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Boy of 9 and Girl of 14 May Be Rivals for Spotlight in Horseshoe Tourney
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From the
Press Box
Maybe Tennis Needs
A Real Good Fight
By JOHN LARDNER.
Special Correspondent of Th» Star.
NEW YORK. Aug. 6 (N AN A.').—
Not since the heyday of large Will
Tilden and Suzanne Lenglen has r
blg-league tennis player annoyed
the galleries and enraged his oppo
nents so thoroughly as Frank
Kovacs of California, who un
doubtedly must be one of the worst
acting characters of all time, not
exclusive of Caesar Borgia.
I have seen Kovacs only once or
twice and he probably was under
wraps on those occasions, for he
seemed to me to be just fairly vil
lainous. mildly obnoxious and mid
dling disgusting. I guess I missed
his best stuff . The boys tell me he is
a darb and a lulu.
For this I do not place the blame
upon Mr. Kovacs, but upon the game
of tennis—high-class tennis, the j
kind that people pay to see. In
no other game do the performers 1
behave so unpleasantly. Some neu- j
rotoxic virus seems to bite these
athletes as soon as they win their
first tournament, and then they j
begin to make jockeys appear like j
Lord Fauntlerovs—and if you know
jockeys you know that's going some.
Emulates Riggs, Borotra
In Ruining Foe's Nerves.
Thus, for every little Bill Johnston :
or Wilm’er Allison who manages to !
play straightforwardly, honestly and 1
normally throughout a campaign
you find a dozen characters in ten
nis who emulate the white tree slug
on one of the slug's bad days.
Mr Kovacs is a good player, evi- i
dentlv going places, so he deserves
our attention.
Like Robert L. Riggs and Jumping
Jean Borotra. Kovacs makes a prac
tice of twanging his opponent's
nerves. Borotra used to do this with
a sort of winning guile. He had
certain sham-generous gestures that
concealed his purpose and made him
popular—wrongly. I think—with the
fans. Riggs is a fellow who takes
a frank relish in playing tricks on
the enemy. His play sometimes is ,
dirty, but he never pretends other- [
wise and there is something dis
arming in that.
Both Riggs and Borotra--and
they simply are random examples— |
possess a fundamental sanity. There
Is no sanity about the play of such j
artists as Tilden. Lenglen and Ko- j
vacs—not when things are going
wrong. They were and are hysteri
cal players. Usually the hysteria
is under control, but oometimes it
boils over.
Big League Rocketers Go
To Extremes in Conduct.
The hysterical player may not be I
completely responsible for what he
is doing, but all his actions tend in
one direction—to beat the enemy by
some means other than the honest
use of the racket, and to louse up
the game generally.
As a rule, big league tennis is
either excruciatingly sportsmanlike
or excruciatingly the opposite. Both
these conditions seem to me to nave
something rotten about them. In
the ordinary game sportsmanship is
taken for granted. The athletes do
not make a spectacle of themselves
being sportsmafilike. Only in ten- 1
nis, for instance, do you encounter [
that phoney-chivalrous gesture of
throwing away a point deliberately
—it is ostentatious, it gets applause,
and it makes a fool of the official, j
which satisfies the tennis player on
three counts.
Many honest players, like Don
Budge, have come to perform this
gesture automatically, because it is
expected of them nowadays, forced
on them by precedent. To do them
justice, I don't think they like it.
Baseball and Boxing Refuse
To Stoop to Such Tactics.
And baseball and boxing, no mat
ter what is wrong with them other
wise. will flourish as long as they
refuse to stoop to anything so showy
and hollow—as long, in other words,
as they keep their sincerity.
Examples of hysteria and abnor
mality in tennis are a dime a
dozen. Mind you. I am speaking '
always of major league tennis, ten- |
nis as played before galleries, and ]
not the private and quiet tennis that
men and women play everywhere
for the fun of it.
Mr. Kovacs is a natural product
of his environment—apparently
just a little bit more so than usual.
