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THE SUNDAY 0REC0STAX, FORTLAXD, 3IARCH 28, 1920 IHEUU PAYNE ID to arrange their . programme. It would appear from certain facta about to be related, la to have afternoon aesalona at which only committee chairmen or their proxies report an then at night, in aa abridged form aa possible, have all paper and speech read and the reports acted upon. Absolutely no general morning or afternoon sessions should ba ordered. If it takes two or three days longer to hold the convention than In the past that will be all right. These suggestions for annoal con ventions of the various state socie ties and associations are based upon an observation made on recent at tempts to hold aeveral conventions at a well-known California resort. The Paclfio Coast Paper association and the Electrical Jobbers' association, both of which promoted golf tourna ments as entertsinment features of their annual gathering, never did get more than a handful together for dv - DEFEND HEB HUE WILL BE MEMORABLE .Two-Year Crown Won British Columbia Promises t : 'I 7 Spirited Meets. i Fast Pace for Golfers. '..OEST DIVERS ENTERING ROOMS PROBABLY SCARCE . lecn Allen, 1917 Champion Thousands of Dollars Being Spent sessions and the golfing contingent reported, yawned and snesked away from the evening sessions. Tet practically every delegate te these respective conventions went "Coming From Los Angeles to 1 Give Portland Girl Hard Task. to Put Ivlnks of Entertaining Clubs In Good Condition. away declaring It "the best conven tion we ever had." 10 FAMOUS PAQFIC COAST FANCY DIVERS WHO WILL FIGURE IN NATIONAL EVENTS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS. COIilOIBT j r i .... - i oky A ! -Mis Thelma Payne. Multnomah . maieur Athletic club fancy diver. . . ,:companied by Jack Cody, swimming - , jstructor or the Winced M nstitu on- wl11 leave April 3 for Detroit. .;. ,.nere Miss i'ayne will defend her : tie of national woman's fancv div- g cnampion at the national swim .-, Ins and diving-championships, which .. ill be held in the eastern city under V le aaspices of the Detroit Athletic ub on April 10. . ;This is the second consecutive year . ;at Miss Payne has defended her lie in Detroit Th i'mpJ M ", .,ver won the coveted title in 1918 at . . je national event, which was staired . A the Multnomah Amateur Athletic ' ,'" tank, and in 1919 she was com : lied to defend her title in Detroit ".-' . ter the place of holding the na . anal swimming meet had been Vltched from Los Angeles to the . stern city. in mtrcL lual was neia ill " e Winged M pool in 1918, but Miss ivne won the crown in competition -. ;.iinst the best of the Pacific coast r with' the stars of the eastern , iimming circles. V j THle Held From All. ' Ater several weeks of strenuous afning and coachinir under the di ction of Jack Cody the Winged M -ver made the trin e.ist In 1318. . Jiere she successfully upheld her ,le against the springboard artists the country. Champions from ' ery section of the country were en- red in the meet, but the local girl , ,-ok the number of them all. Miss - , lyne found her strongest competi- . ts in the 1919 meet in Mrs. Vonnie T. ' ilcomson. Central Amateur Ath- .vie Union champion, and Miss Jose- ine Hartlett rhn Ww Ynplf U'nni- 's Swimming association entry, who ,ceil second and third in the na- ' ;mai event. This year the Winged M diver will ce keener competition at Detroit -nn in the two nrpvlnnn vpam An. -..-her Pacific coast girl. Miss Aleen v . ;len or the Los Angeles Athletic lb and former holder of the na- i n r. I lifl 1,,0 e i i. n ! fi .-t hoi- inf ontinn entering the meet at Detroit. Miss . ..Ten is a protege of Vance Vieth, ? , "imming instructor of the Los Ange- V-Snship in 1917. ' " " Olympic Chulee Waived. , , Mrs. Constance Myers Dressier of -. Mliltnomrih Aniiit.-nr AthiWir j ' "W HI C lllO llllllVll.il L1UHII ' ' j 1916, will not be a participant in event this year. It was at first - Tnp-ht (hut tli. winner n f Ihp nsl- . ..nal event in Detroit .would be se- -lea as a memoer ui ine swimniint; sim which will represent this coun : v at the Olympic games at Antwerp, X a later announcement states that ) swimming and diving tryouts for ; 1 Pacific coast will be held at San -' - Anclsco on Jnlv 3. Instead of eo r 'to the national event at Detroit v.. a.