EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1015.
NATIONAL GOLF TOURNEY AT DETROIT ON THE LINKS AT BALA CLUB TENNIS ."NEWS
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NEVER TEASE A BULL YOU HAPPEN
ftO MEET ON A GOLF COURSE
Harry Vardon Tells Some Interesting and Romantic
r Things With Which He Has Come in Contact on
Various Links Longed to Be a Toreador
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By HARRY VARDON
Champion collet of Oust tlrltaln.
It has been suggested to me that, n
r.much as golf Is puruod In a sotting
of tut'-fi, oftentimes In the remote part
oi mo countrysiuo
br the most lonely
tracto of land by the
sea, the person who
has plnyod a lot
mutt have met with
some strapgo adven
tures. Truly are there
coures. locations and
countries that seem
to ho made for the
happening of the ro
mantic. I remember
ttutltv VJtHlinv lnnt wl,en y broth-
to Andrew Klrkaldy that he thought of
settling In tho Culled States the worthy
Andrew, who lind traveled a good deal
In America, was tip nnil talking at onrn
with a line ynrn about tho possibilities
6f tho game on some of the greens In
tho backwoods. In nil solemnity? aim
Imprcsslvcncss he declared to Tom that
frequently It happened that, while you
were playing, bandits would uppear sud
denly from the undergrowth, point loaded
revolvers at your head and tell you to
hold up your Hands and nt the same
time prodilco nil tho money from your
pockets.
Personally, I have never been presented
IU with this problem In any Stato; It nuint
K i. n irritnt ntilnnrieA If vnn nrp In the
8 hildst of a quiet reflection as to whether
you shall tane a urasBto or a ciccr in
order to reach tho green. Since, how
ever. It has been suggested that I should
f retain some adventures of the links, let
., mo tell of one In England, It arcutrfcd
J? some 20 years ago when I was frrofes
& 'slonal to the Bury Club In Lancashire.
Thorn were unsophisticated days, when
the game attracted little attention nnd
when tho expenditure of large sums of
money on tho provision of romfort wbb
considered unnecessary.
The landlord of the Rroiind on which
our course wan situated had little regard
for the people who came tb hit a golf
ball about his estate. V"e wcro thero
on sufferance, and we had many trials.
One was that he pave the famous Besses
0' the Barn Band and, In Its proper place,
you never heard a finer band permission
to use tho InBt green for practicing their
harmony whenever they wished to do so.
It was no Joke to bo all oven nnd one to
f plaV and find the home green packed with
musicians. Anomer worry wbb mai our
autocratl" landlord Insisted on putting
his prize bulls tb graze on the Course;
this was the circumstance that led up to
my adventure,
They were a One lot ot animals, and
one a white bull hart secured for him
many trophies. All the same, they made
a round of colt an excltlnc nroceedlne.
and thero were playera who would hot
venture so far ns the llrst tee when these
ferocious hazards were loose. The white
bull seemed to have an Inborn hatred of
golfers. Often It sent tls running to
places of safety; suddenly oho would nee
" 1. approaching at top pace with eyes
"'ablaze and tall whirling angrily In the
- air, and then the only thing to do was
f to- be ort. 1 had to make several undig
J "'nlficd flights from It, but whenever I cohi
' "plained to the owner, his-Invariable reply
v was:
t :"Vou shouldn't tense him; he would be
i-ijii.i j-M " ,"'"-""""!.-
ai icngirr i accmea upon retaliation.
Our nntt ttir rrrppllH. nil nn n itonrl nifinw
Other courses, wore surrounded by wlto
so ns to protect them from Invasion bv
animals grazing bh the links. I told the
" owner that. It ever the bllll went for
me again, t should enter one of. these
protected spaces, wait for the nnlmal to
comb up to the wire, and then stick It
in a vital part with the flag pin. Our
flng pins, had sUlllclently sharp points to
be very useful for this purpose. Again I
was told;
"You shouldn't tcaSo tho thing; you'll
never have any trouble with him If
you'll only leavo him alone."
Thnt naturally mnde ma feel the nioro
aggrieved, and for several days I went
about longing for the moment when I
should blossom forth Into a toreador.
One morning 1 wds going over the course
In connection with Its upkeep when I iw
the bull approaching In an obviously an-
ery mood. It was gathering race, and
as I was In the middle of a big Held, I
determined to put my plan Into operation,
I dashed to a putting' green near by,
jumped over the wire, seized the Hag
pin, nnd returned to the boundary of the
green to act. In a few seconds the bull
wsb on me, and while I was maneuvering
for a favorable position from which to
OUIMET,. TRAVERS AND EVANS!
