TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. - PORTLAND. 3IAY S3. 1930
SCHOLASTIC
STARS TO COMPETE
Junior Champions Ready to
Defend Titles.
FLAYERS NOW IN FORM
Excellent Entry List Expected
When Call Is Made for
Jane Tourney.
Tennis players of " the Portland
high schools are rapidly rounding
into shape for the tnterscholastic
championships which will be held the
first week of June. As in the past,
the tournament will probably be
played on the courts of the Multno
mah Athletic club.
Ted Steffen of Lincoln high, holder
of the boys' singles championship and
captain of the Lincoln team, will be
on hand to defend his title. Ted is
in the tournament now being played
at the Multnomah club and is said to
be at his best. He won the high
school title last year by defeating
Corwin Buffington of JefferBon In the
finals.
In em Falrckild to Eater.
Inez Fairehild, winner of the girls'
singles and honors, will be ready' to
play. Miss Fairehild has already won
the junior week-end tournament at
Reed college. She now holds the
Meier & Frank trophy emblematic of
'this honor. In all her matches so far
this season Miss Fairehild has dis
played fine form and is expected to
give a good account of herself in- the
coming championships.
Miss Adele Jones of Jefferson high,
runner-up in the girls' singles last
year, will again be on hand to try for
the title now held by Miss Fairehild.
Miss Jones has been playing on Irv-
lngton club courts and is reported
game than
state, and a non-resident is defined
as a person who has not resided in
Kentucky for three consecutive years.
Licenses will cost $500 each. Five
per cent of the gross receipts of each
match must be set aside for the state.
The office of bflxing commissioner
carries no salary. Its annual expenses
are limited to $3000. This Is to in
clude salary to a secretary and travel
ing and other expenses of the commission.
FAXS FCIili OF SUPERSTITION
This Story of Queer Yankee Rooter
Passes Belief. '
The professional ballplayer Is super
stitious, but he has nothing on the
dyed-in-the-wool Yankee fanf who
has been rooting since 1904 for the
New York team to win the American
league pennant.
This particular fan made the game
each day he had the chance. There
are 13 letters in his name. He went
to work on Friday, the 13th, when he
was 13 years old. Therefore, 13 was
his hunch.
He picked out seat number 13 in
the 13th section and in the "M" row,
13 rows back of boxes in the grand
stand. If he found the seat unoccu
pied he was in good fettle and pro
ceeded to "root" the home team to
victory'
If some ordinary fan had beaten
him to the "lucky seat" the blame for
the visiting team's victory was due to
that fact. And, strange to believe, he
believed it.
MULTNOMAH CLUB TENNIS PLAYERS WHO ABE STARRING IN THE ANNUAL SPRING TOURNAMENT .ND VIEW OF CLUBHOUSE.
COURT CHANGE WMjlED
SPECIAL TCRF SHOES WILL BE
WORX AT WIMBLEDOX.
better
club
to be playir
ever before.
Miss Helen Kirschner. Washington
high, who was eliminated by Miss
Jones last year, is practicing faith
fully and expects to be among the
leaders in the title events.
Dasbles Team Dlnrwpted.
Kenneth Parellus and Allen Hof
mann of Jefferson, who won the boys'
doubles championship in 1919.' will
not be able to play this year, owing
to Hofmann's leaving school. Parellus
will again be "among those present"
when the call for entries comes out.
It is probable that he will enter the
singles this year, as Jefferson has a
very good doubles team in Louis
Coulter and Norman Youmans. Coul
ter and Youmans won the boys' cham
pionships of the Portland public
playgrounds In their early high school
days and should make a good com
bination to defend the blue and gold
honors.
Hill Military .academy will 'enter a
full team, among whom will be Har
old Dagg, Richaid Ball. Irving Day,
Tommy Austin, Phil Boyr and the
Robinson brothers. These athletes
have been playing good tennis this
year and expect to make a creditable
chawing.
Just who will represent Washing
ton has not been decided, but F. E.
Harrigan, who handles tennis at the
east side institution, will have a well
balanced team and will strive hard
to land some of the titles. Franklin,
Benson and James John have some
good players in school and ought to
be able to place representative teams
in the field.
