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TTEATIST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, UA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913
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PLAy- BV- PLAY
Allis’ Wonderful Shot Causes Much Discussion
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‘Drive of 307 Yards Not a Record’—Tichenor
THIS SHOWS HOW E. P. ALUS
MADE A ‘ONE’ ON 307-YARD
HOLE AT HOMEWOOD COURSE
EPS GULLS III
maglned when the following
ber of boys dashed out of the bushes,
picked up the balls, placed them in
the hole and Immediately vanished.
His curiosity arouked, the passerby
waited for further developments. In
ft few moments a very fat and dignl-
fled-Iooking old gentleman and on
equally dignified-looking old lady, at
tired In golf costume, sauntered up to
the gfeen and made a long, vain
search for the balls.
Finally the fat man casually in
spected the .hole, then frantically
beckoned the fat lady to approach.
She did so hurriedly, and the pair,
side by side, peered into the cup
“'Great Scott! We both holed out
in ONE!' shouted the fat man
“‘Great heavens! So we DID!'
screeched the fat lady, and. plucking
the two ball# from the cup. they start-,
ed on th- 1 run to tell their friends tne
remarkable tale. No doubt they are
telling it yet/’
Pond Hole tec his partner
ruled him of his vision and
s«*n laid down his ball for
Iron shot, the hole being a
Continued from Page 1,
Playing a Masterly Game, He De^
feats John G. Anderson Five
Up and Four to Play.
Continued from Page 1
He said afterward that he hAd an
eerie sensation and shoot at the
knees. He was sure he did not keen |
his eye >n the ball or rather only his j
mind’s eye.
The couple In front stood near tho I
green awaiting eventualities. Straight f
for the pin came the ball It dropped I
gently on the green twenty feet
away, nnd with Its last revolution
trickled into the hole, scarcely touen-
lng the pin.
A wild w hoop and frantic gesticu
lations Intimated to Mr. Simpson
that his dream had been fulfilled:
also that he had lost a small fortune
by declining the bets offered him.
By the unwritten etiquette of golf, t
the player who does a hole in one has
a heavy bill of hospitable liabilities'to :
meet.
None congratulated Mr. Simpson
so heartily as the city magnate who
offered to lay a thousand pound* to •
te.n against his dream coming true, j
Although Allis’ feta was accom- |
pllshed during a tournament, while
Anderson and Ladd mode their rec- j
ords in ordinary rounds, still Allis Is |
r.ot the only man who has performed |
this feat of holing his tee shot in a j
tournament.
one-hand stop and pickup by O'Dell
of a ball hit by Hendryx. When thero
was two out in the eighth It
looked like a shutout for Hogg when
the unexpected in baseball happened.
Peddy, who could not hit a house,
dropped a fly in right field that Miller
could not get to, or misjudged. Kyle
singled to center and the big pitcher
raced around to third.
McKiHen Hits a Homer.
Little McKillen, who was another
Ty Cobb all through the* \ame, drove
the ball over right field fence for a
home run and rcored the two men
ahead of him. Things began to take
on a funeral-like appearance in the
grandstand, but McDowell hit to
short and by a great throw Stock
got his man at first, although the
decision looked close.
The real hair-raiser came In the
ninth inning for New' Orleans, and
men, women and children all stood
aghast; In fact, you could hear -the
breathing of the person behind your
back when the visiting team filled the
bases, due to the weakness of Mr.
Hogg. The San Francisco earthquake
had nothing on the excitement that
prevailed. Call after call was made
for Campbell by the stands*
It required no^dlework and great
noodlework.
Kraft, the first man up, got a
scorching single through center. Hen
dryx sacrificed him to second. Flan-
nagan filed to Robertson, making the
second out. Erwin was walked, and
then Jack Adams, the Pelican catcher,
was purposely sent to first on balls.
It was Peddy’s time up, and not be
ing willing to take a chance Frank
called for Finis Wilson to bat for him.
Crowd Yells for Campbell.
Again the crowd yelled for Hogg to
be relieved, and to the relief of the
fans Campbell came forth and warm
ed up for a minute. In the meantime
Frank had changed Wilson for George
Yantz, a right-hand batter. Only one
bal Iwas thrown to Yantz and he hit
to 0*DelI, who threw to first a.nd got
his man by a hair.
It was then that the crowds sat
down in their seats for a few seconds
and took needed breaths.
