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The Washington times., 1935-02-12

NOW study the dlfference be-
tween this grip and the one you
used in yesterdays lesson" said
Diffenbaugh. you will see that
you gripped the club in the palm
of your hand and Roger has the
shaft in his fingers, where it
should be.
Illustrates Grip
IF you started to turn your
hand to get it into the position
it should be, you'd twist the club
head so that it couldn't possibly
hit the ball down the fairway. But
now watch what Roger does"
Suiting the action to the word,
Peacock closed his left hand and
showed the grip as illustrated in
the second panel of the engraving.
Here you see that his left thumb
is down along the side of the shaft
and the fingers enclose the handle
completely. The left wrist, there
fore, will be able to work with
the right to impart the snap to
the finish of the doWnswing, the
snap that gives distance to the
flight of Well-hit golf ball.
with that grip, the thumb
on one side of the shaft, as it
shows in this grip, and the index
finger around the shaft, it seems
almost as if you had a long
nerve running right into the
club. You get the feel of the
club here as you cannot get it
with other grips.
"NOw we will complete the
grip" said Diffenbaugh. eve
will see what happens when the
club shaft is held in the fingers
as it should be-"
Drops Hand Over Shaft
Again taking his cue from the
conversation of the coach, Pea
cock dropped his right hand over
the shaft of the club. If you ex-
anime the third photograph in the
art of engraving, you will see how
ideally the theory of Diffenbaugh
may be put into practice on the
tees and through the greens.
The right hand fits snugly into
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

trivance shimmied off across
the sun-baked landscape, I
thought, almost aloud:
"Well, there goes another
speed record"
So, in such a setting, and
among such people, you can
well imagine what q stir Sir
Malcom and his Bluebird actu-
ally create when they descend
upon Daytona Beach and it's
macadam-like sands which
make the fastest surface on
the North American continent
for testing automobile speed.
402 Feet Per Second
My friend, Ted Chase, a
Washingtonian who goes in
for such scientific thought, ap-
prises me that the maximum
speed of the Bluebird in low
gear is 10 m.p.h., in second
gear 205 m.p.h. and in high
gear about 305 m.p.h. He
didn't say how fast it went
in neutral.
He adds that the Rolls Royce
12-cylinder motor has a six.
inch bore and a six and half
inch stroke. The length of
the car has been increased
from 81 feet to % feet 3
inches since 1888. And, while
not wishing to be too tech.
nical, you will all understand
what I mean when recite
that the wheel base is 13 feet,
3 inches; ground clearance,
four and half inches, and that
the Frankenstein of the ground
holds 40 gallons of gas and 10
gallons of oil, the former cost.
ing over 81 per gallon.
Chase has figured out for
me that if Sir Malcom does
achieve 300 m.p.h. he will be
travelling 402 feet a second.
Z-z-z-z-z-let's go!
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
PLANS
TAKING FORM

Plans for the senior national
A. A. U. four-wall (soft balD hand
ball tournament to be held at the
Central Y. M. C. A., April l to 6
are rapidly taking form.
Ralph w. Foster at the Y. M. c,
A. is handling the arrangements
for entries, which are open until
March q.
At a meeting recently the fol
lowing committees were selectedi
Tournament-Ralph w. Foster, chair
man; E. Joseph Aronoff, Winfree Johu
son, John B. Payne, Perrie Mclean.
Publicity-Thomas Mangan, chain
man; John F. McGovern, W. c. Wood
ward
Entertainment-Dr. c. w. EnGslhardt
chairman; Ray K. Nash, Major John F.
Lucas, Leonard Vineberg.
Finance and Notwithstanding 8
Walker, chairman; G. Edward Beckett
r. f. Myers John B. Payne, Perrie Mo
Lean, Lieut.. Col. H. d. Higley.
Awards-Wnifree Johnson chairman
Joseph F. Cowley, Thomas Charshee.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

