STAB. - 4 THE SUNDAY WASHINGTON. D. fl, APRIL 10. 1927-SPORTS SECTION . i Voigt Wins North-South Event: Sweetser Almost Infallible WithMashmNiblick DISTRICT GOLFER VICTOR Adda Another Title to His Collection JESS WIELDS THIS CLUB VJ'OMEN I IN/’ SPORT OVER HOMANS BY 4 TO 2 BY CORIHHE WITH DEADLY¦¦ EFFICIENCY IfRAZIER / * ; m a ARJORIE WEBSTER’S senior of 1 California stands alone in this j l\l\ nine triumphed over the] : elms, with possibly Pegelope Ander- . in the Final of Tourney Is Cut to 18 Holes on Account of in This Phase of Game Has Much to Do i V I -Juniors 33 to 22, second; s«n of Accuracy Richmond. Va . and ! / T I name of the annua! base ball: | Margaret series for the school title , Blake of Boston on their way to join Weather Conditions—-Capital Player Is With His Success on Links —Has Only The Juniors won the opener, 19 to t5. (her. and neither of the latter two the Ire so the Seplur victory tied up ,'ln the junior class. Down Once in Match. on Von Elm. scries / Viewing the recent feat of Mrs. Only Slight Edge Tiij teams will meet in the rubber Hazel Wightman, who, 18 2:30 .Hotchkiss prame Tuesday afternoon at .'ears after reaching the peak of her the Ellipse Field, if weather conditional national walked a birdie 2, sinking a career as champion, By the Associated Press. the seventh with BY BUNKER. i either got a half or he won. Three- permit. In the event of rain, the out on the Longwood green, they courts at Boston X. C.. April 9 putt from off the and were contest will be staged in the Webster/ proceeded through are two supremely great fourths of the time he won. this Winter and to make a Playing over a water-soaked all square the eighth. Voigt niblick gymnasium on avenuej clean sweep of Wash- 1 the ninth with a par makers of masbie pitch Most of the contestants had trouble / I national Indoor titles, course. George Voigt. went up at shots among the amateurs. terrace. Fred Hawthorne, tennis critic, ob- PINEHURST,ington, today won the united 1 after Homans overplayed the green. at the thirteenth It measured only Junioi# held a t2-to-2 lead in the that Unde They happen be the present serves Sam is sadlv halved in par, to nasty inning, in, North and South amateur golf The next two were THEREholders of golf’s chief prizes, 128 yards, but was a proposition. third and though the Seniors need of some promising material from championship. He defeated Eugene but Voigt took the twelfth to become Shallow pits edged into it nil around. rallied somewhat, maintained a slight which may be cut . American champion, margin out the future Homans, Englewood, N. J., schoolboy, 2 up when Homans missed a short Sweetser, It was long and narrow. The front through the seventh session; of and Jess British champion. th„> start tennisdom. 4 and 2 in the finals, which had been putt for a half. considered part of It was low, rising almost In eighth, however, the Senior “Are there none among thou- The thirteenth was halved, but the Os the twov Sweetser is sluggers found the pared down from 36 to IS holes be- to be just a hit the deadlier, a poll of abruuptly at the cpnter to a height of the ball for 13 runs, sands of girls now engaged in tourna- cause of a driving rain that fell fourteenth went to Voigt when Ho- leading shows. This slight 8 or 10 feet. There was then a sec- putting them far out in front. ment competition throughout the a ho amateurs throughout the morning. man's second was in trap and him almost unani- tion of comparatively level surface, The teams were lined up as follows: country who have developed overplayed the Voigt sinking a edge is yielded sufficient- The committee in charge of the green, mously. after which the ground sloped off to Seniors—Catherine Stearns i*nd ly te "Tn over the stars of two decades •vent decided to permit an IS-hole birdie -4. pits at rear. On the left a hiU. Marian Evans, pitchers; Amelia Dee- pgst?” asks Mr. And Jess being one of the biggest and the was kens, Hawthorne. match to decide the event because On the fifteenth Voigt lmld Homans eatchert Helen Zernier. first: well might he ask the question. De- necessity of to a half after hooking his tee shot huskiest men In golf, the magical Confident at Nasty Hole. Lillian Slusser, second: Mary Homans faced the getting touch which he gives to his mashie Linn spite the fact that there are many Monday morning. This oehind a tree. The -cup was always set near the Giles, third; Catherine Wilson, short; time* girls competing back to school niblick pitches seems rather strange. the number of would have made it necessary for Voigt won the sixteenth with a center. If you pitched short, and your Lillian Speers, center field: Helen Ack- for tennis crowns today that were Voigt if there was '¦putt from off the green after Homans But he must have that quality which ball dropped at the front of the green, erman. right, and Leila Steris, left. him to forfeit to makes so many big men successful playing when Mrs. Wightman and no play today. went into a trap. you might just as well be iir a trap, Juniors—Josephine* Melsner. pitcher: Mrs. Mae Sutton Bundy appeared as bad surgeons. It must be admitted tha! if you past much, Astrld catcher; horizon, Homans started today’s match The cards: many were the cup too you Hammerstrom. 