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Evening star., 1934-05-14

TN RESPONSE to inquiries, the dean
| Of American amateur steeplechase
riders, James E. Ryan of Union
vile. Pa. has jotted down for your
information a few facts about his
long leaping career. As trainer and
jockey, jim Ryan is perhaps the most
familiar figure i'll hunt racing. Few
are the meets where he is not in
colors, listed on the program as
trainer or to be seen and heard in
some capacity. Twenty-Five seasons
of riding ever the jumps have left
him hale, hearty and still in win
ming frame of mind, possessed of a
record which some of the younger
men perhaps do not respect as much
as they should until they are COM
PEELED to bow to experience in race.
Ryan has ridden 800 brush. timber
and fiat races in America, and an
indeterminate number in England,
Scotland, Ireland and Wales. OF the
American tests, all but As have been
run at hunt meets, where he has
logged into the winners circle 80
times. His seconds and thirds have
been so numerous he is unable to give
an approximate estimate of their
total. So have the falls.
Now mentor Of a string of 80 horses
owned by Richard K. Mellon, Paul
Mellon. Mrs. Lewis A. Park. Campbell
Weir. Allison Stern. Robert B. Young.
the Lone Star Syndicate and Mrs.
Ryan, he clings persistently and sue
cessfully to the belief Irish horses are
best for "lepperS." Virtually all the
top performers in his care came from
the Emerald Isle. with the exception
of that game little chestnut, Stone
dale. victor in 10 out of u starts.
1t is Ryan's ambition some day to
import to America an Irish steeple-
chaser, take him the rounds of this
country's courses, and then send him
to England to win the Grand
National.
Whether there is a prospect for
such a feat among his present
charges is not yet apparent, but at
Evening star., 1934-05-14
Stars Yesterday

By the Associated Press.
Joe Cronin, Senators-Knccked in
three runs in rally that beat Tigers.
Buck Walters, Red Sox-Walloped
two homers, triple and single, driving
in six runs against Chicago.
Guy Bush. Cubs-Limited Giants to
seven hits for sixth straight mound
victory.
Lou Chiozza. Phillies-Doubled in
tenth to drive home winning run
against Reds.
Lefty Gomez, Yankees-Shut out
Indians with four hits, tanning five.
Jack Rothrock, CardinalS-Made
three hits to send in four runs in
triumph over Dodgers.
Bob johnson, Athletics-Hit homer
and two doubles against Browns.
Hal Smith, Pirates-Struck out six
In pitching team to victory over
Braves.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

DITCHER JIM SHAW Of the
L Nationals got some tough
breaks yesterday when Chica-
90 trimmed Washington, go. Ray
Morgan played well at second base
for the Nationals. Catcher John
Henry got his first hit in eight
games.
Dean was outstanding for East
ern as that team trimmed Central
in the public high base ball cham
pionship series and gained an ad-
vantage in the flag race. Eastern
won the title last season. Central
now is out of the title running.
Hef1in played well for Central IN
the Eastern game.
The Maryland Aggies scored
over Baltimore City. ST.. McHenry
pitched strongly for the Farmers.
Wallace johnson was to meet
Charles NJ. Bull, defending cham
pion, and Miss E. I. Pendleton was
to engage Eva Baker, who won the
crown last year, in final matches
of the Chevy Chase tennis tourney
today.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
BUT ONE AMATEUR
IN OPEN TRYOUT
Harper VieS With Pros at
Richmond-CheVy Chase
Field Nearly 800.

