THE ' SUNDAY OREGONIAN, rORTXANP, JANUARY 33, 1916.
CALIFORNIA TENNIS
PLAYERS FACE WAR
Clash Between National and
State Bodies on Amateur
v .Issue' Seems Likely.
OPEN BREAK IS PROMISED
Tin-cat to Declare McLooghUn and
Bnndy Professionals for Open
ing Sporting Goods Store Is
Cause of Small Tempest.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
PAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 22. (Special.)
Prospective troubles of the amateur
athletes chiefly those amateurs who
are addicted to either tennis or golf
are looming up in great chape so far
as California is concerned. For the
time being-, at least, these affairs are
overshadowing the professionals, who
are being sidetracked to a consider
able extent.
Quite recently the National organ
izations in the East charged with
handling these sports took up the
nuestion of "What is an amateur?"
The golfers, for example, decided that
any man who engaged in selling golf
goods or permitted Lis name to be
used for commercial purposes of that
sort, is not an amateur.
Fortunately, so far as any Immediate
clash is concerned, this ruling does
not concern the Far West, or at least
the Far West so far as California is
to be taken into consideration.
Tennis Flayers Iavelved.
But when the tennis amateurs began
to tinker with conditions It caused an
immediate protett. The announce
ment that Maurice McLoughlin and
Thomas Bundy would go into the busi
ness of selling sporting goods and par
ticularly articles of use for tennis
players in Southern California, caused
a storm of objections.
Officials of the National tennis body
telecrraDhed at once that any such ac
tion would be taken to mean that the
tennis players have ranked themselves
with the professionals. They Insisted
that if McLoughlin and his doubles
partner Ehould go into any venture of
this sort they would De no longer eli
gible as amateurs to compete for
honors.
The California Lawn Tennis Associa
tion, however, has taken a contrary
stand. tr. Sumner Hardy, president of
the California body, has announced
that so long as McLoughlin and Bunay
do not traffic exclusively In tennis
goods he does not see why any punish
ment should be visited upon them.
Opea Break. Possible.
It is nolnted out by the Californlans
that William Johnstoa. the present
champion, has for several years been
associated with a sporting Roods rirm
and Carl Gardner with another. They
Insist that as long as tennis players
have to labor they might as well be
employed along the lines they know
the best. Further, says President
Hardy, if the National body persists
in this attitude, the Californians may
decide to cut away from the central
authority and run affairs along the
lines of their own opinions.
As you are doubtless awsre In Port
land, the Western golf championship
has be.-n awarded to Del Monte. Cal..
for 1916. At the same time there was
an amateur struggle. The old board
of directors, by a divided vote, ruled
that the golfers could not accept the
invitation from California of a special
train that would convey the stars to
nad from their homes free of charge.
When it came to a vote of the vari
ous clubs belonging to the association,
the directors were Informed that such
action could hardly be considered as a
professional taint and that the West
ern invitation was to be accepted.
In spite of that, the president of the
National Golf Association, who was
present at this meeting, warned the
members that they might be guilty of
doing a professional act and that if
I hey persisted in accepting the offer
the National Association might declare
them out of the ranks.
Chicago Influence Seen.
There is a rumor afloat that Chicago,
anxious to land the Western cham
pionship, was willing to make any sort
of a protest necessary and even went
so far as to influence these threats of
professionalism.
At all events. It seems to be more or
less a tempest in a teapot and will un
questionably blow over. The American
amateur is a different breed from the
chap in England. Here the amateur
comes up from the ranks and his sport
is a side issue. He has to work for
his living Just as do a lot of the rest
of us and he knows it. In England,
the amateur is a "gentleman." pure
and simple and by that phrasing. I
mean a fellow who has so much money
he doesn"t have to do any work.
McLaughlin, for -sample, is no more
a professional at heart because he
works in a sporting goods house than
jome fellow who may be employed as
a stenographer or who may. perchance,
write for some newspaper.
It is quite well to refuse the ama
teur cash for his work or even Indirect
compensation, but when you stop his
club or some other club from paying
his expenses on a long trip, then you
shut him off from any competition.
Tennis competition for the Califor
nians who go Fast means an absence
from home of several months two at
least. The ordinary Individual could
not do this without assistance from
ome one or some organisation.
