THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 8, 1920
PROMINENT FIGURES IN RECENT TENNIS TOURNAMENTS AT VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA, B. C.
PRACTICE If GOLF
ESSENTIAL THING
inclined to speak patronlxlngiy, of 1
golf aa being "an old man's game." I
WILHELM MAY PLAY
Now there are a few athletes in other
I branches who do not also make a
i side line of golf and many may have
' been heard to declare that the links
I game is the much more attractive.
It is hard to figure where swimming
I and golf would have common ground
SHIFT TO SEATTLE
on which, to meet, yet Duke Kahano-
moku, thti worlds champion in the
tank, finds golf helpful to his par
ticular line.
Washington State Champion
ships This Week.'
Improvement, Not Recreation,
Plans Made for Entering Long
He la far from belns of the duffer
Idea to Be Kept in Mind.
class on the links, as he is aided in
Island Tourney.
his golf by reason of the wonderful
development of his shoulders. Dur-
ng a recent two-day swlmmins: meet
at California "the Duke" gave his ad
mirers quite a surprise when he in
SEASON IS NEARING END
BENEFITS ARE ENHANCED
sisted on playing over the Del Monte
PLAY TO BE FIRST EAST
course there every day prior to his
swim, tie in also very proficient In
tennis.
IEIIS ACTIVITIES
ttritish Columbia Clay Court Tonr-
ney to Be Final Important Con-.-..y
test In Northwest.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST TEJi
JVIS CHAMPIO.NS.
1891 A. DeL. Ayrault. Tacorna.
:1892 J. F. Foulkes, Victoria.
1893 J. C. Anderson, Tacoma.
1894 J. F. Foulkes, Victoria.
1895 J. F. Foulkes. Victoria.
1896 George A. Hurd. Seattle.
1897 J. F. Foulkes, Victoria.
1898 S. L. Russell, Seattle.
1899 J. F. Foulkes, Victoria.
1900 L. R. Freeman, Pasadena.
1901 R. B. Powell. Victoria.
1902 L. R. Freeman, Pasadena.
1903 L. R. Freeman, Pasadena.
' 1904 R. G. Breeze, Tacoma.
1906 Walter A. Goss, Portland.
1906 Frank T. Payne, Tacoma.
. 19J)2 Joe C. Tyler, Seattle.
1908 Frank T. Payne, Tacoma.
1909 Joe C. Tyler, Spokane.
1910 Samuel L. Russell. Seattle.
1911 Nat Kmerson, North Yak
, I ima.
, I 1912 Melville Long, California.
' T 1913 Ella Fottrell, San Fran-
- Cisco,
j j ' 1914 Van Dyke Johns, Los An-
7 geles.
I 1 1915 Joe C. Tyler, Spokane.
. . 1916 J. C. Strachan, San Fran
i 4 Cisco,
i -1917 Marshall Allen. Seattle,
t ? " 1918 H. C. Breck, San Fran
cisco.
1919 Phil Neer, Portland.
1920 1
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' BY LAWRENCE O. SMYTH.
Now that the Pacific northwest ten
nis championships have been conclud
ed' at Tacoma tennis activity will
chift this week to Seattle where the
' annual Washington state champion
ships will be held.
Following this there will be but
ene important tournament left on the
schedule that being; the British Co
lumbia clay court championships at
Vancouver the last week of August.
The Washington tournament will
Bee one of the most representative
gatherings that has ever played in
this part of the country. Stars from
the three states on the coast and
Idaho and British Columbia will be on
hand.
There will be the usual events on
the programme, men's singles and
doubles, women's singles and doubles
and mixed doubles.
t SeaMOn la Successful.
' This same card will be used at the
"Vancouver tourney, which rings down
the curtain on one of the most suc
cessful seasons that this section has
ever enjoyed. Many stars of the Rose
City covered themselves with glory
In the different tournaments, with
one especially standing out above the
rest. This is none other than Phil
'Keer, Oregon state tnd British Colum
- bta" champion.
His playing this season has been
one of the revelations of the tennis
world, it beintr very seldom that a
champion is crowned when but IS
years old.
His defeat at the hands of Irving
WIenstein of San Francisco in the
semi-finals of the Pacific northwest
tournament was the biggest surprise
of the tournament. While not trying
' to offer any alibis for Ncer's defeat,
.it might be said that he has been play
" ing championship tennis every day
' ince the first of July. He has won
' Jils way into the finals of six differ-
ent tournaments in the last five weeks
and it may be that the strain of this
caused a lapse in his game.
