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nm suypAY onEGoyiAy. Portland, jult 4, 1013. MATTY DESCRIBES FACING GOBB'S BAT Hit Made for Clean Single De spite Best Efforts to Hold Detroit Star. ONLY ONE INNING PITCHED Both "Ty" and Giants' Tvvlrler lose Ko Chance to Exult In Victory of Teams They Picked to Win. I laying Termed Real Treat. TIT CHRISTY MATHEWSOX. TvEW YORK, July 3. (Special.) For a Ions time I have known "Ty" CobS well. He and I sat together through the world's aeries at Philadelphia and Boston last Fall, but t saw him play base ball for the first time recently, when the Giants and the Detroit club took part In an exhibi lon game at Toledo. Let me say It was some treat to watch "Ty." After the contest I con cluded he was even better than the newspapers bad de clared him to be, and expressed my 2 i k delight that "Ty" Christy Matbewson. was not In the Na tional League, unless, of course, he were a member of the Giants. In that exhibition fame I pitched lust one inning, the first, and faced Cobb only once and once was enough, but I got a line on him on that single oc casion. A man does not have to face a 42-centimeter gun more than once to realize its effectiveness. When Cobb came to the bat against me, he said: "Well. Matty, I have heard a whole lot about you. Let's lee what you've got." You may take my word for it. I worked hard on Cobb because I didn't want to see him bust that ball. I made up my mind to pitch to him, since 1 would not let any one say I slipped him a base on balls to get rid of him. but I tried to keep the ball on the corners as much as possible. It does not seem to be possible to work him. He won't go after a bad o' i, and he can bat a ball which is anywhere near the pan. He hit off me for a clean single. I gave htm all I had In the gun, too. No Chance Lost for Exultation. "I'm sorry to do It, Matty." he hol lered at me from first base, "but I Just wanted to show you we play some ball In this league." When I was with Cobb before the world's series last Fall, he kept telling me how much better the Athletics would prove themselves to be than the Braves. There was nothing to it, ac cording to him. After Mack's club went down before Stallings' in four straight games in spite of the tips fur nished them by Cobb, I had quite a lot of chortling to do. so that the battle between Detroit and the Giants was a sort of continuance of thla feud of last Fall. Therefore. "Ty" took pains to come around to our dressing room and do a little chortling himself before- he left town with his team. "I wish our club was in your league," he declared. "We would have that pen nant won now." The Tigera. might, at that, the way the contenders in the National have been going lately. It is only the weak ness of the various clubs that makes the race close. It was a real treat to watch Cobb at work, for he shows all the ability of a genuine artist. Withoufhim. the Detroit club never would have won that exhibition game from the Giants, which is the case in many of their con tests as I understand it. It was Cobb's reputation and Cobb's speed which finally beat us in the last Inning. oie Able "to For(rt Tj1" When Schauer went to the box we all told him to forget "Ty" Cobb was in the lineup. "Pitch to him just like you would to any left-handed hittter." said "Larry" Doyle. "Liae you would to me, for In stance." Schauer obeyed instructions the first time he faced "Ty." but he remembered it was Cobb in the ninth and became so anxious over it he gave the South ern Streak a pass. That was all he needed, for he did some stealing., "Lar ry" Doyle muffed a perfect throw at second to get him. However, "Billy" Evans seemed to call one wrong on Cobb, at .third base when "Ty" etole" that bag. He looked to me to be out. If it had not been Cobb. Schauer would never have passed him and Doyle would not have dropped that throw. "I thought I told yotf to forget it was Cobb at bat." said - "Larry" to "Rube" after the game. "I ought to have told you to forget It was Cobb running the bases, so you would have held the ball." ' replied Schauer, which was some comeback for a newcomer. McCran In Bitter to McLean. Since I have been with the Giants I have never seen McGraw as bitter