Mobile had tied Atlanta and has a
great chance to win the pennant now.
greater anyhow' than in that awful
ninth to-day. The box score:
Mobile. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Stock, as. ... 4 1 2 0 4 1
Starr, 2b. ... 4 2 1 0 1
O’Dell. 3b. . . 4 0 3 1 5 0
Paulet, lb. . . 4 ft 2 13 0 0
Robertson, cf. . 4 ft 1 4 0 ft
Schmidt, c. . . 4 ft 0 6 0 ft
Clark, If. ... 3 0 1 1 0 0
Miller, rf. . . 2 0 0 1 1 0
Hogg. p. . . . 3 . 1 1 1 1 ft
Campbell, p. . 0 0 0 0 ” 0
to Flick was a curve. One strike. Garl
pitched another of the same brand. Two
strikes. Then a fast ball was wide.
Ball one. The next ball was called a
strike and the batter was out. He was
disgusted with ‘he doth ion and threw
his bat into the air. NO /TITS, NO
RUNS.
GW do and J ofrm so ft exchanged posi
tions in the outfield in this inning The
count w^us three and two on Long and
Tommy waited out the next and as a
result walked to first On the hit and
run Welchonoe died Mirk to Coyle. Long
going to second. The first ball to Smith
was a . curve that he let “ride’’ for a
strike. The next was inside and fast,
which he fouled off. Strike two. Smith
singled past Williams, who knocked
down the ball, but couldn’t field it in
time. Long hustled over to third on
the tap. Howell tried to catch Smith
off first but failed. Bisland fouled off
five high fast ones Bisland then
popped to Coyle. Holland missed a
swing at a curve ball. One strike. On
a fast ball Holland hit to Flick who
made a swell pickup, getting Harry at
first by inches only. uNJE HIT. NO
R* T NS
SIXTH INNING.
Coyle sent a high and long fly to
Long Johnson waited out the first for
a bail that was wide. The second ball
was also outside. He missed the next
for strike one. He then raised to Sniitn,
who backed out Into right field for the
ball The first ball to Graham was
wide Then Fat singled sharply to cen
ter. Graff waited out a wide one for a
ball. The next was a curve over
piate. Strike one The next two were
wt ,e and Graff strolled, while Graham
wen . to second. Glddo grounded to Bis
land, who handed the ball to Smith,
forcing Graff at the keystone sa< k. ONE
HIT, NO RUNS.
Nixon drew four balls In a row and
ambled to first. Chapman had a good
eye and watched a wide curve go by for
ball one. He then filed to Johnson In
far away right field. Thompson lined to
Coyle, and Agler fallowed with another
scorching liner that Graff speared for
a lucky one NO HITS, NO RUNS.
SEVENTH INNING.
Williams swung at two fast ones and
miaaed ’em both. The third 1>a11 was
low Ball one. He then fouled off a
curve The next ball nearly “beaned"
Williams Ball two. The next was in
close for ball three. He fanned on the
next. After having one strike ••ailed
on him Howell filed to Long. King,
with the count two and two, singled to
left. On the first boll pitched Flick
ridsed to Smith. ONE HIT, NO RUNS
Long watched the first ball, a fast one
go over the plate for a strike Tha
second was a wide curve Ball one.
Tommy then popped to Williams. The
first served, to Welchonoe was outside.
Ball one. }’ my then fouled to Williams
back of thFd. The opening ball to
S. th wa w'da. The second was a
strike Thai he. fouled one. Strike two
The next was low and far outside. Ball
two He fouled one to the stand Then
Wally fouled to Graff. NO HITS, No
RUNS.
EIGHTH INNING,
Welchonoe made a pretty running
catch of Coyle’s good looking drive.
With two and one on him Johnson sent
a high sourer to l^ong in deep center.
Nixon made a great catch of Graham’s
long fly to right center. NO HITS NO
RUNS.
Bisland fouled the first ball pitched
over the stands. He grounded the next
pitch to Williams and was an easy out
to Coyle. Holland fouled off a curve
on the outside. Harry fouled off an
other curve for strike two. Holland
f yot a double on a Texas leaguer that
anded between Graff and Miller. The
first pitch to Nixon cut the heart of the
plate. Nixon refused to bite at two
bad ones. Nixon then singled to right
and took second on Johnson’s error. Hol
land scored. Chapman failed In his at
tempt to bunt. He then hit to Howell
and Nixon w’as caught going to third
Howell to Graff Howell s drop hit the
ground for the first ball on Thompson.
Carl drove a long fly to Glddo for the
third out. TWO HITS. ONE RUN.
