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Women in Olympic Track Events for First Time : Jones Great in Golf Defeat
AMERICA 10 SEND
20 GIRL AMES
Experiment at Amsterdam
Will Be Watched With
Great Interest.
BY TED MEREDITH.
Famous Runner. World and Olympic
Champton.
Women will compete in the Olympic
frames at Amsterdam this Summer for
the first time. Heretofore the only de
partment of the Olympics where wom
en have competed was in aquatic sports,
but this Summer the United States
alone will send 20 girl athletes for the
track and field.
Five events are scheduled for the
women—loo and 800 meter runs, run
ning high ;ump. discus throw and 400-
meter relay.
Women owe the credit for their ad
mittance to this part of the games to
Herr Lange of Germany, president of
the Deutsches Sports Be horde, a body
which corresponds to the amateur ath
letic unions in other countries.
In proposing a separate women's
track and field meet in the Olympic
program. Herr Lange declared the idea
was to benefit that sex by competitive
sports. Place winners in the women's
events will be scored the same as the
men’s events, but will be separate from
the men’s score in the final tally for the
entire Olympic totals.
Cause of Much Debate.
There has been a lot of discussion
about this addition to the games, and
from different angles. The one angle
which has interested me is the advis
ability of women running such strenu
ous races of 300 meters
Many of the medical men closely con
nected with athletics in the United
States have held that the long races
were harmful to women. For that rea
son they have limited them to running
100 yards in most meets. In Europe
the opinion has been different, and we
find the girls of France and other coun
tries running cross-country races in
addition to the middle-distance runs.
We shall see this Summer the reaction
to such competition over 800 meters.
Girls have made great progress since
the war in track and field athletics.
Europe boasts of woman athletes better
than those of the United States. Cer
tainly the woman middle distance run
ners are better because of the discour
agement such runs receive in the United
States.
England had a girl do a half mile In
S minutes 18 seconds, and the German
record is one second better than that.
The best mark ever made in the United
States is 2 minutes 34 4-5 seconds.
Canada has two woman sprinters who
can run 100 yards in 11 seconds. Rosa
Gross and Fanny Rosenfeld. They ap
pear to be the best of the known per
formers and are 2-5 seconds better
than Helen Filkey of Chicago, the best
United States record holder.
Lillian Copeland of Pasadena Athletic
Club is the best all-round athlete in
the United States She holds three
American records, discus, javelin and
shotput. The discus will be the only
event in which she can display her
wares at Amsterdam, but she is capable
of 103 feet or more in that.
Elia Cartwright a Star.
Elta Cartwright of California is one
of the leading sprinters from the United
States and has equaled the record of
Heim Filkey of 11 2-5 seconds.
Catherine Maguire. St. Louis, holds
the American high jump record of 5
feet 1-2 inch and is out for the team
thit Summer. She will find a hard girl
to beat in Jean Shiiey, Haverford High
School Haverford. Pa., who is training
under Lawson Robertson, head Olympic
coach, and is doing around 5 feet con
sistently.
Canada also will shine in the high
jump, having a girl jumper who has
cleared 5 feet 2 13-16 inches.
TWs part of the Olympics will be
more or less of an experiment this Sum
mer. If it is well received it will con
tinue. but if its reception is not good
I would not be surprised to see the
International Federation give it the air,
as it has several other departments of
the games which became disinte resting
part of a now too full program.
(Coprrisbt. ms. in AU Countries by North
American Newspaper Alliance.)
ESPINOSA, WITH 289,
WINS MID AMERICAN
By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, June 27.— A1 Espi
nosa. veteran Chicago professional, who
failed to show in the national open at
Chicago last week, warmed up on the
wooded difficult Lakewood golf course
here, scored an ace, an eagle and a
flock of birdies and clinched the mid-
Ameican golf title and first money of
$1,500 yesterday. He finished five
strokes ahead of the field with 289.
on* over par and one over even fours
for the 72 holes.
Although playing good golf through
out, it was his 68 Monday, four under
par, that tided Espinosa over. His open
ing round went to 74, and he recorded
75-72 yesterday.