toward a player as he is toward long "Larry'" McLean. It was "Mac" who was directly responsible for the big catcher's 60-day suspension which was Piled on top of the ten days handed him In St. Louis. This means McLean will be forced to pass practically the entire season without pay, and, heaven knows, he needs the money. That Is, he will be forced to lay off, as far as organized baseball is concerned. Of course he might pick up a few dollars playing with independent teams. I don't believe McLean will ever wear a Giant uniform again. I don't think McGraw would have him. He won't if he continues in his present frame of mind. , The Giants' boss has many close friends in baseball, but none is closer than "Dick" Kinsella, who pages the "bushes" each season for possible big league specimens. When McLean at tacked Kinsella with his fist, or the pipe, or whatever he used. It got Mc Graw's "goat." "The captain of the German sub marine which blew up the Lusitania would be about as welcome as McLean ith my club." declared McGraw Larry' was not tilmself when ha at tempted to bust Kinsella, but I would not stand for anything of that sort. His condition was no excuse. I am short of catchers, but I would have to be a whole lot shorter before I could forgive such a thing. If McLean had only hit the ball as earnestly as he tried to hit Kinsella, he would be a whole lot better off. I have done as much for him as anyone in baseball and I have stood him a lot longer than any other manager would have. Thera are too many men now trying to get along In the profession who are will ing to take care of themselves, to be worried with a rough performer like "Larry." He would never be mistaker for 'Billy" Sunday." -Larry's" Mistake Held Costly. "Larry" made a grave mistake and a costly one. He acted with the lack of responsibility, "Bugs" Baymond used to ahow, but he went even further. Raymond always was good-natured and was usually the victim of "friends." McLean was also, the victim of "friends." but these "friends" -"ribbed" him up to an attack that no manager would stand for. Raymond generally caught lucky breaks when he was suspended. Once he went up into Connecticut to play Independent ball after he had obtained a "ticket" from the Giants. On his way there he got mixed up in a railroad collusion and was slightly hurt. Some cheap lawyer at once induced him to start suit. The railroad company of fered to settle. "Did you settler- I asked Raymond wnen he told me the story. "Sure. I did. for five hundred 'bucks,' " he replied, "and then I went out and pitched a l-to-0 game the next day, winning It. That has the big league beat to death." During another period of suspension while the Giants were on the road. Kaymond accumulated the habit of hanging around the Yankees' club house at the old American League grounds In New York. At last Mr. Farrell tired of this volunteer, who passed considerable time sleeping on the benches In the clubhouse. He spoke to Hal Chase, then the manager or nis ciuo. Collins Praised of Victories. "You'll have to stop Raymond fiang lng around here," directed Mr. Far rell. "Hey. Bugs."" said Chase. "Farrell says be don t want you here any more. You'll have to get out." "Suits me." answered Raymond. "Suits me to the ground. I was get ting a little tired myself traveling wun you ousn leaguers, anyway. . . The White Sox scored two runs on a triple squeeze the other day. Here Is another indication of what "Ivddle" Col lins is doing for that club. This wat a favorite play of the Athletics. With three men on the bases each one would start with the pitcher's windup. The man on third would be practically home before the ball got to the batter and the man on second would be rounding third. The batter had to hit the ball somewhere on the ground, for It meant two runs, or all hands looked bad. There was a certain stage to pull this, of course, when it was most likely to go tnrougn. One man may not make a ball team, but "Eddie" Collins certainly has come pretty near making the White Sox strong championship contenders by himself. CHEH.UIS - CLVB WILL SHOOT Trophies and Cash Prizes to Be Given Xlmrods July CI. CHEHALIS. Wash.. July 2. (Spe cial.) The first registered trap shoot ing tournament