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2 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 12, 1913. AMERICAN WOMAN WINS GOLF TITLE 'Mrs. Vanderbeck Defeats Mrs. W. A. Gavin", of England, in t- National Tournament. MATCH WITHOUT THRILLS Philadelphia!!, One Down at Second. Kvens It at Third and Never Is Behind A pain, Defeating: Rival Three fp and Two to Play. CHICAGO, Sept 11. Mrs. C. H. Van derbeck. of Philadelphia, Western golt champion, today won the championship f America at Onwentsia by defeating Mrs. W. A. Gavin, of England, 3 and 2. The contest for the title today was. not as strenuous as the semi-final round Mrs. Vanderbeck won yesterday from Miss Alexa Stirling, Southern champion, but the Eastern champion played good golf, approximating a 92 against a probable 94 for the Briton. The international nature of the struggle drew a large gallery. Mrs. Vanderbeck, who had twice broken the course record since the tournament began on Monday, did not give har supporters any cause for nervousness, except on the 14th hole, where she foozled a mashie stroke and barely escaped, a pit. Mrs. Vanderbeck has been a favorite with many since she led the qualifiers for the 6435-yard course. Victor ! Favorite. The champion became prime favorite yesterday after she won a 23-hole victory over Miss Stirling, of Atlanta, despite the fact that the Southern champion overhauled her at the 18th hole and had better chances on each of the four extra ones. The victor's golf was not so near par today, al though she equaled perfect figures for women on. 10 of the 16 holes played. Mrs. Gavin, the runner up, has not at any time during the meet played as good golf as her American opponent, but she has been consistent. She quali " tied with 96, 11 strokes higher than Airs. Vanderbeck. Tho big surprise fur nished by the Briton was her defeat in the third round of Eleanor Allen, of Boston, who had eliminated Mrs. J. V. Kurd ( Dorothy Campbell), of Pitts burg, 4 and 2. She also furnished an upset in prognostications yesterday in defeating Ernestine Pearce. Briton In Oat driven. The play today was beneath cloudy ekies and on rather slow greens. lrlves were not very long, but Mrs. Vander beck had the advantage of the long game almost every hole. Tho ap proaching was a trifle in favor ;f the Philadelphian also, but the putting was about even, no' spectacular holing shots rewarding the efforts of either clayer. The cards: Mrs. Vanderbeck, out. .5 4 6 5 4 6 5 4 6 45 Mr Gavin, out 6 3 7 5 4 6 5 5 5 46 Mrs. Vanderbeck, in... 5 5 6 5 6 6 3 Mrs. Gavin, in 6 6 6 5 6 3 By holes not played. Mrs. (savin Lours Opportunity. Both players took four to reach the 805-yard 12th green and halved in six, leaving Mrs. Vanderbeck three up and six to go. Driving against a north wind on the 357-yard 13th, both were straight 150 yards. They remained even 100 yards from the pin after their brassie seconds, but Mrs. Gavin was only 12 feet over the cup on her ap proach, while the American was a trifle short, with a putt 25 feet to the left of the pin. The hole was halved in five, leaving Mis. Gavin three down ami five to go. Both women drove well on the 365 yard 1 4 th, did well enough on their seconds, but Mrs. Vanderbeck flubbed her maHhie, barely escaping the frontal pit and was almost as short in four as Mrs. Gavin was in three. Half Btymied, Mrs. Vanderbeck missed her lit'th but halved in six, when the Brit ton minted a short putt despite a sec ond half stymie. Three down and four to go, Mrs. Gavin was 75 yards short of her oppo nent with her drive on the boomerang 16th, 400 yards. Both played iron cet-onils short of the creek and neither reached the green on the third, al though the American had an advantage of 5 yards. 