'Alice luminaries on the there are holes Jess has j>erformed a difficult found the pits rear. German, first: Rosalie Walker, ty. He lost the first and second surgery upon unhappy rivals. at the second: fewer who seem to be “first ten” ma- when Voigt scored par on each. He Voigt— Wind complicated matters. If it Blanche Church, third; Margaret terial. Since Helen Wills established took third with a birdie 3 and the Out 4 4 4 4 5 5 2 5 4—37 The year that Jess won the Amer- was head-on it took a stiff No. 1 iron to Beuel. short; Ruth Stone, center field; herself at the top of the card, only the —28—65 Dorothy Kiser, fourth with a par 3 to even the match. In 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ican amateur title his mashie niblick get on. ts It was at your hack, just a right field: Eleanor two or three youthful racketers have The fifth was halved, but Homans Homans — was the most merciless in America. touch with the masie-niblick sufficed. Martin, left field. even threatened the stronghold of thf Went 1 up on the sixth when Voigt Out 76335435 5—41 In that historic struggle he beat four Most of the time, in last year’s Scltiag veterans, most of whom still are safe- 4454 5 46 —32—73 of the greatest amateurs in the world ball schedules will open on was In trouble. Voigt evened it on In struggle, the wind was from the right. two playgrounds ly seated in the choice positions on —Willie Hunter, Jesse Guilford. Bobby The correct play to aim the ball tomorrow afternoon. our national ranking list. was Games will 1m played also on other Jones and —and he did it toward the pits on that side and let grounds, Hawthorne ventures to prophesy with his tnashie niblick. which opened their schedules it drift in toward the pin. A hall last week. that Miss Jacobs Is the only young- He Was Always Inside. played to the center of the green Garfield and Rloomlngdale ster now competing who promise# to nearly always found the traps at the circuits reach the first five. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE will open, the former with a game be- All those hoys played • wonderful left. Amldon He secs possibilities of both Miss shots the pin But no tween and Van Nessi teams to repeatedly. Plainly,only a master with a mashie and the latter with Takoma tjieotlns Anderson and Miss Blake rising on* matter how closely they laid their nlblic could this hole or two rungs their present po- leading pro- number of entries in its tournament approch with Gage.' \ of the world's ball, Jess always got Inside them complete confidence. Sweetser was sitions. 8 and 7 respectively, he their this year, although several other clubs Brent, which won Its opening game hut fessional golfers will show It was uncanny. that sort of master. others took does not consider them as strong match at contemplate some form of restriction, While In the Virginia Avenue - series last wares in an exhibition British cham- fours and fives the thirteenth, he enough to unseat the best of the over the course of the by handicap or otherwise. Chevy In last year’s amateur at week from Randall Highland*, will vet- 36 holes pionship, probably the greatest factor steadily gained his par. he scored play erans. FOURCongressional Country Club Chase will adhere to its plan of per- once Lenox tomorrow, while Fillmore long play. possible players announced visiting of 14 han- in Jess’ success was his iron a bndie two. and Addison will meet in the (fourth Is it that the who early In May, under plans mitting only golfers GEORGE VOIGT. were eight holes Luck with were hampered in developing their Tom Armour, profes- dicap or under to compete in the At Mulrfield there was him when he played game of the Georgetown loop. | last night by Champion amateur linksman of the District, wlto yesterday won the North measuring 450 yards and over, and a . He made a mistake, Maury and Klngsman games by long skirts, voluminous sional of the club. Spring event. Club members with any and South at Plnehurst. will nieet In handicap rating