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RACES A SIGNAL TRIUMPH
ROIVtOTERS AND OFFICIALS,
E) -PACED UNUSUAL HANDICAPS
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5f Task Complicated by Action of Some
6;s'in Withdrawing- Entries Because of
sfeFine Performances in Special Events
jnts, running nnchor for I'cnti In tho four-mile iclay ruco on Saturday,
d''the lino a bad flftli, thus bringing to ti conclusion tho twcnty-thltil
"carnival nt Franklin Kielil. tho ulllclals In charcc of the nnnunl clnsslc
ip. I mt?d a s,KnnI triumph In tho face of almost Insurmountable rlllllcultles.
op'v t S? neet consisting of scventy-onc events, bringing together liumireiH i
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si further complicated by the action of many Institutions withdrawing
the- last moment because of the war. Those In charge of tho carnhal
one disappointment after another as the time drew near, but instead of
the easiest course' and abandoning the meet altogether they went to
Ih, added determination. A a result their triumph was complete.
njrthc two days of competition Hie evrnts were run off as regularly as tho
avclock, the officials not deviating tnoro than a minute from the schedule
lie. There was absolutely no confusion, and a child of ten could havo
.h"6 events Intelligently If furnished with u program. At any tlnio n
i the scoreboard would Infoim the xpect.itor ot tho progress of the Held
vt U this, sort of efficiency that nmks the annual iclay carnival one f
lopulnr track events In tho countiy and one that cap bo enjoyed even by
,tor who doesn't know a spiked sho from a rubber boot.
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RE all track events conducted with tho same thoroughness and
ionslderatlon for the comfort of those who contribute at tho gate,
isporf would gain popularity in leaps and bounds. Officials all over tho
.ry could very well take a leaf from the book of tho group of men In
e of the 1'cnn iclnjs.
Performances on a Par With Other Years
BTKUL.Y several stars were kept out ot competition by the action ot
college athletic officialsbut It is inteicstlng In nolo that the performances
) and Saturday were nfooflt on a par with foimcr rnrs. Comparing this
(Jeclal events of 1917 with tho samo events of a Mar ngo, wo llnd that
ks were bettered, five were not as good and tlneu were Identical. In 1910,
("Michigan, won the 100-yard dash In 10 2-5. and tho samo mark was ma do
,er, of Maryland State, In winning the event Saturday. A year ago Now-
of Penn, and Koss, ot Cornell, did 12 feet G Inches In tho polo vault, and
y Newstctter captured the prize by repeating his performance of a year
t 1916, "Babe" White, ot Syracuse, won the KG-pound weight throw with u
"51 feet 5 Inches. On Saturday he made the same toss, but was tied by
iril. of Harvard. In the throw -off White won with a heave of 30 feet li
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pson, the Missouri huidler. who holds tho woild's iccord. did not do as
his event Saturday as he did u ear ago. The westerner went oer tho
In 15 2-3 seconds, whereas he hung tip a mark of 15 hccomW flat a year
N Saturday Simpson was not pushed, owing to tho fact that Ames, holder
stent indoor title, went out of the contest when he tilpped and fell over
in tho second heat. Ames was the only man In the list of entries who was
of giving Simpson a battle.
(mot-put and discus events were Inferior to tho same contests In 1916
o the absence of Mucks, ot Wisconsin, ono of tho best weight men in tho
i? Last year Muck tossed tho shot 4S feet 1H inches and tho discus 115
A'-Inches. On Saturday Sinclair, ot Princeton, captured the shot with 45
nc'h and Husted, Illinois, won tho discus with 12S feet 4 Inches. Xouri,c, of
Sn, won tho Javelin In 1916 and lepeatcd Saturday, but ho proved n back-
Jcrthe extent of more than six feet. Saturday P.ennett, ot Illinois, did not
as good a hammer-thrower as did McCormlck, Cornell, a year ago. Tho
on the event with a throw of 150 feet 2 inches, while Bennett was first this
rtth 141 feet 9Vs lnchej.
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jJHIS Is the chronicle of 1917 performances which suffer In comparison
3rtlh thoso of 1916. Now for tho story of improvement.
