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TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. OA, SUNDAY. M 4, 1013.
GOLF III SOUTH
IS FAR 0FHI1
Brooklyn’s ‘Big Four’; Manager and Players Who Are Relied Upon
to Advance the Dodgers to First Division Berth in National League
By Tick Tichenor.
T HIS question no doubt has
been aske<
players nei
In the Amateur
United States?
There Is but
question and th
are not yet in tl
Is
doubt has often
y have Southern
lade, any showingj
mpionship of the
answer to this
that our players
i«s of the North
ern and Western golfers. If you |
take the handicap list or the
United States Golf Association of I
those who are eligible to enter this]
event you will readily see that this
is a fact. On this list there are!
four hundred and forty-two names. If
you will examine it carefully you
will And that of this number onl>
twenty-five are Southern players
Thus there are nearly twenty players
from other parts of the country to
one from the South.
If ypu will look further you will]
see that Nelson Whitney, of New i
Orleans, is the only player from the |
South ranked as good as four, while j
there are twenty-four playe/s rated
better than four and forty-four at
this figure. There are one hundred
and two players rated at five and of
this number the South has six. Rated
et six are one hundred and seventy-
two men of which number eighteen
are Southerners.
Whitney Only Southerner.
Thus it will be seen that in the
first sixty-eight players as ranked by
the U. S. G. A. Nelson Whitney Is
the only one from the S. G. A. In
the first one hundred and seventy
players in addition to Nelson Whitney
are found R. G. Hush, Jr.. F. G. Byrd,
J, P. Edrington, N. A. Hattie, Ellis
Knowles. W. P. Stewart.
The other eighteen Southerners,
hose names appear on this list and
who are handicapped at six are
George W. Adair, (.*. N. Aldridge. J.
B. Bush. Douglas Gall, Leigh Carroll.
R. H. Oonnerly. K. W. Daley. K. L.
Dalglish, Charle.- Dexter, Jr., Bryan
Heard, Lewis Jacoby, F. M. Lewis,
r, H. Hunger, George C. Oliver. W.
E. Stauffer. J. F. Turner, Milby Por
ter, and the writer. In some way
the name of Albert Schwartz, of New
Orleans, has been omitted from the
list. This is , very evidently an over
night as he was included last year
and is one pf the very best golfers in
the South as he showed last year,
when lie won the low score medal in
the qualifying round of the Southern
championship
It is therefore easily seen that
there are few players in the South
who have much of a chance to quali
fy In the amateur championship and
therefore few of them care to make
the attempt with such little chance
©f success attending their efforts.
Only Two Have Qualified.
Last year the South sent a team
ef four to this event, three of whom
bad been Southern Champions and
one twice runner-up, and it was hop
ed that some of them would at least
qualify, but not a one of them did.
Only twice, if my memory serves me
right, have Southern players ever
qualified in this event. In 1908 Nel
son Whitne\ was successful and In
.1910 Ellis Knowles was one of the
elect.
But no doubt you ask—why is it
our playerd are inferior? If this
condition exists what fire the rea
sons which cause it to be so?
1 am of the opinion that there are
Several answers to this question.
In the first place the number of
our players arc far smaller than in
tlie East and West. In fact, if we
exclude the winter resort courses,
w hich are used practically entirely by
players from other sections, you will
find that there are only about a dozen
eighteen-hole i ourses In th© South,
while around Chicago alone there are
more than this number
In the next place we have not been |
playing the game long enough. No*
country or people can take up a new
athletic game and ut once become
proficient in it. It takes time to de
velop golfers jbsl as it takes times
in develop topnotch placers In any
t/ther line of sport.
Lack Professional Teaching.
But it may be ergued that we have
been playing golf in the South for
ten years or more. This \n quite
true but it has only been within the
last fix years that the game has
really become popular. Then too
thosM who took up the game ten years
ago had no opportunity to secure pro
fessional coaching and they therefore
fell into habits w hich have handicap
ped them ever since. Most of the
topnotch golfers of to-day began to
play when they were kids, when their
muscles were pliable and when it was
easy for them to acquire a free and
easy swing.
Take the case of Nelson Whitney
and Ellis Knowles, who are generally
accepted as the best players in the
South, and both of them began to
play when they were in their teens.
