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Evening star., 1928-04-25

sterdam the Summer is hot. This
makes him look good If he can make
the grade and qualify fr one OF the
four positions in the 100 meter event.
Locke Real Contender.
Locke. due to his extraordinary ca
reer at Nebraska, always must be a
contender Locke has worked all VIM
ter on the boards in the New York
meets, and will round out by the time
of the tryouts. When right he is a
great runner. but he is better over the
l00-meter distance
Tn competition the American run
ners have 10 meet is coming from Ger
many. Germany has three sprinters
seasoned runners, who have all the
qualities Of champions. Until the pres
ent none OF the other countries has
turned out any real sprint men since
1924.
Kornig, Houben and Wege. the Ger
man stars, have enviable performances
behind them. Beside dividing all the
German sprint honors. they have on
more than one occasio gone into other
countries and taken all the firsts. Kor-
mig is the present English l00-yard
champion, most coveted title abroad.
England has not shown any sprint
material worthy of mention at this time.
However, England generally has q good
sprinter, and causes the United States
the most trouble In the three Olympic
meets have attended 1t has been an
Englishman who has gone TO the finals
as the only man for the United States
to beat, and in 1924 Abrahams won.
Canada will be well represented In the
100 meters If Cyril Coaffee, who is the
champion and holds q record
OF 1875 seconds. runs. CoafIee has
done a lot of running in the United
States. and Is fine sprinter.
The chances of the United States look
very bright at present. The keen COM
petition for the team IL q good thing.
II means the men will leave for Amster-
dam in the best form.
icopvright. 1928. in sil countries by North
American Newspaper Ailiance.)
tNext--Pole Vault.l
Evening star., 1928-04-25
HEAVY LIST PLANNED
FOR OLD JDOMlNIONS

ALEXANDRIA. Va. April u.s. Old
Dominion Boat Club viii be represented
In six major canoeing and rowing
regattas during the coming season, 10
correct present plans.
Regattas which are being considered
by the committee are:
JuiT 4 Peoples regatta At phil ladelDhiA.
rowing -. Washington Canoe Club rHgsha
at Washington eanoring: 81. southern Row.
August d and 4. North American Anna.
t@0F OsrBneDs Fegatta 81 Philadelphia row
ing Is and ~ Middle states Canoe Racing
Assoe4s,iOD regatta al BelieVilIe. n. j..
september 3. Mode ststss RessttA Asso.
e1atian meet 81 pAsssBc A. j. rowing
Entrance Will be made in the Della
ware Chesapeake section OF the Anaeri-
can Canoe Association meet.
Base ball game between Episcopal
High School and Christ Church (Vir-
ginia1 Prep, which was 10 have taken
place here yesterday, WAS postponed
until today.
Sam DeYaughan Is back on the job
as manager Of the Cardinal A. g. after
short absence and has booked hts
clubmen 10 meet the Simpsons Dairy
nine. Washington. Sunday ct Cardinal
PARK diamond at 3 pm.
Manager Eddie Alien Of the Dread
nsuG1t A.. A. has scheduled his tossers
for an engagement here at q pm. Sun
day In Dfeadnaught Park with the
Phoenix A. c. 0f Washington.
Evening star., 1928-04-25
ELEM MENTARY MEET
IS SET FOR MAY rs

Saturday. May IS. has been set for
the annual city track and field cham
pionship meet Of the District ele-
mentary schools under direction Of the
Municipal Playground Department.
The affair will be on Plaza playground.
Preliminary TO the city title meet
seven divisional games are to be held
as follows: May IL. Columbia Heights.
May IS. Garfield and Bioominsoale:
May Is. Georgetown; May II. Rosedale:
May 1S Virginia Avenue. and May q
Plaza. Boys finishing first. second and
third in each event in the division
meets will receive gold. silver and bronze
buttons, respectively. and qualify for
the city meet.
A junior city team champion will be
picked for the first time this year as
well as senior title holder Under a
new plan put into effect by Richard
Tennysor. director of boys activities OF
the playground department, the junior
and senior champions will be selected
from each meet Points scored IN ali
classes. the IS. 100 and lis pound and
unlimited. will be totaled to decide the
senior title holder and the highest
point scorer in the IS and 100 Dnuno
events viii be the junior champion
Evening star., 1928-04-25
COACH WOULD SEND MANY
OF STARS ABROAD EARLY
Declares Others Should Have Privilege Given 10
Hahn-Says Firms Know Now Whom They Will
Have i'm Amsterdam Games

