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THE 3IOirSTXG OKEGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JXTSTI 12. 15 EIGHT QUALIFY FOR ROUND PLAY First Day's Golf Events Are Keenly Contested. WOMEN'S DRAWINGS TODAY SVUhelm-Straight and Macleajr-Kay Matches Expected to Feature ; This Morning's Slate. 'Si. Play In the championship flight of the Oregon state golf championships at the Waverley Country club yesterday resulted in Jack R. Straight. Andrew B. White, Walter K. Pearson, f orest w ai eon. Richard E. Leiter and Roderick L. Macleay of the Waverley Country club and Rudolph Wilhelm and Ersul Kay of the Portland tlolf club qualifying for the second round to be played this aft ernoon. This morning's matches should bring cut some excellent golf, as Rudolph Wilhelm mets Jack Straight and Rod erick L. Maclev, state champion in 1905, mets Ersul Kay of the Portland club. Jlr. Kay pressed Walter G. Fovargue. famed Pacific coast golfer, in a recent tournament at Raleigh station, and provides Mr. Macleay with formidable exposition. Millard Rosenblatt, sensational young Reed college boy, who golfs for the Tualatin Country club, -was put out of the championship running by Rudolph Wilhelm, present champion, who tees off under Raleigh station colors. Wil helm beat Rosenblatt 6 up and 5 to play. It was one of the best matches pf the day. Pearson Defeat Mears. Other results in the first round of the championship flights, 18 holes, match play: Forest Wataon beat J. S. Kapler, 6 up mn 4. Walter K, Pearson won from N. P. Mean, 2 up and 1. Jack It. Sthaisht beat Joseph Lambert, t up and 3. Andrew E. White won from Ir. barauel C CU...,n 1 nn Richard ii. Leiter beat Gordon Voorhles Jr., 2 up. Roderick I,. Macleay beat Dr. A. A. Mor rison. 3 up and 1. iJrsul Kay won from It W. Dickson, 1 up. Walter E. Pearson, chairman of the handicap committee at Waverley, played a great game when he defeated J. P. Mears, who resides at White Sal mon, Wasn.. but who belongs to the Anandale club of California. Mrs. Peter Kerr. Mrs. E. X.. Reve- reaux. Mrs. W. R. Ayer, Mrs. Thomas Kerr. Mrs. H. Hoffman, Mrs. W. r Scott, Mrs. J. A. Daugherty and Mrs. W. J. Burns are the eight women who qualified for the women's champion ship flight, the first round of which will be clayed this afternoon. Drawings for the first round of the women's championship flight scheduled for today: Sirs. Peter Kerr vs. Mrs. E. !. Devereaux, Mrs. W. B. Ayer vs. Mrs. W. J. Burns, Mrs. Thomas Kerr vs. Mrs. H. Hoffman. Mrs. "W. r. Scott vs. Mrs. J. A. Iaugherty. Mr W Kirk vs. Mrs. C. W. Cornell. Mrs. We-nsier Kincaid vs. Mrs. S. C. Hoi brook, Mrs. George K. Frost vs. Mrs. T.. Gerllnger, Mrs. I. H. Marshall vs. Mrs. W. B. Merse- Results of the first round of the first flight. 18 holes handicap match paly. men's competition: Graham Glass beat R. T. Cox. 1 up. Robert F. Prael defeated David Kerr, 8 tip and 7. C. E. kelson beat II. G. Thompson, And 2- K. T. Whitney beat J. K. Gamble, 1 up. C. G. Frobman defeated George Frost, 1 up. J. A. Daugherty beat Dr. Jonah B. Wise, by default. A. K. W. Peterson defeated F. G. Wheeler, S up and .!. O. C Gross beat Frank J. Raley, 3 up and 2. Results of the first round of the sec ond flight, 18 holes handicap, match palaty: Dr. F. E. Moore beat Charles W. Myers, 2 up. W. Lang defeated C. Hart, by default. Dr. V. I. Northrup beat Oscar Menefee, B up. A. B. Scott defeated C. M. Eharpsten. A tip and 2. A. W. Howard beat M. H. Whltehouse, 2 and 1. A. M. Cannon beat J. R. Dickson, 3 up and 2. Carl I,. Wernicke beat J. H. Mackenzie, 4 up and 2. E. E. Shaw beat W. D. Scott, 4 up and3. Results of the first round of the third flight, 18 holes, handicap, medal play: Walter JT. Backus beat Lu HT. Hoffman 1 up. Irving Tj. Webster beat V. S. Wlshard. 2 up and 1. lr. W. H. Hall beat O. H. Becker. 3 up and 2. W. H. Ambler beat William Burke. 2 up. G. G. Irvine beat R. E. Williams, by de fault. J,. Lazarus beat Dr. O. B. Wright, by de fault. Henry W. Metzgpr beat J. I,. Burke. 1 up. R. A. Stewart beat W. B Fletcher, 5 up. Medal Play fcores .lveiu Scores in the qualifying round for the women's championship. Is holes:, medal play: Score. Mrs. Peter Kerr ........................ lun 31 rs. E. L. Devereaux lOO -Irs. w. a. Ayers .... w. J. Burns ilrs. Thomas Kerr .... 31 rs.. M. Hoffman 31 rs. w. D. Scott 3lr. J. A. raufrherty 31rs. C. rc. Sampson ... ?lrs. IV. Kirk Ira. I.. JJ. Marshall 31 rs. 1.. Gerlingrer ..... trs. Webster Kincaid . Mrs. C. W. Cornell .... frs. S. C. Holbrook .. irs. W. rt. Merftcreau . airs. George E. Krost .. ..114 . . l-'.T ..112 ..li'2 ..117 . .103 . . J44 . .1L'. ..l-'9 ..IL'8 ..139 ..1.10 ..130 . .137 . .ISO Championship Matches Today. The eecond round of the men's cham pionship flight is scheduled for 9 A. M. today, also the second round of the first flight both of which will be IS holes, handicap, match play. The eec ond round of the second flight is billed for 1 P. M. The second round of the third flight Is Flated for 1 P. M. First round of the beaten eights, is holes match play, will start at 1:30 P. M. The first round of the women's cham pionship flight, IS holes, match play is scheduled for :30 1'. M. Clock and leader golf Is being played daily between 1 and 5:30 P. M. with much interest being displayed. Sounding the Sport Reveille. E NGLAKD'S flat horse racing thin year will continue 173 more days. Chicago boasts a golf course run by women. Boy caddies are employed. . The T. M. C. A. athletic supplies for American troops overseas tost Si, 100 -GOO. There are 49.683 motor boats regis tered in the United States. The Newport horse show on August 18-29 will be for the benefit of soldiers and sailors. The Belgium authorities have raised more than $1,000,000 to conduct the Olympic games in 1920 at Antwerp. William T. Tllden II has defeated Schiya Kumagao four times in lawn tennis tourneys they have clashed in this season. . Mrs. Ronald H. Barlow of the Merion Country club has won the women's golf title of Philadelphia seven times. The UnU-ersitv of Virginia baseball team made a profit of 2431.07 this year. Talc favors international track, sport and rowing between Oxford and Cambridge. English colleges, and Yale and Harvard nest year. V Gama, a wrestler of note In India, will soon come to this country. Ramsgate week, which has been in abeyance since 1914 in England be cause of the "war, will be revived this year by the Royal Temple Tacht club. The festival will occur July 14 to 17. Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss is com modore. The annual Amateur Athletic onion track and field championships will be held September 5. 6 and 8 at Philadel phia. The events will be conducted under the auspices of the middle Atlan tic section of the rational organiza tion. They will be held on Penn's big athletic field. For the 17th tfme out of the last 19 meetings of the San Francisco Ath letic league the Lowell high school swimming team overwhelmed six of DIAGRAM OF ROLLER MARATHON YOUTHFUL SPEED AS'. - ..' . I 'ter'z 7errr3e. the leading San Francisco high school aquatic stars in the semi-finals recent ly decided at Sutro baths. JESS SETS RAPID PACE HEMPLE DAZED IX SPIRITED GO AYITII BIG CHAMPION. Dempsey, Still Suffering from Old Wound Over Eye, Confines Work to Running Seven Miles. TOLEDO, O., June 11. Six spirited rounds of boxing and five miles of road work constituted the training pro gramme for Jess 'Willard today. The champion stepped three rounds each with Jack Hempel and Walter Monahan and boxing experts regarded his glove work as the most impressive since he started training here 10 days ago. He used a rangy left jab with telling effect on Monahan and set such a furious pace for Hempel that the latter was in a dizzy condition after the final round. Dempsey, still chafing under the re straint placed on him, went through a lively workout but was not permitted to put on the gloves. He covered about seven miles on the road, tugged at the weights, punched the bag and shadow boxed. Although the wound over his eye Is healing rapidly. Manager. Jack Kearns decided not to take any risks of having the cut reopened. So it is probable that the challenger will not do any boxing until Friday, or possibly Sat urday. Promoter Rickard tonight received word from Major Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, president