1XTKK-C1TY LUVGCE TO FORM IYmHUhII Tennis Ask John B. Yeon to lie President or Circuit. v A meeting will be held tomorrow night in the lodge room, fifth floor Commercial Club building, to organize a football It-ague. The following teams will probably be represented in the gathering: East Portland, Oregon City, Mohuwks. Twenty-first Infantry, Van couver Tigers. Albina, Western Athletic Club, Columbia Park Amateur Athletic Club, Wabash, Overlook and Sellwood. John B. Yeon has been asked to be president and If Ixe consents the league will be independent of any commercial house in Portland. The meeting will bo called to order at 8 o'clock tomor row night and all managers are re quested to be present. Any amateur teams contemplating entering the league are invited to be represented at the meeting. As Oregon " City. the Vancouver Tigers and the Twenty-first Infantry plan to enter, the name of "Inter-City Amateur Football League" has been suggested as a title. Baseball Brevities. Brooklyn's Superbaa, who are threatening to put over the unexpected and cop the National League hunting, are a young crowd, only four men on the team have reached the ripe old age of o0. The team average 1 about liO years. No cry of Lard times came from the Texcs League prior to the disaster that v racked Galveston and other cities in that vtaie. In fact, according to reports, the Lone Star circuit was having one of the best ar financially it ever went through By the way, when you stop to consider everything, is Georpe Stalllngs deserving of ar.y more r red it for the upbuilding of th Uravt-s than is John McGrawT There an ;owiy and Kudulph, you know, and now monies Suodgrasfc. Just as was expected, Grover Alexander is to get buoy now that the National league race is entering the stretch and the Phillies' lead is narrowing. It is announced in Phil adelphia that from this time on Alexander will be seen in the box on every third day until the close of the season, and his vork is expected to keep the Quakers in from until the finish. Alexander has been anxious to work oftener, and now gets his chance to show what he can do when creased. Graves Field is the sixth professional base frail r-ark tor Boston. The South End grounds were built in 1ST0. The Union Association grounds, on Dartmouth street, mere built In 1S84. The Players' League grounds were on Congress street. South Bos ton, left). The Huniingtoa-avenue grounds were opened In 1901 and Fenway Park In l'Jl-. Braves Field opened August Is. laii. Scout Xeit. of the Phils, was in a small minor league town training his lamps on a player that had been recommended to the rlub. Tho work of the player impressed Neil and he decided to have a talk with him that night. Shielding his identity, he started a conversation with the player at aim note. uuring toe talk tne Dustier had occasion to pull out his kevrine. Rpi(1pr keys, the scout saw a corkscrew and beer opener aiiacneo. is eii enaea toe conversa tion ouiCKiy ana left town that night with out buying the player. - m m m John H. Oanzel, the new leader of the urootciyn J? eus, has bad an Impressive and extensive career as a player and manager. In 10 years, previous to this season, he had been with onl ytwo clubs that finished cut of the first division. As a player with the Giants of 1101 Oanzel experienced for the urst time tno environments of a second division club. He managed the Cincinnati Reds In I WON, replacing Ned Han Ion, under vc horn he had served the previous season as captain and first baseman. Ganzel brought the Reds Into fifth place, a notable achievement under conditions that exist there and which would have baffled some of the shrewdest and most capable leaders in Daeoaii. There is a report that Vaughn Oh I. busi ness manager of the Athletics, has adopted the railroad, section custom of handing out OFF THE TEE. The story tellers are relating a yarn about preachers who had a bitter battle at golf recently. Ri valry was intense. One of the ministers was not much more than a beginner, but he had a fine day and came out on top. He told the tale to the "pro," a Scotchman. "My wooden clubs were going fine and my irons the same. Best of all, I couldn't miss the putts," exulted the minister. Then he add eJ. as an afterthought. "And I wasn't swearing." "Ah, well, dinna be discour aged," soothed the little pro. "It'll come in time." brass checks to Connie's young athletes, so that they can Identify themselves when they wish to draw