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rxIE ; OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1C15. EVOLUTION OF GOLF BALL fS INTERESTING TO GAME DEVOTEES f .-.".?. SsiaBSariBMesMea MM M SB S- Originally Golfers Swatted Nice Round Pebble Whlcfi f Stung Their Paws, THEN". CAME 1 FEATHERS XUt Was- Followed by Accidental XJis ' eovery of Gutta Fercha and Tissuy American Botlxr Core Sail.. : Hew York," July I. From pebbles, to feather, to gutta percha to rubber core that' the history of the, evolu tion of a. grolf ball. .Back In the dear old days that are dead, embalmed . and probably petri fied, the golfing: persons used to swat round pebble. -Every swat used to produce a sting that was telegraphed long the shaft of the ; club to the mitt Of th CTOfr A aHns .r.tt.aa pain and pain usually provokes pro fanity, - ' In this day and ace the clerical per sons are Inclined to look with horror upon the average golfer : because he cusses ever and anon. They think It s : the golfer's fault and his Individual sin. But It isn't, The golfer can't help ; cussing because Jt's hereditary. The cussing habit has come down from his cussing ancestors. ,A fellow can duck heredity, can he7 Well, , along about 1653 A. D. a golfing geezer, of - an inventive turn of mind, decided to quit cussing. Prob- ' ably he was nearlng the end of life ana was , repentant. So he Invented - the feather ball as the one way of playing golluf without- risking the chance of getting a Job in the here after under the boss " rule of a party ramed Lucifer. v ; Feather Ball Heavier. The' feather, ball, a few samples of Which are stlu alive but returned to museums and curio collections, was I about1 the same size as the golf ball J: of today and a trifle heavier. It was niade, thusly; Three strips of leather, v which serve as the cover, were sewed, together. A small space was left un aewed. This enabled the maker to ' ; turn, the cover inside out so as to get r the rough .stitching Inside. , c ; Having been turned inside Out. the tall was ready tfor stuffing.., Feathers i were jammed Into the opening and - pacaea wita a. sharp stick. A two Quart. measure of feathers Usually was required to ; stuff- one of those golf balls. One feather isn't a dangerous weapon. ' A half bushel of feathers I loosely jammed Into a space the site of a golf ball is something else again; The feather ball, in those days, when properly propelled, could have knocked out Jess Willard should he stick hi concrete jaw in its feathery patn. , The feather ball continued in force until about 1840. Then a Scot caddy revolutionised things again. He found a discarded football shoe that had a Eutta percha sole. - Business was tpoor tlutt day and not having any wood to whittle he fcarved away on the sole. After a 'time It. struck him that the sole might be rolled together and made Into a ball. v - X Got Oreat Distance, - The caddy soaked the sole, rolled It together, tied It with a string and went golfing with it the next day. He got , some, great i distances on his d rives, the golfers took cognizance- of It and the gutta percha. ball came Into existence. - - The best part of the 'gutta percha affair was that its cost was only about one tenth of that of a feather one. The next best feature was that the wind didn't hamper the flight of the sutta percha affair, as sometimes was the case with the feather ball. It was in 1898 that the rubber cured ball came into existence In the United States. The golfers in this land of the i free and the neutral went Into raptures about its 'great Improvement ever the gutta percha ball. But jolly old i England, y'no, and Scotland, too, couldn't ' "see" . the ' "bally, -bloomin' Yankee device." until 1905. And then a - gent named Alec- Hard opened the Briton peepers. He used an American rubber cored ball in the, British open championship and won easily, because he was able to get tremendous dis tances in his drives. - : - - Tom Bendelow, of Chicago, owns one of the feather : balls, picked up at a bargain price. Since then he has re fused offers of 8100. and more, made by golfing, fanatics. The ball that Bendelow has Is more than 100 years oldmay be 200 years old but It is still In good shape. It is almost as solid as, a piece of rock. Bendelow often has yearned to take the ball on a course and try it out in a game. - - . "The bail looks as if it eh ill could stand a lot more batting," said Bende low, "but I hate to take a chance on IV. - - CRAIG AT MERCERSBURG Jimmy Craig, brother of the Olympic nprint champion, and himself one of Michigan university's greatest football players in the backf ield. as well as an intercollegiate low hurdle champion, is to be the football coach at Mercers burg.. Pa., academy this fall. . v ' Xtecreatlon Park, Cor. Vaughn nd .