-'Dressier will be one of the '. I'tltnomah Amateur Athletic club en-,"-;es in the tryouts at San Francisco Jack Cody and Frank E. Watkins, . airman of the aquatic committee . J the Winged M ciub, are already Mng their plans for sending a full :tion tryouts at the Seal Rocks city -- July. -i 0 Jiocal followers of WRter sports will ' pbably have an opportunity of wit ising the Winged M water polo "' .m in action against the Victoria anA Athletic nssnpintinn (Mm nn ' rll 23 and 24 if present plans are ' ' Tied out. Cody has wired the . . rthern clnb offering it a three v -'ine series on these dates and there - .every reason to believe that Vic la win accept. QaIIi tmmrrtm will Mmtikl fvi lli na --nal water polo chamnionshins ' . tch are scheduled for San Francisco - . May and a clash between the two ,'.rai will attract a great deal of in- V ICiif U - A I ii?- : worsts ; a . ' ' ' iW I TRAPS TEAM NOT PICKED H: J'-f . -M ; nn uniiTr nnin niTrn r r Vf PIf 1TYTPT17C A T IT" V trt' t ULL mull I l ruLU UfllLU f to8T I TOURJTET SCHEDCXE BEGINS S ' i Choice of Two Orcson Men to Make OX APRIL 1 FOR WEEK. " -J'J Trip Is Expected Troeh and I I w I Seavey Are Mentioned. "I I -J &fms& 1 I This mid-summer date to stand out in the memory of all Pacific coast golfers: July 5-10. Inclusive! For. beginning Monday, July 6, and running through to and including Saturday. July 10, the 20th annual championship of the Pacific North west Golf association will be In prog ress at the links of the Vancouver Golf and Country club, Vancouver, B. a The P. N. O. A. embraces all those golfers living within the area of British Columbia, on the one aide of the international boundary line, and the states of Washington. Oregon, Idaho and Montana on the other side. That is, those eligible for play In the anr.ual championships must be mem bers of a golf club, within the district described, which holds membership in the P. N. G. A. Outside the associa tion district the annual meeting of fers an invitation to every member of a golf club recognized by the U. S. O. A. or the Western Golf association. In the past they have come from California In more or less goodly numbers, availing themselves of the invitation character of the P. N. U. A championships; but, the way they are going to cojiie next July Is going to make the Vancouver meeting listen more like a Pacific coast champion ATHLETES ME NUMEROUS DOPESTER SATS rKOIIIBITIOV MAY BE EXTIiAXATlOX. Eastern College Develop Surpris ing Wealth of Material for In. door Meets and Road Races. PHILADELPHIA, r March IT. Lawson Robertson, coach of the Penn track team and shrewd dopster tn hia field of eport, says the Indoor track season hus revealed a surprls- ng wealth of material at Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth. Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania. In Robertson's opinion, these five teams are almost on a par and will stage one of the merriest battles In the history of the Interrolleglates when they assemble for the classic meet at Franklin Field on May 28 and 29. I n t An MA In rrt will rant Miinrl ship than any golf meeting ever held the Bh0wii,g of the collegiate track and field performers this year, saya on the west coast Record-Breaking Crowd. This is gathered not only from what Ae newspapers of Los Angeles and San Francisco have been saying abou. the July meeting, in which they men Hobertaon. Every man will be spur red on to do his best in his anxiety to he considered for the American Olympic team. Robertson la particularly surprised . -LP STARS DECXXVE IIOXOR i" .- ".-.bby Jones and Hcrron Citable . jo Join, Team to Play England. "Job by Jones, who was runner up " , the last national amateur golf .' going to England as a member of V 'American team to compete against .", British cracks in the amateur . . '.mpionship tournament or the Brit - 3 Isles. ,' . 'ones u one of five selected. The . ' .'ers were S. Davidson Herron, Oak- -V, t fntntrv rlnh hnmn!nn- "( " h i . L-" '-.ms, Francis Ouimet and Itobert . Taner. 'jharapion Herron nas also declined honor, but Ouimet. Evans and :--dner. It i believed, will make the . o if the United States Golf asso- 'jion goes through with its inten n of sending a team across the . .?er. .;oth Jones and Herron have de " ied the honor thrust upon them ...