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ITHE finest golf shot ever have
seen, under the circum-
stances. and believe one of
the best ever made under like
conditions"
Fred j. D. Mackay, secretary of the
Virginia State Golf Association, a Scots
man who has watched 40 years OF golf
and knows the game from the first tee
shot to the last dlvot, thus described
the shot that won the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association championship for Billy
Howell at Richmond, on the seven
teenth green of the James River course
OF the Country Club of Virginia.
That shot stamps Billy as a real
champion" Mackay said, as he watched
the ball take a short hop and then bite
into the putting green to stop only II
feet from the hole. 1t won for Billy
Howell, the blonde, slim youngSter who
Is Richmonds golfing pride the most
coveted title in this section of the
country and definitely and finally
closed out Alex Knapp's aspirations I'M
til next year A fighting, determined,
rough competitor, this fellow Knapp,
who gives his all on every shot and was
beaten in the final of the championship
only by a superior brand of golf Shot
by the new champion.
Howell had sunk a lengthy putt on
tie tenth. and Knapp had made mis-
TAKE on the fourteenth, and the net re-
suit was that they came to the seven
tenth, fine short hole, with Howell
dormie 2 up. This seventeenth hole at
the James River course is one of the
finest of a group of the best short holes
we ever have seen on a golf course.
The green is f1anked on both sides by
bunkerS, is small, and is on top OF
knoll.
When the final was played strong
wind blew across that green from the
right. Knapp, making his last stand,
played a magnificent mashle shot that
cut the pin all the way, dropped right
at the hole and rolled eight feet away.
From the tee it looked to be about two
feet from the hole. That shot of
Knapps made Howell's shot so per cent
harder, and the veteran golfers in the
gallery watched the 18-year-old young
ster to see how he would react when the
pressure came on him. His reply was
one of those shots that golfers dream
about. Splitting the pin all the way,
his ball carried within 20 feet of the
pin, took a short hop and stopped only
a little farther away than Knapp'S ball.
They halved the hole in IS, and Howell
had won the title.
The new champion might have been
pardoned had he played a bad shot at
that crucial juncture. We've seen other
champions fluff a shot under similar
conditions, but the earmark of real
champion is to reply to the fine shot OF
an opponent with one equally as good.
Billy Howell, the blonde boy from Rich
mond, is a real champion. He showed
it by beating Harry Pitt, John Shorey
and Alex Knapp in the three consecu-
tive matches, in the hardest part of the
draw, and never scoring over IA to do it..
Howell, by the way, is to come to
washington tomorrow to play in the
Columbia tournament. Richmond re-
CARDS Billy Howell as another Bobby
Jones. and it may be that before the
current week is out Washington will
believe the same way.
John S. williams won the sweepstakes
tourney at Bannockburn yesterday, with
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POLO TOURNAMENT
UNDER WAY TODAY

Play in the Argentine Army Cup
tourney, marking the start of formal
polo competition here for the season,
was to get under way this evening, at
4:30 O'Clock, with War Blues and Sd
Cavalry Greens of Fort Myer clashing
on the Potomac Park oval.
Third Cavalry Fellows and War
Whites will face tomorrow at the same
time, and Thursday the winner of the
War Blues-3d Cavalry Greens match
will engage 18th Field Artillery of Fort
Myer The final contest probably viii
take place Friday.
Gen. E. E. Booth. who has efficiently
refereed polo matches here for several
seasons, will again off1ciate. Preceding
each match there will be a parade of
ponies. with each carrying a number to
identify the riders. This custom is fol-
lowed in more important matches.
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SHARKEY TO CARRY
THE WISE MONEY
Gamblers, Wise to All the
"AngIes," Figure Teuton
Will Get No Breaks"
BY WILBUR WOOD.

