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■ 11 —■ "" 1 ■ ■ " • Lawson Little Is Generous With Golf Advice to Game Duffers ■ — 5 I Former Amateur King Keen Student of Sport Since His Rise to Fame. BY W. R. McCALLUM. VERY ONE who play* golf will concede that Lawson Little, the burly Army officer’s son who holds the Canadian open championship and once held both the American and British amateur titles, knows a little bit about playing the game. In leaa than a year as a paid player he has won two big tourna ments—the Canadian open and the Ban Francisco match-play affair. He has learned a few things about the game in his years of campaigning ainoe 1929, when he was known as the kid who beat the kid who licked Bobby Jones—the lickee in that case being John Goodman. Here are a few of Lawson’s golf tip6 for duffers: When playing in a wind don't let your tendency to hit the ball harder get the better of you. Every error committed in a wind becomes exagger ated. Concentrate on hitting the ball squarely on the face of th. club. Tells How to Address Ball. TN ADBRESSING the ball, the feet should be no farther apart than the width of your shoulders. On the backswing the weight is transferred to the right heel and on the follow through it passes over to the left heel. The address should be slow and de liberate. A quick. Jerky waggle will put the player's mind on the wrong tempo and make him swing fast. The tempo of a good golf swing is smooth and fairly slow. In an important match, concentra tion is the biggest single factor to be considered. If you fail to get results from one shot, concentrate on the next one. Many a match has been pulled out of the fire by a brilliant recovery. If the recovery Is startling enough, it probably will do you more good than if you made the same score playing the hole perfectly. Your opponent may be thrown off his smooth mental path and your own confidence will be built up. Grip Highly Important. 'T'RY to take the clubhead from the ball so the .'ace of the club is square to the ball for at least five Inches of the backs wing. Have the sensation that the clubface remains on the ball for about eight inches through the impact point. Remember that the hands arc the only contact you have with the club and the ball, so the correct grip is Important. Use plenty of hand action and hold the club firmly through the swing with the left hand as the guid ing point. On that width of feet point in the address, it’s noticeable in Lawson’s own game that his feet are closer to gether than the width of his shoulders. Lawson is a burly fellow with big ■boulders, but his feet aren’t more than 10 Inches apart at the address. Bob Jones, another broad-shouldered lad, didn’t spread his feet wide apart when he was winning championships. Bob explained that he could get a better pivot and more complete body turn by not spreading his feet. BROOKLYN JEWELS TO MEET BREWERS Former World Pro Champions to Provide Opposition in Tilt Here Sunday. 'T'HE Brooklyn Jewels, one of the X East's outstanding professional basket ban teams and former world professional champians, will be the Sunday guests of the Heurich Brewers, ft was announced today. United since the 1029-30 season, the Jewels’ line-up Is composed of Matty Begovich, Rip Gerson. Mac Kins brunner. Max Pasnack and Allie Schuckman. All will appear here by terms of the contract signed with the Heurich management. In a preliminary game, the Sterling and Rinaldi fives will clash in the third and deciding game for the un limited championship of the Heurich Cup League. ROCKvilLE SEEKING MORE BASKET PREY Undefeated Team Wants Contests With Strong Quints—Dark Horse in Tourney. OTHE undefeated Rockville A. A. un limited basket ball team, which has defeated some of the outstanding clubs in this sector, is anxious to schedule games with crack teams in its division. Challengers should call Manager Skinner Beane at Rockville 104-M or Georgia 3431 after 6 o'clock. Rockville, a dark horse in the im pending District A. A. U. tourney, boasts such outstanding performers as Billy Mitchell, formerly of Wilson Teachers; Jim Forney, Western High and Baylor University ace; Hershey Hershberger, former Rockville High star; Fred Lanier, towering Tennessee center, and Carl Becker, another former Rockville High graduate. The team is backed up by a capable list of reserves In Bob Hogan, Jack Markland, Bucky Anders and Tower Mills and has defeated such teams as the Eastern A. C., Army War College and Falls Church. RADTKE LEADS BREWERS Elected Captain of Heurich Nino at All-Sport* Dinner. * Bd Radtke will captain the Heurich Brewers’ base ball team this Spring as the result of an election held last night at a banquet in honor of five athletic team* sponsored by Chris Heurich, jr. Bill Reinhart, who coaches th« Brewers’ basket ball team as well as that of George Washington University, was one of the speakers, as were Bob MacDonald, court manager; Bill neater, base ball manager; Ed Blakeney, bowling manager, and Frit* Wagner, soccer manager. Vic Gauna, president of the Na tional City Base Ball League, presented the Brewers with the cup emblematic of the championship they won last J*s. By W-RMeGU-uw ^ AVORED by open weather, the public golf courses at East Potomac Park and* Rock Creek won’t be closed this year for their annual Spring clean-up Job but will remain open throughout March and April in anticipation of heavy play during those months. And the antici pation has a foundation in fact if the promise of late Winter is borne out. Up at Rock Creek Park on Wash ington’s birthday anniversary Ed Burns and his boys had a real Bum mer crowd—a group of more than 650 golfers. It looked like a Midsum mer day. Down at East Potomac Park more than 300 started, while all the private courses reported fairly heavy play, averaging 75 or more. Elated over the condition of their courses, Harry Graham at East Poto mac and Burns at Rock Creek Park are planning a series of tournaments early in April to start the season off with the usual bang. “We aren’t going to have to close down this year as we usually do,’’ said Gra ham, “and we can go right on from where we left off last Spring. Sure I'm going to put on a tourna ment just as soon as the ground gets hard enough tor a lot of play.” Burns says the same thing, for frequent golf tournaments, says S. O. Leoffler, boss of most of the public courses here, are the best of golf developers. A L HOUGHTON, Bannockburn playing pro, expects to make the movies soon. Last Fall Ed Thorgersen, movie announcer, told A1 he wanted to make with him a movie short on golf. A1 thought little about it at the time, but the other day came a telegram from Thorgersen telling A1 that Ed would be in Washington soon and to get ready. Houghton, Thorgersen, Edmund Reek and Lew Lehr, the latter three of Movietownews, will play at Congressional over the week end and talk over filming' of a movie with Houghton In it. Meanwhile, Roland MacKensie, the Congressional pro, Is at Atlanta today on his way north and probably will be back in town the latter part of the week prepared to start on a busy Sum mer at the Congressional Club. RoUnd has been at Jackson ville Beach for three months, and CMggett Stevens, his aide at Congressional, will move down to Jacksonville next week. A/IRS. ELSIE HAYNES, former Mid die Atlantic and District cham pion, who has been Wintering at Coral Gables, Fla., plans to play in the Southern Women’s championship at Atlanta in May. She will remain at Coral Gables until late in April and then move up to Atlanta. Mrs. O. B. Keeler, wife of the famed golf writer of the Atlanta Journal, is president of the Women’s Southern Golf Asso ciation. The tournament starts May 17. POSTMASTER GENERAL JIM 1 FARLEY Is playing golf around Miami these days, and the newspaper boys are finding Smiling Jim not such a hot golfer. Here's what Jimmy Loftus says about Farley in the Miami Herald: "Farley is a democratic golf er. He plays the game for exercise and fun and is a pretty good barber on the fairways ... If the ball [ goes too far into the rough he has the caddy to6S it out ... if the going is too tough he doesn’t count—but when he does count he’s as honest as his election forecasts ... if the driver gets contrary, he shifts to an iron off the tee . . . occasionally he tries to make the ball behave and sometimes grows quite stubborn about it ... he once put seven balls In a water hasard but stayed there until he got it over. "He takes the gaine lightly until he happens t* get going good—then he's just another guy trying to be a Bobby Jones ... his normal score is around 46 times 2.” T TNDETERRED by the 14-club edict ^ of the U. S. G. A., some of the enterprising golf club manufacturers are planning, according to a well founded report, to put six-club wood en sets on the market, on the general theory that even for the shorter shots the duffer feels more comfortable with a wooden club than with an iron. It may be a good move, for fellows like Walter Tuckerman of Burning Tree can really make a spoon talk sweet music, even from distances of 160 yards and less. MIDDY COURT STARS ARE “NAVY JUNIORS” Gillette, Ingram, Shamer Son* of Officer* of Service, Two Sta tioned Here. Special Dispatch to Tha Star. ^NNAPOLIS, Md„ February 24.