"V ...
" " Isadore Westerman, Pacific north
jwm'I junior tennis champion, will
leave here Tuesday morning for
Forest Hills. N. Y., where he will
.'represent this section in the na
tional Junior championships which
t will begin the latter part of the
month.
' With him will be his brother,
.Harry. They will play exhibition
matches on their way across the con
tinent, stopping off at Denver, Kan
sas City. Chicago, St. Louis and other
cities before reaching their destina
tion. All expenseis for the younger West-
erman's trip will be taken care of
by the Spokane tennis club, which
staged the northwest center cham
' pionshlps last month,
v Isadore is the second Portland
youth who has won the right to make
the eastern trip. Last year Phil Neer
as chosen for this honor.
W. V. Burrill of Tacoma and
Marshall Allen of Seat.le. left last
week for Chestnut Hills, Mass., where
they will play in the national sec
xlonal double championships.
En route, they will stop off at Win
nipeg and play in the dominion of
Canada championship. It was by a
.special effort on the part of the com
mittee at Winnipeg that this side
. trip was arranged, the committee
"folding up the tournament a day
until tne westerners could arrive.
Burrill and Allen won this trip by
winning the sectional doubles honors
i. Rt Spokane last month.
Their expenses are being paid for
-fey the United States Lawn Tennis
. association.
-
Owing to the fact that Catlin Wol
fard is away, the finals in the Irving
ton handicap tournament were post
poned until his return. He will then
meet A. K. Munger for the title.
Game Being One or Skill, and Sci
entific, Should Be Treated With
Reverence, Says Vardon.
TAYLOR TO LEAVE GOLF GAME
Famed British Open Champion An
nounces His Retirement.
'BABE LEAGUE SENSATION
HOME RXTS CHAMPION SLTJMFS
IX AVERAGES.
Tris Speaker, Cleveland Manager,
Who Tops Batters, Boosts His
Mark From .411 to .417.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7. The three lead
ing batters in the American league
fattened up their averages during the
past week, but "Babe" Ruth, the home
run champion, who is in fourth place,
suffered a slump before Dick Kerr
in the last game of the series between
Chicago and New York. He was at
bat five times, but connected only
once. Trls Speaker, ' the Cleveland
manager, who tops the batters, gath
ered 11 hits in seven games and
boosted his mark from .411 to .417,
which is 15 points better than that of !
ueorge Slsler. the St. Louis star, who
is the runner-up. Joe Jackson of the
Chicago White Sox is third with .398,
while Ruth is hitting .391. The av
rages are of players who have par
ticipated in 50 or more contests and
include games of Wednesday.
Ruth continues to be the sensatfon
of the league. This was evidenced
again In the series just played in
Chicago between the Yankees and the
White Sox. For the four days a
crowd officially estimated at 126,000
witnessed the games with a hope of
seeing the big southpaw slugger
crack the ball out of the field. Only
once during the series was Ruth able
to "deliver." That was on the second
day. Claude Williams was pitching
and it was the third homer Ruth had
collected at his expense. This smash
marked Ruth's 38th home run.
Rice Leads Base Stealers.
Rice of Washington is far out in
front among the base stealers with a
total of 43 thefts.
Other leading batters: Rice, Wash
ington, .366; E. Collins, Chicago, .364;
Muesel, New York, .354; Weaver. Chi
cago, .341; Hendryx, Boston, .337;
Felsch. Chicago, 332; Judge, Wash
ington, .332; Jamieson, Cleveland,
.332; Jacobson, St Louis, .331; Milan,
Washington, .326; Cobb, Detroit, .322.
Roger Hornsby of St. Louis leads
the National league batters who have
played in 50 or more contests. He
knocked out 13 hits in his last six
games, making his average .372. J.
Smith, a teammate, went into a slump
and dropped to f'fth place, with an
average of .326, while Nicholson of
Pittsburg came along strong and now
is runner-up to Hornsby with .336.
Roush of Cincinnati has. third place
with a mark of .333 and Young of
New York fourth, with .327.
Cy Williams Tops Circuit.
Cy Williams of Philadelphia bagged
a brace of homers in the past week
and now tops the circuit drive hit
ters with 11. Robertson of Chicago is
next with eight.
