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Jerome Travers Heads List
Os Best 16 Amateur Golfers
Selected by “Chick” Evans
Bv Chick Evans.
Western amateur golf champion,
wh o has played at the Atlanta Ath
£tjc club’s course and who is very
poplar in th. South.)
SOME time along in late fall or
ea rly winter, when golf ac
tivities are slowing up, it is
th e custom of critics to present to
’ expectant public a carefully se
. - P .l list of the sixteen best golf
ers in the country. Sixteen has a
-ertain golfing significance, proba
"... because it is the number of
nua,.tiers in most cup events. It
would perhaps place too great a
ln on the analytical powers of
~p critics and the tender sensibil
ujes of the golfers to select 32
the number permitted to qualify in
lh( . national and Western cham
pionships.
Having been inoculated with the
•entagion and, after due delibera
tion and taking all my courage in
mv hands. I have determined to
uncover my little list of the sixteen
best to the public’s gaze. 1 am only
too well aware of the fact that I
Rni no t a trained critic and I am
n 0 doubt utterly lacking in the an
alytical faculty necessary to crit
ics. but if 1 can not bring anything
of value to the wisdom of the pub
lic discussion, I may add some
thing to its gayety, and such a con
tribution is not to be despised. It
may be. too, that a certain inter
will attach to a list selected
from a player's viewpoint.
Past Performances on Record.
if the best golfer be merely the
winner of match-play tournaments,
the critic’s path would wind
through a pleasant country; or if
the best golfer be the maker of
tine medal scores, then he would
sail over summer seas, The study
of past lists, however, shows the
qualification of the best golfer to
be a composite of medal play and
match play prepared according to
the inclination of each critic.
Speaking broadly. I suppose that
medal play shows pure skill at golf
and match play demonstrates a
certain golfing ability plus tem
perament. Alas for the word! it
brings up visions of a rough coun
try and a stormy sea. One day
the critic decides a player has the
true golf temperament, the next
day he has it—not. Apparently it
is a ghost that haunts club houses
and golf courses, demoralizing lov
ers of chance, covering prophets
with confusion and playing the
mischief generally. It masquerades
under strange shapes and often is
only an illustration to mark a tem
porary difference of bodily fitness.
Whether temperament is a ques
tion of digestion or not, it is a real
specter and not easily laid.
The possession of the true golf
temperament, vague as the term
is. is a valuable asset in match
play, or poker, but it is not the
whole of golf.
Reputations Do Not Count.
Many a poor player has won a
match play tournament or a single
match from a better player, and it
also is true that good players have
failed to qualify in important
events. In my selection I.have en
deavored to bear these facts in
mind, and in close shading I have
favored geography.
1 have placed Jerome D. Travers
at the head of the list, because he
holds the national and metropolitan
championships, and because he is
undoubtedly the best match-play
gnlfer in America. But at the risk
of bringing down upon my head a
hornet’s nest of trouble, 1 feel it
only fair to confess that I hesitated
long between him and Warren
Wood, and at this moment I am
not absolutely sure that 1 decided
rightly in giving the premier place
to Mr. Travers.
In comparison with Warren
Wood. Travers is much the better
match player, but it does not seem
that his medal play is so good or
that his average game is so steady.
I can not find that he has won a
low score medal throughout the en
tire season. He has the national
and metropolitan championships
and he has lost the New Jersey
'hampionship to Oswald Kirby by
a good margin. He has played
some splendid rounds, but his golf
on the whole has been a little
streaky.
Travers Meets Opportunity.
I acknowledge, to my sorrow. I
have never seen a finer exhibition
ft iron play than Mr. Travers’ in
'he afternoon of the national finals
a "heaton. He hardly used a
"ooden club, however, during the
"hole 30 holes, and only the phe
nomenal drouth made such an ex
' lotion of iron possible. Through
the tournament Warren Wood's
r| i'ing was excellent and his game
utaged well, but because Mr.
