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Tarpley Main Parks Net Threat : Rippy, Oliveri Crack Golf Duo
NEW STAR RANKED
THIRD BEST IN D. C.
Fine Game Is Developed by
Melvin in Tampa, Where
He Won All Titles.
BY BILL DISMER. JR.
HE NEVER was beaten in his
home town of Tampa, Fla.,
where, starting in 1925, he
successively won the boy,
Junior and men's championships. He
used to beat Arthur Hendrix, fellow
Floridan, who now i£ the tenth na
tional ranking netman of the coun
try, with regularity. And only last
year he beat Don Budge at Newport—
In mixed doubles.
That's Melvin Tarplav, latest sen
sation to local tennis ranks, who, in
his first competition here, has ad
vanced through the current public
parks tournament without the loss of
a set. and is a heavy favorite to win
his quarter-final match tomorrow on
the Sixteenth Street Reservoir courts.
In short, he appears to be the man
to beat for the title.
Some who have seen him play say
that there only are two men in the
District who can beat him—Barney
Welsh and Dooly Mitchell. In view
of the fact that both Welsh and
Mitchell are with a tennis club and
thus ineligible for the current tourney,
that would assure him the title. But
Tarpley is not in the best of condi
tion, being a bit overweight, and he
still has a rough path to the final
round.
Must Overcome Star Xetman.
gHOULD he defeat Jack McLaughlin,
another newcomer to local ranks,
when they meet tomorrow afternoon,
he still would have to take on one of
two local veterans—Hugh Trigg or
Ray Stocklinski—who meet in the
quarter-final of his bracket today.
And it was not for lack of reason that
Stocklinski was seeded first in the
tournament. Assuming that he does
get by them all, however, his opponent
in the final round likely would be
Harry March or Allie Ritzenberg, po
tentially the best players of the oppo
site bracket, who were to clash in an
other quarter-final encounter this aft
ernoon.
Tarpley, a personable young chap,
now holds a ranking in the Southern
Association dominated bv such nota
bles as Bitsv Grant. Ernie Sutter and
Charley Harris, although he hasn't
taken the game seriously for a couple
years. In fact, he resumed competi
tion—as suggested by Maurice Gou
beau, a fellow worker at a local gro
cery company, where he is employed
ns a salesman—to get back into condi
tion as much as anything else.
Game Is Well Rounded.
HE IS 26 years old, which would
indicate that he won his first boy
championship in '25 at the age of 14.
He won the boys’ title of Tampa again
the following year before passing on to
an undisputed reign as junior and
senior player. Tarpley hasn’t con
fined his tennis to Tampa, either, and
last year took a set from Bits.v Grant
in the Dixie tournament ultimately
won by the Atlanta atom, when he
beat Budge in the final round.
Tarpley's game is well rounded,
stocked with a full variety of strokes.
Although his service is not too fast, he
takes the net quickly behind it and is
an outstanding vollever. His volley
ing. more than anything else, has
accounted for his straight-set defeats
of Paul Gibbons. Sam Meloy and Billy
Contreras. Defeat of the latter, last
year's playground champion and one
of the city's outstanding young play
ers. by 6—2. 6—1 scores, gives you a
fair idea of Tarpley's game.
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MINORS DEFEAT BUCS.
GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y, July 27
OP).—Stopping off here en route
home. Pittsburgh dropped an 11-8
decision to Gloversville of the Cana
dian-American League yesterday as
the combined slants of Tobin and
Bauer* proved ineffective before the
power hitting of the hosts, who clout
ed three homers in the first inning.
RYAN BACK WITH GIANTS.
ST. PAUL, July 27 (/PI.—Blondy
Ryan, lnflelder, whom Milwaukee ob
tained from Minneapolis this Summer,
has been sold to the New York Giants,
Manager Allen Sothoron of the Brew
ers has announced. He formerly
played with the Giants.
Sports Program j
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Base Ball.
Chicago vs. Washington, Grif
fith Stadium, 3:15.