the left, with the palm of the right
hand enveloping the left thumb.
IN this grip the distance between
the right hand power and the left
hand which serves as a fulcrum
IN the swing. With the hands fit.
ting snugly together the forces
necessary to perfect swing are
coord1nated. There is no power
working against another to de.
Stroy the harmony of the effort.
Inc fourth panel of the photo.
engraving shows the front view of
the grip. If you look at the left
hand, which is the top hand in
the photograph, you will see that
three knuckles are shown, The
knuckles of the index, large finger
and third finger show up plainly
and you can almost see the TOP of
the knuckle of the little finger.
All the factors essential ia
smooth, sweet swinging are here
Fingers Control Club
with your hands as they are
shown in the photographs" Diff
fenbaugh continued as the les
son sped to its close, "you will
see that the fingers control the
club and everything is ready for
smooth swinging. Your right
hand can come in at the finish,
but it will not take the club
away from the left at any point
of the swing.
bringing the club head back
ward with the left hand you
will prevent one of the causes
of Slicing.
ut brings us back to the
original proposition that there
are two grips-the right and the
wrong. We showed you the
wrong grip yesterday, today we
present the correct grip.
But we're not through yet.
We will present a few photo
graphs on the back swing, the
cock of the wrists and the posi-
tiOn of the hands and arms
with the club at the top of the
swing"
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
BURNS SHOOTS
All SET

Jimmy Burns evidently got
hold of Popeye's spinach last
night, for he pounded the wooden
bottles numerically for All set
in the Georgetown Commercial
Duckpin League. This is one pin
short of the season record.
His excellent maple-spilling en-
abled the Senate Beer team to
establish a season record team
game of 639 and second high
team set of 1,777.
Lee Earl, of the Mime6graph
team, walked off with individual
honors in the newly organized
FERA, League. He shot 408 and
$50.
When District Building duck
pinnerS took Navy Yard for two
games, the latter club dropped
into a tie for first place in the
Federal League with G. P. O..
which trimmed HOLC the odd
tilt.
Investigation moved to fourth
place by sweeping Post Office.
Astor Clarke and Ben Taylor tied
for high game with 152. Joe
Freschi rolled 397 for top set.
Ruth Moran, with 332 set.
hiked her average to 100 in the
What's In a Name League at
Lucky Strike. Melvin Oliveri, with
144, aided Sunrise Bakery Juniors
to carry off high-game honors in
the Temple Minor League with
615.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
CENTER TEAMS
KEEP BUSY

Six sections of the Community
Center League furnish the action
tonight at various gymnasiums in
and around the city. The feature
game is in the Girls League in
volving the VirginianS and Francis
Asbury teams at Eastern at 8:15
p. m.
Roosevelt League
Majors
$3.50 p. m.-Heurichs vs.. Olmsted Grill.
Minors
$3.50 p. m.-Peoples Drug Stores vs..
Dome Oil Co.
Columbia Heights League
Powell Junior High)
$3.50 p. m.-Powell VS.. A. D. s.
East Washington League
eastern High)
S:15 D. m.-Trinity VS.. Maryland A c.
Northeast League
(Langley Junior Highly
$50 p. m.-Marvins VS.. Merricks.
Three contests were played last
night. The Corr'S Five defeated
Mr.. Vernon, 81 to 81; InveStiga-
ton swamped the National Guards,
40 to 6, and the Acacia basketers
defeated Twin Oaks, "a to %.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

