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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

~ ECAUSE Of disastrous conditions
* caused by prolonged drought
u the season for hunting ducks.
geese, brant and coots through
out the United States and Alaska has
been reduced to che month by an
amendment to the migratory bird
treaty act regulations. approved by
President Hoover last week. The
amendment becomes effective imme-
diately, it has been announced by the
Biological Survey, and it is hoped that
Canadian authorities soon will take like
action.
The season is from November 16 to
December IS, inclusive. and applies to
that part of New York known as Long
Island, and to New Jersey, Delaware,
the District of Columbia, Maryland,
Virginia North Carolina. South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Mississippi. Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico
and California
Experts point out that although the
decrease of wild fowl will be general
throughout this country during the
Fall and Winter months, there prob
ably will be scattered local areas
where these birds will concentrate
in large numbers Such concentrations,
however, should not be regarded as al
together encouraging, Federal game au-
thorities warn, since the disappearance
Of many of the usual resting and feed
ing grounds will compel the birds TO
resort TO the restricted areas where
water and food conditions are favorable.
Undoubtedly, there will be a large
percentage of hunters who viii refrain
from shooting ducks this season. These
men will be true conservationlSts, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
RUN IN 14TH WINS
LEGION TITLE TILT
LaWIer, South Chicago, Fans
II as Columbia, S. c., Is
Conquered, | to O.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
7 CUSTOM, Tex, August 29.-Led
F. by Al LAWYER, slim, bespectacled
pitcher, who famed II batters
in IA innings, South Chicago
today defeated Columbia, S. C., to 0,
and won the 1881 Junior American Le-
glen World Base Ball Championship.
The Chicago team defeated Columbia,
Eastern champions, 10 to last night
in the first Of scheduled three-game
championship series.
LAWYERS scintillating performance 90
day was almost matched by Kirby
Higbe, right-hander, who toiled for the
losers. This broad-shouldered Higbe
famed 10 and time after time pitched
out of difficulties brought about by the
errors of his mates.
The game was won in the fourteenth
inning Wa1ly Holem, South Chicsgo
catcher, singled of the first baseman' s
glove He stole second and went TO
third when the catcher's throw was
wild. Lawler walked and "Red" Kar-
rassimovicz, Polish second sacker, beat
out high bounder over the pitchers
head. scoring Holem with the big tally.
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Old Guard Seen as Holding
Edge in Amateur Golf Play,
With Jones as Spectator

himself. co-medalist with Jones in the
1929 championship. who lost to the
Emperor by 8 and in the final last
year. George j. Voigt, still young
man, who has played in only six cham
pionships. T. Phillip Perkins of Eng
land, one of New York's young flnan-
ciers, can play plenty of golf. He also,
despite the fact that he is not a young
man, is one of the younger men in ma
tional golf in this country.
So are Johnny Goodman. George I,
Dunlap. the intercollegiate title holder
Frank Dolp, John Lehman and Charles
KocsiS, the lad who won the Michigan
open from Tommy Armour. So is
Maurice J. Mccarthy. jr. the George
town student, who put out George Van
Elm in that elongated 28-hole battle at
Merton last year.
The championship can be won by
one of these youngsters. They are good
enough, and particularly are they good
enough to win on a course with fair
ways which stretch out to a distance
of 6,700 yards. II we take the results
of last years title chase as an indica-
ton we should find Seaver and Romans
near the final, with the old guard
definitely out. Evans failed to qualify
last year and Ouimet fell before the
fast golf of Kocsis.
JUST to get on record we favor the
chances of the old guard against
the youngsters this year Harrison
r. Johnston and Charles Evans, IT,, are
our choices. They have enough golf
left to win in any company.
Francis Quimet, who has gained 20
pounds, and Max Martson, also are
others Of the old guard who have a
good chance. Doc" willing also will
be in there again.
