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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17
D. C.. EVENT GIVES PUBLIC
PARK RACKETERS TARGET
Tournament Opening Saturday Must Pack Thrills
TO Exceed Court Fireworks Set Off During
Week of Washington Championships.

though he did not quite best the major.
Speaking OF the Army, did you know
that our Army is responsible in a
measure, at least, for one of the greatest
net figures who ever came out of the
Orient to make the West look to its
laurels? 1t happened this wise.
Back in 1915. over in the Philippine
Islands, a group OF Army netmen were
wont to spend their spare time develop
ing their games in preparation for the
championship of the East, the one big
event of the season out that way. One
of these men was Gen. Robert Allen,
retired chief of Infantry. whose excel
lent officiating figured largely in the
success of the Edgemoor Tournament
this past week.
One day, the story goes, the japanese
consul. who was a member of the club
frequented by the American officers in
Manila. presented to them quiet little
fellow countryman of his, whom. he
said. would like to play some tennis.
The young Nippon was Ichy Kumagae.
He had never owned q real tennis
racket.
He had never played across a regula-
ton net. His net at home had been
rope.
He came out to play with the Ameri-
cans with his homemade bat-'the
wierdtSt contraption ever seen on q
court" to quote those who carry with
figure welding a handwhittled racket
strung as none before or since has been
strung The gut" was grass.
The general and his companions were
so much impressed with the youths
possibilities, and with his ingenuity in
the matter of racket construction, that
they bought him the best bat that
could be had on the island and pro-
ceeded to give him all the practice
he desired for the coming tournament.
The world knows the rest Of the story.
In that first appearance Kumagae went
to the finals against Billy johnson,
California wizard, giving him a great
battle before bowling to him. Suisse
ouently he beat both Peck Griffin and
George Dawson for Eastern titles.
Then Ku,nagae came to America.
He created havoc with the dopeSters in
1915 by beating Bill Tilden in three
straight sets for an important cham
pionship on the Park Club courts
over all players in the game in one
department at least-the back court,
where he had perfect control of the
greatest top drive the world has ever
senior SO the experts tag 1t. Anyway.
Kumagae was a wiz And he wanted
to play so badly that he learned his
game with a rope strung between two
posts and some grass plated through
homemade frame. That's the stuff
Of which champions are made-the will
to play-not heaven-sent, ready-made
talent, as some would have it.
In that match with Tilden, odds
were to / for the Philadelphia to
win, and 2 to / that Kumagae would
not take a set.
So much for dope.
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Right Hand Helps
Make Ball Fade
Ely SOL AIETZGER.

Some golfers advise getting the
body into long pitch. That ap-
parently is unnecessary advice, as
the body, like the low right shoulder
in going through, ilwl get into the
hit of its own accord If the shot is
played right. The mere fling dow1
and through of the clubhead with
the wrists automatically pulls the
body forward and through and
transfers ones weight from right
to left leg.
Concentrate on throwing the club
down and through under the ball
and out on line to the hole. OF
course, have firm left wrist, else
your follow through will fail as you
cut into the turf. Without that you
can't make a shot work right, be-
cause the contact of clubhead and
ball is longer than you imagine.
Chick Fraser, as you notice, using
the right wrist to hit with mostly
on a pitch, naturally pulls his club
head in and around him after con-
tact. The tendency here is to make
the ball fade a bit. That's well If
you can control the fade, as
quicker stop is possible.
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on But on the whole. the course is In
excellent condition and absolutely de-
mands accurate hitting from the tee
The man, who is off the line with the
wooden clubs, Is certain to be in all
sorts of trouble. But the putting greens
are large, and the underground now
has been cleared out so that even If
the ball goes into the woods, it Is not
incapable of being played
Workmen have been busy for several
weeks clearing out the woods between
the ninth green and the first tee, where
many balls struck toward the ninth
green end, since the fairway all slopes
down toward the trees. This is the last
bad spot on the course, and now is in
good condition.
Manor intends to hold tournament
in the Fall. over its new. layout, and
in view of the restriction placed on the
tee shot and the necessity for absolute
accuracy. it will be interesting to note
the scores.
Employees Of The Interstate Commerce
Commission were playing today in the
first big tournament of the season Of
fered for them. They were grouped into
flights, according to handicaps, with
prizes to be awarded to the low gross
and low net for Is and So holes. Eugene
r. Hendley is chairman of the tourna-
ment committee.
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MITCHELL AND KING
PLAY BALTIMORE PAIR

