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STAR GOLFERS HAVE HAD THEIR DAY ROOKY PLAYERS FROLIC TODAY IN CLASS TOURNEY
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(BRAWNY COPS CLEAN OUT
SMALL GOLF BALL THIEVES
AT COBB'S CREEK COURSE
Theft Nuisance Greatly
Abated Regulars
Score Well No 'Class'
in Class Tourney
By SANDY McNIBLICK
.rTUIEFT of golf balls nt the new mu
' 4-ntcPal cu Cobb's Creek, has bo
ooine, precarious, and, according to Super
intendent Harry C. Hunter, has now been
reduced ito a minimum by the vlgllanco of
tho parK guard.
Soon lifter tho public links opened the
theft of olf balls by small boys rapidly
developed from Incident to a nuisance nnd
finally to nlmost a plague.
Most of1 the beginners using the courso
lectod to worry around tho links without
A caddy. Their hooks and pulls nnd slices,
their jlty shots to tho woods, the rocks nnd
rough, vfcro easy pickings for gnngs of
small botfs that gradually thickened and
lm ....-!....... nlimif tlm rnurne ready to
dah out. snatch a wnnderlng ball and
ffiprtnt back to cover Deioro mey muiu u
IdUcovered.
K rm- S-......II,. nM.ltttiti wna thft fitll WOOdS
I of fire top of tho hill, where thoy could
not bo seen by tno goiter anucuuiiiB. y.w
also camped nt tho ICth nnd at tho 18th
regularly. At these noics mo uw """"I
rSiv Bfnln tho ball3 when they could not
(bo seen by the owners.
.8mall Ball Pirates
All along tho courso boys gathered nlso,
and when a ball was lost In tho rough
plenty of willing hands sought It with the
owner. ' , ..
When tho ball could not bo found the
owner left, nnd then ono of the boys picked
It up. usually where he had pressed It Into
the ground with his heel.
It took tho mounted "coppers" but n
short time to got on to tho gangs at the
Cth and other scmlbllnd holes nnd these
woro soon cleaned out. No more are
"found" golf balls hought In by Cuddy
Master Coughlln. The lnttcr has now pro
vided green bands with the proper In
scription on them for nil caddies In the
employ of tho municipal course.
Tho small boy problem Is dllllcult, since
tho courso Is public, but all youngsters
must show good cause now to the park
patrot for being on the course, unless they
wear the green band, or they will be prop
erly dealt with.
Players are not prohibited from bring
ing their own caddies. Tho onl restric
tion Is that these caddies nro asked to
obtain notes from tho caddy master, which
can bo presented to nny of the mounted
guard on demand.
"On n public courso such as this." said
Superintendent Hunter today. "It Is dimcult
to prevent tho theft of golf balls, but I bo
llevo we havo reduced the likelihood to a
minimum. Wo have had few complaints
lately."
Meeting Tonight
The organization meeting of the Phila
delphia Golf Club, a new body composed of
60 players from Cobb's Creek as chnrtcr
members, will meet tonight for the first
time at the Itltz-Carlton. Officers will bo
electa, tourneys planned at tho public
links, the caddy question nnd others taken
Up and tho welfare In general of the mu
nicipal course and the now club discussed.
AH players at tho public links are cllglblo
to membership. Tho feo Is $3 semi-annually.
The Metropolitan open championship,
originally scheduled for last week, will bo
played today and tomorrow at Garden City,
L. I. James M. Dames. Whltemarsh;
Charlie Hoftnor, Woodbury: James Thom
son, Country Club; Jnck and "Andy" Camp
bell, York noad and Sprlnghnren; Wilfrrt
Held and other local pros nro nil conceded
to have a dashing chanco for tho title
The Ilev. J Westra D. Stewart, of St.
Peter's Church, 3d and Pine streets. Is one
of the most regular of the golfers at Cobb'
Creek.
He was ono of the first to register when
the courso was opened nnd misses few
chances to play. His game has advanced In
leaps over tho dllllcult course. ,'
H, Well'ngton Wood, southpaw genius,
, 7D-78, Wilmington, plays the course every
day at Cobb's Creek and sometimes twice.
Ills best card was recently, when, part
nered with David Clecs In a,four-ball match.
Wood says he shot ft lino 81.
DUFFERS IN DEBAUCH
AT "CLASS" TOURNEY
Golf "Lubbers" Have Revel at
St. David's in Play Just
for Them
Duffers by the score teed off today in
the first annual "class" tournament of the
Golf Association of Philadelphia held at
St. David's Oolf Club. St. David's, Pa.
