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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY, MORNING, JULY 18, 1915. LOliOiSTAliCEGOLF ; ENTRY LIST IN BIO tennis mm;m VILL CLOSE Ffiio::. Competition for Men's Sin gles 'Promises' to Be Keen This Year, It Is Said. WOMAN TO DEFEND TITLE GREAT AND FUTURE GREATS OF PORTLAND GOLF CLUB SNAPPED: IN REPOSE BALL FLIGHT PLAYING Mm WITH COURSES Greens Committees Are Com- .Keep Links Up to Standard IS HARE AND HOUND RACE Tim Is lp Vow for Standardising Zfforts S slag 2Cad Sy Xrviagtoa Cli Golf Ball and Keeping Kaphas to XCak th Tourney Best Tet Bald Xer. - . i.V o Oolf Course to Minimum. " wmcu .ny nir ana xartner man ever. "nJ the tendency on the part of creen committees to obtain more length for the various courses, sug gest -that, the, game Is resolving itself Jnto a, "hare and bound', race with the lively -ball having a. shade the better f It, says the New York Evening Post. . . i - - ' No one h can Imagine where it all will end It was not so long ago that 6000,. yard courses were : considered lnnar. Th davit fiSflO var.lii Yin si been reached in a . number of instances, the added length being entirely 'due t . that ntiHItv of nutnufutureni to produce a ball -with whichj great .dis tance can be obtained. Aa a matter of fact, the campaign cow going on throughout the country to revise old-established golf courses. Indicates that the architects found It necessary to oo sometmng, or noies of any distance less than 250 yards would become "one shotters." . Holes a .'. quarter of a mile in length have "become two-shot noies. simply tnrougn the ability of the present-day player, with his modern Implements, to drive 'Cant Imagine End. i "Wher It will end, no one can im agine, ; remarked one . committeeman th nttturtilv "Here we have been puszling- our brains to produce the necessary length on our links, and now I understand three, new balls have been -produced t which are capaoie 01 being driven farther than any of the old makes. By the. time, we get our course as we want it. It will be nec essary' for another revision, and I suppose that method can be kept up indefinitely with .the resultant heavy expense." . Of course, there Is the great desire on the part of golfers to have better facilities for playing the game. but. he length of a course does not neces sarily determine its test of golf, al though U often has much to do with It.-. Golfers demand cqurses more of a championship test, or rlJier of such a construction that , the jt5 an be used for championship purposes, snouia me Take, for Instance, the Nassau Coun try club, where tne cnanges on wi Locust valley side have added some 400 yards to the distance. Nor will this famous old . organization stop its activity - until the , course is brought yp to t.he standard set by the com mittee. Adding 400 yards, to an old established golf, course. Is tacking on length with a. vengeance, yet tnose who faaveseen the alterations: aeciare better test of the game than formerly. The fourth, which Is entirely new, is one .of the "f i nest" mashle-pi tch holes to tv seen anywhere. Three Things lionuumu. hfnr. might be summarised in tnis manner. t golfers want a better test of the game; 2) the newer-balls have mafie longer distances necessary; (3) there will lie e no stopping .this constant changing - until the governing bodies take up the problem and find a sat isfactory solution. ' - t several years ' ago there was a great -deal said, and written? about standardizing . the golf- ILBIl amounted td nothing- but talk, sound though the arguments Prsnte-W? If there-ever wa to be standardized -it is now. Those m.ur aiiA in to ins -wiiio em. fores of the game have suggested that this is the psychological moment for . t. u irnsidered. Irrespective of the arguments that might be brought against this sugges ml,it is certain that, with a." stand ard balVhe sreat Pense1and1 mental "effort In constantly keeping be eourees "up to snuff would be jeducea 10 a nmuiuu"'- ETIQUETTE OF GOLF This Js the Sixth of a Series of iArtciles on the Rules of Golf. General and Through the Green. match begins by each side playing-a ball from the first teeing ground A ball played from outside fhe UmlU of .the ing ground may be 1 at once recalled by the opposing side and may be re-teed without pen- Yt ball, when not in play, fall off a tee. or be knocked fOff a tee by the player n . addressing t It. it may be re-teed : without penalty, if the ball be struck when so moving, no penalty shari' be incurred. jn stroke competition- if a. competi 6r play hl' first stroke from - out side the limits of the teeing ground, he- shall 'count that stroke, ' tee a ball, and tlay his second