salary or get sleeping car numbers. He needs some such system. When Phllllon, one of Mack's recruit pitch ers, went into a recent game and the um pire called on McAvoy for the name, the catcher had to go down to the slab to get it. Connie himself, at times, when ap proached by a stranger in the hotel, doesn't know whether he's talking to one of his recite or to a tan- HORSEMAN IS OFFENDER BAKER JUDGES WILL ASK EXPUL SION OF C. K. HOWITT. Despite Chilly AVeathcr Northwest Record Is Equalled in Mile Trot. One Horse Stricken. BAKER. Or., Sept. 11. (Special.) Recommendation that C. K. Howitt, of Portland, be expelled from the Ameri can Trotting Association will be made by the Baker County Fair race judges, according to announcement of the judges thla afternoon. The announce ment said that Howitt warmed up his horse, Oakland Maid, this morning and reported that It was in good condition to enter the 2:12 trot this afternoon, but before the race he left the grounds with the horse without notifying the judges and did not return. General Brlghtheart, owned by O. C. Koontz, of Baker, and also entered in the trot, became partially paralyzed Just before the race and may not live. Kid Cupid, owned by C. F. Silva, Sac ramento, Cal., won the race; B. Thomp son's Dan Mathews, of Prince Albert, was second, and Alex Brown's Nuristo, of Walnut Grove, Cal., was third. Despite the chilly weather Kid Cupid made the mile in 2:10 4 and equaled the Northwest trotting circuit's lf la mile trot record and the Baker County track record, made in 1912 by Lady Sirus. This year's circuit record was made during hot weather at the Che halis. Wash., track, considered the fast est track in the Northwest, so that Baker maintaina that under equal con ditions the local track is the fastest in the circuit. Three thousand saw the get-away day events today. The 2:10 pace was won Silva's Teddy Bear. G. A by. C. F. Lincoln's Harold Welcome, of Keating, was sec ond; Klmer HogoboonVs Allerdaw, of Haines, third; Clair Todd's Halta mount, of Portland, was fourth. The results: ii:10 pace, purse $400 Pelmas -.5 ft x Haltamont 4 4 4 Harold Welcome 2 '2 '2 Teddy Bear Allerdaw Time 2: 12. 2.12. 2.13H XA'Z trot. Purse SSOti - Ntirlsto Dan Mathews Kid Cupid ..1 . .3 . .3 . .2 ..1 Time 2-17H. X:1.t, 3:16. Tiiroeeishtrts-niilt, purse ,"0 Young Sunshine il. Fleetwood), first; New Moon J. W. Buckley), second. Time 1:01 Vi. cjuarter-milo run, iuise $T0O Company Maid (Hcavner), first; Isom (Pinnegarj, second; Lark (Elms), third; Donna Lucia l Yeager), fourth ; Lucky &. iMcAiiomii), fifth. Time 2-t seconds. Kelay final totals, eight miles, four days, purse 2j0 Whlted s-tring f Whiten" K 16:OS: Hardman ctring (Hardman), lGioOVi; Brown string tUruwn), lli:01. KEEFE'S AVILDXESS LOSES GAME Taconia Takes Advantage of Tnef- foctiencss of Spokane Boxmcn. SPOKANE, Sept. 11. Tacoma de feated Spokane today by a score of 6 to 2. Keefe's wildness in the opening innings gave the Tigers a. big lead and Spokane was unable to hit Hendrix ef fectively enough to make up the lost ground. Wicker replaced Keefe and was wild and ineffective. A running one-handed catch by Kaylor was the fielding feature of the game. The score: R. H. E. R.H. E. Tacoma 6 9 l! Spokane 2 8 3 Batteries Hendrix and Hoffman; Keefe, Wicker and Brenegan, Vancouver 3, Seattle 2., SEATTLE, Sept. 11. Vancouver out batted the locals today and won, 3 to 2. Score: R. H. E.I R. II. E. Vancouver. .3 10 USeattle 2 6 3 Batteries Hughes and Cheek; Mclvor and Cadman. Aberdeen's Prospects Brighter. ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) Joy reigns among the Aberdeen football squad for three new players, all of ability, have entered school here from Cosmopolis, where only a three years' course is given. These will make end position and that of halfbacks. The squad looks fully as good as that of last year when Aberdeen won second place in the fight for the state cham pionship. Two Deadly Mixtures. Atchison Globe. Amon the other high explosives, it may be tt-id that Lcoxe and gasoline form on-3 of the deadliest mixtures. WOMEN GOLF CHAMPIONS OF TUB . VAST. Year, links Winner lS&o-SMnnecock Hills-Mrs. c. d. Brown. lS9S-Morrls County il.ss Beatrix Hoyt. ly-Essex Co. lMaM.Mii Beatrix Hoyt. IsvS-Ardsley Miss Beatrix Hoyt. ISsS-PhUadelphia Miss Ruth Underbill. 