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4 ; THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAX, PORTLAND, MAT 21, 1916. OREGON GOLFERS BE Second Ouimet Case Impends in Play of William Gotelli, of Portland Golf Club, AMATEUR RULING IS BAR Business Connections With Firm helling Golfing. Supplies May Keep Player From Tourna ments This Season. BY TtOSCOE FAWCETT. Although much less important, a sec ond Ouimet case threatens to disturb the serenity of the Oregon golfing- hori zon between now and the date of the state golf championships, June 5-10. Th,ose involved are several golfers belonging to the Eugene and the Port land Golf Clubs, unfortunately hit by the provisions of the new United States Golf Association ruling on professional ism. William Gotelli, the Italian lad who has been playing good golf for the Portland Club, is the "Ouimet" of the case. - Gotelli, like Ouimet, has been ostra cised from amateurism because of his business connections w.ith a firm which sells golfing supplies. Under the new ukase, this makes Gotelli a professional and bars him from tournament play. Sam B. Archer, chairman of the handicap and tournament committee at the Portland Club, is the chief ob jector. "The Massachusetts Golf Association has gone on record as unalterably op posed to dropping Ouimet from the amateur list," said Mr.- Archer yester day. "This case is similar. It seems to me that the rule is too broad in scope. What difference in principle can fairly be established between a golf writer, a golf architect or a wholesale dealer who employs men to sell golfing goods, and the young man, skillful in golf, who serves the public in a busi ness of his choice? "This rule is unworkable, and unfair. Who is there can say Mr. Gotelli, for instance, is employed locally because of his skill in golf or because of his skill in business? "We would very much like to play Mr. Gotelli in tournaments but cannot do so under the rule as now enforced. We have one or two other players in the same category and the Eugene Country Club has Walter McCornack and one or two others who are suffer ing from this unfair ruling." Of course, the Portland Club will not Mtempt to use Gotelli in tournament Play until the Ouimet appeal has defi nitely been settled. In the meantime, C. H. Davis, Jr., the live wire chair man of the tournament committee at Waverley Club, can do nothing except Kit back and await developments be yond the big hump. With the 1916 Oregon championships only two weeks oft the experts are put ting on the finishing touches for the first big test of the year hereabouts. The men's qualifying rounds, 36 holes, medal play, will commence on Monday morning, June 5, at 9 o'clock. Flights of 16 players will play the first round on Tuesday, the second round on Wednesday, the semi-finals on Thurs day and the finals on Saturday. The women's qualifying rounds will commence at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, 18 holes, medal, the - first round being scheduled for the follow ing afternoon, the semi-finals on Thurs day and the finals on Friday. Numerous other events are scheduled for the big week, and all in all. with the Rose Festival down town as a rival attraction along about mid-week, a fairly busy time impends during the first few days of June. s Immediately following the state title events Chairman C. H. Davis, of Waver ley, will concentrate himself and all hands on the big post-Western tourney, whiqh will be held in Portland the last week in July. , This classic will follow on the heels of the Western championships at Del Monte, Cal.. and with all these Eastern cracks coming North, swelled by the presence of probably 60 or 70 Califor nians and a similar number of players from various -cities in the Pacific Northwest, the committee- at Wavterley will have its hands full. Without doubt the post-Western tournament will be the most elaborate nnd important programmed in the Northwest in several years. Chairman Davis has received only informal. entries so far, but glimpse this list of prospects from California alone: Midwick Country Club, Pasadena K. S. Armstrong, L. T. Bradford, J. V. Elliott, Robert Hunter. Conde Jon. Los Angeles Country Club E. H. Bagby. A. H. Brawly, Frank Edwards, William Fredrickson, Roger Lapham, Norman McBeth and Ed Tufts. San Francisco Golf Club T. C. - i MAY UNDER BAN A Correct way to hrlac the rluh down lo the hall. It romm down stm nit an county with the un win dinar of the body. The white line ihowi the line of flight of the ball. - - EXPERTS APPROVE PROPOSED REARRANGEMENT OF 18-HOLE COURSE AT PORTLAND GOLF CLUB NEAR RALEIGH STATION. it sC x i J.. f ( . ... v. L r tr ti'j 1 -v. (1) Left to ItiKht Arthur Mills, H. I Keats, President Portland Coif Club; S. II. Arohrr, J. Martin Watwo, Pro fessional at Waverleyi Rudolph