'. 0 Two Collegiate Records Were Broken
kniust be mentioned tho record-breaking performance of Larson, tho high-
r"rom Brlgham Young University. Larson Just stepped in and broke
feiate record with a leap of C feet 5-, inches. In 191C, lllchards, ot Cornell,
JrTor Yale, tied with a mark of G feet 3 Inches. The broad Jump mark of
as also surpassed when Sol Butler, the dusky wonder from Dubuque, won
lcapof 23 feet 6i inches. A year ago Worthington won this event with
rftiii Indies.
VhV',140 hurdles, an event which was contested Friday, was won by Smart in
feconds. In 1910, Burke, of Wisconsin, captured the honors by going over
Afrlers In 56 3-5 seconds. Another record was broken on Friday when Ovcr
ti'rii feet 4Yz Inches in a hop, htcp and Jump. This performance must bo
Svlth that of Larsen, for it shattered tho collegiate record of 15 feet 6 '4
jiade by Carter, of Illinois, in 1916.
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-.unusual performance In any track carnival.
, r' nana a tew Liaurcis to vsuuvu nuutnw
TREE big championships the sprint medley ar
ties and tho freshman title all went to Penn. a
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and the achievements were big
f i i, or nr innnn Pnhxrtsnn. thn Red and Blue track coach. Aside
thp men in tho freshman colors, Ilobortson has virtually tho samo material
i&fas on hand last season, yet ho made, a much better showing than the
Jers did In 1910. It was one sweet iclay team that competed for Penn in tho
mah race and made tho Penn State yearlings look like grammar school kids.
firnew record of 3:22, which it 3 4-5 seconds under tho old mark, was tho
feihlle time of tho carnival. Maxam, who ran third, also turned the speediest
g clocked In 48 4-5 seconds. Earl L'by, the anchor man, was timed In
seconds.
ib'much credit for the excellent exhibition by tho Quakers cannot ho given to
in JFrank Dorsey. Larry Scudder and Howard Berry. Dor&ey and Scudder
d'ded their alma mater in tho three big relay w!n. Howard Berry, however,
Us third straight pentathlon triumph, a fourth in the Javelin throw and n
JrXul half-mile in tho two-mllo relay, was the real hero of tho occasion. Tho
ijrful stamina, speed and skill which Berry bhowed stamp him as the great-
U&round athlete ever developed In this city.
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JENN Is certainly in tough luck. With Folwell in tho act of putting a
rrtLl Red and Blue football team on the field, a wonderful baseball team
tap ana uoacn ivoDerison uefiupinft nwmu iui mm m Muttititiiaiujj j
fiber, Mars steps In and crabs the entire act.
f The Faulty Foot-Fault Rule
,iU5, foot-fault rule, which has been almost as great a bono of contention to tho
iMtats, colons as the amateur 'question, is about to bo rewritten, elaborated on
e so clear that even the casual player will understand it sufficiently to
foot-fault Judge for. tournament matches. As at present constituted, tho
'mio vaue that no two peoplo interpret it alike, with tho result that it Is
iy impossible to get any ono to serve as foot-fault Judge. While llncsmdn
.IfUl and any number of competent umpires may do omaineu, most or
ers "will throw up both hands when asked to Judge foot-faults. This is
:-wondcred at when it Is considered that at a recent meeting of the execu-
Ittee of the U. S. N. L. T, A. two of tho most prominent umpires In
iUagreed upon a vital point In Interpreting the present ruo. It was
i' on that occasion that if ono of these two men's Interpretation was
t chance had the average player of knowing a foot-fault when he saw
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itAdee then decided that the rule should be amplified and clarified, to
ie sent telegrams to fifteen of the best foot-fault Judges in America,
tito frame a new Interpretation of the rule, and when only four of the
It may bo seen how even a score of experts dodged the issue, In
.undoubtedly, because of an admitted lack of qualification.
SRMORE, the quartet of responses were almost as widely dlver-
tho points of the compass, which leads us to remark that the
rule needs heroic If not chlropodial treatment.
