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FHILS' FIRST LONG ROAD
SOJOURN WILL PROVE BIG.
-;- FACTOR IN FLAG CHASE
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d Work on Foreign Fields, While Braves
and Dodgers Fell Down, Last Year Enabled
Moranmen to
'WEtl the present series with Brooklyn on tlio home Held, the league-lending
CJ. Phils will mftko their first Western trip nnd also visit Boston nnd Brooklyn
l the East before returning home. The nrst lohg road trip means much to
any team nnd will 1ms particularly Important to the Phillies this season. Last
year the Phils won the pennant mainly because they proved n superior road
Ufrrn, winning almost na many games on the road ns at home, while Brooklyn
ntl Boston slumped badly lfi the West.
The Phillies are In wonderful 'shape for the trip. Manager Moran has eight
Irtiejiers who are going nt top form, and there Is no danger of any of his hurlers
feeing overworked. It la likely that Moran will select his four best pitching
Meets beforo tho team leaves and work them In order, ns he Is unxtous to keep
the largo lead the Phils enjoy nt the present time.
Critics nre nlmost unanimous In the opinion that the National League
pennant will be won by an Eastern team, but until the Hast has proved Us
superiority oVer tho West there Is absolutely no way to got n line on the relative
strength of the teams of each section. The awful trouncing the Phillies handed
the Cubs In Florida In the spring series Is largely responsible for this belief,
but the recent work of Tinker's team Indicates that It has Improved wonderfully.
There are two other Western teams capable of sticking In tho tight If their
liltchera show ns well us expected. These teams nre tho Iteds nnd Cnrdlnals.
Both have strong pitching material, but to date the hurlers have Bhown only nn
occasional flash of the form expected. By tho time the Phils open tho Western
invasion the pitchers of all four teams may hnve rounded Into form.
Phils Have Little to Fear if They Maintain Present Form
If tho Phillies tnn play thp same Intelligent brand of ball they exhibited
Against tho Braves and Olatits hero, then they have little to fear on the first swing
altout tho circuit. Perhnps later In tho season one of tho Western teams may bo
going nt a terrific clip, but nt present
nil rivals.
Brooklyn, which Is hero for the first series. Is nn aggregation which may upset
tho dope. Barring pitching, the Dodgers have ns strong a team ns there Is In
either major league. The pitching material looks good, but Manager Itnbinson
seems to have been unfortunate enougli to have used poor Judgment In handling
Ills pitchers In the past 'ind apparently has gotten Into the same rut ngaln
this season.
. Miserable weather. has" handicapped the Dodgers a great deal sluco returning
from, Daytona. Tho pitching staff Is composed principally or veterans nnd they
httve found It Impossible to get Into shape with rain Interfering every other I
day. Ebbctts Field Is one of the hardest in the country on pitchers, as there is j
always u cola dump wind wowing across mo neiu in me cnriy spring, unu una
Is an additional kr.ndlcnp to. thu veterans.
Red Sox Got the Breaks in Final Game
The Red Sox stopped the winning streak of the Athletics In tho final gamo
of tho scries, but the world's champions had a hard battle all the way. Until
Boston made lta fourth run In the ninth inning the Mnckmen were dangerous,
and If one break In three different Innings where tho Athletics had men on
bases had come to tho home team, tho early lend of the Hcd Sox would have
been overcome.
Tho Athletics made just as many hits as tho world's chumplons, fielded
better and the pitching was Just as good, but nil the breaks went to Carrigan's
tigarn and they tallied four runs, while Leonard blanked the Mnckmen for the
first time this season. Whenever the Athletics had runners on base the batters
met tho ball fairly, but It always went straight nt tho fielders. Tho Bed Sox
had fewer chances to Bcorc, but had the necessary punch to make the most of
.their opportunities,.
Umpiring which tho fans thought was very much off color oIho aided tho
World's champions. Boston's first two runs off Crowell would not hovo resulted
It Duffy Lewis had been called out on strikes ua he should have been, while
Carrlgan, who made tho Blnglo which scored Lewis nnd tiurduer. apparently
also had been fanncU, but Umpire Dlnccn did not ngreo with the COOO fans find
MacJt'.s 'plnyers.
, Macks Could Not Bring Runners Over
As the gamu turned out, .these two runs wero not needed to clinch the vic
tory, as two more were tallied later, but tho whole game would have been
changed If the Athletics had been on even terms when they stnrtcd to get to
Leonard. The sacrtflco game could have been played to tho limit, and one
dohble play nnd nnother force, play 'on a hard-hit ball would hnve been eliminated.
