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i '. i ;ii,ii h'.'! ,v;;li. ,V' . Tuesday, December 1, 1931 IT '..-..v Page Two LA GRANDE EVENINQ OBERWRriA GRANDE, ORE. TOMORROW .A AT 10:00 A. M. Be Here For the Final Sale of the Big Stocks of CONNER'S & PUTMAN'S Department Store Ready-lo-Wear Now is the time to buy all your everyday needs and Christmas gifts at savings of 30 to 60. Prices Slashed -- Everything Goes! TROJANS READY FOR HUSKY TILT Southern California Will Be At Full Strength Saturday, Authorities Report LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1 tP The Trojans of the University of South- era California will be at' full strength - when they meet the University of . Washington football team In the Olympla stadium Saturday. This was the announcement from the Trojan ' Institution today despite the fact that Captain Stan Williamson and i Raymond Brown did not report for practlco last night. Wfll.'amson spent the night In & local hospital recovering from the effects or an Injection of tetanus anti-toxin administered alter the Notro Dame game to prevent his in jured hand from becoming infected. He was expected to be able to rejoin his teammates today. Brown Is suffering from a boll on his Jaw and saw yesterday's practice from the side lines. He was expected, however, to -be In shape for the game Saturday. ' . VTAH NKAKINO OltKOON PORTLAND, Dec. 1 Uf) Two spe cial trains carrying the faithful fol lowers of the University of Utah's championship football team will reach Portland Friday, lending assur- j once that the Rocky Mountain con-, rerence leaders will have strong sup-' port in the grandstands when the Utes meet Oregon State college here In the Dec. fi benefit game for the unemployed. i ; The Utah team win reach Portland ! .at 7:30 a. m. Friday, led by the vcr- j sat lie Ike Armstrong, head coach.! - From" Corvallis comes word that' the Oregon Staters are In the midst ; of as serious a training nerlod as they ever had. Paul Schisnler, coach,; returned from scouting the Utah Utah Aggies game and he rated the 1 Utes as one of the best teams ho ever saw. j All O. S. C. men arc In good shape. although Joel In, Injured In the Wash ington game, will not be used. George Gibson To Manage Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 lV George G 1 bson , of Toron to, yes terd ay was named manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Gibson, former manager of the Pittsburgh National league club, succeeds Jewel Ens. Albie Booth Must. Enter Sanatorium NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec. 1 (,r Albie Booth, dynamic and versatile Yale football leader, is going to a sanatorium for a period of rest with ALastiri V , 4 AITldb Gift &w.m.x i yiiiiirnniiin! Aladdin kimimsi Mantle lamp NOTHING wilt add mora to Iho ehter and hoppinen of lh oil lighted horns than on Aladdin. Il brings an abundance of 0fl, cheery lummir lunihins every night (he year around, limply, safely ond without rrouble or annoyance. Burns for fifty hours on a single gat Ion of common kerosene the most economical whife light known, lights instantly with a match. It ts iruly the light without a singlo fault. You will be utterly aitoniih?d or the magic In this "wonder light." You who live in tho city ond have the benoflt of city light fhink what O wonderful gift an Aladdin would be for (he folks "buck home"on the form. Aladdlns are avail able tn all modem ttylti and Bnithfi ad nay be towio ped with nodern hand decorated rAladdin fart and) pgrchawnt liadit. Come and 1th speet thrn, IV. II. Bohnenkamp Company I i '1 IO? iiinnniff 3 his brilliant career as one of Yale's greatest all-around athletes unfin ished. Making its first official an nouncement on the condition of the little three-sport star since he was taken to the college Infirmary last week, the university's health depart ment today described Booth's illness as "pleurisy with effusion." "It seems wise to treat him con servatively," the department an nounced, "and within a short time ho will go to the Gayiord farm sani torlum In Walltngford, Conn., for a period of rest." Tho statement added there was no evidence of any trouble with Booth's lungs. 