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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.
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EXPERTS APPROVE PROPOSED REARRANGEMENT OF 18-HOLE COURSE AT PORTLAND GOLF CLUB
NEAR RALEIGH STATION.
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(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.
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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:
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ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING VARIOUS CAUSES OF "SLICING" ON THE GOLF LINKS.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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