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Evening star., 1937-07-22

"HE Middle Atlantic doubles
tournament, ostensibly a sec
tional event. opened as a min
"A iature local tourney today,
with not one outside team entered
for the championship, which thus
will go to Washington pair for the
third straight year.
Indeed, the first days matches at
the Army Navy Club took on all the
aspects of the late stages of any
other local tournament, with only is
teams entered. One of the few nom
resident teams expected, Price COL
win and Ed Greipenkerl of Baltimore,
were unable to come, dut to participa-
ton in the city championship tour
nament of their home town. The
same reason was attributed to the
absence Of other Baltimore pairs.
Whether the change in the scfed-
uled starting date OF the competition
has anything to do with the lack of
other teams from Maryland, Virginia
or West Virginia is problematical.
The onacial start, announced last
Spring As July II, was published in
both the onicial guide and the sched-
ule Of all tournaments sanctioned by
the Middle Atlantic Association. But
early this month the date was post
poned, and consequently some, with
other plans, were unable to change.
Several outstanding teams are en-
tered, nevertheless, with the singular
angle that the only two entrants who
ever have won Middle Atlantic cham
pionships were seeded second to the
potentially powerful, but new, COM
olnation Of Hugh Lynch and Bill
Breese.
The former winners are Ralph
McElvenny and Tom Mangan,
rated just behind Lynch and
Breese.
McElvenny, who helped Gil Hunt
capture the championship last year,
after winning with Barney Welsh the
year before, and Mansan. former Md
die Atlantic singled and doubles cham.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Tournaments Costly T. S. Davis Cup Out
Fiiue d. c. Golfers Questioned
By u. S. C.. 4. Get Clean Slate

anything that put them in the pro
class, or even in the questionable
class
Is Claude Rippy, topliner Of the
public linksmen here, a pro because
he happens to sell golf shirt? Or
because his name has been men
toned in connection with the Beaver
Dam professional berth?
Rippy has not made application for
the Beaver Dam post, nor has he
gone after 1t in any way. Nor is
he likely to be offered the job ac-
cording to man close to Beaver
Dam affairs. But whatever Rippy
does, II he turns pro after the ma
tional public links championship, it
will have no effect on his trip to
San Francisco You can't blame a
fellow for wanting to improve his
condition" says Loeffler.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

~ AVE HERMAN, public links
commissioner for the District
OF Columbia, today sent back
to the United States Golf As
sociation the questioned applications
OF five local public links players with
= declaration that after inquiry he
can flnd no reason for investigating
their status as amateur golfers.
Four Of the players under investi-
cation, all Of whom were entered
In the recent sectional qualifying
rounds for the national tourney, work
for S. G. Leofner, operator OF several
public courses here. These are Harry
Saunders, Tom Doerer, jr.; George
Graham and S. G. Leoffler, jr. The
other is John Ruane, a sport goods
store employe.
The whole affair seems more or less
q joke when you consider that not
one Of the four is golfer good
enough to cause any fuss in the sec
ond flight OF any representative golf
tourney.
Saunders Is the only one Of the five
who plays golf which could be called
good and Harry is no star. Doerer
is a fair journeyman golfer who
breaks 80 once in a while, and the
others probably couldn't qualify in the
third flight OF good club invitation
tournament
The U. S. G. A. didn't call the
boys professionals, but they inferred
that their connection with a golf
enterprise might be bad for their
amateur status. II this is so, what
about John Dawson Of Chicago and
Russ Hollebaugh, here in Washing
ton, who has the same connection
here that Dawson has in Chicago?
And is every employe of club, from
walters down, or any guy who hap
pens to sell shoes in a sport goods
store. classed as a pro?
The whole thing savors of wind
mill fitting. and Herman, after talk
ing with Leoffier, sent the entries
back to the U. S. G. A. with the
information that he couldn't dig up
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Babe Didriks0n PLAYS,