of the Chehalls P.od and Gun Club will be held on Millett field here. July 24. This will be an an nual event of the club and will bring many shooters frm all over the north west. The Chehalia Rod'and Gun Club is one of thtj strongest organizations in the Northwest, is well financed, and Its members are all active and much Inter ested. The big event will begin at o'clock the morning of July 44. Three sterling silver trophies have been offered by the Interstate Associa tion, which will also give cash prizes for first, second and third places, ties to be shot off at 20 targets. The after noon of July 23. Friday, there will be practice, at which time Mr. and Mrs. Topperwein will give an exhibition of fancy shooting. - x Interesting News From Local Golfing Pastures. CHANDLER EG AN enjoyed a profit able trip to the Sound section, winning the Northwest Amateur cham pionship at Tacoma and the open title at the Potlatch events at Seattle. Mr. Egan's stories of the Northwest cham pionships, which appeared In The Ore gonian, were greatly enjoyed by the local golfers. a a a When Rudolph Wllhelm won the Oregon State championship his caddy bag contained Just eight clubs, two drivers, a midiron. putter, brassey. Jigger, mashie and a left-handed driver. The southpaw club was carried for "safety first" emergencies. He seldom uses -a cleek and did not carry one with him. A tournament is being arranged by Portland club officials, the first one to be played on the new course. Frank Heitkemper has donated -a. cup. The tournament will be started shortly after June 11. No details have been arranged, but It. is likely that the event will be run oft In match play. The membership campaign recently launched by the Portland club is already bearing fruit a-plenty. Secre tary Pearce has been flooded with ap plications for memberships. That golf is fast becoming popular with the Wo men Is evidenced by the desire of a large number to join tha organization. The warm weather of the past week has brought out the golfer with about the same regularity as it has the bare foot boy and Summer haircuts. The links at Waverley and Raleigh Station have been busy from early morning until dusk. Members have taken kind ly to the establishment of sleeping quarters at the Portland club and many are spending their nights there in order to be out on the course bright and early in the morning. Wee Willie Moffat, brother to tha late John Moffat, who waa responsible for starting Rudolph Wilhelm, present Oregon State champion, on his way more than 14 years ago. Is training for the Canadian army. The former Vic toria professional was sorely missed at the recent Northwest Association and Potlatch golf tournament held along with the open meeting, as the following clipping from one of the Seattle papers will attest: "One of the sad Incidents of the whole meeting discussed many times, particularly when the start was made on the first round of the open cham pionship, was the absence of Wee Willie Moffat, the former Victoria profes sional. Willie had not missed such a meeting for many, many years. But he was marked absent at, Tacoma. "Moffat had gone to the colors! "Almost three weeks ago the wee "un knocked off at Oak Bay, packed up and set out for the. scene of war. He is now in training for the submarine service of his native Britain. Preced ing him to the colors by several weeks was Alf Blinko. the Shaughnessy Heights Club professional, of Vancou ver. "On that same Monday morning thaj, opened the tournament had come the word that John Graham, Jr.. had lost his life in battle. John Graham. Jr., was the most pathetic figure In British golf. He had been acclaimed by scares of golf authorities as the greatest amateur golfer living at the time. In this 'Chick' Evans is a most enthu siastic indorser. Yet he never won the big title, did Graham. Neither has Charles Evans. Jr.. grabbed the big cup on this side." Rudolph Wilhelm of the Portland Golf Club uses a driving iron Instead of the brassey because it has a broader face and gives a bigger advantage when the ball lies on top of grass. This prevents one from driving a high ball After a week's rest during which time he did not touch a club Wllhelm went out to the Portland Golf Club last Sunday and at the end of the first seven holes he had a 25. On the next two, however, he mada three putts on each green and when ha ended he had a 35 score. His best mark is 33. THE "FOLLOW THROUGH IS ESSENTIAL IN BASEBALL yn ' a. ... . 