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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
SOCCER TEAMS TIED
IN RECREATION RACE
Three Deadlocked in Lead After
Sunday Play-Capital City
Pace-Setter Gains.

THREE teams are deadlocked for first
l. place in the Recreation League and
the leading eleven has an increased
advantage in the Capital City League,
as the result of yesterdays soccer COM
petition hereabout.
Rosedale and Park View fought to a
IL tie, while Virginia Avenue, the pre-
vious pace-setter, idled, to bring about
the three-way tie among these teams in
the Recreation loop. In other matches
in this circuit, Bloomingdale defeated
Raymond, TO 0, and New York Avenue
conquered the Dux hooters, 2 to !.
Columbia Heights Grays bettered
their hold on first place in the Capital
City League In turning back Marlboro,
regarded as their main foe in the flag
battle, in Az struggle
Other encounters in this loop produc-
ed surprises as Brandywine defeated
Gaithersburg, 6 to 2, and Concords
held Columbia Heights Blacks to a IL
tie when Copper for the Blacks acciden-
tally kicked the ball into the wrong
goal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

more humid garden recently planted
in a low area beside the Potomac River.
This garden continued to prove its
value, as due to its location disease
studies may be continued there at times
when diseases are inactive on the main
garden with its open exposure.
An experiment on the effect of turf
diseases of morning, night, heavy and
light watering was conducted on putting
greens under actual play on a local
course and Information regarding GER
tain theories of watering was obtained
Weed control studies were continued
and some promising results were OBJ
tanned in the control of crab grass on
fairways. If the results of this par
ticular work continue to be satisfactory
after further experiments, they should
prove extremely valuable to the many
golf clubs having difficulty with this
weed"
no you know that a golf ball can
- not be considered lost until a
search of at least five minutes has
been made for it, This little considered
rule of the game may have meant a win
or a loss to Beverly Mason of Chevy
Chase the other day, as he hit long
tee shot toward the fence at the eighth
hole. The ball may either have been
out of bounds or lost. In the first
case the penalty was only loss Of dis
lance. In the second case it was loss
of stroke and distance. The best way
to overcome the ambiguity is to make
the penalty uniform for lost ball and
ball out of bounds.
In lots of cases player does not want
his ball found, preferring, If the penalty
is not too severe, to abandon the ball,
even though it must be searched for
for five minutes. One day few years
back Bob Barnett was playing at
Friendship, E. B. McLeans private
course on Wisconsin avenue. It was
in the Fall Of the year and the course
was covered with leaves. Under the
conditions, local rule was invoked
permitting the player to drop a ball
without penalty at the spot where he
thought the lost ball stopped.
Bob hit a booming tee shot well down
toward the green at drive and pitch
hole. The pill nestled down under a
bunch of leaves and couldn't be found,
although it was diligently searched for.
So he dropped another ball and knocked
1t into the hole for an eagle duece.
Just as the ball was rafting around in
the bottom OF the tin. AL Burton. who
was caddying for Bob. said: Here's
your Dali, ME. bdIHetJ- anu bod nau
to play the pill. He wound up with a
6 instead Of deuce.
At Oakmont few years back Gene
Larkin was playing the sixteenth hole,
a one-shotter Of 210 yards, with Al
Heron, well known Pittsburgh pro.
Heron cut loose with wild wallop from
the tee which wound up over in the
woods, 40 yards off the line GO over
and hunt for that ball" Heron in
structed his caddie But don't find
it." He had meanwhile played a pro-
! visional ball within O. foot Of the pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09

TINE entries in the D. c. flve-men
team tournament number five,
i viz; Agriculture, Chevy Chase,
Model Basin, Jewish Community
Center and Mixed Ladies and Gentle
men. A meeting is to be held the COM
ing week to complete arrangements.
The Philadelphia Chess League has
10 entries in its five-men-team tour
nament. The leaders are: Mercantile
Library Chess Club, 14-10; North City,
1876; West Philadelphia, 121a-81a.
In the intercollegiate Chess League
tournament which had eight entries,
City College of New York won the title.
A match Of 10 boards side, by tele-
phone or telegraph, has been arranged
between the City Club of Boston, which
recently celebrated its seventy-fifth an
niversary, and the Mercantile Library
Chess Club of Philadelphia, to be
played within the next six weeks.
The Mercantile Library Club also
contemplates a match with the Mar
shall Chess Club, to be played in New
York on February %.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY and West
~ Point Chess Clubs recently con-
tested team match, New York
University winning by to /.
In the Manhattan Chess Club tour
nament A. Kupchik leads with 7h-1h,
and Robert Whitman is second with
612-112, one game being adjourned.
Alexander Kevitz won the last rapid
transit tournament at the Marshall
Chess Club, 90; Reuben Fine was sec
ond, 81.
The tournament OF the Metropolitan
Chess League of Boston resulted in a.
victory for the Independents by the
score of II to l. Matches, 451a-141s
games. The Cambridge team, composed
OF Harvard men, was second, with 9-3
matches and 43l2-f6ia games.
DR.. Adajah Behrend, known as ''phy-
stefan to the poor" who died here re-
Gently at the age OF 81, was a member
of the old Washington Chess Club. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09

