THE SUNDAY OBEGOXIAN. PORTLAND. 7, 1915.
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BENEFIT GIVEN FOR
AGED BILLY JORDAN
Veteran Ringside Announcer,
1 Years Old, Gets $1500
From Boxing Show.
W1LLARD SHOWS METTLE
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, of Norway, to
Agreeing to Defend Title in First
Bout Ritchie Apparently
Through as Lightweight.
' ', BY HAROLD B. SMITH.
" SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6. (Special.)
Billy Jordan, veteran announcer of
" championship fights, down and out
lrom a financial standpoint, 81 years
of age and in need of assistance, -was
. the benefioiary of a benefit last Fri
day night., Billy was never much of
a. hand to ask hie friends for assist
. Mice, but it finally reached the point
iwhere ne required some help.
It is true that he is in receipt of a
small pension and that he has the right
- to enter the Soldier's Home, but after
spending the best part of his life in
an Francisco, the quiet of the home
was not appealing to him. He wanted
- to keep right on here in the city he
loved, to the end of his days.
With his feet in such ehape that it
: was impossible for him to continue his
work as a city meat inspector, Jordan
!had no income worthy of the word.
- That's why his friends got together
and asserted themselves. They an
nounced a benefit for one day this
week and there was a rallying to the
standard. Ordinarily, there are three
', clubs that handle four-round bouts dur-
Ing any week. This time they called
off their matches that the Jordan show
(night not lag in interest.
Old-Timera Aid Benefit.
A series of contests was arranged
that would be good for any fight club.
In addition, some of the old-timers got
together for exhibition stunts. Harry
Foley and Al Neil, both of whom when
in their prime fought in Portland, had
a friendly exhibition, while Eddie Han
Ion and Toby Irwin, old-time rivals
of not eo many years ago, donned the
gloves to show fandom how it used to
be done in the good old days.
Something like $1500 was raised
- through the sale of tickets and dona
" tions. It was the out-turning of a
crowd of people who wanted to do a
little something for a man who has
been a credit to the game, who has
added a dignity that might otherwise
be lacking. It's true that Billy Jor
dan has been paid for his work as a
ringside announcer, but none the less,
' be is deserving of assistance.
The money raised in this manner will
. be more than sufficient. Jordan isn't
by any means extravagant and it
doesn't take a lot of coin to keep him
running. "What there is on hand is a
small fortune so far as this particular
Individual is concerned. He's getting
feeble, as one might naturally expect
with age, and the memory of what San
Franciscans have done for him will al
ways be a pleasant one.
Tom Jonea Shows "Wisdom.
Tom Jones has done one smart thing.
He has refused to take Jess Willard
back to New York for a series of 10
round decisionless contests that would
net him cash without the danger of
losing his title. Instead of dodging
around the bush in that fashion, he has
come out in fiatfooted style with the
declaration that Jess will, for his first
match, some time in March, take on
any heavyweight who may be named
by the New Orleans promoters. The
-conttst, it should be understood, is for
20 rounds.
To that extent, "Willard and Jones
are to be praised. Generally a fighter
figures that he is in line for the easy
money and should not risk his crown.
The present world's champion, how
ever.1 is taking the bull by the horns.
In. short, his first battle will be for
blood, with the championship thrown
- In.
Contenders Not Rated High.
Frank Moran and Jim Coffey have
.been mentioned as pugilists who are
up in tho running to be selected for
the opponent. Personally, the writer
can't see that "Willard is taking much
of a chance against either of the pair.
It is rarely the case that a champion
is beaten for some time after the title
has come his way. and. "Willard appears
to be altogether too big a fellow to be
defeated by either of the two men
tioned. I doubt much whether "Willard has
keen much of a moeny-getter so far
for the syndicate that has financed his
campaign. Jack Curley talks glibly of
the big fortune Willard has amassed
while In the ring, but Wild West shows
have not proved such gold mines as all
that. To hear Curley speak, one would
figure that Willard has been making
as high as $5000 a week some weeks.
Perhaps, but we are from Missouri and
demand to be shown.
Ritchie Clearly Beaten.
No word has come from Willie
Ritchie as yet anent his ten-round af
fair with Johnny Dundee. However,
the papers from New York are -here,
and there is no denying a majority
vote gives the tight to Dundee, instead
of making it a draw, as one or two ac
counts would lead us to believe. ,
It is quite true, as some of the ex
perts have pointed out. that it is dif
ficult for a chap of Ritchie's build and
fighting style to make a respectable
ehowing against a jumping-jack such
s the New Y'orker. All the same, a
defeat is a defeat.