1 V v;"5 ' . cS --; ., !-m - "v "! ' N !' ... ' J c ' " . " ", ' impr- if V' .fe5' :,"$." - - - j "u"j u . a aw iuiiuw inrouin is just m 9 essential to correct corrct driving. Photographs prove It. Not tha pose on Rudolph Wllhelm. Oregon state golf cham- . . . " - " -. poay naii turned until be Is f acinic th I!!" iT V 1 U - w' welhn i"8- t ne ionic season of 1 9 1 4. Form looks to be about the same GOLF HANDICAPPING IS DISCUSSED BY VARDON British Champion Criticizes Some American Listings and Also Tells of Anomalies Encountered in Giving Odds Curious Incidents Recalled. IV Shne Aapta of Haadlcapplas. BT HARRT VARDON. British Chamolon. o X the academic side of coif no subject Is more interesting than that of handicapping, and I have been improving a spare half hour by studying the list of ratinss of leading American amateurs Issued by the United States Golf Association. I must confess to a feeling of sur prise at finding Charles Evans, Jr, reckoned a stroke worse than either Francis Oulmet or 'i v. 4 9 r Jerome D. Travers. Apart altogether from what has hap pened in competi tions (and in this connection I sup pone that Mr. Evans thus far has been Inferior to Mr. Oul met and Mr. Trav ers as a match player and superior as a stroke player). I should have put Harry Vardoa. down Mr. Evans as the man most likely of the three to excel on any occasion. He is said to be a bad putter: I only know that when I competed with him at Ravlsloe he putted Just about as wen as ever a golfer need to. As regards the half Iron shot, which more than any other Is the stroke that distinguishes the very good golfer from the ordinarily good one. I would say that Mr. Evans has no equal among American amateurs. He hits the ball with that incislvcness which means so much; he keeps the swing compact and he makes the ball stop quickly on alighting. It is possible that the professional Is prone to be too faithful In his respect for what ha calls ortho doxy and that the methods of Mr. Oulmet and Mr. Travers are quite as effective as those of Mr. Evana Even so. it is the style of the last named that appeals to me as being bound to triumph In the end. That tha United States Golf Asso ciation roust know a great deal better than anybody in England the form of the leading players under its Jurisdic tion I realize to the full. I have set down these remarks purely from the point of view of a student of methods, divorced entirely from considerations OPENING OF NEW NINE-HOLE COURSE AT PORTLAND GOLF CLUB f JS- ' jW - BBBK-BBBBBBBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBaBBJBB If : If r - f jfozrjs lJ W ufviui. v nwurr, oiiiuii nasi loiiowia ( nrOUCn In f xcf 1 1 n t ! vl' ni fllrht of the ball: he has transferred his w-lht from th t-i not rnore thsn 160 pounds, and yet he whether It Is baseball or golf. as to who wins competitions and who suffers defeat In such events. Truly la the work of a handicapping committee difficult and one Is duly ap preciative of the circumstance that il had to Judge by hard facta rather than by the most plausible of fancies. Han dicapping at golf la crowded with ano malies; it Is an essential part of the game' constitution, but there seems to be little chance of its ever being placed on a wholly satisfactory basis. A pro fessional hears accounts of many matches contested by the members of the club to which he Is attached and Incidentally of a thousand other rounds and so far as I have been able' to Judge the system that gives the greatest measure of satisfaction Is that under which the handicaps are allotted for stroke rounds and In match play. Th man with the shorter allowance gives hla rival three-quarters of tha differ ence between their stroke-play handi caps. After all, it la founded on a sound premise. Figures are said to be ca pable of proving anything, but when a golfer has engaged In a fair number of stroke rounds his scores surely may be accepted In most cases as useful evi dence of his form. In medal play the