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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916.
If
pWNERS MAY FREEZE HAL CHASE AND GEORGE STQVALL OUT
IfetASE AND STOVALL MAY
BE VICTIMS OF UNWRITTEN
BLACKLIST OF BASEBALL
Secret Agreement Among Owners Not to Ac
cept Their Services
Players Out
WIDLi Hal Chase nnd Grot-Re Stovn.11 bo the victims of the unwritten black
Hat by mnJor lencuo plnlm? Tbn cenrrnl Imnrcsslun nmonir baseball men
tta thai neither will be nlloweil to return to the major leagues, but It Is hard to
,ce Just how they can hope to keep either out of the major leagues, If they arc
fallowed to play in any minor organization.
It Is possible to bar Chase and Stovnll from any team playing under tlio
Xfttlonal Agreement, by liavlnir a secret understanding that no team can '
dicker for their services. This Is the only manner In which the "blnckllst"
fcan be successfully applied. It will
Lpalr of star first basemen, and brilliant
temperament, out of the major leagues
tin tlio smaller leagues.
How many owners are there In baseball who would permit Chnse to re- .
:maln On n minor league club If they
Efbr Instance that a team within a game
tumwlng' to a close, should lose Its first
urrilnor league club owning Chase was
certain amount what would the major
Many Owners Would
There aro many owners who will
i unwritten agreement, but the sight of
i series receipts, may be too great a temptation for them. There Is no doubt that
i Hal Choso Is one of the three greatest
' thora any doubt about him being one of
"players.
For personal reasons the magnates
j,nnd the samo thing applies to Stovall,
RUaaklf they over permit them to play in a
i nro far superior to tho majority of first
their Jumping tactics and Inducing others
Ij' casts, according to good authority.'
Do Chase and Stovall merit punishment any more than others who Jumped?
r.And If one considers It as a question
Kjas much as Pol I'errltt, Ivy Wlngo, Bill
;and then jumped back? Those who performed the double-flip-flop happened to
i'f&ll on the right side of the fence the
'worthy of consideration?
The Fittest Were
Might Is right, and It was a war
I-'magnatcs, managers and players would be surprised, if they mingled among
Ethe fans and found out Just how they feel about this subject. Little sympathy
;1bt wasted on Chase, because he was always known as a trouble maker, even
-when he was not making tho dollar mark
fcat Everything he turned his hand to and
reserve-clause Jumper.
Stovall was the1 best manager Cleveland has had in 15 years. He was also
a success at St. Louis, but he Incurred the displeasure of l're.sldent Johnson
"through his numerous disputes with umpires and utter disregard for Johnson's
authority. Johnson Is particularly bitter
his way back Into the fold.
It Is said that Stovall has enlisted
; the National League, and Garry Herrmann, chairman of tho National Com-
F'.mlsslon, In his behalf, and while there
senior league. It Is believed that he will
American Association or International
"be long before he is back In tho major
Ounn Doesn't Want to Cut Salaries
Jack Dunn declares that the high salaries paid In the International League
tvro years ngo were in a way responsible for the wrecking of the league.
fb'ut opposes tho cut In the salaries for
'. and part owner, and therefore It Is odd
: salaries, but he has an excellent reason.
"I spent a lot of money for major
and others who were. on my club two years, but It all came back," says Dunn.
"We, did not draw any better than wo
flayers made It possible for me to develop young talent which brought twice
Ipwhat I spent. Had It not been for my
a' lot of- money and to whom I was
others would never have gotten enough
Heavy Scoring: Helped Youngsters
"When Ruth and Shore Joined the Baltimore team they were batted hard and
s.would have lost many games had it not been
tport or tho team. Winning games where
six runs a game gave them confidence and
tarted pitching the ball they were capable of, but which would have been Im-
; possible If thoy did not have the confidence.
"I contend that money spent In salaries will come back, and don't believe In
5,v,lirwerlng the salary limit. IC you are paying players good money In a high-class
II minor league you nro sure to sell more players. I made my money selling players
K'ftnd not through the gate. I can show you other minor league clubs which have
fetheir money tho same way, and It Is a mistake to cut down."
