THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 2, 1914.
FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS FROM RECENT FIGHT IN LONDON SHOW
GOLF CHAMPION IS
CHARLES EVANS, JR.
TO COME BACK IS
HOW SMITH DELIVERED FOUL TO UAKTiirtTitiH..
ENGLAND'S CHALLENGER FOR THE AMERICA CUP, WHICH
NOW IS ON ITS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES.
MOOT SUBJECT YET
Light-Heavyweight Star of
Ages Long Agone Picks
Charlie Miller as Opponent.
Opinions of Rank-and-file
Players Throughout Na
tion Now Sought.
Western Amateur Title Goes to
Young Chicago Player in
Great Match.
NEWSPAPER BAN UPHELD
REMARKABLE IS RESULT
WELSH READY FOR RITCHIE
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AMATEUR
GOLFING
KID rn'COY S TASK
Champ of Small Boys Names Side Bet
- or $25,000 as Condition, Which
t Is- Regarded as "Bunk" by
Harr Smith, Sporting Writer.
- BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Auk. 1. Kid
McCoy is to try a come-back stunt.
s Pressed to set back into the game, if
,..ior no more than four rounds, the man
Willi LU' w Ul 1U n 1 u I . . - w
i,pf the topnotchers in the llgrnt neavy
- weight ranks has announced his wil
lingness to meet Charlie Sillier, local
...-....,.. Timmv CntFmlh n tr n pp red
in the deal and the match is to be staged
.' on Friday night, August 28. McCoy
jj explains he has already tested himself
Iiu the gymnasium and he is sure he
-will be in shape to give the ring toi-
lowers a Hash or his old-time speed. -Kid
McCoy was some pumpkins when
he was right, and although there's no
Anvincr nt (hp nrpRpnt time he
ack number, chances are he will be
able to stall by for the limited engage-
ments. At all events, he had an oppor-
'tunity the other night to see the work
..'. of both Miller and Tom McMahon, the
Eastern heavyweight and it was Mc
- Coy's own selection to be sent against
'.Miller.
Miller is not a particularly hard
- -puncher, and is decidedly awkward. He
is slow and clumsy, and if McCoy is
..Anything at all like his old-time form
-'he ought to be able to make a decent
showing.
Willie Ritchie, in a recent letter writ
ten after the Welsh match, intimated
that he hoped in the near future to
get a return go with Welsh. His
trainer. Emil Thiery, upon his return
to Chicago, declared that Ritchie would
Nst until October and then be ready
1o start once more.
After the London bout there came a
"story that Welsh would grant the
American another match under certain
conditions. These conditions included
133 pounds ringside weight and a side
bet of (35,000. As everyone knows who
studies conditions, the talk of such a
stupendous side bet is all bunk. Ritchie
wouldn't aL-ree to such a bet in the tirst
place ana weisn woman t accept in me
" second instance. In these days of mod-
erninity, Tioxers work for what they
-can get in the way of guarantees and
.don't take big chances with wagering
on the result. Willie Ritchie, for ex
ample, never had anything worth while
up in the way of bets when he has been
tighting, and the same thing probably
goes for the other scrappers of whom
we read so much.
Eddie Campi. the San Francisco ban-
ment or ueorge nmgie, wno once was
-manager of Frank Klaus. Engle writes
from his home in New Jersey that Eddie
will take things easy during the hot
Summer months, and that some time
this Fall will take a trip to Paris,
where he has been promised a mill
With one of the French boys. Engle
says he Is anxious to force Kid Wil
liams, new champion, into a return en
gagement with the Callfornian, and
that such a match will be arranged if it
is at all possible.
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Coffroth has finally despaired of
bringing together George Chip and
Mike Gibbons for an August or Sep
tember match. Evidently Jimmy Dime,
manager of Chip, is not anxious for the
match, since he has avoided Coffroth
prospects of sending his man against
the St. Paul glove artist. It would be
an interesting bout to watch, but I
imagine that Dime thinks Gibbons so
clever he might be taking undue
chances.
Dime has also come in for a world
of criticism at the hands of Snowy
Baker's San Francisco representative.
Chip was offered a guarantee of $10,000
for three matches In the Antipodes, the
most important of these matches, nat
urally, being against Jimmy Clabby. It
would unquestionably settle the ques
tion of who is the middleweight cham
pion of the world, but Dime declined,
saying the guarantee was not suffi
ciently large to Interest him.
Steve Ketchel, who made the trip
across the Pacific with Clabby, returned
the other day and announced that
Clabby had another match scheduled
with Jeff Smith, who won a question-
, able decision over the Indiana lad.