The starters qualified In threo slxteens
and could only qualify In the class under
which their ofllclal handicap brought them.
Plnyers with handicaps from 11 o 14,
Inclusive,. tried to qualify in Class A; those
with handicaps from 15 to 18 struggled to
turn in cards low enough to qualify In
Class D, while those with handicaps run
ning all tho way from 19 to Infinity earnest
ly sought a place among the fortunate of
the sixteen In Class C.
Tomorrow and Saiurday the lucky ones
In the three slxteens will play golfers In
the same slxteens at match play.
The winners of each group will receive
a handsome cup and the runners-up will
be awarded splendid prlres by Francis 11.
Warper, secretary of the Golf Association,
the one who has worked hardest for the
success of the affair.
Players were eligible to take part from
any of the clubs that are members ot the
Golf Association, and the meet brought
out a large number of players who never
before had much chance to play in a tour
nament with the possibility of winning a
prize.
The tournament promises to be an an
nua affair.
The St, David's course is In splendid
ehape this year, and the few changes that
have been made have added greatly to
jhe "golflness" of the links. The greens
re splendid and players had few alibis for
poor putting.
Vagrant Wins in Eastern Y, C. Bun
NORTHEAST HARBOU. Me.. July 13. The
winners o( the Eastern Yacht Club race yester
day over a course o( 23 miles, from Sargent
villi to tola port, wera Vacrant In toe first
division of schooners. Alice la the second di
vision of schooners and Ladrone in the first di
vision of sloops. The yachts had a moderate
southwest breeze throughout the run. The fleet
will leave today for the dual let" or the cruise
to liar Harbor, and will have a 21-mlla race.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMEHICAN LKAOUK.
fit. Louis. St Athletics. 3 (first sums).
tit. lis. xi AWiem
Athletics, 1 (second came. 10
Innlnal
Cleveland. It New York. 0 (0
rieitiand. 6-1 New York, S (i
Isoeton.. i .Chlcuio. 1 (dr.!
irat sramrt).
ucond came).
same).
lioeup. ai t nicaso. l l
n. 31 t hlcaza. 1 (secoai
same).
IMtrult. at II ashlogton, z.
NATIONAL LKAGUK.
VhlllLn. fl. rhlfuio. 2.
Ilotten, 6i l'ltUburfb. S,
Kaw York, li t'lnelnnatl.
0 (six lanhurs, rain).
bl. lAuls-urooLkru, rata.
JNTEBNATIONAI. LEAGUE
nester. 1WI rroviaenee. J list same).
vUeocf. 1 1 liochester. 0 (zd mul.
iter.
s-rflYLfonca. II Kc
FrnruBtii. 4i Uliltliuara. d flk
frsronto. 4i lUltimore. (2d fu. 10 laalnxs).
fUUH. St .VV.-M
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aand. Ot Montreal
Tomorrow's Tournaments
and Today's Tee Talk
Flrxt nnd sernn.t round; of mulch plnr In
the flrt nnnnnl eljss """'' ".'TP twJ
tlolf Aonrlotlon of, rhlliidelnhln. Three
slxteens tn compete In ",. ,';,.. ,,'if
nml "('." Tourney nt Hie M. ITlil s mr
Club, (Jt. David's, rd. ,. it,.
Ilnndlrnp mrnal play for women nt Hie
Wonilburr Country I'lvb, Is hole. .,..
PoSlponert Melropolltin open fhnlonjWp
nt the Harden City Oolt tiub, Harden tltr.
I,. I.
The most vital tlilnu to the stvlnfcln of n
club properlr Is the sinner. .iti if
Thin pnrlleulnrly, applies lo drltln. ir
dlstnnee I the result sonant. ..
Lnns dldtnnre rtrltlnr. Ht. Andrew, rott
ers demonstrated Ion " "ff.,-rewhleh
n elrenHr snlnr. They me nn ellipse wnien
Slve" tho loiUfst snlnic. nnd eonseniienl y
nntV the ureiitcut nmount cf momentum In
To'sume the rlnh head so (lint It nlll
denrrlbe nn ellipse one. must not on v atnnit
in nrerinln position, but, nuist so hold the
shaft In the finnds that Itbe rhrllimlcnl mo
tlon of the hod, the nrms nnd the less will
not lie disturbed.