Joyce Deplores "Lady
"Scrappy" Bill Joyce, years ago one
'always noted for his aggressiveness, has
f(ladyllke today. On looking up Bill's record
Cf.ncas, many highly Interesting episodes
'diamond are disclosed.
One day In New York, Jake Beckley,
the ball Into Bill's face as he tagged him
:ecKiey unfortunately dropped the ball.
Ugalhst Beckley's nose. Then when Jake
Vt la It any wonder Joyce says the present -
Expect Great Demand
Tickets for the Wlllard-Moran battle
for the match expect an enormous sale
ror more man a montn. Apparently
match. At least that Is the Impression gained after glancing over the
; metropolitan dailies. But the sporting public Is odd. At the last minute It may
' decide, that the light la not worth the enormous price asked for admission, and
the Rlckard-McCracken syndicate may be heavy losers. There Is little
Sympathy for the champion and his managers after their money-grabbing
LtoctlCfl. but the syndicate running the fight havo shown themselves to be game
i men, ana tne nstic fans tnrougnout the
fa least.
Dudd-Glrard Series Real Championship Battle
The series between the E. G. Budd five, winners of the Industrial i.em-ui
basketball championship, and Glrard Alumni, pennant winner In the American
jjueague, will practically decide the minor
i tnw teams are not xar Deiow tne
rproven by the work of youngsters recruited Into the largest professional
eleague in the country this winter, A meeting will be held tomorrow and details
' lor tit aer.es arranged, u Js believed
, Batne (If necessary) will be the decision
If Dwyer, Columbia's basketball captain, is as badly hurt as reports in.
ftiieate, Penn should have little trouble
sven wun .uwyer in tne game, tne worntngBide Heights five Is not llkelv to
trouble Penn on the large Weightman Hall
r periods for fenn to uereat uoiumoia,
,In -with many points to spare.
A
Would Keep These
of the Game
bo virtually Impossible to keep this
baseball men In all departments except
unless they are prevented from playing
needed a first bascmnn urgently? Say I
or two of tlrst place, with the season
baseman through an accident and a
willing to part with his sci vices for a
league club do?
!
Not Break Agreement
declare that they would not bleak the
a sure championship with the world's
first basemen In the game. Nor Is ,
tlio most unpopular and unprincipled
j
would bo only too glad to bnr Chase, ,
but they aro likely to find It Is a lmid
minor league. Both Chase and Stovall
basemen in the major leagues, but for
to follow their lead, they will bo out-
of right and wrong, do they deserve It
Klllefer and a few others who Jumped
winning side but nro they any more
the Survivors
where the fittest survived; but the
his sole aim, but Stovall made good
was really no worse than any other
against Stovall, and this seems to bar
tho sympathy of President Toner, of
is no room for the "firebrand" In tlio
be given a managerial position In the
League. Wherever ho goes It will not
league unless the "blacklist" is working.
tho coming season, Dunn Is a manager
that he should be anxious to pay larger
league players like Daniels, Twombly,
had In the past, but the strong veteran
great team of veterans who cost mo
paying largo salaries, Ituth, Shore and
confidence to develop Into stars.
for the terrific hitting and grout sup-
the opposing teams were scoring five and
then there was nothing to It. Iioth men
- like" Conditions
of the sturs of tho diamond and
been walling because tho game is too
to find out what ho terms degressive-
which recall tho early days of tho
the famous old first baseman, Jabbed
coming to first base on a close play.
Joyce plcked.lt up and threw It
fell, he promptly Jumped upon him.
day teams are not aggressive?
for Big Fight Tickets
will go on sale Monday. The promoters
though the bout will not take placo
the public Is greatly Interested In the
country. hope they can get an even brenk
league championship of Philadelphia.
isastern League standard has heen
that a home and home and neutral floor
of the committee handling the series.
defeating the New Yorkers tonight.
floor. In New York It required two
but tonight the Red and Blue should
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-.portiiur iuiki nl jour paper that jnii
have made notes nf several of the mrm
liers of (lie defaulted lliiltlmnre federal
Ivt'nKtJC" t tub as tn uhere they ulll he
.cen next .vear. Ami I 1n uMi that joii
unnld uMIli in jour paper Unit I,
t'liarles Yuiinff, pitcher f(ir Hie Italtlmurp
('lull In-) jrur, ulll plat with till (lillnr.r.