Wllhlm, State Coif Clmmplom c. II. Davis, Jr., Chairman of Handicap Commit tee at Waverley and Also a Member of Portland Club; Chandler Kgan, Former National Champion) l)r. Millard 1101 brook, Chairman Green's Commltee Portland Golf Club. (2 View Showing O rubbers at Work Clearing Space for ISew Fairways Through Wooded Sections. With the new $10,000 clubhouse well under way and several of the fairways of the proposed rearranged 18 holes already cleared through the woods, the Portland Golf Club is taking on a decidedly metropolitan atmosphere. The decision of the membership to locate the new clubhouse at the north end of the property near Raleigh Station, on the Southern Pacific, necessitated a complete change in the holes. When. the alterations are completed the-llnks 'will show a big improvement. Chandler Kgan, J. AAartin Watson, C. H. Davis, Jr., and several other golf experts were taken over the course one afternoon last wK and they were delighted att the prospects. Until the completion of the clubhouse, the club will play over the presen t course. Crocker, W. W. Crocker, W. F. Garby, Douglas Grant, Robin Hayne, E. C. La Montagne, George Nickel, C. R. Tobln, Chapin Tubbs, Arthur Vincent and "Vincent Whitney. Presidio Golf Club, Pan Francisco James B. Eaves, R. M. Eyre, F. W. Von Schrader and E. D. Whyte. Anandale Country Club A. A. French and E. N. Wright. Burlingame Country Club G. S. Gar rett, John Lawson, W. P. Scott. P. W. Selby. Virginia Country Club A. M. Good all. Claremont Country Club A. II. Grls wold, F. A. Kales. J. F. Neville. Redlands Country Club Raymond Hornby. F. -B. Lindsley. M. S. Phillips. Victoria Country Club, Riverside J. A. Lindsley, R. D. Osborne, H. D. Pattee. Del Monte Golf Club :. E. Maud. If one-half of this bunch attaches Itself to the Middle Western contingent and comes North to tackle the Pacific Northwestern representatives a whop per of a tourney is assured. Forest Grove Gets Big Order. FOREST GROVE, Or., May 20. tSpe cial.) The local-milk condenser the past week received orders for 14.000 cases. It will require 18 freight cars to handle this order. The highest price recently paid to farmers for milk now prevails, the company paying $1.55 a hundred. t? "-- 'A i ' it ; I - K ' ; I. --- r '.-jn 7:. it 1 ''JteX vr . l o. iMt 2 ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR. GOLF KIIS OPENS Jl'.HE 3. Women's Entries for Title Event Al lowed Until Jane 5, and Qualifying; Round to Be Jnne 6. Entries for the men's amateur golf championships of Oregon will close on June '3 at 1 P. M., according to the de cision of Chairman C. H. Davis, Jr., of the Waverley Country Club tourna ment committee. The state champion ships are scheduled to open on Monday, June 6. Entries for the women's cham pionship will close June 5 at 1 P. M., and the qualifying rounds will com mence Tuesday, June 6, at 2:30 P. M. Post entries will .be allowed in all other events aside from the two main championships. Entrance fee for the amateur cham pionships will be $3; for other events $1. and for clock golf. 25 cents. The programme follows: Men's champlonphlp flight June .V.Mon day. 9 A. M.. qualifying round, 36 hole, medal play. Flights of 10 players June 6. Tuesday. 0 A. M-, first round. 30 holes match play: ' . Iv ,"-vH' i ' iil ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING VARIOUS CAUSES OF "SLICING" ON THE GOLF LINKS. - . .. f ! .w ' s?f . -S - 5 5 it- ' 1 -Correct way 'to roll the forearaiM. the head of the rlnb belnc at the proper distance from the line of flight, . 7 - " ' ! ! 2zr&Ai? i i Si J June 7, Wednesday, 0 A. M., second round, S3 holes, match play; June s, Thursday. 9 A. M., semi-finals, 343 holes, match play; Juna 10, Saturday, u A. M., finals, att Jioles. match play. Klrst flight, handicap June 6, Tuesday, 10 A. M-, first round, 18 holes, match play; Juna 7, Wednesday, 10 A. M., second round, 18 holes, match play; June 8, Thursday. A. M.. smt-f tnals, 18 holes, match play; June 10, Sat.trd&y. 10 A, M., finals, 18 holes, match play. Second fltaht, handicap June 6. Tuesday, 1:30 P. M.. first round, IS holes, match play; June 7, Wednesday. 1 :3o F. M.. second round. IS holes, match play; June S, Thurs day. 1:30 P. M-, soml-flnals. 18 holes, match play: June 10. Saturday. 1:30 P. M., finals, 18 holes, match play. Women's championship June 6. Tuesday. 2:3o P. M., qualifying round, 18 holes, modal Play. Flights oft. eight players June 7, Wednes day, 2:30 P. M.. first round, 18 holes, match play: June 8. Thursday. 2:30 P. M., semi finals. 18 holes, match play; Juna 9, Friday, 2:30 P. M.. finals. 