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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
DRUMMER is SEEN
AS RELICS OF PAST
Old-Fashioned Travelling Man
Displaced, Say Statesmen
in Convention.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 9.-The
travelling man who once wore q brown
derby and checkered vest, told risque
stories, ogled the small town bellies, sat
up with other drummers at all-nisht
poker games and wound up by padding
his expense account Is a thing OF the
past.
This was asserted In one form or
another by virtually all Of the officials
OF the Travellers Protective Association
in annual convention here. Instead.
President w. S. MurchiSon Of Raleigh,
N. c.. said the travelling salesman Is u
practical psychologist. leading the Ma
ton out OF depression.
Stories Already Told.
Albert ]. Simpson, who has been
selling drugs for 40 years, explained
about the stories. In the first place
:. he told newspaper men, there are no
j new stories. What with the radio and
certain types Of magazines. everybody
hears the latest yarn at about the same
! time.
Then, too, the statesmen haven't the
Eime. The long train rides and the
long layoVers In SnoWbound towns are
things Of the past.
President Murchison said the associa-
zion had q membership OF ZAP 900 and
that all We're working harder than ever
AS they were selling on commission
Ind had 70 sell goods or starVe.
Il Bring Good Tidings.
Y "As emissaries of commerce they
Bring good tidings OF bettered conditions
DO every city, town and hamlet In the
!; country" Murchison said.
The convention will continue until
: Friday.
No. R~sf {
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
KELLOGG GETS DEGREE

MINNEAPOLIS, June 9 CP-Frank
B. Kellogg, st. Paul. judge Of the Per-
manent Court Of International Justice
and Dr. George E. Vincent, former
president Of the University Of Mime
sofa, were made honorary doctors CT
law by DR.. Lotus D. Coffman. presi-
dent. at the University of Minnesotas
commencement last night. Diplomas
were given 1900 students.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
OPPOSES ANY CUT
IN DRY LAW FUNDS
Shreve Holds Reduction
Would Be Blow to Prohi-
bition Enforcement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Opposition TO any curtailment OF
funds for prohibition enforcement
under the announced drive of President
Hoover to cut down all Federal ex-
penditures was expressed today by Rep
resentative Shreve, Republican, Penn
Sylvania, a prohibitioniSt.
Shreve said the extension Of enforce
ment activities by the addition Of 500
agents on July should not be ham
pered.
AS chairman Of the House Appropria-
lions Subcommittee in charge of the
Justice Department bill. he led the
drive last year for the increased allot-
ment for the prohibition bureau.
The Pennsylvania Representative con-
ferred yesterday with oficials Of the
Justice Department. Attorney General
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
Deputy Clerk Resigns.

FAIRFAX. Va, June Especially =
E. r. Holbrook, deputy clerk of the
court. has rendered his resignation, eff
fective July !, as agent for the Depart
ment of Game and Inland Fisheries in
charge of issuance of hunting and fish
ing licenses for Fairfax County. This
will be taken over by Thomas p. Chap
man, 81. -....-.--..--.-...---.
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ARNOLD TO GET DEGREE
Capital Engineer Will Receive
Award Delayed by War Service.

James Riehl Arnold, 1902 Gallatin
street. who left school at Carnegie In
stitute, Pittsburgh, in 1917 to enter the
World War, today will receive the degree
Of civil engineer from that institution.
Mr.. Arnold, now Washington con-
tractor and builder, was captain in the
Carnegie Cadet Corps. before entering
the war and upon his enlistment was
commissioned as lieutenant, and made
drillmaSter at Fort Humphreys, Va. He
was enc of the youngest officers in the
World War.
Friends of Mr.. Arnold at Pittsburgh
are to be hosts at. a banquet to him
tonight at the Hotel Schenley, in that
citYh
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Auxiliary Will Meet.

ARLINGTON, Va, June 9 Especially =
The regular meeting of the Auxiliary Of
the Arlington Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will be held at the home of Mrs.
Julian Tapp tonight. Plans to assist
the firemen with their carnival will
be made. All members are urged to be
nresent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
Fire Auxiliary to Meet.

CLARENDON, Va, June 9 (Spe-
cia) The Woman'S Auxiliary of the
Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department
will meet tonight in Firemen's Hall to
plan for aiding the f1remen in their
annual carnival to be held the week of
June IS. Following the business ses-
sion there will be an apron and necktie
box party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
TWO VACANCIES OPEN
WITH INDIAN SERVICE
Applications for Important Places
Due Before July 10, Civil
Service Board Decides.

