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10 Hagen Demonstrates Golf Superiority: U. S. PRO MAKES STIRRING FINISH IN BRITISH EVENT i Sinks a Difficult Putt to Beat Out Whitcombe, Eng lish Star—Great Recoveries Made by American On Last Nine Holes. B.v the Associated Press. HOYLAKE, England. June 28.—The, never-failing smile on the cheery face of Walter Hagen was expanded into a broad grin today. For the second time in three years the dapper A'merican-born profes sional is the open champion of Great Britain, having demonstrated with driver brassic. mashie and putter, his superiority over the best golfers produced in England and Scotland —home of the game. There were names to conjure with In the list of those who teed of? for the seventy-two-hole grind over the Royal Liverpool links —Taylor, Tolley, Mitchell. Ray. Wethered, Duncan, Havers and a long string of other*, not to mention the other entrants from the United States —"Mac’’ Smith, genial Gene Serazen, Long Jim Barnes and the veteran Gil Nicholls. But when the thud and whack of club against ball had ceased and the last putt had clicked to the bottom of the cup. it was Hagen who was car ried off on the shoulders of the gal lery. He finished with a difficult downhill putt just one stroke in front of K. ft. Whitcombe. the young British pro r fessional. ad the putt stayed out, a play-off at thirty-six holes would hav» been necessitated today. More than 10.000 saw tlie finish. The scores of the leaders follow: Ist 21 3d 4th Rd. R.l. Rd, Rd. Tot. Walter Hagen* 77 73 74 77—301 E. R, Whitcombe.. 77 70 77 78—302 Macdonald Smith*.. 76 74 77 77—304 Frank Ball 76 77 74 77—304 J. H. Taylor 75 74 79 79—307 George Duncan 74 79 74 81—308 Jim Barnes* 73 77 79 75—309 •American. Tied nt 54 Holes. The story of this thrilling day over the long, hard course of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club is the story - of a battle between Hagen and Whit combe. They were tied at the end of fifty-four holes, at 224 each. Whit combe took 41 for the first nine of his final round, hut finished with a brilliant 35. Hagen took 41 on the first half of his final trip around, and needed even 4s to rapture the crown. At the tenth tee Hagen was told of Whitcombe's score for the final round. He steeled himself to his task, as he so well can do with his fighting heart and fine temperament. Against the wind Hagen pushed his iron shot and took 3 to get on the green. The eup was twenty feet away front the ball. His first tap, however, sent it over the intervening feet of undulating earth and into the cup it dropped for the first of his neces sary 4s. At the eleventh—a full iron drive against the wind—Hagen's tee shot plunged into the bunker guarding the green, so that he got another 4. in stead of a par 3. After a good drive at the twelfth. Hagen pushed his iron again and failed to drop his second shot on the green. But his first putt fell into the cup, and this was another 4. At the thirteenth—a short hole — one of the most terrible bunkers on flic course trapped Hagen's iron! drive. He got out magnificently, ! howe.ver. and with one putt scored a 3. Two fine shots with wood clubs and two good putts gave the American a 4 at the long fourteenth. At the fifteenth he played one of the finest wood shots made during the championship—a low-flying brassie. straight for the pin from 225 yards down the fairway, with a strong wind to bore through. Two putts here, and he had another 4. Then came the long sixteenth, with a following wind. But, wind or no V ind. a par 5 hole, dog-legged and well over 500 yards. Hagen's sec ond shot here stopped just off the edge of the green, but on the hard close-clipped grass and hole-high his approach putt was short and he took two more putts, getting a 5. Thus he was even 4s, with two more 4s needed to win or a 4 and a 5 to tie. which would make a play-off at thirty-six holes necessary tomorrow. Going into the wind toward the sev enteenth. with its long, narrow green well bunkered. Hagen got his drive into the rough. From the tall grass he dropped a long iron shot close to the pin. He missed a sjx-foot putt, however, and had to take another 4. Makes Winning Putt. Now came the home hole, with the scurrying, excited crowd racing down both sides of the fairway and sur rounding the green even before the players left the tee. Hagen got a good drive, but his iron shot was car ried by the wind across the green, where the ball nestled in the fringe of clover. A five seemed likely. His runing shot out of this position stop ped at the top of an undulation in the green, leaving Hagen a downhill putt of two yards which had to be sunk in order to win the championship He sank it, and his wife dashed out from the crowd and embraced the new champion The other spectators cheered like good British sports and then Hagen was lifted to the shoulders of some of them and carried to the clubhouse. The hole-by-hole score made by Hagen follows; FIRST ROUND. Out. ..464 434 3 4 4—38 In 6 3 3 3 4 6 4 4 4—39—77 SECOND ROUND. Out... 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 6—38 In 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 4—33—73—130 THIRD ROUND. Out... 