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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1919)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND- JUNE 29. 1919. HEW HUT ifi ram meet Course Promises to Become Mrs. Constance Meyers and Helen Hicks Selected. One of Finest in West. v Eighth hole interesting VICTORIA EVENTS TO LURE Coach Has Eye on Water Polo Event as Good Thing to Carry Away. Club, With Membership of Only 105, Finds Operation of 1 S-Hole Ground Is Problem. N LINKS I ' ' VIEWS OF NEW NINE HOLES RECENTLY OPENED AT THE TUALATIN COUNTRY CLUB. WDMEH DIVERS ENTER t J -s-Cj-Wi a. .... ' ' - . i I ALLURN6 TO GOLFEHS The Tualatin Country club, youngest ef the local coif Institution?, has In a ahort spa'e of time developed a splen did course, and when the fairway has ben matured by a few rears' growth and attention, the Tualatin links, be cause of its wonderful natural advan tges. should constitute one of the f:nest In the west. The ground for the most part Is gently sloping, and the natural drainage facilities are so re jnarkably adapted to the purpose for which the ground is used, that half an hour after the severest and most con ttnuous rain storm. It Is Impossible to find anywhere In the whole 130 acres pool of water a foot in diameter. The recent interclub tournament marking the opening of the additional nine holes, enabled many crack Wav erley and Portland club players to test tneir skill on the new course. waverley sent one of the best club tam that has ever assembled. Captain Harry X'avis did not play, but followed at In tervals. several close matches, and ex pressed his pleasurable surprise in finding m course sa picturesque and ex cellent. Greeat Praaaaaced Fine. When Cecil H. Bauer, whose untimely death is still mourned, assembled a few enthusiasts, and the little handful of members embarked on their apparently Visionary project, their chief asset, ac cording to lr. Jonah B. Wise, was "Scotty" that being the sobriquet of (teorg Junor, scion of the famous Junor family, whose name runs through local golf course history, ficotty's labor was one of love, and Richard w ilder. the veteran chairman of the greens committee of the Waverley club, pro nounces the greens of the old course of Tualatin as fine as any on the coast. H. Chandler Egan of Medford, twice national open champion, designed the new course. His power of vision is enviable, for the velvet awards now opening through what was a wilderness tf fir and underbrush present oppor tunities and problems which are the de litfht of the golfing fan. KiKfetk Hole literelr. For Instance, Rudolph Wllhelm. A. E. White, and other crack players, found the eighth hole one of the most inter esting they had ever played. This is a dog-leg course about 15 yards In length. The drive la between an ave nue of trees and brush. At a distance of about 27S yards the ground shelves rapidly downward, and the green is In visible save from near the edge of the terrace. Both Wilhelm and White In the recent tournament, by splendidly placed drives approximately 250 yards in length, managed to achieve a posi tion which enabled them to see the jtreen, and from that position they were able easily to reach it witn a mashie pitch. Ordinarily, however, the player has to curve his second short to the left, depending upon memory for l- trvinr to recover bv a niblick shot The green slopes upward, and back of it are the hospitable waters oi mo Tii.iAtin river. The tee wnicn is visi ble In the cut is not the ninth but the tenth tee. The tenth bole is also about HO yards In length and created considerable ais russion. some of the experts contend tnr that a zreen should always be visi ble from the tee on a one-snoi noic However, other enthusiasts, among them Roderick Macleay. advised the preservation of the present difficulties. The tee is In the lowiana par river, the c-rern Is on a plateau 60 feet above. Here, as elsewhere about the Exmoor: Joe Roseman. Westmoreland: t-ourse. "scotty has very rl,ct""'' Hrry Collis. Floosmoor; Phil Gaudin -I L "'5--' . - -, r ---v :mi i . "W ari' i s. t--" ' - " - y .mum- ' ? ksiAv-rrr .' - 1 1 - -.