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Evening star., 1928-07-03
COEN-BROOKES F IT OUT
OF WIMBLEDON TOURNEY

Brookes still clings to the cap for
wear on the courts. with the big wide
bill drawn over his eyes, his rugged fea-
lures are set tightly as he takes the
swiftest drives and returns it over the
net exactly where he wants it.
All through their matches BrooSes
counseled Coen, and the American boy
listened intently, drinking in words Of
wisdom from the tennis oracle. Tilden
says Coen will take his lessons home
with him, and that they will help him
toward the day when he returns to
Wimbledon as a star Of the first mag
nitude
Play in the mems and women's sin
giles had reached the semi-final round
today with three Americans still In the
running
Tilden, fresh from a four-Set victory
over Jean Borotra, will face Rene La
coste, an even more redoubtable French
antagonist than the bounding Basque Z"
In his next test, If the Amberican Davis
Cup team captain can hurdle his way
over the steady -stroking Lacoste he will
meet either Henri Cochet or Christian
Boussus in the finals on Saturday.
Cochet, 1t was, who beat Big Bill in the
mi-finalS last year, and then captured
the championship with victory over
0OTOtTd- his Oelcdt VI JOIlu t1cIlIlcoSCJ
in the quarter-finals yesterday. indicates
| Cochet is in shape. Lacoste advanced TO
The Semi-flnals by eliminating the
italian Davis Cup star. Baron H. l.. De
Moriurgo. BouSSus reached the select
| four by defeating his countryman,
! Jacques Brugnon.
Helen Wills, decided favorite to retain
her woman's singles crown, has reached
| the semi final round along with her fell
| low Californian, Elizabeth Ryan, who
now lives in England; Daphne Akhurst
of Australia, and Senorita de Alvarez OF
| Spain. The Semi-finals will match Miss
| Wills with Miss Ryan and Miss Akhurst
and Senorita de Alvarez.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
D. C. PADDLERS THIRD
IN CANADIAN EVENT

TORONTO, Canada, July 9.-Wash-
ington Canoe Clubs senior four finish
ed third in the international trophy
competition. the feature event of the
Dominion day canoe regatta here yes
terday.
Parkdale and Toronto Canoe Clubs.
both of Toronto, led the Capital City
team in the big event. Parkdale~ won
the regatta trophy.
Washington Canoe Club paddlers will
compete tomorrow in the metropolitan
championships on the Hudson River
and the Peoples regatta on the Schuyl-
kill, at Philadelphia.
In addition to the senior four, which
went down to defeat at Toronto, Wash
ington Canoe Club will be represented
in New York by Paul Stillman, T. O.
Davis and Carleton Myers in the cruis-
ing classes.
Bill Stevens. Paul Dilger, Howard Nc
Cauley, Claude HawinSOn and Tom Keys
will paddle in the Peoples regatta
events.
Potomac Boat Club will be represent
ed by the following in the Peoples re-
gatta tomorrow: B. Smith, one-man
Single blade, one-fourth mile; E. Miller,
one-man double blade, one-fourth mile;
B. Smith and A. Shaw, tandem single
blade, one-half mile; E. Miller and j.
Nutweil tandem double blade, one-half
mile: z. Miller, w. Helvestine, j. Nut
well and A. Shaw, fours, single blade,
one-half mile. and fours, double blade,
one-half mile.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