And this condition of affairs is what
makes the present attitude of the
amateur officials appear to be so child
ish. Perhaps they will come to their
senses before they have gone too far.
IWIOX 29, NORTH POWDER 1 8
Viilins Quintet Is Defeated in Fast,
but Rough Contest.
VXION". Or.. Jan. II. (Special.) The
I'nion Athletic Club basketball quintet
defeated the North Powder Commercial
-ul team here last night. 19 to 16. The
jr.imo was fast but rough and both
sides fouled repeatedly.
The club championship for Kastern
Orecon is narrowing down to the two
old rivals, the La Grande M. L A., ana
the Union Athletic Club, almost all the
other teams have been beaten by them
and they have each won a game from
the otrier- The lineup of last night's
game lollows:
t'nlon. P- North Powder.
Cnolbrnl .......... P. ............. . Jones
Mr.-rtn y - Hess
Karliv C Turner
V m ell O Pmire
II jiii G Wilson
.lohnnie Krtle Outfights Saylets.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22. Johnnie Ertle.
of St. Paul, claimant of the bantam
weight championship, outfought Jack
Navies, of this city. In the 10-round
bout here last night. Krtle was the more
aggressive. Krtle weighed Hi pounds
and Sayles 113.
A Strlfia aviator rose to th heipht of
t f-f Iret. overtopping tb beat previous
LEADING WOMAN TEAPSHOOTER
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GOLF WINS IN FAVOR
Spirft of Game Is Taking Hold
on Public Generally.
NEW COURSES SPRING UP
John G. Anderson Suggests "Part
Time" Memberships as Means of
Easing Congestion on Links
Sundays and Holidays.
BY JOHN G. ANDERSON. "
Finalist in 1915 National Champion
ship. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22. (Special.)
..... v, Intrltl
icwa ui,u launc rw ' -
in getting members for golf clubs had
a hard time to get enthusiasm aroused
and a still more difficult job to get a man
to pay $25 lor the privilege ot waning
a year or so before a club was in good
shape. To even dream of spending $50
during the season for the privilege of
swatting the ball around a pasture was
thought ridiculous. The spirit of the
i a . UMmninoi.il ItaAie tn
gUIUB Ufc
the throng which saw only the exercise
part of it and thought that the same
amount of good could be had by walk
ing, r emaps iui n6 -
possible, but it was the sport part ot
t. . . . . 1. - .t trt Ollt
11 waicn muae mo mau o - - -
ana DeiLcr uis otwu.
We must always understand that
Hope is me great eiuuuuu m
experience ana mat
founded as it is upon this cornerstone.
has sometning more ti ........ -
than anv of the other games which
please.
Failures Are r ew.
n ; . i .AAAuoap., 1 n n ffr to
DU( It 19 nvt ii . v .!.-... j - - n
coax people to Join clubs. New courses
pprine up ime muouiwumo
ii ever uo we uc v- --
have been such, it is true, but that is
because iney are won. w
rxt a Kmi-nrivaie
III it II LUUI BVO, o i .
nature, with too little consideration for
the wants ana me win .
. A nniiree whprf' nart
1 can numc v - - -
failures could be traced directly to the
. i a... inato nra Ann
X act inai woe vm.o -
two men m -"-"-
money out of the members by running
the course, and as a natural result the
. . . a l 11.. ...Kaoi It anrriA tn th
units lareii ubuij " - :
expenditures for tho upkeep. But
tnese cases ar ci.itmwj
. i thet thA time
is no enapntTiaiiwii . .
it coming when entrance to a nearby
cuy son ciuu. uvi va
a ..ii ill K& nnnrl mOPt dlf f ICUlt.
DUl -
This obtains already in New lork and
the ways ana means mmm
a. offcot thi. condition deserve
H nCU xj sj l . &v
more than passing mention.
The Wykagyl Country Club has for
al WAA nnA rxt trlA most nODU-
some Limo icu va.c r
lar of the metropolitan courses and it
has as a consequence iccu " "
t ,..fA(i,nfliA that three
crowaea. uvi
of the shortest holes on the course come
together and mis manes xur a
amount ef congestion on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays.
Plan te ATld Covgeatlon.
expense and built big addition to the
cluonouse. m '"un,"r. ---
how this sum might be taken care of
without raising me aut- ui
... .... k. a rintr thm UndUlV
bers too iu. v" ,
they hit upon a scheme which 1
doubt not will be copied far and wide.