eligible. crown ninth, which, being a dogleg, was but he got par anyway. the match slated for the petticoats, uncomfortable hats and Walter Hagen, professional match are The plan On these Rdsedale long hair and Armour, who is has now been in effect at Chevy Chase equivalent to 450 yards. This mistake was not made, how- playground. are actually better and play champion, holes Jess was repeatedly home In ever, with his mashie Jess’ more versatile than our renowned as the finest iron player for three years. niblick. In the colored series only onej gam% „ --erformers group, will pair against Columbia, according to P. two. Soitie times his spoon got him error was in selecting the wrong club. Is carded for tomorrow. Bruce and new generation, which has had the among the paid George there, mostly by advantages loose, Smith, holder of many sec- James, chairman of the golf commit- NOW ON FIRM BASIS but he arrived means He misjudged the wind and took out Mott teams will play In the opener of i of comfortable MacDonald U. S. of clothes, and Gene Sarazen, for- tee is definitely against any restric- long accuarte irons. his mashie, the result being that' he the Howard division. short skirts and bohlx-d hair tional titles, But the club which he struck the dropped his ball against the hillside —all designed to them the great- mer open and professional title holder. tion of entries in that form, believing giy* probably will be staged that the club should be allowed Wanted—Women tennis star*! est freedom of movement and to The match to FOR DRIVE ON OLYMPICS lesson the natural handicaps May 8, just before a group of Amer- have as many guests as it desires. Hor/sr/££rsrtfsr/ivofi/7E cl us ci/no/to 'meonmie Who is going to replace Mary K. of feml- sail for abroad to prepare OA /Jta YAADS Browne.* Mrs. Molla Mallory. Eliza- , ninity? ican pros Is gen- for the British open championship, beth Ryan—yes, and Helen Will*—ln it not rather that the new By the Associated Press. committee want* the eratkrn of players now held by Robert T. Jones, jr. The "The the future ranks of American tennis i is occupied with de- teen definitely set, SPRINGPUPPYTRIALS there was any apprehension In co-operation of all interested in ama- •tars? veloping a variety of strokes unknown date has not yet of the American sport, whether they actually Its however, and may be All four the camp teur Where are the host of youngsters to predecessors and which "111 earlier. as result of have authority or not,” he carry tar beyond present of the named will make the trip Olympic committee a governing who should be exhibiting rare possl. It the stand- men BE a Winter disputes and declared. "It now has the united and bilitles and ards this form abroad and will meet a team of British TO RUN THURSDAY of splits pressing the old stars' to i once new is perfected* Worcester, IF in its ranks, it has been chased unqualified support of all controlling the limit for decisions? Helen Jacobs Could It not be that the development at Mass., in i professionals vigorous organ- bodies. If any the other groups game Juno for the Ryder international away by the firm and of > of the sort of desired and striv- Many thoroughbreds been this week to carry desire to help, we will be glad to have en for trophy, won last year by the British have en- ization established on ohe more occasion If Michael Scott today by our girls takes so tered for the sixth annual members’ on tremendous task of selecting, them. If they do not, we are sorry, . much more time, and is so completely team. the housing had not pulled a miraculous piny also in the making to Spring puppy triaia of the National equipping, transporting and but that won’t prevent any athlete , revolutionary, that the exponents are Plans are a against him. Scott had pitched to the bring George Duncan and Abe Mitchell Capital Field Trial Club to be run on the array of more than 300 stars who from having has chance to gain green. in the state of transition at present Dick Saunders’ place the lower right-hand corner of the to Washington for an exhibition farm near the Con- will seek athletic conquests behind the on strongest team America He had a 40-foot putt, had to , and hence are i.ot showing tip bril- gressional Club Thursday morning. year. muster.” which liantly match at Congressional against Tom dikes of Holland next can climb 10-fbot incline In front of> at any one dei>artment of the Cruicksharik, Spirited competition Is the prospect. In spite of all efforts to develop dis- the Armour and Bob the “Uncle Sam will put his best foot H/SACCUAATI^ M the cup at an angle of 45 degrees. game? Entries closed last