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Yacht Racing a Sopwith Passion : Rich Prizes Await Pro Golfers WOULD BE BEATEN Might Retire Temporarily to Give Another Shot at America’s Cup. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. NO ENGLISH y aching man now in this country has any idea other than that T. O. M Sop with will remain in the lists as challenger for the America's Cup. Con ditions might arise under which he would be willing to step aside tempo rarily and let some other ambitious British yachaman have a try at the trophy. Again, conditions also might arise which would see him talcing a > third shot in sequence. As to this, more anon. Sopwith's attitude toward the rac ing of big windjammers in interna tional contest in particular and yacht racing in general was set forth to this writer by an English yachtsman close to the challenger in the recent cup affair. ‘ Sopwith.’’ he said “rather would race for the America's Cup and lose the series than not race for it at all." No one who knows Sopwith would be likely to deny this is an accurate appraisal of his enthusiasm for big boat racing. It is a passion with him and he has all the necessary means of Indulging it without counting the cost. Sailor All His Life. ^jONTRARY to general belief in this country, he did not enter yaching after the success of his airplane In dustry placed him in position to de velop a hobby. He began to sail boats almost as soon as he could walk, and so he has been a sailor practically all his life. His ability to navigate Class J sloops in races over measured courses was demonstrated adequately in the late Cup series. Most of the few mis takes he made related to Judgment In the use of sails, and these errors. Re cording to seamen of Endeavour II with whom the writer has talked, would not have been made in English waters: they were the result of his un familiarity with certain conditions obtaining off the Rhode Island coast. Undoubtedly. Raneer is the greatest racing yacht that ever sped over the ocean. In the fare of this fact, one might conjecture that, eager to chal lenge again though he may be, the problem of creating a yacht to meet , the 1937 defender, or her successor, upon terms approximately even, would be a deterrent. i Designer Gets Pointers. J7ACT, however, seems to be that Charles Nicholson, England's lead ing designer, feels he has learned a lot through the study of various ad vanced features in Ranger's design and Vfaith exists among English yachts men in his ability practically to adapt what he has learned. Aside from the matter of design, it is certain that Nicholson, Sopwith and all concerned with the recent challenge for the famous yachting trophy now know that the lighter sails carried by Ranger are much better adapted to American waters than Endeavour's heavier can vas. And this Is not all they have learned. The conditions under which Sop with might be willing to stand a ude relates to the interest shown by an other wealthy English airplane manu facturer, C. R. Fairey, in challenging for the cup. But his enthusiasm is all for a smaller type of cup racer of the “K" or “L” class, which are much less expensive to build and maintain than Bloops of the present cup class. It Is not at all certain that the New York Yacht Club would be willing to meet the Fairey idea, although without doubt there are elements In the club which would favor the reduction in Bi*e. They feel that, with a smaller type of sloop, Scandinavians, Cana dians, Germans and, in fact, yachts men of many nations would widen the international aspects of America's Cup racing through their frequent chal lenges. There is, on the other hand, an im portant element which holds with Mr. Sopwith that racing for the cup should involve craft of the largest type, that smaller sloops would lessen the pres tige of these contests. This certainly would happen if smaller boats raced for the historic trophy while sloops , of the present America’s Cup class were in existence, as is the case today both here and in England and no doubt will continue to be the case for several years to come. TWENTY GRAND IS HOME Famous Race Horse Sees America First Time in Three Years. BOSTON. September 6 (lp).