— Three members of Navy’s basket ball team. Including Bob (Gene) Gil lette, the little star of the Army game, are “navy Juniors,’* aa sons of naval officers are termed. Oillette is the son of Oomdr. Nor man C. Gillette, attached to the Bu reau of Ordnance, who graduated from the Naval Academy In 1913, and who was considered the beet bomber the Navy ever had. He captained the gymnastic team in his final year. Bill Ingram, as generally is known, is the son of Capt. Jonas H. Ingram, an outstanding Navy Athlete of all time, who now commands a destroyer detachment attached to the fleet. Frank Shamer, the other regular guard of the team, is the son of Capt. George F. Shamer. Supply Corps, now attached to the Navy Air Service in Washington. MRS. JARRETT MOW PRO. . NEW TORS. February 34 MP).— Eleanor Holm Jarrett, who acquired fame by roddng the Olympic boat last Summer, added the fortune by sign ing a $30,000 contract to appear la the Great Lakes Exposition show la Cleveland this Summer. R SPARING for the biggest season in the 13-year history of the Women’s District Golf Association, Mrs. Ralph W, Payne, president, has called a meet ing of the Executive Committee for March 4 at the Kennedy-Warren. Committees to serve during 1937 will be approved at the coming meeting, which will lay the groundwork for the major Spring meeting of the women’s association to be held on March 39. Mrs. Payne has been sojourning at Miami Beach, but she has kept in touch with women’s golf affairs and will be back In Wash ington for the March 4 gathering. “There Is a huge Washington crowd around Miami.” she writes. “Met the Harry A. Knoxes at the races and the B. C. Hartigs and the L. G. Prays playing golf. The Robert E. Burks arrived a few days ago, and every where you go you see familiar faces from Washington.” Mrs. Payne saw Helen Dett weiler and was disappointed that she didn’t win the Palm Beach tournament, where Patty Berg beat the Congres sional girl In the final round. The women have quite a Job ahead of them in compiling their season schedule. A series of 13 major cup events must be sandwiched in be tween the regular team match sched ule with three teams from eight or nine clubs to play each .week during May, June and July, and all In all, the schedule-making Is a real task. A Tournament Committee chairman must be appointed to handle the multifarious jobs that come up with each tourney, but this year Mrs. Payne plans to ask the Tournament Committee of the club holding the tournament to take care of the minor details, such as pairings, starting times, etc. OM BELSHE, who has been chairman of the Indian Spring Country Club Golf Committee since the days when Perry Hoover and John McCormick ruled the roost, has resigned his job, and B. B. Wagner, Tom’s right-hand man for the last eight years, has taken over the task of running golf affairs at Indian Spring. Tom resigned only after the boys had pleaded with him for months to keep on, and finally he had to tell ’em he'd resign from the club if they didn't stop telling him how indis pensable he was. Not that Tom wanted to get away from it all. He still wants to play golf, bat he doesn't want committee affairs hanging over him any longer. Ten years is enough, he figures, and so he has turned the job over to Wagner, who also has a definite position in the Indian Spring Club. ‘‘YlfAG," In case you didn't know, '' is the chief insulter for the big men of the Pour Corners club. Once each year big signs appear around the grill room and in the golf shop proclaiming how the big men have stood long enough the imputations and insults of the “little men.” The signs go on to tell how Tommy Uto and his gang of “little men” are a bunch of low-brows with little standing in golf, and how they will be soundly and roundly trimmed in a team match with Wagner’s big men. The weight limit is 15* pounds and the matches between the big men and'the little men are among the more screamingly funny affairs of the Indian Spring season. Out at the first tee Wag stands, his assistants checking in the little men on a big pair of scales to see that no ringers get into the match. They usually do, but no one cares very much, even Wag. Wagner’s aides again will be Prank G. Baxter, Ken Laflerty and Louis Fuchs and if they can coax Tom Belshe to serve as a member he’ll be in there again. “But I’ve had enough of It,” says Tom. “Let some one else do the work and take the raps.” Harvey Johnson and the rest of the Georgetown golf team are looking forward to the Easter holidays and their Southern golf trip, but they’d like to take a trip such as the Tale Golf team will have next Summer. The Ells will travel to Eng land to play a series of matches with British college outfits, starting Immediately after the intercollegiate championships at Pittsburgh. Harvey says most of the members of the Hoya golf team will go to Oakmont for the intercollegiates. Those he expects to make the trip, in addition to himself, are Jimmy Lee, Billy Dettweiler and Maury Nee. But Billy Shea and John Burke, being freshmen, aren’t eligible for inter collegiate competition. I Mat Matches >r the Associated Press. NEW YORK—Rudy Dusek. 