BATTLE ROYAL FOR NATIONAL TITLE
m" Best Golfing Talent of America Arrayed on Links at
1 1 Dotroi W'Chick" Is West's Hope uuimet ana
Travers Best Bets
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By GRANTLAND RICE
DETItOIT, Auk. J8.-After all. this
porting life Isn't as Varied arid ae full of
changes as many believe It to be. Tlmo
. Isn't always iti a hurry to switch thlnga
around. For as the first preliminary gun
l being fired In the amateur golf cham
pionship over the green-turfed course of
the Country CUb tht Is well worthy ot
Detroit's pride, about the same conditions
exist as at Ekwanok this day one year
ago.
Bv thin ia menn that It is still Atnerl-
ca's blf ihrce against the fleld-Trayers,
dred odd. This doesn't mean that the
rest of the field Is composed of secon
rate stuff. Golfers playing as Max Mara
ton.Tfd Sawyer and many others, are of
first rank. It simply meat) that Travers.
opeh champion, Is swinging back Into nls
best gam, and thai Oulmet, amateut
champion, l far above h Baltusroi form
and Is hitting the ball with the oldtimb
vigor and control that put him beyond
Vardon and nay and lifted him to tho
crest last fall. ,. .
U U better than an even bet now that
Travera. Oulmet or Evans Is amateur
champion by Saturday's Michigan dusk,
wh ch Is said to be much like the mottlea
gloaming of New York, Tennessee or
South Dakota, for that matter.
Travers and Oulmet undoubtedly ar
rsaay to move along at fast cup.
,Kvan Is not o certain apd for thl;
.msbh, Chlck'a Weakness, as you shpuld
Ifiow very wHi gentle reader, or read
ra, Is on tho grn. Jt was understood
y a uood many that Western greens
were ower than Eastern greens, and
fi as hard to manipulate with th put.
Ut. You cin forget this tip at once.
Th putting greens at Detroit's flna
MUrse are faster than rnot of those In
th Kast-fully aa fast and fully as goat
wttlng as th greens at Garden City
M their most slippery, Bidding stage.
Jn fact, It requires tho most skillful
ye of putting to average no vVorse than
tp putts to the green, and unless Chick
putting at hla best, he will find these
Ifftens far Harder to handl than those
Ualtusrol, For example. ball hew
tPId with just a tiIHe too much gusto
?4c no trouble, at all In slipping, gliding.
PVlMtn seven or eight feet beyond tha
. The rest Of Chick' game Is very
;vds, jt ajwjy, t,. He will nd hie
x driving and bU Iron work
deliver the attack, It took the wind out
of my sails by calmly putting Its feet
over the wire nnd entering the ring.
Tho only thing for me to do then was
to Jump out. Fortunately, I retained my
presence of mind sumcleritly to realize
that If t mnde oft the bull would pur
sue me and, In all probftblllty, catch mo.
I started running round tho outside of
the wlie. the bull following on the In
side. How many laps we covered I do
not know; 1 remember that 1 was be
ginning to feel very tired and to wonder
what the end would be. If I had stopped
still the bull would have been over In an
Instant,
Itellef came from ah unexpected quar
ter. From o road about 160 yards dis
tant camo the sound of n. muitln mart's
hell. Tho bull never could stand that
tinkle; nnd directly he heard It, he not
off In tho direction of my provldentlnl
deliverer, who was In safety on the
far side ot a hedge. That gave me my
chance of escape, and hi! that now re
mains to be told Is a rather Interesting
sequel to this Incident.
A little while later I was relaying a
teeing ground close to the fowl house'
whlrh constituted a conspicuous fenturo
Of the course. Suddenly rrty attention
was attracted by the sight of the white
bull chasing Its owner. He was run
ning panlc-btrlcken, and In his wild flight
for a position nt security he dashed Into
tho middle of a duck pond near the
fowl house, where he stood almost up tn
his neck In water. I confess T was not
altogether sympathetic at that moment;
! had the callousness to shout:
"Toil shouldn't tease the animal; he'd
be nil right If you'd leave him alone."
Tho farmer's son, a boy of about 10,
enmu to the rescue. Ho walked up to
tho edge of the rond where tho bull was
Kliirlng fiercely nt Its owner, seized the
nnlmal by the. tall, and tried to pull him
nwny. Tho bull turned round several
times In Its efforts to attack the youth,
but he held on firmly, and at length tho
nnlmal set off at top speed fbr Its shod,
dragging the boy ot Its hcelB. A few
minutes later It was safely Inside, mid
then tho owner came up and killed It
by running a three-pronged pitchfork
Into It. That was tho end an end which
somehow one could not help regretting
of the prize bull that terrorized tho golf
ers of Bury, In Lancashire, M years ago.
Another curious adventure, In n small
way, happened wHen I was playing one
day at Canton, In Yorkshire, Whither I
went as professional after leaving Bury.
My Opponent suddenly decided to climb
n high tree nnd try to enhturo a squirrel.