Recently there came the word from
New York that Young Shugrue is to
have a tryout contest but with some
other fighter than the San Franciscan.
Now Ritchie had been confidently ex
pecting that the match would be his.
Indeed, it was for a bout with Shugrue
that he went to New York in the first
place.
Of course there may be mitigating
circumstances. Perhaps, for some rea
son or another, Shugrue wanted to
tackle someone less formidable than
the American champion. However, at
this edge of the country, it would ap
pear that Ritchie has rather fallen
from grace; that he is not considered
as good a drawing card as was once
the case.
Ritchie Possible as Welterwelsht.
Of course the latest absolutely
the latest from New York is to the
esrect that Ritchie has laid claim to
the welterweight title, a division that
bas been kicking around for, lo, these
many years with no one at the head.
If such is the case, Ritchie has made
a wise move. He is not by way of
feeing e. legitimate lightweight and
would be far better off as a welter
providing, of course, that he can get
sufficient competition.
There is going to be the rub. Of
late years, whicli means the last dec
ade, there hasn't been any-money- to
mention in fighting as a welterweight.
The lightweights have had the call for
the big purses and the big guarantees
Accordingly, the big fellows those
v cmaps wno nave weighed up to 142
) pounds have been climbing down the
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scale and making matcfies with legiti
mate 133-pounders. Perhaps, if others
who are heavy lightweights will fol
low the course adopted by the Califor
nian, there will be enough in the class
to give plenty of competition.
-Lime wae when the welters were a
popular class of fighters, and there's
no reason why they shouldn't continue
as such. Ritchie and McFarland would
do nicely to set the ball a-rolling. A
champion beyond any doubt could be
brought out of a 20-round session be
tween these two fellows, and with a
well-defined title-holder there would
be plenty of clamoring from among
others who would like to be a king,
even if not king of the 133-pound di
vision. Negro Team to Play In Honolulu.
Evidently Rube Foster will not bring
his Colored Giants here for a game
with the Beavers in the Spring. If pres
ent plans go through the Chicago
darkies will leave for a five weeks'
sojourn in Honolulu when the Califor-
nian winter league closes.
Aberdeen Watches Its Players.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Nov. 6 ISn..
cial.) Hundreds of Aberdeen football
enthusiasts watched the Washington
California game returns with interest
today, for three Grays Harbor boys are
on the Washington squad, which went
STAR GENERALS BEATEN
IN PRINCIPAL SPORTS
Football Setbacks Compare With Downfall of McGraw, Mack and McCredie.
Yale Seems Unable to Win in Bowl Hinkey's Tactics Bring Disfavor.
BY C-XO-ME.
THE European war may be making
history, but it has nothing on
athletics in the United States. In
baseball we have seen three of the
greatest generals in recent years out
fought, outgamed an dtrampled rudely
in the dust, to rise -slowly and limp
sadly along in the rear.
"Little Napoleon" McGraw and his
Giants; the cunning, crafty, silent Con
nie Mack and his $100,000 infield, and
our Big Walter Mac, each with several
pennants nailed upon the walls of their
private dens, are fit companions to the
Russian bear.
In football the upsets are even more
numerous. Week after week we see
the former invincible gridiron warriors
take a solar plexus punch or a wallop
on the point of the chin for the count
of ten.
The once dreaded Blue Birds, of Yale,
have become common property and
three small institutions have already
trailed her colors in the bottom of the
bowl. Will superstition overawe the
sons of Old Eli and cause thera to re
turn to the old wooden stands, where
for 30 years Yale crumbled every at
tack directed upon her? What a bril
liant record she achieved in the old
structure! What a bitter pill have the
defeats concocted in the bowl!
Harvard, Michigan. Pennsylvania,
Army, Navy, Carlisle, Penn State. -Wisconsin,
Oregon, Oregon Aggies and last
of all the Michigan Aggies, each and
every one has been banished into exile
this season and several have received
encores.
Harvard and th Oregon Aggies have
executed "comebacks" worthy of no
tice. The Oregon Aggies are the wonder
of the season and the "pride of the
Northwest." Not since the inception
of football in American colleges has
such a brilliant debut into select circles
been recorded.
The 3000-mile "rainbow" stretching
from Corvallis to Lansing has caused
all eyes to gaze towards the Golden
West, the land of the setting sun.
...
In the Autumn of '91 a frail, pale
faced youth from the logging regions
of the Great North entered Yale. After
viewing the football practice for sev
eral sessions he timidly made his way
to the manager and checked out a suit.