— Twenty Grand, one of the world's meet famous race horses, today was back In America for the first time in almost three years. Consigned to Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney in New' York, the one-time champion racer was brought over in the hold of the liner American Trader, and will continue with the ship for New York. Eighteen other horses, including Irish hunters, jumpers and show’ horses, were landed here. Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. Montreal. 8-4: Buffalo. 1-1. Toronto. 3. Rochester. 1. Baltimore. 3: Syracuse. 2. Newark at Jersey City. rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus. 6; Toledo. 1. Louisville. 4-3' Nashville. 0-3. Kansas City. 3: Milwaukee. 0. St. Paul. S: Minneapolis. S. PACIFIC COAST. Seattle. 5-1; Portland. 3-0. Los Angeles. 5-11; Missions. 4-1. Oakland. 4-1; Sacramento. 3-9. San rranclsco. 6; San Diego. 4. TEXAS. Fort Worth. 5-7: Dallas. 2-0. Beaumont. 3; Houston. 0. Tulsa. 1. Oklahoma City. O. Galveston. 4: San Antonio. 0. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Birmingham. 5-1: Chattanooga. 0-0. Knoxville. 4-0; Memphis. 2-8. Nashville 4-4: Little Rock, 0-9. Hew Orleans. 11: Atlanta. 3. NEW YORK-PENN. Elmira. 6-3: Williamsport. 1-6. Binghamton. 5-3; Albany. 1-6. Wilkes-Barre. 8-2; Scranton, 0-0. Trenton at Haselton. rain. PIEDMONT. Richmond. 2: Durham. 1. Norfolk. 3: Portsmouth 3. Asheville, 10; Winston-Salem, 0. MID-ATLANTIC. Springfield. 7: Akron. 1 EASTERN SHORE. Easton 2; Crlsfield 1. Cambridge. 4: Dover. 1. Poeomoke, 9; Federaltburg, 1. Sal lsburr at Centreville. rain. ,-s Louis to Retire In ’38, He Hints By the Associated Press. CT. LOUIS, September 6.—Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, left the impression here today he ex pects to retire from the ring soon —"probably next year after the Schmeling fight." While he stopped talk of the fu ture there, he was willing to admit he wasn't anxious to meet the Ger man, adding. “I’m not thinking of that defeat he handed me. Any how, I'm going to have a long rest before Max and I get together next June." The Detroit Negro was here with a soft ball team he exhibits and with which he likes to play. RAWLS IS SWING FOR FOURTH TITLE Florida Mermaid Captures Three in as Many Days in National Meet. By th# Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO. September 6 — Already individual star of the national senior A. A. U. wom en's swimming championships, Florida's Katherine Rawls plunges after her fourth title today. The 20-year-old Fort Lauderdale star, who won three grueling contests by wide margins in as many days, planned to enter the 880-yard free style. She faced stiff competition from 10 other contestants—Claudia Eckert. Janet, Hughes, Kay Kirchner, Frances Nielson. Elizabeth Ryan, Gloria Callen, Florence Chadwick. Mary Ann Haw kins, Mary M. Ryan and Ruth Hoerger. Jump Defends Diving Title. QTHER events on the program are platform diving, in which Ruth Jump of Los Angeles will defend her championship and the 300-meter medley relay. Today ends the four day tournament. Miss Rawls annexed her third title yesterday with an easy victory in the 440-yard free-style event, which she won by 20 yards from Doris Brennan of Olneyville, R. I., in 5:36. The American record for this event, held by Lenore Right Wingard, is 5:32.5. Friday the Florida ace won the mile race and the next day successfully defended her 300-meter medley title. Cummings Keeps Crown. JN OTHER events on Sunday's pro gram at Fleishacker Pool. Iris Cummings of Los Angeles retained her 220-yard breaststroke title. The American record is held by Miss Rawls, who in 1931 covered the dis tance in 3 :13.6. Muss Cummings fin ished 3 yards ahead of Elsie Petri of New York. She was timed in 3:16 9. Erna Kompa of New York was crowned 220-yard national backstroke champion for her close victory over Dorothy Forbes of Philadelphia in 2:57 5. The American record for the event, 2.49.6, was set last year by Eleanor Holm Jarrett. BURDEN ON BUDGE IN NEEME PLAY U. S. Star Has Schedule of Steady Play—Main Rival, Von Cramm, to Rest. By the Associated Press. OREST HILLS, N. Y„ Septem ber 6.