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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 31

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 31

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THE BROOKLYX DAILY EACLR NEW YORK. SUNDAY, JUNE 2(. 1017 he Fine Tennis Season Marked Flaws in the Style i ibn fpururj For Schoolboy Flayers rig second shot or from a I lurd. Manifestly frotn the I sequently Mrs Ciavln plays, and with the thir.1 Is-1 Story of Tribute Paid Darcy By San Francisco Fight Fans alter Knew loon, chairman of the Of Woman Golf Champion ra. sil.ly a 4.

Athletic League, lias uist made his rt- In the follow iiiR 1 is nock it fhe (lampion Safe May. June 23 That known referees; Spider tell which In the final of Kridaj Mrs. lluclinall Kelt- i Franelsr VMM lutw IMM the 1HN Ai RTlac of the iron the over-i na. i tucnty-yard advan i Mrs. i iavin in the drive.

id; Eddie Hanloi the oh! i she had a through city better fight Sol Levinson r.n.,!lst, manufacturer of boxing Greggains. old-time pro- glov demonstrated day this week n-a- u- tup ft It possessed with a wild could I desire to the Krecn on top of the lM III her nM -t le i I hit "Yr m.l thai Ja in James Leslie Darey. the great po. i in me nigh sanies committee. "The entrie- from the various high schools." salii Mr.

Knowlson, "were divided into three divisions, Manhattan-Bronx-Richmond, Brooklyn and yueens. The number of untiles in these divisions were seven, seven and four, respectively. The winning team in each division qualified for the intersection scries. This was arranged by me. and due to lack of time an elimination series had to be played.

The Townsend Harris Hall team defeated the Flushing High School team at the West Side Tennis her alnilier Mrs cavin must have smiled when Ian middleweight, whose body through here on ite return to I itatut. paper icjfull-rttdKed America I UM I I'oi-e Abe Attejl; Jack Curlev, the New York fight promoter, Zbyssko, the wrestler; Eddie Campl. Moose Taussig and many others known to the fistic game were among those In line. And the striking feature was the Instant recognition from the people Australia. About a week ago there was a sug the game is go-her.

her style is and beauty that gestion in one of the papers that San she saw her rival taKe out her brassie and whale away for the green. The ball hit the tea of the mound, and, luckily for the American, stayed there. From thia exalted place, though the grass was pretty thick up there, Mrs. Hucknall was able to get the green and halve in I. What had Mrs.

iavln done? Had she gone for rho jammed the sidewul Francisco sportsmen should take no- s. attract i( for or again so set In its in she Is swinging and smoothie wh the match started As Mrs. Iluck of the passing of Darcy. No sooner said than done. Half a anted police nd the band.

There Club courts at Forest Hills; In the final match they defeated Erasmus Hall High School for the city championship. The members of the team were dozen men called a meeting of those British-bred irolf nrofessli neei ten them what this funeral meant. Hats were doffed as the casket arrived in sight and there Interested. It was agreed that Darcy Shepard Alexander, Renan Jacobs, quite as likely nicely short of the hunker and niftily Mrs. Cavi mind which is one of her thief asaeti in toli development, started to correct this viiih the assistance of thai fine instructor.

Jack Hid n. then ai the Cherry Valley Country Club. put her third on to the carpet and got her This calculating play was denlably from the heart. 1 Lawn ninary of the In her iron play she brings her back no farther than the best ish women players, and In this let disponed a superiority over Many Floral Offerings Received. Mickey Hawkins, who 1.

th lone. some friend of Darcy, viewed the affair of 200 was raised and arrangements made for holding funeral services. Mickey Hawkins, Darcy's boon companion, who Is taking the body back to the land of the Southern Cross, was met at the train by a committee of sportsmen and told of the plans. He fell In line with what San Francisco wanted to do and there was not a her opponent. manifest throughout Mrs.

