T1TE SUNDAY OREGONIAJT, PORTLAND, 5IAISCIT 26, 1922
GOLF TOURNAMENTS
TO KEEP CLUB BUSY
Spring Handicap and Direc
tor' Cup Events Top List.'
WOMAN'S PLAY STARTED
First Tourney of Season for Ko
lury Members Will Start Wednes
day Afternoon at Tualatin.
Lester W. Humphreys, chairman of
the handicap committee of the Port
land Golf club, has arranged
tournament list which will keep the
mashie wielders of theT'ortland club
busy through the summer months.
The two most important tourna
ments scheduled by Chairman Hum
phreys are Hhe spring handicap, the
Qualifying round of which will be
played off next Saturday and Sunday,
and the directors' cup tournament
which will get under way May $ and
7. Then there is the eclectic compe
tition which will start May 1 and run
to September 30.
The complete list of tournaments
follows:
April 1-2 Qualifying round, 18 holes.
spring handicap.
April. 9 First
nrine hnnil'ran.
elimination matches.
April 16 Second elimination matches
and semi-finals In flights, sprint handicap.
April 23 Semi-finals, finals In flights.
spring handicap. Ball sweepstakes.
April 30 Finals, spring handicap; mixed
foursomes.
May 1 Electic tournament to Septem-'
Ber 30.
May 6-7 Qualifying round. 18 holes, di
rectors cup handicap.
May 14 First elimination matches di
rectors' CUD.
May 21. Second elimination matches di-
May 28 Seml-finafs directors' cup. Ball
sweepstakes.
May 30 Finals directors' cup. Special
five-man team match playing one ball
each played with only one club.
June 4 Kni aweeoatakes.
June 5-10 Pacific northwest champion
ship and handicap at Victoria, . (J.
June 11 "Ball sweepstakes.
June 18 Mixed foursomes.
June 25 High and low handicap two
ball foursomes.
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The first tournament play for wom
en at the Portland Golf club was
tarted last week in the form of a
ladder tournament. Play will be con
tinued in this event through the rest
of the season. There will be a flag
tournament for women on April 4, 14
and 30. The women players also will
have an opportunity to participate in
several mixed foursomes" throughout
the season.
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The first golf tournament of the
season for the members of the Rotary
club will take place "Wednesday aft
ernoon at the Tualatin Country club
course. The Rotaiians plan to hold
tournaments at least once a month at
the various clubs of the city.
The coming event Wednesday is a
team match with A. J. Bale, president
of the Rotary club, and R. J. Elli
son, vice-president, leading the rival
aggregations. President Bale has se
lected Otto Becker as his team man
ager while Walter H. Nash is field
captain for Ellison's team.
The members who will participate
In the team will leave by autoa from
the Benson hotel at 12 o'clock noon
Wednesday. At the close of the
tournament the winning team will be
guests of the losers at dinner at the
Tualatin club.
In addition to the dinner prise for
the winning team there will be Indi
vidual prizes.
The members of the rival teams
bave been matched as follows:
Jack Bale versus Roy Ellison.
Otto Becker versus Walter H. Nash.
Henry Shofner versus R. Wllhelm.
Charles Mead versus Tom Hart..
Bill Roope versus Art Barendrick. '
Frank Heitkemper versus Dr. Tom
Watts.
Bob Stewart versus! Larrr Newland.
Charles Cochran versus Bob Sprouse.
Tommy Swivel versus A M. Work.
B. S. Jones versus Ralph Meyer.
John ,aue Jr., versus Bob Vandevort.
V. Motscnenbacher versus C. Bruntsch.
W. S. Dlrker versus Charlie Walters.
Charlie Xeyette versus Dr. George Hoff
man. J. W. Vogan versus A Krsted.
Charlie Berg versus Kenneth Haussr.
Sol Blumauer versus Dotn Zan.
Billy Toung versus Dick McDonald.
Billy Munaell versus Billy Ball.
Charles C. Patrick versus J. J. Parker.
Bob Neighbor versus George H. Toung.
Milt Meyer versus Sd Burns.
Ir. C H. Beaumont versus Dlok Price.
Ed Daly versus 6am Jaggar.
. Bob Jacobs versus William Whitfield,
George Mason versus Nelson Pike.
I, Inn Cornell versus John Placemana.
Fred Rasch versus Frank Riggs.
Dr. Neal Zimmerman versus Mayor
Saker.