13 holes, match play. Beaten eights in men's flights, handi capped Juna 7, Wednesday, 1 P. M.. first round, 18 holes, match play; June S, Thurs day, 1 p. M.. second round, 18 holes, match play: Jui-e 9, Friday, 1 1". M., semi-final. IS holes, match play; Juna lo. Saturday, 1 P. M.. finals, 18 holes, match play; Juna 10. Saturday, 2 p. M.. mixed foursomes, handi capped, medal play; June lo, Saturday, 10 A. M., men's handicap, 18 holes, medal play. Special eent Clock golf every day, 1 P. M. to 5 P. M.; driving contest Saturday, June lO, 4 P. M. : approaching contest, Sat urday. Juna 10. 4:3'i P. M. ; putting contest, Saturday, June 1". R P. M. There are aDOvt So operations In the man ufacture of a gold pen. . V , -. , l 6 -I tmyjr' , ; .: . jt Turnlngtheforearmfttei icon, rnt the illustration ahowt eanaea alldna;. Kotlee the dlManre of the head of the rlnb from the line of fllarht and com pare t with lllnfttratlon I, which la the correct way of rolling the forearm. RULES ARE GIVEN TO CORRECT SLICE Causes for Faulty Golf Stroke Analyzed and Means of Overcoming It Shown. MANY REASONS ASCRIBED Hook aud Vull Prescribed by Wa verley Professional as Easiest Thoncli Not Necessarily Best Way of Avoiding Error. Chronic slicing is one of the most common faults In golf, and yet it may be cured by a few simple experiments according to J. Martin Watson, profes sional at the Waverley Country Club. Slicing means to send the ball curving outwards from the player. There are several different kinds of slicing: The first is developed at the top of the swing by bringing the club too soon into the line of flight. The club comes across the ball, giving a spin to the right. If it should be a slight slice the ball will go straight for a distance of about 100 yards if the player should happen to be a hard hitter, then the ball will begin to curve. The ball has lost the greater part of its velocity, and thus allows the spin to take effect. This particular kind of slice may come from two causes. First, the player may discover that he is beginning to heel the ball. - To heel the ball is to hit it with the head of tire club nearest to its neck. Sometimes the player is in such a bad shape that he even hits it with the neck of the club Itself. It is safe to say that 50 per cent of the bad shots come from heeling.- As you discover that you are heeling you instinctively draw the club in toward you, perhaps thinking that Is the only way to remedy the fault, while as a matter of fact you are drifting into a worse fault, which is slicing. - Remedy I IJescrlbed. The true remedy for this particular kind of slicing is to keep your weight back on your heels. Relax, your knees slightly. Address with the toe of the club and try to hit with It. thereby allowing for the centrifugal force that produced the heeling, and consequently the slicing. The club should enter Into the line of flight Just a few Inches before the impact with the ball. To enter this line too soon is also cause for this kind of slicing. The second kind of slicing comes from the wrong grip. Most of the time the fault lies with the left hand. Hold ing with the face of the club upward at the point of the impact is bad. To remedy this fault first lay the club down, flat, then hold it with the fingers of the left band Just hidden. The grip question, as explained in the first kind of slicing, may also be cause for this one, so it is wise to look into this point also. An exaggerated open stance Is cause for the third kind of slicing. There are cases in which even an ordinary open stance will cause the same fault, because this is an unnatural stance. The square stance is a ' natural stance. For the benefit of those who do not know, a natural stance Is to place the feet equidistant from the head of the club, laylne? on the ground. The toes i of the feet phould be parallel" with the line of flight. The open stance calls for the right foot advanced. For better correction of this kind of slicing it Is advisable to have the right foot back from the line of night. This, of course.- Is a kind of overcorrection, but sometimes it is necessary to resort to extremes to obtain quick results. Correction MayBe Overdone. Even when remedy has produced Its good effects you may keep playing in the same way, provided you are not beginning to pull, as the foot in that position in a normal player causes an intentional pull. In this case you must go back' to th square stance. The fourth kind of slicing is caused by the hands coming down ahead of the club. The remedy for this Is to hold the hands a little bit toward the right hip and turning in the nose of the club a trifle. Take your club slowly up to your riht shoulder with one thotight in mind, that the head of the club will precede the hands. This . will more than offset your chronic fault. The fifth kind of slicing Is caused by rolling of the forearms too soon, and as the swing tends to repeat itself on the" return to the ball the face of the club, naturally,' lies off at the moment of the impact, striking the ball a glancing blow. To remedy this retard the rolling of the forearms, even more than normal, during the periods of correction, "as ,'-4M ........ ThU kind of allcln r 1m produced by brlnK fnpc the elnb across the ball and across the line of flight mm the dotted lines abow. thereby imparting a rotary motion to the rights causing m bad slice. there is nothing In golf that produces better results than to play with nat ural movements. When you make this shot you should bear in mind one fixed Idea, and that is to hook the ball. A hooked ball leaves the tee and curves inward, which is the opposite from slicing. To cultivate a hook and a pull so that you have perfect control over them is to mak'e yourself immune from slicing. Many of the-leading golfers play always for a Blight pull, as this kind of stroke makes the ball roll over the ground more than any other kind of shot. . r. For a very bad form of chronic slicing, of years' standing, you must apply all the remedies Indicated for the different kinds of slicing. Besides, place a handkerchief under your right arm and hold It there until you have hit the ball. This compels you to keep your right arm in contact with your body, and the club will swing around in unison with your body. You should also drop your right shoulder more than ordinarily in your address and. see that the left shoulder does not dtp down toward the ball. If anybody, after having applied all these remedies, still slices, he deserves an "iron cross," for it Is almost impos sible to slice If all the movements are str:ctly carried out as indicated. The time It takes to overcome a fault depends, to a large extent, on the length of time you have had It. Hence it is better to go to a teacher as soon as you discover that you are a sllcer. People who are taught that the left arm does most of the work become elieers. because It makes them pull the left hand down first, with the result that the head of the club Is lying off w hlle it is well to know that the right arm, being stronger. 4oes most of the work, you do not want to think of "that when you are hitting a shot, otherwise you are likely to hook the ball. Nature will attend to all these things for you. and the only time that you have to think of these things is when you have a fault Action photographs of leading play ers, such as Vardon, taken Just before the impact with the ball show that un doubtedly the right hand does most of the work.' Also that his right heel has left the ground and his right knee Is bent in toward his left. People who stay on the right leg too long will slice, because it curtails the follow through. Breezy Bits, of Golf Gossip PHILADELPHIA is the latest city to provide golf facilities for Its peo ple. The new Philadelphia course is located in Cobbs Creek Park and it cost S30.000 to develop the property. This will do away with the big item of ex pensecost f belonging to a private golf club. The man of nominal means will be able to indulge. . The new Speedway golf course In Chicago will have the distinction of being the longest in the world. It will measure S775 yards, being approx imately 240 yards longer than that of the Chicago club. The yardage will be as follows: Out.... 4 S3 3lt 37.T SO,1! .3: 3.10 37S 17S 32' In 406 1&0 M0 ,Vt3 2:t0 So6 3J5 iM Wo The Eugene Country Club has a spe cial rule which permits dropping the ball for better lies anywhere on the fairways. This is rather a unique ex ample of the "special" rules in effect in various cities. The purpose of the rule is to place a premium on shots straight down the fairway. The Eugene course is not heavily bunkered and little pent alty attaches to a drive off the course. As invariably the case in undeveloped golf country, several freaky shots were made on the Kugene course during the Eugene-Portland tournament last Sun day. Three different players holed out on i ne nintn green witn inasnies. am Holbrook set the pace and then fol lowed rr. Thomas Wynn Watts and John Wilhelm. Dr. Watts' fine playing was one of the features of the tourney. Some time In June, after the Ornon statu championships, another intercltib tourney is to be staged between picked teams of the Waverley Country Club' and the Portland ("Solf Club, last year Waverley defeated the younger organi sation both at Waverley and at the Raleigh links. m When Francis Ouimet was asked for some pointers on how to Improve one's game he said : "Always remember that the selection of the club that will cover the distance with the least expenditure of effort and greatest control Is the first step toward increased proficiency, and the second is to cultivate the pitch shot for the approach. Many courses, even under recent developments, do not require it, but the all-around game demands it." There Is no doubt that at this period of the year in particular a little