Tennis.
Public parks tourney, Reservoir
•ourts, 4.
Polo.
Maryland Polo Club v*. 110th
Field Artillery, Stevenson, Md., 3.
TOMORROW.
Base Ball.
Chicago vs. Washington, Griffith
Stadium, 3:15.
Tennis.
Public parks tourney, Reservoir
•ourts, 4.
THURSDAY.
Base Ball.
Chicago vs. Washington, Griffith
Stadium, 3:15.
Wrestling.
Ernie Dusek vs. Jack Hader, fea
ture match, Griffith Stadium, 8:30.
Tennis.
Public parks tourney, Reservoir
•ourts, 4.
Polo.
War Department vs. 3d Cavalry,
Stevenson, Md., 3.
WILLIAMSPORT BEATS A S.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.. July 27 UP).—
Behind the eight-hit pitching of
Spiesman, Williamsport of the New
York-Pennsylvania League spanked a
trio of Philadelphia pitchers for 14
hit* here yesterday as the Athletics
bowed, 6—2, in an exhibition tilt.
BROWNS LOSE, BLUES WIN.
After the Lorton Browns lost, 8-7,
to the Washington Sears, Roebuck
nine, the Lorton Blue team trounced
the Washington Colored Elk dia
monders, 18-1.
h
New Net Threat
MELVIN TARPLEY
Of Tampa. Fla., who looms as
I sturdy contestant for District
public parks tennis singles
! championship.
—Star Staff Photo.
RUBAIYAT LEADS BOATS
MACKINAC ISLAND. Mich., July
27 i/P>.—The Rubaiyat. Chicago entry,
was first to finish the thirtieth annual
Chicago-to-Mackinac sailing race to
day, reaching here at 5:13 a m. (East
ern standard timei. It was the ap
parent winner of the race, which is
judged on the corrected time basis
governing handicaps.
The trim craft, owned by Nathaniel
Rubinkam and skippered by Henry
Rubinkam. crossed the finish line in
clear and cool weather with not an
other competitor in sight.
Winner over storm and fog, which
forced out at least 34 of the original
42 starters, the Columbia Yacht Club
entry reached here apparently in good
condition after her 331-mile trip up
Lake Michigan.
Her elapsed time was given as
62:43:21 and her corrected time
54:39:11.
GET OUT NET CUP
TO GIVE IT TO U. S.
Britons Act When Yanks Win
Doubles—Need Only Split
in Singles Today.
BY GAYLE TALBOT.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
WIMBLEDON. England, July
27.—Barring an upset,
which the most sanguine
Englishman doubted was
possible, this is the day when the
Davis Cup, emblematic of world ten
nis supremacy will be given back to
the United States after a European
sojourn of 10 years.
The Davis Cup isn't the prettiest
trophy in the world—it has all the
graceful lines of an old-fashioned
washtub—but the United States has
wanted it back since Bill Tilden's
joints began to creak and the French
men took it to Paris, only to lose it
later to Fred Perry and company.
Two Wins Today Likely.
^^LL the United States had to do
today was to win one point In
the concluding play of the challenge
round matches against England. With
the score United States, 2; England,
1, the Americans had two chances to
complete their conquest.
The chances were that Frankie
Parker would outlast England's bril
liant but erratic Charles Hare, but
If he failed there remained the Amer
ican and Wimbledon champion, the
imperturbable Don Budge, to beat
England's mainstay, Bunny Austin.
Austin, on his day, conceivably
could lick any amateur in the world
except the red-headed Californian.
Nobody who has seen Budge in ac
tion thinks any amateur can beat
him in five sets.
Possibly with that in mind Eng
land's tennis authorities withdrew
the big cup from the bank where it
has been protected for three years
and carted it to Wimbledon, where a
husky Scotland Yard operative kept
a wary eye on It until the time for
the presentation, probably by some
member of the royal family.
Need Budge to Protect It.