YOUTHS TO BE MORE THAN
MERE CH B CARRIERS.
Opposition Develops to Employing
Boys and Keeping Them
From Sunday School.
CHICAGO, March 25. Caddies are
about to return to normalcy, accord
ing to plans made at a meeting of
caddy committees of the golf clubB
x!n the Chicago district, to discuss the
ways of reducing the caddy cost and
Improving the status of the youths
so that they will become something
more than mere club carriers.
The meeting favored payment of
caddies by the hour, a .reduction in
the rate of pay and the stopping of
tips. Opposition was expressed to
the employment of boys more than
-16 years old, as such lads would
thereby become professionals and
condemned the employment of spe
cial caddies by players who refused
to take the caddy assigned in rotation
Of application.
The discussion at' the meeting
brought reiteration of the fact that
many champion American golfers
learned the game as caddies, largely
by observing the strokes of good
players and being forced by poverty
to confine themselves to one club
until that stick has been mastered.
While caddying in America is
almost entirely a boy's job, British
caddies are nearly all men, fre
quently gray haired. These mature
caddies are all professionals and
many of them can give competent
advice to players. The main diffi
culty among American caddies has
been the fact that many of them take
, little or no interest in the game,
disinterestedly trudging along with
a large bag of golf clubs, and even
neglecting to keep track of the ball.
Considerable opposition to the usi
of youths as caddies has developed
In recent years because of the jokes
so frequently printed to indicate that
all golfers use profane languagf
fluently while playing, and becaust
- of the fact that boys who carry clubs
on Sunday are kept from Sunday
school and church.
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SUNDAY GOLF IS ISSUE
QUESTIOX MOOT SINCE GAME
WAS YOUTHFCIj.
5fany Scoldings by Preachers, and
Public Condemnations by
Magistrates Recorded.
CHICAGO, March 25. That Sun
day golf has been a moot question
since the game was youthful is
shown by the researches,of a student
of the game's history, and golf has
been played in its present form prob
ably longer than any .other competi
tive sport. . .
Many scoldings by preachers, pub
lic condemnations by magistrates arst
even fines-by judges have been un
covered ' from the lore of Scotland,
but also an antique .writer of the
native -heath of golf has recorded
that no less strict a teacher than
John Knox was not opposed to golf
during the afternoon of the Sabbath.
The "Golf Book of Bast Lothian"
contains the following about Sunday
golf in a country where golf is not
now played on the Lord s day:
"Our greatest reformer. John Knox,
who was an Bast Lothian man and a
golfer, did not believe in a Sundav
observance that was wholly made up
of religious exercises. Tradition has
it that he was seen more i than once
golfing on Leith links on Sunday
afternoon. Certainly his idea, and
the idea of our early reformers was
that the early part should be given
to worship in the house of God, and
that after divine service all were
free to indulge in bodily recreation."
On the other hand, also back in
the 16th century, there was entered
in the records of the Kirk of Tyning-
hare that certain members were
rebukit for playing gowff on the
Cabothe and they promeisit not to
use any pastyme on ye sabothe, 'both
beforenoone and efternoone, as' they
had done, except that daywrin if
they failllt agalne, they were tent to
be censurit with all rigour to the
uttermost."
CALIFORNIA GOLFERS' MECCA
Many National Events Are Being
Scheduled for Coming Season,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal March 26
The growing importance of California
in the golf world is indicated by the
number of national events that are
being scheduled out this way. An
nouncement has been, made that the
national real estate golf champion
ship will be staged, on the historic Del
Monte course on June 4 to , following
the convention in San Jrrajicisco. The
Investment Bankers of America have
selected Del Monte for its national
convention and' golf championship on
October 9 to 11.
With a chance of the national golf
championship coming to California
next year, it shows how the state is
taking its place with golfers.
The arrangements for the national
real estate tournament were settled
yesterday at a meeting between V. P.
Brun, chairman of the committee,, and
Fred A. Burner, sports manager at
Del Monte. It is expected that 200
golfers will motor to Del Monte on
Sunday, June , and devote the next
two days to the qualifying round and
the match play rounds. The San Fran
cisco cup is to be put up and. played
for the . first time, and thereafter it
will be shot for at every national con
vention. It will boom San Francisco
in a golf way. -
The investment bankers will turn
out 800 strong at Del Monte in Octo
ber and the tournament promises to
be,, quite representative. It will be
staged under the auspices of the San
Francisco Investment Bankers.