THERE will not be much
threat from the amateurs
in the sectional qualifying
u round for the open cham
pionship in progress at Rich
mond today. Maury and Der
mott Nee, the two amateur en-
trants from the Capital, we're
not among those present when
the field of 27 teed off this morn
ing at the Lakeside Country
Club of Richmond, nor was Billy
Howell, the Richmond blond,
among those vieing with the
pros for a spot in the golflng sun.
The Nee brothers decided last night
not to make the trip, and Howell
withdrew, leaving Chandler Harper,
the sharpshooter from Norfolk, as the
single amateur entrant.
The experts today were predicting
that score Of las or better would be
needed to win one of the three places
open at Richmond, in view of the
practice scores of yesterday, when Al
Houghton Of Kenwood led the parade
with a sub-par 90. Houghton is one
Of the hot favorites TO win a place.
So is Bobby Cruickshank Of Rich
mOnd, while the other place is wide
open.
Meanwhile two other competitions
Of major interest to Washington golf
ers started today with the twentieth
annual tourney for The Star Cup in
progress at Indian Spring and a field
Of nearly 10 public links golfers get
ting under way in the qualifying
round in the East Potomac Park
open" tourney.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
NV Best Golf ShOt-LeO DiegeI
His Puts Amaze, but Jigger Is Favorite Club.
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associated fress Sports Wflter.
HILADELPHIA, May IA
Although he's famed for
his Standing sitting" put
ting stance and ranks with
the best in the use Of
almost any club in the golf bag,
it's with the not-so-popular jigger
that Leo Diegel really enjoys
working.
Not only is it his favorite club,
but the little-used iron has proved
a blessing to the former P. G.. A.
champion on more than one
occasion.
The jigger," explains Diegel,
as in between a four and five
iron. It's longer than the mashie,
not quite so long as the niblick.
Its shallow-faced, and comes
in handy on approaches. When
you find yourself in a bad lie, the
jigger's just the thing"
Through 18 years as a pro. and
several amateur seasons before
that, Diegel has often drawn the
jigger from his bag to loft his ball
out of tight spot.
Il remember once particularly"
he recalls. 1T was back in 1881
in the P. c.. A. qualifying round at
Gedney Farms, White Plains,
N. Y.
"On the fifth hole my drive sent
the ball into heavy clover, behind
barn and lots of trees, as l re-
member.
1T looked just right for jigger
and believe me it was. The iron
sent the ball sailing over barn
and trees. and it dropped within
an inch OF the hole"
Take it from Diegel, the man in
the golfing business often gets
tired Of the game.
Il certainly do he admits,
Especially when the going isn't
any too good. Then, too, I've
averaged $50 days of golf a year
for the last 10 years, and that's
too much for anybody
For that reason. I'm cutting
down to 125 days this year.
Maybe It'll help my game"
Diegel plans to spend his extra
time showing others about the
game at Philmont Country Club,
where he is pro. He's starting a
Evening star., 1934-05-14
Chevy Chase Entry SwelIed.

FOURTEEN additional entries in
Il the Chevy Chase invitation tour
nament brought the list up 10
nearly 300 in the classic which opens
tomorrow with the first Of two quail
flying days.
A perusal Of that entry at Chevy
Chase discloses one or two strangers
to local golf who may cause con-
siderable splash before they bow IN
defeat. Donald Parsons, who won
the medal in a Chevy Chase tourney
several years back, is not a total
stranger TO golf around Washington.
but he can go far and is said TO be
playing better golf than ever before.
Another newcomer who is said to
be a fine player is F. c. Robertson
Of Pinehurst, a man Of more than
60 years of age. Still another is D.
N. Tallman of Minneapolis, a for
midable competitor in the national
senior golf events and a fine player.
Added entries were: Tomorrow
11:10. Charles N. Agnew (unattached)
and Maj. H. c. Dagley Congress
sionaD; 11:l5, Paul Jameson Co.
lumbia) and H. B. Kimble Army and
Navy; l1:30, Claude Rlppy (unat-
tacheO and C. w. Cole (Kenwood)
2:35, Wilson Barrett (Manor) and DR..
T. M Foley Chevy Chase.
Wednesday-9:10, Gen. c. G. Treat
Columbia Country Club and Henry
Ravenel columbia Country Club;
10:40. S. E. Sharwood (Belle Haven)
and Paul Bennett (Martinsburg, w.
Va; 2:45. Dolph Atherton (unat-
tached) and Luis Olivares columbia
Country Club.
Rippy will have to do considerable
jumping around to play in both the
Chevy Chase and East Potomac Park
tournaments, for he is entered in
both,
Evening star., 1934-05-14
DEPRESSION is OVER
FOR GOLF TEACHERS
Pros Report Interest Booming
Armour Can't Find Time to
Play in Journeys.
CHICAGO, May Professionals