of the army, navy and civilian board of boxing control, ex plaining the report that Biddle had se lected William G. Rocap of Philadel phia as referee of the contest. Asked if the premature publication would eliminate either Rocap or Bill Brown, a New York referee, from fur ther consideration, Rickard said: 'If the board of boxing control picks a man who already has been suggested that will make no difference to me. I shall abide by the board's decision. I am confident AVillard and Dpmpsey will accept the selection without protest." THERE are many delicate inner workings in the game of golf. They are hard to define, but are ever active, and the way to know them is to seize every opportunity of engag ing in keen rivalry. Experience is al most as essential to success as is skill in hitting the ball; and once the player has obtained a good idea of the rudi ments of the pastime, he should engage in as many club competitions and earn estly contested matches as possible. They constitute a splendid schooling. In connection with competitions choose as a partner a player who is a little better than yourself. It is a great in centive to start out with the determina tion to be as good as somebody whom vou recognize as your superior. When an inexperienced candidate first goes to compete in a championship, he generally arrives several days before the event, and, in his keenness to tune his olf un to a concert pitch, he plays far too much. As a consequence he is stale by the time that the all-important competition is due to begin. He should take a hint from the procedure of the more experienced goiter. Arrive mree days before the start of the tournament, and play one round on the first day. (a three or four-Dall maicn lor cnoi, asmuch as. in that kind of a game, you will not be so likely to try so keenly as in a. singlel: two hard rounds on tne second day; and one round on the morn ing of the third day. O. A. C. Graduates Get Position. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis. June 11. (Special.) Leland A. Mentzer. 1919 graduate in the de partment of industrial arts, has ac cepted a position as instructor in me chanical drawing and manual training in the senior high school of Albany. He has beeen instructor of mechanical drawing in Corvallis high school the past year. Phone your want ads to Toe Orego nian. Phone Main 7070, A SrVS, ROLLER MARATHOPJ TO DECIDE TITLE TODAY Thirty Youngsters to Start at 11 A. M. on Three-Mile Trip. POLICE TO PATROL COURSE Eight Prizes Await "Winners Event to Be Staged Under Aus pices or The Oregonian. in There will be a new champion to day. He will be the roller mara thon champion of Oregon. Starting at 11 o clock A. M., about 30 youngsters, who have entered the annual roller marathon being staged under the au COURSE AND ONE OF THE MERCHANTS. r lj Starts f 7itt tfZt or u3J l'fx 'rx-. spicies of The Oregonian in conjunc tion with the Victory Rose Festival, will start on their near three-mile journey. By order of 15. A. Grout, superinten dent of the Portland public schools, every youngster who has entered will be excused from school this morning. The youngsters will be so notified by their respective principals. Most of the youngsters have already skated over the course. The start will be made from the south side of the Liberty Temple and the finish will be at The Oregonian building, Sixth and Alder streets. The sight of ilO boys ranging in age from 9 to 14 years dashing through the city's streets one that has attracted thousands of people before. Police to Patrol Course. The course will be looked after by the police department and the boy scouts of America. Dangerous curves will be patroled and automobiles will accompany the boys over the course to pick up stragglers and see that no youngster skates further than necessary. Today's marathon will be the third event of its kind. It originated in 1915 COURSK OF TniS MORNING'S BOI.I.KR MARATHON. Start south side of the Liberty Temple, Sixth and Morrison streets, south on Sixth street to Columbia street, west on Colum bia street to Broadway, south on Broadway to College street, west on College street to Kleventh street, north on Eleventh street to Hall street, east on Hall street to Tenth street, north on Tenth street to Clay street, west on Clay street to Fourteenth street, north on Fourteenth street to Jef ferson, west on Jefferson street to Chapman (Nineteenth) street, north on Chapman (Nii.eteenth) street to Alder, east on Alder street to finish at the Oregonian building. Sixth and Alder streets. when Freddie Lough went over the course being used today which is little less than three miles long in 14 minutes. 