After that fight, according to Ketchel,
both Clabby and Jess Smith will re
turn to this country, likely arriving
here the fore part of September. The
return of Clabby will tend to sttr up
interest among the middlewelghts, and
there is no question but that Coffroth
will do his utmost to bring the pair
together.
PttEA.AXT HUNTERS WARNED
Game Warden and Fish Official to
Enforce State Laws.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 1. ( Spe
.cial.) An especial effort will be made
'by State Game Warden Evans, who has
.been here conferring with State Game
and Fish Commissioner Duncan, to pro
'tect the China pheasants of the valley,
la No open season, either on male or
female birds, exists in Hood River
C'unty. The pheasants are numerous,
however, and the temptation is too
"strong at times for hunters. Warden
Evans lias offered a reward of $25 for
the arrest and conviction of all viola-
. . t . . law T-l o Via. fllcn
warned fishermen to be careful in tak
ing undersized trout. The local streams
are filled with the hundreds of thou
sands of fry placed here last year by
the State Game and Fish Department.
The fish have grown to a sire not quite
within the legal limit.
Warden Evans, Commissioner Dun
can and Deputy Warden Bremer have
left on a tour of Central Oregon to In
terest tiie people of that section in the
protection of game and fish.
UOf.AX TALKS FOR POLLOCK
WeNh Declared -Not Entitled to
Lightweight Honor.
Freddie Bogan, remembered as one
of only two men on record to right
a two nights' battle, says that Harry
"Pollock should be declared th world's
'lightweight champion, instead of
Freddie Welsh.
"Pollock Is the real champion. Welsh
Is going tq. make every dollar out of
the title and he has to be handed the
palm when it comes to managing,"
says Bbgan.
Bogan fought Dal Hawkins in San
Francisco more than 76 rounds one
night and Eddie Graney. referee, made
them come back and fight It out again
the second night, when Bogan won
after 13 rounds.
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FIGHT FOUL SHOWN
First Smith-Carpentier Photo
graphs Arrive.
"DOPE" OF VARIOUS TREND
Camera Man Catches Gunner In Act
of Delivering Blow Which Cost
Him Fight With French
Champion.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
Judged from the tenor of the "dope"
sent out after the recent Gunboat Smith
Georges Carpentier fight in London, the
same must have been reported by the
lame, the halt and the blind of Jour
nalism. The experts on hand were unanimous
that it was an unintentional foul, that
it was a deliberate foul, that Smith was
robbed, that Referee Corrl was right,
that Carpentier deserved the deolslon
and that the English showed themselves
poor sports.
But we now have some straight in
INGENIOUS GOLFER TRIES BILLIARD SHOT IN EFFORT TO FIND
t ' J
HINT TO AMERICANS GIVEN.
An ingenious golfer is the man who is seen in the photograph lying on his stomach endeavoring to make
a billiard shot. Finding himself "Stvmied" on the ninth green at the Aldersburgh links, in Suffolk, Ens
land, he resorted to this unique use of the golf stick in an effort to "hole" himself out of a bad position.
This may be a suggestion to hundreds' of American golfers who may sometime find themselves in a sim
ilar position.
A2ece.Jvec ?e. cSson
formation on the fight. Photographs
of the battle came by the fast express
yesterday.
One photograph shows the Gunner in
the act of delivering a foul blow, the
one which lost htm the flght. The re
markable picture depicts the French
man on his hands and knees when the
Califomtau started the illegal punch.:
This ought to settle the dispute over
the blow. From all appearance Corrl
was correct In his ruling, and it is
about time for Americans to wake up
and realize that boxing rules are made
to govern the sport and not to be
broken.
James J. Corbett sometimes gets off
on the right foot, and we quote this
evidence from one of hl3 recent syndi
cate letters:
"Nowadays the referees are hardly
more than figureheads. Foul after foul
is committed in the average bout, and
the average boxer gets away with it
usually without comment by the ref
eree, press or public. In these degen
erate days in this country the crowds
want decisive results and the crowds
ar catered to. If Smith and Carpentier
had fought in San Francisco without
doubt no foul would have been de
clared." But rules are rules, and they ought
to be lived up to, especially in interna
tional affairs in which National honor
and sportsmanship are so closely scru
tinized by both parties.
Cutthroat Trout Planted.
POMEROY, Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
Seventy thousand Cutthroattrout were
received in Pomeroy yesterday from
the Walla Walla hatcheries and were
planted in the Tucannon and Pataha
Rivers near Pomeroy. The eggs came
from Lake Chelan, Wash., and were
hatched at Walla Walla.