Tho most encouraging features of the game from n local standpoint was tho
plendld pitching of "Ml" Crowell and Charley Pick's brilliant all-round work.
Crowell had a world of stuff1 and would have won under ordlnnry conditions.
As explained above, the Bed Sox first tallies wero gifts, while the last tallied on
Crowell was .due to his own carelessness In pitching todPitcher Leonard. Bos
ton made only six hits In eight innings off Crowell and he grew stronger as
we gamo progressed. The heavy hitters
exhibition pleased Manager Mnclc-greatlv. Crowell works easier than any of .
tne otner young- hurlers and can Btund more of it. He probably will bo the
tar of the staff, despite tho defeats he has gotten In his first two starts.
Pick is Improving Rapidly
Pick continues to Improvo at third, nnd Mnck's collegians who are duo to
light the Richmond lad for the position Inter In tho summer nre going to have
a hard time dislodging him. Pick mndo three clean hits ngulnst ono of the best
southpaw pitchers In tho country, which Is quite a feat for a left-handed batter.
He is a Bniart player and his Heidlng-hns Improved wonderfully, thanks to tho
morning practice.
The Mackmcn will bo In
to open a long home stand. The men
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Western trin Tim k,'I.,1i,i iu ..,i
caiern trip, ine sct-CUula Is a great
mo n-ujii is in no snane for a trin
Indoor Collegiate Championships Evenly Divided
Tho Navy's winning of tho intercollegiate fencing championship last week
ends the Indoor athletic season with the widest distribution of championship
honors In many years. Yalo enjoys n slight advantage over her rivals if It Is
permissible to style bowline- an tntercollecrlatn snort, vim tch wnr, ini,.,,,i,- !
tournament In this mini-i t, n, .fr
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ror anything but un exercise. In addition Yale carried oft the swimming title.
AH. the other colleges imd to be content with one championship each.
Following la a complete 1U.J ci the indoor sports and the, championship teams
In each: Bowling. Yale, basketball, Pennsylvania; fencing, Navy; gymnastics.
XJrlnceton; hockey. Harvard; BWimmlng, Yale; wrestling, Cornell. Of all the
winter Indoor ports basketball -,as the most important and Pennsylvania won
that after an exciting postseason struggle with Princeton.
J03 Angeles fans agree tnut pride goeth before a fall. Frank Chance,
Jormerly known as the "peerless leader," returned to the game to manage Los
Awrfea and got off to a flying start. The "Angels" Bwept everything before them
fcrtwo weeks and Chance begun boasting. He was getting ready to celebrate
m" nennnnt.wtiinlnc- hfnrA trip rare vinn
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pfocea nnd lost six straight games to Sdn Francisco. Now It looks very much
M.lf ha la going to have a hard time keeping his team in the race.
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Western teams, or the American League object to the "riding" .methods of the ;
U Louis Urowng, and there may be soma lively doings one of these days when
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Jnejdec Jones' team is playing the Tigers In Detroit. It will seem strange to '
local fans to see an aVgresslve team representing St. Louis in the American J
League, For years the Browns have been the deadest aggregation In the major !
Vwgues. Fielder Jones will at least add
The' Southern League has nroken away from the old rule which prohibits
MsMe-headerq until after the first swing around the circuit. President Baugh has
f'rueted the teams tliat they ran play off their postponed games when they
JSt providing It la satisfactory to the opposing team. This is a sensible Idea,
d Jf"it Vraa followed In the major leagues would glye a team with, a small but
ptent; bitching" staff an bvot chance. Under the present system, double
h dire often come so thick and fast that a team with only four good twirlers
Hi fut out of the- running and IU staff ruined 'by the long string of bargain days
JM In the yer.
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were at tho Brunonlan's mercy and his i
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NUNAN WINS FOR
UPPER DARBY BY
STEALING HOME
Breaks 4-4 Deadlock With
Catholic High Nine in
Tenth Inning
OTHER SCHOOL GOSSIP
Upper Darby High has a arlrty of
plays for winning baseball games anil
sometimes can "get away with It." When
the Upper Darby players were testing
their brain nnd brawn with the Catholic
High School youngsters yesterday after
noon the honors wero even until the 10th
inning.