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4—37 In 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 4 4—37—74—224 FOURTH ROUND. Out... 6 4 6 3 3 4 3 6 4—41 In 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4—36—77—301 HOYLAKE YARDAGE AND SCRATCHED. OUT. IN. Hole. Yd*. Silt. Hole. Yds. Sch. 1 410 5 10.? NSO 5 •< 333 4 11 200 4 3 490 3 12 380 4 4 153 3 13 163 3 5 410 4 14 510 5 6 3HO 4 13 440 4 7200 4 16 323 5 8 500 3 17 400 4 8 390 4 18 410 4 Distance—Out. 3 290; in, 3.460. Total—7so. Scratch —Out. 38; in. 38. Total—76. Walter Hagen, who yesterday won the British op-n championship at Hoylake, thereby completing the greatest record in tne history of the British, event, is a New Yorker by birth. He was born in Rochester. X. V., in 1892, and learned the rudiments of his game while serving his ap prentice as a caddie on the links of that c< y. Hag n’s achievement at Hoylake roundt' out three years whicn have never been duplicated. Others have won the British title more times than has Hagen, but no one has ever equal ed his feat of winning the British title in 1922. the first American home bred to bring the famous cup across the water; second, a stroke behind Arthur Havers, at Troon last year and first this year. No golfer who ever lived has such a tournament record as Hagen, who is regarded as the greatest competi tive players of tne present age. If not of all times. British titleholder twice. American champion twice, north and south open champion twice, western open champion twice, metropolitan open champion twice, French open champion once and P. G. A. champion once —that is his record. In addition to that, numerous minor titles have fallen to his unusual skill as a KoHer. Hagen’s record dates back to 1914, when he won his first notable tourna ment, the national open at the Mid lothian Club. Blue Island, 111., in which he finished a stroke ahead of Chick Evans with a total of 290. He duplicated that performance at Brae Burn, West Newton, Maas., in 1919. when, after he had tied with a score of 301 for the seventy-two holes ot play, be defeated Brady In the sub sequent play-off with a score of <7 to Brady's 78. He was a contender for the title In (he recent Oakland Hills event until SPORTS. the very finish, a shanked mashie shot at the sixteenth hole putting ilm out of the running, and in a tie with Macdonald Smith for fourth place. His two victories In the West ern open were in 1916 and 1921 and .n the metropolitan open in 1916 and i 919, the first of these at the Garden 'ity Golf Club and the other at ■ reenwieh. In 192<i he won the ■•'retu-h open championship. This year he was successful in the defense of his title as north and south cham pion at Pinehurst. His first victory in the P. G. A. event was gained at li.wood in 1921. when he defeated lx)iig Jim Barnes of Pelham in the final. Last year Gene Sarazen de feated him after a sensational thirty eight-hole final at the Pelham Coun try Club. Hagen was for several years en gaged as professional at the Oakland Hills Golf Club, scene of this year’s open championship, but for the last few years has confined his activities to exhibition work, in which he has teamed with Joe Kirkwood, the Aus tralian triple-shot artist. ' PLAYING GOLF FINAL. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 28.—James Manion and Tawson Watts of St. Louis fight it out over the St. Joseph Country Club links today for the title of transmississippi golf champion. In the semi-finals Manion defeated Eddie Held of St. Louis, the present champion. 1 up. and Watts swamped J. K. Wetherby of Minneapolis, 12 and 11. WESTBATTLES EAST IN MUNY GOLF FINAL B.v the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, June 28. Henry- Decker of Kansas City and Joe Goble of Philadelphia are battling today for the national public links champion ship over thirty-six holes. Decker defeated R. S. Delury of Boston. 3 and 2. while Coble sent Frank Dolph, the Portland, Ore youngster, to a 6-and-5 defeat in the semi-finals yesterday. In the third round Decker defeated Earl McAleer of Washington, D. C.. but to accomplish this he shot birdies gn the second, eighth and twelfth holes. Coble defeated Art Bchm, Cleveland, 3 and 2. FILIPINO BOXER WINS. AURORA. 111.. June 28.—Pete Sar miento. bantamweight champion of the Philippines, slightly shaded Irish Johnny Curtain in a fast ten-round bout last night. They weighted 119 pounds. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS PERRY. W. Va„ June 28.—The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both very, very muddy this morning. • THREE CAPITAL GOLFERS IN THE M. A. SEMI-FINALS BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. RICHMOND, Va- June 28.—With three men out of four in the semi final round of the Middle Atlantic golf championship, which con cludes over the course of the Hermitage Golf Club here today, Washington bids fair to retain the title, now in the hands of Albert R. Mackenzie of Columbia. Numerically strong, and also strong in skill, one of the group of Washington players in the semi-final round should be able to bring the honors to Washington. Although Albert R. Mackenzie just squeezed through yesterday in a close match with Tom Sasscer of Balti more, he is still a favorite to retain his title, for he has found the knack of putting the Bermuda grass greens here and will be hard to stop. His semi-final round today will be in the nature of a grudge match, for he is playing R. Cliff McKimmie, who yes terday beat Roland Mackenzie, son ofthe