Oldsters

Of the three most famed U. S. dentists one is a duck-hunter, two are golfers. "Doc" Oscar F. Willing lives in Portland, Ore., and was runner-up in the National Amateur golf championship at Pebble Beach (TIME, Sept. 16). Dr. Henrik Shipstead lives in Minnesota and in addition to being a duck-hunting dentist he is a U. S. Senator, a one-man Party (Farmer-Labor), a sick man (TIME, Sept. 16). The third. Dr. George T. Gregg of Pittsburgh, is the best U. S. golfer over the age of 55. This he proved last week by scoring 156 for two rounds at Apawamis (Rye, N. Y.), in the tournament of the U. S. Senior Golf Association. Then he proceeded with oldster colleagues to Ottawa; Canada, and won a tournament of the Canadian Seniors' Golf Association, a one-round medal event for a cup presented by the U. S. seniors.* His card was 77, two strokes better than Charles D. Cooke of Arcola, N. Y. Veteran tennis players appeared last week on the courts at Forest Hills, L. I., for the national veterans championship. In the first round, swarthy Franklin Pierce Adams, 47, New York World colyumist ("The Conning Tower") was eliminated 6-0, 6-0 by an unseeded entrant. The eight seeded players survived together to the quarterfinals. The finals were won by Clarence M. Charest, of Washington, D. C. who learned to play left-handed when he lost his right arm in a shooting accident twelve years ago. He defeated Jean Baptist Adore of Dallas, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

*Another able golf senior is William Dewitt Mitchell, 55, Attorney-General of the U. S. Last fortnight, over his home Somerset course at St. Paul, Minn., Golfer Mitchell shot 77, 84, won the Minnesota senior championship.