CHICAGO, May 14.-Professionals
I in all parts OF the country re-
port a great renewal of inter
est in golf lessons.
Leo Diegel of Philadelphia. Paul
Runyan Of New York. Olin Dutra of
Los Angeles and Elmer Biggs of
Peoria. III, one of the smaller CEN
ters, are only four famous instruc-
tors who find their teaching calen-
dars we'll filed on these warm Spring
days.
1t was the same throughout the
Winter, in many Of the well patron
lied golf resorts, and Tommy Armour,
for one, found himself so busy with
instructions that he was unable to
compete in several tournaments.
This pleasing situation would in
dicate that the golf professional has
definitely turned his back on the days
of depression. The average club pro-
fessional is dependent upon instruc-
ton for the bulk of his income and
for the last three years the lesson
book Of the pro has been as bare as a
boarding house wall
Now not only are new golfers COM
ing to the professionals for a proper
start in the game, but many who have
been playing at the game for some
time are seeking expert instruction.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
BRITISH HOPELESS
AGAINST YANKEES
Simply Haven't Talent to
Deal With U. S. Golfers,
Says Noted Critic.
BY BERNARD DARWIN,
Noted British Golf Authority.
Ca h1a 10 Tho Ctar

BY Cable TO The Star.
ut. ANDREWS, Scotland, May
~ 14.-The Walker Cup re-
mains in the keeping of
- the United States, and no
one who is not blind as a mole
can possibly deny that it re-
turns to its rightful home. The
Americans are much better
golfers than the British, with
better style and greater GOODNESS
and bOldneSS.
In the fourSomeS, 1t struck me that
the British side. with one bright eX-
| ception, played deplorably, while the
Americans played only moderately
we'll In the singles, the British
played decently well, but not nearly
| well enough to beat their opponents,
who, most Of them, played magniti-
Gently.
After the foursomes the British had
faint, lingering hopes of reversal OF
form in the singles. but they soon
realized this was impossible. The
weather was wet and horrible beyond
description, but the visitors took to
it like ducks to water.
One singles match stood out above
all the reSt-that between George
Dunlap, jr., the American amateur
champion, and Jack Mclean, the
Scotsman. 1 never have seen and
never hope to see better collective
exhibition at st. Andrews.
On shot after shot. their drives lay
together in the middle of the course,
and iron shots gave both men puts
for 3s. Dunlap holed more puts
and l really think there was nothing
else to account for his victory.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
ColOnials FayoriteS

THURSDAY George Washington's
base ball team will go out to
Clark Griffith Stadium to trv to
take another opponent into camp, and
is likely to succeed. Delaware is to
be its opponent. The Colonials have
been playing good ball and holding
up exceptionally well. They unques-
tionably have one Of the best mines
in the whole section. Two other con-
tests Thursday are a ball game be-
tween Maryland and William and
Mary at College Park and between
Georgetown and Washington and JEFF
ferson in tennis. The Washington
and Jefferson raCketerS remain over
here Friday to meet George Wash
ington.
Georgetowns base ball team enter
tains William and Mary Friday
George WaShington's base ballers
have another game Saturday, and
probably will ring up another vic
tory. This time they have scheduled
here the Randolph Macon nine
Plenty of other competition also is
listed Saturday, with Catholic Uni
versity meeting La Sale here in
dual track meet and facing Loyola
Of Baltimore on the tennis courts,
Georgetown going to Williamsburg
for track meet and Maryland play
ing Hopkins in lacrosse and tennis
and sending a track team to the
Southern Conference championships
at Durham.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
DARR PIGEON WINNER
Requires Hours 20 Minutes for
Flight of 300 Miles.

