The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 25, 1921, Page 15, Image 15

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    Big Improvements to Be Made on Raleigh Course ?. Coast Players Boosted by Easterner
P. G. C.JJnks ;
To Undergo
Big Changes
By George Berts
"IMPROVEMENTS, calling: tor the ei
X penditura of several thousand dol
' lars, will bo made on the IS-hole courM
of the Portland Golf club next rear.
Plana tot the lengthening of the
course, re-routing: the branch of -the
Tualatin river- that wends its way across
the club's property, enlarging- the club
house and the installation of a reservoir
that will supply water for all greens.
were mapped out by the club's green
committee, which- ia composed of the
members of the board, at a long session
. last Monday night i
8TABT IX 8PBIXO ' 1
, The work has been started on a small
xcale already, but the main Improve
ments will not be started until sometime
in the . spring-,
fly 'revamping the route-of the creek,
. additional water hazards will be cro-
vided and a better drainage system will
be afforded.
When the tasks are completed the
Portland course will have a total yard
i age of some 20O feet, making : it the
longest in this district. The present
yardage of the course is GS30 yards,
about 170 yards under'what is considered
a standard- IS-hole course.
JTAHT HOLES LtHGTHEIfED
Considerable distance will be added to
the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
tenth, eleventh, twelfth and sixteenth
holes. The changes will probably change
the par and bogey figures of the course.
Par of the present course is 71. The
exact length of the course will not be
known until a survey baa been made.
The exact location of the new greens
and tees have not been decided upon
as yet and will not be until the creek
bed has been changed. The creek will
have practically a .straight course under
the improvement plans and will make
better water hazards than under present
conditions.
2 BYT WATER SYSTEM
The creek will be routed past the 10th,
' T6th, 17th and 18th tees. This will
eliminate all flood water conditions on
the course, but will afford Just as many
water hazards aa at present.
The reservoir, which will have a
capacity targe enough to supply the
demands of the entire course, will be
located in front of the Bristol hole, The
lake was to be dug out and the entire
piping system of the course will be
changed. Water for the greens now Is
secured from various places and last
summer several of the putting greens
became dry and hard as the result of
a shortage of water.
When the reservoir Is installed, the
eleventh tee will be shifted and tee shots
will have to be played across the reser
voir. The seventh hole also will be
affected by the -change.
WlU BE RE AIj COI7B.SE
"when all the Improvements are
made.- declared President William C.
Brljol, "the Portland Golf club course
Is etiKng to be a real course. The
changes that the greens committee have
decided on will improve the playing con
ditions and make the course a more
difficult one. Our new watering system
will enable us to have plenty of good
water for all times and there will -be
no danger of any of the greens drying
up next summer." i
Improvements . In the clubhouse call
for additional locker space and more
kitchen room.
GROWTH REMARKABLE v
The growth of the Portland Golf club
during the past Tew years. espwJ
in the hurt year, has been very remark
able. The whole organization was made
(over and the club now has a closed mem
bership of 600 members. .
President Bristol is an ardent booster
for the proposed West Side municipal
course. Immediately after the holidays,
plans will he made for the organization
of a committee to solicit funds for the
purpose of aiding the city park depart
ment in the Installation of the course.
The Portland club president has ap
posed a committee to work with the
Multnomah club committee., which was
named last week by the directors of the
"Winged M" . club.
Arrow Golf Played
By New Hampshire ;
College Students
Kew Hampshire college has taken up
arrow golf, a new game. It is played
with bow and arrow instead of club ana
ball and targets of straw sacks are
used to mark what In golf would be
holes. The faculty has taken to It In
a body and play dally over a nine-target
course Undergraduates also have
adopted the game." which was Invented
In Durham by Professor W. C. O'Kane.
The course at Durham has nine
"boles," or targets. These .consist of
sacks stuffed with straw, placed on poles,
the bottom of the sack being five or
si Inches above the around. The dis
tances between the targets are from 200
' to, 600 yards. The average player can
make a drive of 800 yards easily. The
. game, aa In golf, require that the cir
cuit be made In the least number of
"strokes" Some of the targets of the
present course are possible one-shot
.plays, as there are possible one-shot
holes In golf. I .
The arrow golf player requires little
equipment. Most of the players carry
one bow. two or three arrows in a home
made quiver, and a guard for the left
wrist because the string strikes down
on the wrist with great force. Arrow
golf can be played in winter as well as
in summer, and has been played often
over deep show drifts on snow shoes in
the face of bllxxaxds.
: Women Golfers Are
BarredFrom Course
The Bob o'Unk club, Chicago, recently
voted to bar women from the club here
after; making It the second Windy City
golfing organisation to take such action.
