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OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1915. INSANITY PATIENTS AT ELGIN ASYLUM TO GOLFERS TO BE BUSY PHRASEOLOGY OF GOLF IS NOT LEAST OF ITS TWO WELL KNOWN EASTERN GOLFERS AS PROVERBIAL BES n IN NEXT TWO MONTHS F FOR Dl IS Big Event This Month Will PROMINENT EASTERN GOLF STARS WHO ARE PLAYING TO STANDARD - GO SORDERS NTRICACIES SAIO Even Older Players Must Carry Dictionary to Use AH Terms Correctly, Be Gearhart Tournament at Seashore Links, 23" - Putting Greens Will Replace Straitjackets in Trying Out Brand New Theory, BEATS TENNIS, CROQUET CLUB MATCH SEPTEMBER SVrtland Club Will Hav Competition Galore, Both In and Outside Mem bersiip; Will Try Boot System. There will be competitions sralore for the local royal ami ancient same de votees during- ' the months of August and September. The big event of this month, will be the annual Gearhart tournament to be Ktagf-d the week of Aug-ust -'3. In addition to thia event, there will bo the Waverlev bowl com petition for men and women on the :waverley links and the weekly, ball weepstakes of the Portland Golf club. ISext month promises to be the busi est of thj past several seasons, the I eat u re competition being the team matches between the Waverly Country club and the Portland club players. The monthly Waverlev oowl matcnes will be played and the Waverley Coun try club handicap committee is trying to make arrangements to play Its re turn match with the Eucrenn Countnr Club. The Portland Golf club will stare a handicap tourney next month under we itoot system of handicapping for a- special trophy donated by the Golf ters Magazine. The HeitkemDer troDhv tourney, for players whose handicaps mre over will be staged next month. as will the tournaments for the Gross handican CUD for mn anrl th TT T. iCeats ladies' cup. The handicap committee of the Wav- terley Country club will Bt;ige Its medal pay competition to select its team, which will battle with the Portland Golf club representatives September 1. J.ne date of the qualifying round of the Portland dub team has not ben et," but it will likely be held some trme this month, probably during the Week of the loth. Much interest is beine- diKnlaved In the coming match between the Wav erley Country club and the Portland Golf club players. The first of the matches will be stated on th U'ivr. ley links Saturday, September 4, and ine second match on the following Saturday. If a third match is neces sary it will be played September 18. Portland Golf club -numbers desiring to participate in the Golfers' Magazine trophy tournament will have to turn 111 their five best card3 (lk holesi on or before August 31. The system of handicannlnar for tTi1 tourney, explained briflv hv r'hir-k" Jivans, is: "Tuo very simplicity of the Rot pysttm should appeal to i;oifers, as the handicap at the home club, if from Xar, applies at all other clubs, no mat ter what the different pars may be. The came - scores' made over different courses are not the same games, rela tively speaking. That is, an average score of Hi made on a par 71 course is not as good golf as the average of 11 made on a'par 75 course. So man handi apped on 81 over a par '71 course would Ket 6 strokes mdai play, under the Koot system, and tnis wouiu aio ce his handicap when ho Played at a 75 par course. The man who averaged SI on a mnrs niav. lng nearer to the par. would 'get a. nouuitiiii ui iour stroKea there and would apply this on a!l other courses. no matter what their par figures are." ETIQUETTE OF GOLF This Is the Xinth f n t-cries of Articles on the Rules of Golf. General and Xhrouarh the Green. KULE X. In playing through the green, ir regularities of surface which could In any way affect the players stroke shall not te removed nor pressed down uy me piajer, nis partner or cither of their caddies; a player i. however, al ways entitled to place his feet firmly on the ground when taking his stance. KULE XI. Any flugstick.' guide fl euide post, wheelbarrow, tool, roller, trass cutter, box, vehicle or ' similar cbstruction may be removed. A ball in striking such an obstruction shall be replaced without penalty. A ball lying or touching such an obstruction or lying on or touching clothes, or nets, or ground under repair, or cov ered up, or opened for the purpose of the mpkeep of the course, or lying in ne of the Moles, or in a guide fiag noie. or in a hole made by the green keeper, may be lifted and dropped without penalty as near as possible to tne place where it lay. but not nearer to the hole. A ball lifted in a hazard under such circumstances shall be (dropped in the hazard. ' If a ball lie on or within a club's length of a. drain cover, water nines or (hydrant, located on the course, it may Be lilted and dropped without penalty as near as possible to the place where it lay, but not nearer the hole as near as possible sjhall mean "within a club's length." If jt be Impossible ior want of space nr other cause for a nlaver to -drop the ball in conformity with lis interpretation, he shall" dace th ball aj nearly as possible within the limits, laid