Catholic High took the lead with two
runs In the first Inning. It was nip and
tuck until the eight, when Catholic High
scored tho necessary run to cause a dead
lock, 4 to I. In the 10th Inning, with the
odds seemingly ngnlnst thm, the Upper
Darby boys stnrtcd a rally, and Nunau,
the third baseman, was nn third sack.
Nunnn watched his chatieo and when
the opportunity came he stolo home, win
ning the gamo for his team, 5 io . It
wns a clover feat and Catholic High was
taken by complete surprise. Wnrthingtnn
nnd Scullcy were nn tho points for Cath
olic High ; Temple and Kane for Upper
Darby High School.
Mnor ThomtiH fl. Smith lint per reason In
tho uorlrt to( vUlt the lvnn Charter Sehool
nlaylnt; nehbt. Queen I,unc. Mix Kim. Diive
Kmlth, Is playlne hucIi cleer ImpehiUl for Penn
Charter, ho usually loom up as the hriKht par
ticular Mar. In eterttay a Kama with the
School of TedaEoey. l)ao Smith hit n, homer
In the fifth Innlns. ucorlnK four ut the runs.
With IVnnoek. Mera. CJummery. Steele nnl
Grove, the uenn Charter junior tennla team la
atronr. The Yellow anil Illue playera deteateil
the Knlwopnl Academy juniors nt queen i.une
ine i-.piKionai Arauemy junior at ui
yeatcrilay. ri to 1. It was u one-nil
iTt the mutch were nid" contest
Hess, of the Sehool of retlaffogy, led hla
teammntes In General nll-rouml work, when
Ienn Charter won from the future teathera
by a tally of 11 to X The l'eilacoca as a
whole playeil inreleasly, showing laik ot prac
tlce. I'etin charter hail only one error (.hulked
up affalnst them. .
Uvery afternoon this week will see Important
leaKU" lmuetall Karnes, anil Imllratioua are
that this will be n, reconl week for the hlelt
.....I preparatory at lino atu.lents. Not only
baseball but tennis. tr.nU nut crrw work la
now holding the Interest of thu local athletes.
Northeast HlKh s 4 I to ;I7 vli tory oer South
Philadelphia m the dual train meet, held es-
teruay. tame more or lesi as a surprise. Not
that Northeast was epei teii to tie on the loslns
end but merely because of the elose score, the
downtown athletes Hiorlnc In o many of the
m-nti and fitnc nuite a few nr.ia.
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riLK-Ul'S 1'1(U3I UIKUUIC I'ATIi
With liwson Itoliertson aldliiic In the coach
Ins at Pennsylvania, the lied and llluc will
be more of a factor In thx IntennlleRlates
than several tralnvrs expect Penn to be. If
Ienn has anthln(. blnic around loose Rob
ertson will set It out.
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mis seasons ana ine iisrer leaner has vl-
niuiis in uiinexuia; ine iiuarier-miiu inampion-
ahlp in the Intercollealates As ioni; as
Ted Meredith Is runnlni:, Sloorn will tune
to be content with a plaie other than nrst.
Davy. thePrlnceton hluh jumiier. Is a lad
who will bvar wutchlm: this sprint-, V Of
course, with ltUharda and oler still In har
ness, he cannot expect to win the Intercol
legiate high Jump; still, ne will du about 0
ft. U In. to il ft. 1 In
Arils Mucks, the Wisconsin weight thrower,
will tn at the Penn relas. He Is the biggest
fellow In athletics today, weighing l'i!.i pounds
and towering a ft 3i In. And he Is about
the best weight thrower In the land, too.
Scudder. of Penn. looks Ilka u lomlmr hair
mller. He Is able to run the ha" now In1 11
minutes, ami win do a lot bettur before the
season is wen under wa.
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spHnur "w"ok-lokT'Ue"" hreaiathin"hm"ie
Is the best sprinter that Has entered i'enn In
some day.
EImer smith should cut uuite figure on
!h" i'iin,lnia freshman team thla spring
lis is the beat thing of his weight and Inches
in the land, as a sprinter, broad jumper and
hUt Jumper '"' ' "Jllj" '
Oscar ourney has sunveded Professor sig-
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Northeast teams in due course of time.
If Joo Schwartz can maintain the same
form outdoors that he exhibited Indoors during
the winter season, he should annex all the
distance runs hereabouts this summer.
Harry Hlllman has Just signed a (lie-year
' contract as director of physical education at
Dartmouth. Hlllman lias been coach and
trainer ai ine uanuvvriiisiiiuiloQ since Ittlu.