3 Teams Divide Big Ten Title As Purdue Wins CHICAGO. Dec. 1 (F The Big Ten's most fantastic football season in history; charity has benefitted by (154,000; Northwestern shares the championship with Michigan- and Purdue and the arguments over the whole thing probably will continue until a new season rolls around. Tho most stunning upset of the ovcrlong campaign was saved until the final day last Saturday when Purduo toppled Northwestern from Its high place, 7 to 0, on historic Soldier field, to ruin an unmarred record, and give Michigan a chance to cut in. Purdue gained a tie with tho Wildcats for the top position by its triumph, while Michigan de clared Itself In by administering a 10 to 0 beating to Wisconsin at Ann Arbor. Ohio State failed to grab a share of the title by losing to Minnesota's-Gophers. 10 to 7, in another upset. Out at Northwestern, where a week ago they were dreaming of a na tional championship claim, there were no alibis today. Coach Dick Hanley said the better team had won Saturday. The defeat Just about emJltnated Northwestern as a pos sibility for the Rose Bowl game at Los Angeles New Year's day. It was the first time in western conference gridiron history that thrco teams had divided tho title. ANVIL CHORUS RESOUNDS NOW AT PRINCETON I PRINCETON, N. J.. Dec. 1 (J) -S Princeton's disastrous football season a win over Amherst and then seven straight defeats lias led to a de mand by the Daily Princetonian. un dergraduate news dally, for a sweep ing revision of the coaching system. In an editorial, the paper blamed the Princeton board ot athletic con trol and the alumni football com mittee primarily for "Princeton's ridiculous showing." "Coach (Al) Wtttmer merely ac cepted the post offered and strove to .overcome handicaps, the paper said. "But he is said to have been given autonomy in the choice of asslstants and is therefore to blame for some of the 'dead wood at present serv ing on the staff. "Speaking frankly, it seems inevit able and wte thai the present out moded coaching system be sweep ingly reorganired with a general re vision of personnel.' KILLS . WITH ItOCK ,; DOL'CHETTE. Que. Dec. 1 i,Y Justirn Gannon U a pootl shot with a rotk. When a brown bear burred the road Just. en descended from his cur. he choso a stone and played David. Then he load- ed the bear into his car and took it along to silence skep- tics. l'rrrriT lood I'or Summer HOUSTON. Tex. (r The rural custom of canning t(ods in the sum mer months against im coming win ter has been reversed by &H home demonstration club women In Kle burg county. Texas. They preserve produce for eating In tho hot mouths when gardens will not supply all arlctlos cf vccciables. Nights Lowers Vitality If vn f..i it.?, i ,..... i GvttfliK I NiijlH.'. Jl:.Vu;.. h- L.'-' J'jilii!, Stiffness. N-rvoujnt-r t'trci-i. I uiut.T 1 :. lli-nd'iehvs, Iiarnin,; ani l:iad!T VA"c;tltn'.i?, c itis. J hv Kit!- i S'y Acidity, I tv;mt you t.i quit .f. fi-rlnjr lU-fit now. Ctmie In vnd iivt "tt'hat I think la the greatest rw J-l-'ine I lmv. ever fmin-1. It of.;-civ- Mtr Improvement In h,-.Uj f i Jtint n.-k me for typtx iShim-it Jt i only 7 :c and 1 KUrtmtito.t it , quickly cnnil,tt thse totJ.iU uri cr l fiify rnrnpht1y, ur ntiir-i r-vi'--p.-nk;(re and Kt your moiuy t.ick. Red Crass Drug Store. Adv. ' - T. A-Al! EH It Bierman, Coach Of Tulane's Great Grid Team, Keeps Cool, Win Or Lose And Losses Are Few ite - ''A Uses menna ccpu:ns ?f - - .-i. V : Here Is Coach IWrnle Hlennnii. head With the power behind the great By T. S. Adams NEW ORLEANS (P) Behind every great mechanism there Is a presiding genius. In the case of Tulane university's football machine, it Is Bernard Wil liam Blcrman. head coach, known as the man.who never lost his temper, never raised his voice, never shed & teat and never begged his players to go out and die for e'enr old Siwasa. Ecme 40.000 persons yelled their heads off nnd grew hoarse with ex citement the other day as Tulane dashed over Georgia, 20-7. in a bid for sectional and national honors, but there was at least one man at Athens who gave every appearance of outward calm. It was Bcrnic Bierman. Stocky and broad, of medium height, car rying a very square Jaw on a good natured face under prematurely grey ing hair, he sat on the Tulane bench In a conservative' business suit, giv ing a silent demonstration of his ba sic football tenet collcctedness. Thought Ilocs It Ho was not excltod, because he decs not believe In getting excited. Football games arc not won that way. ho says: They arc won calmly, with a lot of thinking a long time in