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Hard Work in Order if Montague Is to Realize on Links Assets
I !
How Former Links Mystery
Fares in Tournament
Play Intrigues.
By GRANTLAND RICE.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29.—What
place will John Montague, the
mystery golfer, take, now that
he is in a position to prove his
place among the stars of the game?
The seven-year shadow has been re
moved by a jury. He can afford to
► step back into the spotlight and prove
his place among the Picards. Coopers,
Guldahls. Runyans. Sarazens, Hagens,
Smiths and others. It will be an in
teresting experiment.
John Montague's chief claim to
athletic fame has been golf. It was
his golf ability that brought him from
Hollywood to Elizabethtown. N. Y. It
will be by his golf ability largely in
the future that he rises or falls, in
any financial way, after the opening
guarantee.
I would say that the answer is up to
John Montague—up to his willingness
to get bark in top physical condition
and rebuild the game I knew two or
three years ago. If golf becomes only
a sideline with him, if too many other
Interests take over his time and at
tention. he undoubtedly will lose much
cf the mystery glamour he has known
If he becomes just another golfer,
he will lose much of his present
prestige as a 60-something shooter and
one of the game's phenomenons.
How Good Is Montague?
A f Y FIRST introduction to John
Montague was on a rainy day
at Riviera. Los Angeles, one of the best
courses in golf. Tommy Armour
nominates this course as number one
in the United States. That day I
played with Montague, Dick Hanley,
then coaching Northwestern: Frank
Craven and Babe Hardy, the far from
anaemic comedian.
I had heard about Montague. I be
lieved about 20 per cent of what I
heard. But that day he shot a 66—
, 33 out and 33 in. He played the first
hole—460 yards—with a drive and a
6 iron. He played the second—450
yards—uphill—with a drive and a
niblick. I soon found his bunker play,
his chip shots and his putting were
his soundest points. I knew at least
I had seen a great golfer.
In the course of the last three years.
I have played with Montague 100
times. Up until last winter. I rarely
had seen him over 70. Last winter he
played only casual golf and his long
game suffered—but never his niblick,
his chipping and his putting—quite
unusual in a 225-pound athlete who is
as strong as anyone I ever har e known.
But his long game had lost 30 or 40
yards—his long iron play had fallen
off through lack of timing, practice
and play. Just how his amazing short
game held up still is a mystery, for
at that time he was far from being in
top physical form, being 20 pounds
overweight.
, Some Golf Stars' Opinions.
Here are some opinions concerning
Montague’s golfing ability:
George Von Elm—“The greatest
golfer I ever saw. I've played with
him four years. I played a month
with him over different courses and
never beat him a game. As I recall
It. his highest score was 69. And he
was down around 65 or 66 more than
once. At his best he could win any
championship.''
Walter Hagen—“I never saw him
play—but he can make it any amount
for 36 or 72 holes and it will be all
right with me.'’
Paul Runyan—“I would be very
glad to meet Montague and let him
name his own terms—anywhere or
any time."
Charley Lacey—"I've played a lot
of golf with Montague. I'd say at
his best he could beat any pro or
amateur I ever saw six times out of
10 starts. Whether he can get back
to his best depends on Montague. He
can't loaf and do it. Not against this
bunch.”
Leo Diegel—“I don’t know what
Montague would do in an open. I was
the first pro to play with him, about
four or five years ago. I’ve played
with him since. The last time I
played I shot a 68 and broke even. I
still class Hagen. Armour and Mon
tague as the best money players I ever
saw. In an open—I don’t know. I
doubt that he could win one. Mac
Smith hasn't in 27 years—and there's
as-great a golfer as I ever saw.”
(Copyright. 10.17. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
HOWARD AND MINER
BATTLE FOR TITLE
City Honors for Colored Grid
Teams at Stake Tomorrow
in Bison Stadium.
' UOWARD UNIVERSITY'S Bisons
■“ and the Miner Teachers will meet
tomorrow in Howard Stadium in a
football game that will decide the col
ored collegiate championship of the
city.
Only once have the two schools met
In a scheduled season encounter.
That was in 1935 when the Bisons
Won, 6-0, after defeating the Cheyney
Teachers, 12-6, the same afternoon.
Howard will have a decided weight
, advantage in its forward wall. Both
teams have light and fast backfields.
Each has scored a hard-earned victory
of the Cheyney Teachers.
AIGH1
i rue te
— By Walter McCallum
UNCLE BILL ULLMAN is back in town, somewhat disconsolate and
downcast about his experience at Pine Valley. Uncle Bill, as you
probably have read, is the originator of the "animal game," which
they play at Congressional and a few isolated spots throughout the
I land, where ihe story of Ullman's putting wizardry hasn’t yet spread. But
| even though Uncle Bill has come back a sadder and wiser man from his
! Pine Valley junket, he learned something. Even a gent so bright can learn
j something from golf.