A pigeon from the loft Of Charles
Darr won the fourth race of the
Washington Pigeon Combine d-bird
series yesterday, from Akron. Ohio
Forty three lofts sent 1893 birds to
this 300-mile race.
The winning bird homed in hours
and 20 minutes, with a pigeon from
the loft of Frank Reinhardt a close
second. The first nine lofts were
diploma winners.
Charles Darr. l:01""o; Frank Rein
I,u03.10; R. F. Owens, 1OU2 40: W. r
Pennington, 999.57; J. RaiEey 9g413;
Burke & Glazier. g92 so; w. J. FierSteIn,
992. s; Glaz.er & Burke. 99l 60; J. E.
E j. hrahlIng. 9S 20; d. Adams. $50. 10,
roll. OSLO; W. F. Regan & Son. $4,000;
c. F. Bush. 969 81: J. NJ. Parker. gn9 80;
NJ. J. Fitzgerald. 9Gl.3O: T. W. SprOSSer.
$500; NeItzey 4 Reinhard. 952 80;
Summit Loft; 95l 30: Greenwood Loft.
Nama2a. Na? o.. 70: KeniISorth Loft. 932 10: To-
923.:I0: King q Edwards. aIS.SO; R. E
Boswell. 9OS 90; Lewis Eberly 901 .9I:
A. W. SCheuch. 0j60; Edward Barrett
905 20; S F Boswell 90" go; George
Faduda. $500; Morris Bros. S56.S0;
H. Arnold. S5l.15; J. E. Preston. SIS.u51
F E. Schmidt, "a, 10; BunkerhiM Loft:
737.I9; J. c. Krahling. 1O2 30; Howard
& Neumyer. 61S.SO.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
Lass, Is, Seen as Golf Queen
New Dixie Champ Will Reign Over All at 21,
Predicts MOreland-Drives Like Man.

is finished performer with ap-
proach irons, also, and usually is
an accurate putter.
Her victory yesterday stamped
her as favorite to win the Texas
Women's Golf Association State
championship tournament which
will be played at Dallas Country
Club starting May 81.
The new champion has been
playing golf only about four years
and is a friend and fellow towns
man Of Walker Cup Player Gus
Moreland of Dallas, who said back
in 1892 that Betty will be the
best in the world when she is 81"
OF sturdy build for her age, Miss
Jameson drives like a man. plays
nonchalantly. looks at the gallery.
She plans to have q shot at the
women's national this year.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
EIGHTEEN EVENTS
ON WEEKS SLATE
Undefeated North Carolina
Nine Visits Maryland
for HeadIiner.
BY III, c. BYRD.

w yHILE this week prac-
\H/ tically means the end
w of local college ath-
letics for the current
scholastic year, the schedules
will be wound up with some
thing of a bang, as Is contests
are listed.
Beginning today with a tennis
match between Maryland and West
ern Maryland College, one or another
OF the institutions is to engage in
some kind of competition every day
until Saturday, when on seven diff
ferent fields struggles are to be
staged.
Maryland is slated to engage in
of the 18 contests and the first
five listed, one today, two tomorrow
and three Wednesday, will find Old
Liners opposing some friendly rival.
In one of these Catholic University
meets Maryland, a tennis match We'd
nesday. Most important of these
Maryland games is the diamond
struggle with North Carolina. The
Tarheels are bringing here a nine
that has not been defeated since early
last season and so far have a per-
feet record for this year. The Chapel
Hill diamond stars are scheduled here
Tuesday. The Maryland freshman
track team and Catholic University
freshman cinder FATHERS have a dual
meet the same afternoon. Mary
land against Washington College in
base ball at College Park and against
Johns Hopkins in track at Baltimore
are the other events Wednesday.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
Yankee Golfers Rest.