A FTER that it's America'* baby. And
*"*■ it should be America's for at
least another year—or at least as long
as Budge remains an amateur. He
and Gene Mako have already signed
up for a tour of Australia next Win
ter with all expenses paid and $8 a
day for “eating money."
Budge honestly doesn't even act as
if he is interested in turning profes
sional. He’s having entirely too much
fun whaling his amateur rivals, and
Wimbledon's applause is something
hard to give up. They even cheered
wildly yesterday when he broke a
racket in making a kill at the net
during his and Mako's doubles vic
tory over C. D. R. Tuckey and Frank
Wilde. They won, 6—3, 7—5, 7—9,
12—10.
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR
^FTER nosing out the Indians,
3-1, in the first game of yes
terday’s twin-bill, the Griflmen
dropped the nightcap, 5-2, due to
Harper’s wildness.
Ty Cobb, with .382, still leads
American League batsmen. Sisler,
batting .344, is second.
Manager McGraw and Pitcher
Ruth have made life quite misera
ble for major league umpires so
far this season.
ST. LOUIS IS NEXT
STOP FOR GOLFERS
Most of Pros in St. Paul Open
Slated to Play in $5,000
Mound City Event.
Bt the Associated Press.
gT. PAUL, July 27.—St. Paul becomes
the golfing capita] of the Nation
for three days starting Friday, with
*5,000 the big attraction for leading
moneyed pros.
Virtually all professional golfers
are expected for the eighth annual St.
Paul 72-hole medal play open, a
notable exception being Gene Sarazen,
who won the season’s richest prize ;n
the recent Chicago open. Sarazen will
not compete because of the illness of
his wife.
Leading the field of invading pro
fessionals will be the veteran Harry
Cooper of Chicago, who has won the
tournament three times and collected
more than $8,000 in the brief history
of the event.
Among the other professionals will
be at least six members of the vic
torious United States Ryder Cup
championship team. They Include
Tony Manero. tlA? 1936 national open
champion; Ralph Guldahl of St. Louis,
present open titlist; Horton Smith of
Chicago, Johnny Revolta of Evanston,
Ed Dudley of Philadelphia and Sam
Snead of White Sulphur Springs.
Joining this galaxy of stars will be
such players as Wild Bill Mehlhorn,
Frank Walsh, Tommy Armour, K.v Laf
foon and Pat Sawyer, the youthful
Minneapolis pro.
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HAS GREAT SLAB MARK
Hugh Kirkland of ’Bama Whiffs
Average of Two an Inning.
TUSCALOOSA. Ala. <7P>—One hun
dred and eighteen strikeouts In 59
innings—two strikeouts per inning.
That was the high school record of
Hugh Kirkland, University of Alabama
pitcher. |
Kirkland started his high school
base ball career a catcher, but;
switched to the mound when hurlers
were lacking.
He played fullback on the high
school foot ball team and center on
the basket ball squad. His ambition
Is to play pro base ball.
SCOTT WHIPS SHEPHERD.
PHILADELPHIA, July 27 (Special).
—Cowboy Howard Scott, Washington,
D. C. lightweight, won a decision
over Jack Shepherd in an eight- I
rounder here last night.
550 MORE PLAYING
IN AMATEUR TESTS
Real Firing for National on
Today—Scores in Early
Trials Run High.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 27.—Although
two qualifying rounds have
been played, the scramble for
places in the national ama
teur golf championsnip starts in
earnest today with 550 slmon-pures
competing on 28 courses scattered
throughout the Nation for the re
maining 153 berths in the title com
petition.
The championship will be played
over the Alderwood Country Club
course, Portland, Oreg., August 23-28.
The second of the two early qualify
ing tournaments was held at Canton,
Mass., yesterday. Six golfers, led by
Edward P. Martin of Wayland, Mass.,
qualified in a high wind that rocketed
scores well above par. Martin s 74—
76—150 paced a field of 18. smallest
to seek New England qualifying hon
ors in the history of the amateur
championship.
Second Martin Makes Grade.