Gavin's whole tournament play. Another element in her game that should furnish ji powerful lesson to the Yankee golfer is her determination to play for the cup and not the green If Mrs. Gavin Is in a trap near the green she is not satisfied to xatKeiatcd throw of the Tt's eren said, "the greatest at the tlnisl Her Shots Lacked Crispnc. it with all that her stroke lacked that could happen. You couldn' crispness such as delighted the spec- lore for one of your Presidents.

The. ustralian people shall hear of this hitch In the program. ho tave.nsep.lt the Francisco has done for them." True Sportamanshlp Shown. From the Sunset Limited the body and Miss Dodd approach to a green with the arms firmly straight after the ball had tone, the shot so clearly ikens the suspicion that it ntnnllv mow into a jump. I knack of holding her body heck which is the marked ohi ItlO of Mrs.

Lillian Hvdc F. i -noblest Unman of them a "ingle Floral offerings' came from various rvices had been volunteered. differentiating the play of Harold H. Hilton, the famous English player, from Ihau ha idaved with in the die saved half, to get down Sunday the body was removed Eagles' Hall, where It was placed American championship, which putt. 111.

i iuly potters of oh- A paw; parts of the United States. New York and Chicago sportsmen tele-graphed Jack ('urley to have representation, and Tom S. Andrews from Milwaukee telegraphed Sol Levinson to have a floral piece arranged. In addition to the perishables, there were two wreaths that are to be sent to Australia and a sliver plate, with the flags of the Fnited States and the Australian Commonwealth inter Perhaps this excessive 1 1 1 1 body at the finish of Die Monday funeral services do hapiien During the entire week one could unt on the lingers of one hand the nes Mrs Qavln required three putts a green. Nor did she achieve these The Rev.

Father JoseDh I. Me- Bee good piayei pm. latelUgent On the putting green, too. Mrs. Hucknall lacked decision.

nen Mrs. (iavin sigtited her putt the question was "How ean she miss while with Mrs. Hucknall the patriotic gal-lerylte was wondering how she could Qualde conducted the services and In a brief talk spoke of the heartfelt ovi-rswing going up. and if in gives to the latter erroi remit, with a new-fangled putter. same intelligent study she gave I She eiiipIoe.l nothing but the old-fashioned, stiaight-bladed nutter.

Her sympamy mat caused tne sportsmen of Han Francisco to do such a thine. twined, together with a sentiment from fail in my experience, he said, "I have is In onlv I'm ll Mrs. may have that mistake worked by this time next year. As si young, what is the i a itter mpetitive player touched me more. All honor to second season as a and doubtless in San Francisco, you understand, had never known Les Darcy.

He had never visited this city, but the sports- There were more than 500 in ear v. li. in, mis a mi th, sv There is a suggestion as to the Mrs. Cavins oveiswing facility in laying up long approaches dead is not excelled by any man champion the ropolitan District, and if Travis and Travers will use the old type of putter, one might safely wager that In a round Mrs. (Javin would do as good work on the greens as either of these two, so often hailed as "wizards of the green." Features of Mrs.

ffaefcntB'l OHW, ill for the funeral and more than will have improved her style so that the blemishes here noted will have disappeared. It was the uncanny putting of her antagonist Friday that derstood and received the worst of it. small way It was their desire to maybe has a place right here. Wt ing Mr. and Mrs Cavin in the foursomes windini; mi the last largely aocounted for her defeat, and correct this impression, and so it was theGolden West did the very best it The funeral cortege traveled two miles down Market street and over the cob-blestones of East street to the steam- tin- enampionehip, dock, but not a man dropped out women marched the entire dis the Com us thought ought to show ner now ttle she needs to weed out of her ylo to bring the local title even carer than it was Friday morning.

Her driving for the first four holes r-up. "Goodness sreu i fundament dirfer- Mis Huekn CHESS TOI RXKY IN HAVANA. tance, and one cripple a man with upgwli i ol Mr 1 1 style li stllMn the making. That wa The league also conducted an individual tournament. A number of boys entered from the different boroughs and were divided into two sections.