6 2-5 seconds. In 1916, Carl Tuma skated over a longer course, one trifle less than four miles ength. making the distance In 17 minutes, 3S 4-5 seconds. Of course both of these boys are now too old to com pete and a new champion will be named today. No marathons were run in 1917 and last year. Entrants to Report at lOtlS A. M. The roller marathon editor wants each entrant to report to him at 10:15 A. M. this morning in room 815 Ore gonian building and urges all to be on time to avoid delay in starting the race. The following officials are asked to report promptly at that hour to assist la running off one of the greatest events ot its kind ever staged Aaron M. Frank, director-general Martin W. Hawkins, clerk of course C. M. Menzies and James H. Lynch judges of finish; Mike H. Butler and Dr. Karl Smith, timers; J. P. Jaeger and Jim 31orris. chief inspectors; L. A. Spangler. scorer; W. W. Banks, starter George Roberts Grayson. William R. Smyth, E. Plowden Stott. George A. An derson, Fred Norman Bay, Wayne F. Lewis, Otto Mikelson, Harvey Newel W. E. ("Dick") Carlton. George Hurl hurt, C. L. Mullen. Ralph Thayer, Will iam Stepp, Jack Herman, Lieutenan Harold E. Potter, assistant inspectors. Among the fastest skaters entered are: Edward R Ellis. St. Francis; Edwin J. Bell. Hawthorne; John Annls Erick son and John Reuben Garceau. Ladd Courts Phillips. Vernal Brice and Billy Schlnk, Richmond; Oswald Stevenson Charles Grayless. Elwood Whonn Leigh Melton, Billy Mack and Fred eric Templeton, Couch; Stephen Bush nell. Kennedy; Urle McCleary, Shat tuck, and Irby Runn of Stephens. Prizes Are Announced. First prize is a gold watch donated by F. Friedlander & Co. It ii Friedlander special open-faced. 20-year case and one that is well worth work ing for. Second prize is a watc donated by o. Heitkemper company. it is an American open face, gol filled. This watch and the one offere for first prize are so nearly the sam in construction and value that th roller marathon editor has agreed give the boy who wins his choice the two. ine toy awarded secon prize will get the other witch. Third prize is a handsome gold scarf pin. donated by Jaeger Bro It is solid gold and has a beautiful stone setting. Fourth prize is a boy's radiolite wrist watch, given by Backus & Morris. This is a handy and useful article and one that will be appreciated by the lad who wins it. A boy's all-wool sweater has been given by A. O. Spalding to the win ner of the fifth prize. The boy who wins this prize will get his choice of the color and style by making ar rangements with marathon editor. Sixth, seventh and eight prizes have been given by Meier & Frank. They consist of three pairs of skates. The sixth prize will be a pair of fiber wheel skates made by the Union hard ware company. All boys, who have done much skating know the value of these skates. The sixth and seventh prizes will be steel wheel sidewalk skates. Echoes From Hempen Square. BOBBY EVANS has several offers for his star performers to take part in bouts throughout the northwest on and around July 4. The best offer so far received by Evans comes from O, A. Olin, secretary of the Wallace (Idaho) Athletic club. for the services of Joe Gorman to take part in a 20-round go with some good boy to be selected by the Idaho organization during the same hours that Jess Willard and Jack Iempsey are battling for the world's champion ship at Toledo. Evans has consented to the terms offered, but wants to learn the name of the boy Gorman will met before clos ing the deal. Harry Druxlman. matchmaker of the Moose lodge of Aberdeen, Wash., has telegraphed Lvana in quest of talent for a ten-round show he plans on