BY JOE GLASS
MOT great deal of space is re-
~ quired for practicing run-up
shots and the short ones can be
tried in any ordinary basement,
using coarse doormat from which
to play the ball and a net, or bla1.-
ket, or some such thing, to re-
ceive it.
On ordinary level ground, the
run-up shot will be half carry and
half roll. Willie Macfarlane, Johnny
Farrell and other stars Judge
their shots in that way. If you are
practicing indoors, then, you can
work merely for carry. That is, use
whatever space you have for learn
ing to hit the ball certain estimated
distances, which you can easily
mark of, through the air. You can
be certain that when you are able
to play in the open again, the
amount of roll desired will take
care OF Matchmaking allowance, of
course, for down slopes, up-slopes.
and so on.
To have well adjusted run-up
shot for use when your ball is close,
or fairly close to the green, means
great saving of strokes. Under
certain conditions, when a green is
very sodden, or very slippery, it Is
preferable to short pitch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09

QO VS.. New York Cd. May 80, 1887.
The work of Ray Hayworth,
catching for Detroit. and Earl Grace
for Pittsburgh, in 1881 and 1882, has
caused debate as to which should be
credited with the best record. There is
little to choose between them, as the
following official figures will show.
Hayworth, from September 3, 1881, to
August 20, first game, 1892, played SO
games, had 381 putouts, Sc assists, no
errors, total chances accepted 437,
with one passed ball. Grace, from Au-
gust 20, 1881, to September s, 1882.
played Ill games, had 378 putouts, SO
assists, no errors. total chances accept
ed 43l, with three passed balls.
Walter Johnson, Washington, and
Bob Grove, Philadelphia. have led the
American League six years each in
earned-run average. Grover AleXan-
der led the National League for five
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
SAY GOOD OLD DAYS
WEREN'T SO GOOD
Ecu things as good then
as noW," comment
oId-timers.

All the talk about the glamour
and glory of the good old days is
being punched full of holes. Men
who remember-and who give hon.
est opinions uncolored by sentiment
-emphatically say that some of to-
days five-cent cigars are far ahead
of anything in the old days.
Girard cigar, for example (for-
merly ten cents, now five) has more
downright flavor, fragrance, and
mellow goodness to the inch than
the old-timers ever dreamed of.
What's more, Girard "never gets on
your nerves" You can light I'D one
on the other, and still feel calm and
serene when you go to bed.
Is there any wonder that Girard
is Americas fasteSt-growing cigar?
It's. ten-cent smoke, Men. But
sales that are climbing hand-over-
fist and lower tohacco-costs permit
the nickel price. Get on Girards to-
day. It's blend of tobaccos from
three countries. See what it is that
makes Girard the favorite with most
Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
YOUTH Of CHAMPS
HELD SIGNIFICANT
Broad Geographical Distribu-
ton of Titles Also Graft
flying Factor.
BY EDWARD b. MOSS,
Executive Secretary, United States Lawn
Tennis Association.