Congressional will hold an 18-hole
medal play tourney, and match play
against par event, with handicap allow
ance. Town and Country Club men,
bers will compete in flag day tourney
for the Marc Goldnamer cup.
Tony Penna. assistant pro in the
shop at Congressional, scored a fine 75
at Chevy Chase yesterday, to add to
DR.. Bruce L. Taylor's good Sc to win
the senior-pro competition with an
aggregate card of l59. The event was
staged under the direction of the Mid
die Atlantic Professional Golfers AS
sociation, the combined scores of the
professionals and their senior partners
to count. John T. Harris. an Indian
Spring senior. pairs with j. Monro
Hunter, professional at Indian Spring,
to win second place, Harris scoring 85
while Hunter scored n for total OF
l52. Gen. II. p. Mccain of Chevy
Chase, who scored 90, and Robert T
Barnett, the club professional, who
made IA, won third place with an ag-
gregate score Of 164.
Charles p. Betschler, pro at the
Maryland Country Club. turned In the
best score of the day--a II. Several
others competed In the tourney
Evening star., 1928-07-03
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
TEAM OF II PICKED

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 3-Uncle Sans
hopes OF repeating at Amsterdam his
victorious sweep through the Olympic
womens swimming championships at
Paris four years ago, have been intrust-
ed into the capable hands and feet or
IL of Americas greatest mermaids.
The team, selected by the Olympic
swimming committee, after a two-day
test. follows:
Swimming: Martha Norelius. Ethel
McGary, Elanor Holm, Adelaide Lam
bert and Agnes Geraghty, all OF the
Women's Swimming Association of New
York: Suzanne Laird and Josephine
McKiFn, OF the Carnegie Library Club
Of Homestead. pa: Mar.aa4 Gilman,
AIaneds Calf; E.ranor Garrati, San
Rafaei. Calf; Aiibina osipowich,
worcester, Mass: Jane Fauntz. Chica-
go. and Margaret Hoffman, Kingston,
Pa.
Diving; Helen Meany. New York;
Georgia Coleman, Los Angeles, Doro-
fhy Poyntog1, Pasadena, Calf: Clarity
NiInsberger Los Angeles, ana Mrs. Bet
q Becker Pinkgton, Detroit.
Only two Of the five American won-
en-, who won Olympic championship
in 1924. at Paris. are included In this
list-Msss NoreIius, the 400-meter free
style champion, and Mrs. Pinkgton. WHO
as Betty Becker captured the fancy
high diving title. Ethel Lackie, loo
meter free-styie champion, and Mrs
Caroline Smith Chapman, plain higf
diving title holder, failed TO gain q
place on the team.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
Athletic Events Are Listed
At TakOma Park Tomorrow