-... Twenty-fourth Sts. OAKLAND PORTLAND TWO GAMES TOMORROW OAMxg aosaxzr today sor.x. Reserved box ; seats - for sale "at Rich's Cigar Stand, Sixth . and ; "Washington Sts. " s TODAY AND I TOMORROW "FUTURE" - TP ru r: ; V: . -waotmm ... A group or waverly -Country club caddies who played in 'the annual addie tournament, staged last week on the Waverly links. Some of -qualifying round of the Oregon state , championship , tournament. "Walter Ware" 1 on the left), made the low qualifying score of 77, n riuuiwuji in mo cuampioflsnip. rrancis Bimpson, 1 twice SEVEN OF VAVERLY'S GOLFERS ARE GIVEN . WESTERN ASS'N RATE Portland Organization Has ; Two Less Than Seattle in Number of Rankings. Seven golfers ' , of the Waverly Country club, R. L. Macleay, Russell Smith, C H. Davis Jr, Jordan Zan, C. Bunt Iewls. J. Jj Morrow and James Ollllson, are handicapped intho 1916 ratyigs -of the Western Golf associa tion, which were received last week. Russell Smith and R. I Juacleayeach receives 'five strokes. The handicaps of the other players are: C. H. Davis Jr' 8; Jordan Zan, 8; C. Hunt Lewis, 8 ; J. J. Morrow, 9, and James Gil llson, 10. i H. Chandler Egan. winner of the 1916 . Pacific Northwest Golf- asso ciation championship title, who still holds his membership in the Exmoor Country club of Highland Park, 111., is given three ; strokes. - ETIQUETTE OF GOLF This la the Fourth of a Series of : Articles on Rules of Golf. . , . 18. A. stroke is' the .forward move ment Of the club made with the inten tion of striking the balli. or, any con tact between the head of the club and the ball, resulting in movement of the ball, except in 1 case of a ball . acci dentally knocked off a tee. If a ball leaves Its original position when the player has taken, his stance In addressing the ball and moves in the slightest degree "and does not merely oscillate, it has' moved and the move ment constitutes ' a stroke, not a pen alty stroke. t . : 14. A penalty stroke is a stroke add ed to the score of a side under certain rules, and does not affect the rotation of play. IS. The side' which . plays off first from a teeing ground is said to have the .honor.- -. . IS. in teeing,' the ball may be placed on the ground or on sand or other sub stance, in , order . to raise it off the ground. - f . ' . '17. A player has addressed the ball when he has taken his stance and grounded his club, or. if In a hazard, when he has taken his .stance prepar atory to striking at the ball. - f - 18. ' A ball is In play as soon as the player has made a stroke at a teeing ground, and It remains in play until holed out, except when' lifted- in ac cordance with the rules. v 19. , A ball is deemed to move if it leaves its original position in the least degree; but it ' is not ' considered to move if it merely oscillate and come to rest In Its original position. -t 80. A ball is lost if it be. not found GREATS" SHOW REAL CLASS i. ':-:-:-:-:-:-r-:-:-5yX'X':-:-y.-: X :: . 40aea All "-- L w rttoAjJLjM'W ise within five minutes after the l search for it has begun, r ' , 21. The reckoning of strokes" Is kept by the terms- the odd, two more, three more, etc., and one off three, one off two, ' the like. - The reckoning of the holes is kept by the terms so many holes up, or all even and so many to play. A side Is said' to be dormie when It is as many holes up as there are holes remaining to be played.' i S3. ,'An umpire decides. the Questions Of -fact, .a referee decides questions of golf ing law; ; , t - . A program of water sports has been arranged for the members of the Wav erly Country ; club for r tomorrow. It consists ' - of- t the s following events: Mixed double canoe race, mixed double cans tilting, 60-yard tub race for men, 25-yard tub race for women, 60-yard obstacle race for men; 25-yard obstacle race for women, fancy diving and a battle royal, six teams to a side. ; ? ' With the exception of the-egular contests for the Waverly bowlg,There will be no "golf competitiona 'on the courts of the Waverly Country Jclub during- this month. ; The women i will play their monthly event -July 28 and the men July SL. " i .; . 1 Whiting,- secretary j of : the Olympic' Chamber . of Commerce, , won the first golf tournament staged on the links of the Olympia ". Golf and Country club by defeating IL W. Part low, 10 up and 8.to play. , t.. 't :- " i .-. ' r' - - H i--4''-i . A quartet of California's best golf ers, Harry K. B. Davis, Panama-Pacific champion:- Jack Neville, former California and northwestern champion; S; Armstrong, champion of southern California, and Robin Hayna northern California champion.; will enter the Western, Amateur Golf tournament, to be staged on the Mayfleld course in Cleveland. July 19 tofa4 inclusive. , " ' ,, - i r Speaking of the friendly little wag ersf that will, some way or another, crop up in . the play of this royal and ancient game, particularly when the real golfing folks get together. & Har ry Davis, of Portland, found himself playing a hunch during the P. N.'G. A, tourney in Tacoma.