TIIE STTXDAY 0REG0N1AN, PORTLAND, JULY 9, 1922 "
STATE GOLF MEET
OPENS WEDNESDAY
OREGON CHAMPION TO DEFEND TITLE.
AMERICAN WINS BRITISH OPEN GOLF TITLE AGAIN.
KKEPPER CAPTURES
Jsult that a large percentage of the
i clubs find a resting place in lockers
or in some cobwebbed corner of an
attic, though It not. Infrequently
happens that drivers and irons long
since thrown aside in disgust are
resurrected to such good purpose as
I to cause the owner to wonder what
F TITLE
in the world he had been thinking .
about when he discarded them.
It is probable that this happy re
turn of a club fallen from grace
happens more with regard to putters
than any others. Xo type Is so often
tried, discarded and tried again as
the putter, which one day seems
possessed of some magic power, and
the next worse than useless- and,
while a great deal of this shifting
about is, after all, mere fancy, yet
it is equally true that no man ever
works his way Into the low handi
cap class without having first pur
chased and tried scores of clubs.
His path to proficiency is literally
strewn with their wreckage, and
there is little doubt that much of
this experimenting "is due to igno
rance of what Is best for one's style
of play.
More Than T5D Entries Ex
pected in Tourney.
Course Is to Be Scene
Open Championship.
Arthur M. BarJIett Is De
feated, 8 Up, 5 to Play.
TUALATIN CLUB IS HOST
DATES ARE JULY 10-15
1922 FINALS ARE STAGED
Course in Wonderful Condition
and Fast With Greens in
Perfect Shape.
Difficult Par of 31-36-70 Sever
Has Been Broken From Back
Tees in Competition.
New Feat in Golf History of State
. Is Accomplished by Sioux
City Player.
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OF CHICAGO SPORTY - r
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:" More than 150 entries are expected
in the Oregon state golf champion-
, ships, to be decided over the Tuala
tin Country club course July 12-15.
There were 60 visiting golfers yes
terday on the Tualatin course, which
.has been opened to all playejrs plan
Sing to enter the tournament..,
. Dr. O. I". Willing, present Oregon
tate champion, was cut getting the
lay of the links. While the cham-
plon did not break any course rec-
6rds, his game was steady. Clark
"Nelson and Jack Straight, Waverley
club stars, piayed over the Tualatin
course Thursday in a foursome with
Bill Hanley, professional at Waver
ley, and. Richard Longstaff, Tuala
tin club professional.
Good Scores Expected.
! Exceptionally good scores are ex
pected in the qualifying round of
the championship tournament due
to the wonderful condition of the
course, which right at present Is
-very fast with the gre.ens in perfect
shape. Water has been put around
the edges of the greens so that the
players will have little trouble mak
ing their pitch shots stick.
"-'The class of the field entered in
the tournament indicates that many
of the qualifying scores will be
close to par. Par for the Tualatin
course is 71, while the amateur
course record, set recently by Ed-
' win Neustadter, Is 72. With the
course in its present condition it Is
' thought it will take a score of 165
or under to qualify.
Many Women Expected.
The women's qualifying round,
which also starts Wednesday, is ex
pected to include the largest field
ever entered in a state tournament.
, Forty women players will be entered
from the Portland Golf club, alone,
according to Mrs. Pat Allen, team
..captain.
All matches will be run off on a
time schedule. The first pair in the
qualifying round for the men will
tee off promptly at 8 o'clock
, Wednesday morning. Any players
desiring to start before 8 o'clock
will be accommodated any time
,: after 7 o'clock. All players must be
at the starting tent within 10 min
utes of their scheduled time. Post
entries will be allowed in all events.
Players visiting the Tualatin club
' this week have been having some
difficulty reaching the club, as the
branch road from the main highway
; is being repaired. . This repair work
is expected to be finished by next
Wednesday. In the meantime play
ers motoring to the course should
take the west side Pacific highway
to one mile this side of Tigard,
" -where there is a detour marked
Tualatin loop. This detour should
be followed, turning to the left past
Pilkington's place and then on Into
- the town of Tualatin-
IUL GOLF IS II
PUBLIC .LINKS PLAYERS TO
' HOLD NATIONAL TOURNEY.
' Unique Contest to Take Place at
Toledo, Ohio, August 28 to
,,. 31 Is Planned.
Golf for everyone from artisan to
aristocrat is the aim of the United
' States Golf association. Recently it
was announced that there would be
" a national championship tournament
for caddies, and now comes the
news thai preliminary plans have
"been completed for the staging of a
tourney which will determine the
"best player in the country who In
dulges in the royal and ancient
" game over the public links of the
- U. S. A. In all probability the first
tourney will be held at Toledo from
' August 28 to 31'. There will be a 36
hole qualifying round the first day
" 'and match play at 18 holes. The
final will be at 36 holes. James D.