Ill,, Chili, In the 'lhree-1 League, the
xravm nf r.llll. 'Ihiiiildne .win In nil
vune, I remain, jiiur. In part,
CIIAKM.S -WIVNO.
PENN'S QUINTET
MEETS COLUMBIA
BASKETBALL FIVE
Teams Clash in Intercol
legiate League Game at
Weightman Hall Tonight
DE NERI PLAYS JASPER
Pennsylvania lias the oppoitunlty to
put another game on tlio right side of the
IntereolIcRl.'itn basketball credit book this
ovctiinh. Columbia will bu tlio apposing
team at Weightman Hnll. Columbia Is
always a tough proposition to beat, but
the nine and White live this winter isn't
.13 strong as the Columbia fives of other
ye.irs. Therefore, Pennsylvania should
win, because the Penn live Is the best In
years.
A victory umild help Penn Kirntly In
its championship fight. Cornell plays at
Vale, and the Ith.icaiis may como tliiougb
and brush Old Kll to one side. Princeton
plays Dartmouth, at Hanover, and should
win enMly. Should Cornell defeat Vale
and Pilnccton win the Tigers would
be light on Pennsylvania a heels. It
took Pennsylvania two cxtia periods to
defeat Columbia In Xew Yoik Inst Satur
day night.
The probable line-up:
Pennsylvania Columbia.
I M.irtln fnrunril !cr
u miamsun rorunru witRt.nor
t-CHUUUMl FOIt TONIC!
Jasper at De Nerl.
Heading nl Camden.
IT.
Greystock advanced another step to
ward tho championship goal in tho East
ern League basketball race last night by
defeating Camden by a scoie of 32 to 21.
Cooper Hull was crowded to the doors,
nnd It was necessary to turn several hun
dred devotees of the game away from
the hall.
The first half ended 14 to 12 In favor of
Greystock, but in the Becond period the
home team played rings around the Jersey
five. Wilson retired In favor of Fogarty
In the becond half. Sugarman tallied five
field goals on Brown.
If D Nerl can defeat Jaaper at Musical
Fund Hull tonlRhi, It will kIu tnem a splen
did chance, to nnlih the Iaetern I.eiiRUe season
In tho tlrst division. A tlctory means that
tho !J Nerld will bo close upon tlio heels at
both Heading nml Camden, nnd ulso within
faint halllne dlstuncc nt the leaders.
Whilo the Southwurk ilub Is still fl- full
pamea behind the Ureys, It la possible for the
Musical Kunil Hall baud to win the pennant
If they can make u clean-up on their remain
ing nine eames and the Ureys run into a bad
slump. FlKurlnjr upon past Eastern Iairuo
performances, this can huppen, although It
Is not looked for at this staxa of the rate.
Two j cars uso tho Jasper club by a furious
rush forward "on nine out of their last 10
games anil ende,l In a three-cornered tie with
Trenton and Camden for the title. On the
play-off the Jewels won.
List year (Ireystock won 11 out of Its last
13 games, and made a heroic climb from the
tall-end position to fourth place.
The De Nerl plaei fuure that If other clubs
In the past can accomplish buth feats they
can try to duplicate, for they point to their
recent record, which Is (Uo victories out of
their last seven Karnes, a paie which If con
tinued will land them dangerously close to the
Ureys at the finish.
Two preliminary games will be staged. In
the first the comlns Ilrotherhood League cham
pions. Berkeley, will line up against the Do
Nert Reserves, and In the other the Eienlng
Telegraph and Iiu letln will clash. """
Newark Gets Internationa Franchise
NBWAHK. N J Keb. lO.-Presldent Ed
ward a. Harrow, of tho International League,
has announced that the Jersey City fran
chise would bo sold to Fred Tenney and James
Price, who will transfer the team to this
L,;Jrne purchasing prlca has been fixed at
23 000, and it was safd that II. Clay Smith
of Danville. III.. Is Tenney's financial backer
With the franchise will go 10 players, all of
whom plaied with the team last summer and
were transferred to Ilarrlsburg, Tenney will
be manager and llrlco president of the club.