—This, being Labor day, was a day of rest and relax ation for the working men—and women—of the Nation. But not ao for J. Donald Budge, most skilled American practitioner with a tennis court racket. For him it was the beginning of a ride on the merry-go-round that will find him trying ta catch brass rings on five of the next six afternoons. The program mapped out for the champion of Wimbledon and the Da vis Cup arena in his quest for the United States singles crown already was strenuous enough before the weather man put in his damp 2 cents' worth yesterday. When Don lost the toss of a coin to Baron Gottfried von Cramm, which decreed that the lower half of the draw in both men's and women’s competition would play first, he let himself in for something—something that called for his playing his quarter final match on Thursday, semi-final on Friday and final on Saturday. Baron Gels Day of Real. J^EANWHILE. his chief rival, the baron, would be resting between his quarter-final engagement on Wed nesday and his semi-final, also on Friday. Yesterday's rain, which forced the U. 8. L. T. A. Tournament Committee to telescope two days' competition into one this afternoon, made Budge's task even more difficult. Today he was due to meet Joe Abrams of New York in a third-round match. Then, to put the tournament back on its regular track again, he probably will play Yvon Petra, lanky, dapper Frenchman, in the round of lfi tomorrow, rest on Wednesday and then go into that dizzy whirl on the last three days. So far, however, the red-headed holocaust has given none of his sup porters cause for loss of sleep. He has played only one match, and that against a game but-outclassed young ster. who served merely as a sounding board while Don brought his game to the proper pitch. Surface Has Easy Path. JJLOND Baron von Cramm has in jected more fireworks into the proceedings. He was definitely ex tended on Saturday in his third round conquest of Don McNeill and today was up against his first seeded opposition in Hal Surface, Kansas [ City's United States No. 6, who has l had the easiest progress of any player in either division of the combined tournament. Surface got into the third round without lifting his racket, on a first round bye and a second-round de fault. In the third he was leading at two sets to one when Bob Kamrath, his Texas rival, was k. o.’d by the heat and advised to quit. OPART O O’Hara Finishes Second vAl ^PADC in Injunction Handi ^ MlUlL cap at ’Gansett. _BY WALLACE WALTER OHARA finished second m the Injunction Handicap Satur day. The Governor, instead of the camera, decided the result. O'Hara, sometime; spoken of as owner, is listed as president and managing directo' of the Narragansett Racing Association, which is the Narragansett Park race track. When notified that he was out of a job. O'Hara promptly obtained an injunction against the Rhode Island Racing Commission, but Gov. Robert v E. Qumn had a wide-awake jockey in Attorney General John P. Hartigan, who immediately obtained an order from the Superior Court vacating the restraining order obtained by O'Hara's attorney. Gov. Quinn, in order to avoid any further argument, sent over a flock of State police to enforce the com mission's ruling. Politics Being Played. rPHE whole affair is a big compli cated. No doubt, if all the "dope” were available politics would be found to play a big part in the outburst. As we often have remarked, racing is a political foot ball. The minute you cross the powers that be you are sure to fumble. Texas recently held for three downs and then lost by a drop kick. Gov. Aired held the ball. We hold no brief for Mr. O'Hara, who is far from being a blushing vio let. He makes no secret of the fact that he is a heavy bettor. He wagers udi > ' urn large sums on his own horses, at hia own track. Nothing wrong about it, but it is not good for the sport. It all causes much talk. The ordinary mortal certainly would not expect him under the circumstances to get any the worst of it. The charge against O’Hara is tha the ‘ threatened’’ James Dooley, a steward. Dooley’s offense was that he had sought to enforce a ruling that num bers of winning horses would not be posted in close finishes until a photo graph had been developed. Last Sum mer, in a race at Narragansett, the numbera were posted and bets had been paid when a photograph showed that one of O’Hara’s horses had fin ished third. Instead of