No where can better evidence be
produced that it requires time to be
come proficient in golf than in the
case of the American professional,
who until two years ago had prac
tically no showing against the Scotch
men. who had come to thin country
to teach the game. But in the last
two years the home-bred pro has
come into his own and three of the
team of four, which will represent
America in the British open tourna
ment as well as the French open are
boys who learned the game on this
side of the Atlantic.
Our Courses Are Too Easy.
Then there is another reason. Our
courses are too easy. They are not
properly trapped and there are too
many parallel fairgreens. This gives
the player an opportunity to make a
really bad shot and suffer no penalty.
We have not put a premium on di
rection by having sufficient hazards
to catch the player who is off the
line with his shots.
Take any course of any club, w
is a member of the Southern
Association, and see how many
allel fairgreens then are on it
see how many chances there are for
a man to slice or pull his shot fa
off the line to the hole and yet hav
as good a chance to reach the greet
a§ the player w ho was on the din «
lin> to th hole. Think of the num
Armor Boxing to Encourage Sport
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School Boys Can Engage in Bouts
N EW YORK, May 3.—The latest
thing in the boxing line ar
mor protection. This novel ap
pliance Is the invention of Guy Otis
Brewster, Physical Director of the
Dover (N. J.) Hlfch School, and is
intended to protect boys and girls
from injury nr difiguration when en
gaged in a boxing contest. Six school
boys from the Dover and Wharton
High Schools gave a demonstration
of armor boxing at the monthly en
tertainment of the Physical Educa
tion Department at Thompson’s Gym
nasium, Teacher.”’ College of Colum
bia University, which was witnessed
by a number of men and women
connected with the department.
Parents of children have been
strong in tehir opposition to box
ing. Many young men have received
several fatal, injuries when engaged
in the sport. It was to remove this
objection and demonstrate that under
his method of conducting boxing con
tests Mr. Brewster could entirely
eliminate all possibility of accidents
and restore the confidence of parents
in the exercise.
Land Many Hard Blows.
In order to afford a prac
tration of the efficiency o
tector six school boys were
to the spectators fully eq
the competition which wa:
on the round robin plan,
boxing one minute with the
boys. The entertainment la:
half an hour. During that
hard blows were delivered,
boy suffered the slightest
ience from the mauling It
from his oppoients. Nor
appear to be any chance of
f his pro
introduce
nipped te
did the
injury r
Th«
smilii
humo
blows
der s
to los
taliat
ners.
g fr<
m
the
1 the
thei
grea
' hoi
er portion protects the heart, liver,
and stomach, ending at the waist
line. Felt pads are used where the
protector comes into contact with the
head or body in order to absorb the
shock of the blow. The protector is
fastened with strap and specially
made clasps in order to prevent any
pnrt of It being torn away or loosen
ed from blows. It is set close to
the body in order to afford perfect
freedom of action for the shoulders
and arms. Straps of webbing cross
the top of tht* head, and in order to
give greater security a wide band of
webbing is brought under the chin,
which helps to keep the headpiece
firm and not interfere with the head
movements. The straps of webbing
hold the lower section of the protector
close to the body.
Object to Encourage Lads.
In describing nis principle to the
spectators after the exhibition Mr.
Brewster said his obpect was to en
courage boys and girls to take up box
ing for the benefit of it,* exercise. His
protector was designed to enable the
youngsters to learn to box quicker,
hit freely, and enter the friendly bouts
without fear. He explained that there
was no possibility of injury to the
contestants, and very little shock,
even from the hardest blows. It of
fers opportunities to engage in a deal
of exercise in the ^shortest possible
time.
Boxing, he said, should be encour
aged to teach boys and girls self-con
trol, discipline, tactics, and with the
protector the fine points of the art
could be acquired with all danger
eliminated. The mask removes the
sense of fighting and brutality and
teaches the youngsters the co-ordina
tion of striking hard blows and fear
less defense. The rules governing box-
Jake Daubert, the brilliant first baseman, is here pictured taking a
wide throw. At the extreme left is shown Zach Wheat, the star left
fielder. In the center panel is the gritty leader of the Dodgers, Bill Dah-
len, and at the right is portrayed Nap Rucker, Brooklyn’s great southpaw
pitcher. Daubert. Wheat and Rucker are all former Southern League per
formers.
protector follow
mty-four-foot jdns
and eight-ounce
here shall be t
each man sh
ry other man
in. Each roui
minute and «a
11 consist of
ijout they returned to theii
still smiling, and rested
me arrived for them to ei
other bout.