Max Carey of Pittsburg Is setting
a hot pace among the base stealers,
with 36 thefts, while Roush of Cin
cinnati has 22 and Neale, another
member of the world's champions.
has pilfered 20.
Other leading batters: Williams.
Philadelphia. .323; Konetchy, Brook
lyn, .321: Myers, Brooklyn. .320; Hol-
locher. Chicago. .318; Stock. St. Louis,
.317; Daubert. Cincinnati, .308; Terry,
Chicago. .305: E. Smith, New York,
.305: Flack, Chicago. .304; Groh, Cin
cinnati, .303: Merkle, Chicago, .303.
EASTERNERS HAVE MORE TIME
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EOLF PROGRAMME READY
CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP
TOURNEY IV SEPTEMBER.
Matches to Be Played on Del Monte
and Pebble Beach Courses,
Says Announcement.
Upper (left to right) Henry Steven. Portland! Phil Neer, Portlan'di A. S.
Milne Vancouver! II. Rhodes, Vancouver. The Portland atnrs loat to
the Canadians in the finals of the British Columbia Mainland cham
pionships doubles played at Vancouver. Below Phil Aieer, Oregon
state and British Columbia singles champion.
RACES TO OPEN FAIR OCT.
Gresham to Become Part of Biggest
Dirt Track Circuit.
Professional automobile races will
mark the opening of the Multnomah
county fair at Gresham October 4, ac
- cording to C. D. Minton, manager of
t the fair board. Through these ar
rangements. Gresham will become a
i part of the biggest dirt-track racing
1 circuit in the United States.
Sanction for the Gresham track will
T be secured from the International
J Motor Contests association, the gov-
ernlng body of dirt tracks In Amer-
ica, which has already granted fran-
chises in the northwest for tracks at
Klma. Wash.; Helena and Billings.
X Mont.: Eugene, Salem and Moro. Or.
t. The establishment of the northwest
.dirt-track circuit assures the ap
pearance of some of the leading speed
"-demons of the automobile world,
-"many of whom hold world's records
for dirt tracks.
According to Manager Minton. work
in preparing the Gresham track will
begin immediately, and it is expected
that the speedway will be in high
class shape when the time of the
vraces arrives.
Dr. Pancoast, Episcopal Clergyman,
Keen Advocate of Tennis.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 7. The rea
son the east has an advantage over
all other sections of the country in
tennis is due to the tact that east
erners have more time to play the
game, according to Dr. Edward T.
Pancoast, formerly one of the best
players in this city, but now of Peru,
Ind. He is visiting here. '
Dr. Pancoast, an Episcopal clergy
man. is still a keen student and ad
vocate of the sport.
"The middle west has Just as good
material to work with," he said. "We
have stars wno wouia Be just as
good as the best in the east if they
all wern't too busy making" a living.
"Take, for instance. Ralph Burdlck.
Here is one of the leading players
we have who is so busy he feels
thankful if he can get a racquet in his
hands once a week. Ralph gave Bill
Tllden. the world's champion. the
hardest kind of a battle a short time
ago and was leading 6 to 3 -in the
first set and S to 1 in the second
when a volley broke the net. After
a 10-minute lay-off, Burdick lost his
terrific pace and Tllden finally won."
NATIONAL OPN GOLF TOURNEY
WINNER IS MATTER OF, DOUBT
Notable Entry List Seems to Make Chance of Victory Up to Man Who
Can Stand Strain and Come From Behind.
DEL MONTE. Cal.. Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) The programme and conditions
for the California golf championship
September 4 to 12 have been an
nounced by the tournament director,
Fred A. Purner. The conditions of
the championship for men will b
that the first 32 low scores turned in
from the iJel Monte ml Pebble Bcich
courses in the qualifyir,- round will
be eligible for the championship
flight, which will he pUycd from
scratch over the new Eea&ide couise
at Pebble Beach. The next 3 J wil
qualify for the Del Mnto flight, all
rounds of which will be pxayed ' at
handicap over the Del Monte course.
There will be as many other flights
BY HARRY VARDON.
YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) In a previous article it was my
assertion that the truly essential thing
that one must be when seeking to
overcome the embarrassment of bad or
mediocre golf, is to practice, practice
long and earnestly. And one must
practice by method and with the idea
of improvement rather than recreation
in one's mind.