The other was the Old Elm club, at
wfak'h Alec Pirie is professional. The
matter of becoming an Rveless garden
was put up to the members at a recent
meeting, and although there was opposi
tion to the movement, its proponents
scored a victory. The new order went
Into effect Immediately. The argument
used by those in favor of the move was
that the majority of the members go to
the club in order to play golf and that
social affairs not only placed an addi
tional expense on them, but were main
tained only for the benefit of the few.
FOOTBALL TO HELP CHAB.ITT
A quartet of prominent Scottish soccer
teams, namely Celtic Rangers. Queen's
-rer and ratrlck Thistle, have each de
rided ;o contribute S3&.000 to the fund to
help the Glasgow unemployed, and are
arranging with other Glasgow clubs for a
lose and out series of matches, N
Golf Beginners
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Concentration
(Nate This is the tint ef s stria of articles
tittsa for The Sunday Joarnal by 1L Chandler
ftu. M of the best knows amatrar oH Ptejr-
in tbe eoontrj. The artieiaa will appear
ia this awtioa for several weeks.
By H. Chaadler Egaa
Twice "Winner of. the National. Western
1 and northwest Amateur Golf Titles, i
'ARTICIJE X.
A SERIES of chapters has been asked
for on how to play golf, with par-!
tlcular reference to beginners and those
players on the municipal courses who
have not had the advantage of profes
sional Instruction. Therefore, what I
have to say in these chapters will be
largely "old stuff to the practiced play
er and matter that he should know by
neart. ...
Before dealing Kith any department
of the game it seems proper to let this
first chapter consist of general practical
advice and suggestions to the beginner as
to the best way to take up the game.
Golf is too good a sport to be spoiled
by a false start, and with such a wrong
beginning a novice might be easily dis
couraged and thus defer his participation
in the glorious field of health and pleas
ure that the gam J affords.
DOHT GET DISCOURAGED
The most successful golfer is not iae
essarily a champion but rather he or
she who derives from the game the
greatest amount of renewed health and
the Joy of living. It Is naturally a very
satisfactory feeling to know that you
are more skillful than the majority of
your fellow players, but I know of no
sport where the player of lesser ability
can so thoroughly enjoy himself, or gain
such satisfaction in achieving his aim.
no matter how modest that aim may
be. However unskillful his game, he
can always Yind an opponent who plays
no better than he and with whom a
match can be as exciting as one could
wish. Such a match demands as much
moral and mental ability as does a con
test between champions of far greater
skill In the physical end of the game.
I believe that there is as much satisfac
tion to the "dub" player in breaking his
record aa there ia to the expert in break
ing his, although the numerical - differ
ence between the two scores may be 10
or 40 strokes. So, take up the game for
the pure sport of it, the joy of it, and
don't be discouraged if you make no
rapid progress toward being an expert.
This should be the first commandment
of a successful golfer..
CONCENTRATION BIG POINT
In the previous paragraph I mentioned
that a contest between evenly matched
players would call for the same amount
of mental and moral exercise regardless
of their actual physical golfing ability.
Perhaps for the beginner and the poorer
player there Is even a greater demand
on his nerves and thinking powers, for
his path to each hole Is usually more
devious and fraught with trouble. It Is
one of the greatest Joys of the game to
be able to test your ability to hold your
nerve at a tense moment, or to so con
centrate your mind on each shot that
you attain the best results possible with
in the limits of your physical powers.
Concentration is surely the keynote of
success In the mental side of golf. This
has been recognized since the beginning
.or tfte game and one or the rirst prin
ciples in the etiquette of golf has always
been that no player or bystander shall
move or speak while a player is mak
ing a stroke.
Beginners-and strangers to the' game
have wondered at this, accustomed as
they are to the cheering and ragging
at football and 'baseball games. The
reason is clear. Nothing must distract
the attention of the player if he is to
attain the high degree of concentration
Home-Bred Pros. Out After Coin
TIRE OF FREE
British Golfers
By Jack Telock
International News Serrice Sporting Editor.
NKW YORK. Dec. 24. America Is
surely the land of the Golden Fleece
as far as professional golf is concerned,
and some of the leading native-born
pros are beginning to pinch themselves
and wonder why, if British golfers can
make an annual "clean-up" In the United
States golfing centers, they cannot get
some of the money.
This exhibition stuff is getting on the
nerves of some of the crack home-breds
and small wonder. Harry Vardon and
Ed Ray took away a cool $20,000 each
for their three months' . tour here in
1820, and George Duncan and Abe
Mitchell stepped over last summer from
Britain and did fully as well as Vardon
and Ray. .
HEBD COMING!
It ts understood that next summer two
other British professionals, with Sandy
Herd, mentioned as the drawing card of
the team, will try their luck on American
links; This winter Jim Barnes and
Jock Hutchison, holders of the American
and British open titles, are going to the
coast for an exhibition trip. While
Barnes and Hutchison are representa
tives of American golf, neither Is a
native-born son.