indulge in fire building. obstacle race,
water boiling and tournament.
Women of 16 to l03 years young will
participate In Hellenic contests and
games modelled after the Graeco- Roman
and Will Rogers styles and the COM
mittee guarantees enjoyment for all
who take part In the program.
The men will be provided with base
ball, sack race, tug of war, horseshoes,
relay race, quoits, three-legged race,
apple contest and high jump for fat
men only.
The pentathlon for young men in
cludes 220-yard dash, 220-yard hurdles,
100-yard dash. pole vault, shotput, high
hurdles, hop-step- Jump, running high
jump, running broad jump and stand
ing broad jump.
The finale will be pie-eating con-
test for candidates selected from en-
trants in the above contests who have
participated in the pageant parade in
the morning and milk-drinking con-
test
At 4:30 o'clock the annual water
battle between members of the Takoma
Park Volunteer Fire Department will
take place on Willow avenue near the
corner of Carroll avenue.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
DEBUT Of YOUTH
IN EAST AWAITED
Conqueror of Paddock Will
Show Speed in Boston
Olympic Tests.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, July 3.-Whatever
Frank Wykoff, the youthful California
sprinter, who recently defeated Charley
Paddock in the Coliseum at Los Angeles,
does In the Olympic trials at Cambridge
next Friday and Saturday, those who
see MIN run will have the privilege OF
watching a boy who gives promise OF
developing into the greatest sprint star
the world has yet seen.
If the weather continues as at pres
ent, hope may be entertained that the
young whippet will be at his best, and
his best is up to the mark of human
ability to proceed with velocity over
cinder track. But If the atmosphere
turns as hot and humid as Boston at
mosphere can, and If those terrific
thunderstorms boil up over the Summer
skies in a manner so terrifying to Cali
fornians unused to such dramatically
slam bang unrest, then the Glendale
Sunday school teacher may run sec
onds over what he can do.
Only IS Years Old.
Wykoff is now Is years old. At the
Los Angeles Olympic preliminaries he
di6 l03s in the 100 meters and 2045 III
the 200 meters, the first equaling the
record for the Olympic games and the
second tying the world record. Paddock
was fast when he was Wyckoff'S age
and so was Frank Hussey, the New York
star. But neither Travelled up to
Wykoff'S mark.
Hussey. among others, will be opposed
to the Californian at Cambridge, and
since he is as keen competitor as the
West Coast runner, the two, If they get
out ahead, may work into pretty fight
Dink Templeton coach of the STAN
ford track team, thinks that the way
for athletes to meet climatic changes
as between the East and West is either
to spend long time on the East Coast
or the West Coast. as the case may De-
or else to arrive the day before a meet
and hop into it.
In this the Palo Alta expert agrees
with Indian Schultz Of Nebraska and
Harry Gill of Illinois. both of whom
have won victories either in the Rocky
Mountains or on the West Coast. or both
by making a quick appearance and a
quick getaway.
Schultz thinks that the first day of a
change of climate finds athletes ex-
hilarated Physically in condition and
mentally in a mood to perform up to
their best, II not to exceed it.
Knute Rockne agrees that quick
dive into the West Coast is the only
way In which the effects OF climate may
be circumvented, and, having learned
this through experience, he has in re-
cent years practiced IL Southern CAL
ifornia did the same thing last year in
invading Chicago for the Notre Dame
game and Howard Jones and Dean
Cromwell were well satisfied with the
way their men stood up.
The writer hopes Wykoff's plans will
be so arranged that he will land in
Cambridge in the best possible condi-
tion. an aspiration shared, of course.
by every one who admires champions.
irrespective of which section of the
country claims them.
Evening star., 1928-07-03

"OUR Northeastern Pennsylvania
l. A. A. u. women's swimming
champions will be seen at Chevy
Chase Lake pool tomorrow as
members of the Scranton Swim
ming Association team which will meet
the washington Swimming Club crack
girl swimmers in u dual meet. the
local team win be seeking revenge for
a loss sustained at Scranton, Pa, IN
an indoor meet in February which was
decided by a narrow margin.
Ruth Rodner, 15-year-old backstroke
sensation of Scranton. viii be the prin-
cipal attraction with the visiting team.
With only two months experience as
backstroke swimmer, she won her way
to the Olympic trials and VIII come
here from Rockaway, N. Y, where sne
engaged In the Olympic tryout events
this week.
other star members of the Pennsyl-
yania team are Mary Hudak, northeast
ern Pennsylvania S80-yard and 22O-
ward free-style champion and holder OF
the 220-yard record, who recently was
runner-up in the metropolitan lOO-yaro
backstroke event: Betty Butznei, north
eastern Pennsylvania breastStroke title
holder: Ella Joy, all-around diving
champion of the same section: Eleanor
Mcdowell, breaStstroke performer, ana
Sadie McNfahon. free-Style speedster.
Local girls who have been training
for the meet are lone and Alma Whaier,
Evening star., 1928-07-03
BY the Associated Press.

BY Lne ASSOClALeu FEeSS'
w WIMBLEDON, England, July
w ss:$ ::i$$ :$:s:: ;;:s; $'';::; IS
the British championships
by the Argentine pair Of w. Robson and
Ronald Boyd yesterday, was one OF the
strangest and at the same time most
attractive tie-ups of tennis talent Brit
ain has seen In the more than half
century of championship play at VIM
bledon.
The great Australian, now so years
old won the Wimbledon singles title be-
fore the Kansas City youth was born.
Brookes is considered one OF the finest
tennis strategists alive although passing
years have taken some OF the power
from his game. Despite his years ne
still plays a great game and hold MS
own in the doubles. 1t was at the re-
quest of Big Bill Tilden that Brookes
took Coen into partnership with him
Just to give the American lad the BEN
eft of his experience.
The Australian American pair won
three matches before they met elimina-
tion-a showing that was better tnan
they had expected. More important 10
Coen than these victories, however, was
the fact that he had the honor OF COM
petitive play with one of the most IA
nous players of all time and the oppor-
tunity of absorbing from him court
craft that may help Coen in developing
his game
Evening star., 1928-07-03
TITLE ROWING RACES
LIKELY TO BE KEEN