stroke from within these limits. -The penalty for a breach" of this rule shall be dls Qualiftcation. ' ' t 2 The option of- taking the honor at the first teeing ground shall, if necessary, be decided by lot. i A bait played by a player when )il opponent should have had the honor may be Jit once recalled by the nnnnntfi side and may -be re-teed ..The side? which wins a holfi shall take the- honor at the next teeing ground, -lf a hole has ibeen halved, the side which had the honor at -the previous teeing ground snail retain it. - On beginning, a new match, the win r.er of the long niatch ln the previous round i hall . take the honor; If . the previousvlong match was halved,, the Aide - which ,Iastf won ' a. hole . shall take the honor. -' 1 NO POLO DEFY IN 1 5 YRS. It would not be sportsmanlike ; for American polo, players . to send a chal lenge to England for the International polo, trophy within 15 years, accord ing-to Foxhall Keene, polo player and sportamajv-v-""England took the cup away in fair play, he" said. - 'The players who did' it are now la1 the ar my. - Cine or two have been killed and others, wounded. -England cannot re habilitate its polo team in 15 years. And until her 'teams are thoroughly tack to old form I do not thtnk a chal lenge should k- be - sent from America; XVe want the Cup. but we want it with honor. - - - -(ainamaaBamKmmi .m j,;'" iu..n juhjui, i mi.iii...,i.ii.i. m K ' 1 ''-'I? '-' '. jv?" ' , 4 , -" ' g''"nln ''l"nJ W r if Wii,wirT mm hi i 1111 ' V ; 7 1 - y vjygr -yy .r,y , y- i A " ttm". i. ., ' " 9 '-gtf--'- "t' L i ' I'll I 1 1 v . J- fi i vl' 1 u i s i I- Some or the crack goilers or.tne t'ortiaxm lidir club, wno , promise to cut a wWe swath in competitive golf affairs in the northwest . within the next year or so. ,rom left to right they are: II. Meier, G. P. Anderson, Dr. W." I. Nortliup, -.JM. Angus, Frank 8. Gray, Rudolph Wilhelm, winner of the state of Oregon championship, juad J. A. Diclu Some of these players are contenders for the club cham pionship tourney, which, is in progress now '.'-All, are enthusiasts over; the royal and ancient-game. . . ' ; --'- ::i " , PUTT PRACTICE : MUST 'BE; SOUND ... TO GET BENEFIT Must Notice . Which . Side of sHoIe Bail. Is Missing1 ancP ,. Overcome Fault. People say.- that putting is' merely a matter of ' practice, but there are exceptions to his rule, for I know 4 number of ..very fine .putter who never practice at i all, and j yet r the strength- and line of the putt always seems to come; -naturally "to them, writes C.- B. In the World 'of Golf, To most of us, however, practice alone can give tho " delicate touch so necessary - for.' holing the four or five foot putt, and if the practice is made at a small hole (say 2 inches in diameter). It 1 will ; improve ' the player's game enormously. . But the practice must be on sound lines, otherwise It will not do much good, and each putt must be almost as carefully studied as if. the most important - match - of one's whole- ca reer depended uponv -lt. This .does not mean - tedious examination of every blade of grass between the ball and the hole which, as most people know, is no advantage whatever but just a little careful study s until one's mind is made up as to the exact line. Sometimes, on an Undulating green, the line, is not found so readily, but I think - any reasonable sportsman will not mind his opponents spending a. little extra time, so : long as they do not - lose their place on the course. Many people consider ' that the best plan is to keep two putters, - for change wiir sometimes . have a mar vellous effect." but within my own ex. perience it is better to : keep to one. There is. usually some very good rea son for- bad putting, and. by far the best thing; to do is to go off to some good green and Just practice until the fault has been detected.' One of the most Important things is to notice which - side of - the hole the ball is missing. If, for instance, you find you -have pulled -your puts on the first three or rour greens,; siignt , alteration in - tne stance or method ' of hitting will often result in sinking a good one within the next hole or - two. Take Various Xiengths. By way of- final advice,'. If you prac tice putting; do ' not specialize on any particular length; play lonff and short ones on t both , flat and undulating greens. It is very Interesting, by the way. to know, that Vardon made an Ilium. mating-, oiscovery. - as to - the- reason why he jabs his short - putts, says Iondon Golfing. , A well : known Bexhill doctor ex amined ' him and told him . that the cause of his "failure near the hole - was the spasmodic action of a nerve On the inside of his right forearm, just above Vie wrist. -. , . - Th'e "jumping" ofthis nerve causes his wrist to give & slight turn and prevents, him . hitting the - ball quite truly -. . ..As a matter of fact, the nasty Jab bing at the ball,' which has been so often condemned by - the critics. - is nothing more r or less than the effort to get the ball away before -this un fortunate nerve would get in its dead ly work. . .