NAVY UNBEATEN - IN SPORTS
AVrestlers, Boxers, Fencers, Swim
mers and Gymnasts Clean Up.
ANNAPOLIS, March 25. The sea
son of winter sports i at the Naval
Academy is drawing to an end, and
the various teams have won success
es which stamp them as the equals of
those which have represented the
academy during recent years and
which in many cases have won a
commanding position in those
branches.
Up to the present time the only
team In a winter sport which has
met defeat has been the basketball
five, which lost by close scores to the
University of Pennsylvania and the
Military Academy. The wrestlers,
boxers, fencers, swimmers, water
poloists and gymnasts have won ev
ery contest during a season which is
now close to Its end.
The most remarkable showings
were made by the wrestling and gym
nastic teams. They have won all
their matches decisively, the wrest
lers six and the gymnasts four. Of
the 24 events contested by the acad
emy gymnasts in their four matches
they have taken first place in 2J
These records probably have never
been equaled by college teams In
these lines oi snort.
OREGON AGGIE RELAY
tEFT TO RIGHT GllATfT
ONLY AMraiCAN WINNER OF-SiriSH "opbi"
TBB problems that face the duffer
in golf are somewhat worse than
those of the beginner. about which
I wrote the other day. . The duffer,
however, is what we call the hopeless
golfer.
"Once a. duffer, always a duffer," so
the saying goes. It is pretty nearly
always true, because the, typical duf
fer la bo. entirely satisfied with him
self that he never takes the trouble
to learn the game. "
The beginner is always a more
hopeful proposition to" handle than the
duffer because the latter is usually
set in his way while the beginner may
be a champion in the making and a
willing student. All champion golfers
come from beginners, but few if any
make any success at the game by
graduating from the duffer ranks.
The duffer has learned to make his
shots in a limited way. He may oc
casionally play a good round in spite
of a bad form or lack of knowledge
of playing any one shot properly.
- Headwork Is Lacking.
The difficulties that hamper the
duffer are nine-tenths in his head.
Some players have a poor golf head
and they never will become golfers,
no matter what they may do to cor
rect their faults.
The lack of real headwork comes
in when they start in a qualifying
round and begin i immediately to
worry over the counting of each and
every stroke, as we all know the
tiniest putt must be holed out.
The medal round is harder than the
match round because in the latter
one bad hole will not ruin a good
score, as It does in medal play. The
art of playing medal golf should be
cultivated and no golfer should get it
into his head that he does not like
this form of golf.
In the early days of golf match
play was the only form of competi
tion. For years and years we had
match play, but no medal contests
such as we have now. Golf Is more
than 400 years old, yet medal play
championships are comparatively
modern. They date back to 70 years
only.
Duffer Needs t Think.
If the duffer will use his head a
little he can score better in medal
play. In the first place he should
figure only on making a score that
is quite possible. If this is to be
beaten it will not be done by press
lng for It The best scores are usually
OLYMPIAN CLUB QUINTET WHICH WON CHAMPIONSHIP OF Y. M. C. A.
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FOIVT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT THRODORE WEISS, DlfDLEV RIDER AND NORMAN OLSON. SECOND
ROW HARVEY JOE, HAROLD WEISS AND DON CA SH.
The Olympian club basketball team, after a special post series. game with the Colonials, has won the
championship of the T. M. C. A. young men's division's first inter-club series. The Olympians have
d-efeated also several Portland teams in the 136-pound class.
TEAM WHICH WILL COMPETE IN
SWAN, PUSS GRAVES, LEE SIMMS,
the result of easy play which some
times borders on the indifferent.
The duffer in a contest is brought
face to face often with vexing situa
tions. There is always the question
popping up about playing a shot safe
(or going for it with all one's might.
This is where many mistakes are
made, where many mistakes can be
avoided by using a little headwork.
Every golfer knows what it Is possi
ble for him to do and what Is usually
impossible. He knows whether a hole
can be made in five or whether it is
a four or a' six. By attempting im
possible carries, he fails and runs up
a nine or ten on a hole that should
have been a five for him.
When, a stroke Is lost It is foolish
to think right away of getting the
stroke back. This often leads to more
trouble -The breaks in the game will
about even up in a round, so it is best
to wait- for an opportunity where
there -is little or no chance of throw
ing away more strokes.