A RMOUR, scheduled to tee of with
Johnny Lehman. Chicago vet
eran amateur. and Eddie Gayer. Chi
cago professional, at 1850 pm wasn't
certain that he would be able to finish
before nightfall.
Ralph Guldahl, national open
champion and one OF the favorites to
collect the $4,000 first money, was
slated to get away at 1926 am. over
the No. course in company with
Alvin (Butch) Kruger Of Beloit,
Wis, and Johnny Hobart, Rockford,
Ill, amateur.
Harry Cooper, the top choice, drew
1880 am. as his starting time on the
No. 3 layout His associates will be
Chick Evans, open and amateur
champion of more than q quarter Of
a century ago, and Clarence Clark Of
Bloomfield, N. j.
Mildred (Babe) Didrikson, the
lone woman in the tournament, drew
Sandy Armour and an individual
listed on the program Is the masked
golfer" as her partners.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
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man car and proceeded to throttle him
into a state OF near-unconscious-
ness.
What Coffnan said openly
was felt by nearly all Of Horns
by's men. The pitchers COM
planned they were used 30 much
their arms were too tired to
comb their hair.
Hell" one of them said to this
balls wide of the plate we look around
and there are six guys warming, up in
the bull pen. It's plain that Hornsby
hasn't any confidence in us. And if
he hasn't confidence, how can we have
it?"
Too Many Signs, Said Batters.
THE inflelders squawked: "Hornsby
used to be q great infielder and he
expects us to do everything right"
The outfielders yelped: He used to be
q great hitter and 50 he thinks he can
sit on the bench and signal us just
WlaO W AAV dllA WAAdO pleSI W
let 60. Everybody bats differently.
What right has he got to sign US on
every pitch?"
In short. the Browns main
tained they could do better
without Hornsby. Now they
have \ chance to prove 1t. If
they ever got a new managerial
deal this Is 1t.
Bottomley is everything that
Hornsby is not. Jim is easy-going,
happy-go-lucky. He is the back-slap-
ping type, like Charlie GRIMM. He Is
a Jimmy Dykes without the witty and
sometimes barbed repartee OF the
White Sox pilot.
If the Browns. by and large, are ball
players who need pat on the back
to spur them on they will get it under
Bottomley. But Hornsby always
thought that most players needed a
good kick in the Stats.
Anyway, either Hornsby or the
Browns will look good from now to the
end. In the meantime Rogers is with
out . job. Could Cleveland be his
next stop?
Evening star., 1937-07-22
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

RY VIRTUE Of their SO defeat
OF the St. Louis Browns yester-
day, the Mats jumped from the
cellar to sixth place in the Amer
lean League flag race.
Sa far as is known, not a single
member Of Gritfith's squad has
been drawn for the first increment
OF the National Army.
Walter Johnson's failure to win
brings many queries from Griff
fans.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
NetDoublesCard
CCHEnIJI Of f1rSf- m q I

CCHEDULE Of f1rst-round matches
~ in the Middle Atlantic doubles
tournament starting at 5 o'clock
this afternoon at the Army-Navy
Club:
Thomas j. Mangan, jr.. and
Ralph McElvenny VS.. Charles
Charming and partner, Harry
March and Allie Ritzenberg VS.. Bill
Mahaffey and A. K. Tigrett, Harry
Heffner and Davie johnson VS..
Harry burst and John burst, Ed
Mather and partner VS.. Jack Hoyt
and Buddy Newcomer, Hugh Lynch
and Bill Breese VS.. Turner and
Merkel, Frank Goeltz and Ralph
Adair VS.. Ed Becker and Austin
Rice. Lieut.. Jim Ferrin and Stan
McCaskey vs.. Bob Bradley and
Harry Goldsmith, Joe Baker and
Fred Doyle VS.. Wilmer and Harry
Moorhead.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Coin Scheme Complica ted.

A S A consequence. neither the Ger
man. nor the American side re-
ceived sums which could be defined
as substantial, even granting a rea-
sonable latitude in appraisal Defeat
for the Germans will not prove 50
costly as it would have been for the
American team, because the Teutons
were under far less expense than the
U. S. A. group. Even so, 1t will be
costly enough
AS for the Americans, entry into
the challenge round against England
Will be marked by capacity attendance
every day, with thousands unable to
OBTAIN admission. Thus Will be marked
the difference between a nice profit for
the U. 8. L. T. A. and an appreciable
loss which would have had to be made
up out OF the treasury Of this organiza-
ton.
Financial arrangements for these
Davis Cup challenge rounds are rather
complicated. 1t sounds simple enough
to say that the United States and
England will share $3.50 in the re-
ceipts, but 1t is not quite SO simple as
it sounds.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
GERMANS DEFEAT
ENDS COIN WORRY
Crowds Sparse at Matches
With Teutons, Final to
Fill All Seats.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY,

"A YEW YORK, July 22.-Out Of
N the red into the black. Thus
" is depicted the economic sig
4 nificance Of the victory Of the
United States Davis Cup team over
the Germans in the interzone final at
Wimbledon.
Sporting aspects involved in the
gaining OF the right to compete
against England in the challenge
round are, Of course, lustrous and
highly satisfactory to all concerned
IN our overseas tennis adventure,
None the less, the fact remains that the
financial significance Of the victory is
no less great.
Throughout the German American
series, attendance was sparse, as it
Is always at Wimbledon when two
foreign teams are in contest for the
honor OF meeting an English cup
holder. English tennis enthusiasts
know that they will see the better of
the two outfits in the final challenge
af1air, so why waste money on any
court battle preliminary to the ulti-
mate test?
Evening star., 1937-07-22
By Walter McColIum