F. E. Harrigan of Washington high
school, under whose supervision last
year's tournament was held, has not
made any announcement yet as to
whether or not he will be at the head
. of this popular event again. A dele
gation of players from the different
high schools are planning on asking
Mr. Harrigan to handle the tourna
ment again, he gave Buch good satis
faction last year.
LUMBERMEN ARE AROUSED
CHAMPIONSHIP PCG1LIST BE
ING SOIGHT IX CAMPS.
$30,000 Offered by Member of
British Parliament for Purpose
of Developing Heavyweight.
American Xet Game Criticised
Davis Team Captain Be
fore Competition.
Players of the United States will
wear special shoes when they com
pete in the lawn tennis matches for
the world's championship on the turf
at Wimbledon.
- Samuel Hardy, who will act as cap
tain of the American forces, explained
the reasons recently as he discussed
a movement recently started by some
of the Massachusetts followers of
lawn tennis for the lengthening of
the court.
"The idea of lengthening the court
is not new to me," said Hardy, "al
though it was not taken into consid
eration at the sessions of the rules
revision committee at our meetings
before the annual meetings of the na
tional association. The theory of the
Massachusetts gentlemen, that the
adding of a foot or two to the length
of the court on either side of the net
would tend to equalise the differ
ences which now prevail between the
net attack and the base line game
probably is correct."
"I ' greatly regret," continued the
Davis cup team captain, "that our
American players are inclined to de
vote such a considerable part of 'their
energies to the net attack. It is hit
or miss with the majority of them.
Few of the youngsters have the neces
sary command of ground strokes
which are so important to a well
balanced game. The lengthening of
the court is not the only method,
however, by which the prevailing net
dash may be checked. A rule absolu
tely prohibiting the. use of spikes
would do the business. There could
then be no sprinting for the net, es
pecially over turf, and it would com
pel the younger players to learn some
thing of the back court game.
"Few are aware that the Americans
Williams, Johnston, Tilden and the
others, will not be permitted to wear
spiked shoes at Wimbledon. Not a
bit of it. Because of that I am hav
ing special shoes built for the play
ers with very soft rubber soles that
will grip the turf.
"They must wear shoes of this de
scription in the world's champion
ship matches, and if our men are go
ing at all well they will stand a
splendid chance of winning. The Davis
cup matches are in a different cata
gory and as an international com
petition spikes may be worn although
there is an English prejudice against
their use."
Hardy went on to explain that in
his opinion the question of length
ening the court should be settled
through international agreement. He
believes that prohibiting spikes would
accomplish much good in this country.
It would save the tearing of the turf
and operate for faster, truer and bet
ter playing surfaces In addition to
developing greater base line play.
BOUXIXG RECORD BETTERED
liajh Year Sees Better Scores and
Increase in Popularity. -
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PATTERSON SIS
TP DEFEND TITLE
Australian to Compete in
Wimbledon Tennis Tourney.
WOOD LIKELY TO ENTER
New Champion in Singles and Dou
bles Will Make Another For
midable Representative.
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his countrymen. And he carr "take
it, too."
Noble has a corking good left nand
jab and hook. His one weakness is his
method of delivering a riEht. - He
slashes with it stiff-armed. How
ever, he effects considerable damage
with it.
It being hir first bont here after a
layoff of several months, naturally
Noble at times did not box smoothly.
It was quite apparent, though, that
the trouble was due entirely to lack
of practice. With a few more bout
Noble should b worthy of serious
consideration as an opponent for
Featherweight Champion Johnny Kil-
bane.
Cpper photo View of Multnomah
clubhonse and court. Lowrr, left to
right -A. D. Norria, A. M. Ellsworth,
D. K. Mnnra,
made at the A. B. C.'s international
bowling tournament at Peoria this
year, including the score of 3098 made
by the Brucks No. 1 of Chicago in
leading the five-men teams. Jimmy
Smith, leader in the all-events, was
the only leader this year who in years
past captured high honors.