Archie Compston. the giant British
star, who went out the opening two
days with Walter Hagen, and scorched
the course to best "the Haig” finished
second with 294 after constantly
threatening the Chicagoan's lead
Compston's card r»ad 72—77—73—72
— 284. his only bad round being the
second.
ieo Diegel went to pieces coming
home the final dav after being tied
with Compston at lunch, and finished
in * tie with Jack Burke of Houston,
Tex., with 297 for third
Joe Kirkwood of Albanv, Ga , trick
stick artist, came in fifth with 298,
and Ed Dudley of Los Angeles was
ifext with 299 Lighthorse Harry
Cooper of Buffalo took 301 for next
place.
Johnny Farrell, worn to a frazzle by
s week of continuous tournament play,
fell to 303, while Hag» n dropped still
farther down to 306
Rufus Stewart of Australia took 305,
fAubrey Boomer of France, 307
Joe Turncsa got a 304 and Gene
Bftxazen, 309 Roland Hancock of
Wilmington N C who almost won the
open at Chicago had 314
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HOYA TENNIS TEAM
TO REMAIN INTACT
Not a single member of the crack
Georgetown University tennis team
which swept through the 1928 season
with only one defeat and that at the
hands of Yale after a stubborn battle
nas been lost by graduation
Emmett Pare Fred Mesmer, Kip
Callan and G, Nevins Mcßride, reg
ulars during the past campaign, again
will be on the job In 1928. and Gregory
Mangsn a freshman during the recent
season, will be at hand
Teams that bowed to the Hoy* net.
men during the 1928 season included
Penn State Duke. Gettysburg. New
York University and Randolph-Macon
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girl of Breslau Germany, holds the
women * world record of 2 minute,'
23 7-10 seconds in the 80d-meter race
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BY SOL METZGER.
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i Those who attend big tourneys
will make no mistake following Gene j
Sarazen. His game Is steadiness 4
1 personified. The hook that gave so ]
much trouble the last few years has j
been ironed out by practice, long I
hours of it.
Gene is a master of every club
but his consistency in all tourna- j
ments the last year is due to his |
excellent work with his brassie and
spoon. Note the two sketches of
him addressing the ball with these
clubs.
The art of brasale play, or of
spoon play, lor that matter, Is hit
ting the ball clean off the fairway,
j They call it "picking it up clean," a
phrase that Is misleading, as it has
caused many a duffer to try to do
some wrist stunt that is an attempted
j scoop. Gene says the whole trick is
to take a brassie back by leading
with the body, the left side dragging
it. Then the hands will lead on the
down swing, the club go through
and its loft pick the ball clean. For
a spoon the down swing is more
direct, hence bis shift forward si
stance. That makes the arc of his
1 down swing a little sharper and
J insures him hitting the ball clean
' with the more lofted face of this
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TAKES TROTTING STAKE
, TOLEDO, Ohio. June 27 <*>).- Guy
Ozark owned by E R Harrlman of New
York City and driven by Dickerson,
won the Trotting Horse Club of America
free for all trot, the first of the major
i | Makes to be offered in the grand circuit
at Fort Miami Park The purse was
V.orth *3.337 He made the very good
time of 2:03*4 in winning the second
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, T>. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27. W? 8.
BARTLETT, WITH 152,
TAKES GOLF MEDAL
By the Associated Press.
WAKONDA CLUB, Des Moines. lowa.
June 27.—Three men who have held
the transmits issippi golf championship,
three who have been runners-up and
26 other sterling golfers from the Mid
west faced two match rounds of 18
holes today with the knowledge that
! after these engagements with drivers
! and mashies only eight could survive
! for further ordeal by niblick,
j These men had passed their exami
nation of the links by scoring 165 or
| better for 36 holes.
Holding premier place In the exami
nation for matriculation in the cham
pionship. Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa,
lowa, wore on his breast the gold medal
he won by scoring 77 7—74 —152 for low
score. Bob McKee of Des Moines, who
won In 1920, was one stroke behind
Bartlett, who had been lowa title holder
six times.
Another former title holder. Jimmie
Manion of St. Louis, tied for third place
with Bob McCrary of Des Moines, while
Johnny Goodman of Omaha, defending
champion, got a tie for ninth position
with 158.
There were no especial upsets In the
qualification rounds, and every one who
applied himself diligently to the study
of golf passed Into the match play class.
MISS FAUNCE TAKES
j GOLF EVENT HONORS
Although Mrs. H. A. Knox of Con
j gresslonal shot a 29 to win the six-hole
i qualifying round in the miniature
‘ tourney held yesterday under the
auspices of the Women’s Golf Associa
tion at the Manor Club, she was beaten
In the match play round.