When he rants and screams and
sulks and shudders over a stray ball
lying 30 feet from the court, or the
twitch of a ball boy's eyelid—when
he shrieks at his opponent about to
make a shot, as he did Ihe other
day. or asks to have an umpire
removed, or shows up late, or quits
cold in the face of adversity—he is
defrauding the ticket buyers to a
mild extent, but he is also pursuing
the logic of the average tennis star
to its inescapable conclusion.
Maybe what thev need in that
game is a good fight—with scratch
ing barred.
Sperling Pitches Shutout
Sperling allowed only five hits and
fanned three as he hurled a shut
out victory for Johnson-Powell over
Hine Yankees, 4-0. in the feature
of yesterday's District Recreation
Softball League. The Yankees came
* back to win the other game, de
feating Jefferson, 5-3.
SOtTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Memphis. fi; Knoxville. 4.
Only fsmf.
Little Lee Fleshman
Faces Tough Foe
In His Grandpa
Stella Baranowski Out
For Women's Title in
Star's Ringer Party
By ROD THOMAS.
Spindly, 80-pound. 9-year-old Levi
Fleshman, jr., of Rogers Heights,
Ma.. who swiped the show in the
qualifying round of The Star's 12th
annual horseshoe championships by
firing 44 ringers in 100 pitches, to
day contemplated with peculiar mis
givings his chances of carrying on
as the juvenile pet of the tourna
ment.
In the first place, little Lee is
skeptical of surviving the opening
round of the eliminations, rained
out last night and scheduled for
tonight at 7 o'clock on the public
parks courts opposite the Commerce
Building.
In the Southern Maryland draw
ings he ran smack-dab into Grandpa
Fleshman. aged 61, but tough.
Rogers Heights folk say there is
little to choose, in a hoss shoe battle,
between Mr. Fleshman and his
grandson, which seems to be borne
out by the fact that the two pitched
the same number of ringers in the
qualifying test, both surprising.
Supposedly more able flippers in the
Old Line section of the tournament
tossed far fewer ringers.
When Grandpa said Iasi night the
agreement was: "No quarter." Levi
Fleshman, jr.. son of the Southern
Maryland champion, was serious.
Also he seemed a little nervous, but
willing to get on with things. The
rain had stopped.
Match in the Making.
One wondered what would happen
if Lee. jr.. were matched with Stella
Baranowski of Lincolnia. Va., who
will shoot for the women's metro
politan Washington championship.
Stella is 14. Throwing 30 feet,
women’s regulation distance, against
40. which Lee must pitch, she very
likely would win. according to those
who have seen Stella practicing for
the tournament. Harry Woodfield.
promotional director of the National
Capital Horseshoe Pitchers Associa
tion, kept score for Stella when she
banged on 50 ringers in 100 shoes—
from 30 feet. But Woodfield. in
boasting about the little Virginian,
daughter of Ed Baranowski, vice i
president of the association, said ;
"she can't do that very often."
This should be encouraging to
other fair pitchers who will compete
in The Star tournament next j
Thursday night. Stella may or may i
not be the whole shovv. Several
years ago the skirted pitchers com
peted for the metropolitan cham
pionship and a heralded out-of
towner w:ent nowhere and the crown
came to rest on the blond locks of j
Mrs. Mary Sales of Rogers Heights,
surely an iron-heaving community.
Mi s. Sales is undecided whether to
defend the title.
Males Fire Tonight.
The tiny Fleshman is a ringer
sensation. He's proved his mettle
in competition. Comely Stella
Baranowski still is to be tried under
fire but the prediction freely is being
marie she will be the whole juvenile
show after Grandpa Fleshman fin
ishes his exercise tonight#
Regardless of Stella, the skirted
flippers plan an interesting eve
ning. There are personal rivalries.
Also there is a second prize. Those
who desire to participate should re
port at the courts Thursday at
7 p.m.
The males will shoot tonight down
to the semifinals, which will be
played tomorrow’ night starting at
7. with the finals to follow imme
diately. The Washington. Southern
Maryland and Northern Virginia
titles will be at stake. Late sur
vivors of the sectional competition
will twirl next Monday and Tuesday
evenings for the Metropolitan Dis
trict crown, one of the most coveted
in the horseshoe world.