fourth. O’Hara fired the Judge and announced that the track would pay all show tickets held on the horse in question, regard less of the decision of the judges. Recent Incident Cited. T AST Tuesday at Narragansett Idle Way was posted as the winner of the second race, with a photo finish for the other two positions. The news bureaus flashed the result all over the country. .When the photo was ex amined it was decided that Instead of winning. Idle Way had run a dead heat with Odd Blue. It would seem that Steward Dooley was right. If the camera's decision is to be final, why not wait for it? Mr. O’Hara in a signed statement said, “If it is a question of whether politicians are to dominate the af fairs of Narrangansett Park, I shall close the track immediately until such a time as the State is in safe hands.” We rather imagine that should he change his mind he will get a bit of help in said closing. O'Hara further charged that “it was all an effort to force Narragansett Park to pay un fairly high salaries to political hacks appointed by the party in power in Rhode Island.” Narragansett Park, through paid advertisements and a high-powered press bureau consistently has. invited trouble by flaunting the immense profit derived from its meetings. The attendance and mutuel play has been broadcast over the land. It seemed the certain way to create unfavorable comment. It was a moral certainty with the political game what it is, that some one, somewhere, would not over look such an opportunity. This is not intended as a criticism of any one. Certainly the Governor could be ex pected to back his appointees to the limit. Salary *75,*00 a Year. /"YHARA could easily laugh up his sleeve at the recent decision, while his stooges as usual continued to perform the actual work. He has not be barred from the track, but there is a question of what about his salary? It was announced to be *50,000 yearly, with ftn additional *25.000 for expenses. Possibly the directors might vote him that amount for an Xmas present and again the stockholders might enjoin Santa Claus. Only 18 days of the present 30-day meeting have passed, and there is a Pall meeting scheduled for Oc tober to be considered. O’Hara is the man who twice has offered through Congress to help the District If a bill sponsored by him for racing at Benning was passed. The profit variously was estimated at from *250,000 to *500,000, but the offer created little enthusiasm on the Hill. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. But Ball. Washington at Boston (2), 12:30. root Ball. Washington Redskins vs. Ameri can Legion All-Stars, Frederick, Md., 2:30. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Washington at Boston (2), 12:30. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Solumbus. 7-6: Maepn. 0-1. ivanaah, 6-0: JaeksoavlUa. S-B. Aurusta. •: Columbia. 1. Mat “Champ” and Grappler Who Is to Tackle Him Here ~ . .n—ii Brovko Nagurski, former grid star, recognized by at least one faction as the ruler, appears powerful enough to hold the throne against the horde of rivals disputing his claims. i " " . Joe Cox, who has been awarded a crack at the “title” next Friday night at Griffith Stadium, here is shown signing for the match as Promoter Joe Turner looks on. RECORDS TUMBLE AS PICARD RULES Chalks Up Three Marks in Winning Hershey Open. Cox, Spencer Collect. Bt the Associeted Press. HERSHEY. Pa, September 6 — For the second consecutive year Henry Picard won the 15.000 Harshey open tourna ment by playing sub-par golf on the last round. He pasted a 36—36—72, one under par, over the rain-soaked course of the Hershey Country Club yesterday to pass Ralph Guldahl of Chicago, national open champion, and capture $1,200 first prize with a 72-hole total of 280. 