The first flight went to Winifred
Faunce, victor in The Star Cup event,
who defeated Mrs. William B. Corby,
president of the association. 3 and 2, In
the final round. Miss Faunce registered
an 88 in the final match play round.
Winners In the other flights follow:
; flgeend flight Ml.* Dorothy Hunttr dj
j f«»t#d Mr ‘ Warren t. Heap. 1 UP In 10
j Third flight Mr; Frank TomMn.on de
' fee ted Mr* J R De Farae* by default
I Fourth flight Mr*. Alma Von Btelnner dr
| ten ted Mr*. Oeorge Bell, 2 up. . , ....
! Fifth flight -Mr* H B Hlrd defeated Mr*.
IC. B Stewart, 2 and 1
Klath flight - Mi* W W Nottingham de
■ seated Mr* Robert Lacey. 2 and 1
| Seventh flight Mr* C B De* Jardins d*-
1 reeled C, H, Burcbard, 2 up „
tilth Hi flight -Mrs Herman Stabler de
j seated Mr* O A Baker, 2 up.
1 The next tourney for the women will
I be played July 10 at the Town and
j Country Club and will be In charge of
; Mrs Jerome Meyer. Another wlli be
1 piaved August 7 at Beaver Dam.
' The women golfers of the District.
r have decided to raise funds with which
, to purchase a cup to go to the club of
1 the competitor winning the District
• championship next year. A memorial
l trophy in memory of Mrs Phylls Keeler
» Miller, secretary of the women's asso-
I elation for more than three years, Is
I to be placed In competition at • tour
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BRITISH WOMEN OPPOSE
FOR FRENCH GOLF TITLE
CHANTILLY. France. June 27 04>).—
Two Englishwomen. Molly Gourlay of
Camberley Heath, and Mrs Percy Garon
of Thornton Park, are clashing today
for the French women's golf cham
pionship,
In the semi-finals, Miss Gourlay elim
inated Mrs. P. L. Payne of Addington,
another Englishwoman, 6 and 5, and
Mrs. Garon defeated Diana Esmond, a
resident of Chantilly but of British
parentage and descent, by the same
score.
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UP HER GREAT GOLF
By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 27.—Eight out
of-town entrants and eight from the
Twin Cities remained in the champion
ship flight in the woman's transmissis
sippi golf tournament for the second :
round of match play at the Minikahda ’
play loday.
Marion Turple of New Orleans.
Southern champion, whose play has
been one of the features of the tourna
ment, to date, drew Mrs. A. L. Furlong
of Minneapolis as her opponent. Miss
Turple easily eliminated Mrs. F. N.
Davis of St. Paul. 8 and 7. yesterday.
The New Orleans star then finished
the full 18 holes and made it in 84,
one over par.
The defending champion, Mrs. Miri
am Burns Horn of Kansas City, also
had an easy time winning in the first
round, 10 and 8. over Mrs. J. M. Witt
mer. Minneapolis. Although she had
the match cinched. Mrs. Horn also
completed the full 18 to score an 84.
her best showing since play began
Monday.
Mrs. Horn's opponent today was Mrs.
Orren E. Safford of Minneapolis, whose
house guest Mrs. Horn Is while here.
TREASURY RACKET TEAM
IN EASY LOOP VICTORY
Treasury racketers triumphed over
the Post Office-Agriculture combination.
4 to 1, in a Departmental League tennis
match yesterday. Despite their decisive
victory the winners were furnished
stout opposition all the way.
Charest and Puriton (Treasury) defeated
Richardson and Somerkamp. 6—3, 6—4
Siam and David (Treasury) defeated
Dresckler and Peter. $-1. 6—3. , , .
Clark and Polk (Treasury) defeated
Sperry and Jackson. 13—10, 6 -6
Thompson and Goldsmith 'Post Ofßce-
Atriculture > defeated Coe and Gardner.
Dawson and Henry (Treasury) defeated
Shearman and Royal. 6—6. 6—4.
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BOBBY BATTLES TO A TIE,
THOUGH BADLY OFF GAME
Goes Into Losing Play-Off With Farrell by Fine Dis
play of Fighting Qualities That Makes Atlanta
Prouder of Him Than Ever.