inferior golfer is calculated to need a longer start than in match play, for the simple reason that ha is more like ly than his superior to surfer a bad hole. When be loses a hole In the match game It matters nothing .how many strokes he takes to It; he Is no worse off for expending four shots In a bunker than for missing an It-Inch putt for a half. But in medal play every, stroke counts against him; con sequently It is only reasonable that there should be a diminution of bis al lowance in a match. In England, during tha last few years, attempts have bean made to popularize the Idea of giving and re ceiving the full difference of stroke play handicaps. Wherever the scheme has been tried It has been voted a doubtful success and -it has not grown greatly in favor. In considering this question the prln. clple adopted by tha Royal and An cient Club has to be viewed by Itself. The Royal and Ancient certainly da observe the plan of giving and receiv ing tha whole margin of difference be tween handicaps, but then they frame a special list of allowances for every match play tournament-' They have i.urisU.L.UL.M ur audits AT KALE lull aa aaaaaa as aaaaaaasaaaaaaa a- coca as js 3i iirm tone, 1 .LE - UOLE AS WELL ASTX GOLF. amMH k stick everace of .109 dur- no standing list of handicaps, such as nearly all other clubs possess: tha ex planation la tat tbey never hold a stroke competition under handicap. m One of the little points that some times exafperates tho receiver of strokes Is that, in the ordinary way. i nas to mice hi allowance at certain pre-arranged holes. ome time ago a curious hardship be- ieii a memner or the club to which I am attache!. South Herta. Tha occa sion was a bogey competition, but the position might have been tha same If tne player had been opposing a scratch man. Kecelving 11 strokes, he finished two holes up. That was fairly satis factory, but. atranc to relate. If he had received only nine strokes he would have been six up! Wo went throuch the card and thera was the fact clearly enough: tha com mittee had given him two strokes too many to enable him to reap the full re ward of his play. This paradoxical sit uation arose, of course, through the strokes having to be used at prescribed holes. The planes at which nine strokes had to be taken would have aulted his play far batter than the list of 11 holes which ha was obliged to honor. I must confesa to soma affection for bisques as a form of handicapping. 11 calls for tha exercise of Judgment on tha part of tha receiver of strokes: he has to weichl up In his mind whether ha shall take a stroke at a certain point or sava It for later, and It Is a fins thing when much depends on the fac ulty for coming to tha right decision at the right moment- I Naturally It la mora valuable to be able to take a stroke when you like than to have to uao it at a fixed hole where, perhaps, you may not want It: and I would aav that, roughly speaking, tha best basis for bisques Is to give half the number of strokes that one would concede If tha starts had to be taken at prescribed holea. Thus. If In tha ordinary way on could give rour strokes one might con cede two bisques. Where tha ordinary allowance Is large It la generally rea sonable to give In blaques rather more tnan nair tha number. If I were receiving bisques I should make tha most of them at fha start and try to obtain an early lead of several holea It Is a lot for anybody to in and regain threa or four holes tn tha last jo or-ll or a round. Many people keep their bisques too long, and finally nava io squander two or three In or dsr to save on hola near tha (inih. rr iww piayera ao not know one another's form and want to be sure of a good same, tha best Idea that I know is i or -no !. which wins a hola to give a stroge at tha next so that tha handicap Is arranged as tha round pro ceeds and In accordance with Its de velopments. This scheme may be aoroa- tn'nsTotareak: but It Is surprising MARKS BIG STRIDE FORWARD IN STATION. how excltlnr a round It produces. When you h'ava gained a lead of one hole tha great thing la to struggle to win tha next hole so as to bacom two up; tf you ran do that you sra In a strong position. Time after time, however, you are prevented from