r ONDON, May IA (P).-Victorious
over their British rivals for the
eighth successive time, Ameri-
cas- Walker Cup golfers today began
a brief holiday before returning to
the golfng wars III the British ANA
teur, starting at PreStwick next Mon
day.
All nine members of the team, cap
tanned by Francis Ouimet, had left
St. Andrews, where they trounced the
British. 81. to 2l2. in the cup matches
completed Saturday, although George
T. Dunlap. American amateur cham
pion. elected to remain in Scotland
at Glen Eagles-until time to go to
Prestwick
Chandler Egan and Johnny Fischer
reached London last night and john
ny Goodman. Gus Moreland and Law
son Little were due in the big town
today. Ouimet, Max MarSton and
Jack Westland broke up the 5OO-mile
trip from Scotland by stopping over
at Hatfield, where they were greeted
by Douglas Fairbanks, ST.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
Tarheels Rated Best.

NORTH CAROLINA generally is
~ rated as about the best college
nine developed in these parts in
years, according to reports from that
section. The Tarheels not only are
well fixed in almost every position
but have brilliant pitching. The last
mentioned alone usually is sufficient
to cut wide sWathe in college ranks.
If the Tarheels can get by their
game with Maryland they stand a
better than even chance to win the
Southern Conference championship.
The game is scheduled tomorrow at
4 o'clock. No admission is charged.
This chap Dick Dunaj, Washington
and Lee distance runner. is a real
competitor. Saturday he won the
mile and 2-mile runs, and after that
entered the half mile. That half
mile was just little too much added
even for such stout heart to meet,
and Dunaj had to drop out But it
was dropping out of that half mile
race about which the w. and L. ath-
lete talked so much after the meet.
His achievement in winning the mile
and 2 miles in good times did not
mean one-tenth as much to him as
having to drop out of that third race.
Washington and Lee has another
unusual athlete in Schulz, a hurdler.
Schulz entered the university when
he was Is years of age and still has
another year to go. He is 18 years
only, yet in Saturdays meet won the
22O-yard low hurdles in 24.4 seconds,
a record far better than any athlete
his age should be expected to make.
Automobiles still are taking their
toll of athletes. Last Fall Virginia
had two of its star foot ball players
laid on the shelf from accidents and
last week Wexford, V. M. is star
ouarter-miler, who has done 4915 sec
onds twice this Spring, was hurt so
badly that he is out for the remain
der Of the year. He did not compete
Saturday in the triangular meet with
Washington and Lee and Maryland
incidentally, a V. M. /. boxer ana a
foot ball player were badly injured in
the same accident. Wellford's ao-
sence from V. M. is line was re-
eretted, as a great race had been
looked for between him and Evans OF
Maryland.
It is little wonder that some
coaches have banned automoblles
during the seasons in which their
athletes are in competition.
Evening star., 1934-05-14
ST. TTANBARx 'TuR!55 - 81

week, the string has scored eight wins.
eight seconds and seven thirds. Chief
among the stars has been Paul Mel
Ions Drinmore Lad, most brilliant Of
young timber horses in this country
today. which finished third in the
Carolina Cup. won the Deep Run
Hunt Cup at Richmond, defeating the
Evening star., 1934-05-14
TOlley Cracks Up.

TINE match between Lawson Lit
tie and Cyril Tolley promised
great things for u holes. These
two strong men played superb golf
and it seemed the issue would be de-
cided by which might break. At any
rate, Tolley did break. On the
thirteenth green he had to wait be-
fore he putted, owing TO an outgoing
couple. 1t was one Of the little
things that are inevitable and must
be endured. But Tolley let it i'm
pair his concentration palpably. He
was never the same player after
ward. Little went on calmly and
ruthlessly to win. and 5.
Michael Scott, playing in his right
ful place at the top OF the list as
amateur champion. struggled gamely
against Johnny Goodman, the Ameri-
can open champion. He was only 2
down at the halfway mark despite
three really cruel stymieS. He was
hanging on aiterWard until Goodman
not content to win by his enemy S
slips, began a display Of overwhelming
fireworks.
1t is no good pretending We are
not disappointed. 1 did not believe
personally We would win. but l did
think We would make far closer
fight. An inferiority complex may
have accounted for part of our drub-
bing, but by no means all of it. We
simply have not the golfers to do it
not by a long way.
(Copyright 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1934-05-14
FRENCH NET PROS WIN
Cochet Beats Richards and Plaza
Downs Barnes of Texas.