'Standish Jr. of the executive com
mittee has offered a permanent
trophy for the competition and the
association will give medals for the
winner and runner-up in the quali
fying round and for the champion.
Provision is made for six regis
tration committees, sectionally di
vided into the Pacifc coast, west,
middle west, ' central east and New
England divisions. The Pacific
oast takes in Los Angeles, Seattle
and San Francisco, with headquar
ters at the last-named . city; th6
west includes Des Moines, Denver,
Minneapolis and St. Louis, with
headquarters at St. Louis; the mid-,
" die west section takes in Chicago,
Detroit, Toledo, Indianapolis and
Milwattkee, with headquarters in
:, Chicago-; the central section includes
-Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburg,
.. with headquarters in Cleveland, and
.. the east takes in Washington, Phil-
adelphta. New -York and Baltimore,
j.wlth headquarters in New York,
,( while the New England committee
., .will have headquarters In Boston.
Chicago leads the list with nine
. public courses, the others being To
, ledo, 4; Indianapolis, Buffalo, Mil
waukee, Cincinnati and New York
with 3: Des Moines, Cleveland. Mln
t neapolis. Washington, St. Louis,
Boston and Seattle with 2. and Phil
adelphia, Denver, San Francisco, Los
..Angeles, Pittsburg and Detroit eacn
have one public links.
(. The plan Is to have players be
CTine eligible f..r the public links
- championship through registration,
I and only duly registered golfers
will be allowed to compete. Ex
1; penses of the different players may
be paid by the district from which
they are entered or by the section
.staging the championship.
' " ' Giant Golfer Discovered.
'--' Who is the biggest golfer in
"America? The question can be an-
ewered without danger of ' refuta
tion or fear of offending any claim
. nts. He is J. Munro Hunter, new
.professional of the Milwaukee
. Country club. Hunter is 6 feet 5H
Inches tall and weighs 225 pounds.
' .Big Ted Ray, the British profes
. sional, looks like a pigmy beside
the brawny Hunter, who was the
.. champion in Canadian golfdom be
fore coming to the United States
recently.
Dr. O. P. Willing-, Waverley Country club team captain and present Oregon
state champion, who will defend his title at Tualatin Country club
course In Oregon state play, which starts Wednesday.
YACHTS TO COMPETE ARB OF
IDENTICAL MAKEUP.
Most of Skippers Who Will Sail
Boats Never Were on Craft
They Wrill Operate.
TALAHA,' Fla.,' July 8. A yacht
race, unique in that every craft
was Identical and that most of the
skippers never had been aboard
them before, was an event for today
on Lake Harris under the auspices
of the Yalaha Yacht club, which re
cently received from Sir Thomas
Llpton a perpetual cup to be com
peted for annually.
Lake Harris is in the central part
of Florida and it was impossible
for visiting skippers to bring their
own craft, unless by rail. The
Yalaha club thereupon hit upon the
idea of issuing an invitation to. the
yachtmen of Florida to come here,
man the club craft and try their
hand at fresh-water sailing. '
Members of the club own 15 or
20 speedy 16-foot racing machines,
cat-rigged and identical in all meas
urements, including sail area, and
the entire fleet was at the disposal
of the Yis'tin& skippers, who were
assigned vessels by lot. Each boat
carries a crew of two men and the
visitors who did not bring a sail
ing mate were permitted to select
'" ONLTAMCOlCAN WINNCO
WE ARE xn the eve of another
. American open championship.
The stage is all set for the
biggest show yet at Skokie, near
Chicago, a course that will be a
fine test for the game, and that
offers a wide variety of shots.
Like the British championship
recently played, the American open
will have an international flavor,
with four of the leading stars from
abroad taking part. Duncan and
Taylor, who gave the Americans
their greatest competition at Sand
wich, probably will make us hustle
again at Skokie
Mitchell may come on to his
game by the time the championship
opens. Duncan has rounded to and
Taylor has not played so well in
recent years.
I do not fancu the latter will win
here, if I am f?ee to make predic
tions. : His game will have to be
stretched out a little bit before it
can successfully cope with some of
our long hitters."
Duncan, mark my word, should do
well, but even George is uncertain
at times. This may be his good
season, however, and he may fool
us. His game needs a little mend
ing to make it work to perfection.
Abe Mitchell has had one year of
American golf.
Players on the other side are fond
of telling us that we are not de
pendable over there on account.- of
weather conditions. The same thing
goes here for - the English and
Scotch invaders. They do not relish
our heat any more than we are sup
posed to relish their wind.