It wan arranged that he should hiakc tho
ascent and drive the animal to tho
ground, where t should ho In watting
for It and catch It. He climbed to tho
topmost branch, and did his part of tho
work excellently. I failed In mthe. for
tho squirrel escuped, and so my friend
iTesecndcd very disappointed.
Whep ho. 'reached the ground he dis
covered that his presentation gold watch
nnd chain were missing. After a long In
spection we espied them dangling from a
branch near the top of the tree, where
obviously they had .become caught and
dragged from his Pricket. So he made
the ascent n second time on tills occasion
to recover somo of hlB own property nnd
then we resumed the match.
Of truly golfing misadventure. I have
had several, and nt the risk of being voted
a downrlrrht born on the subject of Bury.
I JIiIvh to My that thrro It was .that I,
v.A..n it.. ',: -i -.U-Aiit I-.
I """"f " " in""". ciiu u -
. cupucuy ,n an my experience or ine
gnme. It happened many years after I
had given up the post of professional to
uia emu. v me uuu uecn Kipu 10 ino
and t had won several championships.
Tho committee asked me to play a
match there for old times' sake, and It
was arranged that I should meet my
brother Tom. I had been Un tu mV eves
In engagements and work, and did not
reach my hotel until about 6 o'clock on
the morning of the contest, having travel
ed during the greater part of the night.
Wb Impressed upon tho hotel authorities
the necessity of calling Us at S o'clock,
Inasmuch ns we 'were due to start at 10.
but they forgot tho Instruction and when
I awoke and looked nt my watch It was
noon. 1 knew that a great crdwd of peo
ple would be waiting; we dashed Into our
clothes, drove out to the course and with
profuse apologies started the match
About the first thing thnt I did wbb to
take 16 for a holo far and away the
largest number of strokes that ever a hole
has cost me. Perhaps I was flurried: at
any rate, I got Into a. hedge and then
Intn n ditch and then back Into a hedge
and finally holed quite a nice putt for a 181
(Conyrljtht. 1018. by tho Whulcr Syndicate,
Iniorpomted).
From the East
handy. But Travers and Oulmet are also
driving well, playing their Irons up
to par, and In addition are putting as well
as thoy ever did.
Travers, Just recovering from a bad
cold, found his best game Friday after
ndoh. He wan out In 39 and back In 33,
and the feature of his pity was the
wonderful way he used his putter. In
fact Jerry admlted that he was putting
better than He hod all season far better
than at Baltusroi, where he wort tho
open title, He took three putts on but
one green, and only one piltt oh at least
four greens, averaging lower than two to
the green, which Is consldtrablo putting,
as putting goes.
Oulmet was alip around In 74, and, like
Travers. was playing good, steady golf,
and finding no trouble within ranxe of tho
cup. Bo with these two front the East
so near their top form, Chlok will slrnply
have to get putting to put out either
or to beat men like Maraton or Sawyer-
Who, next to this trio, Is the so-called
"dark hprael" There may be others going
better than Max Maraton or Ned Sawyer,
but their score haven't been reported.
The man who draws Marston next Tues
day will enjoy one ot tho grandest battles
of hit career. The Jersey champion has
been under 73 twice and has been under
GO steadily and under 80 here it no idle
achievement, with the course still soft
fcnd the keen, chilling winds ripping In
from the lake, which Is lets than a half
mile from thu coiirse.
Marston and Van VIeck tied with the
Sherman prpthkr. Tom and Sherrlll,
for the American dolftr trophy. Each
Ptir returned a best ball of 70, with
Oultnet and Hbyt and Evaris and Riw,
yer two stroke away. Bo. if any
one Is to uPttt one of the big three,
Marston and Sawyer are considered
but bet for th Job. with Jesse dull
fqrd not far back, Fownes and Dyers,
the Pittsburgh veteran, are playing well,
and o are several from the home club
Here, BtandUh and Lee especially btlng
primed for top speed.
Hrdle of the ply today In the
first of the two qualifying rounds, where
64 are to survive, no club and no city
ever offtrd such hospitality a Detroit
and her country club have offered.
Whstaver the tiar I for hospitality. De
troit 1 7 under, with all record smashed
ly a dOa ttroge.
PHILADELPHIA'S HOPES FOR NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Phhhjjl t. ' t l x ,iv ilu ' j w f LLLLH LsLsLsn
PHILADELPHIA GOLFER
MAKES 77 IN NATIONAL
TITLE PLAY AT DETROIT
George A. Crump Turns in Good
Score in Amateur Tourney.
Almost Certain to Qualify.
Travers Gets 70
DETHOIT, Mich.. Aug. 2&. The results
of the morning play In tho llrst qualifying-round
of the National Amateur Gblf
tournament indicated that scores slightly
above SO would slvo their owners trbublo
In qualifying. No sensational cards wero
turned In, but no entrant reported even
an 8" In the returns received up to shortly
after noon.
George A. Crump, of Philadelphia, the
lrst phver In, returned a Bcoro of 77,
which, according, to Indications, Is al
most enough to qualify him for tho match
play beginning Mondny.