~ RANGEBURG, N. Y, June e.
The So-called wise money
will be solidly behind Jack
Sharkey when he faces Max
Schmeling for the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world at the Yankee
Stadium Thursday night.
Who manlpuiates the wise money
That's an easy one. The wise money
talks for the gamblers who know the
angles in every big sports event. fell
lows who figure not only the merits
of the contestants, but the other factors
which sometimes play an even more
important part considerations of which
the average tan has no knowledge.
The writer stumbled into a man who
knows what it's all about and asked
him his choice for the fight.
I'm betting on Sharkey," he said.
How come? Didn't / hear you say
after the Sharkey-Scott fight that
Schmeling was your choice over
III tell you why I like sharkey to
win. In my mind. Schmeling should
is, If everything is all even. That's how
I figure the two fighters. But I'm lay
ing II to 5 that Sharkey wins
The way I figure it, Schmeling will
have to be rs per cent the better man
TO come out of the ring a winner.
There is such thing as one man
getting all the breaks. I think Sharkey
will get them in this fight. Sharkey
Is an American; Schmeling is a Ger
man. Schmeling is not popular with
the powers; neither are his handlers
You don't think any referee is 60
ing to disqualify Sharkey, do you, if he
happens to land a low nunch in the
first round? Referees don't disqualify
fighter in the first round of a heavy
weight championship fight with a mil
llon-dollar house, no matter what he
does. There would be too much of a
squawk from the customers.
You know what Dempsey did to
Firpo. If 1t had been the other way
around, Ffrpo would have lost on a
foul.
IF you saw what saw at Miami
last Winter, you saw Sharkey get away
with murder
You know what happened when
Dempsey boxed Sharkey You saw
Dempsey hit Sharkey low several times
and get away with it. Dempsey had
to win that one for the sake of another
big fight with Tunney. He won,
didn't he?
When you are betting heavy sugar,
you are interested not so much in which
fighter Is the better as in which one
will win. haven't even troubled my
self TO have a look at Schmeling. I've
seen Sharkey, and no man in the world
could be rs per cent better than he is.
The way l figure it, that is what
Schmeling would have to be to win. MY
money goes on Sharkey"
Maybe this man is right. The writer
believes not.
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A BOUT II years after his
" teammate, Christopher Co
~ lumbus Tony Lazzeri, had
demonstrated to the salts
faction of all concerned that base
ball is round, Babe Ruth assembled
the. trone of England and became
King Bambino the Eighth. Never
was there such a popular ruler in
all the base ball history of the world,
nor was ever such magnificance of
uniforms, such expensive bats, balls
and gloves seen since England be-
came the center of the national
pastime. The games were actually
played on a field covered with a
golden cloth and the bases marked
with precious stones, hence the term
diamond" which is used today to
denote ball field.
Bambino was noted for his deeds
of strength and his superhuman
hitting power. 1t is said he once
knocked a ball across the English
Chanel, which probably softened up
that body of water so that, some
400 years later, Trudie Ederle was
able to conquer 1t.
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Bambino delighted in playing ball,
and always had special box seats
for his girl friends, the three Kittys,
two Armies and jamie. FIa always
saw to it that hot dogs, with ermine
wrappings, we're served to them at
the games, and he had them escorted
home in his Tudor sedan. His
daughter Bess, however, always used
an Essex.
On the eve of the big series with
the Cardinals, Bambino was given
an awful setback. He was excom-
municated by High Commissioner
Lands for a transforming trip he
had taken through France the
previous Winter. On Bonded knee
he begged for reinstatement, but
to no avail. Lands finally agreed
to let the Bambino play if he would
answer a riddle. 20. X" said Bam-
bino, "shoot!' would you rather
be burned alive or have your head
chopped off," asked the commits
sioner. Easy" replied Bambino.
Anybody would prefer a hot steak
to a cold chop"
And the next day he, gave the
ball grand ride, routing =, the
Cardinals in the World Series
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Everybody Up in Air
In This Strange Tilt

CHICAGO, June 9 (P).-Perhaps
~ Chick Evans. former amateur
golf champion; Frank Walsh,
Harry Cooper and Al Espinosa, pro-
fessionals. have been up in the air"
before. but never like they were yes
terday.
Evans and Walsh defeated Cooper
and Espinosa in match played on
top of a 30-story downtown hotel
yesterday. The skyscraper course is
a grass affair and was designed by
Evans
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.16 AMERICANS SEEK
BRITISH OPEN TITLE
Eleven Amateurs and Five
Pros From States Among
Record Field of 296.