This Is ono of tho best cards over the
now courso: r .,..,, , ,
Par. out 6 I 4 H H I 436
Wood out 4376 li 056 645
Par. In 3 B 3 B 3 4 4 4 4 36 71
Wood, in I!.... 3 C 4 6 2 4 4 C 4-30-84
Tho first-class tournoy of tho Golf Arso
clnt'on of Philadelphia drew out not
single ono of the "finrt-clnsV golfers of the
cltv. for tho slmplo reason that these good
folk were barred out of tho going by the
rules of the game. Tho starters today tried
to qualify In throe slxteens, Class A being
for those of 11 to 14 handicaps, so that It
will be seen that none of those teeing off
woro eligible to play for tho city champion-
" Tho tourney Is tho revel of the duffer, for
ho Is stacked up against those thnt play
at h s own Bpced and there Is no chance
of a "man-cater" wnnderlng Into a class
whero the sixteen Is "plo" for him.
In n Nutshell
Allow mo to put In n word or two In"
direct rebuttal to tho letter of the Captain
ot the Opposition, nppearlng In your col
umn on July 12, nncnt that nevcr-to-be-for-rotten
and historic golf match among four
of us nt Aronlmlnk. Allow mo to congratu
late you for not commenting on his lo'tcr.
for ns you say, It wns written to deceive
tho public. Such was the Captain's ad
mission to me under cross-examination.
At the start of tho match the Opponents
were, of course, qulto confident thnt they
would take ns Into enmp without any
trouble Uoth know every blndo of grass on
the Aronlmlnk course, hut when wo won
the first hole tholr stock declined sovcral
points Although wo fnlled to got a couple
more points on tho second, ncverthclc-w, on
tho remaining holes of tho out Journey wO
wcro sufficiently strong to more thnn hold
our own, nnd tho statement that but for
n little carelessness tho Opposltlor would
hnvo been 23 points to tho good nt tho turn
Is, to say the least, ridiculous. Wo would
fain Ignoro their claims us being beneath
our notice.
Hut the crowning Insult of nil Is tho state
ment that they let down after tho luncheon
Interval. Sovcral times wo commented on
tho fact that occasional snatches of conver
sation nmong tho members of tho gnllcry,
wafted toward us by tho gentle breeds. In
formed us that tho Opposition was pressing
The Captain clean forgot n shot ho In
glorlously dubbed In u bunker oft tho 13th
green, n suro sign of n desperate attempt
to cntch up. Modesty forbids me to de
scribe at length my mnsterful recovery
from tho ditch on tho 17th, wlilcn iook
the wind out of their sails completely. In
connection -with your putt for tho match
on thn 18th neither the Captain nor tho
Bala giant c n truthfully say that it failed
to go down, slnco both wero nt that time
well on their way to the 19th hole. Dad
isn't the only ono who knows. You know
nnd I know, but, llko Dad, wo dccllno to
tell, slnco that would take nway entirely
tho nlr of mystery that surrounds thnt
great match, Perhaps wo owe It to tho
1 ubllc to tell, but out of deference to tho
feelings of tho Opposition we" must forever
hold our peace. Hut thn surest way to de
termine who won is to refer back to tho In
cidents at the 19th hole. Who paid the ex
penses? Hn! Ha! Thcro Is tho final nnd
convincing nrgument.
In closing, I might say, as captain of
your side of the match, thnt wo are ready
and willing, nay, even cnger, to tako tho Op
position on at catchwclghta, anywhere, nny
time, but preferably on n neutrnle course.
SANDV McNHJMCK'S PARTNER
Philadelphia, Pa.
Runs Scored This Week
by Major League Clubs
. I.""'1 rored by nil temns In Amerlrnn nnd
ntlonal J.euijii from Tliunnljy, July C. tu
clncvluy, Jul. 12. Inrliiklve. Only runs
that Ileum In onlelnl uirnigri ure Included.
Nenreif of Inromulete ciiinei are nut counted,
hut tho sroren of guinea of llie IiiuIiixh or
more uro Imlutlrd In the tuble,
AMEItlt'AN I.ICAdUi:.
P. T. 1'. N. H. M. T. W.T'l.
etrolt , 0 :i 6 4i-30
leielnnd ,.. ft I A 3 11 7 21
M. I.oiiIh 1 S 1 x u 3.1
New iork 4 4 1 2 10 :t-it
llojton II i 1 o H ft
InYuio a .1 s 7 4 2 2 1
Athletics 4 2 2 6 4 1H
Washington 2 0 2 6 2 12
NATIONAL I.lIXOl'IJ.
.. . T, I'. H. 8. M. T. W.T'l.