, NINTH INNING. *
Graff took a strike on a fast one that
cut the plate. Thompson hooked a
curve over the pan for strike two. Carl
wnisted a high fast one and then put
another curve over for the third strike.
Glddo missed two high fast ones. He
refused to go after a low curve and
then fanned on a beautiful drop Wil
liams took a strike on a fast ball
Thompson’s curve broke wide and a
fast ball was on the outside Strike
two cut the center of the plate. Ball
four was Just inside of the plate.
Thompson put the first ball outside to
Howell and then shot two straight over
for strikes. He went out, Thompson to
Agler. The crowd took part in a cush
ion fight after the game. The Crack
ers were cheered wildly as they ran to
the clubhouse. NO HITS, NO RUNS
was to bring forth numerous stories
of feats of process performed by
golfers all over the world and of
strange anti unusual occurrences
which havv- taken place.
No sooner bad Allis’ ball fallen into
the cup after this wonderful shot than
people began to ask if It was not u
world’s record. The feat of driving
30ft yards is not so very often
accomplished, and to do this and
then place the ball 1rs a hole on
the gre«*n seemed so unlikely that it
was but natural it was at once
presumed that such a thing had
never happened before and in all
probability would never happen again.
But those who were of this mind
did not know that Allis’ feat, wonder
ful as It was. was only a good third.
John Anderson on September 23, 1908.
in a round over the Brae Burn course,
holed a tee shot which was 328 yards
long, which tops Allis’ performance by
21 yards.
But even .\nderson’s drive, while it
is the record for this country, must
give way to the record of A. O. Ladd,
of the Henley-on-Thames Golf Club,
who, It is claimed, holed out In one
shot on a hole 33ft yards long. Thus
thirty yards long. Thus he went Mr.
he went Mr. Anderson 2 yards better
by this shot.
G arden city, n. y„ Sept c.—
For the fourth time Jerome D.
Travers is the amateur golf
champion of the United States. He
defeated John G. Anderson, of Bos-
ton, 5 up and 4 to play, in the 86-
hole final round at Garden City to
day, and was once more acclaimed
'’THERE is a story of % Scotch player
1 who claims to have sent the ball
7ft miles in one swipe because he
drove into the car of a freight train,
which wa? passing and the destina
tion of which was 70 miles away.
There is the claim of the Madison
(Wls.) player, who claims to have
driven a bal! 414.000 yards Decause he
placed his tee shot in a freight car.
which was on its way to Minneapolis.
Minn.
But these claims are extremely in
significant when compared with the
claim of Fred Tyler, of Charleston.
S. C., who claims to have driven 93,-
T ACK Hobens. the professional of
J the Englewood Golf Club, had the
good fortune to hole out from the t a e
in the professional open, when It was
last played In Philadelphia. But even
Jack Hobens is not the only one who
has pulled this stunt. In the ama
teur nnd professional event which
took place on the day before the open
tournament held here in Atlanta over
the East Lake course in 191ft, Bobby
McWatt, playing as a partner with
Clarence Angler, scored a one for
this team at the third hole, which !»
17f> yards in length.
But even If this event could bf
considered more as a. practice round
than as a part of the tournament,
still Hobens and Allis would not be
alone In their glory, for tn the fourth
round of the tournament above men
tioned Stewart Malden duplicated
MeWatt’s feat on the same hole.
Prior to MeWatt’s one this hole had
been made In one only once before
ar.d that was on Monday of that snme
week, when W. W. Cunningham was
the lucky man. Thus this hole has
beer, made in one three times and all
during the same week.
TN WRITING of this shot Jerome
* Travers In his Golf Book, under the
chapter entitled “Holes in One,’’ says;
“One explanation of this phenomenal
shot is that the ball driven down
hill and rolled ft great distance after
It struck the turf. It is extremely
probable that Mr. Ladd could try to
duplicate the shot on that particular
hole for the remainder of his lifetime
without success."
Of all the extraordinary “hole-in-
one stories’’ there is one which comes
from Rochford Hundred Golf Club,
near Southend-on-sea, which tells of
•ji golf dream that came true. Pos
sibly you have had dreams which
were not fulfilled or possibly you do
not believe in them. But he that as
it may. here Is the story, which has
found Its way across the Atlantic:
"One of the members, Mr. K. Simp
son. entering the clubhouse, said that
he had dreamed the previous evening
that he drove a ball over a sheet of
water bounded by s high hedge nnd
a wire fence onto the green and Ip to
the hole in one shot."