n TEW YORK, January 9-lPj.
M The youthful age of
/ Y championship winners and
the broad geographical dis
tribution of titular honors were
the outstanding features of the
lawn tennis season of 1882. These
factors form a firm basis for the
prediction of continued increas-
ing popularity of the game and
the advancement of its leading
opponents to greater champion
ship honors.
Close to so players. representing
every section of the United States,
shared in the 30-odd national title
tournament honors won on the ten
mis- courts last year. California led
with Is championship holders; the
Middle West was second with II, and
the East was third with TO- New Eng
land players collected seven: those from
the South three; three titles went to
the Southwest racket wielders, and one
was captured by a Middle Atlantic
section competitor. In addition, United
States players won the mems singles
and women's singles in the British
championships at Wimbledon, and the
French women's singles title.
II ELLSWORTH VINES, JR., Just
i i. out of his teens, was, of course.
the outstanding player of the
year, both from national and inter-
national standpoint. since he won three
championships, including the United
States mems singles and doubles, the
British singles, and scored two victories
over Henri Cochet, until 1892 ac-
claimed the premier player of the
world.
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody still main
tanned her position as the worlds
greatest woman player, being victorious
in every competition which she en-
tered.
One of the most encouraging devel-
opments Of the year in tennis was the
notable improvement in championship
play and ranking among the players
of the Middle West. This was par
ticularly true among the Junior expo
nents of the game, as exemplified by
singles champion, and Helen Grawn
girls indoor singles champion.
THE Eastern Seaboard is a close con-
i testant of California and the
Middle West in the development
of outstanding junior players Judg-
ing from the present trend of Junior
play, it would appear that the leading
championship contenders in the near
future would hail from these three
sections, Notwithstanding the wide diff
ditions.
The South and Southwest also are
evincing greater competitive interest in
tennis and its development work, and
should the improvement continue
apace, one or both sections can be ex-
pected to submit candidates for Davis
Cup hor1ors In the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
IGNORE DEPRESSION
FOR NET TRADITION
Oxford and Cambridge Will Visit
for Biennial Series With
Harvard and Yale.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January e.-The ten
~ mis- players of oxford and Cam
bridge have decided not to let the
troubles that have cut deeply into
the international sports program for
1888 interfere with their biennial series
with Yale and Harvard.
The ninth of these international
matches will be played at the Newport
Casino in July, the United States Lawn
Tennis Association has announced. The
English players also are expected to
compete i'll the national intercollegiate
championships in several leading tour
narncnts and other team matches.
The visitors will be aided by two
Americans, David N. Jones, formerly
Of Columbia, and Clayton Lee Burwelt
from North Carolina. Jones now is
a Cambridge student and Burwell
Rhodes scholar at oxford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
! ECEIPTS from admission fees at
the amateur and open golf
| championships have dropped

- biIC dUldltuI anu open RCu
championships have dropped
off by something like 800
per cent from the halcyon days when
Bobby Jones was pulling 'em in at the
gate, according to figures submitted to
the annual meeting of the United States
Golf Association in New York.
The national amateur championship
at Five Farms, Baltimore, last Septem-
Der, drew gate Of only s6,647.75, while
the open championship at Fresh
Meadow, N Y. last June drew a gate
OF only $500 or total for the two
big tournaments Of Sl5,96775. Some
Of the drop, naturally, is due to the fact
that not so many folks have the $500
10 spend to see golf tournament these
days. But back in 1890, when Jones
was moving down the opposition on the
path to winning four major tourna-
ments in single year of campaigning,
the gate for the open tournament at
Minneapolis and the amateur tourna-
ment at Merton totaled Ssh ,04225, al
most three times the 1882 figure. In
1928 the gate for the two tournaments
aggregated S32,656. How the moguls of
n.
Jones to pack 'em in.
The annual report of the greens sec
ton has some nice things to say about
the washington staff Most of the &C
tlFltles OF the green's section are di-
rected from building over in the ad-
minlstratlve group of the Department
OF Agriculture. Here is what the report
has to say: 1.-THE greens section for
the year 1882 is glad to report that it
has been able to continue its various
activities in an efficient manner. chiefly
due to the loyalty and services of DR..
John Monteith, Kenneth Welton and
the assistants of the greens section
staff, with the very cordial cooperation
| OF DIR. Karl K. Kellerman, associate
chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry
of the Department of Agriculture"
OF the work at the Arlington Turf
Garden, the report states: Expert
mental work was continued as usual at
Arlington, supplemented with tests on
local golf courses under playing condi-
tons. Interesting observations were
continued on different species and
strains of grass for putting green pur-
poses and different mixtures for fair
way purposes. Some of the new strains
under trial. particularly velvet bent,
continue to show promise.
Some opportunity was afforded for
studies OF cutworms and sod webworm
control, and it is now felt that these
pests may be satisfactorily controlled
on fine turf by several poisons. Earth
worms were particularly troublesome as
they were elsewhere in the country and
remained so in spite of remedies hither-
to effective More work should be done
On this problem. Particularly good
OpDortyInitv was afforded for advanced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

