Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15


w WITH the general understand
M ing that overtaking the Jones
" bose is risky proposition,
Mac Smith has become quite
worked up when it comes to matter
of Smith supremacy. For year the
Iakeville veteran sat back and watched
Horton Smith reap most Of the glory
! in behalf Of the Smith name, but it has
been a different story this Summer.
The old-timer, who was around
knocking at the open championship
door back in 1910, has set Horton
pace this Summer that hasn't been too
easy to follow. Mac Smith led Horton
by three strokes at Hoylake in the Brit
ish open. and he led him by two strokes
at Interlachen last week. In each case
it was the final-round finish OF the vet
eran that turned the trick and even
crowded Bobby Jones to the limit.
There has been general belief that
Mac Smith could not quite hold up
through the full march, but II at
Hoylake on the last round and 70 at
Interlachen knocks this idea into
three-ply cooked hat. In each case
Mac Smith finished better than any
one else in the field, which is further
proof of the smoothness and soundneSS
of his free-swinging style. Mac Smith
isn't q hitter in golf. He isn't puncher.
He is a true swinger, who takes little
turf, even with a mashie.
The older Smith has now given the
Younger Smith something to think
about. They seem to be crowding Jones
in a general way better than any one
else, and they are still we'll punched,
despite the fact that Horton was ?
wears old when Mac Smith tied for the
open at Philadelphia 20 years ago. Hor-
ton Smith at 20 still has most OF the
road ahead-moSt of the competitive
road, anyway-where the future offers
a great chance. But Mac Smith has
proved that his future Is far from being
q closed book and that If Bobby doesn't
happen to be too hot, he will yet bag
some major title that his game has
deserved to win.
The Pennant Races.
THE prediction that neither the
i Athletics nor the Cubs would en-
10Y the romp of last year is work.
ing its way on through the season.
Few figured Washington as the chal-
longing team, but Walter johnson has
done great job and he has shown that
his club is no part of flash: ready to
go up in smoke at o days notice. The
Athletics still figure to win, but the
Cubs are having tougher shedding.
When a team around the top drops six
out of seven games to the Reds and
Braves there are indications that some
of the old stuff from last Summer has
passed away.
The National League race should be
tight three cornered affair on
through September. The three clubs
UP there are good enough to stick
around and hold at least a leading posi-
ton, and none Of the three looks
strong enough to pull away and open
any gap.
Singer and Mandell.
0UT around the Middle West they
~ figure Sammy Mandell almost a
sure thing to beat AL Singer. Orr
reason Is that they know little about
Singer. The other Is that they know
Mandell to be a high-claSS COMPETE
tor, who can be counted on to do his
stun In a pinch.
Mandell is one Of the prize weight !
makers of the game. He works off his
flesh so gradually that he can meet the
final weighing in by an ounce or so
without having weakened himself. He
isn't the Mandell Of three years ago,
but he Is still a hard man for any light
weight to take. He is hard TO hit and
he isn't easy to hurt Even If Singer
loses he should give the champion q
better fight than Jimmy McLarnin gave
him some time back when Jimmy found