MINOR LEAGUES
HERE GET START
Big Crowds See Four Cir
cuits Raise Curtain on
1917 Campaign
PATRIOTISM A FEATURE
STANDING OF LOCAL LKAGUKS
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ity Inaugurated tlm hnavm on Saturday un
der Ideal we.ither cuiidltlnns, and big
crowds turned out In almost every instance,
as baseball Itself w. is only a secondary
Issiio In most r.'isi-s
Patrintlstn. parade bands spccolimak
Ing, ting rnlsii'gs and the Mlnglng nf na
tional hymn, prrcedi-d the lifting nf the lid
mi tlir IIilT uiiiipalgn As Is to li' es
prcted nt Mirli an early stage, a number "t
cino-slilod sonr uorf livnnleil. csperlall
ivhern l,it ear's champions, with line-ups
Intnrt, uimi- lilttr(l against tieucnmei..
Knlltusinsm Wonderful
Harry V. iMtei. president of tin' In.
tlu.strl.-il League, t-peaklng of the opening
contests In tli.it league, had this to hay:
"I managed to attend four games, and In
tho the years' elstenee of tho Industrial
League I never witnessed half such enthusi
asm as was displayed I first attended the
street parade nf the Ulsston I'luli, and
there were more than forty niilns In lino
Twenty minutes before play Marled there
wero few persons In the stand, but when
tho first ball was piW'hcd pppctatois weie
standing ten deep arntind the Held The
ticket seller loall.v encounteud dlllk'ulty
holding such an iiumene throng AfUr
leavlrg Plstou I witnessed p.uts of th
games at Storage Battery, .Mldvale and
Suptnn. Tho same conditions picalled
there. I tried to get ocr to Dobsnn, but
it was too late, and they tell me It was
somo e.lilbltloii. The whistles all niouud
shrieked and cxeiy ono In tho Kails was
under tho iniptcssloii there was a flic A
wonderful croud was In attendance."
Hob Gibson Stars
Tho work ot Bob Gibson, tho Havcrford
Collego twlrler, featured the day's doings
In tho Main Line League. Twilling for tho
N'ai berth champions against Vlllancna, he
fanned sixteen of tho opposing sldo and
allowed but flo singles off his delivery
Xnrherth won. 3-2. The other results weie
n fj. Hun & Co. HI, nou-AIr f, Autocar
4, .Mellon 1, and 1'anll S, Wii.mh II
In the I'hll.ulelphla Shoo ManufiiLtiireis'
Leasiio the chamiiion A. B King club
walked roughshod over Laird, Schnbcr rl
Co., winning hands down, 21-8, poling out
twenty-four hits. W. W. Lenox Company
defeated Hallahan & Sons 12-1, while
Smaltz-Cioodulu Just nosed out Bd wards
Company, T-fi. Cold's thiee-bagger in the
first Inning drove In thice inns and really
won tho game.
'WAlt' Kchkr made his dei.ut In ;i I'.iniilen
A r. unifuria ami lost hi rpl.iml, of tin- ik-i.i-wnre
rountv I.enBue ." In :i Allv MeWlliiom
and Itulu1 Cuthrun Hturreii Tor the winners
HosliorouBh rontlnue.l Iih wlnnlns Ftreak li
Fttlntf a close 'J-lo-1 dislsion over Anchor
llantH. ilefpite the fiut that the illnnts eould
unly anne.s one hit off the Khoola of SUrllnu.
The MonlBomery Countv l.enene does not km
under way unlll Saturday, hut several of the
cluh ul.ijed exlilhltlon Karnes Jfllklntoun lost
in inuanui. :i li ii. un.l .stand. ird Steel tri
umphed over (llensld. I to 1'. Kort W.ishlnK
lon trounced I'heltenham A A.. 1 to s. and
l'crn Itock. lost to Ulr.ird Held Club, ti to n.
Olncy. of the Philadelphia Suburban Lencue,
walloped Mortnn-llutlnlse, of the Interliorousli
l.f.iBue. 10 to o.
Tho MontKnmery Countv J. ensue will meet
this mornlni," and arrance final deialla for the
season's ott.ninK o-l Saturday President I'rnnk
lln will ri-iiive the eoutr.ieta of the ellclblc
plajcra at tonisiit's powwow.