I have come to the conclusion that
the British seaside winds are a myth
so far as being Bolved by Americans.
No one gave a better exhibition of
playing into the wind, against it,
with it or while it was blowing
crosswise than Hagen. Barnes,' too,
was not severely handicapped. . In
fact, when the wind blew it was the
British stars, that fell by the way
side, not. the Americans, .
. . Better . Field In America.
I think the English Vere greatly
surprised in this, and I want to say
right here that it bears out a state
ment I made a year ago over there-:
I predicted that we would have little
trouble in the. 1922 tournament and
also went on record as saying that
American golfers were superior to
those of England or , Scotland.
The American, open championship
will be a harder thing to win than
the British was, as the field is bet
ter by far. : Few good ones have
been left behind. Ray and Havers
might cut some figure here, but I
doubt if any. of the others would.
Haversr is not so good as a year ago.
Ray is fading, too, if the last two
championships count for a , sample.
Hurd may flash here and there,
but I do not look for a winning
game from any of the Invaders, ex
cept Duncan and possibly Mitchell,
if he settles down to a recent spell
of putting. . .
The American entry list Is strong.
I realize full well ; that Barnes,
W1 -V;,7 J;
a "crew" from among the Yalaha
yachtmen.
The outcome of the races was ex
pected to depend solely upon the
sailing ability of the skippers, be
cause no craft had . an advantage
over another. Great rivalry re
sulted between the salt and fresh
water men and the controversy over
the sailing practice of the two was
the outstanding feature before the
start. . '- .
The contest for the Lipton trophy
will be held next winter.
Tommy Blake Off for East.
Lqs AVGELES, Cal.. July 8.
Tommy Blake, Pacific coast one
mile swimming champion and holder
of several middle distance records,
left here yesterday for the east,
where he will represent the Los
Angeles Athletic club in several na
tional events. His first appearance
will be at Philadelphia, where he
will take part in a ten-mile race.
While Blake is not regarded as a
long-distance swimmer, he is ex
pected to do well in the long race.
Aberdeen Golfers Enter Tourney.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 8. (Spe
cial.) The Grays Harbor Country
club will be represented at. the
northwest lumbermen's golf tourna
ment to be held Wednesday, July 12,
at the Inglewood Country club, Se
attle, by W. J. Patterson and A. L.
Paine of Hoquiam' and a number of
other harbor lumbermen. At last
year's tourney a harbor team con
sisting of Patterson, Paine, Heinrich
Schmidt and Kenneth; Hayes won
the team championship. The same
team may compete next week.
OF SaiTiSH "opcm
I Hagen and myself will have to step
I if we are to stop some of the young-
sters from our own side of the
water. -
Our boys, such as Diegrel, Sarazen,
George Kerrigan and his brother
Tommy, not so young as George;
French, Walker, Macdonald, Mc
Lean, Loo's, Hoffer and others, will
set afast pace for the rest, of us,
and it would not be surprising to
see one of them furnish us some
thing, akin to a real surprise.
Outsiders Seldom Win.
Why is it that favorites always
win? It has been a very long time
since we had any great shock in
the open championship. Hagen's bid
for fame In 1914 was the last, but
Ouimet's success the year before
was more unexpected, and it was
this championship that 1 really
Drought out Hagen and Barnes.
Since that time few outsiders have
flashed to the front to make a seri
ous bid for the title. Two years ago
at Toledo Leo Diegel tied with Var-
don. Burke and myself for second
place In what was one of the closest
championship fights ever witnessed.
Years ago Alex Smith tied with his
brother Macdonald and Johnnie
McDermott for the championship,
and Alex won in the play-off.: This
was in 1910, three years before Var
don, Ray and Ouimet tied at
Brookllne.
Diegel was not so much of a sur
prise at Inverness, as he had made
a showing in the western that en
titled him , to gTea,t respect in the
big event. Jack Burke was a sur
prise in a way, but Jack has not
done much for his country since
In casting about for winners at
Chicago, young Gene Sarazen must
not be overlooked. The memory of
his 'victory over me in the profes
sional tournament at Inwood last
year is still fresh In my mind. He
i won. tne southern open- at New Or-
leans last winter and has been
among the leaders .. repeatedly in
other important tournaments. ,
i." - Barnes at Top Form,
Emmet French may make a good
showing, as he always does; but was
inoBpacitated for so long by Illness
that he may not be at his best for
noma time. , - .. .
Cyril Walker has been playing
well and .may do : something this
year, as he is improving very fast.
Long Jim Barnes and yours truly
are going to try hard. Jim played
well abroad ad is in better shape
than I have seen him in for years.
Jim will take a lot of beating this
year, and few can be given an equal
chance with him.