" When he appeared on the field he
was instantly dubbed "Ghost," for be
was so thin and white. The coaches
smiled indulgently and gave him the
gladhand and usual run of talk doled
out to likely-looking prospects.
After a month's time had elapsed the
captain, who played an end. was in
lured and Frank Uinkey, the ' ghost
' 1
south. These are Sub-end Abel, of
Hoquiam, Sub-quarter Roy Wood, of
Aberdeen, and Charles Newton, lines
man, of Oakville. Wood played two
years on the Franklin-Marshall college
eleven of Pennsylvania, after graduat
ing from the Aberdeen High School. He
was halfback on the famous 1910
Aberdeen High School champions, who
were never scored upon and who ended
the 1910 season with 289 scores to
their credit.
Volley-Ball Cup Given at Y. M. C. A.
Presentation of the handsome silver
trophy won by the Portland Y. M. C. A.
volley-ball team at the Twenty-first
annual Astoria Regatta last Summer,
was made Friday night in the Central
Y. M. C. A. A banquet was served and
speeches from several of the officials
of the institution were heard. After
the banquet, a round robin volley-ball
tournament among the business men's
classes of the local Y. M. C: A. was
held in the gymnasium. All the games
were close and exciting.
C. A. Shives Leads in Chess Tourney.
CENTRA LI A, Wash., Nov. 6. (Spe
cial.) C. A. Shives is leading in the
annual tournament of the Winlock
Chess Club, having won five matches
without a defeat. Fifteen members of
the club are competing for the silver
cup offered by Fred Veness for the
championship.
from the North," filled in. In a short
time the captain insisted that the
coaches allow him to report for duty,
as he was afraid the freshman would
crowd him out of his position.
History at times skips over long
stretches of time, but looking back
over the records we find that Frank
J. Hinkey was named all-American end
for four seasons. '91, '92, '93 and '94.
Those were the days when "beef"
was at a premium. Yet Hinkey weighed
less than 160 pounds and was a regu
lar buzz-saw. His tactics were those
employed by straw-bosses in the lum
ber camps from whence he came..
For years Hinkyism was synonymous
with ruffianism. Those were the days
before clean sport was in vogue and
some of the work tolerated was a dis
grace. In '94 the last game was played at
Springfield, Mass., between Harvard
and Yale on neutral grounds. The cli
max was reached in Hinkyism. Har
vard players came upon the field clad
in oilskin slickers to prevent Yale
players from tackling them success
fully. Hinkey solved the problem
early, and whenever a Harvard runner
was "tackled" by him the stretcher
was Immediately called Into action.
After that game football came nearly
being banished from the two institu
tions. President Eliot, of Harvard, has
been a bitter enemy of the game ever
since.
Why Hinkey ever was employed as
coach by the athletic committee is a
mystery. The Yale student body is
strong for clean athletics and the
knowing ones lay the failure of the
football teams of the past two yeara to
the fact that the boys will not play for
a man of Hinkey's character.
Captain Wilson, Immediately after
Saturday's game, when Y'ale was hum
bled, 15-0. by Colgate, telegraphed to
Minneapolis for Tom Shevlin- to take
charge of the te-am.
Shevlin is a human dynamo and can
get more action out of a team in a
short space of time than any Yale
alumnus. So dynamic is his power that
he would be a failure as a coach if he
handled the team, for a long period,
for they would go stale from over
work. A few seasons ago Tom received a
"hurry-up" call, and he reached the
Yale field after practice for the evening
was in progress. He had no time to
don a uniform, so threw oft his coat
and began instructing the ends in
"busting up" the interference. So
strenuously did he labor that he was
compelled to purchase a new suit be
fore going to supper. However, that
was a small matter, as Tom has a
million in his own name.
Watch Y'ale come back against
Princeton and Harvard!
TENNIS LIFE UNIQUE
Mrs. May Sutton Bundy Will
Be Seen at Play Again.
WORLD'S TITLE AT STAKE
Mis Molla Bjurstedt, of Norway, to
Be Opponent on Famous Asphalt
Courts at Long Beach Only
Three Defeats Suffered.
LONG BEACH. Cal.. Nov. 6. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Thomas C. Bundy, unde
feated tennis champion of the world,
who is to meet Miss Molla Bjurstedt,
of Norway, on the famous asphalt
courts of the Hotel "Virginia In this
city Thursday and Saturday, Novem
ber 25 and 27, has a career - unique in
the annals of lawn tennis.