ALEXANDRIA. Va. July 3.-The
tenth annual regatta of the Southern
Rowing Association. which is to take
place here July 81, should be about the
best in the history of that organization.
Arundel Boat Club of Baltimore has
virtually the same combination which
won the association regatta last year,
Ariel Rowing Club, also of Baltimore !:
Potomac Boat Club of Washington, Old
Dominion Boat Club OF this city and
The Virginia Boat Club of Richmond
are doing we'll in training and are rated
as contenders.
Virginia Boat Club is preparing for
It's greatest bid 1t is said. Coach c. w.
Hecox, who halls from Clarendon, Va,
is serving his sixth year as rowing mem
tor at Richmond and from all accounts
his crews are faster than ever.
The senior quadruple SOULS crew
which lifted both the Southern Rowing
Association and Middle States Regatta
Association championships last Summer
is intact and working for Hecox daily.
In addition to his senior oarsmen
Hecox has capable men to Ali the seats
of his other boats.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
BY CoRINNE FRAZIER.

T%ENTATIVE arrangements have
been made for the opening OF
the District of Columbia junior
i girls tennis championships on
the morning of July 8. This
date may be changed by the committee
which is now making arrangements Tor
courts IL it is found that courts they
desire to obtain would not be available.
1t Is expected. however. that the
present date win be assigned to the
event. Entries open tomorrow morning
for the singles list. Names should be
sent to Caroline Jansen at the Mendoza
Apartments, North 7l86, or to this
column, In care of The Evening Star
All entries should b. In by Saturday
night, as drawings will be announced
on Sunday under the present arrange
ment The fee will be 81.
The place OF play will be announced
the latter part of the week, All girls
who are under l8 or have reached
their eighteenth birthday since jan
uary |, 1923, are eligible TO enter.
Match schedules will be announced
daily In the papers and players will be
expected to report promptly or accept
default.
Dorothy Cook of Western High
School claimed the title last year, but
is out Of the junior class this season
leaving the field open. 1t is hoped thai
representative group will be entered
| from each OF the schools In the Dis
| trict and nearby Maryland and Vir'
ginia. One application for entry al
| ready has been received from Claren'
don. Va, and one from Western High
! School They are Marian Piggott OF
| Clarendon and Judith Fishburn o.
Western.
Individual playground tennis tourna
ments, preliminary to the nter-play
| ground doubles championship. VIII oper
| at the various municipal centers TIM
week, according TO Maude N. Parker
director of girls playground activities.
Either singles or doubles events ma!
be staged. On the grounds wher'
singles Journeys are run off. the Ninne
/ and runner-up will be teamed TO repre-
sent their center In the city-wide play
Where doubles events are elected, tn
team winning the ground title VIII b'
sent as representatives to the inter
playground matches, which VIII opef
August l.
All preliminary events must be com
pleted and the names OF the winner
reported to. the playground headquar
ters not later than July 28. Girls II
years of age and under are eligible
Helen Breen and Loveye Adkins
Garfield are the present champions
Miss Breen is not eligible for compe
tition this year, so there will be M
defending team,
Gold test buttons, the emblems OF tn
highest degree of athletic efnciene'
which may be attained on the play
grounds. were presented TO ARne
Genoe and Catherine Haggerty OF Gal
Evening star., 1928-07-03
.TILDEN'S PLAY SEEN
AS OF HIGHEST TYPE