The Chester line-up of the Tielnware County
I,e.iBue Is lertnlnly In tine fr tile and eonllnu. d
Its fast worl bv laiing Jersey i'it. 7-,. I'hester
made u total of fifteen hits
Drexel Hill, of the InterboroiiKh I.eaKiie, rfK
Isteled ft no-hlt vhtflry nKHlnst West 1'hlladel
phla A. I' . tho seoree betas IL' 1, Tanker,
illnley and Vouus: were on tho pitching peaU for
Ureel 1IIII.
The I'ennsslvnnla Kallroad Motive Power
LeaKUo heicl a lianquet on Saturday nlchl to
leletir.ito the season's openlnK this week Tho
leasue Is composed of Philadelphia. Washington.
llaUlmore, Niw- York. Trenton. Meadows. Wll
mlnKton and UarrlsburK Camden Is the only
member nf last jeHr's ilrcuit out of this vear's
raet, and Washington has taken Its place.
Pitcher Smith, of Clifton Heights, made a
phenomenal record In tho game against tho Kent
Manufacturing Cnmpan. uf the men that faied
him twcnlj-onii perished on tho strikeout route.
RUNS FOR THE WEEK IN
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN
Tho week's record In both leagues of
games played, won and lost, with runs, hits,
errors, men left on bases and runs scored by
opponents, Including the games ot Saturday,
April 28, Is as follows:
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New York 4 'J S IB a". fi 21 17
St. Lout ! 14 :il !l 3S II
tloston 3 1 1 HI L'7 I '.'ft 14
Chlcngo ' 'J -1 '-'I 41 !l !. jo
Cincinnati 7 4 3 31 (11 11 3.1 29
rhlhdelphla 4 'J 111 31 n 2.1 11
Pittsburgh 1 3 3 in 4i 11 4.1 pi
llrookljn 3 1 1 y 20 , 8 20 ti
Tlo game 'Wednesday, April 23.
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Chicago 3 .1 H 3.1 ( 27 13
notion i.. 4 2 a in .ii n as in
New York 4 2 2 13 31 7 33 12
Cleveland 8 4 2 14 3-1 4S 111
Athletic 4 3 1 11 27 (I 21 13
St. I.nul 4 2 2 2(1 43 7 2.1 H
Washington 1 3 HI 21 12 20 21
Detroit 4 1 3 8 2U 0 20 14
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LITTLE PRESENT
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ATLANTIC CITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
BILLED AT N0RTHFIELD THIS WEEK
OPENS MEN'S LOCAL LINKS CARD
Bit of the Intersectioital
May Mingle for Cup.
The Schedule Gets
Steadier
WHEN HURLER IS IN NO-HIT FORM
NERVOUSNESS NEVER AFFECTS HIM
-NOT UNTIL TWO OUT IN THE NINTH
Psychology Grips, Hitless Twirl er When He Faces
Last Man Up Swinging the Old Ash Ask
Mr. Mogridge, of the Yanks
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Till: eiy few- who have had the ehance
to smah teeords In (-port know tho ter
rific strain which comes Just nt the finish,
Chick Kvans, Oswald Klrby and Mat
Mnr.stiin nil have conio to tho eighteenth
hnlo at n.iltuM-ol with a four left for the
ioiu'o leeord. The hole Is a drive and a
pitch. Two of them gut sixes and tho other
gut a five.
This is metely a sample of the odds
against reenid-mnklng. Hubo JIarquard
won nineteen straight. Ulng the pitching
record, but he blew apart at the twentieth
stat t.
That last punch on the borderland of
record-making has generally been the one
that cost.
Nn-IIil Psychology
This Is but a preludo to the ps.vchology
attached to pitching a no-hlt game In the
major leagues.
Wo have always wondered how- a pitcher
felt as lin was vvniUIng Ills hitlers way
along, once thn fifth or sixth Inning had
been safely passed.
In order to get a lino on this situation
we uerlileil to Minpocna ucoigo aioguiiRe.
the New York snulhp.ivv, who a few days
ago eased the Champion Ked Kox down
without a solitary blow
"In the early stages of the game." said
fjeorge, "I only knew that I was cold and
that 1 couldn't keep warmed up. So I
spent all the spaie timo I had between
Innings trying to vvaim up and unrael tho
kinks.