The alleys at Peoria are said to
have been the finest ever built, which
condition undoubtedly was greatly re
sponsible for the splendid scores
made. Each year the scores are bet
ter as a whole than those of the year
previous. This means that bowling
is becoming more and more popular
all the time. The number of entries
this year at Peoria beat all past records.
The next heavyweight champion
pugilist of the world may be recruit
ed from the logging camps or lumber
mills of the Pacific northwest.
Since the International Sporting
club of New York has determined to
arrange a sertes of elimination con
tests to Belect the best man in the
lumber industry, a keen rivalry has
developed among prospective con
tenders. It is probable that the first
preliminary bouts will be held aome
time this summer.
The mettle of the lumbermen has
been further aroused by the announce
ment that a member of the British
parliament has offered $50,000 for
the purpose of developing an English
heavyweight who can take the title
away from Jack Dempsey, the pres
ent holder.
Major Anthony J. Drexel-Biddle,
president of the International Sport
ing club, has been working with
Robert B. Allen, secretary -manager
of the West Coast Lumbermen's as
sociation, in his ambition to get the
loggers and lumbermen of the north
west fully Interested.
Several likely candidates for the
honor of representing the lumber in
dustry of the northwest already are
in training on Grays Harbor, in Wash
ington, and in the Willamette valley
in Oregon.
The L-oyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen are interested and prob
ably will unearth a few first-class
mlt artists of their own.
LONG MARATHON RAGES CON
DEMNED BY ALFRED SHRUBB
English Expert Says Many Promising Young American Runners Are
Ruined by Trying to Make Distance Events.
LANGFQRD SURELY GONE
THAT FIGHTER IS "HAS-BEEX"
SHOWS AT DENVER,
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BOXIXG LEGAL IX KEXTCCK
Xew Statute Permits 12-Round.
Xo-Deeision Bouts.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, May 1. Twelve
round no-decision boxing contests
under supervision of m state commis
sion become legal in Kentucky June
J.S. For years an anti-prisefigbt law
rias been on the statute books which
has operated to bar almost any kind
of a ring contest. This measure is
till in effect, but a new law passed
by the last legislature contains an
exemption clause.
This provision affords protection
for clubs and boxers operating under
a license system in about the same
manner that the state racing commis
sion protects the race tracks to which
it issue's licenses. Gloves are limited
to six ounces.
' The commission, which is to be com
posed of three persons, will work out
the rules for the conduct ot matcnes
It has the power to license or refuse
a license to any club or person desir
ing to promote a contest. It may not
Issue license to a uou -resident of the
EW YORK, May 22. Alfred
Shrubb, Justly rated as the
greatest distance man that ever
pulled on a running pump, condemns
the Marathon run as a totally useless
event and one that destroys more dis
tance running talent than any single
factor in the athletic life of the pres
ent day. Shrubb, who is at present
in this country, having Just coached
the Oxford and Cambridge runners to
a splendid victory over the best col
lege balf-mllers in America, iff cer
tainly qualified to render an opinion
ou this important subject. He has
run at every distance - from the
quarter-mile to the Marathon distance
of 26 miles ana ssa yaras, ana De
clares without hesitation that am
bition on the part of young athletes
to excel in footraces over 1 miles Is
working a great detriment to the de
velopment of hundreds of promising
runners.
Shrubb's opinion of Marathon run
ning is not "sour grapes" by any
means. Though he never became a
chamoion in the Marathon eame,
Alfie earned thousands ot aoliara in
races at this distance against the
foremost exponents of the super-dis
tance stunt, and has no reason to feel
so bitter because of his experiences
as a contender in the most grueling
of all footraces.
(rlv4a Imjure RnMera.
"It Is my firm belief." said Shrubb
the other day. "that training for races
of more than 10 miles works against
the real development of the young
athlete.. Once a runner is hardened
to the distance gam 15 miles now
and then will not work any great
harm, but I know from actual ex
perience that these 20 and 25-mlle
grinds take it out' of the best of
them."