So in all the "mopping up" that haa
been -done and ia on the books for fu
ture business, not a single American
home-bred golfer has benefited. This
seems hardly just to the many fine
golfers who were born on this side of
the 1 Atlantic, learned their game here
and have always, played here. It seems
reasonable to expect that a pair ef
American home-breds could do a little
successful barnstorming.
CSED TO BE GOAT
And the crux of the matter is that
some of them are giving this matter
serious consideration. Foremost of all
American home-bred golf professionals
Is Walter Hagen, twice American open
Many Football Teams
Seek to Play Ohio
. Athens, Ohio. Dec. It L N. S) Ohio
university seems to- have made an im
pression in the East this fail in football
that will aid in schedule making this
winter, preparatory to next season.
Ohio played three times in the East, los
ing to Syracuse and West Virginia and
defeating Columbia. -.
Offers for next season have been re
ceived from Center. Kentucky, the Navy.
Annapolis: Georgetown. Washington, D.
C ; Columbus, New York, Wesryirginla.
Morgantown, West Virginia Wealeyan,
and Bethany. Several of these games, it
was stated, probably will be scheduled.
feTKACUSE HAS BELAT STABS
Aiian woounng, we iw-meier uiympwj
champion, together with Allen Monie,
Captain Bennl Leonard and Melvin Sutt
raer, will form a great array of quarter
mil era for the Indoor meets which Syra-
t cuse university will enter this year.
Advised to Read Rules of Game
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needed for the most successful execution
of his stroke,
A golf stroke executed by an expert
looks to be a simple thing, but in reality
It Is an intricate combination of wrist,
arm and body motions, the failure of
any one of which will cause the failure
of the whole. The proper spot to be
hit on the ball is a very small spot, the
center of the club head is a very small
spot and it takes mighty little to spoil
the proper contact between those two
small spots.
BEAD THE RULES
The first advice to a beginner is to
buy or borrow a copy of the Rules of
Golf. He may not understand them all
at first, but he can glean enough from
the rules, the glossary and the etiquette
of the game to know at what he Is driv
ing. Let him not try to master the mean
ing of any technical rule, but let him
acquire the meaning of the game as a
game.
Second,- regarding the choice of clubs
for a beginner to buy,' I should advise
the purchase of six clubs if possible.
These are a batssie, driving iron, mld-
EXHIBITIONS
Reap Harvest
champion and one of the best-natured
and best-liked men in the game. 'The
Hage," as he is termed, used to "get
the goats" of other professionals a few
years ago because he wore such a great
variety of flashy clothes and appeared
in a tuxedo at winter golfing resorts.
He drew a few unkind comments from
British professionals the first year he
went over to play in the British open,
but last year at, SL Andrews he was as
popular as any man there. He even
won the hearts of the old school Scotch
professionals when he took some of
them into his room, opened his trunks
and told them to help themselves to his
outfits. And they know he can play the
game. When George Duncan arrived in
England after completing his American
tour he told a golf ball manufacturer
who has since returned to this country
that "Hagen is the best of the lot in the
States."
PLATED MART TIMES
Hagen is thinking of going on tour,
and next summer will undoubtedly see
hint on the road. He plans to play in
the British open at Sani,vich and re
turn immediately to the United States.
Considering the number of titles he has
won and the fact that he is America's
foremost home-bred professional, and
baa been for a number of years, Hagen
has played in few exhibitions.
The first time be went to Great Brit
ain to play In the British open at Deal
he got just one exhibition, match there,
although he was at the time the Ameri
can open champion. About (he only
exhibitions he has had in America were
those in which he was asked to be one
of a pair to play against either Vardon
and Ray or Duncan and Mitchell.
Tommy Kerrigan, who finished so well
up in the British open last summer ;
Mike Brady and Leo Diegie are among
the leading native-born professionals
who have never done much ia the exhi
bition line. ' . ' -
Pacific Coast Shoot
To Be Held in June
Dates have been awarded for three of
the feature shoots of 1922. -The Grand
American will be staged at 'Atlantic
City September 11-16. The Prairie Zone
championship tournament will be put on
In Coffeyville, Kan, June 16-29. and the
Pacific Coast Zone tournament will, be
held in Portland. Or, July 14-17.
Gossip has it that the Southern Zone
tournament will be staged in Memphis
some tirn in May. ; but the Montreal
trapshooters, who are to give the East
ern zone shoot, have not decided wheth
er to follow Maplewood or take four
days lata In August. Some of the east
ern shooters believe it would b n Mod
I Dolicv for Montreal to follow i Msnle.
wood so that the nimrods could drive
from the White Mountains resort toe
Paris ef the North. American bat others
contend that they will . be nabout shot
out after Maplewood and advise a later
date.
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during the national championships at
iron, mashie, mashie-niblick, and butter.
The shafts of the iron clubs should be
quite stiff and strong, but with the
brabsie a little springiness or "whip" is
desirable, provided it is not too floppy.