champion, on the eeighteenth green, the same green where, a few minutes later, Albert squeezed out a final hole win over Tom Sasscer of Baltimore. Tuckerman Playing Well. Walter R. Tuckerman, representing the Burning Tree Club, is the other Washington man in the semi-final. He should beat Carl Whitaker of Richmond in the semi-finals. Tuck erman so far has shot the best golf in match play of any man in the tournament. Outside of the first flight but four of the twelve Capital players who were in the various sixteens are left in the semi-final rounds today. Albert Mackenzie did mighty well to come through against Sasscer, for, like Roland against McKimmie, he was down most of the way. and. uny like Roland, came through with a last-hole victory.' Albert squared the match at the sixteenth, and halved the seventeenth, with the honor. He only half hit his tee shot to the 165- yard eighteenth, while Sasscer, scent ing victory over the champion, put his ball on the green. Albert chipped up four feet from the hole and Sass cer putttd over and missed the return putt, while Albert holed his four footer to win. Roland had a rough road in the morning with J. D. Ewell of Her mitage. whom he finally put away on the nineteenth hole. Going out against McKimmie in the afternoon. Roland was erratic off the tee and was down at the turn. He came to the sixteenth only one down, having won three of the four holes imme diately preceding. He got a good half at the seventeenth where McKimmie, nearly home In two shots, took three to get down from the edge of the green, while Roland’s second shot from the rough was sliced. That left Roland dormie one down at the last hole and he hooked his mashie shot Into a trap, while McKimmie was trapped at the other side of the green. Roland tried to play the shot too fine, failed to get out and got only a half in 4. Make* Strong Finish. Tuckerman waded through Karl F. Kellerman of Columbia to the tunc of a 6 and 4 victory in the morning, shooting the last eight holes in even 4 over a stretch of the course that Is regarded as moat difficult, as there are two par 5 holes in the lot. In the afternoon he beat the steady A. I-«ee Hawse of Richmond, a former champion, 3 and 2. Albert MacKenzie gave John Max well. the Richmond city champion, a 6 and 5 beating in the morning. Dever# Burr of Columbia won his morning match in the second flight THE EVENING STAB, WASHINGTON, D. C.. .SATURDAY, JUNE 28. 1924. WILLS-FIRPO SCRAP IS APPROVED IN N. J. TRENTON, N. J., June 28.—Commis sioner Newton A. K. Bugbee of the state athletic commission has ap proved articles of agreement entered into between Kirpo and Wills for their bout scheduled to be conducted at Boyles' Thirty Acres on August 30. It was announced that since the forthcoming match will lead to a championship fight the promoters would be permitted' to charge the maximum fee of $25 for admission, plus tax. The question long In doubt as to whether.the New Jersey commission would sanction mixed bouts was set tled by the announcement. B.v the Associated Pres*. BUENOS AIRES, June 28.—Luis Pirpo, the Argentine heavyweight fighter, and Juan Homs, representa tive of Tex Rickard, yesterday signed the preliminary contract for a fight between Pirpo and Harry Wills, the American negro. The bout will take place In New York or New Jersey sometime around August 30. Under the contract Firpo Is guar anteed SIOO,OOO with an option of 37 Vs per cent of the gate receipts. HORNSBY MAY SET N, L. BATTING MARK fly the Associated Pres*. CHICAGO, June 28. Rogers Horns by. batting champion of the National League and star second baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals, Is out to establish a new National League rec ord by leading the circuit in hitting for the fifth consecutive year, and, with the season approaching the half way mark, Is continuing the pace he set at the opening. He is slapping the ball at a .397 clip, according to averages released today for games through Wednes day. Hornsby has equaled the famous record of Honus Wagner, who led the National League batsmen four consecutive years, In 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909. The St. Louis player led in 1920, 1921. 1922 and 1923. Wagner's best mark was .380. and Hornsby bettered it with .401 in 1922. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. Club*. W. L. Pet. Win. Lean. Washington ....34 27 A37 ,565 ..VIS I let roll :i« ;tO .343 A3 2 „%37 New York 32 2* .533 .341 .323 Ronton :tl 241 .317 .323 ,341 s S«. Lnnla 3t> 30 .3410 ,341 N .4412 Chicago 34) :tl .402 „VMI ,4H4 Cleveland 30 32 .454 .402 ,47H Philadelphia 22 3* .367 2177 .Mil GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. it Washington. Boston at Washington, Detroit »t Cleveland. Detroit at Cleveland. °*. Lens at Chicago. St. Louia at Chicago. Vow York at Boston. RESULTS OK YESTERDAY’S GAMES. Washington-Philadelphia train). New York, 12—10; Ronton, 7—3. Detroit, 1: Cleveland, O. Chicago, tl; St. Louts. 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Clubs* W. L. Pet. Win. Lose. New York 41 21 .661 .667 ,«3I Chicago :«« 24 ,«4HI .607 .31W Brooklyn .12 2S 2133 .341 .323 Pittsburgh 31 21) 2517 -323 -VIS Cincinnati 11l 34 .477 ,4H5 ,47t) Ronton 23 34 .424 .433 .417 Philadelphia 24 34 .414 .424 .44)7 St: Loula 23 20 .371 21S1 UM» GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMOSBOW. Cincinnati at St. L. Pittsburgh at St. L. Brooklyn at Fhila. Phila. at Brooklyn. Boston at New York. Boston at New York. Chicago at Pittsb'gh. Chicago at Cincinnati. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES. Pittnburgh, O; Chicago, O. Cincinnati, 5—5; St. Louis, 3—2. Fhiladelphia-Brooklyn (rain). New York-Boston (rain). from S. Q. Collins of Richmond, but' was eliminated in the afternoon by H. G. Chickering of Wilmington, last year’s medalist. John T. Harris of Bannockburn eked out a last-hole victory over Charles W. Kent of Richmond in the first round of the third flight, but lost to Henry W. Parr of Baltimore on the nineteenth hole in the after noon. Gardiner P. Orme of Columbia won both his matches yesterday by 7 and 6. while in the fifth flight J. T. Mc- Clenahan of Washington won twice, defeating George E. Truett, also of Washington, in the second round. E. C. Alvord of Bannockburn won both his matches in the sixth flight, beating Roger Hall of Baltimore on the nineteenth hole yesterday after noon. Inside Golf —■ By Chester Horton —- When yon get into the knack of striking straight down at thp boll with the left arm and pressing on the shaft with the thumbs—which in my “poll down” “ expressed in f another way— yon may find the cinbhead’s pn 11 against your body, after it haa pass ed through the bail, so great that yon will show a tendency to let go of the shaft with the right hand. Watch out for that. Hold on with both hands and. inatend of - - letting go with the right hand. Vo through further with the right ahoalder. Keep the head down—and fixed— and hit right through with both right shoulder and kft hip, Re member also that the left hip goes straight forward, right into the boll, not around to the left. You shoot this hip Jnst as the elnbhead gets to the ball, and the middle-body weight, thus thrown into the ball, will give yon some twenty-five yards more when yon learn how to apply tt with good timing. Shooting this left hip Into the ball, incidentally, la the only place where yon do apply any body pressure la the shot—and yon should be on your guard not to make this application of body weight too vio* lent. Never exaggerate anything In the golf swing. (Copyright, John F. DUle On) GRIFFS OBTAIN TAYLOR; MEMPHIS GETS PROTHRO BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ANNOUNCEMENT by the management of the Washington ball club that Doc Prothro had been released outright to Memphis in ex change for Tommy Taylor, third baseman of the Southern Asso ciation club, was received with considerable surprise by local fandom, which held the Tennessee tooth-jerkcr in high esteem because of his hitting ability. As explained at headquarters, the deal, which also in cludes the relinquishing of Outfielder Carr Smith with a string attached, to be returned this fall, was made because of the superior fielding ability of Taylor, who is touted as much njore capable on defense than Prothro, while equally effective in attack. The exchange, which was dictated by Manager Harris after both Presi dent Griffith and Scout Joe Engle had inspected and O. K.'d Taylor, was made because the youthful pilot had become convinced that Prothro. for all his undoubted prowess as a flail wlelder, fell several notches short of par In a fielding way from a big league angle and could not hope to Improve sufficiently in this respect. Taylor, who has been ordered to re port here Immediately, and is ex pected to put in an appearance by Monday at the latest, started out last season with the Birmingham club as an outfielder. later being shifted to third base with the Memphis club. In 138 games with the two teams during 1923 Taylor was at bat 493 times and made 154 hits, including 19 doubles, 9 triples and 3 home runs, for an aver age of .312. He is reported to have been clouting well above the .300 mark for the Chicks this season. No Information on the report that Scout Kngel has arranged for the ac quisition from the Salt Lake Pacific Coast League club of Outfielder Johnny Frederick could be obtained from headquarters today. President Griffith declaring he knew nothing about it; that he had received a tele gram from Engel this morning about another matter and that no mention was made of the Frederick deal. YANKS TURN ON RED SOX AND REGAIN THIRD PLACE PENT-UP Yankee wrath, roused to the breaking point by six straight defeats, vented itself upon the Red Sox. and today the New Yorkers again occupy third place, from which they were recently ousted by the Bostonians. The world champions’ comeback was registered in a double victory over Kohl’s men by the decisive scores of 12 to 7 and 10 to 5. A grand total of twenty-five hits, supplemented by six Boston errors, enabled the humiliated Hugmcn to start their drive back toward the top of the American League. Seven Red Sox pitchers failed to stop the visitors’ vigorous onslaught. Base Ball AS BIG LEAGUERS PLAY IT HARDEST PLAY FOR SHORTSTOP. SLOW MIT BALL WITH AVERAGE RUNNER AT PLATE. S.S.AUST CO/fiC IN AT FULL SPEED, FIELD BALL WITH both hands-then TOSS TO FIRST WHILE STILL OFF BALANCE. What is the hardest thing a shortstop has to do? Answered by JOE SEWELL Shortstop. Cleveland Indiana i The hardest hitting shortstop In either league. Batted .353 last year. ** * * In my opinion, the hardest play for the shortstop is the slow-hit ball with an average runner at the plate. In order to complete the play the shortstop must come in at full speed, field the ball with both hands and throw to a base while “ofT-balance.” This makes the throw very difficult, and results in causing this to be the hardest play for the shortstop to handle—and handle suc cessfully. The next time you go to a ball game watch the shortstop particularly, and watch him handle a play like this. If he does it well he is probably a pretty good fielding shortstop, because the play requires great skill. 