BY the Associated Press
The recently organized Indian Serv-
ice has two important positions to I'LL,
and especially qualified men are wanted.
They carry the titles of assistants TO
the Indian commissioner. One would
have charge Of Indian property and the
other of human relations Each mas an
annual salary Of $500, with increases
to $6,400 possible.
The Civil Service Commission will re-
ceive applications until July TO- Special
boards of examiners will pass on the
applicants, the usual form Of exanina-
ton having been waived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
KIWANlS CLUB FORMED

New Arlington County Group
Holds Election of Officers.
BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star
CLARENDON, Va, June 9-Forma-
ton Of a Kiwanis club in Arlington
County took place last night at a meet
ing held in the Arlington Trust Build
ing. Rosslyn. Officers elected were as
follows:
Amos C. Crounse. president; DR.. J.
H. Walton, vice president: w. Thomas
French. secretary treasurer, and Macon
Ware. district trustee. Members OF the
Board OF Trustees are DR.. J. Z. Payne,
Henry J. Klinee, Frank L. Wollfork,
Comdr. S. q. Green, Maj. ]. II. Pirie
and Allen j. Prosise. Meetings will be
held each Wednesday at Windsor Arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

I Newport. r. l., had the first gas
NshtinR In America, In 1905 \
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Armour Maps Thinking Game
Plans Use of Iron off Some Tees and Will Give Up
Distance for Direction.

from many tees. Travers, never was
very apt with wooden clubs and al
ways drove with big, mongrell iron.
Discussing his scheme with the
writer today, Tommy said: Driving
with O long iron may seem strange
to the spectators and many of the
players. but 1 figure it will pay.
Take the first hole for example. A
bit of nervousness on the starting
hole coupled with shoulder wind
and 1t is mighty easy to slice out OF
bounds. A fellow who is striving
to prevent a slice is likely to hook
into the traps on the left-hand side
of the fairway.
to pick up four IS on the first hole
in the championship rounds. II sue
cessful in that I figure to pick up
a one or two shot lead on the real
field on that hole alone. And II
can pick up another on the fourth
or tenth, will start the final round
In fine shape"
Armour had some definite opinions
as to this championship. He wagered
the gallery at Inverness would be
the greatest In the history Of golf.
A number Of the lads took him up on
that one, for the SO admission tax
has put the chill on a number of
golf enthusiasts. Mr.. Armour also
declared the second nine at Inver-
ness was the toughest championship
test offered since the 1927 open at
Oakmont. in which he defeated
Harry Cooper for the title. THE
eighteenth Is one Of the best ever
have seen. 1t Is an easy four in
practice, but wait until the field
tries 1t on the final round"
In view of the typographical con-
ditions of the course, Armour and
several others predict that the win
ming score would be between 29l and
294 strokes.
Armour was the big favorite as the
championship began, with Percy Allis
Of Germany, Gene Sara1en, Billy
Burke, Ed Dudley, WHY Cox, Harry
Cooper, AL Espinosa, Henry Cotton
of Great Britain, Macdonald Smith
and Bill Mehlhorn also among the
leading choices. Many close fol-
lowers of the game give Bobby
Cruickshank, the wee Scot from New
York, q chance. CruickShank has
not threatened for the championship
since Bob Jones defeated him in the
play-off for the 1928 title at Inwood.
But Bobby has at last regained his
confidence and Is hitting every shot
well.
The writer has seen the last IL
open championships and this Is the
hardest Of them all to predict. There
are at least 20 players In the field
with shots good enough to win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