Dooly Mitchell and Gwynn King were
to meet Alex Kettles and Arnold Silver
man of Baltimore in the second round
of the Middle Atlantic doubles cham
pionship this afternoon on the Balti-
more Country Club Courts. the winners
to advance to the semi-flnals. where
they will face John A. Magee and War
rem K. Magruder, veteran Oriole pair,
tomorrow.
Eddie and Billy Jacobs flashed through
their first and second round matches
yesterday in the other half Of the draw
without the loss Of a set They first
eliminated E. S. King and F. Hammond,
6-1, So, Go, and then polished off
Louis Kurland and William Welmon,
60. 6-3, 60.
If Mitchell and King survive the next
two rounds, as expected, they probably
will face the Jacobs brothers in what
should be a brilliant title match.
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THOSE who happened to see
young Henry w. Austin, jr.,
of England, compete in the
Il United States national cham
pionshipS at Forest Hills last
September must have been surprised
when he reached the semi-flnals Of
this years Wimbledon tournament.
True, he beat the Jap, Toba, last
year, and Jack Wright, the Cana
dian, each in five sets, but he lost
in the third round to Johnny Doeg.
and gave the appearance in all his
matches of being so slight and frail
that it was a wonder he could go on.
But this same "weakling" was the
sensation of the early part of the
recent Wimbledon tourney. After
disposing of Frank Hunter, second
ranking United States player for the
past two years. in four sets on June
25 Austin administered an even
more decisive beating to Jacques
Brugnon. one of the four musketeers
of France. the following day. The
youthful British Davis Cup net ace
put out the Frenchman in straight
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PARE IS AMONG is
LEFT IN NET PLAY

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 17.-Sixteen players,
the refined product of the field OF 81
which started in the first round OF the
Western tennis championships, today
opened the final drive for the title now
in possession of Emmett Pare OF
Chicago.
Pare. who easily advanced yesterday,
was paired with Charles Lejack, another
Chicagoan, while Keith Gledhill, Santa
Barbara, Calf, No. 2 seeded player,
was to tackle L. B. Daley, jr., Of New
York, who yesterday eliminated Henry
GotfredSon of Milwaukee.
Another California star, Ellsworth
Vines of Pasadena, was listed to meet
Fred Roger of Chicago, who was ranked
number three in the Missouri Valley
last season.
Women players were to start the Sec
ond round of the singles today, while
the mems doubles also were to open.
Play in the women's doubles will start
tomorrow.
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COOKE TRACK TEAM
DEFEATS TWO FOES

Peabody and Hayes playground boy
track athletes will clash in a dual meet
tomorrow on the Hayes field in one Of
the preliminary meets leading to the
city championships Wednesday. August
81, under direction of the Municipal
Playground Department.
Fillmore. Weightman and Corcoran
teams were to engage in a triangular
meet this afternoon at Weightman.
Cooke athletes were victorious in a
meet yesterday against Bancroft and
Johnson. Cooke scored 80 2-5 points,
with Bancroft counting Sc 3-5 and
johnson 81.
Sarkus Semerjian of Cooke was the
star Of the meet. He won the unlimited
class dash. the 115-pound and unlimit-
the unlimited high jump and was a
member Of the victorious unlimited re-
lay team.
Summaries Of yesterdays meet:
DAsHEs.
croft; H., Gutenberg Cooke, A. Ritzen-
tcocts', chiriei si JohnsonJ e. coof
iSo.pound class, 80 yards-Brown tcooks)
croft; second. tie between Cannon Cooker
and Whalen Cooke.
Unlimited class-Semerjian (Cooke), Tab
Ter (BancrofD. Goldwyn tCooke).
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.
S5-pound class-Blaine (Johnson), Will
hanson FCooke), Fitzgerald Cooke.
l00-pound class-Admire tJohnson); sec
ond-piace tie between Watson, Stein, Brown
TALL Cooker, and Tabler. Byers (Bancr0ftD.
1l5-pound claSs-Admire (JohnsonG Gran
dali johnson. Trien (Johnson)
Unlimited class-Semertian Cooker and
tJohrson). third.
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
7Ocpound class-McHugh (Bancroftl, A.
Ritzenberg Cookie. j. Regis tBancroft.
85-pound class-Thorn Cooker, F1tzseralo
Cookie, LYNN (Johnson).
100-pound claSS-Tabler CBancrotD, Al
mire (Johnson). Crandall (Johpsonl. .
115-pound class-Semeriian (Cooke)' Ad-
mire iJohnsonl. Tabler tBancrofD; r.h-
Ter (Bancroft), Goldwyn (Cooke).
HALF-MILE RUN.
Unlimited class-Askin (Cooke), Tabler
(Bancroft), Riley (BancrofO.
RELAYS.
7O-pound class-Cooke "a Gutenberg,
wagshal. Askin. N. RitzenbergC, Bancroft :,
s5-pound class.-gancroft ~. McHush' j.
1o0-pound class--Cooke (Askin. Brown
Portner, Whalen), Bancroft. johnson.
1l5-pound class - Bancroft (Vehmeyeri
Trien. Watts, Tablern Cooke.
Unlimited class-Cooke Akerman, Gold
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sets, and went on to defeat his
countryman Kingsley, and then
Baron Won Kehrling Of Hungary, be-
fore he met defeat at the hands Of
BorotIa, the Bounding Basque, in
the Semi-finalS.
Bunny" as the former Cambridge
captain is called, showed over here
last season that he was a steady
player with a good service, but
slightly weak overhead. Reports
from the British hard court cham
pionship at Bournemouth, which
Austin won, as well as the accounts
Of his victories at Wimbledon, credit
the Britisher with an improved all
court game, featuring deadly cross
court volleying.
He always was noted for his clean
Stroking and rhythmic hitting, and
at Bournemouth this year he fea-
tured some remarkable drop-shots.
Added to his already full repertory
of strokes. these made him a most
difficult player for any man to
defeat.
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ARMY TENNIS
SHOULD OFFER DUEL