achieving that purpose: the necessity of giving a stroke Immediately after Winning a hole has a way of affording, the other man Jut tha chance that he needs. It Is an artificial manner of stimulating excitement, but It is good fun. Fancy matches, however, have to ba approached a little wanly. I remember a. game that 1 contested when I waa professional at Sun ton. In Yorkshire, A player cams to me one day and of fered to take a stroke a hola all tha way round so long aa I would give him. In addition, as many blsquea coming home as 1 toc-J holes up tf any) at tha turn. Truth to tell. I had reason to think that, if necessary. I might b able to gtva him two strokes a hole, and tha challenge was promptly ac cepted. There was a good deal of money on tha match, and I set about tha task to such purpose that, at tha turn. I was eight up. Then It dawned upon ma that, coining home. I had to give him eight blsquea as well as a stroke hole. I lost: It was a real sell. Hut when wa encaged In a return match on similar terms I took care to ba only two up at tha turn, and then I won. (CopTmht, 1HJ. br tt v h-;.r Srndlrata.) This is tha fourth of a aeries of arttclra on tolf that liarry Vrtoo, the ifnttala champion. l wriuns speci..? or iti'.m i-tir. Tha ritia arttrl. aprBr next ucaay. LINKS AT RALEIGH READY PLAY BE(.1M TODAY OX XIXK-HOLK COVR9K. Offletal Oaealag Will B Jnly It aa4 ?pe-rlal rragraaaaaa W Ita Klag Ralalag Is ArraageaU When play begins today on the new nlne-hoie course at the Portland Oolf Club tha members of that club will feel content. Kvery member of tbe club at Raleigh Station has long locked forward to the time when he could plsy over the new course and chase tha elusive white sphere on the new grass greens. Although tha official opening data of tha new course is set for July 11. players Mill be alii ed to start on It this afternoon. A special i rotrtmmi has been ar ranged for tha formal opening of the new course. Among other things a flag-raising will take place on that date. A large American fiag has been donated to tna club by one of the mem bers and a suitable pole has been re cured and will ba put up In tlma tor the event. Tha new nlne-liole eoursa haa a lergth or 291 yards, which Is SOJ or 403 yarus longer than tha temporary count Several of tha experts hava been negotiating the present links In from 14 to 44 strokes, and these scores promise to be not quite so low for a few weeka The new course will he about 100 yards shorter for the first nine than the present Waver'.ey course, which In J019 yards, as agalnM :lt for Portland. When the second nine holes are com pleted the Portland links will be al most as Ions as tha (Ill-yard course at Waverley. Work on tha second nine greens at tha Portland Club has been under way tor several weeks. Dynamiters have been working overtime blaming rtumi-a and uprooting old trees. This Fall It Is planned to have all the greens sown to clover and grass and the second nine will ba ready for play next rJprlnc. When the complete IS-hole course Is completed It will undergo some rl-.anges. Part of the new nine-hole course will ha changed ao that some of tha holes will be merged Into the sec ond half of the course, and some of the new hoi.n will make up a part of the first half of tha cnursa Told on the Links DAVID FISDLAT, tha Spokane golfer, was expected to make a good showing In the recent Northwest championships at Tacoma. Ho was playing a great game when an attack of rheumatism settled 'in his hJp and put him out of the running, tils long game could not hava been better, every drive being straight down tha court. r.Soabiealy. I can hit 'em a mile with a wooden club I can pitch 'era out of the bunker's ruts; I can thump 'em straight and true to tha green But wotthehell when you miss the , putts: LARRT. a a Speaking of the friendly little wa gers that wiil. some way or another, crop up In the play of thla royal and an. lent game, particularly when tha real goUlng folks get together. C. Marry L'avi. of Portland, found him slf playing a hunch at tha Tacoma meet. The hunch lost. ravts was matched In the first flight against I- R. Coffin. Looking up bis old tillikum from Spokane, he aald: Oraea, I m playlag Coffin; If I l-.ad a bet with