"Now, there Is a world of rivalry between
the Red Kok and tho Yankees, and my main
Idea, of course, was to win that ball game.
When tho peventh Inning came they hadn't
got a hit, but 1 hadn't icallzed it They
had scnic'l in the last of the seventh,
tying tho game up It was not until the
lirst of the eighth I realized the fact that
nono nf tho enemy had lapped me for a
rafu drive. And I never icallzed It then
until Dill Donovan c.uno up and said. 'It
would be a crime lo lose this game, for they
haven't even got a blow off you yet."
At the Finish
"liven then, pitching the last of the
eighth, 1 didn't feel nervous or excited or
under any strain. It was not until tho last
of tho ninth, with only thre men .to get,
that I suddenly icallzed I'd like to have at
least one no-hlt gamo In my kit and espe
cially a no-hlt nffalr against tho Wot Id
Champs. 1 still wasn't too nervous to speak,
and It was not until two weie out that I got
my shock. I had only one man to get, and
he tapped an easy ono for nn easy out. An
enor icsu'ted, and, with such a line chanco
gone. It occurred to me then that the next
man up was about due. It genetally hap
pens that way. I.e.vve an opening and they
nail ou. Facing tVs last man was tho first
IK rvouncss I felt I knew tho side should
havo been out, that he had no business
up there, and that t ought to be on the
way to tho clublioure w'lh a no-hlt game
sewed up. Hut this time tho upset didn't
work out.
"If Donovan hadn't mentioned It In the
eighth." lemaiked Jlogridge, "I don't he
llevo I would have known I had a no-hltter
until after tho game. If I had begun to
llguro on a. no-hlt game back In the fifth
or sixth Inning I doubt very much whether
I would have landed one."
Batting Pitchers
Tho old Idea that a pitcher couldn't hit
Is being rapidly dissolved. Hay Caldwell
Is the main pinch hitter of the Yankees.
Walter Johnson Is the leading pinch hitter
of the Nationals.
Hut tho premier bird of them Is Babe
Huth. of tho Hed Po. Ruth Is piobably
tho best hitting pitcher that baseball has
ever known, (leorge .Sller started out as
a pitcher, and ho may hae challenged
Ruth's title, but not even the Hrovvnle
star is ns feared as tho big left-bander
on tho Red Kox staff. He Is not only n
consistent batsman, but he Is as likely to
crack one over tho fence or up Into the
stands as any man In baseball.
.CK believes that his team can finish in the first division, otherwise
'ptthave gone out and traded a young pitcher like Nabors for the
te, who con pitch only a year or two longer at mo heat. Although
ra has been a disappointment thus far this year, he Is a. young
promise and Connie realizes it The leader of the Athletics,
immediate strength, and Falkenberg will Just about fill the bill.
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tftjV the punch In the pinches In Its opening battle with Penn
; WM .the reason why It went down to defeat by a one-run
l.Jfj8Med Jtiat when hits were needed and his curve
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HORSE RACES CALLED OFF
BY ENGLISH JOCKEY CLUB
IXN130N', April 30. It was reported re
liably today that the Government will put an
embargo on horse racing in Great Britain.
In anticipation of the ban the Jockey Club
Already has called off all tho 1917 fixtures.
Prohibition of racing wouiu tie in tno inter
ests of grain economy.
HEINIE ZIMMERMAN MUST
PAY DEBT TO FORMER CUBS
. CHICAQO. April SO. Heinle 2lmmrmn,
third haaemnn of ths OianU, borrowed k (IS
from rets Knllrt ft former-Cub outtlelder,
aoms time' o, and neglected to ettlo hie ob-
Hcatton, Twt U Zimmerman would have paid
. but for the w-ar. Trie war. oddly enough,
h affected lt rotka' financial reaourcea.