New, York 12 2 a 1 H t SO
rittihurgl a 5 4 7 3 5 SI)
I'lillnilelnhla I 7'fl ft 2 II 27
llrooklyn 4 3 111 3 5 2.1
Hoston 0 3 ft 4 2 6 20
Cincinnati 3 o 0 11 4 II III
hi. Louis 0 4 M 2 4 IK
Chicago . . . . I i l 0 1 2 (I
Did not play.
WHAT MAY HAPPEN
IN BASEBALL TODAY
AMLK1CAN LKAOUK.
Chlb. Won. Lost. Pet. Win. Lo.e.
rieielond 4.1 .12 ,RH ,non ,M7
New York 44 .12 .R7B ,681 ,S7l
llokton 43 81 ,ft.m .Ant ,ASI
('hlrngo 40 30 .Hill ,A3J ,.110
Washington 3!) 3D ,1120 ,ft2D ,313
Detroit 40 37 ,3111 ;s28 ,11
Kt. LquU 31 43 ,442 1449 430
Athletics 18 S3 ,234 .261 .230
NATIONAL LKAOUK.
Club. Won. Lost. Vet. Win. Low. Split.
nronklyn 43 27 .014 .62.1 t.ft07 .011
I'hllllea 40 SO ,.171 .877 .803 .
llOkton 37 30 ,882 .830 .314
New York 34 3.1 ,4113 '.807 t.470 .403
Pittsburgh 34 33 .472 .470 ,400 ...
Chicago 30 41 ,40K ,474 1462
St. Iult St 43 .442 .15(1 t.430 ,443
Cincinnati . . . 31 48 .403 ,3 f,397 .410
Win two. tLoso two,
INTKHNATMNAL LKVGUK
W. L. I'.C. w. L. p r.
HufTalo.... 38 27 ,M0l Montreal,,, 3.1 38 .sort
Proildenre, 41 JO .830 Torunto. . 30 32 ,4Hl
Hultluiore,. 40 St ,811 Newark.... SO 40 .420
Itlchiuond,, 31 31 .BOO Itoche.ler. . 20 33 ,400
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY
AMERICAN LKACUK.
Cleveland at New York clear.
Cblrago at Hostan cloudy.
Kt. Louis at riilludelubla clear,
Detroit at Washington clear.
NATIONAL LK.OUK.
New York at Cincinnati cloudy, (Twj
games.)
Urooklya nt Kt. LouU clear. (Two games.)
Ilofcton at Pittsburgh cloudy.
I'hUadelphhi at Chlcugo clear,
INTKBNATIONAL LK.flUK.
ProvUence at Toronto cloudy.
Baltimore at HufTalo rain,
ltlcbiuond at Rochester clear.
Other clubs not scheduled.
Champion Diddel to Play Hunter'
TOLEDO O July 13 Will II. Diddel. of
Crawfqrdsvllle. Ind. . continued his play la the
Central Mates Oolf Association tournament 'yes
terday by defeating P Medbury of noungtcowa.
Southard. Holland Hubbard. Robert V Sirens,
baa and F W Hunter other favorUra la tha
tournament, won their matches 3w.i;rday v,iaci
clon Diddel meets Hunter in, tie next round
today for tha championship Baaitflmj will ba
played Friday with the flo-au fa aturdwr.
DILLON-LEVINSKY
BOUT TODAY WITH
ED SMITH REFEREE
Decision Will Carry Light
Heavyweight Title in
Baltimore Match
SCHEDULED 15 ROUNDS
BAt,TlMOrtn, Mtl.. July 13.-Jnck Dillon,
of Indlannpolls, rcftnrded ns tha best light
honvywolght In America, becnuso of his re
cont connuests over I''rnnlt Mornn nnd .Tim
Flynn, will face tlnttllnB LevlnsUy. of New
York, In a ring pitched at tno Oriole Uaneball
Park this afternoon. Tho bout Is to bo
f.fteen rounds and by special dispensa
tion of tho Police Commissioners will bo for
n. decision In fact, the light heavywoleht
tltlo of America will po with, Itcfereo nd
Smith's decision. Smith Is a Chicago writer
of sports, knows the gama ot boxing and can
bo depended on to render a decision ns ho
views the contest. It Is up to Dillon and
Lovlnsky to deliver the goods.
Both men have proved their clais. They
have met on a number of occasions In limit
ed round affairs whero no tltlo wits at ntnk.o
and each can boast of popular verdicts.