Tonight's pairings and court as
signments :
Virginia.
First squad—ill Pete Heflir vs H*nrl
G-iqn°r ("I Frank Felton vs Wallace
Schubert: <31 Elmer Swartz vs Fred Peer,
sr.. I4i Ed Baranowski vs. John Voahler. I
Second squad—Mi Frank Porter vs
Fred Peer. ir.: i'll Ed Henrv vs. Cecil
Pease. (Hi Hoot Dansberaer vs. Charles
Lynch. <41 Charles Howery vs. J, Smith.
Maryland.
First, squad — i.iI John Buckingham vs
Marvin Emerson, ifil Gus Brailer ss
Everett Clift. (Ti Bob Campbell vs Leonard
Burrell. i«) Levi Fleshman. jr., vs. Frank
Fleshman.
Second squad—(M Walter Ostroff vs.
Carleton Mullinix. (ill Joe Merryman vs
Peter Jutras. (Ti Levi Fleshman sr.. vs
Harold Clift; if* I Temple Jarrell vs. Lloyd
Mills.
Washington.
First squad—ifti Don Behnke vs Ed
Nash. <10i Roy Wilson vs. William Brown. :
1111 Bill Woodfield vs. Louis Barcarola. .
tl'.’i Francis Battiste vs. Bill Hartley
Second squad—(Hi Walter Halev vs !
Preston Smith lini Hal Rnnnina vs H
R Bond, till Irwin Carlbera vs. Jack
Mecklin. (I2l Clair Lacpy vs. Elvin Shank.
Fights Last Night
By thf Associated Press.
CHICAGO —Jimmy Bivins. ISA,
Cleveland, knocked our Jnhnnv Bar
bara. 15R. Chicago (Z): A1 Tibbetts, |
160. Danville. 111., and Settino Terra- ,
cina. 169. Italy, drew (5*.
COLUMBTJS. Ohio—Jack 'Buddy)
walker. 191. Columbus. outpointed
Johnny Whithers. ;2<>0. Pontiac. Mich. I
(r: >.
NEWARK. N. J—Eddie Blunt. Z14, !
Corona. N Y stopped Tony Musto,
19*. Chicago (10).
ST. PAUL.—Lee Savold. 191. Des
Moines. Iowa, stopped Domingo Valin.
1094- Oakland. Calif, CD.
PITTSBURGH.-r-Frit/ie Zivic. 1474,
Pbtsbureh. outpointed Kenny La Salle.
J51. Houston. Tex (10).
PAN FRANCISCO—Pat Valentino.
1 »6. San Francisco, stopped Jack Dal
las. 116. D°Has. Ter.
NEW YORK.—Petey Scalzo. i‘?S4,
New York, outpointed Gine*r Foran,
Liverpool. England <R).
ORLEANS.—Ervin Berber.
1364. New Orleans, outpointed Nick
Camarata. 1344. New Orleans (10).
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Salem 11: Harrisonbure. 4.
Lynchburg. 4—1. Staunton 3—6.
Willard Hershberger's 'No. 5'
Is Discontinued by Reds
Fs the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 6.—The Cin
cinnati Reds have retired playing
No. 5 in tribute to a grand little
guy and teammate who called life's
third strike on himself last Satur
day—Willard Hershberger.
“It’s probably the best thing we
could do,” explained General Man
ager Warren C. Giles, who said he
was ‘‘still in a daze'’ from the shock
of Hershberger's suicide in a Boston
hotel room. Giles said:
“No. 5 was Hershy’s, and there
lati t a man on the team who would
think of any one but Bill, regard
less of who might be wearing it.
Were shelving it at least for the
season.”
Other club sources, recalling ball
players’ superstitions, indicated the
number might be retired perma
nently.
Hershberger's body is due in
Visalia, Calif., a few miles from
Three Rivers, tomorrow. Prof.
