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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03

~ OCK CREEK now Is in the Lead
- in the race for the all-time rec
ord score for the golf courses
about the Capital, with ringer
card of 33. A few days ago we pub
lished yarn to the effect that the all
time score of Rock Greek Park was 35
strokes, which placed the uptown park
all-time record in tie with the best
mark recorded at Columbia. But 1t
seems that Harry Graham the manager
at Rock Creek, and myself over
looked a bet or two, which have been
recalled by Jerry Wolf, member OF
the old Brightwood gang and one OF
those oId-timers at Rock Greek who
really started the popularity of the
course in the big park out along Six
teenth street.
Jerry Wolf is one of those who played
Rock Greek back in the old days when
there was no such thing as standard
golf ball, public links golf was just that
and most of the youngsters who played
there then were golfing just for the
sport of it. Here is what Wolf has to
say about those early days: Read your
article in The Star about Rock Greek
with much interest, having been a
booster for Rock Greek Park. This
dates back to the time when Henry
Miller was pro there; Frank Hartig,
Cliff McKimmie, Harry Pitt, George
Diffenbaugh, George Voigt, the Dt Estes,
Bill Storey, Dave And, the McAleer7
and myself used to meet at dawn every
Sunday and choose up sides. They were
the real days of the old ball.
According to your article, Rock Creek
has a real distinction-the low record
score for the entire city. Here Is how
it comes about:
ION Hole No. 2 Bill Storey and Dave
And both have made Is. Harry Ora
ham told us the best score was on
that hole,) Once Dave went through
that old barn window in 2 into the
hole. One Sunday McKimmie, Diffen-
baugh and Hartig, playing in four
some, reached No. 6 with their first
shot and were waiting for our foursome
to drive. their balls resting in airing
within feet of the hole. Storey hit
his and reached the green hole high
Voigt followed and sank his tee shot,
his ball going between several balls to
60 into the hole. This ties Sam Parks
ace on that hole, but the remarkable
feat was that the other two balls in
the last foursome also came within that
8-foot circle, and what a sight-all
eight drives with either No. 2 or No. 3
irons, seven balls on the green within
8 feet of the hole and one in the cup
for an ace.
ION No. Is, which used to be old No
with no difference in the hole unless
there was more foliage, I sank spoon
shot for a 2, playing against Luther
Florine with Robert Isbell caddying.
This brings your all-time record
the players / have mentioned have
equaled that themselves on the ccurse
with the exception of No. l."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03
COLUMBUS u. BOXERS
BOOK FOUR MATCHES
HIVE Group of Sturdy Ringmen
With Which to Cope With
Strong Rivals.

-Four engagements have been booked
for Columbus Uniyersity's boxing team.
Under the direction of Coach Dick
O'Comell the Crimson squad is drilling
every night.
A group Of sturdy battlers, several of
whom already have displayed much
more than average ability, are avail
eble and Columbus has high hopes of
showing strongly In its first season Of
formal competition in the ring sport.
Carrying the Crimson's hopes will be
Eddie Marmel, bantamweight; Harry
Allen, captain, featherweight; Johnny
Russo, lightweight; Joe Covaleski, well
terWeight; Mickey O'Connor (l93l D. C.
amateur champion), middleweight; Gus
Mirrnan, light-heavyweight, and Fran
CTS jain, heavyweight.
Washington and Jefferson, Spring.
field, Mass. College, South Carolina and
Brooklyn, N. Y, College are teams listed
on the attractive Columbus schedule.
Fhey will be met here in that order
February 4, 10, % and March 5.
Admission TO the bouts will be either
by Columbus University Athletic As
sociation books or invitation. Books
will 60 on sale tomorrow at Vic Sport
Shop, TIC Ninth street; Spalding's 1888
@ street; American Legion Offices in
the Southern Building and at the reg
1sters office of Columbus u, 1914
Massaehusetts avenue. The. books are
priced az %.
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Mac Smith, Diegel Among Few
Golf Pros Who Cling to Old
Style Sticks; Cox's Wad Grows

