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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1919)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 21, 1919. WALLA WALLA EVENT TOPS TRAPSHQDT BILL BOWLERS LIMBER UP FOR SEASON'S START MEMBERS OF THE ALL-AMERICAN FIELD TRIAL CLUB AND SOME PORTLAND FOLK WHO ENTERTAINED THESt AX LEBJLXCES. Many Members of Portland Gun Club to Attend. Teams Paired for Opening Competition This Week. 400 TARGETS UP FOR SHOT MANY OLD PLAYERS BACK Officials Make Ready for Next Northwest Registered Shoot to Be Held at Everding Park. Anto Tiro League to Resume Activi ties ATter Layoff of Year; Ne-ar Combinations Springing Cp. "Walla Walla, Wash., will hold the at tention of Portland trapshooters dur ing the next three days with a 400 registered target tournament sched uled by the Walla Walla Kod and Gun club. Many members of the Portland Gun club have signified their inten tions to attend and it is likely that Portland will be well represented. The shoot is the first registered event to; be staged by the Walla Walla Kod and Gun club, which was organized last May and now has 300 members. Four hundred dollars in added money has been put up for the high guns alone. Today will be practice day and the regular events will not start until tomorrow. The next registered shoot In the northwest will be that of the Portland Gun club at the Everding park, traps next Sunday. Extensive preparations are being made for the event by the officials of the local club and visitors are expected from points throughout Oregon and Washington Nothing outside of a practice event of 50 targets will hold the boards at Everding park this afternoon. a Members of the Portland Gun club are planning to attend the registered tournament at Palouse, Wash., on Octo ber 6, 6 and 7 In a body. More than $500 in cash and added money will be -up for the three days of the shoot, which is being staged under the aus pices of the Idawa Gun club at Palouse. The programme will consist of 400 registered targets and six trophy events of 25 targets each. The regis tered targets will be shot as follows: One hundred Sunday, October 5; 150 Monday, October 6; 15 0 Tuesday, Octo ber 7. In addition to the added money end the American Trapshooting asso ciation's trophy, there has been donated by the citizens of Palouse a unique re ward for good shooting of 10 merchan dise prizes for the ten high guns in the 400 registered targets. H. R. Everd ing of Portland is a member of the handicap committee. a Four of the Troeh brothers, Frank. 7. A., J. B. and E. P., shot in a tourna ment staged at the Lincoln park traps in Chicago the last Sunday in August. J. A. was the high man, breaking 60 straight targets. J. B. broke 49 out of 50 and tied for second honors with Ray Spangle, another Oregon trapahooter. Frank Troeh and E. P. Troeh each shat tered 48 out of 50. which would rate the family pretty high for the day If it had been shooting a team match. Almost every place one goes now one hears the assertion that something must be done to make the trapshoot ing game more difficult, so that such tremendous scores will not be possible. At last, through the perfection of guns, traps, targets and increased competi tion, the stage has been reached where there is no longer any humor in the statement that "if a man breaks them al' e is in a tie, and if he drops one he .s out of it." Even in the distance handicaps the same condition is attain ing. Frank Wright, at the recent Toronto shoot, broke 100 straight from 20 yards. The sport has resolved it self into a mechanical contest of en durance, in which the man who is un fortunate enough to get away to a bad ' start has no chance of winning, no matter how game a finish he may make. a a A solution offered by a well-known trapshooting authority is that a trap be devised which will throw targets at . unknown angles, unknown heights and unknown distances, all of which would be regulated automatically, so that there would be no possibility of the human equation of the trapboy enter ing into the matter. He believes that such a trap can be designed and that it will not be long before someone puta it on the market. It will be a big help to the sport if such proves to be the case. It is not to be hoped that shooters would imme diately change from the old system to the new, but it might be introduced gradually. It could be employed at tournaments, in place of the distance handicap, and could be added on the regular club programmes as a special feature to accustom the members to its use. At the Nineteenth Hole. THE! victory by an