-.,'"!; , . To Form ' X. ,W. " Polo Association. 'A northwest' polo association will be formed this summer to include-Spo-kane,- Boise, Seattle, ; Portland, Cowley and several other cities that have sig nified their ! Intentions ,of taking , up the game. - ; The object "of ; the body will be to promote competition and handle tour naments in addition to acting as - a governing body and as a representa tive of the northwest clubs to. the Na tional Polo' association, which is the central body for pony polo in the United States. FREAKISH STORIES ORLINKS T New .Torlc Julr 17. She was aw fully, pretty and very, bright but t she didn't . know very.. , much about , the golfing am., So h explained .the game to. her as, she - tramped around the course, with. him. , - He made a beautiful approach shot and when they got on the green - and he - saw where , his ball . lay, he " ex claimed: , A - "Holy - mackerel! There's a ; dead stymie. - Oh," she answered, "is ' that what It is? X . thought I detected -a bad odor." ' . - .Tes,thafs right; there was a glue factory in full operation! bear the course.-- ;? T ; . . . -v . . . Once upon a ; time an -.enthusiastic golfer drove from the tee and it was a, beautiful drive.. The ball cleared a bunker by EO feet, salted on and on, and when it landed,- rolled along un til J.t lay j on- the green, 'Lay-down, boy; lay down and die," yelled the delighted . golfer, pounding his -caddy on the back. "If you lived to be a -thousand' you'll never see a greater shot than that,' An old Irishman, who used to caddy for a doctor became 11L The medical party prescribed . for . him. i Several days later the doctor " met the caddy. "How are you coming along?" he asked. - . . , "Fine," was the i answer. ' : : ' . " "Are 1 you following- my orders' four pills a -day and a. bit of whiskey at night?" -s - "Well, doctor." answered the Irish man hesitatingly, "I'm a bit behind with the pills, but I'm about five weeks ahead With, the whiskey.". . ' The fat golfer lost his temper af ter' slashing a half dosen times away at a bad hole, and exclaimed:" "111 make that hole if It have - to stay here a week- "Please, sir," spoke Up the caddy, "Am I hired, sir, by the round or by the hour?" . - - ' ' . "Well, I ' guess Smith and" X busted all existing golfing records , this af ternoon," remarked ' 'Jones, walking Into the clubhouse after r game. atsb?" asked several club mem bers. .:'" . - ' "Yep, Smith made the first hole-in O today and I . made it In 1," was the amazing answer. :-.: CHAMPIONS OK Athena baseball team, . winners of ?;jp..v.rtj'4hfb C,A: fill i: y ' m i i. I. ii i i) i tnn 1 1 i i .n.iiiiiiM Tr urn .... , r- vJ tne lilue Mountain league, tm two out or the three-game series. Athena won the -first-game at Athena, Pilot Hock the second at Pilot ; Itock, and Athena the third at -Pendleton,- neutral ground-.; Bill Tuerck, the- University of Oregon horler, was knocked out of; the 'box bj the Pebbles and gave way-, early in the game, tolfty Shick, who held" the Pilots safe for the rest of the game. The score was 12 to 6:. From left to right the players are: ; Stone, center field; King, catcher; Ueuallen, catcher and outfield; Coshow, pitch er and outfield; Karrmien, outfield;, Tuerck,' pitcher and outfield; Osburn, 'manager;' Shick, pitcher; ITarmoh, outfield; E. Williams,, sliortstop; Grindell,- third base; Brooks, second base, and V. Williams, : first base; .-Young Parker; Is the mascot. ' "What's thatr gasped his auditors. "Smith 'made the first hole In O? Why, man. you're nutty." . "Smith made the first hole In O and X am' not nutty," retorted Jones. "Z know bogey on that hole is Z but Smith ; made It in. O ' and I" made to " " -r,. "How did you do Itr - trWtlll I was, first Wdri ve. , X got off a beautiful smash, the ball lilt a rock about half way along, got a new impetus, bounded along until . It , hit the green . and then dropped into the cup. - ' ' "- "That accounts for making the hole In l, butT- broke in Jones" . auditors, but Jones .checked them. .."That doean't.-do anything . of the sort," , he answered. 