Charles Chapman, a West Coast
scout, and Mickey Shader, manager
of the Tucson. Ariz., club, have been
instructed to represent the Reds
at funeral services, probably Thurs
day.
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PACING GOLF FIELD—Comparing cards after shooting identi
cal 73s to lead all rivals in the first day’s play of the Union
Printers’ International Golf Association tourney yesterday at
Beaver Dam are Charles Ficco (left), a public links performer,
and Joe Balestri, champion of the host club and favorite to
cop the event. —Star Staff Photo.
Get of Noted Sires
On Block Tonight
At Saratoga
Young, Labrot, Keene
Offer Total of 49
As Sale Resumes
By the Associated Press.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y
Aug. 6.—Saratoga's annual yearling
auctions, which be^an last Friday j
with the sale of 48 budding racers,
will be resumed tonight, with 49 head
due to go on the block.
These include three big consign
ments. those of Tollie Young's
Creekview Farm at Paris, Ky.;
Labrot <fc Co.'s Holly Beach Farm,
Annapolis, Md.. and of J. O Keene,
and there are a half dozen or more
smaller lots.
The youngsters represent some of
the best racing families. The sires
listed include Imp. Kantar and Imp :
Aethelstan 2nd. two fine French
bred stallions: Burgoo King, a Ken
tucky Derby winner: Gallant Sire,
winner of many important stakes: \
Jack High, who earned S130.280 dur- '
ing his racing career; Bold Venture.
Jean Valjean and American Flag.
Sales will be held nightly this week,
reaching a chmax Friday when the
popular offerings of A. B. Hancocks
Clairborne Stud go on the block.
G. W. U. to Start Grid
Drills Sept. 9
Bill Reinhart, chief of George
Washington University's football
coaching staff, headed West today
for three weeks of loafing and fish
ing before taking up the reins for
what shapes up as the toughest
grid campaign in the downtown
school s history.
Reinhart will return early in
September to get machinery in mo
tion for the Colonials’ start, Sep
tember 9. when problems of replace
ments and strategy will take on a
more ominous meaning. But in the
interval he'll forget football and
enjoy a well-earned vacation.
One Big Inning Enough
Disney, second baseman for
Springfield, collected two hits and
batted in two runs as his team 1
downed Arcade-Pontiac, 8-4. A
five-run rally in the second inning
got Springfield off to a good start.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.
Philadelphia at Washington, 3:15.
Tennis.
District men's tournament, Edge
moor Club, 3:30.
Goir.
Union Printers’ International
Golf Association tournament, Bea
ver Dam Club. 9.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Philadelphia at Washington, 3:15.
Tennis.
District men's tournanrentT Edge
moor Club, 3:30.
Golf.
Union Printers’ International
Golf Association tournament, Bea
ver Dam Club. 9.
THURSDAY.
Baseball.
Philadelphia at Washington, 3:15.
Tennis.
District men's tournament, Edge
moor Club, 3:30.
Golf.
Union Printers' International
Golf Association tournament, Bea
ver Dam Club. 9.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Boston at Washington. 3:15.
Tennis.
District mpn's tournament, Edge
moor Club. 3:30.
Two-Man Mat Teams
Feature Thursday
Show at Arena
Latest wrinkle to be unfolded by
Promoter Joe Turner for his week
ly rassling show is a team match,
which will go on Thursday evening
at the Arena.
Two two-man teams will square
off for a best two-falls-out-of-three
affair. On one side will be Tommy
O'Toole and Tommy Mahoney, both
former boxers, against Lou Plum
mer and Eddie Mewman. former pro
fessional football players. This team
match idea follows close on the
heels of the batatle royal shows
Turner used to needle rassling in
terest here.
O'Toole won one of the recent
battles, while Warren Bockwinkle.
winner of last week's battle, ap
pears in the headline match against
the Golden Terror, who also was a
“royalist" last week.
Bill and Pat Canning Present
Stellar Brother-Sister Act
On U. S. Tennis Stage
By th? Associated Press. j
RYE. N. Y., Aug. 6 —This is the j
year Bill Canning’s father decided
Bill was good enough to make a
tennis tour of the East, and backed
his decision with folding money.