Dllton,'s work In tho ring during tho past
Benson has been tho most Impressive. Ho
beat Frank Mornn In ten rounds, In a man
ner which l'ift no doubt nt the finish. In
fact had t! bout gono five rounds moro It
Is likely tha.. Dillon would have won by n.
knockout, n fc.it which .1 ck Johnson failed
to nfccompllsh In twenty rounds. Again
Dillon knocked Jim Flynn cold In threo
rounds, while Johnson failed to do tho trick
In nlno rounds, the police Interfering because
Flynn wob shooting his head up under tho
negro's chin. So Dillon's class cannot bo
denied. Ho must win today's contest In n
drclslvo manner If ho wants the American
public to nomlnato him ns a serious con
tender for Wlllnrd's crown.
Lovlnsky has had a highly meritorious
IS
record. lie? was 25 years old on Tuesday.
Ills list of ring achievements shows a re
markable number of t6 decision contests.
In two years ho has boxed fifty-one no de
cision affairs. His record does not comparo
with that of Dillon, for In tho same spaco
of tlmo tho latter has had ten knockouts to
his credit, seven victories by decisions and
only twenty-one no decision ffnlrs,
Lovlnsky has been an unpopular boxer
because, of his clinching and tin canning
methods. He will have tho chanco of his
ring career today. He has height, reach
and cleverness, nhd If he should Inject a lit
tie moro aggressiveness Into his work, the
Klks nnd all the convention visitors will like
ly w.tness a scrnp worth while. Dillon can
not afford to loaf
The bout li to be rtaged at the ball park.
The ring has been pitched at the home plate,
whereby 7600 spectators may have nn un
obstructed view of the contest. The rail
road companies have mado n special rate to
tho convention city The police commis
sioners havo given ccry latitude nnd now It
Is up to the promoters and principals to de
liver tho goods.
Amateur Baseball World's Series
INDIANAPOt.IB, Julr 13 President Itnlstnn
(Ions of the National Amateur llneebAll Asso
ciation, has cslled a special meetlnit for Augmt
in In this city, at which tlmo the rules and
regulations undr which the imtlnnnl champion
ship series for the world's ntnnteur title will bo
Stayed will be promulgated and a schedule will
e drafted for those mmes. Delegates from
Pittsburgh. Louisville. Detroit. Chicago, Duluth.
Minneapolis, St Paul, Omaha, Lincoln nnd
Houston. Tex., Sacramento. Los Angeles nnd
Tacoma will be requested to attend.
Merlon Defeats Gormnntown
Morton nosed out Ocrmantown In Ihe tnlerctub
Tennis I.engun series at ITMerford yesterday
by four matches tn one. and Cynwyd defeated
nelfleld at Wlstcr by the same margin. In tho
second division nelOetd made a rlenn flweep
ngnlnst Cynwyd at Cjmvd and Merlon won
from Oermnntown at Manhelm by threo matches
lo two.
Pop Gccrs Thrown From Sulky
CI.r.VnLAND, O., July 1,1 Kd P. IPop)
fleers, of Memphis, grand old m.n of Iho light
.arness raring world, was thrown from his
sulky and Injured at thn North Ilnndall track
today whon his pacer, Hlr Anthony Carter, ran
Into a harrow which was being used tn (It thn
track. I.lailo drown. Charlie ValcntlmVn
horse, stepped on (leer's head.
Wcll-Known Horse Breeder Dies
LriBSnUlUJ. Va , July 1.1. Henry Fairfax, a
Ein-nber of the old Virginia family of that
b .a and known throughout thn country ns n
ho. so breeder, died here In his 07th ear. Ho
hod been operated on for appendicitis,
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TOURNEY FOR PRO
GOLFERS STARTS
AT GARDEN CITY
Majority of Competitors in
National Open Entered
in Metropolitan
TRAVIS WILL COMPETE
OAftDK.V CITV, N. Y July 13. Golfers
who have donO things worth white were
seen on nil sides as the pairs were sent
away In the nnnual metropolitan open cham
pionship on the links of tho Qnrdcn City
Oolf Club today. A majority of thoso who
competed a fortnight slnco In the national
open at Mlnlknhtla are hero, nnd to n man
they ngrco that the Clnrden City 18-hlle
circuit presents by far tho better test.
Because the field bristled with so much
class tho gallery scarcely knew which way
to turn. It wns noticed, however, that a
good many wanted to havo a look ot Jack,
Hutchinson, tho "pro" from tho Allegheny
Country Club, who, In addition to finishing
second to Evans nt Minneapolis, distin
guished himself by tcnrlng off a record
round of 08. Hutchinson wns paired with
Alec Smith, of Wykagyl, who at different
times In the past has held both the national
and metropotltnn titles.