probably all would admit its ADVANTAGE
and desirability, from the Competitive
angle. Yet some Of the athletes, and
among them Paddock, prefer the pres
ent scheme of things and the departure
Of the team as unit after final try
outs.
The main contention is that it IA
only fair to the legion of performers in
all parts OF the country 10 select the
team by eliminations, rather than show
preference TO a hand-picked group.
But here's Ryders point of view:
Fair play: Have fair play for the
ordinary athletes. II there are still
vacant berths to be filled on the steam
or let those who will not even qualify
in heats fight it out in a try-out.
Ninety track and field athletes will
go abroad. There will not be 20 Of
them win first places. There will not
be 20 other places. Over so. for ali the
good they would be, might as well stay
at home. Yet 1t is from the personnel
of this so, as well as from critics who
never trained for or ran a race that
objection will be raised that any ath-
letes should be given preference
These objectors TO preference for
super-athletes would be the first to ask
coaches to explain why the team won
only one first place in the running
events"
Evening star., 1928-04-25
$50 LINKSMEN EXPECTED
in WASHINGTON TOURNEY

ser played It seven years ago-that
change taking place in the third green,
which has been moved so yards north
of its old location.
Admission tags are on sale at 50 each
at the City Club, Spaldings sport store
on q street. the Columbia Country
Club and the Congressional Country
Club. The entire proceeds of the match
will be turned over to the Olympic
fund. for which Washington is asked
TO raise $4,000.
Jones and Mackenzie are scheduled
to play In match Sunday afternoon
over the Five Farms course of the Bal
timore Country Club, Mackenzie to
pair with b. Warren Corkran against
Watts Gum OF Atlanta. runner-up to
Jones in the 1925 national amateur
championship.
Ray Roche, an employe OF the CheSa-
peake So Potomac Telephone Co., who
lives at 746 Rock Greek Church road,
negotiated hole in one at East Po-
'tomac Park. Roche holed the eighth
on course r In one q few days ago.
playing the shot with n mashie. Only
one other one has been made on the
local public courses this ycar--about
a month ago when the eighth on B
%OhAo oG at 1tcSh SlCCh Woo IilddC lii
one stroke. Roche's ace enabled him
to score a SO.
Mel Shorey. professional at East Po-
tomac Park, is In the market for an
other match against George j. Voigt,
the District amateur champion, &C
cording to Sam Miller. Shorey and
Voigt played an 18-hole match last
Fall, with Voigt victorious by a de-
cisive margin.
Wilfrcd Thompson. formerly profess
sional at Burning Tiee and late of the
Hermitage Club of Richmond. has
taken the professional berth at Knox
vile, Tenn. and left last night with
his. son Jimmy for that place. Jimmy
Is the Virginia State open titleholder
and may not defend his title in the
tourney at Princess Anne In August
The course of the Country Club OF
Virginia at Richmond has been offered
to the Middle Atlantic Golf Associa-
ton for It's women's championship. ard
officers OF the organization will vote
within a few days as TO whether the
tourney shall go to Richmond or to
Virginia Beach. The course of the
Princess Anne Club at Virginia Beach
was offered for the event several days
ago. The tourney probably will be
held In October. as the womans ma
tional will be staged at Virginia Hot
Springs late In September.
Evening star., 1928-04-25
A. A. U. RING TOURNEY
NEARS TITLE STAGE

b. the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 2s.--After % hours
of fighting. six of the classes In the
A. A. u. national amateur boxing cham
pionship tournament reached the quar-
teri finals stage and the other two divi-
sions were reduced to the semifinalS
at dawn this morning
Boxing was to be resumed this after
noon at 4 o'clock and by tomorrow
eight national champions will be
crowned and the makeup Of the Amer
lean Olympic boxing team probably an
nounced
After all OF the 160-odd boxers. who
came here from every part of the coun-.
try had performed Tommy Lown of
New York, the national welterweight
champion stood out as the best OF the
lot
The New York boy reached the quar-
terminals in the 147-pound division by
knocking out Melvin Bencsert. rugged
Cincinnati battler, in the second round
George Hoffman. another New York
boy, the 1927 national 175-pound tital-
list. shaped up best in the heavyweight
class, which is now in the serni-finals
stage The other qualifiers were Royal
Elliott Of Alhambra. Calf; Joe Stock
man, Boston, and John Nemislack.
Buffalo.
Ensign Harry II. Henderson. 160-
FOUNDER and the best boxer sent by
the Naval Academy TO the tournament.
appeared headed for national title and
a trip to Amsterdam with the Olympic
team. Henderson. twice intercollegiate
champion has, however, two dangerous
competitors In frankie Flynn OF Bos-
ton and Ed Herbst of New York .
Eight clever ll2-pounders qualified
for the quarter finals and Earl Duquette
of Pittsf1eld, Mass. who appeared to be
the only one who had punching power.
was expected TO wade through them
tonight.
John Daley of waltham. Mass, had
the best start In the l18-pound divi-
sion, which had also reached the semi
finals Daley had Marty Sici and Tony
Falco, both of Philadelphia. and Pete
MaZio of Cleveland between him and
the national title
The second night OF the tournament
got under way at 5 pm. and ended IL
hours later There we're SO bouts. II
ending IN knockouts and two going
extra rounds because officials were un-
able to agree on the victor.
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Us Strong Sprines Op Ryder Would Exempt Aces From Trial
MEREDITH WON FAME
AS WORLD CHAMPION
WHILE A SCH00LB0Y