Some Of the boys who like TO pick
dark horses like the chances of Lawson
Little of San Francisco, the son of an
Army colonel, who has managed to
stick around in the last two champion
ships fairly well Last year he beat
Willing on the nineteenth hole and in
1929 he carried Ouimet to the thirty
sixth in the third round
And few of them like Ross Som
merville, the squat and chunky Cana
dian amateur champion, who set a fast
pace for Bob Jones in the first round
Of the championship last year before
he faded under an avalanche Of brides
from the clubs Of the master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
MRS. HILL WINNER
IN WESTERN GOLF
Beats Mrs. PresSIer, 8 and
|, With Great Putting as
Deciding Factor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
7 HIGHLAND PARK, Ill, August %.
- Mrs. Opal S. Hill of Kansas
City, a fighter with a magic
putter and a strangely un-
orthodox swing, was crowned the
women's Western golf champion for
the second time in three years today
Although paired against one of the
greatest iron stylists in the game, Mrs.
Leona Pressler of San Gabriel. Calf,
in the 36hole final, Mrs Hill putted
her way to a Stool triumph. She
romped to a Sup lead at nine holes,
saw her lead vanish on the seventeenth
hole. came back with a birdie TO lead
at the halfway mark and then
stretched her lead to the finish.
Putting accomplished the trick for
her and ruined Mrs PreSslers efforts
time and again. The Pacific Coast star
had great chances to forge ahead with
beautiful approach shots, only to toss
them away and halve or even lose the
precious holes She excelled Mrs. Hill
in every der rtment of the game until
she came to the greens, but as soon as
she had 10 work with her putter she
was lost and Mrs. Hill was right at
home.
Mrs. Pressler led only once during the
36-hole journey ana That was on the
very first hole, where she played par
golf to win the hole with a to Mrs.
Hills shaky 6.
Only by clever approaches and one
putt green's did Mrs. Hill stop what looked
like march on the next two greens.
Then everything seemed to go awry for
the star from the West. She tossed
chances away on the green's, hole after
hole, while Mrs. Hill clicked of one
after another until she had won five in
succession to bound to a commanding
4-up lead.
Mrs. PressIer appeared to be in a
semi-panic at this stage, but she came
back with rush with deuce on the
short ninth. and by the time they fin
isl1ed the seventeenth. the match was
all square. Mrs. Hill proved her nerve,
however, by slamming two pretty wood
shots to the green on the eighteenth TO
click of a birdie and go to lunch 1up.
And she remained ahead to the finish.
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VINES MADE NO. |
FOR u. S. SINGLES
Doeg, Champ, at No. 5.
Eight Americans and as
Bany Invaders Seeded.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
n Jew YORK, August 2o.-H. Els
N worth Vines. 1r., the latest
Y thing in California comets has
been seeded No. for the mems
national singles tennis championships
starting next Saturday at Forest Hills.
Announcement Of the proposed seed
ing today by the United States Lawn
Tennis Association disclosed that the
sensational Pasadena youth has been
accorded the top position over six
racquet stars who out-ranked him at
the close Of the 1880 season, including
the present champion, John Hope Doeg
OF Newark, n. j., who was dropped to
No. s.
Vines elevation to first place among
the seeded players is the result of his
brilliant campaign Of recent months.
in which he has swept through prac-
tically every tournament of Importance
on the Atlantic seaboard twice defeat
ing Doeg and once beating Frederick J.
Perry, British Davis Cup star and top
seeded foreign threat The 1e-year-old
Vines was ranked only eighth after last
years national event, in which he was
eliminated in the second round by G.
Lyttleton Rogers, Irish Davis cupper.
Following Vines in the seeding for
next weeks golden jubilee tournament
are Francis <. Shields, New York, No.
2; Sidney B. Wood. jr, New York, No.
3; George NJ. Lott, jr., PHILADELPHIA, NO.
4; John Hope Doeg, Newark, ". J., NO.