The weekdvs with the exception of
Saturdavs, do not And the links so
crowded", as a rule. The suggestion was
made, therefore, that what might be
termed "Prt time- members he re
ceived into the club with the privilege
.11 tava Tfont nr Sat-
urdays! Sundays and holidays: that for
thte neopie mere
tion fee unUl they are elected into the
real membership and that for the sum
of the yearly dues the privileges be
BThe movement was started by several
who were on the waiting list and ( when
. nrAwnipii to tne
the arguments . . ih.
club members it was voted that the
-heme which has u j -j-
be put into , --
copied by other clubs which find them-
selves in similar rv"
sure.
Baseball, Football, Boxing,
Personal Touches in Sport.
THE cold wave which has Just ended
caused us to regret that there was
not a six-day bike race in our midst
during that period. A great many 01
our unemployed had no place to sleep.
TK1W nn iVgln. (. th. latent stunt.
but it will hardly become .popular with
i V..t nf tli.m haVP
Our cnaiiitvu". . wi-. v. ........
cold feet now. However, if they were
i I. . iT i . .
Doxins on cnumsiiivvat uumw ilum
IX THE UNITED STATES, WHO
Ji J&j '."' - "VX
jfi-- ? ..' S S ..... ... ..A
would feel right at home.
He could
use his ordinary shoes.
It Is Chronic.
J. Frank Baker, home-run. maker.
Sold by every baseball faker.
One of the beauties of being a box
ing champion is that you can make a
living without working for it.
According to Jack King. Bat Nel
son's daddy-in-law. after Bat Nelson,
who is at present having his tin ears
manicured, looks as good as new. he
intends to sign up for a long vaudeville
engagement. However, we have a
hunch that Bat will never shove John
Drew out of his job.
. ...nit rt feoaAhjilT neace is that
hundreds of sporting writers will be
spared the trouDie 01 preaictins inai
the Feds will blow up by the middle
of June.
Modest Mike Gibbons believes that
J25.000 is what he should get for fight
ing Les Darcy, the Australian bogey
man.
Harry Wills, the new smoked fight-
; 1 1 nn.tii. tin T.Ans-fnrd-McVeV-
Je'annette trio to stick around a while
longer using each other for meal tick
ets.
Tk. Pi..!, hall, madn O fnrtUTlA each
year; so Harry Hempstead is out with
a statement that he is not urea 01 tne
National game.
. Fred Kelly, the Trojan high hurdler
and Olympic hero, intends to remain
in school at the University of Southern
California so that Dean Cromwell can
train him for the National Amateur
Athletic Union championships at New
ark this Summer.
Manager Clarence Rowland, of the
Chicago White Sox. has served notice
on Joe Jackson that he must hit this
season or there will be another in his
pasture. Jackson was a disappointment
in a Sox uniform. He cost Comiskey
a fortune and didn't deliver the goods.
Rowland has other fast gardeners in
Fournier, Murphy, Felsh and IJebold.
so Joe had better look out. However,
that natural three-base hit of his will
undoubtedly be seen in action during
the entire 1916 session.
m
Joe Tinker will train the Cubs at
Shreveport if he can get out of the
contract the former owners of the Chi
cago Nationals made with the Tampa
people. Joe trained his Federals at
Shreveport and had luck, which ex
plains hie anxiety to return there.
The Philadelphia National club has
sold Shortstop Irelan. who was with
Sacramento one season, to Omaha. Ire'
Ian played with Montreal last year.
He had no chance of breaking In with
the Phillies with our own Dave Ban
croft on the job.
Bill Carrigan has made Eddie Ma
han. Harvard's star drop kicker, an
offer to Join the Red Sox as soon as
he graduates in June. Mahan. however,
undoubtedly will go to the Braves on
account of Percy Haughton.
Sinclair is now reported as having
set a price of $60,000 on Lee Magee.
Manifestly he does not know that the
war is over. This also will make an
other good story for Portus Baxter,
the Seattle sport writer, who prophe
sied Magee's greatness when he was
with Seattle several years ago.
Herzog is devoting his time during
the Winter months to the study of
aviation at a school located in Florida
Having been at the head of the Cin
cinnati club for two years, he is al
ready adept at "descents."