-'-inae of the time involved, it is 31. Herron says ne is unable to .Jnd the time to go over, figuring ,:ae ne woutu ui nrueMiy nave lu ' --tin England a few weeks before y started in order to familiarize ' Vself with the English course. .1 . ..t. M.jirt,tt!i iiuth. uuiih . j'-jidodger Athletes Held Back in tCr,ftnr Tril iiilnir VI r.VIVEP.SITY OF WASHINGTON, ..11. . tf.a,V.U . i. ..... AVAIUJ jither of the last few days has ha baseball club has been effected and Eugene Courtney has been chosen manager and Charles IL Wakefield, secretary. Clyde Whitman has been cnoFen team captain. All of list year's players are in the city and the team's prospects for winning are brighter than ever. The City Park ball grounds are hav :ng the kinks taken out by a force of men. A committee has been selected to interview the business n-en for support and arrangements are being made for a big benefit dance. It is the expectation to open the season with a. game here about the middle of April. EL'GEXE GAMES SCHEDULED High School lias Seven Baseball Contests on Lists. EUGENE. Or.. March 27. (Special.) Seven games of baseball will be played by the Eugene high school team this spring, according to the schedule announced by Fred Chess, manager. The schedule follows: April 10. at Eugene, with Corvallis. and a return game at Corvallis April 30. April 17, at Salem, and a return game with Salem here Slay li. April 24, at Albany, and a return game with Albany here May 22. .May X at Corvallis with the fresh men team of the Oregon Agricultural college. LETTERS AWARDED COUGARS Twelve .Basketball and AVrestlins Athletes Get Coveted Honor. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE. PULLMAN. March 27. (Special.) The official "V" and sweater for par ticipation in intercollegiate basket- conundrum features, staged on April Representative Entry Expected, In cluding British-Eastern Team and Others. DEL MONTE, Cal., March 27. (Spe cial.) The schedule of polo matches for the Del Monte tournament has been announced as follows: Pebble Beach junior cup semi finals played on April 1. Del Monte handicap cups, scheduled for March 28 and April 4. Felton Elkins challenge cup on April 6. 10 and 13. Novice cup, March 30 and April 3. Sam Morse cup for east vs. west, special cup, special match, on Sunday, April 11. The tournament promises to at tract a representative entry. For the senior events the British-eastern team, Del Monte and Coronado have alreadv made entry and it is probabl' that Santa Barbara win oe reprc spntpii. For the junior events, ban Mateo Oroville, Coronado. Del Monte and Las Pnnitas will be in competition, it l probable that an army team will enter against the California clubs for the novice cups. The feature east vs. west matcn will attract the strongest team oi Dlavers that both sections of th country can place in the field, it is said. Everything is being put In readi ness to etart off the tournament with a bang, mere win db games every Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thurs day during the course of the tourna ment. As a fitting conclusion there will he a irvmkhana. consisting of a num ber of novel polo pony events, such as races, ball and mallet contests and Jack Cody, swimming Instructor of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club. 2 Aleen Allen of the Los An' geles Athletic club and former na tional title holder. 3 Vance Vlrth, Instructor at the Los Angeles club. 41 helms Payne of the vrlnged-M club and holder of the national woman's fancy diving championship, which she will defend at Detroit 'next month. Mr. Constance Myers Dressier, wlnged-M diver, to compete In Olympic tryouts at San Francisco. ball and wrestling was presented to 12 Cougar athletes Thursday. basketball letters went to Eddie Copeland, Mil Mclvor, Chick Roekey, Bob Moss, Bill King, Dick Clana and Martcel Kotula. Wrestlers to get the coveted honor were Frank Logan, Leslie Tromman- hauser. Lorraine Boggs, Vernon Eff ing and Orin Pearson. 17 and 18. Amateur Fighters Prepare. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 27. The team which will represent the Kansas City Athletic club in the national am ateur boxing championship tourna ment in Boston the first week in April will be selected by a series of GOLFERS NOTABLY WEAK IN BEING JUDGES OF DISTANCE Various Methods Supplied by Courses to Give Information Rouse Con troversy As to Relative Merit and Influence of These Schemes. 