and the heads of most of them have
been filed down, built up or so altered
as to radically change them from their
original appearance. Some OF them
were hand forged according to Diegel's
specifications, and have been with him
for years. 1t is hard to separate a
golfer from a favorite club, particu-
larry the veteran professionals. Many
of the professionals here in California
for the big Winter tournaments are
sporting the 1882 model irons that for
the most part feature either a Hanged
sole o. else a diversified weight bal
ance.
THE pros are quite strong for the
J. Hanged sole idea and believe it
will be of tremendous help to the aver
age golfer inasmuch as it partially
prevents him from digging into the
turf too far behind the ball. 1t also
makes 1t easier to get the ball off the
ground.
Witty Cox has been the star of the
two tournaments already played on the
Pacific Coast. He won the San Fran
cisco match play championship and
finished second to Harry Cooper in the
Pasadena open. The former Stoker on
the battleship Nevada has at last found
the confidence needed to make him one
of the best money players in the game.
He beat George Won Elm soundly at
San Francisco and only for the super
golf played by Cooper at Pasadena
easily could have won that event. AS
it is Cox has started out as the big
money winner for the Winter season,
and if he can collect in the Los Angeles
and Aqua Caliente opens should enjoy
profitable year.
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LAUREL BASkETERS
IN FOR SNAPPY WEEK
Four League and Two Independ.
emit Games Slated at Armory.
Pair Tomorrow.

LAUREL, Md, January BASKET
ball will be brought to the front in a
Dig way here next week, when six games
are listed for the National Guard Arm
DRY court. -Four contests are scheduled
In the Inter City League and two in
independent competition.
Play will start tomorrow afternoon
with pair Of montague games, Head
quarters Company Of Laurel meeting
Silent Five Of Washington in the main
attraction following a clash between
the Guard Reserves and st. Phillips
Boys Club at $50 o'clock. The latter
qu1ns will renew an old town rivalry.
TWO league matches are booked Tues
day night, with Ellicott City Hoplites
and Sport Mart of Washington meeting
IN the first game at 7:30 o'clock and
Headquarters Company coming to grips
with Brookland Boys Club, also of
washington, in the second contest.
Hoplites and Sport Mart will be making
tnelr debut In the circuit this season.
Kenilworth Of Washington and Hop
lltes and Laurel Independents and
sport Mart are scheduled in league
contests Friday night
headquarters Company and Kenil-
worth are setting the pace in the loop
with victories over Independents and
Brookland Boys Club in the only
games to date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03

Competition will be renewed Monday
night in the Prince Georges County
Duckpin Association after holiday
recess of two weeks. Close races are on
in both sections of the loop.
In feature matches Washington Sub
urban Sanitary District Survey, which
is leading In Section by a single
game, viii meet Justine Nicholson
Motor Co., runuer-up, Monday night
and Collegiates, paee-setters in Section
!, will engage Dixie Pigs, champions
last season, in a Friday night en-
counter.
iIyattsyille Junior rollers will visit
the Clarendon, Va, alleys Tuesday
night to conclude a 10-game home
and-home series with Clarendon Jun
iors. The latter gained a one-pin adj
vantage in the first five games last
night on the Arcade drives here. The
score was 2,673 to 2672.
Company F, National Guard, bas-
keters of Hyatsville have listed game
with the Palace A. G. five Of Washing
ton tomorrow afternoon on the Armory
court here at 3 o'clock. The Guards
men will be out to start a winning
streak at the expense of Palace after
losing four out OF five starts to date.
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BATTERY RESERVES
ONLY YET UNPICKED
Continued Prom First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
Pat Charity Is too well on In years to
fill the bill. 1t is hoped to pick up a
performer better versed in the art by
the time the pennant race gets under
way. At the Winter meetings IN Chicago
last month President Griffith got no
where in his efforts to land a seasoned
catcher, but hopes to have more success
when the time comes for the other club
owners to reduce their rosters.
LLOYD BROWN, Carl Fischer and
- Bob Burke, southpaws, and Fred
Marberry and Al Crowder hold
overs all, are assured Of regular jobs
on the hurting staff, as is also Monte
Weaver, the big ex-Baltimorean, who
made such good impression here last
Fall, but which three Of the half dozen
other pitchers on the roster will be re-
tanned is something that will have to
be determined after they have been in
spected in the preseason drills and
exhibitions
The most likely candidate is Frank
Ramland Ragland, the 6-foot-1 right
handler of 1876 pounds hauled up from
Chattanooga, where he won Is and
lost games last season. Probably
next HlOSb pIOUlAol1lS Oll bAhS l4SS 40 lynn
Griffith, equally hefty and of even
greater height, soathpaw who also
spent last Summer with the Lookouts
and who appeared promlctng at tram
ing camp last year.
Occupying No. spot among the can
didates, but who is credited with pos
sessing greater raw ability than any,
is Robert George Friederichs, Holy
Cross College product, who made his
professional debut with Terre Haute
last July and finished the season as
Senatorial farm hand This stable
lad of % is said to have more sheer
stuff than any boxman on the roster,
but how well he can be taught to use
it remains to be seen.
Contrasting with these for the three
open jobs will be Walt Masters, the ex-
Penn U. star, and pair of youthful
righthanders President Griffth has &C
quired for looking over during the
sojourn in Dixie. They are John Boyle,
who halls from Bayonne, N. j., and
Del Delaney, a Chicagoaa, who was
with the Youngstown club last season.
Then there Is Ad Liska, provided the
champion invalid of last Summer
isn't shifted to essay his 1892 sub
marining elsewhere.
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EAGLE, VIC CUNTS
IN BATTLES TODAY
Former Will Engage Cleveland
Pennzoils, Latter Take on
Hawaiian Aloha Stars.