I have no desire to remove any of
the pleasure that the business man
gets from his late afternoon round of
golf. It may seem that my suggestion
that golf be played seriously is calcu
lated to destroy the pleasure of the
game. But I am sure it, if followed
out. would enhance the benefits de
rived, whether those benefits be rec
reation, exercise, self-satisfaction,
livelihood or the lot of them together.
The casual golfer and almost 90
per cent of the men who have ever
gone over a course are casual golfers
wants to get out to his club after
his day at the office si done and play
match against somebody. Generally
it is a sociable match, and if it be a
foursome that he is a part of, there
is. as a rule, much good-natured rail
lery, equally as much careless golf.
and considerable enjoyment. I should
say that the enjoyment is social about
as much as it is sest for the game.
And then, he gets the exercise.
Plea Made for Reverence.
If the reader of this article be a
casual golfer, he may agree with me
in what I have said above. And if he
does agree with me. he will perhaps
follow me as I offer the opinion that
in such a case, the only distinct bene
fit that he gets from golf is the exer
cise. He could probably get the social
enjoyment in a "foursome" at cards.
Golf deserves a better lot tnan it is
granted at the hands of many. Exer
cise can be got by chopping trees and
walking long distances. Being a
game of skill and a scientific game,
golf should be treated with more rev
erence. The player owes It to the
game and to himself to develop as
well and as thoroughly as circum
stances will allow. 1 thin whin this
fact is realized mora generally, the
standard of tha game will rise . in
proportion.
'here are perhaps no golfers de
void of ambition to make progress.
Mny of them are under the impres
sion that they wonid be -vasling lime
to make a new begnnlnf; by taking
lbssons. Why shoui.t thdy, they avk
thi-mseives, when thoy are getting
enjoyment from matches they play
with friends equally as skiliess? It
may be that I can answer their ques
ticn, and I shall feel that I have eone
a great deal for golf If at any time in
the future a reader of this article
tells me that my answer has helpcJ
aim
Ability May Be Latent.
Golf is a game In which ability may
be latent and impossible to recognize,
Farewell tours have a habit of be
ing repeated a la Adelina Patti, but
there is the ring of finality to an tn-
chiefly because the golfer in many
Krancis Ouimet.
.BY FRANCIS OUIMET.
THE big golf question of the hour
is to be answered at Toledo with
in a few da vs. Who will win the
open? Frankly, no one knows. We
all have our views and opinions, but
there are at least a dozen American
pros and half as
many Yankee ama
teurs, not to over.
:ii look Harry Vardon
and Ted Ray, all
able, when on their
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trie. xuen iiici.
Is Walter Hagen,
. probably more de
termined than ever
h.fnm to land at
the top, all because
ox nis upset in ,nB-
a, land, vvnetnerna
gen can defeat the
field, whether he
can even turn the
trick against Jim Barnes alone, give
to this open features that force It
into the limelight well above any of
recent years.
It is generally understood among
golfers that medal play represents the
best test of golf. Now, if this be so,
there can be no doubt that play of
this nature over a course of 72 holes
means thaf none but the staunchest
souls can survive. And what a test
the open is! Not only must golf be
played, but the winner has to con
quer those upsetting mental hazards
which always play so big a role in
golf.
Picking a winner Is a task 1 could
not well undertake when I recall all
past opens. Take the event last year
Until the final play Walter Hagen
looked entirely out of it. Then Mike
Brady, leading, fell because of the
mere strain this position brings with
it. Indeed, few open field titles fall
to those who lead either on the first
or second days. That player who
comes from behind, who is within
reach, like the under dog. is the one
best situated to fight. It was this
same fighting quality which brought
George Duncan from behind In the
British open, although led by such a
wonder as Abe Mitchell by some 13
strokes.-
Setting the pace has been the undo
ing of many a near champion. This
position seems to cause too great a
strain. One holding it must feel the
weight of each stroke to be played,
the need of making it in par. Golf
ers have rarely been born who can
live up to such a strain. All of which
brings us to the conclusion that the
third round is the decisive one of
an open. Here leaders crack and new
ones supplant them. To be sure all
rounds are important, " but when the
third Is played the winner can usu
ally be picked.
