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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Tales of a Wayside Tee
BY CRANTLAND C

a short pitch over a trap. The aver
age golfer, as a rule, carries the back
swing too far for the distance to be
played and, realizing this mistake, he
then eases down on the swing-or eases
up-and the result is often a complete
flub. II isn't a bad Winter practice to
work on taking the club back a short
distance with a short pitch in mind
and make 1t feel comfortable and
natural. I know many good golfers who
depend upon laying the niblick we'll
back for these short pitches of 40, so
and 60 yards over trouble and then
hitting hard to pump the ball high
into the air. But this calls for the last
word in accuracy. just a slight mis-
take in this stroke may send the ball
anywhere. The niblick is a handy Of
fensive weapon in the hands of a good
golfer, bat it is a somewhat uncertain
instrument when welded by the aver
age player, at least along any fancy
lines.
After all, there are certain reasons
for teaching the drive first-largely be-
cause 1t Is one of the simplest shots
in the game to play. There is no other
occasion where the player can tee up
his ball and have little fear of topping
or hitting the ground. He has no prob
lem of limited distance to consider. 1t
Is here that he has a good chance to
pick up the basic fundamentals of the
swing, which begin by letting the
weight swing to the right foot as the
body turns. And this is another form
of indoor practice that can be turned
into a habit through the Winter.
(Copyright, 1920
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The point has been made here and
there that golf Is taught backward
that In place Of starting with the drive
and the full swing the golfer should
first be taught to putt and to play short
approaches.
This might seem to be the reasonable
theory at first thought. One might
think 1t would be much simpler to
play the shorter shots than the longer
ones. This is possibly true of the putt
and the short chip shot, but there Is
much argument due about the other.
The easiest and simplest stroke in golf
Is the full shot. The easiest shot in
golf ought to be the drive, where the
ball is teed UP and where there Is no
problem Of a certain range, a certain
restricted distance. One doesn't have
to figure on hitting the ball approx
mately 140 yards o 165 yards. The idea
is to let the ball travel as far as 1t
will, and the longer the better. So
there is much justification for teaching
the drive first. 1t might be better to
start the beginning golfert away with
a spoon or a braSsie in place Of the
driver, where he would have no mental
picture Of having to lift the ball. FIRE.
quently n has this feeling with the
SCTalRIlC laced CluD.
There is no question but that the
full stroke In golf is the easiest to play.
Where one can hit the ball firmly,
without attempting to spare the stroke,
at least one problem has been solved.
The golfer then has only to think of
direction. One of the hardest shots in
the game to play is the short pitch
from 40 to go yards-over trouble to
a guarded green. This calls for greater
control of the clubhead than wallop-
ing q 220-yard drive down the course.
To attempt to teach a golfer this stroke
before he had learned to drive or TO
hit the full shots would be a mistake.
The introduction Of numbered clubs
l, 2, 8, 4, S, g., Twas made to let the
golfer play a full stroke wherever pos
Sible.
In place of sparing a mashie, or a
No. S, the golfer merely takes out a
No. 6 and hits the ball firmly.
In place of easing up slightly with
a midiron, or No. 2, the golfer takes
out a No. 3 or a No. 4 and uses a full
swing.
There is a great tendency to quit on
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VARSITY TRACKMEN
BEATEN IN G. U. MEET