Ted Meredith, famous runner and
Olympic champion, whose article on
this page today Is the first Of n
series he is writing on the chances
Of American athletes in the ap-
preaching Olympic games Mt AM
sterdam. first won fame when he was
a schoolboy at Mercersburg Academy.
II was then that he made the
1919 Olympic team, and running at
Stockholm he set a world mark In
the 500 meter event. His time,
minute 5I.9 seconds, stood for IL
years, and is still the Olympic rec.
ord. In the same race the school,
boy Meredith continued on to set
new SS0-yard mark Of minute 52Ia
seconds. In 1916 he broke his own
record In the time Of minute
SO is seconds. which stands as the
American figure for the $50.
At one time Meredith held every
44O and $50 yard world. collegiate
and interscholastic record. OF these
he has lost only the world $50 mark,
which went to DIR. Otto Peltzer. Ger
many, in 1926. after Meredith had
held Il IL years.
Meredith retains the following
records: World 44O, Olympic $50
meters, American $50 yards, cOlleEi-
ate 44O, collegiate $50. interscho!astic
440 and interscholastic $50. He ran
for the University OF Pennsylvania'
Evening star., 1928-04-25
BY ALAN J. GOULD,

AssOtiatsu ffeEs SDUFta IsulLOr.
n = EW YORK, April 25 OP).-The
N aces of American track and
VI field ranks men upon whose
1 Drawn and speed the chief
Olympic hopes will rest this
Summer. all would be exempt from the
tryout or elimination process, II Jack
Ryder. veteran coach Of Lloyd Hahn
and other Boston A. A. stars, had his
way about It,
Hahn already has been granted this
exemption, largely through Ryder's in
f1uence The great Nebraskan and his
coach will make an early start for
Europe so that Lloyd may be as At
as possible for his tussle with Nurrni,
Wide, Peltzer. Lowe and others in the
Olympic 800 and $500 meter races.
Ryder. however, feels II would be
the fair as we'll as advantageous thing
to do to give all of the outstanding
stars the same privilege as Hahn, or
at least TO avoid the possibility OF their
being shutout Of the team in the try
outs.
"Super-athletes like Paddock, Borah,
Morgan, Taylor. Gibson, Hahn, Ler-
mond. Osborn Tierney, Alderman,
Conger and Denar. men who are prac-
tically sure winners. men who can pun
ish themselves numerically. should not
be compelled. once they show indica-
tions that they can reach their peak in
the OlympicS. to go through any eliTni-
nation process" Ryder holds.
Would Finland take any chance Of
Nurmi not making the team?" Ryder
asks, pointing out that at least two
Firms have recorded better 1,500-meter
time than the champion within the
past year. Would Great Britain think
of leaving Lowe at home7
For such American athletes sea
voyage should be thing three or four
weeks behind them when they stepped
TO the mark in the Olympics."
The Firms" Ryder pointed out.
know now their first string athletes
and there is no possibility OF any of
them being left at home because Of
failure to qualify in a final tryout. II
is a big mistake to require SUPER
athletes to tune UP to highest pitch on
this side OF the water. reach their peak
here, feel they have attained their all
By earning a place on the steamer and.
resultantly slump dismally on the other
side.
I'm 1920 at the Eastern tryouts, hello
in Philadelphia, the runners. as they
stood on the mark. for the l-Tnile run.
were informed by the referees, nov
boys. you know the winner Of this is
sure TO 90 TO Antwerp
Harold c. Cutbill won the race. Dur
ing the eYuelling last hundred yards.
racing Larry Shields. Cutbill Solilo-
quized: I must win to go to Antwerp
l must win TO 20 to Antwerp Did he
20? He did not. because ne had reached
his peak and was off form in the final
trvout at the Harvard Stadium
IN 1912, at Stockholm this country
Rad tho classicst milArs that ever repre-
Sented her. Taber Kiviat. Jones. He'd
lund. but none Of them won bscauee
they had no ample time TO regain the
form which they displayed before leav-
ing the United States and because a
stump was inevitable after being forced
to make their real objective the tryou.
IN this country"
Not all the eaaehes agree that
fyder5 plan is practical. although they
Evening star., 1928-04-25
MISS COLLETT GOING
TO- BRITISH TOURNEY