The first rounds were played on the courts of Curtis and Brooklyn Athletic fields. The eight winners in these preliminary rounds participated In an sing leg walked slonv zamelv Juan Corzo and Rafael Blanco, two of the leading Cuban chess experts, shortened her swing on the drive afte Mrs. Gavin's ov to equalize thing in tlie family." and when she gets a llttl and C. S. Howell, one-time champion ee into her ub ill a lew holes Had lieen plineii and sh l.cgan to got further "down." Pol the Ilrsi five lodes she played with hei Old-Tlmcrs In OortRe.

Johnny Herget, who as Young Mit-hell was one of th foremost middle-eights many years ago, acted as mas. There is one thing In Mrs. Gavin's ew lork State, are contesting a i-cornered tournament at the elimination series at the Parkslde Ten- imnact she may be able to hold even such long drivers as Miss Hollins and driver coming up flat over her iboul won by Donald Nichols of Curtis High that has Mux Mars ton and Jernm D. Travers as its most noted expo nents in this country. Mis.

Cum' Mrs. Felt ner, even as she neld Mrs. I pallbea nothing but good results from tha ind Jim Grif- ire. Jack Wei and should be imitated by American girl and woman golfer. Thi is, the beautiful accuracy of her bra sie shots.

In direction and distani tho writer cannot recall a single brassie that the little champion tonned. svas one of the delights of the anient to watch this dainty figure ball out of the grass and It down the. field straight on the pin for 170 or 180 yards. However, it would he belter yet if the overawing in uleiice with the brassie. Miss Gladys won the title by I ting Miss Hollius on the home and he cannot remember any nverswinging as continually the work of Mrs.

Gavin on ee Friday. Diili rciices In Iron Pluy. Mrs. Gavin's wooden work through the green Is. it Is not to he compared (HANDLER SIX tt'im me wiuowv.

i in inn i powerful brassie shots of the slen Miss Dodd (Mrs. Alan Macbeth), tho great forcing stroke of the li Miss Kavenacroft (Mrs. Itohert hell). Moth these British women a lli.ish. a i sli.

their swings. matter with what club, that is lacking in Gavin's work. One of Mrs. Gavin's Great Bra-sslcs. ins.

The customary I is "to wrap tho neck." as a liritisher One of the superb brassie shots of the memory of the beholders was on the eighth hole In her Tuesday match oui from the tee there is a distance-get- is, with i toll the ink, perhaps thirl grass ol the bank. To plav an iron would never do. as lss Holllni on the 391-yard hole ight get the green, or be very near it on her second. So Mrs Gavin decided to play the brassie. To do It she had to play with one foot on top of the hank and the other below.

But absolutch straight on the Hag, mnjcstioallj past tho dangcr-ap on the right and stopping so the green that she was aide to pitch up for a single putt and a mag- This shot must have unnerved lier nnta. the present national champion, has materially changed -her iron style from what it was at Nassau in the i much mote opponent, for In I be found second Miss flolhns siloed dismally is-h form, with a short upswing and a. i stifl'er arm in the follow through. In the match with Miss Marion Hollins a trap ami required t. mis gave the lead to Mrs.

Gavin for the first time, and may be said to mark the falling off of the Long Island girl, who before she could get going was -I The Last Day at $1395; After That $1595 There is only a week left now in which to buy your Chandler at the present $1395 price, a price which, in view of the character of this great car, has made the present Chandler series a sensation in all motor car markets. On and after July 1st the price becomes $1595. Identically The Same Car Dodg Brother! Care touring and rnad- perfect shot. When all Is said and ulmor week's 'tourna- type." net' her' thing Unit' American new. can learn from Mrs.

Gavin is ii to use their heads more and calculate nder, nv rs- more artfully on the chances of got- I ting into trouble, on a hole; that Is. minimizing the perils on the way from fmiilliir ''it tee to green. Take the first hole at tton.na I'ipiiig Bock, for example. The dis- Cadlllae lOlJ loooo js 4u yards, and from the 1 women's tee about 370, with a slow i slope to the green fur the last 120 great wood player like Mrs. might get the green In two there is a big bunker of sand ked by a high mound about eighty player will tr i a The chances are that bunker.

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