"I believe that the Marathon race
should be abolished from the. list of
afhletic events 'n spite of the glamour
that is attached to these races at the
Olympic games. The distance of the
Olympic Marathon should, by all
means, be cut to 15 miles. This dis
tance furnishes a true test of endur
ance without causing the terrific ex
haustion that grips any and ail of
the runners that rnn over the full
Marathon distance. The finish of
nearly every Olympic Marathon has
been marked by exhaustion on the
part of the runners that come through
the terrible grind that is nothing
short of gross brutality. After the
runners have gone 20 miles it is no
longer a race, but instead a test of
punishment that carries the runners
to the depths of pain and despair.
Athletes Die on Track.
'At London DorandOr unquestion
ably the best distance runner in the
race, fell to the track in sight of vic
tory, his everf muscle absolutely
spent after running a race that de
served to win. McArthur and Gits-
ham of South America, who led the
painful procession - at Stockholm,
barely reached their goal in a state
of dangerous exhaustion, and the
same can be said of Strobin. the game
little American who wobbled across
the line in third place. Both of these
races were not exhibitions of running
skill, but rather a show of utter will
to go to the finish -ven at the risk
of death. In the Stockholm race one
runnr, a Portuguese, if I remember
rightly, actually died on the course.'
"The ambition to excel in Marathon
races. I believe, is breaking down
hundreds of goo distance young
sters right here in the United States.
In New York, some of the clubs hold
practice runs in which youngsters
who might be developed into fine
track runners run many miles over
bard pavements, which practice, in
my opinion, wastes their vitality and
shows their muscles to such an ex
tent that their subsequent develop
ment into good track men Is impos
sible.
Oplntoa Carries Weight.
T have no hesitation In declaring
tnat tne Maratbon race does more
outright harm than any other factor
in athletics today. .
Shrubb's opinion of the Marathon
race as a destroyer of. athletic abil
ity gives the athletic world much
food for thought. Coming as it does
from a man wnc, nearly 30 years
after his prime, still holds the dis
tance records that have never been
approached, this view he holds is one
that cannot be ignored as a passing
lancy.
Boston Tar Baby Knocked Down
Twice by Harry Wills, Whom
He Once Defeated. .
While Sam Langford has been a
back number for some time, the fact
was vividly brought out a few days
ago. In his match against .Harry
Wills at Denver he was knocked down
twice and otherwise so well beaten
that lie lost. And it was this same
Wills that Langford had no trouble
in knocking out a few years ago.
At that, Langford is one of the
freak marvels of the ring. No one
knows just what year he was born,
but Langford admits to being 36
years old. The majority of ring fol
lowers are of the opinion that 46
would be nearer the truth. Under
the circumstances it Is no wonder
that the Boston tar baby is held in
esteem for his fighting qnalities,
especially in view of the fact that
when he. was at' his best and stood
a fine chance of winning the world
title, he never was allowed to try
for It by the then holder. Jack John
son, who refused to take Langford on.
Langford had once defeated John
son and the latter always bad a
wholesome respect for the Bostonian.
It was then Johnson drew "the color
line." against his own color in order
not to be compelled to get in the ring
with Langford.
Ring followers are wondering how
many yearsstill must flit by before
the name of Sam Langford ceases to
be found in the sport pages of the
country's newspapers.
dogged the footsteps of John McGraw
since the Giant leader returned from
the south, but as yet he has not suc
ceeded in convincing McGraw that he
is entitled to his release. Having
played ten years in the major leagues,
Heine is eligible for an outright re
lease, providing the other clubs in the
National and American leagues are
willing to waive claim to him. Mean
while the great Ztm is besieged with
offers from local semi-professional
clubs, but so far has rejected all of
them.
Xew Tennis Tourney Starts.
The central California, lawn tennis
championship will be revived on May
30 after a lapse of some years. The
series will be conducted bv the Sut
ter Lawn Tennis club of Sacramento'
and is open to all amateur players on
the coast. A number of high-class
stars are expected to participate, in
cluding the Kinsev brothers. Bowie
Dietrick, Peck Griffin. Roland Rob
erts and others.