amateur over the pros in an open tournament is get ting to be a happening of less and less exciting interest these days. Jesse Guil ford, the Woodlawn amateur, matched np against such old-timers as Mike Brady of Oakley, George Fotheringham of New York and John Cowan of Stock bridge. But that wasn't the point. He beat them for the Massachusetts open golf championship over the links of the Worcester Country club and became the first amateur player to snatch away this important New .England crown. a a a Golfers now and then, hear of a hole being played in "eagle," but they won der at it and generally the feat is on too far distant courses to give absolute proof. But a large gallery in the south ern open title series at Atlanta saw It done by a player whom they knew and knew well. There was no hearsay evidence to Jim Barnes' accomplish ment on the fifth hole of his first round. This hole measures 610 yards for a par five. Jim started off the tee like a Monday morning dub. He hooked bis drive into the rough and then went to the other extreme of misfortune when he sliced his second shot into an other patch of heavy grass. He called for his mashie and came down with mighty swing. The hole was 160 yards from his lie, yet the ball rolled into the cup for a 3. a a "Wiseacres in the golfing world have put up a candidate to run against Pres ident Carranza, Senator Lodge, and others for the busiest-man-ln-the-world championship. He is Willie Park, the veteran and truly renowned architect of links. Park has rarely passed a single season without draft ing, planning, bunkering, teeing, and greening a course which has eventual ly become one of the most likeable in this hemisphere. But his reputation and his record of many successes have kept so many jumps ahead of him that this year he is up to his neck in work. The Metacomet Golf Club of Provi dence, R. I., one of the allied organiza tions in the L. S. G. A., has recently contracted Park to construct a new links. a a Leo Diegel, runner-up In the western open championship at Mayfield, has made a new record or os ior tne jje troit Country club. His card: Out 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 35 Ja. . 3 4 4 4 3 3 6 S 4 33 63 -xyf Vsf . 4 C Vcf -.& wyes JzL v - - a -: p' . . ' .TT; L V a ;v4 ; T "2 - ' L ' ' V f - - ; . t , t - S3-: : i f ' , f v . t x 7 - .-.J, ' ViV U . f UtTV 'V'Ar-l y k.n,.,,,,f, ,fI,i .,Vl , ..v. .i.-y .... a., ? ... -v, .v., , - . . Left to right, front row C. II. Krewa. Portland! Harry M. Grayson, sporting editor The OreKonlant K. A. Paraona. Portlands Loots MrGrrn, Pittaburai Xlekolaa Johnaon, rw York) Mra. Prrd Hal!, netrottt Mra. Tom K. Monks. Portland Dr. T. Benton Kins;, iccrctirj All-Amtrlna rloh. Bi-owna-rillr. Trnn.i Dr. P. R. Boltoa, Philadelphia. Bark row Walter E. Praraon. Portlandi .Mike H. Butler, president Oregon Field Trial clob A. F. Uochwalt, apeclal ropreaBtative American Field, Chlraicoi Tom N. Monks, Fred Hall. Captain ill lam Zlealer Jr, w York, and Fred Skanrrr, t ettleton. Ark. The lom are, readlnar from left to rlarht Clnrlnnatl owned by J. M. Avent, Hickory Valley, Tcu.) Conunanche Rap, two views of Mary Montrose, three times national chain-1 plon, and Great laland Robert the Devil, owned by Captain W illiam Zleajler Jr. J GOLFERS TO HEfiR "KICKS" NEWSPAPER SCRIBES OABLE TO SEE TOURXAS1EXT. Grievances Registered in AH Parts of Country About Handling of Oakmont Affair. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. When the United States Golf association convenes at the close of the season to assist the 1919 campaign into a snug place in history and to arrange for the 1920 sea son, that body will receive one grand and glorious complaint from a galaxy of newspaper writers who ere as signed to cover the "National"- at the Oakmont course in Pittsburg recently. The scribes complain that the Oak mont officials provided them with everything but the one thing they were present for an opportunity to see the tournament. From every section of Uncle Sam's domain kicks have been registered about the inefficient manner in which the galleries were handled at Oakmont and some of these kicks are quite likely to injure the royal and ancient game in certain sections, unless the national organization irons out the difficulty by prescribing some rules for the conduct of the spectator side of the game in events of national importance. Every known kind of sport depends upon popularity. When that popular- ty dies the sport dies. When golf is honored by the presence of nearly two dozen leading golf writers, representing millions of readers. It would