Match play is another thing and to
many players more vexing because
personality enters into it. Tou are
playing against another player and
his personality may have a direct'
bearing on the outcome of the match,
especially if he is one who has been
in the habit of beating you three
times out of four.
Most duffers and not a few good
golfers lose a match play round on
the first tee because of the opponents
they are pitted against. If one be
lieves that a match is lost before he
hits the first ball, the chances are
that it will wind up very disastrous
ly. A player who admits defeat be
forehand Is usually looking for a good
chance to lay down.
Opponent's Points Unimportant.
The only way one can buck up his
courage is to refuse to consider an
opponent's good or bad points. Any
thing can happen in match plays and
it is frequently the case that a good
man is beaten by a poor one, or rather
one who was not thought to have a
chance with him.
If an opponent conatantly outdrives
you, it is best that you do not se his
shots from the tee. Play your own
game at all times, because stretching
for more distance or playing the shots
safe when your opponent looks to be
out of it is often fatal. The best idea,
at all times, is to play for the figure
you are sure of making easily and
put it up to your opponent to beat it.
Safe play is fatal most of the time,
except on the greens. One never
knows just what sort of recovery his
PENN GAMES NEXT MONTH.
RAY DODGE AND G. WALKER.
opponent is going to make and what
luck will attend his next shot.
One of the hardest shots in the
game is the four-foot putt for a half
after a, player has had a good chance
to win the hole. Many holes, appar
ently won, are lost through safe play.
Another hard shot Is playing safe up
behind a bunker, because often the
ball trickles into the trap or will be
missed altogether through indifferent
play. . -
The duffer has the same worries
over his clubs that the beginner has,
and most golfers are firmly en
trenched in the duffer class, because
they keep on playing wjjth the same
clubs that they started with, whether
or not they are suited to them.
This worry, if indeed H can be
called a worry, blocks the duffer's im
provement. One might have the wrong
clubs and try to make them fit his
game, which is poor golf, to say the
least. For instance': What chance has
a player to improve his game if he
plays with a flat swing and uses up
right clubs? Or if he has an upright
swing and uses a flat lie on his driver
or brassie? ,
INDIANA TAKES UP RIDING
Expert Instructor In Equitation Is
Provided for Hoosier Students.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. March 26
Riding is to be established in the ath
letic activities at Indiana university.
Coach E. O. Stiehm is arranging to
Import several fine riding horses and
an expert instructor in equitation for
Hoosier students wishing to perfect
themselves in the technique of horse
manship. University credit will be given for
riding practice on the same basis as
for other forms of physical training
required tor jmuuiuu... nu
women students. This is in line with
the granting of credits toward gradu
ation to students who take prescribed
forms of physical training.
Miss Agnes B. Wells, dean of
women, has sanctioned instruction in
riding for the co-eds.
8 6 -Hole Matches Not Favored.
Golfers, both English and American,
who so strenuously urged the Royal
St. Andrew's golf committee to in
crease from 18 to 36 holes matches in
all refunds of the British amateur
championship events, will no doubt be
disappointed to learn that the powers
that be on the other side do not look
favorably upon the change; Announce
ment has just been made in London
to the effect that the committee has
decided "to leave unaltered the con
ditions of the British amateur cham
pionship, which will remain the same
as in 1921, except that the handicay
qualification for entrance will be re
moved." '
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CliUBS DEBATE BEST WAV TO
TREAT BOYS.
Consultation With Welfare Work
ers Declared Possible Solu- -tion
of Problem.
The caddie question, like the poor,
is something we seem to have always
with us. Just what is the best way
to treat and handle the caddie, like
wise to remunerate him for his serv
ices, still is the subject for debate
and discussion among the governing
boards of the many golf and country
clubs that dot the country from ocean
to ocean.
. Underlying the question of payment
by the hour or the found, beneath
the "question .of the player's individ
ual preference or the acquisition of
a caddie by a player according to
turn or rotation there is the great
question involved as to What is best
for the future of the small boy from
a moral and ethical point of view.
The caddie Is at the plastic age when
he may be made or marred by the
method of his treatment on a golf
links and his estimate of life and its
proportions distorted ,or brought out
in their true lines. '
With the growth of the game the
number of caddies has leaped into
the tens of thousands and it is no
small question that confronts the
club's governing bodies. What would
you have done if the youngster were
, your own son? t8 the way that some
have approached the riddle, yet un-
solved. It may be a problem whichi
eventually, may be solved outside of
the club organization. Men nd
women whose life work it is to see
to the training and the upbringing
of youth eventually may have the last
say by formulating the rules which
will govern the conduct of these cad
dies. An army of youngsters, it has
come to be recognized, cannot be left
to grow up haphazard.