Big Bob Macdonald must not be
taken too lightly. Bob, as everyone
knows, is a fine golfer, and sooner
or later must win something big.
He is the present holder of the
Metropolitan championship. '
Among the amateur contenders
Bobby Jones and Chick Evans al
ways are to be considered, as they
kink with the pros in every way.
Both have made wonderful show
ings in the open the last two years.
(Copyright, 192 by Boll Syndicate, Ioc.)
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CHICAGO, July S. The golf links
of the. Skokie Country club, over
which the national open golf cham
pionship will be held July 10-15, is
one of the best in the Chicago field,
with a difficult par of 34-36-70 that
has never been broken In compe
tition from the back tees.
The length of the course is 6548
yards, 3233 out and 3315 in. A de
scription of the holes follows:
Hole No. 1 430 yards. Par .4.
The drive should be rather to the
left to open up the hole for the
next shot and avoid a sand trap on
the right beyond the cross bunker.
Plenty of landing space between
the cross bunker and the green. A
deep sand pit along the right of the
green, a grass hollow along the
left, but only rough beyond.
Sand Traps Inclose Green.
Hole No. 2 198 yards. Par 3.
Carry 170 yards. The tee shot is a
stiff midlron which must not run, or
against the prevailing wind, maybe
a spoon. The - green is surrounded
with sand traps.
Hole No. 3 440 yards. Par 4.
Played with the prevailing wind.
The tee shot can be played straight
for the pin, but must carry 210
yards to avoid the end of a long,
diagonal pit and bunker. A shot
to the right of center will have to
negotiate a pit that runs in from
the right-hand corner of the green.
The green has a good forward slope.
Hosrback Is Hazard.
Hole- No: 4 350 yards. Par 4. A
difficult drive and pitch. A trap
and bunker come in from the right
side almost to the center. Carry 223
yards. A hogback in the center of
fairway about 175 yards out. will
accentuate a slice or a pull. The
green is elevated with a decided
pitch forward and guarded on three
sides by grass ridges.
Hole No' 5 590 yards Par '5.
With a following wind and a dry
course, itae long hitters can amuse
themselves trying to reach this
green in two shots. The tee shot
should be just inside the pit and
bunker on the left. Carry 185 yards.
A slice will find a trap at 220 yards.
The approach is through a lane of
trees with an but-of-bounds fence
beyond. A birdie on this hole Is
rare; an eagle has never been shot.
Dog' Les: Is Sporty.
Hole No. 6 390 "yards. Par 4. A
dog's leg to the right. Out of
bounds on the right to beyond huge
trap and bunker at bend of the leg.
This hole has two tees on opposite
sides of the course. With the tee
on the right, it is a great shot for
the long hitter to carry over the in
side end of the bunker carry 210
yards. There is a deep pit beyqnd
the green for too strong an ap
proach. Hole No. 7 215 yards. Par 3.
One of the hardest pars on the
course. The sporty shot is a high
spoon or fade-away iron straight at
the pin, and right over the bushes
in the bend of the right-hand pits.
and .the pit Just beyond them carry
195 yards. The green has a good
forward slope and will hold the shot
nicely. Against a strong wind this
shot can be up to a full brassie. The
drive otherwise is up a long bottle
neck with deep traps on both sides
i Pond Adda to Difficulty.
Hole No. S 435 yards. Par 4. A
pond in front requires a carry of
147 yards. The drive, unless long
will land on a rise that will shorten
it 20 yards and make the next shot
a long, difficult approach, uphill on
the end to the finely guarded green.
Hole No. 9 1S5 yards. Par 3. The
green is on the face of a rise and
the shot will hold fine. Deep on
both sides of the green.
Hole No. 10 440 yards. Par 4
There .is a draw to the left that will
carry a short or long ball, especially
if hooked to two large bunkers. A
large cross bunker, 370 yards from
the tee, has to be carried on the
second shot.
Hole No. 11 430 yards. Par 4.
Trees line the fairway, and a cross
bunker at 400 yards calls for a
good drive. The green has a good
forward Blope, but falls away to the
right, where large pits await. Out
of bo bonds over green.
Bole No. 12 Innocent Looking.
Hole No. 12 345 yards. Par 4. An
innocent looking affair, but the
green is small, with narrow en
trance, almost surrounded by deep
pits and trees.
Hole No. 13 185 yardB. Par 3.
Looks easy, hut the flat terrain is
deceiving. The green, with traps
and trees on both sides, has a good
forward slope.
Hole No. 14 315 yards. Par 4. It
looks hard, but if the second shot
passes the- narrow entrance to the
green between pits with high bunk
ers, the green is ample and par easy.