From her first championship match
in 1901, when, as 13-year-old May Sut
ton, she won the Pacific Coast title for
womenv until her marriage to Thomas
C. Bundy, one of the Pacific Coast's
most famous masculine players. In 1912,
Mrs. Bundy suffered but three defeats,
while her large collection of trophies
at the Bundy home near Los Angeles
speaks volumes for her many victories.
Starting with 1901, Mrs. Bundy won
the Pacific Coast singles title for five
consecutive years. In 1904 she made
her first trip East, where she played
in the National Middle States and West
ern championships, to say nothing of
minor events which were wedged in
between and in which she met many1
of the East's most famous women
players. She won the National title,
losing no more than three games in
any match. In the Middle States event
she lost three games In the four
matches played and in the Western
championship the three games she gave
to Miss WImer in the finals were all
she lost in the tournament.
England Visited in 1005.
Her victotries In these tournaments
have been repeated so often that they
are an old story and in her defeats
lie the greater interest. Mrs. Bundy
visited England In 1905, where she won
three important titles the Welsh
championship, the cbampionship of the
North of England and the so-called
world's championship at Wimbledon.
In 1906 she was less successful in
her invasion of Britain, and while she
won the other two titles, she lost to
Miss Kate Douglas at Wimbledon after
a hard fight. Mrs. Bundy had played
three hard matches in women's and
mixed doubles on the preceding day,
and was unable to stand the pace set
by Miss Douglas, who undoubtedly was
a wonderful player, and is yet, for that
matter, for she has won the English
championship four times within the
last five years.
In 1907 Mrs. Bundy returned to Eng
land in search of her lost laurels and
was successful. She met and defeated
Wrs. Lambert Chambers (Kate Doug
las), whom she had lost to the year
before, winning In rather hollow style,
6-1, 6-4. London tennis critics in speak
ing of this match credited Mrs. Bundy
with having played the most wonder
ful tennis she had shown in her three
seasons' play in England.
Title After Title Taken.
During the next five years Mrs.
Bundy continued winning title after
title. During this period her greatest
rival was Miss Hazel Hotchkiss (now
Mrs. George Wightman), of Berkeley.
Cal.. whom she met eight times. Mrs.
Bundy won six of these eight matches,
losing once in a special event during
toe "jainornia mterscholastic at Ojai
in 1910 and again in 1911 in the in
ternational championships at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
After her marriage to "Tom" Bundy
on December 11. 1912. until last July
Mrs. Bundy retired from active tourna
ment play. During the Pacific Coast
sectional doubles, held on the Virginia
courts here in July. Mrs. Bundy plaved
a few exhibition matches, and was so
well satisfied with her game that a
few weeks later she entered th
women's open singles in the Southern
California championships. defeating
Mrs. Louise tt. Williams in the semi
final round. Miss Mary K. Brown in
the finals and Miss Florence Sutton In
the challenge round, and at no time in
any other matches did her play appear
torced or hurried.
Those who witnesed her play thi
Summer and compared it with that of
a few years ago believe she is now
playing fully as strong a game and per
haps stronger than when at the height
of her championship career.
FARMERS ARE BUYING CARS
Monmouth Territory Does Biggest
Business on Record.
MONMOUTH. Or.. Nov. 6. (Special.)
This Fall closes the greatest sale
of automobiles recorded for one season
in Monmouth's history. Not only have
townsfolk been frequent buyers of me
dium-priced cars, but farmers in the
country all around this place have
bought light machines for both Win
ter and Summer use.
In the Luckiamute Valley particu
larly many new cars are in the hands
of the farmers, who will use them for
hauling cream to the principal county
towns this Winter and make the usual
business trips.
Aberdeen Expects to Beat Columbia.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Nov. 6. (Spe
cial.) Following the defeat of The
Dalles team here Wednesday by a
12-to-10 score, Aberdeen fans are ex
pecting an easy victory over Columbia
University next Saturday. The- Aber
deen team defeated Jefferson High
early in the season 12 to 0 and bas
considerably improved since that time.
Two of last season's men. Quarterback
Anderson and Guard Johnson, have
entered the Aberdeen squad since the
JeftersOn game and nave considerably
strengthened it
RILES OF" GAME! OF GOLF.
Definitions.
Teeing In "teeing" the ball
may be placed on the ground, or
on sand or other substance in
order to raise it off the ground.
There is no special method of
placing the ball and the player
is at liberty to drop It
Addressing the ball A player
has "addressed the ball" when
he has taken his stance and
grounded his club, or, if In a
hazard, when he has taken his
stance preparatory to striking
the ball.
In play A ball is "in play" as
soon as the player has made a
stroke at a teeing ground, and it
remains In play until holed out.
except when lifted according to
the rules.