Jockey Who Wins Gets $5000.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 22. Pilot
ing a winner in a derby brings its
reward. Jockey Ted Rice, who rode
Paul Jones to the front in the 46th
renewal of the Kentucky classic, was
presented with 5000 by Captain Ral
Parr, owner of the famous little geld
ing. Rice divided the sum with Clar
ence Kummer, who rode Blazes, the
other Parr entry. This is the largest
amount ever given a Jockey for rid
ing a winner in Kentucky.
Iowa Golf Tournament June 2 8.
DES MOINES. - la.. May 22. The
1920 Iowa state golf tournament will
be held on the links of the Des Moines
Golf and Country club June 28 to
July S.
That the tenuis team which will
represent the United States abroad
iwill encounter stiff opposition in
I English tournaments the players may
I enter before competing for the cham
pionship, at Wimbledon is apparent
from the news that Gerald L. Pat
terson has sailed for England to de
fend his title in June. He left Aus
tralia In April and should land in
time to get considerable practice be
fore the big test at Wimbledon, in
which some of the leading Ameri
cans will be entered.
In a letter to an American friend.
I Patterson wrote on March 9 that he
expected to sail April 21, and papers
just received from Australia announce
his departure. It has seemed un
likely that Norman E. Brookes will
be in England during the summer,
judging from letters recently re
ceived from him and also from an
inquiry in Patterson's letter, asking
whether there would be any American
players abroad who would 4 like to
team with him in doubles.
Weod Likely to Cosapete.
Seeing that Patterson is going to
Wimbledon, it is fair to assume that
he may decide to return to Australia
bv way' of the United States, as he
did last season. In that case it might
be possible for him to meet Brookes
in this country to defend their title
of national doubles champions, thus
carrying out their intention to re
turn for that event, as they an
nounced they hoped to do when they
went home to Australia last fall.
The Sydney "Referee" of March 31
is authority for the statement that
Australia may have another formid
able representative at Wimbledon in
the person of P. O'Hara Wood, who
has recently won the Australian
chamoionshios in singles and doubles.
To accomplish this he had to defeat
R. V. Thomas, who disposed of Hor
ace Rice in one of the semi-final
matches. Although the match with
Thomas went five sets. Wood came
from behind to win rather decisively.
The possibility of Wood's trip to
Encland leads "Austral" to suggest
In the "Referee" of April 14 that Nor
man Brookes may also make the trip,
and that if he does not go, Patter
son might team with Wood for the
doubles event. The latter, of course,
would be a strong combination.
Mrs. Benjamin Fa Briggs. as chair
man of .the tennis committee for the
Pelham Country club, has issued the
circular announcing the invitation
tournament for women that will be
gin there on May 24. Women's sin
gles, doubles and mixed doubles will
be played and in view ot the entry
that has made this an important event
in other seasons, it is expected to atT
tract many ranking players this year.
The New Haven Lawn Club associa
tion of New Haven, Conn., has issued
an announcement of the open tourna
ment the club will hold on Its 11 clay
courts beginning June 14. Singles
and doublepand consolation singles
will be played and prizes will be given
in these events. The club Is making
elaborate preparations to insure the
success of this event and In view or
New Haven's splendid geographical
position and the club's excellent
equipment for such a tournament it
is expected to attract an unusually
representative entry.
COAST BOAT CLUBS MERGE
International and Xorthwest Or-
i .....
sanitations Joined at Seattle.
Plans for the consolidation of the
Pacific International Power Boat as
sociation and the Northwest Interna
tional Yacht Racing association were
made recently at a meeting held at
the new Seattle clubhouse and at
tended by representatives from the I
Seattle Yacht club, the Tacoma Yacht I
club, the Queen City Yacht club and
the Bellingham Yacht club. It was
decided to call the new organization
the Pacific International Yachting
association, and a committee was ap
pointed by Temporary Chairman
Pratt to draw up plans for the or
ganization of the new club. -
British Columbia yachtsmen were
unable to be at the meeting, but have
expressed their approval of the con-1
eolidation. The Puget sound repre
sentatives will cruise to Victoria on
the yachts Sovereign and Fuega,
owned by John Graham and Captain
Griffith, where they will meet with
representatives of the Royal Victoria I
Yacht club and complete the organi
zation.