The Melrose Athletic Association.
which will hold its annual mid-Winter
meet in New York. January 26, has re
ceived the entry of Howard Drew in
the 70-yard event. Drew's entry hae
caused a stir in running circles be
cause Joe Loomis, the Chicago crack,
has entered the same event. Alvah
Meyer will not be able to take part in
the same event because he is too busy
to train.
FEW N'EW RULES SUGGESTED
Changes Proposed for Football Are
Only of Minor Import.
BOSTON. Jan. 23. The football rules
committee will meet February 25
and 26 in New York to consider
changes in the rules governing the
gridiron sport. Chairman u. ii. Hall
announced here today.
Several minor revisions and inter
pretations of certain rules now on the
books have been suggested, it is under
stood, but none is considered especial
ly important.
Famons Race Track Sold for Taxes.
BOSTON. Jan. 18. The Readville
racetrack, for many years famous for
the records made on it by Grand Cir
cuit horses, has been sold for non
payment of taxes. The property which
has been idle for the last few years,
was owned by Andrew J. Welsh and
was bid in by the town of Dedham.
Two per cent of metallic sodium will
harden lead so thai It aiil ring heu struck.
WILL SOON BECOME A MEMBER
FAIR NIMRDD EXPERT
Mrs. Ada Schilling, Champion
Shot of Coast, to Live Here.
RECORD IN 1915 IS HIGH
Average in Year Is 8 7.07 Per Cent,
Highest of AH Women In Country
and 1 13th Among List of 8400,
Whether Men or Women.
SAN JOSE. Cal., Jan. 22. (Special.)
It was announced here this week that
Mrs. Ada Schilling, society woman and
champion woman trap-shot of the Pa
cific Coast, is about to resign mem
bership in the San Jose Blue Rock
Club and remove to Portland. Or., on
account of business connections of her
husband in that city. Mrs. Schilling
win leave here February 1 for her new
home. Mr. Schilling is connected with
a powder company and will make his
headquarters in Portland.
In the interstate records just issued
In New York Mrs. Schilling led all
women shooters of the United States
for 1915 and was in 113th place among
the 8400 persons who broke more than
2000 targets apiece. Mrs. Schilling had
an average of 87.07 per ' cent for the
year, while her nearest women oppo
nents were Mrs. B. F. Remey, Indian
apolis, Ind., with 77.37 per cent, and
Mrs. Frank Remey, of Anderson, Ind.,
with 74.29.
Mrs. Schilling is a little bit of a
woman, weighing less than 100 pounds,
and spectators who have watched her
give way under the recoil of her 12
gauge have expressed astonishment
that she has been, able to stand up un
der the punishment of 100 shots In a
tournament alongside of seasoned vet
erans of the firing line.
Mrs. Schilling uses an extremely
light load and shoots exceptionally
fast to get in her work before the
speeding target gets beyond range.
Thus her aim must be truer and her
point quicker to compete successfully.
Taking these facts into consideration,
her showing during 1915 against the
Nation's army of shotgun is truly re
markable. Mrs. Schilling has competed regular
ly throughout the season with the
members of the local blue rock club,
has made its tearns consistently and
frequently has carried off honors of
the day with perfect scores. She be
gan shooting three years ago.
Checkers.
Headquarters Portland Chess and Checker
dub, 101 Washington building annex. Fourth
snd Washington streets. A welcome for all.
Communications and contributions solicited.
Pend to 143 East Thirty-fifth street. Port
land. Information and Instruction tree.
E. H. BRYANT. EDITOR.
Phone Tabor 6213.
PROBLEM NO. 153.
By Hugh Byers.
BLACK. 14. 15; KING. 11.
WBITB. 12. 22, 23.
Black to move and win. Neat study on
end games.
PROBLEM NO. 154.
By P. J. Lee. S. Tacoma.
Black. 6. 10. 20. 25. White, 21. 28. 30:
king, 1. White to play and win.
PROBLEM NO. 155.
By Grosvenor, N. T.
Black. . 7. 10. 12, 14. White. IT. 21. 23.
27. 28. Black to play and white to win.
PROBLEM NO. 156.
Black. 12. 27: kings. 14. 24. White. 20, 21;
kings, 7, 31. Black to move and win.
PROBLEM NO. 157.