318. Omaha, Nebr., threw Hank Barber, 220, Cambridge, Mass., 35:45. , WORCESTER, Mass.—Steve (Crusher) Casey. Ireland, defeated Marin Wes ten berg, Tacoma, Wash., two straight falls. NEWARK, N. J—Gtno Garibaldi, 218, St. Louis, and Joe Cox, 225, Kansas City, drew, one fall each. LINCOLN, Nebr.—Abe Coleman, 215. New York, and Steve Savage, 220, Chicago (Coleman disqualified for pushing referee out of ring). r “MY H MISTMSS KNOWS HOW TO KBP Mi: WELL—SHE < INSISTS ON I oiovHrsrj U«d by leading Dog Panders for over 40 rear*. In capsule fora for Round Hoohwft. aim ••MlUi ▼ NBKUft WO€ riippMSt —g Viffimma. Addrcis_ m piiutii Avwiw, wi nw mrt, •* HELEN DETTWEILER IN S. A. GOLF MEET Betty Botterill It Opponent of D. C. Girl Today in Start of Title Flight. 'Special Dispatch to The Star. QRMOND BEACH. FIs, February w 24.—Helen Dettweiler of Wash ington, D. C, teed off this morning in the first round of match play In the annual South Atlantic women’s golf championship at the Ormond Beach Golf Club. She opposed Betty Botterill of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the title division. Miss Dettweiler turned in a card of 41—39—80 in the qualifying round yes terday. Touring the 6,0Sl-yard course In four strokes under women's par, Kath ryne Hemphill of Columbia. S. C, won the medal from a recard field with 39—34—173. In second place, one stroke behind the leader, was Patty Berg. 19-year-old Minneapolis school girl, who last week won the championship of Palm Beach. Miss Berg's card was 37—37—74, and only the failure of her six-foot putt to drop on the eighteenth green de prived the Minnesota red-haired sen sation from tying for the medal. Jean Bauer of Providence, R. I., the present New York State champion, was third In the starting field of 72 players, with 39—37—76. Two other contestants matched women’s par— Marion Mlley of Lexington, Ky., the trans-Mississippi titleholder, with 41— 36—77, and Jane Cothran of Green ville, 8. C.. with 38—39—77. GET CADDIES BY LOT BIRMINGHAM, England OP).—The new scheme of drawing caddies by lot will get its first test in the Little Aston tournament here April 7-9. The plan at present Is the focal point of a virulent Argument among golf pro fessionals. The Royal and Ancient of St. An drews will not consider the plan until after April. PLYMOUTH is the most reliable low-priced car...hut that's only half the , story. It has MORE ROOM... has more LUXURIOUS RIDING COMFORT! 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The Commercial Credit I Company has mad* available—through Chrysler, DeSoto and Dodge \ dealers—terms which you will find fit your budget,. .and makeit ex- \ ceptlonally easy to purchase •• .and enjoy.. .a new Plymouth today. BY GEORGE HUBER. ANEW DEAL in conservation by a Government conscious of its obligation to sportsmen of the present and future was pictured by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes in a speech last night before more than 800 sportsmen and outdoor officials attending the annual dinner of the New York Rod and Gun Association. Secretary Ickes read to the assem bled sportsmen a message from Presi dent Roosevelt, who received the as sociation’s first annual conservation award in recognition of his work during his first term in the White House. In his message, the President said: “Long ago, I pledged myself to a policy of conservation which would K*0*isrtiM6' jI M-LoMD/ guard against the ravaging of our forests and the waste of our good earth and water supplies. I also pledged myself to a sister policy of preserving our wild life and protecting our streams. Much progress has been made during the last four years, but the full significance of conservation as related to our national welfare is not yet clear to all of our people. “I believe, however, that more and more et our citizens are coming to appreciate that the nataral resources of America, while vast, are neither limit lew ner inexhaustible. Last year, while campaigning for re-election. President Roosevelt listed definite steps already taken by the Government along the line of conser vation. Briefly, they are: 1. Purchase and retirement of sub marginal lands to be set aside as game and bird sanctuaries. 2. Allotment of $20,700,000 for con servation of water fowl, birds and other valuable forms of American wild life. 3. A legislative program to give effect to the policy through the duck stamp bill, the co-ordination bill and the Robinson bill. 4. Completion of the migratory bird treaty with Mexico. 