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Evening star., 1928-12-23
MANY WASHINCTONTANS
SHINE IN TENNIS MEETS

~APTURE Of the District of Co.
lumbia title by an invading
challenger; the winning for
~ the first time of The Evening
Star challenge trophy for the
Public Parks championship; play In the
first boys junior Middle Atlantic
championship to be held in the Dis
trict and what possibly was the swan
song appearance of an international
champion on local courts--these are the
high lights of tennis In Washington this
year with the figures of, William T.
Tilden, II, Robext c. Van Vliet, jr.,
Robert Corsidine, Frances Krucof
Marian Wells, Clarence Charest, Frank
Shore and young, Jack Lynham stand
ing out as the central figures in Capital
events.
Big Bill Tilden, whose indoor appear
ances with Manuel Alonzo, Emmett
Parl and Thomas Mangan provided the
most interesting features OF the VIM
ter net season in Washington when he
played at the Arcadia In exhibition
singles and doubles matches, Is at least
temporarily barred from amateur play
by reason of the ruling Of the u. s. L.
T. A. concerning his activities with the
pen. Had washington tennisdon realtz-
ed that this might mark his last ap-
pearance On local courts the crowds
which clamored at the gates when he
was on the cards no doubt would have
been even larger and more clamorous
Absence of the Davis Cup team from
the country at the time of the Chevy
Chase Club invitation tournament In
the Spring robbed that event of some
of the color of former years, but In
teresting tennis was provided by Tonic
Abe, Japanese ace; r. Norris Williams
ex-Davis cup star, who won the singles
and paired with his veteran partner
Watson F. Washburn, captured the
Evening star., 1928-12-23
CAPITAL RIFLEMEN WIN
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP

ship. Margaret Mitchell won with a
score of 593 600. Mildred Hislop was
third. Helen Taylor of George Wash
ington finished second. Both George
Washington and Maryland girls teams
went through fine competitive seasons
For the second successive season
Westerns team won the public high
school championship. In the decisive
match the Westerners defeated Gen.
tral, 1896 to 1874. David McDougal OF
the Western squad won the high school
individual title with score Of 280.
Shooting as National Guardsman
at Camp Perry, o. McDougal success
fully defended his national junior cham
pionship with a score of 378 x 400 and
won in group @ for juniors. A. Thomas,
also Of Washington, was second to Nc
Dougal in the group g match. Nc
Dougal scored another victory in the
group A prone-Sitting junior division
match at Camp Perry.
Sergt. Morris Fisher of the United
States Marine Corps, stationed here,
won the Navy match at Camp Perry,
and at the same range Lieut.. Hugh
Everett, District of Columbia National
Guard, was second in the Wimbledon
Cup match.
District GuardSmen did much high
class shooting. In the Palma team
match of the seventh annual Eastern
small-bore tournament on the New Jer-
sey State rifle range they shot a world
record score of 839 900. AT Camp
Perry they won the interclub long range
match. In company matches, District
Guardsmen defeated teams Of the
Maryland National Guard. The District
civilian team finished sixth in the ma
tional shoot.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

r INDEPENDENT athletes Of the Dis
trict put in an active year In 1928.
Basket ball, base ball and foot ball
Il all had high successful cam
paigns; and track, particularly
marathon running, was more popular
than in several seasons. Base ball, as
usual, attracted most attention.
Again the Capital gave evidence that
it is by no means losing interest In
sandlot base ball, despite that this may
be true in some cities.
Battling was keen in all the various
leagues, and for the most part games
attracted large attendances.
Georgetown Athletic Club, Section A,
victor in the unlimited division of Cap
ital City League, won the division title
by defeating Auths, Section cham
pion, in two straight games Of a pro-
posed series of three. Georgetown Atm
letic Club won both games handfly, the
first by 10 to 0 and the second by
8 to 2.
class Capital City League champion
ship, defeating Auth seniors in two
straight games of a proposed series or
three, the scores being to 8 and to
8. AuthS we're victors in the first half
series and Aztecs won the second half
series.
Corinthians captured the junior
many starts.
Title to Lincoln Post.
In the midget, or American Legion
division of Capital City League, Lin
coin Post team was the winner, defeat
ing Sam Rices, to o. The District
champions, however, lost, Is to IA, to
the Maryland Guard Post team. Balti-
more winner, at Baltimore In the open
ing game Of the regional series, sporl-
sored by the Legion. Brookland Boys
| Club won the flag in the Capital City
League insect division.
American Railway Express, Terminal
Y League winner, defeated Government
Printing ONCE, 5 to 2, to capture the
weekday leagues District champion
ship series. Express survived an elimi-
nation which was carried on for more
| than a month. Other teams that were
| beaten in the series and the leagues
which they represented were Navy
| Federal League; st. Adams, George
town Church League; Bergmann's S
Laundry, Merchants League; Treasury
Department League; Loff1er's Provision
| Co, Industrial League, and Government
Printing ONCE. Government League;
No competition looking to the de-
| termining of a city unlimited class
champion was arranged as Georgetown
| A. G.. and American Railway Express
had many of the same players.
| Sam Rice Juniors won the Sport
Mart League crown and Brook1and Boys
Club took the French Insect League
title.
| Printers Regain Crown.
Washington Printers got back In theil
winning stride In the annual tournament
of the International Typographical
Union Baseball Association held al
Boston in August and won the title
Evening star., 1928-12-23
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