Several stars of the Georgetown Uni
versity track team were beaten by ath-
letes holding advantages in the first of
a series OF handicap interclass track
meets staged yesterday OF the Hilltop.
Wlldermuth and Sexton were among
those defeated.
Competition was interesting and gen.
orally good performances were turned In.
Summaries follow, the handicaps be-
ing indicated in parentheses:
,en so-y sorbo %6ash-F5rst heat, won by Kilgal-
ond neat: won by Nolan. sophomore % feetI;
second. Kiechiyn, freshmen q feet). Time.
math s'' senior t tcita nea'; sec SSn q oc MalGeT.
ssmi-fasl, won Sy Kllgaiissn;: second ssHSsq MhsIsn
second. Wildermuth; third, Nolan. Time,
i-mIis run-won by Kennedy, sopho-
GO yards}; third, chornack:. .sophomors
n iGo. yaTSds';a .: Tlmfii T hsst. vo ss'i ~ 't ssisn;
s ssRiS9 3ssEateh'; , yfiSd:, wS SsiSae. .seiS sae 2
Carlin, freshmen g YARDS; third, shooter;
heat, won By Kieilstron, Junior g YARDS;
second. Ricca, freshmen ca yards; third,
Hector, junior (scratch). Time, ssss
sso-yard run-First heat. won by Mara,
freshmen as yards); second, Burke, fresh
men IS yards; third. Milstead, Junior
Second heat, tie among Julicher, Junior ca
YARDS; Kelley, freshmen q yards; Carney.
junior. (scratch). Time, 2 minutes 2
High jump-won by Bonniwell (5 inches
second. Corrigan a inchesl; third, Sexton
Shotput-Won by Adelman. (scratchl; sec:
ond, Slezak q feetl; third, Tremblay "a
3S-pound weight throw-Won by Adelman
q feet); second. Sexton (scratch); third
Tremblay (15 feet). Distance, A feet Az
45-yard hurdIes-Won by Kiellstrom
(scratch); second, Farrell (Scratchl; third,
Harriss (scratch). Time, 6Is seconds.
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ON big League" Fields Hornsby Thrilled BY Sale to Majors

that Sam Rice, who has been patrol
| ing a pasture for Clark Grifith's club
for 10, these many years, is likely to be
accounted a reserve instead Of a regular.
Although the veteran Samyouell was
the second best batter of the Nationals
during the past campaign and moved
around right field and the bases in
speedy style, he wasn't the feet Sam
youell of other years. Which was to
be expected. Sam has been around
base ball some time in so far as out
fielders. or those occupying other posi-
lions, for that matter-are concerned
Since 1915 Rice has been with the Ma
tionalS and in IL of his Is seasons of
actual service with them has worked
his legs overtime. Naturally the under
pinning isn't what 1t used to be.
Rice conserved his running strength
considerably last season and 1t didn't
help his game any, ever though he did
sock the ball we'll. Now Samyouell
isn't growing any younger, and with
such brilliant youngsters as Sammy
West and Emile Barnes at hand to toll
with the hard-hitting, hard-playing
Goose Goslin, it is difficult to see how
he can retain his regular job in the
garden, despite the fact that he Is a
tried and true out1elder.
Manager johnson hasn't even init
mated that Rice is to be counted out
of the regular outield, but circum-
stances are such that it is reasonable
to believe the new pilot will look to
Goslin, West and Barnes as the regular
garden trio for his club.
AS a matter of fact, it Is not yet GER
tain that Rice will be in base ball this
year. Before Sam left for his vacation
on the Pacific Coast it was rumored
he was about to retire from the game.
When questioned about this by Griffith,
Sam said, Wire me at San Diego on
February l." So Griffith Is waiting.
The prexy Is rather sure, though, that
when the Nationals are rounded up at
them
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Continued From First Page.