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Glenna Col
lett sails today for England to compete
for the British wonlan's golf champion
ship at Hunstanton, starting May Ia.
Miss Collett came to her decision to
make the trip last Saturday. Up to
that time she had no intention of
competing abroad.
Her entry will mark the second time
she has sought the British woman's
crown In 1925 she was beaten by
Joyce Wethered In the semi-finals, 3
and q
Miss Wethered is not entered In the
championships this year and Miss Col
let's chief opposition Is expected TO
come from the young French star, Mile.
Simone Thion dc la Chaunne.
Evening star., 1928-04-25
PICKING FOUR lOO.METER
MEN LOOMS AS PROBLEM
America Has Dozen Candidates Who Have Displayed
i Qualifications of Champions-Most Formidable
Competition Due From Germany.
BY TED MEREDITH.
Famous Runner. World and Olympic


Famous Runner World and Olympic
Champion.
TINE sprinters the United States
will select to send TO Anster-
dam for the olympic 100 me-
4 terS will be as formidable a
group as ever represented
America in these games,
Having won six of the eight i00-meter
Olympic races. American Sprinters are
looked 10 TO furnish the class in that
event r, E. Walker, South Africa. won
IN 1908, and II. NJ. Abrahams, Great
Britain took the race in 1924.
~ As III all events. each country may
enter and run only four men. The
problem of the United States Is not to
Z gSt four men, but TO pick the four top
!. noteherS from a group Of more than a
7Sozen dash runners who have displayed
: a. some time all the qualifications OF
cGlympic champions,
= Two American runners who ho.u
aHorld sprint records, and IN addition
h-e former Olympic winners, are hard
st l. In preparation for this meet.
Charley Paddock with a long string of
world marks winner of the l00-meter
race in 1920 and q place winner in 1924,
saws he will make his third Olympic
team. and that this will be his banner
year. Jackson Schols, also a partici-
pant in the last two Olympisds, place
winner on both occasions in the 100
meters and winner In 1924 Of the zoo
meters, is the other veteran.
Chst Bowman. former Syracuse Uni
verSity runner. also is place winner in
: the Olympic 100 meters. Bowman. too
sfs the present national l0o-yard cham
bion. which proves he still is at his top
form.
Then there is Frank Hussey. New
York Athletic Club. who as a Schoolboy
Rent on the 1924 Olympic team as an
Alternate. The list OF contenders for
the team is headed by four men who
Have been tried and found to have real
teuff'
Nes SprinterS TO Consider.
New sprinters who have come into the
field since the last Oiympics and who
have TO be considered seriously as con-
tenders for this trip are Charles Borah,
University OF Southern California; Ro-
land Locke, former Nebraska and now
New York Athletic Club runner; Alder
man, Michigan State; Cockrell, Texas;
Drarer. Southern California: Russell.
former Cornell University star. and
wilderInuth. Georgetown University.
These are men who in college meets
have given outstanding performances.
There are more Sprinters who viii try
for the team and who are far from
being eliminated from the competition
because they are not mentioned here,
but at present the men named seem
the class of the group.
BOrah. in my opinion. Is the most
likely dash man the United States has
for the Amsterdam race. Borah has
won frst-claSs races in the last two
years. and in the intercollegiate meet
st Franklin Field. Philadelphia, last
Nav he was very impressive
Paddock and Scllolz are fighting on
coming age Both have had long.
! hard careers, and Paddock's legs appear
u be going back under hard training.
These two men may make the team,
but Borai7S youth gives him more color
than the veterans can show.
aal Bowman still Is within the pale. Chet
Is great hot-day runner. and in AM
Evening star., 1928-04-25
WOMEN IN SPORT