By Rex Dalean.
Black. 3: king. 29. White kings. 17 0.
White to play and 'Win. This Is a problem
worth remembering, as, it often occurs in
actual play. It has several settings on the
board.
Solution to problem 147 Black. 1, 7. 12,
13. 14. 23: king. 24. White. .1, 8. 22. 25. 29.
30: king. 4. White to move and win. 22-18,
14-17 21-21, 17-22. 8-3, 7-11. 3-8, 11-16.
29-25, 22-29. SO-2.1. 2B-15. 8-31, 15-8, 1.1S.
1-1; 18-1.1. White wins.
Solution to problem 148 Black. 3. 5. 10.
26: kings, 18, 29. White, 7. . 17. 23. 24;
king. 14. White to play and draw. 24-111.
3S-27. 39-15. 10-19. 14-10, 3-21. 10-0. 3-10,
6-22. Drawn.
Solution to problem 149 Black, 2. 14. 18,
SO 21; kings. 11, 17. W.hite. 27. 31: kings.
:l. 4 9. 25. 20. White to play and win-4.-S,
11-4. D-13, lS-ii, -T-24. W-27, SJ-32,
PI St il S
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OF THE PORTLAND GUN CLUB.
22-"!, 37-22. Several variations, but white
wins.
Solution to problem 1M Black, 20, 24;
king: 12. White; :.2; kinss. IS. 2ii. White
to r-lav and win. 1S-1. ajl'J-ls 21.-2.;.
21-27, 15-19. (0)16-12. H-24, 27-31. 32-27.
White wins.
A 12-8 2-23 24-27. 23-10. White wins.
B lli-11. Hl-15. White wins.
Solution to problem 1.11 Black. 4. 1.1. 20.
27- White. 12. 2;;: kings, ;;, 31. Black to
plav and draw. a)4-S. 31-24, 20-27. 3-7,
(bn.l-lli- 2:-lrt- s-ll. 32-S. 11-20. Drawn.
A The onlv move t' draw; 27-.J looks
good, but loses thus: 27-32, 3-7, 20-J4, 7-10.
White win.s.
B The point In the problem and very In
structive. Solutions to problems have been received
from A IJold, .1. Wurk, Oeorge Hlanchard.
(;. Clvcns. w i. Bryant, i . firuwu
San?ilri. A H:rt. Harrv Faker. P. J.
R. Scott. C K. Thomas. 11. 13. Alexander.
I. Grecnbaum, Maurice Munly and Bert Boles.
lEnding between J. L. Peetz and W. L.
Brvant. Jaruarv 4. for position in the con
test going on among the members of the
Salem Checker and Chess club Black, 3.
0. 7- 10. 1. 21. 24. While, 13. 1. 17. 22.
28 .10, ?.a White to move. 22-18. 12-10,
18-34. 10-11. 14-0. 5-14, 17-3. White wins.
In the record of eames won and lost
given last weei in the simultaneous exhibi
tion given at Salem Chamber of commerce
by H. Lleberman, J. L.. Peetr should have
been credited with a win. Remember this
when vou meet him.
Christie ilatheuson is one of the crack
checker plavers of New York City. He
Is a tlailv visitor at Frank Marshall's Chess
and Checker Divan. It woum re Interest
ing to watch a match between Christy and
Fielder Jones.
GA7JE NO. 116.
Salem Checker Match.
"Single Corner."
Harr Lleberman fblack) vs. I. Greenbanm
(white).
11-1.1 2.1-22 S-12 24-19 ' 7-21
22- 1S 12-IB 1"-1" 5- 32-27
1.1-22 24-2l 14-17 2S-24 9-13
2.1-1S 4- 8 21-14 17-22 18-15
8-1! 27-24 10-17 20-17
29-2.1 ll-lO 11- 10-13 White
10- 14 22-37 1-10 19-10 won.
GAME NO. 1.17.
"Slip-Cross."
Oreenbaum fhlack) vs. Ueberman (white).
11- 35 S-ll 6-10 20-27 16-19
23- 18 29-23 13- 6-2 17-14
8-11 3- 8 10-15 27-31 11-16
27-23 31-27 18- 9 2-6 18-15
11-16 10-14 1-10 11,15 19-23
18-11 19-15 28-24 18- 4 26-19
16- 20 2- 7 19-2S 31-27 16-23
24- 19 22-17 9- 6 6-1S Drawn
7- 16 7-10 1.1-19 27-11
22- 38 37-13 23-1S 22-18
4- 8 10-19 19-24 20-24
25- 22 25-22 27-23 21-17
GAME NO. 158.