BY the Associated Press
ut. ANDREWS, Scotland, June g.
There are Is American entries
in a record total of 296 entries
for the British open golf cham
pionship at Hoylake commencing June
1e, for which the draw was issued
today.
Five American Walker Cup players
Jones, Voigt, Moe, Johnson and Won
Elm, six other amateurs and five pro-
fessionals make up the United States
contingent. This strong overseas chal-
lenge to British golfers Is supplemented
by 10 entries from France, two from
Belgium and single entry each from
Germany, Mexico, Canada, Greece and
South Africa.
One-half of the competitors will play
over the Hoylake course Monday and at
Wallasey Tuesday in qualifying COM
petition. while the other half will re-
verse that order. The championship
match proper will follow then on the
Royal Liverpool course over 72 holes.
American Pairings.
AT Hoylake Monday Voigt is paired
with A. Daley of Halifax, Bobby Jones
with Norman Newton of Havana, Leo
Diegel with J. Hirigoyen of France,
Sarazen with J. L. Brown of Merton
Park
At Wallasey Monday Donald Moe Is
paired with Moses O'Neill of Wrekin,
Harrison Johnson with E. r. Triple of
Langleh Park. Won Elm with G. H.
Lewis of FulWood Park, Macdonald
Smith with Phillip Stevenson of the
Royal Portrush Club, Horton Smith
with w. A. MacMinn of Ravensworth
Park, T. D. Armour with T. Terry of
Kingston of Thames.
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STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE
by W. r. McCALLUM-

a card of 81-18-63. r. L. Burgdort
and T. P. Hayden tied for second place
with net scores of IS.
7 ED by Dorothy White Nicolson, who
- is attempting to annex her fifth
consecutive title, two score women
golfers of the Capital started play to-
day at the Washington Golf and
Country Club for the District women'S
championship Mrs. Nicolson is playing
over the course she knows so WELL and
will put up a strong bid for the title she
has won for the last four years. An lS-
hole medal round today will be followed
by four match play rounds starting to-
morrow.
~ H. PHIPPS won the Grosber Cup
~. Yesterday at the Beaver Dam
Country Club, registering a card
of $3.50. L. F. Day was second
with 81 and William H. White finished
with SO to gain third place.
Joseph w. Bayliss scored an ace on
the 150-yard thirteenth hole at Con-
gressional yesterday, playing in a four
ball match with DR.. Bruce L. Taylor,
Bruce l.. Taylor. jr., and Berkeley
JefTress. The younger Taylor scored q
birdie on the hole.
s..
ger teamed together yesterday to win
the two-man best ball event at the
washington Golf and Country Club,
with a card of 79-25-54. Second place
went to E. P. Hair and L. C. Lloyd, who
had 75-16-69
Henry j. Richardson and Mrs. w. r.
Bush won the mixed Scotch foursome
at Congressional yesterday with a card
of 98-l4l 2-8314. Second place went
to T. c. Bradley and Mrs. w. w. Nc
NCill, who had 104-18l2-85l2 and
third place was won by h. r. MoHett
and Mrs. w. r. Paine, who scored
101-15-86.
HARRY G. PITT and DR.. L. S. Oteli
/ / paired together yesterday at Indian
Spring to gain revenge for a previous
defeat administered to them two weeks
ago in Baltimore by Harris Jones and
John S. Grimes. Pitt and Oteu beat
the visitors by and l margin, scoring
a best ball of 81 against SO for the
visiting pair.
The sweepstakes tourney at Indian
Spring yesterday was won by Elliott
Spicer, who had 41-3T-78. Low net
went 10 George J. Richardson, with
86-l8-63, and second low net went to
Walter Ogden, with 91-19-72.
Harry hluR WOIl TIC CIdSo SOHlPCtA-
ton at the Woodmont Club yester-
day with card of 93-27-63. Second
place went to Gilbert Hahn, who had
35-16-69. The class B winner was
Harold Ganss, who had 98-33-65,
with Mark Friedlander in the runner
up position with 10l-33-68,
MANOR Club golfers yesterday COM
wi pleted the second round in their
two-man team competition, with
the following results:
j. C. Taylor and C. w. Comfort defeated
holes: i K. Beck and W. " Deem defeated
J. c. Rntter and Wilson Barrett, l up. %
defeated E. E Hanson and H. T. Booth, 8
and 2: J. c. Putnam and f. B. Baxter de-
feated Harry g. Pitt and F. B. Alley by de-
fault: George S. Miller and F. T. Smith de-
feated w N Baldwin and c; W, Schafer; /
up: Ray F., Clarity and D. I. Thomson DE,
up, G. wesley and Fred w. Rade defeat
ed A. C. Hnlliean and Mack Meyers by de-
fault, NJ. H. Robb and, g, F Cramer de-
feated H. L. Lacey and D. s. Working 3
and q
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Odds akey Defeat Shmelg for Heavyweight Title Steadily R
Leonard Declares Max
Lacks Champions Stuff
BY BENNY LEONARD,