MOVIES TIN THAT
.fefford) ccntio tliirgh.irj
Jnnoi KU.inl Wilier
McNIihol guunl I.llt.uur
Standing of the Teams
w. !.. PC. v. i,. p c.
Orejstock. 'Jl 10 .1177 De.N'eil. ... K. HI .I-.1
Ite.idinK.. is .r.i.t .iHHpcr I'J L'n .:i"."
Cimden... 17 l.'i .Kit Tienton... 11' M) .!!7.,
MORAL GET THE OTHER FELLOW'S SCORE
EICE SEES YANKS TREADING
ROSY PATH THIS SEASON
Good Catching Corps Only Position That Needs
Strengthening, Declares Baseball
Expert
By GKANTLAND RICE
The lltvt major league ball club that we
ever covered, shadowed or played poker
i with was the Now Yotk Yanks.
I That was In 10011, a mero trifle of 13
' years ago, when they busted Into baseball
under the command of Clarke Clrllllth.
j This was the Yanks' debut season, and
I that first club looked to bo n wonder. Ob-
sere n few of the names Herman Long,
Willie Keeler. Dave Kultz, .lack Chcsbro,
lea.'e Tannehlll, Harry Howell, Lefty
DavN, Wld C'onroy and others of equal Ilk.
Hut tlio best they could llnlsb was
fourth.
The 13-Year Span
Having helped christen the Yanks at
their flr.st tialnlng camp with a delugq of
words, such as "pink of condition." "mid
season form." "tall and rangy guy,"
"pamo of his life," etc. etc.. wo have
naturally taken an abiding interest In
their checkered career.
For 13 year.", from close range or far
away, wo have watched Grlf. IClberfcId,
HtulIlngH, Chase. Wolverton. Chance and
Donovan attempt to crack tho crust ot
Fate.
Thiee times tho Yanks have fought their
way to hecond place, and on one occasion,
1001, they charged within ono gamo of
the ling. Hut after each such charge they
always dropped from second place to tho
second division. They havo never had re
serves enough to cover their captured
ti ouches.
The Turning Tide
The Yanks have had seven managers,
more than liOO ball players and have
played inoro tlinn WO games, without
ever winning a flag!
It li is been Mx years since they even
IliiLshcd In the first division.
But. unless Fate intends to smash all
records, tlio so-called Tldo has reached
Its turning point at last.
With Cap Huston mid Colonel Ituppert
providing the sinews of war and estab
lishing a munition factory, the Yanks
look to bo out of tho bleak woods of
I list ready for another rampngo along
the open plains of success.
Primed Again
The Yanks once more aro primed with
talent. Provided that two Ifs develop,
they will bo In tho Hag hunt all the way.
IF Home-run Baker hasn't receded as
a slugger extraordinary and lias held
ability to get around at normal speed
And IF Manager Donovan gets first
class catching to hundlo his pitchers
Well, ns Colonel Samuel Ciann observes,
baseball is nn uncertain business, but In
splto of that established fact the Yanks
look to be as well fixed for a pennant
frolic as any ono else.
The Color
For years they have lacked color, but
now that color has come again In a pink
glow to their pallid cheeks.
Home-run Baker Lee Magco Slim
NEWS OP THE BOWLING ALLEYS
Mancto bowling team, of the Quaker City
League, outrolled the Liberty Hell squad, of
the Philadelphia League, nnd will have Its
entrance fee paid lit tho second annual cham
pionships of the Atlantic Coast Association at
Washington, D. C, nest April
How the
mighty have fallen. Wyndham
Colta heat White
Kiepnams, ex.cnainpic
the roll'Off for second
ecotid p
Place, winning two
games,
the last two out of three.
It remained for the Ktkmmi Lepoeb quintet
to topple Deck Bngrdvlng out ot first place In
tho Curtis League. Tho newspaper experts
won two games from the engraving bquad.