**Of course, that 1s the pond hole,
the short fifth,” laughed the mem
bers.
“What Is the betting against your
dream coming true?” asked one. “I
will give you a hundred to one in
sovereigns And I will give a thou
sand pounds to ten pounds,” said a
sporting city mngnute.
But Mr. Simpson could see nothing
In these tempting odds save the sure
loss of his money. To hole out in
one comes to few' golfers in a life
time, but to nominate the particular
hole also^belongs to the realm of the
miraculous.
So Mr. Simpson made no bets. How
keen is his chagrin on this score
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Directors Tender
Crackers $75 Each
And Big Dinner
The directors of the Atlanta club
showed their appreciation of the grand
battle Bill Smith’s men made in the
race just ending by presenting each
of the senior club members—the “reg
ulars"—with $75 and an earful of
complimentary conversation at a din
ner tendered the club last night at
the Capital City Club. The junior
members of the club—our young
friends, the “rookies”—got $25 each
and encouragement for the future.
The boys professed themselves de
lighted with the esteem in w r hich they
were held, and greeted with cheers
the announcement that Manager
Smith’s contract, which holds over
originally until the end of next year,
had been extended by a unanimous
vote of the directors to cover the fol
lowing year also.
So the Atlanta fans are sure of their
favorite manager for the next two
years, anyway.
ALEX SMITH and D. C. Pickard a re
** the only two who have run thl
little white ball from the tee into the
ball did not go down, and a moment
later Anderson missed his put for a3
and the hole went to Travers any
way, 3 to 4.
They halved the next one in 4, An
derson just missing a chance for a
3, ahd though both were in trouble
on the fourth, Travers saved himself
wtih a fine approach and won in a
par, 5 to 6, for Anderson.
The rest of the way to the turn,
five holes in all, they kept on even
terms, getting a half in par on every
hole, though on nearly every one Tra
cers had a chance to w r in, while An
derson had to fight hard to get the
half.
Travers Went Out in 39.
Travers was out in 39 and Ander
son In 42, and the champion was 3 up.
The strain began to tell on Anderson
as they faced the last nine, for he
missed a two-foot putt on the tenth
and repeated the trick on the elev
enth, tossing both holes. They halved
the twelfth in three and Anderson
prolonged the match by getting down
a six-foot putt for a half on the
thirteenth.
This left Travers dormie five up
and the crowd packed itself around
the fourteenth green to see the final
putt. Travers missed a three from
4ft feet away by a half an inch. An
derson tried his 20-foot putt, the ball
stopping four feet short of the cup.
and the Bostonian turned to Travers
with extended hand and cheery smile,
while the crowd clapped and cheered
the winner.
The cards:
Travers—t
Out 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 4—39
In 44354
Anderson—
Out 04464554 4—42
Totals ... .32 4
New Orleans, ab. r.
Kyle, cf. . . . 4 1
McKillen. If. . 4 1
McDowell, 2b. . 4 ft
Kraft, lb. . . 4 0
Hendryx, 3b. . 3 ft
Flanagan, rf. . 4 ft
Erwin, ss. . . . 3 ft
Adams, c. . . . 3 0
Peddy, p. . . . 3 1
Wilson .... 0 ft
Yantz .... 1 0
Yankees Will Train
In Texas Next Year
the best golfer of w'hich America can
boast.
Back In 1907 Travers won his first
championship on the course of the
Euclid Club, Cleveland. The follow
ing yqar he successfully defended his
title In Garden City. Just a year ago
he won for the third time at the Chi
cago Golf Club and to-day back at
Garden City he was again success
ful.
Walter J. Travis won the cham
pionship three times. Travers is the
first to gain four victories.
It was a splendid match to-day
Anderson putting up a steady fight
throughout the long morning round,
and for a time leading his great op
ponent by two holes. A brilliant
flash of'the form for which Travel's
is famous won back the two holes on
the inward journey and at the seven
teenth the champion \Vent into the
lead only to drop back to even terms
when he explored the depths of a
deep trap beside the home green.
It was all square when the first
round was over. Just one bad hole,
the first, fell to the champion’s lot
In the afternoon. From that on his
golf was perfect, gaining every hole
in par until the end came on the
fourteenth green.
Travers' Putting Immense.
On almost every green Travers was
“knocking at the door," and though
not one of the long ones went down,
they were all so close that the putt
which remained was a foregone con
clusion
Anderson could not hold the pace.
The match began in the morning
under gray skies and with a compar
atively small crowd to see the early
play.