12 under par. This broke the previous record of 286 made by Ky LafToon of Denver three years ago. Guldahl, who led at the end of 54 holes with a 207, took sixes on three of the first four holes for a 76. three over par, and finished second with 283. Shoots Nine Holes In *0. J^AY MANGRUM of Dayton. Ohio, also went over par with a 75 to tak« third with 285. Jimmy Hines of Garden City, Long Island, the only other player to break par of 292, fin ished fourth with 289. Last year Picard won by getting a six-under-par 67 on the last round for a 287 to nose out Jimmy Thomson of Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa., who had a 288. Picard dominated the tournament after a record-shattering second round of 85 in which he also estab lished a new record of 30 for the first nine holes. The previous record for the 18 holes was 07 and for the first nine, 32. Cox and Spencer Collect. ^yiTFY COX of Kenwood and Cliff Spencer of Beaver Dam are back in Washington today a few dollars 1 richer by their shotmaking in the ! Hershey tourney. Cox finished ninth with a total of 297 to win $166. wind ing up the tourney with a 77. Spencer won $93 with his 299 total, finishing with a last-round 78. Bobby Brownell, District amateur champion from Manor won the second amateur prize with a card of 311, fin ishing the tourney with a 75. Leo Walper of Bethesda, Md.. fin ished with 304, while Mel Shorey of East Potomac Park had 312. Martin F. McCarthy, Beaver Dam amateur, took a final-round 84 for 323. Louis Worsham of Chevy Chase withdrew after 54 holes played in 235 strokes. NO GRIDIRON HOLIDAY FOR COLLEGES HERE Colonials, Hoyas Head for Camps, Terps, Cardinals Continue Drills'at Home. ^VTHILE two local colleges were entering their second week of training in their own stadia, George town and George Washington pig skinners were to leave for out-of-town conditioning sites today. Head Coach Jim Pixlee herded a squad of 45 varsity and freshmen G. W. players off to Camp Letts this morning, accompanied by Assistant Coaches Bill Reinhart and Tim Moy nihan. This evening, 35 Georgetown players were to take the Norfolk boat to Old Point Comfort. Jack Hagerty was in charge of them and Assistant Coaches Mush Dubofsky and George Murtaugh. At home, neither the Maryland nor Catholic University squads were recog nizing the holiday in accepted style, although Coach Dutch Bergman promised a half-holiday to his C. U. Cardinals. Coach Frank Dobson, how ever, treated Maryland's seventh day of training exactly the same as the previous six. The Cardinals will begin to bear down tomorrow, however, with Berg man seeking an early answer to some of the problems confronting him. To day it appeared as if he might have two classy quarterbacks on his hand with Howard (Dixie) Walker and Charley Munhall, the two who may re quire a policy of alternating signal callers this Fall. Homer Standings Br the Associated Press. Yesterday's homers—Gehrla Yan kees. 1: York. Tlsers. 1: Trosky. In diana ^lj Camllll. Phillies. 1; Klein. The leaders—D1 Masslo Yankees. S39; Foxx. Red Box. 33; Gehrla Yankees. 2; Oreenbers. Tlsers. 82; York. Tlaera. 1: Ott, Giants. 30. n IRAIGHTOF „ THE TEE By Walter McCallum BOBBY JONES, one-time world champion, remains the finest shotmaker in the game of golf, in the opinion of Dr. Guy Saffold, Washington physician, who has Just returned to the Capital after several rounds at Chiropep Falls, Mass., with the former amateur and open chompion. “He makes the game look so easy it's ridiculous.” says Dr. Saffold. “He takps the club bark with an easy swing and you think the ball is going 50 yards. It actually gpts out there 200 yards. The best round he had when we nla V»H nac Q £7 nvor a nor 71 oonrro " _ Jones, who is with Spalding, spent the Summer at Chicopee Falls, where the Spalding factory is located. Corwin. Talkes in Tilts. tJOLIDAY golf events continued at all the local golf clubs today, with special tournaments listed at some clubs while at others tourneys which started Saturday werp to wind up. Tom Corwin and Walter Talkes won the two-man team championship at Manor, licking Harry Pitt and Max Taylor, 3 and 2 in the final round Corwin and Taylor had a 4-*lroke handicap, and turned 4 up to suc ceed George B. McGehee and J. C. Putnam as the team champions. Finalist* in the miniature tourna ment. at Congressional were W. H. Wenzel, surprise winner over Club Champion Parker Nolan, and Billy Dettweiler. Seven flights qualified in the miniature affair. Byron Beall took the lead in the President's Cup tourney, to be con cluded at Manor today, with a first round 82-12—70. T. N. Beavers and W. J. Peters were second at net 71. Club teasers were to have their in ning at Washington this afternoon, w’here Chairman Ralph Fowler of the club Golf Committee was to stage a club-throwing competition. Other events included an 18-hole handicap j - a tourney. The husband and wife tour nament yesterday went to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Molster, with Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Bailey second and Dr. and Mrs. R. N. Sutton and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Duffles tied for third. Filch*. Grindle Score. * 'T'HE mixed foursome tourney at .In dian Spring went to Louis Fuchj and Helen Grindle, who had 91—18— 73. The gross award went to Mr. and Mrs. Karl S. Giles with 91. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sharpe and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Clarey tied for second net with 75, while fourth net went to Mr. and Mrs. Ken LafTerty with 80. The Kenwood blind bogey tourney found J. C. Jacob* the winner with a card of 92—20— 72. R. V. Herman was second with 89—15—74. Marin John son was third with 94—18—76. A brace of teams entered the semi final round of the two-man team tour ney at the Capital Golf and Country Club. Mayfield and Herbert licked -• HERNDON NINE VICTOR. After winning the first game on a forfeit, the Herndon A. C. nine then took the second. 2-0, from the Arling ton A. C yesterday. ■ — • FLOOD NINE IN FRONT. J. C. Floods 6-4 victory over the Police Boys’ Club No. 5 diamonders put them on top in the junior division of the National City League. SEEK SOFT BALL FOES. Soft ball opposition is sought by the International Business Machine Corp. ten. Call North 1620-W. 20 Years Ago IN THE STAR. 'T'HE Griffs, now only one game behind the fifth-place Yanks, need only to win a majority of the four contests coming up at the Polo Grounds today to head the second division of the American League. John J. McGraw was fined $1,000 and censured by the Board of Di rectors of the National League for authorizing an interview with New York newspaper men in Pittsburgh attacking President Tener and the league. Driving his Chalmers motor Car, Joe Dawson exceeded 80 miles per hour yesterday to outdistance the Baltimore & Ohio’s Royal Blue ex press on the Baltimore road between Muirklrk and Beltsvllle. A Aten and Spencer, while Kline and Stone whipped EglofT and Fitzgerald. Argyie Country Club golfers today were to continue qualifying for the club championship. Lou Harrison, former champ, and John Bohlander tied for the top spots yesterday with 36-hole cards of 14fl. Jock Olmstead, reigning title holder, was on the rag ged edge with 162. Other leaders in clude A. E. Wilmett, 154; Sam Har vey, 158. {"''HIP shots; Late afternoon golf is the thing these days . , . lots of the boys pass up the hot hours of the dav, starting about 4 p.m. and finish ing Just after dark. J. Monro Hunter, still the biggest hitter In local golf lor anywhere else), has a new driver with one of those “tin" shafts. Monro always claimed steel shafts aren't much good ... but his new club haa a steel shaft . . . the weapon weighs a little more than 15 ounces and is only 4312 inches long . . . what a drawing card Monro would be in those Sunday pro matches with his tremendous tee-shot wallops . . . he’d make the other lads break their barks to catch up with his blows . . . but he's too busy, he says, giving les sons at a driving school to play much golf. High spot on the women's schedule will be the Middle Atlantic champion ship at Indian Spring, starting Octo ber 12 . . . Mrs. Virginia Stokes can win it if she keeps on popping the ball like she's doing nowadays ... no pro match yesterday because of the Her&hey tourney, but Wifly Cox still hopes he can get Guldahl and Snead here to play at Kenwood next Sun day. The Canadian open is the next tour ney, starting Thursday . . . and the local amateurs are whipping their shots into line for the District cham pionship at Columbia, starting Sep tember 15 . . . entries will close with Secretary William C. Barr on Sep tember 13, FAIRMOUNT ROWERS WIN MIDDLE STATES Three Other Philadelphia Clubs in First Five—Kauffmann Scores for Potomac. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md„ September 6 — Philadelphia oarsmen cleaned up in the forty-sixth annual Middle 8tates regatta here yesterday, the Faii-mount Rowing Association win ning and other Philadelphia squads talcing three of the next four places. While Fail-mount's fleet captured six first pAces and two thirds, the Un dine Barge Club came in second, the Penn Athletic Club fourth and the Malta Boat Club fifth. Virginia Boat Club of Richmond finished third. The only points made by the Po tomac Boat Club of Washington re sulted from a second place In the single sculls won by Rudolph Kauff mann, 2d. Kauffmann, a Princeton graduate, was beaten by Edward L. Katzenback of the Princeton Rowing Association. Potomac finished ninth, the Prince ton Rowing Association, Arundel Boat Club of Baltimore and Nautilus Boat Club of Brooklyn separating it from fifth place. STAGE RUBBER BATTLE. Both teams having won a game, the United Typewriter girls and the U. S. Aggiettes will clash tomorrow evening at 5 o’clock in Eastern High stadium in a game to decide the women's soft ball championship of the city. LAW-i I "Geared to Modern Business Lite" * Men Interested in the study of Lt* And MU's • months’ court* in essential bneineet subjects the practical way to advanced educa tion. Classes besln September 20— 0:30 end 7:48. Lew tuition. • Also clteset in Public Speaking. METROPOLITAN LAW INSTITUTE ffy's star Bids. PI- 2848—Catalog. r By 5D-F00T pun Birdie by Wehrle on 36th Defeats Kocsis, 8 Feet From Pin for Half. Bt the Associsted Press. LOS ANGELES, September 6 When it comes to winning i golf championship with a put ter, Wilford Wehrle, Westerr amateur title holder of a day, has the answer. The 22-year-old Racine, Wis. sharpshooter made a battered ole club with two holes drilled in thi head do what the dozen other wai clubs in his bag of tricks failed t< accomplish as he defeated Charlei Kocsis of Detroit 1 up in the 36-holi final round yesterday. The victorious young wax workei had those holes punched in the puttei for light duty on fast greens. I turned the trick, but he saved thi best shot of the day for the crucia thirty-sixth, where he chased a 50' footer into the cup for the winnini birdie 3. Comes Bark With Putter. V\,TEHRLE had frittered away i four-hole lead gained in thi morning round until on the twenty' ninth the advantage was cut to 1 up Then he started hooking his woods and his iron shots went astray. That left matters strictly up to thi old putter. It didn't fail him. I Belmont Springs Open Tops With $12,000—Coast Is Dangling $27,000. BY W. R. MrCALLl'M. PROFESSIONAL golfers will dig fairway gold to the tune of nearly $80,000 in tournaments between late September and early April. Topped by the $12 000 Belmont Springs. Maas., open late this month the touring pros will gamble their shot-making ability against enough money to put one of them on easy street for a good many years. But of course the dough will be spread around and no one man will get the major slice, although you can gamble that Harry Cooper will get his share. Harry happens to be leading the professional parade right now with winnings of more than $11,000 since the first of the year. Coast Dangles $27,000. J^IGHT off the bat California an nounces a pot of $27,000 in six tournaments starting early m January for the trouping pros, with the L06 Angeles open, with $8,000 in prizes, topping the lust. Other major events on the pro schedule are the Pinehurst Mid-South in November, the Blltmor* $10,000 open at Miami in December, the Nassau $5,000 tourney and tourna ments during the late Winter and early Spring at Pinehurst again and at Augusta, Charleston and St. Augus tine, not to mention the international four-ball affair at Miami, with prize money around $3,500. Other tournaments not yet listed but in process of negotiation will lift the total purses offered for the pros to more than $90,000 and the pot may reach the $100,000 mark. Several spots in Texas. Georgia and California have not reported on their toumey date requests. Golf Pros Poorly Paid. \\7ITH all of that your better pro golfer Is a poorer paid performer than the top men in any other line of sport. Any prize fighter with cham pionship aspirations can gross $40,000 in a single year. Tennis stars who succumb to the siren lure of profes sional gold make more than that and stars in almost any other line of sport make more dough than professional golfers. Considering the time