Skinger Eagles and Vic Sport Shop
basket ball teams, Washington's entries
in the semi-pro field, will entertain
highly-touted opponents this afternoon.
Eagles will engage Cleveland PENN
oils boasting the Greater Cleveland,
Ohio, championships, at the Boys Club
at O'Clock
Opposing the Vic tossers will be the
Hawaiian Aloha Stars, to be met at the
Silver Spring Armory at 8 O'Clock.
Skinker tossers will be out to add
their second win in as many starts at
the expense of Pennzoils who beast
that they lost just II games in SO
played last season.
Prominent on the visiting team will
be Al Eckert and Harlan McCord, who
played with the crack Cleveland Rosen-
blunls of the American League few
seasons ago, and Joe Adams who used
to hold forth with the Trenton Tigers
of the same league.
Eagles again plan to start with
Heagy and Evans, forwards; Allen,
center, and Bonnie and Radice, guards
Pete Nee will be held in reserve.
Delaware and Hudson Coal Co. qIints
will face at o'clock In Boys Club
unlimited class league match.
Pete Rubin, high scorer for Phila-
delphia Pros in their losing game
against the Vic quint here last week,
will perform for the Aloha Stars
against the Vic bunch again today,
having just been added to the Aloha
roster. Last week Rubin and Jake
Goldblatt, eagle-eyed Vic forward,
staged a keen battle for points which
likely will be renewed today.
Entertainment will be furnished by
Maria Likons, dancer, singer and guitar
player, and two male assistants, who
will give program of Hawaiian num-
| berS.
Sweeney, Goldblatt, Streeks, McMena-
min and Banta are listed to start for
Vic's team with Morris and Tuba
Farrell in reserve. Harris, forward,
has been released.
In preliminary Fort Myer and Gov
eminent Printing ONCE quints will face
at 2 o'clock in Government League
/ encounter
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Tigers, Giants, Phils, Bucs, Cubs
Reveal Spring Exhibition Dates