Walter Hagen. master of golf, may
have lost supporters by a poor show
ing in England, but I am not one of
them. I look to Hagen to play won
derful golf at Toledo. The fact that
he has been badly upset means that
his mental attitude for this event is
likely to be right. He will enter
with a grim determination to win
back lost laurels and without the
usual handicap that a former winner
has to face. Yet Jim Barnes is in
my mind because Jim is about due. He
was the sole man in the British open
to play four rounds under 80 a re
markable evidence of consistency. And
Jim has it in him. Unless some star
gets going like mad Jim will always
oe witnin reach.
Vardon and Ray are hard men to
down. Their golf Is like clockwork.
I think they are more handicapped by
our climate than we suppose. Our in
tense heat, should that come during
tne piay. win nelp us to block this
attempt of theirs to lift this title, for
its wearing-down qualities will hurt
them more than our own men. Then
too, slippery grips, due to perspira-
tioo, is a factor they are not experi
enced in overcoming, i doubt very
much if they can checkmate our own
again, fine golfers that they are.
We have steady old pros, in Mike
Brady, Tom McNamara. Jack Hutch
inson, Fred McLeod and MacDonald
Smith, all willing and able to lift
the title, not to overlook the younger
ones like Eddie Loos, Leo Deigel,
George Bowden, Douglas Edgar. Char
lie Hoffner. George McLean and Em
met French. This latter player is
about ripe for a picking. McLean has
the aggressiveness of Jerry Xravers.
but is much better at match than
medal play. Jack Hutchinson of the
old guard is as brilliant as any. while
Fred McLeod is a master of strokes.
I doubt if any other pros will work
through and beyond this list.
(Copyright, 1920, eol Metzger.)
at handicap as there are multiples cases has made a wrong beginning
of 16. The committee reserves the
right to designate as to which course
will be used for any : thesa flights.
The 16 low scores of the qualifying
round in the Del Monte women's
championship flight will be r.l.iyed
over the Pebble Beaci course. The
next 16 low scores wi'.l qualify for
the second flight at handicap over
the Del jdonte course. There are as
many other flights as tncre are mul
tiples of 8.
The programme is as follows:
Sept. 4 Match play versus par. Del
Monte course. .
Sept. fi North versus aouth, team race,
5 men on a aide, Del Mont course.
Sept. 6 First 18 holes of qualifying
round, state championship. Low handi
cap men to be scheduled at Pebble Beach
and high handicap men at Del Monte.
k Sept. 7 Second 18 holes. Low handicap
men scheduled at Del Monte and high
handicap men at Pebble Beach.
Sept. 8 Flrat round match play for men,
with championahip flight at Pebble Beach
and other tlighta at Del Monte. Qualify
ing round, IS holes. Del Monte woiuea'a
championship, at Del Monte course.
Sept. 9 Second round, match play for
men. First rouna. women s play, cham
pionship flight. Pebble Beach.
sept, lu inira rouna, mens piay. sec
ond round, women a play.
Sept. 11 eeml-nnala for both men and
women, f lrst la holes oi Del Monte olaeal
ticatlon medal competition.
Sept. 12 Finaia of championship for
men and women, secona 18 holes of clas
sification handicap.
Clasaea will be as follows: C ass A.
from scratch to 7; class B. 8 to 12: Class
C, 13 to 16; class D. all over 16. Con
testants in eacn class to play from scratch.
POL1CEJLW
RULES
GAME
'Mountj" Umpire Knew Few
Rules bnt Was Unquestioned.
The pastime of "razzing the um
pire is unknown In Ontario province,
just across the border from Niagara,
according to a United States ball fan
who is just back from a vacation to
that part of Canada.
"Merritton played a game with a
nearby town team. The players wore
no uniforms, but the umpire did," he
say s.
"Why was the umpire In uniform?"
asked a Yankee fan.
"Twas probably the only suit of
clothes he had." answered the visitor
"he was a Canadian policeman. He
knew less about the game than the
players, but respect for the law pre
vented all argument, and not one
overt demonstration occurred during
the session.
"Gee, but it was exciting not the
game; no. I mean the party that fol
lowed when the home team won and
the fans spent their winnings for real
beer." .
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JriJ,'
Rndnlph W ilhelm. Oregon state golf
champion, who will go east to enter
national championships In Setem
ber.
SIAXILA RIFLE TEAM NAMED
Cream of Snots of Philippine Scoots
to Compete at Camp Perry.