HARTFORD, Conn, May IA P).-
Henri Cochet, famous French tennis
ace. defeated Vincent Richards, Amer
ican topnotcher, Ga, 2-6, Go, in
a professional exhibition match be-
fore 700 at the Hartford Golf Club
here yesterday.
Martin Plaa, also Of France, de-
feated Bruce Barnes of Texas. 6-3,
"a. and Richards and Barnes de-
feated Cochet and Plaa in q doubles
match, 6-l, Ga.
Evening star., 1934-05-14

~ " SanQl0C DaSe Dali seasons III
its history, II the number
of games yesterday and
the attendance they attracted is a
criterion. Many interesting scraps
were staged as play opened in the
National City and various other
leagues, and continued in other loops
and among Independent teams. A no
hit, no-run game was a feature.
There was nothing unusually inter-
esting about the seven games tina.
marked the start Of National City un-
limited class play, unless it was that
Heinie Webb, 42-year-old pitcher OF
the Union Printers won a decision,
showing he can still hurl Heinie
pitched the Typos to a IA win over
Blue Flame Valet in Section B of
the unlimited class, the other yictors
in this division being Griffith Blue
Goals, who trimmed Warwicks, 7-3,
and DORA, which defeated the
MillerS, 1913.
In Section A. R. G. Dunno Service
downed Wash B. Williams. 153: st
JoSephs walloped Federal A. c.. 1873.
Murphy Five and Ten was an 81
winner over Gordon's Cafeteria, and
Pig 'n-Whistle defeated Congress
Heights, Az.
In National City junior section en-
counters Washington A. c. defeated
Washington Maids, 80; Clarendon
Juniors scored over Goode Cleaners.
9-3, and Eastern All-Stars topped
Magruder Park A. c., 2O-l7.
Austin (Beans) Pohl turned in a
no-hit, no-run game when he hurled
the Capitol Heights nine to a 1910
win over the Kenilworth team in one
OF the opening games in the District
Independent League. Pohl allowed
only three Kenilworth batters to
reach first base. He famed 10. In
other contests in this loop Postal de-
feated D. G. S., 8-3; Pelican Filling
Evening star., 1934-05-14
FAWSETT is HIGH GUN

Captures D. C. Amateur Trap
shooting Title in Benning Meet.
c. c. Fawsett. who won the 200-tar-
get District Of Columbia amateur trap
shooting championship two years ago,
captured the same event Saturday
when the 1884 Washington Gun Club
competition closed on the range near
Benning. Lieut.. Comdr. F. P. Will
lams, U. S. N. retired won the Pros
perity Handicap event after he had
tied with DR.. A. V. Parsons at SO tar
gets out Of 100 each. H. A. Bartholo-
NEW took the doubles title on Friday
Fawsett's victory in the l6-yard
event entities him to represent the
District in the champion of champions
tourney at Vandalia. Ohio, in August.
Julius Marcy was runner-up in the
event and will represent the District
at Vandalia if FawSett does not.
Scores of two-day tourney:
Evening star., 1934-05-14
Homer Standing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday:
Walters, Red Sox, 2; Gehrig, Yam
KEGS, /; Klein, Cubs. l; Chapman,
Yankees, l: Johnson, Athletics, l;
Morgan, Red Sox, l; Allen. Phillies
/ Collins, Cardinals, /; Hafey, Reds
l; Moore, Giants, l; Frey, Dodgers,
The leaders:
Klein, Cubs. 9; Gehrig, Yankees
8; Ruth, Yankees, Z; OFT, Giants, g.
Hartnett, Cubs, 6; Foxx, Athletics, g.
johnson, Athletics, 6: Allen, Phillies
6; Collins, Cardinals, 6.
League totals:
National, 119; American, 109. To.
tai, 228.