down in this interpreta tion oui not nearer the hole. A pile or mount of cut crass raiiit. Iig from the mowing of the course or any other material piled for removal, is.; considered to he upkeep. A ball lodging in or lying on such an obstruc tion may be lifted and dropped without penalty. Maybe Scours Are Like All Bushers i Isn't Frank Baker piprtlm- Or have they some real pitchers in that Delaware County league where the "Home Run King" is rusticating atr present? That's a big question and a vital one. I; Jiaker. during his long career with the Athletics, faced some of the best Bitching in tho worlil far-art it I beat it to a -frazzle. He showed no weakness. He waa able to hit prac- iVcaiiy every Kind of ball that was leerved UP to him. Venr aftr iroa- he slugged far above the ..300 mark. -4 nd now, this same Baker, playing In-this bushiest of bush leagues, is bitting for an average around $235. ?,wn oo you make of It, Sherlock? U ' . - ? XTlSoners ;PIav Tennix. Oirt tenuis courts which prisoners Are Pjttd to use as a part of the "up- 07 r - t- feaf I X'Ac .IMF AVhenever there is a tournament of prominence starting on the At lantic coast, usually the names of Oswald Kirby, on the left, and Fred Herreshoff, are to be found in the list. And when the fin ish rolls around, whether match or medal play, their names are usually at or very close to the top. Waverley Pro. Has Given Thousands of Lessons in 10 Years "With an average of six les- : eons per day for tlfe last ten j years, J. Martin Watson, the : golf professional of the Wav- jjt erley Country club, has given nearly 20.500 Instructions. This la a great number of lessons ; and one could go on and cal- cuiate me numoer or siruses -sir jf "Watson has made, the number of balls he had handled and the number of times he has told his sj pupils to keep their eye on the g1 COLLEGE PITCHER IS SIGNED BY PORTLAND i : 0K-t" v. v'iv wnl lhr4 Southpaw Hartnian, the star twirl -er of the Washington Satte Col lege baseball team, who has been signed by the Portland Beavers for a tryout next spring. Hart man lost but two or three games during his three year college career, winning about twenty. He te aaid to be a strikeout artist. f ftlt ... tsnr ..Fx.: L J GINGER SNAP IS CAUSE OF DEFEAT OF ABE MITCHELL Unique Situation Developed in British Open at West ward Ho, A ginger snap gummed the game. At least that's the way the story goes where the purple Highland heather grows. It all happened in the British open championship at Westward Ho three years ago. John Ball Jr. won from Abe Mitchell. According to the story, Abe had been much annoyed by stymies that season and, determined not to suffer during the championships by them, he had practiced assiduously with his niblic before the tournament. Coming to the deciding hole- In the finals, both players stopped for some ice water, and Mitchell followed It up with a cooky which he had carried in his coat pocket. On the green, Mitchell had two putts for the hole. His approach was long, and he laid himself a dead stymie to Ball's ball. He thanked heaven for all his practice in the gentle art of tlymies and confidently took his niblic from the caddy. But as he raised the club for the shot, he had an idea. Suppose he shouldn't make the shot. It might lose the match. His Adam's apple quivered at the thought. And a stray ing crumb from the ginger snap that had lodged In there turned over. It tickled. Mitchell coughed. The club head skidded. The shot missed. But still the ebb and flow of human events went, on just the same. Soccer Association Is Extending Scope The United States Football associa tion, organized two years ago to have jurisdiction of the association or soccer style of football, is rapidly extending its scope throughout this country. Each year it conducts a championship, to, which all affiliated clubs in the various governing bjdles established in the various states, are eligible to enter by paying Aft-entrance fee of $5. Games are playedi in each section each month, the loser,s dropping out and the winners meeting in subsequent monthly rounds until two are left who battle for the De War trophy. It Is held by the Bethlehem, Pa., eleven, representing the big Schwab steel plant, who beat the Brooklyn Celtics in the final last spring. Last season 82 teams took part from nine states and 90 games were played, over 1000 players participating' and, 52,934 per sons paid $13,543 to see the contests. YACHT REGATTA AUG. 14 The world's international yachting regatta, which . will be a part of the Panama-Pacific exposition, San Fran cisco sporting features will start Au gust 14. President Wood row Wilson and King George of England are among thos who have " donated cups. The contest will bring together many fast boats' which will race under handicap plan on August 14 15, 21, 22, ,28, 29 and September 4 and 5. . ' Believe This Story Or Not but Truth Is His Profession ftoger f?hale. who labors 1n the department of justice in Washington when not golfing, tells this story: "I drove my ball into the rough while playing on the Ban nockburn course In Washing ton. My opponent, the