"OLEDO, Ohio, July 2.-Direc-
ton and safety rather than
distance was the aim Of
Thomas Dixon Armour, reign
ing British open champion, when
he started his drive for the United
States open golf championship at
the Inverness Country Club today.
The Inverness fairways have been
narrowed to the width OF piece of
baby ribbon and in many instances
they do not measure more than 80
feet in breadth. This narrowness
combined with dangerous out Of
bounds on many Of the holes makes
heavy wooden shots fraught with
peril.
80 Armour, who is one Of the
smartest Of all professional golfers
as well as being the greatest Of
modern iron players. plans to play
anything but q game Of wooden
clubs. On the first, fourth. seventh
and tenth holes, Armour will drive
with q number / iron. With that
weapon, Armour is fully in his &C
curacy and since it takes two shots
to get home on any of these holes
he will lose but little in sacrificing
distance for direction.
Armour will be the first player
since Jerry Travers ruled the anna
teur brigade to drive with an iron
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Monro Hunter, has figured out that he
will use q spoon from the tee on most
Of the holes. "On some Of these holes
I can knock the ball far enough with
q spoon, anyhow" he says, and on
some of the others I would rather play
my second shot from the fairway than
from that darned rough" Monro
should know, for his arms were tired
yesterday from ploughing the ball out
Of that innocent-look rough.
Rough That Is Rough.
This rough is far different from the
rough We know around Washington.
They seem to run to hay out here in
the Middle West; and the hay that
fringes the narrow fairways at Inver-
ness Is that twisting. clinging stuff
that takes . club and twists it around
so all the wallop Of the blow is lost.
The traps are not bad; somewhat ar
chaic as Hunter describes them. But
that rough will set them all on their
ears. And even after you get the ball
on the green you haven't got 1t in the
hole. The putting green's here-an OF
them 20 years old or more-haye more
twists and turns in them than China
mans mind. We saw repeatedly balls
that were ticketed for the bottom OF the
CUP run up to within inches Of the lip,
break away and end feet OF. It's the
old story all over again. The guy that
gets around with a or so on his caro-
and who gets down all the Shooters Will
win. But it won't be below $50.
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THE LISTENING POST
BY WALTER TRUMBULL-

$343,549.70 than he drew against the
old Manassa D1auler in q non-cham-
pionship bout.
Against Stribling, in Miami Beach,
Sharkey drew $405,000, and against
Tommy Loughran, In New York,
he drew 1884, sol. The Miami Beach
bout gained impetus from the fact that
it was the last bout Richard arranged
and also because Jack Dempsey was
used as window dressing.
1t seems fair to say two things: Had
Tunney returned to the ring as cham
.pion and fought SchmeiinR when
Sharkey did, the gate might have ap-
preached 100000. Were Schmeling
to fight Sharkey in New York, instead
of Stribling in Cleveland, the gate
might be even larger than in their
previous meeting; although this is
doubtful, because Of business con-
ditions.
But, when you figure that Berlenbach
and Stribling. and Sharkey and Ma
loney drew under $500 and that
Berlenbach and Delaney, and Sharkey
and McTigue drew under 5000, 900 in
good times, 1t seems doubtful that we
are going to see many gates Of half q
million or over In the immediate future.
lust as Ketchell couldn't beat John
son, so Walker couldn't beat Greb or
Loughran, but they say that he has
grown heavier and stronger One thing
you must say for Mickey Walker is that
he has heart. Neither Sharkey, nor
any other big man, Is going to scare
the Remson bulldog. Mickey will do
his share Of the fighting, as long as
the bout lasts.
1t seems rather interesting that TIn.
ney and Dempsey favor Stribling's
chances, while Sharkey and Tommy
Loughran pick Schmeling TO win. Per-
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TWO FIGHTS IN ONE
At LAUREL ARENA
Details of Cleveland Title
Affair Will Be Given
Tomorrow Night.
.1sT1C followers torn between a