FRANK CHANCE has signed a
L three-year contract to manage
the New York Highlanders base
ball team.
Alfred de Orc retained the world
pocket billiards title. defeating
James Mature in the final block Of
their match.
Coach Mulligan hopes to develop
a Georgetown U. relay team capable
of conquering Virginia.
Virginias won all three games
from LinworthS IN the Southwest
ern Duckpin League On the win
ming team were Glasscock, hewitt.
Nelson, Hickman and Roedffer M.
Wood, Whalen, Owens, Beard and
v. Wood represented the losers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
Sam Byrd Sets
New Golf Mark
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GAM DEWEY BYRD of Birming-
- mingham, the best golfer among
major league base ball players,
has added another record to his list.
The New York Yankee outfelder
recNntly fired IS over the Roebuck
course in Birmingham, Ala, for a
new amateur record. His score was
6 under par and tied the mark
which stood as the professional rec
ord. Sam made seven brides and
was over par on only one hole.
In his fine round Sam had the
pleasure of beating his brother, Curly,
who is the professional at the Hill
crest Club in Birmingham, by IL
strokes.
Earlier last week Byrd had Gas
over this course and also the east
course at the Birmingham Country
Club,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
Eastern Five, Needing Victory,
To Face Fast Roosevelt Team

though admittedly they were few, against
Central Roosevelt, however, in West
ern trimmed the team that unquestion-
ably is the weakest in the series, while
Eastern in Central battled a quint that
doubtless is the strongest.
Tech is figured almost certain to win
over Western. In Waverly Wheeler,
Bernie Reichhardt and others, Tech has
thoroughly seasoned players.
st. Adams and Landon, lively foes,
face tomorrow on the American Uni
versity court in what promises to be an
interesting match
Friends and Takoma- Silver Spring
High clash in another encounter on the
Friends floor.
Central meets George Washington
freshmen at Central and Takoma- Sill
yer Spring High matches baskets with
Westinghouse High at Ballston in
tits today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09

ASTERN'S basket ball team, de-
r Tending public high school
l. champion, is getting set for
desperate stand tomorrow against
Roosevelt, to be met at $50 o'clock in
the opening game of the championship
series double-header on the Tech court.
In the second tilt Tech makes its series
debut, battling Western.
Soundly licked by Central, favorite in
the current series. on Friday, Eastern
must win its second game to keep
among the leaders in the pennant dash.
Another setback for the Lincoln Parkers
would not definitely eliminate them for
consideration for the title they now
hold, but it would certainly make their
chances of retaining the crown slim.
The game appears natural. Roose-
welt showed well in lacing Western Fri
day and Eastern had its moments,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
IN CHESS CIRCLES
BY FRANK B. WALKER

was a regular attendant, dropping In
nearly every day for game, or to see
others play. He had hosts OF friends
among the players of former days. He
was good player, though not given TO
match play. er e5t
Problem No. "a, by A. G. Stubs, in
C. s.. Monitor: White-K on @ r, @
on K KIT 2, RS on @ 8 and @ Kt 8, Bs
on @ and @ Kt 2, KITS on & and Q
r 4, P ON K B S; pieces. Black-7K
on @ 4, c on Q 8, RS on K B s and Q
r 4, Kt on x R Z, Ps on K KIT 6. Q Kt
and @ r z; 8 pieces. White to play
and mate in two. Send solution. to
chess, -1486 Meridian place northwest,
Solution to end game. No. 81: White
WINS 1 P-B ch, BxP; BxP eh,
KxB: 3 KtxB, and Black. must give
up @ to stop mate in 8.
ERICH ELIsKAsEs, a 19-year-old
IL Austrian, defeated Rudolph Spiel
mann, the Austrian master, in a
10-game match the past Fall by the
score of So to Az. Following is the
score of the second game of the match;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09