Picked teams from the Army and
Navy, representing the strongest net
talent in each branch Of the service,
will battle for supremacy on the courts
Of the Chevy Chase Club, in the annual
Leech Cup clash Saturday with play
scheduled to start at o'clock.
The trophy upon which has been in
scribed much net history since 1924, was
presented in that year to the two
branches of the service as an incentive
to the development of a high caliber
Of tennis among the Army and Navy
contingent.
The Leech cup matches have become
one of the foremost events of the local
net season ana always draw a large and
enthusiastic gallery. And with each
succeeding year. the competition has
become more keen and the standard OF
player, higher.
Judging from the preliminary per-
Torrance Of the two teams in local
events during the past few weeks, the
pace this year will be faster than ever
before and the gallery will have other
thrills in store for them than that CT
seeing their favorites in action.
Navy won the cup by a one-match
margin last Summer.
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G. u. ATHLETE LEADS
INVASION OF EUROPE

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 17.-Five of the
party of seven American track and
field stars who will invade Europe this
Summer leave today On the President
Roosevelt for Germany.
Led by Erik Kjellstrom of George
town, hurdler and organizer OF the
trip. they include Fred Sturdy of Yale,
national pole vault champion; Leo Sex
ton, Georgetown all-around star; Dick
Rockaway of Ohio State, world record
breaker in the low hurdles, and Leo
Lermond of the Boston A. A, national
one-mile champion.
Reginald (Pete) Bowen of Pittsburgh,
national quarter champion, and
Eddie Tolan, the Michigan Negro who
holds both national sprint titles,
will sail on the Olympic Friday to COM
plete the group.
The first meet will be held July 81 at
Cologne, Germany. Other meets will be
held at Stockholm, Helsingfors and
Oslo, with a final appearance at Ber-
lin. The athletes will return to the
United States in September.
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D. C. RACKETERS ENTER
WEST VIRGINIA TOURNEY

Josephine Durham and Frances
Walker of Washington are entered in
the West Virginia State open tennis
championships, which will get under
way at White Sulphur Springs July
g. with many of the leading players
from the Middle Atlantic States COM
peting for both the mems and women's
crowns.
Entry lists will remain open until
Sunday night for singles events and
later for doubles. Entries should be
filed with the secretary, George d.
O'Brien at the Greenbrier Tennis Club,
White Sulphur Springs.
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POST OFFICE NETMEN WIN.