0: NE" of the very frequent weak nesses noted in many modern golfers is the inability to judge distance accurately. Of late year there has been a tendency to mark off the courses so one could tell at most any place his ball happened to lie what the distance to the hole was without any judgment on his own part. So the golf committees have done various things to aid the player in this respect. Once in a while the courses are actually measured and staked off every 100 yards or so. Practically every club has the tee boxes inscribed with the distance and the par of every hole and score cards also contained the same information. There is a wide divergence of opin ion on this subject among golfers. The older ones are inclined to view the ociern tendency of helping the judg ed track activities In preparation i ment mechanically with alarm, and i ... cer , j all , i a p '-it.- T; the Pacific coast conference re- meet, to be held here April 24. cold weather is holding back the winters especially, for Coach "Hec" ,4MUIluauu la Ktfviup, iiu i-jiAllues wim ed tendons and Charley horses." he coach will get a line on' new cerial April 10. when the novice et is held. That new departure in suington track meets will be open candidates who have never point in a varsity or freshman The Pumie and GnlH ! utmntr .'the running events, according to 1 touncement. MXE ORGA.MZED -ilablc Talent From Last Year Makes Prospects Bright. f'OODBURN, Or- March 27. (Spe- U Organization of the Woodburn they do not agree with the newer ex ponents of the game that these things are beneficial. A recent discussion of this ques tion by Francis Ouimet, once a title holder, caused quite a flurry in east ern golf circles and the following article appeared in the Brooklyn Eagle on the subject: Ouimet's advice to those who would know what best to do when they still are a good way from the hole and pondering over the club to use in the emergency, is in the nature of that given by Punch to those about to marry don't! Instead of forcing his readers through the grinding mill of experience, instead of picking them up by the scruff of the neck and throwing them bodily into the deep est end of the swimming pool with the admonition "sink or swim," the Woodlander takes them gently by the hand and leads them around and past all difficulties, hazards, pitfalls and snares, in short, he counsels caution and even retreat when blood and .iron should rule the day and the command should be "Damn the torpedoes; go aneaa: But before passing judgment hear the following evidence: uou notes are deceptive as to lengtn, some more than others," says Francis. "No one can rely on guess work as to distance. There Is one sure plan to follow in judging the length of any hole follow the score card. On it is the distance in yards. By do ing that you know what you have to ao. Ana you can figure it out with mathematical precision if you have made it a point to remember the dis tance of holes you know well." Old Timers Used Their Judgment. onaues oi iom morns: Can anv one imagine some of the old timers such as Charlie Hunter or the late Old Tom" himself holding uo the British open field while some one else ran on ahead with a measure to find out to the inch the distance that etill had to be covered before the ball would land on the green? The pampered golfers of today seem to have forgotten that courses were not always tagged, labeled and staked, with the length of each hold glaring from each teeing box and printed on the score card. In those days the war riors of the cleek and the brassie had to rely on their own judgment ex clusively and the game Itself was none the less enjoyable for being as much a test of eye and judgment of dis tance as of the skill of the player in handling the sticks. They had to blaze away and there was no stake on the side of the fairway to notify them that, having driven a eertain distance, they had Just so many 'more yards to go and therefore could safely rely on such and such a club to do the job., elimination events which will feature an amateur boxing carnival in con vention hall here March 31. A tour nament of at least 15 bouts is planned by Dr. Joseph A. Reilly, athletic di rector of the club. TOPPED MERKLE BOXEHE.U) "Gabby" Street Recalls Costly Er ror Made by Dave Altizer. "Gabby" Street, ex-major league catcher, who will manage the Suffolk team in the Virginia league this year says the strangest play he ever saw happened while he was catching for W ashington in a game at St. Louis. "St. Louis had us beat, 3 to 2. and there were two out in the ninth," said Street. "Washington runners