"Alma."
W. L. Bryant (black). H. Lleberman, (white).
Salem Checker Match.
11-15 11-16 33-30 4- 8 23-27
23- 39 20-23 23-19 39-16 25-22
9-14 7-11 16-23 S-12 27-31
22- 17 31-26 27-11 16-11 22-18
8- 11 16-20 ?0-27 14-18 31-27
17- 13 19-16 32-23 22-1.1 18-35
3- S 12-3 9 S-1.1 10-19 27-23
2.1-22 23- 7 23-19 11- 7 2-7
5- 9 2-11 15-24 19-23 23-18
29- -'5 ' 26-23 28-39 7- 2 W. won
A 15-18. 22-15, 10-26. 30-23. 11-15. b)23-
19, 15-18. 19-16. 18-23. 27-18. 14-23. Drawn.
B 25-22, 6-10. 13-6. 35-18, 22-13, 10-26,
6-2. 20-31. Editor.
SECOXD GAME (NO. 1.19.)
"Fife."
11-1.1 17,-13 19-26 29-22 7-10
23- 19 14-18 30- 5 10-14 32-27
9- 11 19-1S 15-18 22-18 8-11
22-17 12-19 23-22 14-23 27-23
5- 9 26-23 18-25 27-18 Bryant
won
Harry Lleberman, blindfolded. Got mixed.
GAME NO. 160.
"Dyke."
By P. J. Lee, Tacoma, "Wash.
11- 15 9-13 9-13 20-27 10-14
22- 17 18-14 10- 7 31-24 15-11
13-19 13-22 . 3-10 16-20 24-27
24- 15 25-18 25-22 24-19 19-15
10-19 S-12 c)5- 9 24-20 12-16
23- 16 27-23 21-17 18-15 28-24
12- 19 11-18 .16-20 9-14 27-31
25- 22 29-25 23- 7 15- 6 15-10
8-11 6- 9 2-11 1-10 16-20
30- 23 a)32-27 26-23 22-18 24-39
4- 8 b)7-ll ' 11-16 14-21 31-27
52-18 14-10 27-24 18-15 B. win
A Not as strong as 31-27 in Lee's Guide.
B Drummond. Mcculloch's Guide and his
Anderson give 16-20 bare, but 7-11 much
stronger.
C "British Draught Player" gives 2-7
here and draws 5-9 powerful. Where was
white's last chance to draw in the above
game? -
Contributors, please notice the question
above and send in your play. Editor.
Since John Barleycorn went out of busi
ness here checkers Is taking an upward
sweep and the club are talking of a column
hens. P. J. Lee, Tacoma, Wash.
Judge Ryan. Salem. Or.: Probably J.
Vanzante the best In the city at simul
taneous play. Chess and checkers.
C. D. Lafferty, Corvallls, Or.
H. Bennett, St. Helens, Or.: Know of no
work plainer than Lee's Guide for begin
ners .T. K. GUI. Third and Alder, city. 50e.
George Blanchard Is president. Is one of
tne very oest cnecKer players in ino state.
X. Sanfleld: Send the "Switcher."
C. L. Burr: Where are you?
J. L. Peetz, Salem, Or.: Tou deserve a
Portland rose ror your victory.
C. T. Rice. Multnomah Club, Is becoming
very proficient at checkers. Editor over
heard him say when he shoved a checker
into the king row. "queen my pawn."
TEALEY RAYMOND SIGNS
SEATTLE MANAGER TO LEAD GI
AJfTS AGAIN THIS TEAR.
Deal With Spokane Falls Through,
and Pilot Who M'i Champion
ship tVIII Asain Be at Helm.
SEATTLK. Wash., Jan. 22. (Special.)
Tealey Raymond has signed a con
tract ag-ain to pilot the team he lifted
from the cellar to the top seat last
season.
The signing- or Raymond was some
what unexpected, as there has been
considerable talk about his taking
charge of the Spokane club. The ques
tion had been hanging fire because
President Farr, of Spokane, had trou
ble arranging deals that would have
given Seattle an infielder to make up
in part for the loss of Raymond.