ou I think I could win this match. "I rlayed my qualifying round with it. Jlrcrlmmon yesterday. rrpltad v-iyue il- oravea. -and I suttlnclv fael that my hunch Is working stronger than yours. You ara sura on. I got you you're playing Coffin and betting Graves." a a -Whats that new German drive they re talking so much about?" asked a reader of war news of a golfer. "Oh." replied tha other. "1 suppose It Is about on tha same principle aa any other sort of a drlvs. with probably a little difference In tha way one holds bis club. a Tha man who will scratch a match with a loud, crackling sound, or who win cough, shift about, kick up the dirt and do a score of thlnra that are unsportsmanlike when his opponent Is on a tee. In the inidt of a golf shot. Is not unknown to this royal and an cient time. Some of these disconcert ing things ara unconsciously done, but thera are others who ara Imbued with the principle of wln-at-any-cost and who resort to these tricks to throw the other fellow off hla mental bal snce. Fortunately tha percentage of players who stoop to such practices Is light. For a long time one of tha moat popular stories used to Illustrate the tricks of the goat getter waa that cf the man who took along a rami, stool and illustrated paper, which he In dulged In self-defense when his oppo nent- notorious tor his disconcertingly slow game, began his customary dila tory tactic. But the story of the player with the hay fever is somewhst newer. Ha de veloped this nasal affliction in and out of tha hay fever season and vented a hearty "yah-shoo-oo-oo" usually while his opponent was In tha act of swinging his club. He pulled the sneeze twice on an opponent one day and on tha second offense abjectly apologized for hla affliction. T va an excellent cure for thst." ra- plled the other, as he looked hard at tli sneezer. "The next tlma you pull that when I am making a shot I am going to punch you so hard on tho noea that you'll think the clubhouse fell on you." The cure was not applied. huweer. for this sucrestive. or absent, treat ment brought the sneeze under perfect controi SKILL GHIIiEO EARLY Rudolph Wilhelm Learns Golf as Caddy. FEW COURSES PLAYED ON State Champion Now Has l-ire to Conquer New 'World and la Anxloos to Enter Wertrrn Championships This Month. Taking Into consideration the small amount of time tnat he his ievoted to the game and the few oppori tir It to improve hla play. Rudolph Wllhelm. of the Portland Golf Club, present Ore gon State golf champion. Is regarded as one of the moat remarkable plsyers In tha West. Starting out aa a candle for J. C. Alnsworlh at tha Waverley iiolf Ciu!.. now known aa the Waverley Country Club, he learned to usa Ift-handeJ clubs because his employer played front the south side. To John MoffAt. then professional golfer for the club, goes the credit of starting the Oregon cham pion on his iy a a devotee of the game. Moffat told Wllhelm to chance hia form and urc right-bancU! clul'S. tor at no time h-4 he ever heard cf a left-handed player ever geitlnr very far In tha golnnc world. Kudo. pi too jc this advice In the seaoon of 1M9 and 1J00 and in the following year. 1S01. I.e. won first honors in fie annu.il tournament among tl.e raddles of the club. first Prtaa Valaea Saatrslr. The llttl trophy which he a on on November 2. 101. is one of tha highly prised memento. of his career a .1 caliy. poon after this, however, ba dropped tha rime, not to t bark to it until mora tMan a derail bad alapte.. fiT it waa not until 111 that bo handled a golf club agmn. Me was vimtlng at cavlerr. Wash., d'.irir.g the vimnirr f IMS. when ha irt-f !fd word that hla brotl-.r. John Wl.helm. was playing golf at Oearhart. repreenlt.:g Kugena in the tourney. Kudclph went over to see Mm. Alter three !' practice, he went around the course In ST. t.at year he cs tst:ihed a mark of .t. winch glvrs him second ranking for the lowest sccre ever turned in from the old tVear hart links. Cteorse Turnhull. former profelonal. of the Waverley Club, lead with a 31. After coming hack to Portland In IMS he "got Itifl bug" and through the a'tnce of Turr.bull regained some of his former play. 1 the Winter of the same year, as the guet of Clrtri e Sewell. be went a low rounds on the Waverley course and after Joining the new Portland Clolf Club he played re g ularl v. Wiihelm now has an ambition to extend his career over a larger f.e'id In the Vnlted State. He Is a Portland boy. having heen born in ell-ood. No vnr.ber 4. 