PATIENCE IKES CHAMP
TILDEX CLIMBS TEVXIS RCXG I
BY HARD WORK.
PUBLIC SHOOTING GROUNDS
ADVOCATED BY SPORTSMEN
Former Game Commissioner of Massachusetts Suggests Using Waste
Lands as Game Preserves and Available for Camping and Hunting.
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CUB RECRCIT SHOWS CLASS
Kid Player Is All-Round Athlete
and Good Batsman.
The Chicago Cubs have captured a
rookie who could probably "take" any
ballplayer in the game - in an all-
round athletic contest. The youngster
is a good infielder. a good outer gar
dener, a good batter and in addition
is a sprinter, hurdler .and football
player of note. Bernard A. Frieberg
is the mas name, and ne is reaiiy
nothing but a kid, being but 19 years
of age.
He began his baseball career at
Lynn, Mass.. and while playing semi
pro ball there he was gobbled up by
a Cub scout. So well has Frieberg
done in a Cub uniform that he has
been officially adopted as a member
of the team, and will undoubtedly
make good.
Frieberg was born in Manchester,
X. H.. August 18. 1899. He is a right
handed batsman and throws the same
way. In condition he weighs 178
pounds, and when he puts that 178
pounds behind a bat and the bat con
nects with a baseball well, that
baseball takes a ride.
ZIMMERMAX WAXTS RELEASE
Giant Outcast Searches for His
Outright Freedom.
Heine Zimmerman, an outcast from
the Giant ranks, though still on the
reserve list of the club, is earnestly
seeking to obtain his uncondttiona
release, and it is reported that the
Red Sox are after him. Heine has
BY GEORGE H. GRAHAM,
Former Massachusetts Game Commissioner,
A (Tit year in Massachusetts more
land is posted against the gun
ners and the men who enjoy
getting out in the open in quest of
game are gradually being deprived of
their old-time hunting grounds. In
some cases large tracts have been
leased to shooting clubs whose mem
bers are the "only ones to enjoy the
privilege ..'hunting on these leased j
lands. In other cases the landowner
posts his land because the hunters
pull down his stone walls and fences,
cut his wire or shoot his family cat.
When such things happen the owner
says he objects to having anyone en
ter his property with a gun.
It is plain to see that the ordinary
everyday gunner has no place where
he has a right to hunt unless he first
gets permission from the landowner.
It is different in ths case of the fish
erman, who has the 809 great ponds
in all sections of the state which are
the property of ail the people and
where all have a right to fish under
regulations made by the legislature.
The great ponds over 20 acres and
! navigable rivers will always furnish
an opportunity to those wno wisn to
go on the water for boating and fish
ing, but where will the people go for
camping and hunting?
Pablle Grounds Advocated.
I believe that the state should be
Kjn at once to acquire large tracts of
unused land, so-called waste land, for
the purpose of having this land re
forested, and while this is being done
the land should be available for camp
ing and hunting under certain re
strictions. Our present law closing
all state owned land to the gunner,
to my mind, is a mistake. We already
have several large reservations which
could be made into public shooting
grounds and thereby give the gunners
a chance to hunt on state owned
property
As it is now. the game on state
reservations is continually protected
for the benefit of the men who. own
land adjoining and on which land the
public has no right to enter except
by permission. What I suggest is for
the state to make a game sanctuary
Inside of these reservations where the
game will be protected at all times
and allowed to increase and spread
over the entire reservation for the
benefit of these hunters who have a
permit to go and get it. Let, say.
one-fourth of the large reservations
be Set aside as sanctuaries and let the
public have three-fourths for hunting
' under certain restrictions.
Pennsylvania has some such plan
Five Years Taken to Master Back
hand Stroke Which When Played
Always Xets Point.
Continuous, patient, plodding prac
tice and perseverance have taken I
many to the heights of champions.
An athlete of only ordinary ability I
in his sphere has often been able,!
after suffering many defeats, to fi
nally gain a place at the top.
