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Evening star., 1934-07-15
Van VIE In Top Trim.

T>HE match proved that few men
i professionals can give women
golfers OF the caliber of Misses
Hicks and van VIE a handicap Of 10
per cent Of the distance on par four
holes, or even on par fives. The girls
had best ball OF SO for the round,
and had Miss Hicks been in truer
form they might have done even bet
ter. The crack amateur or profes-
sional might give a woman star n
distance handicap Of per cent and
win, but even at that, unless the
course was particularly long, would
have his hands full.
A match with a distance handicap
Is far more interesting than where
the difference between men and wom-
en- players Is equalized with bisques. It
Is recommended to clubs staging men
VS.. women competition or wanting to
vary the routine Of ordinary mixed
events.
Miss Van VIE appears TO be in
great trim for the defense Of her ma
tional championship in September.
She is hitting the ball q bit farther
than last year, and the accuracy OF
all her shots Is astounding. Around
the greens she is well nigh perfect,
and with Joyce Wethered, Enid VIII
son and Helen Hicks gone TO the
money side Of the game. 1t is doubtful
II there Is a woman amateur golfer
her equal in the world today. Ger
tainly today she is every bit as good
as was Mrs. Glenna Collett Ware dur
ing the stretch when the PhiladeI-
phian ruled women's golf in America,
Evening star., 1934-07-15
BY the Associated Press.


= T. PAUL, Mimi, July IA
Lighthouse" Harry Cooper anc
KY Laffoon of Denver. the
~ marathon twins of the recent
Western open, threatened to
stage another of their famous
overtime acts today as they overlook
a faltering field to tie at the halfway
in the battle for the $4,000 st. Paul
open golf championship.
Back from Peoria, Ill, where they
oattled 108 holes before the Chicago
star shot an almost incredible 80 on
the front nine of the second overtime
round to salt away his triumph, the
two found themselves deadlocked
again at l42 shots, two under par and
one shot better than Horton Smith
of Chicago. who blew himself to rs,
after rushing in front yesterday with
a par -shattering 68.
1t was Laffoon who made up the
ground as the sun beat down with
92-degree heat and all but exhausted
the field. The young Denver profess
sional, four shots behind Smith, with
even par 70 yesterday, played with
Cooper today and outshot him, 10 TO
73, to tie his marathon twin.
The hottsf the weather got the
hotter Laffoon got. Banging his ap-
proaches stiff TO the pin, he picked
up five brides on his round. scoring
35S each way, as Cooper took 1876,
and was a happy but tired man when
he finished
Evening star., 1934-07-15
YnnnrSterS Have II.

WYE REMEMBER back in the
w days of 1922 and 1928, when
the Mackenzie youngster was
building up the framework of the
game which later was to raise him to
national ranking as an amateur how
we watched him day after day out
there at Columbia chipping, pitch
ing and putting He was then cult
waiting ball sense" and he is today,
as a ranking professional, a sincere
believer in cultivation of this in
tangible thing which only comes from
hours of getting the feel of the club.
the stances, the grip and the swing.
Such lads as Roger Peacock, Maury
Nee and Billy Dettweiler, who learned
the game in the pants stage.
have it to a highly developed degree.
II shows in their scoring. Day after
day YOU can find 'em out around the
practice putting greens, chipping and
putting. handling a golf club, or at
the more serious business of hard
practice. For the older golfer this
business of hard practice an hour or
SO a day is distasteful He does not
like to tear his hands by hitting 200
golf balls day, nor does he like the
monotony of driving them into space.
But he can cultivate this ball sense
by the mere act of handling club,
or by chipping and putting on the
practice green. II pays of in divl-
dendS. II you want to take a half
dozen strokes of your score, or If you
have a desire for revenge on Joe
Gum. your golfing arch-rivaL get
yourself a hatful Of ball sense by
merely chipping and putting for an
hour or two for couple of days, snd
see II it doesn't help you to cut those
strokes away.
Evening star., 1934-07-15