MILDRED BABE" DIDRIKSON.
the glamor gal from Texas who
puts all her glamor and most OF her
muscle into tee shots that have the
male links population ga-ga, proba bly,
will descend on Washington next week
for few days OF golf with Helen
Dettweiler, the District and Maryland
champion The muscular Babe is to
play in the Chicago open tourney
starting tomorrow, along with Helen
Hicks. another feminine golf pro. The
Babe has a new business connection
She is leaving the Goldsmith company,
with whom she has been associated as
pro for several years
The Babe drew more than q thou
year to see her play with Patty Berg
Another match involving Helen Dett-
weller and two local pros may be held
at the same course. They'll really
turn out to see the BABE sock those
tee shots. And how she loves to sock
'em.
p ALPH S. FOWLER, golf chairman
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club, is completing plans for the
amateur-pro match at Washington on
August Is. George Dif1enoaugh, Mid
die Atlantic P. G. A. president, has
promised big turnout OF pros for the
affair, with some 20 paid players to be
on the pro team.
All the club champions Of the clubs
around Washington will be asked to
play on the amateur team, along with
Middle Atlantic Champion Billy Shea
and District Champion Bobby Brownell
The amateur team will be a strong
one, but its doubtful they can whip
the pros.
ance of Congressional are in New
Hampshire playing in the Bald Peak
colony tournament. This affair Is one
Of the better invitation events held in
the East every Summer. 1t draws a
parade OF stars, including Francis
Ouimet, George Voigt and most Of the
leading linksmen from New York and
Boston.
His friends at Columbia are getting
a laugh out Of the name they've pinned
on Albert Mackenzie following his vic
tory in the trans Mississippi senior
tournament They named Albert
Walk EN- In Mackenzie" because he
won all his matches on or before the
fifteenth green.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
M1LKMEN AHEAD.

Making two more hits than they
did runs, the Chestnut Farms nine
Valloped Peoples Drug. 1875, yester-
day in National Capital League
game. Benson, dairyman first base
man, led the attack with four hits.
While Pitcher Boyce was holding the
losers to six
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Concentration Week.

IF THE average American golfer
meaning the golfer you'll find play
ing the thousand and one courses
from Portland to Key West-Would
declare q concentration week" he
certainly would find his scores drop
ping anywhere from two to eight
shots. Amazing would be the name
for the results if he would say to him
self (and carry through:
For the next seven days, or on my
next seven rounds, I pledge to play
each and every shot as carefully as !
know how. / won't laugh or talk or
sing or make a friendly wager after
leave the first tee. I wont think
of the market on my backswing, or
the bridge game of tonight on my
dovnswing. I faithfully swear not to
let bad shot upset me, but promise
to forget it and concentrate on the
next shot to be played"
But-and I ask the question as an
average golfer who has found the
treacherous and shifting sands Of
many trap, the branches of many
q tree, the dense foliage of many a
rough and the dismal bottom OF many
brook with hurried, careless,
thoughtless shots-would such a week
be worth the companionship missed?
OF all games men play, golf Ger
tainly is the most companionable-
for the average golfer, mean. Stop
to think. An average 18-hole round
requires some three hours to play.
During that three hours no more than
IS or 20 minutes is used in making
shots. If you are not Denny Shute
or q Henry Cotton the remainder of
the three hours is spent in walking
and talking and joking with your
partner or opponent as the case
NAV be,
Evening star., 1937-07-22

7 IED been playing golf for 20
- years and in all that time
Representative Paul Maloney
a OF Louisiana neved had made
and never had seen hole -in-one
made. He was beginning to think
they were all tricks, or pure luck.
That is, until he stepped up to a
mashie shot on the ninth hole at
the Army-Navy Country Club and
WhAcked his ball into the cup for his
initial ace. So Representative Maloney
is going around Capitol Hill today tell
ing his fellows solons that there 8
something to this golf business after
all.
Witnesses to the ace were Senator
Ellender Of Louisiana and Representa-
tives Colmer Of Mississippi. Richards
OF South Carolina and Waldron Of
Washington. Maloney scored q 70 for
one Of his lowest rounds. The hole
plays about $50 yards in length.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
The Winning Factor.