-4Q r. 52 . - . . tlirectlon and distance. , Vi f x " J ' '' T Ki4 j. " ! V i f S-S - e---tS5S "--WrS'-'Wk.t C- 1 The ninth Is a tricky one-shot-hole. f "?VL 5 1??, ,U 4y4-nV f ' T5ZZtar "551 f -I Jt is about 150 yards from tee to green. - - S v ' V',. ' V.V V vi R ' -C2 At W0 yards a wide water haxard In- j J , ' ,'v Hn.? , , jj 'A TtlS tervenes. A eood view of th s may be J.; J ' ' . iUJi ' ' - k If " - - - -ifVl had from the cut marked "5." Profca- . f ,-" , A - tfX iv y , VJ sSiefS - - - S&amjr f I - ' .. feo lThe ninth hole on the banks of the Tualatin river. David Flndlay. Tualatin professional, making: ahot. 3 Dr, Jonah B. Wise, chairman of the greens committee and one of the foremost members of the club. 3 Roacoe C. kelson, president of the Tualatin Country club. 4 In the edge of the rough on the tenth hole. 5 Getting out of trouble in water haaard of the ninth hole. placed rustic steps and fencing w rhich Willie Hunter, Onwcntsia; )iirnnnl w th the simple oeauiy .r..w t. rv-.. i the clubhouse. The latter is constructed Lske Ceneva Bnd Lloyd Gulllckson! n a nun pomi on ...- North Shore. Tualatin amid a grove of virgin timber, w. . ,-. . and the scene is decidedly picturesque. The amateura wiu be stuart stickney. t lab'a Mehershli 103. I Chris Kenny. Clarence Wolf and Jim The membership of the Tualatin I Manion and Jim Barnes of Sunset Hill Country club Is only 105. The construe- will head the pros. tion and operation of an lS-hole course I AH of the Kansas City professionals i,K . m.mh.nhin of this size presents will enter and the four amateura who Its problems, and tenure of office in will represent the city will be an- the Tualatin Country ciuo nas ucm i sinecure The club has naa oniy i presidents In Its history, the late Cecil Through the medium of exceptionally Itauer and Roscoe C. Nelson, who sue- long driving. Bob Macdonald of Evans reeded to the office after Mr. Bauer's ton recently broke two golf records at death. Dr Jonah R Wise has acted as the Sunset Hill Country club. St. Louis, -h.trm.n the greens committee since Macdonald. paired with Jim Barnes. the organisation of the club iT-V .. VTi L,,.?. ?1.J Nathan Strauss, vice-presiueni oi met club, and chairman of Its finance com- . . . ' "''",.", ""3 mlttee. has charge oi juggling " . j . ,I books so as to make the income in. ""'"" that it arises from 00 members. Joseph iconoclast over the long route with 147. tloodman has made a most capable Barnes, who holds the western open chairman of the house committee, and title, had U9; Smith 166 and Nicholls the board at tts last meeting aumomeu vi .nnfr with architects with a I view to enlarging the locker room fa- I Douglas Grant, Burlingame. won the duties for both women and men. I southern California championship at . . I the los Angeies country ciuo, ucirai i-iaygrvua . . ... ,,, , ri n.r.r At the same meeting the construction a won the qualifying score prize with cards of 77-78 15a. Miss Margaret Cameron, Annadale, captured the women's title as she put out Mrs. Alsop Parrot -4 and i in tae HANDICAP ORIS GOLFERS PORTLAND CLUB STAGES TREAT FOR MEMBERS. BIG nf a children's playground was au thorized, and the prompt donation of a slide and swings has started this fea ture on its way to achievement. Most of the members of the Tualatin . . . v. nt Knsiness men of mature years, who have found the final. game a helpful ana cnarmmg umniun. The vouncsters are. however, coming Sergeant William Rautenbush of Chi- along the most promising being young cago and one of the . A. E. F.. came Rosenblatt, who Is shown In the cuts through a classy field of soldiers at playing with Professional Findlay. Mr. Xlndlav. for many years with the Spo kane Country club, is known far and wide as an excellent Instructor, and believes that before many months elapse he will develop a team which will make the next Interclub compe tition a contest worth seeing. Golfing Gossip. THE Meadow Lake Country club, Kansas City. Mo, will hold a spe cial tournament for professionals June IS and 29. The tournament is to be a tri-city four-man team event with three profesaionala and one'ama teur for each team. The competition will be 72 holes medal play and invita tions have been sent to both profes sionals and amateurs of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. Prizes aggre gating J2000 will be put up. The make-up of the entire Chicago team is a little doubtful, owing to the fact that some of the amateurs are not sure whether they can get away or not. The Chicago pros will be Jock Hutchi son. CKen View: Bob Macdonald. Evans ton: George O. Simpson. Oak Park; tewart Gardner, Old EUn; Jack Croke, Nice, defeating Lieutenant James Hub bell of Des Moines In the final round of the A. E. F. golf Jjust. Both men played with borrowed clubs, which, however, they became used to by the time the final round was reached. Golf clubs in and around Detroit. 