Of golf that gave him a l-up VIC
tory. All even through the seven
teenth. Harper crashed through with
perhaps his best shot OF the tourna-
ment just when the small army Of
followers was counting out the
champion.
Cross was long Off the eighteenth
tee and straight down the middle
Chandler. fearing the hook that had
harassed him all afternoon, lifted a
puny shot that went no more than
$50 yards. But his second-what an
iron-carried all the way to the
green. Cross found a trap and Har-
per moved into the semi-finals.
He played some Of his best golf Of
the tournament in the finals. when
he piled up a six-hole advantage over
Aulick Burke, Petersburg youth
after the l6-hole morning round
three under par. and coasted to 9
Z and victory in the afternoon.
Lily had an easy road to the cham
pionship with the exception of a
stubborn battle with Rita Milan OF
Danville, professionals daughter
Rita. long of the tee, lacked Lily's
steadineSs and ability TO get out OF
trouble. She went down and /.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Cooper, LaffOOn DeadlOcked Z
! In St. Paul Open With l42s

Smith was we'll on his way to the
undisputed leadership until he started
the back nine. Out In par 36, he was
two shots ahead of Cooper and three
in front Of Laffoon through 27 holes,
but he developed such a sudden
streak of wildness on his way back
that he needed 80 more shots to get
home, tossing his lead away.
Those who predicted a tie at the
conclusion of the regulation ~ holes
looked like good forecasters. Virtually
every important SHOEMAKER in the
field was close up. In third place
tied with 144s we're Walter Hagen
of Detroit. with 7l-73, and George Won
Elm, golf business man who turned
in his second straight par 72, losing
golden chance to take the lead by
taking 38 on the back nine.
Olin Dutra of Los Angeles, national
open champion, also was within easy
striking distance with 72-73-145,
score duplicated by William Kaiser
OF Louisville. KY, who had 1872,
and Sam Parks, Washington, D. c.,
who shot a SO after shooting a hole
in-one yesterday as ne Tailed 76.
Wild" Bill Mehlhorn of Louisville,
KY, had 74-72-146, while Tommy
Armour, veteran Chicago Scot, was
far from out Of 1t with 73-74-147.
Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee, tied
Armour with 73-74-I47.
Sixty-four qualified for the final SO
holes tomorrow with l59 or better
Evening star., 1934-07-15
PARKER PLAYS TWO
SPRING LAKE FINALS
Defeats Hall and Pairs With Van
Ryn Against Bell and Man.
gin in Doubles.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CPRING LAKE, N. j., July IA
- Frankie Parker, 18-year-old de-
Tending champion, opened up
with powerful forehand attack today
to move into the final round of the
invitation tennis tournament where
tomorrow he will meet Clifford Sutter
of New Orleans for a leg on the Cliff
ford Hemphill Cup.
Showing power with his supposedly
weak forehand, Parker dropped only
four games as he eliminated j. Gilbert
Hall Of South Orange, N. j., in
straight sets, 60. 60. Sutter. play
ing only mediocre tennis, took three
sets to defeat John Van Ryn, veteran
Davis Cup player, 60, 2-6, GO.
Parker also earned a berth in the
doubles finals, pairing with Van Ryn
to defeat Hall and Edward w. Feible-
man, New York, 60, 6-3. Their
opponents will be Gregory S. Mangin,
Newark, and Berkeley Bell, the trans
planted Texan, now living in New
York. who took a close decision from
Sutter and DR.. Eugene McCauliff,
YonkerS, N. Y. Ga, "a.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
MAKO DEFEATS HUNT
IN INDIANA TOURNEY
Scores in Straight Sets to Get
Into Final-Catherine Wolfe
Gains Championships.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, July IA