FranCIs Oulmet Is the favorite for the
chnmplonshlp In such wagering ns has
been done this week, with Travers and
EVnns the other two popular choices.
Should .any other golfer capture the
crown, the vqtory will be considered an
upset"-In tho dope, ' Tho cdurse favors
OulmeU who got hla. 72 pne .under par
yesterday In the competition for the
American Golfers' cup, despite two shots
Into bunkers.
Mux Maraton and C. E. Van Fleck, Jr.,
of the Nassau C. C, and Tom Sherman
and Sherlll Sherman, of tho Yahnunda
Bls C. C, of Utica, N, Y.. tied for tho
cup with scores of 70. These Were the
low scores of tho preliminary rounds.
They will play oft tho tie Sunday morn
Inf. Jerome Travers weht out In par and
looked good for tho low medal score, but
tho open champion fell down badly on
his return. The scores;
a. A. Crump, Pine Valley, C. C
n. P Ine Val ev. C. C 3K :ifl 7T
1). II. Lee. petrolt 40 87 TT
L. it.
J. c.
(jomnocK. piecpy itoilow as 44 z
Munrer. Dalian 40 42 8-1
miworth. Alltihenv G. rr 41 4(1 hi
. C. LonK. Stanton Heights C. C. . 4ii 42-84
Allan Heed. Illrertkldo C. C aa II so
William liowlatid. Jr., Chicago 42 l.1-R"
I'aul HunUr, Illoonittcld Jllll C. C. . 4.1 811 .12
V. n. Itlictt. Harden Cltv (I. C 41 42-X.I
J, D. Truvera, Upper Mbntclalr, N. J. aT 42 70
WASHBURN WINS CUP
OVER RIVAL, PELL
Harvard Tennis Star Easy Vic
tor in Fdur Sets Williams
and McLoughlin Practice
MEADOW CLUB COUHTS, SOUTH
AMPTON, L. I., Aug. 28.-Vatson M.
Washburn, the Harvard player and
member of the. Eastern States tennis
team, won the Meadow Club' cup for
the singles here today In four sets. He
outplayed Theodore Itoosevelt Pell, for
mer national Indoor champion, to tho
score of i-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2.
Washburn proved himself able to get to
the net at all times against tho best driv
ing that Pell was ever able, to bring
against him. His perception of direction
maao It posslblo for him to hold posi
tion, and rarely was he caught out ot
rango of u possible return.
The greatest weakness IVat Pell dis
played as he gallantly endeavored to
carry the battle Into his opponent's ter
ritory was his lack ot decisiveness of
stroke. He had openings which a Karl
JJehr or a McLoughlin would have turned
to winning account. Pell never displayed
sufllcleht speed; he tried to play much
too safely n the rallies, and his lack
Pf ability to drive the points home coat
him many games.
Th softer game, at played by Wash
burn and PU In the cup match, was In
strange contrast to a practice esalon
between Maui Ice K. McLoughlin and H.
Norrls Williams, 2d, who arrived here
last night. They practiced beside the
clubhouse with n snap and dash that
distanced the more Important contest.
McLoughlin ald that he epected to
hear from Thomfis C. Dundy by tonight,
fit to whether or not his partner was
coming for the challeng match In the
national double next Saturday on the
courts at Forest Hills.
RUBP MARQUAItB PEEVED
Pitcher Wonts Unconditional Release
from New York Club
NEW YOriK. AUg. 28.-U wa slated
yesterday that RUbe Marquard, the
famou pitcher of the New York Na
tional League Club, will not report to
the Tdronto International League Club,
to which he hat been released. It was
also sqld that Marquard ha no In
tention of joining the Federal Ltaguo,
but believe that If ho could obtain ,n
unconditional release from the aiants
he could sign with the Uoston or Phila
delphia Clubt of the National League,
Neither of these dub, however, took ad
Vantage of th opportunity to pay th
iljric of til waiver..
COIRSES! THAT BALA GOLF COURSE,
IT'S STYMIES AND PSYCHOLOGY!
Wan-faced Individuals, Alias Golfers, Tramp Over One
Large-sized Puzzle in Effort to Make Respectable
Score Mike Corinzio Goes to War, Yes?
With tho appearance of rosy-checkerf
Eros, son of dawn, about that time this
morning began the final dny of the Invl
tution tournament of tho Bala Golf Club,
and so far tho difficult course has suc
cessfully balked all efforts of the players
to hang up an ultrn-low score.
Two scores of SO copped tho medal, nnd
80 has been good enough to win any
match. Tho more the golfcra seo of the
course tho harder It seems to get.
Knmlllarlty does not breed contempt, by
n long shot In this case. In fact, the
Bala course seems to have got the
bearded gouts of not a few.