were on third and second and two strikes on Dave Altizer, the Washington batsman. "The next strike came over and Sheridan called It a strike. The ball whizzed right through Hack Spencer's mit and bounded up against the grandstand and then shot off at an angle, while the chubby Spencer pur sued it. Both of the Washington run ners on the bases scored easily. "But all the time Altizer refused to leave the plate. He was in a hot ar gument with Sheridan and insisted that the ball wasn't over the plate and was two feet wide. In the mean time Spencer got the ball. There was no chance to get either of the runners at the plate, but he fired to first and retired Altizer. It made the last out of the game and Altizer's failure to run cost us the two runs and lost the game for Washington. And they talked about Merkle." SALMON WAIT TO RUSH FALLS Spring Release of Pheasants Were in Fine Condition. EUGENE. Or., March 27. (Special.) The new state game farm near Eu gene will be doubled in capacity this spring and summer, according to Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden, who was here yesterday. It is ex pected that a total of 2S00 pheasants will be accommodated when these Because there is every possibility of two members of the Portland Gun club being selected on the ten-man trapshooting team that will represent America tn the Olympic games, the scatter-gun artists of Oregon and Portland are interested in the selec tion of the team. The two trapshots who rate the team ar Frank M. Troeh and James W. Seavey, Oregon state champion. The initial plan, announced last year, was that the ten high men in the average for 1919 would compose the team to Invade Belgium. Both Troeh and Seavey were in the elect ten. However, with the reorganiza tion of the American Trapshooting association, the plan was changed. First one way and then another was set upon until the bluerock devotees were as much in the dark as Noah was on the good ship Ark. Several weeks ago the news trickled over the wires that Jay Clark of Worcester, Mass., had been named captain of the team and had selected the men for the trip. This was em phatically denied the next day by Clark after the article had appeared all over the country. Clark had been appointed captain all right by the executive committee of the American Trapshooting association, but did not name one member of the team, much less ten, and has not had any inten tion of naming the team, as that duty was not assigned him. He will be assisted in that duty by E. R. Gal- vin, president of the American Trap shooting association: T. H. Keller, chairman of the executive committee of the same association; Stoney Mc Linn, its secretary-manager, and Ralph L. Spotts, ex-amateur champion of America, and a prominent member of the 1912 American Olympic team. In a statement just received from the American Trapshooting associa tion by President Newland of the Portland Gun club, Clark has the fol lowing to say: No team has been selected newspaper reports to the contrary are absolutely without any foundation. The team is to be selected about June 1, nd the following will, alone with other data, be taken into consideration when making our selections: 1. Ability aud skill with a double. pump or an automatic shotgun, Olympic styl gun held between the armpits the hips. Two shots at a target, gun not to be shouldered before the target pears In sight. 2. Number of targets shot at Olym pic style. 3. Registered target average in lf20. 4. Registered target average In 191D. 5. Scores made at registered tourn ments where conditions are bad the shoot er who goes out and demonstrates his abll Ity under adverse conditions Is a better man than the fellow who stays away be cause of the weather at Antwerp you wilt not be permitted to pick either your conditions or the day. COLORED LEAGUE PLANNED Negrro Baseball Fans of South to Organize Regular Circuit. Colored baseball men representing ten of the largest cities in the south are planning on forming a southern colored baseball league. The following cities will be repre sented: Nashville. Birmingham, Knox- vllle. Chattanooga, Greenville, S. C. Atlanta. Jacksonville, Montgomery, Pensacola and New Orleans. The organization of this league has the support of the leading men in the Southern league. The plan is for this league to work in conjunction with the Southern league, games being scheduled in a town where there is a