It never would do for a father to
play favorites among his own chil
dren, and since Daughter Patricia
already had gone through the East
for two summers, there was nothing
for the senior Canning to do but
Shell out.
So. this sector has been treated
to the first brother-sister tennis
art since knows when. The closest
kinship the court gravbeards can re
call is the cousinly connection be
tween John Hope Doeg and Dorothy
May Bundy, and their tennis rela
tionship practically was that of total
strangers.
Sister More Experienced.
Although Pat is two years younger
than her 20-year-old brother, she
has a six-month edge in experience.
Bill says she was somewhat of a
j tomboy, and when she grew tired
I of playing baseball with the fellows
she took up tennis. A half-year
later she introduced Bill to her
coach and begged that he be taught
enough to enable him to beat some
of the fellows.
The coach was George Hudson,
who has tutored Frank Kovacs and
Bob Harman, among others. Hudson
imparted sufficient tennis savvy to
Bill and quicker than it would take
you to say Bobby Riggs, young
William wai beating such fellows as
Bob Peacock and bothering such
fellows as Elwood Cooke and George
Toley. It was then that his dad
said. “Go ahead, kid, here's your
allowance.”
Of course, bill hasn’t achieved the
prominence of Sister Pat, who is
ranked 11th nationally, but he
is one of the best liked of the newer
crop of Californians. Yesterday in
the Eastern grass court champion
ships he defeated Arthur Prochaska
of Hartford. Conn., w'hile Pat was
hanging a 6—2, 6—1 trimming on
Baba Madden of Jamaica Plains,
Mass.
Favorites All Advance.
Advancing along with the Can
nings were Bobby Riggs, Don Mc
Neill, Welby Van Horn and Gardnar
Mulloy in the men's tournament,
while among the women such fa
vorites as Alice Marble, Helen
Jacobs and Dodo Bundy won their
matches. Frank Parker is out in
the third round of the men's di
vision, with Miss Jacobs and Miss
Marble enjoying a similar status
in their tournament, together with
Helen Pedersen of Stamford, Conn.,
and Valerie Scott of England.
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Elizabeth Hicks' 78
Nets 2-Stroke Lead
In Western Derby
Mary Wall Is Nearest
To Californian Who
Set Mark Last Year
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—Elizabeth
Hicks, scrappy little Californian, Is
off to a running start in quest of
her second straight title in the
women’s Western Golf Derby, a 72
hole medal event over the West
moreland Country Club course.
Miss Hicks, a sports columnist on
her home town newspaper in Long
Beach, posted a 78, two over par,
yesterday in the first 18 holes of the
four-day tourney. She had a 38-40,
which gave her a two-stroke lead on
her nearest rival, Mary Agnes Wall
of Menominee, Mich.
Miss Hicks won the Western Derby
a year ago with a record-breaking
307, an average of slightly less than
77 strokes per 18 holes.
Ellamae Williams of Chicago and
Mrs. Dan Chandler of Dallas. Tex.,
tied for third spot with 82 strokes
apiece. Virginia Ingram and Mrs.
Charles Dennihy, both of Chicago,
had 83s and four others came in
with 84s—Beatrice Barrett, Min
neapolis; Eleanor Dudley and Mary
Wilder, Chicago, and Phyllis Otto,
Iowa amateur champion from At
lantic.
The surviving field of 80 golfers
completed the first 36 holes of the
event today and follow' up with
18 Wednesday and 18 Thursday.
Holmes Will Manage
Dodger Farm Team
At Grand Rapids
By the Associated Press
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Aug. 6 —
Howard (Duckvt Holmes, a member
of the Brooklyn Dodger organization
for many years, has been named
acting manager of the Grand Rapids
club of the Michigan State Baseball
League, a Brooklyn farm.
Holmes said he would remain in
charge of the team until the status
of Burleigh Grimes, former Brooklyn
manager, is settled. Baseball Com
missioner Kenesaw M. Land’s has
called a meeting Thursday of Michi
gan State League club heads in Chi
cago to air the suspension of Grimes
as Grand Raoids manager following
a dispute with an umpire.