14 of them, have formed an organization called the Detroit District Golf Asso ciation. John S. Sweeney, who has seen service on beta the U. S. G. A. and W. O. A. boards, was chosen presi dent. Eugene W. Leww is the secretary. The constitution makes eligible any golf club having a nine-hole course lo cated v. Ithin SO miles of Detroit. e W. C. Fownes. Jr.. captain of the United States golf team that will op pose the Canadians at the Hamilton links. Ontario, on July 25. has an nounced the following names of the American players: John O. Anderson. New York: Eben M. Byers. Pittsburg: Charles Evans, Jr.. Chicago: W. C. Fownes, Jr.. Pitts burg: Robert A. Gardner. Chicago: Jesse P. Guilford, Newtonville, Mass.; Robert T. Jones. Jr.. Atlanta, Ga.; Os wald Kirby. New York; Max R. Mars ton. Cranford. X. J.; George Ormlston, Pittsburg: Francis Ouimet, Boston, Mass.. and Jeroma D. Travars, Upper Moniclaix, N. J. - 3Iany-Prlzed Event Affords All Con testants Excellent Chance to Land Winner. Two handsome cups and three spe cial prizes will be up for the winners In the summer handicap tournament, which will start at the Portland Golf club this afternoon. One cup will be up for the champion while the other will go to the winner In the first flight. Unlike previous handicap tournaments staged at the Portland club today s will give everyone entered an equal chance -to win a prize. As usual the best eight low scores will qualify for the championship round, but after that Is where the difference comes in. The second eight players will be grouped into the first flight, the third eight in the second flight, the fourth eight in the third flight and the last eight In the fourth flight. A prize will be up for the winner in each flight. Previously players who failed to place among the first eight for the final round were out of the running, but the way today s tournament has been ar ranged will enable all to stay in the game with seat. The prizes have been donated by the following: trophy cups, F. Heitkamper and Miller Jewelry Co.; bill folder, Irwin-Hodson Co.; pearl handled knife. Backus & Morris; caddy bag, A. G. Spalding Bros. A large number of members will compete as the tournament is proving one of the most popular held this sum mer. . Neither the Portland Golf club nor the Tualatin Country club has ched uled anything in the line of tourna ments for July 4. Because so many members of both clubs will be out e'f the city over the holiday it Is not likely either will arrange any special play on that date. e William L Cole, chairman of the handicap committee of tha Portland Golf club, is scheduled to return from Seattle either tomorrow or Tuesday. As soon as Mr. Cole returns a meeting will be held to determine the style of play for the J. G. Clemson cup. Percy Selby, the well known San Francisco golfer and all-around sports man, who will be recalled by Pacific Northwest golfers, through his ener getic, but futile efforts about six years ago to organize all Pacific coast golf clubs into a Pacific Coast association. returned to the game this season. One of the first things he did waa to show 'these shots. something new in extricating himself I from a bunker. At the Burlingame course he was trapped in a very steep bunker. After sizing the situation up he lay flat on his back and devised an address with one hand, the only feasible way, he maintained, that he could get his ball out. The shot was successful for the ball was laid dead for the hole. A report has - come to hand that America may this year eee Miss Cecil Leitch, the wonderful English woman golfer. Miss Leitch is the present holder of the women's championship of Great Britain, and her present play is indicative of even better perform ances. . i Recently playing over the Walter Heath links, where James Braid la pro fessional, she turned in a card which read 38 to the turn and 42 home, a to tal of SO which is remarkable grolf for a woman. Joseph O. Tobin, president of the California Golf association, returned to San Francisco last week from a two months' trip to the east and reported that the game is experiencing an ex traordinary revival, with all other sports throughout the country. He played a few games himself on Long Island courses and stated that the new course, known as the Links, is one of the very best around New York. PEBLET EVEMTS ARE SET JULY FOURTH TOURNAMENTS FOR MEN LEAD EVENTS. Round Robin Medal Match Ends Programme of Interesting Series of Contests. MANY play moderately well In the general run from tee to green yet are hopelessly lost in a hazard, and frequently bang away until the hole totals 10 or more, whereas the proper stroke at the particular time could eas ily have brought the score to five or six. It is a very easy matter to throw away a dozen strokes in a round, if one happens to get Into a few ugly traps. Yet It is really surprising how easy It is to adapt