MANILA, P. I.. Aug. 2. Orders have
been issued at department headquar
ters of the army here naming the
rifle team which will represent the
Philippine Scouts in the national rifle
and pistol matches at Camp Perry, O.,
late in August. The team, which was
chosen from the most successful com
petitors in the recent department com
petition, represents ths cream of the
shots of the Philippine Scouts.
This is the second time the Philip
pine Scouts have sent a team to the
competition at Camp Perry, the team
last year, captained by Captain L F.
Costello. finishing in 17th place for
team prize out of a large field.
The team consists of three officers
and 16 enlisted men. The officers are:
Captain Per Ramee, team captain;
Captain Spencer E. Shearer, team
coach, and Lieutenant Harry L, Black,
quartermaster.
and has played bis shots at all times
after a fashion that he adopted be
cause there was no one to Instruct
him better. If he had taken a few
lessons at the very beginning and
then had played conscientiously with
the view of discovering his maximum
ability, he might have been a really
first-class golfer.
Suppose he did get on the right
track in time and has become skillful
do you doubt that he has obtained
greater pleasure from his good game
than another of equal experience In
point of time has obtained? What
mediocre player is there who does
not envy his friend who is ten or even
five strokes better than himself? If
you remember the day you got your
first lowest score and the next time
you even lowered that mark you
probably remember the two most
thrilling and most enjoyable occasions
of your golf .career.
That player who Is suffering from
early neglect is likely to wonder why
his game has not improved by one
stroke in the pdst six months. If
some kind friend would tell him that
he. does many things wrongly that
he does not properly grip his club,
and that he fails to keep his head
Immovable while making his stroke
and if the faulty player would take
this criticism to heart and make a
new beginning, he would surely make
some progress in his ability.
Tempting Bait Held Oat. '
And with progress comes the sin
cerest pleasure in the game of golf.
.That is the point that I have been
attempting to arrive at through all
these paragraphs. The conclusion is
the tempting bait that I am holding
out to all casual golfers who may be
reading this article.
If you are in the game for recrea
tion and enjoyment, there is no better
way to secure them, and to secure
them in the greatest possible quanti
ties, than to learn to play good golf.
And as you observe improvement In
your game, you are certain to become
pleased with yourself. When you be
come pleased with yourself, and at
tain that fortunate conceit that gives
you the conviction that you are a
little better than you really are. and
can play better next time than you
did today, then you have come Into
possession of that happy attitude that
makes great golfers. And Indeed, it
seems to me that such an attitude
would make for success in all phases
of life. That propriety of disposition
is not self-satisfaction or smugness.
It is rather admirable -than offensive.
and people who are blessed with It
in golf .at any rate are the ones who
seem to find the most of happiness.
GOLFERS WAIT FOR PLAYING
tervlew with J. H. Taylor in the Llv
erpool Post, in which the five times
British open champion Eays:
This is my last season in competl
tive golf. This is definite. I may
enter for the championship next year,
but it will only be for sentimenta
reasons. -
Taylor has been one of the leading
British golfers for 30 years. He won
his first championship as a youth 26
years ago and he is now 50. He be
lieves that it is time for him to re
tire from the stress and hustle for
tournament play.
State Champion Heretofore lias
Xevcr Teed Off the Other Side
of the Mississippi.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
When the national golf champion
ships are played on the Engineer's
Golf club. Long Island, In September
Portland may be represented In the
entry list for the first time in history.
Rudolph Wllhelm, state champion and
a former northwest title holder, an
nounced yesterday that his plans for
entering the national were practically
complete.
"I have sent in my entry and hope
to tee off in the qualifying round."
said Champion Wilnulm. "If the tour
for Vardon and Ray is arranged for
the Pacific nortnwest and the dates
conflict with those of the national
ourney 1 probably would not go east.
Otherwise I think I shall take the
eastern trip merely to play over a
tew courses on the other side of the
Mississippi. ,
Although I have been nlaylnar
golr for many years, I have never
played golf in the east."
The national tourney Is scheduled
for September 6-11. California golf
ers have entered the national tour
neys from time to time, but have
never done much in the way of boost
ing western golf. It is not likely
that any of the Bear staters will be
entered at the Engineers' club this
fall because the California champion
ships are set for September 4 to II
at Del Monte.
If the two British professionals.