Southern league team only on dates when the white team is on the'road. HOPPE EARNS $25,000 YEARLY Billiard Expert's Salary Tops Pay of Stars of Baseball. According to figures estimated from contracts already made. Willie Hoppe will earn between J20.000 and J25.0UU this year in exhibition matches, put ting him above the stars of the dia mond. such as Ty Cobb, Walter John son and "Babe" Ruth. Ralph Greenleaf, the 20-year-old pocket billiard champion, also will have a big earning power, estimated at $10,000, while Robert Canefax, the three-cushion champion, is likely to earn about the same amount. Late sporting news will be found in Sec tion 2. i Improvements are finished, says the warden. Mr. Shoemaker says that all of the pheasants at the game farm here and at Corvallis were well taken care of during the past winter and that as a result 2000 liberated this spring have all been in fine condition. Warden Shoemaker reports that the work on the new state hatchery at Oakridge is progressing and that it will be completed by early summer. He says that indications are favor able for a heavy run of salmon this year, as many of the fish are now at the foot of the falls at Oregon City. So Say the White Sox. Ray Caldwell says the only thine- that prevented the Cleveland Indians rom winning the pennant last season was that they got started too late. Like as not Ban Johnson forgot to mall' a schedule to the Indians. 107 THREE-YEAR-OLDS ENTER FOR MAY KENTUCKY DERBY $36,000 Card Now Promises to Be Open Event With No Special Horse in Favor. rvmsVTLLE. Kr- March 27. I (Special.) With Man o'War out -I i of the way it is generally agreed that the Kentucky derby, which will be renewed at Churchill Downs in May with a gross value of $36,000 or $38,000, is an open race. Not all of the 107 three-year-old colts and fillies that have been nominated for the derby may be considered as having chances, but a dozen or more ui m best look be pretty well matched, and among the best are five or six foreign bred colts and nines oi ine highest quality. So it is easily possi ble that this year's derby may go to a foreign three-year-old, as did the derbies of 1916 and 1917, which were wnn hv George Smith and Omar Khayyam. There are among the best .of the foreign bred colts and fillies in this v.ar's Herbv Donnaconna, Constancy, Cleopatra, King Thrush, Prince Pal, St. Allan, Krewer, Rouleau, Royal Jester, Faison Dore. Sams Boy, Mess Kit, etc. horses mat snowea oeiier as two year oias man uiu George Smith or Omar Khayyam. George Smith was rather an erratic performer as a two year old, although he discovered high speed on oc casions. Omar Khayyam was an out-and-out failure, probably because he was bucking his shins pretty much throughout the season of 1916. Of Donnaconna, a son of Prince Palatine and Kildonan and. a half brother of Orestes, a lot has been written already. It is sufficient to say here that his performance In the Walden stakes at Pimlico last No vember, when he ran Dominique to a head in spite of a bad ride, stamped him- as a distance runner of the highest promise. Cleopatra and Constancy, the for mer a daughter of Corcyra and Gal lice, the latter a daughter of Am bassador and Simenas Daughter, were j the star 2-year-old fillies of the sea son of 1919. In the Hopeful at Sara toga last August Cleopatra had the brilliant Man o'War fairly straight. Constancy, winner of the spinaway at Saratoga in August and the $10, 000 eastern shore at Havre de Grace in September, had On Watch going in the manor handicap at Laurel Park in October. Constancy was making a concession of four pounds to On Watch on this occasion and she had some luck at the post. Prince Pal, which "has Just been purchased by Edward F. Simms and Henry Oliver, is a son of Prince Pala tine and Wilful Maid II. King Thrush, like Constancy, member of the powerful stable of Commander J. K. L. Ross of Montreal, was a winner at Aqueduct last July and on one occasion at Saratoga in August he worked half a mile in 46 seconds, five furlongs in :58. and pulled up three-quarters in 1:12. Faison Dore seems to be out of place in a derby, but Royal Jester, an imported son of Black Jester and Primula, for which Commander Ross paid $14,600 at the Hancock sale of 1918, at which he paid only $3000 for King Thrush, may turn out to be a star. Royal Jester is small and com pact and he looks like a comer. St. Allan, a son of Bridge of Allan and