Hole No. 15 350 yards. Par 4.. A
forbidding cross bunker under a
huge oak on the left-hand comes in
toward the middle with a wide trap
in front of it. Carry 200 yards. A
drive right over the inside end of
the bunker will be straight on the
pin. V A long ball to the right will
find a wide trap at 250 yards. The
green is elevated and guarded on
front and left sides by sand traps
and on right and rear with roigh.
Traps and Trees on All Sides.
Hole No. 16 365 yards. Par 4. A
slight dog's leg to the right with
trees and out-of-bounds fence on
the left. A drive much to the right
finds a huge mound, a barn, while a
ditch beyond and high trees to the
edge of the green on the right make
the second shot a terror. Traps and
trees are on all sides of the green,
with a steep drop at the back.
..Hole No. 17. 430 yards. Par 4.
A boomerang to the left. There is a
cross bunker requiring a carry of
165 yards, and the drive should be to
the right side to get proper position
for the next shot to the green, which
Is . guarded on three sides by traps
and on the left by trees. The green
Is elevated, undulating and has a
forward slope.
Hole No. 17 470 yards. Par 5. A
fine, hard finishing hole. Out of
bounds on left close to tee and al
most up to -the green. Trees on right
half way up. The right side has
bunkfers all the way and a pond at
370 yards on the edge that gets
many a second ehot. The green is
guarded on the left and right by
deep pits and is high, with a steep
rise at the end or the approach.
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Photo by Underwood & Underwood.
WALTER HAGEN.
Hagen won the British open golf championship at Sandwich, England.
For the second time in succession America has ridden rough shod over
Great Britain in this championship. Jim Barnes and George Duncan tied
for second, a shot behind the leader. Hagen, after a rather shaky finish
to his third round, which left him with 79 and. removed him from the lead,
came through in the last 18 holes like a real champion, playing with rare
skill, great power and a world of determination until he had won his
first British championship with a score of 300 strokes.
MILE RACE I
RCXXERS SAID TO PREFER
QUARTER NOWADAYS.
Time Declared to Have Been Cut
Down Until Whole Distance
Practically Is Sprint. .
NEW YORK, July S. (Special.)
What is the hardest running event
on o,ur track schedule? Ask this
question of followers of the sport
and you will find that the great
majority pick the quarter mile. Ask
the same number of half-milers and
thfey will tell you either the half
or the mile, certainly not the quar
ter, says Ted Meredith.
The quarter mile used to be the
toughest event not so many years
ago.
and
Men that ran both the quarter J
the half found it to be, but
that is not the case nowadays. The
reason is simply this, the quarter
mile times made 20 years ago were
just as fast as those being regis
tered today, while the half-mile
times were seconds slower. -
Since the half-mile record has
been hammered down, to its present
figures the race when run in and
around record time means two fast
quarters, one on top of the other. To
run 1:53. the first quarter of the
I f Clif L Z. It, .lnR to I
half should be done In close to 54 1
seconds. A man who can do 6U sec
onds for a quarter mile is a .find
for any coach, even in these days of
so many stars.
A, half-miler called upon to run
the quarter feels that he has an
easy task compared with his usual
event. This is not true of a sprinter.
The dash men find it the hardest
kind of work and shiver and shake
at the thought of it. It is too far
for ' them, . they have not the en
durance, through training, to stand
the added distance.
It really works itself down to this
fact, the farther a runner goes the
harder it gets for him. If the recr
ords of the old-timers are traced it
would be found that in their last
few years of competition they cut
their distance down.
Joey Ray was originally a five
mile runner. He made his first hit
In the national championships in
winning the five-mile race. Then
he came down to the mife and even
as far down as the half-milt. Ray
probably would rather run the loon
yards than any race. Yet many of
tihe experts feel his best distance is
from 2 to 5 miles.
The longer the distance the more
tedious the training. Marathon run
ners have to spend hours plugging
along the roads besides walking &s
many more miles. .A sprinter can
go on the tracks and do his work
without rushing things in. an hour;
this allows resting between stunts
also. i
The quarter-mile time has been
down so low for this long period due
to relay racing. The Penn relays
have been held for 28 years, and the
mile relay la. the most run distance
on its programme. Every high, prep
and college team in the east has
been sending teams to this meet
riiirinir this period and many of the
midd;e west colleges have also been
present. .
CALL FITZ CROWN GRABBER
Lanky Bob Once Held '3 Ttitles
in Fistic World.
Benny Leonard's effort to acquire
two ring titles via a verdict over
Jack Britton recalls the fact that
Curly Bob Fitzsimmons was the
original crown grabber. He . held
no less than three champienships
at one time the heavyweight, light
heavyweight and middleweight.