Just how difficult the problem is
of solution -may be inferred by the
fact, that the Chicago District Golf
association recently held a meeting
of its new executive committee with
the presidents of the various mem
bers' clubs in an attempt to solve it,
but the only conclusion reached was
to refer the whole matter to the asso
ciation's caddie committee and the
chairman of the caddie committees at
the various clubs. Those latter are
to meet at some future date and en
deavor to come to some decision.
It does not seem to be a case of
"passing the buck," but a realization
of the fact that the tremendous
question of the boys' future welfare
is concerned. It is to the credit of
the clubmen that they do not ap
proach the question except in a serf
ous way,, and that they do not at
tempt to get it out of the way hur
riedly.
There are bound to be divergent
views as to the best method to ,be
installed and a uniform system that
will be the best system finally incor
porated. In this the governing bodies
of the clubs might not go astray by
consulting the men and women fa
miliar with welfare work among Just
such boys as are found on the courses
of the country. There is much more
involved than the mere question as
to whether a caddie is to be paid by
the round or by the hour or through
zoning a course.
VIUiA WILL INVADE AMERICA
Bantamweight Boxer of Orient to
Drop Off Army Transport.
SAN KRANCISCO, Cal.. March 25.
Pancho villa is going to invade the
United States.
But Pancho Villa will not cross the
Mexican border in his onrush; he ,will
drop into the United States off the
United States army transport Sher
man on her next trip from Manila,
according to Johnny Ricarte, who was
on board from the Philippines when
the big transport warped up to the
Fort Mason docks last week.
Ricarte is in continental America
with the announcement that Pancho
Villa is now the bantamweight cham
pion boxer of the orient, having
wrested the padded-glove crown from
the Chinese brow of George Washing
ton Lee, former bantamweight cham
pion of the orient and a native of
Hongkong.
According to Ricarte, Pancho Villa
has a villainous punch and is light
ning on his feet. He is a Filipino, 19
years old, stands 5.2 feet and tips the
scales at 104. In addition to decisive
ly whipping George Washington Lee,
Villa also defeated George Mendes,
champion of Australia, " in a recent
battle before the Manila Athletic club.
While the Sherman is in port, Ri
carte will try to arrange a suitable
match-for Villa in San Francisco. If
he succeeds Villa will be on the Sher
man tne next trip.
Ricarte,, also a Filfpino, is himself
no mean boxer. On the Sherman s
voyage from Manila he won six bouts
from sailors on the ship, taking them
on up to 150 pounds. He tip the
scales at 110.
C1B1GE DEFEATS
OXFORD AT TRAGK
Nine of Ten Events Are Cap
tured in London Meet.
VICTORIOUS TEAM STRONG
American Rhodes Students Win for
Losers Only Event That Is
- Taken by Team, Shot Put.
LONDON. March 35. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Cambridge university
overwhelmingly defeated Oxford in
their 54th annual track meet today,
winning nine of the ten events with
the strongest team the "light blues"
have produced in many years.
American Rhodes scholars won
from Oxford her one event, the shot
put. It was won by A. I. Reese of
Nebraska, representing Lincoln col
lege. Second place in this event was
taken by F. K. Brown of Washing
ton State, representing Exeter col
lege. Reese's distanoe was 37 feet,
2 inches. These were the only
Americans entered in the meet. There
were no outstanding performances
except that of H. R. Stallard of Cam
bridge, who registered his third con
secutive victory in the mile run. His
time was 4 minutes, 22 2-4 seconds.
Summaries:
100-yard run Won by H. M. Abraham.
Cambridge; y. M. Butler. Cambridge, sec
ond. Time, 10 1-fi seconds.
One-mile run Won by H. R. Btallaxd of
Cambridge; W. O. T&tham, Cambridge,
second. Time, 4 minutes 22 2-5 second.
. Shot put Won by A. I. Reese of Lin
coln college, Oxford, whoe home Is in
Nebraska; second. F. K. Brown of Wash
ington, representing Kxeter college, Ox
ford. Distance, 37 feet !W Inches.