.Judge William Bramham. presi
dent of the National Association of
Minor Leagues ordered Grimes sus
pended for an indefinite period. The
umpire since has been fired by the
Michigan League, which asked fur
ther consideration of Grimes' case.
TEXAS I.EAGl'E.
Tulst. rt: Houston. 2
Fan Antonio 2; Dalias, 0 (10 inmnes). .
r»’. ** samr*
Ficco, Balestri Top District's
Formidable Group Seeking
Printcraft Golfing Title
By WALTER McCALLUM.
By nightfall today 13 printer
golfers will qualify themselves for
the championship flight and con
tinuance in the chase for the crown
of top golfer of the Union Printcraft
International Golf Association. Of
these nearly half are sure to be
Washingtonians.
Lest there be a pronounced home
town tinge to any yarn about the
tourney of the union printers at
Beaver Dam, in its second round
phase today, we hasten to relate
that two printing tradesmen from
the Capital are at the top of the list
today, there by reason of their skill
and not by twisting the home-town
angle.
They are dark-skinned Charlie
Ficco, a compositor on The Star,
! who works at night and by day—
when time permits—keeps his golf
swing in gear at East Potomac Park.
Carrying the dark-skinned motif
further, swarthy Joe Balestri, Beaver
Dam champion, and tournament
favorite, is bracketed at the top
with Ficco. Both scored 73 over
the par 71 course in the opening
I round of the printers’ tourney yes
j terdav. Normally Beaver Dam is a
| par 72 course, but for this tourney
i they've shortened the twelfth hole,
i making it a lengthy par 4 affair
I instead of a 5.
j Today, with the field of 127 start
! ers back in harness for another
superheated round—the second of
| the 72-hole tourney—the 13 low men
for 36 holes will be placed in a
separate division to play the re
mainder of the distance tomorrow
and Thursday for the title. Balestri,
Ficco, Edgar Merkle. Columbia
champ: G. Fred Stringer and E. B.
■'Chick” Heimer, are sure to be
among the low 13 who will qualify
to compete for the title.
Ficco Late Entrant.
Charlie Ficco has been a good
golfer for years. But up to a few
hours before starting time he hadn't
entered the tourney, and few people
gave the good-looking youngster a
j tumble. They sent him out in a
foursome with Balestri, and where
Joe was taking 41 to turn. Charlie
rounded the first nine in 38.
That gave Joe an idea. ‘'They
ran t do that to me.” said the Beaver
i Dam champ, and proceeded to burn
| up the back nine. He played it in
32 strokes, bagging two birdies, and
j never going over par. while Ficco
j stuck around par for a 35. That put
them in a tie for the top spot.
Eddie Rack, champion in 1938 and
| 1939. can t be counted out of the
I tourney. Eddie shot a 77 yesterday,
and was only four shots back with
! three rounds to go. The McKees
j port. Pa , entrant is a good golfer,
and may repeat. He won last year
at. Cincinnati with a score of 301, a
shot ahead of the 302 with which
Balestri won the Allied Trades cham
pionship. Merkle opened with 79:
Stringer had 78, and Heimer had 80
Today the feminine golfers—wives
of the printers—were to start play
for their title, won last year by Mrs.
Clarence E. Purdy. They were to
play in two separate tourneys, at
18 and 9 holes, and Mrs. Purdy, one
of Beaver Dam's best women golfers,
is a favorite to repeat.
International officers of the
printers’ group remain the same as
last year. Re-elected at the annual
meeting were the following: Harold
W. Hough. Baltimore, president:
Edgar A. Merkle, Washington, first
vice president; Harry N. Heskamp,
Cincinnati, second vice president;
Walter Faulhauber, Pittsburgh, third
vice president; Ezra B. Kraft,
Detroit, secretary-treasurer.