5; Clifford Suffer, New Orleans, No.
s; John Van Ryn. Philadelphia No,
Z; Wilmer Allison, Austin. Tex, No 8.
English Davis Cup players who par
ticipated against France in july have
been given the positions of honor in
the foreign seeding. Their order is as
follows:
Frederick j. Perry, England, No. /:
Patrick Hughes, England, No 2; Chris
tian Boussus France, No 3: jacques
Brugnon, France, No. 4: DR.. Jack
Wright, Canada, No. 5: Marcel Rain
vile Canada, No. s: Marcel Bernard.
France, No. 4 Andre Merlin, France,
No. 6.
More than 100 entries already have
been received
Nineteen of the first 20 ranked play
ers in the United States will compete
for Dogs crown, and approximately
20 of the next % ranked stars.
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looking to the future Rod and Stream
suggests that all real SportSmen deny
themselves this year from going on any
duck shooting trips, and confine them
selves TO shooting doves, squirrels,
turkeys, etc.
Trout, rockfish and taylors or blues
having commenced TO school now is the
time that the purse METERS viii be most
active in their operations. In Mary
land waters the purse meters have been
legislated out of existence after Novem-
Der !. AS previously stated, in the
lower Potomac in salt water there must
be concurrent legislation between Mary
land and Virginia Virginia refused TO
pass a law prohibiting purse METERS from
taking Menhaden in the lower Potomac,
but they are not allowed to catch food
fish.
The northeast storm last week played
havoc with fishing in Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries. The fish now are
reported back to normally and again
furnishing excellent sport. Good re-
ports reach us from the Eastern Shore
and the lower Potomac, where large
catches are being landed.
Fishing of Niger Head buoy in the
bay last Monday night, Bill, Al, Caro-
Ign and Lulu Geary and Hilda Ballard
of Pittsburgh, Pa; Jean Topper OF
Pittsburgh, E. M. limbs and George
Dorsey OF Baltimore, with Capt. Ken
Meth Neiman as their guide, made
good catch Of trout several blues and
few perch. This is one of the best
catches reported from this section this
year
Capt. Bob Lee Of Shady Side, with
party fishing of the same place just
before the storm broke, made a good
catch of trout.
L. P. Conner and weems Pether-
bridge, local anglers, fishing last week
end off Herring Greek, made a catch Of
ITS fish, many of them trout running
from 5 to pounds. The remainder Of
the catch consisted Of harcheads, spot
and perch. They used soft crabs as
bait.
Clarence Schroeder and son and
Charlie Zurhorst, members of the local
fishing fraternity, landed SO fish of
catch consisted Of trout, hardhead and
spot.
Miss Frances Gordon Of Chevy Chase.
Md, with Brook Bryan of piney Point,
fishing of Tall Timbers. made catch
OF 20 assorted fish last Saturday aft
eTnoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Owens Of this
city, fishing last Sunday morning of
Blackistones Island, made good catch
of trout, some weighing around
pounds; hardheads and spot. They
used soft crabs as bait.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hokanson, local anglers.
fishing last Tuesday in tie lower Poe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

Of things piscatorial. they have been
doing plenty the past two weeks.
Apparently all is quiet along the
PatuXent, as there was no mention of
anything doing this side of Solomons
Island
"A friend of mine, in Prince Fred
erick, Md, informed me that during
the past week, previous to the
nor 'easter. the trout were running wild
in the Patuxent between Broomes Is
land and Benedict, and that big catches
Of large trout were made by parties
living in and around Prince Frederick.
II certainly am glad to hear this
good news Of the old Patuxent, for
much as l love her, had become
somewhat soured on the old stream
lately.