Retired Undefeated Lightweight Cham
pion of the World.
ENDICOTT, N. Y, June 81 have
- had my last look at Max
Schmeling in training. He has
been particularly fortunate in COM
ing through his training session II
couldn't very we'll call 1t ''siege')
without suffering even SO much rs
a bloody nose, in spite of the fact
that he has used more different
sparring partners than any other
man who ever trained to fight for
the heavyweight championship of
the world.
And yet am not satisfied with
his boxing. He doesn't know as
much about blocking or evading
punches, nor as much about deliv-
ering them, as think a heavyweight
champion ought to know.
Max Schmeling hits neat right
hand punch. That is about as far
as his offense goes. He has done
fine job in developing his left hand
and he shows to better advantage in
the mitigating than he did in his
last fight in this country. He is
aggressive, as always, but even now
he hasn't that sustained attack I
would like to see in a challenger for
the title.
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THREE COURTS ARE USED
TO PLAY ONE NET MATCH

Four participants in the City of
Washington tennis championships are
still painting for breath today following
an unusually trying match yesterday.
Three courts in widely separated sec
tions had to be used before Phoebe
Moorhead and Joe Rutley defeated
Frances Walker and Muscoe Garrett in
a mixed doubles semi-final match, 10,
ca, 1913.
Starting on the Wardman Park
courts. the quartet was forced because
of expiration of the time limit to move
to the Monument courts and then to
the Edgemoor Country Club.
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Battling Barriers.
Battling Barriers.
are two unknown guam
titles connected with the Shar-
key-Schmeling fight on Thurs