It Is Interesting tb wntoh the differences'
In the expressions ot the golfers as they
too up now, as compared with the open
ing session on Wednesday. Optimism,
cocksuroncss and the betting spirit shone
forth in ,v;ry bean) of-'thelr early autumn
smiles on tho flfs (l.Yy', But all is not as
it was at tho start ofthatpeaccfut day.
Haunted looks ot fear, bloodshot eyes
and pained But prise are now the rule at
tho starting barrier. Hopeless pessimism
has taken the place of the eager Joy of
battle.
Instead of airily waving their caddies
to a spot somo 300 yards from the tee,
tho playera now post their boyn In tho
drags, tho pits, the nets. They say an
uncanny spirit overlooked tho placing ot
tho hazards.
If the ball goes a-vlsltlng the least bit
out of the alley, It Is found cuddled In
some tangled mosa or distance-defying
sand. There Is too much "down" ahd not
enough "up," tho playera say. They aro
getting afraid to hit the ball out of
teach. Even If they hit It perfectly
strulght, the psychology of the game,
which Is lately numbing their nerves
more and more, twists the flights end
heaves the ball, ntlly-wllly, oft tho courae.
Psychology and stymies are In the same
class, they soy, and should be abolished
from the game, especially tho former, at
Balu.
Mike Corinzio was a plaything ot for
tuno in his youth. But when he reached
tho age where he had to tuck his beard
In his collar as he worked, he decided to
settle dowp, so he came to this country
and became a perfectly good citizen.
After many vicissitudes, Mike finally
found his calling as a bunker-builder at
the Bon Air golf course.
One day recently Mike had a bright Idea
nnd decided to go over and fight for hla
mother country in the Italian army. So
he forthwith sailed for bomb-besieged
territory. Mike had some flighty Ideas,
so he was elected skipper of nn aeroplane.
Thinking to put somothlns over on the
Austrian, Mike slipped off alono on hi
maiden voyage and was hovering In the
clouds over Trieste, when he Mard a
mean humming sound. He leaned over
the edge and what was his horror to tee
a bomb hurtling straight for his machine.
Mike thruw on the brakes, and, by beau
tiful maneuvering, dropped Just under the
bomb so that It rolled across the roof
and fll harmlessly Into space.
"I go home." thought Mike, as he
turned and headed for camp. He turned
loo quickly, however, and fell from the
machine. Down through endless space
Tie fell, but In leaving the machine he had
oueered It and It fell likewise. Fifty feet
from the ground It caught up to Mike,
and. hurling himself Into the driver'
seat, he Just managed to right the aero
plane and cud merrily on high before it
hit the ground.
But 'nls trouble were not yet o'er.
Again he heard the murderous hum of a
bomb, and thl time he was not quick
enough. With a crash It splintered the
planking by his ear. Like a shot Mike
pit the ground.
"Aw, whattu come off?" was his as
tonished cry a he picked himself off
the floor und looked at the bea from
which he had Just fallen. Then he looked
out tho window to see what had hit
tho little workman shack where he
live
Nearby, ptaylng the 13th holo at Ben
Air early In the morning wero two
golfers. Evidently they had sliced th61r
drives as usual against the shack. These
wrre the bombs Mike heard.
"Las' night, top muclm ollff, ipaghett',"
sighed Mike and, to avoid more night
maru, he hastily dressed.
Several gpod player found themselvea
In the fourth It n the Bala tournarnent
and, a a consequence, there were plenty
of spicy mutches In thl flight yesterday.
J. I', MacBesn, Jr.. th youthful York
Iload player, got an early start and had
Frank McAdami guttata; for a tm,
Cut McAdam turned the table when he
begun to have a good run ot wooden
hbtt,
Th match was ahvbody't to the end,
MoAdam nulled hlmct out of a holo On
ih Uth hole wheo ha ahot th nion sen
sational ball of the tournament. It I a.
short pitch. But McAdam knew a palter
way, tor he play at Bala every day So
he wblc4 a ball which would have goa.
400 yards only for the fact that a friendly
tree caught II. It ran out along the
limb of the tree. Just ns Adnms had
planned, and dropped not six feet from
tho pin. Carrying out the program, the
ball was then rolled Into the basket.
McAdnms had not. planned anything sim
ilar for the extra hole, so that ho finally
went down on the lDth hole.
"I love to play with you," said Herb
Js'ewton to W. P. Cleveland as the two
lined up for their bout On the first tee.
"Er how much shall we play for?" he
ndded. Which is n mean temark when
duly digested.
Water on the knee Is bothering Cecil
Cnlvert, though ho manages to keep his
head nbove water for all that. Ho put
his knee out of Joint when playing foot-
uuii at school and further aggravated
the Injury when hurdling at Pehn.
Ih topping the timber he frequently hit
his knee, and despite Mllco Murphy's
treatment at that tlmo tho Injury has
persisted.