caddies and myself looked for the ball in vain. Just as we were about to give up the hunt, we saw a huge bullfrog. "'He looks awfully fat-amidships, said my opponent, I agreed with him, for that frog certainly had two huge bulges in the middle of his body just about where the stomach was located. "In the meantime, my caddy captured the frog and before I could stop him he had killed it. The caddy immediately performed an operation on the frog and removed from the in terior of the frog not only my golf ball but another one." (P. S. Stiale Is i3garded as a very truthful man.) GOLF NOTES I J. R. Straight, who defeated RudolDh I Wilhelm, the state champion, in the finals of the Portland Golf club cham pionship, has joined the Waverly Coun try club. F. L. Watson, son of J. Mar tin Watson, the Waverley professional, has Also -joined the Waverly club. J. Martin Watson, the Waverley Country club professional, will have charge of the Gearhart Golf tourna ment to be played the week of Au gust 23. The greens committee of the Port land Golf club has had the ditch across the ninth fairway covered for a dis tance of 300 feet, thus eliminating an undue penalty on a good drive. Special tees for ladies have been made on the sixth and seventh holes. The handicap committee of the Wav erley Country club is contemplating staging a Tombstone tourney for Its members next month. In addition to this tourney the return match wit the Eugene Country club players will also be staged. I. L. Webster is in corres pondence with the Eugene club regard ing the date of the competition. It is estimated that there are 35,000 golfers in Philadelphia. With the completion of the public, links in Sep tember at Cobbs Cruek, it is thought that many hundreds - will be added to the list. This will be the fourth new course Philadelphia has had this sea son, and still others are being thought ol for the future. Golf etiquette: If the player's oppo nent gets in a sand pit before the green, and, despite, all his furious lunges, gouges and uppercuts, fails to get out, the player should stand to one side and offer advice. Tell him what you would do. If he wishes to fight, ignore the challenge. and intimate that you are in a hurry . by telling him not to forget to fill in the holes when he gets through. If he is holding -up other golfers anxious to come up, remind .the opponent of this, as it will so doubt clear his clouded vision to feel that there are witnesses to his hysterical hammerings in the hazard,. Manitoba golf players are about to form, an association, of the clubs in that section of Canada. Jim Barnes, former professional of the Tacoma Country club, now with the Whitemarsh Valley ' Country club of Philadelphia, recently won the Connec ticut state open golf championship. He is favorite in the Philadelphia open tourney, which will be held in the near future. , Walk Over Course Will Belp Fatianta More Than Flay in Xlestxlcted Ground at ruinois Asylum. The following interesting article from the Chicago Evening Post bears out the theory of a number of well known specialists in nervous disorders, who have been recommending golf 'to afflicted persons. By Brown Holmes. Cows and sheep have been driven from a 75 acre pasture at Elgin, and men, under the supervision of an ex pert, are laying out a nine hole golf course. This golf course is not for dodtors and attendants employed in the asylum. It's for patients. Dr. H. J. Gahagan, superintendent of the institution, has hit upon golf as a cure for Insanity. Patients of every type will be taught to j?ay. The Idea is part of a new theory in the handling of insanity cases, the theory being that outdoor life will work wonders, where confinement simply makes cases of dementia more aggra vated. All methods of restraint In the handling of patients, even those of tha acutely disturbed class, have been abolished at the Elgin asylum. Cure by kindness Is the basis of the new method. Sports Replace Straitjackets. ( So tennis rackets, golf sticks, base ball bats and croquet mallets are tak ing the place of straitjackets, hand cuffs and solitary confinement rooms. Tennis and croquet courts and a base ball diamond have already been laid out. Patients are using them. Dr. Gahagan says the behavior of patients is 60 per cent better than when the men and women there are 2045 at the asylum are confined behind barred windows. "Insane persons are a good deal like children," Dr. Gaiagan, told me. "They will fight for the things that are de nied them. But if these things are not denied them, they stop fighting. "Under the old pystem patients of the acutely disturbed class were placed in straitjackets or in solitary confine ment. Some were fastened to benches so they could not move hands or feet. Now we handle these cases by putting the patients in cold and warm packs or In, cold or warm water baths. That treatment soothes. .' Something to Soothe Brain. "When a patient who had been un ruly had been fastened to a bench un der the old system of treatment, he pulled and tugged trying to get free. He wore himself out. Even then his mind was set on freedom and he kept on saying