NEW ALBANY, Ind, July IA
1 Y Catherine Wolfe of Elkhart
retained her Indiana State
womens singles championship by de-
feating Gracyn Wheeler Of Santa
Monica, Calf, 6-l, 6-3, In the finals
here today.
Gene Mako of Los Angeles, Calf,
favorite in the mems singles, defeated
Gilbert Hunt Of Washington, D. c.,
6-4, 6-2, to enter the final round
to be played tomorrow.
Donald Bulge Of Oakland, Calf,
seeded No. /. today postponed his
semi-fnal match with Hall Surface
OF Kansas City. Bulge may default.
due to a twisted ligament he suffered
in a doubles match Friday
The doubles team of surface and
Phil CaStlen Of California entered the
finals by defeating Jack Smith Of
Texas and Max Campbell 6-3, s-2.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
STRATGTHTT OEE THHE TEE
by w. R. ms CALLuM

~ YER at Kenwood on Thurs
day the Womens District
Golf Association is going to
~ try an experiment which
hasn't been done for several
years. This is a miniature tourna-
ment, open to all women golfers of
the Capital
A soc entry fee will be charged
with a Shole qualifying round to
be followed by four s-hole match play
rounds.
Entrants are urged to start their
medal round not later than $50 am
THE next time George Sullivan,
St. Johns School star club
swinger. makes a bet Bob Mertie
Will not hole lengthy putt, he is
going to be more careful about the
odds he gives. Out on the practice
putting green at Rock Greek Park
the other day Sullivan and Mertie
we're putting. Sullivan had Just
holed a long one-a 30-footer with
decided slope at the end
What do you think the odds ought
to be I won't hole it?" asked Mertie.
oh. about 100 TO L. replied SulI-
van.
Lay down a five-6ollar bill" said
Mertie. IN take 8 nickels worth"
And he stepped up and knocked the
ball into the cup 10 collect the I'm"
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Golfer, 63, Needs
Warm-Up Rounds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A MARTLLO, Tex.-S. ]. Nut
n ting. aged So, needs to warm
up" a bit-say, round or
two-before he shoots his best
golf.
During a recent tournament the
first in which Nutting ever played,
his warming up" consisted of an
extra I8 holes while the other con-
testants took time out for lunch
and rest.
Il have to play about So holes
before get going good" Nutting
said.
Nutting shot his best score,
4s, on the last nine holes of the
54 he played. His total for The So
holes of the tournament was an
even 200.
Observers said Nutting ap-
peared the least fatigued Of the
tournament players despite his ex-
ira round. He sometimes shoots
72 holes on a Sunday. carrying MS
own clubs.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Handling of Club Does II.

"TOR example, down here in the
+ caddy yard at Congressional
we have a lot of youngsters
WAITING for bag-toting jobs. Day
after day they have sawed-off
mashie; a midiron or some kind of
golf club with which they knock
ball around over tree stumps, high
grass and all sorts Of hazards into
a hole. BY constantly doing this
and by the very fact that they have
n golf club in their hands most Of
the day, they have cultivated this in
tangible ball sense until they know
almost to the foot where they can
pitch a golf ball, Just how far It
will roll and how hard they should
hit 1t to make it stop at a given
spot. That Is what call ball sense.
Naturally. it Gomez easier to
Youngsters, whose muscles are more
supple than those OF older folks, and
who have a somewhat keener desire
to get ahead in golf, perhaps in
spired by a two-bit bet. But any
one can get it, if they wish. The
mere handling Of golf club for an
hour or so a day, at home, in the
back yard, or on the goif course,
perhaps knocking balls around at
some object, will soon give any player
this sense of timing, of the correct
grip and the manner in which a golf
ball acts. There is nothing I know
which will give a player more conf
dence, more assurance, more COM
plete cooperation between the player
and the implement he uses than this
constant handling and familisrization
with the club. This is particularly
true with the short game"
Roland is attempting, in his weekly
classes, to instill into all his pupils
the idea of eultivating ball sense"
we can teach the grooved swing,
the proper arc, the proper flexing of
the wrists and everything else in
mechanical way, but if there is no
ball sense there cannot be much scor-
ing" Roland points out. And that
can be reached only by constant
handling and constant swinging OF
q golf club"
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Chandler Skaters Par,