Mies Elaine V. Rosenthal, who won the
women's Western championship yester
day, was last year the one to head oft
some Phllndelphlans' aspirations for the
national title after exciting matches.
Miss Rosenthal defeated Miss Florence
McXeelv, of this city, 1 up In 19 holes,
nnd Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow, a favorite,
Ly an equally close I-up score. Mrs.
Barlow Is practicing assiduously at Mer
lon these days with a view of turning the
tables this yiar.
Today Is do-or-dle day for the amateur
ftars at the Detroit Country Club, who
have one and all gathered with the
uvnwed Intention of making off with the
umateur title ot the United States. Tho
Big Three Travers, Oulmet and Evans
In a class by themselves aa goiters with
out pay. are far nnd away the favorites,
but golf, like all sports, Is subject to the
whims of the little lass luck, and many
things may step between a lusty swing
and a short putt. This city follows with
longing the steps of Perrln, Crump,
Kntun, Buxton, Worthlngton nnd Smith,
who are all putting up the games of their
lives nnd hope to qualify.
Toduy thero will ho 18 holes to qualify,'
all entries taking part and the best 61
to be chosen for tho big work next week.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE
National League
St. Louis at Phlladelphla-falr.
Pittsburgh nt prooklyn clear (two
games).
Chicago nt New York cleur.
Cincinnati at Boston clear.
American League
Athletics at Chicago cloudy.
Boston at Cleveland cloudy (two
games).
New York at Detroit clear (two
games).
Washington at St. Louis clear,
Federal League
Brooklyn ut Buffalo cloudy.
Newark at Baltimore rain (two
games),
Chicago at PlttsbUrgh-raln,
Kansas City at 8t. Louis clear.
International League
Rochester at Jersey City clear (two
gnmes).
Montreal at Harrlsburg-raln (two
games).
Buffalo at Richmond rain.
Toronto at Providence clear.
TOTAL RUNS SCORED
IN MAJORS FOR WEEK
AM U1UCAN LEAO VE.
t I g ? 3 3 s'i
.; ; ; : ; a ; s
Athletics 3 0 0 3 ) njjt
Uoiton 11 T .1 2 H a-S3
Cleveland 0 1 fl it 3 J!!.l
l'etiolt 2 J 1 7 l5To
kew yqrk 8 a a o a u 'Srii
HI tault 1 i O 18 n JO i-vf
Wnahtngton 8 o J 2 5-J5
NATIONAL LrAClUK,
WOatdli j' 8 10 Z 4 10-34
Brooklyn 5 3 5 a 3 T-S5
Cldot.so . f 8 O 4 8-31
Cincinnati 4 3 B ,5 1 I;o
New York 4 T 1 12 J 2St
j'hiUdelphla 10 16 1 II s 6-4o
tniubursh ft 0 il a nj,;
(it. LoUti 5 U 12 T I lt-U
kcdkhai usAcnm
litttlpiore ,.9 3 6 Jj
irckUn ... ...11 5 1 T II .S
lttil J O 4 1 .ZW)
CtUoato a 3 4 41 u Svu
Kuwt City . J 0 3 o u 4iu
NMk ? ? r fi q 4 U
fit. LoulS .... 3 11 8 a 10 6-!lT
PHILLIES AND BRAVES PICKED
FOR FINAL DASH TO THE WIRE
Home Stands of Those Two Clubs Place Them in Bst
Shape for Tour of Wesk Giants and Dodgers
Have Lost Opportunity
By GRANTLAND RICE
Poems You Ought to Know
No. 1. By Connie Mack
rentembrr rtmcmbtr
A Jypnr ago feirt,
hail thr ponfaton ail copped.
The pennant iMtcita! nteaj.
nut noto plvrt m tiff to JaVi
Ale, there't the Utter rub,
To fcttoto I'm further rom the flag
Than art) olAer ofnb.
No. 2. By C. A. Comlskcy
The height by leading magnates kept
Were not nlfnliterf by form or fight:
But their, white their comnatllotia aienf,
Were buying ttars both day and night.
No. 3. By John McGrnw
Benfotl, Denton, thf well-known Kerf,
Came to me for 7tf dally bread;
But the only tune that he could play
Was over the plate then far away. ,
It Is rumored In politic diplomatic cir
cles that Fred Clarke has no Immediate
Intention of committing suicide because
Benton was awarded to the Giants. After
watching the Itubo .operate against the
Pirates Mr. Clarke will make n tremen
dous effort to bear up under tho rude
blow.
The East nt Home
When the four Eastern clubs came back
home two weeks ago their chances for the
pennant depended almost entirely upon
the margin they wero able to put away
against the September campaign through
the West. f
The Glanta broke completely ahd drop
ped from tho running. Brooklyn, after a
good start, fell well below her Inst home
stand In July, nnd Is now Up against the
.iroposltlon of playing her head off on tho
rond to finish first an assignment that
has been beyond her capacity all season.