Ball deemed to move A baU is
"deemed to- move" if it leaves its
original position in the least de
gree; but is not considered to
"move" if it merely oscillates
and comes to rest in its original
position.
Ball lost A ball is "lost" If It
be not found within five minute3
after the search was begun.
GOLF EXPERT PICKS SIX
LEADING COAST PLAYERS
Heinrich Schmidt, E. S. Armstrong. H. Chandler Egan, H. B. Davis, Jack
Neville and W. Hayne Ranked in Order by John G. Anderson.
JOHN G. ANDERSON, who can writo
about golf as well as he can play
it. has chosen .what th think, o-
the six best players on the Pacific
Coast. Anderson is recognized as an
expert on golf and writes it for a news
syndicate. He himself was one of
those to reach the final rounds of the
1915 National championship tourna
ment played at Detroit.
The list of Far Western golfers.
whom Anderson declares he has rated
according to ability, follow: 1. Hein
rich Schmidt; 2, E. S. Armstrong; 3, H.
Chandler Egan: 4, H. B. Davis: 5. Jack
Neville; 6, W. Hayne.
It will be noted that H. Chandler
Egan. Midfotd golfer. Is rated third
the best man on the Pacific Coast. This '
is Oregon's only representative, al
though H. B. Davis, formerly Waverley
Country Club player, also is named.
In speaking . of the Medford" player
Anderson says:
"H. Chandler Egan, formerly ama
teur champion of the country, showed a
return to his previous best form and
won many tournaments f note on the
Coast. He easily deserves the third
position. H. B. Davis, after being
heralded all over the land as a second
Ouimet, after winning the exposition
championship, fell oft in play and when
he essayed to land the Western ama
teur title at Cleveland he failed even
to qualify. Jack Neville had an In-
and-out year, gaining his place as
given because of peveral victories over
Davis and others of note. Hayne was a
steady player all through the year and
a consistent winner."
Schmidt Rated as Best.
He gives his reason for ratlnsr
Schmidt above the others as follows:
"Schmidt reached the final round in
both the Panama-Pacific Exposition
championship and the state champion
ship and was beaten only after a series
of hard matches. - His opponents in
both cases, Armstrong and Davis, re
spectively, showed up poorly in other
matches and are rated In a lower posi
tion, while Schmidt won the exposi
tion handicap championship among
other victories. Armstrong won the Cal
ifornia ana Southern California cham
pionship and played well usually.
"If we go next to the South wo find
that Nelson Whitney has the most con
sistent record, being closely followed
by Reuben Bush and Charles L. Dexter,
the latter from Dallas. Tex. A. C. Ul-
mer and Louis Jacoby round up a fairly
good quintet which would hold its own
at least on Southern courses with al
most any other sectional five.
"In the Middle West the struggle for
places would be more exciting. Number
one would, of course, be the amateur
champion, Robert Gardner, and then
would come Charles Evans, holder of
the Western amateur title. Following
in order it seems to me that Standish,
Sawyer, Lee, Mudge, Edwards, Alllis,
Hunter, Legg and Bole have played the
most consistent golf. There seems to
be another division which might be
made before we skip to the extreme
East. There are many players in the
Washington, Baltimore. Pittsburg and
Philadelphia regions whose play has
been more or less at home, but of a
high character Just the same. The list
of players would probably not be far
wrong if we placed them thus: W. C.
Fownes, Davission Herron, J. N.
TROPHIES BROUGHT BACK
PORTLAND MOTORBOATS WIN SO
PER CENT OF EXPOSITION PHIZES,
Fred IV. Voeler'a Vosler Boy Shown In
Two Bis Event; Oregon Wolf and
Oregon Kid Perform Well, Too.
Two trophies were brought home by
Fred W. Vogler, president of the
Northwest Auto Company, as a me
mento of his victorious invasion of the
South with his motorboat Vogler Boy.
He won one cup by his victory in the
16-foot motorboat class and another
when he finished third in the free-for-all
championships of the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition at San
Francisco last month.
The two other Oregon boats, Oregon
Wolf and Oregon Kid, showed to good
advantage, and together with the Vog
ler Boy brought back 80 per cent of
the prizes offered, according to Mr.
Vogler. The one big rival was the
Barnacle, a Chicago-owned boat, one
of the fastest motorboats in America.
The races drew quite a crowd, and
all events were run under the aus
pices of the Motorboat Association of
San Francisco with American Power
Boat Association rules governing.
Every courtesy and consideration was
tendered the visiting boat owners..