Yeaterdiy tno National leatcua authorltlea
firomulgated the atartllnc Intelligence that un
taa the Giant third baeeman eatlafled Knlaely'a
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Last season Ruth had as many home
runs as Trls Speaker or Joe Jackson, two
of the game's leading sluggers, who plaed
In almost three times as many contests,
"In attempting to carry the Grand
Canyon," writes Knoch, "did Mr. Van Loan
use a brasslo or a mld-lron?" Neither.
He employed a spared spoon.
"It's a wonder to me." vvtltes another
golfer, "that somo of these modern golf
architects haven't picked up tho Grand
Canyon and moved It over for a hazard lo
ono of their couisos. I'd as boon try to
carry fifteen miles across the Canyon us
I would 105 yards nctoss a swamp "
The Battling Burc
Dear Sir Georgia may produce a variety
of stars, but for a galaxy of luminaries In
one branch of sport no State or city can
hold a candle to St. Taul. Pipe the fol
lowing exponents of the manly art:
Mike Glbbci.s.
Tom Gibbons,
Hilly Mislu-
Mike O'Dowd.
Kddie (Kid) Hillings.
Hilly Do Foe.
Johnny lhtle.
And we could add Fred Fulton If we
needed another to yank us out In front
of the field, though Freddie isn't exactly a
St, 1'aul entry. w. N, J,
Which suggests a slogan for this scrappy
community, viz., St. Paul the City with
the Wallop,
Golf Lesson
ne who Mta onej In the heel
Will know how cholera patients feel
Playing out of tomato and potato hazards
is all very well. Dut playing out of an
onion patch makes It hard to keep one's eye
on the ball more than once. Ever have
an orb bathed In the succulent moisture of
the bubbling 'young onion?
By SANDY McXIIlLICK.
TliH turning over of links In the Phila
delphia and other golf district of the
L'nlted States for use as grazing gtounds of
Fheep Is now the cheerful suggestion of tho
Philadelphia Wool nnd Textile Association.
Tho Idea was e.sptesed In a letter Just sent
to I low aid W. Perrln, picsldent of tho
United Stales Golf Association.
It Is the thought of the local trades body
that tho pnstuiiug of sheep would not In
terfere vvlth tho lecreatlon of tho golfers
while tho grass of tho spate ground, or
otherwise, Is being used for sheep fattcner.
ll Is felt that tho wool situation ot the
country would ho greatly benefited If tho
suggestion wero ndopted as a tountty-wldo
pioceeding.
Opening Iho season for men In the Phila
delphia golf district Is tho great spring
tournament of tho Country Club of Atlantic
City nt Northflcld, beginning thN week.
This tournament Is tho curtaln-ralslng
sprlngtlmo Joy of tho local llnksmeii and
has come to be recognized almost olll
clally ns tho Act I. Many motor loads of
golfers scorched off tho miles out of Phlla
'delphla today to 'tho sand-piled, wave
llckcd borders of tho A. C. courso to mashle
nut some of tho drcs tehearsal tdioti, so
fondly played, fo fiuidly recalled In tho
days of the actual tourney, ai a rule.
The course Is open all this week to en
tries who may also piny tbcro on tho Sun
dny after the finals. Northflcld, In its new
nlttlng and dune-work, needs all tho time
tho earnest entry Is ahlo to put In for
practice bccaue thero is a separato and
distinct method of building tho traps, u
system having Its defenders nnd its protes
tnnts. Henry MeSweency, chairman of the green
committee nt tho seashore course, ns well
as the author, Inventor, engineer nnd holder
ot the reserved rights on tho traps at
Xoithflclri, has tho theory that a player
getting In n ttap should be penalized ono
stroke
"That's what a pit Is set In the courso
for," sa.vs Chairman McSwccney, "to make
tho golfer loso a stroke If ho does not land
In the place where he Is supposed to land I
havo constructed my ttnps with that Idea
hi mind thioughout, and I will promise there
oro few golfers getting in my traps by a
bad shot wjio can niitko up for It with n
shot out for distance. Tho lctlm must play
a pitted shot safe, trying only to get out,
nnd then ho can bang away for the di-tance
after he has Inst his shot from the ttap"
Most of tho traps nro shallow, with steep
facing walls.