1900 Shinnecock Hlllls.il Iss F. C Griscom 1901- Baitusrol Miss Genevieve Hecker li2-Brookline .Miss Genevieve Hecker 1903- Chlcago .... Miss Bessie Anthony 1904- Merion Miss G. M. Bishop. 1505-Morris County. . - -Miss Pauline Mackay.. IJoS-Braa Bum.. .Jk.. Miss H. S. Curtis. 19tl7 Midlothian .Miss Margaret Curtis. los-Chevy Chase Miss Kate C. Hariey. 1 SOS-Morion Miss D. CampbelL 19 1 o-Home wood .Miss D. Campbell. 1911-Baltusrol Miss Margaret Curtis. l13-Essex Co (Mao.) Mim Manraret Curtia. 19 13-Wiimln-ton. ....OflssG. Ravenscrofu l)14-Kaa&au Miss U. A. Jackson. NEW NATIONAL GOLF ill v - e7p -. I i r - :" - " ' - -KL , - ' - - J !, - . r -- I I I fx "trC"$-1 ' - ' ' ' t:- " t'v '''- v I x ' I , I f ; ,: : .-. x s : : : -x- ; -.--..v : A , ; w, :- C. , ;-: '- , - ' ": i " I " r- S L x 1 I I p-:.-.',$?iHp::.S i;''.' :y: . ;r-ii ffX'ZJ&i-'fX &:'?-'''-iff.-' ' - -; -: . w''Mpif I i Si t i - t 1 If - 1 v ' ' T' ts r" .. . f TV? I It - 1 l - x f ' l - ' Y I i 1 ' i v. t: , .. ...r ! ' ' I If . . , 1 $ V ft-a- , If - y "i if ' - i a I? ' . , 4 . , i If ,:,ir x; C;v.;;tVw:T - ' BEAVER STAFF FAILS Statistics Show Pitchers Not Up to Former Standards. COVELESKIE LEADS COAST Lefty Williams, Besides Having Big gest Number of Innings Twirled to Bate, Boasts or 2 8 Full Games to September 6. Statistics for Pacific Coast League pitching up to Uie present incompleted series substantiate tne statement that the Portland pitching corps has not been, up to former standards. Coveleskie is the most efficient , of the lot In runs responsible for. but" he has allowed 3.74 per game, which i not air-tight twirling. No fewer than 18 rival pltcbere an average of nearly four to each other clut rank higher up the efficiency list than the fcjest Portland slabs ter. Besides having the largest total of innings pitched to date. Lefty "Williams has gone through more complete games than any other pitcher. Williams has pitched 26 full games up to September 6, and Jack Ryan, of Los Angelee, is CHAMPION IS RARE ALL-AROUND the second best man in going the full route, having pitched through 23 full games. B&uiu of San Francisco; Kl&wltter, of Oakland, and Fanning, of San Francisco, have each pitched 22 full games, the only other pitchers win. have gone tho full route more than 20 times. "Hook 'Em" Smith, of San Francisco, who leads the league on the basis of games won and lost by pitchers, has gone the full route only nine times, whereas his teammate. Bautn, who is pressing Smith for leading honors, has gone the full route 22 times. Of the nine times that Chapman has gone the full route he has finished a winner six times and has lost three times. Of his six full-route victories, two have been against Portland, two against Vernon and one each against Los An geles and Oakland. , Baum, on the other hand, has won 20 of the 22 games in which he has gone the full route, and of his two defeats. I one was a l-to-0 ten-lnnine- against Portland., and the other was against Vernon, in which his opponents rolled up six runs, for none of which Baum was responsible. Of Baum's full route victories, five have been against Los Angeles, four each against Oak land. Portland and Salt Lake and three against Vernon. Of the pitchers who have worked more than 200 innings in the first weeks of the season, Piercey. of Ver non, leads the pitchers, on the system of rating according to the average runs for which each pitcher has been re sponsible to the nine innings. Piercey has been responsible In each for 2.15 runs to each nine innings; Love, of Los Angeles, responsible for 2.19 runs of the innings, is second, and then comes Baum, responsible for 2.32 runs to nine innings. Lefty Williame. of Salt Lake, with a total of 325 1-3 innings pitched, is the hardest-worked pitcher In the league. Dutch Klawitter, of Oakland, having COLLEGE ATHLETE- dropped, back to second place, with t total of 317 2-3 