St. Aelwina, for which Daniel Cunningham paid $8500 last April to George Wlngfleld, his Importer, was slow finding his legs last season, but he ran a couple of races that were as good as anything Omar Khayyam showed in his first season. Another outlander that wintered at Hot Springs of which big things are expected is Rouleau, a son of Tracery and Royal Coinage, belonging to Montfort Jones of Mississippi. Rou leau brought $13,000 at the Belmont sale of 1918. His purchaser was John Madden, who sold him to Mr. Jones last summer. . - i tlon virtually every golfer of nolo of by the large number of good college that state as a certain entrant, but It middle distance runners who have is also learned from assurances given shown on the board tracks this sea Adam Stewart and others who have son. Robbie thought he had the cream visited California in order to discover of middle distance men in Earl Eby, who'of the who's who in golf have the Marvin Gustafson, Larry Brown and July week down on their engagemunt Bob Maxam, a groat quartette, sit books. I capable of negotiating the half mile As Vice-Chairman K. A. McLennan I under two minutes, but he has been of the tournament committee, writing surprised at the galaxy of star per- to Walter Nash of the Portland Golf formers in rival colleges, club last week, said: "I am afraid Athletic officials are divided in it Is going to keep us busy handling their opinions as to the reason for the crowd, without devoting much of this great Interest and activity In our efforts to getting them here." track and field athletics. Some be- From time to time indication of lieve the war is responsible. Others what the Vancouver Golf and Country say the revival of the Olympics has club had Intended doing has been told caused the great Interest, while others In these columns. Now, all their are of tne opnon thHt prohibition plans are In full fruition. They aro has something to do with It. As a spending $13,000 alone on Improving rule, In past years the Indoor season their links. Including a watering sys- has been brought to a close with the tern that will embrace fairway sprln- holding of the- national track and kling as well as irrigation ' for the flcij championships. However, such greens. Then, there is a large sum (s not tn8 clu,n th,, year. yix mrvtn of money set aside for the entertain- are scheduled for the month of April ment of the visitors. an,i t addition to the indoor meets Terrific Pnre llelng Net. three road rares are on the list. It Is only when everybody lines up I for the July week of golf at the British Columbia metr magnificent character preparation will be appreciated. The Vancouver Golf and Country club, It will be discovered, has set a pace for P. N. G. A. entertainment that will make it almost too difficult for other clubs to follow. What concerns the tournament committee at present mostly is the hotel reservation question. They know that a "mob" is going to be their guest, but they want to know at once just who is who and "how many rooms" they want. Coming as it does In the height of the tourist sea son, it is going to be difficult to place the golfers unless reservations are made at once. All communica tions on this score should be directed at once to the tournament committee. care of the Vancouver Oolf and Coun try club. TENNIS CODE TTCKED FINELY DRAWN LINK BETWEEN AMATEURS, PROS, WORRIES. IVclini; KxUi in .Man)- Ousrlors Thai l"l;ii-r' KtiiM' Miould lie ll-1( n. (l With. That finely drawn line between amateur and professional sport has long been of concern In tennis. Thus the present code defining It has been subjected to attack within the last four or five years and with little uc cvess. These various assaults have concerned themselves almost alto- TROUT WAIT ON R0CUEFw I iiuu i player under certain conditions to en- AKTISTS W ITH 11. Y A I GUI WELL FOR 1020 SEASON. Winter Conditions Assure Excep tional Sport for Thos-e Who Will Haunt Lincoln's llrixiks. gage in the athletic goods business. There was rIko a feeling smnng cer tain men that the expenses of play ers attending tournaments should be dispensed with. In reality no more stringent rule could be drawn up than the present one, althougn the executive commit tee of the I nlted States Lawn Tennis association has Just discovered this fact during the last year of play. It gives this body practically unlimited power to both Interpret and enforce NEWPORT, Or., March 