n n HHANWHILE, several miles away
lV on the Princess Ann course,
Chandler, fighting of the chal-
lenge of some 100 competitors, won
the medal with a par-cracking SO
that knocked four strokes off perfect
figures and then moved down the
opposition in match play to win his
third Virginia title.
There's no describing the Harper
temperament. The sister-brother act
has lots of nerve but apparently no
nerves. Professionals who tramped
along with the rest Of the gallery
that watched the 20-year-old Chan
dler move to another championship
marveled at his amazing recovery
shots. And 17-year- Lily, frequent
ly off the fairway, played her irons
in a manner that whipped down the
challenge of her opponents.
If Chandler had played his ap-
proach shots only moderately we'll he
wouldn't be champion now. When
he gets to hooking as he sometimes
does, he needs all Of his remarkable
trouble shots to get to the green and
down in par. He usually does.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
GOLF CHAMP LOSES
IN NORWICH EVENT
Ryden Beats Ahern in Semi Final,
8 and 2-Will Play Burt
Resnik for Title.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
IORWICH, Conn, July 14.-Roy
IN w. Ryden, University Of Cali
forr1ia, today eliminated Dow
Ahern Of Willimantic, Conn, defend
ing champion and holder Of two legs
on the c. F.. Noyes Trophy, 3 to 2, to
gain the finals in the Norwich golf
clubs annual invitation tournament.
Ryden, who tied for second place
in the intercollegiate at Cleveland
last month, will meet Burt Resnik
Yale star, in the 36-hole final tomor-
row. The Eli golfer advanced to the
top bracket by defeating c. S. Mum
son of Fairfield. and 5.
The West Coast star was 1 up on
Ahern at the turn, but the champion
rallied to deadlock the match. Ryden,
however, took the next three holes
and ended the match on the sixteenth
green by halving the fifteenth and
sixteenth.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
CAN'T Be TAUGHT
BY PROFESSIONAL
Constant Handling OF Club
Gains Intangible Asset,
Declares Mackenzie.
BY WALTER n. MoCALLUM.

A FIRM believer in ample
~ practice to secure what
A he describes as muscle
a N memory in the making
Of golf shots, Roland Mackenzie
is seeking these days TO drill
into the members Of his free
golf classes at the Congressional
Country Club. Junior and senior
alike. a ball sense" without
which, he declares. the evolution
of a golfer from the dUder stage
to the fairly competent scoring
stage is virtually impossible.
ANY one may play fairly good golf
by cultivatinR grooved swing
which is simply muscle memory" ."
Roland AYERS but II the player does
not have ball sense he cannot go far
toward reducing his score toward the
general neighborhood Of par"
Cultivation Of ball sense Roland
admits. Is rather difficult proceed
ure and is an Intangible thing which
comes only by consistent handling Of
golf clubs and observation Of the
reasons for the peculiar actions of
golf balls when struck in a certain
manner. Most caddies have this
ball sense" Roland says, 80 do most
youngsters who take up the game at
an early age But in adults, who
have not played golf in their youth
St can come only from constant
handling OF golf clubs knocking
balls around and in getting the feel
of the club in the right groove AS
I visualize this thing, no professional
can actually teach ball sense. 1t
must come from within the player
himself and It can only come by keen
observation of the effect different
kinds OF swings and shots have on a
golf ball
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Pupils Lay Out School Links
Transform Six Acres of Pasture Into 9.HoIe
Course at Cost of Only $50.

mowers, large roller, rakes and
shovels.
A former pupil of the school
rigged up a tractor. The manual
training department of the school
fashioned the tee markers, girls
of the domestic science class cut
and sewed the pin flags and me-
chanical drawing students made
an accurate map of the layout
Next Fall the physical education
department will include in its
curriculum a course in golf
Instruction.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
CUTS EDGEMOOR'S LEAD
Wesley Heights Gains by Easy
Win Over Argyle.