T ravp rs was there at the right time
Ave placed him at the head of
the H s t_
• ' a,r en K. Wood has played
'ea-dler and more reliable golf,
in and year out, than any
amateur in America. He is
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• ‘Chick’ Evans’ Sixteen :
• J
: Best American Golfers:
•
• I—Jerome D. Travers. New York •
• City. •
• 2—Warren K. Wood, Homewood. •
• Chicaao. •
• 3—Walter J. Travis. Garden City, •
• New York. •
• 4— Paul M. Hunter, Midlothian, •
• Chicago. •
• s—Harry G. Legg, Minneapolis. •
• 6—Heinrich Schmidt, Worcester, •
• Mass. •
• 7—Oswald Kirby, Englewood. N. J.
• B—W. C. Fownes, Jr., Pittsburg. •
• 9—Frederick Herreshoff, New •
• York City . •
• 10—Jack Neville, San Francisco. •
• 11 —Mason Phelps, Midlothian, Chi-
• cago, e
• 12—Hamilton Kerr. Manchester, •
• Vermont. •
• 13—D. E. Sawyer. Wheaton, 111.- •
• 14—Harold Weber, Toledo. Ohio. •
• 15—W. I. Howland, Jr., Glen View, •
• Chicago. •
• 16—E. M. Byers, Pittsburg. •
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stances not usually conducive to
much practice, yet last year he
was medalist and runner-up in the
Western' and semi-finalist in the
national. That he has always been
defeated for the big championships,
sometimes by less skilled players,
is merely one of the chances of the
game, and is the only thing that
prevents him from leading the list
of the sixteen players.
Travis Still a Master.
Although Paul Hunter beat Wal
ter Travis on the nineteenth hole
at Onwentsia, I think the veteran*
is a shade steadier and certainly
more experienced. Paul Hunter
played really wonderful golf at On
wentsia. and excellent golf at the
national. His defeat by Hamilton
Kerr at the thirty-seventh hole
seemed more a matter of ill luck
than poor play. Although he suf
fered several serious defeats this
year, his game on the whole is an
exaniple of beautiful golf. Low
scores over good fields at Glen
Aiea, Grand Rapids. Lake Geneva
and a 68 at Midlothian form an
enviable record. He plays actual
golf, but his deficiency in match
play reduces his rating.
Harry Legg is undoubtedly the
finest player in the trans-Missis
sippi region. He made a splendid
showing in the Western and na
tional, and stands very close to
Paul Hunter.
Heinrich Schmidt, a cool and
thoughtful player, made an excel
lent showing in the national. He
succeeded in both medal and match
play in his only other tournament —
the Massachusetts state champion
ship. Mr. Legg controls more shots
and has more experience.
Kirby Plays Below Form.
Oswald Kirby, medalist in the
Metropolitan, winner of the New
Jersey championship by defeating
Travers, deserves a good place. His
rating, however, is reduced by his
rather poor showing in the national.
The names of several of our best
players are not found on my Ust.
Either they have been out of the
. game this year or playing in one
or two tourneys have made no spe
cial showing. Macon Phelps, one
of our very best players, has had a
poor year, and in spite of good
showing in the national has won a
rather low place.
I am told that there are some
good players, equaling our finest, in
the Northwest. It is to be regret
ted that they have not played in
any of our large tournaments.
Fred Herreshoff’s failure to qual-'
ify in the national was lamentable.
He is a fine player, however, and
defeated Kirby at Nassau and won
the National Golf Links of America
tourney.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1912.
Ti ARE HURT IN
SPILL CAUSED 81
LIVELY SPRINT
NEW YORK. Dee. 11.—After
traveling over 57 hours and
pedaling over 1.132 miles,
the first mix-up which sent a team
into the discard occurred today in
the six-day bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden.
I'he spill, which occurred shortly
before 7 o’clock, caused serious in
juries to Jack Magin. of the Cali
fornia-New Jersey t«®m, and to
Marcel Barthel, of the Franco-
Italian team.