It took William T. Tilden II. na
tional indoor singles tennis cham-1
pion and former outdoor champion.
five years to master one stroke in I
tennis. If he had not had the pa-
tience that he bad to have to fail I
on this particular stroke- time after I
time and continue to try it until suc
ceeding in becoming its master, he I
would not today be the player that I
he is.
The stroke that Tilden worked on I
so long is the backhand. After much I
experimenting Tilden discovered that I
sweep of the raquet would force I
the ball out ox the court. He us-1
ually plays this pet shot of his as a
surprise and most always it is good!
for a point.
He tries it when tne ball comes I
to him with much speed to his deep!
left hand court. Ninety-nine men in
a hundred would return the ball di
rectly across the court, and this is I
what the opponent expects. Tilden. I
however, has learned to play the ball I
straight up the side line as he faces!
the net and with enough speed to I
earn him the point.
In successfully playing this shot I
Tilden has had to master his stroke I
so that the raquet and his arm are I
perfectly rigid and the force is Im
parted almost entirely through a I
swinging twist of the body. The shot I
is an effective one and difficult fori
even the best players to handle.
and it has worked splendidly. . The
land that is set aside for the sane
tuary should be bounded by a fire
stop not less than 30 feet wide and
with a single strand of wire stretched
around it on which posters should be
placed warning the public out at all
times, wltb a dog or gun.
Reaervatfosm Well Stocked.
These inside reservations should be
Stocked with game each year from
the state game farms. This with the
natural overflow of wild game ought
to keep the surrounding territory well
siocKea ior tne Denetlt of the public.
Each reservation should be in
charge of a protector or virilan
"whose business should be to keep
aown vermin ana give the game all
the protection possible. Today our
reservations are of little value to the
sportsmen because there is no sys
tematic work to keep down the ver
min, and vermin seem to increase as
fast as or faster than the game.
Every reservation should be avail
able for camping at all seasons un
der certain rules and regulations,
which should be carefully observed,
the same as is the case with the large
national reservations in the west. If
these tracts are to benefit the people,
the people should have access to them.
When people realize that they are
hunting and camping on land which
they are part owner in. I believe it
will stimulate a healthy public inter
est that will work for the benefit
of alL
We have today In all sections of
Massachusetts large areas of unused
land that is available for reserva
tions which can be bought at a low
figure. When this land is reforested
it will become quite valuable and as
the years go by it will increase in
value tremenrously.
State Forests Advocated.
Each county should have estab
lished within Its borders several of
these public shooting and camping
grounds, which in the future will be
come state forests.
I realize that it will be necessary
to establish regulations which must
be observed by all who hunt on the
reservations, and that it will require
some method of controlling the gun
nets, not to allow some men to. get all
the game. I would suggest that per
mits be issued in every instance and
that a reporVbe made of all game
that is bagged.
Such a system will show what
amount of game is killed and who
kills it, also what the reservation is
worth to the public in dollars and
cents as well as In furnishing recreation.
Letters have been received from
Thomas H. Hicks, honorary secre
tary of the Australasian Tennis asso
ciation, confirming the exchange of
cables with the nations entered for
the Davis cup contest, after the be
lated entries of Canada and France
were received in Australia. These
letters made clear that in refusing to
accept the late entries tie committee
of management was merely comply
ing with the rules controlling the
matter and consequently Australia's
only course was to request Canada
and France to procure the consent to
a redraw of the other nations entered.
When this was received '-y cable, the
new draw was made.
Commenting upon the' changes in
the rules proposed for nction by the
National association' at its annual
meeting In February and concerning
which the opinion of the Australasian
association was asKea, air. hicks t this school on
wrote that his council had confirmed
the opinion he first expressed, namely,
that changes of such importance
should only be made by the tennis
playing countries of the world acting
J in concert.
BOSTON FOOTBALL CITY
GAME IS AS POPVLAR AMOXGl
BOYS AS BASEBALL. ' ;
Pigskiu Perhaps More 'Widely I
Csed Than Any Other Athletic
Paraphernalia in School.