oneself to the work after a relatively small amount of prac tice. The usual number of lessons and the average time at practice will fit one for the ordinary strokes and enable him to attain a certain level of skill beyond which the advance Is slow and arduous and time-taking. For example, the av erage player must spend considerable time or effort in order to improve fhis drive or his mashie or putt sufficiently to save half a dozen strokes in a round, unless, of course, there Is something very radically wrong with one or all of them. As a general thing he plays these shots moderately well day after day, be cause every hole demands all or some of them, and they are the shots he prac tices during an idle hour. let this same player, in all probability, throws away half a dozen strokes in round after round through faulty play in hazards, without ever thinking of practicing July promises to be a busy month for the golfers of the Waverley Country club, the schedule of fixtures for the coming month auuonced yesterday by Walter E. Pearson, chairman of the handicap committee, calling for play on July 4, 5, 6. 12 and 19. Independence day, Friday, will find two tournaments listed. The presi dent's cup taurnament, men's medal play handicap will be the feature at traction, with a men's two-ball four some handicap medal play also billed. In the president's cup tournament the eight best net scores will qualify. No entries will be received for the event after 12 o'clock noon. j Entrants in the two-ball foursome will be handicapped on a basis of 3-8 of combined handicap and players with 14 handicaps and under must pick part ners whose handicaps are more than 14. On Saturday, July 5, the winning eight players in the qualifying round of the president's cup tournament will play off at match play, and the win ning four will play off on Sunday, July 6. The two winners decided July 6 will be required to meet in the finals on or before July 12. The handicap in match play will be the number of holes up ac cording to one-half the difference be tween the handicaps of the contestants. Saturday, July 12, at the Waverley Country club a men's sweepstake handicap medal play tournament for players handicapped at 18 or over will hold the attention of the linksmen. The entrance fee has been set at $1. Fifty per cent of the prize will go to low net score: SO per cent to next lowest score and 20 per cent to the low gross score. The low gross score cannot also take a net prize. m m m A round robin medal play tournament has been arranged for Waverley on Saturday, July 19. The play will be for men with handicaps not over 18 with the best 18 to qualify.. The best four will play off at scratch match play; the other three sets of four to play off at handicap. One-half difference in handi caps to be holes up. . Matches in all tournaments for July must be played off or defaulted on or before August 2. Nothing has: been scheduled for to-j day at Waverley, but a large number of golf bugs will be found on the course tuning up for the July tournaments. SPOKANE STARS TO C03IPETE Six Athletes Will Enter in Peace Events at Tacoma. SPOKANE, Jtme 28. Six athletes will represent the Spokane Amateur Athletic club In the peace jubilee track and field meet at Tacoma next Tuesday, it was announced here today. Henry Williams, sprinter, will com pete in the 100 and 200-yard dashes; Maurise Saffle in the sprints and jumps; J. J. Jessup in the quarter-mile; J. C. Allard in the middle distance events; John Morrow in the Jumps and quarter mile, Ray Lower In the 440-yard dash. A relay team also will be entered. At the Nineteenth Hole. THE first annual tournament for the Charlie Van Loan cup, in memory of the beloved author and golfer, was played at the Los Angeles Country club Saturday, June 28. The cup' is the handsomest trophy that has ever adorned the mantelpiece of southern California's premier club. Walter Hagen is the new open cham pion of the United States, having nosed out our friend Mike Brady in playing off the tie recently. This is the second time that Mike has lost the blue rib bon after a tie. In 1911 he was tied with J. J. McDermott and George O. Simpson at Wheaton with a total of J07 and McDermott won the play-off. In the 23 years of contest this is the seventh time that it has been neces sary to play off ties. Walter Hagen has recaptured the title for the professionals after a five years' interval. Hagen won in 1914. Jerry Travers took the hors to the amateurs in 1915, and "Cck" Evans was also the amateur conqueror in 1916, the war preventing any contest in 1917 or last year. Hagen is well known here. While in San