Swarthmore picked up an excellent shot
putter In Hoot, the former Krlends' Central
lad, but with Maxfleld pushing the missile
for Lafayette Hoot will not have much of a
chance la tho Middle Stairs' tntercollegtates.
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THIRD BASE THE MOST
DIFFICULT TO PLAY ON
ANY BASEBALL CLUB
Devlin, Jimmy Collins and Bradley Our Great
Third Sackers in Game During: Past Six
teen Years, Declares Rice
By GRANTLAND RICE
WHAT is the toughest Job on n ball
club? V'c put the cillery In this
fashion so that we can be allowed to In
terject the answer without nny undue
waste of time.
And tho answer Is simple enough:
TlimiJ HASH
Tho pionf heio Is simple enough. In
tho last L'O years the game Is fairly bub
bling with grand outfielders Speaker.
I'obh, Dunlin, Kelley, Hums, etc., etc.
Also with great first basemen Chase,
Mclntils. Tenner, Chance and others.
( Kim.'illy with star second basemen Col
lins. I.njule. Kvers. Harry, I.owe, etc.
There have been all lite great short
stops you want Wagner. Tinker, Maran
tic. Hush. Long anil a half dozen others.
Hut sluco 1900 there have been Just
thro great third basemen that we can
think ot now three, that Is, who stand
out above tho field Jimmy Collins, Art
Devlin and Hill Hrndlcy.
A Reason or So
Desiring Information as Io why third
base should bo so hard to play, wo put
the query up to Art Devlin, the old Olant
stnr.
"At second and shott." said Devlin,
"you don't have to do much guessing or
planning. You stand back on the grass
STILl. OUT OF THE GAME
Sam Ctawlord, Detroit's clean
uixright fielder, is still out of the
Tigers' line-up because of illness.
Crawford Still III; Cobb Recovers
DETROIT. Mich.. April .'5. president
Navln, ot the Petrolt baseball club, has an
nounced that Sam CravtforU. vtho has been un
the sick list, would not accompany the Tlgera.
Ty Cobb, who also has been out of the game
for several daya because of a severe cold, will
go with the team, and probably play la the tit.
Laul scries.
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and then play the ball as It comes. At
third you arc planning and guessing all
the time. If you get back too far there
Is the bunt to stand you on your head.
If you come in too close there is the hard
smash tn break down j-our guai d. And
when a ball is hit down the third base
man's way he hasn't nny time to get set.
If ho Isn't tpilck on his feet nnd quick
with his hands the play Is by lilin before
ho can breathe."
Shafcr at Third
"I recall an Instance." continued Devlin,
"when I wns hurt one day and Tilly Sha
rer was sent to third. At the end of n
week, just beforo I was hack, he called
one night at my room. "If you don't get.
back tomorrow,' said Shafcr, 'I am going
home." 'What's the trouble?' I nsked.
'Third base,' he said. 'Trying to piny
that hag right will drive any man crazy
In n month. I'm close to a nervous wreck
now. I always liked Imscbnll before, but
not this part of it.'
"Shafcr had the answer. The man who
doesn't try to plan and study batters and
shift to meet the play will never be a
star at third. Thp man who does Is al
ways under n heavy strain. Either way
you are up against it."
About Wagner
"I'll tell you one micer turn In my work
nt third." Dolln iuMd. "I played ngnlnst
Hans Wagner for ten years, more than
200 games, and In all that time ho never
tried to bunt ngainst me. Yet I had to
watch him all tho time, fearing he would
cross mo. One il.iy I guessed wrong. I
was sure ho was going to bunt ; I saw
him start the motion and I rushed In.
He hit ono through me so fast I haven't
seen It yet. After that I decided tn let
him beat out a bunt beforo I came In
again, hut ho never put one down my way,
although lie Is a fine hunter."
Tho report Is abroad that Mr. Carl Mor
ris, of Sapulpa. is abroad again ns ono
of the entries In a $10,000 match. Tht
birth late Isn't one for .every minute, ns
suggested, but about six for every second.
Raker on the Job
Wo have heard any number of dis
cussions as to what sort of a third base
man Frank Raker was and Is. He wan
and Is the greatest hitting third baseman
of them all. As a fielder he has been
good, but not great. This Impression that
Haker Is a poor Inflelder Is all bunk.