Post Ofice-A Agriculture netmen de-
feated Veterans Bureau racketers, to
/, yesterday in the Departmental
League.
Summaries:
Kisluik and Edge post once Agriculture
ardson and Dreschler post Ofice-Agricul-
ture9. defeated Evans and Silva. SIS, Sd,
6-i; Weiss and johnson ". b defeated
Peter and Curan. 6-2. "a: Timble and
Frazier Post ofice-Assricultnrel defeated
and-Msholm (Post once Asricuturel de-
teAse6 Msponald and Hall. s=A S
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Richards Declares Aea Should Use Youths Iennis Play VII
DOWN THE LINE
WITH w. o. McGEEHAN-

difficulties experienced in drumming up ANYTHING IKE ss
for tomorrow night make the prospects look promising
cauifower business. will
recall that there bayhoo appe.ack
the cac beds OF Southern
Miami Beach
Camembert
the far enough On the
tray ypewriters
the humidity Much emphasis has
the title holder
that Thomas nice Of the
that stepped into the prize ring and that
him these exhibitions OF
manly modified murder it the nicer OF the
brings home the smoked side OF the hog
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sP1TTAL WINS GOLF TITLE.

TORONTO, Ontario, July II P.--
Dave Spittal of the Royal York Club.
Toronto, won the seventh Ontario open
golf championship, scoring 14s for the
36 holes.
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$4,000 IS PAID FOR COLT.

The highest price ever paid for a
yearling thoroughbred is $4,000, which
wlnt for Whiskbroom colt as yet I'M
raced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17

Also, there was Mr.. James Slattery,
the flaming youth Of Buffalo. Braddock
disposed of him in quite q nice man.
ner. But Mr.. Slattery is opposed to
nice young men forever.
Well as I say, it is contest be-
tween two nice young men, and you
never can tell what to expect from nice
Young men.
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ESPIN0SA GIRL IS PRO.

AL Espinosa's sister is one of the few
woman golf professionals in the world
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BY CORINNE FRAZIER.

TIRRING court matches are an
ticipated with the opening next
y Saturday of the public parks
= championship tennis tournament
for the handsome sterling silver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17

The Army offered some keen COM
petition, too, and produced at least
one potential conner in Lieut.. S. K.
Robinson, the aviation ace who few
up here from San Diego for several
tennis events, among them the Leech
Cup competition this next Saturday, in
which he will participate. His per-
Torrance against Mai. r. c. Van Vliet,
deposed net king. was impressive, al
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Straight off Tee