to himself: 'I'll get out of this yet.' That wearied his brain. All this has been dqne away with. "A woman patient may tear her clothes. We do. not restrain her by tying her hands. If she tears one dress nurses put another on her. If she tears that, another is put on her. Finally, when she realizes no one cares if she tears her clothes, she stops. , "I think golf is going to be a great help. It will be better than tennis or I croquet, for in those games the player is confined to the court. At golf there I will be 75 acres of beautiful scenery over which the patient may roam. Batting the ball around the course will divert his mind, and that's important. "Golf will be a stimulant to the de pressed, melancholic patient and a sedative to the acutely disturbed. "It will serve as a cure in curable cases and will lengthen the life of In curable patients. "The walk over the course, the breathing of fresh air and other exer- MULTNOMAH VAULTER WINS A. A. U. TITLE Sam Bellah of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club, winner of the national pole vault ciiam- plonship in San Francisco yester day. Bellab cleared the bar at 12 feet, O inches. kPg - " ' f $ j y ' r n Tv I V ' ' r-sf" J I S3' '' '', - I ii -A vi i i jv f I S -1 5 f '.', .-;. - . -a 1 It t - t t V 1 Pair of the best players around the Metrojtolitan 1o) of golf ocurses, who are having much success in their game this year. else attendant to' the game will give patients better appetites, help work off poisons that naturally accrue from a diseased brain and promote sleep. "Of course, patients on the golf course will be attended, but Just think of the effect of being allowed to stroll in the fresh air over a beautiful plot of ground, compared to being cooped up in a building. "I'll tell you just how strong I am for this new system: I expect, in time, to take the bars off every win dow in the institution. I have already taken the bars off one building. The effect will be psychological. If there is nothing there to remind a patient of the fact that he is held in, there will not be the temptation to jump. "Liberal treatment is giving us many cures. Golf will give us more." TIM HURST SENT HUGH JENiN.:iGS INTO AMERICAN Veteran Umpire Talked Ban Johnson Out of His . Grievance, The late Tim Hurst is the man who placed Hughie Jennings upon the big league managerial map, Just at a time when it seemed that Jennings never could get an American leaguetjob. Jn the fall of 1006 Frank Navin. owner of the Tigers, was looking around for a manager. "Get Hughie Jennings," advised Hurst. "That guy is a regular man ager. He'll make a winner out of your team." Navin sought out Jennings and the two quickly reached an agreement. But when Ban Johnson heard about it he vetoed It. It seems that somewhere in the dim and distant past Hughie did something to Ban which peeved Ban mightily and which caused Ban to vow that never as long as he had anything to do with the American league would Hughie Jennings "horn" his way into the or ganization. When all this was explained to Tim by Navin, Tim leaped upon the first Chicago bound train and sought out Johnson. He pleaded with Johnson to forget his grievance against Jennings, pointing out that Jennings, as mana ger of the Detroit team, would do more good for the American league than he had ever done harm to Ban or the league at the time of its formation back in 1001 and 1902. But Ban was abdurate during that first visit of Tim's. And Tim went away to permit Ban to think over the matter. A short time later Tim went to see Johnson again. He fopnd the American league leader still opposed to Jennings but not so strongly op posed as before. Tim bided his. time, made another visit, a week or 'so later and Johnson wilted. Jennings became manager of the Tigers in. 1907, and. in his. first year out and for the two years fol lowing won the American league pen nant. West Should Have More and Better Stars Than East The west should have more 41 and better track and field stars than the east. This is the opln- ion of Francis B. Albertanti. a New York p port writer, who,- was in this city last week with the Irish-American Athletic club team. " Albertanti said, "The west has lots of room and could build any number of tracks and develop young ath- Ht letes. In the east, we are crowded a great deal."' Al- t(t bertanti was much pleased with the form, shown by Carl John- son, the Spokane high school boy and predicts that Johnson - will soon be Jumping 24 feet. Exeter Gets TomJones. "Tad" Jones of the E3teter football eleven will have another brother at Eieter this year, as "Tom,? the last and youngest of the family, will follow in his brother's footsteps and enter the New England school. . Golfing Clubs Crowd Out Wife's Hat Room George Low, the-professional golfer, on the Daltusrol links, recently was approached by the wife of a man who was just on the point of purchasing from Low about 15 new clubs, which Low insisted would help his gam im mensely. " "Mr. Low." said wife. "I don't mind if my husband gives, all his spare time to playing golf. I haA'e no objections J?tf he spends a certain