Francisco four years ago he left a mark at ingle- side which will probably never be ex tinguished. He made the first nine holes exactly as they are still played by the California -Golf club in the as tounding score of 30, seven strokes under par. He was the winner of the P. P. L E. open championship. - George. Carney, professional at the Ogden, Utah, Country club, the inter national open golf champion, estab lished a new record of 69 for the Ogden course, par of which is 76. Carney went ; out in 36 and made the return journey in 3J., ' I Officials at Multnomah Amateur Ath letic club decided last night to send Mrs. Constance Meyers, former wom en's indoor fancy diving champion, and Miss Helen Hicks, well-known Winged M fancy diver, to the far western swimming and diving championships, which will be held at Neptune Beach. Cal., on July 4. The two women will leave for San Francisco tomorrow. Those In charge of staging the meet in the south wanted Multnomah club to send Miss Thelma Payne, the wom en's national A. A. U. champion to com pete for the far western title, but Miss Payne declined to make the trip. Both Mrs. Meyers and Miss Hicks are well-known on the Pacifio ooast, and should be able to hold their own with the best divers that California can produce. Nine Multnomah Amateur Athletic club swimmers and divers will partici pate In the Pacifio Northwest associa tion outdoor championships in Vic toria. B. C, July 19. O. J. Hosford, chairman of the swimming committee at Multnomah club Is now negotiating with President W. H. Davies of the Victoria Island Athletic club for the entry of the Multnomah club mermen and mermaids. Jack Cody, swimming and diving in structor at Multnomah, will pick the team to make the Victoria trip provided the prospects turn out and train for the event. If they prove to be lax in their conditioning other swimmers will be named to take their place. Cody names the following aquatic stars for the Canadian invaslor.: Myron Wilsey, eprints and distance; H. W. Buckland, backstroke events: Albert Enegrene, breastroke and sprints; "Brownie" Webster, back stroke, breastroke and plunge for dis- stance; O. J. Hosford, distance; Collie heeler, middle distance and distance; Happy" Kuehn, fancy and high div ing; Miss Thelma Payne, fancy and high diving, and Mrs. Constance Mey ers, fancy and high diving. Cody will accompany the team. The event which is attracting the most interest at this year's P. N. A. outdoor meet at Victoria Is the struggle for the water polo championship of the northwest. Multnomah club will not be found lacking in that department with the following composing the sev en-man team: O. J. Hosford, Albert Enegrene and Collie Wheeler, guards: Louis Kuehn, Myron Wilsey, and Brownie" Webster, forwards, and H. W. Buckland, goal. These men make up one of the best water polo teams on the Pacific coast and should give a good account of themselves on July 19. Arrangements were completed yester day for Miss Thelma Payne, women's National Amateur Athletic union fan cy diving champion and holder of nu merous other women's indoor and out door diving titles, and Louis "Happy" Kuehn, northwest and Oregon fancy diving champion, to give exhibitions of their skill at the regatta to be held on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, July 4. m m Windemuth's bathing' resort on the Willamette river has been opened for the summer season by Manager Lou Woodward and is again proving one 'of the most popular spots On the river. The new dancing pavilion opened by Woodward this season has made a hit with those who like to dance as well as swim and adds greatly to the popular ity of Windemuth's baths. With the world war at an end. tho classic swim across the English chan nel is again drawing attention, as evi denced by the cabled news that William Burgess and Jabez Wolffe, the well known British exponents of aquatic en durance, wil undertake the gruelling trip once more this summer. Quite unusual interest attaches It self to the proposed doubles trial, be cause the two men are swimmers of a totally different type. Burgess is a slow plodder of the old school. He suc ceeded in covering the 20 miles be tween France and England In 22 hours and 35 minutes and he claims that no devotee of the modern strokes can hope to make the crossing. Wolffe, on the other hand, believes in up-to-date meth ods, is much faster than Burgess, and In two or three instances has 'come close to spanning the channel under 16 . hours, so he maintains that the feat can be accomplished with a present-day stroke in from 12 to 13 hours. 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