NOBLE IS NO aFUWEB"
ENGLISH FEATHERWEIGHT
GETS OVATIOX" IX JERSEY CITY
Footwork Against Tommy De Oro
Few American Boxers Can Equal.
Judgment Also Good.
NEW YORK. May 22. Not all the
foreign boxers who are coming here
these days prove themselves "flivvers."
One of the few notable exceptions is
Tommy Noble, the English feather
weight. He made his American debut
at the Jersey City club the other night
against Tommy De Oro, a rugged
second-rater. He defeated him in such
impressive fashion that many fans
and experts promptly hailed him one
of the best that Great Britain has sent
here since Jem Driscoll electrified us
with bis marvelous skill.
Some Judges' compared Noble with
Driscoll and not to the latter's dis
credit. That Tommy is a good one
there is no doubt, but to rate him on a
par with such a wizard as Jem strikes
us as being over-enthusiastic praise.
The mould was destroyed when that
master ringman was produced.
Still Noble merited the flattering
reception he received. He was cheered
to the echo. He is a rihgster of re
markable ability. For one thing, he
displayed a brand of footwork such
as few American boxers possess. He
had his opponent completely baffled
with it. He was as elusive as a shad
ow and as slippery as an eel. His
ducking and dodging was a revelation.
He was in, out. and under his op
ponent's punches Just by weaving his
body from the waist up. His judgment
of distance, time and speed was un
cannily accurate.
Unlike most English boxers Noble
is not of the straight-standing long
range fighting school. He is as ag
gressive as a Yankee and he fights
hnrlr harder when hit. In this reSDect
ks also defers from the usual run of
Out around Boston football is
popular a game as baseball. The boys I
learn to kick the pigskin around
about as soon as they can toddle. The
football Is perhaps more widely used
by the school boys than is any other
athletic paraphernalia.
Such stars as Brickly, Mahan, Black I
and Casey, and many others camel
from this territory. Certain high
schools make a specialty of this one I
branch of athletics. At Sault Ste. I
Marie football is the game and last I
season tnere were- seven memuers oi i
the Michigan . eleven. I
Lansing high is another football I
school, though it also i3 strong at I
basketball. Kalamazoo high Is purely I
a basketball school and turns; out
some of the greatest scholastic bas
ket teams in the middle west.- -
The great farming centers, Iowa. I
Nebraska and Kansas are wrestling I
centers. The major sport here
wrestling and the best wrestlers this I
country has produced, with few ex-1
centions. are from these states. The I
late Frank Gotch, Joe Stecher, Cad-
dock, "Farmer" Burns are among the I
stars of the mat this community has I
brought out.
Many of the best boxers have come
from two separate sections of the
countny, the east and west. New Tork
and St. Paul being tiie centers. Ben
ny Leonard, Willie Jackson, Johnny I
Burns. Joe Lynch and Lew Tendlerj
are only a few of the boxing leaders!
who have been aeveiopea in ms east-
.rn Histrict.
The Gibbons boys, Mike ODOwn,1
Billy Miske and Johnny Ertle are a I
few of St. Paul's best-known fistic I
products.
Xew Volley Ball Record Set.
A new world's record in volley ball
has been established by the class A
team of tho Germantown T. M. C. A.
In a little more than a year's time
the suburban team has won 112
straight came s and has yet to bo de
feated. The previous world's recordl
was lOff consecutive games. Not onlyl
has the first team of tiermantownl
made an unprecedented record in voL-l
ley ball competition, but it has heldl
the championship for eight straight!
years, first winning tne title in
Tennis Entry Rule Changed.
CHICAGO. 111.. May 22. Tho tradi
tional allowance of only two entries
in the singles and one in the doubles
to each university participating in
the western intercollegiate tennis
tournament has been increased this!
year. Each college represented in I
the tournament the last of this month
may send four singles players and I
two doubles teams.
Shollenberger Joins Rockford.
The Rockford club of the'Three-ll
league announces that J. A. Shollen
berger. - outfielder, will be its team!
manager this year. He hails from I
the east and was one of the men!
brought on by Johnny Castle last!
year, -