Three Solid Dajs
The qualifying round for th- big tourna
ment this year stat Is on Thursday at
eighteen holes. Tho entry list Is so largo
that golfers will be starting off when tho
salty air cunents of near twilight ale filsk
Ing through the meadow and nf the coutse
This is ns usual, so popular Is tho tourna
ment. Schuyler Van Vechteii won last
ear's tournament, and an even faster Held
will compete this year, made up of several of
tho really clover pl.iycis ot tho New Yoik
district, as opposed In the carl j -season
cream ot tho Philadelphia section, with a
few scattered volunteers from paits In be
tween and West. Tho mixing In the flesh
climate of tho shoio at this season of tho
year Is always as lively as any lit tho Ioc.il
schedule, so that tho opener is going to bo
scuffed about Intensely befoio the last or
winning pult Is laid to rest.
With the winning by a metropolitan
plaer of the l.akewood finals on Saturday,
tho contest between the New- Voik and
Philadelphia, dlstilcts now moves to Atlan
tic. City. Hoth tho l.akewnod tournaments
last car were won by Philadelphia pl.iy
cis, the same tournaments In all previous
years having been legnrdcd as strictly
metropolitan affairs. Percy I'latt broke
through tho Quaker City Jinx by getting
back a chunk of Gotham piestlgo last week
at l.akewood.
The situation at Atlantic City Is that a
tournament, which Is the opener of tho
season for Philadelphia players, has been
taken away for several starts past by New
Yoikers, no local plavcr having broken
through for tho shiniest plate. It Is thus
the cherished hope and eager Intent of the
Philadelphia entries to nvei throw the in
vaders and tako tho toutney truly to tho
bosom of the Quaker City by winning the
high trophy and cutting down tho New
Yotk folks.
Conscription by Kcscue
The passing of tho conscription bill now
makes It clear that tho golf schedule of tho
local association and of tho other dlstilcts,
except the New- York, will continue
smoothly on its course. Tlieio will be,
ot course, a tremendous culling of the
youthful element out ol the tournament
lists, the age limit of con-cilption being con
siderably muddled at present.
With conscription time will no longer
bo any question of cons'cleiico or distaste
for tournaments when theie Is milltaty work
to be done, lather u golllcist will bu able to
play In tournaments or he won't, nnd that
Is the end ot it.
No birdie will whisper "slacker" In his
car, and e will bo able to stand up care
free to the pill, to swat It with the thought
that It Is aside from thu "hit" he Is doing
for his Government and his Hag.
Tho war fund idea of tournaments has
grown tremi ndous.lv In favor over night
and many clubs which havo been holding
Tomorrow's Tournament
and Today's Tee Talk
rniMDni.i'iiiA ir.iM ctir
liill.iilelnlil.i Crhket vi. St. DatliK at St.
Vl.irlln-.
.Vlrrlnn v. Old ork Komi, nt Merlon,
liillmont v. Iliinllnciloii Valler, nt 1'hll-
Im""' SCni'lUl.VN TRIM CtT
.Monmtowii vs. Mrrrlinnlvllle, at Moores
tow n.
Ilihi T. Wnnilliur.v, nt llnln.
let Chester v. .HnrlnslinTen, nt Wett
tlie.ter.
IHerlirnok v. Itlvrrtnn, nt Oterurook,
WAi.uxrioRn ti:am cup
Ullmliisfoil vs. .ort!l II 111, nt Wll
niliiRtnn, . ...
Liiii-ilnune t. Arnnlmlnk, nt I.iinnlowne.
Mentnn v. hitemnrli. nt Htenton.
liill ulelDltl.i Country Club v. lion Air,
nl IMI.i.
up their schedules to fco what was going
to happen are now preparing to rush thorn
through with a brnellt tourney or two for
tho Red Cross ut'd other fibrillar wir
cnucs.
other clubs whose loal cards am at.
ready out will probably make tho ciausa
amendment here and thero so that Phila
delphia can promise a healthy fuiii from
Its golfers. Playcia not subject to con-,
tcilptlon can now enter the tournaments
tho moro readily, nnd will bo doing a real
bcnellt to tho country by taxing them
selves a comparatively trinintr sum for thlr
golf
"in iny opinion, conscription makes ths
completion ot tho Philadelphia golf sclied
ulo almost ii certainty this year." said a
prominent ofllclal. "Next year will bo an.
other mattter, nt couise."