I'he California-New Jersey team,
composed of Magin and Percy
Lawrence, dropped from the race,
leaving 14 teams and 28 competi
tors.
I’he first break in the even score
came at the same time. Thirteen
teams were tied at 1,132 miles and 5
laps at 7 o’clock, the Suter brothers
having lost a lap.
Berthel and Magin. the men in
jured, were treated at the track by-
Dr. Frank Cramer, but tMagin’s in
juries proved so serious that he
was rushed to Bellevue. At the
hospital an examination showed
that Magin' - collar bone was frac
tured and that Berthel’s rib was
badly damaged. It was feared also
that Magin had sustained an inter
nal injury.
The spill occurred when Grenada
and Drobach ’’jumped" the field
for 20 yards, setting the most ter
rific pace yet seen at the race. This
spurt aroused the sleeping specta
tors, who cheered loudly-. Soon a
hot race was on. Every team had
two men on the track except the
Suter brothers, who were lapped
in short order.
Elmer Collins relieved Drobach
and Pye took Grenada’s place.
Moran and Fogler fell into the
rear and it looked as though they
were about to lose a lap when they
were relieved by their partners.
Between 7 and 8 o'clock Walter
Rutt started a second sprint and
opened up 15 yards before he was
overhauled. At the height of the
spurt Rutt's wheel blew a tire, but
no one was seriously hurt in the
spill that follow'd.
The score at .8 a. nt., the fifty
eighth hour, was: Kramer and
Moran. 1,150 miles 9 laps: Pye and
Grenada, 1.150 miles 9 laps; Per
chot and Egg. 1,150 miles 9 laps;
Root and Hehir. 1.150 miles 9 laps;
Clarke and Hill, 1.150 miles 9 laps;
Bedell and Millon. 1,150 miles 9
laps; Cameron and Walthour, 1,150
miles 9 laps: Walker and Wells,
1.150 miles 9 laps. Brocco and Ber
thel. 1.150 miles 9 laps: Drobach
and Collins. 1,150 miles 9 laps: Car
men and Loftes. 1,150 miles 9 laps:
Ryan and Thomas, 1,150 miles 9
laps; Rutt and Fogler, 1,150 miles
9 laps; Suter brothers, 1,150 miles
-8 laps.
The former record was 1,128 miles
8 laps, made by Root and Fogler
in 1909.
NOTHING BIG IN SIGHT
AT AMERICAN MEETING
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—Heady for their
annual meeting, scheduled to last two
days, magnates of the American league
arrived in Chicago today.
The first formal session was scheduled
to begin this afternoon at the Congress
hotel.
Before that time the heads of the va
rious clubs were expected to gather in
the office of President Ban Johnson for a
brief conference. The matters to come
before the league members are entirely
formal, it was said, and most of the
time would be consumed in considering
financial reports.
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Diamond News and Gossip
The San Francisco baseball plant will
include a handball court, where the play
ers will be able to keep in condition.
• * *
Ed Konetchy has bought a block of oil
stock and an automobile, which is our
idea of good team play.
• * *
Some fans got Rube Benton to try
the bowling game the other night. Rube
made a good start, but forgot to release
his thumb. What followed nearly cost
the Reds a large and erratic pitcher.
♦ * *
The National league may be starting a
campaign of referring and re-referring
Koger Bresnahan’s case a campaign
which could be kept up until Koger died
or else forgot it.
• * •
Fred Clarke has agreed to the proposal
of a series of exhibition games in Hot
Springs next spring between the Pirates
and the Ked Sox.
• • •
“Suffragette League” is a good title for
the more ancient of the major organiza
tions because of the fact that Mrs. Brit
ton, Mrs. Brush and Charlev Ebbetts own
clubs in it.
• • •
Christy Mathewson says that a player
who “steps back” when at bat will
never make a ball player. “It is a flaw
that seems impossible to correct,'’ says
Big Six. The disease is offclally known
among ball players as "one foot in the
water bucket.”