12 listedtFrace IN LATONIA DERBY LATONIA, Ky„ June 28— The su preme test for speed and stamina was faced by twelve candidates nomi nated overnight as starters in the forty-second renewal of the Latonla Derby, to be run this afternoon over a distance of one mile and one-half, for a purge of $25,000 added money. Os those named, ten are certain start ers if the track is fast, and if it turns muddy or sloppy, about eight will enter the contest. Following are the carded starters in the order of their post positions, with weights and riders: Polo Ground, 114, . Modest, 118, B. Kennedy. Lord Martin, 118. H. Stott*. .Revenue Agent, HR. D. Burn. Giblon, HR. E. Pool. Daziler. 118, J. Corcoran. •Kin* Gorin 11. HR. M. Garner. Black Gold. 126. J. P. Mooney. Beau Butler. 118. L. Lyke. Chilhowee, 118, L. McDermott. •Bourbon Boy, 118. Ltlley. Mr. Mutt. 118. J. Merimee. •Board and Coyne entry. TAFT FACING CUMMINGS FOR COLLEGE GOLF TITLE GREENWICH, Conn.. June 28. Dexter Cummings of Yale, 1923 cham pion, and W. H. Taft of Dartmouth are meeting today to decide the inter collegiate golf championship. Taft upset the dope when he de feated Lauren-Upson, the rangy Cal ifornia star, 2 and 1, in the seral finals. Sterling-Knight Six-Cylinder Car of Quality R. F. Riffee & C 0.—1020 Conn. Ave. W.B.A.A.N ines to End Season in August The National* were to stack up against the Philadelphia Athletics in another double-header this afternoon, made necessary by th£ postponement due to wet grounds yesterday, and hud merely to split even to retain leadership in the flag race even if De troit. now in second place, wins from Cleveland. Tomorrow the Griffmen will entertain the Boston Red Sox in a series of six games in five days, in cluding a double-header on Monday. AMERICAN FOILS TEAM IS BEATEN BY DENMARK By the Associated I’rrs*. PARIS, June SS,—The team from Denmark today defeated the I nited States Olympic fencing foil* team by I) matches to 7. The Belgian team defeated Ar gentina by 01 touches to 56. Each team won eight matches, to the derision wait made on the number of touches. France defeated Denmark, 14 matches to 2. Italy defeated Aus tria, 13 matches to 3. Hungary won from Switzerland, 0 to 7. f hicago and Cleveland also changed positions, the White Sox beating St. Louis, while the Indians bowed t» Detroit. The Windy city crew now are tied with the Browns for fifth and Speaker's tribe trail both by 8 points. The Sox owe their upward climb as much to the ineffectiveness of Sis ter's twirlers as to their own of fensive power, scoring four rijns on four hits, three passes, a sacrifice, an error, two stolen bases and a wild pitch. The final count was 9 to 3. Manager Sisler did his best to stave off defeat with four hits. Whitehill had a slight edge on Shaute in a battle of moundsmen. and Detroit chalked up a 1- to-0 victory over Cleveland. Rigney's double and Haney’s single accounted for the lone run. The Washington-Philade'phia clash was prevented by rain. Pittsburgh continued its spurt to ward the head of the National League procession at the expense of the Cubs. It was the Pirate's third straight win over Chicago and their fifth victory in a row. While Cooper let the Bruins down with two singles his mates hammered three opposing box men for seventeen hits, which they converted into a 9-to-0 triumph A one-handed catch by Cuyler featured. Cincinnati kept the Smoky city ag gregation within hailing distance by taking two from the docile Cardinals, j to 3 and 5 to 2. Dickerman's ex cellent relief work did not offset Sherdel's poor start In the first game and neither Bell nor Stuart was able to counteract Dyer's wabbly take-off , in the second. Roush garnered four blngles. including a homer, in the opener. Both the New York-Boston and Brooklyn-Philadelphia tilts ed off on account of rain. ""■■ — MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS international league. Buffalo. 5; Syracuse, 2. Toronto. 8; Rochester. 8. Other games (rain). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louisville. 4; Toledo. 1. St. Paul, 8: Milwaukee. 3. Columbus. 9; Indianapolis. 0. Kansas City, 11; Minneapolis. 10. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte. 1-3: Spartanburg. 0-2. Augusta. 15; Macon. 1. Greenville. 7-4; Asheville. 6-17. , SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Little Sock. 2-5; Chattanooga. 1-0. Atlanta. 6; Birmingham, 1. New Orleans, 12; Mobile, 10. Memphis, 10; Nashville, 0. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Tampa. 11; Bradentown. 3. St. Petersburg. 7; Lakeland, 4. Daytona, 6; Orlando. 4. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Johnson City, 4-0; Bristol. 1-6. Knoxville, 9: Morristown, 4. Kingsport. 3; Greenville, 1. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Petersburg, 3; Portsmouth, 1. Rocky Mount, 6: Norfolk, 6. Richmond, 14; Wilson, 6. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Winston-Salem, 6; Greensboro. 5. Durham, 8-0; High Point. 4-8. Danville. 0-9; Raleigh, 3-3. PACING MARE SETS MARK. CLEVELAND. Ohio. June 28.—Mar garet Dillon, champion pacing mare, 1 added to her laurels yesterday by winning the champion free-for-all pace at New Cranwood. By pacing the second heat In 2:03 Vi, she broke the state record for a mile over a half mile track and her own record for the distance. HEWITT TIRES 33x5 S. S. S. CORD—*34.2S NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. 1007 9th St. N.W—4056 Match your odd coats with 1 our All-wool Trousers, $465 and up; all colors, sizes and patterns. Eiseman’s, Seventh at F Sts. N.W. BASE BALL*™ AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington to. Philadelphia Ticket* on mle Spaulding’s, 1338 0 St. N.W., from t:M A.M. tclf:*o P.M. Tickets on sale at Heoht O*., 694 F St. ARGENTINES PICKED TO WIN POLO CROWN PARIS, June 28.—With the Olympic polo competition opening today at St. Cloud Park, where the United States plays France, L’Auto's expert takes the occasion to canvass the chances of the five nations entered in the event. Argentina, he thinks, should finish first, followed by the United States, with Great Britain third, Spain fourth and France last. He admits that he hesitated some what in forecasting the winner, not having seen the Argentines in action, as they have only been playing in mixed matches, having, as he puts it, “wisely refused” to play the Americans last Sunday. He is par ticularly enthusiastic concerning the merits of the thirty-five ponies brought over by the Argentines, be lieving they are superior to the twenty-eight American mounts. The British, he writes, are not mak ing the strongest effort in the Olympics, but are reserving them selves for the Meadowbrook tourna ment in October. The United States line-up in today’s match was expected to be: Thomas Hitchcock, No. 1; Klmer J. Boeseke, No. 2: Rodman Wanatjaker, No. 3, and Frederick Hoe, back. The French team consists of Count Pierre de Jumilhac, No. 1 ; Jacques MacAire, No. 2; Hubert de Montbrlson, No. 3, and Count Charles de Polignac, back. SUZANNE DECLARED SUPERIOR TO HELEN LONDON, June 28.—As Helen Willa and Suzanne Lenglen successively dispose of each fresh opponent in the Wimbledon tournament the news paper lawn tennis critics show in tensified interest in the prospect of a meeting in the final between the American and world champions. Revlewijag yesterday’s play, the experts in their articles this morn ing again note improvement in Miss ills. They say she played extremely well against Mrs. Kdgington, who. herself, is a fine player, and they are prepared to see her win through until she faces Mile. Their recognition of her skill, however, is not accompanied by prediction that she is likely to defeat the redoubtable Suzanne. Never before, perhaps, have they been so impressed by the French girl's marvelous tennis, which is so perfect as to be regarded as almost un canny. They pay tribute to the fine display made by Mrs. Wightman against Mile. yesterday, stressing the cleverness with which she judged every stroke aside from the skill with which she delivered them, and say she must have beaten anybody except Suzanne; yet the latter seemed to defea. her without effort, playing with an excellence which they cannot conceive any woman surpassing. Their view is that has out done herself in this to jrnament. Noting that she has won thirty-six games thus far, losing none, some of the writers say that if she naintains this form she will be champion for the sixth time. Yesterday’s results; Men’s singles—Vincent Richards. America, defeated D. M. Greig, England, 6—2, 4 —6. ft—2. 7—5: R. Norris Williams. 2d, America, defeated A. X. W. Dudley, England, 63. G—G. G—4: Jean Borotra, France, defeated F. G. Ixiwe, England, 6—l, 6—3, fi—4. Women's singles—Mile. Suzanne temglen. France. defeated Mrs. George Wightman. America, 6—tl. «1 —0: Miss Helen Wills, Amer ica. defeated Mrs. Edgington. England, 6 —2. 6—2; Miss Elizabeth Uyan. America, defeated Mrs Phyllis t'ovell, England. 6—4, 7—3. Women’s doubles —Miss ‘Eleanor Goss and Mrs. Marion Jessup. America, defeated Sat terthwaite and Miss E. H. Harvey, England. 9—7. 12—10. Mixed doubles—Vincent Richards and Mrs. M.. Jessup. America, defeated G. Watson and Miss P. Dransticld, England. G—4. ft—3; J. Condon and Mrs. Mallory defeated G. Leembruggen and Mrs. ktebbing. 6—3, G— o; Francis I. Hunter and Miss Lilian Sharman, America, defeated Burr and Miss Hoicrofl, England. 10—3, 6 —3. COLLEGE NET TITLES ARE AT STAKE TODAY PHILADELPHIA. June 28.—Five matches are scheduled for the national intercollegiate tennis cham pionship tournament at the Merion Cricket Club today, rain yesterday having forced the postponement of three doubles matches. One third-round match and two semi-finals will be played in the doubles this morning, while the finals in both singles and doubles are scheduled for this afternoon. Wallace Scott and Bruce Hesketh of the University of Washington will meet C. C. Hubbell and A. Sheri dan of Yale in the first match of the day. a third-round contest. Later the winning team in this match will face the Harvard players. W. W. In graham and Karl S. Pfaffman, in a semi-final match. In the other bracket of the semi-finals Phil- Bettens and Ed Chandler of California meet Lewis N. White and Lewis Thalheimer, University of Texas, the defending champions. Arnold W. Jones of Yale, former junior titleholder,. and Scott are the finalists in the singles and should Scott and Hesketh reach the finals in the doubles it will mean that Scott will have to play in four matches. • AMERICAN HORSES WIN. LONDON. June 28.