'That-really ac-, counts for. how Smith made, the hole in O, because the ball I drove was Smith's balL I drove his ball through error." - - "Well, then,' Smith can't be credited with making, the ball in O," said the others. ' ; . - '' - - "Can't, ehf'-broke in Jones. "Well he can and : he was. . Ills-- ball was in the hole wasn't it? And he hadn't taken even one shot at , It had he? If his ball was in the cup and he hadn't taken a stroke - that means .he went down in O, doesn't it?" - "Guess you're right," Teluctantly agreed his auditors. "But how about you going down in 1?" "Well, after we discovered that I drove Smith's ball ' I then drove my own,- It landed near-'' the - green, A cat came along" and began . playing with It. She rolled it along untU it got near tha center of the green, and then rolled it In the hole. I was down to . 1," p ; n '-i-i -'J-: : ..-''v' i: -- ; t. l--fi. ' Footballers to Have ; Camp. " M ' The Washington State college foot ball ' team will establish a training camp at one of the lakes . near Spa-, kane in September and Coach Diets, of the Pullman eleven will take all his , gridiron candidates to the camp for three weeks of conditioning work before the opening of the regular varsity .year.... .-.-. ;.. - Butler Named Bee- Captain, r - Willis Butler, former ' Portland shortstop, - has been named . captain of the Victoria Northwestern league team. ' - UMATILLA COUNTY AFTER the championsbip of the - East End LONGEST DRIVER SAIS IT IS HARD TO TELL REASON Club Should Follows Ball on ;Line ior6;or 8 Inches, ( ; - ' However. ' ; Isaac 'Mackle, the noted profession al, is considered' one of the , longest drivers among golfers. He hits a tremendous ball from the tee, 'and it is usually straight down the course, something uncommon , with the very long-'drivers. -. ; " - , Mackle explains tls idea of a per fect drive in this way: "It Is a very difficult thing; to give one single tip on the drive. ' When we consider that golf has both its mental and physical sides one . cannot tell ; which one ' par ticular feature is the most important. There are about a dozen different things to remember when you are on the tea. The first is the advice band ed out fo all beginners: "Keep . your eye. on the ball, keep your' head down and follow through." "This is, of course, 'good enough ln its way. It Is, you might say, knock ins;, at .the door. I hay seen players do all-three of these things and 4 yet g-et a poor shot.. The : real secret - of the- long drive, and also the straight .drive, is contained in these three words grip the ball I mean by this to hit the ball squarely and In such a way that there will be no suspicion of a glancing blow; v . ;,-"5--f "Tour pupil - will invariably,- say: This sounds easy, but how is it doner Most players and X will Include golfers- well advanced in the game miss making a really good drive by lifting the club from the ball before it has re ceived the full fore of the blow. " The result is usually a slice of a top. Try to remember to hit deep and put out after the ball. The club should follow the ball on a Una along the gronnd for at least six to eight inehea This is what we would call sweeping the ball from ' the tee. The face of the club will - hit - the - ball - squarely. ' and you will usually hear but two words spoken, 'Good Shot.'" - POST-SEASON- BASEBALL league, which met and defeated BEGINNERS ARE TO BE TAUGHT RUDIMENTS : OF TRAP SHOOTING Tourney -Will - Be , Held Some ,Time Next' Month, Perhaps Augusts 5. . " , Trap shooting, like baseball, can not be learned through a . "correspondence course," nor! from any printed descrip tion. "If you want - to become a blue rock smasher you must get out on the firing 11ns and master the game, to th extent of your i- ability, by actually "pUylng" It. . In view of this, the Portland Gun club, through its president, Henry R. Kverding and . T. - A.. Doremus, vice president of the-interstate association, of Pittsburg, Pa., , has ' made prelimi nary arrangements to stage its first annual beginners' day shoot. The 'Hat has not yet been set, but the - tourney will be held some time next month, probably on August 15. . . , ; ! The idea1 of staging beginners' shoots was made by the Da Pont -Powder com pany, which ' has . donated 100 bronse trophies eight inches high, to b pre sented to each of the 100 trap shooting clubs having the greatest number of actual beginners participating. 'In ad dition to the .trophy, th"luPont- peo ple have donated, watch rob ' trophies which shall be awarded .to th beginner making the high' actual score. The event will be open to men and women who have never shot at clay targets, previous to th beginners' day shoot. The beginner will shoot at 25 targets to be shot in the way that may seem advisable to th club dlretors. . i A sterling silver . spoon 1 of an at tractive design will be awarded to th Woman making the highest score.