ad vance. It Is a common misconception hereabouts that Fullback Felts, plunging viciously otf-tackle. Jerry Dairy mple. smashing In to break up tho opposition strategy. Don Zim merman sweeping the the ends on Contract Bridge j Forcing Auction j To The Sidelines1 j ity William It. Spear ; (Aiisoclated Press Stall Writer) j PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 tP) Ac cording to the program they're play- ! inf auction bridge the first two days of the national championship tour- ; nament this week. So s irons hold has contract taken on the addicts of the card table, however, that the bidding and the play in these events smacks strongly on the newer game. George Relth and Mrs. Robert Pul ler, of New York, won the national championship of mixed pairs at auc tion last night but the contract in fluence tinged even their game. The new champions said they preferred controct. William E. McKlnney, of Cleveland, ; secretary of tho American Bridge league, which is sponsoring the tour nament, went so far as to predict that the auction championships will be dropped after thfs year. Auction Losing Out "Auction Is fast dying out for tour nament play." he said. "Two years a?o contract took up only one day of the week's program. Last year two days were given to contract, and this year we find auction slipping practically out of the tournament, j I really doubt if auction will be cen j cn the program next year." j The remaining auction champion- i ships were played today, leaving the.j way clear for the contract competl- ! Hons starting tomorrow and lasting j until Saturday. The events today were for men's and women's palrn j and teams of four, played slmultane- j oucly. j Following are the defending cham- j plena: i Women's pair: Mrs. Carl T. Rob-j rrts and Mrs. Anno Rosenfcld of i "ieveland; women's team: Mrs. E. j r. SttwhiU. Mrs. C. W. Nnkes. Mrs. ! Hoboru-on and Mrs. George H. Schry- vr. all of Cleveland; men's pair: U. ' R. Richards and F. S. Eaton of De- ! trott; men's team: Carl T, Robert-, son. Avarice Miischke, John H. Law i and V. r. Holand, nil of Cleveland. This Game of Golf 4444444 Ity O. n. tfreler I.Arold Farrlngton. Pacific coast golf writer, in some Interesting note recently set out a score which, he said, was illustrative of "how dumb ! the word par." v Hi cited a round by Archie Clark at the Congressional clUb. Washing ton, in which Clark, who is ftMistant to. Sandy Armour, brother of Tom my, negotiated the Inward section of the Journey in par 36 without s sir. trie hole In par. Tha rar read: Par fin) G35 344 344 3fl Clark , 4J4 203 93346 v ft L ?&i to keep team cool m football roach at Tulane university. In Green Wcvo Is M rs Ilknnau and their legs like steel springs, represent the j last word In players "keyed" to ' spectacular accomplishment. It isn't so. In all the victories ; won in the Southern conference dur- j Ing .he last three years Tulane has j gone out on the field without any ; pre-game verbal fire-eating. Sense of Humor .strong . "I'd probably break down and ! l.iugh at myself In the middle of one of those impassioned dressing room , speeches I hear about," Bierman sai(?. That's Bierman, director of one I of the finest elevens ever developed j in tho south, a team with several j outstanding all-America candidates ! this year and one headed for a pes- sible bid to play in the Rose Bowl New Year's day. He has a sense of humor behind that slow, quiet smile. Calm, low- voiced, self-possessed, friendly, "he has : a knacfc of passing on his attitude : to those about him. More, than a j score major opponents of-Tulane j have lound out sadly for themselves ; In recent years that they were facing not 11 frenzied players, but 11 canny; men with all their wits about them. The .Marine Crops Out Early this year, before the )mpor- ; tant encounter . with Vauc erbilt's : Commodores, something of the ex-' cltemnt cf the approaching conflict j seeped into the dressing room. The; Tulane squad was cn edge. Ey-er. snapped, n fey men pnceajy floor nervously, uiiaoic to sianii ieo strain ijoiusy's r.Hi.K?ss rut This recalled to ms a round' I once played with Bobby Jones at the Druid Hills Golf club In Atlanta, which seems all the funnier because Bobby for years has carried the rep utation of playing more holes In par ii a given stretch of golf than any body else. Not so many birdies, you knew, but not