Martin's twin brother. Leo, broke
into the group with a 154. Joe Lynch
of the Home Club. Blue Hills, a semi
finalist In the national tourney two
years ago, scored 153.
The six were added to the 14 who
qualified at Tacoma, Wash., last Fri
day. Two Walker Cup players of
1936, Scotty Campbell and Harry
Givan, were among the Tacoma sur
vivors. Six former champions, in
cluding Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati,
last year's winner, are eligible auto
matically.
Top entry for today's qualifying play
—64 golfers—was registered at Chi
cago.
Freddy Haas, jr, the phenomenal
New Orleans youngster and intercol
legiate champion, tops what appears
to be one of the best competitive fields,
at Detroit, where there are 14 entries
with six places available.
Fourteen berths are open in the
metropolitan New York-New Jersey
round, with 57 competing.
Walker Cuppers Perform.
■yY’ALKER CUP players from last
year's team are scattered over the
national landscape. They include Wal
ter Emery at Oklahoma City. Johnny
Goodman at Omaha, Charley Yates at
Atlanta and Reynolds Smith at Dallas, j
In addition to Fischer, the former
champions include Chick Evans and
Francis Ouimet, twice winners of th*
crown; Jesse Guilford and Max Mars
ton, beaten in the invitation event at
Bald Peak, N. H , the past week end
and C. Ross Somerville of Canada.
*
CLINTON TRIMS DODGERS.
CLINTON, Iowa, July 27 UP).—
Scoring four runs in the fifth inning,
Clinton of the Three-Eye League
trounced the Brooklyn Dodgers. 5-1, I
here last night in an exhibition game
as Cherry limited the National
Leaguers to six hits.
s worn.
£iH DismerJr^\
ALTHOUGH both Barney Welsh
and Gil Hunt were beaten in
the early rounds at Seabright
yesterday, there is little likeli
hood of either returning for the Mid
dle Atlantic tournament which starts
Saturday at Edgemoor. More probable
is the belief that they will hop to the
next stop in the Eastern circuit, the
Southampton invitation, which be
gins next Monday.
After reaching the final round at
Newport last week, it was surprising
that Hunt should go down yesterday
before Robert Kamrath. who is not
even ranked by the association which
governs his home district of Austin,
Tex. Hunt bowed 6—2, 7—5.
Welsh was beaten by Gardner
Mulloy of Miami, seventh ranking
player of the South, in three sets
fi—4, 4 6, 6 3.
Another local representative got
herself in the spotlight, even by los
ing, for Edith Clarke was paired
against the Polish star, Jaawiga
Jedrzejowska. She took a game from
the foreigner at 6—1, 6—0.
QTHER local players—boy, junior
and aenior—fared better, how
ever. Up at Forest Hills Dooly Mitch
ell, who won the Times’ grand national
tournament here last month, got by
the first round of the Eastern division
of the national event by stopping Bill
Toporcer of Rochester, 4—6, 6—1, 6—2,
6—1. Mitchell today plays Paul Mar
tin of Albany, who drew a first-round
bye. Billy Jacobs of Baltimore is the
only other player from this section
entered.
Over at Baltimore, Tom Wadden,
Washington’s boy champion. Harold
j (Snooks) Titus and Chandler Bro6
sard are further along the road to the
annual Maryland State boy cham
pionships today as a result of victories
yesterday.
Although Wadden had to con
tent himself with a default,
Broasard won two matches and
Titus took one after also get
ting a default.
Brossard's two victims were Donald
Conner, 6—1, 6—2, and Russell Davis,
6—2. 6—4. while Titus trimmed Don
ald James, 6—1, 6—2, after getting
the default from Steuart Shprits.
No junior matches were played be
cause of rain.
pOR the first time In years, no
women’s public parks tournament
is likely to be held. Only 12 singles
entries had been turned into Felix
Silva last night and the committee
announced it would not start competi
tion without at least 16.