• ♦ •
Frank Farrell stands ready to Issue a
denial that he has signed Bridgey Web
ber as manager of the Highlanders. He
is the only man not now on the "denial
list” an yet.
• • •
Pitcher Cram, of Brown university, may
lose his arm. He is suffering from blood
poison and an amputation may be neces
sary.
• • •
They have a benefit on Thursday in
Pittsburg for old Hughey Dougherty, dean
of the minstrel profession and one of
the world’s most loyal rooters.
• * ♦
Bill Killifer is a reg'lar real-estater
now. He's a member of the dirt selling
firm of Decker. Titus & Killifer. of Kal
amazoo, Mich.
Well, it's out at last. Fred Clarke s
middle name is Clifford.
Mike Simon will be dropped by the
Pirates if Koger Bresnahan is acquired.
Christy Mathewson maintains that he’d
be a good life insurance solicitor if he
could get anybody to talk insurance.
But they all insist on chinning baseball.
• * *
Charley Murphy has refused to admit
that Ty Cobb is the world's greatest ball
player, but in the matter of the best club
president be doesn't mind kicking in with
the answer any old time.
• ♦ ♦
William Burry, of Winnetka, is nego
tiating with Christy Mathewson to give
his son pitching lessons, after the man
ner of Colonel McCormick. Fat little
winter gtaft for pitchers, after a bit.
• ♦ ♦
Billy Doyle, St. Louis scout, has jumped
to Cleveland.
• ♦ ♦
The Braves have bought Catcher
Drummond from the Vernon club.
♦ ♦ ♦
Ira Plank, Eddie’s brother, was shot
in the face recently while hunting.
• ♦ «
Eddie McDonald, the player nicked up
recently by the Cubs, struck out 99 times
last season.
• • ♦
Mike Einn gets first call on the Red
recruits next spring.
• * ♦
The inside story of Marry Wolverton’s
dismissal as manager of the Highlanders
is said to be that he favored Alulcahej
as club trainer and Frank Farrell didn’t.
They came to a clinch over it —with the
usual result.
♦ • ♦
Dear, dear Jim Callahan has an
nounced that he will not let a player on
his staff wear a glove or a mitt until th?
training season has gone a full week 'l’he
idea, of course, is that players will not
throw the ball hard to other players who
have hare hands.
JOHNSON GETS FROST AT
OLD TRAINING QUARTERS
CHICAGO. Dec. 11 Chicago prize
fighters have snubbed Jack Johnson. The
heavyweight champion wandered into Ms
old training quarters at Bill O’Connell's
gymnasium. O’Connell refused to speak
to the negro and a group of fighters in
the place turned their backs as he ap
proached. Johnson's stay was very short.
“SIO,OOO OR I STICK TO
VAUDEVILLE,’’ SAYS RUBE
ST. LOl'lS. Dec. 11. "New York will
I pay me SIO,OOO to pitch next season or
I stick io vaudeville," said Rube Mar
quarci. "I didn’t intend tq ask for $lO.-
000 until McGraw tried some of his humor
on me. Now he'll come across with $lO.-
000 or I’ll remain in vaudeville."
VANDYMAY PLAY
TEXAS fl. & M.
. NEXT FALL
Nashville, tenn.. Dee. 11.—
It is very probable that a
game will be arranged by
Vanderbilt next season with Texas
A. & M., since "Slick” Stewart,
former crack Commodore end, has
traveled close to 1,000 miles to con
fer with the schedule committee, as
a representative of the Texas col
lege.
"Slick" has been in conference
with Charles Tiabue. head of the
schedule committee, Coach McGu
gin and Dr. Dudley, and although
no definite action has yet been
taken, the appearances are that a
date will be assigned A. & M.
This college has only been in the
S. I. A. A. during 1912. and while
they made desperate efforts to get
games with Vanderbilt, Georgia.