—Driving Knight Commander, Miss Jean Brown Scott of Port Kennedy. Pa., yesterday won two first prizes at the Olympic inter national horse show. She took first honors in the class for harness horses and also in the class for carriage horses driven by amateurs. In the harness horse competition she took fourth prize with Newton .Victor. She drove her own horses. EXPERIENCE— T«an of practical experience is reflected In every one* of our GARAGES MANY DISTINCTIVE improve ments over ordinary building have been incorporated—let our repre sentative tell you about them. Pay aa low aa $5 DOWN $7.50 MON ™ BUNGALOWS GARAGES WASHINGTON V ▼CONSTRUCTION CQi 1 CONTINENTAL PHONE TRUST BLDG. HAIM 7M4 SPORTS. SCHEDULE OF 172 GAMES MADE FOR SANDLOTTERS Bulk of Engagements Booked Are for Midget Teams, But Senior and Junior Clubs Will Be Busy. July 4 Double-Header Day. TEAMS of the Washington Base Ball and Amateur Athletic Associa tion are to be quite busy during the months of July and August, Pop Cook, secretary of the organization, has arranged a schedule for the balance of the season, and it calls for 172 games to be played after the June series are completed in the several classes. There are to be played by the senior nines thirty-four engagements, while the juniors willjjiold sixty-one contests and the mideets Most of the sections of the three classes in the association are to start their new schedules July 4, with double-headers, but a couple of groups will get under way before Independ ence day. Unless inclement’ weather interferes, ail of the title races in the sections will be concluded the latter part of August, The schedules follow; SENIOR CLASS—SECTION A. July 4—Epiphany vs. Argyle, East. 5. 4 Riverside vs. Northern. West. 5. 5 Epiphany vs. Eastern, South. 5. 6 Riverside vs. Kanawha. West. 1. 12— Epiphany vs. Riverside. South, 6. 13— Argyle vs. Kanawha, West. 1 Eastern vs. Northern. East, 1. 20— Northern vs. Argyle. West, 1 Riverside vs. Eastern. 15th and C, 1. 21— Kanawha vs. Epiphany. No. 1, 5. 2R—Epiphany vs. Northern. South, 6. 27—Argyle vs. Riverside. West, 1. Eastern vs. Kanawha. 15th and C, 1. Aug. B—Epiphany vs. Argyle, South, 5 3 Argyle vs. Eastern. 15th and C. X. Northern vs. Kanawha, West, 1. o—Eastern vs. Epiphany. South. 5. 10— Riverside vs. Northern, West, I. 11— Kanawha vs. Riverside, No. 1, 5. SECTION B. July 6—Shamrock vs. Apache. South. 1. Warwick vs. Chevy Chase, C. C., 3. Linworth vs. Emblem, Wash. Bar., 1, 13— Warwick vs. Apache, Wash. Bar., 1. Linworth vs. Chevy Chase, C. C., 3. Shamrock vs. Liberty. South. 1. 20— Chevy Chase vs, Apache. C. C., 3. Liberty vs. Emblem. East. 1. Warwick vs. Shamrock, South, 1. 27 Emblem vs. Apache. East, 1. Liberty vs. Chevy Chase, C. C.. 3, Shamrock vs. Linw'th. Wash. Bar., 1. Aug. 3—Liberty vs. Apache, East, 1. Emblem vs. Chevy Chase. C. C., 3, Warwick vs, Linworth, Wash. Bsr., 1. JUNIOR CLASS—SECTION A. July 2—Winton vs. Eastern. No. 1. 4 St. Martin's vs. Hess. Plaza, 7 Hess vs. Eastern, Plaza. o—Shamrock vs. St. Martin's, No. 1. 11 Kanawha vs. Eastern. Plaza 14— Winton vs. St, Martin's. Plaza. 16—Kanawha vs. Hess. No. 1. 18—Winter vs. Shamrock. Plaza. 21— Eastern vs. St. Martin s. Plaza. 23 Hess vs. Shamrock. No. 1. 26 Kanawha vs. Winton. Plaza. 28— Shamrock vs. Eastern Plaza. 30— Winton vs, Hess. No. 1. Aug. I—St. Martin's vs. Kanawha, Plaza. 4—Hess vs. St. Martin's. Plaza. 6—Kanawha vs. Shamrock. No, 1. 8— Eastern vs. Winton. Plaza. 11—Kanawha vs. Eastern. Plaza 13—Shamrock vs. St. Martin s. No. 1. 16— Eastern vs. Hess. Plaza. 18—Winton vs. Shamrock. Plaza. 20- Hess vs. Kanawha. No. 1. 22 St. Martin's vs. Winton. Plaza. AU games start at 5 o'clock. SECTION B. July 4—Hilltop vs. BalUton, East. 11. Tremont V*. Peerless, West. 11. 6—Hilltop vs. Elliott. West. 11. Tremont vs. Paramount, East. 11. 13— BalUton vs. Paramount. East, 11. Elliott vs. Peerless. West. 11. Hilltop vs. Tremont. Hilltop. 12. 20—Peerless vs. BalUton. West, 11. Tremont vs. Elliott. East, 11. Paramount vs. Hilltop. Hilltop, 12. 27 BalUton vs. Tremont. East. 11. Elliott vs. Paramount West, 11. Hillton vs. Peerless, No. 4. 11. Aug. 2—Hilltop vs. BalUton. West. 5. 3—BalUton vs. Elliott, East. 11. Peerless vs. Paramount, West. 11. 9 Tremont vs. Peerless. West. 5. 10—Elliott vs. Hilltop. West. 11. Paramount vs. Tremont. East. 11, SECTION C. July 4—Crescent vs. Argyle. South. 11. Mount Rainier vs. Clover. South. 1. 6 Crescent vs. Boys’ Club, No. 1. 5. Warwick vs. Clover. South, 11. IC—Argyle vs. Clover. South. 11. Boys' Club vs. Mt. Rainier, South, 3. Crescent vs. Warwick. No. 3. 1. 20— Mount Rainier vs. Argyle, No. 4,1. Warwick vs. Boys' Club. South, 11. Clover vs. Crescent. South. 3. 27—Argyle vs. Warwick, South, 3. Boys' Club vs. Clover. No. 1, 5. Crescent vs. Warwick. No. 4,1. Aug. 2—Crescent vs. Argyle. North, 5. 3—Argyle vs. Boys' Club, No. 1. 5. M.iunt Rainier vs. Clover, South. 11 , 9—Warwick vs. Mt. Rainier. North. 5. 10— Boys’ Club vs. Crescent, No. 1, 5. Clover vs. Warwick. South, 11. MIDGET CLASS—SECTION A. July I—Southend vs. Northern, Plaza, 5. 