they spend on the game and the ritzy conditions under which they live with the neces sity of keeping up with the Joneses in appearance, your better-playing pro : takes it on the chin even though the I money for which he plays looks impor i tant—in bulk. 1 At a guess there isn’t a pro golfer in | the land today making $40,000 a year. ' Tommy Farr got 50 grand for entering the ring against Joe Louis Pro golf is a swell game to play. It adds up to pleasant, competition under pleas ing circumstances but the financial 1 rewards ire not big enough for the time spent, when you compare It with the dough made by athletes in other branches of sport. Five rears «io—Templeton ellml nsred Aurora in United States open polo championship. 13-* THE blue ribbon classic of big game fishing in North Amer ica is the international tuna angling cup matches, sched uled for the 11th, 12th and 13th of this month at Wedgeport. Nova Scotia. A picked team of expert American anglers will compete against an equal ly expert team from the British Em pire on those three days for the Alton B. Sharp Trophy, a large, beautifully engraved silver bowl. In picking the American team the records of over 60 big game anglers throughout the United States were studied. Tha final line-up, announced by Phil R. Sheridan, secretary of the Board of Governors for the matches, is: Hugo Rutherford, Allmuchy, N. J.; Kip Farrington, Easthampton, Long Island: Paul Townsend. Washington; B. Davis Crowninshield, Boston: J. Lakin Baldridge, Miami Beach. Fla.; A. Pam Blumenthal, New York. N. Y., and W. Goadby Lawrence, Fair haven, N. J. All of the men on the United States squad are big game anglers of note with years of experience in the taking of big fish in back of them. Their names are familiar to every angler in the country who has read the thrilling stogies of fishing for giant tuna, marlin, swordfish and tarpon. Woman's Record Shattered. VjyEDGEPORT is an excellent spot for the tourney. Every day brings new reports of giant tuna catches there, and several records have been made or broken there al ready this season. Once this year within 2* hours the woman's world tuna record was broken twice. First it was by Mrs. Earl Potter of Brookville, Long Island, who brought in a 757-pound fish, but early the next day this mark was broken, by Mrs. W'illiam Chisholm, n, of Cleveland. She landed a 160 Hi-pound tuna In the short time of 80 minute*, with a length of 9 feet 8 inches and a girth of 6 feet 4 inches. During the fight she was forced to cut one fishing net and an old sunken anchor rope. Fishing off Wedgeport is started in the harbor, and on the way out the line often will tangle with commercial fish nets. With a big fish on it sometimes is a question of either letting the fish go or cutting the net and paying a net bill later on. The previous woman's record was 749 pound* by Mrs. Franci* Low. Buffalo Result*. JN THE recent national casting tour nament in Buffalo several records were made and broken. Beet of these was the distance fly event, won by R. G. Miller of Seattle with a sling cast of 183 feet and an average of 177, both new records. Miller also took the salmon fly distance. Two Washington rasters, Horace and Chuck Johnson— father and son—placed in the accuracy baits. George Cook, also well known in local casting circles, scored an 87 in the accuracy wet and dry flies, but failed to get a gold creel, presented for every score over 90 This Is the first time in six years Cook has missed out on the creel. The wind was blowing that day and only six casters scored 90; none scored more than that. Lee Sens of the Baltimore Casting Club, who has given local men plenty of trouble in intercity meets, won the three-eighths distance with 303 feet, and although he broke the previous record with 362 feet in the five-eighths distance, he got only second because his mark was passed by another record shatterer. J Sensational! Thrilling! 1FARR-LOITIS I FIGHT FILMS SHOWING ALL WEEK 1 PLUS FEATURE PICTURE Ini II y Fight film*: 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, DAILT 10, 11:10. J Noon to Midnight '"'“"VioVao0'4:3°' | CAMEO : j 34th St. & R. I. Ave., N.E. Direction of Sidney Luit IWAS FARR RORRED OF THE TITLE? See the Film and Judge for Yourself! K M