My last trip on the Patuxent re-
suited in practically nothing but long
cruise among the sea nettles. We
flshed from Sheridan Point to Solo
mons Island, almost to Cedar Point
Light and back. Our catch on this
trip was one hardhead, landed right
at the start of our fishing near Sheri-
dan Point. This hardhead actually
seemed pleased that he had been
hauled out of the warm water and mess
Of sea nettles, and apparently satisfied
to lay where he was, placed upon a
patted with his tail until he passed
out without one protesting croak
Nothing else but toadfish were caught
on the trip to and around Solomons
Island
ON the return trip to Sheridan
Point, about o'clock in the evening,
landed a small trout which 1 was
about to return to the water. but when
1 saw the reproachful CLINT in its eyes,
as If to say, Please, mister. I'm so
lonesome, don't throw me back among
the nettles,' I did not have the heart
to do so, but placed it beside the lone
hardhead on the fast dwindling piece
OF ice. Then to shore and home
Pop informs us that another friend
OF his who has been Summering at
Point Lookout dropped in to see him
the other day and informed him that
since the lst of August the fishing in
Cornfield Harbor has been great Hard
heads, trout, blues and spot furnishing
excellent sport. Pop says he asked him
If the fish there had special feeding
hours and his reply was: HI, no,
you can catch 'em any hour and on
both Hood and ebb tide"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
MISS NUTHALL-L0TT
REACH TENNIS FINAL
Score at Longwood, but Play for
National Doubles Honors
Again Is Delayed.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE. Mass, August 29.-The
poorest weather the national doubles
tennis tournament has suffered in so
years raised such havoc with the Long
wood courts that u S. L. T. A. officials
tosay were forced to order a third post
ponement. which automatically put the
championship final over until next
Wednesday.
After deciding the courts were unfit
for the important play, the officials
threw open the Longwood gates to the
public and put on their golden jubilee
sideshows. In these the national vet
Grams and father-and-son competitions
were reduced to the final bracket, and
such Roadway was made in the mixed
play that Betty Nuthall England, and
George Lott, Philadelphia, the 1929
champions, were able to advance into
the last round.
Two other teams reached the lower
half semi-final berths and will play off
Monday, the winner meeting the Miss
Nuthall-Lott combination for the title.
That British American pair qualified by
putting out the remaining all-British
team Mrs. Dorothy SHEPPARD Barron
and George Patrick Hughes, 4-6, 81,
Ct
Mrs L. A. Harper, Oakland, Calf,
and Wilmer Allison, Austin, Tex, who
won this event last year with Edith
Cross of San Francisco, gained the
second last round by upsetting Mr.. and
Mrs. John Van Ryn of Philadelphia,
6-1, 81. Ga Two other British
American teams clashed in the other
quarter-final, and the victory went to
Mrs. Leslie Goldsack Pittman and Keith
GledhilI, Santa Barbara They had
6-1, 6--3 margin on Mrs. Eileen Ben
nett Whittingstall and Sidney Wood,
New York.
Mrs Pittman and Gledhill had to
eliminate the top-seeded foreign entry,
Dorothy Mudford and Frederick ].
Perry of England, to reach the quarter
finals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Par Elusive, but Tight Play
Puts Spice in Annual Field
Day Card at WoOdmOnt Club

test With nine shots each and Gold
stein won the playof with SeeirIem
second
Mrs Meyer was first in the Glass A
women's 9-hole handicap with 50-9-4l;
Miss Bertha Israel second with 53-10-43
and Mrs. L. B. Schloss third with
59-i5-44
Woodmont Aces Win.
Mrs. Stephens, Mrs l.. E. Harris and
Mrs Henry Kaufman finished In that
order in Glass B.
Miss Israel took driving honors with
468 yards and Mrs. Theodore PeyseT
was second with All.
Mrs Shulman used only 10 strokes to
win the pitch and putt event and Mrs
PeySer, with IL, again was a runnerup
Nordlinger and Max Well, represent
ing Woodmont, defeated Harry Pitt of
Manor and Jimmy Herman Of Wash
ingtcn in an exhibition match, to /.
The victors had @ best ball score of SO
against 70. Pitt shot a IS for IN
dividual honors. His partner used 30
strokes and Wen and Nordlinger rs
each.