6. Strict regulation and drastic re duction at the water fowl shooting season. Recent Conservation Work. IN HIS speech last night, Secretary Ickes pointed out that more had been done under the present adminis tration to preserve and rebuild natural resources than has been done under any comparable time in our history. “Vast additions have been made to the areas of the national forests. New reclamation districts have been organ ised and additional water provided for those already In existence. “Refuges have been set up • * * to an extent hardly ever imagined formerly. A notable •tort has been made toward solving the almost insoluble Problem of stream pollution.” Since the beginning of his second term President Roosevelt has begun to unfold dreams that startle the imagi nation of the most ardent' conserva tionist, Ickes Informed the assembled guests. “When his blueprints and plans are ready he will begin to make them come true.” Department sf Conservation. TCKES gave his full support to the A President’s proposal to change the Department of Interior to the depart ment of conservation. He pointed out that when the department originally waa organized in 1849 It was set up to exploit America, but since then it has become the repository of many con servation interests. “I do not know what agencies will be transferred to the pre pared mw department ef con serve tlen,” he Mid, "bet I de know that the mere creation of each a department win establish a rallying point for those who truly believe In conservation. “There has been no department of conservation in these United States, although to protect the good earth and all that pertains thereto is one of the primary duties of Government • • • We cannot destroy our forests, pollute our streams, destroy the nat ural cover of our once great plains * * * and at the same time hope to preserve any considerable portion of our land for reasonable outdoor rest and recreation and sane, national economy. "Hunting and fishing are normal instincts which have survived thou sands of yean. They are most inter esting and attractive sports. They en tice men out of doors, away from of fice and dally routine. * * * It may well be said that the benefits of hunt ing and fishing to the man of today do not consist so much in the bagging of the game as in the attendant cir cumstance*—the healthful surround ings, the comradeship and the re newed contact with nature." DUNN IN BOUT HERE Seconded by Leonard, Lightweight Will Box Straiges. Irish Eddie Dunn, lightweignt protege of Benny Leonard, will stack up against Joey Straiges, talented Camden, N. J„ youngster, in a 10 round feature bout Monday night at Turner’s Arena, it was announced to day by Matchmaker Goldie Ah earn. Dunn will be seconded into action by Leonard, former world lightweight champion, against Straiges, one of the most popular prospects to show here this season. BOG FAVOBITE FAILS. GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn., Febru ary 24 UP).—Famed Doctor Blue Will ing, early favorite to capture the national field bird dog trials, ran a disappointing race yesterday, and ob servers regarded him as virtually out of the championship. MUNY GOLFERS PLAN BIG TEAM PLAY LIST i Baltimore, Richmond, Norfolk to Be Opposed by Group From East Potomac Club. ^SHINGTON public links golfers •re to nave a nusy season of team competition before them if pres ent plans work out. Matches between the local municipal golfers and teams from Baltimore, Richmond and Nor folk are in prospect during the coming links season, according to announce ment made last night at the annual meeting of the East Potomac Golf Club, held at the Club Embassy. John 8. Macaboy was chosen presi dent of the club, succeeding T. Welby Kines in that office. Other officers chosen were: First vice president and treasurer, Earl Cleary; second vice president, S. O. Leoffler; third vice president, Lou Spangler: secretary, Jim Sweatte; Tournament and Han dicap Committee. A. J. Peel, chair man; Lou Spangler and Franklin Phoenix; Entertainment Committee, Gus Kupka. chairman; R. L. Morris. T. Welby Kines; team captain, Gus Kupka. Oates for the forthcoming matches will be set at a meeting early in April. The East Potomac Golf Club is an organization of golfers who play at East Potomac Park, with a few from Rock Creek Park. Fights Last Night By the Associated Pres*. NEW YORK —Aurel Toma 119. Ru mania. outpointed Henry Hook. 122, Indianapolis >10). LOS ANGELES—Glen Lee. 148ti. Nebraska, outpointed Ceferlno Garcia. 148>i. Los Angeles (10). NEW YORK.—Irish Eddie Brink. 137, Scranton. Pa . outpointed Maxle Fisher, 133V«. Newark. N. J >8): Sammi Gar cia. 121. Boston, outpointed Johnny Compo 120*., New Haven. Conn (8>. JERSEY CITY N J.—Freddie Caru so. 188. Hoboken. N J.. outpointed Charley Louthran. 188. Philadelphia (8): Mossle Condon 148. Ireland, out pointed Larry Esposito. 143. New York (8): Jack Lenehan. 140 Ireland, stopped Joe Terillo. 138'j. New York (2). 6PRINGVALE Me—Charlie Gordon. Newport. Vt technically knocked out Joey Silva. New Bedford. Mass >8).