Protector in Two Parts.
her pair
mtinuou*
of boxing, viz.;
men on a team.
ce w i t h
pposing
il shall consist of
h man’s r<**>t period
he time between
bout four minutes.
ation of the
jening bell to the
e couple leaves the
liters and the box-
The contestants
the six cardinal
toot work;
■t parrying
ducking; 5.
s; 6. self-
All-Filipino Team
On Way to America
Foreigners Will Arrive in San Fran
cisco About June 25—To Tour
Country.
’M ANILA. P. May 3.—A crack ali-
Filipino baseball team composed of
fourteen of the fastest players in the
Philippines, have left Manila, for a
tour of Japan and the United States.
The team expects to arrive at San
Francisco about June 25. The aggre
gation of athletes is under the man
agement of Director Alejandro Al
bert, Manager E. F. Willets and Ad
vance Agent Arthur E. McCann.
The program calls for about twelve
games in Japan with the leading col
leges. One game in Hawaii, en route,
and about fifty games in the United
States with class “C” and “D” league
teams, the fastest semi-pros and col
lege teams.
The natives her* have made won
derful strides in tin progress of tne
national game and the managers of
this team are confident that their boys
w ill make a creditable show ing.
Although the members of this team
ar*' all Filipinos no two of them speak
the same language, so they are obliged
to speak in a tongue other than their
own in order to carry on a conversa
tion among themselves*.
BOOE MAY SUPPLANT HOFFMAN.
PITTSBURG. May 3— If AUie
Hoffman, now covering center flei'i
for the Pirates. ‘ falls off in his wark
| Fred Clarke w ill supplant him witn
ja youngster named Everett Booe, who
is said to be a speed merchant and
a corking good hitter. Smoky Ci*v
critics seem to think that Booe w*U
displace Hoffman before Decoration
I Day.
Sox-Giants World
Tour Is Mapped Out
Both Teams Complete Arrangements
at Conference; Tourists Will
Leave Chicago Oct. 14.
NEW YORK, May 3.—The world's
tour of the baseball teams represent
ing the Giants and the White Sox was
arranged this week at a conference
between Manager John J. McGraw
and a representative of Charles A.
Comiskey, ow ner of the White Sox.
The tourists will leave from Chi
cago on October 14, and will plav
through to the coast. Honolulu will
be the first stop after the players
embark on their long sea journ^v.
The outfit will then p 1 its way to
Japan, and will give exhibitions ia
four of the biggest oitlep in the land
of the slant-eyed inhabitants—T<tkio.
Yokohama, Hakodate and another
large city.
Two games will be played in China,
at Pekin and one in Hong Kong. Ma
nila will be the next destination of
the pilgrims, and then they will show
the natives of India how the Ameri
can game is played. Then will come
a trip through Europe. Exhibition
games will be played at the capitals
of the various nations. The junket
to Australia has been abandoned.
The sojourn will consume four
months, the players getting back to-
the states in time to go South for
spring training. They will have k o
become acclimated again.
GIANTS AFTER JAMES.
NEW YORK, May 3.— McGraw. if
the Giants, is said to have offered
Ames. Crandall and Groh for Pitcher
“Bill" James of The Boston Braves.
But Boston intends keeping James,
who looks like a real find.
Operation Beat Wolgast-Naughton
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Coghill Is New Australian Hope
By W. W. Naughton.
S AN FRANCISCO, May 3.—As a
rule there is little sympathy for
a dethroned idol. For that mat
ter the wildest tumult a boxing arena
knows is that which arises when a
titleholder is being humbled.
And its all very human. A new
king of the ring is welcomed with
shouts and yells and pains of joy
and a similar demonstration jars his
eardrums when he is being counted
out later in his career. No one
wants to see a champion go on for
ever.
It can hardly be said, however that
there was any gloating over the pas
sing of Wolgast. There was a pa
thetic angle to Ad Wolgast’s most
recent showings, in fact. In his
affair with Tommy Murphy, Wolgast’s
actions from first to last were those
of a fighter who recognized all too
well that his old-time strength had
dwindled and that it was necessary
for him to make the best use Of what
little was left.
The Wolgast of a couple of years
ago was a wasp. The Wolgast of
April 19—in comparison—was a but
terfly. He knew his physical limi
tations and instead of cutting loose
with his old-time abandon, he behav
ed as though doubtful as to how far
his condition would carry him.