Continued From First Page.
ing meets, which is nothing more nor
less than giving one of its member
clubs a sanction to hold a set of games
in which only those who were regis
tered amateur athletes could take part.
Track athletics in the clubs and aSSo-
Citations were built up in this way, and
the A. A. u. became the recognized au-
thority determining the amateur status
of an athlete In such competition. And
when the clubs and associations began
to take up other sports 1t was only
natural that the same principles be ap-
piled.
Thus it came about that when the
Olympiads were revived in Athens IN
the only body of recognized standing in
the United States with which similar
bodies in foreign countries could deal.
The body that has since controlled the
Olympics was then organized and the
A. A. u. given a voice as representing
amateur athletics in the United States.
Since that time the A.. A. U. has held
that control and it is not beyond rea-
son that 1t fights to retain what 1t eS-
tablished over long years of effort.
From the time of the organization Of
the National Amateur Athletic Fedora
ton here several years ago, the real In
side of the struggle between it and the
A. A. u. has largely centered in this
question Of control of the Olympic
teams. The A. A. U. does not and
never has, so far as the writer knows,
ever interfered with the Army or Navy
or the colleges or the Y. M. G. A. or
CARNATIONS in controlling competitions
Of their own. Nobody ever heard Of the
A. A, U. questioning anything about
teams from one Army post meeting in
competition teams from another Army
post; nobody ever heard of the A. A. U.
questioning anything concerning one
| college track and field team meeting
another college track and field team,
but when Army athletes are sent out
into competition in meets sanctioned by
the A. A. U. with athletes whose anna
teur standing is vouched for by the
A. A. U. then the A. A. U. has every
right to demand that these Army
athletes certify their amateurism and
have it vouched for by one of their Of
ficials through proper registration forms
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~ I'D the dog swallow the golf ball.
and II he did, what Is the pro-
cedure to be followed to carry
~ on the continuity of the game
without breaking the rules?
That is the problem James T. Barnes
and several golfing friends at the wash
ington Golf and Country Club are try
ing to solve today as they look back
on an odd incident that happened re-
Gently on the eleventh hole OF n VIZ
einia course, Just down the hill from
the spot where a pair of playful Aire-
dale puppies make their home.
Jaw jerome Williams, prominent
newspaper mar is the owner of the
pair of sportive pups, which range
through the woods of the Williams me-
mage and in their travels run out on
the golf course adjoining. Barnes was
playing the eleventh hole with T. Tur-
ner Smith and had the satisfaction Of
watching his mashie tee shot drop safe
lv over the brook on the putting green,
tearing up q little patch OF the soft
turf as it bit in and stopping 10 feet
from Williams playful pups, which
stood on the green and watched the
golfers playing their shots.
Here's Barnes Story.
Suddenly, Barnes says, one of the dogs
ran to his ball, reached down and took
it in his mouth, gulped and started OF
o a run for the woods, accompanied
by his companion canine. Barnes and
a caddie followed the dog a short dis
lance, thinking it would drop the ball,
but the dog apparently liked the taste
of the gutta percha, for he was not seen
to lay it down. Barnes, who IS a for
mer club champion and is not given to
tall tales, believes the dog swallowed the
pellet.
And now. since the dog p licked up
the ball while 1t was still rolling. Barnes
doesn't know just what rule covers the
case. The discussion wakes warmer and
warmer in the grillroom around the coy
log fire, but as yet no one has been able
to give a definite answer to the question.
Some claim that Section 2 of Rule II
covers the case. This rule says that 'if
a ball lodge in anything moving, a oall
shall be dropped or, If on the putting
green, placed as near as possible to the
place where the object was when the
ball lodged in it, without penalty" Now,
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Ball Gone, Dog-Gone, Golfers
Tongues and Puppy's Tail Wag

faction claims . dog Is q moving
object, while the other side says the
dog is or vas a fixed object until the
BALI struck the putting green. when the
animal became a moving object.
Section 3 of the same rule says that
a ball at rest, If displaced by any agency
outside the match, shall be replaced
without penalty. Section 1 of the same
rule is quoted by others, who claim it
to have been q rub of the green.
The Dog Tells Nothing.
But the ball never was found and, as
far as any one knows, it never will be
found. The dog may have swallowed
it, OF he may have dropped it far in the
woods. Some claim that Barnes should
have followed the pup and played the
ball from where 1t was dropped. if it
was dropped. Meanwhile, the discus
sion wages furiously on and no one
seems to know just the right answer.
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D. C. NETMEN ENTER
NEW INDOOR LEAGUE