OAAAAAAAJ 4AOA CAA1
Danny Keegan and Joe Derby,
submerged Maryland (then the
Aggies) under a 1913 deluge in
the old National Guard Armory
here. That was the biggest score
rolled up in the 16 games. il
fact, that 1913 C. U. team aver
aged 48 points per game for II
games.
Renders" His Best
Yet Rice regards the Rein
deers" of 1926, 1927 and 1928 as
the greatest he ever coached end
one of the best teams ever to
grace college basketball. The Rein
deers," who never played against
Maryland. included Ray Foley,
Johnny Long, Bill Harvey, Jim
Carney and Skater" O'Donnell,
the last name not being with the
team the final two years.
Then, there were Rice's great
clubs of 1922, 1923 and 1924,
headed by Eddie Ace" Lynch,
the only player from a District
school to make the grade in
major professional basketball
ranks in the last is years. Also
on that team were Dutch Eberts,
30 10" Lawler, Fitzgerald and
BreSlin.
Besides. there were "Scotty"
Glasscott and "Obie" O'Brien,
other star basketers at Catholic
University. Others, too, could be
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Daytona Beach, a pleasant,
lovely place, is about as slow
and sleepy a spot as you'll
find on the map, except when
Sir Malcom or some of those
other greyhounds are in the
vicinity.
Nobody in a Hurry
That is to say that nobody
is ever in hurry at Daytona
Beach, except Sir Malcom and
his cronies of the wheel.
Only last month I stopped a
half day down there to ex-
anime things and absorb a COOL
ing drink and a couple of drug
store sandwiches, without but
ter, and the peace and ease
and quiet of the place intrigued
me.
Just outside the soda foun-
tain door, two rather elderly
gentlemen sat on a bench in
their suspenders and hay hats
and mused aloud about the
contemplated Townsend old age
pension. They were typical of
the tempo of Daytona Beach.
One of them allowed as how
he'd be DANCED glad to get even
as much as $50 a month pen
sion, say nothin' of 5000.
Whereat the other yawned and
observed that even $50 per
month would be an inheritance
insofar as he was concerned.
Crash, Another Record!
Just then a rattley-trap old
doorless sedan shivered up and
stopped on the red light, and
the two old gentlemen crawled
in the back seat and drove off
with the coatless, tieless, hat
less, needless, headless shirt
sleeved youth who looked like
he might be driving the old
codgers down the road a piece
to a speakeasy.
AS the dilapidated old con-
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

lors, 1872 B St. S. E. at 4 o'clock
He will appear at Arcade, Four
teenth and Park Road Northwest
at 7 o'clock and at the Royal
Recreation, BIT Fourteenth St
S. w., at $50 p. m.
He will give a trick shot exhibi
ton, and also demonstrate funda
mental pocket billiard shots as
we'll as give instructions.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

bit of atten-
ton by his
d e x t e r ity in
m a kin g the
multi : colored
worries do his
bidding.
However, at
that time he
had other am
bitions t h a n
b e c o m in G a
prof e S S ional
billiardi S t It
was just a form
of recr cation
with him.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
CardOzO Defeats
Dunbar TOSSers

Cardozo High tossers defeated
Dunbar High, 81 to 25, in thu
final game Of the colored higA
round-robin basketball title seriei
yesterday, creating a tie for sed
ond place between the two schools
Armstrong won the city seria
earlier in the season by winnini
two from each of the other schools
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Ambassador Team
Battles for Lead

Ambassador water poloists bat
tie for the leadership of the water
polo league when the Maryland
Club Gardens natators are met
tonight in the Venetian Pool at
the Shoreham Hotel at 8:45
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Ill 4dCG, uc
gained no little reputation as
"the boy with the Irish tenor
voice" on the radio in Philadel-
phia, his home town.
Golf, Tennis Pastime
But the mike" failed to quiet
the itch for the feel of a cue
stick in his fingers or the accom-.
paniment would not drown out
the longing for the sharp click
of ivory against ivory, and so
Radios probable loss was Billiards
certain gain.
For pastime now he plays golf
and tennis.
Kelly first saw the light of day
in Philadelphia in 1906 and was
early drawn to billiards as his
father, a billiard enthusiast, had
installed table in his own home.
The youthful ace registered his
first major pocket billiard victory
last year, capturing the National
championship against a field Of
10 top-notcherS, and setting a
world high-run record of 125 in
two innings against Charles Sea-
back.
Runner-up in 1882
George was runner-up for the
world title in the 1882 tourna-
ment.
Kelly's first exhibition today
will be at Georges Billiard Par.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
The Washington Times
Duckpln Honor Roll

Washington distributes $25 prizes to men and
bowlers in the Washington rolling the highest
vdua in regulation FOULNE competition
week from Monday to Saturday through April
There prizes each for women Five dollars
will be paid the and rolling the highest game
week. highest and ST each for the next
five highest each group.
OWng the obvious superiority of leagues and to
tempt equitable distribution of weekly pzes
(except in case Of tir)
and one to each bouuler
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Death Calls Noted SandlOt Luminary