The Phillies have done their home work
well, but It Is tho Bravea who have again
become most prominently mentioned as
tho final winners.
As Pittsburgh, the main hope of tho
West, slipped budly, the only chance for
any trans-Allegheny entry to win will bo
In tho utter collapse of the Phillies,
Dodgers and Bravea In the September
stretch. There is very little probability
that all three will break, no the odds now
are that the West must wait at least an
other year before she cnterB a National
League club in tho world series her last
entry being the Cubs of 1010. The Ked
Invasion put a mighty dent In Brooklyn's
plnk-and-whlte dream, for tho Dodgers
fell where they expected to gain ground.
So If It Isn't Philadelphia and Boston
through the stretch you can toss the dope
overboard again as being excess baggage.
Just a Query
With most of the stars In the American
League being shifted to Boston. Detroit
and Chicago, Is that organization taking'
tt tor grnnjea that there win be no pen
nant race next season?
NARRAGANSETT GOLFERS
TIE WITH NEWPORT
Each Side Scores Thrco Points in
Point Judith Journey
NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. I Aug.
23. In the Point Judith golf tournament
between Newport Golf Club and tho Nar
ragansett Golf team the score was tied,
each sldo making three points. It was
a foursome golf tourney, and the results
tolow: J. E. Wyde nnd P. M. Preacott'
defeated O. Perln and Larry Waterbury,
of Newport, by 4 up; R. W. Goctet and
David Wagstaff. of Newport, defeated
Albert B. Lambert nnd Earle Alexander,
of the Pier, by 3 up.
W. Frailer Harrison and P. S. P. Ran
dolph, Jr., defeated T. Fottor ahd R.
Ganibrlll, by S up.
R. Horsford and Dr. A. G. Thomson
defeated A. G. Heeren ahd G. Cozzens,
of Newport, 1 up.
WOMEN ON LU LU LINKS
Mrs. George II. Simmerman Wins
Tournament With Card of 47
Playing golf that would have defeated
some of the men golfers, Mrs. Gcorgo H.
Simmerman won the first women's golf
tournament at the Lu Lu Temple Country
Club yesterday. Mrs. Simmerman turned
In a card of 47 net for the nlno holes.
Mrs. R. G. Ward captured tho second
prize, her score being 49. The other
scores were:
Mrs. Edmund W. Klrby. 61: Mrs. R.
Nell, 53; Mrs. Williahj Woll. 67; Mrs. G.
E. McLInn, 65; Mrs. Charles L. Martin,
70; Mrs. Hoffecker. 70: Mrs. F. K. Worley,
73: Mrs. William Enochs, 83.
Mrs. McLInn won first prize In the clock
golf tournament and Mrs. Klrby and Mrs.
Hoffecker were tied for second honors.
The prizes were presented at a club din
ner which followed the tourney, by
Charles L. Martin, president ot the Lu Lu
Club.
F. K. Worley, chairman of the Tourna
ment Committee, announced that a hus
band and wife tournament would be held
In tho near future., and that an Invita
tion event, open to any golfer In Phila
delphia, would be a big feature In ths
early fall.
REVOIRE BEATS TOLAND
Eddio Gains Verdict in Fast Bout at
Ludlow Show
Eddie Revolro and Jack Toland, two
rugged hard-hitting boxers, hammered
each other all around tho ring In the
main bout at the Ludlow Athletic Club
last night, each In turn landing often and
repeatedly with hard enough blows to
fell the proverbial "ox." At the close
of the sixth round ot the thrilling ding
dong battle Revolre was entitled to the
verdict.
Kscli of the principal had his work
qut out for him. Revolro was the heavier
of the two, but Toland was the aggressor,
and he made the arguWyed Revolre step
lively to evade his many leads. Toland'a
aggressiveness proved to bo hla undoing.
for when he would launch, out with a
swing he would invariably leave nis ooay
open for the hard right uppereuts which
Revolre planted In his midsection with
considerable force. -
RACES AT DROME TONIGHT
30-Milo Motorpaced Event at Point
Breeze Park
Good racing 1 promised the motor
paced fans t Point Breeze Motordrome
tnnloht. The DroK-ram Includes a SO-mlle
motorpaced race with Perry Lawrence
Mltttna, of Iowa, and Clarence Miller, of
Georgia, as the entries. The thrm are
ranked high In the bike game and should
gtv a good exhibition.
In addition to this went there -will be
f our Htorcycltt roe,
Or does It Intend to drop the other flvp
clubs and round up a tidy little three
club clreuitf
Late nooks Received
The tall of the House of Busher By
Connie Mack.
It Never Can Happen Again By John
J. McQraw.
Beating Ba!k-By George T Stalling.
He Comes Up Smllln'g-By Pat Moran.