to the final In the Bannockburn tour
ney.
Pitt and Miller B. Stevinson of Co
lumbia are the steadieSt of the golfers
about Washington today, but it may
be that Roesch or Page Hufty will i'm
prove to the point where next season
one or the other will move out in front
of the rest of the pack in skill. RoeSch
is very effective scorer, and one OF
the finest putters to be found anywhere.
Hufty has fine long game and good
short game, but is not quite as good a
putter as Roesch. Shorey has as much
as either of them, but for reasons out
side the making Of shots has not gone
as far as he might go. With A; l..
Houghton out of the amateur picture
it looks as if the same group that dom1-
mated the game here this year again
will be the top liners in 1923.
The ballyhoo about Pebble Beach ale
ready has started and publicity about
the course where the national amateur
will be played in September, 1929. is
well under way. California was not
successful in getting Bob Jones to move
out to the coast for bit OF Winter
golf, but the publicity goes on just the
same. The latest bit Of information
regarding Pebble Beacn quoteS roger
Papham, o member of the u. s. G. A.
executive committee as saying that
Pebble Beach, in his opinion, is the
equal of any of the fine Eastern courses.
Lapham knows sgolf. and his opinion
is thoroughly worth while, but an item
worth considering is that the amateur
title chase will bring out the best Of the
amateurs from the Pacific Coast States,
performing on familiar territory. John
McHugh, who has done well in Eng
land and on. the coast, but never has
played in big Eastern tourney. will
be one Of the starters. as well as Done
Moe, the Dolp brothers and such Sec
tional stars as Fay Coleman, Charles
Seaver and Dave Martin.
Several Washingtonians are planning
to attend the annual meeting of the
United States Golf Association and the
green's section of the parent body in
New York January 4 and 5. g. H.
Chasmar of Columbia probably will be
accompanied by the club green's super
visor, o. P. Fits, and DR.. James T.
McClenahan Of washington, plans to
make the trip. In addition several ex-
perts from the Department of Agri-
culture will attend the greens section
meeting.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
MOST TOURNEY WINS co
TO STEVENSON AND PITT
Wmifred Faunce Is Pressing Dorothy
White-Arn1Our and Hunter-Diffen-
baugh Rank High Among Pros.