Broad Jump Wop by H. M. Abraham,
Cambridge: second, K. R. Saxon, Cam
bridge. Dietance, 22 feet.
ISO-yard hurdles Won by I. F. Pat
ridge, Cambridge: second, A. E. C. Ten
neyson, Oxford. Time, 16 seconds.
440-yard run Won by G. M. Butler,
Cambridge; second, H. M. Bray, Oxford.
Time, 01 1-5 seconds.
Three-mile run Wen by W. R. Seagrove
Cambridge: second. F. R. Courtenay
Thomai, . Cambridge. Time, 1ft minutes
2 3-5 seconds.
High jump Won by E. S. Burns. Cam
bridge; second, R. J. Dickinson, Oxford,
Height, 3 feet 10H Inches.
Half-mile run Won by E. D. Mountain,
Cambridge; second. W. R. Milllgan, Ox
ford. Time. 2 minutes 2-5 seconds.
220 low hurdles Won by W. S. Brls-
towe, Cambridge: second. B. Stapleton, Ox
ford. Time, 26 1-5 seconda
JOHNSTON TO GO TO BRITAIN
St. Paul Golfer to Test Skill in
England This Summer.
CHICAGO. March 25. Harrison
Johnston of St. Paul will be one of
the golf invaders of Great Britain
this summer, according to word re
ceived by Chicago friends. Johnston
is one of the longest drivers seen on
American links last year, and after
defeating the redoubtable Francis
Oiumet in the national championship
at St. Louis he failed of ousting the
ultimate champion, Jesse Guilford,
only by a wild shot at the 33d hole.
While Johnston is the peer of Guil
ford and Robert Gardner of Chicago
for long wooden, shots, it is only a
couple of years ago that he could not
take a full swing with a driver, owing
to an illness with which he left the
army. Even yet he has a peculiar ad
dress, holding his club short of the
ball and giving It a queer hitch above
the ball before he lays on with such
power that the pellet is impelled an
almost unbelievable distanoe.
In the eastern amateur, champion
ship . . ojhnston had more' than 30
wooden shots of more than S00 yards.
Two of them were 370 yards and
Chick Evans says one was 400 yards
or more, although Evans won from
the strong driver through hls uncan
ny accuracy.
GRKAT TROTTERS TO START
Eliglbiee) Listed for Stallion and
Matron Stakes.
CLEVELAND, March 25. Record
lists of three-year-old trotters eligible
to race In the championship stallion
stake and the matron stake, two of
the richest events in grand circuit
raciifg, have been announced by
James Clark, acting secretary of the
American association of trotting
horse breeders. More than 60 of the
fastest trotters in the oountry are
listed in each event.
The championship stallion stake,
valued at $11,000, has been awarded
to the Forest City Livestock & Farm
company and will raced at the North
Randall track here In August. Among
the entrants are- ail the crack two-year-old
trotters of last year.
The matron stake, valued at 1 8 00-0,
has been awarded to the Toledo Driv.
lng club and will be staged at Toledo
on July 31.
A. A. V. RECEIVES PETITION
Wet-tern States Desire to Form a
New Athletic Association.
NEW YORK, March 25. H. Ober
tubbeslng, chairman of the redisrict
ing committee of the Amateur Ath
letic union, announced yesterday that
a petition for the formation of a new
association of the Amateur Athletic
union had been received to take In
the states of Nebraska, Iowa, North
Dakota and South Dakota. An
enthusiastic meeting' was "held at
Omaha, Neb., recently and the follow
In organizations signed the petition:
Omaha Athleli-: club, Nir!io)N Senn
hospital, American Legion, louglas
county post No. 1; t'reiKhton unlvrr
sity, Crelghton high school, Toung
Men's Hebrew axsociat Ion, Omaha
Technical high school. Carter ltke
club, Tel Jed fcokol, Omaha; Thorplen
Athlotio club. .
In addition .to these organisation
the Knights of Columbus were repre
sented, and the following college
and schools expressed themselves as
being In favor of the formation of
this new association: University of
Iowa, Iowa City, la.: Ames ctoilni;.-,
Ames, la.; University of Omiiha.
Omaha, Neb.; East les Moines, Pes
Moines, la.; Catholic fcokol, Omaha,
Neb., of the territory 'asked for by
the new association.