and statement by me praising its
car. I owned an automobile of this
make which 1 bought from E. Gordon
Perry, Dallas dealer who had been a
good friend of mine since I went to
Dallas two years ago.
He asked me how liked the car and
I told him. I made a statement at his
request. ! did not know he was going
TO use it in an advertisement and gave
no permission, written or otherwise.
Mr.. Perry had told me the statement
would be useful to him and that he
would not use IL in any way that would
injure my amateur standing
When the advertisement appeared
was suspended. Although I protested
that I had not authorized the adver-
tisement, and had received nothing for
1t, and Mr.. Perry confirmed this to the
A. A. U. officials at a hearing, my
suspension was confirmed.
l had only expressed my honest
opinion to Mr.. Perry and / know he
had no intention of using the state
ment in any way that would injure me.
Anyway, now that it has all happened
I am glad. I am receiving offers to do
all sorts Of things that will be inter-
esting.
7 THINK I like to play basket ball
l better than anything else, and I
have made contract to appear in
several exhibition games, the first in
Brooklyn next Friday evening. I am
going to meet Rabe Ruth in a series
Of contests, including running, jumping,
swimming, tennis, golf, billiards. bowl
ing. hand ball. and possibly a singing
match. That will be fun. I couldn't
have matched myself against Babe
Ruth If I had remained an amateur.
I was picknamed after Babe Ruth be-
cause I hit lot of home runs when I
played base ball with the. boys in
Beaumont.
In this series of daily articles I am
writing for The Star and the North
American Newspaper Alliance I am
going to tell the story of my life, why
like competitive sports, how I train,
the experiences have had, and what
think of the various sports figures I
have met.
Next-Why I Was Tomboy.
Copyright. 1898. by North American News
paper Alliance, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
WATSON CARLESS,
WELL-MADE BOXER
Starts Training for Feather
Title Bout January II
With Chocolate.
BY WILBUR WOOD.


n JEW YORK, January Sea-
NJ man Tom Watson, British
/ Y featherweight ch a m pion,
who arrived on the Levia-
than this week end, started
training today in a local gym
nasium for his bout with Kid
iChocolate for the world feather
weight title in Madison Square
Garden on January 81.
Watson is a typical little English
fighter. save in one respect. He has no
caulifower ears. Jem Driscoll, greatest
of them all, had full-blown caulifowers,
and all the other fellows who have come
over have been similarly decorated.
Since it isn't likely that the Seaman Is
any cleverer than Driscoll, it must be
that the technic of the sport as prac-
ticed in England has changed.
A well-put-up little chap is this Wat
son, looking more like a lightweight
than G featherweight. AS a matter OF
fact, he weighs about 1873 pounds right
now, but he has no trouble making the
featherwelght limit of 1876.
ST WEIGHED stone 394 pounds for
i Mel Tarleton when I won the
title" he said. Which, trans
lated into the American scale of
weights and measures. means 12fA
pounds, there being IA pounds to
stone
He's feet 6l2 inches tall, wears a
size 15is collar and has 3612 -inch
chest. He has a high forehead, brown
hair, blue-gray eyes. prominent nose
and thin, straight line for a mouth.
His features give the effect of having
been caressed, but not too heavily, by
the fists of his opponents That is to
say, his face isn't lumpy, but it appears
as though it had been slightly musSed
at one time or another.
Watson is "a years old and was born
at Newcastle-on-Tyne He's married
and has two boys and a. girl. At Is, be-
fore he had done any boxing at all or
even considered taking it up as a means
of livelihood. he enlisted in the royal
navy. and for six years he served on
the Queen Elizabeth the Valiant and
other big ships of the line. He was on
numerous cruises to the Mediterranean
and to Africa and became hardened to
the sea.
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and taking the stroke and distance
penalty, was sure Of 4.
That dumb boy went over there in the
woods and just as Heron was about to
putt his l-footer, he yelled, Here 1t is.
Mr.. Heron" Heron had to go over and
play the ball. He wound up with an 8:
So you see it isn't always wise to find
a ball. Sometimes tits best to consider
1t lost and let it go. Certainly Heron
would have been willing to call that
one a lost ball, for it cost him qualifi-
cation in an irns,ortant tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
Tennis Rated Upgrade British Ring Champ Arod Cauouers
Bowling Winners
Soon Get Prizes

nRIZES won in the fifth annual
L Evening Star Bowling Tourna-
ment, ended Saturday night at
the Lucky Strike, will be awarded
in the next few days. Handicaps
and scores of winners now are being
audited.
Cash prizes totaling $500, given
by The Star, will be distributed.
The champions, Ollie Pacini, in the
mems division, and Mrs Vivien
Burns in the women's, besides $50
in cash, will receive a gold medal
each.