- The hunch lost. Davis was . matched in theii first flight against It R. Coffin. .-Looking up his old tUIlkum .from Spokane, he said: "Graves; I'm playing Coffin; t if I had a bet with you, I thins: I could win this match, ! "I played my Qualifying round with Dr. McCrimmon yesterday,' replied Clyds-M. Graves, "and 1 suttlngry feel that my - hunch is working s stronger than yours. : Tou are sure on. I got you -you're playing Coffin and betting "j The new 18 bole-golf course at Gear hart was opened for play last Wednes day. A number of . prominent Portland players participated in -- the opening. The soft firm sodded ground affords real pleasure to the I devotees of the game.., ' , .,,L " . , .. .. . The second round Of the champion ship, tourney of the Portland Golf club will be. completed today. J A. Dick and J. R. Straight have played iheir matches in the second round. Dick beating Hotehkias. 1 up, and Straight GOIJ NOTES IN THEIR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNEY, X ' . - J ' 'A 1 - winner oi ine uue, is snown aoove winning; from C B.' tynn, 8 np and I to play. The other-players still in the running fOr- the title are". R, Wllhelm, J. Angus, H.'H. Pearce and H. L. Keats. ' i t - . ....... -t ' The grass greens of the Portland Golf club will be opened for play to morrow for. the first time. : A.- GBrooks, the winner of the first tourney staged on the . course of the Portland Golf club, left ' Portland re cently for a visit Ho his old home in Denver. After remaining In Denver for several weeks,' he will go' to Is An geles, - where he ; will make bis home with his daughter. . :-r... , -There will' be two tourneys .for the members of the Portland Golf club'' to morrow, a '' tombstone ' tournament In the morning, and' mixed foursome com petition In the afternoon. WaverlTChmpions Forego Spokane Polo The team which .will represent Spo kane in the northwestern championship polo tourney , to be staged in Spokane this week' will be composed of the fol lowing players: . Dr.-Stanley Titus, No. 1 ; Captain . Hugh . Petti t. No. 2 ; Dr. J. G. ''Cunnngham., :"No. 8, and Lawson Moore, No. 4. , Lawson 'Moore , Is one of the polo (experts of the , northwest and his presence on the Spokane team makes it a contender for the northwest honors. - The Waverly Country club team, holders .of the - championship .for the past-two years, will not participate, in the tourney. " , ' s 0. N. G..tq Hold Big Meet Saturday '.-'--'- - - - . ' ' ,1 ' : Mdrs time. will be devoted to ath letics during this year's , encampment of the Oregon National guard at Gear hart than ever before. On next Satur day the Armory Athletic club will hold its track and 'field championships In which companies from all parts of h state will participate. ' .. '- . . - . - "Harry "Hansen will meet Jack Allen for the 136-pound championship of the regiment In the big boxing smoker to baT staged next Wednesday night. Both boxers are- said to" be In good condi tion and a good bout is expected. - SCULL CHAMPION IN ARMY ; .... : , . . j . " Ernest. Barry, the English and world's professional sculling-'charaplon, has Joined the First, Surrey .Rifles ' of the English army, .Barry Is a married man witha number of young children, and if the step he has taken stimulates others to follow . his example, he will have done , his country a service, jt - -' " " 1 n 1 1 - ; , - - -;-"- V Moran May 3o to Antipodes. Frank Moran, the Pittsburg heavy weight pugilist, who rls residing . in England, i may go to ' Australia, as he has an offer for a bout there. ., Harry Reeve and Nick Simpson, well known English middlewetghts, have gone to Australia, -' . " V: r.:8 JX r Sw s,' Jo4T - St ; ' " f Ml v. me group. v tie beat Ware rriaay E SWIM TO 1 BE POPULAR EVENT - WITH RIVER GENII Second Annual Raceof Mult nomah , Water Sprites . Will Be. Staged Next Month. . One dozen swimmers have signified their intention of participating In the second annual long-distance rlvaf swim of the Multnomah' Amateur Athletic club, which will be staged either Au gust 14 or August 21. It la expected that over 100 will enter the men's race and at least 25 in the women's event. Those entered - la - the men's event to date are: Norman Ross, win ner 'of last year's race; Colllster Wheeler, Frank Klernan, James Burke, Ed. ,Worsham, Ed. Leslie, Myron W11 sey, Kenney, Russell - Kaufman, Fred Howard and . Ross Roller. ' ; .