THOSE golf pedants who hold that
unfagging concentration is the
chief factor In a winning game must
have derived tremendous satisfaction
from the recent battle between Henry
Cotton and Denny Shute for the un-
oficial match play championship OF
the world.
Both men played superbly, with
Cotton knocking IL strokes off par and
6hute bettering regulation figures by
four shots in his fine but futile bid
against the British open champion.
Perhaps no golf match in score
of years has been played with such a
maximum Of concentration and min
inlum Of conversation. Except for a
brief handshake and curt good
morning" when they met on the first
tee. neither man ever acknowledged
the others presence. And they ig-
nored the gallery just as completely as
they did each other. Even on the final
day of the 72-hole competition, when
q whooping throng of more than 10000
showed. mauled. pushed and galloped
over the fairwaWs and through the
rough, Cotton and Shuttle moved Sc
renely along, apparently oblivious tc
everything but the next shot that was
to be played.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
BREWERS PLAY COFFEEs,

Heurich Brewers meet the strong
Coffee Screen Co. nine in an Industrial
League tilt today at 5 pm. on the
west Ellipse. Jim Tticomb OF the
Coffee Screeners and Willie Silverman
will be mound opponents.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Silence Versus Fun.

ShShSC VCISAS ILL.,
SILENCE is golden, but not much
~ fun II you're not Of the tourna-
ment type. Since the second man
started playing golf, men have en-
joyed telling others how they could
improve their grip, their stance or
sheir swing. Since the first man
started playing golf one Of its pleas
ures has been the right to shake the
heavens when a shot goes wrong, and
express tremendous happiness when
shot unexpectedly comes of well.
And few things in this life are more
satisfying than the Comanche leap
which is part and parcel of every
long putt that is holed
Such things do not lower ones
score, no, but they bring hours of
comradeship which are even more
priceless than pars, and more to be
treasured than long, straight brassies
to the green.
AZ Bobby Jones and others have
pointed out more than once, cham
pionship golf and a friendly round
are as far apart as the outposts of 4
Siberian frontier. They are two en-
tirely different games.
toopV5tsht, 1887. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance rnc)
Evening star., 1937-07-22
NINE CHANGES NAME.

Hillsdale A. C. base ball team has
changed its name to the Washington
Hillsdales, according to Amendez c.
Robson.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Gilbert Hunt Sticks.

: OP-RANkING Wilmer Allison Of
Austin. Tex, who can retire the
eighth bowl Longwood has put up in
45 years with another victory, defeated
Howard Stephens Of St. Louis in
straight sets to move against Ver-
non Marcum Of St. Petersburg, Fla
IN the round Of eight. The other sur
Vlvors were Gardner Mulloy Of Miami,
Gilbert Hunt of Washington and A.
fred Jarvis Of Tenafy, N. ].
Mrs. Sarah Palfry Fabyan, the,
Brookline internationalist and top
ranking player in the womans d!vi-
sion, had to come from behind against
Mrs. Tokuko Nakano OF Toxic. former
Japanese champion, to lead the seeded
stars into the fourth round.
Also qualifying for todays vomans
singles play were Gracyn Wheeler
OF Santa Monica, Calf; Helen Pc
derson OF Stamford, Conn; Mrs. John
Van Ryn Of Austin, Tex; Mrs. May-
nard M. johnson, jr'', of Boston
Norma Taubele OF New York; Hon
Knowles of Philadelphia. ard Mr.
Bonnie Miller Bank of Los Angeles
Evening star., 1937-07-22
B. C. A, S TAKE FOURTH,

B. c. Americans whitewashed the
Little Tavern diamonders, 1l-0, yes
terday for their fourth straight VIC
tory.
Evening star., 1937-07-22

TANGLEWOODS IN FRONT.
Tanglewood nosed out the Keystone
Eagles yesterday in l7-l6 slugfest on
the East Potomac Park diamond.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
HUNT PROGRESSES
IN TENNIS STRIFE.
Washington Youth Reaches
Quarter-FinaI Round of
LongWood Event.
BY the Associated Press.

