that cooperation among
the contending factions is possible
only through the American legation
and the Marines.
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HEAL TIL
SEEN As
CAUSE

Frank r. Mitchell, IS years
old, of l719 Nineteenth ST., n.
W, millionaire elubman and
socially prominent throughout
the East, is dead today, s.
suicide. III health was ascribed
as the motiye.
Selecting the exclusive Metro
politan Club, Seventeenth and
81 Streets Northwest, as the
scene Of the deed, Mitchell, his
hand guided by a mirror, fired
bullet from a .S8 caliber pistol
into his right temple sometime
between Z so and s clock last
night.
Took Room at Club
Shortly before he had obtained
room at the club presumably
for the night. No shot Wa
heard and his body was found
only after Justice McReynolds, 81
the United States Supreme Court,
endeavored to locate Mitchell by
telephone about 1880 o'clock.
Failing to get an answer from
the room telephone attendants
sought Mitchell throughout tie
club, and finally an employee was
sent to the room. The door was
unlocked, and his body, fully
clothed, was stretched on the
floor near q full length mirror.
where he had evidently stood I'd
Guide, his hands as be fired The
fatal shot.
III Health Blamed
DR.. al. r. Cuthbert, fellow mem.
Der o. the club, and MitchelI.s
physician Tor q number or years
who was In the club at the time
was called and declared MitcheIl.s
death probably was instantaneous.
Dr.. Cuthbert said that he had
been treating Mitchell for some
years and undoubtedly i'll health
was the motive. 10 DR.. Cnthberf
fell the duty Of notifying Mrs
Mitchell at her home of the
tragedy. She was Frustrated.
Deputy Coroner Joseph ID.
Rogers, notified by DR.. CuthbeTt
viewed the body, but failed to
report the suicide to the police
until after 10 o'clock, thereby pro.
voking criticism from Officials II
police headquarters. "A certificate
OF suicide probably will be issued
today without the necessity Of IA
<rYyrAr nvrnA
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SUED
By HIS
WIFE

RENO, New, Sept. 14.-Al-
though Walter S. Ward, son Of
George s. Ward, president Of
the Ward Baking Company, of
New York, and a figure in one
of the most mysterious murder
trials ever conducted in the
country s metropolis, has been
missing for almost two years,
his name again appeared in the
limelight today when his wife,
Mrs. Beryl Curtis Ward, filed
suit for divorce.
Three Charges Made
Desertion, infidelity and fail
ure to provide were specific
charges contained in the divorce
suit Instituted by the wife who,
through the tedious days Of
Wards sensational trial, stood by
her husbands side and staunchly
defended him.
Believed To Be In Cuba
When last heard Of Ward was
believed to Be in Havana, Cuba,
whence he fled following his trial
for shooting Clarence Peters,
former Marine.
Ward based his defense on the
claim that he shot Peters only
after the Marine had attacked him.
He declared that Peters had at
tempted to blaclmail him out Of
$4,000 and that the alteration
which led to the Marines death
came as result Of an nnsuccess-
ful attempt to compromise.
Story Is Attacked
The State attacked Wards story.
evidence that only Wards
gun was found on the scene OF the
shooting and that had Peters at.
tackled him his pistol would have
been found.
Following 8 trial which attracted
attention of the entire country.
Ward was acquitted on September
rs, 1928, which happened to be the
anniversary of Wards birthday.
rs II fdt0 ASJJAAtCus his WlLGt VINO NaU
sat by his side daily throughout
the long trial. For many months
he hid away from public places and
appeared to brood over the dis
closures brought out by the trial.
Then on May 5. 1926, Ward dis
appeared while driving an autonio.
bile from Baltimore to his home IN
New York. The best detective
agencies in the country were com.
missioned to find him but no word,
other than a vague runnor from
Havana, Cuba, was Forthcoming.
Reports were published that
Ward had fled because a $50. 900
damage action was pending against
him instituted by the parents Of
Peters.
In the divorce suit filed by Mrs.
Ward. she asks custody of her two
small children. No mention is
made OF woman In the case. de.
spite the charge of infidelitv. II
is understood that Mrs. Ward
hopes to withhold the identity OF
the woman or women she accuses.
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AOIyERTIsEMTNT

Jacksonville, Fi0ridis. and Return. g3I "a.
Correspondingly low fares to ali Florids
during September Superb dinJng 81
service - convenient train schednlss
Through sleeping ears and coaches
!norire seaboard Air Line Railway.
lit 18th St. Main ss7.
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Apartments furmiahed or un-
furnished are easily selected fy0rn
the Rental Columns Of the Classified
Ade.
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CLINE GETS YEAR ON PLEA OF
GUILTY TO MANSL LAUGHTER

States attorney ana william A.
King, Of Willimantic, chief Of
Cline's counsel. After one hour
and % minutes, the court session
was opened formally and Cline
made his plea.
There were no statements by
either the state or the defense.
Judge Yoenans declared the plea
had been accepted because OF the
conflicting testimony that had been
given in the preliminary investiga.
ton and by the fact that circum.
stantial evidence entered so largely
into the case.