Some writers on golf have recommended
that beginners start with the Iron clubs
exclusively and not bother with any
wooden clnb, which ia designed for
greater distance, until the irons have
been more or less mastered. This is all
right but I should advise the early ac
quisition of a brassie and an honest ef
fort made to use it from the tee and
when long shorts are required.
LESSONS ADVISED
Lastly, I should strongly advise every
beginner who can afford to do so, be
fore he has acquired any "bad habits,"
to take a few lessons from a competent
instructor. Personal instruction is far
superior to learning how to play from
books or other written matter. It is not
everyone, however, who can afford the
time and expense involved in the taking
of Such lessons and these articles will
endeavor to take their place Insofar as
that is possible.
Busy Season
Is Planned by
Trapshooters
JAMES C. MORRIS, who was recently
elected president of the Portland Gun
club, plans to make 1922 one of the
biggest years In the club's history.
Plans are being made to create more
interest among the club members in fAe
weekly tournaments as well as In the
registered events. The weekly lunch
eons of the club will be resumed Janu
ary 18 at Hoover's and at that time
the prospects for the season will be dis
cussed by the members.
EIGHT BIO E TENTS
The dub has scheduled - eight regis
tered shoots for the season, the dates
of three having been set aa follows. Reg
istered club shoot, February 26 ; sec
ond Rose City hundred, April 8, 9 and
10. and the Pacific coast zone event,
July 14. 15. 16 and 17.
The fact that the grand American
event will be staged in AtlaiKic City
next August means that a number of
the Pacific coast shooters who usually
went to the blue ribbon event will be
content to attend the sectional shoots.
The recent ruling of the A. T. A. to
discontinue paying the fares of the
championship winners and the making
of the national championship an open
event may result in the coast cham
pions remaining at borne on account of
the long railroad Journey.
FLU8T SHOOT JANTJABY tt
Arrangements are being made to have
cash prizes totaling over 12000 and $350
in trophies for the coast shoot There
will be over SHOO in cash for the par
ticipants in the second Rose City hun
dred. ,. .
In the February 26 shoot there will be
a 100-target race and a 25-blrd handi
cap and ip addition a tower shoot will
be billed. The shooters will be divided
into two classes in the 100-bird race..
The opening club shoot will be held
January 23. The J. C Morris handicap
will be the feature of the shoot. 'Win
ners in the six months' competition,
which ' will end December 31 will re
ceive their prises at this shoot.
A novice shoot is scheduled for Feb
ruary ! ! - Manager Ford claims that
he has something in store for the par
ticipants in this event. ;
' . The A. T. A. has abolished the mana
ger system after- a two year trial. This
will force additional duties on the secre
taries of the state association.
Waverley Committee
To Nominate Named
President William McMaster of the
Waverley Country club has announced
the appointment of . Walter .J.. Burn a,
Victor A. Johnson, Guy W. Talbot. B. A.
Leiter and J. H. Mackenzie as the nom
inating committee for this year's annual
meeting to tie held Saturday night. Janu
ary 2X The committee, under the by
laws, must, post its report on the club
bulletin board not later than January s.
Small Hope
Of Golf Meet
Coming Here
1 1 HKRE is little Bkatraood of the, Unlt
X ed States Golf association amateur
championship tournament being staged
Vtv the Pacific Northwest, o on the
Pacific coast, for the next seven or 10
years. x , v . i - ' k
This is the personal opinion of Kay
McCarthy, a New York golf writer, who
i in Portland Saturday with Jock
Hutchison and James Barnes. profes
sional golf champions; Who are making
a tour of the United States. -, . -
There was some talk of trying to land
the 1925 tournament 4 or Portland.' but
McCarthy's statement blasted the hopes
of the golf era Should the S6-bole course
be installed near Gearhart nextr spring.
it would not be surprising if a Wd was
made for the 1925 event, but unless that
is done there is no chance of the North
west landing the meet for some period
of time.
KOBE' GOOD ? LAYERS IN XAST
There are so many golfers in the
east," declared McCarthy, "that it would
be almost impossible to bring the title
tourney to the -coast for a number of
years, .- probably- from : seven to 10. - In
the Northwest there are about is play
ers who would stand any chance In the
national and it would be tar easier for
them to travel east than for the big
number of Eastern players to come to
this section of the country.
"Lm Angeles I understand, wants to
stage the national open championship in
the near future and it would not sur
prise me if they landed the event within
the next three years." ;
COURSES NOT UP TO STANDARD- :.
i "Another thing, that would probably
prevent the U. S. G. A. officials from
awarding the tourney to this part of the
country in 1925 is the lack of champion
ship courses. I have only seen a lew
courses and while they are good ones,
they do not measure up to the standard
required by the national association offt-
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Barnes, who Is well known in' the
Northwest, was' enthusiastic over the
arowth of the game. in the' Northwest
Many new courses have been installed
since Barnes left the Nortnwest.
