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SECTION TWO- VOL. XLI Von Elm Beaten in Finals of Western, 5 and 4. UTAH STAR TOY OF CHICK At No Time Did Fur-Westerner Threaten Tille Holder Con cession Once Made. HILLCREST CO.UNTRT CLUB, Kansas City, July 1. (By the As sociated Press.) It's "Chick" Evans again! The Chicago golfer, for the seventh time, can write' "westsrn amateur champion" after his name ( for he toyed witTi George von iMm of Salt Lake City in the finals of the "Western Golf association on the Hillcrest course today, winning 5 and 4. At no time was Chick in danger fromhe muchly-touted far westerner and most of the spec- tators seem to think he could have made the margin larger had he de sired. Once he conceded Von Elm a four-foot putt to give him a half on a hole. Evans turned in a card of 34-35 69 in the morning four; under par against Von Elm's 37-29 76 three over and held a five-hole advantage. While Von Elm occas ionally cut this to four heles, Chick kept the contest well in hand and ended it with a, 15-foot putt for a birdie 3 at the 32d with the same advantage he had held at the half way point. Evans' Golf Perfect. Evans' golf was the same old per fect Evans game. He sent every ball straight towards the flag, the line of flight generally never vary ing two feet to either side. His approaches generally stuck near the pole, for his preceding shots had always left him in an advantageous pitching position. Once or twice the stiff wind carried him a little too far, but not often. Von Elm was good only in that he kept his nerve and never- quit plugging away. His shooting at times was extremely poor. He hooked or sliced or .pushed almost every shot. He was always In trouble while Evans never was. Von Elm tried to the end. He made some brilliant recoveries, he sank some long putts, but he faced a man who was perfection with every club. Defeat Vou Elm's Second. It was the Salt Lake player's second defeat in three years and probably the most decisive he ever received for the five and four score was not in any way indicative of the superiority of Evans' play. On only three holes, did Von Elm really look good.' He took the .'.'lrst In a birdie two with a 15-foot putt. He won the 22d with an eagle three through a long putt after two per fect woods. On the 13th he played an intentional iron slice from the rough alongside a bridge, 135 yards around the bridge and over a hill onto a blind green. As a shot-maker he brought sev eral thrills to the big gallery, but as a ' match player he had easily met his master. Ko Chances Taken. . Evans work in the morning round was equal to his splendid game of yesterday when he elimin ated Fred Wright of Los Angeles 6 and 5. He shot well from the start, never taking chances, but evidently playing each stroke with a thought on the next one, for his position work was wonderful. Only once did he get into a trap and that was due to an eccentric kick taken by a straight shot ball. The driving of the champion was excellent. While he ordinarily sends the tee shot 225 yards, playing- for position chiefly, he today averaged more than 250 yards In his drive. Frequently Von Elm's tee shots were a little longer but usually the margin generally was only a few feet. Several times he out-drove the Utah staf who is noted for his long shots, sending one yesterday more than 300 yards and averaging about 270 through this tournament. Longr Drives Recorded. Once or twice today each man was close to the 290-yard mark but' the Hillcrest course is conducive to long rolls, the fairway being baked hard and frequently rolling steeply down hill after the 300 yards take. Play was made difficult through unusual weather conditions, the day providing rain, sunshine, extreme heat, rather chilly atmosphere, still air and strong winds at different times. The morning round was played partly in a shower, but mostly In extreme heat and clouded skies. In the afternoon came the winds and then the chill. Von Elm, termed an Iceberg by the other players, and rather aloof during his victorious play in pre vious days, thawed out In defeat He smiled over his poor- work and chatted with spectators between the shots. The 22-year-old holder of the Trans-Mississippi and Pacific northwest titles became rather pop ular in defeat, which he took good naturedly. Dudley Golden of Wichita Fails', Tex., won the president's cup flight from William Nichols of Muskogee l ana t. BOTSFORD QUITS STANFORD Athletic Director to Take Charge of Reed Activities. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cat, July 1. Charles S. Botsford, for two years in charge of intramural athletics at Stanford, has resigned to take charge of athletics at Reed college, Portland. Botsford is the fifth of Stanford's athletic heads to resign recently. Tilden to Oppose Hutchinson. INDIANAPOLIS, July 1. William T. Tilden II, Philadelphia, will op pose M. B. Hutchinson, St. Paul, In the first round of the national sen ior clay court tennis championships here Monday, pairings ' for which were made today. First round play began today in the first national clay court junior championships -on the courts of the Woodstock Coun try club. MS IS CHAMPION FDR SEVENTH TIME RED KILLEFER AND SOME OF HIS ' 4 ' " " . ' ' ' . " 1 1 ' ' null "' """ "-" I i -r-mnn iiwinTMmiiiiiiiu.roMiMiiiiiiiiiiii MiWH;iirii'irfiiiill'jiiiia';''T ' - Icv'il' ' i-. iff-' -'J 'HjsJ' ' Killefer Is a ntanaser of persona.lty and color and his players reflect his Ponder, their' star pitcher, the 'Angels have been suffering a slump, pitchers with a future, all but one of them also being better than six ZAMLOCK LANDS BIG LEAGUE BERTH WITH DECK OF CARDS "Magician - of Baseball" Now Entertainer to Cincinnati Reds-i-McCredie Double-Crossed by Seals, Is Story Going Rounds. - SEATTLE, Wash.. July 1. (Spe cial.) Much ink has been spilt about youngsters who .won their way into fame and fortune in the majors through ability" to sock the apple, to .throw a hook and a fast bau, or to"" chasa ovei" the green sward and pull down long flies. But here is , a gent who gained a big league Job through a deck of cards. Carl Zamlock, the "magician of baseball," has been signed by the Cincinnati Reds. But not as a play er. . Carl's days as a' "promising youngster" are over, although the ex-Seattle inflelder can still hit. Zam is going to the big leagues as a coach of young players and as an entertainer. ; When it was learned that the Great Zam had been signed by Cin cinnati, some of the Vise crackers smiled. "Zamlock going to the big league? What a Joke! ,2am Is the greatest little entertainer out of vaudeville, but he isn't a big league ball player." No, he isn't. But Zam is a great fellow to have around a ball club to keep the boys amused and keep harmony on the team. And that is why the ex-California varsity star is going to the Cincinnati Reds. Zamlock can do anything with a deck of cards except make it walk out of the room. He has spent a summer or two on the stage and can go to work for Pantages any time he wants to. But Zam loves base ball. And if he can't go to the big league as a player, he will take his deck of cards and go as a coach and entertlner. ' . : The fans are still buzzing about the exit of Walter- McCredie from coast baseball affairs. The failure of the Portland vet eran to put his club in the race greatly disappointed Seattle i base ball followers, yet there are many who think the skipper did not get a square shake from his players. It is certain that 'the minute Mc Credie stepped out the club began to win. This mean only one thing that the boys would not play for Mc Credie. This does not mean that the club was "laying down." The play ers were simply pepperless and without any fight. Mac was no in mi 3 mm spiratlon to them, and President Boldt, visioning this circumstance, talked it over with McCredie who withdrew in favor of Jack Adams. Adams is getting away, to a nice start. Nobody questions Jack's knowledge of the game, and he lias what McCredie did not' have the. good will of everybody on the team. , Jimmy Clabby, one of the veteran midtHeweights of the game, wil box in Seattle Monday night. His op ponent will "be Gordon McKay, the Idaho boy who has been winning ever since he began to box in a local ring last'year. Clabby has shown ,well in the gymnasium and his friends expect him to make a good impression. But the veteran is pretty old, and it is hardly possible that he can stage a comeback and beat the youthful Mc Kay. Seattle; fans only hope it will! not De a repltion of the recent Port land match, in which poor old Joe Rivers received such an awful maul ing from Bobby Harper. Three scouts ; from 'the major leagues are making -" their head quarters in Seattle now. Bob Con- nery.of the Yanks, Russ Hall of Cincinnati and Joe Engle of Wash ington are the Ivory . hunters who are lookinc over' the Seals and Indians.- It isrno secret that the boys who have attracted their attention are Joe Valla and Hal RJiyne of the Seals. Lefty Burger, Spencer Adams and Stubby Mack of the Indians. All three scouts- were impressed by the work of Burger,' who beat" the Seals in the opener. They probably will drop down to Portland this com ing week to look at Walberg and the other Beavers:- - Bob Connery ap pears interested in Sammy Hale, who has been playing such wonder ful ball for Portland. He was in quiring whether .Sammy had im proved in fielding. . .The reply was that Hale looks like one of the best prospects in the league right now. Sam is a driving hitter and at the rate he is-. going will have a chance to go up without question. . ' The Washington crew's - great work at Poughkeepsie has attracted attention all over the country. The entire Pacific coast is taking pride in the victory , over every other strictly college crew in the country, Ed