portion -of the family funds in the purchase of golf balls but, please, Mr. Low, don't 4sell him any more golf clubs. If you do', you are only Inviting trouble for your self. He has 187 clubs cluttering up the house now, and If he buys any more I won't have any place to put my hats." Yousif f Mahmout Is Well; Coming Here Tousiff Mahmout, the Bulgarian wrestler and one of the greatest catch-as-catch-can-mat artists who ever came to this country, who was reported killed in the war of the Balkans, has recovered from his two bullet wounds and has written his former manager, Emil Klank. The latter will bring him to this country and they may ar range a tourney between Mahmout, the younger Zbyszko and other prominent wrestlers who are after champion Frank Goteh's title. THE LANDLORD IS GLAD TO HAVE YOU ROOM FOR THIS WELCOME ME I QUEST . v "OU know, all tobacco users know that men want a real tobacco chew. . 4 Everywhere men are saying to their friends ' that the Real Tobacco Chiw is the goods. A little chevy of pure, rich, mellow tobacco seasoned and sweetened just enough cuts out so much of the grinding and spitting. ' . :,4' - THC REAL TOBACCO W-B CUT IS long Take less than one-quarter the old size chew. Il will be more satisfying than a mouthful of ordinary tobacco. Jo st take a nibble of it until you find the strength chew that suits you, then see bow easily and evenly the reel tobacco taste comes, bow it aatiifiei, bow much less you haverb spit, how few chews you take to be tobacco satisfied. That's why it is Tit Reel Tobacco Chew. That's wh i tsamtm Iea in tft .nil Ihe taate of pare, neb tobacco does not need to be covered op. Aa 'excess of licorice and sweetening makes you spit too much. One smalTchewv takes the place of two big chews pf: the old. kind. iK- 1 - , t , VC (Notice bow' the salt brings oat tne tieb tobacco : taste.) 1 , TTEYMAN-BRUTON COMPANY, 50 Union Square, New York Cfy BUY FROM OEALEff OR SEND 10 SSTAMPS TO US) Not the least of the Intricacies of Many feel that they would be better" players if they could master the lingo. The following A B C primer may be of help: Par" Is the number of shots one is supposed to tak for a hole. Two putts are allowed on every green.' If the green may b reached in one shoe, par is three; If in two , shots, par Is four. ."Bogey" Is a score to play against. It Is an imaginary opponent often re ferred to as "Colonel Bogey.": "Par" takes into account the length of the hole, whllo "bogey" considers also the "trouble." . A player is "one up" when he makes a hole in fewer strokes than his oppo nent. The opponent- is then "one, down." If the latter wins the next hole, the players are "all square." Wins fey Three Solas. The expression 'S and 1" as the re sult of a match means that one player has won the match by three holes with one hole yet to play. This hole Is called a "bye" hole and is not played because, no matter what happens on it, the result of the match will te the same. A player is "dormle" when he has to win all the rest of the boles to "square" the match. For instance, he is ."dor mle" when be is three down and threo to play. - If the golfer who was "three down" wins the rest of the holes the players are then "all square" or "even up.". . The first winner of a hole, after the match is "squared" on the eighteenth srreen. wins tha match. A hole is "halved" when both golfers require the same number of strokes to play it. When It's Close to Bole. ' - X ball is "dead to the hole" when it is so close that It would he hard to miss the putt. When one ball is on top of the hole and in the line of the other ball there is a "stymie" if the second ball cannot go down ordinarily without knocking in the ball which la in the way. When a hole is made in one stroke under par it. is called a "bird." Two under par Is an "eagle." The winged thing Is yet to be born which could de scribe a hole in three under par. The nicknames given to some of th Shots la golf present tangles for be ginners. Here follow a few untwisted: "Slicing" Left to right spin. Flight of ball is to the right. "Pulling" Right to left spin. Flight of ball is to the left. "Topping" Hitting ball above cen ter. ' ; r -: . irame for ElffH Ball. "Baffing" Striking ground with club and sending ball In air. . "Shafflng" Clubhead strikes the ground back ball, messing the shot, f 'Missing" Spraining one's verte brae, at the same time clipping the air Just over the ball or on. either side, the ball remaining stolidly indifferent to any action going on, and motionless. Golf etiquette: When the opponent is addressing his ball the polite golfer should say out loud: "Do you think you will mak this shot, honorable opponent?" "If he refuses to answer;-put the query to him again at the top of hH swing. This will give him determina tion and confidence.. Also practloe swinging nearly, so he can see how the shot should not be made. Boston Bowlers Organize. Boston bowling and billiard promo ters have organized a protective asso ciation. L ' . - WELCOME THE GOOP JUPPE. YOU BET I HAVE ROOM FQKTHE REAL TOBACCO CHEW IS NOW CUT TWO WAYS!! shred. RIGHT-CUT is short shred.