Rerret was. expressed by Barnes and
Hutchison because they were unable to
play their exhibition here. The length
of their tour and the time required to
play in the Northern California and the
California state open chantplonshlp
tournaments made it Impossible for them
to remain in. the Northwest.
If the tour is a financial success, it Is
likely that other professionals will tour
the Northwest next fall, but will arrange
their schedule of play in the Northwest
earlier than did Barnes and Hutchison.
Golf
JACK NEVILLE is playing a wonder
ful game of golf at present, accord
ing to A. S. Kerry, prominent Portland
player, who recently returned from a visit
to California. Kerry watched Neville
play during his stay in California and
was surprisea at ine iremeuuuuo uuuun-
Neville was getting on his tee shots, as
well as with his irons.
The Virginia . Country club of Long
Beach recently staged a novel golf tour
nament. It was open to - club members
who had never touched a club. Twenty
three participated in the event over 9
holes.' The winning score was 64, and the
worst card turned in was 107.
The New England Professional Golf
ers' association nas ns memoers, wiw
$1200 in bank, and maintains a benev
olent fund for members needing assist
ance and also has an improvement bu
reau to assist its members.
Ellsworth Augustus of Cleveland, rep
uted to be the longest driver in the
United States, has been giving some
samples of his hard hitting ability around
Los Angeles. According to reliable in
formation, he recently drove the sixth
green on the Ambassador course. The
hole is 844 yards, and the shot was all
up hllL
During the California open champion
ship over the Wllshlre Country club
course In Los Angeles next month a
North vs. South team match will be
played. An effort is being made to have
Jock Hutchison play with the South team
and Jim Barnes with the Northerners.
The line-ups of the teams would be as
follows:
North.
Jim Bamet.-. . . .
John Black
HacSmith
Aba KsplnMa, . . .
Jo Novak.
Hortie Datnt
Bob Black.. .....
Harold Sampson . .
Leah Danea
Paul Con ror. .. ..
Jimmy Duncan. . .
ddia Traub. . . . .
South:
i. .tt Jock Hatcbiaon
.n Eddie Loos
. .t Hutt Hartia
..... Chick FraaeT
. .ti. . . . . .Arthur darkaoa
. . .Tt .Krnaat Martin
. . .vs. ..... . Georje Martin
;,.... John Duncan Dnnn
. . . ts. . Tom BteTena
... ts ..... . .Elmer Holland
. . . ti Bob Simpson
. . .ts Alex Duncan
The Olympla Fields Country club of
Chicago has completed plana for the in
stallation of its fourth IS-hole course;
The new course will be ready for play in
the spring of 1923.
The Burlingame Country club will re
model it course. The task of laying out
the new course, which will measure 100
yards, will be left to William Watson. :
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Jock Hutchison, British open champion.
declares that it takes two seconds to com
plete a golf stroke. About one half of
the time is taken in the upward swing of
the club and the rest in the downward
swing and the follow through.
Dartmouth Refuses
To Kecognize Boxing
A petition from the -Dartmouth under
graduate body for recognition of box
ing as a minor sport and the entrance
of the Green boxers into intercollegiate
competition Juts ; been refused.' by the
Dartmouth, athletic council. Within the
last two years swimming, fencing, golf,
wrestling and gymnastic teams have
been placea on the Green sport list and
the council was of the opinion that a
further increase at this time was in
advisable. -
The council issued Jthe following state
ment in regard to its action : "The coun
cil while recognising tne value of boxing
in physical development does not deem
it feasible at the present time to add to
the already large number of sports In
which we engage In intercollegiate com
petition. -
PREP LEAGUE PLASHED
New England Catholic prep and high
schools may form a league and arrange
sporting events schedules. . i Philadelphia
has an organization of this kind in base
ball, football, basketball and track and
field sports. , ,
ti LEAGUES IS ASSOCIATION
The National Association of Minor
League "baseball - teams . embrace 26
leagues employing" 501 players and dis
tributed 1700,000 in salaries each month"
last season.
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Standifer Ranked Number One
GUT H. STANDIFER of the Waverley
Country club ia the leading golfer;
of Washington, D. C according to the
rankings announced by Gordon Shand,
a Washington critic.'
Standifes Is the District of Colombia
champion and also holds the. title of the
Chevy Chase club. He was runner-up
In the Columbia club championship event.
He la considered the most spectacular
Flayer in Washington and has ahowa a
marked improvement la his .game during
the past season.
Says Shand : - ' '
"Washington's 1S21 golf season which
Incidentally -was the greatest In Its his
tory, was notable In two respects first,
for the upsets which featured - nearly
every tournament, of the year. and. sec
ond, for the failure of any one player
to show consistent superiority over the
rest of the field.