staging at the Grays Harbor metropolis July 4 - Reports from the east say that Mike CDowd took on plenty of weight while in France and that he now tips the beams at 165 pounds. His manager, however, claims that he will have little trouble in reducing to the middle weight poundage. Chet Neff won from FVankie Tucker at Vernon the other night. Terrible Terry" McGovern knocked out Tommy White. Chicago lightweight, in three rounds 19 years ago today. The match took place at Coney Island and White at no time had a chance with the featherweight champion. The Rev. James A. O'Donnell. curate of St. John's Roman Catholic church of Orange. N. J., was recently named boxing inspector by the stave athletic commission of New Jersey. Veteran sporting men learned with regret recently of the death of George Cooke, prominent years ago as one t the leading boxing promoters of ew York city. He died as a result of a stroke of apoplexy. Twenty-five years ago Cooke was one of the prime movers in staging many championship mills under the Id Horton law. With William A. Brady and Alex Brown he organized the Coney Island Athletic club, at which Jim Jeffries won the title from Bob Fitzsimmons. It was at this club that George Siler gave Jeffries the decision over Tom Sharkey when they bttled 25 vicious rounds. Cooke staged the Cofbett-Jef fries go and the one between Peter Maher and Kid McCoy. He was the man that Induced Frank Craig, "the Harlem coffey cooler," to 1 from England to do battle with Tommy Ryan. m m m Dick Griffin, Fort Worth bantam. 1 being backed with plenty of "dough" to take the measure of Pete Herman when they meet. Captain L. J. Smith, L. S. A-, owner of thousands of acres of virgin oil lands in Texas and Mexico, says so. The oil men of Fort Worth and the adjoining country will back the little fellow with their last dollar. "I have assurance of a match with Merman. he world's title-holder, at Fort Worth." Smith said. "Fort AVorth is the new oil town of the Texas fields, and the hangout of Tex Rickard, Jess Willard and a big gang of sporting men. 'Like all boom towns. Fort Worth is opening up to the sport game and the boxing game is going good. Griffin has the backing of every man, women and child in the city, and if Herman will agree to meet him for the championship we will give him house that will be worth losing the championship to cop the box re ceipts." WALKOUT IS THREATENED Workers in Coeur d'Alene Mine Dis trict Said Organized. WALLACE, Ida., June 11. A declara tion that refusal of tne mine owners of the Coeur d'Alene district to grant conference on demands of their em ployes for an eight-hour day and : wage Increase would be followed by i walkout of 500 miners in the Bunker Hill and Sullivan properties was made at Kellogg, near here, last night by E. W. Muir, said to be an organizer for the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, it became known today. Muir declared in a speech to miners that the men would march to the com pany's offices and demand a conference. He announced that M. McQuay. a fed eral mediator, was en route here from the east to attempt to prevent a walk out. TOURISTS REACH LEWISTON Boosters for Evergreen Highway En Ronte to Salt Lake City LEWISTON, Idaho. June 11. (Spe clal.) The Evergreen highway touring party, which left Tacoma last Friday, spent the night in Lewiston and left for Grangevtlle yesterday morning en route to Salt Lake City via the north and south state highway. Those in the party are F. H- Sweetland, presi dent of the Evergreen National High way association; C. A. Collins, field secretary; W.'W. Sherman, state treas urer: R. H. Shater. president of th American Automobile company of Ta coma, and Mrs. Shafer, and John Frank, Tacoma. The purpose of the tour is to adver tise the highway and to secure d for compiling maps and literature re garding the route. Vancouver G. A. R. to Attend. OREGON CITY. Or., June 11. (Spe clal.) Meade Post No. 2, G. A. R.. an the Women's Relief corps of this cit will be well represented at the encamp ment at The Dalles June 17. 18 and 19. Among the members who will atten are E. B. 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