Undaunted by finishing third In the
Winter Indoor Tennis League OF Balti-
more, which ended last Sunday, the
District team has entered the newly
formed Inter-city League and will in
wade Baltimore today for its first match,
against the strong Mount Washington
aggregation. Six singles and three dou-
bles will be played, starting at ESQ
o'clock.
All matches will be played In Balti-
more at the 5th Regiment Armory.
With the exception Of Maurice OrNeul.
who will be unable to play because OF
business. the local entry retains the
same brilliant coterie who carried
Washington's standards in the Winter
league.
Bob C~onsidine, G.. w. luminary and
| MARYLAND indoor champ, Is again cap
tain of the team. Clyde Yeomans will
also carry on as manager. Dooly
| Mitchell, Frank Shore, Bill Buchanan
| and CLYDE Yeoman's are still mainstayS.
! O'Neill's vacancy will be filled by either
STAN. Simon, Deck OF Shepard.
Competition is expected to be con-
! siderably hotter in the Inter-city loop
than it was in the Winter league. Only
four crack teams have been allowed
entrance. Clifton Park, winner of the
| Winter league, Mount Washington and
! Racket Club are the other three teams
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SARAzEN ANNEXES
TOURNEY At MIAMI
3O-Foot Putt for Eagle on
Last Hole Enables Him
to Win by Stroke.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, January IA
Gene Sarazen, in a garrison finish"
climaxed by a 30-foot putt for an eagle
8. on the seventy-Second hole today.
with a gross of 2S6, won the Miami
Beach open golf tournament. adding an
other title to the string he has acquired
in Miami and Miami Beach events. He
barely nosed out George Christ, Daven-
port, Fla, and Rochester. N. Y, pro,
who won second money with 287.
The IS holes today were played over
the La GORGE course. Christ reached
the fifty-fourth hole with a lead. but
on the next nine Sarazen flashed in
front by one stroke. Christ held on
determinedly and at the sixteenth of
the laStO18 holes had gained back the
stroke and was n in the lead. At the
home green. however, Christ was forced
to take a 5 when he missed his putt
for a tie.
Johnny Farrell. national open cham
pion; George Voigt. D~ouglaston, N. Y,
amateur. and Willie Klein. La GORGE
pro, tied for third place with 2e3 each.
Harry Hampton, Key West, who tied
with Sarazen at the conclusion OF yes
terday's play on the Bayshore course
at 14l, brought up a 294 for sixth place.
SARAZEN'S CARD.
Morning Round.
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Afternoon.
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CHRIST'S CARD.
Morning Round.
Out ..........4 4-34
In ............5 5 4 $50 73-2i3
Afternoon Round.
Out ,,,,.45 4-3T
In ...,........4 SIS T2-29T
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Basket Ball Problems
nv nSwAT rnvUrp

@. Team A brings the ball two-thirds
Of the way up the court toward its bas-
ket, then the player with the ball holds
1t for 5 or 10 seconds while his team
mates are trying to cut in for a pass.
Under the new rule, could held ball be
declared?
A. No. Team is clearly trying to get
into scoring position. There is no rea-
these conditions. This rule will rarely
be applied except In the back court.
(Copyright, 1922
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
~ IvIERA COUNTRY CLUB, WEST
- LOS ANGELES, January H.
For a man who for several years
i y faced the dangers Of World
War battle and carries upon
his person scars of that conflict, the
terrors of this hazard -Strewn course
mean nothing.
Tommy Armour, who fought under
the colors of a Scottish regiment during
the strife of some 10 years ago, is the
man. The tall, husky Scot who now
halls from Washington, d. c., tonight
had so d~ecisively licked" the well
bunkered curse of the Riviera Country
Club that little doubt remained as to
who would be the next Los Angeles
open golf champion.
With superb wood shooting and UNI
canny iron work, Armour today length
ened his lead over the field of sixscore
professionals and amateurs in the
tournament to six strokes. His par
crushing 68 for yesterdays 18-hole
round, was relegated to the background
today when the Washington profess
Sional dubbed his way past yawning
sand traps and over other hazards of
the course to a magnificent 81, four
strokes under perfect figures.
His amazingly low aggregate of 1875
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VIRGINIA U. ~LACROSSEMEN
HAVE STARTED PRACTICE

UNIVERSITY, Va. January LA
crosse practice has been started at Viz
ginia and whenever weather permits the
stickmen will drill on Lambeth Field
under the direction of DR.. Allen F.
Voshell, who is coaching this sport.
A quarter of a century ago lacrosse
was one of the most popular sports at
the university, for the team was su-
preme in the South.
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VIRGINIA BEATS HOPKINS
ON LAST-MiNUTE GOAL

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, January
IA field goal in the last minute of
play gave Virginia a 22-to-21 victory
over Johns Hopkins tonight in an ex-
citing basket ball game. The Virginians
were l point ahead at the intermission
and held the lead through most of the
second half, until the visitors jumped
in front near the finish.
The final shot by Merle, substitute
guard, gave the Cavaliers the edge.
Score:
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SPAIN TO BE FINISH LINE
FOR INTERNATIONAL RACE

MADRID, Spain. January IL (P).-
Spain again this year will be the finish
line Of an international regatta. This
time, however, the craft will not start
from the United States, as in 1928,
but in Plymouth, England. The port
of Santander will welcome the yatchs-
men
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PETWORTH TOSSERS
WIN LOOP THRILLER

Petworth Methodist Episcopal tossers
defeated Calvary Baptist, 10 to ~, in
the most interesting game played last
night In the Sunday School Basket
Ball League at the Y. M. c. A. In
other contests Calvary Methodist Epis-
copal downed United Brethren, 20 to 20,
and Trinity swamped Hamline. 50 to 6.
paFu,orfh Ifa Nnl,a-r Darkin& (f9N
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Par ...,..,,,,, s 54343&4+3S
Supple ....,.. 43343344- 3s
Smith ....,s,. 5 4 4 8 4 4 4-36
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Won Elm Has 144.