Leader, coach of the varsity, will end the rowing season by taking a PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY ANGELS, WHO tnanagrerlnl fire. They call 'em the Anitels, bnt St. Peter would require more proof than that before letting 'em through the gate. Minus Elmer, bnt the club Is a pennant contender and It plays snappy and Interesting ball. The four tall fellows In a row at the top of the picture are young feet In height. bride. It was learned today that Ed has signed up for a life contract with a young woman in San Fran cisco. " GAME BIRDS REPORTED FEW Severe Storms Are Declared to , ' ; . Have Killed Many. PENPLETON, Or., July 1. (Spe cial) Severe- winter-storms which covered the ground with deep snow and ice, and cold and rainy weather this spring are responsible . for a noticeable shortage of game birds In Umatilla county. Sportsmen de clare that inasmuch as 'the Hun garian peasants,' known to be able to forage best in deep snow,' were killed by the severe winter, 'that there is no doubt that other game birds suffered much more. Old-time hunters declare that the native ruffed grouse, formerly ' so abundant on the brakes of the Blue mountains, is now nearlng extinc tion and is going the way of the prairie chicken, which is now a rare sight in this county. Native pheas ants are also reported scarce. Deer are reported -plentiful, but not entirely recovered from the starvation period of last winter. Bear hunters get the most en couragement this season, and prac tically all fishermen who have gone back iA the hills either report hav ing seen bear-' or an abundance of tracks. JLos Angeles Golfers to Compete. i LOS ANGELES. Cal.. July 1. Not less than ,ten Los Angeles golfers will tee off in the national open championship tournament at Chi cago July 11, it was announced here. This is a larger Los Angeles repre sentation than the one played An the southern California open champion ships last winter. 'Among the Los Angeles players to be seen at the Windy City are Fred Wright, now at Kansas City; Harry Pressler, Ed die Loos, Joe Martin, Vic Dalberto, Chick Fraxer, Mel. Smith, Eddie Gayer, Jack Croke and Tom Stevens.' 50,090 Salmon Planted. MEDFORD. Or.', July 1. (Special.) J. W. Berrian, superintendent of the, Butte Falls hatchery, has just finished planting 50,000 silver sal mon from the hatchery in Fish lake. As soon ibs the mountain roads be come passable Mr. Berrian will plant 50,000 of this same species of fish in the Lake of the Woods. He has already received a large ship ment of rainbow eggs from the Klamath county hatchery to be distributed in the streams of this section. WILL BE TODAYS SAM ROSS HURLS FAREWELL GAME FOR PORTLAND CLUB Telegram from Fort Worth,. Tex- Accepts Offer for His Services . Pitcher Is Not Particularly Pleased. BY L. H. GREGORTi w HEN Sam Ross relieved Harry Biemlller In the first inning of yesterday's game against 1 Los Angeles, he didn't know that he was making his farewell appear ance in the Portland ball yard. But tnat was the case. Just before the game ended came a. telegram from Fort Worth, Tex., accepting an offer for his services. Sam was notified of his sale last night and wasn't particularly pleased about it, but no doubt he will conclude to take it gracefully and report. Every club in the coast league waived on him a couple of weeks ago, so he has no, hope of remaining in this circuit.-. The Texas league is considered by long odds the fastest class A circuit in the country and It is so hot down there, goodness knows, ' that Sam need never worry about keeping his arm In condition. t Sam Ross should have been a winner in the coast league, but for some reason he wasn't. He Is a smart pitcher, a hard loser and a, willing worker. He came to the Beavers in 1920 from Vernon and pitched his best all that season. In fact, he was the airtight pitcher of the staff. But he Wasn't lucky then and he never has been lucky since. In 1920 he was notorious for pitch ing great ball, yet losing on an error or some other bit of hard luck. This year, with : a hard-hitting club behind him, Sam figured on having a big season, yet for some reason when 'the home boys were batt-ing behind hi-m the opposition was batting him. If it was a tight game, then Sam would be stingy with the hits, too, yet usually not quite! stingy enough. . Luck Just wasn't with him. Transferred to another ' league, Sam may become a sensation. He is one of those pitchers who have the stuff and the will to win, yet for some reason he don't win. - A change of scene in such cases often worxs wonuers. f The sale of Ross is tha second shake in a shakeup of the Portland club that may include another player or two before it is finished. Joe Sargent was the" first player to be hit by the shakeup, bis sale to Bir mingham in the . Southern league resulting from his failure to keep in condition at a time when the Bea 2, 1922 DOUBLE-HEADER ATTRACTION