seem that the Pittsburg crowd has failed to make the best of Its opportunities in not making it possisble for these writers to see every bit of play presented. There is a great desire upon the part of the leaders of the golf contingnt in this country to make the game so popular every household in the land will claim a mashie or a niblick, but before they can succeed they must abandon the general faulty idea that newspaper men do not have to see that about which they are going to write. Golt must be seen to be properly re ported, just as in the case of baseball, fotoball. boxing or any other pastime, and there Is no substantial reason why tnose who make the game popular through their writing should not see every phase of it necessary to write an intelligent account. Oakmont club of ficials deny they were discourteous to the writers, but they do not deny the inability of the writers to see those famous Ouimet-Evans duels, which were stellar features. Football Prospects Bright. WILL.IAMSTOWN, Sept. 20. (Spe QUARTET OF YOUTHFUL PORTLAND GOLFERS WHO HAVE SHOTS OF VETERANS AND FOR WHOM BRIGHT FUTURE IS IN STORE. LEFT TO RIGHT MISS MARCHRKT COOK. DOl(;LAS Nlt'OL. JOHN KIRK. DOtUL.IS KIRK. iSMWyw;..;w ; P . A rj . - - v i ::A l w h: ' ' ' - : f r -' , V' ' Every year on the Portland golf courses a crop of young golfers springs up. The present season has been productive of more promising material than any previous one, which indicates the growth of the ancient Scotch pastime. During the ninth annual tournament conducted at Gearhart-by-the-Sea the youthful devotees played brilliantly. Miss Margaret Cook is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Cook. Douglas Nicol, Portland Golf club, all but defeated one of the semi-finalists, C. W. Cornell, in the second round at Gearhart. Toung Nicol had a 78 on that occasion. In the men's handicap, his first tournament play, he turned In a gross of 81. John and Douglas Kirk seem destined to star hereabouts in the future. . cial.) Football prospects for Williams college have not been considered so bright for several years as Is the case this coming season, when practically a veteran eleven will be put in the field, according to present indications. What is more encouraging, Benny Boynton, all-American quarterback of two years ago, will be back to star again behind the line and a powerful attack Is sure to be built up by Coach J oe Brooks around this great performer. Advance predictions point to an ex ceptionally strong backfield for the purple. In addition to Boynton, Krleger of the unbeaten team of two years ago, McLean of the freshman eleven that season and Franzheim, former Law- renceville captain, will be on hand. WHEN your club is at the top of the swing, or the end of the follow through, you cannot keep, both heels on the ground without an effort, and the flexing of the knees and the allow ing of the heels to be dragged off the ground in full shots, is simply to pre vent a cramped position, with its disastrous effect on your shot, which would be the natural result of keeping your anees and feet immovable, a a a Much is heard about "liberty and equality," and one may well remem ber inese things In a golf swintr. pro vided one realizes the real meaning of the words. Liberty does not mean unre strained freedom to do what one likes. One's swing should be perfectly free. without any cramped feeling, but it should always be under complete con trol. Equality does not mean that those with ability should have no chance to rise above those who have none, and equality in a golf swing means proper subordination of each part of your swing to the other; prep aration, climax and easing off again, all that is Included in that elusive and exasperating word "timing." 'a a a Do not make the mistake of thinking of your swing as something made up of so many sections, or you may be mistaken for someone is trying to imi tate a golf girl in Mrs. Jarley's wax works By the way, that is a much-to-be-regretted part to take. Hunter Bags Lions. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20. J. C Bruce, California Hon hunter, has been at work in a"nd around the McCloud river game refuge, district IE. In this locality he secured three lions. This makes a total of 15 since January 1, together with six wildcats. Why slip Ban those 25,000 buttons a year when you can buy a ouija board for about four bits? ..i g ,wwa,w''Sia. BOWLERS WILL BE ACTIVE JUXT TOURNAMENTS TO BE RE- ' SUMED DURING WINTER. Northwest Sportsmen Building Up Strong Organization and Get Firm Grip on Game. Wonderful strides will be made this year In bowling, and every tourna ment that was abandoned temporarily during the big quarrel across the water will be resumed during the coming fall and winter. All of the national, state and city tournaments under the jurisdiction of the American Bowling congress were held as usual during the war. but sev eral sectional tournaments were passed by the boards. The latter are being re vived and are coming with a rush, and bowling everywhere will be at the apex of its popularity during the next six months. The first tournament to be held will be the Middle West association, which will conduct its annual kegelfest at Omaha this fall, beginning the latter week of November, and from indications the tournament will be greater and grander than ever, as ood men are at the helm and Omaha touches a good bowling territory. The International tournament will be held at Minneapolis, opening its doors about February 11. 1920. and it will draw well this year, especially from the Canadian provinces, as the boys who have returned after four years of war are keen for any line of sport, and they will, without a doubt, flock to the Minneapolis headquarters when the call is Issued to the northwestern states. The Canadian tournament will be held at Vancouver, and will be a re sumption of bowling in that district. Its date has not yet been set. but it always bowls later in the season, about the same time as , the Pacific Coast Bowling association, which will roll at Oakland this year and not start until about the first week in May. The Pacific coast bowlers are gradu ally building up a rattling good asso ciation, and if they keep a firm rein on the game during the next few years, with good officials, they can do a great amount of good for tenpins. The terri tory generally calls for Denver as their eastern boundary line, and this year they will draw from all that district. The great international world's cham pionships, which are held under the jurisdiction of the Alnerican Bowling congress, will be conducted this year under the banner of the Peoria Bowling association, opening March 10 and clos ing the first week In April. The location of Peoria is well set for a big tournament and, while they may not draw the entry that Toledo did last ivmmuKW mwn. j.saan n i tiasiaMitfuaajw .m.inMs.is). spring, when they piled up 796 teams, with a corresponding number of dou bles and singles, still it is anticipated that Peoria will draw from 600 to TOO teams, and with this entry will make things hum for four weeks in what used to be the Still city, but no more. A big meeting of the Peoria bowlers will be held on Saturday, September 13, and the officials of the Peoria. Bowling association, as well as of the officials of the American Bowling congress, will participate in the meeting. The Pacific coast bowlers are taking an unusual amount of Interest in the world's championships this year, and Portland, San Francisco. Seattle and Oakland will have teams represented. The M. L. Kline team of Portland, which captured the international northwest title last year and placed third at the Pacific coast meet, is being primed to make the trip east this year. Vancou ver, B. C, may also send a crack quintet. Prizes for Flying Efficiency Posted in London. Purses Aga-regate S.140,000 for Air craft Safety Kxhlblt. LONDON, Aug. 22. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Prizes aggregating $340,000 will be offered for efficiency Jn flying craft to be ehown in the aircraft safety competition which the government wilt hold March 1 next. All entrants must be British. The object is to ascertain the best types of airplanes in which It will be safe to travel and which, in particular, will be capable of rising from and alighting In a small space. Two types of machines will be en tered small machines with a carrying capacity of two. and largo machines with a carrying capacity of 15, ex clusive of crew. The first prize for the email machine will be $50,000. second $20,000. third, $10,000. First prize for the large ma chine will be $100,000, second $40,OU0, third, $20,000. Entries are to close De cember 31 next. Another competition will be to choose the best type of float seaplanes or boat seaplanes In which' it will be safe to travel and which will, rise from rand as well as water. Prizes are: First. $50,000; second, $20,000 and third, $10,000. Alligator Hunting Popular. VALDOSTA. Ga.. Sept. 20. Alligator shooting is becoming a fad here. A ten-foot 'gator was killed by Armenius Wright bf Atlanta and T. A. Baker, J. D. Ashley and Walter Davis. local sportsmen, secured smaller specimens, all. however, over five feet in length. McGraw bought this year's pennant. Indicating that crossing a bridge be fore you come to it is almost as healthy 'as crossing it when the draw Is open. y-..i."a.s.i mmwtmm.umm . w misuaaaiiai u m si' ma' ' - - - f i : y J - . f Z v. 1 I J ! I- . .' i 5 .... 