Bob Barnett, Chevy Chase pro.
wili Join Beaver Dam pro A1 Hough
ton in an attempt to lift the Cana
dian open golf championship. Bob
and A1 will leave Washington Mon
day for Toronto, where the title
tourney will be played, starting Au
gust 15.
Brandon Wins Junior Crown.
Tom O. Brandon, jr., 16-year-old
son of Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. T. O.
Brandon, is the new junior links
champion of the Washington Golf
and Country dub. Tom won the
title yesterday, playing the Wash
ington course in 81 strokes. Second
was R. D. Young, jr.
A few' of Washington’s star ama
teurs and a smattering of pros will
move over to the Five Farms course
of the Baltimore Country Club to
morrow for a sweepstakes, pro-ama
teur, and handicap tournament to
be staged by the Maryland State
Golf Association.
Among the pros much of the con
versation about future tournaments
centers around the Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. championship. Bobby
Cruickshank wants it for his James
River course of the Country Club of
Virginia, and has started negotia
tions wiih Sid Banks of Old Point
Comfort looking toward a donation
of $500 by Sid for the affair sched
uled at Old Point last April. The
pros themselves—or most of them
—would like to see it go to Rich
mond. But nothing has been done
about it yet.
“I think it will be announced in
Richmond.” said Prexv Ralph Beach
of the Middle Atlantic P. G. A. But
the pros want something done about
it and that soon.
They are yearning for some
tournaments bigger than the ones
in which thev play for their own
entry fees. The national P. G. A.
sectional rounds are over, the Glens
Falls affair, usually an early Sep
tember fixture, is off for this year,
and all in all there aren't any big
events scheduled close to Washing
ton for quite a while.
The only affair listed is the Lan
caster. Pa„ pro-amateur, scheduled
for August 19. “Please tell the Wash
ington gang we want them to come
up,” pleads Lancaster Pro Arthur j
B. Thorn. 1
Title Event Too Far
Away for D. C.
Linkswomen
Mrs. Davy Is Only One
Here to Plan Possible
Trip to California
With the feminine national cham
pionship due to be played this year
at Pebble Beach, Del Monte, Calif.,
you can’t find much enthusiasm
among the woman golfers around
Washington for the tourney. In
fact, only one woman golfer here has •
had her handicap cleared for the
affair. This is Mrs. Myron Davy of
Congressional, wife of the president
of that club, who is one of the best
of the Capital’s fair sex golfers.
A trip of 6 000 miles to play in a
tournament where the local entries
are outclassed before they start
leaves most of them cold. Such a
trip. too. would cost several hun
dred dollars.
Entries for players whose handi
caps have not been cleared by the
sectional golf associations will close
August 30. For those whose handi
caps have been cleared entries will
close September 6.
The championship will be plaved
September 23-28, and for the second
time in half a dozen years there
won't be any Patty Berg around.
Red-headed Patty has turned pro.
A good many of the top linkswomen
of the land would like to get the
$7,500 a year Patty is getting for
boosting golfing equipment.
It will be a queer tourney. Patty
Berg. Helen Dettweiler, Helen
Hicks. Mrs. Opal Hill. Babe Did
rickson and a few other of the top
feminine golfers will be on the side
lines. Probably one of them could
win it if allowed to play. But at the
same time these stars have only one
big affair. This is the woman's West
ern Open, won in June by Baba
Didrickscn.
The time surely must come when
open tournaments will be staged In
profusion for the feminine golfers.
20 Years Ago
In The Star
St. Louis beat Washington,
2 to 1, in 10 innings to take
fourth place from the losers.
Urban Shocker, despite a bench
riding by Clark Griffith, held the
Nats to five scattered hits. Harry
Courtney was to hurl today.
Fred McLeod. Washington pro,
withdrew as Jock Hutchison won
the Western open at Toledo with
a 296. Jim Barnes was tied for
second place with Harry Hamp
ton and C. W. Hackney, all of
whom had a 297.
C. B. Grier, Canadian amateur
golf champion, will play in the
American amateur at Roslyn, N.
Y.. next month.
Watson Washburn and Willis
Davis will play for the men's
singles title at the Sea Bright
tennis tournament.
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