2". (Spe-the law. Naturally a committee ciaL) The most Important question working under such nroaa principles before the people this week ls."Where can Interpret either firmly or loosely, can I catch a mess of trout when the It can be said In Justice to those act season opens Thursday?" , lng on this committee that they havs Addison Bennett, dean of fisher- followed the former system. men, prooaDiy is ine uesi ifuoicu m uom-rrniuic mm iiiii'uimiii miur, from his wide acquaintance with Ore- of a player being engaged In the ath iron streams to answer this question, I letic goods business the executive and Ben Hur Lampman, who mixes committee has gone at the problem his fishing with poetic stories en-1 about like the government has han- rancincr as those of Izaak Walton or Idled income taxes. At the end or Henry Van Dyke would, nat'irally. I each season a questionnaire has come turn to Rogue river, the most widely I to those who have followed this line advertised fishing stream in Oregon. 0f work that seeks' and gets full In- Right here in Newport are Lester formation as to Just now mucn or Martin, Jess Frey, "Billy ' Lmery, I your business consists or tennis sup deDUtv game warden; Dr. W. M. Berry I plies and how much of oilier sporting and other well-posted sportsmen: at goods, how many actual days you Yachats are "Jim Berry and "Andy I have taken off to play In various tour- Kent; Dr. C. E. Linton of Waldport, namenta, accounts of your expenses imself a rare flycaster wnen not to these tournaments, now paia ana writing books; Northwest Webb ofby whom, and many other details sa Tidewater, on the Alsea river; "Len" well. Then the committee decides on Butterfield of Orton. near Siletz river your standing. When In doubt an In- gorge; Chester Dixon, an authority vcstlgation Is In order, who resides at Elk City, at the con- All in all the present code govern- fluence of Big Elk creek and Taquina mR amateurism In tennis Is a satis- river, and W. G, Sherman of Bob factory law. Of course it would not reek. Yachats. These men have he were tennis In the bamis or pro- learned by experience. moters or unscruplous persons, tinder It is the consensus of opinion in I rh conditions It would be a Joke fact, unanimous that the opening of j But as the ethics of this game are trout-fishing season tnis year win Deicarefully guarded oy men wno nave the best in their memory. There has nothing but the good of the game at been no high water this winter; there heart, we need have no fear of any has been no fishing for trout over ten lowering of our standards, no matter inches long, as in other winters, and how feelingly some of the "slmon the salmon trout, wnicn iohow tneipure5" may attack me present rules. salmon, have not returned to the sea. The unlimited numfcer of good streams and small population of Lincoln coun ty, therefore, offer great Inducement to men and women restless to try their luck. HINT HANDED CONVENTIONS Session Should lie Sliort and Papers Head in Evening. Before the various state 'societies, medical, dental, electrical, bill-post-erical and the like, begin framing up their annual meetings the respective committees on arrangements should take golf into consideration. The ses sions of the conveners should not bt too long or too often and as far as possible they shonld arrange to have most of the work done either by committees or by the secretary and the president. All speeches, papers, etc., should be ordered cut as short as possible and, if possible, have them read at night sessions. Aa a matter of fact, the best way SPRING GRID PRACTICE ON Penn Footballers mil uct uiu lor Drill Within Ten Days. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. March 27. Spring football begins at Penn with in the next ten days, It has been an nounced following a conference be tween Captain "Bud" Hopper of the varsity football squad snd Dr. "Buck Wharton. In the absence of Coach Helsman. who is in the west, the definite date could not be determined, but as soon as word is received from the varsity football coach the spring's workouts will begin. Two hundred men are expected to respond to the call for the spring football workout. Dr. Wharton de clares. Practically the entire varsity sqimd of last fall is out of school. Besides Captain Hopper, only Joe Straus is still atendlng classes. Bruner Is out on leave of abxen.'c. He Is nut expect ed to return to school next fail.