President Watson Declares 28 Out
of 45 Clubs in United States
Accept His Dictum About
Journalist Players.
Apparently there is no downing the
question with regard to the status of
the amateur golfer, says a golf writer
in an exchange. Despite the efforts in
some quarters to dismiss the subject,
there is still the jjersistence on the
part of the governmental powers that
be to abtain, as far as possible, the real
ly true opinion of the rank and file of
golfers throughout the country as to
what really constitutes an amateur
golfer.
Much has been said and written to
the effect that Robert C. Watson, pres
ident of the United States Golf Associa
tion, is a man who is not willing to
give way unless it be conclusively
proved th'at he is decidedly in error.
When Watson gave out statements to
all the club members of the United
States Golf Association declaring that
certain abuse's had crept into the game,
there was much ado. Watson never
gave these views to the public, al
though lie sent them to all the clubs of
the United States Golf Association.
None the less, they cropped out, and
caused some furore.
Watson's explanation appeared short
ly afterward. It was an interview
which explained that men who had
made the newspaper business tneir pro
fession could not well be called pro
fessional golfers. But, the president
said, those who had been in other lines
of business and had because of the
reputation obtained on the golf links
decided to become professional writers
about the sport were not exempt from
the ruling which made them profes
sional' golfers.
There might have been much more
argument had not the president merely
submitted his views to the golfers of
the country with the statement that lie
did! no wish to retire from office under
the impression that he was afraid to
call attention to the existing evils.
That is the plain reason for it all.
Another phase was added' to the situ
ation last week when the president an
nounced that out of returns from 45
clubs, members of the United States
Golf Association, no less than 28 fully
agreed with him. There were 13 still
to be heard from, but it is rather sig
nificant that the greater percentage,
including some of the best-known clubs
in the country, at least went on record
as favoring some stricter definition of
an amateur golfer.
There 'is one fair golfer of the Earl
Ington Golf Club, Seattle, who will in
vestigate every sandbox hereafter be
fore reaching for the tee stuff. One
day last week she started for the mat
with a good-sized handful of sand,
when she was startled by a compan
ion's gasp.
Imagine her horror when she dis
covered that she had brought out a
full-sized, wriggling garter snake.
Here is one from George Junor, care
taker at the Tualatin Country Club.
George was the man who reallyput
the links on the map and he took con
siderable pride In their apaearance and
upkeep.
"One Spring I went down to take
charge." explained George the other
day, "and, before announcing myself,
went out for a jaunt on the links to
see how the mower driver was getting
along.
" 'Howdye do?" I said to him, as he
drove his horse alongside. And the
boob was cutting the grass across the
fairways, too. 'How are the links?'
" 'Oh, not Very good,' he replied, look
ing me over carefully, for he did not
know me. 'They had a d n crazy
Scotchman down here last year and he
left them in awful condition.' "
The following morning George gave
the Viking an unconditional release.
No. 9 is now the only green on the
new Portland Golf Club course that
has not been nicely leveled off. oiled
and sanded by Caretaker Dickson.
He has had to chop and hew his way
through earth almost as hard as ma
cadam, but at last his tedious task is
almost finished. The club owes him
a vote of thanks.
As a result of the continued lm
provement in the links more and more
golfers are snowing up ior piay, ana
these new links, six miles southwest
of Portland, promise to give the an
NEW WAY OF "HOLING OUT."
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SHAMROCK IV, SIR THOMAS LUTON'S SHIP WHICH CARRIES
THE HOPE OF ENGLAND TO THE CUP RACES ON OCR WEST
ERN WATERS IN SEPTEMBER.
The Shamrock IV, Sir Thomas Lipton's latest challenger for the
America's cup, is now on the way to the United States with the
Erin. Sir Lipton's private steam yacht, acting as convoy.
"The Shamrock IV has done all that has been asked of her," was
the final word of Charles E. Nicholson, the designer. He admits,
however, that the trial boat was in no way satisfactory as the type
of opponent which would enable yachtsmen to gauge accurately
the Shamrock IV's chances of lifting the cup. The crew of the Sham
rock IV, numbering more than 30 men, was divided during the voy
age across, half of the force luxuriating on board the Erin as far
as the Azores and then relieving their shipmates for the rest of
the journey.
cient Scotch pastime a new lease of
life in Portland.