resenting the washington Post. under
whose auspices the tournament was
conducted.
Four schlag bali arguments were de-
cided yesterday In elementary school
league circuits. the most keenly con-
tested game being that played on the
Rosedale court. where the Ben1in9
School aggregation defeated Wheatleys 9
Representatives. 0 to z. in the Senior
League.
KinRsman defeated Madison 10 TO 4
IN the Junior League Of the Rosedale
division. Addison romped on Fillmore.
IL 10 .. In A senior contest Of the
Georgetown division. while Park View
bested Takonlo. II TO 5, In another Senior
League encounter OF the Columbia
Heights division. played on the Park
View field.
Evening star., 1928-04-25

a
~ day the only three college teams
~ outside OF Maryland which ap-
4 I pear to be serious contenders for
the intercollegiate leadership in
lacrosse, which may carry with IL the
right to represent the United States in
the OlympicS, contend against strong
Maryland teams,
The Military Academy. made up Of
seasoned athletes, plays Johns Hopkins.
intercollegiate champions lest year. in
Baltimore; Colgate. which as yet is un-
defeated opposes the Naval Academy
at Annapolis and st. Johns and Rut-
gers, both unbcatcn so far, meet each
other at the home OF the latter.
The three Maryland teams, with that
Of the University of Maryland, which
engages Colgate Friday at College Park
appear to be the strongest contenders
for the highest lacrosse honors In COL
leEiate circles, while Mount Washing
ton of Baltimore is strong club team.
and recently put Syracuse out OF the
running for the OlympicS by defeating
It Q TO ,.
Thus. this weeks contests are likely
TO determine whether any Northern
teams has chance. for the Olympics
against the teams OF Maryland. where
year than in all the rest OF the coun-
try together.
The game between Johns Hopkins
and the Military Academy Is expected
TO be the hardest contest. and 1t will
be watched with interest by those con-
nected with the game at the Naval
Academy. The Navy meets Hopkins at
Annapolis on May IL, and expects its
hardest opposition from IL. and 1t closes
its season against the Army twelve al
West Point on June g.
The game between st. Johns and
Rutgers Is expected to be a good one.
both being represented by the strongest
lacrosse teams they have ever had
The Navy team has been improving
fast since the opening Of the season
The material was green and the outlook
far from promising. hut Coach George
Evening star., 1928-04-25

1
Il already received from the
NN more than 300 invitations
Y sent out. the entry list for
the Washington Golf and
Country Club tournament promises to
approximate $50 when the lists close
Saturday night at 6 o'clock.
The golf committee Of the club hopes
| TO be able to have all the competitors
| In the tourney play their qualifying
round on Wednesday, May .. but II the
| size of the entry list warrants, part OF
the field may qualify on Tuesday, May /,
Five flights of sixteen will qualify In
the medal round with the first and Sec
ond match-play rounds scheduled for
rounds scheduled for Friday
The usual tournament dinner will be
dispensed with this year
Privileges of the club are extended TO
all entrants next Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday. The tournament commit
tee Is composed of Fred d. Paxton.
chairman; A. w. Howard. John l. Pow
er. Judge c. c. Carlin. Walter r. Nc
Callum, Risley @. Hunt, Ben L. Fuller,
S. l., Mosby j Logan Hopkins, Q l..
Veerhoff, DR.. James T. McClenahan,
Charles II. Doing, jr. Or, T. j. Rice, r,
j. Wise. Charles B. Stewart, r. j. Nor
man. Harry D. eastman, Guy N
Church, and William M. Throck-
morton.
John I. Power will captain team of
four wholesale grocery men who are
playing a team of four men representing
the grocery merchandising trades at the
Congressional Country Club today.
Five brides were negotiated by men,
bers of toursome who played WASH
ington yesterday. J. Logan Hopkins Sc
cured brace of brides. while Robert
DouRan secured one and John l. Power
bagged another
Bobby Jones will not arrive in Wash
ington for the exhibition match Satur-
day afternoon until that morning. Jess
SweetSer will come here from his home
in Asheville, while Phillips Finlay will
come here from Boston, arriving
early Saturday. The members Of the
four-ball match may play a few holes
in advance of the exhibition, but do not
plan TO 80 over the complete circuit.
The match starts promptly at 40
and will be played from the back tees
at Columbia so the gallery may enjoy
the long hitting Of the four sharpshoot-
ers who comprise the foursome Only
one major change has been made In the
Columbia course since Jones and Sweet