Vardon and Ray. appear in Portland
Chandler Egan, former national
champion, will be paired with Ru
dolph Wilhelm against them. Several
days ago C. H. Davis Jr., captain of
the Waverley club golfing teams.
wrote to Chandler Egan at Medford
asking hm if he would be willing to
play should the trip of the British
professionals be arranged. Egan's
answer was prompt and to the point.
I shall be very glad to appear in
an exhibition match against the vis
itors, he said. "I hope the tour Is
extended to include the Pacific coast
and the northwest."
Egan is the present amateur cham
pion of the Pacific northwest, while
Wilhelm is state champlcm and was
runner-up to Champion Egan in the
recent championships at Vancouver,
B. C. It would be a rare treat for
the gallery to watch these two ama
teurs in action against Vardon and
Ray.
Egan paired with Harry Davis
against Vardon and Ray several
years ago, when they were out on
the coast, and the match was most
brilliant. Without a question of
doubt there are no two amateurs in
the west who stack up with Egan
and Wilhelm.
C. H. Davis Jr. is in Victoria. B. C.
conferring with "Dixie" Fleager of
Seattle and A. V. Macan of Victoria,
with reference to the place of hold
ing the 1921 northwest champion
ships. While In the north he will
endeavor to swing enough cities to
make it worth while for Vardon and
Ray to visit tha northwest.
That their visit here would be an
inspiration to golfers is considered
a foregone conclusion.
J. Martin Watson Is a busy indi
vidual managing the plant of the
Oregon Agricultural Limestone com
pany at Roseburg, but he still finds
time for a good golfing yarn. Here
is one of his latest:
Jones That's an old golf course of
yours, isn't it?
Greene Why no. It's compara
tively new.
Jones When was It laid out?
Greene About 1917.
Jones Are you sure?
Greene Oh. yes. Positive.
Jones Why. I heard a man say
3 - YEAR - OLD LEARXS 'GOLF
Portland Boy Perfecting His Game
on Del Monte Links.
DEL MONTE. Cal., Aug. 7. David
Kerr, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Kerr of
Portland, Or., has taken up golf at
the age of 2 years 7 months. Equipped
with a set of especially made clubs,
the little fellow, while here with his
parents recently, was learning the
principle of following through on his
drives and getting the proper stance
for his putts.
Nis instriiftir wxs Peter Hav. a
strapping six-footer, who, with his J the other day that he went around
diminutive cnarge. presentea an ouu i iv m oj.
presented an odd
sight on the links here.
HOLLYWOOD LINKS TJXIQUE
Artificial Lake, on Fairway Is Dis
tinctive Asset.
LOS- ANGELES. Cal.. Aug. 7.
Completion of the golf course at the
Hollywood Country club, the latest
organized of the many country clubs
near Los Angeles, Is promised for the
near future.
A feature of the course will be a
lake hazard in front of the club
house. The lake bed is constructed
of reinforced concrete and extends
the entire distance across numbers
one and two fairway, adding a dis
tinctive character to the first nine
holes of play.
Golf Association to Be Recognized.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. g. Reor
ganization of the California Golf as
sociation will be completed before the
state championship tournament at Del
Monte in September, it was announced
here recently. All the golf clubs in
the state are expected to be brought
together under the reorganized association.
Ever since coming west and lo
cating at Medford. Chandler Egan
has played for the Waverley Country
club, Portland. Rudolph Wilhelm,
present state champion, has been a
member of the Portland Golf club
ever since its inception. Recently
Rudolph also Joined the Waverley
Country club, so that in Inter-club
matches Waverley now can boast of
the finest collection of hand-assorted
go! stars west of Chicago. Look
them over: Chandler Egan. Rudolph
Wilhelm. Russell Smith, Forest Wat
son, Dr., O. F. Willing and several
others.
Columbia Service will
make any Battery
last longer.
Columbia
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Angel Fans Miss Breakfast to Get
in Early Links.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. Golf has
become so popular in Los Angeles
that the municipal links in Griffin
park are besieged early and late.
By ordlnjie, city parks are not
open until 6 o'clock in the morning,
but as many as 60 golfers are on
hand at the Griffin links two hours
before that time.
Only the presence of policemen
keeps the golfers off the course be
fore the official opening of the park.
GOLF GAIXS IX POPULARITY
World Swimmer Proves Links Ex
pert When Training.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 7
There was a time, not long past, when
devotees of other sports were rather
. -fc law a.
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