innings. Skeeter Fan ning, of San Francisco, is the third hardest-worked pitcher, with a total of z3 innings; Kyan, of Los Angeles, is next in line, with 292 innings, and Baum, of San Francisco, is fifth, with a total of 2io innings. BASKETBALL SERIES PLAXXED Idaho High Schools Adopt Amateur Athletic Cnlon Rules. CO BUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Sept. 11- (Special.) At a. gathering of the athletic coaches of the 27 high schools in the three counties represented in the teachers institute, held in this city during the week past. Amateur Ath letlc Union rules were adopted to gov ern the basketball contests of the com ing season. A comrjlete schedule for the coming Winter was ratified, the pennant game to be held some time shortly fefter Christmas. A committee of three superintend ents was selected from the gathering at larse to take in hand the questions and details of the debate meetings scheduled for tne winter. CALIFORXIA IS BUSY AT SOCCER Practice Well Under Way and Fresh mm Have 50 In Squad. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Berk eley, SeptAll. (Special.) Soccer prac tice is well under way here, more than 70 men turning out. The freshmen have 55 men out. divided into five teams. Only four of last year's men have not returned this "Fail. Among those who showed up well in early work were Schlapp, Hatfield, Stockton and Mc-Carty. GOLF TITLE CHANGE FURNISHES THRILLS Robert Gardner, New Cham pion, Is 25 Years Old and Fine Athletic Type. FIELD FEATS SHINE, TOO King: Pole Vaulter Once Ills Title; Portland and Waverley Clubs Dis agree Orer Size of Cup, Pro fessional Urging Increase. BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. Just as the 1914 tennis champion, I Maurice McLoughlin, had to yield his laurels in the 1915 reckoning, so the humbling of the great triumvirate. Ouimet, Travers and Evans, in the Na tional golf tourney at Detroit one week ago furnished some thrills for a time. Robert Gardner, the new cnampion. is 25 years old and is the fine type of athlete who does not stop activity with the end of his school days. Gardner appears possessed of an abundance of "pep. This he showed by rusiung oacn on the linKs alter aeieating Anaerson and participating in an all-star lour- some. Gardner first sprang into the goiring limelight in 1909, when as a youth of 19 he defeated H. Chandier Lgan, now of Medford. for the National amateur championship at the Chicago Golf Club. This makes two titles apiece for both Gardner and Egan. Golf is not the only sport in which Gardner excels. As a student at Yale he broke Lee S. Scott's world s pole vault record of 12 feet 10 7-8 inches, ralsincr the mark to 13 feet 1 inch. Scotts record was made in 1910 and had stood for two years, so Gardner was really entitled to more credit than he received. Unfortunately for him, M. S. Wright came along a few weeks later and broke Gardner's mark, boost ing the bar to 13 feet 24 Inches. Gardner was invited to represent tne United States at the world's Olympiad at Stockholm in 1912 on the strength of his pole-vaulting, but he declined in favor .of a golfing tour in tngiana. First, however, he satisfied himself that he was not needed, this country possessing a wealth of good vaulters for the event. "Bobby" was aleo a good jumper and runner, and doubtlr.se It Is this self control, learned on track and field, that holds his nerves together in such gruelling matches as that with Marston in the semi-finals at Detroit, Marston had him three up on the 31st hole, and then Gardner steadied and began shoot ing par and under. Marston had only a two-foot putt to win the match on the 36th. and when he mi6sed this he might Just as well aave thrown his clubs into a bunker. Gardner won -n the 37th green and next day went out and gave Anderson a terriric oeating. When doctors disagree the patient arenerallv gets it in the neck, but n golf nobody is hurt when the profes sionals do not coincide in their views. So here's a case for Mr. Golf Bug over which to hold a Coroner's autopsy. It concerns the size of the cup in the golf green. J. Martin Waten. pro