bo many buzzards, either. In this round. Bobby played the first 1 1 holes In an aggregate of exactly par. and his first hole in par enme at the twelfth. This way: Par (out) 444 344 -43535 Bobby 535 435 424 35 Par (in) 444 Bobby 534 He was still even with Old Man Par at the 12th. and, as I recall it. spun out the rest of the card In par figures. Commenting on Clark's odd per formance, Mr. Farrington says: "He was two over par on one hole and six over on another, of 140 yards, ond still he was par going out. Wouldn't you like to know how he got a 36 Instead of reading. "He was par coming home, a 36? If it Is possible to score par without getting a par. isn't the difference between medal and match play as obvious as tho difference between pool and billiards, especially In tournament competition?" He adds, senMbly. that In the easl there la a definite movement for "all hit;h grade periodicals In their writ ings about golf to cut out the stupid to-called color, tell how o player got his 3 or his 4. and quit duck hunt ing fcr birdies and eagles." COLOR? It has seemed to me for some years that there has been a good deal of straining for this so-called color by many golf writers. Golf is essentially a game of leis urely movement. I never seem to ft used tc the brlcht young scribes who assert, colorfully, that So-and-Go dashed b round the course in 68. or perhaps galloped, o- maybe blis tered the poor old layout, when everybody realizes or would realize on reflection, that So-and-So used up three hours in his carefully com piled 66. He very likely for such is be coming the modern habit looked over many putts from both ends and the midiile and 1 ever was guilty of one single rapid action a.Miie from the downward stroke on the 30 or 35 bti; snots he employed la ihe round. Incidentally. Clark's remarkable card illustrates beautifully how two players may be level la medal play and far apart In a match. In this rase. OTd Man Par. with a perfect 35. was Just 5 down In the nine holes, with an adversary v. ho also did a par 38. TOIIOC.WMMJ 11)11 STl lFNTft MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. A part of It plans for winter sports the intra muni department of the University of Minnesota will plsce skiis nnd to txxvnns at the k;vU of Mmlents and t.icuUy members. . an Informal pose with his family. two sons, William, 8, and James, 5. of waiting, someone cried: "Let's go." and flung open the gym door to re- letaso a flood of green-shlrtcd players in a dash for the field. Halt ! It was Bierman s com mand, a flareback from his days as a marine captain. "Come back here When the squad was back la the dressing room, the coach sale";: "You walk out on that field. Do your warming up when you get out there. Calm dewn, now. Keep your brains quiet. Your legs will take cere of themselves." And Tulane walked out, to a 19-0 victory. Hulls From Minnesota Bierman wa3 be rn of pioneer Ger man stock cn a farm in Minnesota, March 11, 1894. He got his first taste of football In high school, nnd by the time he was a sophomore at Minnesota In 1013 he had an ambi tion, to take four 'Ms" in one year football, basketball, track and baseball. He came to Tulane as assistant to Clark Shaughnessy in 1923. In 1025 he went to Mississippi A and M as head coach, returning to Tulane in 1927 when Shaughnessy went to Loy ola. Since 1928 Tulane has not lost a gome in the Southern conference. It tied 0-0 with Louisiana State and dropped one non-conference tilt to Northwestern in 1930. Bierman became hcod coach of football at Montana in 1921 and married Miss Clara Louise Mac- Ken?ie. They have f'6 sons.' Wrestling (Hy The Associated Press) Camden. N. J. Gus Son nen berg. Boston, defeated Jack Ganson, Cleve land, one fall f Ganson unable to re- turn for second); Karl Pojello, Chi cago, threw Ivan Vakturoff. Russia. ! 29:58; George Zaranyoff, Russia, j threw Louis Allaire, France. 25:34. : I Scran ton. Pa. Ray Steele, 219.' i Glcndale. Cal.. Al Vlewicz, 213. Scran- ton. 35:03; DJck Davlscourt, 225. j California, threw John Maxas, 210, j Greece. 23:17; Paul Jones. 208, Tcx I as. drew with George Kotsonoras, 199, Hollywood, 30:00. Kansas City Police stopped a match between Abe Coleman, Los An geles and Everett Marshall, La Junta, Colo., because of roughness outside I the ring. - Marshall, 210, and Cole man. 205. had each won a fall when the match was declared no contest. Daula. 