Bill went up to Pine Valley full of determination to lick the golf course.
| He'd played it before and had taken his snappy 110 and liked it. But he
! thought, with all the experience of*:* -——
.yearn ui umum^ udirw mi vaiiim mm
Bill Hughes behind him that he could
bust 110. So he landed in Philadel
phia all set to conquer Pine Valley,
and a welcoming committee met him
waving quantities of currency that
he couldn't bust 110. Bill took them
all (the bets, we meant and he got
during the course of the evening an
even softer bet than 110 One woman,
failing to become intrigued by the
Ullman banter, laid even money to
i the amount of five bucks that Uncle
Bill couldn't make 115. You've seen a
bass grab a plug—sometimes. That's
the way Bill grabbed that one. In
; fact, he approached the lady, wife
‘ of a Philadelphia business man and
| asked her if she hadn't better take it
1 back, intimating that lie would be
j taking advantage of her gullibility if
| he accepted the wager. All she said
i was "Sure, BUI, and you can have it
again."
Which caused Uncle Bill some
pain, if he is capable of pain
after playing "animals."
\\'ELL, to make a long story longer,
| Uncle Willie stood on the 18th
tee up there with 104 shots behind him.
j The 18th hole is a par 4 affair,
j which means that with the water car
I ry at the end it was a par 5 for Bill,
j who isn't by any means a long hitter,
i It also meant that a five for him would
| win all bets. With no intent to be cap
j tious, some of his well-meaning boy
; friends informed him of the situation
j as he prepared to drive to the 18th.
So Bill, being an obliging soul, prompt
I ly shanked one off the hillside. He
shanked another and by the time he
reached the edge of the water he lay j
5. still in a spot where by a lucky j
pitch and a good putt he might make j
110. But Bill always was obliging. He
put his next shot in the water and his
next and on his 9th stroke he over
played the green. He chipped back
and Rot down in 2 putts for an even
12. which gave him exactly 116 strokes
for the round. You could, if you'd
been in the neighborhood of Pine Val
ley, have heard him talking about it.
In fact, he still is talking about it.
But maybe you'd better not bring it
up. Bill is a forgiving soul—under
some circumstances.
The Mid-Atlantic Association of
Greenkeepers will gather Monday at
the Belle Haven Country Club of Alex
andria for their monthly golf tourna
ment and dinner.
f ''•ONGRESSIONALCOUNTRYCLUB
will honor its golf team, winners
of the Maryland State team matches,
at a dinner to be held at the club the
evening of November 7. Team mem
bers are: Roland MacKenzic. Parker
Nolan. Dr. H. L. Smith. Gene Pittman.
Billy Shea. Billy Dettweiler, Prank
Goodwin, Roger Peacockf Claude Rip
py. Dr. R. A. Keilty. Walter MeCallum.
W. H. Wenzel and John F. McCarron.
Telford Gibraski, course manager
at East Potomac Park, is in the market j
for golfers who want to win a turkey
for Thanksgiving dinner. Gibraski
plans to stage a turkey tourney, start
ing November 6, to wind up two weeks
later.
B. Harry Graham. Rock Creek Park
manager, will offer a similar tourney
at the uptown course for the Rock
Creek Park golfers, to b" played after
the East Potomac Park affair.
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CARNERA IS RANKRUPT.
LONDON, Oct. 29 Primo Car
nera. former heavyweight boxing
champion, placed his liabilities at
$21,620 with no assets, it has been
announced by a bankruptcy receiver
after a meeting of his creditors.
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.
Today a year ago—Dan Bulger,
7-1 favorite, won ninety-seventh
running of Cambridgeshire by 2
lengths over Daytona.
Three years ago—Gene Mako,
University of Southern California,
ranked No. 1 on 1934 intercollegiate
tennis list.
Five years ago—Pittsburgh de
feated Notre Dame, 12-0; Brown
downed Harvard, 14-0, and Mich
igan topped Princeton, 14-7, in
football.
BERGMAN FOCUSES
ON FOUR RESERVES
Guyon, Bunsa, Pirro and Osinski
Get Opportunity to Start
Against Wildcats.
I^ROM now’ until time to meet the
1 Bobcats of West Virginia Wes
leyan on November 6, Coach Dutch
Bergman of Catholic University will
be focusing a large part of his atten
tion on four reserves, Joe Guyon, half
back: Joe Bunsa, end; Carmon Pirro,
tackle, and Pete Osinski. a center.