A horseshoe pitching contest was won
by Leopold Freudberg who defeated
Harry Sherry in the final.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
BY WALTER r. MccALLUM.

"HTCAGo, Ill. August 2s.-out
here In the open spaces OF the
Middle West. where Bobby
Jones stalks around the Bev-
erly Country Club, in his new role of
spectator and writer. a battle is to be
enacted, as the amateur golflng greats
contend to decide the successor to the
long ruling king.
1t marks a turning point in golf
in this country-this amateur cham
pionship to be fought beginning Mon
day; a turning point which may
swing either way-back toward the
old guard or to reckless youth. During
the last 20 years there have been five
great leaders in amateur golf. The
greatest of them all--the undisputed
master of the worlds shotmakers--is
out of the championship. The others
carry on where he left of, hoping to
stand OF the Furnishing attack of the
younger generation. Back in the decade
between 1910 and 1920 there were
four great leaders among the amateurs.
In the early years there were Jerry
Travers, Chick Evans, Francis Ouimet
and Bob Gardner. Between them this
quartet accounted for seven amateur
championships, and three open titles.
After 1920 there were Sweetser and
Won Elm and after 1923 there was
Just Jones. The master was beaten
twice, once by Won Elm and once by
Johnny Goodman.
This year the boss of them all is
out, and of the five great golfers who
have won several championships over
the last 20 years Ouimet and Evans
the deadly rivals of a decade ago, still
on Tnifand Nfrffh thorn ", the
ranks of those who may be called the
of the game are such sturdy
players as Max Marston, champion of
1923; Jesse Guilford Of 1921, and
Harrison r. Johnston, champion of
1929.
a ND how about the young contend
n ers? Those who may be claSsed
as youngsters in this amateur in
clude that amazing young foot ball player
from California-Charlie Seaver, the
blond giant who went to the semi
final last year, only to lose on the last
green to Eugene Romans. And Romans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
|NSCR|BES EP|TAPH
ON CLAY TARGETS
Tombstone Salesman Breaks
1876 to Annex National
Doubles HonorS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Y TANDALIA, Ohio, August 29.-Gus
NJ Payne, tombstone salesman from
Oklahoma City, won the anna
teur doubles clay target cham
pionship of North America, the closing
feature Of the grand American handi-
cap trapshoot tournament, here today.
With a high cross-wind blowing,
Payne succeeded in shattering l85 tar
gets out OF possible 200 to lead George
Peter of Phoenix, Ariz., and Sam Jen-
ny, Highland, Ill, who tied for second
place with 1873 each In the shoot-of
Peter won second place by breaking 10
out of 20, while Jenny shattered 49,
The Crothers family of Chestnut
His Pa, took home another trophy
when Alice, daughter OF Steve Croth-
ers, who won the champion of cham
pions event Wednesday, was first in
the women's doubles with score of
n out of 100.
In the grand American consolation s.
E Cooper of Sycamore, H.. won first
money with a score Of 81 from the IT.
yard line, while G. w. Olney, West
AlliS, wis. and John Brandt, Vandalia,
manager of the Amateur Trapshooters'
Association. tied for third place with
80 each. Olney shot from the 23-yard
line and Brandt from d. Olney won
the shoot-off
Payne was the "high-over- all" anna
teur for the week, breaking $50 out of
1000 targets. Clyde Mitchell, Column
bus, Ohio, and Milwaukee, international
open champion, was the high-over-all
professional, shattering 957 out of 900.
The Oklahoma City sniper won his
third battle Of the day when he out
SHIPPED George Peter in the information
al hundred shoot-off. They tied at the
end of the regulation 100 targets with
"a each. In the shoot-oh Payne shat
tered % targets, while Peter broke
only 81.
Third place went to Rem Seaton,
Terre Haute, Ind, with 81. Mrs. j. S.