"There are, however, four local play
ers' whose work during the past year
entitles them to be ranked so close to the
peak that it ia nearly an impossible task
to draw any definite line of demarka
Uon. "We refer to Guy M. Standifer. Dis
trict and Chevy Chase- champion : - Al
bert MacKenaie, winner of the Washing
ton Golf and Country dub tournament
and semi-finalist in the : Chevy i Chase
and . Middle . Atlantic : events ; Bobby
Finkenstaedt, ' runner-up at the Wash
ington .club and In the Middle Atlantic
tournament, and Walter Tuckermen, win
ner of Columbia's invitation -tourney laat
fan. -
"It was Walter Tuckerman, the cool
Chevy Chase star, who outclassed' the
field in" this event. In the final round
he was an overwhelming victor over
Miller Stevison of Columbia,' who came
rapidly to. the front In the closing months
of the campaign, and played . splendid
golf , up to the final round of the Co
lumbia event. -'
"In the . District championship tourna
ment, at inevy unase which followed a
week later, William S. Reyburn of the
home club, got away to an impressive
start and at the end of the first day's
play apparently had only Tuckerman as
a possible rival.
"But . Guy . M. Standifer. a Portland.
Or., golfer, who, however, has done much
cr his playing over the Columbia course.
turned in a 78 and 79 on the second and
final day, phenomenal scores under the
existing weather conditions, and when
notn Key o urn and Tuckerman "blew"
In the final 18-hole Jaunt, ha breezed
home a winner by a margin of 3 strokes."
Bowling"
RESULTS of last week's City Bowl
Ingfieague games were as follows:
Hadley& Silver Tailors made a, clean
sweep In their, three games with '.the
Elite Billiard Parlor team; Kelly's
Olympian team did likewise with the
Hood River boys, and the Toko point
Oyster Grille five won two from the
Zellerbach Paper company.
"Farmer" Henry for the Tailors rolled
three nice, consitent games, without an
error, having 191. 198 and 191.
CITY LEAaUE IVEMtll
name. Gama. Pins-
Kruse 88 6928
Perry 89 7502
Kalk 27 B090
Johnson 8 S61S
Kon 27 4S
Hanry . , 89 7140
Goodwin 18 8297
Geary . 42 7873
Banka 87 671S
Sholin 38 8932
Neilaen 42 7885
Meier 18 8252
Orth 27 4882
Franklia 85 6280
House 42 7508
BUsSch 39 8968
Elaaaer 42 7478
Kneyaa 27 4807
Amain 39 6940
Flanacan 30 5319
Hall- 21 8715
Snyder 39 6856
FlaTin 36 6315
Green 42 7347
Richardson 33 5747
Freer 42 7297
Woodman 24 4175
Wood 89 6619
Nordstrom 89 6670
Ecan 36 6094
Becker 86 6041
Wilkinson 12 2009
AT8.
192.16
192.14
188.14
183.25
188.22
188.3
183.3
182.29
181.22
181.16
180.85
180.12
180.2
179.18
178.82
178.26
178.2
178.1
177.S7
177.9
176.19
175.81
175.13
TT4.S9
174.5
178.31
173.23
171.2
171.1
169.10
168
167.5
162.8
149.3
Fields 15 2438
DeWiU 9 1344
TEAM STANDINGS
Team. ' Won.
Toko Point Oyster Grille.. 27
Zellerbach Paper Co. ....21
Hadley a Silrer Tailors. . .21
Kelly's Olympians 21
Hood HiTer . . . '. 21
Klita Billiard Parlor 15
liOL Pet Are.
15 .643 009
21 .500 892
21 .500 890
21 .600 885
21 .500 880
27 .357 855
MERCANTILE LEAGUE AVERAGES
Name. Games. Pins. Are.
Perry 88 6226 189
6226
8907
7783
4893
7570
7003
4321
7510
6956
4284
3198
4216
3167
7369
6833
7 SOS
4684
7279
6730
5893
5018
4143
2071
7217
8606
5642
6137
6947
6592
4555
7054
802!
151S
6518
5985
2972
2956
1974
6841
8427
8426
2448
Hanry 21 8907 186
ShoHn 42 7783 185
Kons 27 4893 181
Banks' 42 7570 180
UcKay 39 7003 180
Olsea 24 4321 180
Orth 42 7516 17
Jennings 89 6A56 178
Woodman . . . 24 4284 178
Hubbard 18 3198 178
Meier 24 4216 176
Richardson .. r.. 18 8167 176
Under 42 7369 175
Mahoney 30 6833 1 75
Geary 42 7 SOS 174
Bkinnar 27 4684 174
Ebetser 42 7278 17
Swansea 39 6730 ITS
Nordstrom . . 84 5895 178
Htu table 29 5018 173
Banch 24 4143 178
Bennett 12 2071 173
Chapia 42 7217 172
Kcan 21 8606 172
Hyamitlt 33 5642 171
noentia, sa ui7 itv
,41 6947 1S8
83 6582 169
27 4555 169
43 7054 166
18 8022 168
9 1518 168
89 6518 167
36 6985 166
16 2972 165
IS 2956 164
12 1974 164
42 6841 163
21 8427 163
21 8426" 163
15 2448 -163
32 6197 162
39 294 161
42 6671 159
89 6217 159
89 6127 157
89 6114 157
' 8S 6887 .155
Toelker . .