"I've heard this fellow couldn't play third "
remarked Nap Lajole lately, "but I have
been playing against him five or six years
ana i nne never seen him play n bad
game yet. lie Isn't wearing any medals
for grace, but he always gets them In the
games I've seen his work."
Just what Henjamin Michael Kauff will
do later on Is only a, lit subject for-the
box scores. Hut at (he end of the first 10
days' work Mr. Kauff was able to report
19 trips to thu plate for seven hits and an
average of .370.
As a good running start was supposed
to be of great value In his peculiar case,
those who have bet money that he
wouldn't bat .300 on the year may soon
desire to hedge for a kopek or sa.
No one picked the Phillies to win last
eeasou, and we have heard of no one pick
ing them for the present campaign. Yet
they lost no great time hustling back to
the perch they occupied last October
against much stronger opposition than
they were forced to meet laBt year As
we see it, I'at Moran has an underrated
ball club. He has the pitching and the
punch a combination that will go quite a
way when handled by a leader like Moran
Any club that picks them out for fluke
champions is as poor a picker as Jack
Dillon was when he went out after Jess
Wlllard.
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GOTCH NO MATCH
FOR JOE STECHER;
SHOULD RETIRE
Champion Wrestler Now Is
35 Years Old and 'Rusty'
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MORE KNOCKS FOR WELSH
It would seem that the wisest course
for Fiank Gotch to pursue Is to remain In
retirement ns fnr as a wrestling match
with Joo Steelier is concerned.
Cotch Is .15 years old, far beyond his
wrestling prime, nnd "rusty" because of
years of mat Idleness. Steelier Is 22, In
the full bloom of his young manhood, and
practically at the crest of his meteoric
career. It Is doubtful If Gotch, In the
days of his gi eatcst prowess, was as won
derful a wrestler as Steelier Is today.
By remaining In retirement, Gotch re
tains during all tho rest of his days the
glory that belongs to nil undefeated cham
pion ; to an athlete who met and heat
tho strongest foes pitted ngainst him be
fore age camo on. By coming out and
trying conclusions, ho probably will do a
Jim Jeffries,
Gotch Isn't After Coin
No ono justly would nccuse Gotch of
displaying a whlto feather by refusing to
meet Steelier now. His alibi Is good. He's
beyond his prime nnd out of wrestling
condition.
Yes, Gotch would gain $25,000 or so by
grappling with Steelier. But Gotch Isn't
money mad, $25,000 doesn't mean much
to him now. He's worth upward of $230,
000. What Is $2.1,000 to him compared
with the probable loss of his priceless
treasure the championship?
If the Gotch of today were the Gotch
of five or eight years ngo, then a mat
bout with Steelier would bo worth going a
thousand miles to see. It would bo the
grapple of the century. Hut, alas, Gotch
Is 33 and Steelier Is 22. Steelier Is com
ing and Gotch went long ngo.
What's tho answer?
As to Fred Welsh
Freddie Welsh announces that he will
retire a champion on July 7, 1917. 'Welsh
may do It and ho may not. It all de
pends upon whether or not ho tries con
clusions over the decision mute with nny
ono ot tho topuotch Ilghtwolgts In the
game today.
The day that Welsh willingly rUks
his title In a long bout will be the day
that he will retire as champion. He has
gone back so far during the last two years
that any one of the three leading light
weights Benny Leonard, Johnny Dundee
and Charlie White can beat him deci
sively In 20 rounds.
The chances of Welsh' being knocked out
in a no-declslon bout nre, we declared
more than a year ago almost nil. Tho
Welshman has a perfect defense for his
chin and a body that can stand up pretty
wV'll under a fusillade of blows.. If Leon
ard, White or Dundee hit Welsh flush up
on the chin the fight will be over. Hut
that Is not easy of accomplishment ; Welsh
always fights with his chin on his breast
and with his guard covering the other vul
nerable spots on hts upper works.
And that's why Welsh has been ablo
to pick up lots of soft money during the
laBt year or so, by mingling In scores of
short bouts without being knocked out.
Shake-up in Harvard Varsity Crew
OAMllltinUK. Mass., April 2.1. A shake-up
in Harvard's varsity rowing; squad, folloulne
the defeat of the senior elsht by Princeton, has
been announced by Captain Morgan, Altogeth
er there tere 11 changes In the crews. The
tlrst crew now Is made up as follows! Stroke,
I.undi No. 7, Qulmby; No. 0. Morgan; No, 1,
Talcott! No. -t, Taylor: No. 3. Culot; No. 2,
White! bow. I'otteri coxswain, Kreger,
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.MAKES THE "DOUGH.