240, India, threw "Mutt" Davis, 228, Wichita, Kan., in 5:02; K. C. Bauman, 224. Sallna, Kan., in 4:04 and Lloyd Carter. 224, St. Louis, in j a special prelim exhibition. Jack ! Russell, 230. Boise. Idaho, drew with I Damn Ostopavlch, 225, Vllna, Llthu j onia, 45:00: Tony Marconi, 175, New York, and Red Berry, 175, Pittsburg. 1 Knn.. drew In 15:00. ICE Ill.l'K SATIX IX I .IVOR KOU EVENING BIARRITZ fP Mme. Jacques Helm, wlfo of the Parisian couturier. Is among smart women who are spon soring ice blue as one of the sea- . son's smartest colors. At a recent pnrty which she and her husband gavo here. Mme. Helm wore a gown of Ice bio satin w'ith a three-quarter evening wrap of pale blue velvet col lared In blue fox. roiNTKSS ENDORSES HOSTESS (iOWNS PARIS ( The Comtesse Cos tantint is among smart Parisians who aro sponsoring the vogue for hostess gowns. Included in her fall ward robe Is a hostess gown of bright red "repe de chine designed by Worth. It is fashioned with full flowing sleeves and a wide twisted belt of green and wine purple crepe de chine. I Sport Slants I Hy Alan J. Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) The three-cornered switch in foot ball coaches a short time ago. In volving Minnesota, the University of Oregon and Holy Cross has' turned cut pretty well for nil concerned. It would be difficult to pick any three places more widely separated in their spheres of Interest and ac tion but they have a common satis faction in the turnover that shifted Clarence (Pat) fapears from. Minne sota to Oregon. Capt. Jock McEwan from Oregon to Holy Cross, and Fritz Crlsler into the head coaching berth at Minnesota, by way of Chicago. Minnesota came through with un-expc-teil strength this year, trounc ing Iowa and Wisconsin and giving The powerful Pittsburgh Pan thers, defeated this season only by Notre Dame, after a hard struggle, shape up as one of the stand-out teams of the country. In this, the last of a series of football articles written by out standing coaches themselves. Dr. Main "Jock" Sutherland. Pitts burgh mentor, explains the for mations the Panthers use in their great running and passing attack. Bv Dr. John Bain "Jock" Sutherland (Head Football Coach. University of Pittsburgh) PITTSBURGH J" Two primary formations are used by University of Pittsburgh football teams. The one is the punt, or "A" formation and the other is the regular or a ior- matlon. Both have on unbalanced line. Formation "B" was first used In 1921 by my Lafayette team agalnsf Lehigh. This was the final game of tho season. Up until then no rec ognized double wingback formation had been used. This was the first time this now Ccjcl 'JOCK. SUTHERLAND j.-Tf. j WARREN r ' if 1 1 vfl fi si A mh S l ft fotion Ir. John imlu "Jock" Sutherland, Pltfehurgli coacli, and Warren Heller, IM nt her buckrield star, are shown above.- Sketches show In detail the Panthers' offensive formations. " . I Jones overheard a remark that no tho great Northwestern eleven a sen- man. Feeling his own responsibility, J omJ nod cvcr played historic St. An satlonal game. Oregon, upset by the ho quickly became over-anxious and drcws without taking at least one i loss of a star back and then by cost peprgta several penalties through , five." related Oulmet. "To have the J Southern California, retrieved a flock of prestige by handing New York university its first defeat of the season, 3100 miles from the home cf the Webfeet at jgugene. Hciy Cross yielded to Harvard and Dartmouth py a Bingle touchdown, but tied Fordhom and romped over Rutzers and Brown In the course of a very impressive campaign. McEwan's coaching methods have gained him enthusiastic support at Worcester. His talented assets have Included a great quarterback in Phil O'Connell and what one writer de scribes as a pair of grand opera twins on the wings, Jim Cavalier! and Tony Coluccl. McEwan says he never 'thinks of his star ends without feeling like humming a few bars of the opera "Cavallerla Rustlcana." As a working combination on the flanks, Coluccl and Cavallerl rank close to the great, Tulane pair, Dal rymple and Haynes, the barehead boys of Dixie. H.YKPOON TUB 'CATFISH' Speaking of ends, and even if we are a trifle late in stressing the ob vious fact, Georgia's Catfish Smith was "ganged" to such an extent In the Tulane game that it Is doubtful if even a Hinkcv or a Muller