Two reasons are blamed for the
lack of entries. Ptrst, most of the
better tennis lassies hereabouts are
club members and, second, the
women's winner has not been sent to
the national tournament—as have the
men.
Sara Moore probably would
have won anyway for the third
straight year.
Quarter-finals in the men's doubles
were to be reached this afternoon with
the playing of four matches. All prom
ised to be unusually keen, with the
seeded No. 1 team of Joe Baker and
Fred Doyle meeting Ray Stocklinski
and Harry March: the seeded No. 2
team of Allie and Hy Ritzenberg fac
ing Erwin Niemeyer and Art Sim
mons; the seeded No. 3 team of Harry
Goldsmith and Bob Bradley meeting
Billy Contreras and Hugh Trigg and
the seeded No. 4 team of Maurice
Oaubeau and Melvin Tarpley meet
ing Joe Burns and Gerald Smith.
'T'HAT was a clean sweep of five
titles local players made in the
West Virginia championships over the
week-end to those who may have
missed it. Barney Welsh won the
men's singles and shared the doubles
title with Paul Kunkel of Cincinnati.
Edith Clarke captured the women’s
singles championship and shared the
doubles title with Marge Robinson.
And Mrs. Robinson teamed with her
husband, Stan, to win the mixed
doubles.
Incidentally, Sara Moore was
a losing finalist in two events—
the women’s and mixed doubles.
'T'OM (BUD) MARKEY atill is after
1 championships. You probably
wouldn’t recognize him by the 20 ex
tra pounds he’s reported carrying
around, but the last report was that
he was playing for the championship
of Akron, Ohio, his new home town.
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MIDGETS NEED RIVAL.
Takoma Playground diamonders
have a field and challenge all midget
nines. Call Georgia 9772 between 9
a.m. and 7 p.m.
PEEWEES CHALLENGE.
Junior Senator Peewees, Columbia
League leaders, are in the market for
an ace twirler, preferably a southpaw.
CaU Billy Fisher at Col. 0298-W.
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PITCHER IS SOUGHT.
Cardinal A. C. Peewees are seeking
a good pitcher. Call Bob Hayes at De
catur 0671-J.
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Hunters Attributing Too Much
Speed to Birds, Survey Shows
Bf DILLON GRAHAM,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
HUNTERS, perhaps a little too
anxious to explain why their
shots found no target, have
been attributing too much
speed to game birds.
Government wildlife experts have
disclosed the exaggerations.
They said the flying speed of birds
usually had been computed from es
timates rather than exact measure
ments.
"Guesses have been based on esti
mated distances of bird to gunner,
the ‘lead’ necessary to hit the flyer
and the time for the shot to travel.’
said one authority of the Biological
Survey. "Of these estimates only the
velocity of the shot definitely is
known."
Vary Like Humans.
OTOP watches, theodolites, automo
bile speedometers and airplpane in
dicators in recent years have enabled
experts to get a better, but still in
exact, idea of bird speed.
Tests have shown that speed ol
species cannot be determined ac
curately, for Individual birds vary just
like human beings. There might b«
a War Admiral in the flock that would
leave the others standing still.
After two birds of a similar type
get Into the air the heavier bird is i
the faster. The quicker rise and get
away of the smaller bird give a false
impression of swiftness.
Winnpread Slows Bird.
gTREAMLINING has an effect on
their speed, the same as that of air
planes and automobiles. May Thatcher
Cooke of the Biological Survey cited
the mallard and the canvasback as
examples of this, explaining:
"Although the weights nearly are
the same, the wing sperad of the
slow-flying mallard Is about 20 per
cent greater than that of the swifter
canvasback, the latter making up for
this smallness by the rapidity of its
wdngbeats, aided by a reduction of air
resistance because of Its more stream
lined build."
Here are official calculations of
speeds made by individual birds, some
over short distances and others for
several miles:
Brown pelican, 26 mp.h.; Can
ada goose, 60; brant, 45; mallard, 60;
redhead, 42; canvasback, 72; turkey
vulture, 21; golden eagle, 120; duck
hawk, 180; turkey, 55; bluejay, 20;
robin, 30; sparrow, 33.