Haven; "a, Newark at Winter Haven
25, open; 26, Yankees at st. Peters
burg; 81, open; %, 20, 80 and 81, At
lanta at Atlanta.
April 2-Athletics at Philadelphia; 3
Baltimore at Baltimore; 4, Athletics at
Philadelphia; S, Reading at Reading
9, 7, 8, Athletics at Philadelphia; TO-
Newark at Newark.
Pirates Schedule 80 Tits.
PITTSBURGH January 2 (P).-The
Pittsburgh Pirates Spring brainlng
schedule was announced tonight.
Thirty games will be played after the
club has rounded into shape at Paso
Robes Calf A dozen games will be
played with major league teams, IA
with class AA outfits and four with
clubs in class A.
The date for the assembling OF the
team has not yet been definitely set
but the first exhibition game Will oe
against Oakland at Oakland, Calf, the
morning of March 10, Another con-
test will be held in the afternoon.
The Pirates will meet San Francisco
or the Missions at San Francisco in q
series beginning Monday, March "A, and
continuing until Sunday, March 70,
when two games vii be played.
The BUGS will play the Chicago Cubs
at San Francisco, March p, Will play
Oakland the two following days at Oak
land. March "a and rs will find them
battling the New York Giants at Los
Angeles, o. 49,. no.ro,+
Americans at Los Angeles March rs,
n and %, will play Los Angeles at
Santa Barbara, March 20 and 80, and
then viii meet the Chicago Cubs in .
four-game series at Los Angeles.
The Cubs will be Ptttsburgh's oppo-
nents at Fort Worth, Tex, April and
at Dallas the following day.
The Pirates play Fort Worth at Fort
Worth April 7, Dallas at Dallas April
8, Memoirs at Memphis April and 10,
will rest the next day and April IL
the National League curtain Will be
raised.
CHICAGO, January 2 (P0-The Chi
cago Cubs will play 80 games during
their 1882 Spring training season, in
Guiding sets with the New York Giants,
Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers,
President William L. Veeck announced
tonight.
The Cubs will open against the
Giants March II and, as usual, will
close with the Kansas City Blues April
10. For the first time since William
Wrigley, jr., became the owner OF both
the Cubs and the Los Angeles Pacific
Coast League club the teams will not
meet in training battles.
The schedule:
March lilo inclusive. Cubs VS. Giants
at Los Angeles; l7-l8, Cubs VS.. Portland at
Los Angeles T. CUBS vs. oakland at OAK ak
afternoon March 27l, Cubs VS.. San Fran
cisco at San Francisco; 1880. Cubs. vs.. De
troit at Los Angeles 3l-Aprll 1.3' in
elusive, Cubs vs. Pittsburgh at Los Angeles
April s. Cubs VS. Pittsburgh at Fort
Worth. Tex; g, Cubs vs. Pittsburgh at
saS City at Kansas City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03
Rock Creek, With 80 Ringer
Card, Now Leading Courses
In All-Time Record Scores

Thanks, Jerry. That does make the
all-time record for Rock Creek Park 80
instead of the IS which was the best
that Harry Graham and few other
timers could recall And that was
a great bunch of golfers in those early
days at Rock Greek. Let's see. Voigt
now is che of the Nations top-notoh
amateurs; Henry Miller, George Diff
fenbaugh, Frank Hartig, Cliff McKim-
niie, are all earning a living as pro-
fessionals, and our old friend Harry Pitt
Is the District amateur champion. In
those days Harry was quite youngster,
but II there is a better school to de-
velop youngster in golf than the public
links we do not know where it is.
And, Jerry, where on the public links
today could you find group OF golfers
of the ability of those you have men
toned? Those were the best days of
Washington public links golf, and no
foolins In latter years along came
John Shorey, Page Hufty and Al Hough-
ton, but those early years were the years
of real golf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03

TINE tricky backdrop Sander
Il Szabo has relied upon to at
tain top ranking among the
East's wrestling forces will
carry the Hungarian's hopes, how
ever slim they may appear, when ne
tackles Champion Jim Londos at the
washington Auditorium next Thurs
day night.
One of the best Versed grapplers
every imported from Europe, szaho
has become the leading exponent OF
the backdrop, in reality a double
somersalt, which usually ends with
Szabo on top and both of his oppon-
ent's arm pinned together.
Szabo has, next TO LondoS, the
best mat record compiled in Wash
ington. Except for loss to Shikat,
sustained when he fell through the
ropes, injured himself, and was
counted out, the Hungarian has been
undefeated.
.LondoS, of course, is expected to
continue where he left off last year.
The Greek still is bowling over all
opponents, one of his latest victories
being over Ray Steele, until then his
most persistent challenger. Steele's
loss, following string Of other de-
feats by Londos, temporarily at least
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03
NETMEN IN BALTIMORE
Washington Team Plays Maryland
Casualty Company Racketers.

BALTIMORE, January 2.-Washing-
ton tennis team will engage Maryland
Casualty Co. racketers tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock at the 5th Regiment
Armory In Baltimore Winter Indoor
Tennis League match.
Twelve more engagements are on the
loop schedule as follows:
January 9-Mount Washington VS.. Ameri-
can Legion, pm. Dumbarton Club VS..
Maryland Casualty, pm.
January lQ-Wsshngton VS.. Interparks,
pm.
January I6-Msryland Casualty vs. Inter-
parks, pm. Dumbarton Club VS.. American
Legion, pm
January l7-Washington VS.. Mount Wash
ington. 2 pm.
February l3-MoUnt Washington VS.. Inter
parks. pm. American Legion VS.. Maryland
Casualty. pm
February i4-Dumbarton Club VS. Wash
iugton PM
February 2G-Mount Washington VS. Mary
land Casually. pm. DumbaFton Club vs.
Ipterparks, 4 pm.
February 2l-Americsn Legion VS. Wash
ington, pm.
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BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