Wesley Heights racketers cut the
lead of the Edgemoor team in the
Suburban Tennis League yesterday.
While the latter was downing Lake
view, 81, the second-place Wesley
Heights racketers were polishing off
Argyle. 81. Standards scored over
Beaver Dam. 4-3, in the other match.
Team StaudinK
Evening star., 1934-07-15

Wesley Heights. s; ArgyIe. l.
SINGLES-Ladd w. H defeated Don
fadisy fsa1ad Hals. is9I5 f6s SSa.5e s6 w HoTs Ss
W. H defeated Gable 6-l. 2-6. DO
DoUBLES--Ladd and Herrick Nv H B
Howell and Fox Nv. H defeated
rreuthart and Chamberlain. 6-4. 6-4
Stewart and Brown w. H defeated Wells
Pollard, "a defeated Gurnee and Balm
6-S. Is. e.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
NEED SLIGHT AID
! TO DOWN MALES
Given Yardage Handicap,
Van Vie and Hicks Find
Pro Pair Soft Prey.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

TIME main difference be-
tween our best men and
women golfers is one of
n strength. This was proved
in a demonstration match re-
Gently played here between Vir-
ginia Van VIE and Helen Hicks
and Jock Hutchison and George
Smith.
Instead OF the customary bisuues,
the women stars we're given handi-
cap OF distance. and they proceeded
to hand the big. strong professionals
a good shellacking.
The women'S team was given ham
dieap Of 10 per cent OF the distance
on all par four holes, the yardaRe
taken after the drives. Thus, on a
hole measuring 440 yards. Misses Hicks
and Van VIE were allowed to place
their balls ~ yards In advance OF
their drives. The girls also we're to
be given an additional 10 per cent on
second shots for the par five holes,
but they waived that handicap after
it became apparent the professionals
would have no chance against such
odds.
The Misses Van VIE and Hicks are
among the longest drivers in womens
golf, but against Smith, who Is one
OF the games hardest hitters. and
Hutchinson, who Is faily long. the
girls drives usually were from IS TO
40 yards behind those OF the men.
However, when the girls we're given
the additional 10 per cent, 1t gave
them such an advantage that Smith
and Hutchison quickly fell behind in
the match.
On approach shots to the green and
in putting the girls more than held
their own with the pros. Miss Van
Vie was at her best In the match,
and played the first side In 80 strokes
and then came home in 3S. which Is
just one shot over mems par for the
Knollwood course. Miss Hicks. trying
out a new set OF clubs. was rather
Off her game. and had q 10, which
tied Hutchison's performance for the
day. However. there were several
holes on which Miss Hicks drove very
close to her professional opponents.
On the short holes the girls we're equal
TO the men in accuracy. Both Of the
girls knocked down twos ON the 17o-
yard fourth hole and ON one OF $50
yards Miss Van VIE rolled In another
nice birdie. During the match Miss
Hicks played with a ball that Is be-
ing made especially for women's play.
The ball Is Ave one-hundredths of an
ounce lighter than the standard
sphere, and has a higher trajectory.
Miss Hicks also played for the first
time with new set of clubs which
she has devised for women and was
not yet familiar with the weapons,
Evening star., 1934-07-15
NAMED REGATTA AIDE.

Edwin N. Graham, president of the
National Electrical Supply Co., has
been named chairman of the. Trophy
Committee of the Presidents Cup Re-
gatta to be held here in September,
it has been announced by John A.
Remon, president of the Regatta Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1934-07-15

Also each engagement is limited
to six matches and all are singles,
and this has proved an attractive
form of competition. 1t is pointed
out that in other leagues players often
must wait to play doubles until a
partner is through with his singles
This detractS from interest.
Evening star., 1934-07-15