Naturally, the course offers advan
tage superior to the Waverly and the
new Tualatin, and all it needs is time
to develop. The Tualatin club has
spent upwards of $25,000 In Improve
ments within a year and it is in first
class condition.
When that amount has been spent
on the Portland links they will rank
not far below Waverly.
When Jack Neville went out in the
Western golf championships a lot of
his friends in San Francisco and Se
attle lost money. On the basis of his
performances on the Coast this Spring
the wise ones figured Jack would be
up there in the finals.
His play against Egan at the North
western championships will long be re
membered. Even such an omnipresent person as
Theodore Roosevelt might do well to
BREAKERS TOURNEY TO
OPEN WITH LARGE LISTS
Golf for First Time to Become Part of Week's Events and Matches Start
on Same Day With Tennis Games.
THE seventh annual tsreaaers ten
nis tournament will be held at the
Hotel Breakers, August 24 to 29,
according to the announcements which
were sent out yesterday by the tour
nament committee.
Because of the time of the year, and
the fact that all other Northwest tour
naments now are finished, Chairman
Wakeman expects a heavy entry list to
the beach tennis meet. .
For the first time, golf will be in
troduced as a part of the tournament
week and special play will start on
the same date as the tennis.
The golf numbers will be a men's
handicap and a mixed foursome in
which the winners will receive suit
able prizes. The entries for this will
close at 6 P. M. August 21. if sent to
Chairman Wakeman. 1101 Yeon build
ing, and 24 hours later if sent to the
Breakers.
Both men's scratch single and men s
handicap singles will be staged. The
ino-l will be handicapped.
The men's, women's and mixed doubles
also will be handicapped.
First and runner-up prizes arc to be
awarded in all events of the pro
ornmo The winners of last year, If
entered, will not stand out, but will be
required to play througn li mey wis:.
t Antv-nA thflir titles.
The men's scratch entrants play is
for the Breakers cup. to be won three
times (not necessarily consecutively)
before becoming the permanent proper
ty of the holder. It was won In 1908
by L B. Freeman, In 1909 by J. F. Ew
ing, in 1910 bv A. D. Wakeman. In 1911
by J. W. Lewis, in 1912 by R. C. Qorrill,
In' 1913 by R C. Qorrill.
The women's singles handicap is for
a challenge cup given by Mrs. Walter
M Cook, to be won three times (not
necessarily consecutively) before be
coming the permanent property of the
holder. Won in 1909 by Miss Elizabeth
Ryan, in 1910 by Mrs. W. I. Northrop,
in 1911 by Miss Myrtle Schaefer. in 1912
by Miss Luclle Parker, in 1913 by Miss
Gladys Watertiouse.
IsHELOH 'BLI.V'D BOGY W1XXEK
Ralph J. Staehll Gets Improvement
Prize and W. Giffard Plays Best.
Douglas Shelor, automobile editor of
the Journal, won the first annual blind
bogey golf tournament for local news
papermen. The tourney was staged on
the links of the Portland Golf Club
Monday under the auspices of L A.
Spangler, Rudolph Wilhelm and J. R.
Straight.
Blind bogey proved to be 71 when
fiif, fnvelone was ripped open and
Douglas Shelor's score was 68. Ralph ,
J. Staehll. of The Oregonian sporting I
department, was adjudged the most
read the following excerpt from Lin
coin C. Cummtngs. a British writer:
"So many unacquainted with golf
seem to regard it only as a childish ac
complishment and occupation and won
der that anything 'so simple' can Inter
est a full-grown man.
"The co-ordination of eye and muscle,
the correct timing of wrists, the pivot
tng of the head, 'the eye-on-ball,' the
follow through, the right grip,' not
to mention the unrememberable, un
mentionable other things 'absolutely
necessary' to a -perfect stroke, constl
tute some of the 'simple' essentials for
a beginner.
"In fact there are 72 more or less
different perplexing, arbitrary, lmpos
slble things for a golfer to remember
and put Into action at the same Instant,
or his golfing name Is Dermis.
If it does not require intellect ana
concentration, tnen il nccu. . li,.vmoiim
inrsenowcr dynamo of Instantaneous
, . . . i. K ........... I
self-acting thought to aenver me
goods thus instanter.
Improved player. He circled the nine
holes In 65, which was considerably
below his former low score.
The blind bogey winner received a
set of clubs and oaddy bag and the
player showing most improvement was
given a club.
Walter Giffard. automobile editor of
The Oregonian, finished with low score
of 58, and E. J. Griffith, correspondent
for the Associated Press, ranked close
behind with 59.
Common Snails nml Culd.
London Tit Bits.