| the qualifying round among the pro-
! fessionalS of the mid-Atlantic sector
| for the Professional Golfers Associa-
ton tourney. This was won by Tommy
Armour, with the impressive score of
| 140 for two rounds of the Indian Spring
course. Glenn Spencer of Baltimore
was the other qualif1er. .
Meanwhile the local junior amateurs
played their championship at Indian
| Spring, which was won by John G.
Shorey of Bannockburn with a score of
153 His victory was disputed however
because he was said to have violated
the medal play rules. But his win was
upheld few days ago in a formal rul
ing by the District Golf Association.
Then six local amateurs went up to
Brae-Burn. near Boston, for the ma
tional amateur championship. None of
them qualified, even Roland MacKen
zie failing, after making fine show
ing in the Walker Cup matches 10 days
hole to qualify but found an unplay-
able lie. Houghton led the local aggre-
cation with card Of 159, while 157
qualified
After the national amateur, the tour
1larnent scene shifted to Bannockburn,
where Frank K. Roesch of Washington
scored his first big tournament win. He
beat Harry Pitt in the flnal, after Pitt
had amassed what seemed to be con-
elusive lead.
ID. C. Title to StevinSon.
The District championship at Co
lumbia attracted only small field and
after the third round Houghton had
piled up an eight stroke lead on Ste
vinson, his nearest competitor But
Stevinson shot "a over the last round,
while Houghton took 81 and they were
tied. STEVENSON won the playof week
later sand became the champion. He
later won the club title.
Rcesch won the washington club
championship while Walter r. Tuck
erman annexed the Chevy Chase title,
and Page Hufty again won at Con-
gressonal W. J. Strobel won the Ban
local golf-S. H. Buttz of South Da-
kota--annexed the indian Spring
championship The Manor Club title
went to H. l.. Lacey.
A development of the late season
was the probability that Tom Armour
will not be with Congressional next
year. He is dickering with a Detroit
club for 1929, and his place may be
taken by his brother Alex.
George Voigt. did not come back to
Washington after wintering in the
south. but located in New York, where
he proceeded to establish himself as the
top liner of the amateur game about
the metropolis. After an impressive
string of victories around New York, in
cluding one open championship, he won
the qualifying round In the national
amateur, and went to the semi-final
before he was defeated by T. Phillip
Perkins, the British amateur champion.
BY his feats this year Voigt established
himself as o ranking amateur.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
GROWN
WON BY ID. BOY

A Washington man won the national
senior class cycling championship in
1928. Robert Connor, after gaining the
District championship for the nth
straight year, won the national crown
September o at the championships held
at Kenosha, Wis.
Joe Cullinane won the District Junior
title.
Both Connor and CuIlinane are men,
bers Of the Century Road Club Associa-
ton of this city, and they. with other
members of the club. took many other
honors during the year.
Connor won the 10-nlile handicap
event in a meet held here May ~ and
also starred in the annual Century Road
Club Association meet here. Cullinane
captured the 1-nile junior dash in the
Century Clubs invitation races here.
George E. Peter won the 100-mile un-
paced Maryland Bicycle Club race at
Baltimore and was fifth In the 92-mile
Olympic tryout race In Paterson, N. j.
Anthony Horner took first prize in a
May 6. r. Conklin captured the 1-mile
novice race and the Century team took
the pursuit race in Century tests here
May "a.
Century Club took most honors In the
tenth annual Maryland bicycle meet IN
Baltimore and took three Of four events
from the Maryland Bicycle Club in a
meet here. Later Century Club also
downed the Marylanders at Baltimore.
Joe Reidy won the 10-mile handicap
in the Century Clubs invitation races
here September %, in which New York
riders took first honors.
r. Cameron of the Century Club won
a 25-mile race from this city to Upper
Marlboro, Md.
Evening star., 1928-12-23


ing were supplied by the District OF
Columbia during the year. Lawrence
Nuesslein went to the Olympics at Am
sterdam to register the most shining
success by a washington shot. He.
came home with the Small-bore cham
pionship gained In international COM
petition.
To garner the title, Nuesslein hit for
1913 out of q possible 200. It was the
third consecutive year at winning the
international championship for NeuSs-
lein and his second Olympic triumph.
George washington University mems
rifle team enjoyed q most successtul
year, finishing with a national colleg1-
ate championship. Georgetown, Navy
and Massachusetts, Tech were among
the more important teams outshot by
the Colonials. With total OF 1882
points, George Washington won the
Southeastern intercollegiate indoor title,
University Of Maryland rifiemen finish
ing second.
The Colonials then went on to win
the national intercollegiate indoor
small-bore championship. In this event
the University of Maryland finished
sixth and Georgetown eighteenth. In
May the Colonials defeated the Naval
Academy team in match that earned
them the national intercollegiate out
door title. George Washington hit Tor
1875, against Navy's 1883.
Girls of the University OF Maryland
finished first and third in the shoot
for the collegiate individual champion
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Tales of a Wayside Tee
by CRANTLAND RICE.