A la Handicap
In tho sheets received on tho handl
capping of women by tho Women's Golf
Association of Philadelphia thero was some
llttla fond for thought. It Is tho firm and
accepted tradition that nny handicap or
latlng list ought to bo roundly "panned"
by tho willful golf critique. Let us turn
rather to a newspaper clipping nt hand
from a local dally, announcing tho ratings.
Wo llnd that MI'ss Mildred Caverly es
caped with tho comparatively light sentence
of having ono stroke added to her score,
Instead of having any dipped off.
Hut what Is the "justice" In the "plus 18"
handicap packed to tho scores of Mrs.
Ilntonl Perp.ill. Old York Road, for In
stance? According to Inference from the
clipping, Mlsi c.ivciiy Ii the worst golfer
In the city, being started with tho addition
of only ii stroke, while the other 2C." rated
playeis havo strokes, from eighteen down
to none, "added" to their scores.
Miss Caverly won her place ns the solo
local plus 1 player among women by her
activity and Fklll on the links last year
She played In most of Iho big tournamonts
and misled none of the local starts. She
Is tho Philadelphia champion.
It irmalns to ho seen this season whether
Mis. Ronald II. Harlow, who will bo staited
at scratch, can win back her former su
premacy. Mrs. Harlow figured but llttlo
on local links last year, except In tho toam
matches and a tournament or two which
she won. She heat Miss Caverly last year,
but after the eartern Mrs. Harlow didn't
play, while Mls Caverly won all her fame.
VICTORY FOR MARSHALL
IN ANNUAL CHESS PLAY
NHU" YOUK. Arrll an. Frank " AIirahHll.
1'nittil States ( hoss i humplon, won the first
Mixo In thn inirttir'' rapid transit tournament
hriil In ( cinrei I Inn with th Hecorul nnnunl cpIc
Lritton nf thf fnutuliiiK ot the hess divan.
There wen IkIU nf tho best tln.er now
In tho Pnl ted States In the competition, which
was (ouduttMt limit r a llmo limit of twenty Fee
nnd tn n mow, nnd .Marhi.ll did not lose a
Hlnslo Kinne of t'i seven contested lij him, wln
niiiK four nnd draw Ins three, with U total of
."a points. I), .lanowskl, the Krem h champion,
who wiih one of the tltreo to dr.iw with Mar
sh ill. flnWhtd tirmnj, with a ncoro of points.
Tho m firew
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IWerce I .cor, Ucdtlck. Timekeeper Henry
Kocliler. Scoter If. -M. UnrtHhorne,
SPENCER WINNER IN
NEWARK BIKE RACE
N'KWAIIK. April 30. Arthur
neneer. llm
Mninty Toronto Mode rider, surprised 10,(kh)
funs nt tho Veludromo j.eterday afternoon bv
tho easy manner tn which ho defeated Alfred
tloullet In two (straight heats of a special one
rnllo uinu h race.
Tho lirwt heat was close, but In tho second oni
Fpemer ran uwnv from the sturdy Australian.
kadlr.K him over the tnp by four wheels
length. Spencer's racIiiK" yesterday stamps him
ns bclntr ono uf the best professionals In the
piinip mil the i liter who la most upt to ria
Champion Kramer n tight for tho American
ih.iiupionhlp this season,
l,lod Thomas, of Sail I'rnnelsco, htaitlns
from Iho fort.-ard mark, won the h..lf-mll
hmdlcaii for the professionals In a blai ket
finish, wllh Pied Hill, Prank Corry. Tommv
smith iiinl AVlllle bpemer who finished In that
urdi-r.
Canncfax Wins Cue Title
AKnO.V. O., April 30. rtobert I-. Cannefax,
of St. Louis won the thme-cusnlon bllllaid
t hninplonshlp nf tho world here, defeating
marlr Mr ('our ( of PIecland. ISO to 13.
Cannefax seoicd sixty-four points til McCourt'
thlrty-IHo in the final round,
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