banning Barriers.
"HERE are two unknown guam
titles connected with the Shar-
key-Schmeling fight on Thurs
day that must turn any advance
pick or opinion into a raw guess.
One is that no one has any idea
whether Sharkey will fight his fight or
blow up. The other Is that no one yet
knows whether Schmeling can take a
sound and solid smacking and still
carry on with any great blitheness.
These are battling barriers to any
guess, for they will remain unknown
quantities up to the fight, no matter
how loudly the two camps may debate
the issue.
Sharkey for example, may start in
as he started against Dempsey and keep
going. He may decide to box and keep
on boxing. He may take one on the
old frontispiece and suddenly become
an entirely different fighter, reverting
to the Heeney- Risko-Scctt episodes. If
he meets Schmeling as he tackled any
one of these three, he will take a gentle
humping, and there isn't a living soul
who can forecast what Sharkey will do,
Same True of Max.
THE same is true of Schmeling
l. Maybe he can take it and maybe
he can't. No one knows-not even
Schmeling. His defense against the
Sharkey attack will be entirely too
limited If Sharkey shoots his stuff, but
he won't need it If Sharkey blows up
again.
And there NO., oro ;,,c4 oIo,,4 -,.,,..
you started, If you care to deal in raw
facts and not imaginative fancies. A
visit to both camps through the last
days OF the training grinds Indicate
nothing that is new or startling Shar-
KEY again Is in shape, boxing extremely
well. using both hands effectively. He
locks bigger and stronger than before
and yet just as fast. He looks to be
equipped with all the needed weapons
for victory, provided he uses them
He looked about the same way before he
fought Dempsey, Hecney, Risko anc
Scott, however.
1t is question of how much he ha,
learned. Schmeling physically is al
good as he can get-fairly fast, strong
tireless and always smart He has beer
too much OF an open target for a lef
hand, which his long layof may have
brought about. But he seems to know
what he is doing and just how he in
tends to go about it. He hasn't as mucl
TO offer as Sharkey has, but he is NOR,
likely TO make better use of the weapons
at hand. He hasn't Sharkeys skill
range of variety, but he is a cool, level
headed fellow, who isn't going to blow
up or do anything foolish.
Weak Against LET'S.
TN the main he has had a sogg,
/ bunch of sparring partners. VIII
could give no line upon his ability
although one or two of these hav
shown that he isn't strong against left
handed operations to the head or body
u can't afford to leave Sharkey o
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YOUNG RACKETERS PLAY
SECOND ROUND TODAY

Favorites were expected to continue to
advance in second-round play in the
District boys and junior tennis cham
pionships on the Rock Creek courts this
evening. starting at 4 o'clock.
Frank Shore, defending champion,
and seeded No. in the junior group,
downed Alfred Stanton, 81, 60, yes
terday in the final first-round match in
both divisions and the lone tourney en-
counter of the day.
Today's card follows:
pm. boys. second round-Jock Mclean
VS.. Robins. Ned Mclean VS.. Boyle, Hunt VS..
Zenberg.
pm. juniors. second round-O'H anlon
VS.. Wilson, Lynham vs. Helms, Latona VS..
Ruckman, Welsh VS.. williams.
pm. juniors-Smith VS.. Evans, Willis
Shore.
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the Capital City Base Ball
League are hotter than ever
following Yesterdays big pro-
gram
As the result of its dramatic S-6, IL
inning triumph over the previously I'M
beaten Mohawks, the Columbia Heights
club is stepping out in front by a mar
row margin in the District unlimited
section. The Heights boys have won
three games and lost none.
In the Prince Georges County I'M
limited loop Dixie Pigs, Hyattsville and
Mount Rainier are deadlocked for first
place, each with three victories and
one loss. Bowie A. c., champion last
season, but which made a mediocre
star: this year, surprised by conquering
Dixie Pigs, hitherto undefeated, 5 TO 4.
Rockville A. A. is heading the flag
battle in the Montgomery County I'M
limited section with four wins and one
defeat after banking Chevy Chase
Grays 3 to 0, in a flve-inning game
in which Willie Coleman, Rockville ace,
yielded not single hit. Colonials, lat
victors over Bethesda Ffremen in the
OILY SSCClOl RdHlc, are ScCOAluJ Oiuy q
half game behind Rockville.
Topping Jefferson District Firemen,
IL to 10, Ballston is back in front in
the Virginia unlimited section with
trio of victories against one reverse.
Bauserman tossers, 13-to-5 victor over
Woodlawn, is only a half game behind.
Nolan Motor Co. nine Is setting the
pace In section A of the senior class, as
the result of its 80 win over Metro
politans, scored while Neighborhood
House Senator were handing the G. A.
O'Briens their first loop defeat, IL to 5.
Curtin'S All-Stars and Olmsteds are still
tied for the lead in section B. The
former defeated Miller Furniture Co,
to 4, and the latter squeezed out
4-3 win over Lionels.
In the junior class Arlingtons hold
undisputed possession of first place with
four wins and no losses, having downed
Old Homers of Fredericksburg, Va, 10
to 4, while MeridianS were upsetting
st. Stephens, whose record had been
unblemished, 1917.
With Cockril pitching three-hit ball.
Sam Vests blanked Lionels, to 0, and
now have won three in as many starts
to lead the pennant march in the midget
class.
Sergt Jasper, Victory and Spengler
Post mines were victors as first games
were played yesterday in the American
Legion series.
Team standings and other results:
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10 D. C. NETMEN PLAY
FOR MARYLAND TITLE