Gene Smacks $3,000 Ball
Gene Saracen, who won the Chicago open golf tournament
with a 290 score, plants a kiss on the pellet that dropped into
the cup on the eighteenth green to give him the $3,000 first prize.
Beside him, left, is Ky Laffoon, runner-up.
—Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto.
TRAIGHT OF
;THC TEE
By Walter McCallum ' -
CLAUDE RIPPY. public links
champion for the past three
years, chief hope of the Na
tional Capital for a victory in
the national public links champion
ship next month, may not make the
trip to San Francisco, scene of the
title tourney starting August 9.
The issue is yet to be thrashed out
between Rippy, captain of the local
four-man team which 1s scheduled to
leave Washington Sunday for 'Frisco,
and sponsors of the trip, but Claude
today is adamant in his decision not
to take a personal licking In the pock
etbook for the chance to play in the
national tourney. A matter of about
$200 stands between Rippv and the
trip. The tall public links titleholder.
runner-up for the national title last
year, and mainstay of the local team
this year, claims he'll lose somewhere
in the neighborhood of $200 if he
makes the trip on the usual expenses
paid, plus S6 a day living expenses
while at San Francisco basis, which
has been guaranteed him by S. G.
Loeffler, public links concessionaire.
"J HAVE a family to support and I
haven't any money to toss around
at golf tournaments." Rippv said to
day. "I figure it will cost me around
$200 out of my own pocket, in money
lost in earnings and in actual cash
outlay if I make that 20-dav trip to
'Frisco. I just can't afford to take a
licking like that. But I haven't made
up my mind. I'm going to talk it
over further with Mr. Loeffler and
maybe we can work out some com
promise."
Meanwhile plans were going forward
for a mass meeting at East Potomac
Park at 9:15 tomorrow night in honor
of Rippy and his associates on the
Harding Cup team. Others who will
make the trip are Andrew Oliven.
Bobby Burton and James R. Gipe. All
qualified for the local team In a 72
hole tourney at East Potomac Park
two weeks ago.
ARNO B. CAEMMERER. director of
the National Park Service: C.
Marshall Finnan, director of National
Capital Parks; Frank T. Gartside and
possibly one of the District Commis
sioners will be at the farewell party
to the boys.
TF RIPPY doesn't go to ’Frisco land
he feels he may not make the trip)
the backbone of the local public links
team will be gone. Rippy is the toD
performer, without question.
With him out the local team
won't get to first base, but if he
goes along they have a chance
to grab the Harding Cup and
even the Standish Cup. which
goes to the winner of the title.
Without Rippy, and even with Oli
ver's acknowledged class, the local
team would be without a real leader.
If Rippy does not go, Harry F. Saun
ders, who placed fifth In the section
al tourney, will take his place.
Dave Herman, local public links
commissioner, has received the O. K.
| of the United States Golf Association
on the four entrants, and also has re
| ceived no notifiration of further action
j in the case of five public linksmen
1 whose status was questioned by the
! U. S. G. A. Herman, after lnvesti
! gation, gave Harry Saunders. S G
I Leoffler, Jr.; Tom Doerer, Jr.; John
! J. Ruane and George Graham a clean
| slate.
1 'J'HE 10 or 12 Washington pros who
travel to Old Point Comfort. Va ,
later this week to play In the Middle
Atlantic P. G. A. championship Sat
' urday and Sunday are going up
against something new in the way of
putting greens, and something that
may upset some of ’em Putting
greens at the Chamberlin course,
where the 72-hole tourney will open
Saturday, are of Bermuda grass, a put
ting green grass that isn’t used around
Washington but is widely used further
South.
i Most of the putting greens on the
Washington courses are of bent grass,
of one strain or another, and are
fairly fast.