Kngraving gained a long-sought honor, first
Place, by winning tho odd match from Com
position. Journal Press won three In a row
from Country Uentleman and share the lead
with Kngravlng. Color I'reto won two from
Post Press, ,
The high scorers In the Curtis League games
on Terminal Alleys Include Cunningham, of
Ledger, who rolled '.--'S. IUT and HI; Stul.
of Color Press, started orl with 22U; Algayer
marked up IXlii for Kngraving In his first game,
and Otto got 101, -i anil ITS for the same
combination, whilo Hod a hail scores of 178,
111 ami lrj.1: nermann finished with 01; J lax
loinplled a '-'00 scoro In his second came for
Journal Press, and Cass made the best single
game total for Heck, goo. In his last effort,
A scant two games separate first ami fourth
teams In the Curtis League race.
The White Elephafnts started off with a tally
of US.) against Wyndham Colts, who aggregated
USO. The Colts Improved In the second game
and scored n&3. while the Elephants regis
tered 073. and tn the deciding game Colts
won out. 039 to UO'i. Each of the squads had
out their best bowlers, the lileplianu' line-up
Including Grossman, lodgers. King, Batter-
STUFF, FERRUS, YOU
Caldwell Fritz JIaisel these are all
stais, nnd they will be backed up by
others only a stride or two away. Briefly,
the stuff looks to be there or thereabouts.
But Not Yet
Giantcd that Bnker and Magee bat
over .300, which they should both do,
nnd thereby add tho long-needed punch
to tho Yank attack
There nro still at least two details to
bo considered before the Yanks aro
counted up and over the last hurdle:
1. The Red Sox. 2. Tho Tigers.
These two clubs outclassed tho Ameri
can League Held last summer. They were
Immeasurably stronger than any other
rival and no sign of any decay has
set In.
To say nothing of the White Sox with
Collins, Fournlcr and Jackson batting In
runs for Scott, Faber and others to pro
tect. One or Them Up There
In addition to his established talent,
Donovan will havo a flotilla or shoal of
recruits to pick from, and many of theso
have shown more than flashes of major
league ability.
So by l ho time Smiling Bill has settled
his cast and put his machine into working
oulor ho Is bound to be up there some
where above tlio dividing line. If not at
the top.
Means Great Race
The recent upholstering which the
Yanks have been given means one of tho
gieatest ling races of all time In tho
American League.
Through 1015 this circuit was a three
club uffalr. The other five contenders
were outclassed.
But affairs have changed. The Mack
men nnd tho Cleveland Indians are out of
It befoie tho gong peals Its Initial an
them, but there aro sK .clubs left that
.should tear up the sod. Red Sox and
Tigers will be about tho same. The Whlto
Hot will bo a trifle stronger. The Yanks
will bo n new organization, stronger In
every way, whilo at St, Louis Fielder
Jones has tho materlnl to throw the
ill-owns with a crash against any other
club.
Grlf's Nationals are still n gamble, as
the Old Fox has decided to build up a
younger machine. Hut any club that has
a good pitching staff headed by Walter
Johnson is not to be treated with un
seemly scorn.
90 Games
Winning 90 games in tho A. L. this
forthcoming season will bo no piker's
Job. A club can play better than aver
age ball and still not finish In the Upper
Four. It will bo a case of hustle all
the way to beat fifth place, and whero
five cr six clubs figure they have a good
show of collecting a barrel or so of world
S'jrlea bullion you can bank on the hustle.
With "pieces of eight" In sight the earn
est athlete Is rarely ever languid.
thwalte and Knox, while opposed to them were
Hardy. Costa, Radcllffe, Jones and McFall.
Color Press" 804 score tn tho first game
against I'ost Tress was the best team effort of
tho night.
"
Columbus Council and San Domingo, two'
Madera of the Knights of Columbus League,
dropped two games each to Do Soto and San
Salvador, thus tightening up tho race,
Itafferty, of San Salvador, started off with a
210 Bcore. then registered 130 and 115. Shields
after a 21g start, dropped to 131. but woumi
up with 112.
Tha Scull ilanufacturlng Company sauad
had a hard battle with tlobrow Hrothers' ren-
rAGntatli In if mo nnirsrl ..,i . .
but
game. Hoorow scattered the maple for 01S In
their first gamo but were outrolled In the next
two. bcull concluding with U0S.
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tlobrow scattered
Miss Elaine Rosenthal Wins Title
PALM BHACII. Fla.. Teb lU.-Mlsa Elaine
Ilosenthal. tho Western golf champion i
tho Florida title jesterday lit the " $& Ihial
of the annual tournament, defeatlnir Mi
Louise Wlthcrbce, of Fort Henry, a ind 8.