Stanford .
Brans ...
Robntaoai
Roaenan . .
Jawnaa . .
KUdow . .
Todd ....
Roberta . .
Brum
Tonus . -Jesfce
....
Field . . .
Stile
Head ....
Taatharmaa
Horn .
Springer
6671
6217
6127
6114
6887
2443
Eichenbetcar .
Vetpburc ....
tolhck . . .
Miller. "Harrr"
IS 2445 169
TEAM STANOINOS
Team. Won. Loat. Pet.
Ave.
Edwards Tire Sbop . . . . . .30
Bert ma ii Shoe Co. , .... .27
W. O. W. No. 65.. ......26
Swift A Co. . . 24
Kelly Kate 21
United Statea Bank.. ....17
Kelly Kant SUp ........14 ,
Mcwr a Frank 9
12 .714 875
15 .648 850
16 - .619 855
18 .571 8A
21 .500 839
25 .405 847
28 .888 ' 882
88 .214 600
Geary Terry for Zellerbach both
rolled over 600, having ,630' and 607. re
spectively. Freer, on the same team,
was also' up there with 82. Neither
Perry nor Geary bad a miss in their
three games,
Sholin & Orth with -90 and SIS did
the heavy work for the Kelly's Olympian
team, Sholin winning the weekly prize of
a box of candy by two pins,
Johnson it Basks were both mowing
'em down for the Toke Point boys,, hav
ing 638 and 637, which is. some nice
shooting. Franklin on the same team
also did well with. 53 S.
The 'Toke Point team bettered . the
league record for a single game by one j
pin, shooting 1055, ' the previous high j
score being- 1054.' They also shattered'
tt j t jj
nj
i . i i
7 '
j ' h i
the record for high three games, get
ting a total of 2969. The former high
score was held by Hadley & Sliver, who
had 2912.
"Duke" Goodwin for Hood River also
broke into the 600 , class, getting 645.
Amiala was second high on the team
with S61.
Banks got by his tlfree games without
an error. .
Meier ft Fields with S73 and 5SS were
the main points for the Elite Billiard
team.
Owing to the holidays there are no
scheduled games in the City league for
the coming two weeks. Play will be re
sumed January 9.
L&t week's honors : High team, single
game. Toke Point Oyster Grille, 1056;
high team, series, Toke Point, 2969 ; high
Individual, game. Banks, 258 ; high Indi
vidual, series, Goodwin, 645.
Two Hundred club; Monson, '210,
Geary. 207, 242; Perry, 212. 211 Free'.
201 ; Goodwin, 222, 238 ; Wood, 221, Konz,
215; Meier, 211; Sholin, 204, 225; Orth.
245 ; Woodman, 213 ; Kneyse. 234 John
son. 206, 253 ; Banks, 258, 201 ; Franklin,
257.
Dates for National
Golf Events Are Set
The dates of the big features of the
1922 United States Golf association 'pro
gram have been so arranged as not to
interfere with the plans of Americans
who contemplate playing ia the British
tourneys next summer. ,
The national open, will be played over
the course of the Skokie Country club,
Glencoe, 1U., near Chicago, beginning
July 11. The Skokie course is 6340 yards
In length.
Labor Day will see the opening of the
national amateur over the course of the
Country club at BrooMibe. Mass., near
Boston. The Breokline course measures
6325 yards. The women's championship
will be staged over the Greenbrier golf
club. White Sulphur Springs. W. Vs.,
beginning September
measures 6 035 yards.
' . i
23. , The course
BtrWrJtVsK MONDAY AFTERNOON
OAjl lMvbl DECEMBER 26TH
MATINEE -
10 Rounds 148 lbs. 10 Rounds
Johnny. Griffiths vs. Alex Trambitgs
. ' . a. ' .. ..I .1 at ; tir fl ...
One of World's Best
Welterweights
6 Rounds - 137 lbs. 6 Rounds
Peter Mitchie vs. Mickey Hanon
ThevEvef Battling Local Pride ' j Seattle's Sensation - :
6 Rounds 130 lbs. 6 Rounds
Eddie Gorman vs. Neil Zimmerman
Both, Well- Known Local Battlers
' " " I ' -
. 4 Rounds 158 lbs. 4 Rounds
Ivan Swanberg vs. Jack Davis
Claims Middleweight Champion-
snip oi iweaeiv
4 Rounds 130 &. 4 Rounds . '
Jack Rose vs;Dick Simmons
Two Mixers. . ' - ', '"' Ladies. Admitted! ''.,
Tickets on sale at Rich', and Stiller'.. Pricoai $1.10. S2.20 and $3.30
N.W. Golfers
Are Boosted
By Chicagoaii
OF THE players at the National act
already mentioned In this symposi
um, there Is a sham division between
the old timers and the unknowns writes
A. T. . Packard in the Chicago Post The
first class is that group of sterling play
era or ten years or more ago, and who,
for- various reasons, have not kept paoe :
with the experts. The second class is
made up wholly of younger players who
are the real recruits for the champion-;."
ship class.