BY the Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON, England, July 3.-If
tennis critics thought that Big Bill TIL
dens game had slowed up when ne
was carried to five sets by Pierre Landry
on Saturday they've revised their
opinions in view of the big Philadel-
phians great victory over Jean Borotra
yesterday.
While paying full tribute to the
Basque's brilliant game. experts writing
in the morning newspapers conceded
that Tilden never had played finer ten
mis- here. Samples of their comments
follow:
"Tilden dictated the game, compelled
his opponent to play 1t and wore him
down at it."
"Tilden was really awesome"
"Tilden played majestic tennis; he
was the complete player"
ut was an altogether different Tilden
from the shadow that hovered on the
court against Landry"
Evening star., 1928-07-03
10 Series Here Action Wyo May Prove Worlds Best Sprnter
PLANSKY STAR GOLFER
AS WELL AS ATHLETE

BOSTON, July GP).-If Tony
Plansky, the former Georgetown
athlete, fails to land a place on the
American Olympic team he probably
will play golfffor Boston in the New
England public links championship.
He Is leading candidate for
Olympic decathl0n honors and will
participate in the final tryouts at
Philadelphia this week.
Though he has been playing golf
but two years, he has made rapid
progress and now is leading 80
others by 10 strokes in the qualify
ing tests for the 10-man team which
will represent Boston in the coming
tournament.
These qualifying tests have been
going on for several months at the
Franklin Park course, and Plansky'S
four test rounds were 74-83-74--
73-3O4.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
CREWS ARE PAIRED
FOR OLYMPIC TESTS

PHILADELPHIA. July 3 (Pl.-Uni-
versity of California crew was paired
with Princeton in draw for Olympic
crew trials announced tonight. These
two crews will race at $50 pm. daylight
time Thursday.
Yale viii row Wyandotte. Mich, boat
club, and Harvard will row Columbia.
Three winners and the crew finishing
second in fastest time will row Friday
in semi finals, and finals will be Satur-
day.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
ARMOUR TIED FOR LEAD
IN PENNSYLV VANlA OPEN

PITTSBURGH. July 2 UP.-Tommy
Armour of Washington, D. c., who won
the national open at Oakmont last
year and Pete O'Hara of the West
moreland Country Club, GreenSburg.
Pa. were tied with scores of 148 for
the lead in the Pennsylvania State open
golf tournament at the end of the first
SO holes played yesterday over the Oak
mont course. The meet will be con-
cluded today.
At the end of the first 18 holes
O'Hara was setting the pace with SO.
being two strokes ahead of Armour,
but in the second round Armour had
a N, while O'Hara had 49,
Evening star., 1928-07-03
START NEW CAMPAIGN.

CHICAGO, July (P.-The eight
clubs of the Western League started all
square today on the second half of the
sea n. Oklahoma City finished in
front for the first half, which was con-
cluded yesterday, having won 81 and
lost 20 games. Pueblo, Wichita, Tulsa
Denver, Amarillo, Omaha and Des
Moines finished in that order.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
"Chief" Elkins Pulls a Tendon
And May Be Lost for Olympics
BY the Associated Press.


n UNICIPAL STADIUM PHILADELPHIA July S-Fait Chief
n Elkins decathon champion and leading United
IVl States hope the Olympic games pulled
the 100 meter event OF the ma
onal decathon final Olympic try out today
said that the mlshap undoubtedly
means Elkins will be lost to the Olympic team -,
misfortune to Ekins came with starting uooeness re
and leading at bO yaroS When ne
suddenly pulled up able only to sagger across the
finish is Nebraska Indian - -
Peters Uniyerty ball and track star won
the heat in seconds Harry Feda the Illinois entry
IL seconds fat Ekns finished IN zl-o SECONDS
Evening star., 1928-07-03
MODIFIED MARATHON
ON CARD TOMORROW