This means that he was an entire
ly different Wolgast.
Ad Keeps Own Courts-©!.
Before the battle he kept his own
counsel for obvious reasons. For one
thing it would never do for a whis
per that all was not well to reach
the opposition camp. When it was
all over. Ad told how dog tired he
was. His right side—where the knife
slit was made—felt as though the
muscles were tightly drawn.. His
right leg felt at times as though it
would double under him.
Wolgast went the entire distance
on his grit, and this is no reflection
on Tommy Murphy, who fought a
heady, clever battle and who in the
minds of Western sports, is the equal
of any man in his class to-day.
But Wolgast’s is a sad case. It
was not really Ritchie or Murphy who
relieved him* of his prestige. It was*
the surgeon who operated on him.
When they took out Ad’s appendix
his championship came away with
it.
McVea Finds Ewers.
Even as far as Australia the crash
of a toppling white hoae is heard
occasionally.
They ai^ sorting out the heavy
weights down yonder just now and
Sam McVea has taken a hand in the
hunt for a white champion. Recent
ly in Western Australia McVea. lo
cated a fellow named Harold Ewers.
Harold stands six feet four inches
and has been knowrf as MeVea’s pro
tege.
tege knocked out another giant nam
ed A If. Pooley in three rounds. Then
Ewers and Gordon Coghill, Australia’s
most promising heavyweight at pres
ent, were matched Coghill, by the
way, is the fellow who knocked out
Syd Fitzsimmons, a nephew of old
Bob a couple of months ago.
Ewers and Coghill met at the Syd
ney Stadium on the night of March
12, and MeVea’s giant bit the dust
in the opening round. It was a
smashing right hander which caused
him to stretch his “listless length
upon the carpet” and now McVea is
minus a protege-. It was a hard
blow to Sam as he had visions of
bringing Ewers to America for the
purpose of polishing off the white
hopes of this country.
Willard a Sky Scraper.
Talking of sky scrapers, Jesse Wil
lard is highly commended for the
strict manner in which he has at
tended to business since his arrival
on the coast. Directly he felt far
enough recovered from the operation
on his nose, to suffer the caress of a
boxing glove. Jesse went into camp
at the Ocean Beach and trained as
seriously as though he had a match
in sight.
Since arrangements were entered
into for a May bout between Wil
lard and Gunboat Smith, the Kansas
City hope, has put in his time' in the
mountains around Harbin Springs.
There is a fully equipped gymnasium
there, a monument to Jim Jeffries’
championship days, and Willard
makes good use of it, in addition to
taking advantage of the exceptional
opportunities for healthful outdoor
work.
WUlard will be back at his camp
at the Beach early in May. Judg
ing him from the seriousness with
which he has attended to his prepa
ration so far. he will be in first cla
condition when he faces Gunboat
Smith.
Smith to Meet Wiliard.
In view of the Approaching heavy
weight contest, comparisons of the
records of Smith and Willard are In
order. In a disclussion which took
place a few days ago it was instanc
ed that Willard’s great range had
stood him in need when he boxed
Luther McCarty back East.
“Well, Willard’s stature will not
prevent Gunboat from reaching him,”
said a sport who had witnessed the
Smith-McKay bout in New York.
“This fellow. McKay is even taller
than Willard, I believe but Gunboat
found his jaw with little difficulty.’
“Yes. but McKay’s straight left is
much easier to work past than Wil
lard's,” said another.
This early season talk is an inti
mation that the Willard-Smith match
is one that will lend itself readily
to argument. It is possible that Gun
boat, on the strength of his deaden
ing punch, will be a slight favorite
when betting begins but Willard will
have a big following.
j
By Bill Bailey.
C HICAGO, ILL.. May 3.—Buck
Weaver, demon shortstop of thu
White Sox, must change hi*
pants of course. Morris Rath al
ready has done so.
Other athletes in the American
League who have been in the hafoit
of concentrating some eighteen or
twenty square yards of real estate on
their trousers’ legs must do the same.
President Johnson of the American,
League is out with a demand for
cleanliness and neatness. He can't
figure why an athlete should try to
take on the appearance of his sur
roundings. The President of the
league is quite a hunter. He un
derstands why nature gave to some
wild animals the color of its sur
roundings. So that it would be bet
ter able to conceal itself from its
enemies. But the league executive
doesn’t figure a ball player in the role
of the hunter and he thinks there
should be some contrast between a
baseball uniform and the ground.