CADDY PROBLEM
TO BE HANDLED
BYGOLF BODY
Local Association Wants
Standard System Fees
Make Trouble
"BENNY" SAYERS COMING
This season It'll all be settled.
Ofllclals of tho Philadelphia Golf As
sociation say so, referring to the smalt
matter of caddies nnd their fees. Several
schemes have been proposed to relievo the
scarcity or congestion of caddies, to fix the
scale of wages nnd otherwise nttnek the
caddy problem. Many moans, petitions
nnd oven strikes hno greeted the efforts
of the Individual clubs In years past to
Iroirout tho club carriers' grievances, nnd
this yenr the I. G. A. will Just naturally
settle the whole business.
All the Ideas plotted so for III the ses
sions of tho august body have had the sug
gestion that caddies como under tho direct
supervision of tho P. O. A. raddles, to
pursue their calling on local links, would
have to hired nnd assigned by tho central
body. This radical plan would present
plenty of knots, the principal one of which
would bo how to keep tho pay down nnd
tho efficiency up, Tho nvcrnge golfer pre
fers to think of hiring n caddy ns nn Inci
dental expense, nnd hates the thought of
laying down solid sums for what ho still
considers n luxury.
Development
The older tho boys get nnd tho more
they grnsp the Idea of cnddylng tho mora
stipend they request. It Is with tho Idea
of establishing classes nccordlng to effi
ciency nnd fixing a permanent as well as
standard pay scale that the V. G. A. Is at
present wrinkling Its brow.
"One objection to handling the boys
under the same scale Is that no mo of tho
clubs have to offer extra Inducement, no
cordlng to the present system, to get
caddies," was tho opinion of Francis B.
Wnrner, secretary of the Golf Associ
ation. "I'hllmont pays about tho high
est rate for the reason tluit there Isn't
nny town there to draw hoys from. It
has to offer an extra sum to get boys from
tho nearby towns. There nre several
clubs that may ho grouped together be
causo they Ho" In one section ns, for In
stance I'hllmont, Huntingdon Valley nnd
Old York Iload. This grouping may solvo
our troubles."
Tho possibility of establishing outlying
"caddy centres" and parceling out enddlea
from them to points where needed has
been discussed,
Indoor Golf Over
Bouncing the pill on green carpets with
a roof overhead has been abandoned en
tltely for the outdoor game. Golfers have
small tlmo for tho indoor variety of golf
when the greensward at their clubs shows
veidant and elegant for bras.sie shots.
It's all right to fuss around with a nlbllo
in the counties of four walls from neces
sity, but nary a golfer falters when the
heather calls. Plenty of them prefer tho
outdoor species even when the Ice nnd
snow make necessary tho use of a red
ball and large woolen mittens. Thero Is
something about cracking a ball Into
spaco that Is deplorably lacking in mnshla
play over imitation hurdles and "play"
water hazards.
Hen Nlcholls, a character of no small
standing in local golf, has packed up hts
trappings and gone to Long Island, near
Brother OH, where ho will take up his
warm weather quarters. Ho conducted a
successful school of golf nt Snelle'nburg's
during the winter. The Ulmbel indoor
course, which was the most elaborato
here, and tho only one that was In nny
sense an attempt at a regular course, has
been rooted out to make way for mer
chandise. Whitcmarsh Change
Tho Greens Committee nt Whltomarsh
has finally heard tho despairing cries of
golfers ns they stood on tho ninth tee nnd
gazed In the general direction of tho
green, which they saw not, neither did
they find most of the time. The result
Is that this year the green has been
raised and is no more In the nature of a
blind hole. Golfers sigh with relief as
they see the pin at which they nre alleged
to be aiming. Many plaudits for the
Greens Committee.
Benny Sayers En Route
Tho "daddy of 'em all" is on his way
over tho hounding main from London to
this country in the shapo of Benny Sayers.
helmed and ancient pro, tutor of royalty
nnd otherwise fnmous In golfing circles
wherever tho terms are spoken. "Benny"
Is bringing Mrs. Sayers nlso. They will
laud In New York In a few days and wljl
hustle to this city and Merlon, where Is
Son George as pro there. "Benny" Say
ers Is coming over from North Berwick
to take in the amateur championship,
which Is to be held at Merlon In Septem
ber. In the meantime lie will likely as
sist George Sayers at Merlon and renew
old friendships.
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