Thero nro those who expect to see Walter
,T. Travis not only hend tho nmateurs, but
actually finish nmong tho leaders at tho
end of the 72 hotel. All he has to do Is to
piny his normal game to finish close up, for
If tho "old man" doesn't got round In 78
or better he feels oft form.
Thero nro eight regular money prizes ns
follows :
First, $150 nnd a gold medal; second,
$100; third, $75; fourth, $50; fifth, $40!
sixth, $30; seventh, $20; eighth, $10. In
addition to these, provision hns been mado
for six specials of $10 each for tho best
morning, best afternoon nnd bcit 36-holo
rounds each dax. This makes n total of $535.
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FAMINE IN TENNIS BALLS
BRINGS INVESTIGATION OF
TOURNAMENT BRAND SUPPLY
WITH more than n month of the active
tournament Beason gone from tho lawn
tennis calendar, there onco moro Is tho dif
ficulty experienced by the management ot
tho compctlllvo meetings nnd of players of
securing tho needssary balls with which to
compete. A visit to prominent sporting
goods Btorcs only a few days ngo brought
out tho fact that they had Immediate
orders for upwards of a hundred dozen
which they optimistically were expecting
from the factory
Ilcports from other stores Indicated that
the condition wns much tho samo as It has
been for the Inst two or threo seasons.
Hlght on top of the ball famine. Wntson M.
Washburn, chairman of the specially ap
pointed committee to Investigate the qual
ity and tho condition of sale of balls nml
lawn tennis nccoutrcmcnts, has liiued a cir
cular letter to the clubs nnd nssoclatlons
of tho country Jointly signed by Ilnrry C.
Johnson, of Iloston, nnd Dcnn Mnthcy, also
of tho committee.
Thero Is real foundation for tho asser
tion that tho European war Is partially re
sponsible for tho present shortage In tennis
balls. Up to tho tlmo of hostilities,' the
rough rubber spheres wcro made In Ger
many. They wcro Imported and Inflated
nnd covered here. At least that was true of
soverol makes of balls.
At the Inst annual meeting tho United
States National Lawn Tennis Association
adopted ns ofllclal for uso In tournaments
nnd championships no less than 18 brands
of balls. Few of tho players nppear to bo
cognlznnt of this fact nnd Insist on using
tho ball thnt held solo sway In this coun
try for many yeara and Is still tho ball
adopted for uso In the national champion
ship meeting on turf, or another brnnd that
has found somo favor with players on hard
and clay courts.
Tho fact remains that thcro has been
more or less complaint ns to tho quality
of somo of tho balls In uso during tho
last two seasons. Balls used at the recent
Statcn Island Junior championship, one
of tho favored official standard makes,
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had loOso plugs nnd Jingled ilka a baby's
rattle.
Criticisms ns to resiliency nnd other do
tails havo been heard, so that It Is not to
ho wondered nt that Washburn In closing
his request fdr an opinion as to the quality
of tennis balls states;
"Voti probably will be ablo to answer
tho questions best at the end of the season,
but wo nro sending them out now so that
you may bear them In mind during tho
summer. In tho meantime, any suggestion
rcgnrdtng tennis balls and supplies will bo
gratefully received."
The list of questions propounded to tho
club officers unquestionably will bring about
much-needed reforms as to tho quality Of
tho balls If they arc answered by playen
of experience. Tho questions are on a
printed form blnnk and are ns follows:
"What makes of balls were used by your
club this year?
"What mako of ball was used most?
"What mako of ball lasted longest on
grass courts?
"What mako of ball lasted longest on clay
courts?
"Whnt mako of ball on tho wholo proved
most satisfactory?
"Did your ciub uso a different ball for
clay courts and for grass courts, and tf
bo, whnt makes wera used?
"Is your club In favor of adopting ono
ball for tho grass court championship and a
hard court ball for tho clay court cham
pionship. "Is your club In favor of making the
hard court balls less lively, so that clay
court play will moro nearly resemble grass
court play?"
Tho last Is n now proposition, nnd ono
over which thcro recently has been con
siderable argument Thcro Is an Increas
ing number of closo students ot lawn tennis
methods who are of tho oplnon that speed
mania Is being ovcrdono to the detriment
of a well-developed assortment of strokes
and tho ability to win points by masterful
handling of racquet and ball without
depending principally upon mere bruto
strength.
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