Auburn and Mississippi, there was
nothing doing. Texas A. & M.
licked the socks off of both Auburn
and Mississippi last year and
neither of these elevens wanted the
dose repeated Only the famous
"ringei" team that L. S. If secured
the country to get together was
ever able to take the Cowboys'
measure and the Texans feel that
they are entitled to have a chance
to trim the Commodores.
They are so anxious to hook up
with Vanderbilt that, they enlisted
the services of Stewaii, who has
been coaching Christian Brothers
school, near Bryan. Texas, and sent
him* Up hole to put the deal across.
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Mrs. A. L. McClendon, who resides at 175 Kelly street, and is the mother of three
Children, aged respectively six years, ten years and thirteen years.
AU of them have been in very pom
health lor the past two or three years.
They seemed to be in a weak, run-down
condition, had no appetite, no ambi
tion or life to play that children should
have at these ages: very restless in
their sleep, bad dreams, screaming out.
grating of the teeth, foul breath. espe
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By Whipping Flynn McCarthy
Moves Nearer to the Title; Jim
Had No Chance, But Died Game
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 11.—With
face battered and swollen.
Fireman Jim Flynn today
paid tribute to Luther McCarty,
who last night hammered his way
to victory in the sixteenth round of
his fight w ith Flynn.
"He’s tqo confounded big.” said
Flynn. "I have no excuse to offer.
I certainly was trained and 1 was
in condition. All I can say is what
Jim Corbett said after he had been
beaten the second time by Jim Jef
fries —’He’s too confounded big.’ ”
Luther McCarty, whose ling gen
eralship surprised old-timers at the
tight game, was ready today to
praise the man he defeated yester
day.
"I never knew they grew men as
game as Jim Flynn " he said. “I
would have been glad lo have had
the fight stopped in the ninth round.
The result was not in doubt at any
time. I felt from the first that I
would beat him."
The comment of the two fighters,
in the opinion of the fight experts
today, tells the stony of the contest.
McCarty, bigger, demonstrating
that he had the "kick," skillful be
yond expectation, simply hammered
Flynn until it was a test of the old
er fighter's gameness.
The result of the battle has
boosted McCarty's stock in the sec
ond elimination battle of the heavy
weight championship contests.
Fans today ale already giving Mc-
Carty a shade over Al Palzer. The
two men are expected to meet in
me about this Quaker Extract and
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back to a healthy condition after using
it. and that many of them expelled
monster worms, and I am going to try
one bottle."
The mother went home, commenced
giving it to the children and in a few
days the thirteen-year-old girl expelled
a number of stomach worms. The child
was being eaten alive. No wonder she
was delicate. She commenced to im
prove right away. Tin other children
did not expel any worms as the mother
knew of. but the weak kidney trouble
they had. especially at nisht has disap
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the near future. • ' I
McCarty and Flynn entered the
ling at 8:55. Betting at the ring
side was at even money. Time was
called at 9:02.
McCarty carried the fight to
Flynn throughout the first round
and the fireman spat blood as he
went to his corner.
McCarty continued to force the
fighting in the second and Flynn
seemed unable to reach him effect
ively. Near the end of the round
Flynn was staggered by a series of
lights and lefts to the face and ap
peared groggy. He came up with a
rush in the third, but McCarty
stopped him with a punch that drew
blood from the fireman's nose and
forced him to stall.
Flynn evened it up in the fourth,
rushing McCarty repeatedly and
hooking him with an uppercut that
rocked the Missourian’s head.
McCarty tried hard to end it in
the tenth, but Flynn showed strong
recuperative powers and held his
heavier opponent fairly even. Batjly
battered and rushing blindly, Flynn
went through the eleventh, rocked
repeatedly by the blows that Mc-
Carty landed almost at will. It was
the same in the twelfth, the fire
man’s stamina arousing the wonder
of the crowd.
Flynn seemed almost helpless
when at the outset of the sixteenth
he was sent down for the count of
nine and when a moment later a
smash to the jaw put him down
the second time. Referee Eyton
stopped the fight and declared Mc-
Carty the winner.
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