Death has called one of the
most noted figures in the realm of
sandlot sports here-MrS. Lenny
Rock, in private life, Mrs. Louis
Rock. She died last night after
a long illness.
Mrs. Rock managed the old Lin
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

worth A. C. back in the old days
of sandlot baseball here. From
this team many capable players
were developed including Jack
Smith, Ben April, Lou Hollis,
Lefty Mcintyre, Sam Simons and
Ray Homan.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

d q nc e before
his eyes, rellV-
ing golden days
Of prev i o u S
games between
t h e r i v a !
schools.
The old-timer
can look back
to the brilliant
1918 C. U. team.
coached by j.
Fred Rice. That
team, composed
of IS t ri n G"
Lambert, Reds
M C Don a ! d,
.Tipopov uorap
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

alive, and who, at present, is in the midst
of an attempt to boost his worlds record
from 272 to 300 m. p. h., as the boys who go
in for such engineering terms, say.
The modus operandi of such an attempt,
as all of the children in the class today prob
ably know without my emphasizing it, is the
famous English Bluebird Sir Malcolm's
compact assembly of steel, aluminium and
rubber, that streaks through the air with
the greatest of ease-need say more!
In both reviewing and contemplating Sir
Malcolm's deeds in the interest of annihilat-
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

the call OF the sUnklst spaces, WhlstIed IN The
cold sunlight. The duffer resented the pres
ence of the mockingbird. If he came to a
point where even the birds mocked him it was
time to quit, he said
"All right let's get started" said Diffen-
baugh. Well call on Roger Peacock to play
the role of instructor in this installment Of
first aid to ailing golfers.
"Okay, Roger, start gripping. Now watch
him carefully" said the coach.
Peacock, the stylist, soled the Bobby Jones
driver and gripped the shaft in his fingers,
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Cue Star, Here Today,
Once Hoya Student
By GINO SINH

There will be slight touch of home town boy makes
good feeling George Kelly of billiards fastest climb
ing stars, stages three exhibitions here today
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Ghosts of Basketball
Stalk Gym Tonight
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Basketball ghosts will stalk the Catholic University gym TO-
night the Cardinals and Old Liners University of Mary
land grips in their seventeenth meeting 1912
ton begins at $50 o'clock The preliminary brings
together the C. u Freshmen Central High at 80 clock
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
eIr Malcolm Campbell

OF 'cO C'Hp1 ing space with the quickest dispatch and
uermost disregard for his personal safety compelled
to smile little at the irony Of the situation.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
By FRANK (BUCK) o'NEILL
Times Staff Writer

Now let's get this business of the grip Strengthened out
Thus spoke the duffer George Diffenbaugh Indian
Spring Outside hardy mockngbrd which refused
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Kelly attended Georgetown
University here some years ago
and frequented local billiard par
lors, where he attracted quite a
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

And, as the current VarSltleS
uphold alma matters honor,
one may reminiSce as the shadows
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Grin Golf Club Shaft
With Fingers, Says
DiHenbqugh

(Ths the third of series goH The fourth appear
in tomorrowS Washington TneSJ
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Dqytona Is Awakened
From Normal Mien
By Campbell
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

The current month sports high spot focuses that white
strip of sand along Dayona Beach, where Sir Malcolm Camp
bell who has travelled land faster than any other human
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Shown The first panel Of the photo enFank oNen
craving that accompanies this piece
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
FINAL MELLEN
PLEA MADE

Irving and Murton Millen, who
planned to become the arch-crimi-
nails Of the age and who are now
under sentence Of death for a
double Staying during the holdup
of a bank at Needham, Mass, yes
terday brought their case to the
last court of appeals Of the United
States.
A plea was entered that the
Supreme Court consider their case
and upset the sentence which now
points directly to the electric
chair.
Sentenced to die with them Is
their partner in crime, Abe Faber
who once was their partner in
the peaceful operation of q Boston
radio store.
Ironically enough, It was Wash.
ington, where they now make their
appeal, that was to become their
headquarters and laboratory Of
crime, according to the story built
UP by police from q story told by
Norma Brighton Millen, daughter
Of a Massachusetts, clergyman
and wife of Murton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
PROWLER SLUGS.
B 0Y, 10, AND
RIFLES HOUSE