Murphy Of Freehold, N. j., led the
women with u.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
CARDS HELP BUGS
TO TAKE 81 TILT
Five Errors Prove Undoinu
of Champions and Streak
Ends at Seven Wins.

By the Associated Press.
~ T. LOUIS, August 2e-Aided by
five costly errors, Heinie Meme
and the Pittsburgh Pirates eyened
up the series at one game each
by defeating the st. Louis Cardinals,
s to 2, here today
Frankie Frisch and Charley Colbert
contributed two errors each and Pitch
er Syl johnson accounted for the other.
Meme, who has two shut-out victories
over the champions this season. had
only one bad inning. the fifth, in which
the Cards scored twice.
BY winning, the Pirates stopped the
Cardinals streak Of consecutive tri-
umphs at seven.
The defeat reduced the champions
lead over the idle New York Giants
10 10 games
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER

tomac, of Blackistones Island landed
a nice catch of trout, hardheads, perch
and spot.
Fresh-water anglers after small
mouth black bass are just out Of luck.
All streams in this neck of the woods
are reported muddy, including the Po-
tomac, the Shenandoah, and all
streams in the Eastern Panhandle OF
West Virginia.
Top GIRLING, well known local
angler, in another Of his interest
ing letters, says:
ct is with the keen interest of an
ardent disciple of LEAK Walton I read
your column in The Star
II like to learn what the other mem
bers of the great fraternity Of anglers
are doing and where.
According to reports sent to you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
BROWN TENNIS FAV0RlTE
Given Slight Edge for Colored Title
in Big Field.

Sterling Brown, ranking tennis play
er of the cclored netmen of the Dis
trict, is a slight favorite to win the
n1uch-rained-out tournament, SPONSOR
ed by the Washington Tennis Associa-
ttion, scheduled to start yesterday.
Arrangements have bsen made by
the Tournament Committee to handle
the lafgest gallery to witness a tennis
event on the Howard courts.
Among Browns rivals are Johnnie
Wilkinson, Clyde Freeman, Leno.r
Cook, Oscar Murray. Mickey Syphax,
1'alley Holmes, Roscoe Lewis and John
Lancaster.
There are several others who may
cause trouble. Play win start tomorrow
at 4:30
Entrants include:
2; Jones, Clyde Freeman, Lenoir Cook,
Eldridge Henriek, Archie Smith. Sterling
Brown, Oscar Murray, Joseph Sewalf. Mar
Senter Smith, Lee Brown, Flipper. Mayfleld,
N. Syphax. Rayford Logan, Morton, Byrd,
Ling Johnson, Talley Holmes, Lonis still
Robert Hainsworth. Richardson, Hinton,
Marx Terrell, CaWthorne, John Jefferson.
Roscoe Lewis, Washington. Davis, Charles
West and Robert Anderson.
Jones and Freeman NJ. Smith and NJ Jack
son. Grown and Byrd, Meytield and Morton.
HASTE and Johnson, Nash and Davis, Ter
rel and Anderson and Cook and Murray.
Mixed doubles-Wilkinson and partner, n.
Jones and p. Abrams.
Women's singies-Florence Abrams
Doubles entrants viii be announced to-
morrow.
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Shires Purchase
Denied by Mack
PHILADELPHIA, August 20 (P).-
Connie MACK MANAGER OF Tho

PHILADELPHIA, August 20 tE9).-
L Connie Mack, manager OF the
Philadelphia Athletics, asked
today concerning a report in Mil
waukee that the champions had
purchased Arthur Shires. replied:
It's not true that we have bought
Shires." Mack would not discuss
the report further.
In base ball circles, however, it
was said that negotiations for Shires
were under way and that it was ex-
pected that the deal would be COM
pleted shortly.
If Shires joins the Athletics. fans
here believe Mack will make
switch in his infield. with Jimmy
FoXX moving from first to third. a
position he has always liked, while
Jimmy Dykes and Eric McNair would
play as utility infieiders.