1SSS. On his next birthday he. will hava been married Ik ears. II i" son is IS months old. Not once during his life has he made a freak shot and only onca has he aver seen ona executed. Thst was at Oear hait. when someone made the third hole in one. He attributes his success In being able to get out of tha rough because he watchad H. Chandler Kgan ao carefully whlla playing at lr.gle !! during the Panama-Pacific Inter national Kzpoaition In ftn Francisco a roupla of months ago. Mr. Kgan is the greatest player for getting out of difficult places he has ever seen In sctlon. Mr. Wllhelm hss played on but five courses and ha has two championships to his credit, cham pion of the l"ortland Oolf Club and champion of Oregon for the IMS sea son. He has ambitions to enter every thing pretalnlng to golf tournament within hla means and he Is thinking ' irlnntU of t-. 1 1 n to CI e vel an.4 to the Western championships July 19 to 24. where he can learna few new points about the game. He hasn't had mucn time for practice. Jut about IS holes a week on an average. r'oraa Not Regarded aa Kseellemt. His form Is not "the best in the work!." hut he Is ca?N of plsylng a long tralght game. This Is one thing that helped him so much In bis sen sational match aaalnrt Ecn at r-.in Francisco liila Spring. It waa on tha Sid hole that he lrt out. This was hla first real competition. If he cou d have played better with his putter, be feels that he would have won out. L"p until tha time he went to Ingle slde ha did not know what It was to p'.ny an arrroacb ahot over a bunker to the t:recn. It did not take him long to learn It. however, and this ;s one thyur that -makes him feel confident that h might yet amount to something as a golfer. The Waverley Country C!ub course Is the best he has ever played on or ever hss seen, he m). but lncleside is more difficult and ir.uch harder If etie Ooes not remain In th fair green be raure of long grass, railroad tracks n,l sa nmp. Mr. Wllhelm tells a rood story on hirrsr'f sbout being ich a devotee of gcif when a cdiy. He ass kl.-ked" out of school a hen he was 12 ycirs old as a result of golf. H attended the Hellwood grammar school, and ona week hm brought to task by Princi pal Curtis for being sbsert, said Ujat tie had carried elul.s for members of ths Waverley Country Club In a big tournament. Ha had been absent five htUf days In succession and this caused his sus pension. He never returned to school, but set out to work for himself. Ho la now the head of tha Wllhelm Trans fer Company. MIMTr.mX AKE TO COMPETE Doxing Rout la One rvature of F.n rsnipment at Clearliart. encmr Oe J.ilv S (Special. 1i Th members of the Oregon Nstlonal Guard mill devote more time to ath l.iio. nrlnf f v -nt-amon-iinr at Gear- hart than ever before.. Company C. also known aa tha Noh H'.U Athletic c:ur. will hold two smokers at Seaside, and tho Armory Athletic Club will bold heir fiM meet In front of the hotel . K h.rh n.vf S.iturJaT afternoon. Companies coming from ail over Ore gon will participate, Tha big attraction will be at Seaside n'.dr.irliv n'ebt. wh.n Harrr Hansen. of Company C. and Jack Allen. Com r.Mw Tl KtrlA for the 1 35-nound cham pionship of the regiment- Both bolters ara down near the required welgnt. and will ba tn perfect condition. Four other bouts will be on the card. There will be plenty of automobiles to carry the soldlars to t-easlde to sea the fights. Aberdeeu Plans Big- Celebration. ArERPEHN. Wash- July. S. (Spe cial.) An evening baseball celebra tion between Aberdeen and Tacoma will take placa here on Friday. July . according to arrangementa completed lo'.y, and will be conducted with tha aid of lights, which will make tha park as light aa day. The main feature of thia will be a ftve-lnnlng burlesque baseball game. There sre to be several boxing matches and soma vaudevtii stur.ts. HandsotTws prizes ara to ba awartel the player making tha lore est throw and to tha ona circuiting tha bases la the fastest tuna.