When Fitz beat Corbett, -Gentleman
Jim outweighed his opponent by 25
pounds. Fitzsimmons weighed 160,
Corbett weighed 185.
Joe Wolcott gave the interesting
statistic boys dope for the book
when he scored victories against
heavyweights while under the wel
terweight limit himself. One of the
heavies to lose to the little lad was
he clever Joe Choynsky. ;:
BRITAIN LOSES GOLF TITLE
Walter Hagen First American to
Win Coveted Championship.
Walter . Hagen, winner of the
Brltislropen golf championship, Is
the first American-born golfer to
capture the chief honors of the
links in Britain. He was born in
Rochester about 31 years ago and
began his career as a caddie at
the Rochester Country club. In 1912
he was assistant to A. J. Christie,
the club professional there.
His first big tournament ex
perience came in 1913 when he took
fourth' place In the American open
championship. In 1914 he won the
open title. Since then he has been
much in the public eye as one of the
top-notch golfers of the country and
has won many Important champion
ships. He had tried twice before
this year for the British open. Last
year he tied for fifth place. At
present he is the holder o( the west
ern open and Professional Golfers'
association championships.
Hagen has a particularly fine golf
temperament and is a remarkably
consistent player. He is amazingly
accurate on the greens and is most
deadly on long putts.
Golf Facts Worth
Knowing. '
n Wrtw la th enrrprt ha.ndlcao al-
, '. rtt,min.rt in . iw.t.ball match
. v MntMt?
A. Take the difference between the
grcms aggregates of the handicaps of
the two aides and allow three-eighths of
this difference.
Q. What is .the present status of
steel-shafted club so far as the lead
ing golf associations have gone in the
matter of recognizing or forbidding play
with them in tournament play?
A. At present they are under the
ban according to U. S. G. A. rules,
chough it Is understood that this or
ganization is reconsidering the matter.
The w- G- A. has placed no limitations
Canadian or Royal
on them, nor has the Canadian or Royal
and Ancient St. Andrews.
O. Can a player be made to play his
tee shot over ini a medal play round,
where he plays first, though his competi
tor has the honor on the hole under
play?
A.1 No. the stroke is not recalled for
his playing out of turn.
Q. Please give the ruling in the fol
lowing case. As ball strikes on, but
j pounds over, the edge of a highly ter-
raced green, it stops at the foot of the
terrace. Near the top of the terrace is
a rather large piece of timber left there
presumably by the greenkeeper. It hap
pens that the hole is rather close to the
edge of the terrace at this point- A in
sists on moving the timber, because he
claims that his ball being less than 20
yards from the cup. rules of the putting
green apply. Is he right in his con
tention?
A. A Is right. If his ball lies within
20 yards of the cun and not in a hazard
he has a right to lift any loose impedi
ment that lay between his ball and the
hp.le.
Q. Is there any rule to prevent
player from having his caddie lift the
flag stick from the cup and hold it
up. where the player is making an ap-
proacn irom under a steep hill on em
bankment, and can not see the flag in
position?
A. There Is no rule to prevent such
an action.
Bush League Notes.
Bill Ha.il, ex-Des Moines catcher, with
the Paul. Idaho, team last year, has
signed with Aurora. Hall hit for an
average of .325 last year. Bill Baker,
brother of Del Baker, ex-Beaver catcher,
is nurnng lor Aurora.
The Y. M. C. A. team would like to
arrange several games for Saturdays
at i o cioctt. jonn ijennett Is coaching
the team. For games call Mr. Bennett
or Mr. Kiel at the T. M. c. A.
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O.-W. R. & N. will play Moose Lodge
of Portland at 8 o'clock today at Buck
man field. The railway players have
not lost a game to a Portland team this
season. Helm will pitch for O.-W. R. &
X. and Jones for the Moose.
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The Woodmen of the World team of
the city league, which plays Montavllla
at Montavilla today, played a conple of
out-of-town games last week. The Wood
men defeated Molalla Monday, 12 to -4,
but lost July 4. to the Salem Senators,
4 to 3. '
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Mike Boytana, outfielder for Penne's
team, will be unable to play again this
season because of a broken foot arch.
Boytana was Injured several weeks ago.
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'Al XKdell of the Anaconda team of the
Montana Miners, league-is looking, for a
good, dependable pitcher. Anaconda
team has a good chance of winning the
pennant and Al has been burning the
wires for promising hurlers.
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Lefty Swarts will pitch for Echo tdday
against : Baker for the Inter-Mountain
baseball championship. Last week Echo
won the right to play Baker by defeating
Um&tllla, 8 to 2. Emery Webb . was
pitching for Umatilla.
'.