r OS ANGELES, January MAC
Donald Smith, the Carnoustie
Scot, who has been playing this
IL game of golf for many seasons,
still clings to many of the old
ideas of the game. The Smith is one
of the few professionals who still ad-
heres to wooden shafted clubs, and he
will hold to his old favorjte so long as
it is possible to obtain good hickory.
Smith is a master craftsman In the
making of golf clubs-as were most OF
the professionals who learned their
trade at the bench in some small club
shop back in England or Scotland.
Mac shafts aall of his own clubs and
carefully makes the heads of his driver,
brassie and spoon according to his
own fancies. Each club is piece Of
art to the Smith and he searches long
for blocks of persimmon with just the
right grain and from the rough pieces
of wood develops the woods that fit
into one of the most flawless swings
in the entire game.
MOST of the professionals have
WI gone in for matched woods and
irons but a few of them still cling
to old favorites although they may be
battered and scuffed and hold no rela-
ton to other weapons in the bag.
Leo Diegel Is one player who has q
conglomerate collection of clubs. He
carries % clubs in his big leather bag,
but Tugs only IA or Is around when
actually playing. Diegel has a set of
matched woods, but all of the other
clubs are different.
The irons all are hickory shafted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03

eliminates him for near-future chal-
lenges. SZabo, as result, probably
has as good a claim to the second
ranking position as any mailman.
That Londos still Is the games
greatest drawing card is manifest by
the unusually heavy demand for
tickets at the Annapolis Hotel, where
they are available A packed house
of approximately 1000 is in prospect.
All of the action, however, will
not come from the main match. The
preliminary card stacks up as one
of the best Of the year. Rudy Dusek,
one of the best, will tangle with Jim
Corrigan, a newcomer from the
Coast, in the semi 45-minute
time limit affair.
The Commute bouts contain sew
eral high-ranking men In Matros
Kirilinko, Herbie Freeman, Chief
White Feather, Doe Wilson and
George Hagen. Kirilinko, who had
the last crack at Londos here, will
meet Herbie Freeman, who has had
his share of matches with the
Greek. White Feather will attempt
to repeat his victory Of last Summer
over Tiger Bill Nelson, while Will
son and Hagen will round out the
bill.
This week women will not be ad-
mitted free.
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inter Locking Golf Grip Fore Soupa Year Looms Big League
Brown and Burke
Display Control

only five of the American League
~ pitchers who worked 100 innings
or more during the 1881 season
failed to hit an opposing batsman.
Two of them were southpaws, George
Walberg, pitching 291 innings, and
Lloyd Brown, who had 259 innings to
his credit. The right-handers were
Ted Lyons, with 101 rounds; Milton
CASTOR, with 119 innings, and Tom
Bridges, with 173 innings. While
not hitting batter, Bridges had y
wild pitches and walked 108 men.
Only five pitchers failed to display
any wild pitches. They were Urban
Faber, 1874 innings; Bob Burke, l2s
innings; Arthur Herring, 1855 in
nings; George Blaeholder, 226 in
nings, and Wallace Hebert, lo3 innings
two southpaws and three right
handlers again.
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20 YEARS AGO
WALTER JOHNSON and Ray
wv Morgan so far are the lone
IN THE STAR.

WALTER JOHNSON and Ray
wv Morgan so far are the lone
Washington base ball players
to sign contracts for the 1919 season.
Directors of the Washington team
Just elected are Miller Kenyon,
Rudolph Kaufman, W. H. Rapley,
Edward Walsh and B. S. Minor.
John F. Stowell has been reelected
president of the Washington Cross
Country Club. A. w. Leonard has
been named vice president to succeed
W. H Schofield and H. E. French
has been reelected treasurer. Other
officers chosen are: H. G. Davis,
treasurer; John G. Stecher, athletic
director and coach; Marshall Low,
captain of the field" events team,
and Bradley Gish, captain Of the
short distance" team. Stowell also
will serve as chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee, other members of
the committee being French, H. G.
Robertson, Davis, Wilson Hullfish,
Harvey E. Smith, Leonard e. w.
ThraI, w. Pollard and Milton E.
Groome.