The formation of this new auoe'e
tion will increase the interest in to
sports controlled by the A. A. U. In
that territory, as in the psst th
athletes who desired to compete la
championships were obliged to jour
ney to St. Louis or Chicago at con
siderable expense.
Secretary-Treasurer Frederick W.
Rubten will send out a mail vote te
the board of governors of the Ama
teur Athletic union at onoe n the
application.
CALL ISSUED BY BEZDEK
PENN STATE BASEBALL SQUAD
BEGINS WORKOUTS.
Regular Outdoor Practice, to Start
Soon New Infield Must Be
Built Aronnd rilerj.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.. March 2S.
First signs of spring weather last
week caused Hugo Besdek to If sue
his first call for baseball candidates
for the Penn State nine and several
outdoor workouts were held. Battery
candidates have been working out In
the stock pavilion for more than
three weeks, but the condition of the
ground and the chilly weather have
delayed the general call for candi
dates. The new diamond Is rapidly
drying out, however, and Bexdek
hopes to hold regular workouts from
now on.
The (Penn State mentor must build
a new infield around Captain Hill
Cilery, veteran f irst-saoker. Mearkle,
Morb and Killinger are gone and un
knowns will be found In the lineup
when the season opens with Juniata
on April 8. Euwer and Sparks, sncond
string men of last year, seem to be
the best prospects for third and short,
with 110 outstanding candidate for the
second bag. Reed. lilleman, Kltl
and Loeffler of last year's yearling
infield are all candidates for the var
slt but will have to show llegdek
that they can hit the ball before they
will get much consideration.
Bcxdek's outfield problem Is not
giving him much worry, for he still
has Joe Lightner and Koehler from
last year for two of the jobs. Koeh
ler has been captaining the basket
ball team this winter and has not re
ported as yet, but he will be In fins
shape He Is just as good In the In
field .is he is in the outer garden and
Kezrlek may switch him If necessary.
Dutch Bedenk, star football guard,
is the leading candidate for the re
maining outfield berth, with Piilra
and Kuttsell from the freshmen as
good prospects. Palm and Hussell Are
both members of Bill Martin's trnrk
leu in, the former as a hammer
thrower and the latter as a broad
Jumper and hurdler. Just which sport
they are going to follow this spring
is an open question at present.
J'ENDM-noN' PREPARES 1'Olt
NORTHWEST TRAP SHOOT.
Siutc tsiorJNiiifirH AHHoclatlon lo
Receive StiMirt and Affilia
tion Willi Jxh-hI Planned.
PENDLETON. Or., March 25. ( Spe
cial.) Members of the Pendleton K"d
and dun club have voted unanlmouBly
to Indorse the Oregon Sport Hinen's 11s
Boclaliun and to affiliale with a coun
ty milt of this organization which
they will aid in organizing. A com
mittee cumpoHed of D. C Bowman.
J 1 Vaughan. J. H. Este. W. l.
Humphrey and Sol Baum will have
charge of the organization work in
the county to unite all Umatilla coun
ty sportsmen. This action followed
an enthusiastic report of Mr. Bow
man, who attended the state meet
ing in Portland" last week.
Committees which will serve for
the northwest trapshoot to be held
here the second week In May wire
appointed by K. W. Lampkln, presi
dent of the local club, and are as
follows: Governor, J. H. Estes; alter
nates, F. W. LJmpkin snd George '.
Baer: programme. C. O. Matlock. J.
R. Daley and D. C. Bowman: grounds,
field captains. Finis Kirkpatrtck and
Guy B. Wyrifk; house;. J. H. I'.xte.
r. C. Bowman, Finis Kirkputrlik, I..
C. Srharpf. John McNurlln; flnnnee.
L. '. Scharpf. F. W. Lampkln. W. A.
Rhodes, So1 Baum, C. G. Matlork and
Mark Barthel; lunc'- Fred Earl. II. 11.
Hanavan, Earl Kirkpatrlrk, Bob ICudd
and J. B. Cooley; trannportal Ion,
George C. Baer, J. L. Vaughan, J. M.
Hamley. F. L. Ingram and J. B. Coo
ley; ammunition, C. G. Matlock. V. E.
Brock, J. E. Allen. George t Baer.
Sol Baum and W. J. Clarke: accom
modations. Dean Tatom, D. B. Swear
Ingen and W. A. Rhodes.
The new club grounds and house
are being entirely completed for the
big shoot which Is expected to brlnK
nearly 200 trap gun artists here from
over the northwfit.