problems to be worked out, but this only
added to the interest of the play. It was
not until the turn came into the biting
wind 'where the snow became partially
binding and golf balls began to disap-
pear from sight in the deeper drifts that
we decided to call it round. But there
was proof again that the golfer doesn't
have to wait for another April for his
fun If he is willing to overlook a few
physical inconvenience, such as wind
and rain and snow, to keep the game
going.
Golf lends itself to rough weather
much more readily than foot ball, base
ball, polo or tennis One of the great
est tributes ever paid any golfer was
that handed out in the British open
some years ago. Six or seven of the
leaders we're all fairly well punched as
the final day came on. That day broke
with deluge of rain and a roaring
wind, And as they looked out at the
conditions to be faced almost every
professional in the group had just one
prediction to make-"Taylor wins" And
]. Fl. won with something to spare.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
39. 9.722 ON FAIRGROUNDS
IN CONTESTS THIS YEAR

women took part in special playground
! activities during the past IL months
| The number of laSsieS tndulging in
playground sports is particularly inter-
esting and shows that the Washington
recreation department ranks favorably
with any in the United States in the
promotion of girls athletics.
Great Sports Promoter.
The Fairgrounds have made note
worthy strides in assisting adult ath-
| letics through advice and assistance In
| the formation of leagues and associa-
tionS In fact, room 2, District Build
| ing, playground headquarters, Is gen.
orally recognized as the cradle. of sport
organizations here. Among the more
| important leagues and associations that
originated in the playground office are:
washington Soccer League, WASH
ington and Southeastern District Soc
Ger Association, Capital City Soccer
League, Recreation League, District
Soccer Referees Association and Cap
ital City League, all OF which are adult
organizations.
The city champions crowned by the
Fairgrounds during 1923 we're:
Elementary school base ball, Park
View: elementary school track, E. ".
Brown.
Interplayground tennis. girls sin
giles, Loveye Adkins. Garfield play
ground: girls doubles, Loveye Adkins
and Dorothy Kelso.
Interplayground track, girls. Rosedale
playground; boys, Iowa avenue play
ground.
Interpool swimming meets: Boys,
Rosedale playground; girls, Rosedale
playground.
Interplayground tennis, for boys.
white, Anthony Latonia, Corcoran;
colored, Walter Caldwell, CardoSa.
Interplayground basket ball, girls
(undecided), one game to be played;
boys, undecided; boys, colored, unde-
cided.
Elementary school soccer senior
champions, Park View; junior cham
pions, Blow.
Recreation SOCCER League, finals be-
tween Park View and Plaza stu to be
played
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Golf for the majority is supposed to
be a matter of blue skies, sunshine and
at least fairly dry turf. But there Is
something more to the game than that.
Those who play in Scotland and Eng
land have had to find this out, because
blue skies and sunny days at various
seasons are none too thickly hung to-
gether. Golf, when taken as it comes,
can show far wider range of competi-
tive excitement.
recall certain round at Maidstone,
Easthampton, with Jess Spalding, a
former Yale foot ball captain and two
others. The battle hour had been set
for o'clock, and at 2 o'clock bowling
gale was sweeping in from the Atlantic
with deluge Of cold rain that was
two-thirds of a cloudourst. The four of
us decided to add q war with the ele-
Iifents to the war Of four-ball match.
Drive and pitch holes became long
three shooters. Mashie shot holes be-
came full drives.
No one would have cared for that
round as a steady diet, but in many
ways it became the most interesting
and the most exciting any one Of the
four had played that season. 1t meant
so much to hold even few wallops on
the line, or to hole 3-foot putt. The
lOWIIlS WlIlA oSCIleO W owing ia AlOkIL
ell directions. driving the rain into
ones face with lash, SO that it be-
came something more than a mere
matter of hitting a golf ball. 1t had
elements of foot ball and water polo
mixed in. The battle with the storm
eecame more interesting than the
@ctua1 match.
A short while ago another match was
arranged at MeadoWprook, now one of
the finest courses in the country with
DeVereaux Milburn and Maxwell Steven
son. The three of us reported at the
first tee at the start Of the seasons
first snow storm. The wind was high
and it was showing steadily at the
gathering place. But all three wanted
to play golf and no one had any idea
of side-stepping conditions that did
rot happen to be ideal.
The first part of the match was as
much fun as one can get on o sunny
day-not as pleasant in some respects
but at least different. It was easy tc
trace the yellow ball by its path through
che light SNOW. There were certain neR
Evening star., 1928-12-23
MEYER RATED AS BEST
OF 1928 AUTO DRIVERS

With 1896 points to his credit, Louis
Meyer a product of the Pacific Coast
dirt tracks was A. A. A. speedway
champion for 1928.
driver until he won the Indianapolis
classic In May.
He drove the entire distance of 500
miles without relief.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
YOUTH RUNS 14O YARDS
TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN

Carl Tribsees, 1o-year-old sctoolboy
of Fremont, Nebr., is believed to have
made record long distance run for a
touchdown in foot ball game during
a contest between two schools.
He intercepted pass and ran 40
yards, only to discover he had crossed
the wrong goal line. He reversed his
field and raced 100 yards over his OPP
pofients' goal without being tackled.
His run enabled his school to win,
12 to 6.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

II
adults, with considerable organ
ization work for the latter.
The amazing number of 39,722 chill
dren and youths took part in special
competitions on the Fairgrounds in the
year 1928, and this number does not
include the many thousands who en-
gagged in low organized games daily on
the playfields.
At best figures are cold and unusual
" uninteresting, but the itemi1ed list
submitted by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes,
supervisor of Fairgrounds, showing the
number Of participants In the various
championship events promoted by her
department Is worth noting, as an in
dication as to what the most favored
sports on Fairgrounds are.
Track leads with schlag, and soccer
following closely. The actual figures
running from Spring to through VIM
ter follow. 1t is mentioned as mat
ter of information that the Playground
Department sponsors all elementary
school competitions. Here are the fig
ureS:
Elementary school schlag (interclass
and interschooD, 1000 girls; elemen-
tary school base ball (interclass and
interschool, $500 boys; elementary
200 girls; interplayground track pre-
liminaries, white, $500 boys; colored,
3,100 boys; interplayground track.
white, $500 girls; colored, 1,400 girls;
interplayground track finals, white,
1900 boys, 920 girls; colored, $50 boys,
48O girls; preliminary swimming meets.
500 boys, $50 girls final swimming
meets, go boys, 81 girls.
Preliminary tennis tournaments
white, 1,040 boys, $50 girls; colored, 430
boys, 1870 girls; elementary school Soc
Ger, 5000 boys; elementary school
basket ball, 800 girls; elementary
school dodge, $50 girls; interplaygroWnd
basket ball, $50 boys; Recreation Soc
Ger League, 240 boys.
The above figures show that 26,210
boys and men and 13,512 girls and
Evening star., 1928-12-23
AFRICA HAS A LEAGUE
OF DOZEN BALL CLUBS

Africa has a diamond league, known
as the "Ligue Tunisienne de Base Ball, "
which was formed by an American, DR..
c. @. Kolly Teams take American
names and are mostly made up OF
Jews, Indians, Frenchmen and Arabs.
It Is said the men are excellent hit
ters. and that the Arabs are even faster
on the bases than American players.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
MILLER D..
'STEVINSON-
DISTRICT CUES
HAVE BIG YEAR

For billiard enthusiasts the past year
was an active one. While no large tour
naments we're held as in 1927, there
was plenty going on to interest the
GUESTS.
Attractive features of the season were
two visits here by Ralph Greenleaf,
world pocket billiard champion, who
defeated Joe Concannon, Joe McCann
and Ed Tindell.
Early in the year Tindell won the
District pocket billiard title.
Washington's team of 182-balkline
stars again triumphed over the Balti-
more team in the annual intercity
match. Frank Turton, Edward Powell,
Frank Fouts and Charles Wolfe repre-
sented Washington. In more than 10
years Washington has lost only one
intercity. balkline match to Baltimore.
Concannon participated in the ma
tional tournament at Chicago but did
not meet with much success.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
PLENTY or WILD GAME
FOR HUNTERS IN CUBA

Among the wild game food in Cuba
are deer, rabbits, wild hogs, mountain
cats and other species.
There are many varieties Of wild
birds in the island. including ducks and
nllail.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Fox hunting and rowing are to be
Johns College. In Annapolis. Md.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Herbert Hoover, the next President
of the United States. never misses o
chance to see foot ball game.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

WORLD champion, a national
college champion team, a col
lege individual champion and
\ National Guard individual and
Evening star., 1928-12-23

T0R several years golf abou
- Washington has been dominated
by the skill or one individual
i whose links feats so far outshont
Evening star., 1928-12-23

~ LAYGROUND activities in the
District spread to broader fields
this year, both in games and
competition for children and
adults, with considerable organ
Evening star., 1928-12-23

INDEPENDENT athletes Of the Dis
trict put in an active year in 1928.
Basket ball, base ball and foot ball
all had high successful cam