A French scientist who has been ex
perimenting for 18 years to ascertain
the effects of low temperatures on fish
and animals has found that common
snalla can withstand the greatest
amount of cold.
DAVIS TENNIS CUP FOR WHICH WORLD'S CHAMPIONS WILL
PLAY AUGUST 13-16.
K
TROPHY FIRST OFFERED IN MW
This is the beautiful Dwlght F. Davis Tennis Cup. emblematic of
the world's team championship, first offered in 190u und won from the
United States by the British Isles In 1903, and after an ubsence of 10
years waa regained by the United States last your at Wimbledon.
England, through the clever playing of Maurice McLoughlin snd Har-
old H. Hackett. The tennis champions of the world will meet at
Forest Hills. Long Island. August 13 to 15, In what promises to be
one of the hardest-fought tourneys to wrest the cup from the pos
session of the United States.
Going Around In Pur. .SouictlilnK
WlalUlJ Only Ktw Noted Golfer
Able to Do Durlnif Tourney.
Is Easy for Champion.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Au(. 1. For
the third time during his brilliant
career on the links, Charles Evans, Jr..
of Edgewater Club. Chicago, today won
the Western amateur golf champion
ship. He played one of the most retnurn
able matches In American golf history
and defeated James D. Standlsh. Jr.. of
Detroit. 11 up and 9. gtanrflsh was
completely outclassed avery step In the
journey.
Not content with lowering the record
for the 18 holes course from ? to ti tn
practice contest last week. Kvani
(hot the forenoon half of his gain to
day with Standlsh In If. Going around
In par. something which only a few
noted golfer were able to do durtns
the tournament, was an easy perform
ance for the champion.
It was necessary to play only holes
this afternoon to complete the match.
Evans turned In a card of 17. one down
on par, and Htandlsh took 39 strokes.
In the forenoon the Chicago itar went
out In 34.
Passing the Sport Mustard
BY KUBOOE 1'AWCETT.
WHEN Wayne Barliam played with
Victoria last season he draw
$150 a month. Cincinnati purchased
the pitcher in the Fall and raised his
pay to 8800 a month. According to
baseball law. a player advancing to
the majors Is entitled to u 25 per cent
increase, so Cal E-wlng. of Han Fran
cisco, figured Barham was getting
$187.50 a month snd he forked over
$1200 In cash for the kid a while back.
He must now pay his same salary,
$300. and. as Howard Isn't using tha
Dallas hurler. he Is proving an expen
sive luxury.
Barham Is Just such a fixture as is
Elmer Martlnonl. of the Beavers. He
has a good winning record, but does
not have the confidence of the
manager.
The baseball strike story did not
create a ripple In Tacoma. Fans have
been on an honet-to-goodness strike
there since the Coast League days of
1904 and 1905.
Subscriber:
Grass Pants.
Not Pant's Grass, but
Nautically speaking.
where Is tha
Defiance and why?
Which leads one to the remark that
they did not know a great deal about
navigation In the good old days when
they used wind Instead of steam aa
sole motive power.
Steam has all the Shamrocks and
the Resolutes backed up an alley for
speed. We will stack Commodore
Mendenhall's Manasquan against tha
whole flock of sloops and near-sloops
and then beat them to the shower
baths by a mile of furlong.
Sunday the genial Yacht Cluh boss
had only three of his horses kicking,
but even with one spavined cylinder
he was passing the sailboats so fast
they looked like a flock oi cninese
junks.
Give us the Manasquan wnaiever ii
means ana we ll smck ner
Shamrock IV for carfare. 1-Jeweled
rakes, a hogshead of Bulgarian milk,
or real "meg."
"Plavcrs Who Made World's Tour
Improve Instead of Going Back." saya
a New York headline.
For Instance. Jack Bliss, of enioe.
A note to golfers: Do your Christ
mas topping early.
While interest In professional base
ball has not maintained Its high stand
ard of former years with the fans,
there seems to be Just as much ex
citement and strife among the ama
teurs and semi-pros as ever before.
In fact, the so-called "bustiers are
busier than ever, it would seem to a
mi ud ft bfilhng barrel.
Few 33d-degree fans get the oppor
tunity of watching more than one am
ateur game a season. We Include our
selves in this bald statement. Hence,
the plan being fathered by W. W.
Metsger for a semi-professional cham
pionship series for Portland teams Is
of particular concern.
The back lot boys play good ball
and If the fans want to see the real
stuff, take a tip from yours of the
rusty typewriter and spend a two-bit
piece this afternooi