fore thought and consideration on the part of the players will prove of great help to the greenkeeper In saving unneces sary wear and tear on the greens. This applies more especially to couises on heavy land. Any one who takes the trouble to accompany the greenkeeper on his round on a Monday morning dur ing the Spring months, more particu larly following a busy week end. can not fail to notice the mutilated condi tion of the tees and greens. Now, al though it is not possible to avoid some damage to the turf when the conditions are soft, it is also a fact that club members can do their part toward less ening the evil. 4 . An. ? FIRST 9 HOLES MAY BE READY BY FALL Chairman of Committee That Is Raising Needed $3000 Makes Estimate. COURSE IS PICTURESQUE Municipal links Will Be Completed by Next May, Declares Victor Johnson; Sporty Course Will lie Laid Out. Portland's new municipal golf links that is. the first nine holes will be ready for play about the middle of September or the fore part of October. This is the estimate made yesterday by Victor Johnson, chairman of the com mittee in charge of raising the $3000 required to start the work. AH efforts will be concentrated on tno rirst nine holes for the present, and after this is put in playable order work will be begun on the second nine holoe. It Is doubtful if the last nine can be put in condition before next May. One thing certain, Portland will 'aave one of the finest public cours.-s In America when completed. Victor John son piloted a party of newspaper men over the place Friday afternoor. and all were delighted .with the prospects of what can be done with a minimum of expense. Whole Coarse to Be Sporty. Both nine holes will be sporty, natucally so. this applying particularly to the last nine, in which will be lo cated the 12-acre Crystal Lake. Con trary to some reports, the land Is not low or marshy along the fairways. A beautiful playground and picric center can be made another feature of the lat nine holes. Crystal Lake Is a beautiful sheet of water, although artificial. It Is fd by a large spring located on the grounds. Wild geese abound in the dis trict, having been released in the game refuge by the State Game Commission. The first nine holes of the course will be south of Bybee avenue in East moreland and the last nine north. Tho south tract consists of 66 acres lying between the Southern Pacific trucks and the platted and paved district to the east. Track Narrow at Worth End. At the north end the tract Is not more than 600 yards wide, but it spreads out at the other end in the shape of a rub ber boot, the toe consisting of a high bluff and the arch in the sole being formed by a beautiful creek that takes a dip into the Ladd property ami then out again. The only short hole on the rirst nine will be a 100-yard mashie pitch over this creek onto the small patch of land formed by the bend. Oddly enough this small patch does not belong to the Ladd tract, but the committee hopes to prevail upon the owner to place It In the general pot be cause of the benefits that will accrue to his other property from the links. One hole will be located on the high bluff in the toe of the property, and one tee. the sixth, has been established on the very edgo of a precipice about 100 yards high. Chandler r.Kn, the ex-National champion who laid out the links, is enthusiastic over this natural picturesquenees of the property. The first nine lengths are as follows: First hole, 333 yards: second hole, 4.10 yards; third hole, 350 yards; fourth hole. 100 yards; fifth hole, 340 yards; sixth hole. 500 yards; seventh hole, 380 yards; eighth hole, 225 yards; ninth hole. 466 yards. Total length. 3144 yards. It will require about J3000 besido the city's share to put the links in shape. In order to raise this sum Im mediately. Victor Johnson, chairman of the citizens' committee, issued a con cise statement of the situation, to gether with a list of the first batch of subscriptions. Municipal Golf Subscription. T.onfs Rosfnblstt WMiUrJ-L'Urks Co .'.' C. t- . H-l K C. H. I wvir. Jr s. Ir. son -'JO CIresliam Class to Give Fly. GHESHAM. Or.. May 20. (Special.) The senior class of I'nion High School No. 2 will give their class play. ' The Strenuous Life," In Regner's Opera house Friday. The following will l ii the cast: Merrill C.ood. Walte; Mrtzger, Orville Zimmerman. Keith Lyman, Roy Oibbs. !Ienn Rusher George Lane. Ann Brugger. Isaac An derson. Frances Bliss, MarKuerite Vol brecht, Lucy Peterson. Gladys IMIss and Florence Towle. Owing to the fact that the senior class was not large enough to fill the whole cast some of the parts are taken by sophomores and one by a freshman. v ' " ' -' f ft K 4' - i I- (letting the handM abettu of the cliihVi head, cauxlng the hend of the club to "lie oil. Iron shows where tho hand should be.