1 r- ? t PRO SCORES GOLF MARKS LACK OF RESTRICTIONS RULING COMPETITION DEPLORED. 11. L. Pratt of Portland Club Criti cises Methods I'sed in Setting 'World Records' Now In Vogue. Some day, perhaps, golf authorities will frown upon indiscriminate record making and try to bring such perform ances under more restrictive rules. In a fanning bee at the Raleigh sta tion home of the Portland Golf club yesterday the lack of standard rules for establishing records in golf was discussed at length and the view taken by the several devotees present expresses well the feeling of a good many of this city's golfing fraternity and that of the country in general. Take world's records in golf for Instance. There have been many of them claimed. Harry L. Pratt, pro fessional at the Portland club, be lieves that there is no such a thing as world records in the ancient Scotch pastime. "The courses, elements and everything else are different on links throughout the land." said Pratt. "Kecords made are purely local. "A player might traverse the Port land Golf club's 18 holes with a 72. say on Thanksgiving day. but he could never turn the same trick In Chicago the same day. For there. In all prob ability, everything would be frozen up. Then again, some courses are snort ihile others run up to 200 yards. As a matter of fact golf records are in their very nature more or less fantastic." "To the golfer of common sense there is something highly ridiculous in the claim, for example, of a world record being made in the winning of a cham pionship in a certain number of strokes," continued Professor Pratt. "I know MacDonald Smith well and will cite a feat of his which illustrates my point. MacDonald Smith is a brother of the former national cham pion. Alex Smith of Wykagyl and Bellealr. and was representing the Oakmont Country club, I'ittsburg. where the recent national champion ships were contested when he won the open championship of the Metropolitan Golf association in 1914 on the Scars dale links in 2TS strokes for 72 holes. It was Impressively announced as a world record never before have 72 holes been played In so low a figure In a championship competition. "A moment's thought will show the absurdity of such a claim, for as golf courses differ from one another even as one star differeth from another In glory there can be no basis for com parison." concluded Professional Pratt. Big; League Gossip. ANEW YORK dispatch quotes Messrs. Ruppert and Huston, owners of the Yankees, as saying that "no amount of money would purchase their ball club. Colonel Ruppert states that he has had offers for the club, but that he's Just getting interested In the game, can afford to gratify his liking for It, and doesn't mean to deny himself the pleasure. a a a Jack Ryder, who is Miller Huggins' fellow townsman, says the manager of the New York Yankees hasn't four.d things to his liking In the American league and would much prefer to be back In the National, where he feels more at home. Perhaps Huggins was shocked at the show put on over Carl : Mays. It was so different from the Sallee deal, when Huggins was in the National. a a a Jlmra Dykes may never have been quite satisfactory to Connie Mack, but In the Southern league he is rated as about the best Inflelder who ever put on a uniform. He has had a big sea son with Atlanta and been a great fac tor In the success of Charley Frank's team. Mack has recalled him and if he doesn't keep him It's not likely he will be passed upon waivers again by other American league clubs. a a a Fred Toney has discovered at this late date what has been holding him back and retarding his growth. He has been troubled with adenoids and last week be laid on for an operation for their removal. He will be back soon and expects to go beter as a re sult of elimination of the annoyance to his breathing. a a a The New York Giants have purchased Pitcher Paul Johnson from the Charles ton club of the South Atlantic league. He did fine work for Charleston, though this was his first year in pro fessional ball. Last year, while in service, he pitched for the Jackies at the Newport training station. He hails from Langley, S. C Bowling in Portland will begin its 191S-1920 season this week with many teams ready to start th season in vari ous le:igus. Never before in the his