Ten-year.old Richard Handler
went to school today with two big
Jumps" on his head, inflicted by
blackjack swung by a colored
man who entered the Handler
home in the 500 block Of Quincy
st. N. w., last night.
Richard was alone in the parlor
listening to the radio, police were
told, when the prowler climbed
through a window and knocked
him unconscious.
The prowler then started ran
Sacking a chest of drawers. Rich.
ard partially regained conscious
ness and started to get up, but the
marauder struck him again,
knocking him down.
A few moments later Richards
sister, Irene Handler, 20, came
into the parlor, discovered her
brother lying on the floor and
found the drawers ranSacked. She
called her father, James Handler,
asleep in a rear room, and her
mother, in another room.
They revived the boy, who told
the story Of the colored man, but
q search revealed he had taken
nothing.
Miss Handler said she believed
her entry into the house from the
front porch, where she had been
sitting, frightened the prowler
away.
The family Just moved to the
Capital two weeks ago from New
York. Irene said today:
ut was some welcome to
WaRhimR&Nn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
Campbell Legacy ::
To Yale Is Upheld

ST. LOUIS, May IA dNsJ.
The will Of Hugh Campbell, st.
Louisan, leaving his $1,250,000 eS-
tate in trust for his brother, Haz-
lett, and upon whose death it is to
go to Yale University, was upheld
as, valid by Circuit Judge O'Neill
Ryan yesterday. The courts de-
cision sustained an equitable
counter-claim filed to the suit by
trustees of the will and Yale Uni
HersitY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
R|NGL|NG CITES
W|FE'S TEARS

NEW YORK, May IA d.Ns).
The first time he threatened to
sue his wife, Mrs. Emily H. Ring
ling, for divorce she went to her
knees and pleaded:
eff you don't divorce me, I'll
give you all the money I have"
So John Ringing, circus mag.
nate, testified here in connection
with his wife's suit to recover
$4,000 she allegedly lent him.
Under cross-examination, Ringing
said he withdraw a suit he had
filed and that afterward his wife
loaned him the money and signed
away her dover rights.
Dwelling on charges that Mrs.
Ringing swore at him, Attorney
Samuel Peasants asked Ringing
if circus lot language were not
profane. Ringlind said:
IF we heard anyone swear
on the lot we fired him."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
HOLD JOINT LUNCH

ALEXANDRIA, May 14.-The
Alexandria Rotary Club will hold
a Joint luncheon with the Airing
ton County Rotary Club Thurs
day instead OF it's regular weekly
meeting here today. In addition
to the local club, the Arlington
club also will be host to the club
from Fairfax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
LONG STEP

DANvuLE, Va, May IA (spe.
ciaD James Falden, colored, sur
priSed early yesterday by a police
man on the roof of the American
National Bank Building, dropped
three stories to safety when shot
at, and escaped,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
HURT BY TORCH

Critically burned when an acct
ylene torch backfired at Nine
teenth Street and Virginia Avenue
Northwest, where he was fixing a
steam pipe yesterday, Wilson L.
Jones, IS, Clarendon, Va, was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
BINGO PARTY

Sponsored by the Young
Peoples Service League for the
benefit Of the Epiphany Church
at Forestville, Nd, q bingo party
will be held in the church base
ment Thursday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
SALES SUSPENDED

NEW YORK, May 13 (SSO.
Charles Gallasso picked the wrong
place to sell policy slips. He was
sentenced to 80 days in the work
house today for peddling the
numbers" tickets in corridors Of
the Criminal Courts Building.
, 1935-01-20

1t is possible that the administration
will get some final word from the Supreme
Court as to the constitutionality Of the
whole NRA setup before congress COM
pletes the task Of revising that legislation.
Federal Judge Grubb decided-at Bir-
mingham, Ala, some time ago-that the
recovery act exceeded congress constitu-
tional powers. and that it unconstitution
ally delegated powers to the president.
The government has appealed from this
decision to the Supreme Court, and it is
reported in Washington that the decision
may be handed down before congress takes
final action.
1t is to be hoped that this is the case.
There has been a great real Of argument
about constitutionality of the NRA in the
last year and a half. Congress could un-
dertake revision Of the act much more in
t~elligently if the final ruling on that moot
point could be put in its hands.