Speck Harkness has signed to pitch
for Harrlsburg. While playing against
Albany, July 4, Speck made two home
runs.. .- . :
Pr.ince of Wales to Head Golfers.
i The prince of Wales will captain
the Royal and Ancient Club of St.
Andrews, Scotland, governing body
of the golf game In the British isles,
in 1923. Their heir to the English
throne will play himself into office
September 27, as it the custom.
DES MOINES, July 8. ,(By the
Associated Press.) Rudolph Knep
per of Sioux City won the Iowa golf
championship for the third oonsecu
tive time here this afternoon when
he defeated Arthur M. Bartlett of
Otumwa, 6 up and 5 to play in the
finals of the 1922 state tournament
played over Hyperion course.
In winning today's match and
title, Knepper accomplished a new
feat in Iowa golf history, although
Bartlett had won the championship
four times but not in consecutive
years, Knepper was never down dur
ing the entire match, although Bart
lett squared the contest at the ninth
green of the morning round after
having been three down at the fifth
tee.
Knepper, however, won the tenth
hole and was not headed after that.
He increased his lead on the inside
of the morning's play by winning
the 12th, 15th and 17th holes and
was 4 up at noon.
Knepper increased his advantage
to 6 up early in the afternoon but
Bartlett won the fifth and ninth
holes and was only 3 down at the
turn.
Knepper won the 10th and 12th
and won the match and title by tak
ing tne utn. The visitor outdrove
Bartlett consistently throughout the
day by from 10 to 35 yards.
CITY SUGGESTED AS CENTER
OF MOTORCRAFT RACING.
International Conference Site
Proposed to Promote Slore
Interest in Sport.
DETROIT, July 8. Detroit has
been suggested as the site of the
international conference of motor
boat racing, proposed by Morton
Smart of London, commodore of the
British Motorboat club, and T. P.
Wynn Weston of Southampton, sec
retary of the Royal Motor Yacht
club, as a means of promoting inter
est in boat racing, it is announced
by J. Lee Barrett, secretary of the
newly organized yachtsmen's asso
ciation of America.
Members of the association believe
that by holding the meeting during
the gold cup races, September 1-4,
the visitors would be enabled to
form an opinion as to the advisa
bility of restricting the class of en
tries' in the British international
(Harmsworth) trophy race, as the
gold cup race is restricted for the
first time this year.
The only limitation previously
prescribed for the gold cup contest
was that the entries must not meas
ure more than 40 feet. This year
entrants are limited to a maximum
engine size of 625 cubic inches; a
minimum hull length of 25 feet, and
a beam of five feet.
When the British yachtsmen first
conceived the idea of the interna
tional conference, they wrote to
various countries formerly repre
sented in the Association Interna
tionale du Yachting Automobile,
which went out of, existence during
the war, and called attention to the
falling off of interest in powerboat
racing in Europe, stating this is the
first year the British have not had
an entry in the Monaco races, and
also commenting on the fact that
this year even Sir Mackay Edgar did
not challenge "Gar" Wood of De
troit, holder of the Harmsworth.
Owiog to the dearth of racing
craft in ' the various countries, it
was suggested that the Harmsworth
be made a restricted class, instead
f no limitation being placed on the
size of the power plant, and the
hull maximum length being left at
40 feet.
THICK PITCHING PASSES
EMERY, MID AXD "SHIXE'
DELIVERIES DISCARDED.
Old-Time Slamsters Studied Bat
ters and Used Science to
Win Ball Games.
It is significant that nearly all
the game's really great pitchers,
Mathewson, Brown, Bender, Plank,
Johnson and others of that school,
used legitimate deliveries. In fact,
they developed in an era when trick
pitching was little known, and it is
doubtful whether they, would have
resorted to it had they sounded its
secret They didn't need to.
Russell Ford's dry spitter, which
was nothing less than the emery,
was a secret known to himself alone
for many years.
Eventually others learned . the
mystery of that baffling hop, and a
period of trick pitching was intro
duced. Heavers for the most part
seemed to depend on some suoh ex
pedient as doctoring the ball, while
ignoring the real science of the slab
and the result was a general lower
ing of the pitching standard.
Pitchers for the most part seemed
to cease studying the batters or de
voting any great amount of mental
effort to their proftssion.
One result of trick pitching was
erratic performances. Few if any
hea"Vers could consistently control
the, emery, the mud ball or the'
shiner. On those days when the ball
happened to be breaking just right
for a pitcher he could perform won
ders, as witness the case of Hod
! Eller against the White Sox. But
if rh ball was oenaving badly a
pitcher's support would have to pull
him out of many a tight hole.
GOLF CLUBS NEVER PERFECT
Struggling Duffer Has Hard Time
Finding Sticks That Suit.