fessional at the Waverley Country Club. Is of the opinion that the cup should be enlarged from four, and one-fourth inches to five Inches at least, while Harry Pratt, the instructor at the Port land Oolf Club, is Just as much opposed to any such change In the rules. Professional Watson says putting cuts too much figure under the pres ent system. Forty per cent of the game is putting, and he thinks this too big a percentage, and that the easiest way to lop off some of this percentage would be to enlarge the hole and make it easier for the inexperienced play ers. Harry Pratt's anti-argument is that this would not help the dubs so much as it would the good putters. "Crack putters miss most of their shots by the proverbial half-inch," ex plains the ex-Seattle man. "Make the cup a little larger and golfers like Hil ton would never miss a long putt." ' "Chick Evans has been trying to win a National amateur since 1909 and he doesn't Intend to stop until he wins one. At least that's what the Chicago boy told a newspaper man after Ned Sawyer eliminated him in the National tourney at Detroit. Three times since 1309 Evans has been low medal man ; four times he has been a semi-finalist, and once, back in 1912, he was runner-up to Jerry Travers. His amateur championships career dates back to 1909, when Chan dler Egan beat him in the semi-finals by holins" an outrageously long putt on the 36th green. The next year at Brookline he encountered Bill Fownes and was beaten, although he had the Pittsburger 2 up and 3 to play at noon. Warren Wood, who won the other semi A PEACEFUL TORPEDO "' "" - JT, ...... -"rg-j It's easy for me to keep peace with my customers. I sell them guaranteed READY-TO-WEAR clothing and give VALUES that TORPEDO the high-rent prices of ground-floor stores. VALUE IS MY POWDER LOW PRICE MY TORPEDO TSnnVT? I specialize on SUITS, RAINCOATS and lVlHilli OVERCOATS giving $20 VALUES for $14.75 and $25 VALUES for $18.75 I can easily afford to give these values, because njy UPSTAIRS SYSTEM is a money-saver FOR ME,which directly BENEFITS YOU. JIMMY DUNN SJcToiiM 315-16-17 Oregonian BId& ELEVATOR TO THIRD FLOOR final bracket, could never beat Evans, and if Chick had won his match with Pownes undoubtedly he would have landed the National title. At A pa warn is in 1911 he had Fred Herreschoff three down at noon, only to see his opponent score a 70 in the rain and win by one up. Then came his defeat by Travers at Chicago, when. tie was ieaaing again at noon, in i?u he was low medalist for the second time, and he went through to the semi- nnals, when J. G. Anderson beat him on bis putting. Evans was Just as bad as Anderson was good on the greens that day. The last two years have been Evans worst. Last Fall at Ekwanok he was ow medalist for. the third time, and Kb Byers beat him in the first round. and this year Ned Sawyer gave him a sounder beating in his first match. The second of the interclub matches between the Waverley Country Club and the Portland Golf Club will be played today over the new links of the latter organization, eight miles south, of Portland. Last Sunday an eight man team from Waverley finished 3 6 holes at Waverley with a margin of 108 strokes. It is hardly probable that the Waverley team will do as well over the Portland Club course, but Waverley should win by 40 or 60 points today, as the East Siders have twice as large & membership to choose from. For a. young club the Portland Club has done wonders in its 18 months of existence far more, Waverley men admit, than Waverley was able to accomplish In Its first two or three years on earth. Heard on the Links MUCH has been written on the subject of bunker play, and opinion seem lo ihfr atp two essential DOlnta. Fira when a ball is lying badly, tho point of aim should be somewhere between one or two Inches behind the ball, instead of the ball Itself. Second, the swing should be vertical. The purpose of aiming behind the ball In stead of at the ball Itself is that the club may cut into the ground and so drive the ball out. The vertical swing tends to make the ball rise much more