It was taken lor granted that Tealey
would again manage the Giants, until
the scheme to transfer him from Seat
tle to Spokane was sprung. Raymond
said that he had "been in Seattle so
long he did not know but what it would
be a good thing for himself and the
Seattle fans to have a change.
Dugdale talked with Raymond and
then said he would not stand in the
way of the deal if Spokane could do
certain things.
Since that time nothing of a final
nature developed until Raymond and
Dug got together and settled the ques
tion themselves.
Columbia Parks to Hold Benefit.
The Columbia Park football team
will hold benefit shows on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights at the Portsmouth
Theater- in an attempt to raise funds
to make up for the seasons deficit
caused by the small crowd which at
tended tne rew rears cay game witn
the Vancouver soldiers at Multnomah
Field. There will be the regular run
of moving pictures and in addition
vaudeville stunts by Miss Camille
Taylor and the Del Gado sisters.
SALARY LIT RULE
ALREADY HITS BEES
Rath Returns Contract and
Tells of $3000-a-Year Stip
ulation With Kanfeds.
ECONOMY RULE STRINGENT
Provision Requires That Player's
Pay, No Matter Who Gives It, Is
All to Be Counted as Part of
$4500 Monthly Tolal.
BV ROSCOE FAWCETT.
If the American Association. Interna
tional League and Pacific Coast League
live up to their salary-limit agreements
it is going to take some tight squeez
ing of the waist line.
Morris Rath, prospective second
sacker for the Salt Lake club, fur
nishes the inspiration for the above
wheeze.
Cliff Blankenship secured Rath from
Kansas City in a trade for Dutch
Reuther, but when he sent Rath a con
tract a few days ago. it was returned
unsigned. Rath says ho has a two
years' contract with Kansas City call
ing for S3000 a veer.
Of course this lets Rath out, because
the Coast Leeague cannot afford to pay
425 a month to its individual players
and keep within a 14500 salary limit.
In the American Association the shoe
will pinch even harder, because the
other AA leagues have a salary agree
ment of 3500. How they expect to
grab up the ex-Federals who are under
fat contracts and keep within a 3500
limit is a mystery.
The Pacific Coast League has a spe
cial agreement prohibiting any dou
bling up on players salaries. Quite
often major league clubs pay a por
tion of the salaries of high-priced
athletes sent back to the minor leagues.
To prevent trick evasions of the sal
ary limit, however, the Coast League
has a ruling whereby all moneys re
ceived by the player must count in the
salary limit, even though paid by some
major league club.
It is quite possible that the Ameri
can Association and the International
League do not have any such strict in
terpretation of their $3500 salary limit.
If not they may be able to taka care
of a few of these $3000 and $3500 con
tracts. Out here on the Coast, however, the
bars are up and there will not be many
ex-FedeVals in harness this season
unless they are minus contracts and
willing to come back to earth and ac
cept old-time emoluments.
Rath's refusal to sign with Salt Lake
leaves Blankenship without a successor
for Joe Gedeon's shoes. Reuther, of
course, will revert to the Bees.
According to Walter McCredie. the
Lincoln club, of the Western League, is
decidedly anxious to wheedle him out
of one of his tyro outfielders, Cullen,
by name.
Cullen played for "Duckey" Holmes
up in Utah last Summer and Holmes is
now managing Lincoln.
Associated with "Duckey" in the ac
quisition of the Lincoln club is George
Stone, who once led the American
League in batting. Stone, it will be re
called, came West to play outfield for
Portland about three years ago and
lasted about two weeks.
How he ever amassed a .300 batting
average without clipping it out of the
record books puzzled the fans. George
had lost his old speed and his eye and
naturally was released.
Now he has bought into the Western
League and possibly he may try to get
back into shape.
Winter Golf Gossip
YOU needn't be alarmed if you hear
of the Multnomah Athletic Club
Inaugurating some sort of miniature
golfing pasture on winged "M" field.
Up at Spokane the Spokane Amateur
Athletic Club is going into the game
next year. The club intends to build
a clubhouse at the municipal links on
the river bank.
As we get it, the nineteenth hole of
Oregon and Washington golf links will
afford the real hazards hereafter. Pro
hibition tells the story.