would have been ablj to survive a pound- "Sometimes the going Is good Ing such as he absorbed and do his nnt sometimes it Isn't. A fellow stuf;, who figures to be Just an old man The most conspicuous tribute to will go out there the way Charley Smith s ability was the fact that the I White did the other day and, by Greenles shot in two and often three.' golly, he won't miss a putt. Or any men to keep the Catns'n out of the j shot, for that matter. Judgment, play. Deliberately, it appeared, the ; timing, a steady hand and a good Georgia star was steam-rollered at eye. the outset. "And then you will take a strong The psychology was. of course, well young fellow, who ought to be sup conceived. The ballyhoo was strong pie and swing easily and what will for the Catfish. He was the morked ho do? I'll tell you. If you don't Some of Football's Ups and Downs '.v.. , . The problem was to find Mr. OKeefe. But Mr. O'Keefe, of Provi dence university's football team, had vinlshed into the air literally when Catholic university tacklers dived for him in their game at Washington, as this remarkable photo shows. Imagine how that one trickier must have felt when his outstretched arm closet! cm nothing! common typo of formation was used, although there had been several va riations of the single wingback for mation used. Some coaches In the east had used what In some cases might be recognized as a double wingback formation. In this Instance, however, the for mation was really used for the first time in that the Lafayette formation against Lehigh had set double wing backs, j Prom' :thls original formation, which I call my "B" formation, there was oossible double' passes from both sides of the line and Seep triple . passes also were used. It readily developed Into a better punting and passing formation than any so-called and recognized forma tion used In eastern football up to that time. Fake spinners likewise were developed from this formation with a lot of line Interference. The Dunt formation. "A," Is more cf a BDread than anything else used j for nuntins today. It really Is , Pop" Warner's eld regular formation with two backs stationed farther out. i I KtGLR.AH FORMATION B mr. eagerness, to creak tnrqugn tne : barriers closing around him. As Edwin Camp of the Atlanta Journal writes me: "I have no illu- slons about Smith as an end. -He is iitiu xmue num. hk btiine uui often. Still, he Is the greatest com- petitive athlete I have ever seen on ; a football field 'IIREATHKItS' PRO AM) CON The . gridiron campaign has pro duced arguments for and againBt the "breather" schedules of major teams. While Georgia was tackling the tough ones, north and south, Tulane developed its strength with intervals of comparative relaxation and con - seouently was in prime condition to upset the Bulldogs. Cornell used similar tactics but appeared short of experience against Dartmouth, which beat the Ithacans after successive hard games against Yale and Harvard. Commissioner Land is and I sat In a hotel room overlooking some of Manhattan's mid -town roofs. We talked about baseball and the de pression. "Now I'll tell you." said the Judge. I ve played this game for 3o years ! nnd 1 can,t gure it out. I realize what you ore doing yourself. I He will slice all over the premises." 'IIUTV IUKKBAI.L Did the Judge think baseball hndi survived conditions pretty well, 7 considering the circumstances of both 1931 pennant races being all over early In Sepember? 1 ; "Now, take this example," he went on. "I've seen a good deal of this thing. About two years ago I finally got . It under control, i grasped It, If you know what i mean. I broke 90 three times in succes sion. I stayed awake for a time the night after I scored an 86. "Yes, it was all quite simple. I didn't know Just why, but at last, alter more than 30 years, I had caught the main Idea.' I could hard ly wait to get out thero again. I didn't wait until a Saturday or Sun day. No, I was right out on the Ilrst tea eariy th0 next day. I 'took exactly 110 shots at the ball for 18 holes." Was there prospect of any gen eral retrenchment for 1932 or would e.panslon be the program? I'm certain of one thing," the white-haired chieftain of baseball went on. I can stop slicing by f keeping my head down anu my eyes on the spot from where I hit the ball: I mean, keeping on looking at that spot for a second or two after