-. - The course will be ' the same as It was last year, starting -at The: Oaks and finishing at 'Kellogg s boat house at ' the foot of Salmon street. Con testants -must : make arrangements to have a boat follow them. It is likely that arrangements will be made to have the swimmers' paired so that one boat can look after two swimmers. The entries close August 1. - . . . - ' " 1 ' - 1 " Applications has been filed by Jack Cody, swimming instructor . Of, the Mfultnoman. Amateur - AAhletixj, ; with the school board f or'- the , position of swimming ' supervisor - in the public schools. If is understood that Miss Millie Schloth will be in charge of the tanks for. the girls. . . . ' ', ; .-; Swimming tanks have" been installed in several' of the local schools and it is expected that a number of the .other schools will be fitted , up with tanks in the near future. . . The 'Multnomah club will be repre sented - by v Norman Ross, middle dis tance swimmer, Louis Balbach, fancy diver, and Mr a Constance Meyer In the National A, . A. U swimmiiig and div ings competition "to ;be staged In San Francisco, the .week starting July 19. Ross is at present confined to the county hospital with a mild - attack of smaH.pox; but It is expected that be will be able to make the trip. ' . - . " - .. e. - . - . , -. ." -a- - MUST HAV&1 000 OFFICERS It is estimated 1000 officials will he required to handle tba ports which will be a feature of New York's July 6 Independence day celebration. .The Am. ateur Athletlo union has sent out over 30,000 entry blanks for -the' various meets which will be held 'that day throughout the city and vicinity. " Iff. ;Df Police May Clear $100,000. New York city police expect to clear S100.00O by this year's athletlo carnl-1 5 - 1 STAN val to be . held at : Gravesend tracrtT. ' Sullivan of Lowell have been June 28 and July 3 INTEREST CErTTERS ON INTERCLUB GOLF MEET TWO :M0NTHS HENGE Waverly and tPort!and Clash - - in Team Match in . Septem-i -beri Players. Attracted. " TRY0UTS DURING AUGUST Each Club Will Pick Strongest ZUght to Battle for Trophy Presented 7 to Senior Organisation. ' 'Although the first of a ' series of golf matches between teams represent Ing the Waverly Country club and the Portland Golf dub is not scheduled to be played ' until two months from to At" rii f " V - f ,v- I i4 ..' K ' ear-'. - -S. -.a: :-. .. " 1 these- youngsters turned in scores the equal of those made in the which equaled Bills Bragg's low mark in the state tourney. Ware S up and 2 to play J; ? NOTRE DAME BOY -MAY PLAY THIS - YEAR-TOE CLUB Bill Kelleher, Former Colum bia -tar, Would Be WelT: f- come' Addition. : : ; William Kelleher. former backfield player -' of j the Columbia University team, , who has played on the Notre Dame Varsity ' team' for the past four seasons, may don a Multnomah club uniform this fall,! according to Frank Klernan the "winged M" swimmer, who recently returned . from ; the In diana institution. .Kelleher s addition to- the "winged M" squad, would be a welcome one, as Ae Is a fast player and Is exceptionally .good 'on forward pass plays. "Sara Flnnigan, another former Columbia University star, who also played on the Notre Dame team, may also join the club' players. ; Kelleher played with the, Columbia University team, during the - seasons of 1909, 1910 and 1911. He was one ef the best backfleld -men -in the In- terscholastie league circles ... during those seasons. X- ; Klernan also .- brought ; word that Marvin Pheland, who was captain of the Columbia . : University .; team in 1913, has a . good chance of being quarterback on the Notre Dame team this coming season Ph'elan played a wonderful .football with, the , fresh man team last si season and Coach "Rockne was much - pleased with his work.' Bucking Phelan will , be Joe Dorias a brother : of the Dorias -who was .mentioned as All-American quar terback last year by a number of football experts ; - and Matthews, who played with the Exeter . Prep school team two seasons sgo. r Fitzgerald. the " former -Columbia university center, is -captain; of ; the 1915 Notre Dame team. , Bud Anderson and Ingle; Box. Monday , . Pendleton, Or., July 3.--OB Monday night In the Oregon theatre Bud And erson,. Vancouver, lightweight .whose fistic fame Is . more than local, and George Ingle of Seattle will meet in a 20-found bout. .; ;t Bothjflghters ars training - in Pendleton now and .are down to fighting weight. Their articles call for 140 pounds at o'clock Mon day evening. BUlie Farrell, who lately won the northwest lightweight title from-, Bobby Evans of Portland, is promoting - the bout and - expects to match the winner- with Billie Wright of Seattle, A big audience will witness the bout here Monday. . WILL SXVIMI SIXTY MILES "2Sam Richards of Boston and Harrv matched to swim from Nantasket to day, much Interest is, being . centered on the competition, ' ? ' Each - club will be represented by eight players, and the team winning two out of three matches will, be j the winner of a tsophy, donated to i the "Waverly gountry club! which In turn will becom the property of