Although few important tourna
ments have been scheduled for the Win
ter months, the game of golf looks
better at present than it has for many
moons. This sport, which was formerly
played by only the aristocracy, has
now taken a rank among sports that
the people like. Every one is playing
it.
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The relations between clubs In Cal
ifornia were never better than they
now are. The Bay county clubs have
exchanged the courtesies of competi
tion on several occasions and the re
sult is the production of some good
golf and the unearthing of some new
stars.
The proposed intercity municipal club
match between Loa Angeles and San
Francisco lias beer, abandoned, though
it may be manapred during the Summer
months. The San Francisco players
are keen for a .crack at the Southern
folk.
Golf is popular in Japan. Americans
interested in snort returning from the
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Orient report that the Japanese ar
rapidly assimilating the great Scotch
pastime. Nippon players are showing
proficiency on the links and promise
to become formidable opponents in the
course of a few years. Japan really
has no national game and golf seems
to fill the bill. As a nation
they are fond of the game. George W.
Guthrie, the American Ambassador to
Japan, who is an enthusiastic golfer,
has presented the Toklo Club with a
beautiful challenge cup which probably
will be selected as the club's cham
pionship thophy. In honor of the donor
and the country he represents the
final round will always be played on
the Fourth of July.
Several other principal cities in Ja
pan have established golf clubs. Yoko
hama and Kobe are the most important,
while in other sections organizations of
similar character are in progress of
formation. The turf in Japan lends it
self readily to ideal fairways and
greens, and the courses have sufficient
natural and artificial bunkers and
hazards to test the skill of the best
players. The Bunker, a paper devoted
entirely to golf, is published monthly
in Tokio. The younger generation,
which is chiefly educated in the United
States and England, mean to establish
the sport in Japan as it has been put
on its feet elsewhere.
The newly organized Blind Brook
Golf Club, located near Port Chester,
New York, has bought property for an
lS-hole course. It will have a limited
number of members and each must
own 30 shares, par value $100 each,' in
the land company from which they
purchased the site. These shares in
tlie land company nre issued part paid
and a call already has been made for
$2000 to be paid at different dates dur
ing 1916 on each share, the rest being
subject to call after January 1. 1!17.
As there are only 150 members, each
one therefore becomes an owner of
one one-hundred and fiftieth part of
the property, and, as has been the case
in similar golf clubs in the Middle
West, it is likely to prove a profitable
investmer t.
The Golfer's Song.
"Look at the ball." instructions say
"Keep your eye on the pill";
But though I stand by the tee all day
The old swing baffles me still;
And out of the misery that's spelled
As we rant and we cuss and rave.
We'll join the chorus with Anna Held:
"I can't make my eyes behave."
The Seattle Golf Club is having a
lot of trouble getting a certain section
of roadway between Eighty-fifth street
and the golf grounds fixed up. The
road hampers the course somewhat and
when it was almost completed recently
trouble arose when somebody tore out
the pins and let down a bridge cross
ing the canal.
The first "golf island" in the history
of the royal and ancient game is ready
for esrablishment bv the Ocean City
Golf Club, of Ocean City, N. J. Work
begins in a few weeks on the new
course.
TETHII.Ij TO TRY FOOTBALL
Tiser Baseball Trainer Signs Up
With Michigan.
DETROIT. Jan. 18. Harry Tu thill,
trainer of the American League base
ball club since 1908 and for the past
four years trainer of the Army foot
ball squad, has signed a contract to
condition the University of Michigan
football team next season.
It is understood that the West Point
authorities had offered Tuthill a con
tract for next Fall.
Steve Farrell. Michigan's athletic di
rector, who had charge of the squad
last year, asked to be relieved of that
particular duty in the future. He want
ed to devote more time to the cross
country runners during the Autumn
months. His request was granted by
the Michigan authorities recently.
The Sport
of Kings
TJNLIKE most royal sports
trapshooting is one of the
least expensive.
For a nominal sum a
week you can shoot every
week in the year at the local
trapshooting club.
Cost less per year, club
membership included, than
golf, baseball or any other
popular sport Appeals to
both sexes and all ages.
Benefits mind and body.
Fairest, most democratic
sport of all the favorite with
business and professional
men. It makes MEN.
For aJJrat of nearest club and free
traothooting booklet, write
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