completing the shot. "I will go so far as to say, sir, I cannot slice at all If I do that. Yet In my early days I was as consistent a sliter as anyonp I ever saw. My ball would hit the ground and finish up Its Journey by traveling at HghV' angles to tho proper line of flight.'' XKW 11AI.L?.. NOW AIIOLT . , There was still an unsettled mat ter. Did the Judge have any state ment to make about the new ball. "The only time I ever seriously sought out a professional for sound gclf advice was when I met Walter Hagen one winter In Florida. He Invited me to play a round with him. Throughout the 18 holes he made no comment on my game. It was Just a game of golf for both ot , us. "Afterward he said to me: 'There ' are some things about your golf that aro too atrocious to mention.. But there Is nothing I can do for you. You have played too long to try any new styles. " 'No professional- can help you beyond few minor pointH and you will enjoy the game no more be cause cf any instruction. Go right ahead and don't pay any attention to other advice these fellows will try to hand you.' " Francle Oulmet, at a luncheon In New York In honor of the new na tional amateur golf champion and tho national women's titleholder, Helen Hicks, entertained his listen ers with a story illustrating what Francis described as the "supreme concentration" of Bobby Jones. Tho tale is linked with Jones' vic tory over Roger Wethered in the final for tho 1930 British amateur championship. "On tho first tee of that match ..background,- you - must, realize ..that j tnls old course has several toxtK ; par Iivo holes, only two really short ; holes and all the rest par fours, many 01- them very stiff. , "Well, I didn t give another tnougnb to tho remark, myself. Jones con tinued to play brilliantly. His card showed nothing but threes and fouro until he came to the tough 17th hole, the famous road hole. "There, his second shot, a spoon, started nerfectlv for the pin, but; ; developed a alight tail and hopped into a bunker. , Bobby flicked out : an almost perfect shot. It hit the top of the sloping green, stopped 1 momentarily and then rolled slowly ! toward tho cup. I thought for a moment it was going in, but it stopped two feet away. "Wethered was dead for his four, but Bobby then hit his easy putt somewhat carelessly and It failed to drop, forcing him to take a five. He won the lUth to become five up ot tho halfway mark, then turned and asked me to come up to his hotel , room. ) "When I got there Bobby locked ' the door, much to my surprise, and then with some show of temper bounced four or five balls around tho room. Somewhat alarmed, I asked: 'Bob, what's the matter? You're five up, in a fine position and playing fine golf. Certainly you aren't worrying about the match, aro you?' ."Ignoring that, he said: 'Why just imagine, there I was with a chance to be the first player to make that course without a single five on my card, and then I missed that &U1) putt for a four on the 17th.' "Hero was a man playing for tho highest honors and his chief thought most of the way was not concerning his opponent, but about his contest with the course. I have never seen such supreme concentration." GOLF ItKCKIPTS OFF Revenue for the United States Golf association from its national tourna ments fell off almost 50 per cent this year. Tho "cut" for the association in receipts from the open, amateur and women's championships was approx imately $30,000 for 1931 as compared with $53,000 the year before. Despite the double playoff, the national open at Toledo grossed only about $25,000, the national amateur at Beverly (32,000 and the national women's at Buffalo $6000. Admis sion prices were cut to $1 at Toledo for the final day of the Von Elm Burke endurance test, but even this measure failed to produce very prof itable effect. WALKKrVi p STAYS IN" CASK With tho Walker cup matches against Britain definitely off for 1932, the U. S. O. A. will be saved at least one btg item, of expense. Even with the matches scheduled in this country, it requires a substan tial outlay to pay the team's ex penses. It costs around. $15,000 to send a Walker cup team abroad, which, ex plains why England manifested no enthusiasm for continuing this bi ennial rivalry for the time being. Old John Bull trying desperately to. balance his budget would loo with duravor a: so etpvnMTe a-golf-inu Junket. ,