-. , Th chances are said to ; be : good for a 20 round bout between Jess WlUard - and Al - Belch, to be pulled off at Denver on Labor Day. : SERIES the Pilot Rock team,; winners of Green School Boys Made Into Athletes V By Coach Moakley ' Developing -winners . out mot He Ht ' mediocre high school perform- - m ers is a specialty with Jack m Moakley,: the veteran trainer 0 m of the Cornell university track and field athletes. This Is tru m : in - the case oJ Don McLaren. " m former Washington High school & track athlete, who . was : but a fair performer In - the scholas- t -s ' tic ' ranks. McLaren Qualified ; ,ln the . high . Jump event of the eaatern Intercollegiate cham- pionships and would have qualt , ifled in the high hurdles had it s ' not been for ; an accident H 4 was given a bad shake-up when jj -Ferguson of University : of 4(. Pennsylvania, kicked over his 4 - hurdle into McLaren's lane. - ; ( THE CABBy ISX3LAD TO 6ET ;0 THATS MY TIP TO YOU .THE REAL. TOBACCO CHEW "V. I,T'S a! glad day for a tobacco chewcr when he finds the Real Tobacco Chew. j And when a man uses it himself, finds how good it is, he takes pleasure in letting his friends hear the good news. You get the tobacco solace and com fort. ; A little chew of pure, rich, mellow tohacco seasoned and sweetened just enough-cuts out to much of tho grinding and spitting TME ftCALTOBACCQ W-B CUT tOKC I M ' . evenly the real Hi . bow much leas : Vte "f14, 'tske to be tobacco satisfied. That's why it is Th . - rirCP. That's why It costs lets in the erJ. . The. taste of pd re, rich tobsooo does not need to be covered up. Aa excess of licoricd and sweetening makes you spit too much. One small chew takes the place' of two. Jjij chews of the old kind - A . 4NofJce now Qe 6s.lt brtns .- out tie rlcli tobacco taste.? . v 7miAii-EiuTo:rco:Ainr, vztXv: c::; 13UY FROM DEALER CaSEHO i05STA!.:?3T0 , Friday will mark the close of th entry list Of the ceventcenth atinuil Oregon State 5 Championship Tenn! Tournament, which will .begin a wcp'; from tomorrow on the courts of th Irvlngton Tennis club. Th presmt indications are that the entry- list win be bigger than in anyiprevious tour ney, f Competition for the men's slngt" championship will b keen, with Jo i Tyler, on of the ranking players the Northwest and former state tin.) holder, Brandt Wlckersham. Walter Goes, C. Shannon, former SeatlU player, and William Marcus of Cali fornia entered. It is understood tliiit" two Californlans will enter the tour ney, but .their entry blanks have not been received. , , Th local tennis clubs are taklnr more interest In this year's tourru and many of th members of tho various clubs have entered. A numbp. of players who participated in the Intersoholastlo tourney, have enters t so that they may acquire more tourna ment experience. Miss Sarah Livingstone of Seattle, one of th first tennis players In t!.. United States rankings last year, an 1 twloe winner of the women's sinsrl.' championship will defend her tltl again this season. If Miss Living ston is successful, the J. W. LuU 1 trophy, donated in 1911, will becorna her property. - Miss Irene Campbell, Miss Ftell.t Fording, Miss Clair Tucker ana .Ml-- Mabel Ryder, winner of the Interscliol astlo championship, will be some of the contestants for the-Women's title The Irvlngton club, is maklnr tm effort to make this tourney the beet ever neia ner. l Pink Griffith Lands Job at Oklahomr, Tink" Griffith, who for five years coached th University of Idaho foot ball . team, has accepted a position with the Oklahoma Agricultural col lege at an- Increase over his forrrv-r salary. Griffith resigned his posi tion at Moscow when the college mad ) a cut In his salary. 63- GOLF NOTES Play in championship tourney c the Portland Golf club will be, re sumed today. Rudolph ..Wllhvltn, champion of Oregon, baa earned hi way into the semi-finals and indica tions are that he will b matcho i with J. B. Straight In the finals. Miss Peggy Xmes will be one of the finalists in the women's cham pionship of the Portland Golf club. Mrs. Warrinner and Mrs. Mills will play their match In the seml-flnaU today or during the coming week. St., Joe Signs Jack Bliss. Catcher Jack Bliss, former Et. Louis -National, Sacramento and Venice-catcher, has been signed by thn St.'i Joseph a team of the Western league. THE. GOOD JUDGES TIPT IT THE BEST TIP IVC 3 HAD IN MANY A DAY CHEW IS NOYvlCUT TWO WAYS SrtRtO. R2CHTCUT IS SHORT SY: y n v. Take lets than one-quarter tba old size chew. It will be more satisfying than a mouthful of ordinary tobacco. Just take nibble of it until you find the Strength chew that suits voir, then sea how easil-v anil tobacco taate comes, bow it satis&cs, you have to spit, how few chews you