~ ROOKLINE, Mass, July 22-
- The LOngwood Bowl tennis
tournament entered its quar-
~ ter-final stage today, with
only one of its two former winners
and none OF its three Murphys.
While third-seeded Dick Murphy,
the Massachusetts, titltst and 1888
bowl victor, was bowing to Norbert
Burgess of Chicago. the Murphy twins
from Chicago. William and Chester,
were being driven out of the tourney
by second-seeded Bob Harman OF
Oakland, Calf, and Paul Guibord
OF Melrose, who was rated seventh in
the draw.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
DROP FROM $1,5)O
TO S2,5D0 A YEAR
$4,000 Open Is Big Help.
Cotton-Shute Tilt Epic
of Concentration.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

NhhN LAND NlSL.
~ PROFESSIONAL golfers are the
l. worst underpaid men in sport
as far as the competitive side
L goes. Most Of them pay out
good money to enter tournaments and
take their shot, with no guarantee in
return.
Competition costs the majority Of
pros from 81 500 to $2,500 year, net
loss. To help Offset this, the Chicago
District Golf Association is hanging
up $4,000 in cash prizes at Medinah
this week end, with the winner facing
q $4,000 harvest.
And this $4,000 may spin on the
turn of single putt Medinah, where
Tommy Armour rules the terrain, has
more than one championship test to
offer in the way of courses. The
field in general will match that OF an
open-with the pick of the game on
hand-with more than 400 starters.
The caddy foundation fund is the
main purpose of the tournament,
which includes every known side line
OF golffng interest.
Evening star., 1937-07-22

n AVE HERMAN, public links
commissioner for the District
OF Columbia, today sent back
49, to the United States Golf Az
Evening star., 1937-02-10
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San Francisco chemical manufactur-
ing plant.
Rossetter denied knowing that any
such reports had been submitted in
writing since two days after the COM
mittee subpoenaed such documents.
Following Orders.
Burnett's deposition stated he was
following orders of E. c. Davis, Pink
erton official in San Francisco, in con-
tinuing the written reports. although
the point of delivery was changed
frequently.
Upon hearing the deposition, Ros-
setter implied that Davis had ignored
orders from New York to cease ac-
cepting written labor reports.
II can't explain it." he insisted,
adding that orders of discontinuance
had been given out by telephone
after the committee subpoenaed writ
ten reports in August.
La Toilette next read affidavits dis
closing written reports on labor espion-
age had been submitted by Pinkerton
operatives since service of the SUBJ
poenas to the Continental Can Co. in
Seattle and to the -Waltham
Co. in Waltham, Mass.
Can you explain these instances?"
La Toilette asked.
Without Explanation.
Both Pnkerton and Rossetter said
they could not.
Its strange that the president and
general manager know so little of how
an important part of their business is
conducted" La Toilette retorted.
The committee next inquired into
circumstances Of radio broadcast on
January 10, 1887. in which Pinkerton
activities were described. Pinkerton
said the information was requested by
Edwin c. Hill and that he believed the
program to be financed by Real Silk
hosiery Co., sponsors of the Hill pro-
gram.
After reading from the Pinkerton
order book that divorce cases never
are accepted, La Toilette read an ex-
cerpt of deposition by a former
Pinkerton agent in Baltimore, Louis
Taylor Carr, that he mad been on the
divorce case of DR.. M. G. Gibbs of
Washington.
That was very unusual case,
Pinkerton explained.
Still intent upon learning 20 what
degree the Wisconsin anti-detective
la, is being circumvented. Senator La
Toilette called j. o. Camden. Pinker-
toms division manager in Chicago. to
tell how many operators have been
working there.
Camden testified that from five to
nine agents have been in the State
Evening star., 1937-02-10
Message on Great Plains
President Cites Plight Of Courageous and Energetic
People in Asking Congress,
Relief Action.

The text Of the Presidents mes
sage on The Future Of the Great
Plains" sent to Congress today,
follows:
I transmit herewith for the in.
formation Of the Congress the re-
port Of the Great Plains Commit
tee under the title, THE Future
Of the Great Plains"
The report indicates clearly that
the problem Of the Great Plains
is not merely one of relief Of q
courageous and energetic people
who have been stricken by several
years of drought during a period
of economic depression. 1t is much
more fundamental than that. De-
preston and drought have only
accentuated a situation which has
been long developing. The prob
lem is one of arresting the decline
Of an agricultural economy not
adapted to the climatic conditions
because of lack Of information and
understanding at the time Of
settlement, and of readjusting that
economy in the light of later ex-
perience and of scientific informa-
ton now available.
The settlers of the Plains brought
with them agricultural practices
developed in the more humid
regions from which they came. BY
historic circumstance the period
of settlement was generally one of
rainfall above the average, and,
although water was known to be
scarce, these practices then ap-
peared to be suitable. The long.
run experience, however, has dis
closed that the rainfall of the
area hovers around, and for con-
siderable periods, falls below the
critical point at which 1t is pos.
Sible to grow crops by the agri.
cultural methods common to humid
regions. A new economy must be
developed which Is based on the