Ransacking the professional's shop
for the "perfect set of golf clubs"
is like looking for riches at the foot
of the elusive rainbow. For years
the struggling duffer has been buy
ing and testing many weapons with
this end in view, with the usual re-
GEO I GOLF NEAR
CUB'S FIRST EVENT TO BE
HELD TOMORROW.
Driving and Approaching Contest
to Start Off Season Each
Entry Gets 3 Chances.
The first golf event for members
of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club this season will be a driving
and approaching contest on Mult
nomah field tomorrow. Eact entry
will have three chances to put the
ball over the fence on the Morrison
street side of the field. There will
be two prizes in each event.
The contestants will have from
6 to 8 o'clock for driving and ap
proaching. .
A team match for the. club golf
ers will be played on the East
moreland municipal links Sunday,
August 6. Players will be paired
according to handicaps. Trophies
will be awarded to each team and
individual prizes will be given tMe
low gross and the low net players.
LANE, STREAMS TO GET FISH
600.000 Rainbow Trout Are to
Be Planted in Few Weeks.
EUGENE, Or., July 8. (Special.)
More than 600,000 rainbow trout
will be distributed in the streams of
western Lane county during the
next few week?, according to Matt
L. 'Kyckman. superintendent of the
state trout hatcheries, who was in
Eugene yesterday .and left today for
Coos bay, where he will supervise
the construction of a dam in the
Coos river near Marshfield.
T. J. Craig-, in charge of the dis
tribution of the fish, will leave with
the first 200,000 trout Tuesday and
later in the week will distribute
three more loads in the western part
of Lane county.
Later in the summer the McKenzie
and Willamette rivers and tribu
taries will be stocked from the
ponds of the McKenzie-river hatch
ery, where there are now 7,000,000
trout ready to be released.
PER FIGHT 15 OFF
MORRIE SCHLAIFER SAYS HE
IS GOIXG EAST.'
Any Chance for Bobby to Get
Crack at Omaha K. O. King
Is Knocked in Head.
The Bobby Harper-Morrie Schlai
fer bout is off. A telegram yester
day from Schlalfer saidhe had al
ready planned other bouts and was
going to New York at once. This
kills any chance for Harper to get
a crack at the Omaha knockout king
in the near future.
Calling off this bout leaves the
Portland boxing commission's plans
for the next show in the air. Unless
Matchmaker Hansen can line up a
main event within two days, the
show wjll be off altogether.
EUGENE BOXER QUITS COLD
Main Eventcr at Marshfield Ring
Tourney Sees Xo Money.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 8. (Spe
cial.) Boxing received a backset
when a three-bout tournament was
attempted here on the Fourth of
July at the North Bend baseball
park. ' Carl Miller of Eugene, on
viewing the assembly of fight fans,
refused to go on with Harry Fon
ville of. Powers, fearing the gate
would not pay for the main event.
Two six-round bouts between Nor
man Wilson of Marshfield and
"Catty" Lewis of Powers and
Hoglund of Marshfield and Merri
field of Marshfield were staged.
The first was a draw, the second
was won by Hoglund. The high
prices of tickets, some costing $3.85,
was accountable for the lack of at
tendance. There were no hcadlin
ers in the programme and the fans
stayed away.
Two Great Ones Called 'Urban.'
Strangely enough, the two great
est hurdlers in the American league,
to the minds of most critics, bear
the name of Urban, not a common
monicker. The first is Shocker, of
the Browns, who has won a dozen
games to date, a larger number than "
any other hurler in the majors. The
other is the favorite ruby-haired son
.of Cascade, Iowa, Faber, who is with
the White Sox. Last season he won
25 games with a team that finished
seventh. A matchless performance.
This season, while he has won nu
merous victories, he has sustained
many losses.
Schaefer Must Defend Sledal.
Jake Schaefer, to gain permanent
possession of the diamond medal
emblematic of the 15.2 balkline bil
liard championship, must success
fully defend it for two years. Next
September he will play Roger Conli,
champion of France, who finished
fourth in the recent championship
tournament in which Schaefer won
the title by dethroning Hoppe.
Dynamite Murphy Defeated.
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca!., July 8.
Ted Morgan of San Francisco ad
ministered a decisive beatins to
Dynamite Murphy, also of San Fran
cisco, in a four-round botxng match
here last night.
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Mtss Bauer Breaks Record.
NEW YORK. July 9. Miss Sybil
Bauer of the Illinois A. C, Chicago,
broke the world's record for the 100
yard back-stroke swim for women
in a 75-foot pool today by one-fifth
second. She finished in 1:15 3-5.
No Hunting for Aliens.
Unnaturalized foreigners are
barred from hunting game in New
York state.