INTRODUCTION
Tjsso
.
CIGAR
"EXCEEDINGLY BE7TER-
SPEAK IN FAR TOO
OF ORGANIZED BASEBALL
FIRST
Ted Easterly Would Like
to Know What's What
Ted Knsterly, who I-; out In California,
linn written tn ,lnmcs filtmorc, the cx-prr.-ddrnt
nf the federal Lcngue, nit fol
lows: "Dear ,11m: I noticed nil you fellows
got 'yours,' nnd I hnve n contract In my
Idchrr which mils for miolhcr year's
ontnry. Now, ,11m, denr, whern nm I nt?
,lmt u few lines wllli mi explanation
which will Ntrnlghten nut the tnnglc will
he gratefully received by -.oum truly,
"TKIi EASTI1HI.Y.
"P. S. In It n hnrd tnik to learn to be
a motormnn?"
FOUR FIELDS ARE
CONSIDERED FOR
COLLEGIATE MEET
Intercollegiate Track
Championship May Go to
Pennsylvania
TO DECIDE MARCH 4
Four fields are under consideration for
the 41st annual track an 1 field champion
ship of the Intorcolleglato A. A. A. A. and
from which a cholco will be made when
the association holds Its annual meeting
in New York on March 1. In the order of
tho likelihood of being npproved they : .-o
Harvard, Syracuse, Princeton and Penn
sylvania. The Harvard management got In the
field last fall and nnnounced that it would
make application for tho games. Of tho
other threo universities, Syracuse and
Pennsylvania are willing to manage them
If the association wishes, whilo Princeton
would make application If the visiting
collegians would bo satisfied with the
hotel accommodations there.
As a matter of fact. It any Institution
merits the games It Is Syracuse. Tho New
Yorkers havo been aftv them for years,
and until last year havo always made a
vain fight, but each time their application
lias been turned down. On one occasion
the Exocutlvo Committee recommended
tho Syracuso field to tho association, but
this body awarded them to Harvard In
stead. There Is only one abjection made to
Syracuso. That Is that the 23) yards
straightaway course runs through an
arched gatoway beneath tho stadium.
This fact arouses a fear that thero might
be an Injury in tho 220 yards sprint nnd
hurdle races. Hut thoso who have exam
ined the Syracuse track pronounce It per
fectly freo from objection. Syracuse has
this advantngo over the Harvard stadium
in Hint it is possible to throw tho hammer
on tho cnclosuro within the running
track, Franklin Field being tho only other
placo where this is possible.
Pennsylvania Is willing to De a candi
date for tho games, but If Princeton
wants them tho Quakers will support tho
Tigers' application. Slnco tho last foot
ball season Princeton has built a 220 yards
straightaway track, so that the Tigers
aro equipped with as good a field as thero
Is. Tho only dlfllculty In holding the
games In Princeton Is the lack of hotel
acocmmodatlons for tho visiting athletes
and tho fear that the attendance would
not be Up to the mark.
BAYUK
SOLD FROM THE
Sanitary Humidor
111' A LI. qOQP DEALERS
A SKNHATIOKAI, SHOW
National -A. C, National A. C.
TONIGHT 8:30 S1IAUI' XONIUHT
Sailor Czurmanskl vs. Quartermaster hmlth
JOHNNY NBLbON vs. J KAN CONSTANCE
L'I)1IK WALI-ACKv. ritAN'KIK McMANUS
bOI.LV IIUItNH vs. G1IUIK WAGOND
Jack Urazzo vs. Joe Azvedo
Olympia A, A.
Ilroad A Ilalnbridxe
Ilarrv nliittnl,. Vlfri.
tmuii.v -.,..,n u .. '
STANLEY UKTCIIKL vs. LEKTV TYLER
CHARLES MEIltVAY Ts. HARRY WAGNER
JOHNNY RITCHIE TS.UU8SIE LEWIS
III Kill) Y KELLY vi. AUGIE KATNKB
JIMMY MUHl'UY Vs. ' "
i -,.., KNNY LEONARD
AUro. SBc, BaL Res. BOc, Arena Res. 7Bc. f 1.