Won Elm Has 144.
Flaxen-haired George Won Elm, De-
troit amateur and former national anna
teur champion, and Frank Walsh, black
haired Appleton, Wis, pro-, deadlocked
at la, nine strokes behind Armour.
Won Elm'S putter sputtered on three
holes today, and he was forced 10 take
a 70. two strokes more than he needed
yesterday. Walsh, who had a 70 yes
terday, broke even with Old Man Par
with a II today.
The veteran Al Watrous, now of De-
troit, followed this pair with las; then
came Leo Diegel of the Aqua Caliente
Club of Mexico and national profess
sional champion; Ed Dudley of Holly
wood, Calf, and youthful Horton Smith
of Joplin. Mo-, each with 146. Diegel
slipped par a hard jolt when he round
ed the layout today In SO, but his II
for yesterday kept his aggregate up.
Horton Smith made the turn In even
par figures, IS. but his wood clubs on
the incoming nine would not behave,
and he saw 40 posted for that distance.
Walter Hagen played all over the
course" today, but turned in a better
card than he did yesterday. The
"Haig," with 77-74-15l, was dead
locked with AL Espinosa, stocky Chi
cagoan, with 74-77, and Thomas H.
Cotton Of London, England, 1916.
Conrnc If Tho niialiforu.
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ST. JOHNS FIVE WINS.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 12.-In
the opening game of its schedule, st.
Johns defeated Blue Ridge College,
II to 20. Score:
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ARMOUR, WITH l35 SCORE,
LEADS In $4,000 EVENT
Adds Spectacular 81 to First Days 68 to Top
Los Angeles Open by Six Strokes.
Youthful Supple Is Second.

was so far ahead of the field that it was
considered doubtful that he would be
headed in the final 36-hole drive to-
morrow.
On only one hole did the masterful
iron play Of the veteran Scot falter.
That was on the par 4, 445-yard
eighteenth. Armour left the seventeenth
with 10 pars and 4 brides on his card.
Reaching the eighteenth green in 2. he
was forced to 3 puts to hole this shot.
Amours card:
Out
Armour z25 1i': 49,: :sstt;:;ttES
Armour Ra5 ai': 80: sEs&ss-g5
A ~21-year-old came In for a share 81
the days honors when Bob Supple,
registered from the Exmoor Country
Club of Chicago, carved another par
breaking trial e. the difficult Riviera
course. Supple was two strokes under
perfect figures with a SO, which, with
his 70 of yesterday, gave him an aggre-
gate of l41 and second place at the end
of SO holes.
The defending titlist, Macdonald
Smith, seasoned Scot from the links of
C~arnoustie. was forced to step aside for
the youthful Chicagoan, but stood to-
night in third place with 142. Smith,
located at the Lakeville Country Club,
Great Neck, Long Island, played his
usual deliberate, calculating game.
Their cards:
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~ I'D the dog swallow the golf ball,
and If he did, what Is the pro-
cedure to be followed to carry
~ on the continuity Of the game
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Totals go. S 313 Totals 49,. (
Totals 49,. IL 500 Tot
RafArAA-Mr InVnAS
Hamlina "a.

Totals II IS Totals -. 2 8
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It's a trifie early to announce the
organization of the Washington outfield
for 1929, but when the season starts
the Nationals may have in the gar
0ens three players, each on the sunny
aide Of 80 years. All of which means
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Totals 80. 7 8 az 7
Referee-Mr. Leonard.
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NEW TAMPA PLANT
PLANNED FOR CLUB
Florida Camp viii Be Well
Equipped-Four More Men
Sign for Season.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

w YHEN the first squad of Ma
tionals reports at Plant Field,
wv in Tampa, on February 25 to
begin training for the Amer
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Totals $50. 2 20
Indiana.