Heard on the Links
JOHN D. ANDERSON, finalist In the De
troit tournament and recognized author
ity on golf, who left recently for Eng
land, says:
"There are among 500,000 to 1,000,000
golfers at least a third who have have some
foible or other which must be attended to
before they fee! that they will play the
games as they can and .Ought.
"It is easy to fin'd scores of examples
of a physical sort while the mental side,
by far the greater and more potent, can be
judged quite worthy of remark - through
the confessions of some of the best golfers.
"The championship at Detroit gave a few
Illustrations of what was meant by super
stitiousness in golf. For example, I had
not played over five or six holes in the
semi-final round with Sherrill Sherman
before it began to get a bit warm and we
both took off our coats. I noticed that the
golf shirt which he wore was a bit soiled
owing to his visiting a cross ditch the day
before, and at tne conclusion of the morn
ing round Sherrill hustled, into, his coat
as soon as the last putt was holed.
"I did not think much -bout ft until late
in the afternoon, when I overheard a friend
say that Sherman had confided that he had
had such good luck with wearing that shirt
that he was afraid to change it, and al
though extremely sorry that it did not pre
sent a ep nicer appearance, he was going
to win or lose with that lucky so It
seemed garment.
"Little did he suspect that I had been the
recipient of a lucky penny that day from
another superstitious golfer, and that the
latter's charm was working and had to work
almost overtime as well, to turn the tide of
victory my way. Still less did Bob Gard
ner suspect taht I was the recipient of three
lucky pennies from friends who seemed to
have implicit ' faith in their efficacy, and
also a franc bit, which was guaranteed to
get Its possessor out of all sorts of diffi
culty and bring him home the winner of the
match. Besides, whn I unpacked my golf
bag at home in New York I found the
heaviest eort of a horseshoe, which I doubt
not my caddy had picked up and put there
for luck.
"Specking of caddies reminds one of the
final round at Apawamls last Spring with
Walter J. Travis. Going toward the seventh
hole several fellows were seen pestering the
caddy and they were told not to molest
him. But he informed that it was all right,
that they had a grasshopper and were trying
to wish good luck on him supposedly by
squeezing molasres out or the poor hopster.
"On that and on several other occasions
the caddy refused to go to the hole unless
it seemed as if J had a chance to win or
halve the hole. As a rule caddies are the
most superstititlous class connected with
the game, ai.d there can be no doubt that
they attribute much of the success and fail
ure of their employers to some sort of oc
cult charm.
"Edward Ray, open champion of Great
Britain in 1912, always is seen playing with
a long, black pipe in hts mouth. But be
for he won the championship at Mulrfleld
it was never remarked that he always
smoked on the links, for. as a matter of
fact, he didn't. But while he was playing
his best for the title that year, he was un
der a nervous strain, especially on the last
Stearns, E. M. Byers. R. W. Worthing
ton. Warren Corkran, O. A. Ormiston,
W. R, Tuckerman. J. C. Davidson, C B.
Buxton. G. A. Crump. Hugh Willough
by and J. R. Crookston.
Trtven First f All.
"The l ast provides many opportuni
ties for choices and the task Is all the
harder. Travers, Ouimet, Travis, Car
ter, Marston, . Guilford, Webb, Kirby,
Sherman, Kerr, Hovey, White and Kam
mer make up a list whose aggregate
game, if we can Imagine such a thing,
would be able to down that of any other
district. When .we take up the task
of sifting the best players out we And
that it is Impossible to assign places
to them in an order which would be
considered at all final, simply for the
reason that no one living can tell
whether a player should be fifth or
seventh, because we have too limited
data. I would, however, arrange a list
of 18 in alphabetical order after the
first two places, which without any
doubt can be given to the open cham
pion, Travers, and the amateur cham
pion, Robert Gardner, and then the
reader can place for himself, if he
cares, the positions. I believe that
from the records of the year the fol
lowing deserve to be rated: 1. Travers,
2, Gardner, Carter, Davis. Egan, Evans,
Fownes, Guilford. Kirby, Marston, Saw
yer, Schmidt. Sherman, Travis, Webb
and Whitney, Others, such as White,
l-ee. LegTT, Edwards, Herron and Mudge,
have not played with sufficient victo
ries at their back to command critical
attention thie year, but next season
may tell a different tale. There are
among the ladies only five who stand
out in prominence. First place is
awarded to the Philadelphia lady
golfer of prowess, Mrs. C. H. Vander
beck, who this year won all the impor
tant titles. Little Miss Alexa Stirling,
of Atlanta, was easily the second best
player of the year, while next in order
follows Mrs. Roland H. Barlow. Miss
Elaine Rosenthal and Miss Lillian
Hyde. I have not ranked the foreign
visitors. Miss Vera Ramsay and Mrs.