Travers was out in 43, while An
derson’s total was 41. Three per
fectly played holes marked the be
ginning of the Inward journey, and a’l
were halved in par figures. Then on
the thirteenth Anderson approached
to within a yard of the cup and won
the hole with a 4, a stroke under par.
This made him 2 up.
A neat put, which caromed off An
derson’s ball, won the fourteenth for
Travers. 4 to 5, after his opponent
had approached weakly. The 425-
yard fifteenth is a hard 4. but it was
halved in that figure, Anderson get
ting down a difficult put. but Tra
vers did even better on the sixteenth
and was hole high with two splendid
iron shots, winning the hole. 4 to 5,
and squaring the match.
Trapped in Eighteenth Hole.
It was exactly the same story on
the seventeenth, two shols to the
green and a win for Travers in 4 to
5. The lend disappeared, however,
when the champion was trapped on
the eighteenth and Anderson made a
par 3.
The cards:
Travers—Out: 53454575 5—43
In: * 44354444 5—37
NEW YORK, Rept. 6.—Frank Chance,
according to information to-day, has
practically decided that the spring
training of the New York Americans
next year shall be carried out in Texas.
Houston is mentioned as a probable
selection, the players to report about
March 1, go through three weeks of
seasoning in the Texas climate, and
work North by easy stages. Bermuda,
It has been definitely determined, will
not see the Highlanders again.
Totals ... .33 3 7 24 9 0
Wilson batted for Peddy In the
ninth; Yantz batted fo Wilson In the
ninth.
Score by innings:
Mobile ...... 003 010 OOx—4
New Orleans .... 000 OftO 030—3
Summary: Home run—McKillen.
Two-base hits — McKillen, Paulet.
MILLER GOING EAST.
CHICAGO, ILL.. Sept. 6.—Big Char
lie Miller, Fdisco’s heavyweight, and
Maanger Carter, passed through this
city yesterday on their way to New
York, where Miller hopes to secure
several matches. Manager Carter be
lieves his boy can clean up all of
the big fellows in this section of the
country.
An Atlanta Fan Says
TO TRAIN ARMY ELEVEN.
WEST POINT. N. Y., Sept. 6.—Harry
Tuthill, trainer of the Detroit American
League team, who also has a^ted as
trainer for the cadet football team the
last two seasons, again lias been en
gaged as trainer for the Army eleven.
He will report for duty at West Point
next Thursday.
To bet on Atlanta and
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Over 200 Players
Traded This Year
CINCINNATI. Sept 6.—More than 200
major league player* have been traded,
purchased from other major clubs or
from the minor leagues during the last
year, according to a list handed down
by the National Commission. All trade*
or sales from August 20 are included.
The Boston Nationals lead in men ob
tained. Twenty-three players new to the
Boston National team have been con
tracted for during the above-mentioned
period. Cincinnati come* next with 21.
Detroit is third with 19. while the others
are as follows:
Cleveland, 17: New York Americana.
15; Pittsburg. 14; St. Louis Nationals.
14; Chicago Americans, 14; St. Louis
Americans. 12; Boston Americans. 11;
Washington. 11: Chicago Nationals. 10:
Brooklyn Nationals, 10, Now York Na
tional*. 4; Philadelphia Nationals, 4.
Philadelphia Americans, 2.
cup on the first hole at East Lake in
one shot. Smith upon hie return to
the clubhouse immediately told every
body about it. but Picard did not
speak of his shot at all. He ,1s deaf
and dumb.
Of course, in golf as In other games,
tricks are sometimes played by mis
chievous persons, which cause the
person making the shot to believe
that he has made a wonderfully ex
traordinary shot Jerome Travers
tell* of such a shot in his golf book
In the ft flowing language:
Anders’n—Out: 44 5 64554 4
In: *43544445
A big crowd, almost as’ large as
that which followed Hilton at Apa-
wamis in 1911. swarmed out on the
first green when the second round be
gan. The spectators saw a pooMy
played first hole, with both golfers
floundering in the big bunker in front
of the green. Travers finally won. 5
to 6. and was 1 up. He had a chan e
fur u win in 2 on the second, but the
“CEVERAL years ago a passerby
^ was standing near a certain hole
at Essex Fall*. N. J., when he noticed
two bails, one after another, land on
the putting green In front of him.
They had come from the tee which
could not be seen from the putting
green because of Intervening trees
i nd bushes. The moment the two
alls struck the green uu equal num-
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