The fleet Bunsa, having acquitted
himself well against St. I/iuis last
week, is scheduled to alternate with A1
Calabrese on the left flank
Guyon. a fast-improving back, is
making the first-stringers hustle to
keep their jobs and Pirro. who was in
active against St. Louis because of an
injured leg. will figure prominently.
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PENN FULL OF GRIDMEN
Throng of 250 Divided Into Four
Squads at University.
PHILADELPHIA (/Pi.—The Univer
sity of Pennsylvania hasn't got the
best football team in the East, but it
probably has more football players
on hand. 250 divided into four squads.
In addition to the varsity squad
there are freshman, 150-pound and B'
teams.
HAPES CAN CARRY MAIL
—
UNIVERSITY, Miss. i/Pr—Ray
Hapes, Mississippi back, has sprinted
90 yards or more for a touchdown j
five times in his career.
As good an explanation as any for
his ability on these scoring jaunts is
the fact that he was caught in 9.8 for
the 100-yard dash last Spring.
Duke, California,5Bama, Pitt,
Auburn and Colorado Safest
Bets in Bin-Time Grid Games
Bv GRANTLAND RICE.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29—Toughesl
games to pick: Yale-Dart'
mouth, Fordjiam-North Caro
lina, Detroit-Villanova, Illi
nois-Michigan, Holy Cross-Temple
Baylor-T. C. U.
Feature battle—Yale and Dart
mouth, both unbeaten and untied.
Uncertainties due to Injuries—Co
lumbia-Cornell, Colgate-N Y. U.
Safest big-time shots—Duke, Ala
bama, Auburn, California, Pittsburgh
Colorado.
Yale Given Slight Edge.
Yale-Dartmouth at New Haven
Two fine offensive backfields equippec
with running, blocking, passing anc
kicking. Hutchinson may be anothei
Grange—Clint Frank half a footba!
team. Yale has slightly better line anc
more experience. A delicate shade foi
the blue, where either team can win.
Harvard-Prineeton at Princeton—
Harvard is about due, with a better
team than last fall’s, which tied a
better Princeton team, 14-14. Harvard
much better than results have shown.
A nod to Harvard.
Minnesota-Notre Dame at Minneap
olis—Minnesota, although beaten by
Nebraska—with Uram missing—still
one of the strong teams of the coun
try. Notre Dame better than scoring
shows, but still lacking in Gopher
power and material. Minnesota gets
the vote.
Close Win for Vandy.
•yANDERBILT-GEORGIA TECH at
Atlanta—On form Vanderbilt has
the call, but the game is much harder
than recent comparative scores show.
Tech was ’way off form last Saturday
against Auburn's fine play, but is capa
ble of better stuff.’ Vanderbilt to re
main unbeaten in a close call.
North Carolina-Fordham at Chapel
Hill—North Carolina has the better
backs and a better end in Bershak—
Fordham has much the better line.
Mai Stevens, who has played Carolina
and has seen Fordham, picks Ford
ham's line as the vital factor. No up
set either way, but a lean toward Ford
ham.
Indiana-Nebraska, at Lincoln—Two
strong defensive teams, with Indiana
having the better attack. Nebraska no
push-over at home, or anywhere else.
But especially at Lincoln. Indiana's
better attack should get by.
piTTSBURGH-CARNEGIE TECH,
at Pittsburgh—Pitt has started
rolling again with one of the strong
teams of the country. Pittsburgh.
California-U. C. L. A., at Los An
geles—Once again we get word from
the West Coast that California is two
touchdowns better than any team in
the country. No one is that, good. But
California is good enough. Plenty.
California.
Villanova-Detroit, at Detroit—Two
unbeaten teams. Detroit has brilliant
back in Andy Farkas, one of the
bpxt. Villanova has more all-around
strength. Just a faint nod to Villa
nova. Little choice.
Columbia-Cornell. at Ithaca—An
' edge for Cornell if George Peck is
! ready. Otherwise a toss-up.
Holy Cross-Temple, at Worcester—
Both unbeaten. Holy Cross has the
| better chance.
Navy-Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia
—Navy also better than it has shown.
Penn erratic. Navy has it.
Illinois-Michigan, at Champaign—
Neither any too hot so far. Zuppke
likes to beat Michigan. Zupp is at his
1 best on such days. Illinois.
Tennessee Is Favored.
p^HIO STATE is .picked over Chi
cago. Missouri over Iowa State,
Oklahoma over Kansas State. Michi
gan State over Kansas. Colorado and
Utah State both look safe, especially
Colorado.
Tennpssee-Georgia. at Knoxville—
A hard game, with Tennessee favored.