W. A. Gavin, but they would of neces
sity hold a high place.
McXamara Ranked First.
Among the professionals it is con
ceded that Tom McNamara, Walter Ha
gen and Gilbert Xicholls deserve to be
ranked in that order and after them a
host might be named for the following
places up to 10. with Robert McDonald,
of Buffalo, standing the best chance of
getting the most votes. The tourna
ment season, so far as it concerns the
East and Middle West, is a thing of the
past. There will be an open event or
two before the indoor golf season
starts, but the players will not be ot
sufficient prominence on the whole to
attract the attention of the sporting
public. Professisonal matches thera
have been lately where Gilbert Nicholls
and Alex Smith won the day over Tom
McXamara and Walter Hagen at Great
Neck, C. C. and one or two other
events of a similar character will take
place before the snow flies and the paid
players, like the swallows, hie them
selves to the Southland. These exhi
bitions have aroused much interest
among the golfers of New York and
vicinity and there is no doubt but that
the same sort of play will be more
popular and more frequent in the
Spring."
round when he was followed by a wonderful
crowd of spectators, and his desire to be
doing something which would take his
mind off the shots when he was not ac
tually hitting them, caused him to smoke
Incessantly on that round.
"I forget how many times he lighted his
pipe, but I counted at least seven after the
first few holes when my companion and
myself began to take note of his terrible
puffing for a while and then a lapse, but
with neer a removal of the pipe from his
mouth. After his title was an assured fact
it was noted fn th press and spoken of by
all the spectators of the benefit which the
old pipe bad been for him and from that
time on Ray would sooner never play a hole
unless he had his faithful black magic
pipe stuck between his teeth.
"Harry Vardoti always preferred to smoke
a pipe on the links and was never smoking
anything else, when he did smoke, while
golfing, i ntil In great stress at the 14th
hole at the Country Club in the last round
with Ouimet when he lighted a cigarette.
I was walking round with Henry Leach, the
noted British golf writer, and he became
quite excited over the incident.
" 'Vardon's faith in his pipe has gone,
he said. ln all my years of watching him
play, I have never seen him in a champion
ship match smoke a cigarette or anything
other than a pipe. He's done for now, I'm
sure Here was Mr. L-each, too, seeing in
the abandoned pipe a reason for giving up
hope.
"There are many other Instances. T know
of a capable player who must always enter
the tee from the back, and another who
must take the sand out from the tee box
and throw a little of it on the -round, un
doubtedly, a wonderful drive which came
after he did this act the first time or two
induced him to fa'I into this superstitious
habit, which now has a hold upon him, no
matter what the state of his drive.
"The former amateur champion, Francis
Ouimet, has a franc piece which a super
stitious admirer insisted he should carry
at the time of the last French amateur
championship. To please him, Ouimet, who
Is not al alt superstitious, took the lucky
bit and proceeded to win the title, which he
holds yet in view of the fact that the war
has stopped all competition. He kept the
piece In his -pocket during all the matches -n
the championship at Ekwanok, but in his
case it is quite certain that he- forgot be
ever had such a bit of money while the
matches were in progress."
Tho women golfers of Kansas City took
a great step forward last week when they
met and effected a permanent organization.
Cold weather and Jerome D. Travers are
no friends. Time and again the National
open champ, has said he could not do him
self justice when the chilly winds blow.
George E. Balch. of the Cincinnati Golf
Club, will remain president of the Western
Golf Association. He was recently re
elected. S. Davidson Herron recently won the
Princeton golf championshlo and the o resi
dent's cup. He is Princeton's best golfer
HINT FOR GOLFERS.
When jumping a stymie it is
important to remember that the
club must be allowed to do its
part of the work. If a sufficient
ly lofted club is used, such as a
mashie. it Is quite unnecessary to
try to force the ball up from the
ground. The loft on the face of
the club will raise the ball quite
sufficiently of itself. The stroke
must be made in a natural man
ner, almost as if it were a putt.
and tied the low score in the qualifying
round of the amateur championship tour
ney at Dutroit.
Glasses often are the bane of a good golf
er's existence and there are occasions when
the us of the "extra eyes'" proves to be a
decided handicap. Spectacles are really bet
ter than mere glasses, for the former are
held in place rigidly, m'hile nose glasses
wiggle as the body swings, thus often alter
ing the line of vision. ,
The worst handicap comes on rainy or
damp days when the mist fogs the glasses
and impairs the sight. The fogging re
quires th. frequent removal of the glasses
for polishing and this removal tends to
throw the sight out of focus temporarily.