Another Chance for Chick
Chle Evans, one of the greatest nma
tettrs In the land. Is facing another title
teat. As wo recall the circumstance, Chid,
Imo been shooting at the top for at least
eight yeara without success, ahd ftttef
each failure he has started counting the
ttnya until hla next chance came.
Few appreciate the abounding yearning
Evans has to win an amateur title Per
haps It Is tho very Intensity ofihls long
ing which nets as a barrier to succeM.
Ho Is so terribly anxious to Win that
each close match brings up tho thought
of anrther long year's wait, and this un
doubtedly cuts Into- his game.
He has a course wall suited to hla gdrrie
at Detroit, a course that requires accu
rate play nnd ability to get distance from
the tee. It Is the best chance Chle Vias
lmrt since he fell In the final round at
Chicago, three years ago. If he falls
agnln on this occasion he will lie against
n heavy handicap, ns It will be at least
two or three years before nnother cham
pionship Is held In the Middle West, and
Enstern greens were never to Chic's keen
liking.
A. Rule Worth ile
When tho clutter of boxing promoter
nt Cleveland passed a regulation that
hereafter nil champions be required to
defend their title at least tylce a year
they put through a rule very welt worth
while.
Tnke the case of Freddie Welsh. Welsh
bent Ritchie In London some 1 months
ngo, and rlnco that lime lie has dona
nothing but stall through easy matches,
playing It safely to tho last tap and
thereby wrecking all Interest In the light,
weight gnme.
A man like "Welsh Should be forced to
defend his tltle-to fight or forfeit Until
such a rule is established nnd enforced
there will be Ilti' Interest maintained
through any dlvls'
The Matter With Mac
Then- who have been wondering just
where McLoughlin stands for 1015 will
have their nnttwer In a few days.
The Comet may have been working out
a new system, or his game may have
hern In n bad slump. But It Is safe
enough to nssumo thnt he will go babk
nfter his old title at Forest HH 8 with all
he has Irt stock; that If nny it the old
pep Is rtltl In his system this next week's
test will show It. nnd that If developing
the base line game has hurt his effective
ness there will be a return to the pld
smnsh'ng stylo, for this tourney at least.
If Me. -ughlln falls again at Forest Illlls
It will be because the best he has for 1915
wasn't good onoUgh to win.
GROVER ALEXANDER
WILL PITCH AGAW
THE CARDS TODAY
Moran's Star Moundsman to Be
Opposed by Dan Griner in
Opening Contest of St.
'' Louis Series-
HURLERS IN SHAPE
A clean sweep from St. Louis Is the aim
of the league-leading Phillies. Four
straight .from the Cardinals would prac
tically assure the Phillies a large lead be
fore the last swing around the circuity and
Manager Moran realizes that It might be
necessary to bo far out In front In case
the breaks should go against the team
on the road.
Tho consensus of opinion ot National
League players favors the Phillies to Win
the pennant, and no fnn who caw the
series with the Reds dnubta for a moment
the ability ot Moran's team to give Phila
delphia Its llrst National League pennant,
unless It meets with bad luck in the shape
of injuries, or strikes a worse slump
than It has ever had.
Cincinnati was simply swept aside by
tho fast, aggressive and heady offense of
the Phillies. The pitching staff worked
smoothly, and with the return of Mayer
to form and McQuillan' acquisition, It
Is not Ukoty that this department will
trouble Moran again this season.
Moran made n master stroke when he
picked up McQuillan, and those who
watched tho ex-Pirate perform In his two
games here .cannot understand why Pitts
burgh, which Is In need ot consistent:
pitchers, should allow "Big Mao" to gee
away. In his game against the Reda yes
terday McQuillan looked like the Mc
Quillan ot years ago, and would have reg
istered a shutout with perfect support.
Cincinnati secured only six hits, and Its
chances of scoring were few. In the field
the Phillies again played sensational ball.
Bancroft gave the Reds two runa by
fumbling an easy grounder, but moru
than made up for thU mlscuo by pulll.nff
two fine plays later In tho game.
Manager Moran now has six pitchers In
great shape for the series with the Car
dinals. It la likely that Alexander. Rlxey,
Demaree and either McQuillan or Mayer
will start the games against Sa, Louis,
with Chalmers for reserve duty. Chal
mers has returned to form, and will prob
ably prove a valuable man for the Phils
In the closing days of the race.
Today Alexander the Great will go to
the mound against the Cardinals. Alex
ander ha always been master ot the
Cardinals, and will almost surely set
away with hla game If he I well sup
ported and does not run Into the bad
breaks which have ben going against him
In his recent games,
St. Louis' pitching staff Is In posr
shape for this series, -as the games lv
Brooklyn and New York, forcad Jlugshui
to use his twlrlers out ot turn. It was,
Meadows' turn to twirl, but as ha worked
part ot the game sfralnst Brodklyn ys
yesterday. It Is likely that Den Orihw ,
will lo cent agalnet Alexander,',
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