S. M. U. is named over Texas, Ala
bama over Kentucky and Colgate over
N. Y. U.
Baylor-T. C. U„ at Waco—A hard,
even game. Baylor has been star team
' of Southwest—a fine scoring team.
T. C. U. is hard to take, but Baylor
gets the call.
Svracuse-Penn State, at State Col
lege. Pa—Syracuse in a hard game,
with Glickman back in form.
Texas A, and M.-Arkansas, at Fay
etteville—Texas Aggies in one of the
! hard games of the day.
i iCcrsneht. in.'iT, by .he North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
By BURTON HAWKINS
MARYLAND'S boxing squad will
report to Coach Heinie Mil
ler Wednesday. . . . Miller’s
outlook hardly is rosy, since
Benny Alperstein, lightweight, is the
only member of last year's undefeated
Southern Conference championship
team returning to the fold. . . . East
ern High’s annual football banquet
wfilj be staged November 18 in the
school lunchroom. . . . The Lincoln
Parkers may celebrate their first inter
high series championship conquest
since 1897.
Reports that the 26.000 spectators
who viewed the George Washington
Alabama game comprised the largest
crowd ever to witness a football tilt
here were erroneous. . . . More than
40.000 persons saw the Quantico Ma
rines trim the 3d Corps Army champs
at Griffith Stadium in 1923. . . .
Three of the local papers quoted the
crowd at more than 40.000, while a
fourth said 45,000.
Catholic University will play De
troit there and St. Louis here next
year . . . Nick Sarelas, Cardinal soph
omore fullback, again is ready for ac
tive duty . . . His injured knee has
healed and he may replace Rocco Pir
ro at the fullback post . . . The Gon
zaga-St. John's football game Novem
ber 20, the most torrid prep school
feud in this sector, probably will be
played in Brookland Stadium.
Grantland Rice, the veteran sports
scribe, once played shortstop for Van
derbilt . . . And smacked a home run
against the Detroit Tigers in an ex
hibition game .. . Jim Pixlee of George
Washington has failed to appear at
the weekly luncheons of the Washing
ton Football Writers' Association . . .
Maybe he heard about those lengthy
speeches, and if that's the reason you
hardly can blame him.
-% . .. ■
GREENLEAF’S CUE KEEN
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 29 i/P).—
Ralph Greenleaf of New York today
seemed headed for his second straight
world pocket billiard championship as
well as the high-run honors for the
round-robin tourney.
The New Yorker, undefeated in two
matches, ran off a string of 98 last
night in overwhelming Onofrio Lauri
! of Brooklyn. 125 to 27. in 17 innings.
The previous high of 83 had been
made a few hours earlier by 'Willie
Moseoni of Philadelphia in beating
I Joe Diehl of Rockford, 111.
Profitable Game Bookings
Threatened by Old Plan,
It Is Declared.
Bv FRANCIS J. POWERS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29—University
of Pittsburgh's clean-up and
de-emphasis of its footbaU
was necessary, if the Pan
thers hoped for furtner gridiron re
lations with the Western Conference
and Notre Dame.
Off-record opinion in the Big Ten
was that its teams could not meet
Pittsburgh on even terms. The Pan
thers’ permanent training camp, early
start and selected personnel were be
lieved to give them an advantage no
conference team could equal.
Pitt’s football associations with Big
Ten teams have been confined to Ohio
State, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A
home-and-home series with North
western was arranged to start next
year, but canceled at the Wildcats’
request.
Loss of "Irish” Date Blow.
DOTH Ohio and Minnesota were ex
cellent drawing attractions :n
Pittsburgh, but neither cared to re
new relations after the recent senes
were ended.
Losing Notre Dame was an even
greater blow to Pittsburgh's finances,
for the ' Irish” nearly always packed
the stadium on Squirrel Hill, and there
is no team that can fill its place or
the schedule. Under the directorship
of Elmer Layden. Notre Dame enjoys
the friendliest of relations with the
Western Conference and its games
with Illinois and Minnesota more than
compensate for the finish of the serits
with Pittsburgh on November 6.
Under the new regim?. Pittsburgh
soon may regain a certain amount of
conference competition.
“PUNCH BOWL’’ TO GO.
The old punchbowl hole at Kenwood
is about to vanish from the golf course.
This hole, almost generally regarded
as a weak affair, will be replaced by a
j stiff par 4 hole, with the tee to be
| pushed bark some 40 yards and with
a new green to be built short of the
present location. It's all in line with
' some of the changes proposed by
I Wiffy Cox.
BILL WERBER
Philadelphia Athletics
Insurance Counselor
Phone National 0978
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. surance by thousands. It should be
analyzed in terms of monthly income.
The true need of insurance is not to
provide lorge sums of money, but to
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