Ten netmen of the District area are
entered in the Maryland State tennis
championships, which were to get I'M
der way today on the grass courts at
the Baltimore Country Club.
Bob Considine, victor in the recent
City of Washington singles play and
District public parks champion; Dooly
Mitchell, Herb Shepard Pat Deck, En-
sign William E. Howard, former Gen.
trail High and Naval Academy lumi-
nary; Anthony Latona, Richard Willis,
Fred Mesmer of Georgetown University
fame; Don CARRIER and Eddie Yeomans
are the racketers who will carry WASH
ington's hopes.
Berkeley Bell, now a member Of the
United States Davis Cup squad, present
Maryland State champion, will not de-
fend his title.
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FOrearms, Wrists
Control Swing
BY SOL METZGER.

When you see Willie Macfarlane,
1925 United States open champion,
play a chip, you will notice that the
backswing is accomplished almost
entirely with the wrists and fore
arms. For the wee chips his body
remains balanced on his feet, the
left leg carrying most of the weight.
There is no letdown to the left
shoulder, either.
The reason is patent. To pick the
ball clean from the turf, the club
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head must come back low and go
through low. Hence the failure of
the body to change its position.
Hence, also, the compact control by
wrists and forearms. Willie is over
the ball, gripping his iron near the
lower end of the leather and con-
centrating upon a clean pickup OF
ball.
Long Iron Shots" is Metzger'S
new, free. illustrated leaf1et. Write
for It, Address Sol MetZger, in care
of this paper. and be sure to inclose
a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
tCopyright, 1900
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Max Passes Up Fish
To Bait for Shorkey
BY HARRY DIRE

ENDICOTT, N. Y, June 9.--Max
- Schmeling has put his golf bag
in the corner, his fishing rod
in the barn, and from now on until
tomorrow evening he will devote
himself strictly to the serious BUSH
ness of putting on the finishing
touches to his fighting blade for
next Thursday nights world heavy
weight championship battle with
Jack Sharkey in Yankee Stadium.
The Teuton schlager himself is
ready for serious business. So is
Charlie Be!anger, the Canadian
light-heavyWeight champion. who is
here TO whet up Schmeling's speed:
Lou Barba and JACK Shaw, who are
to slug and fight with him. and Um-
bcrto Torrinsi. the giant Italian,
who is supposed to do some Of the
same.
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NEW COURSE FOR JONES.

ATLANTA, June 9 (P).-When Bobby
Jones comes home from the golfing wars
he'll have new 18-hole layout waiting
at his home club, East Lake, in Atlanta
The new course, the second in East
Lake, was designed to take care of
overflow crowds and provide a place for
more tournaments.
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CARD JUNIORS WIN.

Cardinal Juniors captured a couple
! of ball games yesterday. After being
| pressed to conquer Comets, to S,
| they went on to handily down Walther
! Midgets. Is to 7.