But they'll have to learn to
hit the ball harder on those
slow Bermuda greens at Old
Point. They’re entirely dif
ferent.
w HAT will win the championship,
first major mid-Atlantic tourney
, for the pros in several years? A1
Houghton, pro at the Chamberlin
! course, says 284 for the 72-hole stretch
will grab first money. Par for the
i course is 72 per round, or a total of
288. But the course is on the short
; side." said Houghton, who visited
Washington yesterday. "And if the
1 boys get to banging that ball far and
straight they can bust par. But first
i they must get used to those Bermuda
| greens. They're not like bent."
Most of the local entrants will go
to Old Point Thursday to prepare for
the amateur-pro tourney that will
usher in the big show Friday after
noon. Some of the lads tried to play
in a little amateur-pro tourney at
Kenwood yesterday, but a heavy
thunderstorm wiped out the affair.
FIGURE 10 QUALIFY
IN NATIONAL GOLF
Appear Far Ahead of Gipe
and Burton in Quest of
National Crown.
BY W. R. McCALLL'M.
ONE week from today four pub
lic links stars from Wash
ington will land in San
Francisco to prepare for the
sixteenth national public links cham
pionship of the United States Golf
Association, starting August 9 over th*
Harding Memorial course. What will
they do?
The four are Claude Rippy, public
links champion of Washington for thn
last three years; Andrew Oliveri, a
stocky, sturdy lad of Italian extrac
tion; Bobby Burton, a Navy Yard
mechanic and frequent qualifier for
the national, and James R. Gipe. a
Navy employe who will be making his
first trip to the big championship.
Oliveri Presses Rippy.
QN THE record, Rippy figures to be
the big shot of the local entrants.
Runner-up for the national title last
year, top man of the Washington
public links boys over a lengthy
stretch. Rippy figures to be one of
the feared competitors in the na
tional tournament. But this year
hasn't proven that he is so far in
front of Oliveri, a lad who has come
along fast over the last two years.
He licked Oliveri by a single shot
in the 72-hole qualifying test with
a score of 284. against 285 by Oliveri.
There's nothing very conclusive about
a one-shot licking over a 72-hcle
stretch. But this pair appears to be
way out in front of the other two—
Burton and Gipe. Rippy and Oliveri
should qualify for the championship
and may go well. But the public
links championship is a tough spot
for any clubswinger with title as
pirations. These boys who came up
the hard way. on the public fee
courses, are no sissies in action. They
go fast from the opening tee shot
and the golf probably is very close
to that played In the national amateur
title tourney, the swanky affair that
will be staged at Portland, Oreg,
starting August 23.
Leoffler a Genuine Sport.
JT'S true that no man who has won
A the public links also has grabbed the
national amateur, and today it means
that it won't happen unless the U. 8.
G. A. relaxes its recent ruling against
the public links boys also playing in
the amateur. But that doesn't mean
that the pay-as-you-play lads can't
hit a golf ball. They can. They
prove it every day with their scores
and their ruggedness.
Local public links fans will toss a
little party for Rippy. Oliveri. Bur
ton and Gipe tomorrow night at East
Potomac Park around 8 o'clock. The
boys are to be sent to Frisco by S. G.
Leoffler, local public links conces
sionaire. who is digging deep down
in his jeans to pay the freight. It's
costing him around $600, which is
quite a sporting gesture for a man
who can't hope to cash in on It.
WAR-MINDED SPORTSMEN
LONDON (4s' —Latest move In the
scheme to popularize war prepared*
ness In London Is contributed by the
Fulham Foot Ball Club.
The club is forming an anti-aircraft
squad. Both players and supporters
will take part, using the club rooms as
headquarters and the playing field a* t
a drill ground.
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TRIBE WINS EXHIBITION.
WILKES-BARRE. Pa, July 27
i/P).—Limiting W'ilkes-Barre to seven
hits, Lloyd Brown. George Uhle
and Bob Feller coasted to a 5-0 vic
tory here yesterday as their Cleve
land mates pounded out 14 hits off the
i New York-Pennsylvama League nine.
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