Quist. Turnbull or McGrath in the
other singles encounters.
AS for the doubles. either Lott and
Stoefen or Lott and Allison appear
better than any possible Australian
combination, even with Crawford
playing.
once past the Antipodeans, the
Americans will run into-well, Fred
Perry. The English star seems an
even more certain winner OF two
singles matches than does Crawford
However, with Shields and Wood
on the top of their games, Austin
easily may prove a double loser in
the singles matches.
Against the English, too, the Amer
lean doubles victory seems safe bet.
THE U. S. L. T. A. must have read
/ the news of Tilden's suspension
by the Professional Tennis As
Sociation with satisfaction.
1t will be recalled that Tilden and
| u. S. L. T. A. officials never con-
stituted a happy family back in the
days when Bill was an amateur. Their
incompatability was chronic, reaching
the point of separation on several
occasions.
But the professional association
well. that appeared like something
different so far as Tilden and a
harmonious life were concerned. d..
Tilden. in effect, Is the professional
association and his row with the or
ganization appears to some as if he is
unable to get along harmoniously with
himself.
n HERCER BEASLEY'S tennis in
wi struction may not be infallible,
but frankie Parker's string of
victories over ranking players goes on
that gets results.
One of the Beasley theories is that
even the thinking tennis player will
concentrate on rivals backhand. It's
a part OF the games logic.
So when teaching Frankie to be-
come a giant killer, Beasley laid the
foundation in the form of a back
hand that was to be q deadly offensive
stroke. Together he and his pupil
worked on its development until 1t
! represented virtual perfection.
There is no secret about the success
they attained. Frankies backhand is
recognized by every flrSt-claSs player
he encounters Opponents, however,
are accustomed to playing to the off,
side and habit makes them do it
( against young Parker.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
RACING RECORD.

TOLEDO. Ohio, July II 0Fl-A
world record for4shs mile and six
teenth dash wassrEe e on Fort Miami
track tonight. TnesslaTk Of 2;l0 was
established by Calumet Evelyn. owned
by D. J. McConnville OF Ogdensburg.
n. Y, and driven by Vic Fleming.
The black hlly came home in front
of q field Of II class PAGERS.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
SEEKS GOLF TITLE
ON21ST BIRTHDAY
Manhood and Western
Crown at Hand for Eaton,
Who Plays Goldman.
BY the Askoe Ated Press.

BY the AssoeiAted Press.
~ KLAHOMA CITY, July
4 14-zell Eaton of Okla
\ homa City will celebrate
- his 21st birthday tomor-
row trying to win the Western
amateur golf championship and
Dave Goldman of Dallas will
try to spoil it by beating the
slim tournament medaliSt out
of the first major title within
his grasp.
Goldman, who is 25, reached the
final OF the thirty-sixth annual tour
named today with hard fought,
1-up victory over Charley Yates Of
Atlanta. the national collegiate cham
pion. while Eaton easily defeated
Verne Stewart of Albuquerque, N.
Mex. and Stanford University, 8
and 4.
To oust Stewart Eaton needed only
to hold as much as he could OF the
7-up advantage with which he fin
ished the morning l5 holes, but for
Goldman it was a tight battle all the
way after he went to lunch thinking
about q l-up lead the 20year-old
Gerogian held over him.
Goldman steadied to II this aft
ternoon and was up on Yates going
to the thirty-sixth, where both pushed
their second shots to the right Of the
green.
Goldman was away and he used a
putter from IS feet of the green. He
was approximately IL feet short.
Yates, also using putter after de-
liberate study of the shot, took a cue
from the Texans short shot and was
Z feet past the pin.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
TIE AT CONGRESSIONAL
Williams-Yates, Barnhart-Rom-
nell Share Best Ball Honors.

Two pairs tied in the best-ball
match play against par tourney, with
handicaps. at Congressional yesterday.
T. Williams and Frank Yates turned
in net score II up on par only to
have DR.. j. L. Barnhart and R. r.
Rommell come along a few moments
late to tie. also being II up on par
J. ]. Marquette and Guy Mason fin
iShed IL up for third prize and Will
liam J. McEvoy and Maj. H. C. Dagley
finished 10 up.