3 Winton vs. Eastern. Plaza, 5. 4 Pierce vs. Noel. No. 1. 5. B—Noe! vs. Eastern, Plaza. 6. 10— Southend vs. Pierce, Plsza. 5. 11— Northern vs. Eastern. No. 1, 5. 15— Winton vs. Pierce, Plaza. 5. 17— Northern vs. Noel, Plaza. 5. 18— Winton vs. Southend. No. 1. 5. 22—Eastern vs. Pierce, Plaza, 5. 24 Noel vs. Southend. Plaza. 5. 25 Northern vs. Winton, No. 1.5, 29 Southend vs. Eastern. Plaza. 5. 31— Winton vs. Noel. Plaza. 5. Aug, I—Pierce vs. Northern, No. 1, 6. 3—Pierce vs. Northern. No. 1. 5. 5 Eastern vs. Winton. Plaza. 5. 7 Noel vs. Pierce. Plaza, 6. E—Northern vs, Southend, No. 1. 5. 12— Northern vs. Eastern. Plaza. 5. 14— Southern vs. Pierce, Plaza. 5. 15— Eastern vs. Noel. No. 1. 5. 19— Winton vs. Southend. Plaza. 5. 21— Noel vs. Northern. Plaza. 6. 22 Pierce vs. Winton, No. 1. 5. Woobioarh &lCothrofl Your Golf Clubs Your Auto Bumpers I Nickelplated to Look Like New Let us nickelplate your golf clubs. It will keep them from rusting and make them look like new. t \ our auto bumpers, the headlights and va rious other parts of the car. if nickelplated, will look as well'as they did the day you boughMhe car. Our charges for this sort of work are very reasonable—and our work is of the highest quality. Phone Main 5300 Manufacturing Plant Office, Fifth floor. - - Z - SECTION B. July 4—Stanley vs. Arrow. West. 1. Trinity vs. St. Joseph. East. 1. 6—Stanley vs. Corinthian, South. 8. Trinity vs. Mt. Haininr, East 5. 13—Arrow vs. Mt. Rainier. East. 5. Corinthian vs. St. Joseph, South. 5. Stanley vs. Trinity. West. 5. 20—St. Joseph vs. Arrow. West. 5. Trinity vs. Corinthian. East. 5. Mt. Rainier vs. Stanley. South, 6 27—Arrow vs. Trinity. South. 5. Corinthian vs. Mt. Rainier. West. 6, Stanley vs. St. Joseph, East, 5. Aug. 2—Stanley vs. Arrow, No. 1 8. 3—Arrow vs. Corinthian. East, 5 St. Joseph vs. Mt. Rainier. South, 5. 9—Trinity vs. St. Joseph. No. 1, 6. 10—Corinthian vs. Stanley. South. 5. Mt. Rainier vs. Trinity, East. 8. SECTION C. July 4—Meridian vs. Hanover, East. 3 Shamrock vs. Ozark. West, 3. 6—Meridian vs. Kanawha, East. 3. Shamrock vs. National. South 3. 13—Hanover vs. National. East, 3. Kanawha vs. Ozark. No. 3. 6. Meridian vs. Shamrock. West. 3. 20—Ozark vs. Hanover. East. 3. Shamrock vs. Kanawha. No. 1, 6. National vs. Meridian. West, 3. 27—Hanover vs. Shamrock. East. 3. Kanawha vs. National. Siuth, 1L Meridian vs. Ozark, West, 3. Aug. I—Meridian vs. Hanover. No. 1, 5. 3—Hanover vs. Kanawha. Eeat. 3. Ozark vs. National, South, 3. 6—Shamrock vs. Ozark, No. 1. 6. 10—Kanawha vs. Meridian, East, 3. National vs. Shamrock, South, 3. SECTION D. July 6—Premier vs. Aurora. No. 8,1. Mohicans vs. Hyattsville. No. 7. 3. Peerless vs. Cong. Hgts. No. 7, 6. 13—Aurora vs. Mohicans. No. 3. 1. Peerless vs. Hyattsville. No. 7. 3. Premier vs. Cong. Hgts., No. 7.8, 20—Peerless vs. Mohicans. No. 3. 1. Cong. Hgts. vs. Hyattsville. No. 7. 3. Aurora vs. Premier. No. 7. 8. 27—Cong, Hgts. vs. Premier. No. 3,1. Hyattsville vs. Mohicana, No. 7, 3. Aurora vs. Peerless. No. 7. 8. Aug 3—Hyattsville vs. Cong. Hgts.. No. 3,1. Aurora vs. Mohicans, No. 7. 3. Premier vs. Peerless. No. 7, 8. IVashlngton and Baltimore clul ; affiliated with the National Base Ball Federation will clash July 4. Frank A. Ruth, president of the Baltimore federation, is sending three teams, leaders in their respective classes, to this city to be pitted against local hopefuls on the Washington bar racks diamond. The Warwick Juniors will tackle Princeton Athletic Club at 12 o’clock, the Linworths will meet the Champions in the second game and the United Printers will engage the Arlingtons in the final tilt. Cups will be given each winning club. Tnuton Athletic Club was to play Commercial National Bank this eve ning on the field at Catholic 1 Di versity, starting at a o’clock. Charley Jeffries was expected to hurl for the Truxtons. Knickerbocker Senior* and Herzls have an engagement tomorrow morn ing at 11 o’clock on Monument Rot, diamond No 3. Interior Department nine will go to Congress Heights tomorrow after noon for a game with the Snyder- Farmer Ameacan Legion Post team, starring at 3 o’clock. Yankee Midget* overcame the Trux ton Midgets yesterday, in a 9-to-4 scrap. The Yanks accumulated eight een hits in the engagement. Ford Midgets are seeking games Telephone challenges to Franklin 9819. between 5 and 6 p.m. Barrett Athletic Club is casting about for a date tomorrow. Th» management may be telephoned at North 10S9. Nine game* are to be played in the Potomac League tomorrow, as fol lows: St. Joseph’s vs. Rialto, Com forter vs. Georgetown, Milan vs. Union Printers, O’Donnell’s vs. Hill tops. Eastern vs. White Haven (two games), Tenleytown vs. Lehigh (two games) and Ransdell vs. St. Stephen's. Epiphany Athletic Association and Crescent nines were to be opponents today in a game on the Zoo diamond, starting at 3 o’clock. Chevy Chase Reserve* want game? with junior teams. Telephone chal lengeh to Manager Bill Fisher, _ai Cleveland 2177, between 6:30 and T;39 p.m FOUR LEFT IN FENCING. By the Associated Press. ‘PARIS, June 28.—The United Slates. Argentina, Hungary and France re main in the running after the first day’s Olympic fencing foils competi tion, while Spain and Holland have been eliminated. The experts believe that all the remaining teams have a chance to win the tournament.