Chief of the first class are Al Seckel .
and John G. Anderson. In 1909, Seckel .
was runner-up to Chick Evans la the
Western, and in 1911 he put out Bob '
Gardner in the finals. Since bis victory""
in the Western he has not given enough j
time to the game to make a showing.
MUST BE IS TE1M . i J
Anderson was runner-up in the Ka-'
tlonal In 1918 to Jerome Travers, and
In 1HS to Bob Oardner. but 'in their.
humiiiiuntfl w m v..,, a.. ,1. ..1
rounds. In this group also are Max
Marston, E. IL Bankard and - possibly
a few others. They, all. are good golf-
ers and- might bring', their games back 4 r
to championship form if they had the'
will to win. In general, they content
themselves with week-end games and
'no practice work and get into only '
fairly good trim for tournament work, z
They know they have a chance against t
any one for a round or two and pomsi
bly hope to win on thier experience. That '
day- haa passed. Anyone who wins the .
National must be in the best of physi- i..
cal and mental trim and have, his game ,
making. . -
WEBER A COJIER . "r
At the head of the second class comes '
J. S. Jimmy" Manion. Opinion Is di
vided on his game. It is good enough
to win any ordinary match, but not
gooa enough to get farther than the
first or second round of match play in :
the National. If his. game Is at the top -he
is hopelessly out of it. If he can'
improve it a trifle, he has plenty of '
fighting spirit to take him into the
finals. If he could share with Bobby
Jones, half , and . half, in gold tempera
ment and golf skill, they would make '
a- pair to fight it out in the finals if '
they were in opposite halves of the '
draw. Dewey Weber and "I El Bun-'
ning also are In this class. Weber gave
Guilford a hard match in , the second '
round, winning his first match easily. - -Bunning
won a hard match from A. P.'
Boyd and lost an equally hard one to -Jess
Sweetser. More than anything,
they seem to lack the necessary accur
racy that comes from practice. Many
u& uioir auvia werq s svw. mu lmx
corresponding shots of the tournament, V
but each failed to strike a high plane
of excellence and hold it That ability ,
V . .. X. V J .... VUQ. M.W W
practice. The question is, does either ;
care enough to win to go through 'this
drudgery? In this class also are R. M.
Lewis, who took. Chick Evans to the, I
4lst hole in the 1920 National; C L. .
Dexter Jr. and Richard, Bockenkamp ;
In previous events they" have shown
their ability to play fine golf, but no. t
one knows whether they can play the;,
superfine golf necessary to win a Ka- .
tionat '
VOV ELM PEA1SED
' And now come the real unknowns so
far as National tournaments are eon-',
earned. Each ef them has won local.
district or state championships and each. '
was testing his spurs for the first time
in the National. Perhaps George Von
TJlm of Salt Lake led the group. He !
was touted aa a possible winner, but r
this claim was negatived by the lmpos-
Bibility of any new player' winning j
through a championship. He played aa
extremely promising game, however,
and fought hard before Guilford . put r
him out in the first round. Dewey
Weber put out R. E. Lord in the first
round, but will find him harder to deal
with next year, and decidedly the same
can be said of A. P. Boyd, the young,;
Georgian, whom L. E. Bunning put out ;
in the first round. Lee - BtelU, Clark ,;:
8pelrs, and Bon Stein of Seattle, Clarence
Wolff, and perhaps the most promising
of the lot,- Dr. O. E. WllUng of Port-
sima rittaw wkl e Vahei snv ant vhnrfl
may be a winner within three years.-
They made goo? qualifying in a high-.,
class field, where ex-National cham
pions failed to qualify. They and a
nn lika them will be in the 1922 tour--.
nament, and a number -of them wlH'
then laat bevond the first match round. :
The unexpected happens so often In '
a golf game that prophecies are futile.
In a tournament, however, history in
dicates that the dark horse has but lit
tle chance of winning a championship.
There Is no precedent of a winner of 'V
the National coming from the ranks of
the unknown. It is almost certain that
the 1922 winner will be one of those'
mentioned in this series. - - -
PLAT,. GOLF 02T BIG HJTEBS
Counting? sea gulls is a lost art for the
passengers on the Porto Rico out Of
New York. The company officials have?
Installed several driving tees on their :
big boats. Light cables are attached
to the balls. The hook and the slice are .
not known to the sea golfers as they
are replaced by the board and star-,
board drives. - '
Local Contender lor Welter
weight Title
Hard Hitting Middleweight ,
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