TISTIC followers torn between a
- desire to hear q blow-by-blow
description Of the Max Schmel-
ing-Bill Stribling fight at Cleve-
land and to see the real thing at Laurel
tomorrow night when Babe Hunt and
Pietro CORR get together may have both.
for Matchmaker Angy Gerrin of the
Mid-City Boxing Club will have a radio
hook-up at the new stadium while both
the Cleveland and Laurel bouts are in
progress.
Originally scheduled for last night,
the Shout card, which will include az
rounds or less Of boxing, was postponed
until tomorrow because of rain.
Fearful that too long a layoH might
react to their disadvantage, Hunt and
CORR today were to resume light exer-
cising A substitution in the Ground
event will find Young Harry Wills OF
Baltimore replacing Gorilla Jones OF
New York as the opponent for Ell Kadlr
BILLY Edwards). Mickey Diamond, the
Philadelphia battler. reported yesterday
with a sick stomach and Matchmaker
Gerrin may be forced to make another
substitution. Arthur De Beve was TO
meet Diamond.
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This championship is full of dramatic
possibilities and United States trad1-
ton. 1t was at Inverness In 1920 that
Ted Ray, the big Englishman, beat
Harry Vardon to the wire. Will a
Briton repeat?
It was at Inverness that Bobby Jones
entered his first open and he now re-
turns as a spectator with his golhng
wars behind him. 1t was at Inverness
that Walter Hagen made desperate
struggle for more than go holes to win
two years in q row and beat back the
British charge Now Hagen returns
playing as we'll as ever, formidable
figure, one of the first choices in the
strong field.
TT was at Inverness that Tommy
i Armour played in his first big Amer
lean tournament IL years ago, then
a young and almost unknown Scot who
had just come across. Now Armour
starts at Inverness holding the British
Canadian and P. G. A. championships
to make his bid for a fourth major
title in less than IL months.
It was at Inverness in 1920 that Lee
Diegel offered his first bid for fame
where q spectators loud cough on enc
of the closing holes cost Leo Z and
his chance to win by two strokes.
Now Inverness is waiting for them
all-Armour and Hagen. Mac Smith
and Sarazen, Cotton and Allis and
Compston, Shute and Witty Cox, Farrell
! and Burke, Horton Smith and Diegel
Espinosa and the Dutras, with others
who were then unknown caddies, ano
now potential stars.
It will be at Inverness that George
Won Elm will make his first bid on the
professional side in the national open
championship, and he will be another
worth looking at.
Inverness today Is full Of spoken and
unspoken queries. Can Armour hold
up under the strain of four big titles
in row? Can Mac Smith shake loose
the ancient hoodoo and play his game
Can Hagen win a United States open
after waiting II years? Can Horton
Smith, the sensation Of two years ago
find the lost road back after . season &
lapse? Can Gene Sarazen stay close
enough to the leaders to put on one
of his famous finishes?
WHAT chance Is there to put new
w name on the cup that has never
been written before? Won Elm
Mac Smith. Golden, Cotton, Compston
Cooper, Allis, Diegel, Shute, Cox and
Espinosa are In this class. Many OF
them have threatened to the last hole
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Figured Good Enough Win National Open in Whitening Heat

haps the latter two would prefer 10
tackle the German for the title.
II the winner Of this Cleveland bout
confines himself to meeting Camera he
will be q joke champion. This is not
because Camera may not be able to
fight, but because nobody knows wheth-
er he can fight or not, and those VINO
control his ring destinies are afraid to
put him to the test against any really
good man.
To make o profit on the affair in
Cleveland the promoters must have at
least o 100000 gate. You can figure
it out for yourself. The stadium will
cost SAC, 900 in rent. the two main bout
fighters will get SIS per cent of the
take In, the performers in the other
bouts must be paid, and costs Of tickets.
ushers, advertising, ticket men and q
dozen other things must be met.
The selection of George Blake as
referee for the Stribling- Schmeling bout
in Cleveland Is in the nature OF a guar
antee that neither contestant will be
favored by the third man in the ring
Blake has o well earned reputation for
both honesty and ability
A referee can just about win q close
fight for either contestant II he Is not
on the level. There are methods Of
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SENDS ARRAY OF RUNNERS
Baltimore Has Bulk of Entries In
July 4 Race at Takoma.

Washington will be greatly outnun-
oered In the seven-mile race to be run
Saturday from the District Building to
the end of Takoma Park but Haskell
Clark, Bob Ratower, Jerry Looney and
jimmy Montague, the local entrants,
are hopeful Of coming through.
Over 80 entries have been received
with Baltimore sending the largest
number The Democratic Club will
send 26, Baltimore Cross Country Club,
%, and Ramsey A. c., 10.
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rCnle COmpSCOn.
only to miss out. Here is their chance,
with the devastating Bobby Jones on
the side lines, looking on, and scat
tering galleries all over the course.
There Is the biggest sort Of chance
that Inverness this time will bring
about q tie among two or more leaders.
Six men came close to being tied IL
years ago over this same course, now
frightened up to help back the rush of
modern scoring
Inverness will find q great field in
action this week. and the FIRST day will
be q hard battle to get by under IA.
There cannot be much slipping for the
winner with 50 many stars in hot pur-
suit, and they all know 1t.
There will be 10 holes today, 10 holes
on Friday and then SO holes on Satur-
day among the survivors who happen
TO beat the pruning knife. And only
those under $50 Friday night will have
any chance to pop in the final winning
putt late Saturday afternoon.
INVERNESS is an interesting test be-
1 cause 1t carries so many possibilities
In which a fine shot can get big
reward and bad one costs heavily.
There was the green that Ted Ray beat
par where others were running into
trouble
Inverness Is closely trapped and a
combination of sound wood play, good
long iron play and accurate pitching
Is needed. It isn't battlefield of
killing length. but its barriers are
1t should tell one Of the big stories
Of golf by Saturday night.
(copyrikht 1881. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
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Pointers on Golf
BY SOL METZGER.