night with Mat- lance runners. It doesn't appear likely A7A3M£ A/ALiCA3HOT3 V T hope thij Scottish bred pair, who walked oft with forward at Amsterdam," In the opin- J /o\* Jl The cup was 15 feet beyond the rise Let us that is the case. the share of the Winter and thew Trimble, jr., of Kensington, Md., of Boston, that they will jeopardise the suprem- rr///c/foA/rr/rc o/fr////£> \J vJVy* Scott almost holed halved the apparent in advance- lion’s secretary-treasurer ion of William C. Prout acy his putt and I That lull early Spring tournaments. of the club. and chief of the Finns and Swedes in the TOSAAC£A£AACUAAAD the ment of tennis among the women of Puppies whelped after Jan- president of the committee longer at Amsterdam. OAVghurrpaao hole. Both Duncan and Mitchell have on or for at races and amo/t When I saw Sweetser recently at the United States during the uary 1, 1926, and owned and handled figure in laying the framework Lloyd Hahh, the mile champion, , i>ast sets here several times, Mitchell’s an Olympic program Asheville, N. C., be was looking Ini years ia but the quiet before the storm £layed having been in 1922, by members only will compete. A leg comprehensive will be a formidable 1,500-meter con- splendid shape again. He has of new stars breaks and ist appearance on the coveted Kidwell as the country has ever decided upon. beyond distance there been over us. Diegel beat him 5 and 4 in a cup and a sil- program tender, but that vital blow against all his opponents the left. Good fortune with 18 daily and practicing women's tennis scales -heights when Leo ver cup will go to victor. For the work of putting this appear few Yankee for the at was playing holes new special at Columbia. Both men the The contenders was his mashie niblick and there is him. The ball rolled down on the putting religiously. Visiting Bobby led by a group graceful, boyish match runner-up and third dog also will get into effect, Prout has united men Olympic held by Nurmi of in of bfe crowns now something in this circumstance tran- green and he his three easily. .Tone* in during the Winter, racketers whose game ptaved silver cups. prominent in business and public and liitola, with Wide of Sweden and made Atlanta all-around will 1921. the heads of all the gov- eending the mere mechanics of the On all other occasions he pitched he-observed that master at work on b* far superior to the old style, where has not appeared here in an Drawings will take place at the Na- as well as Peltzer of Germany to be figured on. game. to within from 10 15 feet of the the green and noted details he 1m Hagen tional Capital Club house Bradley of all sports that will "Our life and to cup. some one powerful stroke and a steady match since 1919. although at erning bodies temperament isn’t After the hole at Mulrfleld, expressly trying to incorporate In his own game produced champion. exhibition Hills, Md., Thursday 8 a.m., and figure in the competition abroad. twelfth It was a hole built to com- service a too, played in the 1921 open. If the at suited to the development of distance Jess was never down to a single op- fort him and confound his enemies. His putting may improve, but his he, the jtompetiUpn will get way preliminary men,” points Support for this theory is given us of the Congressional Club go under It has taken only the Ps-out out. “Few of our ponent, from the first round to the Starting with the thirteenth, mashie niblick, now reshafted many In the that plans soon afterward on the running the com- runners are willing undergo the Sweet- Ijact the few girls whe through as announced Washington accomplishments of Olympic to finals. In the main, his rivals started ser usually forged ahead. Ouimet, how- times and well bolstered with tape, have style grounds, a short distance away. convince that the rigorous self-denial and training that perfected the new of gßme will see the foremost pros of the world mittee to observers the early rounds by getting a lead on ¦ever. carried him to the final green. must continue to be the big gun of his —Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Joan Judges will be Ma.l. Robert S. withdrawal of such organizations as makes for endurance. We have too him. Wills, will see in MacDonald .„ ... says offense- In action, and Thomas and Capt. H. M. Dickinson, National many other things Speed is "I was .lucky to beat Francis.’’ s F#ye god Senorua D’Alverez—have Smith a man who has not appeared the National Collegiate A. A., to do. But at the thirteenth he struckTjalW. Jess. “He played better golf than I He expects to play In tne National heights both of this city. , Federation Y. M our. fetish.” Amateur reached undreamed of before in the Capital. Amateur Athletic He was not beaten on the thirteenth ’did.” next Fall, his only tourna- years ago by women contenders for Maj. president — Thomas is of the and Unite ¦¦ C. A-, Western Conference throughout the championship. He Jess would have won the thirteenth ment of the yaar.. the world net laurels. A limited tminber of members of the club, other officers besides Secretary- States Navy will not handicap the Treasurer Trimble being W. Frank HAS OF LINKS. || ||| new Riverside Golf and Country Club, marshaling of the Nation's foremost PLENTY .l|lll |l|. ,.|| IJ_ ,1. '''¦ Burrows, president, «ll«.l.. m.¦!!.'. I.J LB.'-1.iJ..... ¦¦"'l'M' Jg^ 3Bagßsgssaae;SsaaßSaesgsasSßgggßessß!Bs!sß»»g near Fort Washington on the Potomac first vice and F. athletic talent. Canada, has golf | | |. ,1, one course for l l l 11 I - l =S=^ below the Capital, are being taken Watt Farmer, second vice president. These five bodies withdrew from the every J3.393 inhabitants. In the ,* • In. When the limit is exhausted the H. B. Mitchell. John C. Keane and Olympic organization after defeat In United States there is one for every Initiation fees as well as the annual Thomas P. Baldwin are members of a spirited contest with the Amateur 25,793 persons. * the board of governors. * dues will be Increased. The course Athletic Union’s forces over questions -¦ may be reached over the Congress of policy, voting power and control of Washing- Heights road and the Fort Records show • total of 1,272 stolen international competition, but the MANY BROTHERS AT NAVY. ton pike. Dr. T. J. W. Brown is the bases in the two major leagues, last “door is still open." if they desire to There are seven pairs of brothers When these say- Stop game," biakes course architect. season, almost equaly divided between return and “play the accord- engaged in various sports at Annapolis the National and American circuits. Ing to Prout. \ Naval Academy. Plans are In the making for another ¦ ¦¦¦ I ¦- ¦— public fee golf course, to be located on the high ground west of the Con- wettest duit road and north of Cabin John Even in the weather (\Jffl\y .I. m .. -- Creek. The scheme of the sponsors - - ; m -m- Nil ..jrr-r -- - - J for the course contemplates a club- house on the river, with the starting ani finishing point near the river. Part of the course will lie between the river and the old Chesapeake & Poto- mac canal, now out of use. About 240 | During National Week • acres of land is available. Braking Demonstration Be Sure Burning Tree is rapidly rounding to Try the Brakes on a Flying Cloud—the Last Word in > Into the perfect condition which has made it one of the outstanding courses , and in the Middle Atlantic section and one | Braking Efficiency Only Flying Clouds Have Them that many believe to be the best Economical around Washington. With a par of £B, and at least two holes that take brri£' extremely long wooden shots, Burning : a/ *°-* During this week, April 10 to April 16, inclusive, when Tree’s fame as test of the game has cw * a m n* i ¦pread all over the country. A • ff, P /MaasjWfljffiflLj “JSflyp Clear via ion * tionally bf Reo, be sure to tty out a Reo Flying Cloud Women golfers of Washington will America compete in their first tournament of 3 Mora roominoM la the interests of yout own safety, see how Flying the year tomorrow at Congressional, i an 18-hole handicap affair. Other tourneys are scheduled throughout the miles an hour season. One week from tomorrow, profes- economy sionals of the Middle Atlantic section will play in an amateur-pro best ball f —Flying Cloud speed is safe because Flying Cloud match at the Washington Golf and Country Club. Amateurs Pom many clubs around ‘Washington will pair Cloud riding comfort is insured because of With the pros. Chevy Chase golfers next Saturday will begin qualifying for ihe first club And when Flying Cloud brakes say "Stop”, they mean * event of the season—the annual com it—all the time, at any petition for. the French High Com- speed, forward or going back, mission cup for men. The 16 low net under any and all conditions of road and weather. scores turned in between April 16 and 80, will qualify for the match play ° rounds to start May 4. the same day VERLAND - entrants in the Washington Golf and Country Club invitation tournament begin their qualifying rounds. T IF" TE Manager Loeffler of the public links courses expects to open up a new- are sealed so that dirt and water don’t get into putting practice green at East Poto- mac Park today. The practice green immediately , is located north of the bnk« moti