quickly tnan if the ordinary swing is used. It is well to remember also that as much strength as possible should be put into the stroke. Maxims of the 19th hole There are those, my son, who shall se-k to Instruct you in 10.000 complexities of golf. And yet its complexities are but two in number, and these are tne soul of simple -ness. being only a rhythm of swing and the power to htld one's head still whlie making the stroke. For therein is built v the proper timing, which la the soul of the game. The time has passed in American golf when any one or two men, or even any three or four men. can rule the field. There are now 10 or 15 golfers who may beat any of the champions at any time, and as eaca season comes it is going to be harder and harder to win a championship. "A. year or so ago. says Jerry Travers. "you could always figure only one or two men to beat if you happened to meet them in the draw About one hard match was all that I ever worried about, knowing that In the other matches I had only io play steady golf to win. But those days are gone. You can't loaf on any match now, and this means that the golfer who wins must start in fighting for every hole from the first day. "Any one of 10 or 12 men Is liable at any time to move around in a 72 or 73. and you can't loaf any against any sucti chance. Th is means that to win a golfer must be in fine physical condition to stand the strain. The one who Isn't will sever g-i through, for he can't stand the burden of fighting hard for sx days without a chance to loaf." On several occasions debaters imbued with :he spirit of argument and research have taken up the question as to how mucii further a golf ball can be driven beyond u Duseball wallop. There are at hand no official records of long flights in either game, measured to the ultimate inch and established as the lai-t word In the case. i But there Is this to go on : Fred Merkla and Hans Wagner startled the populace on t wo occasions by driving a baseball over the left field fence In Pittsburg. This fence is 400 feet from the home plate, and each drive landed at least 40 feot beyond tliu fence, making a total carry of 440 feet. Only recently Walter Johnson smashed a drive over the scoreboard in Cleveland, situated 4J0 feet from the plate. This smauh also carried about 440 feet. So. in the way of flight, not including roll, no lUplayer probably ever drove beyond 450 feet. No man has yet hit the center fie id fence at the Polo Grounds, which Is 4&0 feet from the plate. A long driver in golf can frequently carry between '2T and 250 yards. And on one occasion Jese Gulford. the far-driving won der from Intervale, christened the New Hampshire siege gun. smote a golf ball that flew 312 yards from the tee. This totals 136 feet, or about twice as far as any athlete, has ever been able to hammer a baseball on Its way. There have been golf-ball smashes well above H00 feet, but these in cluded the roll, which Is too much a mat ter of baked-out turf and wind to be used in any official way. Never has the value of putting been more clearly demonstrated than In the amateur championship at Hetrolt. There match after match depended upon the success or failure of a Bingle putt. As a matter of fact, the green in where any close match Is won or lost. It is an easy matter to figure. It is the dream of every dub golfer's existence some day to play a round In or under Supposing he takes two putts on every green. That makes 30 strokes, leaving him 44 strokes from tee to green on IS holes. That is an average of e?s than three strokes per hole, which doesn't allow for much lin gering in bunkers or the rough. Hughey Jennings. Detroit manager, is get ting to be a golfer at heart. The Tigers had a day off recently and Hughey was Invited out to see some golf in the amateur championship over the Detroit Country Club course. "Nothing doing replied Hughey. "Why?" queried a friend. '"Don't you like the game?" "Yes," said Hughey. "but I've got a dny off an 1'm going out to play 20 holes myself." Shakespt-are makes 111 allusions to boots. 32 to shoes and sevn to stlpprs and pumps.