LIGHT A VEIN
S
N w Cigar
GOOD GOLFERS
KEEP THE EYES
ALWAYSON BALL
Even Jerry Travers Often
Commits This Error '
Matter of Over-Ambition
SOME OTHER FAULTS ;
Dy GRANTLAND RICE
If thero la one thine that ti, -.
Bolfer esteems above all else ifT.'"
knowledge or his faults or a tin u ,11
some particular Bin ho Is eomm ttlu i,
a Riven' moment. ""'ing .t
"What am 1 dolnrj?" l 'thn ,-!
most plaintive cry of tie course a, ft!
Bolfer slices, hooks, tops, sniffs Jfi
oU,er.,nt",10t frm n ft' tmp ft
"!V'hat ?m I doIn(-7"-for most f ,,,.
ii.no no aocsn't know. He only kno.
that, whatever It Is, the same Is wrong
Two Alain Fnulla
Having heard this anguished query out.
ned so oftetf, It struck us that pwhS
It might bo Interesting to find out iK
commonest fault committed In maklm- hi
great variety of shots that are used.
.,, aV '.s, ,ll, commonest fault In M(I
Wo put this query to a number of K
ins professionals who through their d-iw
tcacblnK and trained observation are n
a better position to know. On the Ust
spoken to wcro such fine observers .
Tommy McNamara, Jack Hobens, aeor
Low, Alex Smith and a half-dozen others '
Tho verdict was this: There are twa
faults In golf about equally common
among all classes ot players, and thn
two faults cost more bad shots than ill
others combined. They arc:
1. MOVING THE HEAD-OR NOT
LOOKING AT THE BALL.
2. SHIFTING THE DODY IN AHEAD
OP THE STROKE AND THEREBY
WRECKING ANY CHANCE FOR
PROPER TIMING.
Where You Stand
Now you now where you stand. If you
havo missed a shot or played one poorly
It Is BO to 1 that you have cither moved
your head too soon, looked up, or In your
over-eagerness you havo thrown vour
fcody In before your hands and arms took
control of the stroke.
"I have been teaching golf," said Jack
Hobens, "for 13 years, and If I coulj ftt
my pupils to correct theso two faults I
would havo nearly all of them plavln
steadily under $0. For theso aro thi
faults that do most of tho damage; thr
nro tho ones that keep tho sand In th
bunkers Hying about."
Simple? Not Precisely
On tho face of things It sounds lmpl
enough. Correct two Uttlo faults and
you are down around 75.
But It Isn't qulto as simple as It looks.
Jerry Travers, open champion, has about
aa fine control of his muscular and nerv
ous forces as any golfer playing. You
might think he would look up from
shot too soon about once every other
round.
"How often," we asked him, "do you
toko your eye off tho ball on your sulnl
In tho course of an 18-hole match?"
"At least five times," ho answered, "and
that Is a low average And each time j-ou
look up you can figure on at least ont
added stroke."
Against Hilton
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.uuAing ujj, cununuea jerry, n t
habit that may follow any one club or all
of thorn. Not threo golfers In ten look
at their putts until the club head has
struck tho ball. Yet they wonder why
thoy can't putt. In my match wltlj Har
old Hilton, the English champion, at
Apawamls I was 4 down at the end of thi
morning round. In tho afternoon I won
tho first three holes. At the fourth holt
I bad a two-foot putt to win again, but
In my eagerness to squaro the match I
lifted my head Just before I hit the ball
to see the put drop In and missed. Hil
ton, who had been slipping, got his conn-'
donee back and never gavo me another
chance. One look-up on a two-foot putt
cost mo my chance for the match,"
A Cheerful
Spot
RIGHT in the heart of
the shopping district,
convenient to theatres
and other places of amuse
ment, are dainty cafes and
tearooms which have an at
mosphere of refinement and
present an inviting appear
ance. These cafes, whose pur
pose it is to cater to Phila
delphia's bettcr-than-average
people, use the Ledger for
their advertising. It reaches
the people who have the
leisure and means to frequent
these places and make them
a paying proposition,
The next time you arc in
the city and are undecided as
to where to spend a pleasant
hour over dainty viands,
glance through the adveri
tisements in the Ledger.
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