There must be something in Cole
man r. Griffith's findings in his re-
search work at the University Of
Illinois about driving a golf ball.
The eyes, according to results there,
are concerned more with the mat
ter of balance than in focusing ones
sight on the ball. Science tells us
that the muscles of the body are
connected through the brain with
the eyes, and that our sight serves
to keep the body balanced and the
muscles reacting to what they adj
wise.
The moment the position Of the
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GUARDS GOLF AGE LIMIT
Birth Record Must Accompany En-
try for Junior Tournament.

In order to avoid any misunderstand-
ing in regard to entrance requirements
in connection with the American Legion
Junior golf tournament, to be held al
East Potomac July 81, Francis J. Nc
Donald, department athletic director
requests that all entry blanks be &C
companied with birth records.
Entry blanks may be secured at the
American Legion headquarters. Shore
ham Building, and the East Potomac
course.
No fee Is charged for this tournament
Boys who have not attained their
seventeenth birthday before June 80
1881, are eligible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
THE SPORTLICHT
by GRANTLAND RICE

Zone hundred and sxtyone survivors
entries started today to
I locate trail that Bobby Jones abandoned
battling for the golf champion
present the most tournament
Its major title
enough including British
Henry Cotton Percy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

head is changed, muscular reaction
Is also altered Thus, to dive we'll
the head must remain immovable.
This leads to one conclusion,
namely, that the feel Of the swing
Is more important than sight. That
is why blindfolded beginners make
more rapid progress in driving than
those who start in normal ways.
Have you used up two or three
strokes getting out of a sand trap?
Sol Metzger'S leafiet THE Explosion
Shot" will aid you in cutting down
your score. Write for It In care of
The Evening Star and incIose a
stamped, addressed envelope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
Layout of Links
For Open Event

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 2 (4N-Par and
the yardage for the Inverness Club,
where national open golf championship
began TO-DAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

The first noticeable thing about that
list is that there have been five ST.
Dempsey was one Of the contestants
and that the five crossed $8,455, 357 62
Tunney, a great champion, and Firpo.
reeking with color, couldn't draw half
as much against another opponent as
they could against Dempsey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

WHEN Dempsey fought Sharkey, he
w was supposed to be one OF those
hollow shells: yet Sharkey
against Schmeling-the latter adver-
tised as the coming Dempsey" in a
bout which was for the title-drew
$74s,s35. a splendid gate, but less by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

Just before Tex Rickard left on his
final trip to Florida, he gave me exact
figures on bouts he had held over a
space OF ten years. You will admit that
Richard was a good promoter. Well
here is @ list of his 20 most profitable
matches. The figures indicate gross re-
ceipts;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

breaking boxers, turning them out Of
position, letting them get away with
certain things. which can give one man
big advantage.
The Jack Curley Wrestlers' Associa-
ton Inc, is thinking of adopting an
ofncial song, such as 'Merrily We Roll
Along"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
Aged Sage, Never
Wrong, Picks Max

NEW YORK, July 2.-There was
IN joy at Max Schmeling's camp
in Conneaut Lake Park. Pa,
when word came from youngstown,
Ohio, that David Edmunds, 75-year-
old fistic sage Of the steel mills, had
picked Schmeling to win from
Stribling.
Edmunds, a steel worker, has long
been famous in youngstown for hts
ability to call the turn on heavy
weight championship fights. He has
not called one wrong in 80 years.
He started by picking Corbett to
beat Sullivan and has been right
ever since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

. HERE Is much fear of low gate
at the Schmeling- Stribling bout
in Cleveland. In fact, the pro-
Ynnfara roonsihl,r r,nn,, 4nIr. i,1k
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

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