Entries for the Clinton modified mar
atflon TO be run tomorrow from Good
Hope road and Nichols avenue TO Clin-
ton, Nd, starting at 1915 O'Clock, are
being received by j. B. Murland, l07
/ street. Entries also win be received
at the starting point.
The event has been sanctioned by the
A. A. u.
st. Johns A. c. Is sponsoring the race
Rev. j. e. HartSkamp is general
chairman Of the committee in charge
Of arrangements.
Evening star., 1928-07-03

~ NE of the features of the Fourth
of July community celebration
Wednesday at Takoma Park
~ will be the athletic events,
which are scheduled to take
place at 2:30 O'Clock on the District
municipal Fairgrounds, Fourth and
whittier streets northwest. The pro-
gram will be under the direction OF
C. Leonard Boyer.
The events for children under years
of age include 40-yard dash, hopping
race, balloon race, peanut race, team
race and games of various sorts
For boys from to II years OF age
there will be q 60-yard dash, throw
for distance, broad jump, peanut race
and three-legged race. For girls OF the
same ages there has been arranged a
60-yard dash, candle race, throw for
distance, peanut race and three-legged
race.
The next event is for boys from IL
to Is years of age and includes Wheel
barrow, crab, peanut, balloon, three
legged, kangaroo and antelope races
and jousting. The girls between these
ages will participate in peanut. balloon,
three-legged and relay races, games and
horse and rider events. AlternateS will
Evening star., 1928-07-03
PRESENT, FORMER G. U.
MEN In OLYMPIC TESTS

Georgetown University will be rep
resented by nine former and present
students in the Olympic track and field
trials at Philadelphia and Cambridge
on Friday and Saturday
The list includes Eddie Swineburn.
Jerry German, Tony Plansky. Eddie
Hoctor, Walter Gegan. Johnny Holden,
Jimmy Connolly. Dave Adelman and
Creth Hines
Evening star., 1928-07-03
WOMEN In SPORT

linger Playground yesterday. This
means that Miss Genoe and Miss Hag-
gerty have qualified not only IN a
varied program OF sports including low
and high organized games and track
and field events, but also in leadership.
craftsmanship nature study and crafts
manship. Each had won her bronze
and silver badges previously.
Joy Keeling and Ruth Martin, also
of Gallinger, have been awarded their
bronze buttons.
At Thomson playground silver and
bronze buttons have been presented as
follows:
Bronze-Edna Mausco. Eleanore Chi
aras. Alvis Haynes, Mirianne Drepgen.
Katherine Henkle, Helen Chakalakis,
Virginia Jacobs Anna Belle Whaler,
Seiko Mishio. Margaret Sours, Mary
Long, Evelyn Wynn and Martha Con-
nelly.
Silver-~Dorothy Rannary and Maria
Fillah.
Bronze buttons were awarded Buelah
Murnau. Janette Thompson and Bar
bara Duras OF John Burroughs Play
ground
Evening star., 1928-07-03

RALEIGH, N. c.. July 8 GP.-Frank
Ellington, veteran outfielder, who be-
gan this season as manager Of the
Portsmouth club of the Virginia League,
has been secured as manager of the
Raleigh Capitals of the Piedmont cir
cult.
Evening star., 1928-07-03
LEAGUE SPLITS SEASON.

DECATUR, Ill, July 3 lP).-The
Three Eye League has decided to in
augurate the two-in-one base ball sea-
son. Terre Haute has cinched the
championship for the campaign ending
today.
Evening star., 1928-07-03

Auto Bodies, Radiators, Fenders
Repaired
u..ylson radiators and ceres in sI0ek
vVssfststfs. 1903 I4th North 11T7
Next 10 CTert BPas,
AIse sIs 18th, u Block HeiSs Ave.
Evening star., 1928-07-03

The French Government has received
about $4,000 900 as It's share of the pari-
mutuel betting on the race tracks oi
France last year