vers needed his best services mighty badly. . Sargent so far has refused to re port, so he is on the suspended list. He threatens to retire from baseball, but he is not likely to do that, for he has many years in the game and a big league future ahead of him if he takes baseball a little more seri ously. He is one of the prettiest in fielders in the business. If he could bat .275 consistently and would keep himself in cond'tion he would be a certain big league star. If he per sists in refusing to report, then eventually his name will be sent to Secretary Farrell of the national board and he automatically will go on the ineligible list for three years. Both Sargent and Ross were sold for cash. The Portland club expects to use the money to buy a high class right-handed pitcher or two. In fact, just as soon as Tom Turner can turn over the helm to a good man he will beat it east in his ca pacity as scout to line up a pitcher or pitchers. Tom knows all the big league managers and he has means of getting players that the ordinary minor leaguer can't employ. Turner makes no secret of the fact that he desires to be relieved as acting manager of the club just as soon as possible so he can resume his duties as scout. Bill Klepper thinks the world of Tom, who is cne of the finest fellows imaginable, and Tom can remain as manager. If he wants to, but he thinks he can do the club a great deal more good as scout by digging up ood players both for this season and next. That leaves art opening as man ager of the club for the right man. The big question of course is to get the right man. 1 The suggestion was made in these columns recently that Bill Rodgers, ex-Sacramento chief, would be ex actly the fellow to take the Port land helm. That suggestion hit 'the right spot with Bill, Klepper, and he did his best to get in touch with Rodgers telegraphed him, in fact, to hurry to Portland and talk things over here before making any other plans, but an offer from Denver reached Bill first and. he accepted it So that puts Rodgers out of the run ning. , ' -The -fans have been wondering why Rowdy Elliott has been on the bench so long-.. Ther6 is a perfectly good reason. Elliott is the victim of the first Charley horse he has ever had. Any charley horse is bad, but the one Elliott has is a particularly vicious specimen. Ever have a Charley horse? Take it from us, it's about as mean an affliction as an athlete can suffer. A charley horse Is what happens when a muscle is "sprung" or wrenched the muscle kinks and forms a hard knot. It is not only very painful, but there is nothing in the world that does it much good but rest. Massage and baking help some, but only absolute rest of the injured muscle will unkink it. Elliott got his charley horse about six weeks ago. Rowdy Is a tough athlete and can stand a lot of bat tering, so he didn't take his Charley horse seriously. Instead of favor ing It and keeping off his feet, he tried to work it off. : The upshot was that the muscle was very nearly torn In two. Then Rowdy listens! to advl;e and rested a couple of weeks, but when the club was having a ha -d time at Seattle and needed his serv. ces he went in when he shouldn't. He wrenched his leg making a quic: step after a foul fly and had to be helped to the bench. This time he was really out. While in Los Angeles recently El l'ott went to take treatment from Doc Spencer, expert in ball players' afflictions, and the doc told hlin that unless he remained on the bench until he was entirely well, he probably would be out for the sea son. That came mighty hard for El liott, for he is one of those willing, hard-working ball players who would rather play -both games of a double header with the thermometer at 110 in the shade than rest. He wants to get in there and work, especially with the club needing his wise- old head and zippy throwing arm and all-around, pepper as it does. Yesterday he told Manager Turner that he was feeling pretty good again and asked to be worked in one of the games today. Turner was mighty glad to grant that re quest, even though Rowdy is tak ing quite a chance by going in be fore he is fully recovered. There will be a double-header to day and the Los Angeles ball club w'!l remain over tomorrow and play a Monday game to complete the series, which now stands two games each. Then on Tuesday, which is the Fourth of July, the San Francisco club will be here with its collection of $100,000 and $75,000 ball players. There will be two games' Tuesday, but not a double-header. Instead, one game will be played in the morning, starting at 10:30 o'clock and the other in the afternoon at the usual time of 2:45 o'clock. Classified Advertising and Sporting News NO. 27 15 GRIFFITH IN HOLE Friends Deplore Defiance of Baseball Chief. BAN JOHNSON FOR JUDGE Head of Washington Club Be lieved to Have Laid Him self Open to Penalty. NEW YORK, July 1. (Special.) Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, baseball commissioner, left for Chicago today without making any formal reply to y the "defi" issued by Clark Griffith, president of the Washington club of the American league, who alleges that baseball players are 9S per cent pure and who declares that the com missioner can't come to Washington and lecture his players on gambling or drinking. The judge was silent, but there were friends of both the Judge and Griffith in town today who deplore the sudden rushing into print on the part of the Washing ton president and who gave the opinion that he had "stepped into a fast one" when he criticised the baseball commissioner's action in asking good behavior of ballplayers. Among these was Ban B. Johnson, the big boss of the American league, here on a visit to see the progress of the work on the new Yankee sta dium. Johnson Known Players. While he didn't care to talk for publication on a subject that Judge Landis had declined to discuss, Mr. Johnson made it clear that he does not agree with Griffith, first of all on the percentage of morality or pureness in the ball-playing fra ternity. Mr. Johnson's careful work in ferreting out the gamblers who tempted the "black sox" in the 1919 world's series gave him quite an in sight into the gambling and drink ing propensities of the men who play professional baseball. The general opinion of those who talked with the head of the Ameri can league and his friends after he had bade good-bye to Judge Landis was that Mr. Griffith will get little support and that the commissioner will be backed in any action to check gambling and drinking that he cares to take. Another Question Involved. But there was another question brought up which caused some dis cussion and which was not finally pisposed of, and that is whether Griffith by his sudden defiance on Friday night had not broken the pledge that he made on January 12, 1921. when the presidents of all the league clubs gave the commissioner autocratic power and signed their names to this declaration: "We, the undersigned, earnestly desirous of insuring to the public wholesome and high-class baseball, and believing that we ourselves should set up for the players an ex ample of the sportsmanship which accepts the umpire's decision with out complaint, hereby pledge our selves loyally to support the com missioner in his important and dif ficult task, and we assure him that each of us will acquiesce in his de cisions, even when we believe them mistaken, and that we will not dis credit the sport by public criticism of him or of one another." Griffith Open to Penalty. If Mr. Griffith's open defiance of the authority of the commissioner and his quoted refusal to allow any lecturing of his players can be con strued as "public criticism," then the baseball men seen today believed that in case the commissioner cares to go on with the question, Griffith has put himself in the way of a reprimand, or some sort of punish ment to be decided on by the com missioner, f In view of several "blasts" from Griffith in the past, especially during the Mays case, when he said things at night only to deny them in the morning, the feeling was that the judge might ignore the matter entirely. It was recalled that when Ban Johnson decided to call off all ball games during the war year of 1918, Griffith and Comiskey and Frazee came out with a strong statement in opposition at Cleveland one night and that Griffith "ran out" and de clared he "never said it" the next day. IiAXDIS MAKES COXCESSIOX Kenworthy May Practice With Oaks if Management Permits. SAN FRANCISCO. July 1. Bill Kenworthy, suspended manager of the Portland Beavers, cannot even practice with his old club, but may, if all interested parties are willing, work out with Oakland, Basebull Commissioner Landis has ruled. Kenworthy worked with the Oaks yesterday before the game started. Several days ago President W. H. McCarthy of the Pacific Coast league, at Kenworthy's request, tele graphed Landis asking if the former Beaver leader could practice with Portland. The answer came: "If agreeable to the Oakland club management, Kenworthy may be permitted to practice with that team." LEAD OF WIKLOCK MENACED Defeat by Kelso TotJa Would Put Head Team in Tittiit lio:- 0 ' League Stsmfmsr9, W. L. Pet. .714 ..-.71 .r,ttn Wlnlock 5 2 Castle Rock 4 3 Kelso 4 4 Kalama 3 8 CENTRALIA, Wash., July 1.- (Special.) The Winlock and Kelso teams, in the Columbia River league, will tangle in Winlock tomorrow in a crucial game. Winlock, after five straight wins, has been defeated twice and is now only a game ahead of Castle Rock In the percentage column. Kalama plays at Castle Rock tomorrow. On July Fourth Winlock will play an exhibition game at Kelso. Fawcett to Captain Team. Kenneth Id. Fawcett was recently elected captain of the baseball team at Purdue university for the coming season. Fawcett hails from New Al bany, Ind.