the player on the winning team, who makes : the low score in a special 38 hole medal play ximXch..:wv-f:.v . - Each club will hold a prellmiBsry qualifying' round to determine what players shall be on the teams, The date of the qualifying rounds have not been set as yet, but it is expected that they will be played during the latter part Of August. " a-: In the first match,- which will . be played on tba Waverly course, Septem ber 4,: the members of the ; Waverly club team will draw for their partners. The - competition will ; be r 38 holes, medal, play, the team having the low est gross score will be the winner, The second match will be held either on the links of the Waverly -Country club or the, Portland Golf club to de termine where .the match v will i be played. In the event that each club wins a match, a third will be played on one or the other of the two local Unks. ; -. A special 36 Mole match between the players of the winning team to deter mine who shall become the owner of the - cup will be - played probably September 26. v i 1 - ' ' V is???:?: i-.. Providence, distance of about i 0 miles, on August, 31. - Richards last year swam to Boston light and return, while Sullivan made an unsuccessful effort to swim the English channel last year. . J yA"-. ? 4-'-, A' - !-,!.'iJ;':JT'ri'2 I ' v-f e -M! . - :-.i.?f:.. Evinrqde Rovboat and Canoe rjolcr In use by United States War Department.. ; In use by Pacific Coiast Light House Stations. In use by 22 Governments. Used byPeary Discoverer of the North Pole. Used ; by Roosevelt on South American Trip. Over 4000 in use in Columbia River, Alaska, and Scandinavian Fishing Fleets. " Why Not Get the Best! .That's an Evlnrude with built-in Marneto Automatic Reverse Maxim t Silencer Weedless . 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Can Do Things With 4J-2 Inch Sphere That Baffle Others, USE IRON TO SUIT COURCH PottJatr Xs Host Delicate Task, an a ' Holding Ball to Prevent jump -...Orer .Cup, Zs Seal Art. : Qreatnees of play in golf in Its Iat analysis depends upon control of -tht ball. What a master player can for3 the ball to do marks the greatest feat In rolf.- i Yxriftw . - . " " uuo wmcn measures erounii S Inches by 114 on its face and a ball which runs around 4 inches In di ameter, the expert will , do wonder ful ; things, things which completely baffle the player of-ordinary ability. On the drive skilled players will curve a ball, undercut it so as to drop it dead or hit It higher to causa it ? to drive low and roll long after the drive has ceased to carry. Pitch ing the ball onto the ground dead to the hole is a feature of approach play which requires extraordinary skill to attain . perfection, in. Putting is a delicate taik -and "holding" the ball so that it has no spin that will causa it to jump over the up is one of the secrets of ? success In this. i Skillful players do - not play the s4me course or even the same holes the same on different occasions, Tn condition of the ourcs has much to do with this. On a heavy links or where the grass . is .cut short tba high drive is the thing. On a sun baked course where distance is wanteti the long, low drive with roll Is the winner. Obstructions on the coursa can be;!: got around by an expert by causing the ball to curve. All of thi means hitting the ball a. fraetlon low, high or to one side, nd it takes skiil to do this. . , Midirqn '' and approach 'work re quire, such skill! that some players who are weak off the tee and on the green rank hih owing to their mas tery of it. Ooe of the prettiest pieces of work in this line is to undercut the ball so. as . to cause it to stick almost on : the' spot, where ' It tabids. tiome players - can do this with such , accu racy ithat putting Is made easy for them, while those ) who cannot are forced to make upfor it by accuracy in putting. Putting requires both r delicacy an 1 Judgment along with a steady nerve. More golf matches are' lost on the put ting green than anywhere else. Hit ting the ball high gives it a roll that is. liable to make it lump over the cup or even jump dtft aftelt is part of the way in Hitting Jt lower causes itto hold and drop, onoe the mn of the f up Is past. .';:' . Above are some of the reongwhy golf is one of the games requlrTfig skill -extraordinary and why the great play ers, almost' without exception,- learned the game while young and followed it steadily. Continued study and prac tice is necessary to gain the perfection necessary -to championship play MARKSMEN TO COMPETE The. International Shooting Festival association will hold a tournament in connection with I the Panama-Pacif Jc exposition at San Francisco from Aug ust 8 to September 26 in which thou sands of marksmen from all over th country will participate. There wlil be contests between individuals an i teams. ., -. .