BannoCkburn members were to play
today in an l8-hole tombstone handicap
event. The handicap, according to J.
Fred Byrne, chairman of the golf COM
mittee of the club, is the golf course.
and the players usual impost. Sum-
mer rules will prevail. Woman players
will compete in similar event today
The course of the Baltimore Coun-
try Club. where the mid-AtlantiC
tourney was held last week. was so
fast during most of the tourney that
on some of the holes the long hitters
had to use iron clubs to keep from
getting into trouble that is usually the
penalty of badly hit second shot. A
ditch crosses the fairway 3l5 yards
from the tee at the fifteenth hole and
many of the contestants drove into
this hazard from the tee. Harry Pitt
used an iron from the tee to keep
from going into the hazard and at
least one of the players drove over the
ditch. Several instances were recorded
OF tee shots going into the ditch at the
fourth hole, where water hazard
crosses the fairway 200 yards from the
tee. At the seventeenth Pitt put his
tee shot in the qualifying round in the
ditch. which is 200 yards from the ele-
waited tee.
B. Warren Corkran's victory in the
mid-Atlantic final brought to an end
the reign OF Washington players in the
tourney which started back in 1923
and continued until last week Cork
ran won the tournament in 1921, and
L. w. SaSscer won in 1922. In 1923
Albert R. Mackenzie annexed the event.
followed by r. Cliff McKimmie in 1924.
Roland r. Mackenzie won in 1925 and
George Voigt was victorious in 1926
and 1927. Harry G. Pitt won last year.
Corkran'S victory naturally was pop
ular one with the Baltimore golfers,
and particularly at his own club, where
the Corkran game is a tradition. But
the Washington players also were
pleased that the veteran Baltimorean
was able to win the event again. War
rem Corkran is As years of age and is
veteran golfer. In the final yester-
day against Fred A. Savage, jr, he was
steadineSS itself and at no time looked
like anything but winner.
Lindsay L. Stott of Beaver Dam is
the first man of the Landover club to
score a hole-in-one on the new course
of the club Stott secured his hole in
one on the fourteenth, a 165-yard hole
which he played with mashe. The
hole in one was a peculiar affair, too,
for instead of Stotts ball hitting short
of the pin and trickling into the hole,
his tee shot hit the flag high up on
the staff, and dropped straight down
into the hole. Stott said the mark of
the paint from the flagstaff was on
the ball as he picked it out of the hole.
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SAYS TRIP AIDED
GOLF GREAT DEAL
Famed Trophy Gets Freedom
of Port Eighth Time in
Nine Years.
RY BRIAN BELL.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
n VIEW YORK, June 8-Five great
N golfers came home today from
VI the golting wars in Europe
/ Y furnishing a guard of honor
for the British open champion
ship cup, which arrived at quarantine
for it's sixth consecutive annual visit.
The famous 60-year-old trophy was
greeted by customs officers as an old
friend and given the freedom of the
port for the eighth time in the last
nine years.
Walter Hagen, who won the British
cup for the fourth time at Muirfleld
last month, was assisted in seeing it
safely into the United States by Johnny
Farrell, Horton Smith, Joe Turnesa and
Ed Dudley. The other members of the
Ryder Cup team preceded their fellows
home.
Hagen, who captained the Ryder Cup
team was enthusiastic over the wide
spread travels he and his mates enjoyed.
Since the team sailed April 10, members
PLAYED in Great Britain, France. Ger
many, Italy and the Irish Free State.
Warmly Received Everywhere.
I'VE were warmly received every
where" said Hagen. Il was proud of
the great impression our fellows made.
both as golfers and sportsmen Our
trip did a great deal for golf and was
good for us, too.
"Of course am immensely pleased
that 1 was able to win the British open
for the fourth time. Perhaps my ex-
perience won for me.
81 found out long ago that you can't
do anything about the weather. so you
have to adapt your game to the con-
oitions. The rule governing play one
day won't work the next"
THE Haig" was asked to explain his
record breaking 81 in the second round
at Muirfeld, the lowest 18-hole score
recorded in the British open. That
was one day 1 avoided doing the silly
things a fellow does when he is playing
an important round of golf Every
thing I tried worked out
Enthusiastic Over Prince.
The British champion was enthusi-
astic over his round at Swindley Forest
Club, nearL ondon, with the Prince OF
Wales.
The prince is one of the keenest
students Of golf have ever SEEM" he
said. He watches everything and
wants to know why shot is made a
certain way.
IF anything, he is oyer
He gave me the impre@>ton he was try
ing to find out all ajout the game over
night. Not exactly impatient but very
much in earnest in trying to inform
himself
1--WE went out after luncheon the
day of our match and he must have
hit so golf balls while 1 looked on. He
had a tendency to cut his iron shots
but I showed him how to get away
from this fault by hooking them and
I'll bet he is hitting great ball by
now"
Hagen said he regretted that he
would not be able to return to Grea:
Britain next Spring TO defend the title.
He plans to make a tour of New Zea
land and Australia.
Smith Hopes to Return.
Horton Smith. the baby of the Ryder
Cup team, returned full of enthusiasm.
re liked the parts of Europe he saw for
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CENTRAL LINKSMEN
CAPTURE DAWES CUP

Scoring over Western linksmen, 5i2
10 312, Central High Schools golf team
Yesterday won the cup offered by former
Vice President Dawes. The match, play
ed at East Potomac Park course, was
play-off the teams having previously
been tied in the struggle for the trophy
Central's team wins possession of the
Dawes Cup, which was in competition
this year for the first time, for one
year and will have its name inscribed on
the trophy. The winners now claim
the District schoolboy championship.
Capt. Mike Oliveri of Central had low
score yesterday at 76.
Summaries:
Hunter (CentraD defeated Capt. Webb
up; Capt. Oliveri (CentraD. defeated Cook,
4 and 3. Best ball-Al even.
Sweeney tWesternl defeated Horton, l up;
Bowen Central defeated Holzberger, 3 and
2. Best ball-Central, and 5.
Graves (CentraD defeated Rittenhouse, 3
and 2; Smith WESTERN defeated kindly, 3
and 2 Best ball-Western, / up.
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John Dawson, Chicago, Feared
Entry IN British Golf Euent

in the second round Sutton defeated
Tolley in the recent native champion
ship after a thrilling match. Ameri-
cans in the third quarter include r. H.
Baugh, former University of Alabama
star; Joshua Crane, Robert Sweeney
and Grant.
Star attractions in the fourth quar-
ter are Wethered and HolderneSS, Max
Behr, Fletcher w Sites and Stuart
Sheftal are visitors from the United
States in this part of the draw with
plenty of local talent to oppose them.
The Kent Coast has provided the
golfers plenty of practice in the wind
and rain during the last week and the
historic England VS.. Scotland team
matches, ending in tie, were played
today in a doWnpour.