Of course, nobody is going to give the game
up Juct because these things exist. It is
asserted that about one-third of the golf
ing .fraternity in America wears glasses, yet
in looking over the list of stars one cannot
find a truly great professional who wears
them and of all the great amateurs. Walter
J. Travis is the only bespectacled one.
Edison has constructed a little voice-milt
which will work at the bidding of the voice
If a mother fixes one to a cradle, the cradle
will ro-k as the body cris, and continue
to do so in proportion to the outcry
IS FORECAST
Will G. Mac Rae Says League
Will Put on Brakes in 1916.
SALARY CUTS EXPECTED
Sporting Writer Says Coast Magnates
Forgot Limit in Season Jntst
Ended Bushers Will Get Back
' Chance Next Year. Is Belief.
BT TVIH, G. M ACRE A.
S-VLT LAKE, Xov. 6. (Special.) It
may bo a waste of time to put on the
brake when you reach the bottom of
the hill.
Just the same that is what the Pa
cific Coast League magnates are ioing
and are froing to do during the 191
season, iney naven t reached the bot
tom' of the grade, but one or two of
the clubs found the going down hill a
little faster than was comfortable, and.
although the annual powwow has not
yet been held, I venture to say a sal
ary limit of $5000 will be lived up to
during the 1918 season.
The Coast League had a salary limit
adopted during 1915. It was a gentle
man's agreement and all magnates
agreed to keep their salary roll with
in this limit. I am sure there were two
teams Portland and Salt Lake in
the league that lived up to this agree
ment. On & venture it might be safs
to say there were three teams that
kept to the $5000 limit, but the other
magnates either forgot to be gentle
men and live up to agreement or for
got the league had passed the $5000
salary limit.
Seals and Ttsrera Offend Most.
The biggest offenders of this agree
ment were San Francisco and Vernon.
San Francisco was so anxious to win
the pennant they forgot the agree
ment. During the 1916 season, just to fix it
so the gentlemen won't forget, I know
of at least two members of the league
who will attend the meeting with tho
single purpose of having the salary
limit passed.. Not only this, but they
were going to have the rule passed
with a good still penalty attached for
a violation, such as punishment by a
heavy fine, said fines when collected
to be divided among the clubs that
were living up to the salary limit rule.
Another thing I will predict, know
ing well the fate of all prophets, and
that is from now on there will be more
so-called -bushers seen in Coast League
uniforms than ever before. It wil!
not be a case of 18 men to a team, but
keep your salary roll within the $5000
limit and carry as many men as you
want. This will give the young fel-.
lows that are coming up a chance to
get workouts.
I don't mean the Coast League is '
going to degenerate into a league of
bush ball players, but I do mean there
will be fewer top salaries paid to Dlav-
ers who are slipping down hill and
nave a chance to rebound a little by
landing a berth with the Coasters.
I am not afraid to predict that it
w-ill be but a few ye,ars when the man
agers of baseball teams will be men
who have never worn a baseball uni
form. Every year the game has be
come mere and more a straight out-and-out
business proposition. The
game will be run on business lines and
it will take a business man to run a
club, just as it takes a business man
to conduct a department store. Some
will howl: "Then you will commer
cialize the game and it will no longer
be a pastime. '
Haven't they commercialized the the
ater? Isn't the theater a pluce of
amusement? 'What's the difference?
Certainly the .theater is better for hav
ing Deen commercialized and why
shouldn't baseball be the better for the
same reason. There will be baseball
Players who are field captains.
ABERDEEN GUARD GETS MEDAL
Sergeant Mitchell Honored for Place
Won at State Slioot.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Nov. 6. (Spe
cial.) Sergeant W. S. Mitchell, of Com
pany G, National Guard of Washington
of this city, has received a silver medal
from the state in recognition of his
having made the second highest score
at the state shoot held at American
Lake this Summer. Mitchell's score
was 230 points out of a possible 250.
He was beaten for first honors by one
point by Cook Pierce, of Company E,
of North Yakima.
Sergeant Mitchell holds the record
for the highest score ever made in a
competitve shoot in Washington, this
record being 235 points out of a pos
sible 250. This was made some weeks
ago on the Montesano range when
Company M, of Centralia, was com
peting with Company G. Mitchell is
street commissioner of Montesano and
is a veteran of the Spanish American
War.
Statisticians say that out of every million
of the world's population about 64 are bllni
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