BY WALTER R. McCALLUM,
TWO vivid impressions stand out
from the background of charg
ing, and racing galleries, and
the impressive game of Jfohn
Farrell in conquering the major
tournament jinx and annexing the na.-
tional open championship last week at
Chicago. Looking back at the tourrna
‘ment, we view the thirty-second open
title chase as once more proving the
greatness of Bobby Jones and once
again placing the stamp of final im
portance on the club with which the ;
final stroke is made—the putter.
Bobby Jones has never played such
poor golf in any open championship
since he first started in the national
medal play classic back in 1920 at
Toledo, nor has any man shown finer
putting over a 72-hole stretch than
John Farrell displayed in his last two
rounds of the championship proper and
the 36-hole playoff.
, Our good friend and keen golf ob
server —O. B. Keeler of Atlanta—said a
few moments after Bob had tied for
the title, and again shortly after the
playoff, that never before has Atlanta
been so proud of Bobby Jones. Proud
not because he tied for the title and
fought stroke for stroke with the new
champion up to the last putt on the
thirty-sixth green, but proud that Jones
was able to convert so ragged a game
as he brought to Chicago into one good
enough to tie for the national cham
pionship. And proud likewise for the
sportsmanship and sporting qualities
the Atlanta barrister-champion took to
Olympia Field's rugged layout.
Farrell Great on Greens.
Os John Farrell's putter enough can
not be said. Neither so long nor so
accurate through the green as Bobby—
i even though the latter was struggling
with all the experience and skill of
; many years of championship play—
Farrell more than made up his defi
| ciency in this regard with the five
i putts that rattled off his aluminum
blade into the hole. A total of 62
putts for the 36-hole play-off—lo under
the putting par of 72. That was Far
rell's contribution to golf history as
he sank the seven-footer that netted
him the title on the final green.
Yet the most important shot of the
day and the one that really won the
title for him was his spade mashie to
the short thirteenth hole in the final
round of the play-off. Here the cham
pion had dropped a stroke to par on
three successive holes, and Jones, for
the first time since the second hole of
the morning, had taken a one-stroke
lead. Farrell’s pitch to this 153-yard
affair came within inches of holing
out. The ball hit immediately in front
SPORTS.
of the pin and gyrated around like a
top. finally coming to rest inches to
the left. His deuce was a cinch.
Likewise Bob Jones missed a flve
footer on the short sixteenth hole, as
later events proved, was the shot that
cost him the championship. Here the
bronzed Atlantan, going strongly for the
pin. had run up on a grassy bank im
mediately behind the pin and 20 feet
away. We looked for Jones to hole the
ball, for we’ve seen him do that stunt
before .from the same position. At
least, we expected to see him give the
ball a chance. But his chip (and if we
may be permitted to disagree with such
a, master of the game, he shouldn’t
have chipped the ball) was 5 feet
shert, leaving him a curling down-hill
putt. It was cnly human of him to
miss.
Holes 30-Foot Putt.
But he more than made it up on the
next hole, a 383-yard affair, w'here Far
rell had hooked to the rough and then
played a grand shot four feet past the
pin at the right. Jones put his ball on
the green 30 feet to the left. The
green was still wet from a light rain
.vhich had fallen an hour before. Every
thing pointed to the likelihood that
Jones would miss and Farrell would
hole, and Jones would go to the last hole
2 strokes in the rear.
Quietly he asked Herbert Jacques, ex
ecutive committeeman of the United
States oolf Association to remove the
pin. arid he stepped up and holed the
putt. The yell could have been heard
in the Loop had the whistles of the
Illinois Central Railroad kept quiet for a
while. The eighteenth or thirty-sixth
has already been related, of how Jonea
was permitted to drop his ball, which
had been kicked into a hole by a police
man. and how Farrell, recovering from
his discomfiture at clicking cameras
located in the trees behind the green,
holed the putt that meant something
like $50,000 to him.
Quite apparently the newspaper men
don't all agree on the length of that
last putt. Warren Brown o f Chicago
said it was 15 feet. Others : k it at
8. and 7. We stuck to the la figure,
for as Johnny walked up to th )Ie to
pick up bits of sand in the :.ne. he
took two and a half steps to the hole.
Seven feet, approximately, for one of
Farrell's strides probably don't meas
ure 26 inches, and he was under con
siderable tension.
That Jones was struggling hard with
his game is shown by his evident
anxiety to straighten out his wooden
and mashie shots. Early Sunday morn
ing he was out behind the caddie house
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