tory of the game has such pre-seaeon interest been displayed as this year. Teams and players galore have turned out and. with hundreds of enthusiasts back from the service able to register top scores, a record season deems cer tain. The first league to open will be the Mercantile combination. which will bowl Its opening series on the Oregon alleys Tuesday night with six teams in the lineup. They will be paired as follows: Standard Oil versus Rerg niann ihoe company: Blumauer-Frank versus Bevos. and Swift & Co. versus Honeyman Hardware company. The Mercantile league held a meeting last night and elected the following officers for the season: L. A. Re a, president; Kd Wtndeler. secretary, and J. W. Blaney, treasurer. The Mercantile league teams will bowl every Tuesday night on the Oregon alleys until the schedule is completed. The Portland City Bowling league, having many of the fastest shooters in the city, will begin its srherrule of 75 games on the Portland alleys. Thurs day evening. Six fast quintets com post the circuit, and. according to re ports, the rival captains are gathering all the best available talent for their respective teams, which should make the race a hot one from the start Teams entered in the City league this season are: Rialto Billiard parlors. Hartley & Silvers. St. Nicholas Cafe teria. Henry Building barber shop. Wells Realty company and the Vogan Candy company. At the league meet ing Friday night the following officers were elected: leslie Blair, president; Frank Johnson, vice-president: W. P. Flavin, treasurer, and R. E. Tuogefiel. secretary. Another meeting will be held Tuesday night to make final arrange ments for the season. While the City league is starting the ball rolling on the Portland alleys Thursday night, the Rose City league will be hitting 'em down on the Oregon alleys in the initial contests. Teams and their pairings for Thursday night will be: St Nicholas Cafeteria versus C. Mathis Co.: George Lawrence com pany versus lnrperial hotel, and Pa cific Coast Biscuit company versus V. D. Wllkenson company versus Abram son company. a a a Friday night the Auto Tire league will commence, after a year's layoff, a season on the Oregon alleys. Six fast teams are lined up in this year's Auto Tire league and from the Individual lineups It will be mighty hard to pick a winner. The teams and how they will clash In the openers follow: Bal lou &. Wright versus Edwards Tire Shop: Marshall - Wells versus Went worth 4; Irwin, and Overland Auto com pany versus Robinson-Smith company, a a The "Am co" or American Can com pany league will open Its 1919-1920 season on the Oregon alleys Monday. October 6. Four or six teams will be in the league, according to present in dications. a a a The Pacific Outfitting company will start a four-team house league on Wednesday. October 1. The league will bowl on the Oregon alleys. "Bugs' Raj-mond, Hadley and Silver team will bowl a special match Tues day night at the Portland alleys with the crack Rialto Billiard parlors team. Both aggregations are members of the City league and their followers will be able to get a line on the two teams. The Rialto team is a newcomer in bowling circles. a a a The Commercial league, bowling on the Oregon alleys will start on some date next week. Six teams are ready to play for the championship. a W. J. Woodman, veteran Portland bowler, has purchased a half interest in the Oregon alleys. mm The M. L. Kline team, northwest In ternational champions, will soon begin to limber up for the coming bowling year and any outside teams wishing to schedule games ran do so by writing Manager J. W. Blaney at the Oregon al leys. LAFATKTTE'S CHANCES GOOD Coach Sutherland Starts With Big Field of Candidates. EASTOX, Pa. Sept. 10. fSpciaL Lafayette's preparation for the football season started with practice on March field last week. Among the last year's men out are: D. M. Brown. Chillson, Le hooka. Martin, Poland. Reeves, Trow, bridge. Wo'.bert, ZUgler. Gebhard. Mt Williams and Moore. In addition to these a large number of new candi dates is expected to report, as the freshman class at the college la re ported by the registrar as being In ex cess of 300. or nearly 20 per cent larger than any freshman class that has ever entered the Kaston institution. MORE FOR LESS Wootera Working Man's Store Can Often Say KERE IS MORE FOR LESS ! Wooster"s, dealers In standard mer chandise, work-wear clothing, shoes, dry goods, hardware, tools, auto sundries, 5c - 10c - lac goods. Take car home from the one best Working-men Store, WOOSTER'S 4S8 to 414 VthlnrtotB reet. Opa ETtblnrs,