The President is on a still hunt in
this instance. He hasn't reached the
demanding stage, but that will fol
low, if his peaceful representations
are not followed. Here is the way
he is going about it.
Orders Uniforms Washed.
Silk O’Loughlin, umpire, strolls to
the field and sees Morris Rath. Mor
ris’ uniform was once as white as
the driven snow. Once is correct.
But that was a long time ago.
“Morris, I would have that uniform
scraped and then washed,” says Silk.
“What for?” queries Rath.
“So that you could remain In the
game. It would pain me like every
thing, Morris, to come out here some
afternoon and be compelled to inform
you that you couldn’t get in the game
until you had changed your pants.”
Of course Silk laughed as he de
livered this oration. But It wasn't
exactly a friendly laugh. One of
those mirthless laughs in which you
are tipped to be on your guard as
there’s something likely to happen to
you.
Players Should Look Neat.
“Why shouldn’t the players bs
neat?” queried President Johnson.
Then he proceeded to answer his own
question. “President Comiskey's team
has two home uniforms. Two were
purchased so that it would always be
possible to have a clean one.
“I understand perfectly well that
athletes can’t be spick and span and
I don’t expect them to. But there
Is no occasion for a man allowing
his uniform to lose all semblance of
its original color. Men must slide
and that means that his uniform
must get soiled. But the fellows I
am after the fellows who have the
worst appearing uniforms, do not ac
cumulate the dirt that way.
“They chew tobacco and spit upon/
their gloves and then they wipe their
gloves on their trousers. They become
unsightly and many of the fans do
not like that, especially the female
enthusiasts. With two uniforms
there is no reason why a fellow
shouldn’t be neat and tidy, with no
more dirt on him than he picks up
in the natural course of the game.”
ENGLISHMEN NOT ASKED
TO YALE-HARVARD MEET
OXFORD. ENGLAND, May 3.—The
athletic authorities of the universities
of Oxford and Cambridge have not
yet received any formal Invitation
from Harvard and Yale to participate
in a track meet at Harvard stadium
in June or July this year.
The secretary of the Oxford Ath
letic Union, however, expressed the
opinion yesterday that it would ne
impossible to send a team from the
English universities in June, as ex
amination would then be in progress,
while the month of July would, he
thought, be too hot.
No action will be taken by the
English universities on the invita
tion to take part in the American
Olympic games at Chicago from June
28 to July 6 until the Harvard-Yale
matter has been settled.
EXPERT SAYS MARATHON
RUNNING IS BENEFICIAL
BOSTON, May 3.—Marathon races
are beneficial to young athletes rather
than injurious, in the opinion of Dr*
J. H. Cunningham, Jr., an expert ex
aminer of the Boston Athletic Asso
ciation, as given in the current issue
of the association’s official organ.
Dr. Cunningham says that during
the seventeen years he has had med
ical supervision of the contestants in
the association’s annual Marathon he
has not had a single case of even
slight injurious effects resulting from
the race.
"The best physical condition is es
sential,” said Dr. Cunningham. “In
fact, the conditions of the runners
finishing this 25-mile race are quite
as good as usually seen in runners
after a quarter, half or mile run,”
CHANCE TO TAKE REST
ON TRAINER’S ORDERS
NEW YORK, May 3.—Manager
Frank Chance of the New York
American League team, after several
days of active service at first base.
Is laying off again. Hal Chase has re
turned to first base.
Chance has been ordered by Train
er Barrett to rest until his' injured
leg is in good shape again. He had
not fully recovered from the wrench
he gave it In Brooklyn just before the
season opened.
Lelivelt is booked to succeed Chase
in center field, and Derrick, who has
been nursing a spiked hand, to get
back into the game at short.
DE 0R0 WILL SUE FOR
TITLE BILLIARD TROPHY
NEW YORK, May 3.—Alfredo De
Oro is again national champion at
three cushion carrom billiards. John
W. Horgan, who won the title and
accompanying John W. Lambert tro
phy from James Carney at Denver j?
March 14. last year, refused to a.c J^«
a challenge by De Oro on Marc!® J
of the present year and refuses'
surrender the emblem. Legal actfilj
will be taken to compel a transfer tp
l the trophy to De Oro.